Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-04


The melon season is over. EIghtv-eight car
loads have been shipped from Barnwell.
The shipment of cotton from Newberry
during the year ending August 81 reached 24,
b-l bales.
spring Of fine mineral water has been
discovered near Greenyille. II Is good for
everything.
\ new Methodist Church has been organ
zed at Turner'S Hin, PIckens county. with
nineteen members.
The race track near the fair grounds in
Barnwell Is being prepared for the fall meet
ing Of the Sherwood Jockey Club.
\ joint stock company has been organized
at Blacks station, 0Ork county, for the pur-
pose OF building tobacco factory.
The value of good horses and mules in New
berry county has been fixed at one hundred
dollars by the county board of equalization.
Mrs. Thomas Akin, of Abbeville county, is
- year. old. Last week she sat for a photo
graph in group composed of five genera
ton,.
Dnring the past two months the sum of
twelve thousand dollars has been lent To per-
sons in ker-haw county by the Scottish Land
Mortgage Companies.
Diphtheria is prevailing To a serious extent
in the Clark'S Fork ueighborhOOd York conn
ty. especially among the children One death
has occurred from the disease, and several
more are expected.
Ned-on Moss. one Of the accused murderers
Of Jim Ledford, at Laudrum station. in 1877
was arrested In Pickeus county last week
ana has been lodged iu >partanburg jail. He
had been living ia Iiekens for the last three
Years. He was arrested by man named
kuykcnGan. who was once employed 10y Moss
10 run dlstIilery.
Of Columbia, the Charleston Ne3cs saws:
''It is exceedingly gratifying TO note the great
progress that Columbia has made during the
past year an material prosperity. The pOpu-
latlou and trade OF the city are steadily in
crea,lug with equal pace. and on every hand
there are uumistakable evidences of new life
NJ ann fssffr
ing on the lethargy which has bOUUd them
for years and are coming To the front like
strong men awakened ont of sleep"
The Columbia Register of Friday saws that
eight Of the Lexington rioters were brought
before Trial Justices Barn and IIarth at Lex
ngtOn court house Thursday on writ of
habeas corpus. The return of the sheriff
showed that Inc held these prisoners on the
charge of arson. solicitor BOnham appeared
for the State. and claimed that as the defeu-
dants We're charged with capital felony. the
Trial Justices had no Jurisdiction. The pris-
Oners were remandcd TO Jail. The charge of
arson IS based upon the burning Of Charles
HuttO's gin house. barn. etc.
Palmetto POST The local business of both
Port Royal and Beaufort has made considera-
bic strides during the past year. In Beaufort
many new buildings have been erected and
real estate Is held higher. In Port ROval real
estate owners seem in no wise DISPOSED to de-
vate one iOta IN their prices for lots. and dur
Ing the year Just closed many improvements
have been made. several residences have been
erected, and pleasantly situated hotel built.
There have been ll5 arrivals at this port dur
ing the period between September ], 1852. and
August 80. The following Is ii rough state
meut of the quantity of fertilizers shipped
10 the interior from Port Royal dur
ing the year ending sept. /: Manufac-
ured 24.g13 tons. crude. including kanit.
l.S01 tons. phosphate rock 999 tons. Total
y .1C> tons The shipments of sea island cot
tom from this port during the past year have
been: To Liverpool direct - bags, To Liver
pool, via New York. 81 bags; total ,. l99 bags.
The shipments of timber. lumber and crOssties
from this port for the commercial year are as
follows: Foreign; Rcsawed lumber. $4,000
feet: hewn timber. 404 600 feet: total. l.303.OO0
feet. Coastwise: Resawed lumber S,551 200
feet: hewn timber. sO6.OOO feet: railway ties
.>5.UgI 3.I35.OO0 feet: total. I2.09S, 600 feet:
grand total, l3. 900 feet. The following are
the exports of upland cotton from this port
during the past year. GOastwise, l3.45S bales:
foreign. 3.110 bales: total, l6.44S bales