The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-15
A,g,,.a Chronicle and cOu,litaionali.t.

| Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionaiiat.
Yesterday afternoon the report reached
| Augusta that another bloody vendetta
had occurred in Edgefield, whereby one
person was even then in dying condi-
tion, and two others dang .ously wound
ed. From mouth to mouth the Yunor
sped, until the whole town was nghast
at the repetition of fatal affair of only
eighteen months ago. Telegraph A,d
Newspaper Offices were besieged for news
| from the scene of bloodshed, and perhaps
Of death, and the evening train of tie
Columbia Road was boarded by several
natives of Edgefeld, now reaidents of
Augusta, anxious and apprehensive over
the extent Of the trouble. The FIRST
dispatch wan brief, but fearfully sugges-
Il tive. 1t was this:
| "Anoth o. shooting scrape occurred here
this morning, about the election of Town
Council, which came off to-day. Julian
Bland and DR.. w. Z. Bland, A. A. Clisby
and A. A. Glover were the parties en-
gagged. DIR. Bland was shot in the abdo.
men--considered mortal. a, A. Clisby
was shot through the body and received
awound On the head from the blow Of s
pistol--considered dangerous. 4. A..
Glover il shot twice in the thigh-not
dangerous. DR.. Campbell, of your city
has been telegraphed for, and will como
up tonight"
Excitement eliminated In the evening
late, when 1t was announced here that
DIR. Wallace Bland was dead.
Reports reaching Augusta, even up to
O. late hour last evening, were somewhat
shadowy, but an account of the affair,
from seemingly Trustworthy sources, has
been obtained: On Thursday, April lst,
the voters of Edgefield met at the. Court
House to nominate citizens to fill tho
municipal ofiices, and the following
ticket was selected: For Intendant, @. l..
B. Marsh for Wardens, Lee Holson, w.
Ell. Brunson, W. N. Burnett and r. s.
Anderson. During TIE nesting, howev-
or, trouble arose Eega. og g reduction Of
the whiakey tax of the town. One party,
led We learn by Mr.. w. B. Penn, favored
u retention of the license at existing
fgures-$200 per annum--and it was
upon this issue that the gentlemen
named above were nominated. The
other party, led by Mr.. A. A. Cliaby,
favored D reduction of the tax to $3.50,
and finally placed second ticket in The
field, the nominees for Wardens being
Messrs. A. A. Clisby, DR.. w. d. Jen-
nirS5, w. e. Lynch and Geo. Simkins
l'pll VIM. Marsh, th5 regular nominee
for .intendant, we learn, subsequently
declined to run, and Mr. II. G. Bonham
was put up in his place. .Now,3 among
the supporters of the regular ticket were
Dr.. Wallace E. Bland, young physi.
clan OF 20 or 30 yeara OF ago, and his
brother, Julian Bland, much younger.
On the other side were Mr.. "A. A. Clisby,
nne Of the candidates for Warden and
Mr.. Arthur a. Glover, his father-in-laW,
land q gentleman well known in the
country, In! the nnnEee ct the ::.z>s.::;= ::.z>s.::;=
ing Lawrence. King, q coloEed man, and
former Stats Senator from Edgefield
county, came 10 tho polls to vote. His
cote was challenged. by Clisby, who con-
tended that King, reading beyond the
corporate limits, could not cast his ballot
Ia o municipal election. DR.. Bland con-
tended that King had rlghtto vote, and
AN alteration ensued, In the course of
which Clisby ahot DIR. Blend in the bow.
els! Young Julian Bland Immediately
drew o pistol and shot Clishy in tho body,
ssd also ahot Mr.. Glover twice In the
thigh. Clis5y's wounds Here cousidered
dangerous, Glover's being not nscessarily
so. From the frat, however, DR.. Blands
injury was thought to he fatal, and, ha
fingered in agony, is being impossible
10 probe or extract the bali, and when
iate in the evening intelligence, reached
Auknsfa that Dr. Bland Was dead, the
neWBlwas not unexpected. He was, aa
above stated, comparatively q young man
hid been educated with care, tlnishine
up his professional tsainihx in Paris 8
|! few yeSEa ago. DTa. Campbell and Ford,
OF Augusta, were. both telegrapnea ivr
| lhak nanninff- and lAk lnsk enannnsA AZ =
surviving men were doirgl WE'LL, The
whole affair ia grhs Eegrsltad both here
and IN Carolina that another dark, and
bloody day ahoutd ,hay5 rolled over the
records ofsEdreheld. S4sss..a g