Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-25
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Corn planting has commenced on the west
side of the Great Pee Dee.
Two or three new Oranges have been or
ganlzed IN Spartanburg county.
The City Council of Anderson has deter
mined to purchase a steam fire engine.
DIR. d. Reese Gregg, of Mars Bluff. died ON
the 18th inst. at the advanced age of 7G.
The Rev. Edward Eggleston, ID. D.. is going
10 Charleston IN search of Colonial records
and relics.
Fork shoals Factory, in Greenvile county,
has been shut down for some time, and it is
hard to say, at this writing. when II will re-
sumo operations. About fifty hands were
thrown out of employment.
Since the first of last January, 1854 liens
for rent and liens for supplies have been reg
lstered in the Office of the Clerk of the court
for GOrk county. The total number regis
tered last year was about 1890.
Joe Howard, the condemned murderer in
sumter, viii almost certainly be hanged on
next Friday. He has made every effort with
IN his power for Communication of sentence
through his counsel, but without avail.
The Cheraw Sun and Monitor says: at was
feared some weeks ago that the small grain
crops were almost total failure. but from
what we have seen the Oat crop promises to be
the best that has been raised for some years -
L. +. Crayton ~ sons, of Anderson. have
sold their thoroughbred Ayrshire bull, ''Sir
Julian to }. W. Calhoun. of Arlington, Ca,
for $3.50. sir Julian was the first thorough =
bred Ayrshire brought to the Piedmont sec
uOn OF the State.
The Orangeburg Times and Democrat thinks
that one of the best crops that could be culti-
waited Is the common ground pea or pinder
IL Is said that an acre will produce at least q
hundred bushels, and they always sell for
about two dollars a bushel.
On Tuesday night last a set OF white tramp
gamblers took surreptitiOus possession Of
Emanuel Church, in sumter, and while
there engaged in a clever game of something.
They did no damage other than the destruc-
Of turn mn md loft fIan nlar .
usual condition. They effected their entry
by false keys, as no locks were broken.
The keOwee Courier says: agricultural
work is being greatly retarded by the inces-
SAINT rains we are having. Scarcely any plOw-
ing or any other kind of farm work has been
done this year. 4 great many of our farmers
have not been able to finish sowing their
spring oats. Garden work, too, is at a stand
still, the ground being too wet for the spade
and the planting of seed"
James b. Ellis, of Union, claims to be a kind
Of prophet and 10 have direct communication
with God. He processes to heal diseases
through prayer, and has been operating
among number OF ignorant people in his
county. He was tried before a trial Justice
last week for obtaining money under false pre-
tences, but the jury failed to agree, and a mis-
trial was ordered. lie uses an iron stan. which
he calls lack" in conducting his communi-
cations with the Deity.
EX-Sherif Mcmillan, of Shoe Heel, who
served in the Confederate army IN the late
struggle between the North and South, for
Warded from that place day or two ago to
gentleman in Rochester, n. Y, copy Of a
New Testament which came into his hands on
the battlefield of the Wilderness in 1864. The
sheriff, finding name and apdress in some
place in the book, communicated the fact to
the Postmaster Of that place, and the proper
owner was soon found, who, it is said lost his
right leg in the same battle.
The Sumter AduaRce says: ''James Russell
brings suit for divorce from his wife. NJ, E.
Russell. in Fernandina, Fla, notification of
decree here being received on account of
Mrs. Russell being a resident of Sumter. She
has persistently refused to live with her hus-
band since his absence. Hence the sOught-for
divorce. The State of South Carolina has
stricken from its Statute books the divorce
law. and as Mr.. Russell has lived in Florida a
sufficient length of time to warrant the appli-
cation bona fide there, the case will be tried
at Fernandina.n -