The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-09-19

nc census bureau gives Atlanta's
population as Sr.S;,
germany wants To place q wa,
loan in the United States.
The heart of the no,ion hots
warmly for the stricken Texas city.
wo oithe cotton mills of Augusta
Will shut down on account of the ,ac,,
of cotton.
= Twenty-Five American mission
;lIcs are known to have been killed bv
the Chinese boxers.
= California has just celebrated the
! semi centennial of her entrance into
the Union rs Il State.
The president calls on the people
"i the nation to help thcpcoplc Of Gal
weston, WHO have suffered so severely
tom the storm.
Gcn Joseph Wheeler retired from
'he army on September 12th, and as Il
retired officer will receive for the re-
mainder OF his life Il salary of S4.o5O n
year.
Inc membership of the National
League OF Democratic Clubs has cross
ed the million mark and is still grow
trend of public sentiment.
= Americans and Enrnnnnns i: Chin,
are indignant that the lying Chinese
ministers who prevented the movement
OF the relief column should be received
with SO grca. honor jn Washington.
The negroes of PENNSYLVANIA,
with the ink on the papers that told of
the New York and Chicago riots still
damp, are insisting on their children
being admitted to the white schools of
that State
There is an overflow of grain in
Nansas City that the railroads are un-
able to handle. Il great deal Of wheat
Is standing i'll the railroad yards wait
ing shipment to the cast and the rail
roads are greatly embarrassed by the
situation.
: The crop experts variously esti-
mate the wheat crop of the United
States for 1900 at from 472,OO0, 900 to
51O,35G.O00 bushels, and the corn crop
at from 2,113,00U,O00 to 2,24O,170,O 900
bushels. This is the most thrilling cc-
real story of the year.
= This years apple crop in North
America is expected to be the largest
ever known. The horticulture statis-
ticians predict from SO,0OO,0OO to 10O,s
100000 barrels, which will be supply
OF more than one barrel for every in
habitant Of the United States.
= Judge Sim0nton of the United
States circuit court has ordered the
sale OF the Blackwell Durham tobacco
company property ut Durham, n. c., by
Receiver Hall for not less than $4,000
600. 1t is expected that the American
Tobacco company will be the pur-
chaser.
= After four weeks Of public sus-
Dense, during which time the books of
Ex-City Treasurer II. II. Harvey at
Brunswick, Ga, have been gone over
by expert accountants with the object
Of discovering alleged discrepancies.
the announcement is now made that
Harvey is short SCI, goo.
- The will of Moses Pierce, the cot
ton manufacturer, leaves trust fund
OF 100000 to the American Missionary
Society, OF New York city, 70 be known
as the edwin Milman Pierce fund"
the income to be used for educating
teachers Tor common schools among
the colored people in the South.
- At meeting of the cotton spin
ners of Manchester, England, it was
decided practically unanimously not to
purchase American spot cotton during
the month of September. Four-fifths
OF the employers trade were represent
ed. 1t is anticipated that the decision
will lead to the closure ofIscores of
mills for several weeks.
- A trip over the storm stricken sec
tion along the Mississippi river, start
ing some thirty miles below New Or
leans and reaching to the gulf, shows
q damage of about 100000 to the rice
crop. Truck farms, poultry, cattle
and other damage will double the
amount. The river rose six feet dur
ing the storm and flooded the .section.
"A hard blowhas been struck by the
Postmaster General against the opera
tors of the endless chain system of SELL
ing goods. an order being issued to the
effect that all such schemes are lOtte-
rics and all mail matter in relation
thereto is unmaiiable under the lot
terry act. The order is based on an
opinion from the Attorney General of
the United State.
There is no doubt that the cotton
crop has been seriously injured
throughout southern and central Tex
as. Owing to the excessive rains this
year tho cotton has grown to weed
more than ever known and in some
fields it ranges from 6 to 10 feet high
and is very rank with leaf. The wind
whippe and twisted the stalks, beat
ing the open cotton out of the burr
and the rain has beaten it into the
ground, and ruined if.
"A circular of the Chickamauga and
ChattanooRa narls cnmmission annonn.