The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-16
ANDERSON, s. c., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER is, 1904.
STATE NEWS.

-. che S50,00O fire which occurred
ct Johnston last Thursday afternoon,
wiped one Of the principal blocks of
the town off the map.
- The South Carolina College is
nearly one hundred years old and will
celebrate it's centennial the 9th, 9th
and 10th OF next January.
- Capt, John S. Rowe, one of the
largest and best known planters of
Orangeburg County, has sold his
large plantation to several gentlemen
from the North.
- Ed. Brown, good negro, died
in Darlington from drinking from q
jug of aoid which he found under the
depot platform and which he thought
was whiskey.
- The $4,000 Of bonds voted in
September by Lsurens for improving
it's water plant and installing sewer
age system have been sold to Cincin-
natl drm;for $41, ,027. so.
- The annual conference of the
South Carolina Methodist church is to
be held in Darlington some time the
first of December. Bishop A. w. Will.
son, Of Baltimore, will preside.
- AS result Of an investigation as
70 che burning Of the barn OF Mrs.
Dye near Blaoksburg q week or two
ago, Mrs. Nancy Duncan and her two
sons have been arrested and turned
over to the criminal court.
The soaffolding fell with work
men slating . roof in Charleston and
r. T.. Masters, who was overseeing
the work, aud a negro named Frank
Hogan were killed, and other negro
workmen were injured.
Chester County breaks the record
for speedy legal punishment. Lewis
Williams, colored, committed house
breaking and larceny last week, was
tried, sentenced to one year of hard
labor, and put to work all in less than
three days time.
A man named j. Fl. Holt has
viotimized several farmers in Lexiug-
ton County, by taking orders for bug
gies that never came-the parties pay
ing him part of the price in advance.
He has been arrested and committed
to Jail to await trial for swindling.
Mr. Ross Mulloy, prominent
young man of Cheraw, was drowned ia
mill pond few miles from that
town while out duck hunting. 1t
seems that his boat capsized while he
was separated from his companions
and he was drowned while trying to
swim to shore.
Several railroad contractors, who
are grading the new line to connect
with the Seaboard Air Line were ar
rested few days ago at Union,
charged with cruelty to animals and
working mules on which the harness
had made terrible bleeding sores. The
men are out on $500 bond each.
-Capers Etheredge, The fourteen
yesr.old son Of Mr.. Uriah Etheredge,
Of Batesbprg, was killed last Satdr-
day night while out 'possum hunting.
The boy lay down and went to sleep
while tree was being out down and
ran in the way OF che falling tree. He
wac horribly crushed and died almost
instantly.
Governor Reyvefd has revoked
the commission Of Magistrate Bales,
better known % ''sq1ire," Vho has
done land Office business in marry
ing couples in York County. The
general charge vas incompetency, but
the dismissal was brought about by
hie advertising bargain rates for mar
rying couples.
Ben Wardisw, q burly drunken
negro OF Greenwood County, walked
into the county seat on the day be-
fore election, produced vicious look
ing gun, and declared there was not
en- officer Of the Law in the town who
could take the weapon away from him.
He was disarmed immediately and
punished.
- At Dillon last Friday afternoon
Calvin McNeill and Neil Barnes; col
ored workmen engaged in feeding the
big cotton press at the oil mill gin
merry, we're instantly killed by the ex-
ploaion Of a steam cylinder. The
negro operating the lever to open the
valve threw it wide and the rush Of
steam burst the cylinder.
Judge Pardy has granted bail to
Clarence Thrailkill, convicted in
Salnda County Of manslelghter, pend
ing an appeal to the State Supreme
Court. The bond was 5000, which
has been given. The Judge also fixed
bond at 50, 900 FOR Miller and McCor-
mick, the two white men convicted Of
killing q negro, and sentenced to ten
years IN the penitentiary, but they
failed ts get bondame:.
William Hardin, oolored, con-
voted Of the murder Of his father in
law, Henry Sanders. in Chester. Was
sentenced last week by Judge Watts
TO be hanged on December 16. This
was q brutal murder, and Hardin while
il jsil awaiting trial., said there was no
hope for him and the sooner the hang
ing was over the better. When the