Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-04
South Carolina Notes.

The Sumter Fire Department now contains
three engines and one hundred and five men.
new lot OF operatives, sixteen in number,
have arrived for Cornelson's factory, at Orange
burg 1t is running now night and day.
Several Of the large oak trees on Monument
square at Camden have been killed by the
drought
On Wednesday, the 10Th ult, A. J. Mobley,
Of Edgefeld, was taken before Associate JUS
tice MCGOWAN. ia chambers at Abbeville, on
writ Of hdbeas corpus, charged with murder.
He was admitted to bail in the sum of 5000.
Black River, in Clarendon county, is dryer
now than it has been for years. Some Of the
larger lakes in the swamp are so shallow that
fish can hardly swim, and may be easily caught
with the hand.
The residence OF Mr.. VIM. POoser, at Orange
burg, was entered on last Monday night and a
number of household articles were stolen.
Liens have been given in this county. says
the Abbevine Medium, this year aggregating
the enormous sum of 10000. If this thing
continues there will be no saving this country.
Matters seem to grow worse every year.
The Board of County Commissioners Of Marl-
bOro county are considering the ways and
means Of building a new court house, and are
preparing data to secure from the General AS
sembly at its next sitting the legislation neces-
sary to carry the purpose into effect.
Manning is being rapidly improved; the
steam mills can hardly supply the demand for
lumber.
Up to the 2Oth ult there had been filed in
the Clerks Office of Kershaw county 2,247
liens, including liens for rent, for fertilizers
aud for supplies, aggregating in amount some
thing over $4,000
Marion has been for nearly twenty years
wi hout a school house. teachers being com
PEELED to rent at their own expense such places
as they can get entirely unsuited for the pur-
pose.
Mr. Silas Turner, who was gallant soldier
in the Mexican war, died in Marlboro county
last week Of heart disease. He was IS years
old
The Enquirer saws: THE total number of
liens on crops. etc, filed in the Clerks office of
York county from October 1st. 1880, to the 23d
ultimO, IS 2,7S0. sggregating in amount $780,
500, or averaging 500"
The survivors Of the late war from Claren-
don county have invited all interested to meet
with them on the first Monday in November. TO
devise some plan for raising sufficient funds to
erect monument to the memory of the he
roes who were slain in battle.
OF over a dozen lawyers practicing in Marion
only three are natives of the county. the same
thing is true Of other cauings. OF over thirty
merchants. less than Onethird are n tives of
the county, and only two or three Of the town.
The Anderson IlteIliGencer says: "Asbury
Wade, a cOlOred man OF this county, who
measures six feet eight inches in height IN
! his stocking feet, has been engaged by 2. T.
Barnum for exhibition in his great circus
Asbury was in town on Saturday dressed out
in white linen. and had very much the appear
/ ance Of a ku-klux. He is doubtless the talle>t
/ man in the State, or perhaps the Union
The Camden Journal says: ION Tuesday
/ night of last week Abram Richardson. cOlOred,
/ Attempted to commit most diabolical out
! rage upon the person Of a Young lady living
/ five miles southeast of Camden. The negro
came 10 the house at about II O'Clock and
/ tried TO take her out OF the window, but she
| fought and screamed until her father and
brother, being aroused by the noise came 70
answer the alarm, when the black fiend ran
and made his escape. All the citizens OF the
neighbOrhOOd turned out TO hunt him down
/ yesterday, but up to last accounts he had not
/ been found"
/ The Williamsburg Herald says: "The Sheriff
| attempted to arrest Jack Hicks, a cOlOred man
/ last Monday morning. No sooner old the
/ Sheriff order him TO surrender than he ran of,
| When the Sheriff fired four shots. two of which
| took effect one in his shoulder, just above the
/ blade, and the other in the leg lie made gO7d
\ his escape, but it is thought he will die
| There were three indictments out for him, one
i for stealing cotton, one for breaking jail and
/ turning out prisoners and another for not pay
ing his poll tax
The Camden Journal says: I'VE learn that
| during the latter part of last week Mr.. Eugene
| Hogan living near DOko, indicted Henry By
| mum. cOl0-ed, for stealing watermelOnS By
| mum wa ed and acquitted. On their way
| hac no. logan and Bynum got into a dis
pute over ne matter when. it appears. that
B, mum drew a pistol as il to shoot Hogan.
Immediately drew
his pistol and opened fire upon Bynum, firing
/ five times. Three OF the balls took efect-One
| in the ear. which ran around and was cut out
/ near the back OF the head, one in the side and
one in the hand. None Of the wounds are con
1 sidered as necessarily dangerous, and the pa
| tent was doing well at last accounts"
A twelve year old son of Mr.. Eli Moore. Ol
| Darlington county, came to his death in g
| mysterious manner last week. He went out
| to the field to carry water to his father as
usual. and not coming on time the father be
/ came uneasy and instituted a search for his
| son. whose clothing was found on the bank o
| Lynch's river. The river was dragged anC
the body was found about fifty yards from
where the clothing was found The boys necl
| was broken. An inquest was held by Tria
| Justice Fountain. DR.. Palmer, who held The
| post mOrtem examination, said the boy came
! TO his death by his neck being broken; he die
! not drown. The manner in which his necl
| was broken would have caused respiration L
/ have ceased almost Immediately The jurl
/ returned a verdict that the deceased wa
| found in Lynchs river, with his neck broken
| by some cause mischance or accident entirely
unknown to the jury"
The Sea Island NelCs SAYS: THE prospect
for good fall trade in Beaufort are encourag
| ing. ana several stores that have been vacan
for some time are being fitted up TO receiv
tenants. The demand for labor is good in thi
| section and industrious men can obtain fal
| wages and steady employment The cottol
| crop is better than anticipated from the back
| ward season in the early part of the year, ant
there is every indication of plenty of monel
/ this fail"
The Beaufort Crescent, of July 2sth, says
The family Of Mr.. John G.. Barnwell wer,
taken suddenly III on Sunday evening, and DR.
Stuart on being summoned found symptoms
| of poisoning. There were nine persons affect
ed ard for a time several OF them were in 1
| critical condition The doctor administere,
aniidOtes for tartar emetic and the patient
were sOOn relieved The poisoning was owlni
to enc or two causes-watermelOn or canhet
| beef-but as the melon came from Augusti
| the doctor inclines to the opinion that it re
1 suited from some impurity of the beef.
rather significant fact, however, occurred yes
/ terday cOlOred man attempted TO purchas
tartar emetic TO fig his watermelOns, as the
were disappearing too fast"
| The exercises of the State Normal Institut
versity building. Greenville, with devOtiOns
! exercises conducted by the Rev. Ellison Cd
Ders, Of the Episcopal Church. Prof. A.
Townes, of the Greenville Female College, de
! livered an address OF welcome. which was IT
! sponded TO by Col. H. s. Thompson, Superb
tendent Of Education. Addresses were deli'
cred by Prof. Soldan, Principal of the Inst
tute; Gen John Eaton, United States Con
| missioner Of EducatiOns Prof s. JOyuer, c
Tennessee; Prof. r. Means Davis and Prof.
| W Riemanu. OF North Carolina, and Others
| The attendance was large for the first day
there being one hundred and sixty names Ell
| rolled.
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