The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-29
GENERAL NEWS.
Bids for s3. .OOO, ,OOO of the bond

= Bids for 90, 900, 900 of the bonds
&C indebtedness c: :he Philippine IS
lsnds have been called for.
- In the oil fields Of Texas south.
erners are protecting negroes who are
ordered to leave by northern and west
ern men.
- Frank Long, g Macon, Ca, gro.
Ger, has made this season, according to
the Atlanta Journal, upwards Of s5,-
600 on 40 acres Of capteloupes.
- A negro who assaulted white
girl near New Baltimore, N. Y, was
saved from lynohing by an officer who
smuggled the negro to another town.
- In Kentucky mob broke in q
jail to take therefrom white man
convicted of murder and sentenced
to life imprisonment and lynched him.
- Negroes from Evansville, Ind,
find no hospitality in any part of that
section and are ordered to move at
time of arrival in the southern Indiana
towns.
- Joseph w. Cummin, cashier Of
the Cornwall bank, Newburgh, N. ",
has been arrested on charge OF default
ing. He has confessed that he is $780,
600 short.
Winchester, Va, was visited by
cloudburst that submerged tho en-
tire town to the depth Of from three
to six feet and caused damage Of
thousands Of dollars.
= Geo. B. Hiss of Charlotte, N. c.,
president Of the American Cotton
Manufacturers association, thinks
there will be 3O,0OO,00O idle spindles
by the first of September.
= Enraged at the hardness Of the
court, mob broke into the Jail at
Flemingsburg, Ky, and hanged VIM.
Thacker, white man, who two years
ago killed John Gordon.
- An unknown friend has donated
925, 900 to Rev. s. L. Morris, D. D.,
Of Atlanta, secretary of the Home
Mission board OF the Presbyterian
Church, for home missions.
- A negro who burglarized the resi-
dence OF the mayor Of Red Bank, N.
J., and attempted to criminally as
sault the mayors daughter, was saved
from lynching by the police.
A Virginia man threatened to
court the first woman he found pick
ing berries on his land. The next
day he found thirteen, and all claimed
to haye been the first on the ground.
- Miss Layina Wheeler is dead in
Oakland, CAL, at the age of 1O2 years.
She was IN full possession of her facul-
ties almost up to the time Of her
death. She died, according to her pay
sicians, simply Of old age.
Gen. Clement A. Evans, of Georgia,
says there are sufficient funds in hand
TO begin the erection Of the "Battle
Abbey" at Richmond, Va. The funds
Of the Confederate Memorial associ-
alton for this object are now stated to
be 800, ,47O.
- The governor of New jersey has
cancelled the charters Of about seven
hundred corporations because they
neglected to pay their annual tithes
to the state. c The only wicked corpo.
cation in New Jersey is the one that
fails to come up to the cashiers desk
promptly.
- A negro in New York State out
ragged 11-year-old white girl, and an
effort was made to lynch him, but the
sheriff smuggled him out of town to
another place. In New Jersey another
negro attempted on assault on young
white lady. He, too, was secretly cou-
veyed to another town and lynching
was averted.
= Mrs. Carrie Luce is suing F, w.
Woodwork & Co., proprietors of
lO-cent store in Richmond, Va, for
$4,000 damages for getting her leg
broken in crowd while after ding a
"bargain sale" in their store. She
contends that the proprietors should
not have permitted such large crowd
to come in.
- Miss Willie Wray, Tennessee
girl, went to Mississippi and worked
on farm eight years dressed as man.
Her seq was discovered last week and
she was compelled to wear woman
clothing. She gave as reason for her
disguise that she would have less
trouble in earning living on the farm.
She is good hand and is running her
own farm this year.
- New York is to have "beer
queen. A brewery worth So, 900, 900,
producing 10000 barrels Of beer an.
nually and yielding $500, 900 in profit
is to be owned and managed by wo.
man. After years Of litigation Mrs.
Josephine Schmidt has been awarded
e.