The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-27

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Cotton Manufacturing Company, of Clover,
York county. Capital stock $4,000. The
officers are: President. W. b. Smitn; secre-
tary and treasurer, NJ l. Smith. Directors:
J. J. Wilson, J. r. Barron. i. b. Strong,
W. b. Smith. 4. Carroll, }. F. jackson, l..
X. Armstrong, T. z. WhItesides and D. u.
Wallace.
There was an unusual termination to a
colored entertainment at Columbia Thurs
day night. a gay party had been in pro
greSs till about l. o'clock at Eliza Williams
house, when Just as the last guest left the
hostess dropped dead. An inquest was held
Friday at which the jury rendered verdict
to the effect that heart disease was the cause
of her death.
AT Edisto Island Berkeley county, Jan.
20. a fatal accident occurred, in which
Sarah Simons, girl about II years Of age,
was shot and instantly killed by Boseman
| Brown, youth Of Is years. Sarah seized
hold Of the barrel of the gun, Brown hold
ing the stock, when, the hammer catching
in his clothes, discharged the piece, blowing
out Sarah's brains.
The dwelling house, kitchen, and smoke
house Of George Caughman, who lives about
twelve miles south OF Prosperity, in Edge
field county, were destroyed by fire on Jan
-. The loss was almost complete. as he
saved only a small part Of his household
| goods, all his bacon, and one barrel Of flour.
The loss is about $500; no insu ance. The
fire is thought to be of incendiary origin.
A white man of Chapers, Newberry
county, Is hunting the man with whom he
deposited $50 on Tuesday night in Green
1 vile. lie went to the city on Tuesday and
toward night began to feel the effects of too
much spirits. lie AYERS that he had $50
| with him, and, seeing tue condition TO
| which he was fast descending. deposited
| the money with some one he did not know
The secretary of the state has issued n
| commission TO the Mountain City Land and
Investment Company, of Greenville. The
| company purpose to buy, sell, lease and
! improve real estate IN the city and county
of Greenville, and as an incident thereto to
lend money, make contracts and execute
conveyances and mortgages of real estate.
| The capital stock is $4,000, to be divided
into l2J shares of the par value OF 500 per
share.
John B. Hyde. one of the defeated candi-
dates for the Greenville postoffice, claims
that he has been euchered out Of the place.
! He says Wanamaker and Clarkson gave him
personal assurance that he was decided on
as the appOintee, and he was led to believe
that he had sure thing Of it until the news
| of Frank Nichols appointment was re-
ceived. He Is going to Washington to see
about it.
A certificate of charter has been issued to
the Greenville Supply Company, upon the
return Of its corporators that the whole
amount of the capital stock had been sub
| scrlbed, and AZ per cent. thereof paid in
The following have been elected directors of
the company. w. S. Gray, j. d. Sullivan.
| 5. j. Pickle, and +. +. Ware. Mr.. GRAY is
the president and treasurer, and f. e. Ware
secretary.
The number of tons of phosphate rock
removed from the navigable waters OF the
state for the quarter ending Nov. 80.
| 1889, as reported TO the department of agri-
culture. was as follows: September 15,-
| 1896 tons; October, 23,S7S.34; November
2O,O92.4L Total 50, 5000. During the
month Of December, %, 627 rs tons were re-
moved, making the production for the past
four months reach the unprecedented total
of 5,0S8.05 tons.
Reports reached Greenville of shooting
atfray IN the CLASSY Mountain section of the
county on last Monday. John Rector and
a party of four or five friends quarreled
with the Howard boys, and the two parties
| got into line of battle and exchanged thirty
or forty shots without anybody being
| seriously wounded. An old revenue
trouble is said to be at the bottom of the
feud, which is of long standing. No arrests
| have been made.
C. n Oates Sc Bro, dealers in general
merchandise at Oates Crossroads, eighteen
miles from Darlington, made an assign
ment, Tuesday, to L. E. Walford for the
benefit of their creditors. The creditors
are principally Charleston firms, among the
| largest being I. j. Smith, McIver 81 Co. ~,
| Bollmann Bros. S. r. Marshall & Co. and
| I. A. Wilbur 81 Son. A meeting Of the
creditors has been called for Jan. 30, at the
| law offices of Messrs. Nettles g. Nettles,
| Darlington, s. G.
Seed all gomez is the inscription printed
on placard hung conspicuously in the
| front part of the department of agriculture
museum Ever since the notice that Gen.
Hampton had sent the department some
seeds for distribution, crowds have been
pouring III every day to take advantage of
the governments gifts. In less than two
days the supply was entirely exhausted, SO
the officials had to do something in self
defense. Of course there will be no further
annoyance after this announcement.
Application for writ of habeas corpus
in the case of w. II. Charles, who shot and
killed Wash Cannon, colored, at Greenville
on Saturday night, was made at Walhalla
Monday night before Judge Norton. Judge
Norton granted the application, and fixed
the bail at 81 900. Charles gave bond i'm
mediately and was released. This homicide
is the first recorded in Greenyille in six
years. Although the victim was negro
and his slayer white man, the evidence
has made so strong a case of self-defense
that the crime has not appeared in the light
of n race outrage.
The department of agriculture has re-
cei7ed a letter from Mr.. Lycurgus f.
Schmulizegone, of Cumro, Custer county.
Nebraska, asking for information in regard
to poor mans chances in South Carolina.
He desires to know if he can buy land
cheap, and also what his chances would be
of finding wife. He says that the weather
is too plentiful and the women entirely too
scarce for HIM in Nebraska, and 50 he has
determined to come southeast to live. If
there is any girl in South Carolina who
would like to become Mrs. Lycurgus Fran
cisco Schmulizegone, she may inform the
department. of her intention, and the groom
Will be forthcoming at once.
An election was held at Fort Motto re-
Gently for intendant and wardens. There
was some dispute as to who was elected
The present incumbent, w. E. Byrd with
his ticket, claimed to be elected, and 7. K.
Lyon and his ticket also claimed to be
elected. Mr.. Browning, attorney for Mr..
Byrd and his ticket, went to Fort Motto
Wednesday. Mr.. DeTreville, trial Justice
of Orangeburg. was carried up to swear in
the parties-elect The question was argued
before the old council Mr.. DeTreville was