The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-04-04
General News Items.

NNhVtHi eNS IPnlSs
= Twelve pounds is he weight of
the new automatic machine guns under
experiment in the United States army.
III iireS 100 shots minute and can be
carried by one man.
= Almost all the corn Which Europe
takes is consumed by animals. It is
he increasing animnl deficiency of
icchln% stltls abroad that explains the
large purchases of corn by Europeans.
= The Rcv. y. y. Church. pastor Of
the Universal Church in Akron. Ohio
urges ilr doing away with collins and
SAYS The dead shonld he Inferred with
only Il shroud wrapped around them.
- Henry Il. Reeves and Miss Sarah
". l!ilcy were married at l,ridgeton,
:. H.. last week. They were sweet
hearts at school and had IL quarrel 40
years ago. Young Reeves went west
ana Ill the meantime has become rich
Recently he renewed his acquaintance
with his old sweetheart and marriage
has resulted.
= Thcrca pointer for come OF our
bnsy men in This little story Of child
life: Mamma" asked little :,-ycar-old
Freddie. ARE we going To heaven some
day?' "Ycs. dear, hope so,'' was the
reply. II wish papa could 70, too"
continued the little fellow. "Ncll. and
1nn't y;;; think ne wiiiy" asked his
mother. "Oh, no." replied Freddie, che
cou!dn't leave his business"
- One of the most wonderful farms
III the world is situated in Canada. It's
pccnliarity lies in the fact that every
thing is worked by electricity. Two
waterfalls within the bounds of the
farm, some 60 feet and $50 feet high.
furnish the motive power, central
power house being erected near, ana
the current is transmitted by wires to
- The officials Of the Seaboard Air
Line have notified the South Carolina
railroad commission that the new road
for inspection April goth. The commits
sion has accepted the date, and il the
schedules will be put into effect and
traffic begun. The route south of Co
lnmbia will not b" ready for Il few
weeks longer.
= The Chinese minister made the
noteworthy statement in his Philadcl-
phia address that in all the ports and
trade centres of the East the English
language held place rs no other tan
suagc could claim. Chinese, Japan
csc, Germans, Russians and Frcnchmen
alike" he said. "makc use of it in their
business Offices, in their clubs and in
their family circles. Ii short, it may
be called tho commercial language OF
the ORIENT
= The Rev. II. II. Barbour, pastorof
the First baptist Church, of Columbia,
Ohio. proposes to dispense his sermons
to those who are unable to attend
church by telephone. The church has
been wired By the telephone company
aiiit rs soon as the lines are in operation
DR.. Barbour will cause Il big transmit
ter to be hung OH the front OF the gal
lery. DR.. Barbour explained that in
this way the members Of the church
can stay at home and hear all the ser
vice, including singing, prayers and
the sermon.
- The Lee -Metfortl bullet is about
keep it straight III it's flight it has to
be made to rotate alta tremendous rate
by the rifling of the gun. Obviously
this long, narrow bullet meets with
much less resistance from the air than
the old spherical ball of tic smooth
bore musket. but the swift rotation
has another effect. When the BULLET
strikes man it borcs its way in like u
Gimlct and nothing can stop it.
= Principals of Chicagos public
schools are opposed to tho giving of
prizes and medals TO pupils. They do
not deny that prizes are an incentive
to effort on the part of the children.
but prize giving develops the immoral
traits OF envy and jealousy, and where
the prizes are offered for competition
in I'm essay, to be written ont of the
school room, there is likelihood of
assistance from older heads ana n
consequent deceit on the part of the
children.
= The return of the troops in the
Philippines to tho United Sfntns vii!
begin IN May. Those that went over
first will he the first to como back.
Two years is considered long enough
for people of tho temperate zones to
remain in the tropics. Unless the sit
uatiOn in the archipelago shall undergo
a marked change before the movement
is inauguratcd it isnOt improbable that
for every regiment brought home an
other will be sent from this country to
take it's place. The Government trans
ports will have busy season before
them.
= Abraham Jacobs. the New York
man who has been missing for the last
two weeks and to whom it was feared
foul play had come because when he
disappeared he had $4,000 with him,
has at last been found scrvinga term
in the work house, to which he was
sentenced shortly after his supposed
disappearance for vagrancy,, having
been arrested for begging in tho streets.
Mr.. Jacobs still hns his $4,000 with
him. but he is likely it seems to servo
out the remainder of his thrcC months