The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-30
STATE NEWS.

- AN insurance company has been
organized at Greenwood, witha capital
stock Of 100000.
= Mr.. Aaron Russell, Il citizen of Alb
Devllle, died recently after n lingering
illness caused from the bite of rat.
= Dispenser Reamcs. in charge of
the dispcnsnry Mt Sumter, has been
suspended on account of IL shortage of
$4O0. '''' '"te 10
f. - The. Court of General Sessions
convened in Grecnvillc last Monday.
There are eleven murder cases on tile
criminal docket.
The Office of sheriff of Fairfield
must he glittering prize. Eight can
and two of them are brothers.
IL Thomas Farrow. u candidate for
the Legislature from Snluda county.
was recently convicted for the viola
tion of lab0rer's contract. lie has
Withdrawn from the race.
-. Bishop Il. X. IIargrovc. of Nash
vile. Tenn, will preside over the next
session of the South Carolina Confer
cncc, NJ. +. Church. South. which will
begin at Chester, November %.
= Last Friday morning there was Il
freight wreck on the Southern railway
four miles above Columbia. Ten box
ears were dcrailed and the track was
torn up. The cause of the wreck is not
known.
- Mrs. Jennie Crane of Pickcns.
Will be l0i years old next month. Her
son, Jip Crane, who lives near Easlcy. is
past 50 years old Mrs. Crane is in
good health, eats heartily. sleeps well
and is able to be about.
Governor McSweency has issued
requistiOn papers for Lonis Broom
field, who was sent to the Penitcntiary
from York County, in 1888, on the
charge OF larceny and hOnsebrcaking.
Broomfteld escaped. and he has been
arrested ut Monticello, Ark.
:. Hon. H. Cowpcr Patton, represen-
tatlve from Richland county, died last
week at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal
anurisln of the aorta. He was we'll
known throughout South Carolina and
was one OF tho States ablest lawyers.
- Miss Maggie johnson graduates Mt
Newbcrry College in juno and will
have the distinction Of being the first
female graduate of that institution.
The college was opened To female stu
dents three years ago and has seven
teen young ladies in attendance this
session.
1t is expected that not less than
10000 teachers will attend tho annual
convention Of tho National Education
al Association TO be held i'm Charles
ton in July. They viii come from all
parts of the United States, and will
represent the best intelligence Of the
country.
= Under the act of tho recent lcgis-
lature South Carolina purchased Nc
Crady's Colonial History Of South Care
lima end DR.. Landrnm's History of
Spartanburg county and these are now
being distributed among the education
al institutions and public libraries of
the State.
There was wreck on the G.. L.
w. z: RailrOad 8 miles below Laurens
on wednesday morning. Five box
cars were deraileG and smashed and
engineer VIM. Mckinney and n colorod
train hand were instantly killed. 1t
is thought the wreck was caused by
IN obstruction placed upon the track.
The subcommittee of the State
schedule for the State campaign, but
this schedule must he submitted to
the full committee for endorsement.
According to tho arrangement the
campaign will open June 18th at
Orangeburg and close at Columbia
August 22nd.
The agent of the sinking fund
commission makes some serious char
ges against that body. He claims to
have discovered about $3.50, 900 shortage
in the accounts of : various county
offices connected with the tax depart
ment OF the State, and declares that
the cOmptrOller-general blocks him in
his collections.
- The Ocopee Manufacturing Com.
pany, of Oakway, has been organized
SarpoS Ry T n VWesy w. Hunter % GSls%pP ans j. sH
nings, for the. purpose of developing
the power On the COneeross Creek, gen
Grating electric power and transmitting
it to Oakway. There it is proposed to
erect n cotton mill to consume this
power.
- At Edgefield, within tho shadow
of q negro church whore services were
being conducted; Ed Brooke, coioreti.
shot ard instantly killed his wife, the
pistol ball entering her head. AS soon
as the alarm was given the negroes
rushed from the church en- masse cry
ing .lynch him." Cooler heads hurried
OF Brooks to jail and thus averted, a
double tragedy. Two years ago Brooks
he threatened the life of his wife.
- At the session Of tho Grand Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, in Charleston, it
appropriated $500 In cash or the sup
port Of Pythian orphans ct the follow
Epworth (Methodist). at Columbia, and
Thornwell (Presbyterian), at Clinton.
Cheraw Lodge offered O free site for
the establishment Of a Pythian orphan
age at that place, but the Grand Lodge
felt unable to accept their generous
offer just yet, though some steps may
be taken at the next session at Spar
tanburg.