Savannah morning news., 1885-10-12
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The new Presbyterian church at Pick
ems has been completed.
Apples grown in Kershaw county are
said to be equal to the best Northern ap-
pies.
The Bath paper mill, near GraniteYille,
is reported to have more orders than it
can possibly fill.
There are eight cotton-gins near the
town of Easley, and the Messenger is GU
rious to know If they all pay.
Mr.. j. A. Mcclure, superintendent Of
the Sumter saw-mill, has received an or
der from one firm tor $40, 900 feet OF lum-
ber.
The county board OF examiners have
decided not to open the public schools Of
AbbeYille county before about the third
Monday in January, 1886.
The Rev. II. NJ. Allen, of Hall township,
Anderson county, was thrown from his
horse on Oct. l and had his right arm,
just above the elbow, broken.
All Knights desiring TO take part in the
tournament at Columbia during fair
week are requested to communicate at
once with W. Il. Gibbs, Jr., Columbia.
Last week Tom Hughes caught a carp
at Ballenger's mill, Spartanburg county,
weighing ~ pounds. 1t had been placed
eHCA . iOuA JSaAS oSO " sAAS AoiAlOoN SOu-
pany.
Everything is being put In order for the
Piedmont Fair opening at Greenvllle on
Oct. 90, and there is'a good prospect for
a successful fair. There will be races
and other amusements each day.
The total number of liens indexed by
the Clerk of the Court Of Fairfield county
for the year 1885 is in round numbers
3,lOO, and represents a credit of S290,000
Several of the liens are given for $1,000.
The board of directors of the George
town rice milling company recently held
a meeting at which Mai. K. W. Hazard
was reelected president, and Messrs. Geo.
r. COngdon and o. j. Butts superintend-
ent and miller respectively.
At the recent quarterly conference of
Mullins Marion) Circuit, it was unani-
mOusly decided to divide the circuit.
There are eleven churches in the circuit,
and the formation of two circuits is re-
garded as almost necessity.
A. &. Frierson, colored man living in
Concord, was walking along the Whining
ton, Columbia and Augusta railroad, near
Mallett's turnout, when he was well pep
pered by part of a load of slot which was
fired at a partridge by sportsman.
While Mat Barre, who lives in the
nelghbOrhOOd of Vaughnsville, Newberry
coun tY, was going home from his fathers
on the night OF Sept. 27, he was fired at
three times from the roadside at Sandy
Run creek, between S. s. Abrams ana
+. II. DOmInick's. He was not hit. He
supposes the object was robbery.
At a meeting of the citizens of Summer
ton, Clarendon county, on Oct. 2, resO-
luton was offered and unanimously
adopted that a vigilance committee be
appointed, whose duty it shall be to take
such steps as may be deemed necessary
to suppress the illicit traffic in spirituous
liquors and seed cotton in the communi-
ty.
Judge Thurman, in his speech at
Toledo, Ohio, the other evening, drew
largely for his facts in relation to Radical
rule in South Carolina upon a letter re-
Gently written by Prof. Il. Means Davis,
of the South Carolina College, to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. He expressed the
wish that every person in his audience
could read the letter in full.
Thursday night some unknown person
fired through a window into the residence
Of j. b. Clary, Of Newberry county, who
lives eight miles from Newberry Court
house, seriously wOunding Mr.. Clary's
little son, a boy about 8 years old. 1t is
supposed that Mr.. Clary was the person
for whom the ball was intended. No
reasonable cause can be given for this
cOwardly act.
On Saturday evening, Oct. 3, some time
after dark, "a shot was fired at John J.
Bradwell, clerk for Jas. ii. McFaddin,
who was standing in the store just below
Eli McFaddin's place in Sumter. The
shot glanced by his arm and did no dam
age. Mr. McFaddin lost his store by fire
a short time ago, and there seems to be
determination on the part OF some one to
keep him in hot water.
The idea OF an amalgamation of the Hu-
guenot and CamperdOwn mills has been
quietly discussed in Greenyille for some
time by interested persons. The Hugue-
not makes plalds and the CamperdOwn
yarns, and 1t is thought that a union of
the two under one interest, so that the
Canperdown could make the material for
the HuguenOt and send it TO its looms al
most directly across the street, would be
natural and mutually profitable. 1t is
not yet known what will Do done in the
matter.
Last week an immense fowl hawk flew
into the yard of Mr.. Robert Brodie, of
Tabernacle township, and while strug-
Cling with a fowl on the ground was
seized by the wings by Mr.. Brodie, when
the hawk let go the prey and fastened its
talOns into his legs 80 that he could not
move. The hawk had Mr.. BrOdie by the
legs and Mr.. Brodie had the hawk by the
wings, but neither could do any more.
Assistance came in answer 10 his cries in
the person OF his wife, who chopped off
the hawks head with hatchet, and re-
leased her husband from an embrace that
was anything but tender and loving.
Aiken Recorder: Henry Ashley, an
aged and industrious colOred man, died
on Friday morning, October 2, near Cox's
bridge, ia Sleepy Hollow township. He
had always allied his fortunes with the
Democratic party, and was highly thought
Of by the white people Of the community
in which he lived. At his death, the ne
groes of the neighborhoOd refused to 20
near him, or have anything 10 do with
the funeral obsequies. Thereupon his
white friends took charge OF the body, and
the funeral ceremonies were performed
under their auspices and at their expense.
His widow and two cOlOred men were the
only representatives OF his race present.
buriei at Ebenezer church.
YorkUlie Enquirer: On Sept. 3, we
published an account of the accidental
shooting OF John Price, colored, at Nc
KenZie's mill Ia this county, a few DAYS
previously. By which part OF his skull
was blown OF and mis- brain exposed.
There was an air Of eXaggeration In the
statement, yet the leading circumstances
OF the affair. as published, were strictly
true; and what may seem more astOnsh-
ing, the wounded man is now well and
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