The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-01

. I AlAuIs q lew 49,
George ". Baker. lecturer for the Ches-
terield county alliance, has Just filed tie
last OF a series Of appointments for ell the
sub-alliancss in the county.
E I. Keals. who lives in SGTnsar county.
near the Kershaw lice. loss a store house
by fire at ! o'clock Wednesday m-Tuiig.
The loss is =, 600 and the insurance -, 100.
At the Air Line depot at Spartanhurg
few days ago. a ST { Robert J. Lanf0rd
had his foot and ankle crushed by a car
Wheel running o7er II. Amputatlon vas
unavoidable.
JACK Griffin, g vell-knoWn turfman Of
Green vile, has received notice that reia-
tive has died in Columbus. o, and left him
fortune estimated AZ 500 900. Mr.. Griffin
has gone to C0lunb-s.
At PacksyiIie. on the Charleston, Scmter
and Northsrn road, ten miles from Man
ming, Monday. j. ". DuBose, white man,
was shot and dangerously wounded by Ed
mund Holiday, 4 negro.
1 The contract for erecting a building for
I the new bank OF Iimmonsville has been
+ given 10 5. Bounds OF Florence. The bank
/ Is expected 20 BE- ady for occupancy and
/ busILess BY the new year.
! The Rev. Lucius Cuihbert, pastor of the
/ Aiken Baptist CHURCH. hiss decided 70 re-
main with his c ngregatloE. vItldTawing
/ his letter of ras. ynat.Ol throu b tbs unan.-
/ nous desire Of the members.
/ The Chesterfield Land and Improvement
Z Company IS clearing of the ground, repair
/ ing buildings and sinking q shaft prepare
/ tory 10 opening up tn kirkley gold mine,
/ three miles south OF jefferson.
/ At Marion, Thursday, while l5-year-
old daughter of c. ". Virgins was stand
| ing before a fire her clothing caught and she
/ was burnt TO death. A school teacher. in
I ass ha aHz
50 horribly burned that she died within q
/ few minutes.
! VIII Evans. a white man about 20 years
| old, was killed az Cowpens Tuesday night
| be was fireman on one of the Air Line
trains, and was knocked Off, or fell under
the wheels, and one hand aud both legs
were crushed. lie did rot live long after
be was injured.
One Of the most important departments
| recently added to the South Carolina Co..
lege for Women at Columbia is that for the
reception and education of female medical
| students. Several yong ladies have
already entered. aud are now taking the
prescribed course.
Secretary Marshall has granted q COM
mission to the Rock Hill Machine Company,
which proposes to manufacture all articles
IN metals, wood, or any other substance or
material, to sell. ETC., and deal in mechan-
lcal supplies. The company has a capital
stock of $4,000, divided into 400 shares of
the par value OF $50 each.
Two younggi in Abbeyille county have
made two bales Of cotton apiece this year,
| aud besides that have supported themselves
for some time BY their beautiful machine
work. They do tuis regardless of their
fathers aid, who is a wealthy farmer.
They are two Of the prettiest and most
lovable girls in the county.
The author OF IAN Appeal to Pharaoh"
is Carlyle Mckinley, an editorial writer on
the Charleston NecS and Courier. This is
from the publish re, officially. Mr.. Mckin-
ley, like host Of able newspaper writers all
over the country, has hitherto remained I'M
known TO fame. but this revelation will in
troduce him very widely to the public.
". D. Howard, q United States deputy
marshal of Greenville county, who has been
active in arresting moonshlners, is now in
jail awaiting preliminary examination for
| revenue. violations. 1t is alleged that he
was a moonshiner before becoming deputy
marshal, and the arrest wes for old Of
lenses. He claims to bs innocent, and his
friends say it is 'put-up'job."
T. P. Cammack who has been engaged
in merchantiie business at Marion about
three months, was closed up by the sheriff
| a few days ago under authority given by
him in two bills of sale, ons given to the
| Merchants'an Farmers Bank of Marion,
tor $1,000, and the other to G. A. Croft for
$500. He had large stock Of goods at
Conway. and attachments were doubtless
levied thereon.
The Orangeburg conference of the South
Carolina Lutheran synod met in the English
Lutheran church at Augusta, Ca, Friday.
| Rev. M. NJ. Kinard was elected president,
5. l.. Keller vice president, J. B. O. n Hol-
| lyway secretary, and D. w. Haigler trea-
surer. The South Carolina synod is divided
| into four conferences, the Orangeburg con-
ference being the third. 1t represen a
constituency Of about 5000 souls
Franklin Robertson, resident of Ian
caster, while carelessly crossing che belt Of
Mr.. Black wells gin, at Jefferson, was caught
and carried to the wheel en- the engine, and
was whirled with great rapidity several
| revolutions with the wheel, and finally
thrown some distance. leaving one hand and
the longer portion of his arm terribly man
gled. Drs. Gregory and Redgore cut off
the arm near the shoulder joint. The
wound is healing, and Mr.. Robinson is doing
we'll.
a little shooting ARRAY occurred at
Mountsvllle, in Laurens county, Thursday
night between black and white people
| Several days ago John N. Goodman, a trial
Justices constable, levied an execution for
debt upon load of cotton belonging to Ben
Adams, who claims the homestead. On a
subsequent day the constable, disregarding
the claim Of homestead, attempted to make
o levy on another lot of cotton, when he was
resisted in the levy. Goodman desisted but
returned TO Adams home Thursday night
with posse of men, who painfully shot an
inofYensive negro by the name of VIII
Franks. 1t is reported that one of the posse
was also shot.
At Sumter, Tuesday night, at about II 80
O'Clock, as Prince Robertson, a colored shop
keeper, was going home, he was shot and
killed by an Italian, named Bass. The wit
nesses to the affair claimed the shooting TO
have been accidental, and the jury of in
quest to-day so found. The story is that
Bass wanted to borrow.a small sum Of money
from Robertson, and Robertson asked him
what he could put up as collateral, at the
same time putting his hand in his pocket tc
get the change The Italian at the same
time produced his pistol to put up as collat-
eral, when, it is claimed, the pistol was ac-
cidentally discharged. When Rooertson's
friends reached him he had some change in
his hands. Bass fed, and has not been seer
since.