The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-27

Nitnln iour weeks boat line
will be in operation between Columbis
and Georgetown.
j: K. burst, Of Greenwood, has
decided to make o gift of money 70
the Connie Maxwell orphaneg 60 to
cover the expense for an upt date
Office.
- One white man and twenty ne
groes, charged with gambling, were
arrested in Columbia last Sunday
morning.
= The alumni of the South Caro-
lima college have determined to raise
50, 600 to aid young men in obtaining
an education.
James Walker, nephew OF w.
A. Lomax, of Abbeville county, is
now captain in command of the great
battleship Oregon.
- The executive committee has
issued call for q meeting Of the
State Republican convention on the
Oath dsy Of February.
- The trustees of the Columbia
Female college will move the college
from the city to Hyatt's Park, Just
outside the city limits.
- Lieutenant Governor John T..
Sloan will stand for reelection this
year. All the other State officials,
80 far as is known, will seek re-elec-
tion.
= The Alliance store in Columbia
has got into the courts, creditors hav-
ing brought suit against it. The lis-
bilities are placed at $35 1000 and the
assets OF $40, 900.
- The Crow Creek correspondent
OF the Piokens Sentinel-J Journal wants
the Legislature to enact law pro-
hibiting children marrying under twen-
ty.one years. of age.
- A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to make the keeping Of
q slot machine criminal offence. It
is said there are 1900 slot machines
in South Carolina alone.
= A majority Of the qualified voters
of Yorkvile has asked for an election
on the question of removing the dis
pensary from that town, but they are
refused the privilege of election.
Lawrence Copeland, postmaster at
Bethune, pleaded guilty in the United
States court in Columbia to embez.
cling s530.75 and was sentenced to
two years in the Atlanta penitentiary.
= Beaufort citizens have pstitioned
the president to appoint j. B. King
horn white republican as postmaster
In place of the incumbent who is q
negro woman and whose term expires
soon.
- DR.. Charles Foster Smith, of the
University of Wisconsin, will deliver
the literary address at the commence
ment exercises of Wofford college in
June. He graduated at Wofford in
1872.
= The little towns of Scranton and
Lake City, in williamsburg county.
have had dispensaries forced upon
them by order of court against the
earnest protest Of la.ge majority of
their citizens.
JAS. T. Harris has leased the
White Stone Lithia Springs. in Spar
tanburg county, to Hodges & Co., ex-
peFien5ed hotel men Of St. Louis,
Mo-, who will keep The resort open
the year round.
- The adjutant general is sending
out to the various military companies
the Krag Jorgan cartridges for use in
The new rifles. Each company gets q
thousand rounds and 80 far $4,000
have been sent out.
- Chas. B. Bobo, prominent mer-
chant of Laurens, has sold his home
and business and has gone with his
family to Louisville, Ky, where he
will take course in the Baptist Theo-
logical seminary previous to entering
the ministry.
- One of the members of the South
Carolina legislature was arrested in
Columbia last week and tried in the
police court, the charge being s'drunk
and disorderly." Evidently some of
the members at least are in Damp near
the dispenssry tanks.
- A man who has been in Colum-
bia good portion of the time since
che session of the Legislature began
says he has seen more drunken mem
bers this time than ever before. Two
members have especially distinguish
ed themselves in thst line.
A negro named Jim Stevens. liy-
ing on Mr.. j. D. Prothro's place.
about seven miles from Aiken, was
shot and killed by Mr. jackson Fan
ming, the overseer. The trouble grew
out OF a dispute over watering stock.
The negro shot Mr.. Tanning with
shotgun, peppering his face with bird
shot.
= The governor has offered re-
ward of 5000 for an unknown negro
who killed fourteen-year-old boy
named Stephen Howell near Columbia
the day before Christmas. The negro
and the boy went out from Columbia
to get some holly and the boy never
returned, his body being found few
days ago, showing that he had been
killed with an axe.
- Wednesday afternoon nhont 3