The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-12-24
STATE NEWS.

VI PAUU,OUU.
= Smallpox is giving the State
Board of Health some trouble since
real cold weather set it.
- Ex-President Cleveland and q
party of friends spent last week down
on the Santee, near Georgetown,
shooting ducks.
The appointment Of Mai. Micah
Jenkins to be collector of Internal
revenue for South Carolina has been
confirmed by the Senate.
= Two aged negroes were arrested
In Beaufort not long ago for person
ating and receiving the pensions of
two deceased negro veterans.
= Revenue officers from Greenville
made a raid in the Dark Corner and
wasted $4,000 gallons of beer and de-
stroyed three large distilleries.
- Carey Stiles, white man in the
Greenville jail, charged with murder.
attempted to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat with razor. The
razor was smuggled by friend.
= The postoffice at Batesbure was
robbed last Friday night. Only few
dollars In change was taken from q
drawer. The safe was dynamited,
but, although badly cracked, was not
opened.
= A man by the name Of Robinson.
Of Gaffney, took twenty-three grains
Of morphine, but the physicians saved
him. He says next time he will make
a sure case of it. Domestic trouble
caused it.
- The safe of the Bell Company,
merchants at Renino, Laurens County,
was blown open last Friday night by
burglars and robbed Of S16O in cash
and three bank certificates, aggregat-
ing 81, 100. There is no clue as to
the identity of the burglars.
= The death list of the South Caro-
lima Conference for the year 1902, or
rather between the Conference Of 1901
and 1902, known as the "conferepce
year" was remarkable one. It was
the largest on the record, ten minis
ters having died within the year.
They have lost the county line
somewhere between Laurens and New
berry; the old road that once marked
it has gone, and the whole line must
be re-surveyed to locate it exactly.
1t is possible that the lively town of
Whitmires, With its cotton mill and
bank, will be found to be in Laurens
county, although Newberry now claims
it.
= Robert Davis, Jr., was aocidently
shot Tuesday afternoon by Sam Levi
while hunting near the Dixon Annex,
short distance from Easley. A load
OF bird shot entered the young mans
side, penetrating his lungs and oaus-
ing his death that night at 7:4O o'clock,
just four hours after the fatal aooi-
dent.
- Major Ben Sloan, who has been
acting ss president Of the South Caro-
lima college, has done so most accept
ably and is most popular with the
students. They have presented to
him strong petition asking him to
stand for election to the presidency
permanently and copy has been sent
to the governor, who is chairman of
the board Of trustees.
- The annual report Of the dispen-
sary business Of the State is not yet
at hand, although the fiscal year clos
ed On the first day of this month.
There are over 100 dispensaries and
before even an approximate essimate
can be given, it will be necessary to
have reports showing the sales and
the stock on hand in each Of these
dispensaries.
- At Earley's Cross Roads, about
i've miles from Sumter, the barns and
stables of DR.. R. E: Lee were destroy
ed by fire. -Four mules, two horses,
about five hundred bushels Of corn,
besides forage, wagons, etc., were
lost. About fifty bales of cotton
which were piled near the barn came
near being burned, but moved after
slight damage. The origin of the fire
is unknown, but all the circumstances
indicate incendiarism.
- Thomas e. Miller, president Of
the colored State college, located at
Orangeburg, has submitted his annual
report to the Governor. The report
shows that the institution has enjoy
ed an unusually prosperous year, 624
students having been enrolled. Most Of
these were la the industrial depart
ment, and the report shows that the
State is taking care Of the colored
population in most creditable way.
The college asks for an appropriation
of SIC, 900 next year and will probably
get it.
- There was desperate attempt to
break jail in Columbia last Friday
morning. Five negro prisoners Jump
ed on Jailor Sigh and beat him almost
into insensibility. They secured his
pistol but were unable to get the keys. 1
During the struggle the noise abtrac-
ted the attention OF Mr.. Sligh's son,
Hume, eleven years old. The. little
fellow ran up stairs and fred three
times .t the desperate negroes, who
then returned to their cells and Mr..
Sigh was enebled to crawl out Of tho
corridor. His wounds are not dam
gerous.
- The Supreme Court has rendered
o decision diminishing the petition for
an injunction slainBt the Lee county
commissioners, thus bringing to an