The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
STATE NEWS.

Publican boss ct New York State, is
spending a short while in Aiken.
= L. j. Mcmillan has been re-
elected mayor of Abbeville, defeat
ing DR.. S. G. Thompson by 27S to
II! }o6.
r B. A. Morgan, of Greenville,
will give Joe johnson g lively race for
his seat in Congress from the Fourth
district.
- Senator Tillman, who is at his
Edgefeld home, is fast recovering.
He will return to Washington in
about two weeks.
- The Thornwell Orphanage has
received 1000 fruit trees from an en-
terprising nursery, that wished to
make contribution.
- The 9th annual Ey.uday School
convention of South Carolina will be
held in Washington Stree. Methodist
Church, Columbia, May "a.
- Walter McManus, white man,
was convicted in Lancaster of man.
slaughter in killing negro and was
sentenced to four years in the peniten-
tiary.
= In the court of general sessions
at Piokens the dispensary violators
contributed quite o large amour. to
the county treasury, the fines amount
ing to 81 400.
- President Roosevelt has sent to
the Senate the nominations of post
masters in South Carolina as follows:
A. NJ. Folger, Easley; 9. J. Mulkey,
Westminster.
= A negro woman was burned to
death at her home in Darlington Coun-
ty. She was subject to fits and it is
thought that durin one of these her
clothing caught fire.
- There is shortage in the dis
pensary at Hampton of $500. The
dispenser claims that somebody stole
the booze, although he had combi-
nation lock on the door.
- The Scitizens of Beaufort have
been having some trouble with the
negro town marshal and by mass meet
ings and other Leasures have secured
his suspension by the mayor.
Z. D. Wilkes, of Chester Coun-
ty, shot and seriously wounded his
brother, Charlea Wilkes, recently. Mr..
Love, a neighbor, was in the fight and
he and Wilkes are both arrested.
= The Supreme court has granted
new trial to r. w. Mcdaniel, white,
who was convicted at Lexington of
the murder Of Town Marshal Kneece,
Of Swansea, on Christmas eve of 1902.
= Ground has been broken for the
"E. P. McKissiok Memorial Library
at the Connie Maxwell orphanage at
Greenwood. Mrs. McKissick is erect
ing the building as a memorial to her
son.
Willie Lucas was shot and killed
in drunken brawl in Denmark by his
brother-in-law, John Love. Lucas
was % years old and had wife and
two children. Love is 45 and has q
wife and ten children.
- Arrangements are being made
for the observance of the 200Ih ami
versary of the foundation of St. James
Church, at Goose Creek, Charleston
County, on April II. This Church
is one Of the oldest landmarks in the
lower part Of the State.
A negro fred from ambush at
Paul Smoak, merchant of Orange
burg County, inflioting slight wound.
He was captured and committed to
Jail. but there being some talk Of
lynohing the sheriff sent him to the
pc nitentiary for safe-keeping.
- The warehouses and their con-
tents belonging to A. Wichman & Co.,
of Walterboro, were burned Wednes-
day night. At 10 O'Clock a severe
rain and thunder storm ragged and
their warehouses were struck by light
ming, which set them on fire.
= The Ladies' Memorial Assooia-
tion of Greenwood has invited Col.
James A. Royt to deliver the address
on Memorial Day and the invitation
has been accepted. The date is fixed
for Wednesday, May 11th, and Col.
Hoyt will speak upon the life and
character Of Jefferson Davis.
- E. NJ Gillespie, who lives ct the
old Speegle place in West End, Green
vile, accidentally discharged his shot
gun, the load tearing the ankle Of
his 'wo and q half year old child to
shreds and several of the shot tax
ing effect in the hip Of Mrs. Giles
pie. The child g foot had to be ampu-
tated.
DIR. Hext 81. Perry, president Of
the GFs5lviiie Society for the Pre-.
vention Of Cruelty to Animals, re-
ports q shocking case, in Greenwood,
to Governor Hayward. It seems that
some misereant poured turpentine on
dog and set fire to it. The dog ran
around the streets in Greenwood until
it died. y
q. e. Hoiland, : young white
man, has been arrested at Glendale,
in Spartanburg county, on the charge
Of taking another persons letters
from the postoffoe. It appears that
the young man had become ensmour-