The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-03
SOUTH CAROLINA.

| The Palmetto Rifles will picnic Aug l9.
The United States court opens in Green
vile tomorrow. Pickens county will send
about one hundred delegates.
The farmers in the lower part of Liberty
township claim to have q better prospect
! for good crop than they had at this time
last year.
The excavation for the new court house
of Pickens county will be completed this
week. The brick-laying will commence i'll
about ten days.
Tho Port Royal and Augusta railroad
| depot at Yemassee was burned to the
ground early Monday. The building and
freight are total loss
| Capt. Frank Johnston Of Hampton was
the champion fox hunter of the state for a
number OF years, and it is claimed that he
killed l42 foxes in one year.
The work on the pine fiber factory in
Hamourg is being pushed ahead by Mr.
sanford, the Contractor. All the fOlnda-
lions have been completed and the building
will go right up.
In the case of Angus Bradley, who was
convicted Of manslaughter in the circuit
court from Aiken county, the supreme
court has rendered decision affirming the
judgment Of the lower court
The Lutheran reunion will be- held at Lit
tie Mountain Wednesday, at which time
DR.. j. Hawkins, editor of the Lutheran
VISITOR, will deliver a lecture on Hiss
torical Lutheransm." Senator A. J.
Meetze will also deliver an address on the
subject OF SCHOOLS and Colleges"
The return of Auditor L. H. Little of
Marion county has been received at the
| controller generals office. 1t shows an iu-
crease IN personal property over that of last
year of 5000 The total returns are:
Real property. $23337,77O; personal prop
erty, 81, 2O5, Sll-making total OF S., 593,-
500
The confederate survivors reunion at
Yorkville Thursday promises to be huge
affair. The veterans will be addressed by
| Con. j. w. Moore Of Hampton and by Col
Coward OF Charleston Senator Butler is
expected to be present, also. Gen. Moore's
address will be delivered before the sur
vivors Of Harris battery Wednesday even
ing.
The Richmond and Danville people
| have at last decided to build depot at
| Yorkville in place of the one destroyed by
| fire last winter. They are not gong to
| build it on tue same spot, however. They
have recently obtained permission from the
town council TO build it on East Liberty
street, about half O mile northeast OF the old
depot site.
A grand rally Of the alliancemsn of Union
county will be held at Santuc, Wednesday.
lowing distinguished gentlemen have been
invited and are expected to attend and
speak; President, j. William Stokes; state
lecturer, w. j. Tallbert; s. B. A. M. L.
donaldson; district lecturer, J. II, Kinsler;
w. n. Elder, and Robert Aldrich.
John Weddenfellow, a colored convict
from Aiken county, made his escape from
VOLTS farm, Lexington county, on Monday
and is still at large. He was sentenced to
serve one year for burglary and had served
but short time on his sentence. He is Is
years old, five feet five inches high, black
hair and eyes, brown complexion, thick red
lips, scar left cheek, upper lip and on each
wrist.
Last Tuesday at Fort Hill, in the presence
OF 5000 people and with solemn Masonic
rites, the corner stone of Clemson college,
the realization of the dream and hearts de-
sire OF the most illustrious of all the famous
sons OF South Carolina, John c. Calhoun,
was laid. This college is intended to give
practical education at such a slight cost
phet any boy IN South Carolina, ii only he
be diligent, shall be able to obtain it.
Tho South Carolina Railway c )mpany is
pushing forward che nav bridge across the
cut at Chesterfield street. Aiken. The brick
foundation is laid ON both ends, and much
Oh the woodwork is prepared to be put in
position. This viii be a very substantial
bridge when it is finished, and will contain
over 5000 feet of lumber and tie iron
bolts used cost over $75 We learn that as
soon as the workmen complete this bridge
they have orders to repair the two old
bridges that need repairs.
Definite steps have been taken to estab-
ilsn sanitarium or cottage hospital in
Aiken for the benefit of invaiids unable to
pay full prices. The cause is wholly one of
charity. A visitor has purchased tho va
cant lot on the east side of Greenville street,
between Barnwel and Eigefeld avenues.
OF Dimensions 200xl50 feet, and vested the
title in st. Thaddeus churc1 in order TO
nave some corporate, perpetual institution
responsible for work. the conditions of
the gift are that the property shall be used
for hospital aud be mathematician
Two hundred and ten dollars have already
been raised toward tae building.
1t will probably interest the foreign in
surance men to be told that the law under
which the controller general IS now acting
Tor the collection of the taxes on sub in =
surance companies was passed in 1885 and
was amended for the better collection in
1883 MIR. Norton states the basis of the
! present desire to collect the tlxss on tbs
question: "If 112 companies doing business
In South Carolina last year paid taxes on
| $o51 ,0JO, and three comDania IS in their an
nual statement to the controller general re-
port that they collected in premiums car
rled out OF the state $54l 900, how much of
the collection for the rest of the 112 com
panieS has escaped texationln IL would ap-
pear from this that either the three COM
panies do phenomenal proportion of the
business or the others are Disseminated
against, ignored, by the tax collec or.
Commissions have been issued by Secre-
tary Of State Tiudal to the following CO u
panies: The South Carolina Cotton Com
pany, capital stock IS, 900, i'll fifty shares,
500 each. The following are the directors:
Samuel W. Mays. Jr., George L. Oliver,
johannes Settegast and D. +. Cargill. The
purpose OF the CO npauy is for the buying,
selling and exporting OF cotton. The Enter~
prise Ginning Company of Abbevile. The
| corporators OF this company are J. Allen
Smith and Frank Henry. There will b. o
books OF subscription opened, as these two
| gentlemen have subscribed all the capital
necessary to run the company. A charter
was issued to -dayto the Cape Roman Land
and Improvement Company. The charter
members are <. II. Jackson, A. S. Brown,
T.. r. McGahan, K. C. Barley and Sam
uel PregnalL Capital stock $4,000. A
onarter was also issued to the st. Andrews
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