The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-02-13
STATE NEWS.
lrt Williams, of Blacksburg, was

= Mart Williams, of Blacksburg, was
killed by his horse running away.
"A much needed Office has been
created by the State legislature, that
of State geOlogist.
Three negroes were convicted Of
murder in Greenvillo last week and
sentenced to be hung on March 20th
- Philadelphia and Baltimore will
erect special buildings and furnish
exhibits to the Charleston Exposition.
Two negroes have been acquitted
of arson III Hampton A few months
ago they narrowly escaped lynching
for this alleged otlensc.
= There are seven we'll developed
eases OF smallpox in the town of
Blacksburg. All patients, with one
exception, are negroes.
- A white man by tho name of Milan,
who killed an old negro man in Lau-
rcns county a few weeks ago and es-
capped, has been arrested in Alabama.
Little Mountain, now part Lex
ington county, voted unanimously to
scccde and go over into Ncwberry
county. 1t will carry about 1909 acres
ct land out OF the county.
- The keepers Of blind tigers in
Charleston are much excited at pros
pect of Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas
woman who smashcs saloons with II
Ratchet, visiting Charleston.
= Beaufort takes the cake for the
very shortest engagement on record.
Abe Atlas and Miss Eta Farbcr were
married there week before last after
an acquaintance of twenty minutes.
= Tho American Tea Company,
which proposes to grow ten for COM
mercial purposes near Rantowels. on
the Charleston and Savannah road, is
getting matters in shape for the pre-
paration Of the lands for the planting
OF tea.
- There is living in Sumter County
q Confederate veteran who was at Ap-
pomattcx when Gen. Robert Z. Lee
surrendered, and although this veteran
has passed the scriptual age Of three
score and ten, he has never eaten ice
cream.
"A man named Steward, from Phil
adelphia, was fatally hurt at the Olym-
pia mill, Columbia, Thursday, by the
explosion of steam pipe. The acci-
dent neccssitated the shutting down of
the mill and stopped all the street cars
for short while.
= Major Shachte, commanding tho
Charleston battalion Of the State vol
untecr troops, has reported to Adju-
SAINT General Floyd that he would carry
at least three companies of his bntta-
lion to Washington to participate in
the inaugural parade on March 4.
= The Harris Lithia Springs hotel
property has been sold again, and this
time it was bought by Messrs. Alexan-
erand johnson, of Augusta Ga. These
gentlemen will improve tho property
and endeavor to increase the sale of
water. The price paid was 100000.
= An effort is being made to build
an enormous hotel OIL East Battery,
Charleston, to be open by Jan. 1, 1902,
early in the days Of the exposition.
The capital stock is to be Es225, 900.
Some of tho richest men of tho city
propOEe &c lake stock heavily and to
buy the bonds.
= Architect Milburn, of Columbia,
has been directed to prepare plans and
specifications for the erection of new
"Alumni Hall' on Wofford College
campus, Spartanburg, to take the place
of the one destroyed by fire few
weeks ago. 1t is proposed to build a
better hall than the old one.
= The little six-year-old daughter of
MIR. Tom Kergamer, of Mccormick,
had the misfortune to meet with quite
sad death last week. She was stand
ing too near fire built out in tho yard
when her clothing caught fire and she
| was SO severely burned before the fire
could be extinguishcd that death re-
suited.
A conductor OH the Coast Line
train near Florence made the mistake
tho other day of taking white woman
to be negress and ordered her into
the cOlored coach. Sho obeyed under
protest and when she arrived Mt hel
| station her son met her aud the two
together gave him a piece of their
mind and it is understood will enter
| suit against the railroad.
A shooting affair took place on che
streets of Spartanburg Tuesday after
noon, 5th inst. Chief Police Boyct
Dean, shot his cousin, Ed. B. Dean,
son Of ex-Sheriff Geo. B. Dean. 1t
seems to be the result of ill feeling
which has existed for several months,
and politics is probably ut the bottom
of it. The wound was only flesh
wound in the left arm, and no serious
| results.arc expected.
The Charleston Lead Works, stu
ated about four miles north of the city,
were destroyed by fire last week, this
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