Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-29
SOUTH CAROI


Judge Kershaw has been Alected Judge
OF the Fifth circuit.
The new court house at Il 4 svilIe is APP
preaching completion.
Columbia was selected as III be of meet
ing or the next annual cOR ce of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The railroad to Bennettsville Abeen fin
ished, and the train arrives regu 81 s IA
p. m. and leaves an hour later.
Hon. Samuel J. Randall has beet
the Mutual Aid Association of CIt
visit that city AID deliver a leotIJ
benefit. ES
The Edgeield Chronicle, which wae
out at Edgeheld some months agO,M
sumed publication, and is now publk
Johnston.
The Senate killeI tie House bill to ~
the name Of Martins Depot to GoldvilAI
the old name-AIartin's DepOt-still stiS
addition to Its new name, GOldyille.
The planters in the vicinity Of BennettlV
have planted largely of small grain crops
season. bat not as much as last year. Lad
quantitie of corn have been harvesteds
year and the price OF II is very cheap. Us
E. II. Britton, on account of failing heaI
has disposed of his paper, the Gaffney Cd
iiniGn, to Prof. II. =. Griffith, OF the Cool
Institute, Limestone Springs. The namel'
the paper has been changed to Piedmont
dieGtOr.
AS the material train on the G., /. &
Railroad was returning from Laurens to (
camps last Monday evening. one OF the rsl 4
road hands was knocked Off the trestlee
Badgetts Mill by the engine, and instanR
killed. 1t seems that a couple OF the Lahore
on the road had started for this place, the q,
ceased being one of them. and attempted
cross the Badgett Mill trestle, when tho
were met by the train. One managed to esI
cape unhurt, but the unfortunate deceased. ii
seems, made no effort to save himself. His
name was sam McGhee.
The following is the tax levy for the several
counties Of the State, including State county,
school and special taxes: Pickens % mills on
the dollar, Chester l6, Spartanburg 1917,
Greenville l5l4, Marlboro Is, Union Is, Clar-
endOn l4l5, Lancaster AZ, Hampton IA.
berkeley l3A, Williamsburg l254, Horny 1915,
Co.letOn l21I, Georgetown l21l, Laurens l2l !,
Abbevllle -, Newberry y, Beaufort lls4,
York IL 80, Barnwell ll13, Lexington ~,
Kershaw ll1&, Orangeburg II, Marion 1897
OcOnee l0Sz, Aiken l01S. Charleston l01z, Darl-
iHgton l01z, Edgeneld lO1z, Fairfield lO13, Rich
land l01q, Anderson l0l 4, Sumter 10.
Last Thursday night Hat, loaded with tur-
Dentine, etc, anchored at the old fort, neaI
the mouth Of Samplt river, in Winyah bay,
awaiting hood tide, to enter the Sampit ana
come to town. With the Hood tide came a
gale, which swept the fiat, which was in
charge of three negroes. and its contents
away. The nat was discovered adrift, filled
with water, and the bodies of two of the ne
groes therein, stiff and iifeless. From the
general appearance of their bodies they must
have frozen to death. The third party, it il
supposed, met with the same fate. Their
mOOring place was not over mile from
Georgetown.
At AbbevIlle, Wednesday, Arthur ". .Bene-
diet was fatally shot by John c. Ferguson
Benedict was a clerk IN Auerbach's store
and was waiting on customers when Fergu-
son came in and demanded pay for a load OF
wood. Benedict said that the wood had been
paid for, WhereupOn quarrellng and cursine
ensucd. Ferguson drew a pistol and fired,
and the ball grazed the heart of Benedict,
who died within twenty minutes. Benedicts
body was carried to Columbia. where it was
buried according to Jewish rites. Ferguson
is about p years OF age. His father is one OF
our nest prosperous farmers. and he married
two years ago daughter of William IL
Brooks, ono Of our prominent and wealthiest
citizens.
Yorkvllle's cotton receipts up TO date are
about 1890 bales in excess of last season al
the same time. Six Thousand two hundred
and sixty bales had been shipped up TO last
saturday and 759 bales were in the hands OF
BUYERS, making a total of 7,Ol9 bales. York
vile has paid as much or more for cotton this
season as any Of the nelghbOrlng towns not
withstanding her disadvantages as to freights
Most of the cotton sold here Is bought by the
Younger merchants-men who are willing tC
make a small profit on their investment il
they can't get large one. Several years age
the buyers were the old merchants, who
would not Oher any extra inducements tC
farmers to bring their cotton to this market
and the consequence was that II went else
where.
At OrangebuTg, Wednesday night, Minnie
Weeks, a young white woman employed al
COrnelsOn's factory, was shot by Major Hen
| dersOD, a white man, who is also engaged al
the factory. The shooting took place at s
| dance given by another emplOye of the fac
| tory, and seems to- have been without any
provOcation whatever. During the evening
| some disturbance arose. and Minnie Weeks
who had been in an adjoining room, entered
| the hall where the dance was in progress anC
| attempted by persuasion to quell the disturb
ance. Major Henderson approached her, anC
/ taking hold Of her with one hand, deliberately
| drew his pistol with the other and fired upOI
| her. the ball entering below the stomach anC
1 passing into the liver. The condition of the
| Unfortunate woman at last accounts was verI
/ oritiral, and little or no hope of her recovery
4 - entertained. She came to Orangeburg from
| sumter. Henderson is from Greenville, anC
| i said to have been under the influence o
| UouOr at the time of the shooting.