The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24

| Ire resignation OF Prof George r. Atkin-
son has been tendered the board of trustees
OF the university at Columbia. Prof At
/ kinson has accepted a professOrship in the
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege at Auburn, Ala The trustees viii not
elect his successor until next fall. The
position viii be temporarily filed until a
! successor is elected.
A commission was issued Friday to the
| Peoples Loan and Savings Bank of Ian
caster. The capital stock Of the company
/ IS 81, 900 of 500 shares Of $50, to be paid in
| nve equal ilStallments. The cOrporators
| are: John H. Fitzpatrick, John B. Erwin,
4. h Cunningham W. d. Lemmond, L.
| Q. Payseur, T. h. Davis, II. ]. Gregory,
| W. b. Knight, J. Y. Estridge, ]. c. Elliott,
j. A. Bird and J. B. Bruce.
A few nights ago the stables Of B. F. VIII
Hanson. about six miles from Darlington,
were discovered to be on fire and they were
totally destroyed, with most of the con-
tents A large part Of bis oat crop, which
had very recently been harvested, farming
implements, a pair of mules and a cow
were destroyed by the flames. The origin
OF the fire is unknown, but it is supposed
that it was accidental, as no motive can be
asSlgue1 to make it appear the act of an In
csndiary. The loss will be about 81, 900.
| No insurance.
Sheriff II. II. I.esesae of Clarendon coun-
ty passed through Columbia Friday, en-
route for Texas, with requisition papers for
| ). Is. D1nklnS. Dinkins Is the young law
yer who Is charged with forging a check on
the Sumpter bank, by signing the name of
his ex-law partner, Maj. W. F. b. Haynes
worth. Mr.. Dinkins' father has paid the
| $3.50. the amount of the check. Soon after
the forgery Dinkins left the state. and few
| days ago sheriff Lesasne received a tele-
gram from Sheriff Bickill that Dinkins was
IN Jail at Cameron. Milan county, Texas.
The proper requisition papers have been OBJ
tanned and the sheriff and his deputy go
prepared to bring back their prisoner,
against whom a true bill has been rendered
by the grand jury. Dinkins, it appears, has
been regularly practicing in the criminal
courts during his stay in Texas
Monday Trial Justice White of Beaufort
sent his constable and recovered a trunk
alleged to have been buried upon place
owned by j. NJ. Crofut, just outside Of
town. Upon examination, in the Office of
the Justice, it was found to contain the
records of the probate judges office. The
trunk must have been buried some months
No records OF value were found in the
trunk, and it Is supposed that this is the
beginning of the end Of Whipper's last
scheme to get out Of jail. Further develop
ments are looked for that may lead TO a
solution OF the whole affair. Clara Smalls,
at whose house the trunk was found, is a
niece of Bob Smalls also a great friend of
Crofut, whose place Clara rents Crofut's
house on Bay street is the place from which
the negro politicians always speak at cleo
tons, and is general negro headquarters at
such times.
A gentleman who came over to Sumter
from the Wateree bridge, on the Whining
ton, Columbia and Augusta rail-
road, reports that there came very
near being serious accident at
that place Tuesday night. An excursion
train OF five coaches wdich went to Column
bia yesterday from Wilmington, N. c., was
returning some time during the early part
Of the night. The railroad company are
putting in draw bridge at the river, and
the hands were working there last night
and had the draw bridge open when the
train came laundering along. Some one
hurriedly signaied 1t down. The firemsn
jumped from the engine, but the engineer
stuck to his post and stopped the train Just
eighteen feet from the open draw, and these
five coaches with their load of human
freight were saved from being run into tire
river where terrible indeed would ha
been the loss of life
Prestry Youuce, a young and highly
respected young man who lives near
Wards, Edgeield, and who was on his vay
to see his uncle, Martin Younce, VINO lives
near Trenton, was overtaken in the road
Sunday evening Just about shutdown, when
within quarter of a mile of his uncle's
house, and was shot five times by Whitfield
Murrell and Will Carpenter. Murrell and
Carpenter were under the influence of
whisky. They opened fire on Youuce with
out the slightest provocation, as he was
stranger to both of them, and there could
have been no bad feeling existing. Younce
was seriously wounded as forr halls lod0ad
In his thigh and one penetrated his jaw. The
weapons used were 32-caliber revolvers.
Yaunce died Friday. Murrell was arrested
on Sunday evening. Carpenter went to
Edgetield Friday and surrendered himself
to the sheriff. He did this in order to save
his neck. Excitement runs high in the
neighborhood over the deplorable affair,
and If Carpenter had been at large Friday,
and been found, he would have paid the
death penalty at the hands of lynchers.
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