The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Gleanlngs from our State Exchange.

Rock Hill Herald: Mr. Joseph Wylie
has been elected president of the Chester
Manufacturing Company, and Mai. Jul.
ious Mills secretary. Several directors
have also been elected. The company
desire to obtain capital stock of $780,
M0 before beginning operations. The
Lt1rpect of raising this large amount
doss not appear very bright as only $l3,-
600 Eave thus fer been subscribed. 80.
lee Alexander, colored, was committed TO
jail last Monday by Trial Justice Warley
70 await trial for stealing O valise be-
longing to DIR. d. p. Robertson, of Char.
lesion, containing clothing and jewelry
of the value Of $3.50. The valise was "a
ken from one of the passenger cars of the
9. and A. X. r., on the 14th inst, while
the owner was in the ticket Office at the
depot. The stolen articles were recov-
cred.
Edgefeld advertiser: The Edge.
field, Trenton and Aiken Railroad and
the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad
retaino the convicts they now have.
Greenville Metrs: DR.. Marshall is pre-.
pairing to plant grapes OF On extensive
scale. He recently purchased q place
on the south side Of Paris mountain and
put in portion Of it in grapes. About
ten acres have already been put out, and
he expects in another year TO have about
forty acres Of vineyard. "A number OF
Northern capitalists are expected soon in
GreenviIle.
Kershaw Gazette: We gain informa-
ton from the tax books of the town that
there Wa shrinkage of $47 1862 in the
taxable falue of town property between
the year 1878 and the year 1879. In 1878,
the total value returned was S4447 ,508; In
1875, the total value returned,was $780,
948. The returns of merchandise for the
year 1873 amounted to SS2,9S6; in 1879,
to $7l ,3l0; being o decrease of SIT, ,676.
II will be seen by the above that the av-
erage amount Of stock of merchandise for
the year 1879, in the town Of Camden,
was only S71 $40, which is far below the
amount of stocks returned in towns of
smaller size than Camden. In 1873 the
amounts of credits aggregated Sic, ,0S2; in
1879 it only reached $1,000, of which
$4,000 was returned by one person (C.
Noelkin,) the other 1900 being held by
all the rest......The farmers are COM
planning of the Unprecedented scarcity of
farm laborers. The turpentine men are
sending away from homo for hands, too.
......The Adjutant General has sent an
order to one Lemon Thomas who has
been.without commission-oIganizing
and drilling negroes at night, to desist.
Camden Journal. Tho Governor has
again granted respite 10 Neill w. P'air
until the second Friday in June. Mill
was to have been hung on the 9th cf
March next, but efforts were made in his
behalf, which have resulted as above sta
ted. Wagon after wagon loaded down
with guano, lien after lien crowding the Of
flee of clerk, mortgage upon top of mort
gage being recorded, corn and bacon be-
ing hauled to o long distance to pay for
these things.
Lexington Dispatch: Alexander Will
liams, convicted of r,urdc. at the recent
term of court, war ,entenced to be exc
cuted on the 29d Of April. -. Mr.. John
Green, president of Red Bank Factory,
left for New York on Tuesday morning
to purchase new machinery sufficient to
increase the capacity of the mill 90 per
cent. The present high price Of yarn is
making the business ofthe factory highly
profitable.