The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-03
STATE NEWS.


= Camden has secured Il charter for
Il 5000, 600 Gotten mill.
= Several c;iscs of smallpox have ap-
pcarcd IN orangcburg
= Zen eases of small poN are report
ed from Acton, Richland county.
"A number of serious accidents
happened in the State duringj he past
week.
- The SeabOalds trains are expect
ed to be running into Columbia by
February 1st.
= The time for paying State and
County taxcsl has been extended until
the lst of February.
= DR.. :. w. Gamble, of kingstrcc,
dropped spark in can ofpowtlcr and
blew his eyes out.
= The coolest weather of the season
has been experienced throughout the
State the past few days.
= he city of Greenville had five
small fires last week. No great dam
age resulted from either of them.
= The famous Gridiron Press Club
of Washington, ID. c., were tho guests
OF thc city of Charleston last Monday.
= Eleven new cotton mills were built
i'll South Carolina the past year. There
W i'll be. that many OF mere built this
year.
= Charleston was visited by the
heaviest snow fall last Sunday that
she has had in thirty years. The snow
was half inch deep.
= William Sacheal, IN Orangcburg
cou nty farmer, while hunting, near ST.
Matthews, shot and killed his only
child, boy eight years old.
- In q rabbit hunt near Cross Hill
Caspar Fuller, ID young gentleman 10
years old, was accidcntly shot and kill
cd by Mr.. Butler Richardson.
- POLITICIANS are fixing their wires
for the next campaign, which, it is
believed, will open up earlier than
usual in South Carolina this year.
- The stone of Il corn mill used on
one of the State farms burst last week,
demolishin e the mill and seriously if
not fatally wounded two convicts.
= Calvin Smith, Of Grccnville, has
brought suit against the. Grand Central
hotel Of Columbia for $4,000 for in
sjurics su stained in fall he received
while walking through the office last
fall IL year ago.
- Asa result. Of carclessly handling
cannon crackers, II. M. Muldow, of
Bishopville, and DR.. Henry Harris, Of
Elliott, have lost their right hands.
Crackers so mutilatcd the members
they had to be amputated.
Walter Brown, aged nine, Of
Kingstrce, finding an old pistol III Il
room where lie was sent by his mother
to get pair of scissors, snapped it mt
the head of his six yearold sister. The
ball pcnctra ted the brain.
a race riot occurred at l.idgcland.
Beaufort County, last week in which
two negroes and Il white man were
killed and several others wounded.
Ridgeland is Il small town on the coast,
thic!>Iy populated by negroes.
= Under Attorney General Bcllin
gers holding that u college or school
trustee is an Office holder, Senator
Tillman, Governor McSwecncy and
other prominent gentlemen will have
to sever their connections with the
States educational institutions and
leave their management to others.
= Robert Chaffin, of Bennctsvillc,
who is only 1G years old, was shot by
one of hisplaymates on December 26th.
Edward johnson done tho shooting.
He thought that he could shoot an
apple off young Chaifin's head and
pointed his gun Mt it. He didn't know
that the gun was cooked and pulled
the trigger. The load of shot entered
Chatn's face and lie died within few
hours.
u In its annual report to the legisla-
tnrc the Railroad Commission will
show that lines constructed i'm the
State during the year add S3,0O0,OO0
to taxable property; that gross earn
ings have been Se,3iG,33S;};; total opcr-
ating and general expenses $5,841 900;
taxes $3S, ,71G; increase OF earnings over
Ia st year 1897, ,053; increase of net in
come per mile over last year %2l5,1c
The railroads are bearing large part
of the State taxes.
= Last Saturday afternoon freight
train ran into construction train
near Duncan, Spartanbnrg Comfy, on
the Southern Railroad, Phillip Mat
chest, of the Phoenix Bridge company,
was instantly killed. Matchctt was
from Pennsylvania. Henry Foster,
colorcd, of Clifton, s. G.. was fatally
injured. The freight train was badly
wrecked and several cars were th,nwn
down an embankmcnt. The engineer
and fireman escaped with slight bruises
= The storcroom and dwelling of
j. n. Robinson, at Troy, and the adj
journing storerooms occupied by j. S.
Burnett and ~. 4. I'0i5oIt were de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday night. The
fire was discovered in RObinsOn's store
abOut1 O'clock and Is accounted for on
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