The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-14
STATE NEWS.

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= Parks Stewart, young man
working in the Rock Hill cotton mills,
was killed while stealing ride on a
train.
- It is claimed that there is over a
three hundred thousand dollar stock
of liquor on hand at the State Dis
pensary.
= The South Carolina State Dental
Association and the State Board of
Dental Examiners will hold their an
nual sessions at Harris Lithia Springs,
beginning Tuesday, July l1th.
= Six Charleston recruits for the
United States army have left there in
the past few days for San Francisco,
whence they will take passage on q
transport fer the Philippines.
= About 100000 acres of land in
Jefferson and Alligator townships Of
Chesterfield county were bought few
days ago at dollar an acre by rep
resentative Of the Seaboard Air Line.
Joseph H. Earle, of Greenville,
a son of the late Senator Earle, won
the West Point appointment, for which
competitive examination was con-
Quoted few days ago at Spartanburg.
The second trial of Mrs. Hughes,
the pretty white woman charged with
the murder of.her husband at Greers,
several months ago, took place in
Greenville last week and again result
ed in mistrial.
= Some schemer in Spartanburg
has been changing a 81 bill to S.
bill with pen and ink and the work
has been so cleverly done that these
changed bills have been passed upon
some of the bank officials.
= The drought is getting right seri-
Gus in some sections Of Aiken county
where it is reported that no rain has
fallen in eight and ten weeks. In
some places corn is turning yellow,
and some report cotton not yet up.
Adjt. Gen. J. w. Floyd is pre-
pairing a history Of the part South
Carolina took in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. He is doing considerable
work on the book, and it gives every
promise Of being something that will
be we'll worth keeping.
Governor McSweeney will not go
back on his first love, the press. Dur
ing his administration the Guardian
will be under management of his bro
ther.in-law and his foreman, and when
tired of political life the Governor
will again adorn the sanctum.
Jane Slippey, young married
woman living near Spartanburg, climb
ed into cherry tree in her yard to
get fruit for breakfast. She lost her
balance, and fell, her feet catching
between two limbs. She made no out
cry, and hung there until dead.
Senator Scarborough, Of Horny
county, becomes Lieutenant Governor
as the successor of former Lieutenant
Governor McSweeney. This is by
virtue Of his office as President pro
tenn. of the Senate. Mr.. Scarborough
is lawyer Of Conway.
Mr.. John H. Morrah died at his
home in Abbeville last Thursday, after
apainful illness of three weeks. Mr..
Morrah was thrown from bis horse
and had several of his ribs broken,
which caused his death. He was
good citizen, and had represented Alb
beville County in the Legislature.
The extended drought was broken
in the northeastern section of Laurens
county Wednesday afternoon by ter
rife storm Of wind, hail and rain.
Crops are reported considerably dam
aged and some outbuildings and trees
were blown down. In one section hail
killed frying-sized chickens and in
jured the growing crop. The rain was
light.
"A special from Greenwood, says
an 18.months-old child of Mr.. John
H. Clegg met with horrible death.
The little one was playing around the
kitchen and got hold of the kerosene
can and drank quantity Of the fluid.
Congestion followed and the little one
died in few hours. The child s
mother died very suddenly about ten
days ago.
The State constables. under Mr..
Bahr, are finding quite number OF
whiskey stills in the edge Of Orange
burg county and in lower Lexington
county. 1t seems to have been an
unexpected find and a sort of multi
plying fud. Last week two stills were
raided and destroyed. The United
States government officials have gone
into the matter also, and have made
cases out against the parties the State
raided.
During the progress Of the rails
ing of funds for the Hampton home,
some very touching examples of the
devotion of the older regime to the
old leader of the soldiers in the sixties
and the foremost of the men of the
State in the seventies have come to
light. One of the latest of these is a
donation from Mrs. Jane Bowly, now
a resident of New Jersey, but who is
a native Of Charleston, although for
twenty-five years she has not lived
there. Mrs. Bowly heard Of the in.
tention Of the people Of the State Of
South Carolina to raise the Hampton