The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-15
SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOUTH CAROLINA
w. R DelgAr, auditor Of Sumter county,
has resigned
Edgefeld's thrift is demonstrated by
building boom.
Richard g. Sessions, sheriff of Horny
county, died at Conway Thursday.
A new cotton gin, grist and lumber mill
will be completed at Pacolet in a few DAYS
The congressional convention for the
Fifth district will be held at Yorkvllle TO-
morrow.
A tsnnery and shoe factory company has
been organized at Anderson with a capital
Of s25, 600
Ii is proposed to have military encamp-
ment at Columbia during the state fair
| Visiting companies will be furnished tents
| free.
A call has been issued for the interde-
norninational Sunday school convention Of
Sumter county, 90 be held in Sumter Oct.
I6 and II,
To-day Is tho day appointed for the or,
ganizatton OF Che new hotel company
formed at Sumter last spring. The pro-
1ected hotel is to cost $50, 600.
Benjamin Brazzel, the we'll known Rich
land court crier and one of the Oldest citi-
sens OF the county, died Wednesday after
a protracted illness at his home, near
Columbia, aged II years.
Mr.. Herriott, one of the men In charge of
the steam shovel at the Savannah river
trestle at Hardeeville, by the breaking OF
the lifting Chain 10 the shovel received two
bad wounds on the forehead
Messrs. Duncan, McKisztck, She'll Maui
din and Smith, candidates FOR the demo-
cratic nomination for congress from the
Fourth district, addressed a small gathering
OF people at Blythewood, Friday.
| o.. .so
purpose OF which rs to supply water to the
city of Greenville and the citizens thereof
for fire, domestic, manufacturing or any
orber purposes, has been chartered.
The directors Of the Boys and Girls
Savings Institution of Orangeburg have
notified the secretary of state that the CAPT.
tai stock Of che institution has been IN
croesed TO 800 shares Of the par value of $40
each.
| William GLADDEN.. from Pickens county.
and ID. ID. Duncan, from Williamsburg, two
white copvicts, escaped from a convict Damp
at The Clemson Agricultural College on
Tuesday last. The guards shot at them,
but without effect.
Henry Hemminger tcolored), who was in
| the jail ct Abbeville under sentence of
death, died Tuesday night He was con-
victed at the last term Of court on the
charge of rape, committed on little negro
girl about years Of age.
The Exchange Bank Of Chester has been
chartered. Its capital stock is sz5, 900,
divided into $50 shares of 800 each, with
the privilege Of increasing thesame to Sibe.-
oOo The eorporators are John L. Agurs,
Joseph Wyie. J. X. Henry, K. A. Love, A.
G. Brice and George W. Gage.
Several strangers have been in Yorkville
during the last few weeks. looking up min
lar IA nd VIVA sk,r n
town. There is enough granite. of the very
best quality, within five miles of Yorkviile
to occupy the entire time of two railroads
IN hauling Ii for period Of more than 100
years.
The straightout conference held in Flor
ence tuesday, composed Of over eighty of
the leading citizens of the county, declined
TO be bound BY the action of the late TIL
man county contention, and cali has been
issued for convention TO be held In Flor
enoe on Sept. "A, when a full county ticket
will be put In the field.
J. f. Hawley, the much-married rascal
who few days age induced an estimable
young lady OF Tinmonsville to unite her
fortunes with his and deserted her in a few
weeks. and who has Jiss served out term
in the Georgia penitentiary for bigamy.
passed through Timmonsviile Tuesday in
custody of the deputy sheriff of Darlington,
| q "a
charge in this stats
j. N. Purvisand A. NJ. Hill live near Tim.
monsvilh Purvis complained to Hill that
ms cniosens were trespassing,, and, getting
no satisfaction, went into his house, got his
gun. and coming OUT in the presence of
Hill and his wife discharged both barrels
into the offending chickens. Hill awaiting
himself OF the fact that the gun was empty,
ran out, seized upon it, and gave Puryis
thrashing with his own gun.
The Pacolet cotton mills, with 90. 2o4 spiu-
dies, is steadily improving and increasing.
An extra water wheel was put in few
months ago. Last week forty new looms
were added, making a total Of $40 looms
and thirty-Stx new cards, making the total
number OF cards 234. In addition to the
above improvements large and expensive
tanning machines are being placed IN the
mill for the purpose of more perfect veu-
tilation and the uniform distribution of heat
and moisture.
The case OF the stats against Mary John
son and d ]. Jacobs, for murder, at Ches-
terheld court house resulted in mistrlal.
The state Claimed that there were improper
relations between Mary Johnson and Jacobs.
and that the two gave strychnine to w. II.
johnson, the husband OF Mary, telling him
1t was quinine. aud that he died in a few
hours from the effects. Mrs. johnson sd-
mios giving her husband the medicine, but
Claims that 1t was quinile The jury stood
ten FOR murder and two for acquittal.
The Western North Carolina Land and
Improvements Company has been Organized
at Anderson. with capital OF $500. 900, to
build town at the crossing OF the Savan-
nah Valley and the Georgia. Caro-
lima end Northern roads, thirty-six miles
from Anderson, on the Savannah river.
The directors are II. K McCulley, w. w.
! Humphreys, w. F. Cox, j. j. FretwelI. J
d. Maxwell and G. Geisberg of Anderson,
and Pat Calhoun of Atlanta. Mr.. MoCul-
ley will be president. The town will be
named for Mr.. Calhoun. Factories are TO
be built at the falls of the river, where
A,oO0 horse power can be obtained. Elec
trio railroads, etc, are to be built at once.