The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-15
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The deadlock i'll the third judicial cir
cult has been brosen by the nomination OF
Mr. Wilson for solicitor.
The Gaffney City Manufacturing Com
pany fled its declaration Friday, and a
commission was issued. Capital stock $780,
GOO
A shooting ARRAY occurred Tuesday in
the lower portion Of Laurens county among
negroes at a church. in which one was
fatally shot
A. c. Hayes, an energetic farmer of Lit
tie Rock, on Oct. s, lost by fire his barn,
con AIM 700 pounds Of oats and fifteen
bales IF cotton. No insurance.
A colored infant, born dead at Clifton,
was exhibited Laurensvile Tuesday. 1t
has two well developed bodies, which join
at the breast, but only one head
On Oct. 18, delegation from Darlington
lodge of the knights of Pythias will go to
Manning to organize lodge and install the
officers A number OF visiting brethren
from the various lodges in the STATE will be
present.
The gin house of Mike Still, in Barnwell
county. was destroyed by fire on the night
of Oct. 3. A large quantity of seed cotton
was destroyed. James Still, in trying to
extinguish the fire, was severely burned
about the face and hands. No insurance.
| William Davenport, q character very
well known in Greenvile as a beggar and
morphine slave, died Saturday. He was
| convicted at Anderson many years ago for
the murder of John w. Meeks, in Ander-
son county, in 1865, and was sentenced to
be hanged, but was pardoned by Moses.
At Orangeburg, Tuesday, Fred Living
| ston. who was stricken with paralysis, died
! at bis home. He leaves quite large fam
| lily. His life had been insured for 50, 900 up
to September, when be stopped the pay
| ment of the premiums aud the policy
Lap, ed. Had he paid 81 more his family
would have received $1,000.
| At Orangeburg, at recent nesting of
the city board of equalization OF the assess
ment of real estate, prominent citizen APP
! peared and claimed that piece of his prop
erty was valued too highly, and said he
would take for it the amount at which it
| had been valued, viz 81 800 An alder
man present said he would give that much
| cash for it. The citizen accepted, and the
sale has since been completed, and both
| parties well pleased.
| H L. Whitlock, who lives about seven
miles west of Lake City, had his dwelling
and its contents. together with 3-year-old
child, consumed by fire Thursday. M.
| Whitlock was not at home, and his wife
| was in the field near the house picking cot
ton, when she discovered the house on fire,
| She ran, but only reached the house in time
| to see the roof tumble in on the child and
|
desperate effort to rescue the child, but to
| no avail.
Sheriff Sally has returned to Orangeburg
| from his trip in Barnwell county, where he
went to arrest McFail, Richardson and
| Crumpler, charged with the killing of
Caesar Stephens, colored, at Branchville on
on the Sth inst. He was unable to find
them, but from information received he
thinks they will come in and surrender.
| They gave bail on the day of the shooting
to the town council of Branchville to appear
before them to answer to the charge of
| shooting on the street.
| w. b. Smith. engaged in the turpentine
business in the Mount Carmel neighborhood
in Colleton county, was assaulted by two
negroes on Saturday evening last, and
knocked down with club. Two negroes,
hands employed upon the turpentine farm
| Of Mr.. Smith, had had a disagreement with
| him in the morning previous to the occur
| renee about a settlement between them.
Mr.. Smith had just returned from Water
boro, whittier he had gone on business
during the day. He lies in a critical condi-
ton, and will probably die. The rssroes
| have escaped
The secretary of state has received the
following letter. As he has the original
| ordinance Of secession in his office, he is not
| disposed to buy from Ohio: "WRLLING-
TON, o., Oct. s., Hon. Secretary of State,
Columbia, s. c., Dear Sir: I have had
| placed in my hands the original manuscript
| Of the ordinance of secession of South Caro-
lima, Jemison, delegate from Barnwell,
| secretary of the convention, taken from
| the house of DIR. Land Sd of March, 1855,
by parties under CO nmand of Maj. N.
| Clarke, 102, U. s. G. T. This is the property
of widow Of our town. Please let me
know what you will give for it. w. T.
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| and dark. near Piercetown, in Anderson
| county, Lawrence Harris, white man, ran
his horse, which he was riding, over Miss
Emma Hammond, seriously injuring her.
| She was knocked senselsss for a while. Her
| father, ID. II. Hammond, Immediately swore
out a warrant against Harris, charging
him with an assault and battery of high
| and aggravated nature. It seems that II ar
ris, who lie Hammond's tenant, is young
unmarried man. few Sundays since he
called at Mr.. Hammond's house, but did
not receive such attention from the young
ladies as he thought himself entitled to,
and the presumption 10 that he took this
| way to retaliate.
The Hon Samuel Dibble will address the
| people of his congressional district at a
series Of public meetings, outside the city of
Charleston, to be held at the following
named places, and at the times herein men
toned: In Lexington county-At Lexington
| court house, Wednesday, Oct. II; at
Crossroads Wednesday, Oct. 81, and at
Spring Hill Friday, Nov. 2. In Colleton
county-Walterboro, Friday, Oct 10; st.
Georges, Saturday, Oct %; 5ummerville,
Friday, Oct. 49, In Berkeley county
Mount Pleasant, Thursday Oct %. Orange
burg county-Easterlin's Monday, Oct. 90
Branchville, Saturday, Oct. 81, and at
Beaver Creek, Tuesday, Oct. 30. 1t is hoped
that the people of each community will turn
out in large numbers and hear him discuss
the issues Of the day.
At Greenville, Saturday, an unexpected
turn was given to the affairs of the Georgia
Construction Company by the serving Of
an attachment on the property OF the COM
pany for $16,S62 81, the amount Of the
claim Of j. r. Flutcher, Of Knoxville, as
trustee under the assignment of Brown a.
Fortune, for the benefit of the creditors.
! Brown q Fortune are the contractors on
the Tennessee end Of the Carolina, Knox
vile and Western road, and have COM
pleted about four miles of grading in the
two counties which the line peuetrates in
| Tennessee. Their claim Is for the amount
due since last June. The attachments
served last week by the National bank for
81, $50 remain unpaid, but IL has been given
out by those connected with the company
that its affairs were getting rapidly In
sound shape, and that everything would be
settled in a few days.
Considerable excitement prevails in the
lower section OF Laurens county on account