The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-26

Ao"t PasoeuSer trains move ,
each day in and out of Columbia.
The spring term of court con.
vvenes ct Plckcns OH the third Monday
in March.
nc Thursday, March 10Th, will be
South Carolina Day" at the Charles.
ton Exposition.
- Postmaster Robert S. Link of
Abb :yiile, has been reappointcd by
President Roosevelt.
Greenwood has decided to have
a sewerage system. The vote stood
40 for and 81 against.
S. j. Taylor's safe in his store
at Greelyville, WILLIAMSBURG oountv
was robbed by burglars Monday night
OF $500 and valuable papers.
= The plant of the Newborry Her.
aid and News was considerably damag.
ed by fire on the 17th inst. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
Col. Mike Brown, of Barnwell
has been allowed by the United States
Senate $4,000 for the destruction
OF property by Sherman army.
- The railroads have agreed to
further reduce the rates to Charles
ton. This will give Charleston the
lowest rates ever given any exposi-
ton.
- 1t is matter for general COM
mcnt by the county papers Of the
State that very little fertilizers have
been hauled by farmers up to this
time.
= Rock Hill is not going to take
any more chances with smallpox. It
is now enforcing its compulsory vac.
cination ordinance, recently passed
by council.
- A case has been brought before
Chief Justice McIyer involving the
oonstitutionality of the dispensary
law. The case comes from Williams
burg county.
= A collision occurred few days
ago in the Coast Line transfer freight
yards at Florence betwcenctwo shift.
ing engines pushing loaded cars. Fou,
mules and horse were killed. The
cars were telescoped.
= The Gaffney Manufacturing com.
pany have let the contract for a new
$780, 900 mill, to bo erected near the
site of their present mill. The new
building will be 100x 400 feet and
will contain four stories.
A Chester man is exhibiting q
shiEgle, in sound condition, from the
roof of house built more than sixty
years ago. It is said that the average
life of shingle in modern times is
not more than twenty years.
- One day last week the Court
House at Newberry caught fire from q
defective fue. The blaze was extin.
guished before much damage was
done. Court was in session and was
adjourned for short while, but soor
continued business.
The governor has offered re-
ward of 500 for the apprehension and
conviction Of Will Brewer, who on
January 29th lastkilled Albert Mann
in Chesterfield County AID fed from
justice. The killing is I'D to have
been a most brutal one.
- Wash Carwile, Jr., who killed
his brother Bluford, in Newberry
county, in August, 1895, and has been
lodging since, was captured in Saluda
one day last week. The negro has
been out of the State most Of the time
and only recently returned.
Young William DuPre, while
out hunting near Abbeville was acci-
dentally shot; tho load entering his
right arm just below tho shoulder.
The surgeons hope to be able to save
the arm, but it is probable that it
will be of very little use to him.
- The dispensary at Blacksburg
was broken into last week, the safe
was cracked and $50 in money and a
check for $50 on the National Bank
at Gaffney stolen. The burglars had
key that opened the front door. No
trace Of them has been discovered.
= Work is progressing we'll on the
building of the Augusta and Aiken
electric railway, which has been com
pleted from North Augusta to Clear
water, between which points regular
schedule will be operated by April L.
The rolling stock has been shipped.
- The Secretary of State has re.
ceived letter from W. D. Good &
Co., of Bayne Falls, Mich, manufac
tuferS OF cneeSe boxes, frult package
materials and veneers of all kinds.
They wish to establish such plant
in this State, and want information
as to suitable location.
= The fywheel of the electric pow
er house of the Spartanburg street
railway burst, the other night, fatal
ly injuring three men aud practically
demolishing the building. The dead
are Assistant Engineer I. Lawrence
Wilson, Gasmaker Thos. Pike and
Fireman Robert Sample, colorcd
- The State calls attention to the
fact that there are only seven of the
South Carolinians who signed the
secession ordinance Dec. 20, 1861,
now living. They are: Chief Justice
Henry McIver, Joseph Daniel Pope,
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