The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-22
STATE NEWS.

- The contract for the building Of
new passenger depot in Spartauburg
! has been let. The building will cost
$4,000.
- An old negro man 80 years Of
ege and an old woman IS sears old
were married IL williamsburg County
last week.
= The crop report for the past
week shows conditions greatly i'm.
proved all over the State by the re-
cent rains.
- Dr.. Gordon B. Moore, formerly
Professor iu Furmsn University, has
been elected professor Of History in
the South Carolina College.
- The liquor commissioners on
Thursday bought $50 barrels and
5000 cases Of liquor to quench the
thirst for little while Of the people of
the State.
- The trustees of Furman Univer.
sity have declared against football and
in the future students will not be al
lowed TO play intercollegiate games.
Woffosd SO decided several years ago.
The Laurens Advertiser says
"Col. j. D. NJ. Shaw has about finish.
ed harvesting his big wheat crop. He
he'd about hundred acres and it will
probably average 10 bushels to the
| acre"
= A few days ago Assistant Post
master Young at Spartauburg set free
three hundred pigeons shipped from
Baltimore. They made the distance
500 miIes--in nine hours and TWEEN.
ty.four minutes.
Col. r. B. Watson, Of Ridge
from Saluda. His platform is the
diepensary and the imposition Of
half mill tax on any county voting
on che great moral institution"
- The society for the prevention
| OF cruelty to animals IL Ea5tover,
Kichland County, had negro prose.
euted for cruslly beating On OK, and
he was convicted and sentenced to
pay fine Of SIS or work 30 days on
| che ohaingang.
- The thirteenth annual session Of
the South Carolina Press Association
will be held. q: White Stone Lithia
Springs, in Spartanburg County, on
July IL "a. The annual address will
be made by Hon. John Temple
Graves, editor Of the Atlanta (Go. }
| News.
= X. A. Abrams, convicted Of mur.
der and sentenced to be hanged, es.
capped from the Walterboro jeil the
other night. A negro charged with
larceny also escaped at the came time.
The men, after breaking the bars, let
themselvee down from the window by
o rope made Of blankets.
- Thousands OF ceres Of cotton in
Marlboro County have been destroy
ed by severe hail storm. Some Of
! the farmers, g is reported, are plant.
ing cotton again. Others say thet it
is too late FOR cotton planted now TO
mature and they axe planting the cot
ton field in corn aud peas.
- Two Aiken butchers, while cut
ting up Q beef, found . lady's 18 carat
gold clasp bracelet in che animals
NAV. The bracelet is q fine piece Of
jewelFy and how the COW happened to
"absorb" it is hard 60 guess. The
animal was purchased aith drove Of
cattle from . Tennassne market. &, 1. 80
= Ex-Uaiied SssNes Senator :J.L.
MoLearin, OF Bennettsville, is being
urged b. By Lilo hhi5 friends 70 enter the CON.
gre:sional race in the Sixth District.
He has received several kilograms and
and letters from friends in the district
asking him 20 file his announcement.
He is seriously considering che situ-
alton and his candidacy is almost q
certainty. 5l5 ~.
- The postoAioe and freight depot
at Central was broken into one night
last week and about Eve hundred
stamps Of different denominations
taken from the postofiee, but nothing
was miseing from the depot. This
makes the third time the postoffice
has been broken into in the past three
or four years. There is no clue as to
the guilty parties.
- The time for holding some Of
the encsmpments lin Columbia has
been changed on account. of. the sum.
mer campaign conflicting with the
dates OF some Of the members Of the
State troops who desire to 70 to Go.
lumbis. The third regiment will 70
into camp on July 5, the second on
July IA, the frat on July %, and the
cavalry on August Q.
- State constables made raid in
the CLASSY Mountain section Of Green.
willie County on Tuesday OF last wcek
destroying three large distilleries ID
active q. .aeration along with 4, 300 gal
Ions ct beer ands 10 gallons Of vine.
turned the Gre, but the officers were
not hurt; and il - not thonght that
"a sof tine moonshiners were hit. n
he National. Union bank OF
Rock Hill has recently adopted q
resolution by; which il pledges itself
not to. Testain jim its employ any in.
diyidual who is addicted TO the cigar-
cite habit and nos to give employment