Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
South Carolina Notes.


South Carolina Notes.
The residence Of Mr.. Gearge h. McMastar, of
Winnsboro, was consumed FIR day night by fire.
Loss $4,000 Insurance $l,500. The tlre was
accidental.
A Hampton county pastor declined an addi-
tion of S1OO to his salary for the reason, among
others that the hardest part of his labOrs here
tofore had been the collection of his salary,
and it would kill him to try and collect 500
more.
billiard Cromer, colored, was waylaid and
shot with a shotgun in Newberry county last
Friday night. It is supposed hat the shot was
fired by a negro named Jake Bowers with
no wife CrOmer has recently become in
volved.
James Miller, a negro charged with the muir
der of a cOlored woman named Dinah Jones,
in Richland county, in May last; was arrested RI
ter Jail Miller admits the killing, but claims
that it was accidental.
District Attorney s. W. Melton gives notice
that the cases for the violation Of the election
laws will not be called for trial at the ensuing
term of the United States Circuit Court in
Columbia The witness in such cases, unless
otherwise specially notified will withhold their
attendance.
Senator Moore has received from Congress
| man Evins dispatch announcing his depart
ure from Spartanburg for Washington on No
/ vember 18th for the purpose of assisting in
preparing the papers or Mr.. Dibble In his con
| fort is being made to prevent his being seated
| from the Second district.
Beaufort Sea Hand Neags: 1--WE are informed
| that our present Intendant and former Senator
| from this county, j. w. Collins, E q is the
/ most prominent and likely to oe the success
/ ful candidate for the Charleston custom hou e.
His Endorsement is pretty strong, and from
sources calculated to know, it is said that he is
most likely to be appointed and confirmed"
| A telegram published in the Newberry Her
| f1na Told IA oP HIATT
wanger, OF Lexington county. at Fort Worth,
Texas. by drowning on November II. The re-
cent sudden departure of Hatiwanger from
/ Lexington attracted attention throughout The
State and the news of bis death was the first
/ intelligence received OF his movements.
The amount of taxes collected in Aiken
| county up to November 10th was, for state
| purposes, $23. .266 Oh; for ordinary county pur-
| for past Indebtedness, 81 326 60; for school.
/ $500 a and for polls, S2,g95, making
a total of Sis.833 42.4 The collections are
far beyond what was expected, and leaves only
I about the usual amount uncoIlected.
The body of colored boy was found in the
road on sound o. C0lieton county. last week.
| The Trial Justice being notified empaneied a
jury OF inquest. Upon examination it was
found that his neck was broken. There were
no ma ks of violence upon his person except
| the loss OF a toe nail The boy had been sent
/ to carry a meal to his father, and, 1t is sup
| posed. thai he was going at rapid rate when
/ he struck small stump and, falling on his
] head, broke his neck.
/ In response to the inquiry of number of
/ members of the General Assembly who called
upon Judge Mackey and assured him OF their
support in the pending judicial election, he
/ stated that he would decline being a candidate
| for reelection and would not accept the office
/ il il were rendered him. The'Judge said that
/ he had most lucrative offers OF professional
! business, and had determined to resume the
i practice OF the law as soon as his term expires,
/ which will be on the 14th of February, lso2.
On last Saturday night the negroes of the
Silverton neighborhood had what they term a
/ s'hot supper on the place of Mr.. Milledge
/ Myers. During the night, while the ''mirth
| and fun grew fast and furious" trial JUS
tice's constable with posse swooped down
upon them and gathered in several OF the rev
| eiers for hog stealing. the stolen hogs com
| prising the greater portion of the supper
Three of the rascals, Isaac Goodwin, Aleck
| and Briston -, were sent TO jail to await
/ trial for the offense OF stealing live stock.
d. w. McLaurin, who shot B. Brady neal
Little hook, Marion county. November l6, was
brought before Associate Justice McIvel
| on a writ of habeas corpus. J. NJ john
son appeared for McLaurin. After hear
| granting bail in the sum Of 81, 900, the bond to
! be given before the clerk OF court in Marion
| Braddy died from the effects of the wounds on
Wednesday. NcLaurin win find no difficulty
/ in giving the bond required. The trial of the
case will be held at the February term il
| Marion.
Sea Island Nstcs: quite a number of rail
| road magnates were IN town on Wednesday
| and Thursday last. The party consisted OF Mr.
| W. o. Raoul, the recently elected PRESIDENT OF
the Port Royal and Augusta Railway, accom-
panied by Messrs- Edward Mcintyre, Andrew
| Anderson, J. S Davant. and w. n. johnson
visited Port Royal on Thursday in company
with the retiring President, DIR. ID. Q Wilson
and left by a special train the same day. 10th
! ing definite is known as yet as 60 what Will bt
the policy of the new management towards
I Tgf,rf hIrf
On Thanksgiving day, on Hunting Island. g
| coIored man by the name of Ned Smalls was
shot. A small boy was with him at the time
and he was heard to remark Il expected this
| At first il was supposed to be a case OF suicide
| but upon examination, his gun was discovered
| to be loaded, and his body was found to con
tain two buckshot in the heart, rwo in the
| groin, oes des a lot OF small shot IN otner por
| lions OF the oody. As Smalls had a bad repu
/ tation and there were about twenty negroes
| hunting upon the island that day, il is supposed
he met his end at the hands OF some person he
had injured.
Last August a colored man, named Bill
| Miller, murdered in the most atrocious manner
| an old coIored woman named Ida Sykes. The
| black villain, who was pursued by an lnfurla1ed
| party of whites aud blacks, took refuge in an
| almost impenetrable swamp on the edge OF
/ Sumter county, and thereby eluded those who
/ would have visited upon him swift punishment
Miller was lost sight OF and nothing whatever
was heard OF him, notwithstanding that GOV;
/
delivery in Columbia Sheriff Rowan. OF
/ Richland, has received q dispatch from the
sheriff of Sumter announcing that Miller had
been arrested and was In jail in that town.
On Monday evening # last week. in Beau
/ fort two young men (strangers) proposed TO
give an entertainments. and TO give out num-
| Der of prizes TO parties who held fortune s
tickets" The admission Zee was ntty cents;
| negroes attended, the performers began the
distribution Of prizes. Several prizes OF far
more value than the entrance fee were dis
| tributed and then came prizes Of no value.
/ This pIIt some Of the negroes out Of humor, and
| Immediately riot was started, and one OF the
performers was cut over the head. The scene
which followed was simply disgraceful. and 1t
was only through the exertions or W. j. Whip
per- the cOlored lawyer, that the young men
were taken from the crowd TO a physician.
Then the Intendant and the police force pro-
tected them to the hotel which for several
hours resOunded with the din of clamorous
negroes on the outside. We understand that
nothing has been done by the town authorities
20 bring the ring leaders OF the mob TO justice
The ring leaders are well known to the au-
thorities.
Last Wednesday morning a passenger Of the
steamer Corondalet. named j. w. Willis, OF
West Paris, Ne, was robbed at Port Royal by
steerage passenger OF the same steamer, "A ~
on the passage that it was his intention on ar
irving at Port Royal 70 visit the burylng
ground situated above the guano warehouse,
nnding the grave of his son who had been
buried there about six years ago. On his ar
risal at Port Royal, and after inquiries, pro-
ceeded to the burying ground. as above
stated and on entering therein he was ac-
costed by thi5 stTalgsE. WHO asked him IL
he was prospecting and. on receiving reply,
he Immediately faced Mr.. Willis with knife,
ana demanded his pocketbook. which was i'm
Inediateiy given TO him. containing about SEQ
in greenbacEs. which the fellew very coolly
aceepked, and, after taking the money out
fhrevv the pocketbook where IL was afterwards
found. Considering the location, as there
were crowds of people working within shout
hundred yards of the place where the rob
berv was committed, and that the least out
crv could have been heard, it was the boldest
rohberv that has been committed at Hort
KoVaI. The feIlow made good his escape, as
there was very little effort made to capture
him.
terrible Loss of Life.
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