The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
STATE NEWS.
The Methodist Conference of
South Carolina will meet in Orangeburg

In nearly every section OF the
State the farmers are preparing to SOW
a big acreage in wheat.
1t costs three hundred dollars to
be a candidate for Mayor in the Dem
ocratic primary in Charleston.
= The recent storm is said to have
done great damage to the rice in
the neighborhood OF Georgetown.
= The Neal investigation report is
being printed for distribution among
the members OF the general assembly.
= Charlcston's annual fall festival
begins on Monday, Goth inst. 1t will
no doubt attract large crowd of visit
OrS.
= Col. Joseph Talbcrt, member of
Congress, says that he is satisfied with
his present office and has no desire to
oppose B. r. Tillman for the Senate.
Coy. McSweeney has issued his
thanksgiving proclamation and makes
it conform in date to the date fixed by
President McKinley-Thursday, the
30th of November
John Sinclare, of Kershaw county,
was examining pistol few days ago
when it was discharged, the ball strik-
ing his three year old daughter, prob
ably fatally wounding her.
The South Carolina Presbytery,
at an adjournment meeting, during
the recent sessions of the Synod ac
cepted an invitation to hold the next
regular meeting at Greenwood.
&C. w. Chandler, of Col1esbury has
hot
it he plrs up from 40 to so dozen cans
a day. He sells 3 ID tomatoes at 95
cents dozen and says there is good
money in the business.
= Magistrate G. NJ. D. Barrett, of
Bishopville, was recently removed from
office by Gov. McSweeney as result
of the grand jury charging him with
malfeasance in Office. He has been
arrested on five different warrants.
= The United States Department of
Agriculture has issued an interesting
pamphlet, "Tea Culture; the Expert
incnt in South Carolina" by DR.. Charles
U. Shepard. The pamphlet is beau
tifully illustrated and gives much in
formation about tea and its culture.
= Mr.. Norman A. Collins of sandy
Flat, Greenvillc county, sent Bill
Bishop, young white man, to Greer's
with IL bale of cotton to SELL Bishop
sold the cotton in his own name, left
the team standing in the streets and
disappeared.
= Jonathan e. Hanks, of the Sandy
Flat section of Grecnvjlle County, is
perhaps the oldest white man in the
State. He has seen every President
elected since Washington. and is a
veteran of three wars, the Florida, the
Mexican and the Civil.
"A log train Of the Atlantic Coast
Lumber company, running on the
struck COW and six cars were over
turned. The great logs rolled over and
ground three men to pulp. Three
others were perhaps fatally injured.
= Captain B. B. McWhitc, of Flor
cncc. q man well known throughout
the State, having represented his coun-
ty for four years in the house of rep
resentatives, has been killed by his
cotton gin. This is the fifth death
from the same cause in South Carolina
this season.
-.Dr. w. j. Bowen, administrator
of the estate Of Richard Wanner, who
was killed in q wreck on the Seashore
division OF the Consolidated Railway
Cir Gn Charleston) on June IS last, has
filed suitin the Court of Common Pleas
for Charleston county for $4,000 dam
| ages.
Tom Harris. negro, was killed at
the Greenwood oil mill ginnery Thurs
day afternoon. He was engaged in re-
moving a bale OF cotton from the press,
which is operated by steam power,
when his head was caught under the
"follow block" and crushed beyond re-
| cOgnitiOn.
The storm which passed over
Charleston the other night blew down
a two-story house in rear of the prem
| iscs 45 Coming street, killing one per-
son and injuring three others. The
house was occupied by five people, and
! it is IL miracle that the five were not
killed by the falling timbers and brick.
The Secretary OF State has issued
a commission to James Cockshott OF
Charleston, II. Z. Riley OF Philadelphia
and G. NJ. Trenholm Of Charleston as
corporators of the Southern HardN ood
companyo OF Charleston. The company
proposcs to manufacture all kinds OF
hardwood products. The capital stock
| is 100000, divided into shares ut 500
| each.
Jesse w. Johnson, a farmer living
near Marydell, in the upper part OF
Greenyille county, WAS shot in the
road near his home and almost instantly
killed. The shot was fired by his neph-
ew, George Johnson, from q revolver
| The killing is supposed to have been
caused by some difficulties which have
existed between the men Tor some
time.
That many prospective investors
are turning their eyes these days tt
South Carolina is evidenced by the
fact that there is scarcclya a day passes
that letters OF inquiry do not reach the
heads of some of the departments OF
the State government asking for in
formation as to South Cardinals re-
sources and advantages. This EN-,
Dlasizcs the great necessity for an IN
| dustrial department OF some KIND III
the State government.
Mrs. .Jno. G.. Williams has had 4
rare plant growing in her yard fol
seven years, but each winter it has
been killed to its roots. Last fall she
covered it over with earth, and now II
is oscr ten feet high and has large
bunch Of bananas whichar from three
TO five inches in length, hanging from
the top. Mrs. Williams is confident
that next fall she will have the pleas
ure of eating bananas grown at hcl
own door State.