The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-08
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An Alarming N Noulner. OF 0iu-houses
Burned During the Past Week.
In addition to the four i.incendiary fires In
this State, which have been reported in THE
NEWS during the past four days, and which
have involved the destruction Of three GIN
houses, a large quantity of cotton and one
kitchen, State papers iecelved yesterday come
TO hand filed with accounts of other acts Of
Incendlarlsm resulting. In the destruction Of
one kitchen, one mill, five gin-houses. and
not less than seventy bales Of cotton. There
Is horrible suggestiVGness In these slmulta.
neous applications of the incendlary's torch,
and 1t ls sad and sickerlng to hear OF the mid
night sky being luridlg lit up throughout the
State BY fires which ara the result OF Ignorant,
besotted malice, and which each tell of the
annihilation OF the results Of the vseason's
labor OF whole plantation, and perhaps the
ruin of the farmer and the impoverlshment Of
bis family. ae .s;i .aa1ei u itstf
- A Robbery and Fire In Kershaw.i.s
The Camden Journal reports that at about
daylight, on the moroing OF Friday, the lBt
instant, a fire was discovered In the large
threc-story gin-house Of Mr., Thomas W. Lang,
On on the ives west side of Wateree River. The gin
honse was used Jointly by Messrs. Theodore
and 7. WpIRng, aod contained at the time OF
the fire. about thirty-gsVen bales OF cotton,
ffteet OF which were lint, one Thousand
bushels of cotton seed. and extensive machine
rY for Cunning cotton; ana thresnlng rice. IL
seems that, when the house was opened tne
Interior was on fire tofsuch am extent that it
was. impossible, to enter, land, conse Iuently
nothing was saved, except foW, bushels OF
cotton seed next TO the mill race, and about
bale of stained cotton. The mill adjoining the
clubhouse also caught fire and burned almost
to the waters edge. = -. -,
There Is no one at present to whom sus-'
picon attaches. tis probable that neavy
robbery was committed and the mousse 1rea
to conceal 1t. The losB will amount TO not less
than nine Thousand dollars, and there was no
Insurance upon the premises. This is the
fourth case of GIN houses being burnt in this
Ierunty-1i1fp- --eeaeons -ahA=At -eeAOoVeeAeEesg
one to keep q sharp lookout upon inc irnits OF
their years labors.
Two Inccndiary Fires In Newberry.
The Newberry Herald says: "We learn that
on Tuesday night last, about IL O'CLOCK, tne
Kitchen OF Mr.. Albert Spearman, near Jalapa,
was to hss aaa So %sf se
It since noon Of that day. 1t was clearly the
act of an incendlary. Aad again on FRIDAY
NIGHT last. about the SHINE hour, the GIN house
of MIR. N. B. Davenport, In this county, was set
on fire by some 6end, and the building Win
twenty-one bales of cotton burned: The iu:ld
light OF this burning was seen in town ana
excited some alarm, 1t being at Inc nfst sup,
posed to be from somG building In the town."
A Clubhouse Burned In Sumter.
The Sumter Watchnau says: 1--WE are truly
sorry to learn that our friend and fellow
townsman, Thomas B.Fraser, Esq, mad ms
niace. and coutaining three bales OF cotton.
one of his own and two belonging to colored
men residing on his premises completely de.
stroyed by an accidental fire. on the night OF
Monday, the 4th instant, with all The machinery
and gearing attached to- Il. There was no IN
sura1cs on either the building, machinery,
or cotton, and his loss is about seven hundred
dolars outright, The Clubhouse was perfectly
new. his old one having been burned Two
years ago BY the hand of an lncendlary." F
Accidental Fires In Williamsburg.
The KIngstree Star reports two fires 10 It's
nejphborhood as follows: "Mr. Mcbride
scnfi;s ein.house was destroyed on Tuesday
eyenine last, with six Or seven bales OF coCton
bslongin9 to himself and other parties. Mr..
Scott was giving hIs personal attention 70 me
DIN at the time the accident occurred, ala IL
is snpposed The FIRE originated from matcn 10
the Cotton, or from the friction OF the ginning
apparatus, which IS sometimes tno Caoo:
considerable wind YVES blowing at tue ume,
and it was with great difficulty that nus
dwelling house was saved, 1t having caugae
several Zines during The fire.
s.Slnce the above was put IN Type; we are in-
formed that the Clubhouse OF mr.. =: >; sauls,
fwho lives In the nelghborhood OF Mr. Seoul,
was destroyed by fire. on Monday morning
Iast The combustion occurred while the gin
was in motion, and it is believed was caused
by O match being In the cotton. MI: sauls lost
eight bales of cotton belonging to himself, ano
some belonging to other persons.
ave can scarcly look at an exchange out
what we see an account of The burning OF GIN
houses, and, In most OF instances, large qnan-
titles of cotton. Farmers should exercise the
greatest caution possible In protecting THIS
Valuable species Of property"
Another Gin-House Burned.
The Edgeaeld Advertiser says: "On Frlday
evening last, Mr.. Jacob Lagrone, living some
three miles from Lofts, had his gnsnoISseI, SsI,,
some ten bales cotton, seventy-nVs Dusmels
oats. cotton seed, &C., destroyed Dy nre. tne
Are occurred whilst the gin was IN motion,
and Ia supposed TO have resulted from matcn
in the cotton. LOSS over TWO thousand DOL
lars. Mr.. L. had, however, on the day pre-
ylons, secured fire Insurance policy ior one
thousand dollars on his clubhouse, which loss
will be promptly paid, and enable Mr.. l.. 10
rohuild opain -