Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-27
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Agricultural clubs are being formed in
all sections of Edgefield county.
GAINESVILLE received ana shipped up to
Monday last $50 bales OF new cotton.
The outlook Tor the Chester, Greenwood
and Abbevllle road is very encouraging.
WIlliston's Town Council are divided
on the liquor question-three dry and two
wet.
Capt. NJ. /. Bonham is very busy with
his new duties of Adjutant and Inspector
General.
l.. II. Rowell, of Lancaster, has beet
of the "sugar" variety which weighs four
teen pounds.
Court will be held at Abbeville, COM
mencng the third Monday in October.
Judge Hudson will preside.
Gideon O'Neal, of Coropaca, has made
81 800 worth OF wine from three quarters
OF an acre planted IN grapes.
Reliable reports state that quaking Oh
the night of Sept. Is made the wells
muddy at Lees and Bsrnwell.
During the season Mr.. George Shep-
pard, of Edgefeld, has killed, from MS
one acre OF tobacco, sc, 1000 worms.
The earthquake has resulted in one
seeming good. Revivals are In full blast
all over the State, particularly among the
negroes.
! Dispatches received indicate that the
! Congressional primary OF the Third dis
! trict nominated Cothran by large clear
majority.
| Edgefeld township is worked up about
| her taxes. The rate is PIX mills, Includ-
! ing the subscription to the defunct Aiken
/ ana Trenton railroad.
A. Mayer, of Lancaster, raised a gourd
which measured four and a half feet in
length and is only ten and half inches
in circumference at the largest part.
The political buzz saw will now wake
| the Palmetto State as unit The State
campaign will open Oct. l. One meeting
is dOcketed for each Congressional dis
! trict.
At Dyche's MILL at Lees, it was found
| when the null was put IN operation IT, at
| the upper stone was broken in three
| pieces. The gearing was also badly dam
! aged.
Emily Simkins. a bright mulatto wo-
man, died in Johnston on Sept. % from
the effect Of rough on rats, which she had
taken the night before with suicidal in
| tent.
II. n. Sowell, tenant of Major B. f.
Miller, recently exhibited in Lancaster a
stalk of cotton which contained one hun
dred grown hollis besides a large number
OF small bolls and shapes.
Some bad blood among negro con.
gregation at Laurens eliminated in a gen.
eral row. Some fifty men and women
| took hand in the fun. The leaders are
now in the hands of justice.
j. X. DeNore. near Kirksey's, in Edge
field county, made this year from cane
planted on about an acre Of land 179 gal
Ions OF syrup, $50 bundles of fodder and
eight two-horse wagon loads of seed.
On the night of Sept. l6, before W. r.
so 70 tIr Of \ had
tired, some unknown parties fired two
pistol shots into his dwelling through an
] open door, one OF the balls narrowly miss
ing one of mis- sons.
The firm of Miller Bros, dealers in gen.
eral merchandise at Abbeville, made an
assignment last week to 5. e. Cason, for
the benefit of their creditors. The liabili-
ties are not much in excess OF the assets.
A. J. Salinas Il Son, OF Charleston, are the
chief creditors. ..-
1t is claimed that a labor union is in
operation in Clarendon and Sumter coun.
ties that'regulates the price for picking
cotton and other farm LABOR. In some
| cases, at the command OF officers of THE
union, labOrers have left the fields be-
cause their exorbltant demands were de-
| med.
William Crawford, colored man of the
Buford Bridge section OF Barnwell county.
!
! quake, and was brought to Barnwell
Sept 10, where he was examined oy ply
sicians and placed in the custody OF the
Sheriff, who conveyed him TO Columbia
the following day.
The Postmaster at Ninety-SiX is en-
titled to the champion belt as an agricul-
turist. In the early spring he planted
irish potatoes and raised a fine crop; now
| on the same plat of land he has a second
nf lriG txun Nae fAtfn .H
turnips, a crop OF watermelons and
good crop OF weeds.
At Newberry Wednesday night J, w.
Montgomery's jewelry counters and safe
were robbed OF gold and silver watches,
diamonds and other iewelry to the amount
OF $1,000. No clue as vet to the perpetra-
tor, hut it was evidently the work OF an
expert who had studied the situation, as
there was no evidence OF a forcible en-
trance into the store. and the safe was
unlocked by the combination. The
strangest Of all is that among such a
varied stock only the finest was taken.
Not piece OF plated goods has been
missed.
The following churches belong to the
| New Ride Association, formed by diyid-
ing the Edgeheld Baptist Association:
Batesburg, Bethel. Ridge Spring, Jonn-
stOn, Philippl. Granitevllle, Langley, Dry
Creek, Red Bank, Good Hope, Salem,
Sardis, Rtchand Springs, West Springs,
Chestnut Hin, Pine Pleasant and Big
Stevens Creek. A meeting OF delegates
will he held at Johnston during ire
month OF October for the purpose OF or
! ganizing the new association. The line
between the two associations runs from
CnappelPs on the northern to Hamburg
on the southern boundary of Edgeteld
| county.
AT Johnston Emily Slmkins. colored,
who committed suicide last Tuesday by
taking poison, is suspected with having
ioully dealt with a small child living with
her, which she cruelty treated and neg
lected. The CHILD has been missing for
some time, and, when questioned about
IL, Emily never gave a satisfactory &C.
count OF its whereabouts. Last Sunday
some OF her neighbors threatened to have
the matter investigated II the mystery
was not at once explained. Ii is thought