The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-19
STATE NEWS.

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= Magistrate Larkin Rice, of Sa-
luda county, had mule 46 years old
to die recently.
= Nearly three millions of dollars
is represented in cotton mills project
ed in this State this year.
= A caye-in ia tie sewerage tren-
ches in Columbia killed two negro
workmen and injured several others.
- Frank Johusou, white. killed
himself accidentally while hunting
about three miles from Mount Pleas
ant.
Heavy dispensary purchases have
been made by the State Board of Con-
troll In anticipation of the Christmas
trade.
= The supreme court assemblies on
the 10Th inst. and the Bird circuit will
called. a pretty heavy docket is on
hand.
= The State Alliance Exchange has
gone out of business. They have $l7,-
600 to divide amongst the sub-alli-
ances that contributed to the organi-
zation.
Judge Gage says Charleston is
the hardest county in the State to get
a jury in. The business men all plead
excuses.
James P. Cary, of Pickens, has
been appointed to preside as Judge at
the special term Of court in Laurens
county.
: It is probable that the Columbia
and Georgetown Boat Company will
have at least two steamers in opera
tion by Jan. l.
Three crazy negroes were burned
to death in a fire which partially de-
stroyed the insane ward ut the city
hospital in Charleston last week.
- The general committee Of church
extension of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church has apporiioned $500 for
the coming year to work in South
Carolina.
Judge Klugh decided at Ben
nettsville on Thursday that county
boards of education have no super
vision or control over graded school
districts.
A rich deposit of tin ore has
been discovered on the place of Capt.
S. S. Ross of Cherokee county. The
mine will be developed by Pittsburg
capitalists.
= An attempt at incendiary was
made at Edgeleld last Wednesday
night. One Of the firebugs was
severely shot and captured. Two
others escaped.
- The crops on the penitentiary
farms have proved very fine and Super
intendent Griffith has an abundant
supply of meal, -four and other sup
plies laid up for use.
= The society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals, at Columbia,
has appointed committee to memoir.
alize the Legislature to change the law
80 as to give the committee more DOW
er and add to the stringency Of the
law.
&C. E. Graham, who has made
such success Of the Ruguenot mills
in Greenvills, has bought the prop
erty Of the old Camperdown mill and
will put in new machinery and begin
the manufacture of ginghams by the
first Of January.
= The Washington correspondents
OF both The State and The News and
Courier say that President Roose.
velt, upon Booker Washingtcn's ad-
vice, has decided to appoint DR.. W.
D. Crum, oolored, collector of the
port in Charleston.
- The Richland Distilling COM
pany has found that the plant must be
doubled or that they must run night
and, day to fill its orders, heavy pur-
chases being made by the State dis
pensary. The plant will be run night
and day from now on 80 long as neces-
sity requires.
= Jim Edwards, near Trough
Shoals, Spartanburg County, found an
old copper coin recently. On one
side was medallion portrait of George
II. with the legend "Georgius II,
Rex" On the other was q crown over
harp with "Hibernia 1850" The
coin is 152 years old.
OF the eleven principal potato
producing States, six, including
Georgia and South Carolina report
average yields per acre of sweet pota-
toes in excess Of their ten-year aver
ages, and FIVE, includidg North Caro-
lima and Alabama, report yields below
such averages.
- The general reports through the
State say that tax payers ara slowly
settling up their dues. The governor
and comptroller general have said that
they were dead set and opposed to
any extension this year Of prosperity.
II the precedent is ever to be broken
this is the time. The delinquents may
expect no favors.
= Index CLERK McCown, of the
Secretary Of States Office, has been
engaged in the past week or two look
ing over the old relic room, to save,
il possible, what documents may be
valuable as historical papers. Ere
quently some interesting finds are
made. One was copy Of George
Washington's farewell address sent to
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