The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-12-18
STATE NEWS.

! - Florence has an ar.esian we'll
under construction which has cost the
town over 800, 600.
Alumni Of the Citadel academy
propose to have q reunion at the
Charleston exposition.
It is proposed at A5beville to
organize 9 company ff5F, the erection
OF another cotton factory in that town.
"Monfagusas HALL" Furman's 8
handsome dormitory with the ,accomo-
cS@s.ioH OF &c or I00 students, has been
dedicated.
| r. III. Shealy, y promi .ent citi-
zen OF Leesville, committed suicide
by shooting himself With pistol.
Bad health is assigned as the probable
cause.
Governor McSweeney has tack
led his new job, that of con nsidering
|applications for the return Of seized
liquor. Several cases have been pass
ed upon.
William D. Rice, d. D., q very
prominent Baptist minister Of Dem
mark, who was president of the State
convention Is years, is dead. He was
76 years Of age.
-, IL is reported that the coal sup
ply for the cotton mills in this State
will be materially reduced, and The
price will be increased. The Southern
railway needs the output of coal.
The Graniteville artesian we'll
has proved failure. It reached q
depth of 600 feet, but yielded only
ten or twelve thousand gallons day.
The contractor has given up the job
and gone.
Representative Finley has intro
duced a bill in tho House for the
erection of q public building at Rock
Hill. The bill has been referred to
the committee or public buildings aud
grounds.
An event rather unusual in this
State in matrimonial annals, occurred
at Edgefeld last week. Miss Ida
Watson was married to Mr.. Jerome
Zimmerman. The bride is only ii
years Of age.
- Rev. Andrew McG aged go,
died ut Westminster last week. He
kept a partial record Of the couples he
had married, which was about 4U0.
Hefwas of the opinion, that he had
married 700 couples during his 3life,s8
Governor McSweeney las offered
o reward of a hundred doifarss For the
apprehensi0n and conviction of the
party or, parties who burned fs barn.
!gilneryy and several head or tdck; sbe
property of Seymduf aud HnhL sGhe
Whites Hall sention Off Greenwood
county ON Saturday night, November
Is. g. .ise 4 lSs IS s..r.-,7.5
Columbiass committee is coon to
be in Washington presenting that
city's superior claims for the location
Of the army post to be established in
the South. IL iis said that Birming.
ham Admission aud Huntsville, all in
Alabama, areleading applicants for
the southern post. Greenville5is also
trying to get the post. ',s
The. matter Of dispensaries on
the Charleston Exposition grounds
which recently created considerable
comment has been settled. The Char
lesion County board has simply es-
tablished, with the proper approval,
six additional regular dispansaries
which will bs located on the grounds.
William Herbert, the sixteen
mouths old son Of L. 2. Revill, OF
Spartanbnrg, was burned to death
Thursday. It;is not known how the
child 's clothing caught fire. The
mother was out Of the house for only
about two minutes and it ;is supposed,
tho child fell in the fire. The burns
were terrible and death Game in . few
hours. i,.s - - 4
- w IS 3, Alderman, a we'll. known
citizen Of C0lletony cou nty, was found
guilty ia the United States court ia
Columbia last Wednesday, OF violating
tho pension laws and was sentenced
/ TO Eve years imprisonment at Sing
Sing. He was charged with having
worked up frandulens pension claims
and then forging the signatures Of
alleged Witnesses. y. 9.s.,
The Columbia papers state that
that city is flooded J, with counterfeit
silver coins. It is said the bogus
3stnf is hard to detect as they are
standard in weight. aud looks and
lacks only the ring which good money
has 1t is thought that fakirs on
their way to The Charleston exposi-
ton are responsible for the appear
ance of SO mucho Of the aqueer" in the
city. sssz d /.
In the appointment os @ Committees
IN Congress the South Carolina dele-s
CATION was assigned as follows: Judi
ciary, Elliott; civil service, Elliott;
territories, Finley;congressionai, FIN
ley; labor, w. j Talbert; election
committee. No. 9, j. T. Johnston;
invalid pensions, a. G. Latimer; baok.s
ing ard currency, w, j. Talbert; CEN
auc, Scarborough; District Of Colum-
bia, Latimer; Pacific railroad, Finley.
Congressman Lever, being q s'new
man., has not been assigned to com
mittess, but he will be later.
Assistant Secretary OF State
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