The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-23
STATE NEWS.

= Pickcns County has only thirty
nix candidates announced SO far.
- There arc 40 candidates for the six
county officers in Williamsburg.
&. Walt Whitman, the perpetual
motion candidate for Governor, will
TRY, try agnin" this year.
a Charleston policeman had his |
neck horribly burned by n cclluloid
collar catching from match with
which pipe was lighted
= The total number of pensioners
throughout the State this year is 1881.
There is only 100000 to divide
amongst them iii the different classes.
"A collision between two passenger
trains at Hardcovillc caused tho death
Of John jackson, II colored fireman
from Columbia, and several mail clerks
were badly hurt.
he Gaffney carpet mill now has
eight men on the road selling carpets.
These men will cover the country from.
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the Gulf to the ST. Lawrence.
Tho State Press Association of S.
G. is to meet ut Harris Springs, begin
ming on July 23 at 8 y. m., and remain
ing in session until 6p. III. of July o5,
after which the editors arc to make mn
excursion to Virginia Beach, Va.
The movement for n mill ut Nine
ty Six is progressing rapidly. Local
investors are to supply $5O,OOO and the
balancs Of S15O,0OO will be supplied by
outside parties. b. +. Bailey, prcsi-
dent of the Abbcville cotton mills, will
be Mt the head of the enterprise.
= In Grecnvillc last Saturday after
noon Tom Odom shot james Israel
through tho head. The men were ope-
ratives i'll the Mills cotton mill, about
1S years old and unmarried. Odom is
in Jail. Both were good friends, and
tho shooting seems to have been done
without provocation.
- Rev. d. J. Brimm, ID. d., resigned
his chair in the Columbia Presby tcrian
Theological Seminary. DR.. Brimm's
action was voluntary and the reason
assigned is that he differs from the
majority of the Church in that he he
lieves in miraculous healing, or faith
cure. He is professor OF Greek liter
ature.
"A terrible accident occurred Mt
Florence Thursday morning, in which
Hampton Timmons, n fiftecn-year old
lad, had his head smashed open and
his brains scattered over the ground
and died few moments later. Young
Timmons was employed as driver
and was thrown from buggy with
fatal results.
= Chief Clerk Jesse T. CAN'T, Of the
Secretary of States Office, has found
another batch Of documents connected
with the Revolutionary records of the
State. They contain the original
awards ana receipts Of KeyoIati0nai y
soldiers. Mr.. Can't thinks that he can
make up practically q complete roster
Of the troops from this State from the
records Of the office.
- At the request Of Gen. Walker,
Gov. McSweeney has called the Chick
amauga monument commission to
meet at the Read House, in Chattn:.
nooga, at o'clock on the morning OF
June 4. Nearly all the members will
go to Louisville to the reunion and
they will come down to Chattanooga
from that city. Gen. Capers will also
be with them and will accompany them
over the battlefield, assisting the selec-
tion of the location for tho monument
and the markers.
- President Hartzog, of Clemson
College, announces that farmers in
stitutes will be held In q limited num-
Der of counties this year for the in
struction of the people in the various
branches of agricultural science. The
course of lectures Will be arranged to
present to those in attendance the re-.
suits Of the most recent Investigations
in theoretical and practical agriculture,
and aa far as possible to make the sub
jects discussed meet the special needs
Of the locality where the institute ia
held. aa XII
= The Grand Lodge Knights. OF
Pythias met in Charleston in annual
session last week. The members en-
joyed their stay in the grand old city
by the sea, and were royalty entertain
ed by the Charleston knights. The
convention will meet next yearin Spar
tanburg. The following officers were
elected to serve the ensuing year:
Grand Chancellor-George F. Won
Kolnitz, Jr., of Charleston; Grand Vice
Chancellor-Gen&.M. L. Bonham, of
Anderson; Grand Prelate- Rev. J. H.
Thornwell, Of Fort Mill; Grand Keep
er of Records and Seal--COl. d. j.
Auld, Sumter; Grand Master Of Ex-
cheGqer--Wilson G. Harvey. Charles
ton; Grard Master ut Arms--James B.
Marshall. Piedmont; Grand inner
Gunrd--James H. Bryan. Seneca;
Grand Outer Guard-L. I. Parrot, Dat-
lingt0n.
- The oldest inhabitant of Orange
hhrg county cnn.y :a:::a a::aa pTohnaDiy the Oldest
in the State, died last Wednesday
night week ago, at his home near
Branchville. He was an old colored