Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-14
South Carolina Notes.

On last Friday night a horse was stolen from
dublin Hazard colored. in Edgefeld
dwelling house of Mr.. r. G. Sneak of the
Fork, in Orangeburg, which was nearly com
pleted, was blown down by the storm last
week.
1t is estimated that it takes on an average
for the whole o. Kershaw county 81 "A worth
of fencing to keep 81 65 worth of stock from
eating up s. 45 worth Of crops
Jimmie McNeal. a coiored boy six years old,
accidentally shot himself last week through
the abdomen, in Chester. He died on Friday.
On Monday of last week the dwelling of Mr..
Clinton McCarter, who lives about two miles
from Glover, York county, was burned, and
with it his kitchen and smoke house.
Scott hopkins the negro who killed a Mr..
Stroud in the store of I. L. Clubhouse 6 Co.,
Of life until June.
Miss Sturkey, Of the Fork, Orangeburg
county, was badly burned on last Thursday by
the igniting of her clothes while standing with
her back to tie fire.
negro woman was lynched on the 9th
instant for attempting to burn J. S. Blalock's
premises, at Martins Depot, Laurens county.
She succeeded in burning an outhouse.
The Charleston Rifiemen intend taking part
in the ceremonies incident to unveiling of the
Cowpens Monument at Spartanburg the
11th of May, and the members are busily ell
gagged in drilling and making other prepara-
tions for the trip to Spartanburg
The gentlemen who accompanied General
Gary's remains to Cokesbury state that his
aged mother, who had been i'll for some days,
died two hours after his burial. She had not
been apprised OF his death, and was expecting
him to visit her hourly.
Reports from the sea islands are thought TO
exhibit dscolraging prospect of making
fun crop OF long staple cotton. The weather
has been cold and unreasonable and lands gen
orally are represented as not being prepared.
Compared ith other seasons the cotton should
now be up 1t is thought, On the whole. that
the crop will be largely diminished. especially
on account of the low prices obtaining by
reason of the large amount ia market from
the past season.
A large joint meeting Of the citizens and
Town Council of Beaufort s. c., was held on
Tuesday evening, and a preamble and resolu-
tions Were offered and adopted as tribute to
the memory of the late Alfred Williams, who,
since 1872, had been the efficient Iutendant of
the town. The resolutions were read by ex-
Senator W. J. Collins, and ably seconded by
Colonel Thomas G. White and other gentlemen
present
James Hayward the negro convicted of MUIR
der in Beaufort last week, was on Tuesday
sentenced to be hanged on Friday, May Goth
next, between the usual hours. The jury have
signed a recommendation to have his sentence
commuted to imprisonment for life. This pc
tition will go to Gov. Hagood.
Quite a number of Mr.. Cornelsoa's new fac
tory hands have already arrived at Orange
burg AMI the mill is now being run at night.
Mr Cornelson's factory was visited last week
by Mr. John c. Seegers, OF Columbia, who pro-
poses to establish q similar factory near Co
Iumbia, to be operated by convict labor
A writ of habeas corpus has been granted by
peFintendent of the Penitentiary in the case OF
Henry and Griffin Duckett, convicted OF steal
ing cattle in Laurens county and sentences 10
two years in the penitentiary. The writ Is
made returnable on the 18th inst.
Steam having been applied. the machinery
of the Fishing Creek cotton factory, in York
county, is now daily in motion, and the pre-
| cess of grinding the cards is now going on.
The spinning frames are being put in proper
position. an5 in month or so yarn will be
| spun Certificates Of stock have been issued
/ 10 the stockholders. Stock to the amount of
$1,000 was taken in Charleston.
! There is now subscribed on the books of the
! Columbia Water Power Company, including
/ Mr. ThOmpson's SIS, 600 which he will sign for
| in Charleston and the $500 authorized sub
| scription of the Carolina National Bank SI2S,-
/ 90 Some of those who pledged amounts toward
/ the original S90,000 promised when the books
we're opened, have not yet subscribed, and
others have promised to do so. But the S12S, coo
! i Thought sure. There are 13 subscriptions of
5000 II of 81. 500. of $1,000, II of s., 1000 %
| Of $500, of $500, Il of $780, and 10 of S1CO
| The adiusters have Just finished the adjust
r,ent of the losses by the fire which destroyed
| the Wando Phosphate Works, on the 4th OF
| Eebruarv last The amount Of the insurance,
1 SsI 300 and the companies in which It was ef-
| fected were published at the time The losses,
| aggreeating SIS 3SS o. were by the adjustment
| distributed as follows: Machinery, SlO,soJ;
sreines and boilers, So RS; fertilizers in fac.
4 tory building and storehouse, Sl4.foO; factory
/ buildings and shed, s., 200: acid chambers ana
| buildings, SIS 625; fertilizers IN aclQ cnamoer'
| Sl2 OsS 03; shed. $50. Total, S7S,5So O5
The grand jury Of Beaufort present that
| there Is upwards of twelve thousand dollars
| due the county and State by phosphate com
| pauies for years commencing in 1878 TO 1915,
| imposed by the Board of Equalization, which
| sill stands unpaid, and by some unaccounta-
| bIe indulgence not vouchsafed to the private
| citizen. has not been urged to settlement. Inc
| amounts specified are &, ,607 IS, due from the
| Coosaw Company; $3,451 from the Oak Point
| Mines. and 81 327 from the Pacific. The grand
| 1ury express the hope that the non-payment
| ~ these taxes be no longer tolerated. They
| Toinf ont the palpable injustice to the taxpay-
| ers of legislative interference, at least, with
| their means of obtaining county revenue from
! the nroner resources, and hope that this viii
| not be repeated.
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