The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.


The Charleston, Sumter and Northern rail-
road was completed to Darlington Thursday.
The Confederate monument at George
town was unveiled, with appropriate cere-
monies, Thursday.
The following are the officers commits.
stoned for the Third regiment: A. w. Smith,
colonel, Abbeville; Frank Evans, lieuten-
ant colonel, Laurens; j. d. Wardlaw,
major, Spartanburg.
At Chester a twelve-year-old daughter
of A. M. Tilman, while playing in her
fathers yard several days ago, ran back
ward into a kettle of boiling water, from
the effects Of which she died.
At Charleston. to-day, Col James G.
Gibbes, land agent, will sell eighteen small
islands, ranging from Cape Roman to
Bulls Bay. He will also sell about fifcy
lots IN and near the city of Charleston.
AT the meeting of the directors of the
Anderson KNITTING Mill, held last Monday
morning, Col. j. n. Brown was elected
president and J. r. Vandiver secretary and
treasurer. A meeting of the stockholders
will be held on Tuesday, May 5.
Glib Wilson, who was convicted of muir
der at the last term Of the court for Sumter
county, anc sentenced to be hanged, ar
rived at the penitentiary Friday in charge
OF Corpl G. e. Hardy, his sentence having
been communited to lifeimpTisonment
The dwelling of Thomas Stround, living
near Trinity Church, in Cross Anchor town
ship, near Spartanburg, was burned Mon
day night. The fire was caused by de-
fective stove hue. Loss 81 500. Mr.. Stround
had recently completed his house. Some of
his furniture was burned.
The wood shop and planning mill OF the
| Spartanburg cotton mills caught fire Tues
day soon after the hands quit work. The
| shelter, engine, planning mill and large LOT
| Of lumber were burned. The shop was
located between the cotton houss and mill.
| The fire companies were on hand promptly
and extinguished the burning lumber. The
| loss is about 81, 500.
Fire at Newberry Monday at $50 a. m.
| destroyed three buildings ON Main street,
near the depot It originated in billiard
room run by two colored men, Daniel
| Bros, and made great Roadway, as the fire
engine was worked with difficulty. The
losses are: Daniel Bros, $500; insurance
| 5000. j. X. Lavell, brick building, $500
| no insurance w. II. Harris, two wooden
buildings, $4,000; no insurance; Harris a sc
| lost valuable tools and walnut lumber Z.
| I. Morris, saloon, damaged; insured. Will
lam Langford, building damaged, $500
| not insured. This building was saved by
the firemen's hard work; also the two-story
/
origin of the fire is unknown. Daniel Bros
have had no fire in their building since tht
middle of last week.
Fire was discovered in the large one
story brick grain warehouse of Simon
| Brown, situated on the east side of Lartigut
street, at Blackville few days ago. Tn
| fire had made such Roadway that it wal
deemed best not to attempt to save the con
tents of the building, and the doors wer
| IL = I'LL I.
fifteen feet from the large frame furnitur
building. and the efforts of the voluntee
firemen were given to save it and Its con
tents. The furniture was all taken out an,
carried out OF reach of the flames, and the
the task of saving the building was begun
1t was hard fight, but energy, good judg
ment and herculean efforts won, and the fir
was conquered with the loss of the ware
house building only, and its contents c
three cars of corn, two cars of hay, 20
bushels peas and lot of oats, together wit
lot of corn in the ear, all of which--ws
totally consumed. The loss is about s., 0C
or more.
AT the South Bound railroad camp i
Lexington county Thursday John Ham
NETT was shot in three places by Thomt
Stack and probably fatally wounded. Han
NETT is a member of one of the leadin
families Of Barnwell, and Stack is a son {
CaPt w. II. CodcA o1 SoIumpla, o. -. IT
trouble grew out Of money matter b,
tween the two men. The statemer
Of the wounded mans friends
; about as follows: "They were a
going down the road. They had ha
. fuss the evening before. Stack had sal
before a crowd that night he intended {
. whip Hammett and Bob Williams. Whe
in the road Hammett said: If you wal
to fight get down and we'll settle it rigl
t here Stack rode ahead, turned quick
around and shot Hammett. This was son
: distance from the camp. Hammett wake
back to the camp after he was shot and to
9 Bob Williams to catch Stack. Stack sh
q at Williams twice"