The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-09
SOUTH CAROLINA.

visitor company.
Columbia expects to be lighted by cleo
! tricity within 30 days.
At Spartanburg Monday, the store OF
| Dreyer & Kirby, dealers in family grocer
les, was closed by creditor.
! Capt Roddey's horse ran away the other
| day at Rock Hill aud threw Milton Russell,
his driver, from the buggy, breaking his
leg.
The contract for furnishing the state
| house, of Columbia, with 200 tons Of coal has
been awardedto W. s. Reamer for 81 "a
! per ton.
The Chester manufacturing company has
| been commissioned. The company prOpose
to manufacture and weave yarn. The
capital stock proposed is 100000, divided
! into 900 shares
Richard Brown shot and killed a root
doctor named Nash, in Ebenezer township
of York county on July |, on account Of
| jealousy at Nashs attention to woman in
whom Brown was much interested
The 100000 of Columbia Canal bonds,
issued this year, have been foated, and
while s. 900 Of the stock has not been de-
livered it is practically certain it will be
taken, and the trustees have no bonds TO
offer for SALE
A colored man, name unknown, was
| Y,
the Wateree The body has not been
found. 1t is supposed that he went In
bathing and took cramp, as his clothes
were found in the fiat.
Forty hands, employed near Greenville
by CASTOR & Dover, sub-contractors on the
Carolina, Knoxville and Western railroad
grading, struck Monday for an increase OF
wages from 81 day of twelve hours, to 10
cents an hour. The raise was not granted.
Two colored boys employed about the
Methodist parsonage at Conway broke into
a trunk during the absence of the Rev. Mr..
| Thomas and family and stole 1921, money
that had been collected for tho conference
One of the boys is now in Jail awaiting trial.
Auditor James A. Ward, Of Dakota, be-
lieving the Northwestern Mutual fire in
surance company of Wahpeton, Dakota, TO
| be lnsolvent, has revoked its certificate
authorizing 1t to do business Saturday the
license OF the company to do business in
! South Carolina was cancelled.
A large hawk recently made descent
upon flock of chickens, which were peace
fully feeding in stubble field near Hickory
! Grove. Among them was a game rooster
lie attacked the hawk, and came out of the
struggle victorious by driving one of his
spurs through the hawks head
On July % Gen. Huguenin and the
Charleston companies will leave Charleston
at 6:l5 a. m. for the Greenville encamp-
ment. They will 60 to Columbia via the
| Coast Line road and will pick UP all the
| companies from the eastern part OF the
state that will attend the encampment
AT Greenville, Thursday, white man
named Ben Cannon, formerly keeper of a
shop, was arrested, charged with having
stolen buggy from I. G.. Smith. When
arrested Cannon had $50 Of defuuct bank
| ka
he has been passing for good notes. The
latter charge being the more serious Of the
| two, he will be first examined before the
commissioner and then before a trial ius-
tice.
| The James Island agricultural society met
! Thursday. After some routine business the
report OF the riding committee was in order
This showed the highest yield for 1887 TO be
| 3S4 pounds of lint TO the acre, the lowest be-
ing 100 pounds. A rough average gave 262
| pounds per acre, but this is decidedly below
the actual average. There has been $40
acres planted In cotton in 1883 against AIS
In 1887. The committee report good stands,
clean and healthy crops, and decided ad-
vance in growth and maturity.
A preliminary hearing in the case against
Mrs. NJ. f. Reese, for forging an order
with Mrs j. Trowbridge's name to il, by
which she ordered certain goods from W
| a ShipIl"il, HieTcnhnI, was begun at
! Anderson, Monday At the conclusion the
trial justice indicated that he thought
there was sufficient in it 10 send il M. but
did not render his decision. AlrN Trow-
| bridge was sworn in the case and said she
did not sign the order in controversy nor
authorize any one else to sign it for her.
+. S. Grill, treasurer of the State of Flor
! ida, sent Treasurer hamburg, on Thursday.
$1,000 OF South Carolina deficiency bonds,
and 81 ,l55 in coupons, due July /, all of
which he wished TO exchange to the new Al .
per cent state bonds. Mr.. Grill asks
whether, IN addition to this, he cannot get
! Sl5,OOO or $4,000 more of these bonds at
! par Florida now has n large block of
! South Carolina bonds, and he wishes TO
Increase the amount to over $50 900. Treas
urer hamburg was unable TO give a dollars
worth of new bonds, and simply had 10 send
! Treasurer Grill check for Sll 1856 and ex-
press his regrets at being unable to accom-
modate him.
At Columbia at II O'CLOCK Saturday
! Charles Daniels son Of Supt Daniels oft q
! gas company, was walking down Main
! street and, when nearly opposite the Grand
| Central, was suddenly overcome hy the
heat and fell to the pavement. Before as
siStancc could be offered him he was on his
leet again and said that he was all right.
| out IN a minute was Frustrated a second
'''SNs III Rollbttflleu carried tne OnCOn-
scious young man into DR.. Jackson's drug
store Proper remedies were applied and
| IN half an hour Mr.. Daniels was able 20 get
about AT that hour the temperature on
I Main street was 1867 Later IN the dav
however, the thermometers in exposed
! places registered no.
At Greenvile Monday. at n meeting Of
the county confederate survivors asslcis-
ton, arrangements wore made for a state
reunion OF confederate veterans during the
coming gala week and summer encamp-
ment. Thursday, July 26. Of the gala week.
mas been set apart for veterans day by tho
programme committee, and the county sur
| VlVors propose 70 make il the occasion "
the gathering together Of Old soldiers Of tho
service from every section Of the state.
Gov. Fltzhugh Lee Of Virginia has already
accepted an Invitation 10 deliver the orr
ton Of the day, aud other distinguished
confederate leaders will be present. AT tho
meeting resolution was adopted extending
a cordial invitation 10 confederate soldiers
oil over tho state " attend the reunion, aud