The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-29
SOUTH CAROLINA.

By the late census returns the population
of Anderson has increased about 60 per
cent in the last ten years, while the in-
crease in the county is about 10000.
The Anderson water works are about
completed and have been tested prepare
tory TO turning them over TO the city
authori les. The test was very satisfactory.
The ginning capacity Of the Bolton oil
mill has been increased to thirty bales a
day. The new engine for the mill has been
received, and will at once be put into po-
sition.
Monday. at Sanford station, in Laurens
county, Willie b. Patterson shot and killed
Frank billiard (colored). Paterson was
riding along the rond and was assaulted
with stones by billiard. whereupon he shot
him. Patterson surrendered to the sheriff.
The Darlington Manufacturing Company
has received anosher large order for ship
ment to China Some weeks ago they
made shipment of six carloads of their
standard shirtings 10 Shanghai, and this
second order is for the same point and com
prises about 800 bales.
The foundation of the addition TO the cot
ton factory of the d. E. Converse Com
pany at Glendale, is nearly finished and soon
the brickwork VIII commence. When this
addition is completed Glendale will have O
modern mill OF $1,000 spindes, and looms
enough to weave their product.
The Darlington Cotton Oil Mill, ono of
the most prosperous institutions Of its kind
in the state, is now at work night and day
This mill.has largely increased its force of
operatives now, and while many similar
mills lost heavily last year, it paid good
dividend on its first years work.
AT Greenville, Tuesday, Ike White tcol-
ored) stabbed to death Henry Allen, also
colored. The two negroes quarreled, and
White plunged his knife into the neck of AL
len piercing the jugular vein and producing
death almost Instantly White was arrested
and claims that he acted in self-defense.
James Carroll, brakeman on the Three
C's abroad, while endeavoring to uple
cars at Catawba junction Tuesday, fell and
was run over, one wheel passing over hi
body, which was horribly mangled. He
lived until he reached Blackburg. He was
at one time policeman of Charleston, but
was originally from York county.
Yesterday morning at Charleston, Police-
man Hedderer found it necessary to shoot
Michael Manning, a sailor from some ship
now in port. Manning was drunk and very
disorderly at the corner of Mazyck and
Beautain streets, and the policeman
attempted to arrest him when he sud ienly
snatched the club and began to belabor the
faithful minion Of the law. Private Hedderer
only wished to wing the culprit but drew
his pistol and shot, wounding Manning in
the left arm. Manning was taken to the
City Hospital
B. A. HARRISON, a well-to do citizen of
Carmichael township, Marion county, had
some alteration with a negro named Mack
Townsend. The negro made rush for
Harrelson, but before he could reach him
Harrelson pulled bis pistol and fired. The
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had just served out term in the penitel-
tiary for assault and battery with intent tc
kill, committed on another negro. and was
regarded as a desperate In his neighbor-
hood Mr.. Harrelson is about 40 wears old
and has always borne a peaceable reputa
ton.
A very remarkable but fatal accident oc-
Cured near Summerville Saturday night
Richard Pugh. colored man who live:
about four miles north of the town, whilV
about to go to bed discovered an enormou.
rattlesnake coiled under his bed. He al
once seized q large stick which was neal
the door and attacked the RATHER. In the
fight Pugh struck loaded gun in corner
Of the room. The gun was knocked down
and thereby being discharged, the Who'll,
load entered Pugh's body just above the
hips. The unfortunate man died within al
hour.
Wesley Mobley. young negro man liv-
ing on the plantation of Bud De Loach
three miles west II Edgfield, died THURSDAY
night from the effects of a wound inflicted
with pistol by Horace Barry, also colored
| On Saturday night the parties met at no
supper. Horace was under the influence Of
liquor. and avowed his intention of killinl
some one. Mobley demonstrated with'him
and quarrel ensued whereupon Horact
| draw q pisfOl md 6ra5 iuHiOtipny r,ort,,
wound upon Mobley. The coroner's jury
rendered a verdict of wilful murder. Barry
made his escape and is still at large.
There was fight with weapons between
two railroad hands, both colored, at Con
nor's station, three miles above Holly Hill
| Sunday afternoon, which resulted fatally
The name of the victim was Alex Kin e
and that of his slayer Clarence Wiley. TIL,
latter made his escape, and is still at large
The weapon used was a handled bush knife
which, under the force of terrible blow
against the skull, penetrated the pareta
bone horizontally, causing the brain to ex-
ude freely. 1t is said that King was adj
| vancing upon his opponent with an opel
knife, but did not succeed in using il.
During an amateur performance a
| Spartanburg Wednesday night, fire brok,
out behind the scenes. The house wa
packed from top to bottom. leaving n,
| standing room. The curtain had just gon,
down on the first act, when blaze was sect
to burst forth from the left side of tn,
stage, aud panic ensued In a twinklin,
hundreds of people, mostly ladies and chill.
dren, we're surging back and forth anC
screaming at the top of their voices. Tn
fire and excitement were both quickly sub
dued or the fatalities must have been enor
nous The fire caught in some propertie
in the stage dressing room and had quickl,
spread to the stage, when 1t was discoveret
and extinguishsd.
Near Georgetown, Monday, Frank Bal
loon, young white man, was handling al
old pistol, trying to get it to work, when i
acciden ally went off, the ball strikin,
William Washington, a colored youth VIII
was in the psssageway of the house, Jus
below the heart, killing him almost in
stantly. Young Balloon FASTENED to tow
in search of doctor and to report the fact
but as death Immediately ensued from tn
effects of the wound the services Of th
doctor we're useless. The coroner held a
inquest this morning, but as the unfortu
nate affair was purely an accident the jur
so rendered a verdict. The colored yout
killed was IS years of age and was we
thought of by his employer.
One day last week S. B. Avant, VIII
claims to hail from the neghborhood 0
Gainesville, got of the afternoon Shoy
Cut train at Marion. He seemed TO have
! malignant case Of the ''tangle leg h