The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-14
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Oloanipgs from Cur state Exchange,


hheville P-s:s c=z Banner: Nearly
half the town has gone to Cmsar's Head
on tramp. Seven prisoners are now
In the Abbeville jail. The cotton crop
around Greenwood is seriously threaten.
ed with rust, some fields being already
biIghted and the prospects Of anything
like far yield destroyed. The forms
arc also rapidly shedding from the stalk.
Aoheville Medium: New crossties
have been put on the railroad from this
place to Hodges. The telegraph line has
also been repaired and new posts suppli-
ed.:....Typhoid fever is prevailing in the
vicinity of Due West and Donnaldsville.
No fatal cases have yet been reported.
anG the sick are improving. .Erskine
Coll age has received eplendid gift of
nius boxes of books from Col. d. WYATT
Aiken for the college library. The
freight on the boxes to Donnaldsville
amounted to forty dollars. The books
will make very fine addition to the IL
brary, which has not received any gifts
OF this sort for many years and has not
kept up very we'll with the new publica-
tions in any line of literature.
Barnwell Sentinel: There are some
cases of chill and foyer in various por-
tions of the county.
Barnwell People: The work on the
Barnweil Railroad is progressing. Mr..
Woodward has hired largo extra force
and is pushing the work rapidly forward.
BY the last of the week over q milo of
the track will be laid. :. "A committee Of
the grand jury of Barnwell County in
now sitting ut Barnwell during vacation.
There is nc authori = for such body
known TO ouf law, and we are sorry to
ace the valuable time of the gentlemen
composing 1t thus wasted.
Chester itepoTIer: Chester mad two
companies in the regiment which enlist
ed IN 1851 under Capts. Culp and Beatty
and surrendered at Appomattcx in 1866
under Capts. EdwarZs and Stevenson.
These companies lest ninety-three men
during the war. The survivors will have
o arennion ut Chester on the 18th inst.
About one milo Of track has been laid
on the Gl.arss4 @ 81 Ghss.> 60 p ;s. =,
yond Fishing Greek, and the work is 70
ing on steadily.
asdgefeld .Aducytiser. Our colored
friends are to be highly commended for
the spirit and liberaEty with which thew
build and sustain churches. The Baptist
Church in our town, Macedonia. - has
been very much elaborated of late, and
is now being painted within and without
while the Methodists arc building a large
and comfortable church ediflce. which.
we understand, is to .Je plastered and
painted before being Ised.
Greenville Eilternrise and AGe..ss...;i,,e
ee5:: the house OF Ir. James West. eon-
in.law of William Goldsmith, Esa.. ait
uated mile or tw,1 beyond the city lin
its, was destroyed By fire last "Wednesday
night. Loss about $500, which was GOV.
cred by insurance. The. ihunicipal
election will take place on. the lIth In.
stant There Is but one ticket in the
field-@.the Democratic. The Independ.
ents, under the nama oE stsFofkingmen,' .
attempted 70, get up an opposition, but
most of their nominees declined. It
Eavorcd tco much OF radicslisEn.
Lexington Diepa We learn that q
white girl 1S ysars cid eloped last week
from Sandy Run section with n negro
and married him in ColnEbia: where
they now are.s.,s Mr. Spires, living on
Csss;i;;tsS..ssss Creek killed on last Thursday
9 sast stlesSake s feet tiIong nd 8 inches ia
diameter, With ~ rattIes aud button.
4 biz his dog which died In five min
Newherry Hsrald In 1883 Nerberry
PAID Q total tax of 81 b, ,006. go. IN 1879
alie pays &s2lss q
psEtanbur TFlfsodld There are about
one handrsd guests at Glenn Springs, in: