The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-13

:, AT a meeting of the Stockholders of
the cotton mill at Ninety Six. n few
! days ago, Capt l.. a. Smyth, of Pelzcr
: was elected President of the company
to succeed L. NJ. Lipscomb, who had
. resigned.
Rev. S. b. Harper the new pastor,
Of Duncan and Saxon charge, has
heartily entered upon his new work
and Is making good impression on
his eople.-Carolina Spartan.
That clevor citizen and progressive
farmer, john j. Finley, has just com
pleted large, handsome dwelling
house on his plantation in Hall Town
| ship. 1t attracts the admiration Of
every person who has seen it.
Our clever friend, II. C. Routh, who
has been living near Seneca for sew
eral years, has moved back to his old
home in tho Fork. and is warmly well
coined by his many friends. he was
in tho city yesterday and gave us an
| appreciated call.
Persons who desire to contribute TO
the Wade Hampton monument fund
should do SO ut once and hand their
| subscriptions 10 Gen. M. l.. Bonhnm
! or Lee &. Holleman, at the Peoples
Bank. Our people should make u lib
eral contribution to this fund.
victed in the Mayors court Monday
morning OH the charge of selling liquor,
and was sentenced to pay q fine OF $ss25
or serve 80 days on the chningang The
negro was running Il blind tiger on n
small scale, selling whiskcy from Il
flask IN hls pocket.
Messrs. Smythe Lee and Frost, at
torneys, of Charleston, have flied 4
suit for $4,000 against the Blue Ridge
railroad Company with the Clerk of
Court for this County. Miss Jane w.
Adger, of Charleston, is the plaintiff.
She sues for tho value of trunk
which she CLAIMS was lost by the rail-
road company.
Fire was discovered in an Outhouse
in the yard of the Toombes boarding
house, on North Main street, last Fri
day night about 1870 O'clock. The
tiremen responded promptly to the
alarm and extinguished the fire before
the fire originated from the explosion
of lamp, which had been left burning
by negro who occupied the house.
A barn and four small buildings on
the plantation of Mr.. B. +. Crayton
JuSG WeSG VI Iu0 CITY were NcBCCOyeQ DY
fire about 10 o'clock Saturday night.
The stock was gotten out Of the barn
in safety, but considerable farm pro-
duce was burned. It is not known how
the fire originated. Er. Crayton had
no insurance on tho buildings, and his
loss will be about $1,000. The fro do
partment WAS called out. but it was
soon discovered that the fire was out
side of the city limits and it could give
no assistance.
The Greenville News of yesterday
says: "While on his way from Grove
Station to Piedmont yesterday morn
ing, Park Sexten, one of the most
peaceful and orderly colored citizens
Of Piedmont, was assaulted by an un-
known colOred man with a double
barrel shot gun. Sexton was shot IN
the hip and stOmnchand his attending
physician, DR.. A. G. Mock. says there
Ia very Little h0prs OF mis- recovery. 1t
is not known who SeXton's assailant is,
but the authorities ut Piedmont arc
making every possible effort to deter
mine the guilty party. Sexton had
tho reputation OF being one of the best
colOred citizens in Piedmont. He has
q number of friends among the white
people and is highly respected by the
members of his own race. He lives on
the Anderson side at Piedmont and is
man who never interferes with tho
affairs of others. In view of that fact
the assault on him is made more mys-
feriOua ~