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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1901
Page
1
Our merchandise offers customers a genuine savings as regular prices are already the lowest. This sale provides real value, with high grade standard clothing reduced to a quarter off, equating one dollar for seventy-five cents.
In Washington on January 21 1900 officials discuss Venezuela’s land dispute with the Asphalt Trust backed by American interests. President Castro orders land transfer to a weaker American competitor while the Trust disputes the ruling as bribery. The piece also surveys Interstate Commerce Commission findings on rail rampant consolidation and looming freight rate hikes, plus Senate maneuvers on subsidy and revenue bills affecting taxes and trade.
A 1901 letter from Alaska asks Governor McSweeney about Richard S Campbell a Confederate veteran killed in Porcupine City Alaska in 1900 Campbell from Hampton region captained a company at Appomattox He is asked to locate relatives and a possible estate value The inquiry is later connected to J B Cashnrny of Anderson who confirms Campbell’s service and battles during the war and notes his brother, connected with Manning Guards, joined the old Hampton Legion
A society lady recalls a New York Sun story about a boy who endured great hunger to please her during Thanksgiving. While she fed him generously, others doubt the tale of his gratitude as he finally sighs he cannot swallow more.
Jan 18 report from San Praxcisco describes a steamship company with capital of 612,500,000 planning to colonize Mexico using Oriental labor. The promoters claim a Mexican concession for land and fishing grounds and aim to bring Chinese and Europeans to work along the coast, inviting Chinese merchants to invest as it plans to supply duties free canoes, rice, and goods.
Smallpox rages at Beaufort and a lynching in Barnwell county are noted alongside a slate of state events. The Union mayor fines a chicken thief, and the Spring meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society is set for February in Columbia. Also mentioned are prison construction, a fatal railway accident in Columbia, and political forecasts for 1903.
General items note wartime troop needs for the Philippines, large oil and tobacco industry figures, and urban growth. They cite Beaumont oil output, a lynching in Florida, donations by John D. Rockerfeller Jr., and the spread of Washington named towns. Also mentioned are a baby born in Cleveland, a whiskey conviction, a sea of dictionary stocks, astronomical observations, and editorial reflections on reporter practices.
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