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

Fairfield.
The Winnsboro' News says: "Our district
has been vsIled b, coplcus rains wl'hin the
past few da,s. which greatly revived the crops.
| The old corn is SO far gone, we fear that very
| little good will he effected bv the rain. but
younp corn aud cotton will be benefited. Our
farmers arc beginning to look up again"
| Laurens.
The LaurensvlIle Herald says: 1--WE hear oi
bounteous showers IN all quarters OF the dis
! trlct. Corn and cotton are revived and doing
we'll. The cotton, 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 dtstr1ct
with continued showers. may be still tar one
to the surface planted"
| Oeonee.
The Walhala Courier says: s'We are reliably
| informed that individual applications for rs-
| ductlon Of the assessed valus OF real estate IN
1 this county has. met with success. ln every
instance parties have had the valuation abated
| from seventy five to one hundred per cent. In
| some instances owners placed higher value
| on their lands than he assessor, and are VII
| ling to pay on what they actually consider
| their worth while in others the original as
sessment reached the highest market value.
| abatement to the original assessment. but to
the extent each ow"er and his respective
nelgh5ors regard just and proper"
Lancaster.
MI. John E. Lark native of Lancaster. but
now resident of Monroe. La, VAS drowned
recently at the latter place.
The Ledger SAYS: ''Slnce our last issue we
| have been favored nth refreshing showers Of
raiu 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
more pleasant countenance. In the nelghbor-
hood of Fork Hill, we learn that heavy rain
tell on last Thursday, sufficient Tor all DUR
poses. The corn crop has been cut SHIRT on :
third, at least, by the protraoted drought.
Cotton, cultivated ON the Dixon plan, has re-
selved no injury"
OranReburg.
The census returns tor O,anseburg village
foot up as follows Total white males. 284; fe-
mates 289: total cnlorcd males, 206; females,
257-grapd total. 1886. White females between
The ages Of and 16 IS; white males 62. Col
ored females 81; col, red males 81. White
voters. 152 Colored voters. 101.
The orangeburg Times reports the citizens
of that county to be very generally paying
their taxes. It says: "At Felders store. IN st.
Matthew's Parish, our citizens were unanl-
njlEus in paving their taxes the taxes OF many
of them amounting to over $500 each. At
Branchvil.e and Lewisville few failed to
pay"
of ra n; most too late, however. to save some
peoples corn crops, but which Will 40 won-
derful sight Of good for others who plant q
little later IN the season. We have no doubt
but what q beav, corn crop will be made in
our county. Cotton and rice are doing well. 7"
Barnwell.
We get the follown: items from the Journal:
The corn crop has been SO seriously DAM
aged by the protrac,ed drought tnat scarcely
half crop will be made. Some fields have
been 30 entirely parched I'D that the owners
are cutting jown the corn and feeding 1t 10
their stock.
In the late township elections the colored
people showed quite spirit OF compromise,
and in most of The townships were content to
run mixed ticket. which gave the whites an
equal share of the Offices. In some localities
they expressed their preferences for white can
didates 80 being more Intelligent and better
qua!lird, and elected more whites than blacks.
Miss Mary Lard. OF Barnwell, died on Wed
nesday motpiue last. fr m the effects OF NOR
pobe me drug store Of 561n - sSnck Tor ten
Grams OF qulnlne on the evening Defore. by
mistake morphine was weighed out insteao OF
ournine, and MISS Lard took tho whole guam
late The aid of DR.. Duncan was summoned
promptly. but she was 30 completely under the
effecls Of the opiate that her life could not be
eaYed. She died in lew hours after.
Georgetown.
A few days ago o negro boy was caught in q
thunder shower while out hunting in the San
tee country, and had the stock OF his gun
sbiYered by thunderbolt. while he hImsen
escaped uuinjured beyond mere shock which
lasted for few minutes.
The Times says: "A)l hearts rejoice at the
showers wo have had Of late, which althou IN
too late to be Of much good to the highland
crops, will doubtless benefit the rice crop, and
we trust 1t is sufficiently general in the up
country to give us. some fresh water in the
rivers, which are quite salt. ~,
The same paper says: ''The meeting OF the
Agricultural and Mechanical Society OF the as
trict on tuesday was one OF the most interest.
ing that has been held.s,nce the formation OF
the society, and promised to be Of incalculable
value to onr material welfare. The meeting
was marked By unanimity on the part OF ITS
members which implied earnest work in all
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
interesting report OF Captain Greene, lately o
delegate to the Memphis Convention. Much
tt at is embodied in the report has been record
ed IN the report Of the proceedings III the con-
7entiop, but from Captain Greepe's standpoint
% his suggestions are derived from infcrma-
ton carefully collated and collected by him.
his account will be read with much pleasure
by all interested. The inf x OF Chinese
among us may no longer be rewarded as doubt
ful. In view OF the success OF this movement
we feel quite sangulne Of the future of our dis
trict."
Chesterfield.
From the Cheraw Democrat. We take the fol-
lowing We have had several fine rains during
the week. and the crops are improving. We
learn however, that great portion OF the corn
crop is already beyond hope OF recovery.
The Tax Collector has been in CheraW three
DAYS, and has taken in good part OF the trI-
butte money. Some are waiting to hear from
their appeals to Cesar, but Cesar takes an
awful time to hear them.
The following are the officers elect as far as
we have learned fron the different townships
Cherow. ow.-Seiectmen-w.A A. Benton. Philip
Singleton, coloIed. Prince Pitts. colored.
Clerk-W. l.. Reid. Surveyors-J. b. Vile
neuve Frank 'Capers, colored. Constable
Alexander Campbell, colored.
Neerpen. Selectmen-N. g. McKinnon, Alex
ander Douglas, George Ellerbe. colored. Clerk
"A ". Eilerbe. Surveyors-B. F. Ellerbe, II.
r. Campbell, Constabls-Bob Campbell, colvr-
Gole -Selectmeu-W. B. Davie, Daniel
Douglas, Lew Cassadv. Clerk-John Ellis.
SurTeyors-M P. McNair, A. NJ. Wilks. Consta-
ble-Samuel Sellers.
A serious difficulty occurred at Mount Crog-
han, Chesterfield county. during the recept
township election. During he progress OF the
election. a negro walked up to Archibald Mich
olson with demonstrations o. light, and told