The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-02


priation os $685. 900 2or che Charleston
navy yard.
Gr,enville is experiencing no
little Inconvenience on account OF o
kerosine famine.
Greenwood County will lesd of
in the campaign this year with aeven.
ty-fve candidates.
= Adjntant General Frost is ar
ranging dates Tor the inspection Of
the militia Of TIDE State at an early
date.
- The appropriations made at the
recent session of the Legislature
amount to something over million
dollars.
=. Prof. w. j. Spillmau, Of tho
government department Of agriculture,
will establish 100.acre diversifcs.
tion farm near Columbia.
~ The house of o negro woman
near Leurens was blown up with dyns-
mite Thursday night by unknown
parties. The occupants escaped with
out injury.
- Chesterfield had two horrible
deaths last week. E Bliss jenkins
was burned TO death and Jacob
Rivers, an old Confederate soldier,
fell dead while ohopping wood.
- 1t is reported that as means to-
ward Kidding themselves Of the Die
pensary, the town Of Saluda has
thrown up their charter and will ap-
ply for new one void of said Dispen-
sary.
- The Bank Of Greenwood has had
it's officers and clerks bonded in one
OF the strongest surety companies in
America in the sum of $25 ,000 for the
honest and faithful discharge OF their
duties.
.-JnG. w. Meetse, q young farmer
of Lexington county, vas shot from
ambush and killed on Friday By an
unknown white nan. A negro w0.
man who wss with Meetze was also
shot and seriously Founded.
- A barn belonging to r. r. Brown
about two miles from Cowpens, was
burned last Thursday night. Three
mules, corn, fodder lad cotton seed
were burned with the barn. Two Of
the mules belonged to Mr.. Brown and
SAS othOA w w ul6Ss
- Melvin Brady, o farmer of Cam
Sabello, was killed last Thursday after.
noon by tree falling on him and
crushing his body. He end several
other men were out telling trees on
the lands of Ben Bowling, near Cam
pobello, when the tragic occurrence
happened. s.
= A pretended cripple end deaf
and dumb man has been playing on
the feelings Of our community. He is
said to have been seen talking with
another man, when os duty, and when
he gets around the corner his cripple
ness is suddenly cIred.-Aiken Jour
nal and Review.
- Last Wednesday morning at
about 8 o'clock store house and
stock Of goods we're destroyed by FIRE
at Troy. The stock Of goods was
owned by j. T. Wideman and was In
sured. The building was owned By
j. T. Solomon on which there Was no
insurance.
- The State pharmaceutical board
will meet in Columbia on March 1918
for the purpose Of examining appli-
,oants who may desire licenses to prae-
tice. The State Pharmaceutical As
soriation viii H1e6tt at the same time,
when o number Of papers will be read
and matters Of importance to the pro-
fession discussed. s q. s..
~ AT o negro house on the Gamers
plantation on ST.. Helena Island,
Thursday evening, Emiline Green
and Sarah lockwood, sisters.in-law,
had o quarrel over the ownership Of e
.spoon, which resulted in Emiline
fatally stabbing Sarah NTH pocket
knife. The Lockwood woman died
shortly afterwards as . result Of her
wound. d. !. 4
4 s-O One Of the saddest occurrences
we have recorded in long time is
the death Of husband and wife within
two hours and O. half of each other, as
reported By orr correspondent at
Tiger, In the upper section OF the
County. Mr.. R. G. Lister and mis- !
wife died on Saturday OF pneumonia,
and they were buried in the same grave
ON M onday, leaving two boys aged
;reRpectiv lively six and eleven years. -
areenyille H. dntaineer. II ~
4 Sallie, wife OF VIM Maxwell. q |
.colored woman living on Col. q. j.
Moore g plaoe. near Spartanburg, had
iAS peculiar accid tent. W hen sfauing
some apples in q; half gallon tin can
,she took the lid of and the aontents
5exPsoded, burning her face and cloth
ing badly and closing up both her
eyes Some sof the fruit struck the /
ceiling oyer her head ]. It ID not be-
lieysd that the woman . sight is lost.
81 - - The smallpox has about been
jstamped out In this County. AZ one
time last; fall it was feared that is
would become epid demiG Dr.. j. M.
CrenshaH, who is Working nnd the
3difection fsthei State board of health,
% sssys a that since last September he has