The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-11
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
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want'd pulled. It resulted In Mr.. Rob
inson shooting the negro, who is not So
ricdsly injured......The election 20 fill tho
vacancy in tho Legislature from this
county was held on Tuesday and passed
of quietly at this place. Captain A. Il.
HUTCHINSON and Messrs. w. s. May and
ii. Natteree were the managers. Little
interest was manifested, and compara-
lively few votes woro cast. Tho Demo
cratic candidate, Mr. Deal, had no oppo.
sition. One hundred and twenty-five
votes were cast. of T=hIch number only
ten were colored."..A bale Of new cotton
was brought to town on last Saturday by
Br. w. q. Wilson. It weighed 400
pounds, was classod IniddllDg, and was
bought by j. NJ. Ivy 81 Co, at 10
cents per pound. New cotton has
been sold at several places in tho
State, but no place has given as much
az Rock Hill has: AS cotton mar
......On Tuesday Mr.. $. II. Davenport
brought bale OF new cotton TO town,
which was bought by tho same firm. 1t
was tho first bale from Lancaster County,
and was grown OH the plantation Of Col.
j. NJ. Ivy.
BarnweIi Peopte: September A: Scna-
tors Butler and Hampton can secure the
removal of Fred Nix, Jr, from tile
Hlackville postmastorship II they will,
with other Democratic Senators, see that
no appointments OF MIR. Hayes are con-
tlrned by tho Senate until he gives TO
control OF all such appointments. We
shall Bceff they do their duty.
Lancaster Leiger; September 3: A ten
ant house, occupied by tho family OF
Nick Watson, colored, on tho farm ofMr.
Minor Williams, In tho southwestern
fire on tho 18th ult. Two colored chill
dren, aged respectively two and four
years, porished In the flames. The
mother had gone Off and locked her two
! childron up In the house. Tho charred
remains of the eldest was found near the
door and the youngest where the bed
stood. Such negligence Is criminal and
has been of frequent occurrence in this
county without any notice being taken of
1t by tho legal authorities
Sumter Watchmdn: September 4:
Deaths: On the 2Oth of August, at the
residence Of Major Ormsby Blanding, Mr..
J. ID. Ncttles, aged 40 years. At tho resi-
denco of Major w. L. Richardson, Mrs.
Sarah II. Mayrant died Oil tho both of
August, aged SO. On the 9th of August,
Mr.. Amanda Mcleod, wife of Captain
w. J. Mcleod, of Lynchbu,Y.
Barnwell Sentinel The t:rse for holding
tho fair mt tins place has been changed to
tho 22d, 23d and 2ith days Of October in
stead Of EOvember.....There arc some
four or five candidates out for clerk, as
many for sheriff, and wo suppose about
four or fivo hundred who would be de-
lighted to represent Darnwell In tho
Legislature.
Beaufort Crescent: Tho Beaufort Vol
untcer Artillery have accepted an invita-
tion to go to tho Jaspor Centennial celobra-
ton ut Savannah on the 9th of October
They Will be tho guests of Savannah Vol
unteer Guards...... There wero shipped
from Port Royal during tho fiscal year
ending September l, 1870, l,45I bales sea
island cotton, besides % bales to Charles
ton by rail-
foot to call meeting of the survivors of
Edgefcld County before tho end of tho
fall
Edgciicld Monitor: Tho Edgcfinld
Teachers Association have appointed
committee TO wait upon tho editors Of tho
Edgefield Advertiser and Edgcfield Monitor
and ascertain their mind as to appropri-
aticy one column in each OF their respec-
tive papers to tho cause of education, to
be designated "Tho Teachers column"
Tiiie lio5ii:;ar has agrucd 10 give the COL
umn...... Ellis Coleman, who was convic-
ted ut tho March torn of court for house.
breaking, robbery and assault auI SON.
fenced to tic Penitentiary for life, but
who made his escape soon after by Jump
ing tho gardon ionco, was e-captuTod in
Aiken on Sunday last by Mossrs. l.. +.
and s. G. Rutland. of Ridge Spring.
plentiful.....Ono hundred and seventy
two sticks OF timber arrived since our
last issue, and sold ut prices ranging
from "a to 10 cents. Long, large timber
In demand, say 40, SO, GO and 85 feet
lengths......Some of the citizens of our
company for the purpose of building o
telegraph wire to Georgetown. They
will petition tho Legislature at its next
Session for permission to construct tho
wire.
Hampton Democrat. An obscure clrcu-
lar abusing tho trial justices has been
distributed In tho county. Efforts will
bo made TO find out the authors and pun
ish them....A case of diphtheria IL re-
ported in the town of Varnvillo.
Aiken Journal and Rerieip: There is con-
siderable sickness at Graniteville now.
C.iisi5 siid fovor aFv the Cilioi complaints,
The different departments of the factory
are short OF hands and with difficulty gSt
aiong, SO many arc out sick... "A number OF
boys left Granitevillo for Atlanta, Ga, lar
week. An agent of the Atlant-. cotton
mill was hero looking up hands, and they
will be employed in that factory. The
grand jury at the present term of
court express In their presentment the
opinion that the act OF tho Legislature
creating the county board of Equalization
iB unwise, aud recommends to the senator
and representatives of tho county that
they uso their influence to huvo It re-
peaied at the next session OF tho General
Assembly.
Sumter True So,Fhrvn: The Monumen-
tai Association Darlington has award
ed to AIR, w. =. smith, OF our town, the
contract for building the monument to
DO erected In momory of the Confederate
doad OF Darlington County. He expects
to 9mmence the work at once and com.
pl.,e it In about three months. The
monuments which will be twenty feet
high, Is to be made of italian marble. u
and constructed as follows: Base, z feet
equare three-step dimieh to tho plinth,
feet inches square; thence TO tho flie,
feet inches, upon which Will rest Tie
moulded cap, surmounted by a shaft tho
first section OF which will be adorned by n
palmetto tree.....Quite n number of per-
aons, among them the owners of some OF
tho largest tracts, availed themselves of
tho termB offered, and redeemed their
lands before tho day Of sale. Out 0fabout !
one hundred tracts offered on Monday,
only ton pieces were sold, the amount OF |
the sale aggregating Sos. r"c. II.
time the yellow fever broke out and do
cided to remain in preferences to going |
into camp or attempting to- eyade the |
quarantine regulations to go elsewhere,
has Ind n slight attack OF tho fAver, but |
was able to be out on last Saturday.
sAbnuviiio 5ietiisaH issaTfa5aTTzss Ware Ware,
with ttFee allases, was committed to |
child, by throwing &c into SalJda River at |
iMnddoX's Mill several N:eekssince. She |
matio full confession OF i;,e unnatural |
deed. Sho was brought before Trial |
Justice Joseph II. Sullivan and by him |
committed 20 the Laurelb jail TO an
swer tho charge of murder at tho next |
term of court for that ooAnty......A fine |