The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-29
Vile and Columbia Railroad as 1t has to
the G. G. G. A.

cultural College, and other details for
the opening of that institution, will be
perfected at the regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the South Carolina
University on the 18th of February.
The College will probably be opened for
students about the 1st of October next.
w. c. Benet, Esq, for some time past
one of the editors of the Abbeville Press
and Banner, has retired from the field of
journalism for the reason that his duties
as an editor conhicted with his duties as
lawyer, and vicc uersa. He is succeeded
by Mr.. Fl. T. Wardlaw, to whom we ex-
tend cordial welcome into the frater-
nifty.
Mr.. L. C. Clinkscales, of Abbeville
County, had his gin house burnt down
on Tuesday, Goth instant, together with
two valuable new gins, all the gin gear
ing and other machinery, twenty-seven
bales of cotton and large quantity of
cotton seed. The fire was accidental, and
was caused either by loose match in the
cotton or spark from the saws. There
was no insurance on the property, and
the total loss will not be less than fifteen
hundred dollars.
The special Columbia correspondent of
the Charleston Mc,cs and Courier, sends
the following to that paper under date Of
January 25: can agent of parties in
Kansas has been here for day or two
endeavoring to induce the State authori-
ties to procure the arrest of c. P. Leslie,
the notorious land commissioner, who is
now residing near Topeka, Kansas. APP
plication for a requisition was made to
the Governor, but was refused, on the
ground that no indictment was at pres
ent existing against Leslie in the State
Courts"
The Columbia Register says that the
State Superintendent of Education is en-
deavoring to put in operation plan by
which the public schools can be kept
open for longer period each year than
they have been heretofore. His idea is
that after the public school fund is ex-
hausted the patrons of each school make
voluntarily contributions to continue it
in operation. This will enable all classes
to have the benefit of the free school
fund, and those who are able and wish
to pay for their children's education can
do so in this way. BY uniting the funds
thus obtained, it is thought that more
good can be accomplished than by using
them separately.
A telegram to the Columbia Register
from Sumter, S. c., under date of Janu-
ary %, tells the following sad tale of the
consequences of disappointment in love
affairs: "Preston D. Mood, editor of the
Clarendon Press and teacher of success
full private school, blew his brains out
last night at Manning, where he resided.
1t is rumored that the refusal of fair
daughter of Israel to reciprocate his at
tachment caused the rash act. He was
about 81 years old, and was the son of
Rev. Henry NJ. Mood, distinguished
Methodist minister, and a most exem-
plary gentleman. The young man was
talented but erratic-some say not al
ways sane. He was reckless as an editor,
and was recently challenged by young
Charles Pool on account of newspaper
remarks. Both parties we're willing to
fight, but the seconds could not agree
upon the terms. Young Mood was we'll
yesterday, attended party last evening,
and killed himself after returning home.
He has large family connection here.
The sad event has excited much SYM
pathy."
The Columbia correspondent of the
Ne'cs and Courier says: "The negotiations
which have been pending for some time
between the State and Messrs. Dolby &
Bangs, the contractors for building the
Charleston jetties, were brought to con-
summation on last Thursday by the accep-
tance of the builders of the terms pro-
posed by the subcommittee of the board
of directors of the South Carolina Peni-
tentiary. BY this contract Messrs. Dolby
& Bangs agree to buy all the rock needed
for the construction of the jetties from
the State quarry near the Penitentiary,
paying therefor the sum of ~ cents o
ton, delivered on board the cars. They
are to build track connecting the South
Carolina Railroad with the Penitentiary.
The work of constructing this track will
be commenced at once and finished in q
few days." This contract will give the
State net profit of something like one
hundred thousand dollars within the
next three years. 1t is the contract
upon condition of which the Legisla-
ture passed the Charleston Ship Canal
Act giving fifteen thousand dollars to
open a canal from the Cooper to the
Ashley River on Charleston Neck, by
means of which the railroads will be
carried to the waters edge. This appro-
priation, therefore, which was considered
extravaganza by some, turns out to be a
very fine investment for the State, since
under it we get one hundred thousand
dollars in three years by spending fifteen
thousand dollars this year.
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A STRANGE CASE OF POISONING
A correspondent of the Mews and Courier,
writing under date of January %, from
Laurens County, says: "On Wednesday