The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-06-17
STATE NEWS.

- The Abbeville Cotton Mills will
reduce .he hours Of labor TO three
fourshs Of full time. !.
- The Erskine nine are the cham
pions this year Of the inter.collegiate
baseball! association.
The annual commencement of
most Of the colleges os the State have
been in progress during the past week.
= The William McKeithan Lun-
Der Co., Of Darlington county, haa
been chartered with Q capitalization Of
$500, 600.
- The eight-year-old son OF p. 3 !.
Bryant, Of Saluda county, died Of
hydrophobis. He was bitten two or
three months ago by mad dog.
- Henry Richardson. colored, Of
Lexington county, who has been blind
for 13 years, fell from the window of
his house the other day aud broke his
neck.
- Jesse, the seven-year-old son of
Jopson Brabham Of Gree!yville, died
on Friday from the effects Of dose of
morph;:-o admin stored by mistake for
calomel.
- Senator Latimer, of South Caro-
lima, has wideued the breach between
himself and his colleague by making
800. 900 in Mexico mines. Washing
ton Post.
= Ex-senator McLaurin is in trou-
Bile. He is liable on, notes amounting
to $4,000. for which he received
stock in the Mohawk Valley Steel and
Wire Company, capitalized at $780,
600, 900. His stock, however, is not
expected to yield him moro than s78,-
600.
= Lightning struck the front tower
of the Colleton Cotton Mills during q
thunder storm recently. Severaihun-
dred brick were knocked of aud a
number Of the electric lights were
destroyed. Several operatives were
shocked, but no one was seriously
hurt.
- Hardly day passes now but
what some additional burglary in Co.
lumbia is added to the already long
list there, and the police thus far have
been absolutely unable to cope with
the siuation. Two more crimes were
reported Wednesday and in both in
stances the burglar showed daring.
- Chief Hammett submits report
showing that the cost Of the consta-
bulary has increased about 1880 a
month to $4.750, but the results jnsti.
fed the inc. eased efforts TO enforce
the law. The value of seizures cf
liquor has increased from S1,23O TO
S4,414. Is, difference iu favor of the
new coustabulary Of SO, ,18412.
R. D. Epps, Of williamsburg,
who was appointed a teacher in the
Philippines q year ago, has bee re-
moved because he wrote letters to The
Stute severely csiticisiDg the govern
ment for which he was working. There
will be no difficulty in filing the va
eancy, for there are 5000 applicants
fer tho gM vacancies te be filed,
Dr.. Bacol, Of Charleston, se.re
!ary Of the State Board Of Health, to
,thsln Was .ttfglfed the feEsft op al
epiaeihie .uf. luhg disease among the
hegr6es OF Williamsburg county, has
ihade an investigation and says there
is no epidemic, but many negroes
have consumption resulting from the
dissipated life they lead, and that the
matter is not within the jurisdiction
Of the Board to act upon.
After months Of patleying and
spinning red tape the much mooted
claims against the Charleston Expo
sition Company Are TO be paid. w.
H. T. lob, chairman OF the board Of
receivers, received from The treasury
department. &C Washington 800, 1858
which will be devoted to the purpose
aforementioned The money is in TIE
hands of NJ. Rutledge Rivers, atto7-.
ney for the receivers Of the Exposition