Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-04
SOuth Carolina Notes.


South Carolina Notes.
Last week Tom Jones, colored, while pursu-
ing Mr. Clarkson with a foot adze, on Mr.. F. F.
Dunbar's place, in Barnwell county, was struck
by rock thrown by Mr.. Clarkson and criti-
caly injured.
On Saturday last horse thief stole a mule
from colored man on DIR. Turner's place, in
Barnweu county. He was followed to Augusta,
but not caught.
Mr.. A. Lesley, Of PIcKeus, had his right
hand badly injured in cotton gin last week.
Willie Neil, little boy Of York county, had
his right arm so badly mangled in a cotton gin
last week that amputation was necessary.
Peter Martin, Jr., colored. of Manning, stab
bed himself one night last week in the abdo-
men with pocket knife.
A great deal Of sickness prevails in and
around Hamburg. Several cases Of typhoid
fever are reported.
On Wednesday Of last week while Frank
Brown, colored, was engaged in rafting lumber
down Lynches river he accidentally fell off of
the raft and the current carried him under it,
where he was drowned.
Typhoid and malarial fevers are prevalent in
the Midway section OF Barnwell county.
The Hon W. J. Wood has sold his plantation
near Robbins, Barnwell county, to Mr.. Joseph
Ashley for s!5,64 cash.
A serious difficulty took place near Coosaw-
hatchie, Hampton county, last Saturday be-
tween James F. jackson and a colored man
named Richard Curry, during which Curry
was shot in the abdomen.
A colored man on Mr.. E. c. Simkins' place, in
Newberry county, shot himself in the breast
accidentally on last Thursday with an old
pistol
The observance Of the burial day Of the
President was general throughout the State.
Memorial services were everywhere held. and
appropriate action pursued by citizens and To-
cal authorities.
A movement is on foot in various quarters
to obtain an abatement of charges for phos-
pilates, etc.
Mr.. Edward Roche, who lives near AbbevilIe,
had the misfortune to have his barn burned by
an incendiary recently
Mr. Tom Dawson, Of Hampton county, was
burned out few days ago. The fire was first
discovered on the top Of the house. Kitchen,
dwelling and contents were all lost.
Mr. Ivy 2. Abrams dwelling house, four
miles from Eewberry, was burned down
Gently. The fire was accidental The loss
amounted to 81, 500 and no insurance.
N0arleS
Gene Savannah neighborhood, Sumter county,
was bitten by snake or lamprey eel short
time ago, and died in twenty four hours.
Commissioner Butler requests that all per-
sons sending articles for exhibition to Atlanta
will ship them direct to that place. in care Of
the South Carolina Agricultural Department,
and not to Columbia
A negro girl. twelve years old, was kindling
a fire with kerosene oil in Greenville last week.
The oil ignited and the can exploded, setting
70, hsr ole and hFTrr fnCr har
that she cannot recover.
The little child Of Mr.. A B. Zeigler, of Or
angeburg county, mentioned some time ago as
having swallowed a quantity of quicksilver
and from which it recovered, died last week
from drinking concentrated lye.
About two weeks since, while the family of
/ Mr. Andrew Shealy were resting under an old
piHe in his cotton field, near Holly's Ferry,
| Lexington county, dead limb fell upon the
head o. his little ten year old daughter, crush
/ ing her skull and killing her,
In Marion county last week. Jim Coleman
/ shot his uncle. Frank Avant, from the effects
/ Of which h. soon died. Both parties are col
Ored, the former aged about 20 and the latter
| 80 years. Coleman claims to have killed his
/ uncle in self-defense. After the shooting he
| left home and has not been seen since.
The dwelling Of Mrs. Turner, of Johnston, s.
| C.. was struck by lightning aud set on fire a
/ few days ago. Her daughter, Miss Fannie. and
/ a young gentleman from Charleston. who is
/ visiting the family. were very severely shocked
/ rendering them insensible for several hours
The house was only slightly damaged.
At meeting of the State Board of Agricul-
/ ture last week to eudit accounts for the year.
/ Mr. Roche submitted report Of the phos-
/ phate territory which had been trespassed
Il upon The commissioner was not instructed
| to proceed against the trespassers. The board
! declared Ashley river and Church creek open
under general rights.
One night last week Mr.; David Butler,
| living on Big Creek, Edgeheld county
/ EroH Araa mar ofo HFg
/ stables. There have been several
| horses s. Olen in that section lately, and there
| is almost conclusive proof that a certain mu-
| lattO and two or three white men are banded
together for the purpose OF stealing horses and
/ running them on to Georgia.
The Sumter WdtchmGn says: "Near Bethel
/ Church on Saturday last, while playing base
| ball Messrs. w NJ. Brown and Edward McKov
/ ran to catch ball on the fly, when they col
| lided. causing serious injuries The former
| had his forehead cut open, skull cracked, nose
broken. and was also badly ruptured for life
| The latter had his teeth knocked loose and his
| lip cut through, which had to be sewed up
George Snider white, an escaped peniten-
| tiary convict from North Carolina, was ar
! rested in Greenville last week. The crime of
| which he was convicted in North Carolina is
| horse stealing. Nearly two years ago he sold
a stolen horse to Mr.. Henry Shumate, in Green
! VILE and. finding himself hOty pursued, left
without getting the money for the horse, and
! was captured in this county. His sentence is
| ten years, and he with several other cOnvicts
| made their escape from a chain-gang near
| Asheville some time age.
| The Georgetown Enquirer says: There are
/ conflicting estimates Of the probable yield Of
| the present crop of rice. although it is quite
| generally conceded that the absolute loss will
/ exceed fifty per cent. This calculation does
not include the deterioration in quality of the
| rice which will be actually harvested, which
| will, OF course, make the total shrinkage still
| higher. Two Of our we'll known planters con-
| cur in placing the loss a. two-thirds and think
| that the remaining third will show by its
| and salt water. We think it may safely be
| predicted that the final yield Will be sixty per
cent. short OF a fair crop in proportion to the
| acreage The loss on one thousand acres on
| North Santee is put at sixty per cent and
| there is only one plantation containing about
| one hundred acres on that river, which has
/ not suffered in the same proportion"