The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-07

The Jerome hotel at Columbia,
which was burned three years ego,
will soon be rebuilt.
= W. n. Squier, Auditor Of Rich.
land County, was accidentally killed
bye railroad train il Columbis last
Saturday night.
- One deg last week ffty.ave cars
ioaded With cement were shipped out
or charleston by the Carolina Port.
land Cement Company.
- Il is stated in the daily papers
that Judge o. W. Buchanan, whose
term has just expired, will locate in
Washington TO practice law.
= Two aged negroes were arrested
In Beaufort not long ago for imper-
sonating and receiving the pensions
OF Two deceased negro vetersus.
= The revenue officers are outing
of ths neoessaries Of life up in Oconee
county. They destroyed six distil-
!eries recently that were 10 good work
ing order.
= The Spsrtanburg journal report.
ed that strawberries grown in the open
air we're picked from the vines in that
enterprising town the day before
Christmas.
- Lieut.. Victor Blue, South Caro-.
Xmas hero in the war with Spain, has
been selected by Rear Admiral p. G.
Cooper, the new commander Of the
Asiatio station. as his flag lieutenant.
* Seven young boys. five white
and two oolored, have died in Char
lesion since Christmas of tetsus, or
lockjaw, caused by powder buyns
while firing toy pistols, charged with
blank cartridges.
= The town council of Winnsboro
he's taken q somewhat unusual method
to combat blind tigerism. It has
offered reward Of 500 for evidence
to convict any person who sh.!l &C.
lawfully sell liquor within the corpor.
ate limits.
- Miss Lola Turner, Of Spartan
burg, who has achieved good deal of
notoriety recently, has sued her
natural father-who seems an uunatu-
rel one also-for $4,000 damages for
beating her in June last. Stanyarne
Wilson is her lawyer.
- Mead Oxner, q white man. was
shot in the back Of the head and dan
gerously wounded by Harry Gappin,
q negro. A frolio was in progress
near Goldville, Laurens county, and O
row was under way. Oxner went to
the negro house to stop the disturbance
when he was shot.
While out hunting Rev. W. M.
Jones, the pastor of the Williston
Baptist church, was seriously wound
ed In the right arm by the accidental
discharge Of his gun, in removing it
from the buggy, in which he, with
DR.. John A. McOreary, was riding.
1t was first thought that amputation
would be necessary, but homes are
now entertrined that the arm may be
saved.
"A negro Iaborer fell into q large
vat of boiling still slop in Columbia
and was literally boiled to death.
The vat held about 2,50O gallons and
Its temperature was only few degrees
below the boiling point. He was
walking on Q gangway when he stun
bicd cad fell. Fellow laborers drew
him out at once, but death soon came
to his relief. That was the first fatal
accident at the big distillery.
Judge Dantzler has fled his de.
cision in the Lake City and Danton
dispensary case. He decides the lsw
constitutional 10 its exemption OF
Williamsburg from the operations
of the dispensary law, but finds that
the proper legal proceeding to open the
dispensaries in the two towns had not
been compiled with. There may be an
appeal to the supreme court, but il
these towns still want a dispensary
they will have to start all oyer ega;n.
y Mr.. J. R. sistare of Riverside,
has found his jersey COW which disap-
peared 30 mysteriously about three
weeks ago from where he had her
Etaked out near his home. Some boys
ouS hunting Christmas day ran upon
her fastened in o body Of woods where
she had wound the rope tied to her
halter around sapplipg and had been
unable to get loose. Il wap exactly
two weeks she had been gone and dur
ing all this time she had had neither
food nor water, Or course, she was
reduced almost TO o skeleton by her
long fast.
Preparations are actively going
on at the Charleston navy yards for
the construction Of the new dry dock
and soon the work will be begun by
the New York Filtration company,
which was awarded the contract. Pile
drivers ere being erected, hoisting
engines put in place, piles stored and
other preparations made for the early
construction OF the dock. The exca.
ivations will probably be begun next
week, when large force of hands will
be pat TO work. During the next Two
months the navy yard will be very
busy place.
= The U. s. Civil Service Commis.
sion reports that for the year ending