Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-15
South Carolina Notes

heavy rain and hail storm passed over the
eastern portion Of Pickens county on Wednes-
day Of last week, doing much damage to the
growing crops.
There are eos white and 34S negro voters
registered in Greenville for the municipal elec
tion.
The annual meeting OF the Grand Division
Sons Of Temperance will be held in Columbia,
commencing Wednesday, July q, at half past
D. m.
The Union County Agricultural Society has
been reorganized. Mr. D. P. Duncan has been
elected President, ard Mr.. W. A. Nicholson
Secretary and Treasurer.
Walhslla is filling up with summer visitors
There have been no delinquent land sales in
Oconee county. The few tracts advertised by
the officers have been redeemed by the owners
paying the taxes and cost.
The Newberry County Fair will be held in
October. from the 18th to the 2lst.
The crops throughout Aiken county are gea-
orally gosd The only bad feature is the very
small amount of corn planted in many locali
ties.
Early Branch was visited by storm of
wind and rain last week, doing considerable
injury The belltOwer Of the Methodist
Church was carried away during the gale.
1t is designed to build a new depot at Warn
vile. to accommodate the increased freight
and travel.
Last week George Hendricks, a gentleman
abou; 81 years old, was burned to death near
his residence, in Pi.kens county. 1t seems
he was clearing eff place for a turnip patch
when his clothes caught fire. No aid being
near. he was overcome. When found he was
dead.
In the Sessions Court at Columbia, Sam Gun
ningham was found guilty Of an outrageous
assault. Judge PRESLEY sentenced him to the
penitentiary at hard labor for twenty years.
The Keowee Courier is informed that small
boy on Mr.. ROwand's place, on the Turnpike,
near Walhalla, found one day last week fine
vein OF mica Specimens were dug out averag-
ing eight i1cheS square
The railroad company has commenced lay
ing the side track to run to the site Of the cot
ton factory TO he built at Sumter. As soon as
| 1t IS completed the granite for the foundation
will be delivered and work upon the building
will commence.
The vote in SDartanburg county on the oues-
| ton of subscribing seventy five thousand dol
/ lars TO the Greenwood Laurens and Spartan
| burg Railroad has resulted in a ms1OritY OF
about thirteen hundred in favor Of subscription
An artificial chicken hatchery is attracting
considerable attention in Columbia. 1t is in
charge OF Mr. Green. and has the capacity Of
Matching eight hundred eggs at a time. 1t Is
now in successful operation. The chickens are
| well formed and healthy in appearance. The
/ temperature is regulated by electricity and the
/ heat is keptup by means OF heated water.
Mr. Charlie Fits who lives at the terminus
/ OF what is called the Johnson new road. Hamp-
| ton county recently lost bv fire his gin house,
/ one hundred bushels Of oats, one ton guano,
/ twenty-five bushels peas, grist mill entire, and
s4a al EcFfr cd
| Sl.5o0. The fire started on the inside of the
| house, and is supposed to have originated
/ from a spark, which in some unknown way
/ got into the cat straw"
The Columbia and Greenville leased road and
/ branches. the Atlanta and Charlotte Airline
\ the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta, the Will
/ mington. Columbia and Augusta, the North
| eastern. the CT feraw aud Darlington, and Che
/ raw and salisbury Roads, and the South Caro-
\ lima Railroad will sell round trip tickets to
/ delegates TO the joint summer meeting Of the
| state Grange and Agricultural Society at
| GTeenviile for three cents per mile, counting
/ each way. The tickets will be put on sale
| from July % to July %, and will be good to re-
/ turn until August 3.
| On Sunday James Clyburn, aged about nine
/ teen shot John Sheorn at the latter's house
/ with double barreled shotgun. Sheorn lived
/ only few minutes. ClybJrn entered SheOrn's s
/ house with the gun and fred one shot, when he
/ dropped the gun and ran of. SheOrn picked
/ up the gun ard fired the other barrel at ely
/ burn. the contents touching the back of Ciy
/ burns head. Clyburn fed and, being hotly
/ pursued. pulled pistol and shot himself, the
/ hall going within a half inch Of the heart
/ Clyburn was arrested, and is in jail. He is
/ reputed to be a desperate character. haviug e
/ been in two or three bad scrapes before.
| William Dodson, Pleasant Adams, Richard
/ Bates and Joseph Burton, the four colored
\ men charged with burning the Academy Of
/ Music in Greenville on December :, 1879, were
/ found guilty by q mixed jury, consisting of six
white and six cOlOred men. and on Tuesday
| were sentenced by Judge Hudson to be hanged
/ on the 9th day Of September next At the
| conclusion of the sentence DodsOn tainted and
/ fell backwards to the floor His associates in
/ crime received the judgment of the court wi h
\ stolid Indifference. It is intimated by the
/ counsel for the 6efense that the case will be
| again carried TO the SuDreme Court