The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
olennings from our State Exchange

Grecnville Nems: The people of Green
vile have enjoyed week of delightful
skating. The lowest point reached by
the mercury during the cold spell was
six degrees above Zero. The Green
vile National Bank has reelected its
old officers for the ensuing year, as fol-
lows: President, Hamlin Beattie; Cash
ier, j. j. Rackwood Teller, Luther
McBec. The bank is we'll managed and
prosperous. 1.-The fire companies of
(ireenville have elected Capt. Joseph
Allen chief of the Greenvile fire de-
partment, with Messrs. VIM. Redmond
and Thomas Lewis as assistants. Asthe
fire department is voluntary, they deny
the right of the city council to elect
these officers, and refuse to serve under
any othcr than those of their own choice.
......Mr. John II. Harrison died Mt his
residence in the lower part of the county
on The Sth inst In all the relations of
life he was & model man, and his loss is
universally lamented.
Edgefeid Advertiser: On the first day
of the new year, died the oluest man in
Edgefeld county-Mr Abraham Riley.
MIR. Riley lived near Dorn's Mills. and
was aged 1l5 years.
Marion Star: The snow is all around
us......Dsvid Cusack, colored, youth OF
Is, was shot and instantly killed by an
unknown party on the 24th of December.
IA young man named Herring was
found frozen to death last Friday, near
! Gaddy's mill-pond. 1t seems that some
time during Thursday night the deceased
fell into the pond and was found next
morning near by dead.
| Orangeburg Times: w. j. DeTrcyille,
Jr., son OF our esteemed townsman, Col.
| DeTrcville, has been elected to profess
sorship in the State Agricultural College
at this place.
| Sumter True Souihron Col. J. J. Oar
| gan declines to become candidate for
the nomination for State Senator to fill
the vacancy occasioned in that County
by the election Of Hon. L. B. Fraser to
the Judgship of the Third Circuit. The
candidates for the position are Col. Jo-
seph II. Earle, Capt. II. E. l.. Peoples
and Capt. James NJ. Carson, with chances
favoring the first named gentleman, who
would be most excellent selection.
Mr.. B. A. Husscy has been reelected
keeper of the poor-house for one year
1.-The thermometer reached II degrees
above zero daring the cold snap. Mr..
James Hodge, an old and esteemed citi-
zen OF Sumter, died at his home on the
| ~''N e's'3 'iphi biOl'SJ VI tne CucSt. he
was about 81 years old. Mother Mary
Agatha, formerly Superioress of St. Jo-
seph's Academy of this place, was on
q visit to the institution during the holi-
days, and was called upon by large
number of old friends and former pupils.
! ......Thc Sumter fire engine company's
fair on Dec. 81 nctted $400.
The Barnwell People: a good many
people are moving to the Granitcville
factories in search OF work. :. Twelve
prisoners in Jail and all growing fat. :.
Mr.. Jasper Redmond has had the misfor
tune to lose two of his children by dipth-
ticria. The eldest one expressed herself {
IA having premonition of her approach
ing demise by saying several times that
before s:cshc: Christmas sho and h,.aT
sisters would be dead. No one in the
house was sick at the time, and since
that time two children have died, and
the only one left is now in critical con-
dition....... The County Commissioners
met on Tuesday and drew checks for
some thirteen hundred dollars in favor of
creditors of the county. The balance in
dollars......J Judge Aldrich is engaged ia
hearing argument as to the tender of
bills OF Bank of the State in payment of
taxes. Mr.. II. NJ. Thompson, Of Willis
ton, and Robert Aldrich Esq, of Barn
well for taxpayers; Col. f. Hay CAN'T
for the State.
Pickens Sentinel: Abner O'Dell, of
Liberty, accidentally shot himself last
week with pistol. He is getting we'll.
49,. Wolf Greek was frozen over during
the late cold snap.
Seneca City Adrertiser: Rev. s. S.
Gaillard, an eminent divine in the Pres
byterian Caurch, for many years pastor
Of the church at Greenville, died at
Griffin, Ga, last week.
Greenville Me,cs Col. a. NJ. Speights
has moved into the old Goodlett House,
recently occupied by the Southern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary, and is now
keeping the Commercial Hotel ..Ex-
Mayor and Representative Cleveland
wears his honors with quiet dignity, and
ia ell! The ;aost popular man in the city
and county. Who knows but rcquisi-
ton will he made on Greenville for
Governor, and whore could more sensi-