The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
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| gun, which was placed on the ground at
his side Will! The muzzio pointing up.
In raising the gun 1t was in some way
| touched of, the whole load entering the
| young mans arm at tho wrist and lodg-
ing In tho elbow rnuscies...... Wesley
Harper moro commonly known as
"Biindy," was killed at Donnaldsyille
| last Saturday by the accidental discharge
OF his pistol which was IN his own hands
at the time - tho firing, tho bullet enter
| ing his forehead just above his blind oyo
and producing almost instant death. A
week or 30 ago Harper tried his pistol OH
another negro, the bullet going between
| the fellows arm and body but without
doing him any harm. ..... Mimic Dansby,
daughter OF Mr.. Isaac Dansby, died on
last Sunday morning from worry mglg-
nant malarlai foyer, with which her
brother died about q week before and
| with which her mother Is now lying at
the point of death. DIR. J. l.. Pressly, we
learn, who has been attending these un-
| fortunate people, describes the foyer az
though not quite 30 rapid In its work. II
| probably arose from hog pen near tho
! dwelling house which is very offensive,
| and stood 80 long that the air Is foul with
It's odors and the water impregnated with
disease ..:,, The pea crop is promising and
VIII be tho largest ever raised In the
county. Hundreds Of acres arc sowed
down In peas all over tho cOunty....
New fodder is going from soyenty-five 10
ninety cents hundred ...... More gold has
bcor. found on Little Mountain in paying
quantities and tho fever Is running high.
On Mr. w. f. Anderson's plantation, on
the savannah River, rich deposit OF
gold and silver has been discovered. a
week or two ago MrJ. Link waB paid five
hundred dollars In gold coined from tho
diggings on her own place. The indica-
lions about Groggy Springs, on lower
RI
yening country, arc full OF encourage
mcnt.
Chester Bulletin Chester's first balo of
now crop cotton was received this morn
Ing from Mr.. William f. Wcstbrook, OF
this county.......In Information has reached
us that on last Sunday week while par
ty of white and some colored people were
returning from Camp Farewell camp
meeting in Fairfield County, three white
men and ono colored man were drowned
in crossing swollen stream. Tho party
was In wagon and drove into tho ford
without suspccting the depth OF the wa
ter. Tho bed OF the wagon, in which
were colored woman and her child, was
swept Off the wheels by tho current and
carried considerable distance dowr. the
stream. 1t finally lodged 80 near tho
bank that tho woman and child wero res
cuod. d......Adam Fair, n colored man, and
his wife, Catharine Fair, we're up before
issued upon tho complaint OF Harriet
Fair, who alleges that the parties above
named have been guilty of cruel and in
human treatment to their two-year old
Tho facts elected in tho case ARE these:
Tho child had "a swelling" in its legs,
and the accused bathed it In @ solution Of
hot salt water as remedy. This took
the skin off the limbs of the child, and in
short time after the pai Is mortified and
hr0 I<,,t
carried on their revolving carnival until
physician was called in. Tho flesh on
tho child's leg had sloughed of, and the
childs life was thereby endangered.
Edgotleld Monitor: The'ginhouse of Mr..
NJ: N. Holstein, on the Columbia road,
WAS struck by lightning on Thursday
evening of last week, and burnt to tho
ground. We learn that MFR. Holstein had
about twelve hundred pounds of seed cot
ton i'll the house at the time, which he i'm
tended to hnvo ginned tho next morn
ing.
Winnsboro' Me,rs: Mr.. r. +. Ellison,
Sr., brought the first bale OF cotton TO
market on Wednesday.
Newberry Herald Policeman John
Brown attempted to arrest Allen Hnr-
grove on Saturday under warrant from
arrested, and D scufiie ensuod, In which
1argrovo was shot by Brown with pis-
tol. Tho ball entered the hip and peno-
trated threo or four inches.... Tho next
session Of Newberry College will begin
on the 18th of September, and it will be
well for all students who design entering
to be promptly on hand......The commit
tee that was entrusted by tho board of
trustees with the election Of professor of
mathematics for Newberry College met
Monday, the 2rth, and elected Mr.. G. g.
sale, of Georgia, q graduate of the State
n ",
sessment of land in the county is S5.44.6
por acre; the previous assessment was
$3.50 per aero, the highest of any county
in the State.
Spartanburg Spartan Geo. Upchurch,
ayGung man living In tho upper;portion
18th instant in Broad River. He and an
other young man were fishing In boat,
which upset. Tho other person escaped.
1--WE ere informed that there has not
been lawsuit in White Plains Town
ahip s!nce January, 1878. 1t Is also said
that there has not been q lawsuit amongst
the momners or the Mount Zion Church
for about half century.
Barnwell Sentinel: 'Wa arc sorry to
learn that considerable sickness prevails
In the county, hut ;:c &c tiis !1Tasant time
our village romans remarkably healthy,
only ono or two cases of chills and fever
being reported......W We have had an abun-
de-ice OF rain. and 1t seriously injured tho
cotton crop. Planters are now of tho
opinion that not moro than two-third
crop Will be made.... The contemplated
reunion OF the veterans of Harts Battery.
which wea t. have taken place ut Willis.
ton on the 17tn proximo, will be post
poned Till next year, partly from lack
of the "sinews of wer" to mako it q sue
cess, and partly from disappointment in
securing the services of the orators solec-
ted for the OCCASION Next year, howov-
or, the big thing will be done.
Darlington Soitherner: P. Kalmus, ESQ.
received bale of this years cotton FROM
Fred. Solomons, on Thursday afternoon
last weighing 500 lbs...... Five little boys
In Timmonsville recently received
handsome bible each for memorizing tho
sermon on tho Mount.
Georgetown Times and Comet: Rico CUT
ting has now commenced In real earnest.
.:...Scuppernong grapes are selling on
the streets Mt ten cents n quart.
Hampton Democrat: the caterpillar hus
mado its appearance on tho cotton in tho
Lawtonville section, and is proving very.
destructive. The recent heavy rains have
Camden journal: Mr.. Joseph +. Vaup.
han brought tho first bale OF new cotton
to market last Saturday morning. 1t
weighed 44 pounds, olassed as low mid
ding, and was bought by Capt. Clyburn
s3- Aetcen cents Per ifs6IiiiIi.
Pickens Ssnsisief: The residence OF Ma
jor j. j. Lewis, of this place, was enter
cd by burglar on Tuesday night of last
week, and robbed OF S02. so In money......
The turnip crop In Pickens and Ander-
con will no doubt more than double the
crop OF any previous year:
Rock Hill Herald. Air w. G., Black. n
prominent citizen Of this county, died
on Sunday OF last weak The .<ainy.
weather last week was damaging upon
COTTON Snma farmers ore nf the cs,i..sc.>