The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-09
"The Pickens-Anlerson co,n,,act, y,

We find the following article in the last
issue of the Pickens Sentinel, under the
caption quoted above, few words concern
ing which We presume will not be obiec.
tionable to our esteemed contemporary, in
n3much Us both it and tho Commissioners
OF that County seem to be Mt q loss to un-
derstnnd why the Commissioners of this
County have not paid what the Commits
sioncrs OF Pickens have been pleased to
designate rs their part of this ag rcement":
The question is now, What has become
or the Anderson part of this agreement?
The Air Line Company has complied with
its part of the contract. The Pickens por-
tlon OF the fence money has been paid into
tie treasury, but nothing has been heard
from the County Commissioners of An
dcyson. Our County Clerk has sen: them a
full statement of the affair, which they
wish more legislation on the subject we
would like to hear from them at once"
The statement was received ly the
Commissioners of this County, but as it
was considered not only cxorbitant but
mnequnlly apportioncd, it was rejected
OF fence built is 81 miles, at cost Of
s. $4,3G3.29, OH p miles Of which the Air Line
taiiroad paid 800 per mile, making 81, $50,
from which the County Trcasurcr's commits.
sion was deducted An.ierSon's proportion
is one-half OF the remainder on the ~ miles
ton, nggregating 81 ,4Sl.9S. The proportion
for Pickcns Is the same rs that for Andcr-
son with the cost of one mile additional.
nggrcgating $l,56S.8l.
The Act authorizing this building of the
fence reads: "The County OF Anderson
ton provided for that County for The num-
Der or miles for which the said County
would be required to pay if the Air Line
Railroad run the line of such fence from
which it Is plainly seen that the Commits
siOiicIS oi iiohens nave Increased our pro-
portion considerably from what it should be
by rights: The Air Line Railroad does not
run the !inc Of such fence" for distance of
"a miles by good deal and even if it did
we cunnuI exactly see now the Pickens Com
missioneT3 could expect Anderson to pay
any portion of the expense OF building this
ience when she had nothing whatever to do
with contracting fer the "c:!:: Cur Com
missonerS were not consulted about the
matter, although the Pickens Commission
ers considered that we had as much interest
in the matter as they did. Moreover the
prices at which the building was done was
exorbitant, and does not reflect much
credit upon the business capacity Of the
parties who attended TO letting out the con-
tracts. The whole conduct of the Pckens
commissioners is, to say the least of it, as
about as cool piece OF business rs we have
ever heard OF
"A dispatch to the Ncws aud C5urie,
from Union, dated 9th instant, says:
"Our people were startled to-day ut the
announcement that terrible afffay oc-
CURED last Saturday near Maybinton In
Newberry Comfy between the Messrs
Thomas Gather and two sons), of this
County, and Mr.. John Lylos. of New bcr-
ry County. lii which Mr.. James Thomas
tthe father) received 4 fatal wound In the
left breast and the sons received scalp
wounds by pistol shots from the hands
of Mr.. Lyles. and MIR. Lyles lost his liio
by blow en- the head from cudgel in
the hands of James Thomas, Jr. Lyles
| Is o son-in-law of James Thomas, ST., and
| the difficulty grew out of family teud.
Mr.. James Thomas died last night.'
VIM. Donnald, colored. shot and
killed VIM. AgRew, colored, near Don
naldsville Saturday night. Donnald was
working with the pistol, according to his
own statement, when IL went oil, but he
was committed to Jail oil Monday. Dis
patch 10 Neips and Courier.
= Lee Bryant was accidentally killed
in Darlington County last weoik by the
discharge ofhisgun while bird
DIR. w. s. Barton of Orangoburg
County had his hand severely mangled
in his ice thresher few days ago.
Some OF the fingers were cut of and oiil-
ers badly injured.
Tho Abbovile County poorhouso
last year cost the county more than tho
jail and about three times rs much rs a!l
the trial justices put together.