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

SOUTH CAROLINA.
There are ninety four taN-paying Jacksons
IN York county.
The eXpeI ses of the recent term Of court at
Abbeville aggregated l.732 9j.
The farmers around Aiken are recognizing
/ their county agricultural club.
W. b. Halet, of Massachusetts, has estab-
hshcd an ice factory at SpartanbUrg.
The United States men -of-war Yantic and
POwhatan are in the harbor at Port Royal.
Several ear loads OF cattle have recently
been shipped from Anderson to Charleston.
Up to this time more corn has been sold in
Abbcville than during the whole of last year.
The kaha-kennedy murder trial at
Charleston resulted saturday in another mis-
trial.
There were six deaths in Columbia for the
week ending March whites two, and col
Ored four.
The town OF Yorkville has thus far shipped
5.64 bales of cotton and received 67S tons of
fertilizers.
Lewis Duckett. a colored farmer OF New
berry. sold lot of thirty five bales of cotton
the other day.
In nearly an parts OF Barnwell county
I large corn crop VIII be planted, beginning the
lst of March.
The churches in the vicinity of Townyille
viii erect monument over the grave of the
late Rev. " illiam McWhOrter-
The whale that was captured at Port Royal
last week, and its calf, have been sold to Prof
Henry A. Ward, of Rochester, MY
The residence Of the Rev. ;. Drummond.
at Woodruff, spartanburg county, was
burned on the 18th. Loss $1,000; no insurance.
The residence of Lteut.-Gov. Sheppard. at
Edgehed, was burned to the ground Friday.
The loss is 5000 and the insurance $4,000
J. C.. Lindsey, of Lancaster has made an
assignment. j. NJ. Hood is named as assignee.
Liabilities about $1,000. Nominal assets about
$500.
The principal issue in the approaching
municipal election in Camden seems to be
which ticket favors the building of a new
town hall.
The station on the Northeastern Railroad.
in Williamsburg county, heretofore known as
Graham Cross roads, viii hereafter be call
eel Lake City.
have erected, in st. Johns Church. Wins
b0r0. To his memory q rich and beautiful
stained glass window
Mrs. L. b. Brockintou has established a
cotton seed crusher OF grinder TO her mill at
Kngstree. and soon viii be able to grind 100
bushels of seed per day.
An Ejcefeld farmer sold four bales of cot
ton i'm Newberry on Monday for Sl95. He had
them stored in warehouse four years, and
the storage amounted to $40.
Rev. J. Howard Carpenter now of Augusta,
has accepted the call of the Baptist Churches
at Mayesville. Lynchburg, and Bethel, on
Lynch's rver sumter county.
The Lancaster Ledger states that the cv-
clone unrOOfed and blew down in that county
one hundred houses. causing damages to the
amount of $4,000. Only one person was
killed.
Ten or twelve immigrants. fresh from the
Highlands OF scotland, arrived in Winnsboro'
several DAYS ago, and We're taken directly to
Rock City quarry, where they have been en-
gagged rs rock cutters.
The Palmetto Rifles OF Aiken, was on the
point of disbauding, but the members met
thursday, promised TO take more interest i'm
The affairs Of the organization ana continue
{ Is a. g. N ans
plces.
The Aiken Schutzen have been compelled
TO change the dates upon which to hold their
annual fest, owing to their inability to pro-
cure the services of the Fusilier band Iipon
/ those days. The 22d and 23d OF April have
| now been determined upon.
At public meeting in Bamberg, Barnwell
I county, last week it was unanimously agreed
that a tax of three mills on the dollar should
be levied for the establishment of a graded
/ pUhllc school IN Bamberg, as authorized by
the last General Assembly.
Near shelton Friday the house of a negro
named Henry Oglesby was destroyed by fire.
His two children were locked in the house
when the fire occurred, one Of whom was
burned to death and the other very badly.
The parents were at work in the field.
The Richland Volunteers have received an
invitation to the encampment and inter State
drill at Houston, Texas, in May, and they are
seriously entertaining the idea of accepting.
The only matter for consideration is railroad
fare, and that will probably be made satisfac-
tory.
4 couple of youths. aged about y and "A,
started out Monday morning from NCwbcrrv,
on their way to the sea to become sailors.
Their plan was TO go to Broad river. get
/ boat. and follow the stream down to the sea.
They were found after going about four miles
of the journey.
The Rev. John I. Chalmers, agent for the
I endowment of the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian Theological Seminary at Due West,
completed the circuit OF the Associate Re
formed churches in NeWbCrry county last
week, from which he obtained subscriptions
amounting TO 1892.
The Bamberg Chronicle says: "We learn
that Prince Reed. a colOred man of this place,
/ is to be presented with life time pass over
the South Carolina Railway for waving down
tram where the cyclone had passed and up
turned some of the crOssties and otherwise
obstrUcted the road"
The Governor has appointed the following
/ supervisors of registration: Thos +. McRae,
Marlboro county; c. W. Wells, Chesterfield;
/ W :. RrOWn. Anderson; =. j. COuturier
] Berkeley. Also. Thos. J. CAN'T. Thos. b. HUI
ger and I. v. Emery, commissioners of cleo
tion for the town of Summerville.
Williamsburg county is out of debt in con-
sequence of which the grand jury of the
county recommend that the County Commits
siOuers make some arrangement in the future
| by which jurors, Witnesses and cOnstables can
be paid what the law allows for their SER
vices at the close OF each session of the court.
Last Friday Edward Davidson. while drunk,
attempted TO take the life of his father-in-
| law. Mr.. j. A. Brant. at the saw mill of the
latter, near Salkehatchie. just as Davidson
! drew his pistol and aimed at Mr.. Brant the
I weapon was knocked up by Mr.. Weekly and
/ Davidson promptly elected from the building.
/ The wOuld-b be murderer Is now in Jail.
F. \. Daniels, of Anderson county, has in
vented cotton planter and guanO distrbu-
/ tor. The advantages claimed for the machine
/ is that it distributes the seed and guano regu-
/ larly and at the same time deposits the latter
several inches under the former, which pre-
: vents the guano from being wasted by the
I wind and causes the plant to derive all the
1 benefit possible from it.
I The examination of the papers of those who
recently applied for certificates to teach school
/ IN Orangeburg county has just been C0mpet-
I ed by the Board of Examiners. Twenty
/ applicants presented themselves. or these
I four received first grade certificates, seven
I second grade, five third grade and eleven
were rejected. OF the sixteen who succeeded
I in getting certificates, only seven reached the
grade applied for.
! At Johnston's, a few DAYS ago. fire DESTROYED
I tine buildings owned and occupied by c. NJ.
! Eantou ana kempsOn 4 Hardy, general mer-
/ chandlse. Also the law Office Of p. B. Waters
! The depot caught several times, and was
! saved eY very hard work. RantOn was in
/ sUrct Tor $500 on the building and stock.
! Gibson Tor about Sl500 on the building, and
( kemps0n 4 Hardy for Sl,f0O on the stock
I W aters had no insurance.
Last Saturday afternoon Edward Stanley
/ and John Harris, young men residing in the
/ neighborhood Of Narnyllle, left that village
! for their homes. They were aDparentIv an
good terms. On the road. when about two
/ miles of their journey had been ACCOMPLISHED
I they became engaged in a dispute, which led
I to blows. and ended IN the shooting of Harris
! bv Stanley, the result being the almost in
/ slant death Of Harris. The sheriff has been
/ hunting for Stanley. but he has thus far
/ eyaded arrest.
/ Barnwell shows her growing prosperity as
\ clearly as any other county when she comes to
\ pay her taxes Out OF a total state tax of
/ S2I227. Treasurer Kirkland has paid into the
( state Treasury S20,S5l. leaving but 1915 of
1 state taxes RuUa bona. There was not
! piece Of land forfeited for taxes in BarDwell
l county last year, and the county tax was
/ collected as closely as the State tax had been.
{ The state Treasurer says that the payment of
[ state taxes have been so full and early this
/ year that but little money is now going into
] the Treasury from that source.
Columbus Ross has been pardoRed out of
| prison by the Governor. Ross was convicted
of arson before Judge Mackey at the Green
/ yille Court in 1873, and was sentenced to the
/ penitehtiary for ten years. The petition set
. forth that the burning for which Ross was
/ tried took place in 1875, 6Iring a period of
great political excitement: that the defendant
| was young man under age, and was led into
/ his crime by the influence Of older companions
| who escaped and have not been tried. There
| was also evidence TO show that Ross was in
! toxicated when he committed the act.