The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-07-18
STATE NEWS.
The carpenters are on q strike a

= The carpenters are OH strike at
Aiken.
Saluda is catching OH we'll for
new county. 1t has sixty candidates
announced fOr the various Offices
Greenville has her electric cars.
They are at the depot in that city wait
ing the completion of the work OH the
line.
= The Mayor of Columbia fined c. Il.
Enlow, a white man, twenty dollars
for attempting to commit suicide in
that city.
w. f.. Fielder killed Clayburn
HerndOn in row over Il string of fish
at Walterboro. 1t was feared at one
time that there would be il lynching.
= Rev. G. Il. Harmon, pastor of the
BuncOmbe Street Methodist Church in
Crcenville, has given $500 to the
twentieth century fund which the
southern church is raising.
- a negro convict in the AbbcvilIe
County chain gang died on the public
road few days ago from the bite of q
rattlesnake. He lived only ten min
utes after being bitten by the snake.
- l.. NJ. Werts, Of Clouds Creek in
Saluda county, has reported to the
governor that contagious disease has
appeared among mules in that neigh
bcraood. The Clemson college vcter-
marian will make an investigation.
In Spartanburg Sarah Hinton
severely stabbed her husband, John
Hinton, with a butcher knife, Just rs
he came out of the church ut the rail
road bridge on Church street. They
had been separated awhile and Sarah
was cnraged because John had given
his heart to another.
1t turns ont that the United States
governments suit against the State is
for the building Of the State house and
accured interest, the bonds having
come into the possession of the federal
government by reason of investment
of funds held by the State for Uncle
Sam.
Within the next twenty days an
other brave South Carolina soldier will
be fighting upon Chinese soil. An
order was recently issued moving one
OF the companies of the eth infantry,
of which Lieut.. Ben Tillman, jr., is
ranking lieutenant, from Alaska to
China. He il son Of George ID. Till
man.
The Board OF Directors of the
Penitentiary have selected the site on
the Lexington farm for the establish
ment of the Juvenile refOrmatory,
which was authorized at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature. 1t is said to
be quite desirable and convenient
location.
= A storm unequaled in the memory
OF the inhabitants of twenty years
residence passed over the town of
Saluda. recently. Hailstones fell for
half an hour, cutting the leaves from
trees and vines; bridges were washed
away, the streets were flooded and corn
and other crops were in many places
leveled.
= The largest mortgage ever record
ed in Richland county has been fled
with Clerk of Court Walker in Colum-
bia. 1t was the mortgage given by the
Seaboard Air Line railway to the Con-
tinental Trust company of Baltimore.
ltl beautifully bound and gotten up
and is for $75,OOO,GOO. 1t is volumi-
noas paper, containing about $4,000
words, and the revenue stamps attach
ed to it amount to no less than $19,211.
= There are charges of corruption in
the letting of the beer privileges in
1t seems the members of
the State board wish to pledge in ad-
vance the county board to vote for a
certain man for beer dispenser, and il
is charged offered one of the county
members some inducements for his
vote. 1t is also charged that the State
board favored the election of dispcn-
ser who would buy his beer from the
Atlanta Brewing company.
Mr. J. S. Blalock is preparing to
build on his plantation at Goldville in
Laurens County, yarn mill, to be capi-
talized at $4,000. Mr.. Blalock, who is
one Of the largest cotton planters in
the northern part of the State, con-
ducts his immense farming interests on
! rather unique plan. He already has
his own cotton seed oil mill and he will
soon be prepared to convert the staple
rom his own fields into yarn. He also
las his own telephone line and other
modern cOnveninces.
y Last week in Spartanburg Judge
declared the marriage of Rev.
}. A. Nettles, of Pacolet, and Miss
Fannie V. Littlejohn, null and void.
Action was brought by Miss Little
Ohm. In her complaint she declares
hat when the marriage was contrect-
ID she was unsound in body and mind
md was incapable of making mar
iage contract. Being restored to san
ty. abe Eyne unwilling 10 enter into
he marriage relationship with Mr..
Jettles.
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