Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-08-28
State News.
Cotton is coming into Newbcrry,s


The oelored BaptSts JfDerlingtpn.
wiltaIay Stho acorncr- stonc of ThewN;
church on the 26th.
The cotton crop in Marlboro is
tKonght to be seriously injured BY The
lae heavyraiis:: VI syhWih
:. Tlece.=will not be half a crop of
corn mados on Niltpn Head, Cotton
is epsnin9.s ! IS - "
"A Prstmcted meeting, at PAillippi
Barsies Church, about sixteen railes
AisISn rAiksa, began on hnadAy last.
Tho Conrt. OF General SESSIONS for
Aiken county eenvenes on the,frst
Monday in nextmenth. a "A
When the Lyocnm hall is com
pleted, tho young ladies and gentle-
mon Of Aiken will probably giye an
entertainment Of some sort. Y ''-'-aa
o'The Aiken Gcrniania Cornct Band,
was recently Ieorgnnizcd, and prac-
tices frequently at the Schuetzcn
plata.
A young man, named O'Neill, hail
Ing from Chester, shot and wounded a
rough, Hho assaulted him , on the
northern beund Charlotte train on
Saturday lest. ,,c.,,,t,,i.
There will be grand excursion
from the mountsins to the sea-board
on the, I'd Of October to tho 9th. Fare
frpn Fewberry to Charleston for the
reund trip, 50. .ia2 E0 / !.
.Lahorers in Marion are demanding
seventy five ceuts per day for gather
ing fodder. Planters refuse on the
gound that it is cheaper to buy pro-
vender than to pay that price to
gather it. n. r1a" -',' e,a1i' i''
The subordinate Oranges of Now
bSTy County are earnestly requested
to send proper representatives to at
tend a meeting Of the order at New
berry court house, Monday, 9Th Sep
tsnber, 1890 A. NJ, authoritivoly to
organize Pomona Grange. i
Ar. Hansford johnson, respect
able citizen, residing on the Upper
Three Runs, was shot and dangerous,
~ rounded BY one Of his negro work
nsn, before sunriiee on Monday The
negro. who is said to be one of Glostcr
Hollands band, Immediately hed,ioo
Died, ins"Aiken, Of typhoid fever,
on--Saturday night last, Col: AN.
Cochran, ain thei55thyear Of his age.
The disease was contracted at Ham.
burg while taking the census. De
ceased was d. colonel in the nrilitia'for
tho last twonty years of his life, served
With distinction in the late Conteder-
ate service. .'foi ''"o' !
Tallahaosee boasts Of cork tree
twenty feet high. Winnsboro sees
that tree and goes three feet better.
Colonel Rion has four trees I'M his
yard, ono Of which is twenty three
fast'high, all from acorns planted in.
1860. He has had on exhibition a
piece Of the bark one inch, thick,
which }le5t1+ is NveessiithaAbls cor cork, .fl
Mr.. Sol. Cochran has been mail,
contractor and-oarrier between Aiken
and1rDunbarson for nine Years and
esvGn meRthr. Dir. G. has driven the
sane hSrrs during all thdt tip.e, and
neVer lost y day. The Distance from
Aiken to- Nanharten ia folty.fve
nilee,r which makes about $4,000
nileo Of travel during the above
period. ,! ,f''
The colored saluda Baptist ass associa-
tion held its annual mseting in Able
vile last week. The opening sermon
Was preached in the court house on
Friday morning. before the association
by the Rev. Charles Arnold, Of Laur-
eng county. 1t is said to have been
very sensible discourse. The associa
ton organized with twenty seven clcr.
cial lands and sixty EIGHT laayy delegates.
a difficulty occurred Monday morn..
Ing between-Peter ('oey and Lawson
Williamson, two freedmen on tie