The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-21
STATE NEWS.


laid Oft and made ready for the build |
ings.
1t is rumOrcd that Col. JAS. II.
Tillman, of Edgctcld, will be cand-
date in the next primary for Lcutcn-
ant Governor.
- Mr.. G. Duncan Bcllinger of Barn
we'll will not rln for Congress but will
be candidate for reelection to the
Office of Attorney General.
- Capt. j. \. Peterllin, of Fort Motto,
started u tomato canncry last year.
He succeeded so we'll that he will en-
large his factory this season.
! - Simpsonvillc is to have cotton
mill. The capital stock may reach
S250,O00. and Alexander Finley, Of
Grcenville, will be president.
| - Nancy Patterson, cOlored woman
i'll Union county, was burned to death
by her clothes catching fire when she
was burning brush in the field.
! - Along during the war from 1851
to 1866 the post Office at kSpnrtanburg
issued few stamps. These stamps
are now worth about 800 each.
"The Golden Weed,' tobacco
journal published ut Florence, is the
latest candidate for public favor. Mr..
Il. a. Brnnson .is the editor, and the
first issue is crcditable one.
| = Theodore L. Bedford, Of Potter
vile, Penn, will establish knitting
factory in Greenvillc. 1t will be
equipped with 80 machines and its ca
pacity increased in the future
Clemson College is sending out
SO me valuable bullctinsnow, Bulletin
as tells about the use Of broad and
mar row tires, while 40 gives much in
formation about strawberries.
- Mr.. NV. &. Dusnsing, former
resident of Midway, was found dead
recently near the Coast Line track in
Charleston. 1t is thought lie fell from
his bicycle and was killed by tho fall
= w lille rabbit hunting in OcOnee
County a few days ago negro boy
was killed by the explosion Of single
ba rrel shot gun. He took aim to fire
the gun when tho .breech pin flew out
! and the load blew his brains out,
| = at the annual meeting Of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Society held
in Columbia the premium list was re-
vised. 1t was long and tedious job.
| The premiums were increased 81 600,
there being $1,000 offered for county
cx hibits. Thc..race purses were made
$4,000, being an increase of 1,o00.
- Il remarkable occurrence happen
ed over on the factory hill some days
ago. AT the home of Mr.. Liner twins
| were bern each of whom had full set
| of upper teeth. This is the first in
stance Of the kind ever happening in
Union so far as we can learn. Both
of these children died few days after
| their birth.-UniOn Times.
= Fully half the students Of the
Medical College of Charleston have
| the mumps. One unfortunate student
developed Il case of them about two
weeks ago, and since then they have
been spreading very rapidly. Some
| are confined to their rooms for two or
three days. while others for over
week, and don't know how long some
will have to remain in.
- The store of Mr.. John Simmons,
Of Mountville, was entered by bur-
glars and his safe blown open with
dynamite. Tho safe contained about
twenty dollars which was, of course,
appropriated by the thief. Mr.. Sim
mons, who is both q merchant and cot
ton buyer, generally deposits large
sums of money in this safe, but on
this occasion, luckily, the amount was
small.
"A through freight on the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern was wrecked
six miles from Clinton last] Friday
morning. The engine went off an
cmbankment and overturned, carrying
over q number of cars loaded with
merchandise, which were demolished.
Rains probably caused the embank-
ment to settle. The fireman was kill
ed and n brakeman mortally injured.
The track was blockaded for hours.
= Maxey Fewell and Hope Robert
son were hunting ducks on tho for
mcr's plantation in York County.
They were lying down by pond, Few
ell in front. Fcwcll was to shoot first
and Robertson to fire at the ducks
when they rose. Fcwcll fired and then,
in the excitement to see the result
sprang up in time to get the full load
from Robertson's gun in his head. He
died instantly. Fewell leaves q wife
and two children. Robertson is boy.
= Cherokee is up with the process
sion in all material progress and when
it come to boys she has the largest one
in the State of his age. Laurcns Vas
sey, son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Massey,
is five years and eleven months old.
IIc &c fcs- soat and three inches nigh
and weighs 1903 pounds. He measures
thirty nine inches at the waist, four
teen inches around the knee, eleven
inches around the wrist, and is very
healthy and has an unusually bright