The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-09-12
STATE NEWS.

a large Roman Catholic school is
TO be established in Greenvllle
= Gov. McSweency has prevented
iyhchlng III Hampton county by promnt
and dccisivc.action.
Mrs. Ann Harris died at her hon.
i'll Pickcns County Il few DAYS nyo o,t
the age of LOG years.
= Votes for Sheriff sold as high os
fifty dollars apiece in Charleston on
election day, SO it is said.
= The Rev. n. Stark, Il colorcd Ran.
tist minister Of Greenwood county, las
Just celebrated his Tooth birthday.
= The Republicans will hold a State
Convention in Columbia OH October
"rd to nominate presidential electors.
Sheriff Cathcart, Of Richland coun-
~ mas rendered his resignation to Gov.
McSwcency, to take effect on the 18th
inst.
According to the official figures Of
,he census taken this year, the popu-
iation OF Charleston has increased but
800 during the past ten years.
w. +. Stevenson. of Chcstcrt;eld
and +. Ii. Weston, of Rchland. if i.
reported will be candidates for Sneaker
OF the next House of Representatives.
The Fairvicw Agricultural and
Stock Association of Grccnvillc Coun
| ty will hold its annual exhibit on Fri
day, Sept. e1st, near Fairview churc.,
= The largest number Of votes G.
+ Walt Whitman received was "a votes
i'll Union. the smallest was in Bcrkc
ley. His total vote in the State was
i i9l.
The Lutlicrans of Charleston and
the united synod have gone to work to
=, raise an endowment Of $500 for the
theological seminary ut Mount Pleas
ant.
= Miss Nora Peterson of Grcenyillc
was recently married to Mr.. Fred
Seibcrt OF Louisville, Ky, whom she
had never seen but with whom she had
corrcspondcd for quite IL while.
= An organization of the federation
OF labor was effected last week ut Co
lumbia, and one Of the first pieces OF
work will be to secure the passage of
the anti child labor bill which the mills
have fought so long.
- Prof. w. f. Moncrielf, who was
ut one time Il member Of tho Clemson
College faculty, has been elected to the
chair of Mathematics, Physics and
Astronomy, made vacant by the re-
! signaton OF Prof. Brcazealc in Win
throp College.
The Telephone Manufacturing
company of Sumter has been awarded
the "mcdal of highest award for tclc-
phones ut the Paris exposition. The
medal was won over all telephone man
ufactures in the world and is great
triumph for South Carolina telephones.
The Royal Bag and Yarn Manu-
featuring company, Of Charleston, has
been incorporated with capital stock
of S225,000. The incorporators are
Messrs. Geo. A. Wagener. j. NJ. Signi-
Gus, Stephen Thomas, Geo. Lunz and
j. F. Reading. The product of this
mill will be bags and yarns.
= Last Friday night near Fork
Shoals, in Greenville county. Frank,
the eighteen-year-old son of James
Chandler, was attracted from his
fathers house by noise among his
fowls. and taking his gun went in pur-
ouiu aS Of the trouble; Whilo handling
the gun in some way It was discharged
killing him instantly, the entire con-
tents Of his weapon having GONG
through his heart.
= Gen. G. l. Walker, commanding
the United Confederate Veterans, has
notified the Governor of the election of
Mcssrs. w. II. Hardin, of Chester, w.
D. Startling, of Columbia, and w. E.
James, of Palmetto, as members of the
State Board Of Pensions under the new
act of the General Assembly relating
to pensions. The Governor will at
once issue commissions to these mem
bers of the Board.
= Governor McSweeney has disband-
ed the Capital City Guards, O local
colored militia company, in Columbia,
which engaged in riotous Gconduct on
the State capitol grounds on Labor
Day. NJ. r. Cooper, Secretary ofState,
has forbidden colored militia to use the
capitol grounds hereafter. In the
police court the risting members were
fined $40, and some double thatamount,
for contempt.
= Secretary of State Cooper has re-
fused an application for an increase
of capital stock Of the Douglas Mining
Co., of West Springs. The applica-
ton called for an increase from $780,
900 to 81 100000 and the sale Of stock
at2O per cent OH the dollar. The ap-
plication was refused because it was
violativc of a clause of the Constitu-
ton providing against the fictitious in
crease of capital stock of corporations.
On Monday morning of last week,
two miles above Union, Mrs. Tom
Bently killed herself with shotgun.
She was, when found, shot in the abdo-
men, and itseems that even her clothes