The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-10-14

). Z. Whelchel. of the department of
commerce and labor at Washington,
spent several days in tho city last
week. This department, which was
recently established by an act of con-
Rress' Is gathering material for pub
iichtion on wealth, debts and taxa
ton MIR. Whelchel has visited all
the County seats in Georgia and North
Sarollna, and has just entered upon
ms work In this State. The Offices of
the county Auditor and Treasurer
supply h,m with the statistics he is
seeking, He expressed himself as be-
ing much pleased with the thorough
anu eiiiclent manner in which these of
iices are kept.
Rev. j W. Walling and wife reach
ed New York last week from Brazil,
AFTER spending awhile in South Eng
lanG Ina note received from Bro.
Waillng dated New York. Oct. 3. he
says; Please let the friends aud
brethren know through the dear old
AuTocate that hope to fix my home
IN mon. ). G., where l hope to hear
IRON ,;oit tI them and have the pleasure of
Visit from SO many as can come. re-
tnrn strong and healthy and after
short rest will be pleased to serve the
brethren and the Churches in any
Way,.Southern Christian Advocate.
Mr. Walling's many friends in Andrr-
son would be more than pleased to have
MN VISIT here and preach to them.
"A disPatch from Honea Path, under
GATE OF 7th inst. says: "State Consta-
bles Newell. Charles and Davenport,
aided by Magistrate Trussell. Consta-
BILE Haynes and Policeman Robertson,
Captured n blockade still within two
miles OF Due West last night. They
lefr here early and after a diligent
search found where the still had been
located, but not satisfied with this
they continued tho search and about 3
O'Clock this morning found tho still
which had just been deserted by tho
operators. The fire had just been put
out when the party arrived They
found about GOO gallons of beer, meas
urlng utensils, tools. etc. This still
was OF large capacity and had been
operated n the community for several
weeks
Gov. Heyward has committed tho
sentence OF Andy Davis to two years
on the County chaingang. Davis was
convicted mt the last term OF the seq
slons court for the murder of his moth
eT ana WIS sentenced by the presiding
Judge to imprisonment in the State
penitentiary for life. Davis had be-
come involved in quarrel with his
stepfather, a bad character, and in fir
ing upon him missed his aim and
i
were mitigating circumstances attend
ing the killing, aud in passing sentence
Judge Dantzler stated that in his opin-
ION the convicted man was q proper
subject Tor executive clemency. The
solicitor shared in the Judges opinion,
anu when the matter WAS presented to
Gov. Hayward he consented to reduce
the sentence to two years
Last Monday afternoon about
O'clock fha Snl1iC0n TTorI w. t,o<l
very narrow escape from serious
f1re IN their store room on the south
side of the Court House Square, and
two men came near being fatally burn
ed. Geo. l.. Jolly, one of the sales
men, accompanied by Luther Massey,
negro, went into the cellar to draw
some liquid asphaltum from barrel.
l he barrel was nearly empty, and the
negro was holding it in his arms 80
that the liquid could run more rapidly.
Mr.. Jolly, with q lighted candle in one
hand and gallon pot in the other,
was catching tho liquid, when sudden
~ the gas or fumes from the asphal-
tum exploded, covering both tho men
with flames and filling the dark cellar
with smoke. Mr. jolly and the negro
both ran up into the st9ro above. Per
Iollys burning clothes, and made an
effort to help the negro, who ran into
the street. His yeils attracted the
attention of many persons, some of
whom grabbed him and put the flames
out by turning the water from hy-
drant on him The negro was severe
ly burned, and for awhile it was fear
cd his injuries would prove fatal. He
received prompt medical attention and
pected. Nj. jolly was painfully burn
ed in several places on his body, but is
not eeriouslyiDjureG. The fire depart
ment responded promptly to the alarm
and did some good work in extinguish-
ing the fire. The Messra. Sullivan do
not know the full extent of their dam
age but say it will aggregate .$2. 1000 or
more 10 their stock and building.
Their loss is covered by insurance.