The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-12-17
STATE NEWS.

Inc Legislature Wall meet on the
second Tuesday in January, the 18th
day Of the month.
- The students Of Wofford College
will have vacation this winter from
December IS TO January 3.
Peter G. MoEaohern, farmer Of
Hamer, Marlboro county. got his hand
caught in gin and bled to death.
- The Spartanburg grand jury is
hot af:er the railroads for working
their men in that county on Sunday.
= Charleston is putting up hot
fight against the Southern Road for u
discrimination against her on account
Of rates.
- The police stopped marriage at
Union. The would-be bride was only
13, and her parents objected to her
marriage.
- Annie Spill, q eolored teacher in
Bamberg, has been sentenced to hard
labor in the county Jail for one year,
for forgery.
- The annual reports of the several
railroad systems In this State show an
increase in the total income Of over
half million dollars.
= Rob Davis, Jr., of Greenville,
was aocidentrlly shot and killed by
Sam Levi, while out hunting. Davis
was IL years old and popular young
man.
= The citizens Of Lancaster are
much alarmed over the smallpox stu
alton in their town, and general vac
cination has been ordered for the past
ten days.
m. Roper, Of Lake City, sold
12,500 pounds Of tobacco in Florence
on Wednesday for $1,000. It was
raised on 16 acres and he has still
1000 pounds left.
- The voters Of Columbia have al
most unanimously voted for the is
suance of $3.50, 900 of 4 per cent. bonds,
with which the city is to build sys-
tenn Of first class water works.
~ The students Of the South Caro-
lima Medical college came out victo-
rious in their fight againsta policeman
in Charleston for making an .unneces-
sary arrest Of one Of their number.
- There is man living not many
miles from Camden who has family
Of nine boys, the youngest one now
being about grown and as large as his
father, and doctor has never been
called in to see one Of them.
- The President has reappointed
JEFF. D: Richardson as postmaster at
Greenville. It will be remembered
that Mr.. Richardson was appointed
during the last session Of Congress-,
but the appointment failed of eonfir-
nation.
A. G. Waite, merchant Of SEN
eca city, was ran over and killed by
vestibule train 38 at Westminster
one day lasa week. BE mistook the
vestibule for DO on which he expected
to return to Seneca and attempted to
GROSS the track in front Of; the train in
order to reach the platee.m.. Hs was
knocked down and met his tragic end.
There is q movement on foot at
the South Carolina College,to secure
for its library q collection, as nearly
complete as possible, Of all books writ
ten by South Carolinians. A special
alcove has been set apart for this
South Carolina literature, and it is
the earnest; desire of the promoters
Of: the plan to include the writings Of
the living and the dead, and Of ma
tives non .residnts Of the State as we'll
as residents.
- The governor has received let
ter from F. II. Mcfarland &c Co., Of
Weatherford, Tex, asking about graz
ing lands in this State, saying that
they wanted to purchase between 10,-
600 and 40, 1000 acres. of such lands if
they can be gotten cheap. The gov
eruo7 gave the firm some names of
people with whom to correspond, but
he makes the letter public in order
that any one who knows of such lands
or has them for sale may correspond
with the firm.
- Robert T. Love, well-to. do far
mer, who lives about IL miles west of
Yorkville, found nugget of gold on
his farm one day last week that weigh
ed So pennyweights. Test Of the mug
get by the local jeweler proved it's
genuineness. Mr.. Love says that the
nugget was picked up from the sur
face Of the ground in cultivated
field. There is authentic record that
at point about six miles from Mr..
Love's farm, in 1854, some miners
found nugget that they sold for
nearly $1,000.
The new county craze has struck
Orangeburg. There are rumors of o
possible attempt to form q new coun-
ty from portions Of Berkeley and
Orangeburg counties, with probably
Holy Hill or EIoree as the county
seat. Whether an active effort to this
end will be made or whether it is sim
ply suggestion it is not definitely
known. Several attempts have been
made in the past to cut the county,,
but the people have always voted
against such propositions, and at this
time it would no doubt prove & very