Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-18


The renewal of the track of the Charleston
and Savannah Railway, relaid with steel rails,
was completed last week.
The Kershaw Gazette understands that a
large number Of negroes in that county are
preparing to emigrate to Arkansas.
The Judiciary Committee of both Houses of
the Legislature have reported unfavOrably on
the bill readjusting the boundary lines of
Beaufort and Hampton counties.
The Edgefeld AdrertiseF states that Dr.
James \. DeVore, Mr.. John Rainsford and
Mr. John Wise, three planters in that county,
employ fully 500 negro voters.
Mrs. Polly c. Meetze, of Lexington. has
raised a cabbage that measured four and a
half feet across the top of the head and weigh
ed thirteen and a half pounds.
The new bonds of the Charleston Cotton
Mill were put upon the market on Saturday
last. and over $4,000 of them were sold during
the day, the price being par and accrued in
terest.
The Camden Journal says: ''Those farmers
who gave mortgages on their stock last spring
appear to be faring badly now. Large num-
bers Of horses, mules and cattle are being
seized under these mortgages"
a special from Fort Motto to the Ne1cs and
Courier says: MIR. Elliott II. Trick, promi-
nent citizen Of this county. and for a number
Of years consistent and active member of
Trinity Lutheran Church, committed suicide
on the lith by blowing out his brains with a
shotgun. No cause has been assigned for the
rash act
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the CamperdOwn Mills, in GreenvilIe, was
held on Wednesday at the Office of the COM
pany. The report Of the Treasurer showed
that the mill has been prosperous, and that it
has been making money during the past year
IN spite of the fact that the yarn market has
been depressed.
The officers Of the Agricultural Society of
South Carolina are making all the arrange
ments for the annual fair of the society,
which viii be held in February, 1884. The
prospects for large and excellent exhibit
tion are quite encouraging, and number of
exhibits OF machinery and agricultural inn
pements have already been placed in the
building.
The exports for the week from Charleston
were, to foreign ports, 1853 bales cotton, 269
tons of phosphate rock. l,200 slaves, 6,372
barrels naval stores, 4G,S72 feet of lumber, and
327. 600 shingles. To domestic ports, 1852 bales
of cotton, ,, l4l bales dOmestics. l,794 barrels
of rice, I72 casks of clay, BOZ barrels naval
stores, ll0 barrels OF cotton seed oil 600 bags
cotton seed meal, 1920 tons phosphate rock,
1850 shingles. and l,l97, ,76S feet of lumber.
The Georgetown Times gives the particulars
of most dastardly outrage perpetrated on
Carver's Bay, in that county on, December 5.
Il SAYS that while Mr.. Harry L. Carter was
absent from home attending celebration
party OF men went TO his house, about %
miles from town, and deliberately shot a load
OF buckshOt into the bed wherein they sup
posed him TO be. no one being at home except
the ladies of the family. consisting of an
aged lady and the two Misses Carter. The
fences around the dwelling were also
burnt. about fifteen panels being
sumed. when the females mustered up cOur-
age to venture out and subdue the flames.
on Saturday night they went back and shot
down the only work animal Mr.. Carter
owned. a fine mare, for which he had been
offered, only few days previous, $3.50. No
cause Is given for the outrage, except that Mr..
Carter. as good citizen, and as the Consta-
bic for Trial Justice Spivey, had been active
in prosecuting parties for selling liquor with
out a license. Trial Justice Spivey, upon the
necessary a1idavits, had g. W. Ray, +. w.
Ray. Erwin Powers aud Coleman Marsh ar
rested and brought before him on Wednesday
last and bound them all over in the sum of
$1,000 for their appearance at the next term
of court. \ posse Of y men were called out,
and guarded the prisoners for 4 or days and
nights, camping out in the woods all the
while. The evidence against the above
named defendants is purely circumstantial,
consisting of threats made at the last term of
our court, tracks leading from Carter's stable
direcflv to the house of the RaNs. etc.