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

tangled up with whiskcy and Sports
shot Epps, mortally wounding him.
In Union the other night Mr.. G..
Walt Whitman was arrested for dis
orderly conduct nnd carrying conceal
ed weapons. The Mayer fined him $25.
- The harm ofT j. Patrick, ut White
Oak, in Fairfield county, was burned
last Fliday night. Horses, mules,
forage and thousand bushels of o ats
Were lcs...
= the Granitcvillc NcwS is author
ity for the statement that among the
persons arrested in gambling den in
Augusta recently was "our lately NOM
mated candidate for Lieutenant Gov
crnor Of this State.
- Send to secretary Thos. w. IIol-
loway at Pomaria, S. c., or to w. &.
Flennikcn, Columbia, for q premium
list of the State Fair. Pick out what
you want to compete for and send tho
best that you have to the Fair.
Discharged Tor drunkenness, A.
Vernon, boss of the Southern car shops
III Columbia, attempted last Thursday
evening to kill II. A. Overton, next in
authority. He fired at him with u
Winchester at short range, but missed.
Columbia is to have an automobile
line and it may be in operation for Fair
week. A charter has been issued by
the secretary of state to the columbia
Automobile company" which proposes
to do n general delivery and transfer
business. The capital stock is to be
$4,000.
On the Plant system road near
Benbow mines, several miles from
Charleston last Thursday night, the
engine and several freight cars jump
ed the rails and trmbled down nm e5l-
bankment, killing Engineer Cooling.
n young white man, and Fireman Har-
vey Thompson and Brakeman Ben
White, negroes.
1t is said that tho Southwestern
portion of Saluda county, in which the
town Of Batesburg is situated, and en-
bracing almost the entire railroad
mileage of the county. will make an
effort to be detached from Saluda coun-
ty and return to Edgefield county.
The scheme will be strongly opposed
by Saluda county.
"A two room negro cabin in the
town of Laurens was demolished by
the explosion of dynamite bomb
placed under it Friday night. The
purpose of the explosion appeared to
be the assassination of the tenant, n
woman named Mary Burgess, but for
tunately she was not in the house at
the time. The explosion made terrific
report and awakened and alarmed the
entire town.
= Governor McSwcency mas received
n special invitation to attend the ses-
sion of the Southern Industrial Associ-
alton, which will meet in New Orleans,
beginning December and continuing
five days. Measures will be considered
and plans formulated to promote the
varied industries of tho South and to
develop its vast resources and it is also
designed 20 take action in reference to
the Nicaragua Canal bill.
- Thomas George, an escaped con-
| vict from the Pickens chain gang, was
captured ON the 1st of October by
Messrs.- V. Holden, james Rogers,
John Cannon and Fred Rogers, near
Flat Shoals in OcOnee County, and was
| carried to Pickens the same day. L.
was convicted of stealing O horse from
Mrs. Jones about four years ago,
near old Pickens.
= On last Saturday night about nine
o'clock, at the homo of Will Aker, on
the farm Of Mr.. G. L. Foster near Oak
way, Aker shot and killed Will Austin.
1t seems that Austin, short time be-
fore. had shot twice ut Aker with a
double barrelcd shot gun, but missed
him, the shot taking effect in the flo OF
and walls Of Akers house. Austin
left and was gone only few minutes,
when he returned and renewed the
fuss, whereupon Akcr shot him in the
abdomen. Austin fingered until Sun
dag morning, when he died. WalhaUa
Courier.
= The anti-iynching law of this
State, making the county responsible
for damages to the family of the vic
tim, has received another black eye.
On Jan. 4th, 1897, Isaac Brown, a
negro, was found hanging to tho rail
road crossing at StilltOn, Orangcburg
county, his neck broken and his body
riddlcd with bullets. Browns father
brought snit against the county for
damages .ast year, but the jury prompt
ly brought in verdict for the county.
The verdict was set aside by Judge
Gage, md another trial Of the case oc-
Cured last week, and another verdict
rendered for the county of Orange
burg.
AT Bordeaux, Abbeville county. last
Friday Eingleton A. Mcintosh alleged
that son of George Mckinney had
moved some cotton in which Mcintosh
had an interest. The elder Mckinney