The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-02
STATE NEWS.

The State Fireman's Association
will meet in Grecnville ON May 18th.
The Gates Desk factory of Green
vile will be turned into yarn mill |
with capital of $4,000.
The Sumter Baptist church has
declared that no man can be member
OF that body and indulge in gambling
in cotton futures.
- The citizens of Pickcns G.. II. have
decided to build cotton mill. The
company has been organized with n
capital of S250,OOO.
= 1t is said the best golf sticks are
made from the persimmon, and a fac
tory has been established Mt Sumter
for their manufacture.
Mr.. j. B. Anderson, section mas
ter on tho s. A. H., was knocked down
with % sand bag at Abbeville and rob
bed of his watch and SAB.
A Grcenville boy named Cover
saved child from drowning few
days ago, and proved himself brave,
manly fellow for doing so.
Subscriptions for the Charlest on
Exposition are coming in very satisfac-
torily. Everything indicates that this
is going to be grand success.
Mike Brown, of Barnwell county,
has n contract for furnishing 100000
cross ties to the Erie, N. Y, Railway.
He gets IS cents each for them deliver
ed.
- Lieut.. Governor Scarborough has
announced that he will not be can
didate for reelection as his business
engagements will not permit his max
ing campaign of the State.
= The Office of attorney general in
South Carolina used to be sinecure,
but now is the hardest worked of all the
State offices. From attorney general
he has come to be general attorney.
j. w. Napier. of Georgia, was con-
victed in Bennettsville last week under
the law forbidding the business of
acting asimmigrant agent in this State
without q license, and was fined $500
- Mrs. Oliver of Columbia, who was
thrown out of n car on the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens road while on
her way to the Atlanta exposition, has
just secured verdict for $4,000. She
sued for $4,000.
George Washington, q negro, who
was sent to the Penitentiary for life
from Charleston in 1870 and who es-
capped year later, was captured In
Augusta lnet week aud sent back to
prison. He enjoyed twenty three years
of freedom.
= An industrial agen. OF tie Sea-
board Air Line agrees to hold car
nival ct Greenwood on August 1st and
and at the time appointed for the State
Confederate reunion, provided the
citizens cf Greenwood will subscribe
$500 to the expense.
= Clemson College has issued q
bulletin on tuberculosis in cattle
The tests showed that more than half
of large dairy herd in Charleston
were diseased, while those at Clemson
College and other places in the up.
country were free from it.
A colored girl, twelve years old,
was killed by lightning during thun-
derstorm while sitting before the fire
place by the side of another child in q
tenant house on Preston Dominick's
place in Newberry county. 1t is re-
markable to relate that the other lild
was not injured.
A cyclone struck Ross's quarry, in
Lexington county, % few days ago. I.
tore down buildings and destroyed
derricks. Six men who had taken ref
uge in the small office building had q
narrow escape from death. The wind
uprooted very largo tree and threw
it upon the building, which was de-
molished. but they escaped unharmed
x Gov. McSweeney has appointed
Mrs. T. G. Robertson lady commission
er to the Paris Exposition from this
State. Mrs. Robertson is the wife OF
DR.. T. e. Robertson, who is the Co
lumbia manager Of the Virginia Caro-
lima Company's plant. She will go to
Paris at her own expense, the State
having no allowance for exhibits OF
work at tho exposition.
- There is 100000 in the State
treasury to tho credit Of the school fund
which the Comptroller General is
anxious to distribute among the coun
ties entitled to it. Notwithstanding
several notices sent out to county
superintendent, twelve or fifteen OF
them have not answered. Until all
make reports it will be impossible to
distribute the money and there is nc
doubt about the schools in the State
needing it's benefit.
A serious shooting affray occurred
near 'i'rndee::!!s, s. c., few days age.
Braskie Moore went to the home of
Sebe Stack. They had some words
over the settlement for mule. STACK
told more that he was going to kill
him. Moore got ont Of his house, got
to his buggy and got behind it by the
time Stack began shooting at him.