The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The old charter has been changed so as to
incorporate Aiken as city.
The liquor license Of Chester remains at
$500 per annum, an attempt TO have it re-
duced having failed.
Hampton believes in high license. There
Is but one barroom, which pays $1,000 for
the privilege Of selling liquor.
Varnville's canning factory has been so
successful that it is to be enlarged
Mrs. Thomas, the wife of the Rev. Will
lam Thomas of the South Carolina confer
ence, died at the Methodist parsonage at
Mars Bluff Wednesday night
At Edgefield, Elijah Harris, the negro
boy who killed his co-laborer, Lee Holdings
worth, after hiding day aud night in the
woods, gave himself up, and is now lodged
in jail.
A charter has been granted to the New
berry Alliance Warehouse Company. A
majority of its stock has been taken, 20 per
cent Of the subscriptions paid in, and
officers have been elected
a charter has been granted to the Blacks
burg Land and improvement Company,
capital $4,000, so per cent. subscribed and
20 per cent paid III, and also one to the
Meeting Street Company of Edgeheld, its
capital of $780, having all been sub
scrlbed, and more than 20 per cent paid in,
AT Greenville the city board of assessors
have completed the work of assessing i'm
provements made in this city in the la t
year and report total amount OF SIP, 52S
Nearly all the building and impr ovement
done was the construction of residences.
One hundred and forty-eight new houses
were built during the year.
Alex Easterling, a negro, was assassi
maj ed at his home, few days ago, in Ehen-
eyer, while sitting around his fireside with
his family. The door was half lar, and il
was through this that the assassin took aim
and fired the fatal shot. The gun was
loaded with bird shot. and the whole con-
tents were emptied into the back of Easter
lings head. A negro has been arrested on
| suspicion.
The body OF a white man was found in
the woods below AIontmorenci recently.
| Coroner Harden held an inquest over the
| corpse, and said that the man died of
| natural causes. He had between $40 and
| $50 in his pockets. On his person was found
| the following, which may help locate his
kins people: "Secbold, Lewis, Ap, 80,
box 454, Washington, d. c." aud Lewis
Secoo!d, Soldiers Home," with date of
| Washington, d. c.
The state treasurer has mailed 40 checks
| to holders of state stock, paying them the
| S56, 900 of interest due Jan. !. The January
coupons OF the state bonds are paid upon
pre- entation at certain banks in New York.
Charleston, and Columbia. In Charleston
| the South Carolina Loan and Trust Com
| pany cashes checks amounting to about
| 100000. The Central National Bank of
| Columbia cashes through New York cor
| respondent bank at its counter here about
| $4,000, much the greater part of which sum
is paid in New York
The secretary of state has notified the
| pension board of each county that the gem
eral assembly at its recent session appro-
priated $4,000 to pay the pensioners of the
state, one-half on March Is and the other
half on June Is, 1890. With his notice he
| sent a list Of the pensioners of the county.
and asked that meeting of the board be
called at once, to be held on the third Mon
| day in January, 1890. to revise the list of
the county and ind cate to the state board
Of pensions by March those pensioners
who are found to be in actual need.
at Greenville, Monday, j. 7. Nix was
arrested ON three suits Of creditors, chare-
ing him with removing, disposing of aad
secreting property with intent to defraud
his creditors. The suits are brought bv
Craddock, Terry & Co. of Lynchbnrg, 4.
A. Wilbur & Son of Charleston, and
OgleSby & Tutwiler of Lynchburg Bond
in each case is required. In the three cases
the bond is $500. Mr.. Nix succeeded 10
giving the bonds Other suits are likely to
follow, and the probability is that Nix will
be in bad fix before many weeks if other
creditors take the same action. He con-
siders it persecution.
Gas Craig and Angus Bradley got into a
dlt1culty on Christmas exc in Sleepy Hell