Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-08
South Carolina Notes.


South Carolina Notes.
The United States Circuit Court was con-
vened by Judge Bryan at Charleston Monday.
The court room was closely packed, and the
bar was filed with the counsel for the political
prisoners. Mr.. J. P. Bryan, on behalf Of the
accused, filed challenges to the array of grand
and petit jurors on the ground that they were
drawn from both districts of South Carolina,
instead of the Eastern district, where the
Offenses we're laid. AS the government elected
TO proceed on information, the grand jury
were finally discharged, there being nothing
to claim their attention The Richland
county cases were continued till the
November term at Columbia. Subpoenas dtces
tecunl were filed to be served upon the Secre
tary of State and Election Commissioners to
produce all their books and papers relating to
the last election. The accused from Fairfield
county will be notified when wanted. On Tues
day the court reassembled and the petit jurors
were organized into two panels of twelve each
and three supernumeraries. Three of the
jurors are colOred men. The witnesses were
discharged till 10 O'Clock yesterday, when Judge
Bond was to be present and the cases were to
proceed.
byterian church in Georgetowa.
An attempt was made by Johnson, one of
the Lynchburg murderers, to escape from Jail
at Sumter last week by cutting his way out of
the building.
Petitions are being circulated in Chester
county, petitioning the Legislature to psss a
law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of
spirituols liquors as a beverage.
Eight men, six women and fourteen children
arrived Friday morning at Columbia, consign-
ed to Colonel Butler. The men are nearly all
Prussians, and are from twenty-six to forty
two years old. They will go off rapidly. The
Swiss who arrived on Sunday will be taken by
Colonel R. n Sims, for his plantation near the
capital
The Hon. D. Waytt Aiken has been seriously
i'll at his home at Cokesbury for some days.
His condition was, at last accounts, very criti-
CAL but his physician was hopeful of his re-
covery.
Mrs Nancy Williams fell dead from apo
plexy in her yard in Lancaster county last
week
The expenses of the recent session of the
court in Lancaster amounted to S5S7 So
The Edgefeld municipal election will be held
on april p
Dir. H. B. Hendricks. of Pickens county, last
Tuesday had one of his outbuildings destroyed
by fire. The building contained provisions and
lumber The total loss was about five hundred
dollars.
The cry of scarcity of farm laborers comes
from every quart of the county, and how
the demand is to be supplied this year is an
uusolved problem.
On Monday. in Fairfield county, Rena Aiken,
Of Tav q
seized with epileptc fit and fell into the fire
and was burned to death before she was dis
covered.
Coroner W. H Scott held an inquest Monday
upon the dead body of a colored man named
Squire West, at Columbia, who fell from the
freight train and was run over at Killian's Sta
ton, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, about O'Clock the same morning.
DIR. J. W. Gieger and Mr. R. c. Casey, the
ma ayers of Casey's precinct, Lexington coun-
ty at the November election, appeared before
United States Commissioner StOeber Tuesday,
charged with allowing illegel voting. The case
against them utterly breaking down, they were
discharged.
The Democratic County Executive Commit
tee of Newberry county met few days ago
and appropriated SD to defray the expenses
of citizens of this county who have been ar
rested and bound over t0 the United States
Court for trial on charge of violating the
election laws Only two persons have been
bound over from this county.
A few days ego Kate Morgan, an old negro
woman, left her grandchild. a little girl four
yeaIs old alone in her house on Gadsden street,
in Columbia, while she went for water to
we'll about one hundred and fifty yards away.
ITpOn her return she found the child in the
ward dead and terribly disfigured by fire, which
had consumed all its clothing.
About three hundred mules have been sold
in Abbevile to farmers of the county during
the season Just closing Prices have ranged at
an average advance of about S25 on the mule,
over and above the prices received Tort
same grade OF animal last season. Two-thirds
of the mules sold during the winter have been
paid for in full, while about one hundred have
been sold either partly or wholly on credit
The grand jury of RichIand are getting after
the LIQUOR dealers. Upon the affidavit of the
County Treasurer, they recommend that the
Solicitor be instructed to enforce the act or
December "a, 1GH), further regulating the sale
Of Intoxicating liquors. They append g llSt OF
those liquor dealers who have not paid their
state license tax. These compose about three
fourths Of the total number in the city.
The annual meeting Of the South Carolina
Medical Association will be held in Newberry
on the 18th inst, and the presence OF all the
physicians Of South Carolina, irrespective OF
the fact whether they do or do not belong to
the society, Is desired. The meeting is expect
ed to he of unusual interest and of great pub
lie Importance, as papers have been prepared
by members on many subjects and especially
on such relate to the sanitary condition OF
the state; and Of the cities and towns within
its limits.
On Sunday last, when the congregation as
Sambed at the Old Brlck Cnurcn at 81 Ste
nhens they saw all their Bibles and Prayer
books were gone, all the curtains
around the chancel stripped and the
curtains around part OF the Vestry
thorities of the town succeeded in aTresting
,1agro named John Franklin Due, hailing from
tbs Pine Ridge Mountains, who confessed the
s;T1e The hooks were all destroyed Due
entered the church last Tuesday evening by
fearing up several tombstones and making
stand high enough to reach the pay WlhuoW on
the sonfh side OF the church at the rear OF the
chanceI which he broke and entered: 1Iisi
Justice s. G Harmon sent him 70 gall tSr Sa y Ia
ef the next term OF court. All the SUNDAY
school library is gone too. The negro gives
no reason for his vandalism.
On Sunday morning last, the residence; viii
ali the furniture, clothing. etc, OF Mr; W y.
GelIowav. situated in Hebron township, IN
WarIboro county, was entirely consumed y
19erished in the flames. Mrs. Galloway nurseo
her babe to sleep. and after plsoing IL COM
s-ssbIv in he'd went over to see q sick brother
- ber 99rand fathers Mr.. P s. Thomas distant
thres or four hundred yards. She leIt the
bonsa very quietly. so es not TO disturb any
- and expected that her husband would
remain and take care OF the children ana
the property. In snort Wells Mr. Sallo hH5
90 who did not know that ms wire nao
r.e2s b1t supposed that she was IN the kitchen
EsaIIs5;os, ~ some household duty, walked
M e..eSH - H. T'homas' As soon as Mrs Gal
S ose. - sa1r him she remarked that the children
eS eIone and started on run Tor nome.
Sba had not proceeded far 6eIofe sne us
Sovared that the house was on IRE, Dls ere sue
~ bar husband could reach It the ounulns was
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