The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-09

Last night about II o'clock tho barn
ana lts contents, which included q val
uable family horse, of John NJ. Hub
parG were burned. 1t is not known
how the fire originated.
d. stone has resigned as magis-
trate In Varennes Township. and the
Senator and Representative viii n,rat
shortly to select his successor. Those
Whe desire the position should send in
fhelr applications at once to Senator
). d. Rothrock, who has been spend
ing the past year at Pueblo, Colorado.
| mas returned to his old home in this
county. He was in the city Monday
ana gave US pleasant call. Mr..
hotnrOck ls u most excellent young
man, and we join his many friends i'm
eAtenning nm cordial welcome back
to Anderson County.
sam Martin, negro, was arrested
IN the city Saturday for selling li0uOr.
ne was caught in the act of running q
bllnd tiger on small scale, and was
promptly placed under arrest by the
police authorities. Martin had bottle
! of whiskey in his pocket, and waa dis
pensing mean liquor Mt ten cents q
drlnk 10 any one that would buy.
A new Masonic Lodge has recently
been organized at Clemson College.
Many members of the Clemson faculty,
noG alreaay Masone, are applying for
Lodge has an excellent hall, which is
Delng well equipped, and, with good
membership, such as it will have, fhero
ls good prospects for q most successful
Lodge.-Easley Progress.
The Dixie Carnival Company spent
ally patroniZed. The shows were clean
and each exhibition was worth the
price OF admission. The members
and employees of tho Company were
on their best behavior and there were
no complaints to tho police, who had a
very quiet week.
Willow Camp, No. 26, Woui1men of
the World, have elected the following
officers to serve the ensuing year: Com
sui Commander, G. NC. Bofeman: Ad-
visory Lieutenant, w. p. Nichoieon.
Banker, G. N. Broylee; Clerk, j. T.
Farmer; Escort, j. T. King; Watch
man; J L. Hembree; Sentry, E. M.
Keith; Physicians, Dire. J. e. Harris
ana !. =. Duckett. This Camp is add
ing quite number Of new members to
its roll.
As. will be seen ny reading card in
another column. eOme of the friends of
the ihornTei! Orphanage are arrsng-
ing to send o box of useful articles of
FOOD aud clothing and any cash contri-
inmates of that inetitntion. These
contributions will be received at the
store CT Dean e. Ratliffe, who have
kindly offered to receive and shin them
TO the Orphanage.
On Sunday, Dec. 9, 1908. Mr.. Guilt
were married nt the % home e of the beiSe%id5eg S4idegs
father, NJ. Turpin Fleming. The
ceremony was performed by the brides
pastor. Rev. j. Marion Rogers. Sew
eral intimate friends were present, and
the occasion was delightful one to
all. The bride was the recipient of a
number Of nice presents. Our best
wishes go with the happy young con
Our venerable friend, Capt. Hugh
Mahaffey, of williamson, was in the
city yesterday and gave us an appre-
ciated call. He has been a continuous
subscriber to the Intelligencer ever
since Its first issue, and is now one of
its oldest subscribers. Despite his age
and recently had the first and only
JooCn puiied since mis- childhood. The
remainder Of his teeth are in good con
dition.
A-preliminary hearing in the case of
j.. ID: .Acker, the white barber, indicted
for disposing Of property under lien
and obtaining money under false pre-
tences, was held before Magistrate
Wilson on Monday morning. The
point was made by A. H. Dacnall.
Esq. attorney for the defendant, that
an indictment could not be sustained
on the paper. given by Acker to the
prosecutors in the case. The paper
was not lien but bill Of sale, and
the tn snP!eme court Of this State recent
~ held that 1t was no offenee 10 sell
property under an equitable lien snch
az bill of sale. AcEer's relatives in
Ohio paid the costs in the case, after
which he was released from custody.
This ends @ matter that aroused much
public interest.
Yesterday morning Mr.. John En-
skine, while overseeing gang of city
c0nylcts on Calhoun street, near COun-
ty Treasurer Payne's residence, acci-
dentally shot himself in the right arm.
One OF the -c0nviot5, d young negro.
while at work, was cursing and using
some vulgar language, when Mr.. Err
sklne ordered him to cease it. The
convict replied to the order in some
very impudent language, and Mr. Err
sktne slapped his face. Instantly the
negro raised his shovel to strike Mr.
Erekine, who attempted to draw his
pistol from his hip pocket. AS he did
80 the hammer of the pistol, which was
8s caliber. caught In his pocket and
hred: The ball entered Mr.. Erskine's
Ink n n L. l.
just below the elbow, breaking the
bone and infiicting painful wound.
DR.. j. 9. Harris dressed the wound
and Mr.. Erskine Is doing as we'll as
possible.
MONEY To LOAN for home cliegiu
on easy terms.
Simpson & Hood. Attornava. i.