The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
GleariIngs from our State Exchanges.

Abbevillc Mctii,tm: Eleven deaths have
occurred in tho Cedar Springs section
during the last three weeks from very
malignant typo of typhoid fever accom-
| panied by congcstion..... Polly Baker,
| worthy colorcd woman who lives in
fort Pickcns came near being burnt out
| OF house and homo last week. Sho was
aroused from her slumber late at night
by heavy roaring and bright light, and
going out to see what was the matter dis
covered her wood pile, which was
against her house, in flames. 1t had
| been saturated with kerosene, and in
| a few minutes sho would have been
burnt out. There can be no doubt that
| it was the work of an incendiary.
Abbeville Press and Banner: The health
| of Abbeville village and vicinity is bot
ter than it has been for years at this sea-
son Of the year, After washing ram,
Mr.. i. A. Arnold observed under large
oak tree in an isolated part of his farm,
near Greenwood, what appeared to be
| fragments ola skeleton. This led to an in
vestigation, in which was discovered the
entire skeleton of a human being. Their
tremendous size and the hugo outlines Of
tho grave, showed them to be the bones
of an individual of colossal proportions:
| The skull and arms were particularly OF
extraordinary size, and the prominent,
| firmly sct teeth were only slightly de-
caycd. AS there is not even tradition
al knowledge of the spot ever having
| been used as burying ground in mod
crn times, Mr.. Arnold thinks 1t was tho
remains of an aboriginee, and that, per-
haps, scores of others may lie in these
rude catacombs.
Chester Reporter: For the year ending
| September l, 1879, the shipments OF cot
| ton from Chester were 1920 bales,
against $4,000 bales for the year ending
| September l, 1878, showing an increase
of l,62O bales in favor of the year Just
past. Eleven prisoners are held in the
county Jail for trial at tho noxt term of
Circuit Court, beginning on the second
Monday in October. Burglary, larceny,
steeling grain from the field, and assault
| with intent to kill are the offences
charged.
Clarendon Press: Several young gen.
| tlemen in Manning are making move
to organize rifle company.
Darlington Nc,rs:: More sickness is re-
ported in the county than for some time
past.
Florence Times: The general opinion
among farmers now is that the yield OF
cotton will be much less than expected a
month ago. Rust prevails to an unusual
extent, and there will be but small top
crop gathered. ...... The dwelling OF Mr.:
w. E. Shepherd, corner Dargan and
Chcves streets, was consumed by fire on
last Friday night. But little of tho fur
niture was saved and, several members
of the family lost their entiro stock Of
clothing.
Lexington Dispatch: Bilious fever is
quite prevalent along the upper Saluda,
on both sides.....A farmer of the lower
part of the Fork is now picking out three
bales of cotton per day and will average
that quantity through the week.....One
hundred and FIVE bales of cotton were
sold at Batosburg on Saturday, and over
300 during last week.. The honey crop
this season has proved failure. Many
of our citizens who have numerous hives
have not gathered pound......Th first
bale of new cotton, which was brought to
this market by Ben Lewie, (colored) was
Green, at Red Bank Factory, in eight
hours after it reached tho mill.
Newberry Herald: The cotton is begin
ming to como in briskly. The number
of bales shipped from this point up to
Saturday night is 379; 191 of them were
sold Saturday. Mr.. Jacob Bowers, OF
Helena, met with a serious accident on
Monday night between Silverstrect and
Chappelps on the Greenville and Colum-
bia Railroad. He had quit work and
was going home on lever car. In
curve he met another car going at full
speed. Mr.. Bowers had the flesh torn
from his left thigh, making a ghastly
wound, and his right thigh, was also Sc
verify injured...... Thursday night,
llth inst, the storehouse of Mr.. John Is.
Campbell, at Jalapa, was burned down.
Mr.. Campbell and family lived in the
rear portion of the store. Loss $500.
Insurance $500. Incendiary The
number of acres Of land in the county is
| l76, ,449. Of this los, ,44S, or less than one
third, is in cultivation; 233, $50 are mead
ow and pasture lands; and 81, 445 wood
land. The total valuation Of the lands is
| 81, Sc, ,615, being an average of S4.l6 per
acre. The number of buildings in the
county is 5,365, valued at S272.SG5, MAX
| ing the total valuation of real estate in
the county, outside of incorporated
towns, 81, ,S35, ,4S0, being an average of 81
| 81 per acre for the land and improve
ments. In the town of Newborry there
arc 43l lots, valued at SlG2, ,2S5; and GA
buildings, valued at S2G5 S05-total valu-
alton of real estate in town, S42S, $50.
Spartanburg Spartan: Mr.. j. T. Eich-
| berg, of Atlanta, was here last week in
company with Joseph Mclean, Esq, OF
Yorkville, looking after the gas enter
prise. A company has been formed, a
| lot has been purchased for the erection of
the works, the old pipe and fixtures in
York have been bought by this company,
and they will soon so to work. The for
mer town council had contracted to use
twenty-five street lamps at fixed price
per thousand. This agreement will, OF
course, be carried out by tho present
council.
Aiken Journal and RcricaD: Mr.. VIM.
HAYWOOD, an old and highly respected
citizen, died last week at his home in
McTier Township. He is supposed to
have been between so and 80 years Of age.
MFR. julius Benton met with pain
full accident at his farm several miles
from town. While engaged in the gin
ming ofcotton one ofhis hands was caught
| in the gin and terribly cut.... The Granite
Vile Company are making large ship
ments of their goods to different points.
Additional wagons were run in order to
facilitate the prompt filling of orders.
Chester State Bulletin: The dwelling of
Capt. Thomas NJ. Sanders was destroyed
by fire on last Tuesday evening, together
| with nearly all it's contents, consisting OF
fui niture, bedding, clothing, silver ware,
&c. While the piano was being carried
out it fell and seriously hurt one ofthc COL
ored men, and in attempting to savo
something from the burning building
another had the hair burned from his
head. The house was total loss, no ono
| but Mrs. Sanders and the children being
on tho premises at the time tho fire orig,
mated in the garret, and it is supposed
was canscd by rats nibbling matches.
There was 5000 insurance on the prop
crty.
Sumter True Southron: Tho residence of
DR.. J. i. Rembert, on the other side of
Black River, in tho vicinity of Mayesvillee,
was destroyed by fire, the result of acci-
dent, on last Tuesday, tho 9th instant.....
On Saturday, the 18th, Mr.. B. Richburg,
who lives in Summerton, Clarendon
County, was killed by the accidental dis
charge of his gun. He had been out
squirrel hunting, and on his return stop
pod at tho steps to skin the squirrels,
leaning his gun in tho meantime against