The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-29
STATE NEWS.

fame has located IN Greenwood 10 nrnr
,irc law.
- There is some talk of Coz. Knox (
Livingston. of Marlboro. nlakin,, The !
race for Governor.
commis>lon for Il charter has
been issued to the Seneca Cotton Mills /
with IL capital OF S200.0on,
-.Spartanh'ii4, is 10 have biz show |
by tlc Poultry Association of that city
the last week in December.
= The capital stock of the Walhallo
Cotton Mills has been inrrcaSc,! 10
Sl30,OO0 and Il reorganization effected.
a murder believed To have been
committed i'll Grccnvillr ten years ago
Is Thought to be coming TO light. Ii
was case of woman killing her
husband.
- The recent State Fair not only
made enough money tOp.iy all expenses.
hut after all claims have been paid it
is sh!': there will be Il neat balance i'm
the treasury.
- The work of organizing rinlrod
Memorial Societies throughout the
State has been started and in many
| instances Is meeting with deserving
success. The colleges are the main
movers.
- Mrs.: S. I.ittlciol,n of Spartanbury
County, nus Il pumpkin vine in his
garden which covers Il large amount of
ground and has A pumpkins which have
an aggregate weight OF ;j9 pounds.
Who can beat this?
During the past week there was
great activity among the cotton mill
men. and nearly Il million nf dollars
more was pledged to 20 into cotton
mills in South Carolina
- Mr.. John II. Cater, who left Able
vile Z. III. in 1867, and who had not
been heard from in twcnty-thrcc years,
returned to that town last week on Il
visit to relatives and old friends. lie
now lives at Sheffield, Ala.
= Governor McSwccncy has, ut the
instance of w. S. Montcitll, written to
southern governors asking their CO.
operation in getting through claims
Tor cotton seized after the war and sold
Dy the government.
-, Alta meeting of the Stockholders
of the Richland Mill. in Columbia, the
capital stock was increased from $780,
GOO to S300.00O. Tho American Spin-
ming company, of Grecnville. has also
made an increase of capital stock from
S125000 to $:50,O0
= The barn and stables. in Seneca,
belonging to Mr.. II. j. Gignilliat, were
burned last Wednesday night about
eight O'Clock. Two good mules, Il
yearling and all the contents of the
building were burned The origin OF
the fire is unknown.
= Last Friday evening while wori,
ing in deep cut on the Southern rail
way, near Columbia, several tons Of
red clay fell, burying, Reuben Will
tiams' ,nn,,v = a negro, negro. several Sc vera feet. It was
him out. Both legs were broken.
A Han TomaS Of E.,l,,,,,1,;.,
Roof, of Lexington and IL New York
firm, represented by Mr.. Drewry, of
Batesburg, S. c., cotton mill and after
more than year of idleness. the mill
will in Il short while again be nut in
operation.
If IL first class detective or two
We're sent unhcralded, without even IL
grapevine warming. into this territory
there would, III II short Time he some
tionS THAT would lay the QUITS Has
dcn-Sellers racket in obscurity for
awhile IoIriHc Icomnu.
= william j. Scott. running the
elevator in IL cotton mill at t,rccnvillr,
Whllc InnklnE trip upward leaned out
over he side to speak 10 workman
below: His head was caught on the
second floor and almost mashed OF.
Scott was fifty four years old, and
William Cramcr, a preacher and
carpenter, elopcd with the wife of l..
W: Cambcll. an operative in the Poe
mill at Grcenvillc. The wife is mother
OF nine children and carried away her
3,,months-old girl baby and Il 2-ycars-
old boy. and Cramcr carried along two
OF his children.
"A little four year old girl of Mr..
and Mrs. Will Angland was burned to
death last week OH ''Cnnnsr.ss Farm"
Inc child was most horribly burned
and lived only Il few hours. The great
wonder is that there are not more such
accidents, when children arc so often
lett alone with no one to keep watch
over them. The little one w:i, buried
ut Rcturn.-Oi0ncc .Nc;cs
Tom Collins, colnrc1, guarding
the premises Of DR.. VI. r. Smith Of
Union. in his absence, detected Il bur
Tlnr attempting to enter the residence,
during the night and commanded him
to surrender. The man ran and Collins
fired three bullets. which took effect,
and the bmglar fell and he since died.
He proved to be Tom Hunter II negro |
just off the claingang.
Last Thursday night \. NJ. Ken /,
ncdy, white. was killed at negro hot |
supper at a. W. Smiths plantation, |!
four miles from Abbcvillc, by Henry |
Burn". They were, gambling; Ken
ncdy won the Negroes money and the |
negro shot him through ihr heart.
Kennedy comes from Il good family !
who live near Troy, but was IL lSso- .
lutte, dangerous character.
- Capt. Wa.lc T.. Cnihr;n died at !
his home in Greenwood at the age nf |
siXty-thrcc years. lie graduated at |
the Citadel III 1873, and in the War |
between the States commanded Go. e. |
dn >. Z. y. lie was Il gallant and
patriotic soldier. an honorable man and
Il useful citizen. Since 1S?, he held |
the office of Probate Judge of Green !;
wood.
At Il corn slucking at Mr.. Joe
Kcrrs, " no lives about two miles above
Walhalla, two dogs. one belonging to
Joe Mccall the other to Elbcrt Morton,
got in Il ii iyht Ii is rIunrted fl,nt M