The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-22
The Cotton Crop.

ter Of the weather, culihe les the |
favorable. and in comparison wit1 tne
same timo last year more
gathering the crop. L.s
En,,v.ihree state that a top crop has
,.,an made hut some oil them say that u
mai rel onlv partly. Picking Is eA-
nectel 70 be finished on the ioth Deceni-
| Ter ty fourteen. while twenty .nano
report il nearly finished, ana cie'en '''
tirely finished ,.;,, ,ost
vear il estimated 10 be the same by Two,
scvcn.cigh,s by three. thrce-fourths py
, fnurteen Two thirds by ,wenty-eignt, anu
| one.halfb by ten. Frost came too late 10
| do anv damage, except having Kil1eu
/ some unnaiurci top crop ,;,
/ The proportion OF the crop marketed Is
rcpor,ed bv two 10 lie one-quarter, by
| six onc-half. by seven two-thlrds,. uy
twcpty.ouc threc.uuarters. and by eigh-
| teen seyen-cightS. showing that III tne
J average abou. three-fourths OF the yieid
! has been marketed.
| Louisiana report, per cent. deefease'
! no top crop. - per cent. inarke1ec -Mio
| sissippi 70 ler cen' decrease' " PEI III Ia
/ mark etei Arkansas. 20 per cent. de-
crease. u per cent marketed; Alabama,
oj per cent. decrease, 20 per cent mar
keted Tennessee. - per cent. decrease.
Picking generally finished. Small top
crops reported.
TuE WHITAKER CAsE.-While there
is nothing positively known on the sub
| ice, il is the general belief III well IN
formed army circles that the verdict OF
the Cadet Whitaker court martial Was
uufayorablc 10 the prisoner and recon-
| mcudcd his dismissal from the academy.
| but tia, the review of the proceedings by
the Judge advocate general of the army,
and the report thereon by the secretary
Of war. will result in the President set
tin. aside the findings OF the court and
| ordering the reinstatement OF Whitaker.
= The I.aurcnsville Herald is of opin-
| ion that the tircenville and Laurens
Railroad should be sold out 10 the Clydes.
| II is understood that they propose 10
take the lands and build the road. Pres
ident Mauldcn proposes TO keep The
road independent, but it will socner or
| later yield 10 the inevitable.
- The Augusta aud Knoxville Rail-
road, says the Augusta Chronicle, is doing
a fine freight and passenger business.
On Tuesday nne,y-five bales of cotton
were obliged 10 be left up the road on
account OF the train having its full load.
The train returned for this the next
morning The passenger business has
increased to such an extent that three
passenger cars are now carried out on
each trip. The outlook for the road is
very bright.
A meeting Of the stockholders of the
Camperdown Mills was held in Green
vile on "Wednesday last. The affairs OF
| the mills were found TO be in an excel
lent condition. and the spindles are
being run to their utmost capacity. a
dividend Of 6 per cent. was declared
payable the inst of January, which
! ,t-nc - t,,.,.l Co. . IL
year. About 100000 pounds of goods
have been manufactured this year, repre-
senting between 1850. 900 and S400, 900, and
five thousand bales of raw material have
been consumed.
= Work is still progressing at a rapid
rate on the Augusta and Knoxville Rail-
road, and each week convinces us more
strongly OF the pluck and energy with
which the engineer is pushing forward
the work. On last Saturday the track
laying force was near DR.. jennings place,
which is situated four miles beyond
Dorn's Mine. With the work advancing
at the present rate, the probability is
strong that the track will have been COM
pleted to Dorn's before Christmas"
- a dispatch from Shelby, n. c., dated
December 10 sa, Amos Horn. colored,
aged forty, caused the death of his son,
Burt Horn, aged sixteen, by kicks and
blows with walking stick and wagon
whip: The boy was buried yesterday,
but his body was exhumed by the cor.
oner's jury to-day and an examination
bruised and swollen. The father was in
carcerated to-day. The negroes are eA-
cited and swear vengeance.
| a Colonization Society. with a cari
tai of S3,OOo,00o, has been formed in New
York city to take up the vuelands of
Virginia and North Carolina, and assist
French Immigrants TO settle on them.
The President of the New York and
Havre Steamship Company, Mr. De Bib
ION, Is no" in the South making arrange
ments for carrying out the plans Of the
| company.
| - The track of the South Carolina
Central Railroad is laid to distance of
one mile from the depot at Sumter.
= The report of the United States Com
sioner of Agriculture Tor 1879 gives the
value of the leading crops of ali the States
and Territories Corn ,547 ,9Ol, ,79O BUSH
els, value $3.50, ,4S6, 2l7; Wheat 44S, 756. $50
bushels, value Si9T ,03U, l42; Hay 80. 493.-
900 tons, value $3.50, sO4 ,494; Cotton 1867
5io, goo pounds, value S242, ,l4Oss7; Oats
5o3, I6l, $40 bushels, valne Sl2O, 533, ,294 !;
Potatoes Isl ,626, 400 bushels, value S79.-
1888; Barley 4o,2s3, 100 bushels, value
SO, ia, III; Tobacco 39l ,27S, $50 pounds.
value 81, IT ,524 Rye %, ,639 46O bushels
value Slo,5O7, ,43l; Buckwheat l3, 14O. .OO6
bushels, value 1886, ,l9l. Total value Of
these ten crops, Sl,9l9.954, 1897, which is
ABOUT $40 to each inhabitant. This aggre-
gate is yet to be largely swollen by the
value OF crops omitted, as rice, peanuts.
sugar and molasses, fruits of all sorts
money, WOOL, butter, garden vegetables.
and meats OF all kinds.
=, AT Mrs. Bacon's plantation. in Edge
held county, on Wednesday last. two
colored men, Frank Williams and Allen
sun, engaged in a fight, during which
Sui struck Williams with his axe split
ting open his skull and exposing the
Drain. The wounded man. strange To
say, walked to Johnston's, two miles
distant, TO q doctor and had his wound
dressed, but he Is not ex pected to recover.
SUI has not yet been arrested.
= colored man named HAMPTON
Smyri was shot in the right shoulder bv
Mr.. w. II. Ellis, at the circus. in CAM.
den' on Thursday night, the lst inst.
= row occurred in Camden on Fri.
day, tho "a. the particulars of which arc
not given by the local papers, Police
man Gerald was shot and Mr.. Hinson
the mail rider between Camden and Ian,
CASTER oadiy beaten and nearly killed.
Thieves broke into the Sandy Grove
Shurch, about sixteen miles east of Cam
uen, last week, and stole hymn book.
twenty-five testaments and lot of mis-,
celianeous Snnday-school literature.
On Tuesday night of last week q bur-
giar entered the store OF Mr.. J. ID. Cone.
land, at Bamberg. blew the safe omen and
tIoVoeu II OF us contents, about fourteen
dollars, and quantity OF jewelry.
The stables OF the Atlanta strao,
hallway Company were des.-c-,; ~
nre 6" 'ie nignr or the lIth inst. twonty
buildings. ''''"'i