The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-13

gauge road costing from S11 900 to $685.
000... 1.-THE friends of the "razor backs"
and free roofing failed to come to time
on the 9th ultimo, the day appointed for
the meeting of the opponents of the stock
law......Gen. MCGOWAN has backed out
from the woman question before the lit
erary club, and has engaged the services Of
that interesting young gentleman, Mr..
Tillman Wardlaw, as substitute.
Abbeville Medium: The people of Alb
beville are rowling the old idea of the
Savannah Valley Railroad. A meeting
has been called to put the ball in motion.
The Med;um thinks the times are too
hard to run the machine. The upper
Long Cane Society, which has existed
since 1868, ct meeting last Tuesday
elected the following officers: President,
]. w. Perrin; Secretary, Robert II.
Wardlaw; Treasurer; A. B. Wardlaw......
Only three miles of the Greenwood and
Augusta Railroad remain to be graded on
the Georgia side, and Notwithstanding
the temporary complications on this end
of the line there is no fear as to the
speedy completion of the work. The
regular spring term of court for this
county began on Wednesday, Judge T
B. Fraser of the Third Circuit presiding.
Witnesses and jurors were promptly in
attendance and the work of the session
began without delay. Aiken, Spartan
burg, Greenville and Union have voted
the fence law on themselves. This shows
how much weight should be attached to
the complaints of those who claim that
the measure would have been voted down
had it been left tn a popular election......
Gus McLees, son of the Rev. John Nc
Lees, Of Greenwood, while out hunting
with party of boys last Saturday, was
most seriously, perhaps fatally, injured
by the accidental discharge of shotgun
in the hands of Robert Tarrant, a son of
Trial Justice Tarrant.; The entire load
entered the young mans face, putting
out both eyes and wounding him so bad
ly that he may not recover atall. Young
McLees is about fourteen years old and
quite promising lad. His misfortune
is one of especial hardship.
Union Times: The next court for
this county will commence on first Mon
day in March, Judge A. P. Aldrich to
preside, There are ten cases of capital
offenses on the sessions docket, which will,
no doubt, occupy the time of the court
for two weeks. The court will have q
long and busy session.. Mr.. Berry Pear
son, age 63 years, living on Gilkey's Creek,
after doing hard days work, at plowing,
on Thursday last, went home, eat hear
ty supper, seating himself comfortably in
his chair and Immediately fell forward in
to the fire. Notwithstanding every effort
was made to resucitate him, he did not
speak after he fell, and died in few
minutes. A sudden attack of heart dis
ease is said to be the cause of his death.
ION Wednesday last a car load of
large black walnut logs from the noun
tains passed through here for Charleston.
This is the first shipment of the many
fine species of timber in which the noun
tains of this and our sister State abound.
Barnwell People: The free school sys-
tenn 80 far has proved q signal failure.
The schools in this county generally
close after a session of eleven weeks
for the scholastic year,. .Blackville was
visited during the past week by two fe-
male tramps, soliciting money under the
guise of charity......Mr. J. W. Crum was
seriously injured by wagon-body falling
on him, crushed his leg and foot. he is
still confning to his bed... Little Willie
Berry while driving a nail last Monday
had his eye put out by the nail flying up
and striking him in it.
Barnwell Sentinel: The county officers
are busily engaged putting their room in
order, and will move into their quarters
at once. ..Barnwell is constantly i'm
proving. A spirit of go-aheaditiveness
is everywhere visible.
Seneca City Adrertiser: Upwards of
1000 bales of cotton have been shipped
from this point by way of the Atlanta and
Charlotte Airline and Blue Ridge Rail-
roads this season. Persons from the
North in search of health are constantly
arriving in our town.
The Camden Journal compliments So
licitor Abney very highly on the able,
efficient and courteous manner in which
he performs his duties......The journal
advocates the passage of law allowing
the County Commissioners in each coun-
ty to rent or purchase farm and COM
pei every loafng vagrant in the county
to work on it and raise provisions for his
support and for the support of the poor in
the county, which would reliefevery coun-
ty of heavy expense, besides relieving
them of the great number of thieves and
villains who are the terror of all honest
and hard working people.
Lancaster Ledger !; Several cases of
diphtheria are reported in the village.
1.-THE farmers entertain fears that the
most of the fruit crops will be destroyed
this year on account of the recent warm
spell of weather forcing out the peach
blooms.......Mr. William Thompson,
while experimenting the cutting ofsome
timber, met with painful accident. He
was standing by the tree, and as it fell it
struck an old log which was lying on the
ground, throwing it from the stump,
striking his leg and breaking it in two
places.
Darlington Southe,ner: At a meeting
of the Agricultural Society, held on Mon
day resolution was adopted urging the
farmers of the county not to buy any
guano at the prices fixed by the con-
vention of guano companies recently
held in Augusta, and also requesting the
various railroad companies to reduce the
rates of freights on fertilizers, otherwise
the farmers must cease to patronizc them
to the extent they have done......On Mon
day morning last the store house of Mr..
Henry M. Smith, about eleven miles
from town, was destroyed by fire. Loss
81 800; insurance, 5000.