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


gauge road costing from $1i 600 to $685.
000......The friends of the "razor backs"
and free roofing failed to CONC 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 hiss engaged the services Of
that interesting young gentleman, Mr.
Tillman Wardlaw, as substitute.
Abbeville Medium. The people of Alb
beville are rcviving the old idea of the
Savannah Valley Railroad. A meeting
has been called 10 put the ball in motion.
The Medium thinks the times are TOO
hard 10 run the machine......The upper
Long Cans Society, which has existed
since 1868, at meeting last Tuesday
elected the following officers President,
j. w. Perrin; Secretary. Robert III.
Wardlaw; Treasurer; A. B. Wardlaw......
Only three miles Of the Greenwood aud
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. 1.-The
regular spring term Of court for this
county began on Wednesday, Judge 7
b. Fraser Of tie Third Circuit presiding.
Witnesses and jurors were promptly in
attendance and the work of the session
began without delsy..... 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 tina,
the measure would have been voted down
had it been left To q popular electio:i......
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 q shotgun
in the hs:ds Of Robert Tarrant, son of
Trial Justice Ta-rant.' The entire load
ente:cd tho young mans face, putting
cut bot: eyes and wounding him so bad
- .ilac he may not recover at all. Young
McLees is about fourteen years old and
quite q promising lad. His misfortune
is ono of especial hardship.
Union iimes. 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
ofEnnses 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 GO years, living on Gilkey's Greek,
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 s..made to rosucitate him, he did not
speak after he fell, and died in q few
minutes. A sudden attack of heart dis
ease is said to be the cause of his death.
......On Wednesday last 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,: Tho free school sys-
tenn 80 far has proved signal failure.
The schools in this county generally
close after session of eleven weeks
for the scholastic year,. .Blackville was
visited during the past week by two fe-
male tramps, soliciting money under the
seriously injured BY wagon-body falling
on him, crushed his leg and foot. he is
still confining to his bed. Little Willie
b0lAy Wh'AO uiifibS udlt idSb MOQuQy
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 mnve into their quarters
ct once......B .Barnwell is constantly i'm
proving. A spirit of go-aheaditiveness
is everywhere visible.
Seneca City Adrertiser: Upwards of
4,0OG 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 courteons 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 loafing vagrant in the couuty
to work on it and raise provisions for his
support and for the support of the poor in
the county, which would relief every conn
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.
......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 ont the peach
blooms. Mr.. William Tkoupeon,
while experimenting the cutting ofsome
timber, met with o painful accident. He
was standing hy the tree, and as it fell il
struck an old log which ,was lying Oh the
ground, throwing it from the stump,
striking his leg and breaking it, in two
places ,s,g ir-s5-,i,i ,.s..I
Darlington Sonthemer: At o meeting
ofthe Agricultural Society, held on Mon
day resolution was adopted urging the
farmers of the county not to buy sny
guano at the prices fixed by the con-
vention of guano companies recently
held in August and also requesting the
various railroad companies to reduce. the
rates of freights on Fertilizers, otherwise
the farmers must cease TO patronize them
to the extent they have done, On Mon
day morning last the store house of Mr.
Henry NJ. Smith, about eleven miles
from town, was destroyed by Are. Loss
81 500 insurance, $780,
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