Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-02
South Carolina Notes.

The Coosawhatchie swamp, in Hampton
county, is drying up rapidly, and quantities of
fl h are being devoured by the buzzards.
The melon crop has been cut short about
Barnwen by the drought. and those coming in
are not good, though they find ready sale.
The store occupied by Messrs. Searcy &
Smoak, in varnvile was destroyed by fire
few days ago. 1t is supposed to have been the
work Of an incendiary. The building belonged
to Rev. G. B. Hickman. The entire loss is said
to be covered by insurance.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church of Prince
George Winyah have organized Ladies Aid
Association for the purpose of raising funds to
furnish the rectory and renovate the interior Of
the beautiful old church.
Miss \. H. Cason, of Ninety-six, was fatally
burnt by the explosion of a kerosene lamp last
Friday She was sewing on a machine when
the accident occurred, which cannot be &C
counted for She died the next day. She was
an excellent young lady.
The Rock Hill Cotton Factory has shipped to
date to its Northern agents one hundred and
seventy bales of thread the bales averaging
three hundred pounds.
There won't be corn enough made in Barn
well county this year to last the planters
through the cotton ginning season. The severe
winds of the past week, hot and dry, have
damaged the cotton plant very much.
A good many warrants have been issued
against citizens in Paris Mountain and Bates
townships, in Greenville county, for intimida
ton OF voters at the late general election, but
none have yet been served.
DIr. Allen Jones, son of Mr. NJ. NJ. Jones, of
Fountain Inn. GreenviIle county. swallowed
the contents OF Rn entire laudanum vial, with
suicidal intent.
A second but unsuccessful attempt to escape
was made by the prisoners in the Georgetown
Jail few days ago.
The teachers of Spartanburg county intend
to hold a convention this summer.
The highest range of the thermometer in
Spartanburg during the heated term was SO or
a. That was in the shade and not il fuenced
by heated walls or radlated heat from the
ground.
The meeting Of the Grand Division of the
Sons of Temperance in Columbia last week was
very successful The report of the Grand
Scribe shows thirty Divisions organized
throughout the State, with membership of
about twelve hundred. Applications for sew
eral new divisions are now on file, and the
woik Of the order is generally reported in a
healthy condition.
Leah Burgess and Susan Burgess, indicted
for assault and battery, with intent to kill and
Mary Billups indicted for poisoning her hus-
band, has been taken from Manning to the
Sumter jail for safe keeping
The count of S61, 900 of State Bank bills has
been completed and passed upon at the Comp
troller Generals office in Columbia. This. it is
believed. winds up the State Bank bills busi-
ness forever.
In Laurens county recently Bradford Boy6,
Jr, shot and wounded in both arms James
Munday. The shooting was the result Of
previous disagreement. The former has fled
the country. Both are white.
In Iaurens county last week, in e fight be-
tween two colored men, brothers on the farm
of J. Robert Fowler, Esq one shot and fatally
wounded the other, who died a few hours af-
terwards. The murderer was arrested and
committed to jail. He says he only shot his
victim to scare him.
Dr. j. L. Miller, of Due West. put his hand into
a hen rest for IN egg last week, and was bit
ten by a highland mOcasSiD. He became very
sick ard lay down on the ground for awhile.
then got up, killed the snake and brought it to
the house with him. He received immediate
attention from his father and is doing well
The Evansville Hampton county, Messenger
saws: "1he effect of the continued drought
upon the crop Is now OlSIl eSSlng Inc FARMERS
have long faces and are very low spirited be-
cause Of the fact staring us in the face OF
failure in the crop. Corn and cotton are dying
in the field oak trees in the woods and even
the fish in the swamp are being feasted upon
by the birds of the air The swamps are said
to BE- dryer than ever before known If the
dry weather was confined to this portion of our
county State it would be better, but 1t is
almost the case all over the state. ="
The Orangeburg Democrat says: "Many of
the farmers on Santee and in Lower st. Mat
thew's are hauling their corn, which is falling
down in the fields, to their barns as forage.
Various opinions have been expressed as to
the falling of so much corn. Some believe it
due entirely to the disastrous drought prevail
ing: others that it is due to the wood lice;
others again charge it to brown bug which
cuts around the stalk, while others attribute
the disaster to a small worm which cuts into
the stalk and causes its fall. Either of these
theories probably will produce the effect, but
it may be referred, directly or indirectly, to
the drought ="