Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-29
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Laurens is to have brass band.

Considerable building is going on in
Orangeburg.
Charleston is to have a gymnasium for
boys under To-
Mrs. Sallie f. Chaplin is in Beaufort
preaching temperance.
or the fourteen officers of Kershaw
county ten are farmers.
More than 400 tons of guano have been
sold up to date at DOrrOh.
The measles are raging in the Fruit
Hill section of Edgotield county.
Greenville's new city bonds have been
bought up by the citizens at a premium.
The base ball fever is all over the state,
from the foot OF the mountains to the
coast.
The business men Of Flo renee will make
an effort to establish a national bank this
summer.
On March Is the farmers Of Jacks town
ship, Laurens county, organized an agri-
cultural society.
Rufus West, of SpartanDurg, recently
got over 10000 shingles out Of one tree
grown in that county.
The lady of Hampton county, who was
assaulted by negro boy. who was
lynched, is rapidly recovering.
The fire masters OF Georgetown have
arranged fer an inspection and parade of
the fire department of that town on April
II.
Considerable work has been done in the
way Of street Improvements on Sullivan's
island by the present intendant and
wardens.
b. II. McMurray, who was charged
with burning public hall in WinnsborO,
was recently tried for arson in Chester
and acquitted.
The new Baptist church at Allendale
will be dedicated on Sunday, March 2S.
The Rev. Jos. Il. LawtOn is TO preach the
dedicatOry sermon.
The Rev. Father Wright celebrated
Mass at Darlington on last Sunday. and
collected $215 IS for the building fund of
the Catholic chapeIat Florence.
The Rev. d. X. LaFar, pastor OF the
Presbyterian church at Gainesville, has
resigned. His resignation will go into
effect after the first Sunday in April.
William Lindsay, eolOred, died in the
York county Jail on Friday, March 10,
from the effect of blood poison, caused BY
hurt he received by falling from horse
in 1875.
Mrs. Rembert Of Dalton, Ga, has been
engaged as a teacher in the Anderson Fe-
male Seminary, in place OF Miss Bessie
Bagby, who resigned on account OF fail
ing health.
The farmers in Clarendon county are
taking considerable interest in the new
agricultural movement, and propose
sending fall representation to the State
convention in April.
The yield Of yarn at the Rock Hill fac
tory last week, was greater than in any
one week before. The capacity of the
mill is 10000 pounds, but last week the
turnout was 2I.l29 pOuDds
There has been very little migration of
negroes from Clarendon county. Less
than % have probably left the county,
and these have gone principally to work
on turpentine farms in Georgia.
j. W. FL. Dukes, Of OTangeburg, re-
Gently discovered a strange freak of
nature 1t was pigs leg with one fully
developed foot and partially developed
foot, the last having only two toes.
H. j. Thompson, of Lancaster county,
has pig, now about weeks old, which
was born without eyes and has only
three feet. One of its feet has four
claws and resembles that of a cat or
coulter.
On April there will be a meeting of
| the County Agricultural Society at Lex
ingtOn, and also mass meeting OF the
farmers OF the county. Both meetings
will send delegates to the State conven-
ton Of farmers.
The body Of Charles Barnes, the
unfortunate young man who was drown
ed in the Catawba river on Jan. 10, while
cutting ice from the river. was found on
March y, by Sam Ballard, in the
river just below Browns old ferry, in
Lancaster county.
The Florence correspondent of the OAR
lingtOn Neb0s says: A gentleman, whose
opinion Is worth something, said on our
streets few days ago that the next Gov
ernOr of South Carolina will be either
Gen. w. W. Harllee, of Marion, or Hon.
w. G. COker, Of Darlington.
A cattle epidemic is prevailing in the
Cross Anchor section Of SDartanburg
county. All of A. 4. Farrow's cows
have died recently, and the strange thing
about it is ali the buzZards that preyed
upon the first carcass died also. and after
wards no other buzzard would eat of the
dead COWS.
George ROmanstine, Of Columbia, has
recovered the horse stolen from him sew
eral months since. He advertised extern
sivelY, and reader near the North Caro-
lima line, in Chesterfield, traced the horse
to Fayetteville, N. e., from which place
he was returned to Romanstine's stable
last Sunday.
David G. Aiken. cOlored, who went
through the late war as the body servant
Of Robert +. Martin, died at his home in
Winnsboro few days ago. He was a
member OF the Sixth regiment and at
tended every reunion Of the regiment
since its organization, including the
meeting at Seven Pines last summer.
G. q. Jarrett, of Spartanburg, has had
good luck in catching fish. He made a
little basket about six feet long and
placed il in creek running into Buck
creek. He and neighbOr took out 81 on
Saturday morning, 80 in the evening, and
30 on sunday morning. These were all
suckers, and measured six to sixteen
inches IN length.
There are ~ prisoners in the York cOun-
ty Jail. Eleven will be tried at the ap-
preaching term OF court. The most i'm
pOrtant prisoner is Robert G.. Bishop.
charged with the murder OF Town Mar
shall A. N. Turner, OF Blacks Station, on
Nov. %. Six prisoners are serving SEN
fences Of trial Justices courts, two are
under sentences OF death and ten are
United states prisoners.
AT the recent election in Mccormick
there were two tickets, one headed By j.
A. Creighton for intendant, and the other
by A. A. Taylor. The managers declared
the Creighton ticket elected, but IL ap-
pears that there were only 30 votes cast,
and Of this number II is claimed that Tay- !
lOr received %, and the % have made aft. |
davit 20 that effect. The matter will be |
carried into court for investigation.
Richard Sinelaton eo1orad foruorlv If /