The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-11-07
STATE NEWS

morning to burn cotton:at Rock Hill.
Charleston's cotton receipts are
now 1000 bales ahead of this time last
year.
= Eleven eases of smallpox arc re
ported from Gray Court, iii Ealrer,s
County.
= There are 81 cotton seed oil mills
in South Carolina, using a2O, 900 tons of
seed annually.
r. B. Morgan, the merchant at
Easley. who killed 9 burglar, was ac-
Quilted at tho Pickens court.
hcholding OF fall festivals is get
ting to be quite common now through
out the State. Orangcburg will hold
one on November 10, II and 15
"A negro meeting in York county
has passed resolutions crying out
against the impending danger from
white teachers in colorcd schools.
-Saluda has Il population Of 400.
The corner stone for the courthouse
was laid in July, 1890, when not moro
than 25 people lived i'll the hamlet.
= The Baptist State Convention will
meet in Greenwood, the change having
been made necessary by the illness of
the wife Of the pastor Mt Newberry.
- The Synod of South Carolina has
decided to inaugurate movement to
raise an endowment fund of 100000
for the Presbyterian Seminary at Co.
lumbia.
= The trustees of the Thornwell Or
phanage Mt Clinton, S. c., report SiG,-
900 collected for tho last year. Every
dollar of that money goes where it is
doing most good.
- The citizens Of Nowbcrry have or
ganized a Game Protective Association,
having for its purpose the protection Of
game and fish by the enforcing of the
game laws of tho State.
- MIR. j. G.. Smith, of Aiken County,
recently found on Shaw creek IN allign-
tor nest containing Al eggs. He took
them home and reset them and now he
has IA young gators about foot in
length.
Tho famous DonQhuc plantation
In Marion has been sold by Chancellor
johnson to Mr.. A. l.. Calhoun, Jr. 1t
was perhaps the largest rcal estate
transaction that has taken place in this
State for many years, 1900 acres bring
ing s45,00Q,
- The National Municipal teagu4
Will begin its sessions in Charleston on
December 1a. Mayor Smyth has sent
Gov. McSweency an earnest invitation
to attend and deliver the address of
welcome on that day. The Governor
hopes to be able to accept.
= Rev. John Owen, for several years
past prominent member Of the South
Carolina Conference, was accidentally
shot last Wednesday by young man
with whom he was out hunting near
Johnston whore Mr.. Owen wae located.
Mr.. Owen died from the effects Of the
wounds Friday afternoon at o'clock.
= The Grecnville News states that
j. II. Traynham, who took tile second
prize in that county, made 1903 bushels
of wheat on three acres. Ho sowed
peas and moved 4,4i4 pounds OF hay.
Counting his prize money $35 and his
wheat at IS cents and his hay Mt 20
cents, the crop on the three acres
brought him $157.4O.
= Mr.. Frank Z. Smith, of Yorkville,
has hit upon scheme to prevent ne
groes from crossing his lot at night.
He has erected On old gallows. recently
found on his premises, and the negroes
gave it u wide berth. Hatchet marks
oD the gallows show that II persons
have been hung on it.
= The ministers of the YOrkville dis
trict of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Zion church, lately assembled,
adopted a series of resolutions protest.
ing against the putting of white teach
ers in negro schools to teach negro
children. To this whites and blacks
should agree. Let the negro schools
be black and the white schools white.
To mix one is to threaten the other.
= The Cotton Growers Association
of South Carolina met in Columbia last
Wednesday and after a thorough dis
cussion Of the situation determined to
push tho work of organizing the farm
ers of South Carolina so rs to- control
the cotton cropin cooperation with the
OCHSA SOceOh f5.OWIH botutCS IC tS-
sociatiOn also decided to send a full
delegation to thcmeeting Of the nation
al association this month.
The officers Of the State who went
on to New York after NicastrO DOM
inic0, the Italian murderer captured in
that State, have returned bringing the
prisoner to Colleton county to stand
trial for the murder of another Italian
committed some years ago. The pris-
oncr reached Collcton few days ago.
The bringing back of thiss.fellow, it is
thought, will have good ..ef1cct upon
the lawless crowd Of foreign laborers
working in the phosphate Smincs in
South Carolina.
Finley Brown, the twclvc-year-
| old son Of w. X. Brown, of Charleston,
died there last Saturday morning under
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