The morning news., 1889-02-18

scribed and paid in personal property The
directors are c. c. Wyllie, John &. Cor
don, David Roberts. S. c. Brown and G.
W. st. Ana1d David Roberts is presi-
dent, X. S. Upper, treasurer, C., w. St
Amand, secretary, and S. c. Brown, super
intendent.
Gov. Richardson has offered reward of
$500 for the apprehension and delivery to
the sheriff Of Abbeville county of the per-
son or persons, yet unknown, who murdered
Milton Williams, at his house near Ninety
Six, on Feb. 5. Ii is stated that the citizens
of Nlnety-Six will offer an additional re-
ward for the arrest of the murderers. The
murdered man was a democrat who had
been assisting the officers in working up
some revenue cases, and there is belief
that he was killed by men who feared that
he would report their violations of the
revenue law.
AT Columbia Thursday a declaration was
filed by, and a commission issued to, the
Manchester Manufacturing Company Of
Aiken. The corporators are {. X. Hender-
son, A. s. Seigler, F. b. Henderson, d. S.
Henderson and E. p. Henderson, all of
Aiken. The company will have its princi
pal place of business at the site Of Steedman
q Weeks old mill, on Shaw's creek, in
Aiken county. The general purposes OF
the corporation Will be the manufacture of
| cotton, pine and straw bagging, paper,
wood pulp, rope, etc. Its capital stock is
TO be S200,0O0, in shares of 500 each.
Now that the rush Of winter business is
| about over, the Anderson board of trade
and those interested in the proposed cotton
factory, have time to look about them and
secure additional subscriptions to the $780,
600 already subscribed, and which they
really have not mad time to think about for
| the past six months. An option has been
bought on very suitable lot near the oil
1 adh hot n Wall
Blue Ridge railroads There is every indi-
cation that the additional 500, 900 asked for
will be subscribed during the next few
weeks, and work will then commence with
| 100000 The mill will be so constructed
that its capacity may be doubled later on,
when another 100000 shall have been
raised.
The fact that the american AgricuI-
| turiSt has offered a reward of $500 for the
best yield Of corn per acre made in the
| United States this year and the further
| fact that the South Carolina Board of
| Agriculture has offered an additional re-
| ward Of $500 to the successful competitor
If he be planter Of that state, has natu
rally attracted much interest. In order to
| inform aud encourage South Carolinians
those who think of competing for the prize,
the department of agriculture has had
| circular printed for general distribution,
embracing the report of DR.. j. w. Parker
of Columbia, who, in 1857, raised the
| largest crop of corn ever made on one acre
of ground, the report Of the committee who
verified that fact, and the surveyor who
measured the tract from which the phenom-
enal yield was obtained.
| At Manning, Tuesday, DIR. H. H. Hug
gins was taken suddenly i'll in the court
| house with rhuematism of the heart and
came near dying after he was removed to
his house. His son, George H. Huggins,
went into Auditor d. J. Bradham's office and
struck him several blows with stick, IN
| fiicting two painful wounds, one on the
right hand, the only one he has, and the
other on the stump of his left arm. Mr..
| Huggins being interviewed, said that be
thought his fathers attack was caused in
directly from reports circulated by Capt.
Bradham deroga ory TO his fathers charac-
ter; that he entered the office, first giving
notice to Capt. Bradham Of his presence
and intentions. Capt. Bradham Esays that
he was in his office with his back to the
door making out tax returns, and knew
nothing of Higgins presence until after he
struck him. He then took up a chair and
| tr ed to defend himself as best he could
with his one arm until outsiders interfered.