The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-01
STATE NEWS.

= The election for town officials Mt
Port Royal last week resulted in the
choice of Andrew McFall for town treas
urer and II. II. Clapp for marshal.
"A number of violent Republican col
ored leaders at Ridgeway, whom the
farmers preferred not to employ this
year, have made atfidsvits pledging th cm-
selves to support Hampton's government
and to pay taxes to his appointee.
The catalogue Of Newberry College,
at Walhalla, shows corps of five pro.
fessors, thirty-fve attendants in the COL
legiate department, and sixty-six in the
preparatory. A liberal course of study ia
pursued, and library Of $500 we'll &C.
lected volumes is at the command of the
students.
= The denomination known as Chris
tians are fitting up the second story of
the Masonic Hall in Newberry for the
purpose of holding regular services there.
Rev: MIR. Lamar, of Augusta, and other
ministers will preach for them OCCASION
white and two colored.
= The people are paying IL e;r ten per
cent. contributions to the Hampton Gov
ernment promptly and cordially, notwith-
standing the scarcity of money. AL
though the weather has been bad, and
the roads almost impossible, about 81 ,OCO
was paid in by the honest yoemanry of
Spartanburg in few days after the open
ing of the books, and the "cry is still they
come" No one in Spartanburg County
has yet paid sny tax &c The Cham bbeIiissif Il
collector.
= Probably the most interesting pic
trre to be found in Darlington is in the
house of Mr.. A. E. Woodham, near
Stokes Bridge. The subject of this pic
ture IL the grandmother of Mr.. Wood-
hams wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Alternately,
with four generations of her posterity,
making representation of five succeed
ing generations in the one photograph.
The photograph was taken on the one
hundred birthday of the old lady, and
was exhibited at the Philadelphia Cen
tennial.
= Col. Thomas Perrin'B residence, in
Abbeville, was entered on Monday night
and q number of articles stolen, by a
negro named Daniel Cowan. On being
arrested ne made full confession of his
guilt, anu seemed to look upon the affair
as a pretty considerable joke. He enter
ed the house while the family were at
supper, secreted himself. and after things
had got quiet, carried og his booty,
about three bushels of meal, a lot of bed
Clothing, &C., on Col. Cothran's horse,
which ne took for the purpose.
- Whitten.ofe and his brother wor-
thies harangued their fhithful few in the
Court House at Darlington on Monday.
The speeches were of the same old style
burn, steal, rob, plumber, kill and hold
.he fort for Hayes and Wheeler ard
Chanberlain. Jordan Lang, in referring
TO the land question, advised his hearers
70 stand firm, and ii the white people un-
aeTsook 10 put them OF their lands to
shoot 'em down same as rabbits"
Whirtemore referred to the serenade he
received as he passed Timmonsyille, and
said that place was nearer h thnr any
place ne ever saw.
:. An action has been commenced
against Cardozo and Dunn, claiming to
DC treasurer and comptroller respectively,
70 restrain them from drawing any war
rants or paying out any money from the
state treasury, in pursuance of the 80.
calied appropriation bill, passed by the
the Mackey House. II is claimed that
the bill and all collection of taxes. or
payments. under it, are illegal, rs the
Mackey body was not the legal House,
The action is brought in the name of the
taxpayers Of South Carolina. bv p r
Maxwell, as their attorney. A preIimi.
nary injunction, issued By Judge Mackey.
was served on Dunn and Cardozo on Fri.
day last.
- A colored woman By the name of
fhnhe I-nwnaea NTH he: s.:::s.. q DO bow
about II years of age, LEFT he, home in
me !c-aT end of Richland County, en-
Saturday, to visit Columbia and make
some purchases Of provisions. When
they reached Hampton's mill pond thew
embarked in an old batteau. The woman
failing to return, her husband instituted
search. aud found the body of his wife
and ci.id at the bottom of the pond. II
Is supposed that the batteau leaked and
that the woman and child were drowned
by the swamping of the bo&t. Thescoro
ner of Richland held en- inquest upon the
bodies Sunday, the jury returning q ver-
dict OF accidental drowning.
- In a business point of view the Town
OF Aiken has considerably improved of
late years. New buildings have gone np.
osd structures improved, and business
generally received new impetus fro5,
80 .:is : demand from the hesurround-
Ing country for staple articles of trade.
AEere are no. 'ow so many persons, in
valids and OF 81 from the North. as tbe,s,
vas last year and during the previous
winter seasons. The business men an.
pear to be generally satisfied at present
with the management of the town and
county abairs, and all arc confident thst
| che only rightfil State government in tbst
| ever which Governor Wade Hampton
preaides; and all the taxpayers of Aiken
are willing 70 pay their taxes TO the
Hampton government.