The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-03-13

"A marble quarry has been lscov-
cred in Union county.
The Timrod memorial will be un-
yelled in Charleston OH May l..
The Charleston citv council is
after the opium joints which infest tho
city.
Destructive forest fires have been
raging in Richland and Lexington
counties.
"A negro man, while fishing. acci-
and was drowned.
The live stock exhibit will be
particularly interesting part of the
Charleston Exposition.
Extensive arrangements are being
made for the meeting of the COnfcd-
crate veterans in Columbia in May.
= Idaho has officially notified Gov.
McSwctncy that that State will have
an exhibition at the Charleston eXpOsi-
ton.
-. II. Tomerlin, town marshal Of
Narnvlilc, Beaufort county. shot and
instantly Killed w. ii. SmOak, n citizen.
The plea is self defense.
- Admiral Dewey will soon make
visit to W.. Z. Whitney and other
friends at Aiken. lie will be asked to
SiSiC SHtI IcSlOu.
business men of Charleston ore or
ganlzing to run excursions twice
month from May 10 September from
various sections of the State,
:. A short sword, supposed to have
belonged to British officer, was re-
Gently pl0wcd up at the Hobk;rk's Hill
battle ground, near Camden. 1t was
III Il good state Of preservation.
Ma UOvarptpnrf roy,Orf s,J,o
South Carolina increased in gold pro-
ducti0n in 1899 over 1893. S55.0OO, the
total production being $i60, 100, moro
than any other State east of the Rocky
mountains.
= At n meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees vt Clemson College last Saturday
an appropriation of $4,000 was made
for tho purpose of getting an exhibit
ready for the Charleston Exposition.
1t is the determination of the College
to have fine exhibit.
.Jervey, accompanied by three negro
men, were out hunting on 81 farm near
Charleston last Sunday. A thunder
storm came TIP and Webb was strnck
by lightning and instantly killed. The
other men were badly shocked.
- The United States enlisting officer
III Columbia has u sinecure. But few
OF our boys have n martial spirit these
days and he has nothing to DO. They
nave either beaten their bayonets into
plOughshares, OF else nre hankering
after Il captains stripes.
- The State Board of Control is con-
sidering applications for three tlistil-
lcry corporations for permission to es-
tabilsh distilleries in Columbia. The
idea of the distillers is to manufacture
whiskey for sale to tho State and for
shipment to other States.
= Two negroes on tho Greenwood
county chain gang burnt tho door OF
the guardhOuse down ono night last
week. Soon after getting out they
broke into IL clething store and the
younger one, l5 years old. fitted him
self out with suit of clothes to suit
knee pants and all.
= From the mountains of Greenyille
county comes tho news that giant
has fallen. A water oak known to
have been over eighty years old, and
said to be the lnrgest tree in the State,
perhaps in this part of the South, split
into three parts and came to the ground,
one part completely demolishing q
house in which q family lived, but the
loud reports of splitting wood arous-
fell. At the base of the oak it was
thirty-three feet in circumference and
at midday shaded quarter of an acre
of ground. At city prices it's value for
firewOod is $52.
There is o remarkable old white
man living near pantego. Beaufort
county. His name is Ransom Saun-
ders. He is nearly 90 years old, he has
been married six times (his sixth wife
still living) has been the father of
nearly 40 children and apparently has
still long lease of life. He ia we'll
and strong and works hard. He dresses
about like the average man does in
summer, and never wears an Overcoat.
He is covered all over his person with
thick, long hair that is greater protec-
tiOn than lots OK clothes would be from
the cold. He is regular in his habits
and good citizen.