The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-02
IN THE STATE.
Fairfield,

| Fairfield.
| The Winnsboro' News says: ssOur district
has been visited bv cop,ous rains w,'hn the
past few davs, which greatly revived the crops.
The old corn is so far gone, we fear. that very
little good will be Effected by, the rain. but
| young corn and cotton will be benefited. Our
farmers ore beginning to look up again."
LaureMs. .H .-
The Laurensville Herald says eve hear of
| bounteOus showers in oil quarters of the dis.
' trlct. Corn and cotton are revived and doing
well. The c"tton, Of course, has many chances
/ to run before in the bale, and. speculation Is
useless at this time. Although the corn can
not be full yield. yet the crop Of the district,
with continued showers may be still falr one
to the surface planted" ~,
| The Walhalla Courier says: Eve arc reliably
! informed that individual applications for re-
ductlou Of the assessed value Of real estate in
this county has met with success. In every
instance parties have had the valuation abated
| from seventy five to one hundred PER cent. I'm
some Instances owners placed q higher value
on their lands than he assessor, and are wll-
tlinR, TO pay on what they actually 1nsider
their Worth. whlie, in others the original as
Lsessment reached the highest .magket value.
Applications are made, therefore. not for IN
abatement to the original assessment but to
the extent each owner and his respective
neigh5ors regard just and proper" ,s,a
~, Lancaster. i ;#s
MI. John E. Lark. nat We of Lane aster but
now q resident Of Monroe L., vas drowned
The Ledger says: .'since our last issue we
have BEEN favored With refreshing showers of
| rain in this immediate and other sections of
the county; but at this writing, cannot say that
the rain has been general. The crops have
very much revived. and our planters wear q
more pleasant countenance. In, the rpelghbor-
hood OF Fork Hill, we learn THAI a heavy ram
fell on last Thursday, sufficient for all pur-
poses. The corn crop has been cut sh ,rt on
third, at least, BY the pretracted drought.
Cotton, cultivated ON the Dixon plan, has re!
eelved nd injury" h1 "@! @s'a s'.f
OranAeburg.
The census returns tor o. ane eburg village
foot up 4s follows: Totaa white males. 2s4; te-
males 2S9; total colored males, 206; females,
257 grand total. 1886; White females between
the ages Of G. and 1e IS; white males 62. Col
ored females 81; colo red males SO. White
voters. 152 ,Colored voters, 101. sgt11
The Orangeburg Times reports the citizens
OF that county to be very generally paying
their taxes. II says: sat Felder's stol g. in st.
Matthew's Parish our; olt,zens were unani-
nous in paying their taxes the taxes OF many
Of them amounting to over $500 each. Al
Branchville and Lewisville few failed to
pay" t 4
The same paper says: ',We now have plenty
of ra q; most too late, however. to save some
peoples corn crops. but which will do won
little later IN the season. We have no doubt
but what heavy corn crop will be made in
our county. Cotton and rice are doing well. %
Barnwen. e':
We get the following items from the Journal ::
The corn crop has been so seriously dam
aged by the protracted drought that scarcely
half q crop will be made. Some fields have
been so entirely parched up that the owners
are cutting iown the corn and feeding 1t TO
In the late township elections the colored
people showed quite spirit OF compromise,
and In most of the townships were content to
run q mixed ticket which gave the whites an
equal share of the Offices. In some localities
they expressed their prefe.e .ences for white can
dldates as being more Intelligent and better
died Wsa
nesday morning last frt m the effects OF NOR
phlne, taken by mistake for qulnlne. She sent
to tho drug store Of John, ;. shuck for ten
mistake morphine was weighed out instead OF
qulnine, and Hiss Lard took tho whole guam
tlty, and did not discover ber mistake until too
promptly. but she was go completely under the
effects Of the opiate that her life could not be
saved. She died In lew hours after.
Georgetown.
A few days ago a negro boy was caught in
thunder shower while out hunting in the San
tee country, and had the stock of his gun
shivered by Q thunderbolt. while he himself
escaped uninjured beyond o mere shock which
lasted Tsa fSr %,,a.s few " mngtsss, nh g.
showers we have had Of late, which althou .h
too late to be- Of much good to the highland
crops. viii do1btlssss benefit the rice crop, and
country to give us some fresh water in tie
rivers, which. are quite salt."
The same paper says: 1.-The meeting Of the
Agricultural end Mechanical Society Of the dis
trict on tuesday was one Of the most int crest
ing that has been held since the formation of
the society, and promised to be OF incalculable
value to our material welfares The meeting
was marked 4ya unaI1m,ty on the part Of ts
matters OF pith and moment But the subject |
Of chief interest was that Of Chin ,se labor and
the attendance fuller than usual to hear the |
delegate to the Memphis Convention. Much
tEat is embodied in the report has been record |
ed in the report of the proceedings 6f tho con- |
yentlon. but from Captain Greene's standpoint |
tion carefully collated and collected BY hlm.
his account will be read with much pleasure
by all interested. The influx of Chinese
among rs mny no longer be REGARDED rs doubt
full. In view Of the success OF this movement
we feel quite sangulne OF the future Of our dis
triet."
Chesteraeld.
From the Cheraw Democrat, we take the fol-
lowing we have had several fine rains during
learn however. that great portion bfthe corn
crop is already beyond hope OF recovery.
The Tax Collector has been in Cheraw three
days, and has taken in 9 good part Of the til
butte INaney. Some are waiting to hear from
their 8ppeals to Cesar. but Cesar takes an
awful Time to hear them.
The following are the officers elect as far as
we have learned from the different townships,
OF Chesterfield 'i.fA N
y C.era,o.- -Seleetmen--W.A A. Benton, Philip
Singleton, colored. ,rfincs Pitts colored,, |
Clerk-W. L. Rsid.pi 6urveycrs-J 81. Vdle
Alexander canpbe6. solorsd. 2
Seerpef. Ssioctinen- IN: q. McKiInon, Alex |
andar Douglas, George Ellerbe, colored. Clerk I
"A. W. Ellerbe. Surveyors-B r., Eilerbs, Fl. |
B: Campbell. Copstable--Bob Campbell, color.
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Ilnle Eli aelacs m e,,.--ws r. nav,a. nan,Ai
Douglas. Levi Casaady. Clerk John, Els !
S1ryeyors-M ?. McNair. A. N. Wilks. Consta- |
ble Samuel Sellers. 7el
A serious difficulty occurred at Mount rrog-
han. Chesterfield Jounty. during the recent |
township election. During he progress OF the |
olson, with demonstrations OF Aght, and told |
him he was going TO whip him. Nicholson i'm
mediately went for his rifle where he had de |
posted i. but y had been removed. He then