The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-13
STATE NEWS. u !,

two tails and dogs with four tails.
- The wheat crop promises to be
very good throughout Oeonee county.
The Communication road tax in
Spartanburg county amounted to $6,-7
a mule was attacked By bees in
Barnweil county last week and died
from the stings. ..:' II fi.fs =.
- The Grand Lodge Of the knights
OF Pythias will meet at Orangeburg on
Tuesday, 18th inst, 81
- A new twenty-five Thousand doll
lar furniture factory for Spartanburg
is now o virtually assured fact. !.
The County Commissioners oa
Chester have bought 81, ,542 worth of
road machinery, 70 be delivered on
July LIST. -s, IS
- The Walhalla board Of trade has
subscribed $100 to fund to secure o
South Carolina exhibit at the Sc.
Louis exposition. u 4.
Georgetown county boasts OF q
huge cypress tree, ID feet in diameter,
which some scientists claim must be
nearly {, 900 years old. I.
- A raid was made on some negro
gamblers in Union Saturday night
and one OF them was killed. Another
was wounded in the foot. a f
Twelve defendants in the Char
lesion city court pleaded guilty of
violation Of the diepensary law one
day last week, and were given $50
each. TIA 80 a9s.S
- Morgan Shoemaker, an aged oiti-
zen Of Elloree; Orangehnrg county,
was thrown from his buggy aud kill.
ed. The horse took fright from
train. 5d
j. r. Harrelson, Of Sampit, got
o cypress splinter in his eye in the
year 1865, and got it out last week.
During the 3S years it9remained in
has. eye it never impaired his sight TO
any great extent. &: ir-s
- Later accounts indicate that
many farmers in various sections of
the State suffered severely by the hail
storm last week. lRepianting Of cot.
ton corn, and vegetables will be neces-
sary IN many cases.
- L. L. Copeland, postmaster at
Bethune, . station on the Seaboard
Air Line about so miles from Colum.
bia, disappeared from his home on
April 20 and since that time nothing
has been heard Of him. 81
a strong effort is being made to
induce the Governor to pardon Mrs.
Carson, who is in the penitentiary for
life from Spartanburg for numbering
her husband. a petition with 1900
names has been sent to the Governor.
During the past two years the
oyster canning busines6 at Beaufort;
has had Q wonderful growth, and there
are now six factories In operation
there. In some Of the factories the
daily output often reaches 100 cases.
The iron bridge oyer Kee=se
river 40 Steele 8 Ford, has been COM
pleted and accepted BY the County
Commissioners OF Oconee and Pickens
counties. The bridge is said to be
the. finest and most substantial in the
county.
Miss Johnnie Sanders, of Union.
has been q missionary TO China for.
the past seven years. She has return
ed home for twelve months holiday.
but is trying to continue her work
while here by aronsing interest in
foreign misaiGns. ~. s.5s.
Some time since q body OF French
Canadians visited the South with q
view Of settling here. They cams to
Columbia, and they were so we'll
pleased that they think of settling ina
this State if lands can be obtained
suitable for them.
- Collector w. ID. Urum. of Char.
les;Sn, has been StaH e aH0iiaii;y notified by
the United States Treasury Dapart.
Sment that under the laws Of. the Unit
cd States he soonid mot draw q salary
soc feeB until his appointment had been |
confirmed By the Senate. I. 5f 5is
The Sheriff 5ofs sLaursns engaged /
in asdesperate encounter with q negro
trying to escape from his jail. The
negro, much larger than; The Sheriff. |
ran downa flight Of stairs with The
Sheriff on his back, but struck q door
facing and dislocatsd his shoulder.
disabling himself.
The pbstofhee bnrglars recently
convicted i'm Greenville are trained |
hands at shs business. They belong I
TO o regular organization with head |
duarters in che BoWery, New York. /
While the trial was pending in Green
vile, it is said their friends sent 3
messenger 2 with 81 600 For their de.
Tense. M 81 }s3' ~ IS
The trustees Of the Gibbes be-
quest bought at Charleston che site |
OF the old Grand Opera House ond
Meeting street and will erect on &c
the arh institute which was presentedI /
90 Charleston by the late S Jarnsy I
Mr.. Gibbes left Id his,willI ]
more. chan 2100. 600 60 the city Of
Charleston. , s
Admiral Bsardles two Japanese 4
seevants are now engaged in caring