The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-14
GENERAL NEWS.

= The Republican party in Tennes-
see will probably split and put out two
tickets.
The Virginia constitutional con-
vention has adjourned until the wealth
er gets cooler.
= The great strike Of the steel
workers continues with no prospect of
en- early settlement.
- The State of Texas may lose
1876, 900 by che failure of the 1st
national bank Of Austin.
- Fall River manufacturers are
considering fifteen per cent reduc-
tion Of wages in September.
= Cotton is below the average in
all States except Mississippi, where
it is five points above the ten year
average.
- Miss Louise Woodruff of Allan
ia. 18 years old, committed suicide
with chloroform because her sweetheart
had been killed.
- Many corporations in Texas have
failed to comply with the antitrust
law and suits will be brought to eject
them from the State.
Georgia. pension rolls will be
increased next year by about 1900
names, requiring an additional expen-
disare Of about S150,0O0.
- France and Turkey are about to
get into war over claims on the quays
in Constantinople. France has sent
war ships to the Levant.
Jno. L. Williams and family of
Richmond have given $4,000 for
building hospital in that city as "a a
memorial to his daughter who was
drowned.
= Mrs. Dick Chatham Of Gaines.
vile, Ga, died on Sunday from hy-
dEophobia, brought on by the bite of
her pet pug. Her daughter was bitten
by the pug at the came tizle.
A man in New York, opening q
bottle, had q part of the lobe Of his
ear blown of by the flying cork, which
GU. it like bullet. Moral: 'Don't
look into the muzzle of loaded bot
,tle."
H. It has been determined by the
North Carolina mills to curtail the
output Of hosiery yarn. To do this,
large number Of spindles will remain
idle twelve days during the present
month.
DR.. w. G.. Fralick, Of New
7 ork, removed the stomach of New
ark man about year ago anu ne is
now alive and we'll, having gained
about fifty pounds since the operation
was performed.
- Raymond Ross, charged with
criminal assault on Mrs. Miller at
Canton, Ca, wes tried by special
court and condemned and sentenced
in forty minutes. He was protected
by the military.
= A new disease is killing cotton
In Lowndes county, Georgia. 1t is
caused by fungus in the soil, which
clogs the vessels in the stalk. 1t is
thought to be the result of planting
cotton after COW peas.
- The heaviest man in America, if
not in the world, is Lee Trickey of
Glenwood, Wis, who tips the beam at
$50 pounds. A few years ago he
weighed 710, but has fallen away to
the, former figure. Trickey follows
the occupation Of teamster for liv,
ing.
he amount Of wages lost o day
by the present strike in the three
trades is estimated at from 5000, 900
to 5000, 900, or nearly million and a
half dollars week. The loss in out
put in the companies, all Of whom
have their produce sold for months to
come, cannot be estimated now.
- It is stated that number of the
Southern Railway machiuists who
went out on the strike have left Co
iumhia and secured other places in
this State and elsewhere. Some of
them have positions in railroad shops
AID aH have positions in keeping
wi:t shair profession. It is said zen:
moro viii leave to secure like posi-
tionS, and that many have secured
positions as much "a O month ago.
- The agricultural department of
Washington made the following re-
port on cotton July 80: "The condi-
tion Of cotton over the greater part Of
the cotton belt is Improved, good
growth and, clean fields being general
= reported. In Missouri. Arkansas,
Tennessee and central Texas, how
ever, the crop continues to need rain,
aud shedding and blooming at the top
In ehese States are extensively report
ed.''