The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-15
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
from our State Exchanges.

SOU1H CAItULINA NEWSs
G1enniugs from our State Exchanges.
Beaufort SEQ leland Ne,cs. The Post
master General, has awarded the contract
for carrying the mail semi-weekly be-
tween Beaufort and Hilton Head to
Joseph Williams, at the rate of $500
year......On Monday Mr. T. r. KLEIN
brought to Beaufort choice lot of straw
berries raised by him on Hilton Head
Island. Such has been the mildness of
the weather during the winter in this Sec
tion that the jassanine il already in
bloom... ....Mr. S. w. Rowland has pur-
chased Of Mrs. Willett the nIcCrea place
on Battery Greek, and it is reported that
o cotton factory is TO be erected soon on
the place. Mr.. Rowland has been super
intendent of the Graniteville factory sew
eral years, and is practical man.
Cheraw Neacs: There are six murder
cases on docket for the February term of
Court. Crime seems to be on the in
crease in our usually quiet community.
......Mr. II. d. Malloy, q cotton buyer of
our town, made $4,000 one day recently
in futures......The total value of taxable
real estate in Chesterfield County is
O,393, personal property $418,859.
The amount of taxes which will be se-
allied from the above is $7,135. This
will fall far below the estimate made by
the County Commissioners. Their esti-
mate is eight thousand dollars. They
will only get out of the taxes for County
purposes thirty.fiye hundred dollars.
Taxation is either too low, or the Board
of Equalization did not value the real
estate high enough to meet the deficit.
Chester Reporter: Mr.. J. II. Barnes
killed o few days before Christmas, in
Caldwell's mill-pond, wild goose, some
cay o swan, which measured seven feet
and five inches between the tips of the
wings, and five feet and two inches from
the point of the 5eak to the end of the
tail......On New Years day the gin house
Of Mr. w. o. McKeown, near Blackstock,
with two gin-heads, cotton press and
other property, amounting in all to about
$500, was destroyed by fire..... During
the month of December, 1879, there were
shipped from Chester 1926 bales of cot
ton. Total shipments since the first of
September 17,l26 bales-within about
1000 bales of the entire shipments for
the year ending September 1st, 1870.
Darlington Ne,ps. The Agricultural
and Mechanical Fair Company have de-
clared dividend Off per cent.
GEORGETOWN Times and CbmeL. The ting
'sKennie" was lying at Mr. David Ris-
ley's wharf on last Friday night, when
some unknown person went there and cut
the rope that fastened her to the wharf,
and sunk her. The supposition is that
she was sunk by boring q hole in her
bottom. The "Kennienis owned by Mi.
David Risley, and had been repaired,
and was in few days to enter the towage
business.
Hampton Guardian: The house nccu-
pied by the Rev. G.. A. Hongh, at Early
Branch, was destroyed by fire on Tues
day night after Christmrs.
KershawI Gazette. During the year.
1879 there we're 40 deaths in Camden,
18 of which were of white persons, and
q Of which ,.Sere Of colored persona.
During tie ear 1913 there were 80
deaths. sd. & ,,ss. -
.LaurensviiIe Hsrqld The crib and
stables of Col, j. w. Ferguson were on.
tirely consumed by FIRE in! this place
Tuesday night-the supposed work Of an
ineendiary y...t..TThe following municipal
ticket has been nominated on the license
dens, O, ii. Miller, al. q. Babb Il. j. o.
Wood, @. wv. Tune ss S
Lancaster Ledger a tenant house on
the farm Of MIL. b. Adams, near
| Cfaigap.lfe, containing about 6,O0O
| pounds of hay, 900 of fodder, 800 bush-
els of cotton seed and some household
furniture, was destroy-.d by fire on Sum
day night, 2Sth ult. It is, the work of an
tincendiary.:,...Mr. d. q. Wolf lost his
| barn and contents ON Sunday night oi
last week by an incendiary fire. Also
| his stables and one mule. Loss about
81 ,000, ,,:s,. Mr.: s, b. Stewnaan sent MS a
| white partridge last Saturday which he
killed in tho fields near his premises. II
ID certainly q curiosity, md might be
classed as nlonstr0sity. ION Friday
night 26th ult., q difficulty sprung np
between g negro nian, Morris M herson
and Mr. Minor Blackmon, which resulted
in Mr. Blacknlon getting q severe blow
/ nom y Tocks ssupposed 30 have been
thrown by Pherson) and McP Pheson d
dang wound in the stemach from d
pistol shot. Mr.. Blackmon was imnae-
diately arrested and placed In Jail. The
| received q severe wound in the face from
i q rock snroWn Dy some unknown pefaoil.
at this writing McP Pherson is consid deYed
out OF danger, and Mr.. Blnckmon has
5vvis Tvissssd On pisii. {, d b
Newberry Mecca: a nuraner Of eolorcSl
people Nill shortly leave this County tof
Kansaa Several have already disposed
| OF their effects preparatory 10 removal.
| About ten of these people left on Thurs
day. ~
i Ofangebufg LSsiocFdt The Baptist
i ccngre alton at this piace has called the
/ lscv. w, A. TheFrell; late of Camden, IS.
| g., tn the pastorate of theif Church. He
has accepted. the cal. q
Walhalla 6bslriss Ege axe gladio nOte
/ the tiine8 Adgeg Colleges Is Ia flourish.
| Ing conditions Since gbristlpaataa neSs
/ students have iris igical lAyed and Others
ara expedted Es nj itti d good
csop, are hright for greater pasronngS
next year., -. Ihe failure uf the E4egisia.
tsire 60 leyy q speeisi TAX Is meet tho iissl
i Cue 1ebteginess of Slle County has
cessted considerable 81 ssi1g an0ng shn
! holders efi CpRrtss psIseFs - ~ = q s
Sunser dfcijgd6 Jack johnson
i lccioredl tiia man WHO shot nIid killed
i zzTTs 5onn SILVER on the 299tis nlt.. came
into town on Yednesday raosning ard
| EJyFTsgE1eTzQ uEniseIf 20 DnesIE TlnSaII,
con fessing The deed.
- iyss = Col IhoS. HaESfe-
Il Insps 81 hiaeon, Ca, has been invited "a
\ ii liVeS tlle osafion nc X Sib 81 y Eoanlaiil
on the 2lsk 81 + bfstaFS, on tho occasioii
4 OF hoieting the United 81 tates nag cn tbs
/ uinnacse Of the nonntain.