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

w. r. Cobb has been arrested in
Union for forgery. He raised check
from $40 to $40.
= DR.. p. ID. Griffin of Columbia has
been elected medical adviser to tho
State pension board.
= All Of tho independent telephone
lines of the Pce Dec section have en-
tered into combination.
= Eleven fine deer wcle killed by
sportsmen on Hilton Head Island, flf-
teen miles from Beaufort.
= An industrial insurance company
has been organized in Columbia with
capital stock of 100000.
William Blount, of Appleton, was
killed by the accidental discharge of
his gun while hunting.
Good Roads," and the sale 9 the
Penitentiary farms will be live ques-
tions before the coming Legislature.
= The Government will shortly erect
new light house supply station on
Castle Pinkney, in Charleston Harbor.
Ex-senator John J.. Nj. Ilby died
ut his home in Laurens last Sunday
morning of Bright's disease, aged 4s
years:
- There is great scarcity of water
about Lynchburg, Sumter county.
Wells and streams have frequently
dried up.
An attempt was made to assassi-
nate Senator D. s. Henderson ofAiken,
at White Pond. He was not hurt,
however
= Tho people of Darlington County
have formed good roads association
and are doing voluntary work in con-
nection with the county officers.
- Up in Flat Woods in Spartanburg
county the other day j. l.. Wooten,
aged 81, was married to Mrs. Nally,
aged 55. Mrs. Nally is grandmother.
= A numbe. of pension sharks, who
have been defrauding negroes around
Charleston, have been prosecuted and
will be tried in the Federal District
Court.
- Thirty-seven prisoners were sent
up to the Pcnitentiary from Charles
ton, the harvest of one term in Court.
That accounts for the city's census
shortage.
= Three citizens, of Beaufort, s. G.,
who left Beaufort, N. G., in yacht
just before the last big gale are thought
to have been lost at sen as nothing has
been heard of them.
- The governor has received let
ter from John Thompson. son of ex-
Governor Hugh S. Thompson, asking
for large areas Of land for the purpose
of settling colonists who want to try
this State.
= State Treasurer Zimmerman re-
ports that owing to unusually heavy
appropriations and the slowness of tax
returns, the actual cash on hand in the
State treasury is considerably less
than ut tho same period last year.
= The United States Senate has
passed bill to encourage the Inter
State and West Indian Exposition
which is to be held in 1901 Mt Charles
ton. The appropriation made by this
bill is s250.000 and oil exhibits will be
admitted free of charge.
- Elias Atkins, of Spartanburg, left
Spartanburg hound for Blacksburg,
having $50 in his pocket. When next
heard of his dead body was found on
the railroad track, his skull crushed
and his right hand bruised, indicating
that he was foully dealt with.
Attorney General Bellinger has
requested the several solicitors to re-
port not only the offences charged but
also the name of the person, color, sex,
age, the crime charged and the result
of tho trial. This will be q step to-
ward securing criminal statistics in
South Carolina.
The Culbreath mining company of
Newberry, has applied for q charter.
The capital is to be 100000 and the
business is to mine for gold principally.
The mine is in Saluda county and it
is asserted that experts have declared
that the precious metal can be gotten
out In paying quantities
The new Southern Railway link
between Allendale and Hardeeville
has been completed. This link short
NNo SAAO UAotNhSC AlOu Dlu 10 S0s
vannah IA miles and with other short
cuts, is said to give the Southern the
shortest route "from snowhills to Or
anges," being intended for the North
ern travel.
The other night near Travellers
Rest Grecnville county, John McKin-
ney and Holland Howard were fired
on from ambush by unknown parties.
Neithcrwas hurt. Mckinney and How
ard are principal witnesses against
James Suddoth, accused of killing Ed
Hayes. Suddeth is out on bond and
will be tried at tho Januaiy term of
court.
"A peculiarly sad accident occurred
last Thureday night in Spartanbrrg.
w. X. Matthews, of Haywood, N. c.,
seventy years old, accompanied by six
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