The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-09-24
STATE NEWS.


E. Work has been started on the
big naval station in Charleston.
- There are Two cases of smallpox
at Can't, in Greenville County.
A number Of negroes in Colum.
bia have asked to be admitted to the
democratic party.
- The Woodside cotton mill with
a capital stock Of $1,000 has been
chartered in Greenville.
= Arrange your plans early to at
tend the 34th Annual State Fair at Co.
iumbia Oct. 28th to 31st.
The newly elected State officers
announce that t-ere are no vacancies
In their gift for applicants.
- 1t is said hat D. II. Magill.
member Of the Legislature from
Greenwood, will be o candidate for
Speaker.
= In Aiken county six of r. D.
Lamar's COWS were killed by light
ning's striking the tree under which
they were.
= Hub Evans was fined So by a
magistrate in Greenyille for his re-
cent assault on Editor Blackman. of
the Greenville News.
- Joe Grealish, aged 13, was crush
ed to death by heavy rock that he
and other boys of Greenville were roll
ing down an embankment.
= Probate Judge Gentry of Spar
tanburg was reelected by majority
Of only IL out of 6,881 over his op-
ponent in the eecond primary.
- Col. K. NJ. Wallace, of Sumter,
left about 100000 in legacies to his
relatives, and the balance Of his prop
erty, about 100000, to his sisters and
nephew.
- Prof. E. NJ. Won Fingerlin, who
has been in the State thirty years,
will leave Greenville for professor
ship in the State Normal College of
! Missouri.
IF. II. Brandt, Of Walhalla, though
good swimmer, was drowned while
seining in Chauga river. He was 80
years old, and leaves wife and two
children.
Stephen Turbeville, a young
white man from Homer, Marion Coun-
ty, was run over by a train and killed
at Dillon. He had been drinking and
fell asleep on the track.
= Mr.. q. A. Wood, of Marion, who
was elected president of the South
Carolina College at Columbia without
any solicitation on his part, has de-
clined to accept the position.
| &C. L. Walker, lately candidate
for Comptroller General, will be can
didate for clerk Of the House of Rep.
resentatives. The present clerk is
i. Y. Hamer, who has served several
terms.
- Two little negroes, the children
OF Coleman Jeter, who lives near San.
tue, were burned to death Sunday
night. Coleman and his wife we're
away and the house burned up with
the children inside.
= Littlo Grace Moseley the five-
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. r. Moseley Of raurens was terri
bly, burned last week. She was play
ing near burning trash heap when
her clothing caught fire.
- The State Senate will consist of
25 old members and, Is new ones. OF
the old ones nine were reelected.
The Senate seems to be fair. corse-.
yative body. In the House there are
As old members and rs new ones.
- Prof. Albert Barnes, who has
been assistant professor Of mathemati-
cal engineering at Clemson college,
has been elected head OF the mechani-
cal department of the Mississippi agri.
cultural college and has accepted.
- Archie Gooding, town marshal
Of HAMPTON, was shot by his cousin
Perry Kearse and killed last Thurs
day. Two brothers on each side, con.
tinuing family feud got into row
over the election. Kearse was wound
cd.
= There was cutting affray at
Coward 8, Florence County, last week
in which several prominent young
men wereinyolced. The partici pants,
John and Nash Parrott and Daniel
and Francis MoAllister, sustained se-
rious injuries.
= The governor has been in formed
by the citizens Of certain town in
the Pee Dee section of the State that
the magistrate had performed mar
riage ceremony for white man and
colored girl. Such q MARI iage is
crime and if the charges are true, the
magistrate will be removed and the
proper legal steps taken.
F. G. West, Of Spartanburg, who
was due to run third race for the
House of Representatives from that
county, generously withdrew in favor
OF his opponent, who had lacked just
three votes of landing on the second.
He said that was near enough to show
the will of the people, and he knew
that they were tired Of politics.
- An old negro named Dave Wade