The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-12
GENERAL NEWS.

= Georgia peach growers claim that
their crops yields more money than
does the cotton crop.
= Cholera is said to be raging in
the Philippines and soldiers and teach.
ers are among the victims.
- The censns bureau at Washing.
ton says that 5,925, ,S72 bales of cotton
had been ginned up to October 18th.
- Hon. Hale johnson, the vice.
presidential candidate on the prohi-
bitlon ticket, was shot and killed at
Efin ghanl, ILL.,
= Elon college, in North Carolina.
has received $3,000,000 as beouest
from the estate Of Francis Asbury
Palmer, of New York.
= A fcnd in Chicago blew up q
house with dynamite, killing father
and mother and one child and slightly
injuring several others.
- Augusta, Ca, is discussing tho
project of building lcvees to protect
the city from the overflow of the
Savannah river during freshets.
- Treasurer Roberts, of the United
States, has made his annual report.
1t shows that the average per capita
of money in circulation has increased
40 cents in the past year.
Australia has more churches in
proportion to its population than any
other country. 1t has 6,O13, which
is 2lO to every 100000 of its people.
England has IA to every 100, 900.
= The number of the theological
students graduated.from semiuarieslast
spring was 1852. This was 700 below
normal, and it is predicted that next
year the falling off will be still greater.
- Mrs. w. S. Mclean of Coving-
ton, IA, shot aud killed her 13-year-
old sou Saturday night, having mis-
taken him for a burglar trying to enter
the house. He was returning home
from frolio in Halo ween disguise.
= The Crown Prince of Siam, who
is now visiting this country, will soon
be joined by his royal father, the
King of Siam. He will be the first
reigning sovereign to visit this coun-
try, and he will be the guest of the
nation,
- DR.. Robert F. Wier has just sold
three lots on West 33d street, New
York city, for 1925 900. Three years
ago he paid s153 900 for this property.
The lots were only 50 feet nine inches
deep. The price was nearly $4,000 a
front foot.
- Edmund Bersch, former member
of the Louise Of delegates of St. Louis,
Mo-, was convicted Of perjury and SEN
fenced to FIVE years in the penitenti-
ary. The perjury was in his testi-
mony before the grand jury in regard
to the $75, 900 Doodle fund.
= The horses Of the famous Belle
Meade stock farm were auctioned off
on Thursday. The cream Of the lot
were bid off by w. H. Jackson, Jr.,
who will hereafter be the manager Of
this historic farm. The 273 head
sl72 ,e55.
= Clasped in each others arms,
lying on the floor Of the pastor's study
in the German Baptist church in Oma-
ha, Neb., the dead bodies of Rev. w.
o. Rabe, pastor, and Augusta Busch,
| missionary and assistant to the pas
tor, were found. It is supposed the
taking of was occidental.
= Boys Of Oxford, Miss, had
mock hanging on Wednesday and
strung up one Of their number, Eman-
uel Crump, aged 13, with plowline
and choked him to death. He stood
on q milk jar and stuck his head
through the moose, and in some way
the jar was knocked away by accident.
= The State of Mississippi had an
extreme rare specimen of state treas
urer. Because there were one million
dollars locked up in the vault he felt
80 much responsibility for it's safety
that he resigned. The State refused
to allow him to loan it cut, and rather
than be worried by having that much
money on his hands he threw up his
job.
= Governor Terrell, of Georgia, has
just signed an order by which he has
made one hundred Georgia Colonels.
They are members of his personal
staff. Several members Of Gov. Can
dler's staff hold over and will be part
| of the new staff. It is stated
that at one time Gov. Stephens, of
Georgia, had three hundred colonels
on his personal staff.
- Sam Harris, negro, entered the
home of Geo. Meadows a prominent
planter. near Salem, Ala, and struck
Mrs. Meadows and her 18 year.old
daughter on the head with an axe, Civ
ing the former s mortal wound and
fracturing the skull Of the latter. The
negro was arrested, but was taken
from tho officers by 125 men and his
body riddled with bullets.
- Elizabeth City, N. c., is a town
Of about 5000 inhabitants. In the
town is newspaper called the Eliza
beth City Tar Heel and its editor, W.
0. Saunders, is minor who is a
| cigarette smoker. The board of alder.
men recently passed an ordinance max
ing cigarette smoking by minor an