The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-10
SOUTH CAROLrNA NEWS.
GleAningo from our State Esoaangcs.

9ucn an ,,nsupplied demand for labor.
It has been With difficulty that many
planters secured hands to cut their oats,
even at high prices. We need more reap.
ers.......Dr. Bonner has returned from
Glenn Spring, and Is now at home in
Due West. II 10 said that his health is
somewhat improved, though he Is still in a
precarious condition......TheTe seems to
be very general desire on the part of
our citizens to attend the Cincinnati Con-
| vendon, and we think it quite likely that
q number of our business men will 20.
......The oat crop has been bountiful
cne, and the greater portion has already
| been harvested.
| OF this county 10 in O more Aourishing
OF the year. The farmers generally have
their crops pretty clean, although In some
places there Is d good deal OF erlsy.
Spartanburg Herald: Al O meeting of
the creditors and st ..ckholders of the
Spartanburg and Asheyille Road recent
ly held at Spartanburg, Mr.. r. Y. Nc
Alden proposed TO furnish all the money
needed TO complete the road to Asheville
| on the condition that first mortgage be
given him on the line between that
place and Henderson.
Newberry Herald: Two negro women
in the Cromer Township have lately lost
their babies in mysterious way. One
of the women says she left hers in the
| field, and the buzzards carried it away.
The other gives no explanation. No in
ycstigati0n has been instituted, and there
have been no arrests. Coroner Z. C..
Longshore held an inquest Wednesday
over = egr0 child, three DAYS old. that
died from an overdose Of morphine, ad.
ministered by its mother, Hester Harris.
This was the woman's fifth child, and
mono have ever lived beyond seven
months. She has mover been married.
Lancaster Ledger: Within the last
week seven milch COWS have been killed
in body of woods just northeast of the
village. There is no clue as to who the
guilty party is. The COWS belonged to
different persons in the village. One was
q fine Jersey COW, the property of DIR. J. .
| Ii. Foster, and which he valued at S100.
Kerahaw Gazette.: There 10 good deal
Of cotton still in the country. Hardly @
day passes that one or two bales are not
/ brought in, while some days witness the
/ Gale of from ten to twenty bales. This is
q substantial evidence of better and
healthier condition among our farmers.
Greenville Adrertieer /: An aati.duel-
ling society has been organized here......
Since the first Of last September &c, 400
bales of the staple have been shipped
from this point, and yet there remains q
considerable quantity throughout the
county. v4 g-.t
Chester Reporter. The first collection
of taxes in this county amounted to
$6 500, about one-seventh of the entire
levy..... GOOD stands of corn and cotton !;
the work OF ''chopping out'' 10 pretty we'll
over, and the young crops are generally
NeTbeEry. asrala: Tuesday night,
10Th R nit. , Josh Douglass 1a shot end and killed
Hodges placs, near Maybinton. There
gave. the following particulars During
the night he heard some one breaking in.
to his corn-crib: taking his shotgun and
pistol he went out. Blown saw him and
fled. Josh pursued and ared o.ce with
his gun and then twice with bis pistol.
Every shot took effect-the gun. in tho
aide, one pistol ehot in the arm and the
other in the breast. Death ensued in
wenty.four hours. ad: s1;. i.8
Yorkville Enquirer: We learn that tho
contract for erecting the monument at
Kings Mountain, to be completed ready
for the reception of the bronze figure
which is to surmount it, has been award.
ed to Mr.. McNinch, of Charlotte, who
undertakes to do the work for $4,000. It
is to be bnilt Of granite, which can be
obtained within about three Lilies of the
ground on which it ia to be erected.
Lancaster Revie;o: Col. J. j.. Wylie
made 400 bushels Of red rust proof oats
on 81 acres. The small grain crop is
much more encouraging than it was
few weeks ago, and it is now thought an
average crop will be made. n
Lexington Dispatch. A few days ago
there could have been seen on the plan
tasion ofMr. r. M. Shull, who lives few
miles from this place, young goat that
had four eyes, two noses, two mouths, two
tongues and two chins. This is true, If
men who ava not in the habit of seeing
double are to be believed. This goatish
ronstrositJ lived about thre edays,
Edgefeld Advertiser !. On Thursday
night last, about O'clock negro man,
named Harper Bauskett, living on DR..
John, Mobley's plantation, near Red
Bank Church, was shot and Instantly
killed by some person unseen andgun-
known. He had for little while
before gone into his house from
cutting grain, and as he crossed. the open
door with q light in his hand, the fatal
bullet was 44sTed from without, and did
its work instantly, The murdered
man was living with another mans
wife, and she was with him In the house
at the time OF his death. An inquest
was held by Trial Justice e. B. Forrest,
and verdict rendered according with the
above statement. ~ M
Edgefeld Monitor, A disgraceful row
occurred at the Ready Branch (co.orsdl
Church in Norris Township, about ak
miles North Of Ridge Springs, In which
knives, pistols, and clubs were used, with
the following result: Ike Lott, stabbed
In tho back Nose Lott. shob in the arm
Stance Padgett, ahot three times fatally,
(hAs since died) and Wash Coleman, arm
knocked cut 0f Joint, Che difficulty; aifi Guilty
grew ont of the Gates murder, some of
the parties having been implicated and,
othera were witueeges. We understand
Whiskey vas sold tSon, iugg in the vicini-
ty OF the church and that these partieB,
or some of them at least, we're considera.
bly, under the infiueuca of khia Ania nso.
meter Of Yiotn. Is there no way to stop
the unlawful selling Of whisksy on anch
occasionBg IS. :,
!! Aiken Jo,lrai and Reriep. From evs1y
section Of the County from the Edisto 20
the S6Tannah. come an reports of good
croEs. Tho oAt crop in this section was
cred, the weather having been very ia.
vorabie for the paet tgo weeks. Cotton
and eona ercpa are growing fast and look