The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-15
AFFAIRS IN THE STATE.


At an election heldo the 9th CT Match, inst :.
for officers for Centre Township, the following
men were elected: Selectmen, M. 8. Messer.
A. 8. Stephens and 3. b. Harris; Town Clerk,
j. B. Maret; Constable, +. O. Brown; Surveyor
OF Highways, q. M. Crawford.
Clarendon.
The Clarendon Press says: cit is encour-
aging to see with what earnestness our farmer
are manifestng in preparing for the sowing Of
another crop. Some, we hear, have corn al
ready up, but we fear the recent cold snap has
The Chester Reporter says: "The gin house,
screws, &c., together with large quantity Of
cotton seed, twenty-five hundred pounds Of
guano, and number Of farming utensils, all
by fire on the night OF the 3D. instant. freed
man has been arrested, against whom O very
strong suspicion exists"
l9c tt Sumter.
The Sumter News is agitating the subject
of railroad from Gourdln's on the North
says: "We think that the road should be
built, and that the Northeastern Railroad Com
pany should build it. Our people could and
would very readily subscribe lands to the capt.
tai stock required, and the road could borrow
on those lands"
Tne following is the result Of the election
held last week for officers Of the Courthouse
Township OF Greenville District: Selectmen,
James p: Moore, s55; :. A. David, 2S5; A.
O. T. Hammond, 238; Constable, VIM. Bayne,
248. The above named are all Democrats. and
were elocted by large majority over the Rad
ical ticket, the highest vote given on the Rad
ical side being 1913 and the lowest 33.
& Union.
By order OF the Board Of County Comm ia.
sionsrs, meeting will be held in the respec-
tive townships OF tne third DAY Of April next.
at which will be elected three selectmen, one
constable and one surveyor. The following
places Of meeting in the respective townships
have been designated: Simsville, Santuc,
Union, Jonesyille, Goshen Hill, Crosskeys'
Goudeysville, Draytonville. Fair Forest Post,
Office. Samuel Faucets old store.
Marlboro.
The Board OF Equalization Of taxable pre-
perty for Marlboro County has been in session
at Bennettsville fer several days.
The Bennettsville Journal says: ".Since the
last term Of our court, crime seems to be on
the decrease, as but two or three parties have
been lodged in Jail. This is very desirable for
the reason that our criminal docket will not
consume tho term of the court at its next sit
ting to the exclusion Of important civii busi-
ness. We hear Of but little stealing anywhere
in the county" "a als
The Journal also has the following: 'sour
year. Some are also testing the manipulated
fertilizer. We very much fear it will not prove
remunerative, as there is o disposition IN this
section to plant too much cotton, and if it
trous results OF year before last will bo ex.
perienoed. We admonish our people in time,
and earnestly advise them to be sure and
mako plenty of corn"
ChesterGeId.
The Cheraw Democrat Of Friday says; tsIast
ssssHass ssss% On ssasf a aa MI ssaas siII .hs
Craig. about two miles from town, took fire
and was not only heavy loss to Captain
Craig, but serious one to tho whole COM
munity." & s7 RE
The Same paper has the following "Captaiu
John Evans exhibited to us, yesterday some
very fine specimens of ore, taken from his land,
called the Kirkly mine, ia the upper part Of
this district. Several Of the particles Of rock
precious metal, which sparkled from evory
erevice, and were the richest we have seen
He has not worked bis mine regularly, aud
has only used the hand rocker ct any time, yet
never fails to get dollar day per hand in
the little branches about his premises, and
sometimes as much as five dollars. II the
shaft he has recently sunk was worked by ma
chinery, under sklllfnl management, it would,
no doubt, yield an abundance OF gold. Tdese
specimens have been examined by persons
acquainted with minerals, and pronounced
quito superior"
Barnwen
Seabrook Hagood (colored), convicted Of
burglary at the last term Of the court, and sem
fenced by Judge Platt to the penitentiary for
one year, escaped from the Barnwell Jail last t
week, in company with three other prisoners.
A correspondent OF the Barnwalf Sentinel
writing from Bamberg on the 7th instant, says:
''Our planters In this section are rapidly get
ting their lands ready for planting, and judg-
ing by the amount of fertilizers which I see
brought up and lying upon the platform, I
should say that they Intend putting in large
amount OF cotton this season, and ana fear
hat A~
the same mistake which they always have done
cotton ruled at anything like re-
rates. Will our planter friends
never learn wisdom, never learn that one bale
more to them than two bales which bring only
the same amount2 for with one bale there is
almost certainty, plenty Of corn in the crib,
while with the two it is problematical. hear
no complaint of want of1abor; the negroes in
most es them, Or many at least, having made
money on last years labor, are encouraged to
Messrs F. A. Conner, samuel B. Jones, B.
w. en ooSsr James H. st ~ fompios aaose J. S7m Was
W. 2. McGhee, John w, Tompkins and f.. NJ.
Godbold publish an affidavit ia the Abbeville
Press, in the course OF which they affirm upon
oath. "that they are citlzens of Cokosbury, in
said county, that they are n,es. bars Of tho
Democratic club; that NO meo5lng OF sud club
has ever been held at which number Of them
we're not present; that no such remAks as are
imputed to the club by w. x. Tolbsrt, in his
extraordinary testimony, about outing up the
body Of B. f. Randolph and feeding It TO the
hogs, or boxing it mp and sending IL as pres
ent to Governor scett, were ever made before
The club; that NO such organization as the Ku-
!! Alnx- klan was ever formed or ever existed IN
their community, nor do they believe such an
organization ever existed in shy part or the
country; that the Democratic club was legiti-
mate and proper political organization to
further the interests Of the Democratic party
by all legal and proper means, and that said
club transacted it's business in accordance
with law and usage. ga the minutes Of it's pro-
ceedingB will at any time SHOW; and further,
that neither w. X. Tolbert nor Ills asso ociates,
Logan and Tolbert, were ever at o NEE ting Of
the Cokesbury Democratic Club"
w Anderson. y E
The Intelligencer. suggests to the Anderson
merchants and business men to secure bank
ing facilities in that town by the establishment
Of branch OF the South Carolina Loan and
Trust Company, recently organized in Charles
tom. It Ia only recessary that ccm paratively
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