Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-23
SOUTH CAROLINA


The Town Council Of Camden have put up
10 new street lamps.
The high school at Gaffney City, in Spar
tanburg county, now has us pupils.
soap bubble parties are now all the rage
among the young people in WinnsborO.
The FairmOunt Factory IN Barnwell county
VIII not begin work until times get better.
On Saturday last Mike Brown. of BarnweIl.
collected $500 and sold for cash $500 worth of
goods.
A bee tree was found in Oconee county last
week that contained sixty pounds of good
honey.
Up to sept. IS only Is tax receipts had been
issued by the County Treasurer of Abbeyille
county.
The revival in the Presbyterian Church In
lancaster resulted IN twenty-One accessiOns
20 the church.
The new Catholic Church at Blackyille.
Barnwell county, will be dedicated on sunday
next by Bishop NOrthrOp.
Mr. James NewsOm, of Darlington county,
had ms dwelling house burned down last
week by an accidental fire.
Richard Livingston, cOlOred, of Orangeburg
county, sDllt his foot open on last ThursdaV
with an AK while cutting wood.
Inc ReV r. {. HicksOn is to start as a mis-
sionary 10 Canton. China, in October, from
lhe BafnWeu Baptist Association.
The school trustees have succeeded in rails
ing about s 200 by subscription for the pro-
posed nigh school at Edgefield L. III.
The Edgeheld Baptist Association is com
posed OF 40 churches, which have contributed
% the cause OF missions this year 81 300.
There is now some talk of bridging the Little
Pee Dee river at Gallivants ferry, and OF
builulng a causeway through the swamp.
There were 5,i69 pupils in the free public
ecnools OF sumter county last year The
school funds now on hand amount to $5,532.
solomon Dacus (coloredD. of Anderson
county. was SO severely crushed by fall
rNH Ia
Jurles.
The Edgcfield Rifles have been reOrganized
with the following officers: Captain, y. G.
| Evans; First Lieutenant, Robert Dunovant
second Lieutenant, IL. 5. Leard.
Barnwell has now four steam cotton gin
nlng establishments, besides four or five water
gins within few miles Of the place, and any
number OF oid-iashlOned horse gins.
revival meeting has been going on in
nducluse. Aiken county, for two weeks past.
| tllty persons have been added to the church,
~ 10y baptism, IA by letter and by restora-
ton.
The residence Of W. l. Wilson, OF Allen
dale. Barnwell county, was DESTROYED by fire
on the night OF sept. Z. Mr.. Wilson and his
vile We're at church at the time, and the fire
Is supposed to be the work of an incendtary.
Loss about $500, insurance $1,000.
The Aiken Journal and Rsrie7o has n sub-
scrlber who lives near EdistO mills. in Aiken
county, and boasts Of having three mothers
ln-laW lstll llVlugl. % brothers, law 30 sis
tcrS-ln-law the most of whom are living).
over l59 nephews and nicces, and only one
grandchild.
Allan Humphries, of Abbeville county, a
c0lortd man just twenty-One, shot ana killed
himself while out hunting on Thursday. Sept.
II. The shooting was accidental. He was
not found until Friday. His dog was still
with him, and could only be driven away from
ms masters body with difficulty.
While the Charleston train was passing
Wires mill, in Clarendon county. on last
Monday evening, some mischiev0us persons
threw piece of watermelon rlnd through
one Of the windows into the first class coach
/ No damage was done, but several gentlemen
barely escaped being struck by the rind.
4 married lady living in the town OF New
/ berry has every letter and note written by her
| husband from the beginning of their court
ship. which was at the beginning of the late
war. until it eliminated in their marriage
soon after the war ended. The first billet
douN was written az Camp Rutlin, April, 1861.
4 colored man, for whom the Sheriff OF
sumter county had a warrant Of arrest, was
found dead by the railroad track about three
miles west of sumter on Wednesday morning
last. 1t is supposed that he met his death
in attempting 10 steal q ride on one of the
two express trains which passed during the
night.