The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30

81 years OF age, is an aspirant to represent
! Newberry IN the Legislature.
! The libel suit that had been on trial at
! Columbia for several days, ended Thursday,
iu verdict for Mr.. McCrady.
| J. II. Newton, B. J. Johnston and the
Rev. James A. Moore want to represent
Piekens in the next Legislature.
| Capt. W. r. Kelley, of Blackville, will
! be candidate for delegate to the st. Louis
Convention from the Second district.
Prof. L. B. Haynes, of Columbia, has ad-
dressed letter to the Carolina Spartan, in
which he advocates State convention OF
the Prohibitionists.
Senator Jeremiah Smith, Of Oconee, has
sent to Commissioner Butler for exhibit a
lot of fine sweet potatoes. Mr.. Smith
states that he made upon four acres 900
| bushels of sweet potatoes.
| A return has been filed with the Secre-
tary of State by the STANDARD Cotton Mills,
Of Rock Hill, and q charter has been issued
| There has been S63, 900 subscribed, and 10
| per cent. Of this has heen paid in.
A committee was appointed to examine
| into the affairs of Port Royal, and on Tues
| day made a report to the Council that the
| balance due them by j. w. Barnes as Clerk
and Treasurer was $S0l. He Immediately
! made a settlement.
At Greenville, the county Democratic
Executive Committee met Monday.
and issued call for a county convention to
| be held on May IA, to elect delegates to the
State convention Township clubs were re-
| quested to meet on May and elect dele
gates to the county convention.
The Gordon Rifles of Bennettville a
company organized in 1877 and since al
lowed to disband, has been reorganized
under the most favorable auspices with
sixty-five members. J. L. McLaurin is
captain, H. T. Breeder first lieutenant and
II. w. Carroll second lieutenant.
Certificates of charter were issued Friday
by Secretary of State Marshall to the fol-
lowing companies: Imperial Koalin Mining
Company, of South Carolina, capital stock
| $4,000. The Elliott Gin Manufacturing
| Company, of Winnsboro, capital stock
| $500. The Bailey-Lebby Company, of
| Charleston, capital stock 800, 900.
p A. Emanuel, w. w. Miller, George o.
| Walker and j. f. Murray flied with the
Secretary of State Thursday the declaration
of the ''Nonpareil Kaolin Company" Of
| Aiken. The object of the company is to
mine, sell and manipulate kaolin. The
| principal place of business will be in Aiken,
| and the capital stock will be SIC, 900, divided
into one hundred shares.
| Work is going on rapidly on the tTestles
|
road in the city limits Of Greenville. There
has been a vast deal of trouble about get
| ting the right-of-way through the city, and
| half dozen different routes have been at
| tempted. 1t appears now, however, that
the route is definitely settled, and as soon as
the trestIug is completed track laying will
begin.
A young white man, named FAINT, from
near Easley, Pickens county, was lying in
an unconscious condition at the guard
house at Greenville, Thursday, from the
effects of nearly quart of whiskey drunk
| to deaden the pain of having teeth extracted
| He was found on the street in a dazed con-
dition and for ten hours lay unconscious at
| the point of death. At last accounts, how
| ever, his recovery was expected.
Thursday night, two little boys were
burned to death in that part of Edisto
Swamp called Burton Swamp, near Branch
| vile. The two boys and a man were sleep
| ing in a weather house in the swamp, and
| the house took fire, and the Toys were
| burned to death before they could make the r
escape, and the man barely escaped with his
life The man was badly and seriously
| burned. They were in the employment OF
| Thomas Martin, colored man.
| A meeting was held at Winnsboro, Thurs
| day, in the interests of proposed railroad
| from Wadesboro n. c., via Winnsboro, to
Camak, Ga. The proposed route will touch
at the Catawba Falls, water power I'M
equalled by any in the United States, and
also at the Winnsboro granite fields, where
lie inexhaustble supplies Of white and blue
| granite of the best quality, thence to
Aston and onward through hitherto I'M
| developed portion of the state. There were
! fourteen of the corporators present and the
sum necessary for organization, $4,000,
was readily secured in subscriptions rang
ing from 800 to $4,000. The books will
| be opened at once and another meeting will
be held during the month of May, when the
organization will be completed.
| A Mr.. Clemson, of Pendleton, who re-
Gently died left will in which the State is
beneficiary for large amount. The fol
| lowing is statement of the finding Of the
appraisers of the estate: Value of Fort Hill
| SIS, 600; value of other lands, SO. 900: per-
sonal property on Fort Hill. Sc, 761 Face
value of stocks, bonds, notes and mortgages
| in the hands of Col. L. w. Simpson, exec
utor, $4,000. 1t is estimated that pre-
miums and interest on the above will make
$4,000 more The face value of the ap-
! praieers' bill amounts to SOB, 321. and the
| interest and premiums added makes sum
total of Sl13,321. A Mr.. Lee says he will
contest the will, but Col Sim, son, the ex-
ecutor, says that he has no fear whatever
| of the result. The State will receive over
| 1872, 900. q