The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-09-16
STATE NEWS.

have population OF 7,5O0.
- The cotton caterpillar has appear
ed in the Beaufort sea islands.
Clarke county, Ca, has given
two-thi1ds majority for the issuance
Of 100000 of road bonds.
- Congressman Wyatt Aiken has
declared himself in favor Of German
for presidential candidate.
= Bishop Capers continues to i'm
prove at Brevard, N. c., where he
has been confined for several weeks.
= The dispenssry at Hampton has
been destroyed by fire. The loss was
about $4,000 with only s400 insur-
ance.
= Miss Nina jackson Cookin,
graduate Of the University of Ten
nessee, has accepted q position in the
faculty of Winthrop.
j. B. Curtis, Massachusetts
travelling man, while taking pleasure
| sail at Charleston Wednesday night
! was accidentally drowned.
= Since tho recent State encamp.
ments quite number of military COM
panies have been organized through
out the State.
- Steps are being taken to build
thread mill at Central. Most Of
the stook mas been placed and the
mill is certainty.
- President Nell, of Clemson Col
lege, has sent out the following:
"Clemson College has opened with
576 students. No more can be re-
| ceived.''
- The reward for John Sally, who
brutally assaulted the town marshal
Of Wordford in Orangeburg county
and fed has been increased from $50
to $3.50.
Will Williams, negro boy, Of
15 has been bound over to the higher
court on the sharge Of rape committed
on an old white lady ~ years Of age at
Hodges.
| Henry 9. Mark, one Of Green
ville's Oldest citizens and formerly a
prominent merchant there, died last
Saturday night. He was 73 years old
and native Of Germnfy.
= The jury holding inquests over
the bodies Of those killed in the Fish
ing creek wreck on the Southern, de-
clare that the deaths were caused by
earelessness Of railroad officials.
Chief Justice Pope has assigned
ex.Judge ". @. Benet to preside at the
circuit court which begins at Lexing-
ton the G1st instant, Judge Gary's
health not permitting him to preside.
A negro man and his wife in
Kershaw county deliberately aban-
doned their six children three weeks
ago and have not been heard of since.
The ages of the children range from 2
to IL years.
= Harry Dean, aged 18, shot and
killed Miller Mckinney in Spartan
burg county on Wednesday. They
quarreled about small amount Of
money one owed the other. Both are
members of prominent families.
The Rock Hill Journal reports
the trial and conviction by Mayor
Hull Of Magistrate r. VI. Anderson,
Of York county, in two cases Of drunk
enness. He was fined $5 for the
first offense and $3.50 for the second.
- The Southern Detective Assooia-
tion with headquarters in Spartanburg
has been chartered by the Secretary
OF State. The capital stock is $50.
In the application for charter they
propose to do general detective busi-
ness.
The Columbia State says there
is q little bsnd Of socialists in Colum-
bia who are seriously thinking Of or
ganizing socialist party. They want
to get q socialist to come to Columbia
and deliver an address. There ere
now about 100000 socialist voters ia
the country.
The friends Of DR.. Baylis n.
Earle, son of the late Senator Joseph
H. Earle, who is surgeon in the
United States navy at Astoria, Oregon,
will be interestedin in knowing that dur
ing the sinth annual regatta at that
place, which occurred oa the 10Th Of
August, DR.. Earle was appointed COM
mender and surgeon on. The staff OF
Admiral A. A. Smith.
- The sheriff OF Saluds county is
charged with murder. The eoroner's
jury after secret session announced
their verdict. a negro was killed in
Ssluda and two negroes swore that
the fatal shot was fred by the sheriff
or another white man, also under
arrest on ;he same charge. It's rare
occurrence that sheriff is charged
with murder.
- Mrs. Nancy Wilson. who resides
two miles below Central, and who is
81 years old, hood corn patch shis
season. In her 95th year she carded,
spun and wove the cotton into extra
heavy cloth and made it into meal
sacks. She presented one 20 Mr..
Aaron Boggs, who immediately filled
e with corn and presented to her.
Pickens Sentinel. y ,.,5,
- There was only one serious inci-
dent q. the hurry and rush Of rebuild
ing the Fishing creek trestle near
Yorkville. The victim was Mr.. Henry
Hardin, q railroad employee from