The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-26
STATE NEWS.

noSko baptist Cuurcn 6t BISHOP
willie Last Friday.
- A negro servant attempted to
kill whole family near Laurens BY
using poison in water.
Gov. Hayward has been invited
TO deliver an address at the New
Hampshire State Fair.
- II is said in Greenville that Jos,
A. Mccullough may become candi-
date Tor governor next year.
- Tom Smith, white man Of Ak.
en- County, committed suicide by
shooting himself. He was despon.
dent:
= a number of prominent peolpe
living Ia or near Walterbo7o have
been presented by the grand jury for
pension frauds.
= Earl Rochester, q young white
man now under sentence Of death in
Walhalls, has been granted q new
trial by the Supreme court.
Rev. r. L. Rogers, pastor Of the
Walhalla Presbyterian Church, died
on Wednesday morning Of typhoid
fever, in the Both year Of his age.
The supervisor of Marion Couu-
ty, il pursuance Of . petition, has
ordered an election on the question
OF .Dispensary" or "No Dispen.
sary.'
Mt. Zion, one Of the largest
negro churches :a LauTens County,
was burned. Dissensions among the
members caused bad feeling and it is
thought that the church was fred
through spirit Of revenge. !,
z. T. Pearson, Of the Marlboro
County sand hills has peach orchard
of $4,000 trees. From 5000 three
year old trees he is shipping car loads
Of fruit. aslling them at s2.25 per
crate, $50 crates to the car.
-. 81. P. Coker, o young school
teacher Of Spartanburg, who taught
in Union County last session, has
been arrested on the charge Of forging
the name Of w. Fl. Jeter, Of Carlisle,
to check sor s7s en bank ia Union.
- Rev. A. J. 8. Thomas is said to
have sold his half interest in the Bap.
tist Courier to Rev. A. G, Cree, late
Of Louisville, KY, and formerly of
Gaffney. W. W. Keys is the other
owner. Mr.. Cree will not take charge
until late in the fall.
-Miss Motto Rodgers, aged 10,
was killed at her home in Sumter To q
peculiar way. While playing hide
and seek she hid in piece Of terra
Gotta piping, which rolled down into
q ditch with her, causing Injuries
from which she died in few hours.
= Reports from Columbia say that
Murphy, who is alleged to have MUIR
dered Treasurer Copes in Orangeburg
some yesrs ago, and escaped from the
penieentiary where he was confined,
has been located in the Philippines
and is soldier in the United States
army.
Joseph Blythe, a resident Of
Chester, has recently been granted q
patent on sslf-winding alarm clock, ;,
which is said to have several very
novel features. The winding is done
by electricity, land when once set will
ring every day at the same hour If
desired.
= The line between North and
South Carolina is to be surveyed at
the point adjoining Marlboro County.
Governor Heyward has appointed r.
L. Freeman, of Bennettsville, as the
surveyor for this State and the Gov.
ernor of North Carolina will appoint q
surveyor.
- Ex-senator McLaurin made o
hot speech against the dispensary at a
cotton meeting at Dillon. President
E. D. Smith, Of the State Associa-
tion, afterwards said that he regret.
ted that political questions should be
Injected into the cotton association 8
meetings. .'>4,
At Trenton Mr.. Wallace Wise,
the town marshal, has been bound
sver to appear at the next term Of the
United States court on the charge Of
wilfully retarding mail carrier. He
arrested the mail carrier there some
time ago and kept him in the lookup
about 20 minutes.
- The Jordan Manufacturing Com
pany, near Wellford, will begin opera
tion within about two weeks time.
The work Of installing the machinery
in the mill building has been under
way for sometime and the work is
about completed. The plant will
manufacture towelings.
Woodruff, in Spsrtsnburg Coun-
ty, is boastipg of o strong boy. Vir.
gil Casey, years old, weight 96
pounds, who can easily lift . 140.
pound man from the floor. IG his
strength increases with his yesrs, he
ought to be able to lift several tons
when he 10 81 years old.
- A young white man named
spsnn was arrested by Policeman
Forde in Columbis charged with
swindling. The slleged scheme was
to place . Mexican dollar with four
American dollsrs and ask that q s5
bill be given for il. It is said that
several victims were caught.
!. = L. r. Gillum Horton, one Of the
most prominent and influential far
mers Of Kershaw, and negro man
who took refuge under tree during a
storm last Thursday were both ia