The morning news., 1889-04-22
SOUTH CAROLINA

Yorkville will soon be lighted by cleo
| tricitv
a school house to cost g., 900 will soon be
| built at WIlliston.
There is some talk of organizing a read
ing room in Winnsboro.
Winnsboro has elected high license
ticket, placing license at s625.
A band of Mormon converts will soon
| leave Chesterfield county for Utah
The salary of the superintendent of the
| graded schools of Darlington has been fixed
at 81, 800.
| Some capitalists around Williston are
trying to get up a syndicate TO buy the
| Maverick mills.
The Florence district conference Of the
| Southern Methodist church will meet in
Cheraw on May l.
The Darlington Milling and Fertilizer
| Company have sold about 3,700 tons OF
| guano this season.
j. s. Mixson, of Allendals, has made a
complete map Of Barnwell county, that will
soon be published
1t is calculated that $269, 700 will be ex-
pended in Anderson this year for the erec-
| tion of new buildings.
All the stock Of the Orangeburg Street
Railway Company has been taken. There
are 1000 shares at $25 each.
Theodore Molloy has been appointed as
sistant cashier in the bank OF Cheraw In
place of j. Ward Motto, resigned.
Congressman g. d. Tillman will deliver
the anniversary address before the Green
wood female college on June l3.
DR.. I. f. Lucas has given lot in Ches-
terfield to the Presbyterians, who propose
to erect a church on IL this summer.
Capt. w. C. McGowan will deliver the
commencement address before the Patrick
military institute, at Anderson, in June.
The thirteenth annual session OF the
grand lodge Of the Knights OF Honor Of
South Carolina, was held at Columbia last
week
Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson,
under President Cleveland's administration,
is relative OF W. +. Stevenson of Chester
field.
The residence Of Mai. Samuel Mcpherson.
near Claussen, in Florence county, was de-
stroyed by fire few days ago. Loss 81, 500;
insurance 1000
The cotton receipts at Rock Hill for the
month of March, were 201 bales. The re-
ceipts from Sept. 1, 1855, to March 81, 1889,
were 10 Az bales
President NJ. B. McSweeney Of the South
Carolina Press Association, has called a
meeting OF that association, TO be held in
Charleston on April 23.
There is some talk that the water power
on Broad river. known as the Old Rolling
Mill place, is soon 70 10 into the BANDS OF a
northern company for manufacturing pur-
poses.
The northern owners OF the Dixie gold
mine, in Lancaster county, have deter
mined to put $4,000 worth of additional
machinery in the mine. All the Lancaster
gold mines pay handsomely.
The South Carolina Presbytery, com
posed OF the counties Of Oconee, Pickens.
Anderson, Abbeville, Newberry, Edge6eld
and Lexington, was in session in the Pres
oyteriau church at Edge6sld las: week.
1t is said that the Orangeburg aud
Lewisdae railroad will vet be- built.
Northern contractors have offered to fur.
nish steel rails and rolling stock if the
people along the line Of road will grade it.
The direc ors OF tho Farmers aud Msr.
chants Bank Of Anderson have purchased
a lot on the north side Of the public square,
and will as soon as possible erect a hand.
some building IN which the new ba lk will
begin It's operations.
The declaration of O. B. Simmons. N. 3.
Dial, W. II. Martin, J. o. c. Fleming and