The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-07
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Glcanings from our State Exchanges.

Abbeville Press and Banner: Gen. Le-
Due, commissioner of agriculture, was
the guest of the Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken
last week, and spent one night with our
townsman, Mr.. W. Joel Smith. The
General expressed himself as highly
pleased with this section of the country.
1t was Gen. LeDuc's purpose to visit Col.
James Z. Calhoun and see his tea farm,
but unfortunately he was quite sick on
Friday night and returned to Cokesbury
on Saturday, leaving the same day for
Washington. Mr.. o. r. Bourne has
discovered platinum on his Robinson
place. He is corresponding with the
great Mr.. Edison on the subject. Edison
is anxious to find platinum in large guam
titles. He is prepared to spend twenty
thousand dollars in the search. We
hope he will send his money to Abbeville
County, and that he may find plenty of
platinum to make his electric burners.
Abbeville Medium: All the lower win
dows in the colored Methodist Church
have been covered with green curtains,
and several night meetings are held eve
ry week with the curtains down. This
may mean temperance or religion or ma
sonry, but it suggests politics more
strongly than anything else to suspi-
cious mind. The county is unusually
healthy and the doctors complain of a
perfect dearth of cases. A few cases of
fever of the average type are being treat
ed in various parts of the county, but we
are free from anything like an epidemic,
and so we hope to remain......T rail-
road track at this place has been put in
fine repair. The old timbers have been
removed and several carloads of oak ties
have been laid down. Under Receiver
Conner's administration the road is be-
ing put in n good condition along the
whole line. If freights could be reduced
and the passenger rates placed at three
cents mile the road would be a good in
stitution with all its faults......The chick
en- trade this season has been the largest
we have ever known and the streets have
been full of all sorts and sizes.
Barnwell Sentinel: Apropos of the late
protracted heated term, Mrs. DR.. Ha-
good relates the following: A duck
which she had setting abandoned her
nest from the supposed excessive heat.
About week subsequently Mrs. Hagood
happened to notice the nest in pass.
ing, and to her surprise there rested
eleven little ducklings with heads erect.
The temperature was sufficiently high
naturally to oconsurmate the old ducks de-
sign. ... .Barnwell County is healthier up
to this time by far than for several years
past. Crops throughout the county
(except in two or three sections where
the drought was of six weeks DURATION J
are generally good. The late rains were
worth thousands of dollars to this county.
The crops may be considered safe, and
from present indications no cry of bread
will 60 up from this land. The planters
will have corn to sell and some to keep.
Spartanburg Herald: Whooping cough
is prevailing among children of the town
and in various sections of the county,.
After the first of September all cotton
sold in Spartanburg will be weighed by
regular weighers appointed by the Town
Council, at ten cents each per bale...."
Western corn is retailing from the stores
at 50 cents. Good sound country corn
would bring that price at this time. Oats
12 to 90 cents per dozen, 40 cents per
bushel. Fodder 81 25 to 81 so.
Rock Hill Herald: Mr.. G. NJ. Green has
rendered his resignation as a member of
the House of Representatives of York
County. Hon. j. G. Sheppard, Speaker of
the House wilma short time orderan elec-
tion TO fill the vacancy......The Debating
Society met on Monday night and argu-
ed the question as to the propriety of the
Democrats renominating Tilden for the
Several speeches, marked
with more or less of force and fervency,
we're made on both sides. The ques-
ton was decided in favor of the affirma-
live