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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
4
The Clemson College annual review reports 450 cadets enrolled, with new barracks to house 150 more, aiming for 600 attendance next fall. The South Carolina private schools show growth, while Capt. D. C. Heyward seeks Governor candidacy amid civic praise. The piece discusses coal, China, and U S industrial prospects.
Voters in the Piedmont section will hear Senator Melaurin on July 4 in Spartanburg. The first bale of the 101 crop was shipped from Nueeeds County, Texas to Houston on Sunday the 20th of last month, claimed as a world record by four days. A new third party has launched in St. Louis claiming sympathy with Bryan, while Ryan denies any connection.
A local Intelligencer letter endorses Colleton or Heyward as nonpartisan governor options. It praises Heyward as a gentleman, educated speaker, and lifelong farmer, arguing voters tire of politicians and should support a nonpolitical candidate.
A German born shoemaker in a narrow shop on Fifty Ninth Street crafts wooden shoes as a small city specialty. He sells 160 pairs yearly at 75 cents to $2, mostly made to order with a small on-hand stock for hurried customers. Local residents retain fondness for vintage footwear and still wear wooden shoes at home and on the street.
Virginia's convention is in session pursuing a new constitution while labor conflicts threaten 7 000 jobs if machinists strike persists. Other notes mention Mrs. McKinley's slow recovery and a planned July Can ton trip, plus assorted early 20th century incidents in Jacksonville, Gulfport, and Chicago. The report covers a mix of political, social, and criminal items without deep detail on each case.
A digest of varied items reports record orange harvests in California, high valued exotic livestock on a Colorado Springs ostrich farm, and a Baptist home mission official dying in Atlanta. Other notes cover a Brazil mission conference, a New York music college will, cotton acreage in Nicaragua, and post office receipts rising 13.6 percent. Also noted are executions in Georgia, Porto Rico farm sizes and ownership, a forged pardon case in Texas, a Berlin Hamburg rail project with 126 mph electric trains, and cost questions for long distance rail.
J N Vandiver county superintendent announces bids from the lowest responsible bidder on several dates for building bridges. Projects listed include Broadaway Creek near Broadaway Trestle in Broadaway Township, Rocky River at Hogan's Mills and Lee's Shoals in Hall Township, Jackson's Mills in Hall Township, Hencoop Creek at Parker bottoms in Martin Township, Broadmouth Creek near Prosdmouth Church in Honea Path Township, Sig Creek at Willis gait over Big Creek in baton Township, and Cherokee Creek near George W Fant's in BaltoTownship. Bids close for several dates in June and July with a scrape or remotal right reserved.
The note reflects on the joy of possessing photos of friends, noting their growing value as keepsakes since they can no longer be readily replaced. It underscores the sentimental worth of these simple images amid changing times.
Midway News reports Rev J L McLin's engaging sermon on the last third Sunday and a lively social note of Misses Vernie Dora Martin Kara Reed from Williamston Female College returning home. It mentions Mr Mack Martin's rheumatism, wedding talk among young women, damaged bottoms after heavy rains, good health, and a fishing outing by local residents. Cottén yields lagging. Sunday School Union plans, and Southern Railway adds a Gentlemen's Club Car on the Washington and Southwestern Limited, praised as a fine Pallman-equipped train.
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