The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-03
SOUTH CAROLINA.

day.
Col. Mike Brown intends to have his Barn
well railroad relaid with steel rails.
James B. Adams of Edgefeld, has a boil
of cotton that contains Gig hteen locks.
The Baptists of Camden intend building
a new church costing $4,000 or 5000.
There is some probability that street
railway will be built in Camden next year.
J. NJ. Welborn, of Equality, has been
sub criber to the Anderson Intelligencer
for tifty-one years.
The governors message to the legislature
would fill about eight columns Of nonpareil
type in the MORNING NEWS.
Willie Barber, boy 10 years of age, had
his foot mangled by an engine at Bacomb-
vile. The foot had to be amputated.
G, II. Minis. a merchant of Lamar, in
Darlington county, mas made an assign
ment. The available assets amount TO
$4,000.
The Farmers Alliance of Marlboro has
established an organ, to be published at
Bennettsville, and to be called the Pee Dee
Alliance.
Rev. c. P. Boozer has accepted a call to
the Lutheran churches in Edgefield county
that were until recently served by the Rev.
j. ID. Bowles
y,
nearly scalded to death by falling into a
cask Of hot water that had been prepared
for scaldng hogs.
The poles and wires have been secured
and laid down at Monroe for the building
of a telegraph line along the Georgia, Caro-
lima and Northern railroad.
The Rev. H. G. Scudday, who has tor the
past year acceptably served as pastor of the
Southern Methodist church at Darlington,
will next year serve a church in Texas.
The names of the stations on the Cumber-
land Gap, Carolina and Chicago railroad,
between Edgefield and Aiken, besides Tren-
ton, are Seiglers, Lake View and Crofts.
Mr.. Ignatz Keller, of Blackville town
ship, in Barnwell county, has made 1919
gallons of syrup from one-fifth Of an acre
of cane, besides saving 600 stalks for seed.
The gin house of r. j. Manning, three
miles north of st. Matthews. was burned
Thursday night. The loss is about IS, 0C0.
The cause supposed to be incendiary. There
is no insurance.
At recent sale in Greenville stock Of
the Greenville National Bank, par value
800, brought $3.50 so. Stock Of the Pied
mont Manufacturing Company, par value
500, brought $3.50 so.
The executive committee of citizens of
Marion, Darlington, Williamsburg and
Clarendon counties Interested in the forma-
tion of the proposed county of Florence
have prepared an address for the informa-
ton of the members of the general assem-
by.
At Columbus Friday, the Darlington
Land Improvement Company having filed
a declaration with the secretary of state, a
commission was issued for its Incorporation.
Messrs. j. j. Ward f. o. Woods, J. F.
Early, G.. K. King, J. Lewenthal, A Mach
man, and George W. Brown constitute the
board of corporators. The capital stock will
be 500, 600.
Several persons were out in the woods
hunting, about five miles from Gaffnev
City Thursday, and Clantom Turner, about
20 years old, was accidentally shot by James
Daft. The load entered his side, and he died
early Friday morning. Thew were running
after a squirrel and Turner fell over bush.
Daft was following and his gun was caught
by the same bush aud was discharged.
The Rev. j. f. Beard, pastor of the South
ern Meth dist church at Timmoasville, has
just closed up a good years work. This
year he has preached over 800 regular ser
mons and 5 funeral sermons, conducted so
prayer meetings, baptized 6 adults and
Is infants, received into membership %,
supsrintended the building of one church,
repaired the parsonage, put pump in the
parsonage yard, aud repaired and repaintsd
the church building at Timmonsville.
The work of surveying tho Mount Pleas
ant, Santee and Little River railroad to
Conway has commenced. II the road can
be built as cheaply as asserted, northern
and western capitalists will help. There is
within fifteen miles of the coast, between
Charleston and Conway, more than l ,000, 900
acres of land, now assessed at less than 81
per acre. Let this road be built and it will
double its value. The last sales of land on
the coast, near Mount Pleasant and abroad
facilities, were at $25 per acre.
Waddy Vaughn, well known in police and
trial justice circles at Greenville as one OF
the DULLES of the town. met his match there
Thursday night in John Smith, young
mechanic The two men were at a certain
house when Smith was struck with stick
by Vaughn and cursed UNANIMOUSLY. Smith
knocked him down and pounded him in the
face for several minutes, producing injuries
from which Vaughn will not soon recover.
The parties have not been arrested, but
Smith Is willing to stand trial at any time
when Vaughn is able TO appear.
Gov. Richardson. Monday, received
rather larger draft from the United States
treasury than he is In the habit of handling.
The draft is payable to the order of the gov
ernor Of South Carolina, is signed by
ftsoiSJhub anu CduS lot
s77,250. This amount is in payment for the
use of the citadel building by the United
States troops and for the destruction of the
west wing OF the building while in the pos
session of those troops Under the act of
assembly of 1882 1t was provided that this
money should be turned over to the citadel
less the costs of collection and the SIS, 900
appropriated by the Legislature to the
citadel in that year. The money will be
used in rebuilding the west wing OF the
citadel and making other improvements.
The report Of Secretary Of State J. Q.
Marshall has been printed, and is ready for
presentation to the legislature Col. Mar
shall succeeded the Hon. w. y. Leituer on
April IS, 1888. Secretary Leitner issued
1884 commissions and % charters. Secre-
tary Marshall has issued 800 commissions,
81 charters and 10 commissions of incorpo-
ration. The secretary says that he has had
printed the cath against gambling, and
will require sheriffs. coroDers and trial JUS
tices to take it before receiving their com
missions. The books OF the Office need in
dexing, and an appropriation for that pur-
pose is recommended The secretary Of
state is also keeper of the state house
grounds. and attention is called to the in
adequacy Of the appropriation for the due
execution Of the duties Of that Office. Tables
and documents are attached, vouching for
the work and disbursements OF the Office.
The report altogether comprises forty
pages.
Kock Hill Herald: Information reaches
us of an exceedingly sad mishap near Fort
Lawn last Saturday morning. Mr.. Fur.