The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-02-20
VOLUME X.XXVI---NO. 35.
STATE NEWS.

Greenville has been granted an
other beer dispcnsary.
Landrum is to have hoisery mill
with capital stock of $4,000.
= Columbia is to have n horse sbo,v
this spring. This will be fashionable
affair.
= Just ;'G years ago Shcrman's inccn-
diaries m;,,io things .i;;t IL lower Sou.:;
Carolina.
- The Abbevillc Cotton Mills, Alb
bcvillc, have declared Il semi annual
dividend of 3per cent
Grcciiviilc County pays out more
than any other County in the State for
Jurors and witnesses.
= 1t is SAID that John Gary Evans
will he one Of the candidates for the
toga now worn by McLaurin.
The Philadelphia Record says that
south Carolina is the smartcst and the
smallest Of the Southern States.
Sam Samncls, cOlOrcd, was killed
ut orangcbmrg by Policeman Dogard.
lie attacked the officer with Il razor.
There have been few cases of
mild form of small pox in Clinton re-
Gently, but the disease is not spreading.
Tho S. {. Press Association will
probably take II trip to the Pan Amer
lean Exposition Mt Buffalo this summer
= Associate Justice Eugene B. Gary
is much improved in health after
spending six weeks III Baltimore hos
pital.
A movement is on toot to complete
tho Catholic cathedral in Charleston.
1t is an elegant though unfinished
building.
- Robbers broke open safe in
Dukes store in Branchvillc and secur-
ed about 800 in cash and damaged the
safe $3.50.
= Tho old Mills house in Charleston
has been sold for $i0,0GG. 1t will be
opened as II modern hotel in time for
the exposition.
The State Volunteer Fircman's AS
sociation will hold their annual fire
mems tournament in NIay either in CO.
lumbia or Newbcrry.
= Ten stores and hotel were burn
ed at Darlington, intlicting n loss of
$4,000 or over, NIL of which was fairly
covered by insurance.
A county fair is to be held in Alb
bevile. before the Charleston exposi-
tion with the illcn of sending the best
exhibits to Charleston.
Judging from MI interior reports
the South Carolina cotton acreage for
the present year will be the largest in
the history Of the State.
There will probably be IL number
of South CarOlinians who will make
applications for positions in tho new
army provided for by congress.
"A negro paper published in
Charleston says there are $1,000 negroes
in that city who loaf from choice
they could get work, but do not want it.
The sentiment in favor of COM
puIsory vaccination is steadily grow
ing. II everybody were vaccinatcd,
smallpox could get no foothold in this
State.
"A negro attempted to rob n promi-
nent dressmnkcr on Main street in
Greenvillc. He grabbed her and al
most threw her into ditch in the
effort to seize her p0chetbook.
Editor Bradford of tho Fort Mill
Times is the defendant in homicide
case. IIo tried to make some noisy
negroes hush rs they were disturbing
his sick mother. Ono of the negroes
drew his pistol and the editor shot him.
- The wOman's department of the
South Carolina Interstate and West
Indian Exposition has been organized
at Charleston with Mrs. Sarah Calhoun
Simonl> aS president, Mrs. G. A. Wag-
cncr,vice president, Mrs. w. a. Iringle,
treasurer.
- George Thomas, c0lored, was
hanged in Beaufort lust Friday for as
sault committed last April on Mrs.
George Duberly, Il prominent white
woman. 1t was the first legal hanging
that has ever occurred in Beaufort
county for rape.
= Henry Babb and his sons killed
Lee Babb, brother of IIcnry's, in
Grccnville county. There had been
bad blood between them about certain
land transactions and when Lee Babb
was in the woods cutting wood un-
armed he was approached by his bro
thcr and the two sons and shot to
death. He leaves wife aud seven
children.
= Adjutant and Inspector General
Floyd has issued an order raising the
standard for military companies Com
mands not drilling often and regularly
are to be dropped. General Floyd ex-
poets the militia to appear several
times this year and hopes to make
some highly crcditablo displays.
"A sewing machine rcpairer who
had been in Camden short while