The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-11-27
STATE NEWs. !

been burned in the Piedmont. z.
81. S. Rose, Of near Florence,
lost his stables and Eve fine mules BY
/ fire, the work Of an inoendiary.
8. T. Baker, Confederate vet
eran, OF Beaufort was fnnily rnhhed
and saurdered in Colonial Park, Sayan-
nah. Ga.
Two Mormon elders have been
warned by. citizens Of Saluda county
to leave. Some Of tho citizens do not
I like them. 81.
- The next session Of the Cotton
Spinners Association Of the South
will be held in Charleston some time
in May, 1902.
~ Paul Preacher, negro root doc
tor, was found dead in. the woods on
the out skirts of Columbia. The man
had starved to death. =
- A negro named Henry Nichols
has been lodged in the Laurens jaiI
charged with numbering his wife,
while in a drunken frenzy.
Rev. G. E, Todd Of Due West
has accepted the agency of The 10th
century fund of the "A. R. p. church
and canvasser for Erskine college.
In Florence county last week the
ginnery Of Mrs. F. a.. McColl was
burned. Loss about $500; no in
surance. A tobacco barn in the same
county was burned. q
John Love. of Greenyille, has
pistol 129 years old. It was made in
England The trigger and hammer
are under the barrel while the handle
is at right angles to the barrel.
g.: Rev. w. Fl. Campbell, D. D., for
the past 20 years rector Of ST., PauTs
Episcopal church, Charleston, died on
Saturday, aged 78. He was one Of the
signers Of the Secession ordinance.
- One of the white men employed
in the Seaboard yards in Columbia
wrote an insulting letter to another
mans wife and was beaten nearly to
death for it by the indignant hus.
band.
The Mayors Of Rock Hill, j. J.
Waters, has written tho governor
earnestly requesting the State author
tiles to look carefully after the small
pox said to be prevalent in York
County.
- Sam Carter, caught with molds
and counterfeit money, and accused
BY his father-in-law, has been commit
ed for counterfeitipg at|Union. It is
thought he had been operating for
some time. Is .z5 s.. y
The Twin City Power company
will establish an electric plant at Ring
jaw shoals on the Savannah with 3O.-
600 horse poYer, They expect TO fur.
nish power TO Augusta, Elberton,
Greenwood and other towns.
Safe crackers were in done lille
last. Wednesday night and blew open
the safe In the postofice, making
away with about $175 in money. and
stamps: The store was robbed Of
some pistols and lother things.
- Florence Robinson, q negro iof
Beaufort, subject to fits, fell in the
fire and was horribly burned burned ~ She she
was kept under the influence OF drugs
until death came. The unfortunate
woman 8 eyes were burned out. X. &
The State superintendent of
Education complains that his report is
delayed through the gross ignorance
of many of the county superinten-
dents, who cannot add even three coll
ums Of figures without errors and
make other mistakes. ss
- A. coffin salesman who passed
through Yorkville last week, said that
the death rate in that section, and in
the whole Piedmont, is less than it
has b~en for a number of years. past
He based his statement on the number
of collins that are being sold by his
own and other firms.
Senator Tillman, who recently
returned from quite an extensive tour
of the north wet, where he delivered
q number of addresses, has again gone
into that part of the, country on. a.
similar mission. Senator Tillman
was much pleased with the reception
accorded him everywhere on his last
trip.
- Next Sunday the Charleston Ex-
position willopen with religious SER
vice, in which all denominations will
take part. An elaborate musical pros
gram will be rendered under direction
Of Madame Barbol. opening with an
ode especially written for the occasion ]
by. George, Herbert Sass and set to
music by Professor Theodore Saul.
Captain RiclTlond Pearson. Hob
SON tho man who sank the Merriinac
atthe mouth of Santiago harbor. dur
ing the war. with Spain, anu whose
marvellous daring on that occasion
challenged the admiration Of the world,
has. been detailed by the Navy De-.
partment to take charge OF the Naval
Exhibit at the Exposition in Charles
ton. T. IL
Dr. Carlisle states that tLe South
Carolina College vas chartered 100
years ago about tie 18th TO the Goth
se,slyecember next. Fifty years after
I that date, almost to the day.: W Wofford
q hCollege was ctartered. THE. South