The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
SOUTH CAROLINA,


A phenomenal crop prospect is reported
on Edisto Island.
The governor has appointed Emil Frenkel
a commissioner of deeds for South Caro-
lima in New York city, and has accepted the
designations of William s. Brown as super
visor of registration for Anderson county,
and G. Henckel as trial Justice for the same
county.
A commission has been issued for the or
ganization of the American Bank of Green
vile, with a capital stock of $50, 900, in
shares Of 800 each. The incorporators are
Henry Briggs, r. E. Allen, b. F. King, I.
Q. Donaldson, Davis Furman and James L.
Orr, all of Greenville.
Jas. Drayton, a colored man who lives in
the outskirts of st. Matthews, lost his barn
and stables by fire early Friday morning
T1ree good farm houses, everything in a
well filled barn, and a horse and mule we're
consumed. 1t was evidently the work of an
incendiary, butno clue has yet been found.
The upper rice plantations on the Wateree
river were threatened by freshets during
the heavy rains of last week, but the danger
Is now over and the prospects are considered
very fine. Some of the rice plantations on
Rantowle's creek have suffered from salt
water, but most of them are in excellent
condition.
The s., 500 Of the new certificates of in
debted ness issued by the city for the CON-
pletion of the @ Jlumbia canal and already
subscribed for are being delivered. Good
progress is being made on the canal About
200 convicts are at work, and the earth
work of the river embankment is nearly
completed all along the line.
A call is made for a state convention of
OF the republican party to meet at Colum-
bia. on Wednesday. Sept. II, to elect an
executive committee for the state, and to
transact such other business as may be
deemed advisable The convention will be
composed of 125 delegates, apportioned
among ehe several counties of the state.
The farmers alliance convention of the
Third congressional district met at Ander-
son Monday for the purpose of determining
what candidate for congress the alliance
should support. About twenty delegates
were present, representing every county in
the district. All the candidates were here
present except one. Col d. K. Norris of
Anderson received the nomination, he
being the only candidate that answered the
alliance catechism" satisfactorily.
The Lockhart Shoals Construction Com
pany of Chester county has been organized
with a capital stock of SIS, 900, in shares of
800 each, consisting of mules, wagons,
carts, picks, shovels and like implements,
and such money as may be necessary to the
to the transaction of its business" The
company proposes to construct railroads,
build canals, erect mills, etc." The cor
purators are: Wade Osborne, r. o. Thorn
son and Joseph M. Sims, all of Chester
A good deal of excitement has been stirred
up among the colored people of Stateburg
by the presence among them of one Mansus
Brooks, colored man who left there about
six years ago and is wanted in Berkeley
county now for murder. He was said by
dQfaptiUaa xNh har
after him to be the junction murderer, and
the colored people have somehow got it that
he is also Bob Brewer. Several attempts
have been made to capture him, but so far
unsuccessfully.
John P. Reeder, salesman in the store of
Adams Bros, of Seneca, was found in an
unconscious conditi n in the public road,
about SIX miles from Seneca, last Sunday,
with one leg taste ed in ole wheel Of his
cart, which was overturned, and bore evil
dence of runaway. He was terribly
bruised and torn. Henever recovered con-
seriousness and died Sunday afternoon. 1t is
supposed that his horse became frightened
and ran away. There was no one with him.
He leaves wife and seven children.
A commission has been issued for the
formation of the Emerson Laundry Ma
chinery Company of Charleston. The cor
porators are: A. S. Emerson, E. V. Emer-
son, III. A. Connor, j. Raworuh Smith and
w. NJ. Connor, all of Charleston. The
capital stock is to be 100000, in shares of
500 each. The company proposes to en-
gage in the steam laundry business, in
carpet cleaning. in the manufacture of
shirts, collars, cuffs and underwear, and the
manufacture and buying and selling of
laundry machinery and supplies.
Internal Revenue Collector Webster was
in Charleston Saturday. He was seen by
reporter for the NelUS and Courier and
asked the significance of the call for
republican state convention at Columbia on
Sept z. He said that the course depended
to great extent upon the result of the Till
man fight. The republicans, he said, were
watching the contest with great deal of
interest and hoped to be benefited by it.
AT present the leading republicans, he
thought, had no intention of nominating a
state ticket yet it may he found advisable
to do SO later on in the cornnalpn