The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-26
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Mr.. Halbert Acker died at his residence
near Calhoun on Friday last, In the 73d veal
of his age. Mr.. ACker was at work In a field
some distance from his residence, and, not re
spending to the signal for dinner, the family
became alarmed, and went in quest of him,
when he was found lying dead in the field. Il
is supposed that he died suddenly from heart
disease. - to
-..g Harnwell-
Mr.. A. F. Molony, the county auditor Of
Barnwell, with a view of affording convenience
to the taxpayers Of the county, has, at his OWL
expense, employed q number Of assistants
who will visit the various townships for the
purpose of receiving returns Of taxable pro-
perry, thus affording persons who have here
tofore been compelled to travel miles, much
trouble and inconvenience.
Oconee. $50
The Keowee Comiergives the following &C.
count of a fire Between 9 and 10 o'clock on
Monday night q lie re plank kiln in the lumber
yard of Mr.. John Kaufman, in Walhalla, was
discovered to be on fre..t The alarm was at
once given and the citizens repaired, to the
place, but the 1re had made sc. much Roadway
That all efforts to save the lumber proved
futile. The loss will not exceed $3.50. This
accident gave to the, Walhalla Fire Company
an opportunity to test their new. engine. 1t
was promptly carried to the point, but could
effect: but little tor the want of water. By
means OF a temporary tank, filed with buck
cts, they arrested the spread, Of the, fire among
the loose lumber In the yard, of which there
were large quantities, and eEtlngulshed the
.embers." IL IA .yriag0 II
Union.
On Thursday, the 18th inst, says the Union
Times, Alick Sartor, colored, shot and killed Sam
Bates, colored, in'a personal difficulty on the
plantation Of Mr:F. II. Bates, about four miles
from this town. It appears that considerable
bad feeling had existed for some time between
these men, in consequence Of Bates suspect
ing Sartor OIL, being too Intimate with his wife.
On the day before the homicide Bates had
threatened TO attack Sartor, which coming to
Sartor's ears he tried to avoid him, but acei-
dentally on Thursday evening they met in the
road, when Bates threw a rock at Sartor, dis
abling HIM. Bates then Jumped on him and
being a much stOuter man than Sartor, COM
pistol and SHOT him. Sartor is In jail at this
place, but efforts are being made to have him
released on a writ OF habeQs corpus.
There is to be q national bank in Union, 8.
Columbia.
The Phoenix OF Saturday says: yesterday
afternoon, Two soldiers and a eolored man,
named Henry Davis, had a difficulty on Main
street, below the statehouse, during which
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the abdomen, inflicted by q knife In the hands
Of Davis. The wound Is not considered dan
gerous." "
The Greenvlne and Columbia Railroad Com
pany will. issue round tickets, for one fare,
from all stations on their road, to persons de-
slrous of visiting Due West during the ap-
preaching college commencement .sii'
sions for Rlchland County commences to-day
Judge Melton presiding. The docket Is q
very heavy one, says the Phoenix, Including
one case for capital felony. In the absence of
Solicitor Talley the State will be represented
by Nathaniel Barnwell, Esq.
Lancaster. 81
John L. Cousart, ESQ.,, has resigned the
position Of jury commissioner for Lancaster
County. .
Tie Village of Lancaster, 1t appears, has had
the, legislative blessing bestowed upon 1t, in
the form OF an %s'extension" Of It's corporate
limits" The result is as usual-dlsastrous to
we learn from the Lancaster Ledger
/: Hiram Faulkner, colored, confined in the
Jail at Lancaster, under q charge Of stealing
cotton, not fancylng his quarters nor future
prospects, escaped jail on Sunday morning
last. The alarm was Immediately given and
the fugitive, after a spirited feot-race In which
some or the citizens Joined, was captured and
returnedto his old quarters.
The Ledger also brings the following 'sCalt
vim Small, colored, charged with attempting
rape upon the person of q highly respectable
white lady In this county, was arrested near
Monroe, N. c., by the sheriff of Union County,
q few days ago, and committed to the Monroe
Iail. He was brought to this place last week
by w. P. Caskey, deputy sheriff. and COM
mitted. Calvin is said to be On old offender
under like charges"
Greeaville. s.
On going to the railroad depot yesterday
morning, says the Enterprise Of June 81, we
were surprised to, see such a large gathering
of colored men and youths collected about and
on the traiH. On inquiry we learn that they
bad been hired by an agent of the Brunswick
and Alabama Railroad Company, md were on
their way to work. There were fifty or more
10 number, tempted by the offer of q dollar and
q half per diem. Jaborers do not get quite as
much In this section for work on the Air Line,
but when loss oil time going and coming, and
other risks of health, DC, are taken Into &C
count, they perhaps will do rs well to operate
In G~reenville or ~Spartanburg, We learn, IN
fact, that the contractors. on the Air Line find
no difficulty in procuring hands at fair wages.
A writer in the Enterprise, discussing the
subject of the establishment of a new county
out of the present territory OF Greenville and
Laurens Counties, says that, according to the
constitution of the State, 625 square miles is
required to form a new county, and; that this
amount of territory cannot be obtained from
GreenviIle and Laurens, without cutting down
the old counties below The. required quantity.
1t can be got. however, from the four extreme
corners or Greenville, Abbeville. Anderson
and Laurens; and the correspondent, Lower
End, Is in favor Of thus constituting 1t, prov
Ing, by various arguments, the necessity OF
such action.
Sp~artanburg.
In Spartanburg, near the line OF this cOun-
ty, saws the Larrepsville Herald, lives one
Dick BreWton. Dick Is o man OF color, and it
seems had become obnoxious to some OF his
associates-Jim Rhodes, Hugh Montgomery,
Pete Lambright and others. all gentlemen oil
color, The last named let it be known to some
of their friends that they intended 10 Ku-Klux
Dick. and in q few nights after O band OF
disguised men appeared at Dicks house, took
him out and inflicted upon him q severe whip
ping, drawing the ruby pretty freely. Dick
mad a friend or two with him at the time, and
thew were satisfied that they knew some OF
the disguised men. So fully convinced was
Dick, that, meeting Pete Lambright q few
DAYS after, he told him that he either had to
slight out, or s'pay out. OF the scrape. Pete
thought discretion the better part OF Valor,
and agreed to pay Dick ten dollars, and turn
states evidence. This was satisfactory. Keep
ing this to himself, Dick met with Hugh Mont
gomery and effected the same arrangement,
and received his ten dollars. But Jim Rhodes
proved a stubborn case, and Dick sought JUS
lice before Trial Justice Montgomery, Of Spar
tanburg. Jimmie was tried o few days since,
duly convicted upon testimony Of his own