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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1901
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports Congress faces Cuba policy yet to be settled. Debates center on recognizing Cuban government and possible treaty terms including naval stations and debt limits. Presidential inauguration crowds anticipate over 180000 visitors and 12000 ticket limit amid security and logistics.
James W Tolbert was shot on McCormick streets after a dispute with townspeople. He fired at visiting Martin, wounding him in the hip and body, then was attacked by a mob. Tolbert was severely wounded, moved to a nearby home, and a heavy guard was placed around him.
A snow storm in Coaliston on February 24 brings the second snowfall in fifty years with one and a tenth inch accumulation and freezing temperatures. Rain and soot follow, damaging crops and possibly injuring the great track in infantry above Charleston. Early vegetable shipments to New York may be hindered and university fundraising reaches about 810,000 for Furman University.
There are 33 paupers in Greenville county almshouse. C J Lyon elected to represent Abbeville county to succeed J R Tentedy who was killed. A forgery case against former Abbeville clerk W R Bullock. Alfred Pritchard and Lucinda Jones married in Cherokee county. Efforts to host the national educational association in Columbia next year. President Cromier of Newberry College to speak in June. Indictments for sampling cotton after weighing in Union. Greenville mill fights end in Neeley’s death. Governor offers reward for an attacker in Oconee county. Charleston doctors protest medical college bill. Secretary of State avoids uncashed fees. Comptroller Derham cannot pay extra pension funds. Watts pleads and gets 10 years in penitentiary. Mrs Pollie Epting granted pension for son’s Spanish American War service. John J Smith, former Oconee auditor, dies in Hartwell. Mountain man Ton Hill commits suicide at Clifton mill. A Pickens county family records 14 living children from marriage at age 11. Greenwood county reports first kidnapping in the state. Spartanburg bans unvaccinated residents within the city limits. A shooting at Burderg mill leaves one dead. Two Jones brothers linked to Norman’s death. Vaccination orders? Bull gored man named Oliver Glover driven from swamp near Charleston. naked and attacked by bulls, killed cattle and wandered naked for months.
Mississippi reports smallpox in nearly every county with broad concerns across the nation. The Philadelphia Post recounts diverse items from Atlanta fire loss to a Maine frog company, a Toronto piano claim, a Chicago robbery, a fatal shooting in Winsted, and farflung outlooks on weather in Yukon, German railways, peanuts, and Chinese customs on body integrity.
A reader recounts chaotic road conditions and unsafe boards in town streets. He urges citizens to pressure officials, noting broken planks, mules stepping on hazards, and delays in road repairs. The exchange highlights editorial involvement and community action plans for improving infrastructure.
The column describes a quiet week with no preaching due to bad weather, visits by Col K B Gruphell Johnie Gambrell and others, and the funeral of Alfred K Mann D with Rev Allen officiating. It notes school progress under Misses Anderson and Kay, a social at Julian Martin's, and local family updates including the Elgin and Martin households and a note on twenty four men earning 20 years or more in the U S Senate.
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