The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-01
ON, s. c., WEDNESDAY, JUNE /, 1904.
GENERAL NEWS

tuen SL,ooO,VuV usy IL HaSefeo on 4
horses.
- The total income Of ell Ameri.
can farmers last year vas about S.
500, ,000,0
- A woman stabbed man with o
hat pin over the left eye, the other
day in Savannah, and the man died
from the wound.
- Sam Jones, Of Georgia, says "the
democrats will win if they just keep
steady aud don't do some fool thing at
critical junoture.
- It is reported that the boil
weevil is SO bad in Mexico that that
country can not compete with the
United States this season in raising
cotton.
= The Presbyterian general assem-
bly, at Buffalo has taken action by
which ministers Of that denomina-
tion are enjoined from marrying di-
vorced persons.
- The postmaster at Choctaw, Ala,
has been indicted with crimes calling
for $50 years imprisonment and $4,000
fines. The charges agoinet him are
mostly FOR forgery.
- The Democratic State convsn-
ton Of Indiana instructed its thirty
delegates to the St. Louis convention
to vote for Judge Parker for the presi.
Dental nomination.
- The reports at the Southern
Baptist convention chow receipts for
home missions for the year Of 1924
$50: for foreign missions S247 ,512; for
Sunday Schools 100000.
Dan White shot and killed Sid
Vaden at Carthage, Tenp., on Wed
nesday about COW aud then killed
Robert Overstreet, one of the posse
that was sent to arrest him.
- A boy threw railroad spike
through window Of coach Of an
Atlantic Coast Line train at Naylor,
Ga, on Tuesday, striking child that
was lying in it's mothers lap and kill
ing it.
- While BIrs. Robert Rogers, of
Meokislburg County, NC. was try
ing to drive horse out Of wheat
field the animal attacked her, knock
ed her down and stamped her to
death.
- Mrs. Stephen Jones committed
suicide on Tuesday at her home three
miles from jackson, Ca, by shooting
herself with pistol, leaving o hus
band and four children. Her mind
was unbalanced.
- A news item from Richmond,
Va, is to the effect that the original
indictment Of Aaron Burr, charged
with treason, has recently been found.
1t is signed by John Randolph, fore
man of the grand jury.
We occasionally hear of black
man turning white, but Thomas Goss,
white man in hospital at London,
England, is gradually turning black.
The medical men are unable to dis
cover tho cause Of his change of
color.
Yazoo City, Miss, q town of
5000 inhabitants, had afre on Wed
nesday that destroyed nearly every
business house and many private resi-
dences. The loss is estimated at
81, 500 900; the insurance at SS00,009
to 81, ,00O. 900.
There are some 1900, 900 bach
elors in the United States. Rev. !
Madison G. Peters expressed the opin.
ion in sermon in Philadelphia o day
or two ago that the 'sextravagance and
incompetence OF modern young wo-
men was the cause Of this condition OF
affsirs."
"A small child Of John Good night,
near Concord, N. O., was nearly killed
by dose Of morphine instead ;of calo,
mel. What any family wants with
such drugs in his house is more than
one can tell. Some men and women
are insane on the medicine question.
Never administer such drugs without
the advice OF a physician.
Jasper, Carter, Q young man Of
Tampa, Fla, who became infatuated
with young woman named Gentry
McNew. while she was visiting there,
followed her to Atlanta, aud failing to
induce her to return with him, shot
and fatally wounded her on Monday
night and then blew his own brains
out with the same weapon.
a naturalist found black ants
were devouring the skins Of some bird
specimens on table, so he made tar
circles on four pieces Of paper, and
put one under each leg Of the table.
Ants will not CROSS tar. Pretty soon
he found the ants busily at work
again, and, looking at the tar circles,
found each one was bridged by bits Of
sand, which the, clever ants had
brought in from the street.
How may man become
mother?" is the question the members
Of the New York City Mothers Club
are asking each other. The society,
last Monday, let the bars down to
sthim, and he msy now. become
member on the payment Of s2 q year.
The revised constitution provides that
any man may become an assooiste
member and attend meetings IL he is
in sympathy with the purpose. Of the
organization.