The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-09
"rhe rickens-Andcrson compuct."


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 objec-
tionable to our esteemed contemporary, in
a3much as both it and the Commissioners
of that County seem to be Mt Il loss to un-
dentand why the Commissioners of this
County have not paid what the Commits
sioners OF Pickens have been pleased to
designate rs their part Of this ag rcement": ::
The question is now, What has become
OF OF the Anderson part of this aSrcemcnI
The Air Line Company has complied with
its part OF the contract. The Pickcns por-
the treasury, but nothing has been heard
from the County Commissioners of An
dersOn. Our County Clerk has sent them a
full statement of the atfilir, which they
have treated with silent contempt. Ifthey
wish more legislation on the subject We
would like to hear from them at once"
The statement was received by the
Commissioners Of this County, but rs 1t
was considered not only cxorb .tunt but
unequnily apportioncd, it WA, rejected
The statement shows that the whole amount
of fence built is 81 miles, at d cost of
4,363.20, on - miles of which the Air Line
Railroad paid $50 per mile, making 81, $50,
from which the County Trcasurcr's commits.
sion was deducted. Anderson's proportion
is one-half Of the remainder on the u miles
together with one-half on miles i'm addi-
ton, aggfegating $l,4S1.9S. The proportion
for Pickcns is the same rs that for Ander-
son with the cost of one mile additional.
nggrcgating 81, l,5GSS1.
The Act authorizing this building Of the
fence reads: "The County of Anderson
shall only be repaired to pay the propor-
tion provided for that County for :he num-
Der of miles for which the said County
would be required to pay if the Air Line
rptt. . hal 49,
which 1t Is plainly seen that the Commits
sioners OF Pickans hnyo increased our n-c
portion considerably from what 1t should be
by rights. The Air Line Railroad does not
''rln The line Of such fence for distance Of
81 miles by good deal and even If it did
missioners could expect Anderson to nav
any portion of the expense of building this
renee when sine iInd nothing wiiateyer 10 do
with contracting for the work. Onr Com
mlssioners 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 Pickens
Commissioa;rs Is, to say the least of it, as
about as cool piece business rs we have
ever heard OF.
"A dispatch to the Ncus dn,, Courie,.
from Union, dated 9th instant, saws !:
sour people were startled to-day at the
announcement that terrible afffay oc-
CURED last Saturday near Maybinton in
Nowberry County between the Messrs.
Thomas Gather and two sons). of this
County, and Mr.. John Lyles. Of Now ber-
ry County, in which Mr. James Thomas
tthe father) received fatal wound in the
| LETT breast and the sons received scalp
! wounds by pistol shots from the hands
of Mr.. Lylos, and Mr.. I.yles lost his life
by e hlow en- the head from cudgel in
tho hands of James Thomas, Jr. Lyles
is n son-in-law of James Thomas, ST., and
fhe difficult grew out of n family feud.
MIR. James homas died last night
| VIM. Donnald, colored. shot and
killed VIM. Agnew, colored. neat Don
naldsville Saturday night. Donnald was
working with tho pistol, according to his
own statement, when II went of, but lie
was committed to Jail OH Monday. Dis.
i9Jdtch to Nelrs and Courier.
- Lee Bryant WAS accidentally killed
in Darlington County last week by the
discharge ofhisgun while bird-hunting.
= DR.. w. s. Barton OF Orangeburf
County had his hand severely manglet
i'll his rice thresher few days ago
Somo of the fingers ere cut off and 9th
ers badly injured.
= Tho Abboville County poorhous
last year cost the county moro than tn
jail and about three times as much rs nj
tho trial justices put together.