Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-12
SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOUTH CAROLINA.
Rains and heavy winds continue.
Anderson is to have a new post Office
building.
| Greenwood is to organize loan and
| building association.
The farmers of Bethel township organ
lied week before last.
Greenwood will be represented at the
stock show at Ninety-Six.
| Cotton is dying out in Greenville by
reason of the continued wet weather.
The Anderson City Councils consider
! ing the question of purchasing ceme-
terry.
Rev. William Martin and his wife cele-
brated their golden wedding in Columbia
on July 6.
There were only five days during the
month of June that the sun shone at Rock
Hill from morning till night.
Rev. b. +. Mauldin, a well known Bap-
fist minister, died at his home IN Will
liamston on Sunday, July 4.
James n. Anderson, of Williamson,
recently received the degree Of bachelor
of letters IRON the University of Virginia.
The store Of A. c. Wood, six miles north
OF several hundred dollars worth or goods
| by burglars.
j. T. Lyon, of Bradley, lost some valu-
| able papers in Augusta last Saturday,
but afterwards recovered them through
the honesty of hotel emplOye.
At st. Stephens Tilla Ravenel, colored,
| gave birth to three children last Tuesday
| Two OF them were born dead, and the
! third one died shortly afterwards.
Ninety-Six township has two candI-
dates for County Commissioner, and both
/ .,o1- l..
| rations in this direction. All she wants
is good roads and bridges.
The Governor has pardoned j. E.
Chayis, colored, who was convicted at the
| February term Of court, 1880, for Sumter
| county, of criminal assault and sentenced
| by Judge Fraser to Imprisonment in the
! penitentiary for lie.
Four miles south OF Greenville Henry
Israelite, a cOored youth, In attemp ting
to shoot snake in the creVice of log
house, shot and dangerously wounded his
younger brother and sister, the load
| striking them both in the head.
The State Normal Institute for colored
! teachers began it's session tor 1886 at
| Columbia, Tuesday, in the Howard
school building in that city. Although
| the attendance was not large the teachers
| present were remarkably fine looking
| body OF colored people.
Gov. Thompson has refused to pardon
| % George Childers, colored, who was
| convicted at the October (1SS1) term of
| court for York county of burglary, and
| sentenced by Judge Presley to i'm
| prisonment in the penitentiary for life.
| (2) Felix Sloan, colored. convicted at the
| October 1884 term OF court tor Anderson
| county Of burglary and assault and bat
| terry, with feonious intent, and SEN
fenced by Judge Aldrich 10 imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for life.
The annual convention of the South
| Carolina State Press Association at Spar
| tanburg on Tuesday next promises to be
one OF the most interesting and profitable
| meetings that influential body has ever
held. The annual address will be de-
! livered by Col. John w. r. Pope, of the
! Columbia Register, and various Important
| matters connected with journalism will
| be discussed. The subjects which have
been selected for consideration are: The
regulation OF foreign advertising, agencies
and prices; the editorial; the local; the
! subscription list; the effect OF sensational
publications upon the morals of our coun-
! try; the Press as an educator, its respOn-
| sibii'y for the moral status OF the reading
| world; is it eXpedient for, or incumbent
| upon, newspapers to publish news items
of doubtful moral purport? After the close
of the meeting in Spartan burg, the men,
| Will take excursions to Glenn Springs
Heudersonville, N. c., and other points in
the Land of the Sky, and 10 Washington,
| ID. q.
Near Richland church, in Edgeheld
| county, on July 3, Charles Anderson and
| John Robinson, who had been at enmity
| for month or so, met in the woods, on
RObinsOn's land, and had a shooting
scrape which resulted in the death OF
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| Anderson's head. 1t appears that Ander-
son and his wife were going up the
branch when they met Robinson and
Young man by the name OF
Rogers. The latter, IN his evil
dence at the Coroner inquest, says: "An-
| derson raised and cooked his gun, aud
| said, johnnie, DID, you, light over
the fence.' Then Johnnie said, son, no,
| Charlie,' and started to raise his gun, but
it went OFT accidon tally, firing in differ
| ent direction. Anderson then shot him,
and he fell to his knees and shot Ander-
son. Then Anderson crossed over the
branch and went up close and shot him
again while he was down. Anderson
then picked him up and threw him over
the fence on his back" Anderson was
lodged in Jail on sunday.
A colored dynamiter was arrested at
Spartanburg "a few days ago. When the
freight train from Charlotte reached the
depot the conductor opened a box car and
was delivering goods. He finally dscoy-
cred package not on his way bills--a
stalwart negro, crouching behind the
packages OF freight. The conductor asked
him to hold on until he could be checked
OF. The negro informed him that he could
| leave without further trouble. Mr.. Irwin,
the agent, was on hand and told him 10
consider himself under arrest. The ne
gro picked up two large stones
and defed the authorities. Two col
ored railroad hands came up
and effected his arrest. He sub.
mitted when he saw 1t was no use to re-
sist. Mr.. Irwin sent him TO jail tor break
! ing the seal Of the freight car. Deputy
Shesiff Camp examined his carpetbag and