The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-30

The State Treasurer will soon advertise
the fact that holders Of deficiency bonds can
on April | exchange them at par Tor ihe he''
/ ! per cent. bonds, which Will be known d.
Blue bonds that color having been pre-
( scrlbed for them in the act authorizing tu- ~,
( issue. The blue bonds not 80 taken up VIII
then he offered 10 the public.
Gen. Leroy +. Youmans Of Columbia,
I was in court at Oraugeburg Thursday 10
! argue motion before Judge Presley. The
motion was TO compel tie Plaintiffs IN a Ger
/ tain action pending to reply to two counts
! in the answer Of defendant. The Judge sal
! that the Code had been in operation III t!le
| State for nearly twenty years, ana that ne
had never heard such a motion before, ana
| that the case was not an unusual one, ana
he would refuse the motion.
At Spartanbprs one result of Mr.. Pear
sons revival meeting is about fifty aces
sions to the Baptist, Methodist and Presby-
| terrain churches Several others viii be
added to the Episcopal church who were
! converted at the meeting. Another result
/ Is the formation of meeting for prayer ana
! the study of the Bible by men, and espe-
/ cially young men, who have lately como
| into the church. This will, perhaps, grow
| into Young Mems Christian Association.
| About fifty from different churches have
| agreed to so into this organization.
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ment at Greenville this summer is develop
| ing into plan for a grand summer gala
| week. II is proposed to have the soldiers
| there for week, and to bring in at the
! same time series Of fine amateur base ball
| games, rife and shooting matches, horse and
! bicycle races, balls and excurs, ons that Will
| afford an unlimited amount Of enjoyment.
| The State Dental Association is appointed
| to meet there during he summer, and 1t IS
! In "a "a hA have
the State Pharmaceutical Association so
J there also.
| Mr.. Prosper J. Berckman, President of
the American Pathological Association, has
| appointed Mr. l.. A. Ransom, of the Agr-
cultural Department, chairman OF the Fruit
| Committee in the State. South Carolina
has never been represented at any of the
| meetings of this society, and 1t is desired to
| get the fruit men interested in the society
and its work. Mr. Ransom's duties will be-
to collect all possible information about
| fruit culture in the State, the new varle-
ties introduced the fruits best adapted to
| the soil and climate, the obstacles to fruit
culture, the extent of shipments of frul:
! and vine to what markets and the results
of such shipments.
At Columbia, at meeting of the congre-
! CATION of the First Presbyterian church
! Monday, it was decided to repair the
| possible, and a subscription was taken up
which resulted in the promise of $3,2SS.
! payable in cash, monthly and quarterly
! The ladies Of the congregation have already
| raised a fund Of about S 800, AMI the dea-
| cons have fund of about $500. These tOgeth-
| ermake 1928, and it is now proposed to in
| crease this amount to $1,000. which will be
| expended in rebuilding the steeple, repaint
ing and repairing the church inside and
| llt sid n nc "a
| be to its original condition.
Capt Ellison A. Smyth, President of che
! Pelzar Manufacturing Company, was asked
| Friday about the recent advance in the
| price of the company'S stock He said: ii
! cannot understand how such reports of ex
| Cessive profits originated No report has
! been made TO the stockholders since last
| May and nobody could tell what the profits
| would be until the close of the present fiscal
| year Capt. Smyth said in reference to
| the advance in stock values that it was due
| to the policy carefully pursued by the com
| pany OF paying small dividends and putting
| most of the mills earnings on improvements
! i'll plant. by which means the plant had
| been largely increased with a small addition
to the capital stock.
| Florence Times: c. A. Matthews, of
| Reidsville, n. c., boy about is years of
! age, was rre-ted here Saturday morling
on a telegram from the Mayor of Whining
| ton charging him with forgery. Matthews
was taken by the Chief of Police from the
| sleeper of a sOutl-bOund train a kind
| hearted drummer having paid his fare from
| Wilmington to Charleston. Saturday "a
| warrant was issued for Matthews by Trial
Justice Mcneil on the affidavit of Chief OF
Police McClenaghan, and he was placed in
| the custody Of special co stable. Two
| policemen from Wilmington arrived in
! Florence, took Matthews from the special
! constable and returned with him to vii
mingtol Sunday night. The North Caro-
lima officers virtually abducted Matthews,
| for he was a prisoner of this State. and they
| had no authority under the law for taking
him from the borders of South Carolina
unless armed with a requisltion.
The Executive Committee of the Column
| bIa FAIR Association, an organization
! founded shortly after the last fair, for the
! purpose OF taking in charge the work Of ar
| ranging and conducting the entertainments
! to be offered visitors to future ia rs bV citi-
! zenS of Columbia, metat Charleston Friday
! 4 resolution was adopted that the commit
tee meet the officers Of the State Aglicul-
| turaI and Mechanical Society next Wednes-
! day night and urge them to close the
entries for the fair on the Saturday before
! the opening of tie exhibition, aud to re
! quue exhibits TO remain on the grounds
/ throughout tine entire week, or until Satur-
! day afternoon at least. They agreed further.
! tp recommend TO fair officials to
| arrange for the care and feeding of all stock
/ exhibited at the expense of the society. so
| as to relieve exhibitors of the expense of
! bringing with them men to care for their
! stock, On consideration of the granting of
| tbese requests by the society, the Fair Asso-
| citation VIII agree TO furnish on Monday.
! Wednesday and Friday nights of fair week
such entertainments rs it has been acc US
! toned heretofore to provide on only one
| night OF the week-ThmHday In other
words, the association of Columbia's citi-
zeaS VIII undertake 10 provide three times
I the customary supply of entertainment for
| visitors. expecting that the society will also
| offer additional inducements to those who
| wish to come to the great gathering.
! On the Waccamaw river. South Carolina
! since 1880. about 5000 has been spent in
! opening up about seventy miles O, river re-
| ducng freight, rendering marine insurance
! unnecessary and increasing the commerce
! 10y 81 100000 per year, thus showing de
| velopment Of SIS of annual commerce for
each dollar spent. by the government
/ GA the Great Pee-Dee river, South Carolina,
| since 1850, about $4,000 has been spent in
opening up about 200 miles of liver, reduc-
ing freight, by from p to 90 per cent the
/ freight on cotton Icing now by river 15c,