The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-26
STATE NEWS.
-, John n. O'Neale has offered te
donate site for o hospital in Green
vile.

- John II. ONeale has offered to
donate site for hospital in Green
vile.
Determined opposition is de-
veloping to the formation Of the pro-
posed Hayward County.
- DIR. G. Fl. ,Judsou, Of Furman
University, has returned from Florida
with his health much benefited.
- Ned Mack, colored, will bo hang
ed in Manning on Friday. the 18th
for the murder Of his fathcr-in- law.
j. +. Boyer, of Columbia, has
been arrested charged with having
set fire to his store which resulted in
the great fire disaster of the Brook Iyn
section.
A negro man has sued the city Of
Columbia for 500 for getting his foot
hurt on the street by failing through
the pavement.
= The portrait Of Judge O'Neale,
which was purchased by the Legisla-
ture at cost of $3.50 has been turn
ed over to the clerk of the State Su-
preme Court.
= A number Of carpenters working
on the new passenger depot at Green
vile went on strike on account of diff
ferences with the foreman. A new
force was at once secured.
- Comptroller General Jones has
raised the assessment Of the Standard
Oil Company in this State from So 600
to $4,000. An appeal will be taken
to the board of assessors.
- John Gray, weaver at the
Woodside Mills in Greenville, was
shot aud severely wounded by q negro
gambler who escaped. The negro
with others had been surprised while
gambling.
= The Southern Newspaper Pub
fishers Association will meet in Char
lesion May 2-3. The newspaper men
of Charleston are making arrange
ments to entertain the visitors in o
splendid manner.
The Catawba Indians in York
County say they cannot live on the
81, 800 year given them by the State
and wish to emigrate to the West to
settle in Indian Territory. There are
about 300 in the tribe, only 10 of
whom, however, are full blooded In
diana.
A report from Batesburg states
that no damage was done the peach
and other fruit crops on the Ridge
by the recent cold snap, aud that the
prospects for large crop Of peaches
and plums are very good. The grow
ing of peaches has become large in
dustry on the Ridge, and has been
proven profitable.
- The Governcr q. the State offers
o reward Of two hundred dollars for
the arrest Of Ed. Wakefield, and his
delivery to the Sheriff Of Greenville
County, charged With the murder Of
Z. Z. Hicks, on February 18, 1904.
Wakefield is described az being about
thirty years old. six feet and two
inches high, dropping shoulders,
slender build, light complexion, dark
brown hair, lef. thumb on ct the first
joint.
- Mr. Thos. W. Folk's residence
near Garmany, in No. 2 Township,
Newberry County, was struck by
lightning and set on fire during the
electric storm. The fire was put out
with only nominal loss. The bolt
struck the chimney in the rear of
the house near the ground, knocking
of several planks from the outside Of
the house, aca setting fire to broom
on the inside, this starting the blaze.
The family distinctly felt the shock,
but no one was injured.
~ Saturday F. p. Mason brought
two parts Of mimic ball to the Spar
tan off 20. About 13 years ago Doc
tors Lanham and Allen cut out por-
tion Of the ball from the regioa of
the ribs under the right arm Of Virgil
NJ. Rogers. A short time ago he felt
that there was something wrong with
his right shoulder in the rear. He
could feel that there was something
trying to push its way out. DR.. Lam
ham cut another portion of the ball,
q little larger than the first. 1t was
very rough and jagged with pieces OF
bone adhering. Mr.. Rogers was shot
at the crater in Petersburg. Carolina
Spartan.
At, Johnston last Friday morn
ing about 8 clock fire broke out in the
OGctuCoo cCotAOh OA tuo tOHu auU Two
handsome brick stores and two frame
ones were completely destroyed. L.
B.. Asbell, drugs and groceries, loss
$4,000, with insurance Of 81, ,0GO; D.
T. Onzts lost on four buildings $3 500,
insurance $4,000. The stocks in Ed,
wards bicycle store and DR.. Mobiey's
drug store were saved, and there was
much damage to nearly every mer.
chant in moving goods. If the wind
had net been blowing from the south
a greater portion of the town would
have been destroyed.
John z. Smith, former citizen
Of Piokens County, is,in serious trou-
Bile. He has deserted The United
States Army. He was captured ,Fri-
day night eight miles east OF Pickens
Ia the Gross Roads section OF that
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