The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-03-20
STATE NEWS.


= The chances are that d. s. Hender-
SOD, Jasper Tolbert and Congressman
Latimer will all contest for McLaurin's
seat ic :!io Sonute.
- The rivers of South Carolina will
be stocked with shad by the United
States fish commission. The distri-
button will occur about the first of
May.
The shipments cf fertilizers from
Charleston for the month of February
has been the largest ever made in one
month. Over two hundred thousand
tons have been sent out in twenty
eight days
Admiral Dewey and Senator De-
pew will soon join the Northern guests
Mt Aiken. There are moro prominent
people there this season than ever be-
fore, and fabulous prices are being
paid for quarters.
Spartanburg wants the teachers
summer school held this year at Con-
verse college and Clemson College has
also made an offer. The people OF
Rock Hill are anxious to have it again
held at Winthrop college.
Senator Tillman has received a
1lattering offer from the lycenm bu-
reau to appear for fifty nights i'll fifty
different places and lecture on any
topic he may choose. He is inclined to
consider the proposition favorably.
The United States civil service
commission announces that on April
%, 1901, an examination will be held
in Charleston for the position of act
ing assistant surgeon in tho marine
hospital service. The government is
in need of several surgeons.
In Greenville n young negro nam
ell Werner Holloway has been arrested
charged with attempting to burn the
Greenville College for Women and
the Conservatory of Music, both locat-
ed on College street. He has confessed.
He says he did it just for fun.
= Frank Q. O'Neill. president of the
Riverside Paper Box Factory, Charles
ton, and associates, has purchased the
Crescent cotton mill, Rock Hill, and
will place it in operation Immediately
This mill, which has been shut down
for some time, was capitalized for $780,
600 and made sheetlngs, shirtings and
drills.
-NearSeneca, Mrs. Sarah Frederick,
widow sixty years old, committed
suicide at tho home of her son in law
George S. Hamilton. Her mind had
been wrong for about q month. Just
before daylight she went out of the
house and when found her throat had
been cut and life almost extinct. She
used n shoemaker's knife.
Up to date, the State Treasurer
has received this year S7l, 1918 from
the sale Of fertilizer tax tags. Last
year up to the same date. only $780,
58S.35 had been received. The increase
is s'11,994,83. AS the tax is 90 cts. q
ton, this shows that 47.930t moro tons
Of fertilizer have been bought for use
in this State this year than last year.
"A wealthy northern young lady,
who is spending the winter ut Aiken,
rode her horse into tho postoflice there
few days ago, called for her mail and
rode out again. She was arrested and
in spite of the protests of her father
and herattorney who declared that she
meant no harm or bravado, tho mayor
fined her five dollars of her pin money
= Magistrate johnson, of North, in
Orangeburg County, has reported q
horrible case of murder from TINT
neighborhOod. He reports that some
one went to the home of Robert Durant
and shot him with n rifle from one of
the windows while Durant was seated
in front of the fireplace with his family
around him. There seems to be NO
clue to the mystery. Tho killing oc-
Cured at night.
- The Governor has granted q par
don to Will Williams, convicted in
Laurcns in February last of house
breaking and larccncy and sentenced
to thirteen months on the county chain
gang. Tho boy was convicted of break
ing into q house and stealing certain
articles. Since the trial all the articles
were found in the possession of another
negro, who has confessed that ho alone
did the act and that Williams knew
nothing of it. Tho authorities at once
asked the pardon, thus correcting the
error made.
A few days ago Wm. Smoak, a
young farmer of Orangebulg county,
killed IL tramp under peculiar circnm-
stances. The man went to negro
house on Mr.. Smnak's place and made
an effort to crimally assault negro
girl. who had been waiting in tho
house. The girls cries attracted the
attention OF Mr.. Smoak and his broth
er, who came to the scene of the strug-
gle. The fellow, when no saw Mr..
Smoak approach menacingly advnn-
ced toward him. The latter pulled his
pistol and shot the fellow, inflicting d
fatal wound.
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