The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES.
The Synod of the Associate Reformed

The Synod of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church of the South, at its
annual session at Prosperity last week,
elected the following new faculty for the
theological seminary at Due West:
President, Rev. Vim. l.. Pressly, D. D.,
Of Due West; adjunct professors, Rev.
Vim N. Grlcr, D. D., and Rev. Robert
Latham, D. D.
The Presbyterian Synod at Spartan
burg closed its annual session Tuesday.
Prof. Beatty Of the Columbia Theologi
cal Seminary was confirmed as pro-
fesSor in that institution as he Is
a Canadian it was thought by many
that the foreign labor contract law would
interfere to prevent his transfer from
Canada to South Carolina. A warm dis
cussion was followed by Il vote confirm
ing him. Prof. Beatty has been at the
seminary one year.
Henry Allen, an aged citizen of
Browns Swamp, Fairfield County, va:
lying unconscious IN his yard one even
ing last week. He WAS removed 10 his
house, but died during the night.
The Spartanbury Spartan character
ICES the Woodrow "boycott" by the
theological seminary faculty as 'anarrow
line for a great church to start out on,
and such action will drive independent,
thinking young men out to otac.
churches or cause them to settle down
into agnoSticiSm."
Tho second trial Of Joe James. at
Darlington, for the murder of his father,
was postponed because the jury was
Illegally drawn. The case III Lew.
Williams. who was indicted with James,
resulted in mistrial.
Mr.. John Easier, says the Spartan
was recently married to Miss Harvey
near Cherokee Uncle Johnnie is a
sprightly groom, 73 years old, whiic his
bride is only about 80. There was
another claimant for her hand, but
Mr. Easier downcd him and won the
prize.
-"Hotel Chiquola" has becnrselected
as the name for Anderson's new hotel
"Chiquola" was the Indian name for
South Carolina, and was also the name
of 4 famous Indian chief, whose tribe
occupied this section years ago.
A dispatch from Chicago says: Charles
Clark, better known as .'Old Charley" !"
once millionaire in New York, and lat
terly a bartender in this city, committed
suicide this morning at 173 West Lake
street. Dependency is thought to HAYS
been the cause Of the deed. Clark was
born in New York State. He was mar
ried to a lady of refinement in Brooklyn,
and has one daughter. After the death
of his wife he came West and settled in
Chicago. Here he lost all his money in
speculation and in other ways. He then
went to tending bar, and had been doing
that sort of work almost up to the time
Of his death. For a week Or more he
has been out of work.
The last person to see Clark alive was
Mrs. La.tra, a German woman, with
whom he had beel, boarding. He told
her that he had been 4 great deal Of
trouble to her, but would not trouble
her any more. He went to bed in bad
spirits. This morning about s O'Clock
Mrs. LustM was startled by a pistol
shot, and running into Clark's room
found him dead with bullet wound in
his head. The unfortunate man was
about SIS years OF age and leaves Il
daughter somewhere in Brooklyn His
body was renewed TO to the morgue and
the one-time millionaire will have to be
buried by the city.