The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
GieanIngs from our State Exchanges.

| ADDGNlllO hGUtuWs IuO pui IL aEiNl
bles Of Capt. II. H. Creswell, our worthy
| fellow citizen who lives near New Mar
ket, were burned last Wednesday night.
| 1t is supposed to have been inccndiary.
4 negro who stole wheat from him SOME
| time since has been arrested for the OF
fence, and no doubt is entertained rs to
his guilt.
Abbeville Press and Banner: The old
town council were reelected on Monday
last....John Foster, aged 20 years, died
at his home in White Hall Township
last Monday night. young men,
sons of the Tolberts, left Greenwood last
| of farmers are paying so cents per hum
dred for picking cotton.....A farmer in
| Greenwood Township who few years
ago had place valued at eighteen hum
dred dollars, we'll stocked and in a good
state of cultivation, has had all his pos
session. personally and realty, absorbed
by liens, and is this year paying six to
eight bales of cotton rent for tho same,
| the titles having entirely gone out of his
hands, ..... Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken is hav-
| ing erected large and handsome dwell
| ing, and making many other valuable
improvements on his place.
Aiken Journal aud Rericp: Mr.. John
Staubes, Sr., an old and highly respected
| citizen Of this place, while practicing at
target shooting down at the Platz last
Wednesday afternoon, was stricken with
paralysis, and is now lying in a critical
condition. Up to Saturday last about
one hundred and thirty bales of new cot
ton had been bought in Aiken. The
following municipal ticket was elected on
Monday lasts For intendant, Henry
Hahn. For wardens, B. w. Moseley, w.
@. Davis, b. P. Chatfield, e. III. A. Oak
lev, John Phillips, w. +. Cormick.
Barnwell People: at the municipal
election on Tuesday the following city
fathers were elected: Intendant, John 5.
Brown. Wardens-A. P. Manville, j. 1.
Brown, NJ. G. Tobin..... There are twelve
persons in Jail awaiting trial-murder,
adultery, arson, fornication and assault.
No larceny cases......Up to Saturday
evening 254 bales of cotton had been re-
ceived at Blackville. On Saturday only
9S bales came in.
Chester State Bulletin According to the
report of President Palmer Of the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
Chester is the third cotton market in
South Carolina 80 bales Of new
crop cotton have been sold in this mar
ket.
Chester Reporter: AS we go to press we
learn that Capt. T. NJ. Sanders's residence
was burned late Tuesday afternoon. ORR
gin of the fire unknown.....The timbers
for the cotton factory at Cedar Shoals
have been carried down.....Senator But
ler has accepted the invitation to deliver
the opening address at the county fair on
on the 29th of October.
Darlington NspS: There is great deal
of fever prevailing in and about this
community .......In lower Darlington,
where rice is cultivated to considerable
extent, the crop is unusually fine.
Newberry Herald: The Laurens Rail.
road began its fall and winter schedule
Monday. The train now runs every day,
arriving at Newberry at 1920 A. NJ, and
and leaving at P. NJ. Chills and fever
are prevalent in some sections Of the
county. Tho health of the town is excel
lent.
Pickens Sentinel A negro engaged ON
working the roads committed an un-
provoked assault upon Mr.. Alexander
near Keowee last week, wounding him
in the head with a hoe Mfrs. Ann
Couch, over 100 years old, died near Eas-
ley last week. She was known as
'Granny" and before the war accumu-
lated considerable property as the pro-
prietress of cake and ginger beer stand.
...... The police of Central Station raided
O gambling den in that place last week.
Rock Hill Herald: Typhoid fever pre-
walls in two families in Ebenezer. 1t is
not thought to be Of q dangerous type in
either case......Mr. Daniel &. Stevenson,
prominent citizen of Rock Hill, died OH
the 10th inst.... The train on the Chester
and Cheraw Railroad is now running to
Fort Lawn, and town lots there are be-
ing sold.
Beaufort Crescent: A subscriber on st.
Helena Island writes: eve have had
floods of rain, Just the weather for cater
pillars, and they are not idle. The fod-
der season il over and a very short crop
is made. A petition has been sent into
the Board of County Commissioners to lay
out dirt road from Beaufort to the rail-
road depot, about mile from town, to
run parallel with the present turnpike,
now controlled by chartered compa-
n.y."
Darlington Sou.hcrner: We have heard
several farmers say this week that their
cotton is not turning out as well as was
expected, owing to much rust in the
fields .. There were sixty-eight persons
baptized at Cedar Creek, New Hopewell
Baptist Church, colored,) y on last Sunday
morning, by Rev. Charles Jones OF Soci-
ETY. Hill. The baptism consumed one
hour and three quarters, and was wit
messed by about one thousand persons,
white and colored.
Florence Times: The Wilmington, Co.
lumbia and Augusta Railroad Company
have recently erected large and COM
modious dancing hall at Waccamaw
Lake, thirty by forty feet, for tho con-
venience and accommodation of pleasure
seekers, who make Pennington sum-
mer resort. They have also commenced
building another house on the banks OF
this beautiful lake, as restaurant and
refreshment building.
Edgefield Adrertiser In our Immediate
section cotton picking is in full blast.
The crop will BIZ small. 1.-The building
in the rear of the Advertiser office, occu-
pied by S. B. Griffin, was partially des-
troyed by fire on 5th instant.
Georgetown Times and Comet: Diptherla
is reported in the Santee section..... White
corn is selling at seventy cents per bush
el.....Mr. Denny caught upwards 10000
mullets one day last week..."For the year
ending August 3lst ultimo 1882 bales
Of cotton were shipped to Charleston via
GEORGETOWN by the river steamers from
Pee Dee; Santee shipped 1876 bales.
Hampton Guardian: From the lst of
September to date % bales of cotton and
% cars of lumber have been received at
Varnyille for shipment, the total value Of
freights being S392. .5s...... Col. G. H. Hoo
yer has tract of ten acres of land near
here, on which he raised last year eleven
bales of cotton. From the same tract this
year he has already gathered five bales,
and expects to get in all ten bales and
over. 1.-THE election at Brunsoas result
ed in the choice of the following officers:
Intendant-Dr. II. w. G. Folk. Wardens
j. c. Wilson, q. Lamb, H. A. Webb, I.
w. Williams.
Kershaw Gazette: Capt z. S. Nettless,
chief of police of Camden, has resigned.
AT q meeting of the Korshaw Guards,
held on last Thursday evening, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the pres
ent year: S. L. Lang, captain; W. p.
Johnson, first lieutenant; p. L. Villepl-
que, third lieutenant......T There were sew
en- deaths in Camden during the month
of August, 1879, all colored:
Kershaw Journal One day last week
Mr.. James II. Vaughan ginned out ten