The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-16
JoTT1xas ABOUT THE STATE.

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The exact amount Of taxes collected In
orangsburg County, during the yeas 1877, was
q. W. Tuck, of spartanburg County, has
been appointed by the Governor trial Justice
for that county.
George TIsdale, colored, was drowned In
Black River, near KIngstree, while fishing Tor
The new town council Of Camden was
sworn in last Monday evening. There were
twenty.three' applicants for the four positions
The body Of Mr.. NJ. L. Edwards, who was
supposed to be drowned In Long Cane on Mon
day night Of last week, has not yet been
found, though dillgent search has been made:
The following town officers were elected
last Monday In Bennettsvllle: 1ntendant.:
John d. MurchIson. Wardens-D. D. McColl,
J. L. EssterlIng, J. Wesley Smith and John B.
Sampson.
An intelligent correspondent Of the wlnns-
boro' News complains that the farmers In that
neighborhood are falling into the annual prac-
tical error Of planting largely Of cotton to the
exclusion Of corn.
Martin, both old and highly respected citizens
of WInnsboro', have lately died. Mr.. Counts
was tax collector Of the district for q number
of years In ante-bellum times.
The city council Of Greenville, as an In
ducement to the Richmond and Atlanta Air
Line Railway Company to locate their work
shops In Greenville, have offered to exempt
them from city tax for twenty-five years.
lions In the vicinity Of PocotalIgo last Tuesday.
Trees were uprooted, barns and sheds thrown
down, fences scattered, and considerable
damage was caused.
The contract for the grading ofthe Port
Royal Road, south Of Steel Creek, has been let
to sD. ne mr. S Gost r. lot F e Ms. ssee Gs GTsss 20 KEN A@:
LIN & Co. The whole line is to be graded to
Augusta by October.
George Wall, a member Of troop III, /" 18th
United States cavalry, was found dead last
week In Unionvllls, and the evidence before
the coroner's jury showed that he had been
beaten and stamped to death by Sergeant
Charles Batizlg, Of the same company. Batizig
has absc0nded.
There were shipped over The Greenvllle
and Columbia Railroad during the year ending
December 81, 1871, ss,032 bales Of cotton, as
follows: From Newberry, 23,429 bales; from
Abbevllle, 7155; from Greenville, 1851; from
Anderson, IL, S43; from Honea Path, $3.50; from
Bolton, 1924, and from williamson, 839.
MIR. Rowland Keenan,, Of Columbia, died
last T%huraday morning. BE had reached the
ripe old age OF seventy-eight years; put up to
thrift and industry that characterized him
through life, and made him, though plain aud
unassumlng in appearance and department, q
useful and valuable citizen.
The Governor has pardoned Wilson Good
wine, of Charleston County, who was convict
ed of larceny before Judge Carpenters Court,
November term, 1869, and sentenced BY that
Judge to the pe.iitentiary for three years. he
has also parduued J. G. Hamlin, OF Abhsvile
County, who was convicted Of assault and
battery at the February term of tue court
there, and sentenced by Judge Orr to five
months imprisonment or to pay O fine of five
hundred dollars.
"A bold attempt was made last Tuesday
night to burn the Elias block on Main street,
Camden. A fire was kindled In q little wood
closet, 80 that 1t wa only after the fire had
gained considerable Roadway that 1t was dis
covered. Fortunately, a lodge of Masons was
In session just across the street, and the fire
being seen by the tyler, the lodge was closed
with scaut ceremony and the fire extin-
gulshed. This makes five burglaries and one
incendiary fire on tins street Titnin q W We snG
fault with their police system.