The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-05-04

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cotton mills at Chester, was killed by
q collision between the freight trains
at that place.
- The Secretary of State on Wed.
nesday received more than thousand
dollars from fees for charters 20 do
business in the State.
- Leon Ferguson, negro boy eight
years old, was run over by trolley
car in Columbia and both legs were
cut off, causing his death.
= The race in the second Congress-
ional Distriot brought out several sur.
prises. The second race will be be-
tween Croft and Mayfield.
- A northern company with capi-
tel Of $1,000 has bought the kaoiin
beds two and half miles from Aiken
and are preparing to develop them.
= There were 33 applicants for
/, license to practice medicine before the
STATE Board OF Examiners in Columbia
on Wednesday, ALI men, two OF them
being negroes.
Frank B. Gary, OF Abbeville,
has beea appointed special Judge to
hold special term Of Two weeks court
in Greenwood beginning the third
Monday in May.
- A man in the upper part Of the
State has named f7e Jersey calf
Hayward and has written the Gov.
crnor Of the incident. Governor Hey
wards fame is, therefore, secure.
= Some Columbia merchants have
tried sprinkling the streets with kero-
sene oil and they are inclined tc think
it cheaper than water, since it does
not have to be applied near 80 often as
water.
- The Senate having failed to con.
firm the nomination Of Crum as collec-
.or of the port of Charleston, Presi-
! dent Roosevelt has reappointed him.
Crum will serve without pay until his
confirmation.
= The De Kalb Cotton Mill, at
Camden, was sold recently at auction.
There were only two bids, Mr.. Morris
Israel, Of Charleoton, being the sue.
cessful bidder at $155 900. This is
considered less than half the value of
the property.
= Ths board Of trustees Of Clemson
Collsge hsve decided to hold local far.
mers' institutes, in the various coun-
ties which ask for them, during the
month OF July. The general institute
will be held at the College beginning
on August 8 and continuing through
out the week.
- The clerk of the Manning City
Council, in his annual report, shows q
cash balance in the treasury of that
town of $5, ,197. .35, with ali accounts
paid. Manning is in fine condition
financially, does not owe one copper of
bonded or other indebtedness, and has
balance of over $4,000.
- While shifting at Hampton the
engine and tender Of a local freight
we're derailed aud turned bottom up.
wards down fve.foot embankment
The fireman escaped by jumping while
the engineer went down with his en-
gine, escaping death by miracle and
receiving painful flesh wounds.
- Lieut.. Geo. B. Williams, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Williams, Of
Yorkville, has recently been promoted
to the command Of the American tor
pedo squadron at Manila. Lieutenant
Williepas left America in command Of
o single torpedo hoat. He now has
command Of hall .! slozen. S'S
- The Soutk Carolina grand lodge
Of the knights OF Eoror ct it's con-
oluding session held at Columbia voted
unanimously in favor OF admittius wo.
men to membership, and so instruct.
s5 iss delegates &c he supreme ledge,
Of which the Hon. j. G. Sheppard, Of
Edgedeld, is til: supreme dictator.
- Little Katie Belle Neeley, the
five.year-old child of Nick Neeley,
was drowned in Hamptons pond near
Columbia, last Wednesday night. She
was with her parents, who were fish
ing at the time. when by come mis-.
chance she fell into the water and
was drowned, though efforts were made
to rescue .her. At last aoS0untsi the
body had not been recovered.
B. 3. Burton was killed, and his
son, L. M. Burton was wounded We'd
nesday at Monetta by Nj. w. Thrail-
kill and his son, Clarence, neighbors
Of the Burtons. Thraiikill and his
son have surrendered to the authori-
ties. The shooting, it is said, was
the result of a quarrel that began be.
tween the two families q month ago,
when 9 revolver was borrowed from
Thrailkill By o negro and pawned with
the elder Burton. The Burtons we're
unarmed when shot down.
- Mistaking her fer burglar,
Capers Folk shot, and probably fatally
wounded, h.s mother at l o'clock last
Friday morning st their home at Brun-
son. Mr.. Folk had retired about mid
night. Hearing noise, he reached
for his pistol, opened the door of his
room. and, seoing some one sstanding
at the front door lingering the latch,
he fred. Instantly his mother. Mrs.