The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-04
STAyE NEWS.
The Legislature convenes In Go

the explosion OF faulty constructed
grist mill at .Eastover, s. c., Dec. "a.
: A review Of the commerce ct the
port of Charleston last fall showed an
increase in the exports Of over q mil
lion dollars
Mr.. John Childers, a respectable
farmer living two miles from Eaurens,
was SO seriously kicked by mule
that he is not expected to recover.
: Work on the extension ofthe At
lantic Coast Line from Robins to
Denmark, S. c., has begun and will
be completed within a few months
time.
TN. Wallace, Greenvillc coun-
ty farmer, has killed two hogs raised
on his farm. the aggregate weight Of
which was S3S pounds. One Of the
hogs weighed 444 pounds.
= A negro named Robert Wilson,
fell from bicycle at Seneca while
racing and when be was picked up he
was found to be dead. Heart failure
was thought.to be the cause Of death.
Il There is complaint from all.over
the State about potatoes rottening,
some farmers losing their entire crop.
1t seems that the potatoes took q Sec
ond growth last summer, which caused
them to rot after being dug. Seed po-
taaoes will be very scarce next spring.
- Miss .Estelle Richardson, very
charming young lady Of Beaufort, was
severely burned while making her
toilet. Her clothing took fire from
redhot stove, and she was ~ badly
burned about the body. Though the
burns are not dangerous, they are very
painful.
- Another deplorable homicide oc-
Cured in Spartanburg last week. Mr.
j. R. Stuckey, prominent and we'll
known grocery merchant, shot and
killed Mr.. John Sewer, his bookkeeper
and collector. There seems to have
|'been no quarrel between the two men,
and the cause Of the killing, so far a.
the public is,informed, is mystery.
- It is source Of qualification for
South Carolinians in general that
Charleston is being used as port Of
embarkation. The Charleston harbor
is one Of the best in the country and
it has always been source of regret
that it should have been discrimi-
mated against by the government in
shipping soldiers to Cuba and Porto
Rico.
- In Sumter Willie Nelson with
several other negroes, were standing
on street corner talking. Another
negro approached the crowd:and when,
III few steps Of them pulled q pistol
and began firing at Nelson. Three
shots were fred in rapid succession,
but only one took effect and that was
on the shin which proved too hard for
penetration. When Nelson,pulledsup
his trousers the bullet fell out.
- The negroes Of Greenwood coun-
ty show decided disposition to emf
crate. Several hundred are likely TO
leave within a few weeks. The ex-
| odus commenced few days since,
when two cars flledswith negro fami-
lies leftfor lower Mississippi. Another
car left Sunday night. The 100 me-
groes that have gone went from the
Saluda section, and several farms there
are practically tenantless. More are
going from the same place.
- Assistant Attorney General Gun.
ter has returned to some Of the recent
| ly elected county officers the bonds
| which they have filed for security, and
which were referred to the attnaney
general for his inspection. The rev@
nue. tax law demands that such docH-
| ments be stamped. The amount N
stamps required is 80 cents. AsquiG
number Of the bonds had no stamps
affixed, they were returned to the
county officials.
BY an act Of Congress approved
2lst Dec. 1898, the terms Of United
States courts, both circuit and district
courts, have been changed as follows:
For the western district at Greenville,
S. c., the third Tuesdays in April and
October. The circuit court the same.
The eastern district at Charleston on
first Tuesdays in June and December.
The circuit court in Charleston the
first Tuesday in April. The circuit
court in Columbia the fourth Tuesday
in November.
= Another killing occurred in the
End West Virginia Volunteers in
Greenville last Sunday morning. Pri-
.vate Harry A. Steele, Company I, and
Emmet Kane, suffers clerk, had