The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-26

Lasg Saturday afternoon a sayere
hali' wind ard rain storm strncl, Rol-
ton anu did considerable .damagef a
number of houses at the cotton n,;l1
were destroyed. and the dwelling
house OF Mr.. Greer, which had not been
nnlshed, was blown down. Several
other unfinished houses were also
blown down and q number of +rees
uprooted.
MI. j. Lawrence Maxwell, of this
city, and Miss Ethel Chisholm. aof
Savannah, Ca, were married in the
latter city on Wednesday, 10th inst
The announcement of the marriage
was most agreeable surprise to the
many friends of the young couple here.
The bride ie o charming young lady
and is we'll known in Anderson, while
the groom is one of our most worthy
and popular young men.
Reports of damage by rain come in
continually, and theaggregate is some
thing fearful. Especially is this true
OflOwlands, where the soil is gone
from many acres. Terraces have been
broken ON the hills and land not ter
raced is simply ruined This :s ;ot 81
all over the County, but many acres
are badly hurt. The floods of a few
weeks ago and tho last rains have hurt
every farm to some extent.
Attorney General Bellinger has de-
clded that every Township and every
County officer must be commissioned
even township assessors and Town
snap commissioners. The Secretary of
state, therefore, has written to the
Clerk OF the Court in each County for
list OF oil Township assessors md
township commissioners who hive
nieu Their oaths Of office, in order TINT
commissions may be issued to them at
once.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Crayton, OF An
derson, have been in the city for sew
eral days on visit to friends and re-
latives. Mr. Crayton is native of
Greenvillc, and is full Of interesting
"reminiscences Of it's early days, when
there were only few hundred pcople
living here. His uncle owned the
ground upon which the Mansion House
now stands. and sold it to Col. Toney,
the original proprietor of the hotel.
His fathers residence was where the
First Baptist Church is located, and
this beautiful lot was purchased from
the estate.-Greenrillc Mountainecv.
A friend has sent to Mr.. j. A. Eskew,
OF this County, q paragraph clipped
from Florida paper, announcing that
the negroes who murdered his son, Mr
julius Eskew, in that State on the lat
of last April, will be hanged. The
paragraph is as follows: "Governor
Jennings has signed the death warrants
of Jim Kirby and Robert Lee, fixing
July 8 as the day ON which they are to
expiate their crime. Kirby was con-
vlcted ut the spring term of the circuit
court of the murder of Mr.. Julius
Eskew and Lee was convicted and
received the same sentence ma ar
accomplice."
Last Thursday afternoon very sad
catastrophe occurred about five miles
southwest of this city, near Mountain
Creek Church. During the heavy
thunder storm that wes raging that
ae:ernorn Mr.. John w. Hall, Jr., while
returning home astride mule from {
field in which he had been plowing
was struck and instantly killed by
lightning. The mule was also killed
and negro, who was following behint
leading two mules, was stunned by thu
shock. Mr.. Hall was about 90 years Of
age and leaves wife and three small
children to cherish his memory. H.
was most excellent young man, a de
voted and consistent member of til;
Baptist Church, and by his energy ant
industry had q fine prospect in this life
The remains were inferred in tn.
Mountain Creek Churchyard Friday
afternoon. Rev. o. j. Copeland con
Quoting the funeral services.
Last Saturday afternoon the town O
Piedmont was visited by severe elec
trio storm which for a time hade fai
to leave ruin ani devastation in it
track. In sp 'aking Of it the Piedmon
correspondent of the Greenville Nem
says: "The lightning struck the smok
stack of the mill on the Anderson sid
and from square shape made it ak
sided, tearing away both corners OF
one side from top to bottom. The boil
or hollis entered the ware house near i
and ignited tho cetton. For q time i
seemed that q great loss must accrue
as the falling brick had crushed in tht
roof of the engine room and broke tn,
| pipe attached to the powerful steam
pump, but fortunately the rotary pun,
attached to the water wheel, was spar
ed, and we coon had powerful strean
on the fire. Only % few bales we're a
ell injured by the flames, but mucl
hard work was done in removing tn,
bales &c get at the fire. Col. j. l.. Or,
was in the thick of the fray and cam,
out very wet and smoke stained man