The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-12
STATE NEWS.

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"a COW was struck by lightning
and killed in Gaffney.
- Oharleston's taxable property
increased s287 ,045 over that Of last
year. s
- The State Christian Temperance
Workers will meet in Laurens Sept.
18th to goth, the 9th annual meeting.
- Jonathan O. Hanks, Of Green
vile county, is said to be 104 years
old; he was In the Mexican and Flor
ida wars, as we'll as che civil war.
- An Injunction has been issued
against the building strikers in
Charleston, restricting them from
interfering with non union workers.
- I've ~hite men oe the "Sugar-
town section" Of Pickens county,
were convicted before magistrate
one day last week Of stealing chickens.
- Jno. w. Ross, Of Gafney, has
made $50 this season from an acre of
beans and has a second crop coming
on from which he expects to make $25
more.
- A fierce thunder and rain storm
visited Charleston last Sunday even
ing. Three persons were killed aud
ftae steeple Of st. Peters church set
on fire.
- Last Sunday in Colleton County
Q negro woman killed two of her chill
dren by cutting their heads off with
an axe aud then tried to burn .heir
bodice.
Arthur ~. Cushman, a promi-.
nent citizen Of Aiken, and former
member Of the legislature, committed
suicide by shooting himself with
shot gun.
The barn Of r. A. Hudson, of
Fairfield county, was struck BY light
ming and burned, with mule, buggy
and wagon and other property, the
loss being $500.
Griffin and Bud Pack, cousins,
bad afight at their home in Green.
vile county on Monday, 3rd inst,
about a trivial matter, when Bud
Pack struck Griffin on the head with a
chair and killed him.
- Complaint has been made to the
| governor that incendiaries are at work
in Newberry county and several fer
mers have lost property. According
1yga reward Of 500 has been offered
for their arrest and conviction.
The city of Abbaville has held
an election on the question of issuing
SIG, GOO in 5 per cent bonds to con-
struct system Of sewerage. The
vote stood 4 to9l in favor Of the is-
suing Of the bonds. Work will COM
mence Immediately. Il
The Governor has offered a re.
ward of S100 for the apprehension and
conviction of the parties who burned
the Hollis Spring Baptist church near
Walhalla. This was one OF, the oldest
churches in the State and was set on
fire and burned last May.
Easterling Bros, OF Barnwell,
eshe ..,lenteds1 100 acres i. santaloupes
this year, have finished harvesting
the crop, and shipped the last car load
last Friday. The sross proceeds Of
the crop amounted to $4,000, nearly
half OF which was clear profit.
The magazine rifles for the State
militia have e;arrived In Colnmbia. A
whole car load Of armament came to
that city Wednesday from the arsenal
at Augusta, and the adjntane generals g
Office will soon begin to send the
rifles to the several companies in the .
| State s sS.
Andrew Shirah, while in charge
OF q gang Of workmen in the South
ern' shop yards at the Blanding street
station, Columbia was run over by q ]
switch engine and killed. Re was
attempting totake a anrowbar OFF the
track ent Of the way Of the approach
ing engine. . >,s
r. Rev. Jas.A. Duncan, D. -,
nephewo Of Biehop Duncan, has been
elected financial agent of the Column
bia Female college aud will canvass
the State in the interest Of that in
stitution. Work will begin at once
ION theS50, 900 extension to the col
|,lege building. 9
Mrs. SusanHill died as the home
isof her nephew.XC. L. nc Clintock,
near Greenvillea Thursday. Mrs. !
Hill was SO years and sixanonths CID.
She would have been 100 on her next
birthday, January27, 1904 For one
SO old she was remarkable both phys
ically AID mentally. f.
sntWo nWo white men, George Tooie
and Lee Green, Of Aiken aounty, are
now in Jail charged with numbering o
Jew peddier by the name OF Abrams
Snrasky on w Wednesday evening. They
shot him In tho back, stole eight dol.
lars from his pooketand then chopped
his body TO pieces with an axe.
sssss-- A sad occurrence is reported
from Saiada county. Saturday even
ing during the rain lightning struck