The morning news., 1889-11-11

determined to build an iron bridge over
/ Reedy river, on Main street, and az their
last monthly meeting adopted the style of
bridge wanted, and have advertised for
bids, which will be opened on Nov. 20 aud
toe contract let. The cost of the structure
Is 10 be about 5000. and it will be the
same length as the present one-S90 feet
The regular semi-annual dividend of 8
per cent. has been paid 10 the stockholders
of the Darlington Manufacturing Company
Many new operatives have arrived recently
and commencrd work, and tue mill is now
working larger force OF hands than ever
before. The new machinery is all in, and
the yarn mill is et work. Tne product for
the coming year will probably be larger
than ever.
A charter has been issued 20 the Converse
College Company Of Spartanburg upon the
return Of its corDOIa-ors that sll the re-
quirements Of law have been complied with.
The capital stock Of the enterpriss Is S25,-
600, and the corporators include John Earle
Bcmar, II. E Ravenel, w. s Manning,
L. p. Walker, d. Z Hydrich, d. r. Dun
can, W. A Law. s. B. Jones, Jr., and II. E.
Heinitsh- A board Of directors and officers
have been elected.
The secretary Of state has issued a certi-
ficate Of charter to the Merchants and
Planters Bank Of Blackville, the capital
stock Of which is $25. 00O The following
directors have been chosen: Andrew
Whliston, D. H. Sally of Sallys, W n.
Duncan ~ Barnwell, and L. 7. Izlar, P. w.
Farrell, Il W. Briggs, Judson E. Hair and
james Thompson Of Blackville. Capt. L.
4: lzlar has been elected president, and P,
w. Farrel vice president.
The late Gov. John L. Manning sprang
from families whose sons were prominent in
the executive history of South Carolina.
His father, Richard l. Manning, his grand
uncle, James B. Richardson, his uncle, John
Peter Richardson, and he himself all occu-
pied the gubernatorial chair. The present
chief executive, John Peter Richardson.
was bis first cousin. Besides these a rela-
tive by marriage also filed this honored
position. That is Gen. Wade Hampton. a
nephew Of his first WIFE,
The declaration Of the Anderson Tannery
and Shoe Factory Company was filed at
Columbia Tuesday. The corporators are:
z. e.. Langston, T. s. Crayton, j. W.
Qusttlebaum, DR.. r. w. Brown, r. E.
Frierson, r. G. Webb, w. r. Osborn, J. NJ.
Hubbard, and William f. Cox, all of the
the corporation is to tan hides and make
shoes. The capital stock of $4,000 is
divided into shares of $50 each, payable in
monthly installments of 25 cents share.
Maj. James r. Magill, president of Ker-
shaw County's Farmers Alliance, has re-
ceived the nomination for senator from
his county, which nomination, Of course.
meaes an election. The farmers alliance
does not pay any attention to politics, but,
strange to say, Mr.. Hay did not get fifty
alliance votes in the county, and Mai.
Magil did not get this many votes from
Don-members of the alliance. One alliance
openly indorSed MagilI, and it is rumored
that the alliance as a whole also made the
same Endorsement but was too polite to
make its action public.
meeting of the trustee stockholders of
the various county alliances was held in
the court house at Darlington Monday.
Nine hundred and fifty dollars was sub.
scrlbed to the alliance state exchange,
which amount viii very probably be in
creased to 81 800, as all of the county SUBJ
alliances were not represented. Twenty
hve per cent. of the amount subscribed at
the meeting was collected, and ]. w. Fer
guson was elected trustee to represent Dar-
hngton county in the state exchange, with
one vote for each share subscribed by the
county sub-alliance represented by him.
horrible accident occurred late last
Saturday on Madden Badgett's plantation,
about four miles from Laurens. While his
negro hands were engaged at work in the
gin and saw mill the boiler exploded. kill
ing three negro men and wounding three
others. 1t is said that the engine was
rather old and not in the best of condition,
and at the time of the accident the engineer
had on 200 pounds of steam. The engine
was afterward found about 120 yards off
from the mill. One of the negroes, who
was killed instantly, was blown through a
tree, and his pocketbook was afterward
found hanging to limb of the tree The
wounded men are considered ia tally in
iured