Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-08

from Lee and made separate county: that he
served on the fist grand jury that vas ever
organized IN 1s3D; that Judge ColQuitt, the
Iather OF Gov. A H ColquItt. was the first
Jufge that ever opened Superior Court ia
sumter; that 1t was opened in Jim Bailey's
room. and the grand jury sat on logs: and
turtner. thRt sumter county is the garden spot
or the universe He has tried il for over fifty
YeaTs. and his testimony is that il is unsur-
passet by any portion of the globe Major
Dupree says that three days ago he couId nor
walk hundred yards hut on Friday he seemed
9 Qlite vigorous Ia good health, and did not ok
10 - over fiftF. He has numerous relatives
IlVihg al over this section, and bids fair to live
many years yet"
The following account of a successful at
Tempt at arson. and an almost successful at
tempt at murder. in Sumter county Is related
hy the Ame'tcus Republican: Three negro
women, sisters, iivesi on Mrs. Hardy's place IN
the Ii 10th distr CT OF this (sumter) county
named respectively 10 ephine Burke Francis
Rya1s and M'ilie. Ou Saturday lat the house
OF Francis r. ans was robbed. set on fire and
burnt; Josephine was accused of the deed by
the other parties and. ia fact, we learn some
money belonging TO Francis was identified
mat mat eS found ia Joe's husbands trunk, and
sne spok- OF having a search warrant On
wednesday n ght Joe persuaded Francis 10
| accompany h r u the swamp, telling her that
/ her hush md was there anu would give The
money back to Francis. She went aud Joe
| knocked Francis on the head with an axe and
/ left her, suppOsing she was dead cOlored
man who witnes sed the deed, yelled: 'DArl
a
| t-H.' and went end Informed Mr. Dick Mers
who proceeded 10 the spot but found the
/ negro woman alive and up. Josephine has
/ disappeared"
Columbus EnqUTer-Sun: ''Nance's Shops,
| SIX miles above the CITY. was the scene of a
| hlo DIV enc unber Saturday night. AT the
/ house ot a negro party was given and here
| the dit1eu'tv vrisinated- sam SlatOn and Joe
| P-ier> q arreled ana repaired TO the road 10
settle tue trouble. Directly after leaving the
| house they began fighting. with their fists onIy
| Nose and Jams. brothers of Sam SlatOn came
! out am engaged ia the row. bOtl commencing
| u beat the antagonist OF their brother During
| the melee Sam drew a knife a. used iU with
bad results upon his adversary leaving him
| lying on the ground In an apparently dying con-
| ditlon Peters was taken by some friends
| 70 his house on Mr.. R. d Jzier's place. where he
| Was attended by ID &C Woodbridge, of our
| city His wounds were found TO be- Of very
| dangerous character. he received two cuts ia
/ the back. one in the right side and one in the
neck. The cut in the side extended partly
| across the abdomen. exposing his intestines.
| IL is feared his iT juries may prove fatal
| Peters was considered quiet inOffensive
| IN n, and, It is said, the SaJOns provoked the
| ifficuitv The SlaJons live on the place of Mr.
| Lrrkin Davidson yesterday afternoon Justice
| Reese Issued warrants 70 the arrest II the
Sat ms, and they are doubtless now in durance
vile"
E Etstman Times: "E. F. Lee. Esq, Bryant
| Wn tehe4d. (cOlOred) ard one or two other C j.
| or persOis OF our town. were summoned
| one day last week to app ar before the United
| States Court. in Savann al. as witnesses against
MeSsrs VIM. b Sapp and J. b A. Buchen,
| gentlemen or our town, charged with the lille
! ga whippi & OF 5ns - Hu chns, colo red sew
eral weeks 81 re- The United States Court
fsi ed 20 make cAss OF the aft air,
| ard the witnesses returned rome
on Sunday IN rning last. Parti rep r ing
such frivOlOu cases o the United States Court
should be kicked out OF the community, as
they Onlv create trouble. put parties To ex-
Uense. and are a nuisance generally. Our
5 at laws are = squate TO almost any case, il
rigidy enforced"
Di-cussiug the fence question. the Greenes
| OO'O Herald says: The negroes IN this county
who think tina a continuation of the present
policy of the law in reference to fences is
nee -sSary to preservation OF their scrub
: Ock may soon learn that they have drawn an
| rXar1lV opposite conclusion from the truth
lhe iucustrtsus farmer who is unable 10 fence
| 10 his crop for want # timber or labor. will
Tot lOi stand the TGvsges OF such stock and
| Their destruction OF the fruits Of his labor. II
| the law wili not give him relief the shOU- uu
wisl, end popular opinion will uphold him in it,
II is 40 answer to say that the law does moi
allow such asJep. Common experience tesches
that laws which run counterpart to the jucg
/ ment and wishes OF large ma lOritv OF the Iu
| telligent ptCpl- soon become dead letters"
Toccoa Netcs: Week before last q gentle
| man who r. ides in Union county brought &
ths gin of Mr William BuSha. some four miles
from this place. tN elve hundred pOunos reed
cotton. which he had grown upon bis farm
, some few miles ABOVE Blairsvil Z and north Ui
the Blue Ridge Mons tsiBs The cotton wa;
grown without the use Of commercial fertiiiZ
e-s. ana matured in time to escape frOsts. Mr
Busha b uZhJ the seed cotton and ginned il
/ rea izing from the Twelve hundred pounds O
seed a four hundred pound Osg of as fine lin
as he has seen The Uni n county man stated
| tnat next wear he 81 iuld plant for full croI
OF cotton. being satisfied from this years ex
pertinent that he can succeed IN growing cot
| on IN Union q lunlV ~