The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-04
State News.


when the war broke out, and was once
brought out as n candidate for Governor
OF the State.....Three thousand ono hun
dred and thirty seven bales OF cotton
were shipped from Abbeville last month.
...::.Mr. f. Il. Bowie, who lives few
miles from Hodges, made this year on n
J two. horse farm SO bales of cotton III
bushels OF wheat, 700 bushels Of oats and
200 bushels of corn. It Is difficult TO SEQ
the logic In abandoning farming fol other
business when such results can be OBJ
tained......Wo were shown last week a
beautiful specimen Of upland rice, grown
by Mr. J. T. Spriggs, of New Market.
bushels OF rico In tho rough. In Ander.
son the farmers are paying somo atten-
ton TO this grain, and find IL the most
profitable crop which they can grow.
Let our people look into this matter. and
divide their attention between cotton and
other profitable crops...... We hava this
year the best crop ever pro oduced in ab-
beville County. The farme.5 hayo more
money, and the merchants are buster
than over before. II the present rush
continues tho present supply OF goods
VIII be entirely exhausted long Before
Christmas. ALI classes and conditions of
people arc prosperous.
Georgetc Wn: A colored man named
Sam Gailard was fired upon last Satur-
day night on the Sanpit road from shot
gun loaded with buckshot. Gailard was
wounded in six places, though not dam
gerously. lie says that he can identity
the man who committed the outrage, as
negro who about fortnight ago, men
aced him In q most savage manner.
Grcenyille: Aleck Sherman, colored.
was shot by John 81. Scott, white, in
Greenville. on Monday night, and pain
fully wounded Scott vas drunk.."..A
skating rink has been opened in Green
villo.....During the past week 1882 bales
of cotton wero received in Greenville, an
average of 4SS bales per day. The total
receipts SO far this season havo been
within fraction Of 12,o00 bales. or an
Horny: Mr.. james Woodward had his
arm badly mangled by cotton gin last
week..... While two colored boys were
trying to swap pistols last Sunday one of
the weapons was discharged, the ball
lodging in the cheek of one Of the negroes
and inflicting painful wound.
Kershaw: On last Thursday night Mr..
L. w. B. Smith, living below Camden,
went out to look around his cotton fields,
and soon came upon two negroes busily
engaged picking his cotton. lie succeed
ed In persuading them to accompany him
to his barn, where they were locked up
until the next morning, when he pro-
cured warrants and had them sent to Jail.
Marion: Tho Eteam gin of Mr.. Joe
Thomas, near Oothan, was burned last
Thursday.
Newberry: The Clubhouse OF Mr.. p.
Clark Smith was burned Wednesday
evening last, together with fiyo bales or
cotton.
Oconee: The assessment of personal
property OF Oconce County shows all in
crease over the assessment of 1879 OF
$36, lS0: :..""..Tho cotton crop of our coun-
ty has been an unusually. laiIe and ex-
ceptionably good On0...... Mr.. E. Turner
who lives In tho neighborhood of Battle
Creek Postoffice, had his house burned
down on October 19 Mr.. Burdett. OF
Oconee County, is now los years old, and
voted his first Democratic ticket in Edge
field County over eighty years ago, and
has voted tho Democratic ticket ever
since.
Richland: The grand jury Of Richland
County have recommene | that the county
commissioners be Instructed 10 ISSUE
liquor licenses at tho old rates to expire
on December 3lst, 1880; after that no IL
censo to bo issued for less than five hun
dred dollars per annum... There are
forty-five students in tho Agricultural
College at Columbia.
York In tho negro church at Rock
Hill, Joseph Gooch, @ colorod boy aged
about IA, was shot and killed by another
coi1red boy OF l3 named VIM: Ra'slinson
hold by Trial Justice Fewell. and the
verdict Of tho jury was that the shooting
was ental......Anderson Watson,
oolored, died from over exertion on last
Thursday. The sheriff of York County
had q warrant for his arrest on q CHARGE
out serving other papers Thomas H.
Glenn and j. e. Carroll, acting as deputy
/ sheriffs, pursued the negro, firing at him
three times: The negro fell from ez-
haustion and died. No wounds could be
discovered on his person, and the physi-
Inn n h IL
professional Judgment that "he came to
his death from over eXertion."
Lancaster: a car load OF cotton, twcn-
ty-two bales, belonging to j. w. Hassel-
tine & Co., was burned on tho Cheraw and
chester Road.on Saturday, 23d ult. The
Monday and paid over to the firm the
full amount OF the losses. Such prompti-
hiude Is worthy of notice by our NOR
chants and farmers. The fire originated
from spark from tho engine. The
depot at Pineville, on the Charlotte, Col
stroyed by fire on Saturday evening, o5th
ult. About 300 bales OF cotton were
burned. Loss about $1,000. The origin
OF the tire Is supposed to have been from
q spark from tho engine...... Colonel Bax-
ter springs, OF York County, lost his gin
cotton, on Sunday night, oath ult., the
work Of an incendiary. IA young White
child, about five yesrs old, was burned
to death on the farm o Mr.. John Harper
In this County, on Tuesday 10Th tilt
The child's mother, Miss Simmons,
went eat enrly In the morning to pick
cotton and built n fire in the field, ut
| which she left her child. While she was
engaged Mt her work In q distant portion
OF the field the clothes of the child caught
fire, anu before she could render aid the
child was so severely burned that It died
the following day.
Laurens: The Laurensville Herald says
of q recent difficulty in thas county, lit
seems TINT the negroes came to town on
SAL occasion In threatening. bantering
manner, with largo hickory sticks swung
to their wrists, mounted and very noisy.
The whites came In peaceably, except the
usual hurrahing, and repaired to the Col
lege Campus to rendezvous, nearly half
! n mile from tho nlnca Of the negro meet
ing. About the time the speaking COM
menced some difficulty occurred between
q white man and negro mt the place OF
meeting, in which the negro struck the
white man with a stick. Z. pretty gem
eral fight with clubs then commenced,
the whites having provided themselves
with sticks after seeing the negroes thus
armed. Finally pistols were resorted to,
and In the general melee negro by the
nalie of Jim Griffin. from tho :e.Skho--
hood OF Cross Hill, was killed. It seems
that Griffin anticipated q difficulty, as he
expected to return alive. Griffin was
captain Of ono Of the negro companies
PRESENT oii tiis. 81 .. occasion. ooooos<:;o
Clarendon: Jasper Corbett was shot
through the heart and Zoo King badly
wounded In the shoulder in b difficulty
near Manning on last Tuesday night.
Darlington Lee Davis. colored, cut