The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-30

at this place on Salcday next for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the in
creased price OF guano sn the cotton OPP
ton plan. A full attendance is earnestly
desired.
Laurensvillc Herald: Mira. Mary J.
jacobs, wife of Rev. ". T. JAco6s, anu
Matron of Thornwell Orphanage, died at
the OrPhanage, Clinton, S. O., on lie
10Th instant.
Barnwell People: The exodus of col
oTcd people 10 Beaufort continues......
Early risers report slight fall of snow
and sleet on Sunday last......Mcst of the
Tree schools are to be closed about the 1st
OF February......The County Commits
sioners will, at their meeting, on the 4th
of February, commence the investigation
of the past Indebtedness of the county.
AS soon as it is completed they will pay
out nrn rets Tie ::.::::c;;;ie realized from the
one mill tax levied and collected for pay
ment Of past Indebtedness.
Union Times: On the morning of the
10Th a destructive fire occurred at the
Keithlicld rice pounding mill on Black
River, which destroyed the mill and
large quantity of rice in ell conditions.
The mill was owned by Robert Adger.
The rice in the mill was owned by
number of planters. The total loss of
property is estimated at $36 ,665, on which
there was $4,000 insurance, leaving as
the total losses Of individuals $22,665.
Orangeburg Democrat: Fine red-horse
are being caught in the Edisto already,
which promises o good and profitable
season to the fishermen of our county.
In few days more shad will begin to
run.."..Mr. VIM. Whaley, son of Maj. L.
b. Whaley, of our town, died on Friday
last of consumption. The annual meet
ing of the Orangeburg Agricultural and
Mechanical Association will be held on
February 8th.
Orangeburg Times: A company of
Northern fishermen are engaged in catch
ing sturgeon in the South Edisto.
Lancaster Review: DR.. j. G. Belk.
promising young man and physician, did
on Wednesday, 18th inst, seven miles
above the village of Lancaster, on the
Charlotte road, of an attack Of pneumo-
MIA.
Marlboro Planter: In the recent con-
f1agration at Vaudeville perished the
battle-fag of Colonel Keitt's regiment,
Twentieth South Carolina Volunteers.
Many historic relics Of the Confederacy
were lost.
Darlington Me,cs There are nineteen
colored persons in the Darlington Jail
waiting for trial for crimes ranging from
arson and burglary downwards.
Kershaw Gazette What was once
known as the Halle plantation, ten miles
below Camden, was part of the property
sold by the Sheriff on the 1st inst. 1t
was knocked down for $1,000. When
Maj. DeSaussure bought it some years
ago he paid $4,000, and we are told that
it once brought $5O,OOO... MIR. Robert
Smyrl, an old and esteemed citizen of
this county, died on Thursday last.
DIR. Z. NJ. Boykin and his son, Mr.. John
Bnykin, returned to Camden last week
from Louisiana. ...Col. Dove Seegers
bid farewell to his many friends in Ker-
shaw County several days ago, and has
gone to Texas to find new home.
Winnsboro Ne,rs: a. meeting of the
merchants and factors of Winnsboro was
held recently, for the purpose of taking
some concerted action in reference to the
violations of the charter of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com
pany. Mr.. H. l.. Elliott was called to
the chair, and Mr.. D. r. Flenniken was
appointed secretary. After some debate,
sii5scT; T;pt;on was raised to defray the
expenses of employing counsel to assist
the attorney General in proceeding
against the company to compel its com
pliance with the terms Of its charter.
Edgefeld Advertiser: lie free schools
for Edgefield County for 1879 will open
on the first Monday in February The
salary of the Railroad Commissioner is
twenty-one hundred dollars year, with
t,t,a 1s,A e. al L.
The Act also gives him an office at the
Capital of the State. The salary is raised
by an assessment on the gross earnings of
the railroads of the State. His duties
are many.
Reo,cec Courier: The following is the
result IT the municipal election of Wal
halla, held on Monday the Goth instant ::
lntendant-C. L. Reid. Wardens-A.
Rrennec!;e, G. Wendelkin, G. Z. Watson,
Wesley Pitchford... Burglars are max
ing it lively for the WalhalIa merchants.
Several stores and other places of busi-
ness have recently been broken open and
robbed of many articles. No arrests vet.
..:... Wells In town nearly all dry The
pleasing intelligence reaches us that our
bachelor Representative, Mr.. George R.
Cherry, was married, on Thursday even
ing of last week, to Miss Sallie Creswell,
OF Anderson. We congratulate the
happy couple and welcome the bride to
her new home in Oconee.... Mr.. r. E.
Mason, OF Fair Play, has been appointed
aid. de- camp to Governor Hampton. o.
T. Fields, OF Pickens, has received like
a.ppointment......One night last week two
'moonshiners" were passing through
town with load tf illicit whiskey. Mr..
Kennedy, y. S. Revenue officer, assisted
by Messrs. Cummings and Blodgett, at
tempted to arrest them, when the "moon-
sinners" fired on them with pistols.
Kennedy was unarmed. Cummings re-
turned the fire. The "moonshinersH got
away by the swiftness of their feet. In
:.peaking with o citizen Of Anderson
County few days back about the de-
mand of manufacturers for larger price
Tor fertilizers, he stated that the Increased
price, with purchase equal to that of
previous years, would amount to q tax on
that county of about fifteen thousand
dollars. Can the people stand this ex.
haustion? With us the amount will he
smaller, but the proportion will he The
same.
Lancaster Ledger: Lancaster County
bonds, issued in aid OF the Cheraw 4
Chester Railroad, are selling at sixtv
cents on the dollar. "A splendid invest
ment for capitalists. ......A gentleman by
the name OF Fogel, and his family, pass-
ed through our town on last Thursday on
their return from Texas. He left Wash
i:igton, n. O., about ak years ago. and
after trying Texas for that length of time
came 10 the conclusion that there were
no better lands, or fairer prospects for an
industrious man to make fortune than