The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-23
STATE NEWS.

/, - The work on the State House in
columbia has been completed.
The State summer school will
meet at Rock Hill from June Is TO
- The Acts for 1902 have been
issued from the press Of the State
- Charters for Two more cotton
m!lis for Spartanburg have been an.
- Senator B. r. Tillman has an.
nounoed that he will speak at Man.
ming April 25.
e., The candidacy Of L. J. Williams.
or Edgeield, is the latest announce.
tnent for Governor.
The Thornwell Orphanage has
received legacy Of ten thousand dol.
lars from Mrs. Lees of New York.
- a Methodist Church in Spartan.
burg county mas been burned Dv the
carelessness Of q cigarette smoker.
The second annual convention Of
the South Carolina Bankers Associa-
tion, will be held in Charleston ON
May Z and 8.
Greenwood has sold 100000
bonds to Tennessee firm at pre-
MUM of $3.50. The money is for
the sewerage system.
-. Jos. A. Mccullough, Of Green.
vile, has been commissioned to pre-.
side over the Greenwood special term
OF court to commence May 19.
- Governor McSweeney has receiy-
ed quite number of letters congratu-
ilating him on his course in the JEFF
fries-Fitzsimmons fight matter.
The South Carolina pie hunters
In Washington are said to have been
greatly alarmed by the result of the
presidents visit to South Carolina.
- Another baby whale was seen in
The vicinity Of Bay Point few davs
ago. The largest of six captured n
rev weeks ago measured "a feet in
length.
- Among the many floral tributes
Tor General Hampton's funeral was
one from a resident of Worchester.
Mass, who was Union soldier from
'61 to '65. 49,
The State Press Association will
meet in Georgetown on MAY 28th.
The good people Of that city are max
ing arrangements to give the Assooia-
tion royal welcome.
a. negro attempted to assault
little six year old girl at Rock Hill
. lew days ago. He was spii cd
away by the authorities just in time
to prevent a lynching.
A Jew, who was crested in Beau
fort few days ago for oursing. on the
public highway, was discharged, as
the curses were in Hebrew and no one
could interpret the language for the
court.
= Some negroes fishing on Long
Cane creek near Abbeville found the
body OF negro man with his throat
cut. 1t is thought to be the body of |
Morgan Belcher, who disappeared two
weeks ago.
- The governor has received fur.
ther complaint as to the destruction |
OF fish in the Edisto river with dyna-
mite. The complaint tells of an in !
stance of the use of 200 cartridges in |
o particular spot.
a movement has been started by
the Columbia Daughters Of the Con-
fsderacy and Camp Hampton, u. G.
", for the erection Of monument to |
Gep. Wade Hampton to be suPmount-
by an equestrian statue.
- Samuel Morrow, farmer of Alb.
bev!!le County, mysteriously dissp-
peared from Abheville court house
ten days ago and has col been heard |
Of since. Fecl play Is suspected as |
ne had: large sum Of money on his
person. a.
A. P. Aldrich brought suit
against the Grendel mill Of Green. /
wood for $40, GOO damages on accou, 6
of aepell Of typhoid fever which he
said was caused,b by improper sanitary
at the mill. The fury
FOUND against him.
-, Another.whit man named Olds
has been held up and robbed on Horse
creek in Aiken county while on his
way from Augusta, at about the same
place w. u. Collins was held up and
killed a few days before. Seven
negroes composed the gang Of robbers.
The strike Of tie machinist en-
ployed in the Southern Railway shops
has been called off. All differences
have been settled and six machinist
have resumed their old places at the
shops in Columbia and Others will
be taken back as fast as vacancies
occur
~ The question OF the forming OF
new county, to be composed Of por-
lions OF the preaens counties of New.
berry, Union, Laurens and Fairfield, |
ls being ugitated o good deal By the
people Of these counties living in and
around the point where Nevberry.
Union and Laurens join. No def.
bite steps have get been taken, hoW-
aver.
p There seems 70 be some differ
ence OF opinion regarding the amount
hat county tressurers ayo allowed TO
,harge c9 executions. In reply to an