The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-16


peared on all of the shade trees on The
square at Darlington.
DIR. John G. Black and w. B. Wilson, Jr.,
will run for the Democratic nomination for
Senator in York county.
w. Fl. Sheppard, late member of the
Legislature from Beaufort county, has been
arrested for stealing cow
The Presbyterian church at WATERFORD
has called the Rev. T. 2. Burgess, OF
Charleston, to its pastorate.
There have been recorded in the Clerks
office at Manning 2,1Sl liens, ranging in
amount from "a 50 to $1,000.
Lowndes j. Browning, of Union, is a can
didate for delegate to the st. Louis conven-
ton from the Fourth district.
Maj J. c. Colding, of Appleton, has
served thirty-three times on the grand and
petit juries of Barnwell county.
DR.. J. b. Virgins, Col r. S. Pringle and
Hawkins jenkins are candidates for the
Legislature from Berkeley county.
Books for subscription to the Peoples
Bank Of Darlington are now open, and also
for the building and loan association.
The residence of Prof. T. f. Bell, princi-
pal of Lydia High School, in Darlington
county, was recently destroyed by fire.
A child Of James Padgett, of Colleton
county, few days ago was choked to death
by a corn-cob. with which it was playing
Some Of the many friends of ex-Gov
John G.. Sheppard are anxious for him to
go as a delegate at large to the st. Louis
convention.
Congressman Tillman has recently Sc
cured position for his son, James II. Till
man, in the navy pay department at an an
nual salary of $1,000.
The Town Council of Florence recently
purchased a pair OF horses for the fire de-
partment at a cost of $40, and the citizens
are now complaining at the price paid.
Capt. Withers Adickes, of the Jenkins
Rifles, of Yorkville, having resigned his
position at the head of that company, J. R.
Lindsay has been commissioned Captain.
Solicitor Newton will not be a candidate
Knox Livingston, of Marlboro, and J. NJ.
johnson, of Marion, are candidates for the
place.
While party Of fishermen were crossing
Catawba river at "the falls" near Mount
Dearborn Wednesday, Joe Watson, an aged
colored man, was thrown from the boat
and drowned
Some miscreantS few nights ago, while
Intendent w. H. Day, of Florence, was
away from home, smashed in his window
glasses and defaced the woodwork of the
oOOl VI AllS iCbIdtllNO
John May, Jr., a Yorkville druggist. was
tried and found guilty of selling whisky
without license or prescription by a petit
jury last week in the Circuit Court of York
vile, Judge Witherspoon presiding.
The regular meeting of the State Board
of Examiners will be held in the office of
the Superintendent of Education on Thurs
day, May B. Applicants for State certifi-
Gates of qualification must notify Supt. Rice
by May /.
Commissioner Butler has been notified
that carp are being caught in the Pee Dee
river, in Darlington county. Some of the
fish weigh eight pounds. Carp were planted
in the Pee Dee four years ago by the de-
partment
Robert Clifford, prominent citizen resid-
ing i'll the Beech Branch section of Hamp-
ton county, while returning home from
Matthew'S Bluff on Friday last, was thrown
from his buggy against tree and lived but
an hour or two after the accident.
The Rev. j. C. c. Newton, who has Just
finished a special course of study at the
Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore,
will soon go to Japan as a missionary of the
Southern Methodist church. He is son of
Mr.. Larkin Newton, of Anderson comfy.
Extensive preparations have been made
for the sesqui-cente nnial of the Welsh Neck
Baptist Church, at Society Hill, on Thurs
day, April 10. Many of the distinguished
men in the denomination will be there.
Two or moro of the former pastors of that
church will again preach from its pulpit.
NJ. F. Wharton (colored), of Troy. in
Abbeville county, has applied for a pension
under the recent act of the Legislature. He
belonged to company of pioneers on the
coast, and on Dec. Is, 1868, was wounded by
a cannon shot so severely as to necessitate
the amputatiOn Of his left arm at the shout
der joint.
The United States Fish Commission car,
with several millions of shad eggs and
Matching apparatus, will arrive at Columbia
in day or two. Instead of Matching the
eggs in Washington and bringing on the fry,
they will be Matched in this city, and imme
diately placed in the Congaree river and its
branches. 1t is believed that the plan will
ensure the best results.
The Asbestos Packing Company, of Bos-
ton, have practically completed the pur-
chase of two asbestos mines, in Pickens
county, from M. Connor. One of the mines
is about two miles beyond Pickens Court
House, and the other is about eight miles
beyond About sixty men will be employed
in working the shafts, and the output will
be hauled to Easley and shipped from that
point.
Gov. Richardson has appointed the fol
lowing delegates to represent South Caro-
lima at the Southern Immigration Conven-
ton, which is to meet at Hot Springs, n
c., on April 26 Capt. c. J. Iredell, Column
bia; Maj L. A. Ransom, Department of
Agriculture; Capt F. w. WAGNER,
Charleston; Mr.. Knox Livingston, MARI
boro; Hon. w. L. Mau'din, Greenvile; Mr.
l.. p. Walker, Spartanburg.
The municipal election for the town of
Chesterfield was held Monday 1t is said
that there were two tickets out-wet and
dry. The dry ticket was elected by ma
jority of seventeen. The successful candi-
dates were: For lntendant, ID. NJ. Barren
tine; Wardens, II. d. Tiller, DIR. A. M. Red
fearn, J. G. Chapman and w. d. Craig.
The other ticket did not appear till after
IL O'clock and it was too late in the day for
its advocates to make any Roadway.
The State Medical Association was in ses-
sion at Columbia Wednesday and Thurs
day. The following are the newly in
stalled officers: President, DR.. c. K Tabor,
of Fort Motto; First Vice-President, DR..
George Howe, of Columbia; Second, DR.. j.
$. Hughson of Sumter and Third Dr. S.
NJ. Orr, of Anderson; Recording S scretary.
DR.. W. =. Porcher, of Charleston; Core
spending Secretary, Dr. j. l.. Dawson, Jr.
of Charleston; Treasurer, DR.. H. w. De
Saussurc, of Charleston.
Capt. c. c. Halle, of Camden, county
Treasurer, is taking steps to recover his
companys first flag, which is now in the
possession Of the Historical and Benevolent