The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17

to points on the Columbia and Greenville
division Of the Richmond and Danville
railroad have been considerably reduced
A gold mine has been found on Enoch
Rhodsn's farm, near Vaucluss. Mr.. Rho
den together with p. A. Emanuel and Col
John I. CASTOR have interested themselves
in it,
Capt. J. a. Twiggs, chief OF police Of
Augusta has received from the governor
the reward Of $500 which he earned by
arresung Ready, the Barnwell murderer, in
Florida.
Talks with leading men of the Piedmont
section show that disguised protection has
but a poor show in democratic South Caro-
lima, as the people unanimously oppose the
tonnage bill.
The secretary of state hrs granted
charter to the "South Carolina Presbyte-
rian Institute for Young Ladies" which is
b be located at Columbia, in the beautiful
Preston mansion.
The fertilizer factory projected by
Charleston capitalists. aud to be located at
| GreenvilIc, is assured. The $4,000 Of
capital asked for at Greenville mas bsen
practically raised.
A charter has been granted to the Noun
tain City Land and Improvement Company
of Greenville, 81, 200 of its capital stock Of
$1,000 having BEEN subscribed, Sc, 200 paid
in, and officers elected.
Workmen are now engaged in putting in
the shafting and water plumbing in the
| Anderson cotton mills Besides automatic
sprinklers in the mills there will be several
ire plugs in the yard and elsewhere.
Judge Simonton has put sudden quietus
on the practice said to prevail among Ger
tain deputy marshals and commissioners Of
the United States court at Greenville of
specializing in witness pay certificates.
1t is rumored that Society Hill has
secured S2j, 900 from Charleston for the
building of road from that point to Ben
nettsville, a distance Of eleven miles, &C
cordiGg TO the survey completed last week.
The citizens of Bennettsville are much
disappointed over the lack Of cooperation
shown by some of the property holders
through whose land the proposed road from
Darlington was to have passed No right
of way could be gotten under extravagant
prices.
Capt. Oscar Coles, an annual guest at the
Highland Park hotel, Aiken, will deliver
an address shortly to start a fund for a
monument to Gen. Francis Marion, whose
remains now lie in a graveyard in Berkeley
with nothing to mark his resting place but
an old broken marble slab.
Rob Dunovant has sent TO the Edgefeld
Advertiser curiosity in the shape of
Slamese twin chicken, two well developed
chickens joined together just like the Siam
csc twins, tn of course in the same she'll
Unfortunately they never opened their
eyes, but died ere they lived.
Sheriff Robert Black of Colleton has ar
rested Edward Stewart, the negro who
murdered j. s. Brown near Midway, Barn
well county, in December last, and has
delivered him to the sheriff of Barnwell,
thus earning the reward of $50 offered by
the governor for his apprehension and de-
livery.
A meeting of the state democratic execu-
tive committee has been called for Thurs
day, Feb. 20, at p. m, for the purpose of
accepting the resignation of Judge IZlar as
state CHAIRMAN. When the members meet
In Columbia they viii not only nave to ac-
cept this resignation, but to elect q new
state chairman from their number.
Andrew, Nicely tcolored( who was shot by
some unknown party at Yorkville last Jan
uary, died on Feb f. The verdict of the
| coroner's jury was that the deceased had
died from the effects of a gunshot wound
previously inflicted by parties unknown to
the jury. The general impression in the
community is that he was shot while on
thieving expedition.
b. j. Kirkland, a resident of Aiken coun-
ty, became frightened at the sudden dark
ness and apparent approaching storm, or
cyclone, on Saturday, and dropped dead in
his tracks. The same incident happened in
| EAAhSu W u COlOI0u WOlnaIl, VINO was COOK
ing, and on its getting suddenly dark, be-
came frightened and fell dead. She was
suffering from heart disease.
The town council of Varnville, finding an
unneeded surplus in the treasury, decided
to give 5000 TO each of the three churches
in the place and a like amount to the
school. AS part of this money was paid
for licenses to sell whiskey quite differ
ence Of opinion exists as to the rightfulness
| h1t txvn Of ha oh obc-
have accepted and the other probably will.
Gov. Richardson has removed from
Office Junius III. Evans, trial justice at
Marion. The governor took this action in
response to strong petition from citizens
of Marion being influenced also by the
admissions of MIR. Evans in the public press.
The cause of the removal was Mr.. Evans
implication in the attack recently made on
the editor of the Marion Inden in his
office.
The Columbia banks are steadily increas.
ing their capital The Loan and Exchange
Bank has increased its paid-up stock to the
maximum of its subscribed capital, $127, 900
and the Commercial Bank has now had
taken $97, 800 of its proposed capital oil
100000. This makes the stocks of the four
Columbia banks aggregate $424, 800
against 1879, $40 last July and 1897, 900 IN
September, 1888.
A fight between q number of young
white men and a crowd of negroes occurred
near Mount Moriah church, about four miles
from Greenwood, Thursday James Ken
nedy, Robert Kennedy and John Burnet
(white) received injuries, though none were
seriously hurt except James Kennedy,
whose injuries may result fatally. Taffy
Thomas, Hamp Wardlaw and several other
negroes received stabs.
Samuel L. Miller of Yorkville has won
the prize, fine gold watch, offered by the
the insurance company he represents to the
agent i'll this state who would write up the
largest amount of policies during the year
1889. During the specified time Mr.. Miller
wrote up policies TO the amount of SAYS, 900,
which is said to be the largest insurance
business over done by any one insurance
} agent in single year in this staUe
Uncle Dabney Jones has informed the
Edgefield Advertiser a few days since, thai
its account of the Hessian fly did not cor
respond with the generally accepted tradi.
ton concerning that little pest He saws
That his father, who fought in the Revolu
tionary war, told him that when the army
was disbanded by Washington number OF
Hessians remained in this country, anc
being Of a restless, nomadc temperament
| distributed themselves pretty generally