The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-16

- Negotiations have been begun
among the powers looking to interna.
tioLal control of Macedonia.
= Two Greek steamers ccilided In
the Mediterranean sea on Wednesday
and fifty passeI gers we're drowned.
= A plan to corner the December
wheat market in st. Louis by buying
up all possible insurance is said to be
contemplated.
- The citizens committee that has
been endesvoring to settle the street
car strike in Charlotte have failed in
their efforts and given up.
- The United States government
crop estimate created quite stir il
England, and there 10 talk Of MOVING
their mills to this country.
- Andy Montgomery, Q oolored
man, aged lit, died at home gol
aged colored people OF Atlanta, Ga.
recently. His age is verified by The
records.
James NJ. Edge, alias Ksne, was
arrested in Memphis, Tenn. on Mon
day charged with embegzling $780,
600 from the First National bank OF
Patterson, N. j.
- President Roose 7elk receives
$4,000 and two Of his children, S.
600 each from the estate OF the late
j. K. Oracle, Of New York, an upole
by marriage OF the president.
- The police are after band Of
ghouls who for weeks past have been
opening graves in Greenlawn cemetery
in Newport News. Va. and robbins
the dead Of jewelry, shrouds aud
clothing.
= A call has been issued for a
meeting Of the Democratic national
committee in Washington on January
IL, for the purpose Of deciding upon
the time and place Of holding the
national convention.
Last year If an average we're
made every man, woman and child in
the United States received sixty-one
letters, thirty-one newspapers OF
periodicals, and fourteen packages;
and every sixth person registered q
letter.
- Toronto, Ont, has church
which does something which probably
no other church in the world does.
1t is, of course, exempt from taxation
yet it insists on paying taxes each
year. It is the Jarvis street Baptist
Church.
Gov. Bliss, Of Michigan. has re.
linquished his pension OF @l2 per
month. and haa rennaakad ske Cen,
missioner OF Pensions 20 drop bic
name off the rolls. He doubted the
propriety Of continuing as peusioner
when he was not in need.
Two thousand petitioners were
made knights OF Pythias, OF one
time, In the great convention hell in
Kaneae City Q few nights ago. One
thousand Of them were from Kansas
City and the remainder from neigh.
boring localities. Over 5000 nom.
bers witnessed the ceremonies.
-E. 8. Peters, president OF the
Tezt8 Cotton Growers. Protective
Association hos telegssphea 90 lssge
producers OF cotton stating chat the
bureau or statistics estimate or che
crop is over the indicated yield. He
urges growers not to part with their
holdings at less than Is cents.
- In the District Court OF Chero.
kee county, Texas, Allen Brown, q
negro convicted OF attempted criminal
assault, Nas sentenced to 1000 yeara
in the p.ojhentiary. Under the Law
the jurJ could not impose death
sentence. 1T the time OF his arrest
Brown narrowly eseaned being lynch.
ed. .tllss. i.,s.s.. s.,j :
- The long cherished dream OF the
Daughters of the Confed eraoy-the
securing Of "Beauvoir, the old Mis-
sissippi homestead Of jefferson Davis,
as o home for INDECENT Confederate
vetefans-has at last been realized.
The home was formally opened, with
becoming ceremonies, laet week, fully
Q score or more OF veterans taking uf
their abode therein.
- Sixty-two years ago q man named
Jones moved from Kentucky TO Dade
county, Missouri, taking with him his
family of ten children. At q reunion
recently held at Everton, 1,Ol6 OF his
descendants were present and there
are q few who were unable to attend.
Almost oil his descendants have mar.
ried and settled in the same neighbor.
hood IN southwestern Missouri.
Democrats in the town OF Berke.
~, Va, drove County Treasurer L lyons
from his Office where, il was alleged,
he was registering negro vot ers. A
riot was narrowly avoided but the
affair seems to have passed over with.
out other serious result than the as
lsault Of the treasurer while sitting al
table in police 4tation with negro
councilman. The man was pretty
roughly handled.
An explosion Of car Of nsptha
in the town Of Greenwood, Del, last
week and the 6re caused by the ex.
.plosion injured dwelling houses to the
extent Of more than 10000, totally
destroyed two freight trains and their
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