The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-09-14
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.


- Mr. ThomasH. Blackwell has been ap-
pointed Chief Clerk in the State Auditors
~ ~ Rev. James W, Miles, of Charleston, has
sailed for Europe with view of improving his
health
= II is complained that the bears are SO nu-
merous along the Santee river, that they are de-
stroyng crops, etc.
= A destructive cyclone is reported as hav-.
ing passed in the vicinity of Limestone Springs,
Spartanburg county.
&C. B. Farmer has been appointed Judge
of the Second Circuit for the unexpired term
of Judge u. Platt, deceased.
= The Newberry Herald suggests that the
railroad between Laurens and Newberry might
be very proftably converted into narrow
gauge.
= The Chester Reporter urges the propriety
of narrow gauge railroad from that place to
Hickory Tavern, n. c., a distance of seventy
seven miles. -.
Judge Hoge has been making, an anti-Ku
Klux speech in Orangeburg. He is inclined to
keep before the people in view of next sum-
mer's campaign.
William E. johnson, long and extensively
known as President of the Bank; of Camden.
died at his residence in Kirkwood on Sunday,
the 9th ultimo.
An Agricultural and Mechanical Club has
been organized in Chester, with fattering pros
poets of success 1t will meet on the first Mon
day in each month.
- Francis Elmore recently died near Efing-
ham, Marion county, at the age of eighty-eight.
His father lived to the good old age of one hun
dred and fifteen years. "a; .. ..~,
j Mr. W. J. Anderson, widely and favorably
known in connection with the Charleston Hotel,
has removed to the capital and now occupies q
position in the Columbia Hotel.
Gen. John A. Wagner, Mayor elect of
Charleston, mas been elected an honorary MEM
Der of the Pioneer German Society, Cincinnati.
He is now sojourning at Walhala.
= The Walhalla Courier states that Mr. T.
F. Brodie, of Charleston, died in Walhalla re-
Gently of chronic disease of the liver. Mr..
Brode had been in town only a few days.
Mr. R. c. Gist died at Glenn Springs, on
the I'd instant He was native of Union
County, in this State, but for many years, be-
fore the war, planted in the State of Florida.
Several prominent citizens from the lower
portion of Greenvlle county have been visiting
the neighborhood of Picllens, with view Of
purchasing lands and becoming permanent
settlers.
= The foundation for the new hotel at Pick,
ems has been cleared, and work in real earnest
has commenced. It is the aim of the proprie-
tors to have it completed and ready for visitors
before the next Court
= Mr.: Charles NJ. Funnan, so long and fa.
vorably known as the President of the Bank of
the State of South Carolina, has been prostra-'
ted by stroke of paralysis, at Walhalla, where
he has lately been soourning.
= \ number of young men in Charleston
have organized society known as the South
Carolina Benevolent Association, the object Of
which is to visit the sick and administer to the
needs and wants of the destitute.
Sheriff Paysinger, of Newberry, has ar
rested the murderers of Ben. Hare, an old
crippled colored man, supposed to have been
Ku Kiuxed The parties arrested are negroes;
and certain individuals are rather disappointed
that this foul murder was not committed by
white men.
= The Walhalla Courier uses the following
language concerning the merchants of this
town: "The business and trade of Anderson
are to great extent, due to the liberality Of
ample of Anderson, and we will soon find our
trade doubled"
= Mr. Thomas H. Blackwell, who has been
for several weeks examining the accounts of
the County Treasurer Of Abbeville county, has
rendered his return to the State Auditors of
flee. from which it appears there is about
$4,000 deficit in the Abbevile County Treas
ury, to be accounted for
= Mr. Benjamin Garrett, while blasting rock,
on the 30th ult, at Gibert's Shoals, in Lau-
rcns County, had his right hand blown off and
his left isjointed-rendering the amputation
of both below the elbow necessary. Two other
persons-a white and colored man-were
Slightly injured
= The Pickens Sentinel has been requested by
J. E. Hagood, Esq, President of the Sassafras
Gap Turnpike Road, to inform the travelling
public that the road is now completed across
| the mountains and ready for all who desire to
visit the valley of the French Broad, the town
of Breyard, and other portions of North Caro-
lima.
= The GreenvilIe Enterprise says that while
Mr. and Mrs Roswell T. Logan, Of Charleston,
were visiting the up-country, and were stop
ping in Grecnville, their little son Edward was
seized by sudden attack of cold and after
lingering short while yielded up his spirit to
the God who gave it, and was buried in that
city on the 4th inst. We sympathize deeply
with the afflicted parents.
= Professor j. Lawrence Smith, the new
President of the American Association for the
advancement of science, is native of South
Carolina, and now resident of Louisville,
where he married daughter of the late James
Guthrie. He has resided long in Europe, at
Constantinople and Paris, and received the
decoration Of the Legion of Honor from Ma
poleon while at the Paris Exposition, and hon.
ors and decorations without number have been,
bestowed upon him from various countries in
the old world.
The New York Tribune in reference to-
the conflicting statements as to the condition
of affairs in South Carolina, says: "a ques-
ton of veracity' has arisen in South Carolina
as to the authenticity of the statements con-
cering Ku Klux outrages made i'll Senator
Scott's letter to the President. Several promi-
nent officials join issue with the assertions and
atlidavits in the document, among them are one
or two United States officials who are supposed
to be impartial witnesses, as the matter in dis
putc involves so grave consideration as
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