The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-07-25
!, s. c., WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1900.
STATE NEWS.

senator Illlman has rejOlned the |
State campaigners.
= The Piedmont 6 reenyille baseball
team has disbanded for lack of support.
A farmer near Columbia raised an
Irish potato weighing one pound and
five ounces.
An alligator, twelve ct in length,
was killed in an old pond near Aiken a
few days ago.
- DR.. j. NJ. Josey, of Darlington
county, died q few days ago from the
effects of bone fellon.
= Brooker Washington has been
selected to preside over the negro
department of the Charleston cxposi-
tion.
- Orangeburg County will produce
some of the finest tobacco this year
that will go on the market in this
State.
Walhalla's Semi Centennial Cele-
bration has been postponed from
August 10th and 18th to August 2STd
and oath.
- Cne of the submarine torpedo
boats recently contracted for by the
navy department will be assigned to
permanent duty in Charleston harbor.
John A. Robinson, of Dacusville,
PickeEs county, was out trying to kill
partridge last week and his gun ac-
cidentally went off, shooting the end of
his foot off.
- Mr. Harrison Butler, of Aiken
cou"'v, has on his farm, near Hamburg,
an -rland field of 20 acres that has on
it crop of corn estimated at not less
than 100 bushels per acre.
A negro named Clarence Alexan-
der attempted to board fast through
freight ut Cowpens but he failed to do
80, fell and the car wheels passed over
his left leg almost cutting it off just
above the ankle.
- The board of trustees of the South
Carolina college have elected Mr.. A.
c. Moore to succeed DR.. Glenn, who
resigne ed, to accept a position with
Vanderbilt university. mir. Moore is
from Spartanburg.
In Darlington County the Caro-
lima Fibre Company has enlarged its
plant and is now making twenty to
thirty thousand pounds of paper per
day. This is the only paper mill in
existence that makes paper exclusively
of pine wood.
= The bank of Due West has applied
for a charter. The capital stock is to
be $4,000. The corporators are: G..
E. Todd, r. s. Galloway, r. C. Brown
lee, N. B. Clinkscales, A. Selden Ken
nedy, of Due West, and B. F. Mauldin,
of Anderson.
The Wheat Growers Convention
of the State will be held In Greenwood
on August IL, and the local committee
are at work preparing for it. A large
attendance is expected and the con-
ventiOn promises to be even more sue
cesssul than the one last year.
-Orangeburg will likely have re-
markable person as one of it's Represen-
tatiyes in the next legislature in DR..
Wolfe, who will probably head the
ticket in that county. DR.. Wolfe is
not over 48 inches in height, weighs IS
pounds and wears q number ST hat.
- The Greenwood Inder has started
the movement to have the Federal
government purchase the grounds
around the old Star fort near Ninety
Six and preserve it as c national park.
1t is one Of the most interesting points
connected with the Revolutionary war.
- Last Friday at noon. near Colum-
bin. colored woman, with her son
and daughter, went under pine tree
to eat dinner. A storm came up and
lightning struck the tree. The mother
was instantly killed, the girl was stun
ned and badly injured. The boy was
not hurt.
= Mr. J. W. King, Of Ebenezer, sold
some tobacco on the Darlington mar
ket June 30th that was planted May
End. In less than two months after the
plants were put in the ground Mr.. King
had cured and sold the tobacco and
had the money in pocket. What other
crop will put money in farmers pock-
ct in such short time?-Darlinqto
Messenger.
- The recent census Of the Catawba
Indians, living on the reservation in
York, county shows that out of total
of about 70 there are still about 10 or
12 full-bloods. 1t has been thought
for some time that the last of the pure
blooded Catawbas had passed away,
but the inquiries of the census taker
convinced him that this is mistake.
He feels confident that his investiga-
tions are conclusive.
= Near CLASSY Mountain in Green
vile county revenue officers made
raid, seizing distillery in active
operation: eleyen fe-ccec..eerss snSa. f111 fH11
gallons of beer which were DESTROYED.
Jackson Howard was arrested and as
the officers were leaving the distillery
they were fired upon by moonshinera