Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-10
South Carolina Notes.

Last week, in HOrry county, Dave freeman,
negro man, fell from loft to the ground be-
Iox. a distance Of fifteen feet His head struck
a sill, his neck was broken. and he died in two
minutes.
There were thirteen competitors for the
scholarship in the Nashville Normal Institute.
The successful ones were F. ". Caldwell of
Winnsboro', ]. ]. Lanier Of Edgeheld, Miss
Maggie Evans of Anderson, G. Z. Stokes of
Orangeburg, and Frank Evans Of Marion.
The cotton receipts at Greenville for the
week ending on Monday were 14s bales. The
receipts for the corresponding week last year
were sixty-three bales.
Wash. Mason, while handling shotgun last
Thursday, at Hampton. accidentally struck
tle hammer against door sill, discharging
tle contents OF bird shot in the muscles of the
left breast tearing away a portion Of the
muscle, but not entering the cavity Of the
chest. DR.. W. S. Hay was summoned, and did
not consider the wound fatal.
The first picking has shown the yield around
Rarnwen to be muca smaller than was ex'
pected, and though pickers obtain fifty cents
FER huRdred pounds. very few Of them can
gather one hundred pounds per day, as the
cotton is very scattering. The recent rains
have given the plant a vigorous start again,
and the main prospect rests on a late frost.
Dis rict Attorney Melton is in favor Of 2
United States court house building IN Greep'
vile. He is also endeavoriDg u have two
terms OF he district Court az GreenVllle a
wear instead Of one, and to arrange to have
The records of that District kept in Greenvile
aud deputy clerk stationed there t. take
charge OF them.
The dwelling house OF Mr. W. J. Thomas,
IFr-l,e aR,,rrf
midway one of the upstairs windows a few
days ago, the fiery current running down and
shivering a post in the wall of the house, and
from there 10 the ground, tearing up IN iti
course two wlncOWs-one upstairs ana the
other by the chimney-aEd knocking down he
mantei-bOard breaking every thing on It. Mr..
Thomas was working within nVe steps OF tne
spot where the bolt fell, and was aWfully
Shocked for a hort time His family were sit
ting on the piazza, near enough to feel the neat
from the flash, but all miraculously escaped In
jury"
James P. Moore. Esq. an attorney OF long
standing at the Greenviile bar. ana Clerk ol
the Board Of County Commissioners, mas oeen
two days absent from the city, and IL Is sup
posed has fed the county 20 ave ID arrest on
charge OF breach Of trust E'ish fraudulent IN
tent and fraudulent man3ppiatlOps Oh cfalhls
which he held against the county. 1t IS charged
that he has sold the same claim TO three dlL
ferent parties and collected the money from
the county and appropriated Il 70 ms own use,
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OF ~ O10 at tesst. Sundry other charges are
preferred against him.
The Johnston Monitor is informed that 6
difficulty occurred about one mile from Ridge
SDrinR the first OF last week, between PINK
Whittle and young man named thompson
in which the former was seriously wounded
DrGbably fatally. The two men were picking
cotton togsthsT, and from joking they came tC
blows, when Thompson drew his knlte ano
tabled Whittls several times IN the head,
hack and breast, the wounds being OF a very
dangerous character. At the latest INFORMATION
no hone was entertained Tor Nnlttle's rscOS
cry. Thompson escaped
An order signed by Associate Justice Me
Qowan has been received by Sheriff Gllreat1
Of Greenwich staying the execution OF VIM
Dodson, Pleasant Adams. Ricls Bates and JOE
Burton. the Academy OF Husis 1acendiarie'
who were sentenced by Judge Huoson - IGt
net. The next term OF Court for GreenVllle
county wiz begin on October 81. Judge fraser
will preside.
According to the Agricultural Bureau, cot
| ton is done for and, estimating not more tnaI
half crop, the wise, energetic planter VIII ssyt
/ u aE clean and nice as possible, hold IL IL ns
/ can; aud, above all things, SOW large ga
i crop as soon as practicable. and commence u
Sconomize right now, for 1882 VIII mos az
1 sureoly be a bad year on all who are not lore
handed Grazing lots Of barley end rye WI
oe OF great help in keeping stock and essls
| Nery much through the trying montls ~
AATch and April. Rye on rich land viii i4r
nisn carrier forage. and more OF II. TO taks tlt
| place OF FODDER. than anything know OF. II
can oe cut three or four times with cradle
| commencing as soon as it heads out and cur
ing ike hay. Mules and horses relish it thu:
cured very much, and a crop can be made on
1 II with very little corn