The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-11

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Fhn Chester Reporter ~'atrS that
IL" T. + llf>on. ot ,Io Snn'h Car
''.' "iNreprN. wl- recently robbed
ol s2m
w. ~,r'bcrn Chri,,,n .iivo.
rr is> h," mns.,l g. r.nml,i.l and
s'll 'er"A''' b. published bv the
>'ni" P,ln,,ns Cnmr.ny
Thr l.ei>innrr wll elect !.
>"p"r'n'cn'i,r, .! the S,uc i'cnilcn
i'nrN on 'hr l1'h ,u>,An'. There are
number Of c.r,ii,ilr,> f,r the posi-
,inn
L,st Sund,v night the store Of
llag''"'l y Co. at E,,lry. wAs entered
~ a burglar. vii" proved To be Vim.
'r"v"s, Il negro, who wa soon arrest
ID and committed t. i.il.
The bank of Mrnn. $. G., has
wound up 1t is snlvrnt, with con
siderable amount of undivided profits
''n hand. The Stockholders have con
clud"d tn 60 out of business
Chesterfield Court House is prob
,bly the only county seat in the State
that has not a single lawyer living in
IT, Hon T. J Kennedy was the only
one and he died On Christmas day
Adiniant General Floyd announ
rcs that John u. Frost, .Ir., Of Co
lnnbia, will he appointed assistant
Adiu'ant General Dir. Frost was
adjutant and major of the lst Caro-
lina.
The contract has been let for the
erection OF Il new Alumni Hall on the
campus of Fnrman University at q
cost Of $l5, ,OOD. Work is TO begin
March lst 1t will be large and
comWndlous two-story building.
The Supreme Curt in the Lee
county case has decided that the com
missioncrs Of election had their duties
defined aud so did the General Assem-
bly,. and it was not one Of the duties
"f the General Assembly to declare an
election
Governor Ellcrbc has received
letters from the clerk of court Of Sum
ter county saying that smallpox is
prevalent in the Maysvillc and Lynch.
burg sections Of the county. The dis
ease is confined to the negro farm
hands so far
= John l.. Wcstmorcland, one Of
the oldest, most widely known and
most highly respected citizens of
Grccnvillc county, died Friday night
ut his home near Locust. If he had
lived until February lst he would have
been ~ years old.
- Capt. o. Barber, the father Of
Attorney General Barber, died at his
home at Richburg on the morning of
December 2lth, in the 69th year of
his age, from the effects Of paralytio
stroke which came on him while on
his farm the day before.
= Judge Brawlcy has appointed
Mcssrs. James r. Rcdding and II. G.
t1esse permanent receivers Of the
American Savings Bank in Charleston.
The bank is in hopeless condition
and the depositors will lose heavily.
South Carolina should have a bank
inspector.
Coronc. Rivers, Of Charleston
county, held eight inqucsts last year.
Most OF the cases we're plain killings,
although quite number Of the deaths
investigated were the results of acci-
dents. And there was no one senten-
ccd to death in that county last ycarc
The worst criminals escaped arrest by
fight and conccamcnt.
G. Q. Scruggs, Of Spartanburg,
demanded the return Of 81 900 worth
OF liquor seized from him as an origi-
nal package dealer. He was indicted,
but the grand jury found no bill. Mr..
Miles recommended the payment of
the bill, as the whiskcy had been used.
The board agreed to pay the original
cost of the liquor, about $500.
- The patriotic people of tho Cow
pens battle ground section of this
county arc clearing off the old ground
preparatory to celebrating the 18th
anniversary Of the battle Of Cowpeny
on Tuesday, January II. They arc
aiming on that day to take such ste,
as will secure the proper obscrvati
OF the day in the future. Col. II. p.
Griffith has been requested TO addrt ss
the people on that occasion. All are
invited, descendants Of the Revolu-
ton especially. = Gofnry A~lgcr.
= Col. John L. Thomas, III his re-
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