The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-21
STATE NEWS.

~ 10 ooiu tuSt tlcTC Is ucCu
S2O0. 600 additional income to save
the State from borrowing money every
year.
= A negro man snatched q purse
from the hand Of Miss Bessie Maxwell
on Main street in Spartanburg and es.
capped with it. II
= The trustees of Winthrop Col.
lege have made their report, show.
ing receipts from appropriations Of
SOD ,69l.6 .6S and expenditures Of $64,-
6S9.62.
= II. ID. Ouats, who lives on j. S.
Langsford's place in Newbcrry Coun-
ty. killed teu hogs on the Sth inst,
four Of which netted, after cleaning,
1855 pounds.
= Aaron z. Prioleau, the negro con-
gressioual candidate in the 1st district,
has beea convicted in the United
States district court in Charleston of
tamperiog with the mails.
= The citizens Of Elloree, Orange.
burg County, will appear before the
State Board with an overwhelming
petition asking for the removal Of the
dispensary "from their midst"
A reward of $1,000 has been
offered for the arrest Of j. Fl. Adams.
of Colleton County, who walked out OF
jail some time ago under death sen.
tenoe aud is still believed to be in the
vicinity.
- jury in Csmden gave a woman
a verdict for $4,000 damages against
tho SeaboarG Air Line road because
one OF its conductors treated her dis
courteously while she was passenger
on his train.
= At a mass meeting at Salley,
Orangeburg County, attended by $50
farmers, all signed o pledge not to
market any moro cotton under 10
cents, even if they have to hold it
year or more.
= Smallpox is said to exist in TWEEN
ty five counties in the State and to be
very prevalent in some, particularly
Georgetown. The State Board finds
that the funds on hand are inadequate
to meet the situation.
= L. j. Jordon, fruit tree man.
who live" at Kershaw, shot and killed
a negro few days ago. The account
says "the colored man was endeavor-
ing to pull his gun" A II pistol was
found on him after he was killed.
: Capt Smith Griffin, Of Easley,
who was in Greenville on Thursday,
whom near the Southern depot was
struck by street car and sustained
severe Injuries. Capt. Griffin had
cut in his temple aud complained Of
his back giving him much pain.
= Pope ?. Hayes, who operates a
turkey rafting establishment in Co.
| lumbia, was arrested on q warrant
| sworn out by the executive committee
of the Richland County Law and
Order League, in order to bring the
question of the legality of turkey
railing to an issue.
= II has been announced that Dr..
j. Eugene Jarnegan. OF Aia.;ua, q
member OF the Legislature from that
county for four years, will become
candidate for superintendent Of
the State penitentiary, opposing the
present uperintendent, Capt. D. j.
Griffith, in his race for reelection.
The ooroner's jury brought in
verdict the Hughes family q. Trenton
came to their death by the hands of
persona unknown to the jury. The
public has settled down to the convic-
tion that B. B. Hughes, in fit of
insanity, murdered bis wife and two
daughters and then committed sui
eide.
:. Several prominent capitalists
will arrive in Charleston in few days
from Philadelphia, coming to confer
with local parties for the organization
of the company which is to build
trolley line to Summerville, pine
land and health resort about twenty
two miles from Charleston. The char
ter has been received from the Sec
retary Of State.
= President johnson, of Winthrop
College, has returned from trip in
the North whore he perfected all plans
and arrangements for building the
Carnegie library ct Winthrop, and
obtained the money and the adoption
of plans for an elegant building, work
on which will be begun as soon as
the material can be put on the
grounds.
County Auditor l. Mod. Hood,
OF Chester, had an exciting expert
ence few mornings ago, from which
he has not yet recovered. About
o'clock he got up and made fire, as
is his custom, aud went back to bed to
enjoy another nap. His feet getting
too warm for comfort, he awoke to
find the bed in flames, which had
started at the foot and were rapidly
advancing toward the head. Seeing
his serious plight, he quicker than
16-year. old leaped from the bed and
rolled the whole outfit of covering
into the fire place, and began pour
ing on water. Both Of his hands
were badly burned and he Gel, ainly
had a narrow escape from being burn
ed to death.