The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-17
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

= American manufacturers 1sold q
million pair Of shoes in Great Britain
in 1900.
"A national prohibition conference
has been called at Buffalo, n. Y, in
August next.
The man chosen by the fugitive
Filipinos to succeed Aguinaldo is also
captive in American hands.
-inc number or Idle factories in
Germany is giving the government rs
we'll as tho philanthropists great con-
Germ.
Congressman Fleming. democrat,
of Georgia believes the silver :ssua is
dead and wants the party to 'rop it
and take up somo live issue.
= King Oscar of Norway and
Sweden has accepted the post of ar
bitratOr ON The Samoan claims of thc
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many.
&C. NJ. Schwab, manager of the
steel trust, has paid $4,000 for Il lot
in New York city upon which he will
build million dollar residence. His
salary is just million year.
James NJ. Barr, late vice president
of the Atchisnn. Topeka and Santa Fe
system, has been elected vice. president
| of the Seaboard Air Line. V. f. McBce
remains general superintendent -.
California is the only place in the
world where salt is harvested by p!ow-
ing. Nature has made IN incxhausti-
Bile deposit on the surface Of tho ground
In the heart of tho Colorado desert.
= According to Mr.. II. Dodge, statis-
tician Of the department of agricul-
ture, there are 100000 agricultural
workers in the United States, of whom
100000 are "independcnt farmers"
--Ccaser Booker, said to be the Oldest
coiorcd man in the world, lives near
Washington, Ga. 1t is said that he is
12G years old The Buffalo Exposition
wants him to exhibit rs one of their
novel attractions.
- The divorce business is prosperous
in Rhode Island, where non support is
the favorite charge. Tho judicial 5 a.
tistics of that little State show that 375
divorces were granted i'll tho year 1897,
400 in 1893, 412 in 1890 and 46G in 1900.
= For the first time in the history of
Havana, it is reported, the month of
of April began without single case
of yellow fever in the city and Major
Gorgas, chief sanitary officer. is conf
dent that there will be few cases dur
ing the summer.
= George W.. Boyer, one of the
jurors in the case of John Brown, who
was hanged at Harper's Ferry in 1869.
has just died at Charleston, w. Va.
But one member Of that famous Jury
ncw survives-William A. Martin, who
lives at Delep)ane, Va.
General Wood, governor general
of Cuba, doesn't like cartoons, and be-
cause tho Discussion, Cuban paper,
published he and Mckinley and label
ell them rs thieves, who arc robbing
Cuba of her independence, lie closed
up the shop and forced the management
out of business.
e South Paris (Mo.) man recently
secured prize in the form of horse
which snorcs so it rattlcs the dishes in
the pantry. The owner of the horse
has 70 tura out in the middle Of cold
nights and go down t. the stable and
feed the horse so he will stop snoring
and the family can sleep.
= The famous Okeefcnokee swamp
in South Georgia has been sold to
Charles Hebard g. Sons, of Michigan.
The consideration, it is understood, is
S275,00O. The swamp contains 354, 900
acres and it's circumference is 1877 miles.
The sale carries with it the land, tim
Der, water courses and game with which
the swamp abounds.
"A new cotton mill is to bo cstab-
lishcd at Athens, Ga, with capital of
S3OO,000 most Of which has been sub
scribed by home capitalists. The new
mill will be operated by electric power,
generated at Tallusee Shoals, eight
miles from Athena where big electric
plant is now being constructed.
= Hon. o. d. Stevens, State Commits.
sioner of agriculture, says he has form
ed tho opinion from observation and
information received in the sections he
has recently!visited than the famers of
of Georgia are not planting any more
cotton that they did last year, notwith-
standing the increased sale of fcrtil-
izers.
OF Aguinaldo's age there is great
doubt. The estimates range from 81
to 81. He himself does not know the
year in which ho WAS born, but 1874 is
believed to be tho correct date. He is
8 feet, inches il height, an accom-
plished lingnist, and as general has
been called "Fiiipino Nspoleon."
= Major johnson, OF Fargo, N. d.,
who has been on trip to Norway and
Sweden, expects that twenty thous-
and Scandinavians will come to Amer
lea fhia yanr Ia 10 ouotod n. aou:,z