The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-03
STATE NEWS.

A"H'c 10 no cuange In the rail-
road strike situation in Columbia.
The State summer school for
teachers now in session ;a SSpartanburp
mas an enrolment of nearly 600.
=, Negroes throughout the State are
said to be showing considerable inter
est IN the Charleston Exposition.
"A handsom, monument has 70.
Gary, at abernacle, near Cokesbury.
- Hop. William N. Graydon. Of
Abbeville, will be candidate for Con.
gress next year from the Third dis
trict.
= A commission has been issued to
the Olympia Fire Insurance Company,
OF Charleston, which is to have CAP.
ital Of 500, 900.
- Wittenberg College, Springfield,
Ohio, has conferred the degree Of LII.
u. on President George g. Cromer, of
Newberry College.
j. Frank Clayburue, 26 years old.
committed suicide in Elmwood ceme-
terry, Columbia. There was no known
reason for his rash act.
= Thursday night President John
son received q check for 81 600 a. a
gift to Winthrop from Mr.. George
Foster Peabody, Of New York.
The old Liberty Bell will be an
attractive feature of the Charleston
Exposition. Besides this special
favor from Philadelphia, her city
council has voted liberal appropria-
ton for building and exhibit.
= Six Ere insurance companies
have withdrawn from Greenville and
other companies are expected to fol-
low suit. The reason given for tho
withdrawal is the heavy losses in
Greenville by the companies named.
- Governor McSwecncy has re-
ceiveG letter from the secretary of
the International Mining Congress,
urging the governor to appoint at
once thirty delegates for South Caro-
lima to tn at congress and to send him
their namesi The congress meets at
Boise, Idaho, on July %.
- DR.. A. 2. Anderson and Prof.
| VIM. A. Boeham, who have been on
| the faculty Of Clemson College for the
past three years, will leave that in
stitution. The former goes to the
columbian University, New York; the
latter to the Fidelity Insurance Com
pany, also of New York, as general
construction inspector.
"A young son Of Burrcll Abnev
accidentally killed himself at his
fathers home three miles from John
ston. 1t is stated thet the deceased
was fooling with revolver. He was
looking down the muzzle of the wea-
pom when cartridge was exploded in
some way. The ball eA tered the cheek
below the right eye and passed through
the top Of his head.
- A single bolt Of lightning We'd.
nesday temporarily stopped the work
ing of Q dozen Bell, and twenty-five
South Carolina telephones in Florence
by burning out the fuse wires. It
also struck the court house and split
several trees. Another bolt damaged
tho electric plant considerably, burn.
ing out several lights and ono trans.
former. There was very little rain. A
high wind blew for an hour.
- P. A. Hodges is preparing to es-
tablish large tannery at Benefits
Vile. All. kinds of hides will be tam
ned by the new chemical process, re.
quiring only from ten to twenty days
to prepare for use the oldest and most
stubborn hide. In connection with
the tennery will be operated large
shoe and harness manufacturing es-
tablishment, the combined Industry
employing some fifty or more hands.
Tfho
charge the State exhibit at the Char
lesion Exposition have three prizcs-
81 900, $500 and $250-for county
exhibits. They have also set aside
81 900 for mineral and forestry ex-
hibit. Clemson College and the South
Carolina College were voted $500 each
and the Citadel Academy $3.50 to sup
p!ement the funds already appropriate
ed for exhibits by these institutions.
= Miss Henrietta Aiken Kelly. the
South Carolina lady who has been 80
carefully studying silk culture in Lom.
hardy, Italy, has again written the
Governor in regard to the introduction
OF silk culture in this and adjoining
States. She has also been in COM
munication with tho Governors of
Georgia and North Carolina and wishes
combined effort to get the federal |
government to establish culture sta
tions in these three States.
- Rev. Patrick Chambers, one of |
the most prominent citizens Of the |
Holly springs section, Oconee Coun-
ty, died from the effects of blow re-
ceived at the hands Of his son-in-law,
Dan Roach, with an ak. All this
trouble, it is said, was caused by
Roach not providing for his family. |
He lives at the home of Mr.. Chambers
who told him he ought to get to work
and make q living for his family.
Roach became furious, secured his