Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-07


ldh9 on Friday night, while swimming of the
back beach, is not true.
Col. j q, Marshall of the Palmetto Regi-
T1; Ileh1; mas offered military escort to the
IWelith Regiment South Carolina Volunteers
AT It's reunion in Columbia on August l6
\ Jersey joint stock company. organized at
fickens recently. have purchased thorough
DrSd itd Jersey bull from Theron Earle, of Green
Ellle. There is talk of ordering q car load of
Jersey cows and heifers.
letter from Union Courthouse, :. G., da-
tel August ,. SAYS: 1.-The outlook is gloomy
indeed Anything like an average crop is
e' oot ol ths question, unless exceptionally good
seasons should set in
Perry Jeter, who was to have been hung On
the 81 instant at Union FOR arson committed
last April, was respited and q stay of proceed
!hs granted by the Governor, upon notice
Court. INV
u Is estimated that there is already in sight
enough criminal business to occupy The
Sreaier part OF the two weeks allotted for the
OcloDer term of court for Chester county.
and there Is still two and a half months 10
hear from.
Mr.. Robert Moorehead Of Anderson. has in
hlS possession genuine Indian battle axe
taken from the Greek Indians i'm 1912 which
his father. the late Alexander MOOrehead rot
IN 1914. II is about two ieet long and made of
dOgwOOd.
The Barnweu People says: ''The crop re-
ports Of the last week from all sections of tb,
county are uniformly disheartening Ac-
cording To the general estimate not more than
half a crop of corn and twO-thirds of a crop
OF cotton viii be made.I
James Brown, cOlOrtt is under sentence to
he hanged for arson 4 Walhalla on the 10Th
inst. \ petition for the communication of his
sentence 10 Imprisonment for life has been
filed with the Governor but as vet he has
taken no action on it,.
There is a gold ring in the Ransdale family.
of Orangeburg, worn by Miss Alice Ransdale
that Is computed to be not far from two hun
2red years OLD. twas the wedding-ring of
Mrs Pou, the great great grandmother of
the young lady now wearing il.
Thomas Thomas eolOred. was found dead
last week on the pantation of Mr.. 4. Able.
lu the FORK, Oran-eburg county. An inquest
was held by Trial tJusticc Fanning, acting
Coroner. and verfict was rendered that the
deceased came 10 his death from heart disease.
The Abbcyille Eress and banner says: ''The
month OF July has been unprecedentedly hot
anu dry. from the first to the last. Very little
rain has fallen IN this month. and the whole
county has suffered intensely for rain. until a
very Few days 40, when partial showers be-
gan to- fan.
Governor Tho npsOn has sent to the sheriff
Of Lexington csunty an affidavit made by the
delegation of tarmers who visited him on the
81 inst M reeard 10 the recent agrarian out
RACES ln Lexington. and has instructed him to
take the nece AIRY steps TO have the perpetra-
tors arrested
\ new canal Is To be opened from Dingle's
mill 20 the hla al waters Of the renowned Tur-
NY NANNh- q sumter county. Inc prime OBJ
lect ls 10 dram the land through that section.
Norkmen are now engaged upon it. This
VIII stretcii out Turkey creek. which Is thus
gradually pproaching the sea.
In Dunliin township, the other day. "A negro
went down into a we'll which was filled with
foul Eds. On being called no response was
made. when young white man present vol
untS'r 10 90 down and fasten cham around
the ioay Of the negro. When both were drawn
% q G surface the negro was dead and the
Fouig man unconscious.
ne Camden Journal saws: THE question
of dbOr l. certainly serious one with our
pla lJer~ Just now. more serious than many Of
tll m realize. During the spring the farmers
ha 10 pay much higher rate for wages than
ta ir crops would justify them in doing. and
uuT there Is "a probability that more trouble
W he given this fall than has vet been eN-
Tffienced.'
Distressing accounts from various quarters
u- cr W Williamsburg county say in many places
: e corn Is actually falling down and the cot
shedding both leaves and forms The
rlrn crop ON an average is cut off a least 80
er cent. and the cotton seriously damaged
tlat % viii fall considerably below the aver
ge. even should there be good seasons from
LOW on.
The Oraugeburg Times Is informed that Mr..
+ =. Bell. who keeps store about twelve miles
rom WalterborO. sold 10y mistake few days
20 10 acOiorei man package Of morphine for
luluine. the package being put up in the same
-hape and looking very much alike. The
package was plainly marked and the cOlored
man NlAU HUN-ul lA tWLlA LtdA ana write.
Nevertheless this did not avert the dircful
consequences. He administered some Of it 10
his wife and two OF his children. The chill
ren died. but the woman recovered.
Judge WitherspOOn's decision in the case of
j. Il. Nix. member OF the Greenyille bar
against whom rule was issued to show cause
why he should not be disbarred for alleged
malpractice, such as swindling clients. was
filed on the 4th inst. The decision suStains
the mode of proceeding as proper, and holds
that 10 Is within the power and discretion Of
Circuit Judge 10 disb2r an attorney when a
case of the kind Is fully made out. The evil
deuCc did not satisfy the court. however. as
to Mr. NlX's guilt Of the charges preferred
and the rule WAS discharged.
The Anderson IHseliigeHcer SAYS: Mr. W
4. Neal. Of Hopewell township. in this cOun-
~. Is one of the most progressive and sue
ceSsful farmers in our county. His cat and
wheat crop this year was exceptionally good.
and was produced at very moderate cost. as
the following statement shows: Twenty
acres sOwn in oats from the "a To the Sth Of
December. produced S35 bushels. or 80 1921
bushels per acre. The expense Of production.
exclusive Of mules and tools, was 1852 p
making thee Ost OF his Oat crop. exclusive of
mules and tools, little less than 1874 cents
per bu~hel. or a clear profit at last years
prices of S35S 50. which would be at least $40
per acre. clear of all cost Forty acres in
wheat, sOwn from the Sth to the 18th Of De-
cember, produced 527 bushels, or l3 1-5 BUSH
-ive Of mules and tools, S261 81. Cost of wheat
Of mules and tools, Of Sj23 80. which would
4 .H...rs nm M. a.fan Of afasarnf