The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-16
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia has two swimming pools.

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SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia has two swimming pools.
The Cornelson Ice Factory has begun
work at Orangeburg.
4 military company has been organized
at Barnwell, and named after Col Nike
Brown.
There will be no court at Marion this
week on account OF the sickness of Judge
Kershaw.
Thirty-one graduates were sent forth
Thursday by the Winthrop training school
for teachers at Columbia.
The commencement exercises Of New berry
college began yesterday with the baccalau-
reate sermon by DR.. Fox.
The building for the cotton oil factory at
Barnwell is well advanced, and will doubt
less be ready for the fall business.
The Chester Manufacturing Company
sold L, 900 yards OF their popular glnghams
several days ago to New Orleans firm.
Frank Parker was the successful candi-
date for the vacancy at West Point, and
stood an excellent examination for the
place at Aboeville last Thursday.
A warrant for So, 200 has been issued by
the Knights of Honor to Mrs. Pendergrass,
widow of the late DIR. S. F. Pendergrass,
member of the lodge at Kingstree.
The Hon. J. e. Sheppard is out in letter
in the Edgefeld Chronicle, in which he
will, among other things. announce his in
tention not to enter the gubernatorial race
in the present campaign.
The Enterprise Factory at Barnwell is
by no means tagging. 1t has bought the
where Col. Mike Brown has carried on his
| ginning for several years. Perry Price, a
young man Of energy and experience, is
managing the business.
| The secretary of state has granted a
charter to the st. Matthew's Manufacturing
and Warehouse Company of Orangeburg
county. The directors are F. J. Buyck,
president; j. E. Wannamaker, vice presi-
dent; S. II. Mack, L. NJ. Whaley, o. II,
| Winges, Philip Rich and T. C. Bates.
In order TO prevent the possibility of any
embarrassment resulting from his absence
from mis- office while canvassing the state
| as candidate for the governorship, Attorney
| General Earle has retained for the period Of
his absence ex-Attorney General Youmans,
who will act for him during the campaign.
| A charter has been granted to the Berry
Lock Signal and Target Company of Ches-
| ter, or which the capital Stock Is s15, 900.
The board of directors is composed of: j. J.
Mcclure, president; q. B. White, vice presi-
| dent; l.. I. Nichols, business manager; J.
X. Mackey, secretary and treasurer, and j.
| ID. Berry.
A commission has been issued to e. Miller,
B. Gregg, John w. Dargan, John z. Tim
mons and E. w. johnson for the lncorpo-
ration of the Union Savings Bank Com
pany at Florence. The company purpose
to begin with capital stock of 500, 900. to
be increased after ard to $4,000, and do a
| general banking business.
| Near Standing Springs, in Greeaville
| county, Tuesday afternoon, Wesley Boiling
| (colored) killed Bode Walker, (colored) by
cutting him all over the body with
| pocketknife. Walker and Boling's wife
had been intimate, and the husband waited
until his suspicious were confirmed before
taking his bloody vengeance.
| The annual meeting of the stockholders
| of the Marion cotton seed oil mill was held
| Thursday. The directors will at once apply
| to the secretary of state for authority to
increase the capital stock at once to $50, 900
for the purpose of establishing a ginnery in
connection with the oil mill, and for such
other purposes as they may deem best.
1t is understood that although there is no
one in the field against him, State Treas
urer Mclver has no present intention of
being a candidate for elector. He does not
| find ohice-holding much more profitable
than farming, and as there is no such oppo-
sition to HIM as to warrant the claim that
he retires in the face of the enemy ne is
inclined to go back to his plantation.
| The stockholders of the Marion iron works
met at Marion and elected the following
board OF directors: w. j. Montgomery, j.
P. Davis, r. Jordon, E. McDuffie, j. Stack
house, B. S. Ellis and w. NJ. Wray. At
the meeting 81, 700 of the capital stock was
reported subscribed. After adjournment
the balance of the 5000 capital stock was
subscribed. Work on the buildings near
the depot will be begun immediately.
There are more cases of consumption
among the convicts in the state peniten-
| tiary at this time than ever before 1t is
attributed to the after effects of "the grip.n
| The penitsntiary directors at their last
meeting recommended the pardon OF three
| hopelessly i'll convicts, that they might go
home to die. Before the governor could
| issue the pardons one of them died. The
| second one was sent home and the third.
Peter Whistle Brooches, died Sunday night.
Isaac Epton. prominent young man of
| Greeuville county, committed suicide
| Thursday, at his home near Marietta
| Epton went out behind his house and, lying
| down on the ground, blew out his brains
with 3S-calioer pistol. Upton was deeply
involved IN debt, having mortgaged place
| which he claimed TO own, but which is said
to belong to himself and others, for its full
| value. He had also given a cnattel mort
| gage on things which did not belong to him
He was captain of the Dawsville Guards of
| Pickens county, and his company claims
that he drew money from the state coming
to it and appropriated The funds to his own
use
Last Friday afternoon, while storm was
impending, two sons of T. G. Tisdaie, living
a few miles southeast of Kingsrree, went
out into the field to drive their turkeys to
shelter. After soma time the father noticed
one of them moving in dazed, staggering
manner, as if severely hurt. Going to his
assistance, he found upon the ground the
dead body OF the other. Lightning had
struck sapling near the boys, had killed
one and badly shocked the other. The
tree, it is said, stands twenty-five yards
from where the corpse was lying. The I'M
fortunate boy, who met his end so suddenly,
was named William Edward, and was
about Is years of age. The injured one is
younger, and is recovering.