The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-01
MAITERS IN BEAUFORT.

"A Brutal Fathers Cruelty to hID Child
Turning by Slow Fire-The Albergottie
Trial-BottlIng Port Royal-Colored I'm.
migrants.
BEAUFORT, November 1S-The Court of Ses-
s'ons for this county, Judge Kershnw presiding,
terminated to-day. The Common Pleas opened
Immediately thereafter. The criminal calendar
exhibited one case for malicious trespass one for
larceny OF live stock, two for housebreaking and
iarceny, two for assault and battery, ono for
Erand larceny two for assault ard battery with
lhlent 10 kili one for bastardy, and ono for
assault saul and battery and cruelty TO children.
ms inst was an extraordinary case In Its de-
ored, was indicted for fearful cruelty TO his own
chiidren, two little boys, one and the other l
years a % OF age respectively The testimony proved
children by the father. One witness Testified
20 MS seeing one OF tho children tied up two feet
,fom iron tne ground and while most cruel eastiga-
Son was being administered tho fend had O fire
set ouilt oeneath his suspended body. which was
sm1thered down toproduee sufIoeating smoke as
piring gnsps the father called 10 his wife 10 come
end sec how the - was pretending TO bs
dying dying This with starvation and other enor-
T,l MTh,nercinly, was sufficient to curdle the blood
i. ine Jury, composed mostly of his own color,
oumu pan, MIN guilty, and ha wsS scnteno:d to the
4 Grm,tehuery r, Tor two years.
~ nc ciise OF James Hayward, for tho murder of
Ai,DerKoltie near Sheldon, resulted In his acuuit-
siiudes through which the prisoner had nassed.
Az his fiEst trial he experienced mistrinl; at his
second ne was convicted. Motion for new trial
was inade before his Honor Judg and was
ffeiusea Subsequently, upon aftidavita I,rcauc>..
Unon bis junge iMaskSy new trial was obtained
appeared for the defence which rezulfetl as we
have mentioned. -
mend that application be made TO the Tegislature
.hst an appropriation be made by it out OF tho
phi9sphhte royalty to build O now courthouse,
"mcn 'r, was burned some time ago.
The report Is TINT Port Royal Ia To be bottled
a, up ny the new direction In the interest OF Sa-
sain,a. sannan. The whar~es and warehouses on that
,h; h;hens,ve 'front.' are nearly deserted and every
snng looks dead and disused, nevertheless
s'. soine improvements heretofore commenced arc
me prices of town lots It Ia said sfiIl keep i,p
Our own beautiful little hotel In this Town has
Of MY b;oPTietorship and under. tho direction
,h ,hr young men. the lessee, Il has undergone
I1n In1oIoegh and extensive renovation and repair.
nerscps psosspeet "a Tint number of families and
deii,.5 diiS rom tho North VIII be induced by tho
,uSelightin ,S accommodation It now offers 70 spend
INC N, winter or part oft here
and snrs are inioImod that our present intendent
ina '@priner @ senator from this county, j. w. Col
,h s, ESQ. Is the most prominent and likely TO bo
inc sucoessf1 candidate for lhe Charieston Gus
nha nom sources calculated TO know II iG said
iirmed ' " 10 nppoihseu anu eoA-
, n oumber ofcolored itnmirrnnts tsith their FAM
con,tar .are osen arriving in town from Edgeheld
sSopphty Tor the past few days, and they are said
20 oe pioneera OF larger numbers who aro coming
,o,jeni G up some OF The idle and abandoned plan;
e,nhhnAtible land are lying waste and In soIno
is,,e arc dead expense to their impover-
sao owners, who IL seems are not LOTT. TO en-
ote oaaee the opportunity of having theii broad
t =, I,eeiaimed and resetiled. They arc sturdy
: ii,sn IaDofeIs, and some OF them seem to have
:. li'ue moncy,' and some have stock. They
csa cctesaa'uly affected by adverse seasons and short
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