The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-12-03
STATE NEWS.

Leurens ls to have o carnival
from December Is to the Goth.
A. j. Bennett of Martins. Earn |
well county, was robbed on Friday
night by unknown parties Of 81 400.
- Two ladies were stopped on the
streets OF Charleston and robbed Of
purse and gold wetoh. Tae negro
he's been caught. S
Georgetown will get sfiis year
S20, 900 profit from dispensary sales,
which makes her the, banner dispen-
sary town in the State.
- The case against the Charleston
defendants charged with primary elec-
tion frauds was postponed to the next
court by tho solicitor.
- Smallpox cases have been report
ed within the past week from Adams
Kun, Colleton county, and near Brook
land, Lexington county.
- Miss Lola Turner, 19 years old
and pretty, has left her home in Spar
tanburg county and her father is very
anxious to hear from her.
- Since last May 68O new members
have been enrolled id Ehis1 State in the
Odd Fellows lodge. j. Marion Davis
Of Newberry is the grand master.
j. Davis Carter, williamsburg
farmer, planted 18 acres Of tobacco
this year, and sold his crop in his
warehouse, ungraded, for 50, ,l93. .O2.
- Assistant Attorney General Gua-
ter decides that pension agents are
not officers under the constitution 80
as 60 be debarred from holding anoth-
ct Office.
- DR.. Coleman and Mr.. Will Lyles,
prominent white men living at May
bington, in Newberry county, had q
dispute which resulted in both being
seriously shot.
= The establishment Of extensive
kaolin worke IL Charleston viii mean
great deal for an undeveloped indus
try in this State. South Carolina DOS
sesses clay Of superior quality. 3sssss
- United States Marshall GSSsI.
Cunningham died in Charleston ssihst
Saturday, and clerk Of the Uaitad
States Court, g. j. G. Hutson, died
last Wednesday in the same city.
Spartanburg is soon to have a
new Post Office building on North
Church Street at cost of between
$4,000 and $780, 900. The lot has
recently been purchased at o cost Of
$500.
- The through freight on the
Southern ran into buggy driven by
two colored women near Hodges, kill.
ing the mule and demolishing the bug
gy. One of the women had leg
broken.
Revenue officers made o. raid
into the s'Dark Corner" OF Greenville
county on Wednesday night and de-
stroyed six large distilieries, 5000
gallons Of beer and mash and go gal
Ions Of low wines.
j. L. Thomson was convicted in
Yorkville Of assaulting school teach
or, Rev. J. w. Simpson, because OF
some trouble with the formers boy.
The court imposed fine Of $3.50 or
five months in Jail.
The treasurer and auditor of
Lee county have made demand on
the officers Of Sumter county for the
tax books and money OF the new ooun-
~, Nnd che demand has. been refused
and referred to the attorney general.
- Duston e.. Sarvis, % years old.
Of Nichols, Spartanburg county, shot
and badly wounded Miss Josephine
Burns and then shot himself fatally.
She says they were married in Sep.
tember and she was trying to persuade
aim to make the marriage public, and
this angered him.
Winnsboro granite is to be used
in the new capitol Of the Keystone
State. Several magnificent buildings
in Pennsylvania have already been
erected out of material taken from the
granite quarry at Pacolet. After q
while the wonderful possibilities Of
South Carolina will be fully realized
and our resources may be developed.
- A great many companies apply
to the Secretary. Of State for q COM
mission, overlooking the fact that,
under the law, q charter must be ap.
piled for within two years from the
date OF this issuance Of the commits.
sion and after commencing business
mover bother about securing Q charter,
thus neglecting to avail themsaives Of
every protection which iAB de-
slfeS 10 give Jnem. RI
- The licenae from inanranna nnnn-
panies for shis year TO be received by;-
the State will be about $1,000 less
than the previous year. This has
been caused by the withdrawal Of TWO
or three companies, which declare
that they have lost too much money
to continue business In this State.
The amount obtained last year was
about $12 ,000.' This year it will be
in the neighborhood Of s11 900.
- The Bell Telephone Company is
issuing new map showing their con-
,neotions and lines in the United
States. According to the map South
Carolina is one Of the most thoroughly
covered States in the union, nearly
every city and town of any Importance
being connected with the Bell lines.