The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-01

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= The grand lodge knights of Hon
or Of the State will hold its annual
meeting in Aiken on April 18th.
Charles Wooten, 15 years old,
was killed by being caught in the
shafting at the Winnsboro cotton mill.
= The club women Of G~reenville
are considering the establishment Of
kindergarten schools for poor chill
dren.
- Smallpox is still giving trouble
in many places in this State. In
some sections it has baen q serious
hampering to business.
IT. R. Tucker, of North, in Or
augsburg County. took his own life
with q shotgun. Tucker was about 20
years old and had been in bad health
for some time.
Lieut.. Weydig, of the German
army. and agricultural bureau, is in
Charleston to make a study of and
collect iniormatior about the oultiya.
Of sea island cotton.
- Col. George tombstone, Of New
! berry, has baen engaged as one Of the
lawyers for the defense Of James H.
Tillman, whose trial will commence
in Columbia on the 18th inst.
- Josephine Burns, q young white
woman who killed 8 telegraph opera
tor who she said had married her and
would not acknowledge the marriage,
in Marion County, has been acquitted.
1t has been announced that
Northern capitalists will build one of
the largest tourists hotels in the State
at Batesburg. The hotel will have a
track, polo grounds, drives, game pre-
serves, etc.
- William Elliott, Jr., code COM
missioner, has finished preparing the
acts Of 1903 and has turned over the
"oopy" to the printer. The printed
volumes will be ready in the shortest
time possible.
Governor Eeyward's grand.moth-
| er and aunt died the same day and
both were buried at the same time in
Savannah. Both were Clinches and
his grandmother was SO of the time Of
her death in Charleston.
&C. p. Sims, a lawyer for the de.
Tense, knocked down the prosecutor,
]. W. Boyd, during the progress Of
case In Magistrate Kirby's court in
S~partanburg. Boyd was conducting
his w case and made remark which
Sims did not like.
- George W. Latham, charged with
assault end battery with intent to kill
his cousin, j. R. Latham, has been
convicted in Piokens county and SEN
fenced to pay q fine Of 5000. The
Lathams are q prominent family and
the trial created great interest.
- Governor Hayward, with one ex-
ception, has signed all Acts passed by
the General Assembly. The one ex-
ception was the Bill to allow Union
to subscribe to q Carnegie library, it
being covered by another Bill allow
ing all cities Of over 5000 this privi-
lege.
The Governor and Chief Con-
stable Hammett have announced the
following oonstables to have charge of
the respective districts: Greenville,
J. Z. Hall; Columbia, A. 8. Osborne;
Sumter, A. s.. Delgar; Beaufort, W.
+. Holmes; Pickens, G. L. Cureton:
Spa.:anburg, j. r. FAINT; Charleston,
S. T. HOWE. The last three are re-
appointed, the rest being new men.
Capt. F.. E. Sharp has a bay
mare, "Minnie," that was twenty
eight years old last Wednesday. She
has given birth to seventeen. colts, Of
which fifteen were raised and sold at
an average Of S55.25 each at six
months Of age. She can plow all day,
and is still Q good farm animal. Capt.
Sharp takes good care Of his stock and
finds that it pays.-Walhalla Courier.
= Preston Richardson, q veal
minded negro boy, living about 10
miles from Columbia, committed sui
eide in an unusual manner. The
negro tied o string to the trigger OF
his shotgun, attaching the other end
to the wheel Of vehicle nearby.
Placing the gun to his side he pushed
the string with his foot and the
weapon was discharged. Richardson
had attempted suicide before by Jump
ing into the river.
= letter was received at the gov
ernor's Office o few days ago from a.
T. Lott, at Johnston requesting that
o grain expert be sent to that place at
once to investigate and rid the com
munity Of an insect that 10 destroy
ing the grain crop Of the farmers.
The writer states that ell the old
crop Of grain is destroyed and the in
di%cations are that there will be noah
ing left Of the new crop u~nlesss some.
thing is done at once.
Proceedings for mandamus to
compel the Spartan Mills and Beau.
mont Factories, Of Spartanburg, to
pay back CITY taxes for thirteen years,
have been Instituted. These mills
were exempt by the city Of Spartan.
burg and the case hinges upon the
right Of tho city to exempt institu-
tions from paying taxes. Mandamus
proceedings were made roturnable be.
fore Chief Justice Pope, at Cham
hers. in Nauharru IN Anil Y