The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-10
SOUTH CAROLINA.


Dr. A. j. China, Of Sumter, is eating
oranges and bananas of his own raising.
The books for subscription to the capital
stock of the Marion Cotton Factory nave
been opened
f. w johnson, formerly OF Hampton
county, has refused $3.50, 900 for his share OF
a silver mine in Indian Territory.
w. A. Hill, of Saluda has made an as
signment for the benefit Of his creditors. j.
II. Irwin, OF Chappel's, is the assignee.
Liabilities about g., 200 and the assets about
$4,000.
Two vagrant Mormon preachers have,
within the last few days, invaded that part
Of Abbeville county known as "Buck
Level" about three miles from Greenwood
They can justly lay claim 10 at least one
apostolic custom. They have provided for
their journey neither gold nor silver, nor
brass in their purses, nor scrip, nor TWO
coats" They tried to get the school house
in which to hold their services and to preach
their abominable doctrines, but 1t Is pre-
sumed they did not succeed. They are
operating In clandestine way
AT Williamson, E. f. Donnald, the
former postmaster, who was reported as
having absconded, has returned. 1t now
turns out that he was not hiding himself,
but was out trying 70 have the matter
amicably settled, which has been accom-
plished. The money has been paid over TO
the department and the bondsmen made
secure by Mr.. Donnald's mother. The books
do not show any evidence whatever of any
attempt to defraud, and not single false
entry has been made. The deficiency began
about twelve months ago and has gradually
increased ever since.
At the last session Of the Legislature
number of claims introduced in the House
oil 4 "a
ing hours OF the Senate. Owing, no doubt,
to the rush and confusion of the time the
Secretary of the Senate failed to present
them as passed to the Ways and Means
Committee OF the House to be handed by
that committee, as required by law, to the
Comptroller General. The statute not hav-
ing been observed, Comptroller General
Vener has refused to receive the claims
from the Clerk of the Senate, and the mat
ter has gone to the Attorney General for
consideration and verdict.
A correspondent writing to the Orange
burg Times and Democrat from Willow
township, under date of Dec. g. says: "On
Dec. 81 negro named Logan Small at
tempted an outrage upon the person of a
white girl, about ID years old, as she was
going from neighbours house to her
fathers, which was quite near. The screams
of the young lady brought out her father,
aud the scoundrel fled, but was pursued.
captured and brought back by some of the
height ors. The rascal was then stripped
and $50 lasheS was put on his bare back
with buggy trace by the father of his in
tended victim. After being released the
scamp left with the promise that he would
make himself scarce in the county. 1t is
said that this same negro was whipped some
eight months ago near Bamberg for the
same otfense."
At Greenville the long pending law suit
between MessrS. A. Carpin and Leon Bou-
land, involving the possession of the now
famous Carpin vineyard near the city, has
been settled by Bouland purchasing the
property Carpin and Bouland had been
partners in the enterprise, but they quar-
relied many months ago Since then Carpin
has cultivated the vineyard, claiming it ex-
clusively as his own, while Bouland has been
attempting to recover possession by suit at
law. Within the last few days the parties
met and made up their differences. 1t will
be remembered that Boulaud has recently
organized the South Carolina French Colo
nization Society, with himself as President
and X. a. Lynch as Secretary and Treas
urer. 1t is now given out that the vineyard
property will be made the headquarters of
the society, and the big brick building
standing in the centre of the seventy
acre vineyard which was begun for an
orphanage for French children, will be com
peted and equipped as the Lafayette Agri-
cultural Institute, to be conducted under
the Colonization Society. Manager Bou-
land will leave he says, in a short while for
Europe, to open agencies for the Colonial
tion Society, and to secure teachers for the
Agricultural Institute Carpin, it is stated
will remain in charge Of the vineyard until
these changes are made.