The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-12
STATE NEWS.

Nearly million dollars has been
spentin Darlington in improvements
within the past year.
= The striking machinists ut Char
lesion refused to accept the terms of
Iered and are still out.
Colonel Grilin's friends have en-
ployed j. A. Mooney. of Greenville,
to assist in tho prosecution of b. B.
Evans.
= Commissioners Vance says the
phosphate business is brighter and
more men are now employed at the
mines. Freight rates have also impro-
we'd.
= The Grand Jury of Greenville
county, in their recent presentment
to tho court. says among other things
that crime is on the increase in that
county.
= Although the Tillman- -McLaurin
episode is q thing Of the past, the YER
satile northern correspondent is still
grinding out columns on the situation
in the State.
A colOred man at I4atta this year
sold $500 worth of strawberries from
one acre of ground. He got them ON
the market and sold them as high as 40
cents a quart.
The State Press Association has
about completed arrangements for the
trip to the Buffalo Exposition. They
will go via Norfolk, New York and the
New York Central.
William Bowen and Flanders Bos-
tick, an old man eighty years old, both
OF Marion county, got into q quarrel
last week when Bowen struck the old
man with hoe and killed him.
= A rice kitchen will be operated by
the Southern rice growers at the Char
lesion Exposition. 1t is intended to
demonstrate the food value of rice and
will be in charge of skilled southern
cooks.
= All the disp ensaries in Charleston,
which have been closed for sometime
on account Of complications arising
out of n legal technicality, are now
open and doing business at the same
old stands.
= 1t has been officially announced,
according to the Columbia State, that
Mr.. NJ. r. Cooper will be u candidate
next year for Governor on the plat
form Of rigid enforcement of the dis
pensary law.
In recent fire in Columbia ono
of the most valuable paintings in the
South was destroyed. 1t was life
size portrait in oil of General Robert
E. Lee, measuring 0sx5 feet, and sur
mounted by massive gilt frame.
"A negro in tho Cromer country has
pet snake that comes to his call to be
led. The snake is not kept in contine-
ment, but goes whore it likes out Of
doors, and comes as readily to the mans
call if it were cat or rchicken.-Ncw-
berry Observer.
Adelaide DOgan, a negro woman
about 70 years old, was burned to death
near PacOlet. She was left alone in
the house by her grand daughter and
it is supposed her clothing caught fire.
It was evident she endure terrible
agony before death came
james Mc4ilistcr, n native of this
State, was killed at Jacksonville, Fla. :,
on Thursday by his landlady, Mrs.
West. She was making an attempt to
commit suicide and he tried to wrest
the pistol from her when it went off
killing him almost instantly.
"A fishing smack arrived in Char
lesion with the left arm OF a negro
man. The arm was taken rom the
belly of ten foot shark killed 12 miles
below the city. 1t is believed the arm
wus that of one Of the crew of fifteen
who were lost last week while fishing
The dry goods store of ID. E. Byrd
at Blacksburg was broken into a few
days ago. The safe was blown open
and 800 taken therefrom. The bur
glars effected ingress from the front
door in some manner, and escaped
through the rear. leaving the back
door open. No clue as to the daring
safe crackers has been discovered.
- a charter has been applied for to
allow the North Augusta Electric and
Improvement Company to improve
property which it owns on the Carolina
side near Augusta. 1t is proposed to
build an electric railroad from Ham,
burg to Aiken. going by several mil
towns. The company is said to have q
capital stock of million and half
dollars.
- The duty of getting up an exten-
sive project for the Charleston navy
yard which is to take the place of that
at Port Royal, has been committed to
a naval board of which Capt. Taylor is
the presiding officer. This board is
now meeting at the New York navy
yard in connection with the proposed
new naval station at Olongapo, in the
Philippines, and as it hae med.o study
Of the requirements Of naval station
it has been deemed desirable to have
the Charleston proje,t acted on at