The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Gleanings from our State Exchanges.

Laurensville Herald: The storehouse
of Maj. w. L. Shell was burned on the
night of the 18th inst, by some fiend.
Maj. Shell had stock of goods, we un-
derstand, worth about $4,000, and was
insured for $1,000. Up to this time there
is no clue to the perpetrator of the dia-
bolical deed. Maj. Shell resides about
six miles West of this place near which
his storehouse was situated.
Beaufort Crescent: The workshop of
Mr.. John G. Bulcken, near Pritchard-
vile, was burned by an incendiary on
the Sth instant.
Florence Times: On Monday of last
week, in the afternoon, the fine dwelling
of Mrs. Zimmerman, near Ebenezer, in
this county, was discovered to be on fire
in the roof. No one was at home except
Mrs. Zimmerman, and she sitting on the
piazza not knowing that the roof was on
fire till it was too late to do anything to
arrest the flames. 1t. was the large two
story dwelling, with twelve rooms, known
as the "Jackquclling Gee Mansion" one
of the finest in the county. Everything
was burnt-furniture, clothing, jewelry,
silver plate, carpets, &c.
Edgefield Advertiser: Small grain is
reported as being in excellent health
throughout the country.......The amount
of fertilizers sold here this season does
not appear to be near so great as that of
last year, and many of our farmers have
decided not to use any at all.
Hampton Democrat: Three of the
veterans of 1912 were at the Court House
on Monday last, for the purpose of lodg-
ing their claims according to the late act.
......Diphtheria is raging in our county.
Mr.. James R. CHM lost two children on
Monday last, and we hear of others who
are ill......A colored man at Staford's
Cross Roads, went into his corn house to
sleep, for the purpose of protecting it.
He entered it smoking, and went to sleep
with the pipe in his mouth. The house
caught on fire and he was burned in it.
......Sallie Stevenson, colored, resident
of Calf Pen, was out fighting fire one day
last week. The fire had reached a few
trees that were boxed, some of which
were full of turpentine; one of the boxes
caught on fire, and in order to extinguish
it she threw dirt into the box, when the
burning gum splashed over her, ignited
her clothing, and in few minutes she
burned to death.
Camden Journal: Since the recent
rains have fallen the oat crops around
town and on the river are looking
superbly. From present appearances the
yield will be abundant. 1.-The lien busi-
ness was literally on the rampage last
week. Crowded stores, loaded wagons
and the condition of the clerk of the
courts Office all showed this......It is re-
ported that one man has agreed to take
$4,000 worth of stock in the proposed
railway from Camden to Ridgeway.
Abbeville Press and Banner: Lumber
is now cheaper at Abbeville than at any
time in her history. Good pine timber
may be had at the mills, conveniently
located to the village, at eighty cents
hundred. A few years ago it was scarce
at two dollars hundred.
Abbeville Medium: Some of the waste
places about town are being ploughed for
the purpose of planting. No fence is
now required. .Whooping cough is pre-
vailing to an alarming extent in the
Donnaldsville country, although no
deaths have yet resulted from it......
Eight white boy babies have been born
in Abbeville during the last two weeks,
and still the Radicals talk of winning
the next election......From appearances
it is safe to say that the Long Cane peo-
Pile will SOW more guano this year than
they will plant corn or cotton, notwith-
standing their anti-phosphate resolutions.
...Messrs. John and William McNeill
have sold ten four-horse wagon loads Of
corn in town recently raised on their
farms few miles out......An effort is be-
ing made to convert Williamson into q
great watering place, and steps have al
ready been taken to organize a joint stock
company, with sufficient capital to build
hotel, improve the spring property and
start the travel that way.
Edgefeld Monitor: Three hundred
tons of guano have already been sold,
and delivered to the farmers, at this
place, (Batesburg. ......Mr. VIM. B. Eth
eredge has brought suit for ten thousand
dollars against the county for damages
sustained by the giving away of the
bridge over the Saluda River near Mr..
w. P. Trotter's, as he was crossing with
wagon and team. The accident occurred q
little more than year ago......On Fri
day night, the 18th instant, the prisopers
confined on the third floor of the county
Jail made desperate effort to escape.
They had been tried at the present terms
of court, and sentenced to long terms in
the Penitentiary. About six hundred
tons of guano have been received at
Trenton, and still arriving. The farmers
are hauling it of at the rate of about ten
tons day. This looks very much as j.
they are going to use some this year.
Lancaster Ledger: We learn that the
gin house of Mr.. M. G. Crenshaw, a few
miles from town, was struck by lightning
on the night Of the 11th instant, during
heavy rain storm, and the house and
contents totally destroyed by fire.
Greenville Ne,cs: On Thursday night,
at few minutes before - o'clock, the
quiet of the city was disturbed by the
exciting alarm of "Fire." The lurid
flames were soon discovered issuing with
furious glare 10 the rear Of DR.. It. T..
Earle's residence, lighting up that por-
tion of the city for considerable dis
tance in all directions. DIR. Earle's sta
BILE was the building on fire, and in it
were the Doctors horse, buggy and sew
eral hundred pounds of cotton.
Fairfield Nems and Herald: David
Mccullough, colored man, was stopped
on the highway near Rocky Mount last
week by four robbers, who took all he
had. IA correspondent writing from
Rid yeway saysI Notwithstanding the
'guano BATTLE sales have exceeded those
Of last year by four thousand tons-the
grand aggregate being, up to the present
time of writing, ilfty-siA thousand tons,
against fitty-two thousand tons last year.
On the 1st of March, the Stono Phos-
phate Company, of Charleston, one of
the largest companies, issued circular
letter to its agents informing them that
owing to unprecedented sales, principally
ooob tho storl, which yyoa whpn nnontI