Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-08
South Carolina Notes

The Darlington National Bank will be ready
TO commence business in about thirty days.
The County Commissioners Office will be their
place Of business until January 1st 1882.
There are twenty-five persons in the county
Jail at spartanburg, six Of whom are under
sentence, and the other sixteen under indict-
meRt. Four of those undergoing sentence are
United States prisoners.
The granite for the base of the Cowpcns
monument is arriving in Spartanburg.
The State Medical Association win convene
at Newberry the sth day OF April and continue
in session several days.
Dir. p. w. Hardin, while attempting to arrest
Jim Talley. coiored, near Knox's Station, Ches
ter county. recently. was fred on three times,
one ball making a slight wound on his nose.
Tailey was working on the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad, and had assaulted another hand with
pick. He made his escape.
Three negroes one night last week attempted
a forcible entry into the residence Of Mrs.
Brinkley. an aged widow lady, who, with her
daughter, reside near Mount Moriah Church,
Abbeville county. A colOred man living on the
premises went TO the rescue and was fired on
by the burglars. several severe wounds being
ioflicted. The burglars escaped.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture has receiy-
ed some new specimens OF mari from Mr. J. e.
Gudgeon. of Laurens county, and some native
olives and olive oil Of fine quality from Mrs.
Preston Brooks, of Edgefleld county
The commission to codify the laws of the State
met Friday at Columbia in the Judiciary Com
mittee room of the Rouse Of Representatives,
kimonton es Chairman. The commission took
general review of the work before them, and
assigned certain portions of il to each member
to put it in shape to be acted upon by the COM
mission 10 session.
On last Saturday week forty-nine warrants
were issued by United States Commissioner
Ledd against citizens Of Marlboro county for
alleged violations of the Federal election laws
at the last election, Two of the warrants are
! for preventing a voter from exercising the
| franchise, and the remaining forty war
rants charge conspiracy on the part Of those
/ named in the affidavitS against qualified voters
| to keep them from voting. The parties against
/ whom the warrants have been issued are all
4 Democrats. and reside in Brownville and Red
/ Hill townships of Marlboro county.
| The time allowed to Lee for taking testimony
! came to an end on sSth February. Many of
/ his witnesses testify as much for Richardson
/ as for himself. for they agree In saying that If
| they had chosen to do so they could have
voted after twelve O'Clock but that the orders
had come from Jack Smith, their County Chair
man. and DR.. Lunney that it was too late.
Columbia Register: The new city bonds ar
rived Friday and the City Treasurer will be
ready to begin funding in few days. They
are handsomely steel engraved in three colors,
/ those Of the denomination of 500 green, $50s
| in brown and 81, 900 in red. They were made
/ by the Franklin Bank Note Company, Of New
/ York.
| Mrs. Hendricks, an aged lady. died of pure
| fright caused by the burning of the BatesvillO
1 factory.
The down freight train from Columbia on the
| South Carolina road on Friday had passed the
Ia and vua fnA
! about Sardy's mills when the engineer, Mr..
/ Keys, saw loaded dray near the track, about
/ two hundred yards ahead of the train. he
/ blew the required signal, and Immediately
afterw ards the negro who was driving the dray
/ commenced whipping the mule in an endeavor
/ to get across the track ahead of the train but
/ was struck by th0 pilot of the engine. The
! mule and dray were thrown TO the side of the
| track and the driver, Philip Strawberry, ali
! ing of, was caught by tho tail OF the dray and
swung under the wheels of the tender. The
/ entire train of thirty-two cars passed over the
/ unfortunate mans body, striking him above
| the right hip and cutting him completely in
/ two.