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AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1889.
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Testimony in the Case ol Nathan
Bodie, Cnargcd with the Murder
of Joel A. Gunter.—The Argument
to Begin To-day.
The June Term of the Court of
Geueral Sessions was convened on
Monday morning, Judge J.D. With
erspoon presiding. Solictor J. Perry
Murphy, Esq., was promptly in his
place, with work for the Court ar
ranged and ready.
On Monday the Grand Jury found
true bills as follows* against Samuel
Miller, colored, for carrying conceal
ed deadly weapons; Samuel Trtabinet,
obtaining property under false pre
tenses; Chas. C. Croly, colored, as
sault and battery of a high and ag
gravated nature; James Bean, col
ored, for same offense; Wm. Johnson,
colored, for same offense: Joseph Fa
gan and Wm. Fagan, colored, for set
ting fire to the grass and burning the
woods of another;* John Thompson,
for carrying concealed deadly weap
ons; William Palmer, alias William
Halsey, colored, for housebreaking
and larceny.
The following cases were tried:
That of William Miller, charged
with carrying concealed deadly weap
ons. The jury found him guilty.
That of Joseph Kneece, for the same
offence. Verdict guilty.
That of Samuel Inabinet, for ob
taining property under false pretenses.
Inabinet entered a plea of guilty.
That of William Palmer, alias Wil
liam Halsey, for housebreaking and
larceny. The prisoner plead guilty to
the charge of larceny.
On Tuesday the Grand Jury brought
in the following true bills: against
Talbert Holmes, colored, for assault
and battery with intent to kill; Rich
ard Hobbs, colored, for murder, (the
murder of Curry in Graniteville on
Saturday night); Alfred Howard,
colored, with assault and battery with
intent to kill, and carrying concealed
deadly weapons; James Nunn, Geo.
Renew, jr., John Gordon and Lena
Gordon, all colored, for riot; Earnest
Hersch, Rudolf Hersch and Paul
Hersch, for arson, (the burning of
Mr. Lamar’s barn on Saturday morn-
in £*) , . , .
The following were the cases tried:
William Johnson, for assault and
battery of a high and aggravated na
ture. Verdict guilty.
Ben Curry and Ross Brown, for ar -
sou. Verdict, not guilty.
Chas. C. Corley, for assault and
battery of a high and aggravated na
ture. Verdict, guilty.
Mr. W. .Q. Davis gave notice of a
motion in arrest of judgment.
The case of Ernest. Rudolf and
Paul Hersch was called, but Mr. G.
W. Croft, for the defense, asked for
the continuance of the case until the
next Term of the Court, on the ground
that inasmuch as the prisoners were
Ued and charged with the cripae
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fense. The Judge thereupon granted
the continuance until the next Term
of the Court.
The fase of James Bean, colored,
charged with assault and battery of a
high and aggravated nature, was next
called. He had no lawyer; thereupon
Col. C. E. Sawyer arose and said that
the negro boy had been his servant,
and as he had no money to pay for
legal services, he would detend him.
PRESENTMENT OF TfaE GRAND JURY.
To His Honor, Judge J. D. Wither
spoon, Presiding Judge:
The Grand Jury in closing up their
business for this term would call the
attention of the Court to the fact that
the Master of Aiken County Las no
place of security in which to keep the
records of that office, and they rec
ommend that the old safe in the office
of the County Auditor be turned over
to the Master for his use.
At the last Term ®f the Court we
recommended certain alterations in
the jail, and we find that our sugges
tions have been complied with.
No matters of general interest haye
come under our inspection, and we
found the County buildings and offi
ces in good condition at the last term
of the Court.
In conclusion we desire to thank
his Honor and the Solicitor for their
kind indulgence.
Respectfully submitted,
P. Q. McCreary,
Foremau.
Wednesday morning the case of
James Bean was concluded and given
to the jury, which brought in a ver
dict of guilty.
THE STATE AGAINST NATHAN RODIE.
The next case was that of Nathan
Bodie, charged with the murder of
Joel A. Gunter.
Messrs. Croft & Chafee, J. R. Cloy
and O. C. Jordan appeared for the
defense, and the Solicitor, assisted by
Messrs- Henderson Bros., for the pros
ecution. Some time was consumed
in arguing the matter of a challenge
to the array of jurymen for irregular
ity in the venire, which was over
ruled by the Judge. The ease then
proceeded.
The first witness for the State was
Dr. A. H. Ashley, who made the post
mortem examination of the body of
Gunter, on the day of the Coroner’s
inquest. He stated that he found the
body in same condition as when shot;
found a gun-shot wound on the right
side; that the ball had entered be
tween the third and fourth rib, and
had passed through part of the lung
and heart; the wound was sufficient
to cause death.
Cross-examined: Said the exami
nation took place some distance from
the scene of the shooting; saw some
gun-caps taken from Gunter’s pocket;
saw Nathan Bodie in jail, who show
ed him a hole or two in his coat
sleeve that might have been made by
shot from a gun.
Mrs. Effie Guuter was sworn, and
said her husband, Joel A. Gunter,
lived at the Brown place; left there
about 9 o’clock on the morning ol the
25th of January; he had been work
ing at the Robinson mill, and did not
work at the Gunter mill during Janu
ary; he came home from the Robin-
sou place on the 2Jth, when lie finish
ed working; Press Kennedy and Louis
Johnson, who worked with him, went
with him on the morning of the 25th;
he went oft' with his shot-gun on his
shoulder, calling his bird dog along;
he had taken his dog along before,
and had carried his gun ; she was in
the kitchen of the dwelling house,
and heard some one call! ig her; it
was Louis Johnson; aftei she saw
him she ran out and went vith him,
and about half a mile from the house
found the bodv of her busbjand in the
road: Press Kennedy was ‘with him;
the body lay about two o : three feet
from a‘ log; au axe was m tar the log,
and her husband’s gun x ear a tree;
Joel Gunter had no other st raight road
to his mill.
Cross-examined: Mrs. G unter testi
fied that the deceased livi >d in Mrs.
Mary Brown’s house; old Mrs. Gun
ter lived on the old Gu ater place;
there were a good many ' >ther roads
to the mill, but they weieall out of
the way.
Mr. Eldridge Gunter t istified that
he had stayed at Joel *Gu ater’s house
on the night before the ifilling; left
there about 9 o’clock the next morn
ing—about the same tin ie deceased
called his dog.yiid not sejb him again.
■ ~ BuoZd,
coloi
d, testified
for the de-
before the
the killing
oked a pair
xt, witli a
to the cor-
nd a log
e and cut
ased, Mr.
oul of the
the road;
it; said he
is gun, and
out 650 yards
the gun
Louis Joh
that he had been won
ceased about
killing; on the
he and Preston
of oxen to th
mule in front
ner of Bodie
across the roa<
a few strokes Q,
Kennedy and
way; found a
deceased told
thought he would
fired it oft'; they w*
from Bodie’s house
was fired he heard Bodie hallooing,
and saw him coming with his dogs;
before he reached them, and when
about 50 yards off, he fired off his
pistol; witness stepped down off the
log; Bodie came up on the fence and
said “leave’-’; Bodie and Gunter then
spoke ; atYbut Die road; Gunter stepped
across theTogyhen Bodie spoke, and
took an axe infiiis right hand, holding
his gun across his left arm as ladies
often carry their parasols; as he made
a stroke * with the axe, Bodie shot
him, and befell to his knees, and then
raised his gun and fired it; witness
stood there a few moments, and saw
deceased gasp for breath, and then
ran and called his wife; deceased fell
on the side of the log towards his
house, near the raii fence by which
Bodie was standing; the dog with de
ceased was a s«tter, and had been ac
companying hitn before.
Cross-examined: Testified that the
aead was though Bodie’s land; the
second log about 200 yards from
the first ;/fter deceased had fired off
his guu/e reloaded it; Bodie said he
wouldNy the/Jght of the road; Gun
ter sap nothing; Gunter held his gun
wher/he picked up the axe.
Hkeriff Turner testified that he was
at the inquest and heard Kennedy
teltify; had searched {hr Kennedy,
Wit coulijr not find him', had looked
both here and in Georgia.
Cross-examined: Stud the prisoner
delivered himself voltintarily to him.
Re-direct: Said tne prisoner told
him he rerolved JK* cylinder of his
pistol to see iMfrwoJld work, ard it
went off. ifTms waaon the way from
his houggf to I om-
ickid.T -1 ^ ^ *
Mr. T. J. licharckon, testified that
he lived about six hundred yards from
Bodie’s house; knew Joel A. Gunter
for about ten years; on the day of the
killing was in Guntei’i, field; heard
a gun shot and Bodie calling his dog;
heard Bodie’s daughter tell him not
to go there; heard him ask Gunter if
he gave him authority to open his
road, and why he trespassed on his
laud, and heard him say that he
would kill anyone who struck the
next lick on the log; heard the stroke
of the axe and a shot, and heard Ken
nedy say “you’ve killed him”; went
over to where Guuter was killed.
Cross-examined: Witness was at
the house when he heard the first
shot; thought they were going to
have a row, and ran to see; stopped
at the corner of the field next to
Bodie, about three hundred yards
from the log; was working in the
field about thirty yards from his
house when he heard the first shot.
W. Q. Davis testiffed that he re
membered that there was some liti
gation between Gunter and Bodie
some years ago; did not remember
the time.
Mr. George Goodwin testified that
he lived about a mile from Plunkett’s
mill, about one and a half miles from
Bodie’s house; on the morning of the
shooting was in Mr. Plunkett’s field;
he heard the report of the gun, and in
about two minutes heard another and
tne» another; the last two were not
more than half a minute apart; in
November 1888 Bodie wanted him to
take a notice to Gunter not to travel
that road: he assented at first, but af
terwards declined; Infold Bodie that
if he was in his pluaWie would not
stop the road; BoJI^Zud he would
stop it to kecpJ^^^^Zom traveling
before
travel it he was ^^^^^^Z’ould have
to kill him.
Mr. John T.|^^^^^^H|fied that he
about a i^^^^^^Kuarter from
Bodie; talked about the
road in NovemNi^^HF; Bodie told
him he was going to^K with Gunter,
and if the law did nolstop Gumer
from using the road he would; Bodie
told him he had opened the road about
nine years ago for the public to use;
he had no objection to anybody ex
cept Gunter using tiie rojjul; Gunter’s
mill was a saw and grist mill on
Joyce’s Branch, and the road had
been used by the people for mill and
church purposes for nine or ten years;
Bodie claims the land on both sides
of the road, but he thinks a part of
one side belongs to Mrs. Brown ; part
of the road runs through the Brown
place. i
Cross-examined: Testified that the
road had been open for about ten
years; he had reached the place of
the homicide about 10 o’clock in the
morning, and found the deceased ly
ing in the road; he measured the dis
tance between the log and the fence;
the man standing on the inside of the
fence would be higher than one on
tiie outside; the shot from Gunter’s
gun entered tiie fence about twenty-
eight inches from the ground: lives
about half a mile from Richardson’s
house; Gunter’s field, where Rich
ardson was, was about a quarter of a
mile from the place of the homicide;
was at tiie examination of body of
deceased; saw a powder gourd and
shot gourd taken ofi' his person.
Mr. J. J. Brown testified that he is
the son of Mrs. Mary Brown; as long
as he had lived in that neighborhood
tliis road had been used as a church,
market and mill road; was on the
jury of inquest; made an examina
tion of the place, and found a load of
shot in a rail, which he took out—(he
here showed them to the jury, and it
seemed to be about No. 5 shot); Mr.
Frank Arthur and Mr. George Arthur
were with him, and the former took
some out; the rail that received the
shot seemed to be about two feet from
the ground; there was also a square
hack in the log about 18 inches nearer
the centre of the road than where
they cut it off for wagoning; the old
road ran down the hollow to the mill,
and was entirely on the Brown tract,
until the new road was made: the
public generally and the witness per
sonally used the road after Bodie Lad
charge of it.
Cross-examined: There has been a
pathway across there for the last thir
ty or forty years, but no wagon road
across the branch; there was a wagon
road down to the branch used by the
Browu family.
Mr, William Burckhalter testified:
On the day of the killing saw T. J.
Richardson at his honse about 10
s’clock; had known the read on which
Guuter was killed as a public road for
the past ten or eleven years.
Cross-examined: Occasionally uses
the road, but not always, as there are
several ways from his house; Rich
ardson lives about a mile and a half
from his house.
The time for the adjournment of
the Court having arrived, the Judge
informed the jury that owing to the
gravity of the case and probability of
its continuing several days, he would
require them to remain together. He
thereupon instructed the Sheriff to
see that the jurymen had every com
fort, but that they must be kept to
gether and must not be allowed to
have general intercourse with others
until the termination of this case.
Thursday morning the case of Na
than Bodie was resumed and the ex
amination of witnesses continued. Of
these we have space for ouly a few
of the most important.
S. D. Arthur testified that he had
used the road in question as a public
market and mill road; Had had a
conversation with Bodie about the
road and BorTie told him to open the
road pnd use it instead of the old one
in the hollow.
Julius Bryant testified that he lives
near Bodie; In December last had a
conversation with him in Aiken;
Asked Bodie if was not going to have
close neighbors, and he answered “yes,
Gunter; and I intend to kill him
within three months;” met Bodie in
Schroder and Thorpe’s lot where he
had the conversation.
L. Fulmer testified that he and his
brother William had a conversation
with Bodie last August in William’s
field; Bodie had a pistol strapped
around him and said he carried it on
account of Doc Gunter, and if they
quarreled he would have to kill him.
William Green testified that he
lives about four miles from Bodie;
was present when Bodie changed the
road from through the hollow to
aloug his fence; several parties used
the latter for hauling logs, &c.; last
December, after Christmas had a
conversation with Bodie. who ^dd he
was going To AlkenTo consinv^M&t.
Croft, and would act as Capt. Croft
told him about Gunter’s hauling over
the road.
Millidge T. Holley testified that on
last Christmas day or the day after,
near the public scales, in Aiken he met
Bodie, who said he wanted to confer
with him about a party who was near
by, and asked him to withdraw to a
distance from the crowd; Bodie sta
ted that Gunter had killed or would
kill his stock beast, and had it now
shut up on his farm, and asked what
kind of a warrant was necessary to
protect himself; he advised him not
to take ont any warrant, but to see
Gunter and try to settle the matter;
Bodie refused and witness then said
he would see Gunter; he then called
Gunter and Gunter said he had
Bodie’s beast and he could have him,
and further said “I want to live on
good terms with my neighbors,” then
Bodie came up aud Gunter said to
him “you have injured my stock and
have refused to allow me to use the
road;” Mr. Bodie refused all overtures
from Mr. Gunter, and said he would
“not be on any friendly terms, but
would agree to exchange stock and
allow him, (Gunter) to use the road,
but no new road should he cut;” Gun
ter said the stock had not been in
jured but had been running over his
fields and was shut up on his place,
and as soon as he returned for Bodie
to come over and the stock would be
delivered free of charge. Cross ex
amined Had reduced the conversa
tion and facts to writing on the 25th
of January 1889; at the time of the
conversation no warrant had been
spoken of as having been already
taken out; that a distinct agreement
had been made between Bodie and
Gunter, as to the exchange of stock
and the right to use the road.
The State here rested its case.
The witnesses for the defense were
then called.
Margaret Bodie, a daughter of the
prisoner, testified that she accompa
nied him on the morning of the kill
ing and was present when it occurred;
that Bodie told Gunter to leave or
stop trespassing; Gunter said he
would leave when he was ready
Bodie demanded his authority, and
Gunter replied that his gun was his
authoritv, and advanced across the
log; Bodie then mounted the fence,
and both shot so as it seemed one re
port; Press Kennedy and Louis Ken
ned j were with Gunter.
Cross-examined: Stated that Bodie
had his pistol, a large one; it went oft
wh«n he was about fitly yards from
Gunter; Bodie put his foot on the
fence and started to get over, when
Gunter advanced; both sides shot as
one report.
Fannie Bodie, another daughter of
the prisoner, testified that at the time
of the homicide she had been to the
spring doingsome washing, and heard
quarreling, and saw Gunter raise his
gun; botli tired at same time, as one
report.
Mrs. Sarah A. Bodie. the wife of
the prisoner, testified that she was
with her daughter Fannie washing at
the spring at the time of the homi
cide; saw Gunter standing on the log
and point his gun at Bodie; both fired
at the same time.
Isaac Plunkett testified that he saw
a notice not to trespass on Bodie’s
land served on Gunter, who said he
would not give a damn for that; the
notice forbade Guuter from hauling or
trespassing on the land.
Richard Gregory testified that in
February or March 1888 he heard
Gunter say of Bodie at the Aiken
Court House. “I’m going to kill Bodie
or he’ll kill me. or he has that place
to leave”; advised Bodie to be on his
guard; witness is a first cousin, by
marriage, to Bodie.
Stan more Jernagan testified that
he is a brother-in-law of the prisoner;
and carried a notice from Bodie to
Gunter in November last not to tres-
S ass on his land; that on the 1st of
auuary 1889 in Aiken, Gunter had
said in his presence that he would
not give Body any showing about the
road, and if he bothered him he
would take his gun and blow his
brains out.
Pickens Willis testified that he had
hauled logs along that road about
eleven years ago. The public travel
ed the road generally; had heard
Gunter say that he wished to be
friendly with Bodie, and if necessary
would pay a reasonable price for using
the road but Bodie would not make
any terns.
The prisoner, Nathan Bodie, was
then put on the stand and testified as
to the ownership of the land on
which he lived, and along the road;
and that on the 25th of January, was
shucking some corn at his home
when he heard the report of a gun
and some one cutting on the road,
took his pistol and went down there,
in going revolver the cylinder of his
pistol and it went off; carried his
daughter as a witness; on reaching
the fence said to Gunter, “Mr. Gunter
who gave you authority to open this
road , did I not warn you to let my
road alone, and let the law decide;”
he said “yes, but I dont care, I am
going to have the road, my gun is
my authority,” he then advanced to
the fence and he raised his gun and
presented it at him; that Gunter had
previously declared his intention to
open that road, and had said that if
he (Bodie) interfered with him he
would shoot a hole through him that
a dog could run through; he had
fired on Gunter to protect his own
life, and only after he (Gunter) had
pointed his gun at him; in November
he had sought the advice of Captain
Croft in reference to the difficulty
about the road, had been warned that
Gunter had said he intended to kill
him; he is in his 53d year and is older
than Gunter; denied that he had had
any falling out with Gunter as early
as 1882, as stated by Elijah Herron;
denied that he Had eeer threatened to
take Gunter’s life; had no desire to
take his life; denied that in the inter
view between him and Gunter about
Christmas 1888, iu Aiken, mentioned
by Mr. Holley, that he had made any
agreement to allow Guntes to use the
road.
Cross-examined: Said he had been
friendly with Gunter since the mule
shooting difficulty, and denied that he
had refused to be friendly as testified
by Mr. Holley: denied that he had
ever threatened to kill Gunter, as tes
tified to by a nnmber of witnesses;
repeated that Gunter had cocked both
barrels of his gun, and aimed it at
him before he fired his pistol; Geo»
W. Croft Esq., then took the witness
stand, and testified that Bodie came
to him in the fall of 1888, and con
sulted him as his lawyer, in reference
to trouble that Gunter was bringing
on him about this road; read a letter
written to Guuter, by him, as Bodie’s
attorney, which stated that he was
causing to he hauled logs over his
laud; in this he was infringing on
Bodie’s rights, and requested him to
discontinue his action or he would be
compelled to bring an action for dam
ages; Mr. Croft’s testimony tended to
show that Bodie was being imposed
on by Gunter, and bad endeavored to
to take only reasonable and legal
measures for protection.
The testimony was here closed and
the Court then adjourned until this
morning, when the argument will be
commenced.
were heard to say: “We’re going to
kill the firstG—d d—n man we meet,”
and then went away. They soon met
a young man named P. P. Yonce.
As soon as Mr. Yonce saw them he
spoke. They returned his salutation
and said: “We’re going to kill you,
sir.” One of them shot, the hall tak
ing effect in his left jaw and passing
out at the back of his head. Mr.
Yonce immediately jumped from his
buggy and tried tosheild himself with
his horse. The ruffians came nearer
one passing on either side and com
ing within close range shot him tour
times. Three bullets struck him in
the back aud one lodged in the bowels
and one took effect In the thigh. Mr.
Yonce then begged them to shoot no
more, for, said he “I’m killed now.”
Alter that they ran away.
Mr. Yonce was carried to his
uncle’s. The doctors have done all in
their power to relieve him, but little
hope is entertained for his recovery.
Mr. Yonce is a quiet and peaceable
young man and is much beloved in
his community. He did not know
anything of these young men; in fact
he didn’t know one of them at all.
There had never been any trouble be
tween them. They were determined
to kill some one and any other man
would have met with the same Late.
Murrel has been arrested and lodged
in jail at Edgefield Court House.
Carpenter is still at large, hut is being
pursued by a posse of men, who are
determined to find him.
Yonce is somewhat better this eve
ning, and a little hope of his recovery
is now entertained.
A very serious accident happened
toMr. R. E. Price of Fruit Hill the
other day. While running a saw mill
he was caught Ly Ike belt and had
his leg broken, hut with the medical
skill of Dr. Strother he is resting
quietly.
Rev. Hezekiah Jones, one of “ye
olden times” Baptist ministers, died
at his home near Ridge Spring on
Monday morning last, aged about 80
years. For more than half a century
this good old man has labored in his
simple but earnest way for the Mas
ter's cause, and now he goer to receive
his reward.
On Monday night in the Clouds
Creek neighborhood, Lamkin Corley,
a colored man, was shot by Mr. C. A.
Duncan, on the plantation of the lat
ter. We could not learn the particu
lars, but we have known Mr. Duncan
from his boyhood and we know him
to be a quiet and peaceable citizen,
and we cannot believe that he would
stain his hands in blood except under
great provocation.
ORANGEBURG COUNTY.
From The Times-Democrat, June 19th.
The contract for building the
Orangeburg street railway has been
awarded. The terms of the contract
require that the road must he complet
ed within sixty days from the time
the material arrives. Therefore it
will be finished by Aug. 15. The con
struction of the road will cost $7,500,
and the amount for building and
equipping, including cost $f horses
J -axn’. be h'ssiharr
$9,500.
The neighbors of Mrs. Westberry,
who had the misfortune to lose her
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
BARNWELL COUNTY.
From The People, June 20th.
Mr. Preston Harley of Barnwell
County, a student at the Furman
University was married on the 15th
inst., in Greenville, to Miss Maggie
Stuart of that place, by the Rev. J. R.
Pentuff.
Mr. R. K. Aaron was visiting the
house of Capt. Langley last Thurs
day evening, a few miles from Barn
well. As he was about to leave he
remarked to the young ladies that he
believed he would shoot himself, and
walked out on the piazza. While
handling his pistol it went off and
indicted a painful flesh wound in
liis breast. The ball passed under the
muscles. It was reported next morn
ing that the shooting was intentional,
but such is not the case. There was
no cause for such a rash act.
Captain C. M. Browning gives a
very glowing account of George’s
Creek crops. There is just enough
young grass in his section to make
field work interesting.
Rev. P. J. Hires told us on Tuesday
that crop prospects in Bennett
Springs were excellent, although min
was needed.
The Cyprus Chapel protracted meet
ing will embrace the second Sunday
in July.
Mrs. E. A. S. Mixon has bought
from Mr. E. L. Nixon the Williston
post office outfit, which will be brought
down and put in position this week.
It will he a vast improvement on the
present equipment of the Barnwell
post office.
Railroad Commissioners Bonham
and Jervey inspected the Barnwell
and Blackville, Alston and Newberry
Railroads on Wednesday of last week.
The former was fouu.i to he in very
good condition and the latter was
pronounced the best in the State so
far as its road bed is concerned. But
that was to he expected under the
management of Capt. Fouts.
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
Edgefield Monitor. Jnne 19th.
A most atrocious deed was commit
ted on last Saturday evening, about
six miles southwest of Johnston, in
the Philippi section, the particulars
of which cau he no better placed be
fore our readers than by copying the
account sent by a Johnston corre
spondent to the Columbia Regiter, as
follows:
Early Saturday evening two young
men of an exceeding bad character,
Murrel and Carpenter, went into the
orchard of Martin Yonce and helped
themselves to his peaches. Mr.
Yonce was away from home and his
wife was afraid to say anything to
them. While there, however, they
outbuildings, horse, cow and all her
provisions by fire last week, met at
the lady’s place a few days after the
fire and rebuilt the outhouses and
stocked them with provisions. They
also made anangements for her to
get another horse, so as she could go
on with her farming operations.
There is a movement on foot here
to establish a sash and blind factory,
and we have no doubt but that it will
succeed, as most of the stock has been
taken. A charter will be applied for
and the company organized for busi
ness at once.
Thus far the number of agricultural
liens put on record in this county is
4,165. In this county the lieu law is
gradually repealing itself. A few
years ago the number of liens for the
county was between 8,000 and 9,000.
Every year there has been a consider
able decrease on the number of the
preceding year, save the present year.
On account of the short crop of last
year the number of liens remains the
same.
Gortman, the man lately shot by
Salley at Hartley’s Mill in this
county, and who it was thought
would die, is still alive aud there are
prospects of his recovery.
The outhouses, together with the
wagou, buggy, &c.. of Mr. W. L.
Smoak, of the Fork, was burned Inst
Wednesday. This is tiie third or
fourth fire that has occurred in that
section of the county in the last three
or four weeks.
Mr. Elliott Smoak, second son of
Mr. A. J. Smoak, of the Fork, died
on last Sunday after an illness of just
one week.
ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
From the Press and Banner, June 19th.
During the Commencement of the
Greenwood Female College we met
Congressman Tillman, who seems
nothing loth to express his opinion
of the administration. He thinks
Harrison is turning out the white
postmasters and putting negroes in
their places to secure for himself in
1892 the negro vote of the South in
the National Nominating Conven
tion, Mr. Tillman thinks the Biair
Bill is full of evil for the South, and
that we should strongly oppose it.
Captain Dwight, engineer of tiie
Georgia Carolina and Northern Rail
road, was in town yesterday. Ho
came with Captain Hankins, tiie new
surveyor of the road, to point out tiie
route of the old survey, witli a view
of turning over the engineering work
to him. Captain Dwight is now at
work on a new road in the neighbor
hood of New Orleans. Capt. Dwight
and Capt. Hankins left yesterday af
ternoon going towards Savannah.
The five million dollar mortgage is
still on the records of the Clerk of
Court. The work, as usual, will soon
begin on the Georgia Carolina and
Northern road.
President Gallagher of the Cumber
land Gap Road, we learn, has written
that he will be in Abbeville next
week. Mr. Schofield, it is believed,
has gotten out of the way, and it is
said thatrthe outlook is now as good
as it has been at any previous time in
the histo.y of the road.
Gen. Leroy F. Youmans has been
invited to address the Sons of the
Revolution at their annual celebra
tion on June 28. Gen. Youmans has
accepted. It is likely that the hall ot
the House of Representatives will he
used on this occasion.