Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-25
South Carolina Notes.


roads, Colleton, has been reorganized with
Benjamin Sauls as Master
1t is suggested that companies dressed in
Continental Uniform be gotten up to partici
pate in the ceremonies of unwilling the Cow
pens Monument on the 11th of May.
Hampton Saunders. colored employe on
the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. while
coupling cars at tine depot at Newberry Mon
day morning. had his arm crushed from the
elbow to the shoulder. He died in a few hours.
Mr.. T. l. Williams received a dangerous
wound from knife in the hands of James
Railey, near Brushy Fark, Chester county, on
last Friday afternoon.
A Mr.. Hail. living above CGrtersville, in Oar
lington county, on Lynch's river, was shot
through the lungs with buckshot, by Mr..
Minis. on Tuesday night last. No particulars.
The Newberry Herald says: "Since the 1st Of
January there have been 500 arrivals of drum
mers at the Newberry Hotel-14O from Balti-
more, 76 from New York, IS from Atlanta, So
from Charleston, 20 from Philadelphia, from
Boston aud Cincinnati each, and the rest scat
teling."
In an alteration between two negroes
near Greenwood last week, Daniel Noble was
savagely sgashed with a knife by Silas Mat
thews inficting eight or ten ugly wounds, one
penetrating the cavity Of the body, and several
terribly gashing the face.
The parties who were closed up by the sue
cess of the dry ticket in Ninety-six and Pros
perity are prospecting for locations in New
berry.
4 few nights ago some parties took wagon
and went to the blacksmith shop of Nathan
III -,
seventy-five years, in Yorkville, and stole
therefrom load of manure, which the old
mau had collected, and was waiting for a
customer to come along and buy it.
From Nicol's station, the Wilmington.
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, 1873 bales Of
cotton have been shipped this year and 716
tons of guano received.
The shipments of cotton from Great Pee-Dee
have amounted to {. .2S4 bales. and the receipts
of fertilizers to 1858 bags.
The cOlored teachers Of Aiken county have
organized an institute.
Messrs. J. W. Gooding and ". H. Tuten, of
Hampton, have sent orders to Columbia for
| German immigrants Sixty-one immigrants
/ were expected at the capital yesterday.
Mr.. Thomas Cudd, a citizen residing near the
I Cowpens battle ground, who was bitten by a
/ dog last October, died few days ago of
| hydrophobia. after few days intense suffer
/ ing.
The Bath PAPER Mills Company has been re-
| ORGANIZED with a paid in capital of S90000
/ Work has been already commenced. The mill
| will hereafter be known as the Barrett Paper
/ Sill Company.
Mr. James Shepard Of the Fort Motto neigh l..
/ borhood, Orangeburg, had his house and its
| entire contents destroyed by fire few days
ago All the members Of the family were in
the field at work when the fire occurred and
had no opportunity to save anything from the
/ flames Nothing was saved except the work
/ clothes in which they were clad at the time.
The Lancaster ReUiel0 says: THE records
I show larger number Of agricultural liens up
| to date than has been given in this county for
/ several years The number is 1,152-at least
/ 500 more than the last year AS in this county
1 so It is in all the counties OF the State The
/ increase is chiefly owing to the increased num-
/ her OF irresponsible cOlOred men. heretofore
| IabOrers. who have become farmers"
Miss Cunningham and her father, Of Orange
/ burg visited the Jail at Columbia last week,
where they saw the negro Jones, who was i'm
prisoned on the supposition that 1t was he who
/ committed the assault on that lady some time
/ since Upon seeing him, however she said
/ that he was not the man. The Sheriff has no
/ authority to release him until he has the
/ proper warrant to do so. II is thought that
/ Homes will be held to answer the charge of com
mitting rape on a cOlored woman some years
/ ago.
The William sburg Herald says: ''On last Sat
Y
/ bytery, met a crowd OF men at Anderson
I Bridge on Lynch's creek, having in charge a
/ coloTed man suspected of breaking into house
/ aud stealing therefrom. The crowd-more for
| amusement than anything else-elected one of
| the Young men from Indiantown as Judge. and,
| tfter fair trial, the negro was convicted, and
/ the Judge sentenced him to be swung up lit
tie ways in order to make him confess The
negro went over to Scranton and took out a
/ warrant for three of the party"
Wiley Henderson, colored, has been bound
| over for trial in the sum of $3.50 for burning
/ the new dwelling house OF Mr.. X. ". Atchlson,
! in NeyybarrV on October 81, last. 1t was for
! this same crime that John 2. Satterwhite,
white and JSom Workman, colored, were
/ tried, convicted at the February Court OF ses-
sions and sentenced, the former TO five the
/ latter to three years in the penitentiary They
are now in Jail awaiting the result OF an ap-
/ peal to the Supreme Court: henderson mas
i sworn ont warrants agsinst Nelson. Floyd,
/ Jim Henderson and Nerva Cannon, VINO testl-
/ fed against him, for perjury.
The Governor has respited for thirty days
! Joe Stevens, colOred, who was to have been
/ hung at Eagefield Friday, for the murder or
Andy Richardson, also cOlored. A petition FOR
the communication of his sentence IS penulng,
/ but has not vet been returned TO the EXECUTIVE
/ Office by the presiding Judge, TO Wnom IL nao
| been referred by the Governor The murder
/ was committed January ~, 1873, and stevens
/ was convicted in June Of that year, aud new
/ trial being granted he was convicted again
/ Richardson was a younger and much stronger
man than Stevens, and had given him severe
1 beating and threatened to finish him" Many
persons thought that there was some justidea-
ton for the Killing or at least extenuating cir
/ cumstances, and the petition for Communication
/ was numerously signed.
The massive memorial column erected by
/ the .Old Thirteen and Tennessee, weighing
sfxsy tons. has been successfully erected in the
| centre of the spacious public square in Spar
/ tanburg and the magnificent bronze statue of
Gen Daniel Morgan. ordered by the Forty
| sixth Congress, now crowns the patriotic work
/ of the st tie. The statue has beeu enclosed in
/ canvas, and will remain covered until the pub
/ lie ceremonies on the 1lth of May. The whole
| statue Is thirty feet high. The bronze tablets
| have been shipped from the fine art foundry Of
| Mr.. NJ. J. Power, East Twenty hfth street.
| New York and will be placed in their respec-
/ rive positions next week in the panels of the
| column The surviving ex Governors OF South
| CarOIina-AikeD, Manning, Bonnam ana Ma
grath-have been specially invited 70 attend the
| 5,owpeus ceremonies on May 11th
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