The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-31
AFFAIRs IN THE STATE.
Abbeville.

AFFAIRS IN THE STATE.
Abbevine.
The Press sass: sWe have been fsyoret
during the past few days with tne GROWING
weather, which is making amends tor the coo
aoe upon vegetation"
Greenvine.
The Mountaineer says: 'Thc unueually un
reasonable weather has had very damaginf
influence upon the cotton prospect in this sec
lion, and there are grave and warrantablt
doubts expr ressed as to whether even half
crop can be made this year. Our farmers have
suffered severely already"
: The infant sen Of Colonel T. F. Gillespie
was accidentally though badly burned on the
18th instant.
IathsM bryan, colored, and Jane Manning
Toolorod, broke jail last week and escaped
Yhoy voro the only prisoners in the Horry jail
Bryan was IN arrest charged with BURGLARY
and Jane Manning, charged with infanticide.
{. 0rangeburg.
Francis DeMars, census-taker for Orange
bug County. has appointed the following as
sistants j. Fielder Meyers, W. e. Williams, +.
u, Mckinley, J. p. Nays.
The fipe residence Of Mr.. VIM. Oliver, on
the Bull Swamp Road, about nine miles from
<)sSpgebuR Courthouse, was destroyed by
me, with the contents. last Wednesday night.
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
;. E-ts Anderson.
: A trsot of land, containing three hundred
:snd $hlrty-fiYe acres. belonging to the bank
ypt estate Of B. 81. Douthit, was sold at pub.
ijcoutcry IN front OF tho Courthouse on Satur-
.lsy iast. ana brought t1l10.
0ne Of the largest frmera IN Anderson has
p10uEbed up sb6ut one hundred aares OF cotton
and nlsated corn IN place OF 1t. Many Of the
irnrs report pSas stands ofcotton, but few
Gre favored in some localities.
-. Lancaster.
The LEDGER reports: "The weather for the
past veeh has been cool-frost was reported
On lndAy morning. The crops are backward,
snd The pro6pect tor cotton was never more
.fhoywill succeed with what they have planted,
Sbouid the weather be favorable from this, in
.Obtaining fair stand. The wheat crop, as far
80 We have been able 10 learn, has not suffered
and pr mtses good yield Planters are in
'Ds<ser spirits the past day or two."
$, S.sJ,f ~ =. GeorSetewn.
=, Tho Tines says :"We continue to have un-
,uguSEy cool nights and mornings, aud yeRets-
Tan kis heen somewhat backened thereby.
,Ilantations looks yeEy sickly..
- N06spio eEn1ock, ono Of the hands on the
,steam tag ]. B. Staples, was shockingly
,ooaldea On Friday lat by Q bolt OF the boiler OF
tas :sss1ss ng TS .Rs iSs ssss@
nay H6s have resulted IN hls death, but he m
qs1led q quantity Of steam which caused bis
deatf ID { few hours"
l1,.t Kershaw.
.CnRcnel Vim. Pinckney Starke isdeivering q
series Of lectures IN Camden on Egypt, Pales-
.1hs Osmdsn Journaissys 'srhe prospect is
sseussg for the Sos cotton @syes pspSssss Sess
6eWn !. to be 40 backward, and but
.fo1 haye more thsu half stand. On scme
plsntutsous part Of the cotton has been
p1ouEhed up and the land planted Ill corn.
Inc corn crop is Backward, and has been
n rather better than year"
Barnvell.
The eo;ton worm has already made it's ap-
1,0Arsnce ON the plantation OF DR.. j. G. Miller,
near Great Cypress, m Barnwen District.
The Journal says "Discouraging accounts
,of The crops still come to us from oil parts OF
the county. In some sections the planters are
Dl0uRhinG up their cotton fields and, where
seedoanDot be obtained, are putting the same
Sround; n corn. The result 10 that We shall
6aye more corn and less cotton than we antic-
negro airl living on the farm Of Mr.. George
Morris, about seven miles from Barnwe1 VII
lsge, was murdered by her father, Nelson
Saunders, on the asa instant. Upon examina
tim, tho body vas found covered with bruises
.and dscars from head to foot. There were two
3a6ge soats on her head. It appears she was
tof2med % death. The father was found guilty
or tie murder BY tho jury OF inquest.
= - Union.
Amos Gist was shot in the head and instantly
liIhej on Wednesday, by Frank -, ct Gov
srnor aist's piace on Tiger River. Both
parties were negroes.
srect new church. A lot has been given for
the purpose, and enough money raised &c en-
able them to Commence work. The church
Mil be OF brlok. and 1t ls thought the corner
stone via be laid by the fr-t Il August.
A Union County correspondent Of tine % YORK.
much better than for the past two years. Oats
1iIl hardly come up to the average. Gardens
Hi, out lsie, Corn small, but thIifty-a good
stand generally. Cotton, the King, looks as
&hpueh ho was about to loose his crown. Most
OF The farmers complain Of the stand. We
have seen very tew who have enough. Then
the weed ia puny. Those who staked all on
cotton hare rather long faces"
York.
Nr. W. g. Erwin wes severely hurt on We'd
1,eeday week by tall from his horse.
We take the following sensible article from
ahe Yorkyille Enquirer "Oa the morning of
wednesday, tho auth INST. there was general
fruet throughout this county, VII ch IN some
sections was pretty heavy. OF course the cot
tom suffered and We hear despondent estimates
oi the damage doae from all sides. 1t does
begin to look as II winter Is going to extend
his rule into the domain OF harvest. and many
are begiuning to apprenend q failure Of the
crops. But cotton appears to be the mann suf-
ferer, and there ls yet time to put the land
lately occupied by cotton into corn. Many are
doing this, some ploughing up their cotton and
putting c,rn in it's place. while others are
planting corn. at distances ranging from SIX to
Twelve ieet, across the cotton rows and letting
fhe a cltteripg cotton remain. We're it not for