The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15

- Will Mooney Vas shot in Green
giiis the other night by his brother
Joe, who mistook him for burglar
| entering the house. The wounded
young man lost an eye by the wound.
A barn with eight mules and
| much forage was burned on the plan
tation of Gillian Jeter in Union
County on Wednesday morning be-
fore daylight. The FIRE was incen-
diary.
= The board Of trustees Of the
South Carolina College on Wednesday
elected the Rev. Gordon b. Moore,
former president of Furman Univer-
sity, to the chair of history and politi-
cal economy, to succeed the late 4of.
r. Means Davis.
= Greenwood has been visited by q
very bold burglar or burglars in the
past week. Their boldness exceeds
anything that has happened in that
way in very long time. They SEEM
ed to be after money but 30 far have
only taken things to eat.
= Two piokpookets who gos in some
work in Columbia last fall at the
State Fair we're sent to the peniterti-
ary for two years. Notice Of appeal
was given. but the attorneys aban.
doned it and their clients have begun
to serve .heir sentence.
| = South Carolina part in the total
statistios Of the Southern Baptist
convention as presented by Secretary
Burrows is as followe: Associations,
36; churches, $50; increase by Bap-
tism, S 1863; by letter, $3.50; by sesto-
ration, $50; total white membership,
104, ,919; Sunday Schools, es4; pupils,
AZ ,638; value Of church property,
s1,326,549.
= Maggeoni &c Co., of Savannah,
have leased the old cotton compress
and old grain elevator sites in Port
Royal for the purpose Of building and
establishing an oyster canning fac
tory. They expect to can oysters
and other things. The work of
building wharves, factory houses,
etc.. will begin Immediately. The
plant will give employment to about
450 hands during the oyster season
and will do q 800, ZOO business each
season.
Jsue and Rena Fair. wife and g.
year. old daughter, respectively, Of
Myers Fair, o Taylor street negro res.
tauranteur Of Columbia, who has ao.
oumulated much property, were in
stnntly killed near the ''tin bridge"
in that city by o bolt Of lightning
which descended the trunk Of a tree
under which the woman was &c work
washing clothes. The mother and
child were together, but they were
thrown in opposite directions from
the base Of the tree.
- Carroll Lark, young boy about
eight years Of age, 10 dead ss the re.
suit Of swallowing small iron bolt
about 3-S Of en inch in diameter. The
sad accident occurred yesterday after.
noon at the home Of his parents, Mr..
sand Mrs. j. A. Lark, who live near
Cannon's Camp Ground. The bolt
lodged in the boys windpipe aud death
wss almost instantaneous. Il is said
that he never spoke after the accident.
1-Spaitanburg Journal, 1lth inst.
- Perry Butler and John Carter
were convicted OF the murder Of An
derBon Arnold in the court OF general
sessions. in Greenville Wednesday,.
The two other negroes named in the
indictment, Joe Parks and Jesse Har-
rison, were acquitted. Counsel for
tho convicted negroes gave notice for
new trial. Butler and Carter were
sentenced BY Judge ToWhsend TO be
hanged. -Four doomed men are. now
locked in the county Jail in Green.
Vile. Byrd and Coiswell have al
ready been sentenced for the murder.
Of Magistrate Cox, and the conviction
Of Butler and Carter adds two more to
the list. 2gsi .,-..
The State Treasurer will in few
weeks borrow about $500, 600, or the
rest Of the, money allowed By Law 60
be borrowed any year. A loan Of
S200, 900 was effected some time ago
for the payment Of che pe nsions and
while ell Of this was not used, the
interest on State bonds will be due
soon and it will be necessary to bor-
row some. 1t has been found that in
borrowing ell that can be borrowed ut
one time . large amount Of money is
saved, as the rate Of interest is much
lower. It 10 thought that there will
not be much difficulty ia making ends
meet this year ss the tax money will
begin 20 come in just as the loan la
exhausted. Despite this, however,
the appropriations are over $100, 900
greater than last year and there is no
government. claim Of 800, 900 to help
the State out. Vt 6 .ss- .ia
A four-year-old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. 8: Lucas, who live in the
1Tavora mill quarter of Yorkville, died
sg few days ago ss the result OF over
indulgence in whiskey. It seems
that che ohild's parents had been 90.
oustomsd 10 giving IL whiskey alnost
% 3it plesaed, and during the day its