The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-08

It ia proposed Il take from Greenville for
| the said county The citizens OF Ander-'
son, AbbevilleI and Laurens were re-
| quested to hold meetings. In those sections pro-
point similar committees for the purpose OF
| comforting with ue above named committee at
| Honea Path at some future day. These COM
mittees of conference are requested to make
report of their Gtion to public meetings In
their respective sections. The object of this
movement, If we are correctly advised, is 10
organize equity with the courthouse at
Honea Path. With this object IN view, Dill
was introduced al the last session OF the Leg
islature. and we rresume that active e1ertions
will be made mex winter to carry out the pro-
MIR. Joseph Whitmlre, of the firm of VIII
lams, Whitmire & Co., of Greenville, died OF
Charlotte. N. G., on Wednesday last.
The following iales were made by the sheriff ;
100 acres land. eltate of Elkana Marchbanks,
deceased, sold To Barbary Marchbanks for $500.
House and lot in nGreenvllle, property Of Bats
Howard, sold under foreclosure of mortgage,
to a. P. Hammet for $3.50.
Chester.
We Learn from the GAINESVILLE (Fla.) New Era
that terrible caamlty happened at Lake Or
ange on the l6ti of last month. Sabbath
school festival YVES given at that place by the
people of Mlcanpy and vicinity. During the
day, party Of ladies, gentlemen ana
sabbath.schooi children, about forty in
number, went aboard small sloop for the
purpose of takinga sail upon the lake. When
they had gone q considerable distance from
the shore, sudden puff Of wind upset the
sloop, and the top Of the mast became fasten-
ed in the bottom. All of the passengers were
thrown into the water. and six OF the number
drowned. The men who were able to swim
at once went to york to rescue the women
ohi nd n0tt0m
the vessel. We learn, says the Chester Re
porter, that Mr. amuel Anderson. son of Will
liam q. Andersen, Esq, of Chester. was
among the number who were precipltoted
into the water, AID that he was instrumental
in saving several lives The names of the
persons drowned are Mrs. L. Montgomery,
Mlss Ella Wlneoff, Miss Maggie Simonton,
daughter of ME- james A. STmonton.) Ida
ShufHel, Johnny Bimonton, "a son of Mr.. John
n. Simonton,) and colored man named
Bowen.
Major Thomas G. Blewitt, formerly of Ches-
| ter. s. c., died recently in Mississippi.
The Chester Reporter has the following
irreverent piece 'ot news: governor Scott
appointed John ]. Hemphill, Esq, coroner of
Chester County. Mr. Hemphill has declined
to accept the appointment. Colonel Daniel
Witherspoon, very colored, was elected coro-
ner at the general election last fall, but was
unable to find anybody fool enough to go on
his bond, and theieiore has never been able to
enter upon the discharge of the duties OIL the
Office"
Union.
The following Ku-Kiux story is published In
the Columbia Union-a very questionable al-
thority, we know. We give it tor what 1t may
be worth, and would by no means vouch for
the correctness of the statement:
1.-The brother OF Lewis Thompson, the mur-
m
In the Union as having been Ku-KluXed at
Goshen Hill, in Union County. arrived In the
c!ty Wednesday From him we learn that the
body of Thompson was washed ashore In Tiger
River few days ngo. The body bore nume-
rous stabs, and also bore marks where the
horses had run over him, and marks and
bruises where lie had been dragged along the
road The body also showed other mutila'
tIons, not behtting to speak OF here, but bent.
ting and characteristic OF some OF the worst
Indian practices. On the night when the
masked men took Thompson, he had been
preaching to quite an assemblage OF c0lored
people, some of whom had not retired.
Thompson heard the parties coming, and got
up from the bed and went into the loft, from
where the parties took him. when he de'
sired to put on his clothes, they told him
he would have no further use for them, and
carried him away in his underclothing. Will
liam Tucker, another co!ored man, and Thomp'
afs tme of the ouirasa 81 AZ th5r
ed. Thompson was formerly known as Lewis
Rice, having been raised by family In Union
by the name of Rice. Our informant states
that he always bore good character, never
held or ran for any Office; and the only canse
of Ills. murder was that he was known to be
quite an influential Republican. He was 9
member of the Zion Methodist Church, and
was respected by the bishop, elders and con-
crepation. No one has been arrested for this
murder He was son of Wagner Dennis
Rice"