The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-11-20
ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER co. 1901
STATE NEWs.

II.
been granted at the exposition to
Chas. b Levy & Co., Of Charleston
for s37, 800.
James Crawford, Of Laurens
county, had his arm torn OFF in gin
on Thursday and died from the effects
the next day.
The Clemson Cadets will go
down to the Exposition on Dec. 10th.
They will camp on the Race Course
for several days, then disband for the
Christmas Holidays.
One Of the interesting political
| rumors is to the effect that Governor
McSweeney will be q candidate for
congress so succeed Col. Talbert who
is to run for Governor.
The Secretary Of State has noti.
fed all foreign corporations that are
doing business in this State and which
| have not been domesticated that they
must comply with the law.
II. n. McDill. Of Abbeville, re-
ceived Q telegram Wednesday from
Cuidad del Maiz, Mexico. announcing
the death of his sister, Mrs. j. S. A..
Hunter, who was a missionary there.
- Prof. Anderson, we'll known
educator at Fort Mill, drowned him
self in very shallow branch near
there last week. His mind was badly
unbalanced which caused tho sad
affair.
The Manning Times says that
the people of that county are in great
distress owing t, the failure of the
crops. 1t says that large number
OF the people are in destitute con-
dition.
= NJ. J. Morris, j. E. Truitt, and
Ed Trimble have been arrested on the
charge of causing the FIRE which burn
ed large portion Of Mayesville, Sum
ter county. Their object was insur-
ance money.
- President Roosevelt has refused
to appoint former Capt. VIM. p. Craw-
FORD, of Chester, second lieutenant
IN the regular army, en- account Of
his failure to keep his marriage en-
gngement to g young lady Of Camden,
to whom he was engaged.
- The little child who was acci~
dentally shot in the head in Colum-
bia is recovering. The reports were
that it had died and it was quite
natural to believe the statement un-
der the circumstances. Nevertheless
the child pulled through and is on the
high road to recovery.
~ The ginnery Of 81. s. Rose and
q. A. Clark, on their plantation near
Florence; was burned Wednesday
morning. ALI the machinery, about
30 toms of cotton seed and 13 bales Of
seed cotton were q oestroyed. There
was no insurance and the loss will be
$4,000. There is every evidence of
incendiarism.
- hr. A. T. Ferguson. of Lancas-
ter, has established the best record SO
far this season ofauy Of the hunters
in that section. One day last week
he killed ten large size green head
winter ducks at one shot and brought.
down another with the other barrel as
they arose from the water. Another
day he killed FIVE with one barrel and
one as they arose with the other. He
has killed this season twenty seven
ducks at eleveh Shots.
Revenue Collector Aiken and
Deputy Marshal Corbin returned to
Grcenvilie a few days ago after a raid
en- n.eensA;sc stills il Ooones ooun-
ty. They destroyed two stills near
Whetsote, each, of sevcnly-fve gallon
capacity, with thirty eight fermentcrs
and 500 gallons of beer. They cap
tured Robt. and Benjamin Holmes at
work in one Of the stills. Robert
Holmes was placed in Jail at Walhal-
Ie, but Benjamin was dismissed, as
he was too young to prosecute.
- The United States government
is spending S250,000 putting in
floating dam two miles South Of Co
lumbia, 30 that steamers can come up
the Congaree to che city. a gentle-
man who recently made the trip down
the river says that it will take year
to rerlove the snags from the Con-
garee between Columbia and the point
where the Gongaree and Wateree come
together and form the Santee. The !
latter is navigable TO Winyah Bay
except one point, where the Cons
federates put rooksTins the stream to
keep Yankee gunboats from coming
up to Columbia and Camden.
Fire broke out at Dillon at 8 O.
clock "Wednesday morning and de.
strcyed eleven stores aud three DWELL
ings. One complete block wastentire-
~ destroyed. Losss about thirteen
hundred dollars; insurance sixty-fve
thousand dollars. This is the largest
and most destructive confagration
that has visited Dillon. The cause
of5the fire is unknown, but the general
supposition is that it was caused by
spontaneous combustion. The build
iDgs, which we're all Of wood, were
the first ever erected in Dillon. The
flames did not reach the business !
portion Of the town proper.
- During the Charleston exposi-
tion while President Roosevelti is there
9 sword is to be presented to o gallant
soldier. Lieut.. Gov. Tiilman and |
Col. Willie Jones have taken in hand |