The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-09
STATE NEWS,

>io "'c ScNcIil cases or small
poX i'll the city of Union.
= Subscriptions to the Charleston
exposition have now passed the one
hundred thousand dollar mark. AMI
are still climbing.
= President Mckinley has appoiu,-
cd Mr.. l.. NJ. Wells postmaster 1T
Cheraw vice NJ. ID. Marfarlan (ncyro)
removed for cause.
= Hog cholera, or something like il.
has killed hundred hogs of Henry
Buford and smaller numbers for other
farmers in Marion county.
= There is Il rumor in political cir
clcs that Hon. Frank b. Gary will not
he in the gubcrnatoral race as prcvi
ously announced he would be.
DIR. G. II. c. Todd, of Barnwcll. a
surgeon in the Confederate army and
II brother in law of Abraham Lincoln,
died ut Barnwcll Il few days ago.
Work has begun again OH the old
Dorm. gold mine at Mccormick. This
Is said to be one of tho richest gold
mines i'll the South. 1t has not been
worked for many years.
Dave llaithcOck killed his cousin.
Mack lIaithcock, near Columbia and
then surrendered to the sheriff. There
seems to have been bad blood between
them FOR sometime.
The town council Of Ncwberry re-
Gently passed resolution to EXEMPT
from oil municipal taxation for a
pcrioJ of five years, all new manufac-
turing plants established there.
= The Office of County Supervisor of
Newberry county must offer very
tempting bait for candidates. There
ere seven candidates out for it so far,
with possibly others to hear from.
The sundry civil bill passed by
the House last Wednesday, includes
the following appropriations for South
Carolina: Charleston harbor gets
S175,00O; Congarce river. 100000;
Winyah bay, $2S5,0OO.
The Secretary of Treasury has
sent to the Senate in reply to rcsolu-
tion statement showing that there
was due South Carolina from tho gov
crnment S179,93S, growing ont of the
claims of the Indian and Florida wars.
DIR. l.. G. Glenn, of South Carolina
College, has been authorized by the
United States Geological survey to
gather data rs to artesian wells in this
State which will be of practical benefit
to many citizens and of advantage to
scientists.
- Hon. Joseph w. Barnwell, of
Charleston, withdraws from the con
gressional race against Col Elliot.
Mr. Barnwell believes, after recent de-
velopments in Charleston. that he can
not be elected and declines to make
further effort.
-Ex-Sheriff w. H. Hood, of Chester
county, while riding his horse from the
field to the farm house to get out of
the rain, was struck by lightning and
horse and rider were instantly killed.
Hood was found lying beside his dead
horse, ono foot in tho stirrup and his
face and head horribly mangled.
- DR.. A. p. Montague, president of
Furman University, has finished his
work Of raising funds for the compile
tiOn of the Alumni hall. He secured
in cash $4,000, which is considerably
more than he started out to raise.
This practically provides for finishing
the hall, and all the money needed,
with the possible exception of $500, is
now in sight.
= All South Carolina veterans are
delighted to know that Bishop Ellison
Capers, of the diocese of South Caro-
lima. the distinguished cx-Confederate
General, who is now one Of the most
eloquent and forceful divincs in the
country, has been selected to deliver
the memorial sermon at the .Confeder-
ate Reunion at Louisville, KY, on Sun
day, June 8.
- Miss Gertrude Willis, daughter of
Mr. G. II. Willis, Of Greenville, met
with peculiar accident that might
have been fatal. While walking in
her sleep she stepped out of second
story window, falling on the hard
ground below. She was rendered un-
conscious by the fall, and it is not
known how long she lay on the ground
before discovered. Both bones of one
arm were broken.
Commencement at the South Caro-
lima College this year promises to be a
very attractive one. DR.. A. Coke
Smith of Norfolk, Va, the noted Meth
odist divine, will preach the haccalau-
reate sermon. DR.. Smith is widely
known as an able and interesting
speaker, and the commencement ser
ZION this year will no doubt be an ex-
cellent one. Mr.. j. p. Kennedy Bryan,
of Charleston, has been selected to
deliver the annual address to the grad
uating class. Mr.. Bryan is q member
Of the Charleston bar and is a man of
high literary tastes, and is an able aad
polished speaker.
One morning last week while Mrs.
j. II. Parr was dressing her baby she
felt something scratch her hand; upon