The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
SOUTH CAROLINA.

| Tie fellow ana seems 70 KNOW eFeTyDOoy."
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Visitors to Aiken are as numerous as
| heretofore
Polo playing is one of the dashing amuse-
| ments Of Aiken.
The minister's institute is to meet at
Bamberg on Feb. %.
DR.. A. S. Townsend has been elected in
tendant OF the town of Wagner.
Supt Lipscomb has appointed the Rev
| w. b. Elkin of Aston, Fairfield county
cha rlain Of the penitentiary to fill the va
cane caused by the death Of the Rev. Will
lam Martin.
A $4,000 damage suit has been brought
in CIR enville against Christian Hahn by
Charles Randolph. Both are well-known
mechanics A charge of the theft Of 500
is the cause of the suit.
The dwelling house, with all the house
hold effects, Of Samuel Brooks living two
miles north of Prosperity, were burned
about sunrise Wednesday. The fire was ac-
cidental There was no insurance.
The state board Of pensions Friday ap-
proved 1879 applications for pensions from
Be kelley, Clarendon, Darlington, Edge
field, Fairfield and Georgetown, making
1856 50 far, and rejected a. making total
| of 50.
-. II. DiHlJu, IL6 COlOT01 CduulQdU0 IOT
congress, who was defeated in the last cleo
ton, has abandoned the contest he had
| commenced for the seat. Hon. G.. d. Till
man will remain undisturbed for two years
more.
Col. John c. Haskell of Columbia and
| W. P. Clyde Of New York have just Fl ished
hunting trip to Hill on's Head Island.
| They killed 500 partridges, and Col. Has
| kell brought down two deer-a fine doe and
yearlinR.
| There have been Issued from the adiu-
tant generals office commissions to officers
of The Sum. er Guards company A, Of the
| Second battalion as follows: Cambridge
| NJ. Trott, captain; w. B. Foster, first lieu
tenant; j. S. Bee, second lieutenant; Iris
| tram I. Hyde, junior seco lieutenant.
The gas bills of the state house at Co
| lumbia have become so remarkably high
since the experiment of electric lighting
was made in the building last session that
| Secretary Marshall has dispensed with gas
and is supplying the building with oil
lamps, which Will be used until the electric
| light plant is put in.
| AT Greenville Friday, the papers were
filed on a suit for 500, 900 damages brought
| against the Columbia and Greenville Rail-
road Company by W. R. Hale, admins
traitor of the estate Of B. Wehrle, a we'll
known jeweler, who was run over by a
train at the Air Liue depot on Jan. 2,
sustaining injuries from which he died
| the next day.
In the court of general sessions for Berke-
ley county Thursday, Judge Wit .erspoon
| presiding, the only case remaining I trial
was against Richard Graham, (colored),
| charged with the murder of Bran Butler,
| tcOlOred) on EuIsto island, on Jan %, last.
| The accused is an old man 90 years of age
Graham was convicted of manslaughter
and sent to the penitentiary for fifteen
years.
The declaration Of the incorporators of
| the Horse Shoe Mining Company was filed
IN the secretary of states Office Thursday
ard commission was issued. The corpo-
rators are c. c. Pinckney, Jr., William
| Gregg and William Gregg, Jr., and the
| capital stock is to be s2], 600 in shares of
500 each. The main III pose Of the COM
pany is to mine phosphate rock at Horse
Shoe Bridge in Collector county.
Greenui{e Enterprise and Mountdineer:
| David Bayne of Cleveland township, in
| Greenville county, has brought into our
office some rocks, which he tells us CON
tain lead together with some silver. The
and from which this ore is taken belongs to
his sons, d. f. and Tilman Bayne, in the
| township uamed, on the waters Of Gap
creek, and adjoining the North Carolina
line Mr.. BayIe says he has q small bar of
lead at home, the product of this land
At Walhalla. Thursday, the Hon. w. C.
! Keith died unexpectedly to his friends,
| after few days illness of typhoid pneu-
monia, at the age of So Col. Keith filled
many places of honor and trust in his
| county. He had served many terms in the
| Legislature and for many years stood almost
alone as a leader Of the Democratic party.
| For a number Of years he has been one Of
| the editors Of the Keowee Courier, and has
always stood as one of the most prominent
and successful criminal lawyers in that part
Of the state.
| At Newberry, Friday, in the court of
sessions the only case for trial was that
| against the BankseS, arged with arson.
| When the case was called for trial motion
| for continuance was made by the defend
| ants on the grounds of the absence of a ma
terial witness. The absent witness was
| James G. Banks, the man who was shot and
the father Of four of the defendants in the
| arson case. He is not sufficiently recovered
| from his wounds to be able TO be out Upon
| presentation of the phySc ans certificate to
That effect and the necessary affidav t the
| case was marked continued by the defend
| ant
Abbeville Press and Banner. John Nor
wood exhibited at our office last week some
| fine specimens OF iron ore which were taken
| from his plantation in the Flatw)ods. IL
the supply should be equal to the quality,
| Mr.. Norwood has fortune, aud the whole
country around his farm will blossom as the
rose Ga this same plantation thers is a
tine mineral spring, the water of which is
tine ured with iron, sulphur and other
hea tn giving minerals. Mr. Norwood has
had an offer OF royalty b the ton, but he
refuses 20 accept the bld as the prospect is
that the ore Is exceptionally rich In the best
iron.
AT Beaufort Friday, the grand jury fin
l'hed its work. Among other recommen-
dations they made concerning tde C unity
troubles was that the new county commits
s.oners buy books and seals for all ffices,
as the rec 1rds had been carried ava by
the old Ulcers, and that the old officers
bonds no bs indicted, and also that the
Office be indicted for carrying the rec
ords OF the county away. They also made
demands on each Of the old officers for the
books and seals they had taken away. Each
Of them refused to surrender, and said he
would only give them when the highest
courts in the land order him TO do So
AT Columbia, Friday, w. V. Heidi, re-
ce tly a salesman with LoricS q Lowrauce,
was arreS ed upon the charge Of Obtaining
goods under false pretences aud taken be-
fore Justice Muller for examihati II. The
complainant against him is Philip Epstin,
& clothing merchant, who AYERS that Heidi
obtained from him "A quantity of goods
upon the representation that Lorick 81 Low
rance owed him an amount sufficient TO pay
the bill, and that he gave him in payment