The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

weather comes.
he stamp tax has realized over
S"s! noe ,%& III little more than two
years and IL half.
1t is stated that Memphis has rails
ell $4,000 t" entertain ilc old Confcd
crates ut their reunion.
- There will be Il strike in the Nortl,
Carolina cotton mills unless Tho nn.:,..
iors agree to shorter hours.
--Rcv. John Jasper, the negro preach
er Of Richmond who became famous
for preaching that "thc sun do move"
has just died aged 80.
x Col. Mosby of guerilla fame saws
tho South will Ii Il few years domi-
nate the nation and be the most pros
porous section in the world.
Minnesota takes front rank on leg
islation on cigarettes. The law in that
State imposes fine Of fifty dollars on
every man, woman or child who smokes
cigarette.
"A young husband in New York is
suing an elderly man for 8 900 for two
kisses taken without the young wife's
consent. The jury has not yet ap-
praised tho damage.
= The Case heirs of Lexington, Ey,,
claim $20,0O0.0OO worth of property in
Cleveland, o. Suit will bc instituted
for possession. There arc 5O0plantiffs
| and 900 defendants.
1t is represented that game in
Maine is dying out by reason of tho
long. cold winter. There have been
heavier SHOWS in the State this wear
than for long time.
= The department of agriculture cs-
Inmates that the value of the leading
farming crops in 1000 was 81 ,SGt ,4GG, :
600, or over $500, 100000 greater than
for the previous year
Lieutenant Richard pierson Hob
son, Of Santiago and kissing fame, has
been presented with Il thousand dollar
silver service by his friends and neigh
bors Of Montgomery. Ala.
= Boston man has offered Secrc-
tary Root $50,0O0 for 100 lectures by
Aguinaldo, and is willing to put up
S200,000 cash bonds to insure tho Fill
= Aman living in Dcs Moincs, named
Nation. has been .jokcd so much since
the lady Of that name sailed forth
with her Ratchet That he has pctitioncd
the legislature to change his name.
y In 1890 the public high schools of
the United States graduated go, ,344 boys
and 36,124 girls. Tho explanation is
offered that tho boys arc taken from
school earlier than the girls anu put to
work.
A copy of the Geneva Bible of
1858, which had belonged to Elizabeth
NinshnlI. John Milton'n third wife, and
on which Milton's rare signature had
been pasted, brought 81, ,125 att Lon
! don book snlc.
Mrs. Samuel Smith, of Newark,
has given birth to perfcctl.,- formed
baby girl who weighs just fourteen
ounces. At least such is the story that
comes from New York, and it is not
under an April fst date limo either.
A provisional bankers syndicate
with 9150,0oo,000 resources has been
formed for financing tho Panama canal
construction. Promoters say the water
way, inclusive of purchase of fran
chises, can be completed for two hum
drel millions.
We have but one living cx-prcsi-
dent, but there arc now living tho wild
ows of three former presidents Of the
United States. Mrs. Harrison lives in
indianapolis, Mrs. Grant makes her
home in Washington, and Mrs. Gar
field lives in Mentor, O.
The women of fashionable
church in Bayonnc, N. j., are wiping
| out the debt of that house Of worship
| in novel and curious manner. Each
has her "self-dcnial bag" and when
ever she thinks of new ribbons, candy
or any other little luxury, she denies
herself tho pleasure and puts tho price
of tho articles in the bag instead. 1t is
claimed that the church debt is rapid
ly diminishing.
j In the Pccos valley, south OF Ros-
we'll to BarstOw. Tex, distance of
| 10 miles, there will be planted this
year 1900 acres of cantaloupcs, With
an approximate estimated yield Of
1000 carloads of the melons, or some
thing less than a carload to the acre
The crop will be shipped direct to
Chicago and will have an average car
load net market value of $450-the
minimum per carload being $500, with
q maximum of 5000.
= Senators and members of the
House have left at the Agricultural
Department in Washington thousands
and tens Of thousands of addresses of
persons to whom packets of vegetable
and flower seeds are to be sent One
day last week not less than 200 mail
sacks. each containing 200 packages of
seeds, were dispatched from tho Wash
in rtOn O0stOfficn r. ia nafimot01 tho r