"The Carolina Spartan" Issue: April 21, 1880 THE WITTAKER CASE WHITTAKER is the only colored cadet at West Point. He went from this State. About three weeks ago he was found tied in his bed one morning and his ears slit with a knife [cut off - but I included in case someone was researching this and needed the date] A serious disturbance took place at Edgefield last week, in which three persons were severely wounded. A town election was in progress, and there were two tickets. . . The only question in the elections was whether Edgefield bar-keepers should pay high or low license. A Negro who lived about the corporate limits of the town came up to vote, and he was challenged on the grounds that he lived outside. In the talk that followed, Mr. CLISBY and owner of a bar room and gaming tables, and one of the candidates for Intendant said to Dr. Wallace BLAND that he lied; whereupon BLAND gave him a blow, and he shot BLAND through the bowels with a pistol. St. Julian BLAND, a brother of the Doctor then ran into the crowd, and it is said that he shot CLISBY and A.A. GLOVER, the father-in-law of CLISBY. It was thought that Dr. BLAND was mortally wounded, but the latest reports express some hope of his recovery. The other two, though severely wounded, are out of danger. The persons engaged in this scrape were sober at the time. But they all had the ready pistol, or pistols, for it is reported that the average Edgefield man carries about three of these weapons on all occasions. SHERIFF'S SALE FOR MAY, 1880 Spartanburg County, In the Court of Common Pleas R.L. CARSEN, Adminstrator, Plaintiff, vs. Sallie GOSSETT, Fannie HOOD, and her husband Eli Hood, Smith GOSSETT, Alfred GOSSETT, Marion GOSSETT and James GOSSETT, --Order for Sale In obedience of an order passed in the above entitled case, by his Honor, W.H. WALLACE, Circuit Judge for the abovesaid County, at the March term of Court, 1880, I will sell before the Court House door, in the town of Spartanburg, S.C., on the first Monday in May next, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, to wit: A Certain Tract of Land, lying in the County and State aforesaid, and bounded by lands of Joseph HARMON, the estate of J.C. ZIMMERMAN, deceased and Andrew FOSTER; containing 135 acres more of less. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Spartanburg-In the Court of Common Pleas James WOOD and J.H. SLOAN, Plaintiffs, vs. William WEBSTER, R.L. BOWDEN, T.J. EARLE, John DEWBERRY, R.N. HARRIS, Caroline CHAPMAN, and R. WARD, Executor of A. WARD, deceased-Order for Foreclosure In obedience to an order passed in the above entitled case, by his Honor W.H. WALLACE, Circuit Judge for the aforesaid County at the March Term of Court, 1880, I will sell before the Court House door in the town of Spartanburg, South Carolina, on the first Monday in May next, within the legal hours of sale, the following described Property to wit: A Certain Tract of Land, situated in the County and State aforesaid, on the south side of Pacolett River, beginning at said river at W.L. WOOD's corner, thence with the line of the said W.L. WOOD, James WOOD, and Eli BRYANT's line far enough to make One Hundred Acres, by running a line due north through the said William WEBSTER's land from the said line of Eli BRYANT, till it strikes the branch of Pacolett River,--bounded by lands of W.L. WOOD, James WOOD, Eli BRYANT, William WEBSTER, and Pacolett River. To contain 100 acres. MARRIED Wednesday April 14th, 1880 by Rev. A.A. JAMES, Mr. William H. CELY of Greenville, S.C., and Miss Alice, daughter of Henry MEANS, Esq., of Union, S.C. In Spartanburg, Thursday, April 15, 1880, by Rev. J.L. VASS, Mr. John F. BRADHAM of Clarenton County, and Miss Pamela WEBBER, of this place. At the residence of the bride's father near Wellford, S.C., April 6th, 1880 by Rev. W. L. BROWN, Mr. John Q. LITTLE and Miss Rosa TERBIFIELD. J.W. TILLOTSON's house, furniture and clothing were all burned last Friday. He was absent from home at the time, and his wife was at the wash place when the fire occurred. It was supposed to catch from a cooking stove. Everything they had in the house was lost. It will now be neighborly to help him by contribution or by lending to him such things as he may need. Another old land mark of Chester County-Hon. Samuel McALILLY-passed away last Friday. His remains were buried at the old Purity Church on Saturday. His age was about 81 years. William S. BATES was hanged at Barnwell last Friday for the murder of S.W. BOST at a party last December. Too much whiskey and pistols. Issue: April 28, 1880 John W. STRIBLING, Esq., has been re-appointed Trial Justice for his township. His time expired and it was several weeks before his commission came, but he is all right now, and is ready to attend to all business that comes under his jurisdiction. free post Lisa