The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
STATE NEWS.

Ihrce storcrooms, with all their |
contents, were destroyed by fire at
Troy last Friday night.
= Miss Sarah Thomas. an oped Indy
of Allendalc, while standing on tn.
doorsteps fell, breaking her neck.
- The South Carolina college has
l9O students enrolled, the largest num-
per present at the opening for years.
- This seasons rice crop in South
Carolina promises to be an unusually
profitable ono for both planters anf.
dealers.
The Synod of the Presbyterian
Church of South Carolina will meet in
annual session at Florence ON Tues
day. 28rd inst.
The freight depot of the Southern
at Winnsboro with oil its contents was
burned one night last week. The loss
will be about $4,000.
Specimens of your finest grains,
vegetables. finely bred stock, includ-
ing poultry, should be shown ut the
State Fair, Oct. Goth to Nov. 2nd.
= The managers of the State Fair
propose to holda military cncampmcnt
Ill Columbia Fair week. General
Floyd will have tents enough for the
militia.
= The safe cracker has visited Spar
tanburg and made M attempt to enter
safe. This makes the second ATTEMPT
to enter safes in Spartnnbmrg in the
last two months.
= The State Agricultural Society
will pay freight OH all exhibits raised
in the State and sent to the Fair ut Co
lumbia released. Take advantage of
this and send something to the Fair.
The Mormon missionaries are still
mt work i'll Fairfield county near the
kcrshaw line, where their house of
worship was burned year ago. They
say they have so elders ut work in this
StNte.
Greenvillc is soon to have first
class opera house. The foundation has
been mid, and tho supcrstructure is
steadily going up. 1t will be neat
and commodious building when COM
plctcd.
The Ncwbcrry Observer thinks
that there is prospect that those who
have for years been pegging away at
what is known as the three Cs Rail
road through Saluda, Ncwbcrry, and
Edgeficld may yet be rewarded.
= Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr., aid dc camp
to Gov. McSwecney, has resigned his
position on the Governors staff. Very
complimentary letters passed between
him and the Governor, and there arc
no i'll feelings as n result OF the elec-
tion.
- In Charleston ncgrO's leg was
amputatcd while the negro was per-
fectly conscious and yet the negro felt
no pain. This was accomplished by
injecting cocaine into The spinal col
| umn between the fourth and fifth lum
bar yertebrr.
Another tragedy occurred in
Grcenville few days ago i'll which
the victim was Matte Lindley and the
slayer Duff White. Both parties in
the drama were colored, and the origin
of the trouble seems to have been the
angry jealousy Of the victim.
In Georgetown recently gentle
man shipped 100000 rice birds to the
northern mr. .kets. They were captur-
ed, picked and cleanscd by laborers on
the rice plantations, one man alone
receiving $s5 for his lot Of birds, They
bring fancy prices in the north.
"A lively race for the position Of
clerk of the House of Representatives
is opening. Clerk 7. c. Hamcr has an
nounced his candidacy for reelection.
Gen. Walter Gray, who was for several
years the clerk, will oppose Mr.. Hamer,
and Mr.. Haynes Of Ncwberry will also
be in the race.
= Florence has just experienced an
other destructive conflagration. Last
Tuesday night fire broke out in that
town, which gained headway rapidly.
Three brick store houses, frame ware
house and q residence were burned to
the ground. The loss is estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000.
In Spartanburg County Joe Watts,
n grown white man, and his younger
brother, Tom Watts, decided to take q
hunt, Joe carrying shot gun. They
went through the pasture on planta-
ton and while Joe was crossing a wire
fence the gun was discharged, the
load of shot taking effect in the side
Of the boy, Tom Watts, who died in
few minutes.
A negro preacher was shot and
seriously wounded in his own pulpit in
his Church in Newberry County few
nights ago. The congregation had
been in big row few nights preced-
ing the shooting, and the preacher was
told by sorso Of the congregation that
if he attempted to preach there again
they would kill him. Ten negroes
have been arrested.
- From the mountains of Greenville
county comes the news that giant has
fallen. A water oak known to have