The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-10-22

family refugeed to Anderson, S. c.,
was declared. MIR. and Mrs. SeapO.
after welded life If more years than
Is usually given, plighted their vows |
anew IN the presence of children and |
grandchildren. who constituted the
family reunion.-Greenville Noun
taineer.
A very unusual railway accident oc-
CURED half mile west Of Pelzer sta-
ton last Thursday night. It appears
that when nearing that point the por-
ter OF train No. 10. southbOund, came
through the first. class coach, as is the
when Miss Minnie Hollinsswort66l.o l se ert6lon n
young lady passenger, deliberately
arose from her seat. walked to the
platform OF the coach and stepped OFF
to the ground while the train was dash
ing along at the rate of perhaps thirty
miles an hour 1t so happened that
one OF the train crew saw the lady ms
ehe stepped on and Conductor Beattie
the train in search of the lady, fully
expecting to tind her lifeless body BY
the roadside, but the strangest part of
the story ls that she picked herself up
after the fall and walked some distance
to her home in Pelzer. with only /, few
slight bruises about her person.
The annual report of the County
Superintendent OF Education makes
the following showing: White chill
dren enrolled. 7,090; negro children.
$500; total, 10.00l. Average attend.
ance 6.051. Number of schools for
whites lOO, for negroes 90. Total spent
a. o. % schools. aos s43. aSa a4s3.s5, as follows:
aoe aeaSners, Sal S3o'0SG:5 G:54; buildings, e4,
libraries: &C.. sa.Sii.ss. % The city; city
schools, both white and negro, received
SiS, 4SSS. 46. The total per capitn per
scholar, outside of buildings and inc; :
dental expenses, was 1927. The su-
perintendent states that the people are
takinga q deeper interest in education
a5d snow an inclination to bring about
expended for that purpose. Itispoint-
ed out by the superintendent that if the
people generally can be brought to an
appreciation of the consolidation of
schools, better teaching will reault. the
number of teachers will diminish and
the schools be kept open longer time.
Two attempts ct suicide, the result
o. delirium tremens. was made Mt the
city nall Tuesday evening by d. w,
hopkins, q resident at the Anderson
Cotton Mills The first attempt was
made abo.. $50 Immediately after the
lanitor left for supper. Hopkins tied
his suspenders IN q slip-knot around his
neck, fastened the other end to the
bars of his cell as high up as he could
reach, threw his weight against the
moose and %as choking to death when
other prisoners gave the alarm and he
was Gu! down by Street Oversear Lee
"A physician was summoned and medi.
cines administered. He was thought
to be quiet and the door of his cell wal
left open. giving him access to The
prison hallway and to the other pris
oners. An hour later he slipped int
his cell. pulled off his underclothing
tied them tightly around his neck ant
again tried to strangle himself Il
death. The prisoners, negroes, saw
him adjusting the moose but wer,
afraid to go near him. They gave tn,
alarm, however, and he was again res
cued. The physician succeeded thi
time in quietiDg him and he slept yer,
well during the night. Hopkins hat
been locked up about midday for being
intoxicated on the street. He is mar
RED, and has six children, the eldes
twelve years and.the youngest bab,
three months old. He is a native O
this city, a son ofJohn Hopkins, \ sho,
maker, of Pickens. Until recentI,
. his home has been Mt Pickens. Hi
wife was Miss BellOtte, daughter o.
Squire John BellOtte of PendletOn
When not drinking Hopkins is an in
dustrious shoe maker and kind to hi
family.