The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-03

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A charter has been granted 70 the Phoenix
Fifty per cent. of the capital stock has be
subscribed, 20 per cent. paid in, the re-
maindor secured and officers elected.
Very heavy rains fell in the northwestern
section OF the state Wednesday. The Saw
aunah river was almost OUT of its banks,
while the Saluda overlooked the bottom
lands. No serious damage is reported hoWs
ever.
The barn and stables of Ely D. Smith,
about six miles southeast Of Marion, were
destroyed by fire Wednesday. All bis corn,
fodder, peas aud other supplies were totally
destroyed. together with a fine mule and
horse. The ire was doubtless the work of
an incendiary.
Sloan Mcdonnell was seriously shot by
Frank Baily at Midway church, Anderson
county, wednesday. The wounded man
was doing very we'll, and it IS thought he
VIII recover. Bailey offered to surrender
to the sheriff. De has smart cut on the
back Of his head
Edgefeld is to have a new city hall. The
| building is to be erected by private sub
| scription, and the sum of s., 500 was readily
subscribed. Besides answering as a hall,
the building will have attached to it a
market, council Office and calaboose. 1t will
cost about $1,000.
| The Columbia Phosphate Company is now
| turning out from 100 to l25 tons of fertil-
iZers daily, and cannot meet the demand for
| its goods. The works have a capacity of
| 1900 tons season, but as work did no.
begin until January the output this year
will not exceed 5000.
| Gov. Richardson has accepted the resig
nations Of A. D. Cohen, Michael Kelly,
| Kirby 5. Upper. John Harleston and j. B.
| Chapman as harbor commissioners OF the
mi t cf( hail Tod 90
harbor commissioners J. G.. Hemphill, John
B. Adger, Jr., w. Z. SteedTnan. A. w.
| Taft, b. Mantoue and Joseph E. Albert.
| The county alliance met at Spartanburg,
| Monday, to make arrangements to organize
| the cotton seed oil mill company. The sub
alliance did not come up with sufficient
subscriptions to build the mill. and the cor
porators have opened the books to the gem
eral public. A sufficient subscription has
been secured to secure the building of the
| mill.
| Bob Pope, G white man, and his son, d
| boy about II years old, were fired into and
| killed by parties unknown while they were
riding from Cummings mill to their home
near Varnville on Monday night last Pope
was citiZen Of bad character and an OBJ
noxious citizen. His throat was afterward
cut. 1t is supposed that the deed was COM
mitted by white men.
! manager Of the southern states bureau of
| information and permanent exhibit. an en-
| tsrprlse started in Washington by young
southerners, backed bv capital, paid a fly
| ing visit to Columbia last week to try and
| induce the board of agriculture to make a
| permanent exhibit of South Carolina
| products and resources in their building at
the national capital.
Columbia's new female college viii soon
take shape. The plans for the extension to
| the Preston mansion, which is now the
| property of the South Carolina Presbyterian
| institute for young ladies, have besn pre-
| pared. The extension will be large three
| story building in the rear of and attached
to the mansion, so arranged. that another
rear wing may be added to the mansion.
giving court yard between the three d.
| visions.
The warehouse Of w. J. and J. T. San
ders at Campellton was burned Thursday.
While the warehouse was burning fire was
communicated to the large three-st0ry gin
house belonging to the same firm, and it
was also destroyed. The warehouse con-
tained about forty tons Of fertilizers, eight
wagons, large quantity of peas, and lot
of plantation implements. In the GIN
house were stored all of the Messrs. San
ders' cotton seed, for planting purposes as
| well as for fertilizing purposes. The actual
loss, after deducting the fertilizer and
cotton seed not destroyed, will probably
amount to $500.
Court convenes at Edgefeld to-day.
Judge Wallace will preside. Besides R. T.
Jones, whose case will be tried for the fifth
time, the following prisoners are in jail
| awaiting trial: Elisha Harris murder; John
| Smith, assault aud battery with intent to
| xii, and Charles Haggie, larceny of live
stock. The last three named are negroes
To-day promises to be a lively day, apart
from the fact that it is salesday and that it
| Is the first day Of court. The democracy of
the county, or such of it as are in sympathy
with the Shell manifesto, will hold con-
vention to elect delegates to the convention
to be held in Columbia.
| Court convenes at Union to-day. The
| most interesting cases that will be tried are
as follows: George Beates, selling cotton
under lein. Dennis Humphries, murder.
William Hudson, stealing cotton. Robert
| Henderson, carrying concealed weapon.
Henry Jacks, assault and battery of high
and aggravated nature Samuel Medlin,
arson. Robert Norman, murder John
| Smith, Jr., burglary and larceny. William
! Davis, Charles Gillian, Lottie McMahon
and James Vlnson, murder. 1t will be re-
membered the last named four are charged
! with the most atrocIous murder of Susie
Fernandez. Minerva Herndon will be tried
as an accessory.
| A commission has been issued by the sec
rotary of state to the Enterprise Manufac-
turing company Of Barnwell, the corpo-
rators being r. S. Thompson, A. T. Wood
ward, William McNab, W. j. Duncan,
j. Alien Tobin and Alfred Aldrich, all of
that town. The capital stock is to be
$4,000, with the right of increase to $780,
OOO Few corporations organized in South
Carolina propose to do a greater number
of things than this little company. 1t will
undertake to manufacture doors, sash.
blinds, hubs, spokes, handles, wagons and
buggies, and farming implements, ice and
soap, the different grades of meal, flour
and grist, to operate machine and general
repair shops, and to do general ginning
anu cotton packing business
| the case against David E. Jeter at Union
is ended by tue death of the defendant at
Barnwell Feb. 81. 1t will be remembered
| that Jeter was held for the murder of his
| brother-in-law, one Busby, before the war.
Jeter fled and was captured in jackson,
| Tenn, last year, by his step-daugdter tell
ing the authorities on him, Jeter having
mistreated her. The case was continued
| twice by the solicitor. When his case was
postponed last, against the earnest protest
of his counsel, Messrs. William Munro and
! D. A. Townsend, Jeter remarked to Sheriff
| Long: "I'll never be tried, for I'll die be-