The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-11-28
STATE NEWS.


at Florence.
Another rich gold mine is being
opened in Saluda county.
Smallpox has appeared Mt Dantz- !
Ter i'll Orangeburg county.
A lumber trust has been organ
lzed to control all the timber in South
Carolina.
Tho Port Royal dry dock is in bad
condition and it will take $1,000 to re-
pair it.
i. .. Donaldson, Jr., of this State.
has been promoted from lieutenant to
cap1ain i'll the regular army. He is =,
Fort Riley. Kan.
The executors of the late Govern
or Ellerbc have sent the attorney gen
cral n check for &2l3.13. the amount
the Governor was found to bc due the
State pcnitcntiary.
= Another big mill is to be cstab-
lishcd i'll Spartanburg county. 1t is to
be at Inman and the new mill has some
OF the most prominent citizens of Spar
tanburg and elsewhere backing it.
= There are several hundred negroes
about Beaufort who are drawing pen
sions to the amount of about $4,000
from the United States government,
for alleged services during the war.
- Burglars entered the store of J.
Is. Gillian. ut Lees, l'arnwcll county,
and blew open the safe with dynamite,
wrecking the office. The robbers Sc
cured $50 in money and $50 in stamps.
- Horse stealing is becoming quite
prevalent around Spartanburg. Sew
cral persons have had their horses sto-
len just lately and the thieves have
not been caught nor the horses rccov-
cred.
| b. w. Anderson. Of Annapolis,
Md, and Miss Julia Lincberger, Of
| GastOnia, accidentally met in Iau-
rens on Monday, became acquainted,
and OH "Wednesday were married in
Columbia.
Columbia is arranging for the en-
tcrtninment of the State reunion of
| Confederate veterans, which organi-
zation will meet there in May. CO.
lumbia wants to do the thing right,
and has started in time.
- The report Of the State dispcnsary
for tho quarter ending August 31st,
which was filed with the Governor
Tuesday, shows a net profit of $685.
27G.3G. This amount passes to the
credit OF the school fund.
= Henry BOggs, thirteen year old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Boggs, was
struck by falling tree on tho Sth in
stant, three miles above Newry factory,
while hnnling load of cotton to the
gin, and died on the 18th instant.
= Mr.. Houston Joyner. of Enstnvcr
Richland county, shot aud killed his
brothcr-in law, Wash Hodges. Mr..
Joyncr went to Columbia and surrcn-
dered to the sheriff. An old fcud seems
to have been the cause Of the killing.
"A Grccnvillc man has invented a
burglar proof paddock to which he has
applied the principles used in combi-
nation locks, and he has made it such
valuable invention that his patent
has commanfed large offers from man
ufactures.
= Hon. John A. p. Lancaster, of
Glenn Springs, gathered his sweet pO-
tatoes last week and made 500 bushels.
The variety is the bunch OF vineless
yam which he considers the hest and
which command the highest price on
the market.
= The Governor of Maryland has
appointed commission to look into
the matter Of having that State make
an exhibit Mt the Charleston exposition.
That commission has addresseda strong
appeal to the people of that State in
the interest cf the exposition.
The Clemson team defeated the
Virginia Polytechnic team in q game
Of foot ball at Charlotte last Saturday.
Tomorrow Clemson closes The season
by game with the University Of Ala
bama team ut Birmingham. Clemson
has not lost game this season.
A party of New York and Boston
capitalists have been making tour
Of the South Carolina mills in which
they are interested. This party re-
presented about 100000, 900 and were
in charge of DR.. NJ. V. Richards, land
and industrial agent of the Southern
Railway.
The Court Of Common Pleas,
which is in session ut Greenwood, was
interrupted by fire Wednes day. The
fire originated in the basement, and
when discov red had burned Through
tho floor of the grand jury room. It
was promptly extinguishcd with q loss
not exceeding S1O0.
The corner stone Of the Charles
ton Exposition Building will be laid
December IL. The speakers will be
Governor McSweeney, Governor Cand-
ler. of Georgia, and Senator Tillman.
A party of twelve prominent gentle
men from New York, including archi-