The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-06
STATE EEWS.


week for Arkansas.
- Negroes are still starving in
lower Riohlend county and more aid
is needed.
- A fourteen year old boy near
Spartanburg, while hunting accident
ally killed grown negro.
= john E. Vernon, Sheriff of Spar
tanburg County, died ct his home in
Spartanburg last Sunday moraing.
- Last Friday in Columbia the
State oonstebles presented Gov. Hey
ward with handsome silver service,
- Thieves broke into box car at
Camden on Mondy night and stole
$500 worth OF dispeEssry liquor, in
eluding some dne cese goods.
-spartsnburg city fathers have
passed @ stringent law against selling
goods on Sunday, and the police are
seeing that shis law is enforced.
= The We0leyan Methodists Of sho
United States have secured land at
Central, Pickens county, for the es-
tabliohment Of an industrial college.
= Young Howell! who mysterious.
ly disappeared from Columbia on
Christmes eve is still missing, aad it
ia thought the: he has met with foul
play.
W. G. Smith, of Charleston, hos
entered proceedings against the Coast
Line TO get 935, 900 for the loss Of
both of his legs while in service Of the
company.
- DR.. T. Ernest Todd. of Laurens,
dropped dead from heart failure on
the streets OF Laurena- on Christmas
day at 4 O'Clock while lesnrning home
from the postoffoe.
r. L. Hart, prominent farmer
Of the Johnston section Of Edgefeld
county, we9 burned 60 death on Christ.
mas night. his clothing catching
while he veB lying By the Gre.
Cops. Thos. W. Richardson, ee
Gaffney, climbed tree to get sup.
ply OF mistletoe. A limb breaking
hegot severe fall. breaking the thigh
bone and dialoossing the hip. It goes
very hard with man Of his age.
- At Klein,. Barnwell county, on
Chriotmas eve Benj. N. Jenkins end
Capt. j. T. Hogg, neighbofs, 2ouahe
about 9 boundary line. Hogg Waa
shot four times With pistol, and Eill
probably die. jenkins received cue
loeds from shotgun and 10 already
dead.
A young man named Gsrvin
Handy was found dead In she woods
on Christmas day near Mills mill,
Greeuville, with aguoshot wound in
his head. He uas hunting on Tues.
day with other boys, but whether he
was killed by accident or otherwise
the corener's jury could not ascer.
tain.
- A few moaths ago some ssmples
Of crude tin we're picked up by South
Carolina farmer on what was con-
sidered o worthless piece OF land.
The government geologist. whose duty
is to examine eretuitously oil spee;.
mems sent him, assayed chic specimen
and found that it contained large
percentage Of tin.
- attorney General Gunter has
COMPILED the statistics Of crime in
this State Cox each year since 1883.
and the number OF hemicide1 10 fear.
full. During the past year there were
222 such orimes and in later years the
average hes been in chat nighborhood.
In few crimes 10 there any decrease
In the number BhoWn.
- While little son Of Mr.. M. A.
Chapman, OF Cross Hill, Lsufeps
enunty, was loading o parlor rife the
gun was accidentally discharged, kill
ing bis 3-months- old sister who he'd
just been put in bed in the room q
few moments before by the mother.
It was q deplorsble tragedy and much
sympathy 10 felt for the afflicted fam.
- The assessed value Of property 10
South Caroiins for 1903 40 compared
with the values in 1902 shows q graft
fyiug increase, although there is
marked decreaDe OF over helR mil
lion dollars in the yalae OF tho isud
outside Of the towns aud villages.
Whether or not this is due to errors
or TO depreciation in actual value 10 o
question. The total increase in vsiues
is 90, ,62a. .b63. .. 1r.l
Julius Fisher, yonng white msn,
on last Thursday right shot and des-
perately wounded his uncle, 8 MY.
Fisher. who lives on Pacolet river,
fve miles below Covpeus, The
wounded man 10 about 6b or 90 pears
Of age and is 8 we'll knosa farmer Of
that county. He 3was shot ssieo, re-
oeiving the sontenSs OF two barrels
OF q shot gaa ia his chest, abdomen
and legs. s. Immediately after the
shooting Julius Fisher disappeared
and has not been arrested. 81 s5sss ( {
Oar State aas not free feom
homisidss during fho holidays. Ia
Newkerry D negro boy was killed By d
akyrock There was q homicide In
Laurens. At Lancaster G. B. Ship.
per, enperintea dent Of tho Lancaster
/ Cotton mil Al OF and ksilad James