The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-10-29
STATE NEWS.

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Mrs. Carrie Nation, the "saloou
smasher, will be in Columbia to.mor-
row and deliver an address.
- John Kilgore shot his wife twice
and Will Chiids once at Woodruff
Friday. All ncgres and none dead.
"A little girl in Walhalla who
swallowed nail about month ago
brought it up in fit of coughing a
few days ago.
- Joe Rhame, young lawyer of
Bishopville, ran away with thirteen
year old girl and was married bv a
notary public
- Austin Livington, of Nor,h's.
Orangeburg county, committed suicide
by shooting himself No cause is
known for the act.
- The grand jury Of Lancaster is
stirring up row about the too COM
mon use OF the criminal court to col
lect contract debts.
- Mark l.. Williams Of Pickens
county had his arm torn off ID gin
and died from the effects on Wcdnes-
day. He was 33 years old.
Aas' Ituay, AZ Nreenvllle Glenn
son college defeated Furman Univer-
sity in we'll contested game of foot
ball, with score of % to 0.
- The widow of Scott Wilson, the
man who died in the guard house at
Spartanburg last winter, has sued the
City Council for $4,000 damages.
- What was probably the first pub
Ii0 Ithrory fho T1..k,J
started in Charleston, S. c., in 174Y.
John Cantreii, g Spartanburg
county farmer, was held up on the
highway and robbed of 5000. The
deed was done by an unmasked white
man.
- Last Thursday FIRE DESTROYED
the dye house and engine room of the
Springtime mills at Chester, S. G..
entalling loss of between $50, 900 and
s75, 900.
- Barney B. Evans was tried in
Columbia last week for tho murder Of
j. j. Griffin more than a year ago,
and resulted in his acquittal. after the
jury had been out but few minutes.
= Mrs. Switzer, aged 35, wife Of
David A. Switzer and mother of seven
children, committed suicide with q
razor at her home near Roebuck, Spar
tanburg county. No cause is known
for the deed.
= A negro boy, near Mayesville,
Sumter County, tried to get a ball
from the barrel of small rife by
prizing it out with his pocket knife.
The gun went off and the ball put out
one of the boys eyes. Same old story.
= This State now has three regi-
ments of militia, thus creating q bri.
gade and the rank Of brigadier gen.
eral. Col. Willie Jones has been ap-
pointed to the command and the rank
by Governor McSweeney and the Ad-
jutant General.
- A grand reunion of the Horse
Swappers Association of the Caro-
linas and Georgia will be held at
Walhalla during court week, on
November 3, and 5. Tremendous
crowds, hundreds Of horses and jolly
good time are expected.
The rice bird industry PAYS the
negroes we'll in the lower part Of the
State. They collect by the million in
the rice fields. The plan Of killing is
for crowd Of experts to make drive
and thrash them by night with brush.
They are shipped North.
- Cotton thieves seem to be abroad
through the State. Recently they
stole four hundred pounds of seed cot
ton from Mr.. j. T. Lathem and nine
hundred pounds from Mr.. w. O.
Riohey, in Pickens county. The
same section was infested with cotton
thieves last yesr.
= The State House Commission
has finally disposed Of the matte, OF
the proper repairs to the leaking por-
tions Of the front and rear portions of
the State capitol, by referring the
whole thing to o special committee
consisting Of Governor McSweeney,
Colonel Marshall and Attorney Cen
eral Bellipger, who will arrange all
details with the srohitect.
- Another accident occurred on
the Southern not far from Easley on
Tuesday afternoon, 21st inst. Three
Kenmore brothers were hauling corn
and as they drove across the track the
engine OF passenger No. II struck the
rear END or the wagon, tearing 1t to
pieces and bruising the young men
considerably. One had his collar bone
broken. They said the wind was
blowing 30 that they could not hear
the train as it came around the curve.
= Cisely Rodman, "bad'' negro
who had been "wanted" in Rock Hill
for month or more, boarded freight
train at Charlotte last week for Ches-
ter, remarking to some other beats
that he would Ego through or kill the
whole damn crew." He wss put Of
the train several times between Char
lotte and Rock Hill, but always got
back on. At the latter place he was
made to get off and as he did 80 he
drew pistol and was in the act Of
shooting the conductor when one of