Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-31
SOUTH CAROITNA


Young Albert Willis. of Spur Branch. Barn
well county, has cleared S75 on an acre Of cab
bages.
Typhoid fever of a very fatal type is pre-
yaIling IN the neighbOrhoOdof Bradley's, Abb
beville.
The Enterprise Building and Loan Associa-
ton OF Camden has been organized with a
capital Of $4,000
The dwelling house of Robert Smyer, in
Chester county, was DESTROYED bv an incen-
diary fire last week.
Mr.. \. J. Cox, Of Georgetown county, died
on last Friday night from the effects OF dose
OF strychnine taken by mistake.
Mrs. l.. a. Mccall, of Marlboro county, has
succeeded in raising some very palatable tea
from plants obtained from Washington.
The corn crop in Barnweu county has been
80 seriously injured by drought that the yield
viii not equal the wants of the county.
The British steamship Effective is loading
at the sea Island Chemical Works, Port
ROYAL, with 200 tons of kiln-dried rock for
the United Kingdom.
The first through freight train from Barn
well to New ! Ork left Barnwell on Saturday
at 10 a. m. and arrived in Gotham at u IN. on
Monday, just fifty hours en- route.
The percentage of sickness and mortality
among the cOlOred people in Barnwell is much
higher than among the whites. It is probably
caused by excessive indulgence in water
melons and night meetings.
The family Of Mr. Madison Neelev. of York
county. are sadly afflicted. Recently two of
his daughters died with typhoid fever, and
now seven other members of his family are
very sick with the same disease.
The condition Of the crops in York county is
discOuragiug. The intense warm and dry
weather of the past three weeks has hurt the
cotton badly, especially in the Santee section.
where two weeks ago there was an exceed
I lngly bright outlook Tor magnificent crop.
The contract for building the Newberrv
cotton factory has been closed with W. I.
Davis, of Grecnville. the builder Of the Pied
mont Factory. He is to furnish the lime
sand and cement, and the directors the rest of
/ the materal-wOOd and stone. He expects to
T have his material ready so as to begin work
/ 10y the 10th Of August.
Mr.. +. ". Weathersbee, of Richland Town
ship. BarnWell county. has iifty acres of nm
land corn which viii make twenty bushels per
acre. There are five hills in the field that have
matured twenty five full grown ears. In the
same township Mr.. W. }. HightOwer will
ma ke on a one horse farm nine bales of cotton
and two hundred bushels Of corn.
Fairfield Nelos and Herdld: "Reports from
different sections of the country warrant us
i'm saying that another unwelcomed drought
has set IN, and crops are beginning to show
unmistakable signs Of injury in consequences
The best informed and most Observant plan-
tiers say that the dry and parching winds ac-
companylng the present dry weather is doing
Incalculabie injury to the cotton, besides cut
ting of other crops"
On Monday Benz. Moss and William Byars
were driving wagon loaded with whisky
=
" Marshal arrested them on a charge of re-
failing liquor without the payment of the
special tax. The wagon and team belonged
to y. j. Fisher. who runs a government dis
tillerv IN Spartanburg county. He states that
he has special license to retail liquor at his
distlllery. He received orders there for it
and his two agents, Messrs. Moss and Bvars.
were simply delivering the whisky called for
in these orders.
Camden Journal. ''The damage to vegeta-
! tiOn in this section caused by the drought is
+ so great that II cannot well be estimated.
f The gardens are damaged beyond recovery.
and the early corn is in about the same cOndi-
were To fall now. Cotton has stood the drv
now it is firing and shedding both fruit and
leaves. The young corn and hay crops are
also suffering. The outlook Is indeed gloomy.
I We speak of this immediate section. Most
I every other portion of the county has had
rain recently and they are more hopeful.
Barnwell People: 'sOn Monday night some
two cOlOred ministers and magic lantern
exhibitors named Holt and Grimes, who
were stopping at McCreary's Hotel. inviting
them to take tea at Harrison Ashley's, near
the depot. Between the depot and their
destination they met party of cOlOred men,
one OF whom struck match, looked in their
faces and gave a signal. upon which the party
opened fire upon the strangers, firing three
rounds. Holt received a ball in the thigh and
Grimes was slightly wounded in one finger.
/ There ls no clue to the perpetrators of the
outrage, and no cause Is known for the un-
provoked attack"