Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-06
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Inc Young Mems Christian ASSoc1a-
ton at Lancaster has fifty members.
Columbia has a DEBT of between $4,000
and 100000. Interest Is paid promptly.
Mack Workman and Burwell EbO have
been sent to jail in NeWberry to stand
their trial for arson.
j. A. Hickson has been appointed Post
master at Magnolia, Sumter county, vice
j. +. McRea, removed.
All the old officers were reelected by
the Merchants Exchange of Charleston
at the annual meeting Friday.
There are a number of cases of diph-
iberia in the southern part of Barnwell
county, mostly among children.
The manager of the United States tea
farm near Summerville says that no more
tea plants will be sent out until Septem-
Der.
The Baltimore San says: ''The efforts
to secure capital to start new line of
steamships between Baltimore and
Charleston are meeting with encourage
ment. Mr.. John f. Hurst heads one of
the subscription lists for 100000"
The Edisto Rifles of Orangeburg, and
the Gordon Light Infantry of WinnsbOro',
have Just been supplied with new regula-
ton Springfield rifles and complete equip
ments, furnished out OF the States quota
ment.
A subscription paper for stock in bank
at Abbeville is being circulated. About
1--WE firms had subscribed stock to some
thing like $4,000. Other subscriptions
will be added. 1t IS understood that the
Bank of Anderson will take $4,000 worth
conditionally.
An effort will be made TO raise sufficient
funds TO erect the long contemplated
graded school brick building for the town
of Aiken. Some months ago at meet
ing of the citizens OF Aiken over 1000
was subscribed for this purpose, and
committee was appointed TO solicit fur
Their funds in it's aid. Nothing, however,
was done, but in the past two weeks there
has been quite an awakening on the ne
cessity of erecting the building.
The Vienna Bent Wood Factory, at Co.
lumbia. is beginning to rise. By contract
the buildings must be completed within
sixty days. There will be two buildings
one 800 by 30 feet and two stories high
and the other 100 by 30 feet and one story
high. Work in some departments will
begin in two weeks, and in others two
weeks later. The initial capacity of the
factory Will be from 800 to 400 chairs a
day, which Out-turn can be readily in
creased to 1000. The prospects of the
enterprise are excellent.
In 1879 Anderson Burns, a colored
preacher, and County Commissioner of
Rjchland county, with an accomplish
named Henry Norton, murdered Hannah
Burns This Wite) at Acton precinct, %
miles east of Columbia. After numbering
the woman in the house, the two negroes
to0a her body to a well and threw it in.
They were arrested, tried, convicted Of
murder and sentenced to be hanged on
a.. - ~ H.
2SI9, Burns broke jail and escaped, aud
Henry Norton died in Jail on March 20.
1t mas been learned that Burns has
been arrested at Dayton, Tenn, where he
has been preaching the gospel. A requi-
sitIon has been obtained from Gov.
Thompson.
Newberry Observer: Saturday night
last three negro women went TO the house
of Gabriel Kleckly, cOl0red, on Col. KeitGs
plantation, and knocked at the door.
Wheil Gabriel opened it they jerked him
out Of the door and threw him DOWN. and
one Ofkthem struck him on the head with
4-pO1nd rock, making big hole in the
skull. They then caught him by the feet
and dragged him at break-neck speed
down a steep hill. He recognized two of
the women as Martha Lilies and Winnie
| Nance. lie swOre out warrant against
them and they were arrested Tuesday.
They were held to await the result Of the
old mans Injuries. Kleckly died Wedues-
day morning from the effects of his
wounds.
The appointment Of "Sandy" Keit, a
VIGOROUSLY offensive negro partisan in
the days Of 1868. as Deputy Marshal for
Charleston county, by United states Mar
shar B0ykiD, mas created considerable in
dignaJOn. Mr. BOYkn said, Thursday,
n a N ri al a no
had.nO alternative, as there was no other
applicant for the position, and the fact
that papers had to be served on number
Of witnesses and jurors from this section
for the July term Of the United states
District Court, which cOnvenes to-day,
made it necessary that deputy who
could perform the work should be APP
pointed at once. He said that he had In
formed keitt that as soon as he made
himself obnoxious 10 the people or went
beyond the bounds Of law his commission
would Immediately be revoked.
The new regulation uniform for the
State volunteer troops OF South Carolina
is working its way into favor, and II is
evident that in two or three years nearly
all OF the companies will have adopted IL.
Already the German Hussars Of Charles
ton. the Edgefeld Hussars, thu James
Island Cavalry Company. the Hampton
Light Dragons of Clarendon, the Lee
Light Infantry Of Chester, and Marion's
Men Of Winyah are uniformed according
10 the state regulation. The sumter
Guards and Carolina Rifles OF Charleston.
the Florence Rifles and the Sumter Light
Infantry are now making the change,
which is contemplated also by the. Butler
Guards and Greenvillo Guards Of Green
vile, the kershaw Guards, the Palmetto
Rifles Of Aiken, and the AbbeYille Rifles.
IL may therefore be said that one-hith Of
the companies OF the State volunteer
troops have adopted or intend soon 10
adopt the new uniform.
Lancaster Le1ger: Several weeks AGO
we published that AN application OF Mr..
Redden Thompson 10 be admitted TO the
county poor house had been granted by
the County Commissioners. This notice
reached The eyes OF Mrs. A. II. Leonard,
at Gainesville. Fla, daughter Of Mr..
Thompson, who had not seen or heard
from her father IN about 10 years. Upon
reading IL she at once set about making
preparations 20 come and look aftor her
aged and destitute parent. She arrived
at this place last Thursday aud will pro-
vide comfortable home for her father
here or take him TO her home IN Florida,
whichever he p-efers. Prior to the war
/ Mr.. Thompson was in good clacumstan-
| ces, owning slave property. and up 70 sew
] eral years agq, whea 30 iost his cycsight