The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-09
SOUTH CAROLINA.

A fertilizer factory lis in prospective
at Greenville.
The cotton receipts of Columbia up TO
date have been 42,672 bales.
1t is claimed that S62, 500 is spent every
year at Marion for horses and mules.
This season Marion has shipped II, 794
bales of cotton, against 1881 last season.
Senator J. NJ. Bell of Aiken, will be lop-
posed at the primary election by Col. G.. w.
Croft.
A. w. Oakley, and John w. Hankinson
are candidates for Clerk of the Court in
Aiken.
r. H. Jenning and j. Lewis Wardlaw
are candidates for Clerk of the Court in
Fairfield
NJ T. Holley, Paul A. McCreary and B.
+. Turner. are candidates for Sheriff in
Aiken county.
The declaration of the Darlington Build
ing and Loan Association was filed at
Columbia Friday.
H. Young Milling and R. E. Ellison will
run for the Democratic nomination for
Sheriff in Fairfield.
Near Greenville young man named
Goodlett disappeared from home Wednes-
day. Thursday he returned insane.
The smallest mortgage filed in the Pick
other for 81. 20 pushing it close for the prize.
On April l the time allowed for the ex-
change of deficiency 8 per cent bonds and
stock into new AZ per cent. blue" bonds
expired.
Dr. G. G. Palmer and Capt. c. S. Nettles.
have been mentioned as probable candi-
dates for the Legislature in Darlington
county.
1t is reported that young Hawkins, clerk
in the Newberry post office, who absconded
with 1915 last week, sailed from Pensacola
Fla.) Thursday.
The Rev. L. S. Prioleau died at his resi-
dence in st. Matthew's on Monday, April 2,
and was buried ON Thursday. He leaves a
wife and six children.
1t is said that if Solicitor Newton decides
to become a candidate for Congress, Mr..
George W. Brown, of Darlington, will be a
candidate for Solicitor.
The election for Town Council at Gaffney
City last week resulted as follows: Intend
ant, J. A. Carroll; Wardens, r. A. Jones.
John c. Mabry, r. O. Sans, R. NJ Gaffney.
The following ticket for Town Council of
Pickens was recently elected: w. T. Nc
Fall, lntendant; J. f. Hagood, Jr., George
James, a. NJ. Morris and j. f. Boggs, War
dens.
Dr. Benjamin McInnes, Jr., veterinary
surgeon, after careful investigation of the
disease among the horses about Rock Hill,
| comes to the conclusion that 1t is not pink
eve but catarrhal fever
An election for town officers was held at
Blackstock on last Monday. The following
were elected Intendant, j. +. Craig; War
dens, j. f. Douglas, George L. Kennedy,
John Mcclure, ID. II. Stevenson.
A portion Of the treStlework at Catawba
river. the Chester md ('bara
Narrow Gauge railroad, was damaged by
the freshet last week, SO as to interfere with
the passage of trains for several days.
The watermelon area Will be considerably
decreased in the neighborhood of GrahamS.
Lees, Blackville, ElSo, Wiliston and White
Pond, and correSpondingly enlarged at BAN
berg and Midway and in Aiken county.
George Evans, one of the negroes en-
ployed by Contractor Deal, who is working
a force of hands on the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern railroad, a few miles from
Chester, was killed Wednesday while blast
ing.
r. G.. Patrick, son of Capt John b. Pat
rick, of the Anderson Military Academy.
and at present a student of the Baptist The
illogical Seminary at Louisville, has accept
ed n call to the pastorate of the Baptist
church of Horkville
The carporators of the Elliott Gin Manu-
featuring company OF w lnnSbOrO filed
Their declaration at Columbia Friday. The
purpose Of the company is to manufacture
and sell cotton gins, condensers, feeders,
presses, etc. The capital stock is to be
81 800
The declaration Of the Peoples Bank of
Darlington was filed in tho Office of the
Secretary Of State Friday. The corporators
are Il. Keith Dargan, John Siskr n and A.
:. White, all Of Darlington. The capital
stock will be $4,000, divided into shares Of
$50 each.
The declaration Of the Atlantic Dredging
Company was filed at Columbia FRIDAY
The place Of business will be at Charleston
The purposes are to dredge the docks Of
Charleston, and the bays and rivers COW
tiglous thereto The amount of capital
stock will be $ll, 000.
Tho State Democratic Executive Com
mittec has called a Stata convention to
meet at Columbia May II, to select dele
gates 30 tho national convention at St
Louis. The committee recommended that
this convention should not make nomina-
tions for State officers.
On Friday night, March %, in Douglas
township, Clarendon county, several
masked men, some of them supposed TO be
white, went TO the house of one Frank Ken
nody, a negro, who is said TO have been
living ba ~ with some Of his family, and
gave him a severe thrashing.
Greenwood has been suffering for soma
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