The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-28
SOUTH CAROLINA


A bank is to be established at Eastley.
The sweet potato crop around Johnston is
apartial failure.
Crop prospects in Barnwell have fallen
short of expectations.
Several parties have been reported at
Abbeville for selling whisky.
At Aiken few days ago child Of Wade
Patterson was burned to death.
A public sorghum mill, near Anderson,
has made this year 2, 347 gallons.
The total state tax charged in Aiken
county during the past year was $26, 991 80.
Accidental fire destroyed the gin house OF
}. j. Copeland, in Barnwell county, last
week.
The old Major Lybrand residence, eight
miles east of Johnston, was burned last
Monday.
Pierce Nash's residence, near Laurens.
has been destroyed by fire. Loss 81, 600; no
insurance.
Anderson is ahead of any other town or
city in upper Carolina in cotton receipts
this season.
Thirty thousand bushels of cotton seed
have been sold in Newberry since the OPEN
ing of the season.
The gin and smoke houses, with contents.
of M. L. Gramlin, near Orangeburg, burned
Wednesday night.
A colored female preacher in Spartan
burg has been creating sensation In one
of the colored churches.
The Manning collegiate institute corner
stone was laid Thursday with special cere-
monies. Gov. Richardson was the orator.
The gin house of John T. Pace. near
Hodges, and sixteen bales of cotton burned
last week; also Mr.. Zachary's store at
| Bordeaux
j. G.. Parker of Moutmorenci has gathered
| this fall $50 pumpkins ofan average weight
of forty pounds each off one-quarter of an
acre of land
Secretary Holloway of the state fair re-
| ports that entries for the fair are being
made in unprecedented numbers 1t will
be the best fair ever held in South Caro-
lima.
Edgefeld County Alliance meets at Edge
| field Friday, Nov. s. Each sub-alliance is
| requested to canvass its membership and
report the number of tons of guano needed
| by it, and the kind.
The Abbeville Medium tells of a negro
who bought buggy in Anderson and
pulled it home by himself. He bought it
because it was cheap, and had no horse or
mule to work in it.
Chris Hussung, a well-known citizen of
Columbia, was found dead In his bed Friday
nor ming. An inquest was held d the
jury returned verdict of death from AN
affection of the heart.
The Oil and Fertilizer Company of
Laurens was granted charter Thursday.
Fifty per cent. of tie capital stock of
$4,000 has been subscribed and 20 per
ceut. of that amount paid in
The Orangeourg Street Railway Com
pany has refused to take the dummy sent
out by the Richmond locomotive works,
because the machine couldn't make the
short curves. lawsuit is probable.
r. P. Holloway, a farmer near Green
wood, can truthfully say that he 'lives at
home," for he has neJer bought a pound
Of meat or bag of -four. On last Friday
he sold cotton to the amount of 1855, and
was feeling jubllant.
The result of the prize acre Of corn in
Barnwell county, grown by Capt. Smelling.
is as follows Eight thousand seven hundred
and nine pounds in ear, 1853 50-56 bushels
tops and oder 5,5l2 pounds, stalks aud
shucks 10, 200 pounds.
The cloth upon which the drop curtain
for the Laurensville opera house is painted
was manufactured at Piedmont mills
Thus, ike thousands Of other southern
made fabrics, after being sold 70 northern
me chants, 1t comes back home for use
charter was granted Thursday to the
Boys and Girls Savings Institution Of
Orangeburg. The entire capital stock OF
$1,000 has been subscribed and 20 per cent.
paid In. The association will DO operated
IN connection with one Of the 0tangeburg
banks
Aleck Hall. a negro. sent 20 the penitsn
tiAry for one year only az the last term Of
the Aiken court, Attempted % escape last
week while at work on the farm. lie was
accompanied by another negro, who Jumped
into the TlYer and attempted - swim across,
but IVES shot end sank b the bottom. Hall
wa reoaptuTed
~ Is proiaple that IN q day or two the
preliminary steps will b. taken Tor tue
FORMATION ~ large cofpoTatlu % ~ operate
haq eapspd TIE iSeilten iary shoe factqfy
I Columbia nos oanea ~ "a. a.. DIbsrf
49, D.bert aaslfm to fptlru g. Feunsyl.
Fanlai aaa Aqluuilis psFies have faf sine
tinie b,se o9nalaalilg a. lassntinani Ia bls
l.faetay.