Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-20

is injured.
! The farmers of Hampton, like their
| brothers all over the State, are loudly cry
| ing hard times, but there are few in the
| county who have not made plenty of meat
and bread.
Hampton is steadily improving. The
Methodists are just completing hand
some and attractive church building, be-
ing the best owned by the denomination
IN the county.
At Sumter Friday Bishop Shorter rem
| Church of Columbia. He sustains the &C.
tiop Of Rev. Il. E. Wall and the newly
| elected trustees.
! joel Adams, a prosperous farmer OF
Adamsvile township, shot himself
through the heart about 8 O'Clock this
| morning, causing instant death. 1t is
| supposed to be case of suicide.
The dog question is no joke, but is really
serious business to Hampton county
| people, as dog stands ahead or sheep
or goat and next to a horse, mule or ass
in value on Hampton's tax returns. Many
can count their dozen.
| AT Ellenton Thursday the ground was
| frozen to the depth OF halt an inch. and il
| is feared that oats will be injured if not
killed by the cold, as the most of them are
| just Up, having been sowed late, owing TO
the drought that prevailed all the fall.
The South Carolina annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
! convened III the Methodist Cnurcn at
| Orangeburg Wednesday. and is still in
| session. This il the one hundred and
first annual meeting OF this conference.
! The bill to call constitutional con-
| ventIon passed it's second reading in the
| House FRIDAY. Legislative parIiamenta-
ba IN
thirds vote is necessary to carry the bill
| through third reading. and that this
cannot be secured in the House.
A white man by the name of James Xix
| from Augusta, why was engaged III fish
| ing as an occupation, at Browns land
Ing, on the Savannah river, died suddenly
there on Monday last. He was complain
ing of being little sick with cold, but
did not consider himself seriously ILL.,
After taking drink OF water he died in a
few minutes.
Hon. Montgomery Moses, of Newberry,
dropped dead on the street Friday be-
tween and O'Clock as he was returning
to bis home from the post Office. He had
been in his usual health, and it is sup
posed he died of heart disease. His death
was sudden and unexpected. He was a t
one time Judge of that judicial circuit.
but for the past ten years has lived In re-
tIrement at his home there.
Signal service stations, with instru-
ments for observing the temperature and
rainfall, and with the flag signals, have
been established in the following towns:
Yorkville, Spartanburg, Anderson,
Greenville, Abbeville, Aiken, Florence,
Marion, Hampton, Cheraw, Benefits.
vile, Due West and Chester. Stations
with the flag signals only have been es-
tablished at Peaks, Prosperity, Dom
maids. Bolton. Union, Laurens, LeXing-
ton, Rock Hill, Walhalla, Seneca and A l.
lendale.
Vance's has been contaminated for two
or three years by the unlawful living of a
few white men with negro women. A
month ago, however, it was unathorita-
lively announced that the Sheriff of the
county was going to make a raid upon
those persons unlawfully living together
without distinction OF race or sex. One
Fred. w. Shuler, young white man, liv-
ing mile and half from that place, be-
| coming alarmed at the unpleasant news,
by reason OF the fact that he had been liy-
ing with negro woman for some time,
lawfully and publicly welded her about
| three weeks ago to escape the clutches of
the law, as he presumed; but he really
made himself more available subject for
the prosecution of the law. Thursday
night party of masked men went to Mr..
ohulers place OF abode, nd after obtain
ing possession of him he was taken two or
three hundred yards distant from the
house and gently set at liberty, after re-
ceiving a good sound drubbing and Civ
ing promise to leave the State by Jan. l..
The hosting steamer Samson, Capt. T.
5. Daggett, reached Camden bridge, over
Wateree river, on Friday night. On her
way up, commencing work on Nov. l, she
| 1.mw, 3 4
by interlacing them in the swamps, after
| pulling them from the bed of the river
Over three miles or the bank has been
trimmed, and about twenty cords Of
snags, switches, ETC., have also been dis
| posed Of. The Captain could not
obtain pilot for this river, so,
bearing that the river was impossible
to duck boat, he had to come very care
| fully. But the river is easily navigable,
! and Capt. DaGgett says it would be as
| easily nayigable as any river in the State
! if 1t was not 30 crooked. The last ten or
| twelve hours coming up to Camden was
made in the dark, and they did not feel
snag. The work is done we'll and with as
much dispatch as IL possible, and the two
young men on board (Capt. Daggett is u
and Mr.. tombstone rs l9) are very proud
and ambitious about their work. Messrs.
! COrdes & Cole intend putting steamers
/
panies are forced to put draws in their
! bridges, and there il no doubt that a
! freight line by river to Charleston Will
benefit the county very much. The trips
can be made in little over two DAYS, a
distance Of about $50 miles. kershaw
hopes that the bill that is before the
Assembly now, which intends to make
the companies finish their draws in six
months from the passage OF the bill, will
soon be law. The opposition comes from
| the railroads, who don't want to 20 TO the
| expense for draws. and who want the
! freight for themselves.
A public meeting, composed OF both
| white and colored citizens, was recently
held in Rossviile township. of Chester
county, for the purpose Of discussing the
situation and taxing such action, il
! possible, as will lead to the relief Of the
poor and suffering people OF that town
ship. a considerable number or colOred
| persons who were present narrated their
unfortuna;e condition. They said they
were without money, without corn. with
out wheat, without meat, in short, with.
out everything necessary for the support
/ Of lie. Their corn was swept away by
treshets, and their cotton had been ap-
! pied To the satisfaction or their Obliga-
tions for rents and liens. They had moth
ing, and under the present circumstances
could make nothing. The landholders
| present AZ the meeting informed their suf-
inn trta L. tI.a..