The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-12
SOUTH CAROLINA.

MIC, anu Dc u wealthy man.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Judge John Wilcox died at Marion a
few days ago, in the Nth year of his age
Joseph G. Ross of Charlotte, conductor
on an Air Line freight train, was thrown
from the top OF car Wednesday morning
at coal chute, near Spartanburg, and was
killed.
A charter has been granted to the Enter
prise Manufacturing Company of Barnwell,
$1,000 Tor over so per cent Of the capital
stock having been subscribed and 20 per
cent paid in.
1t is reported that second conference of
the anti illman farmers, of which Messrs.
Jones, Woodward and Sims are the repre-
sentatives, has been called to meet at Co.
lumbia on May %.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail-
road has been opened to Fish Dam, on the
Spartanburg Union and Columbia railroad,
and Thursday the first passenger train ran
through direct from Fish Dam to Monroe,
N. G. The rails have besn laid to Tiger
river, five miles beyond Fish Dam.
A commission has been issued to G. L.
Evans, ID. NJ. Barentine and j. s. Sellers
| for the formation of the Chesterfield County
| Alliance Warehouse Company, to be located
| at Cheraw, TO do a general storage and
| brokerage business, and to have capital
stock of 81, 900 in shares of $40 each.
Lewis Roseborough, a colored train hand
on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
railroad, while unloading lumber from a
train near Little mountain Thursday, was
| accidentally knocked between two cars by
| pieces of plank and SO horribly mangled
| that be died before he could be taken to his
home in Columbia.
| A commission was issued Friday by the
| secretary of state to John K. Ashe, j. Il.
| Pearce, 8. l.. Gardner. o. Floyd aud r. w.
| Draffin, all of Kershaw, Lancaster county /,
! for the organization of the Kershaw Hosiery
| Yarn Company of that town, with capt.
| tai stock Of $50, 900, in shares of $50 each.
| The company will manufacture cotton
| hosier yarns.
| John Wishert white farmer living In
| the southwestern part of Chester county,
had difficulty Thursday with West Lyles,
a negro employed on his place. During the
trouble Lyles attacked Wishert with a
| stone, whereupon the latter drew his pistol
and fired, infiicting wound from Lyles
died in a few hours The slayer surrendered
himself to Sheriff Hood.
At Abbeville Wednesday afternoon a
| dynamite cartridge exploded where some
| negroes were at work on the Greenvile,
Columbia and Augusta road, and killed one
man and slightly hurt two others. The
cartridge, it seems, was put in with others
| bu6 udF DolOTe, Dut ldllSQ W oApAOue, duu
| Wednesday it was struck with pick and
went Off, with the above results.
The defalcation of County Treasurer j.
Q. Murray of Aiken is an undouoted fact,
but the amount missed is not definitely
| known as yet, though it is supposed that
about $4,000 is the amount of the shortage.
Mr.. Murray is greatly distressed over it,
and says he was absolutely unaware of the
state of affairs in his office; but thinks he
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state. He is the possessor of a considerable
amount of property.
At Orangehurg, Thursday, in the court
of general sessions, Judge Aldrich presid-
ing, the case of the state against George NJ.
| Collier was called for trial. The accused is
charged with the murder of William Lind
say at Elloree on Feb. 10 last. On the
evening of that day Lindsay, who was
travelling mechanic and had only been in
Elloree for few days, was sitting on
barrel in Mr.. Stacks store talking to some
gentleman who were in there Collier came
into the store hurriedly, and, going up to
Lindsay, said: you - old -, you
have insulted my wife, and Immediately
began emptying his revolver into Lindsay's
body. At the last shot Lindsay fell dead
without having time or opportunity to say
a word. Collier was acquitted.
The governor received a telegram Thurs
day from Union, signed by j. p. Brockin-
ton, president, and j. j. Durham, secretary
of the colored Baptist state convention,
now in session there, earnestly requesting
that he would grant a stay of the execution
OF William Davis for two wesksn The
governor telegraphed Col. McKissick for
information, and his reply was that there
was no proof in the use that would change
the verdict. The governor thereupon tele-
graphed the convention officers for further
explanation and received an answer that
they knew of no reason for the respite ex-
cept that their convention was in session.
The governor replied that, having no proper
ground TO act upon, he was unable to grant
the respite. 1t seems to have been a matter
OF sentiment with the colored Baptists
J. d. Stanley of Eastover is the inventor
of process by which ramie, cotton stalks,
okra stalks, pine straw or any other vege-
table texture can be reduced to fibre and
taen woven into cloth. 1t Is said that bag
ging factories will be erected all over the
cotton-growing states Pine straw will be
the material used. A new industry will be
started. The cost of a covering for cotton
will greatly be lessened, and the whole
country will be immensely benefited.
Frank II. Lummus, of cotton gin fame and
of Juniper Ga, is general manager of the
whole business Mr.. Stanley sold his pat
ent to the Wilmington Fiber Company.
This company has offered it at an immense
profit to an English syndicate. This syndi-
cate holds an option which expires the first
Of August. Should they fail to trade an
eastern company stands ready to purchase
the patent at an increased price, The trade
is being made through Mr. Lummus, who