The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-07

SOUTH CAROLINA.
Florence hopes to have the Southern
shops Of the Pullman Palace Car Company
built there.
BY order of Route Agent Hockaday the
| citizens of Darlington will hereafter have
the benefit of a free express delivery.
Gov. Richardson has appointed two as
slstant supervisors Of registration for Ches-
ter county, MesSrs. John B. McFadden and
|. N. Cross.
The residence Of w. o. Cromer, Ewhe
lives about four miles from Abbeville, was
burned down day or two ago There WIS
no insurance.
w. f. Dargan, of Darlington, lost his
saw mill by fire few nights ago The total
loss, including a lot of lumber, is sbout
81 POO. No insurance.
At Johnston four candidates have already
come out for the Senate and more ate ex-
pected. The inseresting feature bf the
campaign will be the Senatorial racA
In a personal difficulty in the western
part of Darlington county betweeu Simpson
Skinner and Burwell Kelly. thelatter re-
ceived dangerous wound frofA a pistol
ball.
In Chester county the candidates are be-
ginning to be announced. Two came out
last week, Paul Hemphill for the Legisla-
ture, and s. NJ. McDiil for coanty commits
sioner.
Capt. ]. D. Smith, of Mississippi, has re-
Gently organized a subordinate Farmers
Alliance at Crosbyville. u. B. Crosby was
elected president and w. s. Durham vice
president.
The Johnston Stock SHOW and Fair Asso-
citation has now been established on a sure
foundation, and from tie enthusiasm mani
factaJ 70 fol will 70
previous ones.
State Treasurer Bgmberg has returned
to Columbia from BArnwell county, where
he has been spending week in the en-
deavor to recuperate after a severe illness.
His condition is much improved.
The Holiness Band are now holding
meetings in Darlington in large tent, near
the Baptist church, capable Of holding 1900
people. Among others who are there is
Miss Matte Gordon, the friend of Mrs.
Chaplin.
The regular annual meeting Of the State
Railroad Board of Equalization will be held
in the Office of the Comptroller General at
IL o'clock, May 9. meeting of the Sink
ing Fund Commission will be held Oh
MAY s.
Some citizens of Show Township, OF
Edgefield County, have employed f. H.
Folk TO enter legal proceedings to restrain
the County Commissioners from Issuing
BONDS voted several years ago in aid of the
Cumberland Gap Railroad
1t is rumored that some of the grading
and irestling on the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago railroad, between Aiken
and Edgefield, has been abandoned, and
that Contractor Potts has left. This is GER
tainly a great disappointment to Edgetield
Court House, for Ter hopes in securing d
"a lroaA canIpad a Out 10 no raolizaA
The one thousand dollar Al per cent.
bonds have been received from the engrav-
ers, and sue n of them as were ordered in
exchange by holders of the deficiency bonds
have been signed by the Governor and are
ready for delivery. There have been vari-
ouS inquiries about the new bonds, and there
ara assurances that several bids will be
made for the whole lot, which can be placed
en the market. The bids must be rendered
by May 25.
A dispatch from Bennettsville saws:
dock Dorgar, q negro boy, deliberately
shot with gun and instantly killed a white
boy. w. +. Cox, Jr. All the parties live
near Bennettswille. The negro is in jail
there. Several attempts have been made
TO lynch him. The Sheriff keeps the Jail
guarded. Last night number of enraged
men shot into the house of Essex Dorgar,
the father OF the murderer, and killed a j.
year-old child. The entire section is
aroused"
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Darlington Manufacturing Company was
held Friday, at which most of tine business
was routine. 1t was, however, decided to
increase the capital by SIC, 900, making a
total of $3.50, 900 A sem-annual dividend
OF per cent. was declared. Capt. New
man, the superintendent, handed in his
resignation, which was accepted. A reso
luton was adopted thanking him for the
efficient manner in which his duties had
been discharged. Capt. Newman goes tc
Maryland to take charge of a mill there
The Peoples Bank of Darlington is a
fixed fact, under the management of the
following named officers; Directors, E.
Keith Dargan, w. A. Carrigan, j. Il. Net
ties, G. 5. Mccullough, John Siskron and
John McSween. The bank officers are
President, f. Keith Dargan; Vice Presi
dent, w. A. Carrigan; Cashier, II. H.
Charles, who is at present the efficient
cashier of the Darlington Bank. More than
$35 900 have already been subscribed, and
new subscriptions are coming in daily
Twenty per cent. of all money subscribed
has already been paid in. The shares have
been fixed at tie low value of So thus
enabling every one to subscribe, and make
it truly peoples bank.
The Pension Board will send the monthly
warrants for the payment of pensions in
bulk TO the county treaNrers, asking them
| TO procure from each pensioner residing III
their several counties power of attorney,
enabling the treasurers TO collect and dis
burse the pension money. In this way
each county easurer will act rs the agent
of all the pensioners in his county. In a
day or two the board will begin to send out
warrants for the payment of all pensions
absolutely granted. The first payment will
be for the month of April, the date OF
approval OF the effective applications Over
two thousand applications have been filed
and sufficient number have been already
Professionally approved TO entail cost OF
$4,000 var. IL is possible that Sl50,00C
year may have to be devoted to pensions
ON the pre- ent basis.
4 mysterious shooting took place near
Camponelo, fow days ago. Mary Young,
about Is years Old, dlughtcr of An.
drew Dung, n worthy and industrious citi
zen, was passing the Grnmbling old place. at
which Isaac Billow and family lived. Whom
near the house, perhaps 200 yards away, she
was fired on with a pts oLor rife, by some
| ono secreted in thu woods. The ball struck
! her on the back, near the spine, and ranged
| upward, aud was cut out near the shoulder
! by Dr. Landrum. Mr.. Ballew and his wife
| W re away from home at the time, but some
| Of their children ran out 10 the girls asss-
! lance. 10 il not known who did the shoot
! K, or what tho motive was There were
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