The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-01
STATE TATE NEWS. :.

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- Mr.. Thomas II. Adams, Of Newber
ry, raised last year over 1000 bushels of
oats on 20 acres.
= The citizens of Newberry are making
strenuous efforts to secure the return OF
Newberry College to their town. ,.e
- DR.. Tbos. 7. Earle. of Anderson,
will soon remove to Greenville, and
occupy the fine residence lately built by
him.: -..s.,....-i..,.-s,....
- The old farmers say this is going to
be great crop year, and are consequent
ly making arrangements to cultivate US
much land as possible.
The Winisboro Neaos and Herald
arrives regularly at this Office, since we
made complaint of its .non-appearance.
It's all right now, Bro. Davis.
= 1t is the opinion of old planters that
every freeze is equal to q good coat of
fertilizers. Ifthis be really so. we have
had freezes enough this winter to coat
the soil with millions Of tons. -.
- Nine distillers were brought in
Tuesday evening and lodged in Jail at
Greenville. They were captured in the
mountain country, Yesterday, by revenue
officers, aided by detachment ofUnited
Suites troops. -.
: The Carolina Light In.. Try and
Randolph Rihemen, the two crack colored
military companies in Charleston, are
discussing the propriety Of sending in
applications for admission into the
Hampton militia.
= At Dacusville, in Pickens County,
there were 1874 votes cast for Hampton on
the 7th of November, and on'the 18th of
February there were 1874 .tax-paye ers who
came forward and paid the Hampton tax.
Dacusville is entitled to the premium.
IS. B. Gibson, Trial Justice and
School Commissioner in Georgetown, was
accidentally shot last week in the abdo-
men with pistol by Postmaster p. G:
Rainey. The ball went through him and
was taken out Of his back. At last ac-
counts he was getting better.
Mr.. Joseph Purcell, who will be re-
membered as the proprietor Of the Mills
House, Charleston, died at the Roper
Hospital Wednesday, in the 18th year Of
his age. He had been in tie hospital for
several months; going thence from the
aims house, in an enfeebled state OF
health and mind. s',' :. :. -. -
- The last issue of the Laurensyille
Herald announces the withdrawal OF Col.
J.'W. Ferguson from his connection with
the editorial department. of that paper.
Col. Ferguson is a bold and fearless
writer, and his vigorous pen contributed
most valuable aid to the success Of the
Democracy in the recent memorable cam
paign. He retires with well earned lau-
rels and the best wishes of his brethren
of the press. -
- The Blackville .Ne,rs is panied to
record the death of Senator Jones NJ.
Williams, which sad event occurred at
his residence in Barnwell County on
Wednesday,, 14th of February, from
pneumonia. Senator Williams was born
near Buford's Bridge, and at the time of
his death was in the Goth year of his age.
He was elected to the State Senate by
the Democrats last November, and his
death creates vacancy in that body. y
"A rail-splitting match game came
off in the Lebanon section Of AbDeville
County last week between Robert Keown,
white, and Tyler King colored, in which
the negro was licked out Of his boots and
Abe Lincoln laid completely in the shade.
Keown split seven hundred and Thirty.
FIVE rails, and King six hundred and
eighty.fiye. On the same day several
hands, two of whom were mere boys,
split four thousand rails, and the weather
was unfavorable at that -"
The Abbeville Medium of the 2lst
instant says "The white Radicals about
town don't dress near as fine as they used
to. Some of them have gone to work,
but the majority are lounging around
doing nothing, waiting to hear who is
President. Much good it will do them.
They are very dead in this section of the
country. By the next election all the
colored people will be safely within the
Democratic fold. They are coming over
right along, and are learning wisdom
from very sore. experience"
- Bob Grier, colored man, who left
the plantation Of Captain w. G. Stewart,
in Lancaster, short time before Captain
Stewart was found dead, was sent to Jail
last week, charged upon the evidence Of
colored man with using language cal
culated to connect him Bob Grier) with
the murder of Captain Stewart. This
man has also been suspected of being
concerned in the murder of Mr.. Dunn in
North Carolina. There are also suspi-
cions against him in connection with one
or two cases of arson in Lancaster Coun-
ty. -. w.
- The literary societies at Due West
have chosen their representatives for the
next annual commencement exercises in
Erskine College. Messrs. w. H. and E
G.. Frierson have been elected Sophomore
orators, Messrs. J. L. McLin and w. o.
Bradley, Junior Essayists in the Euphe-
mian Society. Mr.. w. T. Matthews will
appear as Junior and Mr.. w. L. Phillips
as Senior orator. The Philomatheans
have chosen Messrs. A. E. Miller and J
NJ. Mcqueen as Sophomore orators
Messrs. j. T. Chalmers and H. w. Har-
ris, as Junior Essayists, and Mr.. H. W.
Harris as Junior orator. 49,.
Coroner Donath, of Kingstree, held
an inquest last week over the remains OF
Dolly Jackson, colored girl about nine
years of age. She left the house about
sundown on December 10th last to gather
some wood, and was never seen after that,
although her parents hunted for her
everywhere. Last Saturday morning
some colored men, hunting in the woods
about three miles from Jackson's house,
discovered so ne human bones and clothes,
and suspecting that those might be the
remains of the missing girl, they notified
the father of the fact, who upon going
with them to the spot recognized the
clothes of his child. The coroner's jury
rendered a verdict that deceased was
frozen to death.
j. Doran Kay, an old citizen of
Oconee, has. in the past few months, been
visited with several sad Affections, having
first lost his wife by death, and again,
last week, promising son, just entered
on the estate of manhood. A heavy mis-
fortune of another kind befell him. last
week, in the burning of his residence,
near Westminster, which occurred on
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