The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-20
STATE NEWS.

build a cloth mill.
: Charleston has quarant ined
against all cities infected with yellow
fever.
j. ". Maync. the Greeny;Ilo
bigamist soldier, has been sentenced to
one year in the peniten tiary and to
pay fine Of $500.
Major Calvert. Of Spartan burg,
is said to be in the race for the Con-
greSsiona nomination against Con
gresham Wilson.
= Captain Lysand D. Childs. of
Columbia, lor5 the recognized leader
of the prohibitionists in the State,
died suddenly at Saluda, y. c., last
week.
Abbevillc was visited last week
by destructive fire. The residence
and storeroom of y. H. Wilder and
another house were burned. Loss
about $4,000.
Flanders Casey. a 13-ycar- old
negro boy, was shot andinstantly kill
ed in Greenville while defending his
mother from an attack by Hugh Moon,
another negro.
John Ramsey. colored. who beat
his wife in Greenville and threatened
her life, is being held for murder
committedin 1891, of which his wife
says he told her years ago.
The Children Of Isreal, No. 3"
is the peculiar name of a company Of
Wedgcfeld negroes which desires in
corporation. The object stated is to
run farm in Georgetown county.
- Trouble with the negroes is feared
at Tumbling Shoals, Laurens County,
and white military company has
been organized there for preserving
the peace. The negroes are in the
majority there and are said to be very
insolent
The Walhalla cotton mill, with
capital stock of 100000, has made al
ready this year $4,000 and has on
hand about $4,000 working capital.
This mill will soon issue $4,000 pre-
ferred stock, and possibly its capital
stock may be increased to 5000, 600.
: At meeting Of the trustees OF
Erskine College Rev. E. Y. Presley
was chosen to serve as chairman Of
the College faculty until the meeting
of the Associate Reformed Presbyte-
rian synod in November, when a sue
cessor to the late President Grier will
be elected.
= Gov. McSwecney has received and
promptly accepted the resignation Of
W. S. Newell as member of the State
constabulary force. Newell resigns
to go into other business. The Gov
ernor will not appoint any one to fill
the place, deciding to let the force
stand with one less member.
= At the request of the Mayor Of
Charleston Gov. McSweeny has written
a letter on behalf of the State of South
Carolina inviting the League of Amer
lean municipalities to hold it's meeting
in the city of Charleston in 1900. The
league holds it's annual session short
ly, when the next place of meeting will
be selected.
Clemson College mas opened with
400 cadets matriculated and 200 ap-
plications refused. Every room il
the dormitories is full, and only the
lack qf sleeping quarters pre- vents
the College having 600 cadets.
Winthrop College, for young women,
has had more than 600 applications,
but, for the lack of dormitories, can
only take 300 girls. The legislature
will be asked for $4,000 to build
sleeping quarters for 300 more girls at
Winthrop.
= Last weekps train on the Ian
caster and Chester railroad was ap-
preaching the trestle over Fishing
creek, in Chester county, horse
attached to top buggy suddenly took
the track in front of the engine and
ran with the speed of the wind. En-
gineer Wall, who was at the throttle,
brought the train to stand still.
The horse by this time could not be
seen, having pursued his break-neck
run down the track. The engineer then
cautiously proceeded on his journey
with the train. On nearing the trestle
he discovered the horse and buggy
about 20 feet from the bank in the
trestlc. The train was stopped again.
The orew and passengers went to the