The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-20
ANDERSON s. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1900
STATE NEWS.

= The capital OF the Lancaster Cot
ton Mill is to be increased to one mil
lion dollars.
< One of the candidates i'll an upper
county carries hoe around with him
in his buggy.
1t will not be more than four
weeks now before South Carolina will
have some new tobacco in the market.
Mr.. Walt. Whitman has been
ruled out of the gubcrnatorinl race.
lie could not raise the $50 assessment.
The Greenvillc NcWs says that
farmers i'll that county will have enough
wheat this year to sell and bring them
$4,000 to 100000 in cash.
= The colleges of the State in the
recent meeting Of the executive COM
mittee at Columbia "set down" on all
paid base ball players for the coming
year.
= 1t is said the Atlantic Coast Line
is about to reconstruct the Port Royal
and Western Carolina road, straighten
out its kinks aud put it into first class
condition.
- There is farmer living within
four miles of Newberry who never
bought thing in his life on credit
and has not purchased n bushcl of corn
within twenty-five years.
- In Darlington County a white boy
killed his mother few days ago for
the sake of her pension, which she hud
just drawn. At best he did not get
more than twelve dollars for his bloody
work
- The board Of trustees of Wofford
College has persuaded DIR. Jas. II. Car
Isle to act as president for another
year. The announcement created
great enthusiasm and general rejoicing
in tho State.
= The fact that Edmund NJ. Rhett.
of Charleston, stands fourth in this
years graduating class at West Point
shows that the Southern cadets still
| make their marks at our national mill
tary academy.
George Calhoun, colored, who
lives on Mr.. James Steifie's farm near
Bradley, unhitchcd his mule from the
plOw and rode under n tree to take
shelter from storm when thunder
bolt killed Calhoun and the mule.
"A little son of Mr.. c. F. Tillman,
of Edgefield county, about ten years
old, was bitten in the back last week
by n mule supposed to be mad. A
mad stone was applied to the wound,
but it did not adhere. The mule has
since died.
- Mrs. Matte Hughes, who has been
tried four times for killing her husband
in Greenvillc and who is under bond
on half dozen indictments for selling
liquor. has disappeared. Her stock of
goods is worth $40, and is mortagnged
for S54O.
- DR.. l.. II. Murfec, of Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, has been elected President
| OF the ureenville Female college to
succeed DR.. Riley. DR.. Murfce is q
graduate Of the University Of Alabama
in the class of 1860 and has been en-
| gagged in college work all his life.
Dispenser Brown, of Cheraw, has
been found 1906 short in his accounts.
and, upon further investigation, it has
been discovered that Mr.. Brown had
given no bond. 1t is the same old
story over again and the State will
probably be the loser as usual.
Mr.. Jas. H. Moore, Of Charleston,
who is n candidate for Attorney Gen
eral, is advancing some very sensible
propositions concerning the policy OF
the State government. A local option
law for liquor control and peniten.
tiary term for Col. Bill Neal arc among
them.
At Winona, near Florence, q
freight train ran over two little boys,
sons of Henry Grant. They were
asleep on the track between the rails and
must have raised up their heads as the
engine passed over them. One was
killed outright, and the skull of tho
other was horribly crushed.
= The eight months old son of Mr.
and Mrs. j. II. Crisp, of Garys, died
after suffering for three months or more
from a peculiar accident. The little
fellow was given box of buttons to
play with, and got button or hook in
his windpipc, from which he suffered
for several long weeks until death re-
lieved him from pain.
= The death of Lewis Kinard, col
ored man living near Saluda Old Town
was caused by an accident in handling
o shot gun. He was mounted ON q
horse and when the gun was handed
him by companion, it was discharged
In some unaccountable way. The load
took effect in his left arm and he died
from the shock and loss of blood in q
short time.
Hon. Thos. N. Berry, of Darling.
eecG:, |a0 was chairman or the Prohibi.
tiOn conference held in Columbia on