The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-06

the only city owning and operating its own
ectric light plant Further, there are no
! less than four light systems in operation In
tn city-the Brush, Thomson-H Houston,
Edison and Loomis
Secretary Marshall issued a commission
Thursday to the Royal bag manufacturing
company of Charleston. The incoi porators
are: George A. Wagner James NJ. Seig-
NOUS, B. f. McCabe, William NJ Bird and
L. c. Williams, Jr., all of Charleston. The
purpose OF tho company is to manufacture
all kinds of bags, brooms and woodenware.
The capital stock will be $4,000
The alligators in the lower portion of
South Carolina attain an immense size, and
frequently catch dogs and hogs, and some
times horses aud cattle, but they seldom at
tack man. A party of boys were bathing
in the river near Georgetown Tuesday,
only u short distance from shore, when an
| alligator, about twelve feet long, appeared
in The midst Of the bathers, and, selling a
12-year old boy, disappeared with its prey.
Nothing has since been seen of the boy. so
at least says correspondent of the New
York Sun.
The stockholders of the Aiken county loan
and savings bank of Aiken met Wednesday
for permanent organization; SAC, 900 out Of
$4,000 capital stock was represented in per-
son and by proxy. The following were
elected directors of the bank: w. w.
Woolsev, w. NJ. Hutson, j. w. Ashhurst,
II. II. Hall, H. F. Warneke, II. B. Burck-
halter, Henry Hahn, c. H. Phinizy of
Augusta. Ga. and George w. Williams, Jr.,
of Charleston. Upon the adjourn
ment Of the stockholders meeting the board
of directors met and elected the following
officers w. w. Woolsey, PRESIDENT w.
NJ. Hutson, vice president; j. w. Ashhurst,
cashier. TIE bank will open its doors for
business on Sept. l.
Fred Sadler, son of David Sadler of Dark
Corner township, in Anderson county, and
Willie Hodges, two cousins, about 10 years
old, were playing with a pis oil, the prop
erty of Willie Fred extracted the load
from the pistol, as he thought, and then
told Willie there was his pistol; that he had
taken the cartridges out of it with his knife
he then raised it and said: Now pve got
the advantage of you" The reply was: II
will shoot you for it" and both, in the most
playful spirit, turned on each other Fred
had the knife drawn and Willie took the
supposed unloaded pistol, cooked it and
snapped at Fred. To his surprise it fired,
the ball taking effect in Fred's side The
unfortunate boy exclaimed "I'm shot" and
fell dead
At Orangeburg Wednesday, Chief of
Police w. II. Perryclear, on telegram
from the sheriff Of Augusta, Richmond
county, TO Sheriff Salley, arrested Column
bus l.. Ward, charged in Augusta with
assault and battery with intent to kill
Ward is originally from Greenville s. c.,
and it is said by those who know him that
he is desperate character. He is about 6
feet tall, and weighs about $50 pounds
Chief Perryclear says he has reason to be-
lleve that this Ward is the same man who
escaped from the Chattahoochee brick
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with him wagon and pair Of mules and
double-barrelled gun. Ward is being
held, awaiting a requisition on the gov
ernor for him.
An important meeting of the board of
directors of the Carolina, Knoxville and
Western Railway company was held at
Greeaville Tuesday, the special object be-
ing to receive the first completed section of
the new road, extending Eve miles from
where the line connects with the Greenvile
and Laurens road in the CITY, On the re-
port of Chief Engineer Stone this section
was accepted by the executive committee
of the directors, and the American Trust
company of New York was ordered to pay
to the Georgia Construction company from
funds held in trust for the railroad COM
pany the amount due by contract for build
ing the first five miles, being $40, 900 per
mile, one-half in stock and one-half in first
Deputy Sheriff J. ]. Gentry of Spartan
burg arrived at Columbia Tuesday with a
negro prisoner named Ira Waters, brought
for safe keeping. There about week ago
Waters was arrested upon the charge of
attempting a criminal assault on a white
woman and was taken to Spartanburg and
lodged in Jail. The scene of the alleged
crime was sixteen miles north of Spartan
burg 1t was claimed that Waters would
have accomplished his purpose, but was
prevented by the approach of some white
men. Nothing further was thought of
the matter by Sheriff Gentry of Spar
tanburg, until two days ago wnen
it was reported to him that
threats of lynching had been made,
and that party of white men from til
section Of tue county where the crime was
believed to have been committed were going
to Spartanburg to take the prisoner from
the Jail. Early Monday morning party
of men from that section came into Spar
tanburg, and it was understood they were
only awaiting reinforcements before attack
ing the Jail. Sheriff Gentry immediately
instructed his son, j j. Gentry, to take the
prisoner from the Jail, leave the city as So
cretly as possible and bring him to Column
bia. The deputy sheriff took Waters out of
the rear entrance of the Jail and proceeded
out of the town. He footed it through the
country about fifteen miles, and finally
boarded a train on the Laurens road.