The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-04-18
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- A Spartanburg boy had splin-
ter removed from his foot, and from
which he had suffered for eight
months.
- Reports from the celebrated
Ridge section Of this State indicate
that the peach crop will average about
sixty per cent.
- Tie wife of John Childers,
Lee County farmer, committed sui.
eide by drinking strong solution of
lyc. She was in delicate condition
aud her mind was affected.
Cnmptroller-G General Jones has
expressed himself as being very much
pleased with the prompt manner in
which the corporations Of the State
have reported and paid their franchise
tax.
-- Mrs. Emily Taylor, Of Walter.
boro, has been awarded $1,000 dam
ages against the Atlantic Coast Line
for being put off at tho wrong station
through the negligence Of the conduc.
tor.
- Chester County Alliancemen are
| considering the propriety of using
their share Of the State exchange
fund-over $700-,o provide trans.
portation, etc., for tho Confederate
veterans of that county TO the State
reunion 10 Columbia.
- The sixth annual convention of
the State Bankers Association will
be held in Greenville May 10th, 11th
! and 18th, Governor Hayward bss
been asked to respond to the toast,
Running for Governor; Reminis-
cences by One Who Got ln.'
Three children were burned to
death in Union County few days
ago. Their parents looked them in
the house hile they went to work In
a distant field. Persons discovered
the house to be on fire, but reaohed
the place only to see the roof fall in
upon them.
- The State Supreme Court has
affirmed the judgment Of $40 900 in
favor Of Mrs. Dorothy Briokman
| againgt the Southern for the death Of
| her husband, Engineer Brickmap,
who was killed in the wreck on the
Fishing creek trestle, in York County,
nearly three years ago.
The fight for the new county of
Calhoun, WHICH it is proposed to slice
from Marion with Dillon as the coun.
ty seat, is being revived, -four years
having passed since the last election
was held. The principal point is as
to whether the new county would
leave Marion with the constitutional al
area. Both sides are studying up the
Law on the subject.
President Jam mes A. B. Scherer
announces that D.. D. K. Pearson, of
Chicago, offers to give S25, 900 to the
endowment fund Of Newberry Col.
| lege, on the usual terms. Dr.. Pear
son has long been known as o partiou.
lar friend Of the distinctively Chris
j tian college,. THIS proposition Crowns
his 86th birthday aud signalizes the
semi. centennial this year OF Newberry
College. :,.. "
- The tea farm at Summerville, 8.
c., the only ene Of its kind in the
western hemisphere, is able this year
to send IL, 900 pounds Of tea to mar
ket. With the kindly assistance Of
the government of the United States
taai6 farm has grown TO q point where
it can offer serious competition with
the best grades Of tea shipped from
China, India, Formosa or. Java.
- The Greenville News says that
after hard fight and in spite Of nu.
merous obstacles, Hugh Prince has
you in his efforts. to rebuild the old
Carolina, Knoxville and Western
railway, and actual work has begun.
Mr.. Prince announced that not only
had he succeeded in successfully
financing the deal, but that the way
was clear for the completion of TWEEN
ty-six miles.
Though fourteen counties ia the
State have voted out the dispensary
under the Brice Act, the business for
the fret three months Of this year
was only sl36, 81: lees chap the same
months last year. Commissioner
Tatum states that the seleu would
havo been $4,000 heavier had the
stock not been short IN . number OF
important particulars the FIRST part Of
the year before the new board took
charge. ,......'*. -. ,
- In the United States circuit
court at Charleston John W. Carter,
so years Of age, OF Mullins, s. c.,
was sentenced to serve one year at
hard labor in the prison. at Atlanta,
on the charge Of forgery, ia the prose.
oution Of pension claim. He was
member Of a company Of the First
South Oarolius regiment in the Span
ish American war, aud he forged the
name Of six Of his comrades. After
indictment he confessed to the crime
and was given the minimum penalty
Of the act. His hair aud beard are
white and he is bent with age, but the
law is no respecter Of persons. e..
= : 80 - State Senator Eugene 8. Blease,
charged with the murder Of bis broth.
er.in-law, Joe Ben. Coleman, in Octo-