The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-02-17

| - SeEet0r a. d. Dean. or Green
vile, i. mentioned Ey his friends as
candidate FOR Congress-.
| Col. VIM. FL. McCorkle, Judge
Of Probate of York County, died last
Saturday afternoon, after an illp ass Of
several weeks.
- Claude Abbott q young white
man was instantly killed while fell
ing trees in Ooonee County. A tree
fell ACROSS him breaking his neck.
- a colored woman in Colleton
county went off to town on Thursday
leaving her four children in the house.
When che returned at night she found
the house gone and two Of the chill
dren burned to death.
j. Malcolm Johnstone, one Of
Newberry's most prominent oiti8ecs,
died at his home in that city las; Wed
ne5day cseer an illness of two weeks
with erysipelas. He was son OF the
late Chancellor Job Johnstone.
- Will Eubanks, a white man, was
killed at negro hot supper near Car
liele, in Union county, by q negro,
Silas Lyles. It is said that general
affray took place aud Eubanks, in 6
place where he had no business to be,
was one Of the unforsunates.
- Mr.. Thomas j. Lipsoomb, OF
Ninety Six, made step too far in the
dark last Thursday night and fell out
Of doorway Of his residence. The
fall broke his thigh and it is hardly
possible that he will recover from the
injury as he is between 70 and 80 years
of age.
The United States steel corpora
tiou has purchased from DR.. J. j.
Mcmillan and F. B. Henderson, OF
Aiken, about 20 acres of land two and
o half miles northwest of Aiken, for
$25 900. Tho land contains rich de-
posits of kaolin clay, from which the
company intends to manufacture alum
mum.
A dispatch from Charlotte, N.
c., says that while running sixty
miles an hour, about half mile north
of Kings Mountain, Sunday evening
at $50, No. 81, the 5outhern's fast
mail train, struck Miss Lula Adams,
who gas trying to CROSS the track in
front Of the engine, and knocked her
fifteen feet into the air and over fifty
) treet distant. Miss Adams was in
stsntly killed, never breathing after
she fell.
- Registered distillery No. e20,
Operated in fiokens County by Sam
Coz in the name of R. @. Gautt, was
reported to have been illegally run,
and its license was revoked by the
State Board last week. The outfit
with l,7Os gallons Of whiskey was
seized by Deputy Scruggs and ear
ried to Easley for shipment to Colum-
bia.
- The acting intendent of St.
Georges having received news that
o bank in his town would be robbed
by four suspicious characters who had
got aboard train therefor, had his
police to fire upon the robbers" when
they appeared in town about O'Clock
Tuesday morning. A general fusilade
followed and it is reported that tWo of
the gang were injured, but succeeded
in getting away.
! The executive committees OF the
State Teachers Association met in
Columbia few days ago, but was un-
able to map out definite programme
for the coming annual meeting Of the
association or fix. an exact date for
the meeting. 1t wa decided to hold
the meeting at Winthrop when the
summer school 10 in session there, but
just what days could not be agreed
upon.
During the storm on Sunday
night, while Messrs. Frank Metts and
" Boland were riding along the
road in front Of Colony church light
ming killed Mr.. Bolands mule, but
the rider miraoulously escaped death
or serious injury. The two men then
went to negro's barn near by and
got under the shed, when the light
ming again got in its deadly work, this
time striking the barn and killing the
negro's mule in the building.
berry Observer.
- The number of rural delIve.5
routes in this State is constantly in
oreasiDg and petitions are being con-
Columbia Office is the distributing
station for tLs vouchers and the pay
for every route in the State, and the
amount paid out last month amounted
to 914, ,095, and one or two vouchers
had to be returned because they were
not properly made oct. Il is expect
ed that before the end Of the year the
pay roll will average about sl5, 900 Q
month.
- South Carolina postmasters ef-
fected an organization in Coiumbia
Tuesday evening, 9th inst. The State
organization Of the men and women Of
letters was formed with deal of en-
thusiasm and q very gratifying idea
of the benefits that will accrue to the
Improvement Of the service. Over so
postmasters were in attendance, aud
letters were read from nearly as many