The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-12-27

: Failure To pay poll tax is now "A
! msdcmcanor and punishable by law.
! = Grccnvillc county has an unusu
/ ally large number OF murder eases to
1 he tried at the next term of court
= The Sunny South Tobacco Manu-
/ featuring Company. of l,ambrrg, is
/ putting up smoking and chewing to-
/ bacco.
"A terrible rnntagation visited
( Florence one night last week and
/ many of its finest buildings were de
/ str0ycd.
IL VIM. Il. Kennedy was killed in
Florence County by falling tree.
He and others were cutting down trees
to stop Il forest fire.
- Smallpox has appeared ut sixteen
places in this State and in eight
counties. The State Board OF Health
has handled 1900 eases this year
= The governor has received IL letter
from Santuc. Union county. saying
that small pUX had occurred in that
town and n ncighboring township.
Senator Irby told Post reporter
i'll Charleston last week that ne chad
as many gray hairs from political
anxiety as he wanted" and that all he
wanted now is peace
The cOl0rcd farmers of the State
are preparing to organize. A cunven-
! tiOn of the cOlOred farmers is called to
meet i'll Columbia on january ist. to
perfect the organization.
1t is reported that Westminster is
/ to have another cotton mill and Il yarn
mill, the former to be built by Mr..
I Caps, OF Toccoa, Ga, the other by
l.. a. Edwards and brothers.
/ = Compulsory vaccination will bc
enforced i'll the Columbia public
schools. Each pupil must have been
vaccinntcd before he or sh" % can 'er en-
: ter the schools which open on january
2nd.
: - Governor McSwCency has mailed
letters to all of tho Congressman and
Senators, asking their c0-0pcration in
the passage of the Act to secure the
payment of the cotton claim from the
South.
a company of Northern capitalists
have been makinga tour of this State
recently: 1t is believed that, as Il re-
suit OF their visit, more mills will be
built and large sums Of money will be
invested.
= Officials Of the diSpcnsary. it il
said, estimate. from data available to
date, that the institution will turn in
Il clear profit to State. counties and
towns for tho. year, S200,00 in round
numbers.
- There will be Il meeting of the
county supcrintentlrnts OF education
III Columbia during the session OF the
legislature to discuss and pass upon
teachers certificates, diplomas, text
books, Ac.
5. B. fzcll, president of the for
mer board OF trustees of Connie Max
well Orpilanagc located Mt Greenwood.
reports i42 children handed in in that
institution to be cared for within the
, last twelve months.
= On account of the paper trust
many of the weekly newspapers of the
State have raised their subscription
price. Already ali kinds of paper
have gone up more than 30 per cent,
and it keeps OH going.
= There are 10 military companies
in the State. The fund this year to be
divided between them. after lcducting
expenses Tor the recent New York
being $40 more than they got last year.
- Curtis NJ. Taylor, superintendent
of machinery of the hosiery mill in the
South Car0lina .pcnitcntiary, was
caught in the betting and wlirlcl to
death. He had Just arrived from Man
chester, y. H., Il few days before his
death.
= The eagle machine shops in
Grccnvillc have been sold to the
Mallard Lumber Co. of Williamsburg
county, and the report il that IL plant
for the manufacture of cotton mill
machinery may be operated there by
the new owners.
- On the more important commit
tees of the lower house of Congress.
Congressman Elliott is IL member of
the judiciary committee, Congressman
Talbcrt OF the banking and currency,
and Congressman Norton OF the public
buildings and grounds.
- Efforts are being made to build Il
gymnasium at Furman University.
The students have gotten up $3.50 and
subscription lists are in circulation
among the citizens and alumni to try
to raise the balance When completed
the gymnasium will cost about 5000
- The directors of the l'acolct Mfg.
Go. held meeting last week and de-
clared n per cent. seini-annual livi-
The question of increasing their ca
pncity, came up, but was voted down.
The directors of this concern are a
majority Of the stockholders.
- Governor McSwccncy is receiving
a great many letters relative to The cot
ton claims he has written about to the
various Southern Governors. Gov
ernOr McSWccnty mas taken up the
matter with Senator Tillman and
others and thinks the matter, which is
Il very large one, is getting along very
we'll.
= At the meeting Of the convention
of Judges held in Columbia last We'd
ncs.iay, Rule Of Circuit Court rules
was amended SO ~, to read rs follows:
The habit of the gentlemen of the
bar and all officers OF the court, except
CT - tlIns shall hn 11ocl-
gentleman of the bar Shall be heard if
otherwise habitcd; and it shall hr the
duty vi the sheriff to attend to the cx-
ecutiOn OF this rule
= Mr.. w. Y. Sm0ak, IL prosperous
farmer living near Branclvillr, tlecd-
ed about two weeks ago that God had
called him to go to Utah and preach