The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-02
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
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cents levied In case OF death. zee. Mrs. H.
w. Lawson has q dwarf orange tree IN
her garden, OH which nro blooms, r,pe
and green fruit.
Abbeville Medium Tho college at Duo
Wcst will open with flili attendance OF
pupils on the first Monday In October.
They are ready for hard work. Mrs. Mar
garet Patterson, tho Wife or Tho 110h. l.. J..
Patterson; senator from X ershaw County,
and daughter the late tudgeD d. L. Ward
law OF this place. died Mt her home In X Kcr-
shaw On the 18th instant, In tho fifty
eighth year of iier age.
Chester .Gufc Bulletin. BENJAMIN Cou-
sar, colore0. WAS shot and fatally wound
ed by Il: M. Mcdowell, on Friday night
last while robbing tho corn field Of the
iattcr.....Three hundred and eighty nine
naieS or cotton wero sold and received at
the depot from this county on Saturday
last against 332 weighed at the public
platform at CharlOtto'the same day
Newberry Herald: The dwelling house
OF Or. j. nj. Young, near Hopewell
down on tho night Of the 18th instant.
Tho fire occurred about 10 O'clock, when
the family. were asleep; II orgiratcd
from defective s1ove-plne. Notliin;:
was saved, not even tho clothing " the
family, and Mrs. Young barely escaped
from tho burning building. Among
other things burned were twenty barrels
OF Hour. No insurance ..... Ncwberry
college has opened with scventy-six stu
dents. .:.;;..Mr. II. III. Anderson, who has
nlled the position OF superintendent of
the Greonville and Columbia Railroad
shope Mt Helena for tho past five years,
has been removed, and his place has
been filed by the appointment Of Mr.. w.
j.. Parish, OF Virginia. The now super
a y N tt-fx "a Sfa
sumo charge at once.
Chester Reporter Probate Judge Cur
Ills received letter last week from Lieu
tenant james Ridoout, OH duty hero
with regiment of Maino troops in 1865,
but now living in Florida. lie makes
Inquiry concerning the price of lands
near the town, and asks about tho kind
OF reception he would likely meet with
In this community. Hr writes that sew
efai OF his former comrades would ac-
company him, If all the circumstances
here are favorable 10 their coming. Each
OF them would bring sonio capital, and
would be able to buy small tract of
land II offered on reasonable terms. We
ieol suro that orr people would wolc mo
at who PROPOSE TO como among us ~
bona fdc citizens. Other States in the
south s,el are making efforts. to increase
their white population by inviting from
other localities men who have some cap
ital to invest. We OF South Carolina
sInouIu DO up an doing and get our
share.
Barnwell People: Six hundred and
iiity bales OF cotton were received ut
Blackvillo for the week ending Septcn-
ber 20.
Clarendon Press: Tho election for in
tendant vi warden took place on Mon
dny last. Tho license liquor party was
successful.
Darlington Ne,ps: A balo of cotton was
brought to iimnon6ville OH last Friday
which failed to stand nm examination
Tho gentleman had mostened tho sides
OF tho screw-box little too much in
packing. Some fow drops glanced off at
nn angle with the interior ofthe bnlo and
created heat which gradually diffused
the dampncss throughout the cotton.
There may have been dozen or more
globulos thus introdue.l, yet 1t IL osti-
mated that the Increase In tho total
swolght of tho balo was about 20 per
cent?. More sickness is reported in tho
country than has been for somo timo
past.
Edgefield Adrcrtiscr 4. Our farmers from
almost all sections Of tho county arc
complaining OF Il disastrous falling Off of
Into cotton bolls, caused by tho recent
three weeks's drought. Potatoes, tur-
nips, peas and lato corn liavo also suffer-
WinnsborO' Netrs: Information was
received on Friday that tho store of Mr..
VIM. McQuatters, at Ridgeway, was des-
troyed by fire on Thursday morning. It
was also stated in town that tho store of
Mr. John Craig, ut Blackstock, was burnt
on Wednesday night.
Greenvslle Enterprise ana lfountaineer:
Groanville, 81 ,060, 800. Total value Of all
taxable real estate in Greenyillo County,
@,l7l $50. Airline Railroad, porsonal-
ty and real, Sl17,827. Total amount,
81. 2S9, ,3S7.......On "Wednesday last, 17th
instant, Mr.. Jas. I. West, residing twelve
miles from the city on the Augusta Road,
lost his only. child, boy nearly two
years old, by being burned
Friday ut the workshop of Mr.. l.. B.
Glide and resulted In tho destruction of
the drying house and abou. 5000 feet of
choice lumber. Mr.. Cline iscertainly an
unfortunate victim OF the flames. Since
the war his losses by fire amount to over
al2. 600.
! Kernhaw Gazette: Up to last Saturday
morning the treasurer had collected only
e5out sixty or seventy dollars. The re-
ceipts in May amounted to 1871 .21.......
Tho turpentine still Of MeSsrs. Duulay q
Ward, in West Waterce, was destroyed
by fire on last Friday. Tho loss Is osti-
mated ut about .Sl00. They expect to
have everything In running order In q
few days-
Camden Journal: Mr.. Levi Rradloy, a
Mexican war veteran, dlod on Thursday
last.
Marlboro Planter: Cheraw will be in
telegraph communication with tho world
this week......Capt. X, J. Tatum's GIN
house and contents wero completely des-
troyed by fire on the night Of tho 10Th in
n tn1
loss Is estimated Mt S., ,500.-. Tho iron for
the Cheraw and Wadesboro Railroad Is
being put down ut Cheraw. 1t Is fine
article of steel rail. Tho work of laying
II Will soon commence, and the gauge
Will bo the same rs that of tho Cheraw
and Darlington. President Townsend is
fitting up c0aches, and Is thought that b.
tho 1st Of December the trains will bo
over the road.
Nowborry Netrs: Death has again An
vaded the section of our district afflicted
with tyhoid fever, and this time Mrs.
Charles johnson nf1d Mrs. @. III. Gray
have fallen beneath its remorseloss
touch. M
WaihaIla Cburic. !: 4 drove of beef cat
Tie, all steers, numbering sevonty-two
belonging to w. A. Addington, OF Frank
lin, Il. c., passed through our town on
Monday last on their way to Baltimore
The AK Line Railway has made applica-
lion TO the Comptroller General ~ to re-
auce tho value OF the road as assessed.
and t2l to reduce tho amount assessed
laainst the road. The owners of the road
only want to pay tax on 1t since their
purchase of the Same, which was in
April. 1877.
Orangehurg Democrat: Governor Wm.
Clafiin, of Boston,. has presented to tho
Eresdman's Aid Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, by Or. Rust, the decd
,f tho Iegare property, adjoining ClafliN
University, consisting OF thirty-one acres
Ind buildings, valued at $4,000, We
harn frnni diffarAnt aantions of the cnIin-