The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-11
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Cleaning. from our State Exchanges.

Rock Hill Att-sic;. September 4: A
difficulty occurred q few days ago be-
tween Mr.. George Robinson and a,eolet'
wanted pulled. 1t resulted in Mr.. Rob-
inson shooting the negro, who is not Sc
riously injured. ......T The election to fill the
vacancy in the Legislature from this
county was held on Tuesday, ard passed
off quietly at this place. Captain A. L;
Hutchinson and Messrs. W. S. May and
H. Ratteree were the managers. Little
interest was manifested, and compara-
lively few votes were Gust. The Demo-
cratic candidate, Mr.. Deal, had no oppo.
sition. One hundred and twenty-five
votes were cast, Of which number only
ten were colored .....A bale Of new cotton
was brought to town on last Saturday by
Mr.. w. 8. Wilson. It weighed 400
pounds, was classed rniddling, and was
bought by j. NJ. Ivy & Co., at 15
cents per pound. New cotton has
been sold at several places in the
State, but no place has given as much
as Rock Hill has. AS a cotton mar
ket, she stands in the front rank.
ION Tuesday Mr.. S. r. Davenport
brought bale of new cotton to town,
which was bought by the same firm. 1t
and was grown on the plantation of Col.
j. M. Ivy.
Barnwell Peopsc. September 4: Sena-
tors Butler and Hampton can secure the
removal of Fred Nix, Jr., from the
Blackville postmastership if they will,
with other Democratic Senators, see that
no appointments of Mr.. Hayes are con-
frmed by the Senate until he gives to
the true representatives of the people
control of all such appointments. We
shall seeif they do their duty.
Lancaster Ledger; September 8: A ten
ant house, occupied by the family of
Nick Watson, colored, on the farm of MIR.
Minor williams, In the southwestern
portion of this county, was consumed by
fire on the 26th ult. Two colored chill
dren, aged respectively two and four
wears, perished in the flames. The
mother had gone off and locked her two
children up in the house. The charred
remains Of the eldest was found near the
door and the youngest where the BED
stood. Such negligence is criminal, ana
has been of frequent occurrence in this
county without any notice being taken of
it by the legal authorities
Sumter Watchman: September a:
Deaths: On the Goth of August, at the
residence of Major Ormsby Blanding, Mr..
J. D. Nettles, aged 40 years. At the resi-
depce of Major w. E. Richardson, Mrs.
Sarah FL. Mayrant died on the 30th of
August, aged Sc. On the 9th of August,
Mrs. Amanda Mcleod, wife Of Captain
w. J. Mcleod, of Lynchburg.
Barnwell Sentinel The time for holding
the fair at this place has been changed to
the I'D, 23d and Oath days of October ill.,
stead Of November."..There are some
four or five candidates out for clerk, as
many for sheriff, and We suppose about
four or five hundred who would be de-
lighted to represent Barnwell in the
Legislature.
unteer Artillery have accepted an invita-
ton to 20 to the Jasper Centennial celebra-
ton at Savannah on the 9TH OF october.
They will be tho guests of Savannah Vol.
unteer Guards. .... There were shipped
from Port Royal during the fiscal year
ending September 1, 1879, ,451 bales sea
island cotton, besides 25 bales to Charles
ton by rail-
EdSefield Advertiser There is move on
foot to call meeting of the survivors Of
Edgefeld County before tho end OF the
fall
Edgefield Monitor: The Edgefeld
Teachers Association have appointed a
committee to wait upon the editors of the
Edgefeld Advertiser and Edgefield Monitor
and ascertain their mind as to approprl-
ating one column in each of their respec-
tive papers to the cause of education, to
be designated "The Teachers column"
The Monitor has agreed to give the col
umn. Ellis Coleman, who was convic-
ted at the March term OF court for house
breaking, robbery and assault and sem
fenced to the Penitentiary for life, but
who made his escape soon after by jump
ing the garden fence, was re-captured in
Aiken on Sunday last by Messrs. l.. p.
and S. G. Rutland, of Ridge Spring.
Georgetown Times: Summer ducks are
plentiful. ..... One hundred and seventy
two sticks of timber arrived since our
last issue, and sold at prices ranging
from u to 10 cents. Long, large timber
in demand, say 40, so, 60 and IS feet
lengths. Some Of the citizens of our
town have formed themselves into q
company for the purpose of building q
telegraph wire to Georgetown. They
will petition the Legislature at its next
session for permission to construct the
wire.
Hampton Democrat: An obscure clrcu-
lar abusing the trial justices has been
distributed in the county. Efforts will
ish them "A case of diphtheria Is re-
ported in the town of Varnville.
Aiken Journal and RecieU: There is con-
siderable sickness at GraLiteville now,
Chills and fever are the chief complaints,
The different departments of the factory
are short of hands and with difficulty get
along, so many are out sick... a number OF
boys left Graniteville for Atlanta, Ca, last
week. An agent of the Atlanta cotton
mill was here looking up hands, and they
will be employed in that factory. 1.-THE
grand Jury at the present term of
court express in their presentment the
opinion that the act of the Legislature
creating the county board of Equalization
is unwise, and recommends to the senator
and representatives of tho county that
they use their influence to have it re-
pealed at the next session of the General
Assembly.
Sumter True Soaahron: The Monumen-
tai Association Of Darlington has award
ed to Mr.. w. p. Smith, of our town, the
contract for building the monument to
be erected in memory of the Confederate
dead of Darlington County. He expects
to commence the work at once and COM
plete it in about three months. Tho
monument, which will be twenty feet
high. is to be made of italian marble.
and constructed as follows: Base. feet
square; three-step dimish to the plinth,
feet 6 inches square; thence to the die,
feet inches, upon which will rest the
moulded cap, surmounted by a shaft the
first section of which will be adorned by a
palmetto tree...... Quite number OF per-
sons, among them the owners of some of
the largest tracts, availed themselves of
the terms offered, and redeemed their
lands before the day of sale. Out OF about
one hundred tracts offered on Monday,
only ten pieces were sold, the amount Of
the sale aggregating $S25.OS..;.:.C. Fl.
Noise, Jr., who was in Momphis at the
time the yellow fever broke out and de-
cided to remain in preference to going
into camp or attempting to erade the
quarantine regulations to 60 elsewhere,
has had slight attack of the fever, but
was able to be out on last Saturday:
Abbeville Medium: Margaret Ware,
with three aliases, was committed TO
Jail last week for the murder of her
child by throwing it into Saluda River at
Maddox's Mill several weeks since. She