The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-09-05
STATE NEWS.

oi noius 1ci the purpose of putting in
sewerage system
- The United States will condemn
lando Sullivan's island for the .roc.
ton OF barracks for the soldier. ot thot
station.
There ale several hundred candi-
dates i'll South Carolina who can write
touching little cpistlcS on "IIow
came to be beat
- Reports from portions of Orange.
burg county say that many small far
mers will not make enough to pay the
expenses OF planting
= The sea island negroes around
Beaufort are dying by the hundreds on
account of sickness caused by little or
no medical attention.
A $1,O0o,OO0.OO capital company
has been organized with headquarters
at Columbia, to develop the Ring Jaw
Shoals, twenty-five miles from Angus
til, Ca, where Il factory town will be
built.
= Last week there were destructive
wind storms in parts Of Grcenville
county. Crops were ruined by hail in
some sections and badly damaged by
! rain i'll Others and blown down in
others.
- llOw's this for high, Born. INTO
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ White, Of Wolf
Stake, on last Monday night. three
girl babies. Mother and babies are
doing well. Mr.. White is we'll pleased.
| I|dihaliU Courier.
John lladdon. colorctl, WAS killed
by lightning in Pickens County. He
was struck on the head and the bolt pass
cd through him into the ground tear
ing Oft his shoes. About seven dollars.
III change and paper, was scattered all
over the ground.
Mrs. Butler, wife of Maj. Gen. NJ.
Z. Butler. died at Old Point Comfort
last week Of acute neuramia. She
went to Old Point three or four days
before. Mrs. Butler was Gs years of
age, and the daughter of Gov. Pickcns,
war governor Of South Carolina. The
body was inferred in Elgefe!:!.
= The contracts for building the
Congarec dam. making navigation to
Columbia possible, were opened last
week III Charleston tthc United States
engineers office. The Evansville, Ind.
Contracting company was the lowest
bidder at $75,Gal. The secretary of
war will have to approve the award.
In Columbia one night last week
mill operative named Chalk was kill
ed by Il railroad train. The train was
standing at the crossing, and Mr..
Chalk, who was 90 years old, attempt
eC to cross over by crawling under the
cars. But the train moved before he
could get across and his right leg was
crushed almost to n pulp up to tho hip.
1t developed in Charleston TINT
Is. II. Matthews, whose sudden with
drawal from the race for Solicitor Of
the First Circuit, was once arrested,
tried and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary on a charge Of robbing
the United States mails. After serving
part of his term he got new trial Oh
some technical point Of law and the
case against him was mol pressed. He
left Charleston and telegrnphed for his
family to join him.
The dwelling Of Mr.. T. B. Bailey,
at Clark's Hill, was burned on Monday
night of last week, loss about $4,000
or 1900. MIR. Bailey lost almost every
thing and was only partially insured.
This makes about $4,000 or $4,000 Mr.
Bailey has lost in tile last four years
by fire. He had n very fine mill, gin
and planning mill and all were destroy
ed in 1897, and n fine store house in
1893, which was n total loss to him, as
he had no insurance on either of the
| first losses.
= Alma, the 7-year- old daughter Of
Joseph billiard, in Spartanburg Coun-
ty, was killed by lightning. The
father, mother and little girl were in
the yard where a clothes line was
stretched. Mr. billiard was sitting in
chair and the little girl was playing
around near the wire which seemed to
receive the charge. A post to which
the wire was fastened was split and so
was log in corn crib near at hand.
The trees in the yard were not struck.
Mr.. Dillard was shocked but not severe
ly.
i Cleye Philips, near Gaffncy, sold
his cotton crop of the last five years. a
short time ago. AS the cotton was
ready for market he took it to the
cherokee mill and took receipt for
so many pounds Of cotton, samples of
which were preserved. The under
standing was that he could select his
own time for selling. Year after year
he did the same until he had nearly
400 bales deposited. He had the benefit
of storage and insurance for the five
years. The advance in price paid him
well for holding the cotton for he sc!a
his FIVE crops at OF all round.
It. M. Allen, a good farmer of
Rock Hill, who resigned from the State
Board of Control, because the duties
conflicted with his religious convic-
tions, recently visited the State farms,