The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-17

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recently taken place.
There is a movement on foot TO build q
Catholic church at Orangeburg. The Epis-
copalians, il is said, are also DESTROYS Of
erecting church nearer the center of the
city. The Methodists are engaged in raising
money with which 10 build new and
commodious building.
The contract for building the Orangeburg
street railway has been awarded The
terms Of the contract require that the road
must be completed within sixty days from
the time the material arrives. Therefore
IL will be finished by Aug. 10. The con-
structlon of the road will cost 81 800, and
tue amount for building and equipping, In
GLIDING cost of horses and everything else,
viii be less than 6, 500.
Several residences in Rock Hill were
robbed Wednesday night. -Four suspicious
looking colored boys, who claimed Charlotte
as their home, were thought to be the guilty
parties. A delegation Of prominent citizens
waited on them and informed them that
they must leave the place at once. 1t
is supposed that they are the same gang that
has lately visited Charlotte, N. @.
The Bank of Cheraw has called a meeting
of the stockholders, through the Cheraw
Reporter, to be held July IL. At this meet
ing motion will be made 70 increase the
capital stock from S25, 900 TO $4,000. The
bank has done such a hourishing business
during the last two years that it has become
necessary to enlarge the capital to meet the
immense increase in business.
One thousand five hundred dollars have
been subscribed by the citizens of Edgefield
for the purpose of building new academy.
The board OF trustees Of the Edgefield Male
Academy hare held meeting and have re-
solved to accept the subscription with
thanks, and at once proceed to have the
building erected, where the old one now
stands. That building has been for some
time In most dangerous and dilapidRted
condition.
A. Pickens Salley, who, not long since,
was mail agent on the Wilmington and
Jacksonville route, and who was recently
discharged to make room for colored re-
publican on that route, has been appointed
again as postal clerk on the route from
Charleston TO Columbia. Mr. Sallev Is an
efficient clerk, and Supt. Mansfield, real
lzing that fact and having an eye to the
best Interests of the service, used his inhu-
ence for his appointment to fill a vacancy
on this route.
The executive committee have made de-
slrable arrangements for teachers who an
ticipate attending the Teachers Association,
which holds its annual session in Columbia
on July 10, II and IS. The following ar
rangements have been made with the rail-
roads: All the lines in South Carolina in
terested will sell round trip tickets to
Columbia on July Is and 16 at the rate of
cents mile for distances of fifty miles
and under, and at still lower rates for
longer distances.
About 1000 crates of peaches were
shipped by express from Spring Ridge,
Monday. This doubles the expectations of
the peach growers, the estimate being alb out
1000 crates day. At this rate the ship
ments pay the express company from $500
to 81 900 day. The returns are unfavor-
able. The express charges consume, in
many cases, the sales. Orders have been
received by the express agent to take no
more than $50 crates. This will leave about
l,5OO Gu hand, which cannot be transported
These will decay and be lost This state Of
things Is discouraging to the growers, and
must result in heavy loss to them. The
crops in the fields are overwhelming.
A rumor reached Greenville, Tuesday.
that two men were killed and two or three
seriously injured in terrible fight that day
in the mountains OK that county between a
revenue posse, under Deputy Marshal o. +.
Hightower, and baud of moonshiners
ambushed near still in the mountains
The officers attempted to arrest man in
Tue SDllt, Wueu ne sIfeQ on GneEl, ana they
returned The fire, killing him. Moonshiners
on the hillsides fired into the officers, killing
one of them and weunding three Another
probably fatal affair in the same neighbor-
hood took place on Sunday Loden Turner,
an alleged moonshiner, seriously beat and
kicked Tom Garner, who had informed on
him about selling whisky. Garner is not
expected to live.
The shortest term of court held at OAR
lington since 1888 convened and adjourned
last week. The first case was called on
Monday morning, the last on Wednesday
No cases of interest were tried except one,
which excited much local interest from the
popularity of the case. The mill pond of
Mrs. e. S. McCown was reported as a
nuisance, aud large numbers Of witnesses
gave testimony pro and con. After hard
fought case Solicitor johnson gained the
victory, and the pond was declared a nui-
sauce by the jury. At the request of the
solicitor sentence in this case was postpone
until the October term of court. At the
March term of court j. w. James and
Lewis Williams, the latter colored man.
were tried and co lvicted of the murder OF
Joseph James, father of J. w. James. They
were sentenced to be hanged ON Friday, June
81, and James is now confined in the Marion
Jail, while Williams is in the Bennettsville
jail. Both of these cases are now under
appeal to the supreme court and for this
reason they were continued Nothing has
been heard from the appeal and the date of
execution is only nine days off.