The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-01
SOUTH CAROLINA.

A charter has been issued to the Florence
Cotton Oil Company of Florence.
The Beaufort Volunteer Artillery will
celebrate its Goth anniversary on June 2S.
The Governors Guards of Columbia have
issued invitations to their annual barbecue,
which they will give at the Schutzenplatz
on July 4.
The governor has appointed e. R.
McIver, Of Darlington, s. c., as treasurer
of the state of South Carolina, vice the
Hon. l. S. Bamberg, deceased.
The governor Thursday committed the
sentence of Pink Fogle, who had been sem
fenced to be hanged in Orangeburg last
Friday, to life imprisonment.at hard labor
in the penitentiary.
Anderson's new treasurer was appointed
by Gov. Richardson Friday. The resigna-
ton of w. ii. Frlerson was accepted, and
as his successor j. Z. Watkins, of Denver,
Anderson county, was appointed.
At Columbia Friday the Atlantic Coast
Line presented to Mary Myers, the negro
woman who lost her son by jumping Off the
train near Eastover, the sum of 800. She
was entirely dependent upon this son for
her support.
The Darlington Ginning, Milling, Fer
tilizer and Warehouse Company, whose
chief purpose is the building and running
of a cotton seed oil mill, has filed a declara-
ton that at regular meeting of the stock
holders the capital stock of the company
was increased TO $4,000.
Friday the governor reduced the fine of j.
R. Harvin, who was fined $500 for resisting
police officer In Charleston and sentenced
t. pay this fine at the last term of court
The fine was reduced to $50. Harvin pleaded
guilty, and the reduction was recommended
by Judge Kershaw and Solicitor Jervey.
The thirteen original states will be repre-
sented at meeting to be held at Philadel-
phia, on July 4, for the purpose of taking
some measures TO erect a monument, or
other commemorative memorial of the
adoption and proclamation of the constitu-
ton of the United States Friday the gov
ernor appointed Civil Service Commissioner
Hugh S. Thompson as the states repre-
sentative.
The johnson Rifles of Union had for a
while relapsed into a torpid state, caused by
the company losing its beautiful flag, which
was the admiration of all at the Greenville
encampment last year, aud also by losing
some guns and uniforms in the fires Union
has so unfortunately suffered; but with the
assurance from Gen. Bonham that the guns
and uniforms should be replaced, the COM
pany has begun with new life aud vigor,
drilling regularly thrice week.
An accidental shooting occurred at
OlaHScouIS 1uuTSudY IN U06 printing de-
partment of the Times and Democrat,
which came very near being a serious
affair. The printers devil" gave some
joking sass" to one of the typesettors; and
| the latter responded by drawing a twenty
two caliber pistol and jokingly demanding
what was meant. AS the pistol was drawn
it went of, the ball grazing the chin of the
printers devil" and by some peculiar mo-
ton lodged in his neck. DR.. r. P. Izlar
was summoned and extracted the ball.
The Piedmont Manufacturing Company
have given notice that they will increase
their capital stock to the snug amount of
100000. To show the steady increase, in
1874 the company started under the act of
the legislature with SIS, 900, with the power
to increase the capital stock to $500 600.
Again, in 1877, the company was amended,
the stock being from $500 900 to $500 600.
Now the company signifies its intention of
running the stock up to 100000, showing
rise in these few years from q company of
| $4,000 to one Of nearly ten-fold capital.
The cause for the killing Of Andrew