The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-30

at this place on Salcday next for tie pur-
pose of taking into consideration the in
creased price of guano on the cotton OPP
tion plan. A full attendance is earnestly
desired.
Laurensville Herald: Mrs. Mary ].
Jacobs, wife of Rev. w. P. Jacobs, and
Matron of Thornwell Orphanage, died at
the Orphanage, Clinton, S. c., on the
18th instant.
Barnwel People: The exodus of COL
ored people TO Beaufort continues......
Early risers report slight fall of snow
and sleet on Sunday ast......Most of the
free schools are to be closed about the 1st
of February......The County Commits
sioners will, at their meeting, on the 4th
of February, commence the investigation
of the past Indebtedness of the county.
AS soon as it is completed they will pay
out pro rata the amount realized from the
one mill tax levied and collected for pay
ment of past Indebtedness.
Union Times. On the morning of the
18th a destructive fire occurred at the
Keithfeld rice-pounding mill on Black
River, which destroyed the mill and
large quantity of rice in all conditions.
The mill was owned by Robert Adger.
The rice in the mill was owned by a
number of planters. The total loss of
property is estimated at s36, ,665, on which
there was $4,000 insurance, leaving as
the total losses of individuals $22, SOS.
Orangeburg Democrat; Fine red-horse
are being caught in the Edisto already,
which promises good and profitable
season to the fishermen of our county.
In few days more shad will begin to
run......Mr. VIM. Whaley, son of Maj. T.
B. Whaley, of our town, died on Friday
last of consumption. 1.-The annual meet
ing Of the Orangeburg Agricultural and
Mechanical Association will be held on
February Sth.
Orangeburg Times: A company of
Northern fishermen are engaged in catch
ing sturgeon in the South Edisto.
Lancaster Review: DIR. j. G. Belk,
promising young man and physician, died
on Wednesday, 18th inst, seven miles
above the village of Lancaster, on the
Charlotte road, of an attack of pneumo-
MIA.
Marlboro Planter: In the recent con-
Aagration at Vaudeville perished the
battle-fag of Colonel Keitt's regiment,
Twentieth South Carolina Volunteers.
Many historic relics of the Confederacy
were lost.
Darlington Neps:: There are nineteen
colored persons in the Darlington Jail
waiting for trial for crimes ranging from
arson and burglary downwards.
Kershaw Gazette What was once
known as the Halle plantation, ten miles
below Camden, was part of the property
sold by the Sheriff on the 1st inst. 1t
was knocked down for $500. When
Maj. DeSaussure bought it some years
ago he paid $1,000, and we are told that
it once brought S5O,000.. MFR. Robert
Smyrl, an old and esteemed citizen of
this county, died on Thursday last.....
DR.. F.. NJ. Boykin and mis- son, Mr.. John
Bnykin, returned to Camden last week
from Louisiana. ......Col. Dove Seegers
bid farewell to his many friends in Ker-
shaw County several days ago, and has
gone to Texas to find new home.
Winnsboro News:: A meeting of the
merchants and factors of Winnsboro was
held recently, for the purpose of taking
some concerted action in reference to the
violations of the charter of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com
pany. Mr.. II. L. Elliott was called to
the chair, and Mr.. D. R. Flenniken was
appointed secretary. After some debate,
a subscription was raised to defray the
expenses of employing counsel to assist
the Attorney General in proceeding
against the company to compel its com.
pliance with the terms OF its charter.
Edge6eld Advertiser: The free schools
for Edgefeld County for 1879 will open
on the first Monday in February. y......The
salary of the Railroad Commissioner is
twenty-one hundred dollars year, with
twelve hundred for the hire of clerk
The Act also gives him an Office at the
Capital of the State. The salary is raised
by an assessment on the gross earnings oi
the railroads Of the State. His duties
are many.
Keo,cee Courier: The following is the
result of the municipal election of Wal
halla, held on Monday the goth instant
Intendant-C. L. Reid. Wardens-A.
Brennecke, G. Wendelkin, G. E. Watson,
Wesley Pitchford.. Burglars are max
ing it lively for the Walhalla merchants.
Several stores and other places of busi-
ness have recently been broken open and
robbed of many articles. No arrests yet.
.:...Wells in town nearly all dry......The
pleasing intelligence reaches us that our
bachelor Representative, Mr.. George R.
Cherry, was married, on Thursday even
ing of last week, to Miss Sallie Creswell,
of Anderson. We congratulate the
happy couple and welcome the bride to
her new home in Oconee. MIR. R. E.
Mason, Of Fair Play, has been appointed
aid .de-camp to Governor Hampton. O..
P. Fields, of Pickens, has received like
appointment. ...One night last week two
"moonshiners" were passing through
town with load of illicit whiskey. Mr..
Kennedy, U. S. Revenue officer, assisted
by Messrs. Cummings and Blodgett, at
tempted to arrest them, when the "moon-
sinners" fired on them with pistols.
Kennedy was unarmed. Cummings re-
turned the fire. The "moonshiners" got
away by the swiftness of their feet. lin
speaking with citizen of Anderson
County few days back about the de-
mand of manufacturers for larger price
for fertilizers, he stated that the increased
price, with a purchase equal to that Of
previous years, would amount to a tax on
that county of about fifteen thousand
dollars. Can the Pr lie stand this ex-
haustion? With US the amount will be
smaller, but the proportion will be the
same.
Lancaster Ledger: Lancaster County
bonds, issued in aid of the Cheraw &
Chester Railroad, are selling at sixty
cents OH the dollar. A splendid invest
ment for capitalists......A gentleman by
the name of Fogel, and his family, pass
ed through our town on last Thursday on
their return from Texas. He left WASH
ington, N. c., about six years ago, and
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