The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.


Blackville's new bank will be in operation
by Dec. l. LIT. Izlar is president
About Stateburg cotton isshort, and col
ored farmers are lodging their creditors.
Spartanburg farmers have made a good
crop, and everything points to prosperity
A company has been organized at George
town to manufacture furniture from native
woods.
At Columbia last week w B. Meetze, the
slayer of James l. Clark, gave bail in the
sum of $4,000.
W. w. Houseal, auditor of Newberry
county, died at Newberry Friday in the
Tend year of his age ~.
win Scott for the killing of Tom Pearson
resulted in aequittal.
At the last meeting Of the city council of
Darlington the liquor license was raised
from $75 per anhum to, $500. commencing
Jan. ] next. = e'-t
At Greenyille an amicable arrangement
has been made between the alliance and the
trokers as to the method of grading and
buying cotton.
W, ID. Virgins was committed to the
Pickens county Jail at Columbia last week
charged with killing his wife by putting
bluestone in her coffee.
The cotton oil mill at Darlington is now
actively at work, with a capacity of 1000
gallons per day, aud the warehouse of the
company has capacity Of 1000 tons.
At Spartanburg Wednesday Judge AID
rich finished. up the work Of the court,
closing with a short valedictory address, in
which he stated that he would retire after
this term.
A company proposes to manufacture at
Twill CrnNl hoN f1Ii. t.
axles, agricultural implements. and ali
other hard wood manufactures The CAPT
tai stock is to be $4,000 in shares of StO0
each
DR.. Frank Butler, of Edgeheld, eldest soi,
of, Senator Butler, has been appointed
assistant surgeon in the United States army
with the rank of first lieutenant. Dr..
Butler will leave for his post of duty in a
few days. n
Through the honesty of an old colored
man in Aiken, by the name of SteI hen
Martin, Miss Kennedy -of Willistoh. VINO,
while attending the Baptist association
there. lost her watch on the street, re-
covered it.
John Conner, q young unmarried white
man, was killed about six miles from Ches-
ter, Wednesday night, by train on the
Chester aud Cheraw Narrow Gauge rail-
road. He was lying on the track in a
drunken sleep.
Hotel Chiquolan has been selected as the
name for Anderson's new hotel. sChl-
quola" was the Indian name for South
Carolina, and was also the name of famou .
Indian chief, whose tribe occupied this sec
ton years ago.
Both of the criminals from Stateburg
we're convicted at the late term of court.
Lafayette Woods, convicted OF the murder
of his stepson, was sentenced to DO hanged
in December and Henry Robinson was sem
fenced to the penitentiary for five years.
The trial of J. w. Trowbridge, commits.
sion merchant of Anderson, charged with
obtaining a large amount of goods from L.
P. Smith, agent of the Port ROYAL and
Western Carolina railroad at Andersen
under false pretenses, resulted in a verdic.
of mot guilty"
W. A. Neil of Anderson county has a col
ored tenant on his place who has cultivated
two-horse crop this year. He has maze
100 bushels of corn and has already sold 81
bales of cotton, and Mr.. Neal says he will
make the balance OF the 40 bales, and will
make this year, clear Of all expenses, $500
out OF his cotton crop.
At Darlington Wednesday the proceed
ings of the criminal docket in the court Of
general sessions were brought ~ a sudden
and unlocked for close. e. X. Dargsn
challenged the entire array of jurors on a
technical point concerning the manner in
which they were drawn, and Judge Walla g
dismissed the entire panel
All the barnyard buildings on planta-
ton near Vance, worked by E. L. and w.
A. Dantzler, were consumed Thurs lay
night by an incendiary fire. w. A. DAM
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