The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-23
gouTH CAROLINA.


The Bank of WATERFORD is to have
building Of its own.
Fire Thursday night at the Sumter Brick
Manufacturing Company works did dam
age Of about $4,000. Insurance 81, 800.
Ann DuBose of Anderson, convicted Of
murder in 1885, and sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary, has been pardoned.
At Hartsville, Darlington county, the
new stores of II. j. Lee, Jr. & Bro. and
Cannon & Matthews are nearing compile
ton.
The life sentence Of Robert Grant, con-
victed In 1SS3sof arson in Edgeaeld, has
been committed TO ten years in the peni-
tertiary.
A meeting of the district alliance. which
had been advertised to be held at Walter
boro Wednesday, did not much materialize,
as only two speakers turned up and no
hearers.
The county treasurer of Greenviile county
is thousands of dollars behind what he was
last year in his tax collections and the OUT
look is gloomy. Over $780, is yet to be
collected and the time for doing it is less
than month of.
Friday night Gov. Tillman telegraphed to
the sheriff OF Horny to say the execution Of
Joe Hughes, who was to be hanged Satur-
day at Conway. The case is under consid
formally served with notice thereof.
The crown sheet of a freight engine on
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail-
road blew out at Cana Wednesday night
scalding and knocking out of the cab Fire
man Robert Allen, about 81 years of age.
He died a horrible death at o'clock Thurs
day.
The controller general has reported the
shortage in the accounts Of ex-Treasurer 2.
p. Gaillard OF Sumter county to be 1888 o.
This Is only about half of what it was
rumored to be some time ago. The amount
of his shortage will be made good. His
bond is good for the amount.
The insurance on the compress which was
burned at Sumter a few days ago was
$4,000, and on the cotton $4,000. The
theory of its being set on fire has been dis
carded, and the fire is now thought to have
been accidental. The compress will not be
rebuilt, at least for the present
The total taxable property of the state
for the fiscal year 1S90-'91 is $16S, 242. 679.
against $3.50. 602, 451 for the last fiscal wear.
an increase OF ST, $40, 21S over last year,
About 80 per cent. Of this increase is due to
increased assessment upon railroads banks
and other corporate property in the state
Ashton Brown, who shot and killed An
tony Fraser q week ago Saturday at Kean's
Neck, near Beaufort has been lodged in ial
to await trial. The deceased man is SAID to
have knocked the prisoner down with a
board and 70 have started a fuller assault
on him when Brown fired two shots and hit
him in the side. He died the next day.
Reuben Franklin (whitel, while working
in o rock quarry Wednesday at the poor
house, about four miles from Ncwberry,
was crushed to death by large rock falling
on him from above. where he was standing.
He was picking dirt and the ground on
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with the result mentioned. 1t struck his
head, causing instant death.
The d. E. Converse Company of Glen
| dale sold lot OF their secondhand ma
chinerv TO +. H. Cash for his cotton mill at
| Lolo. While his wagons were hauling some
| of one wagon turned over in ditch about
! two miles from town, and the driver, q
white man named Wilson, from Martins
vile, was badly crushed under a spinning
frame, with which his wagon was loaded.
His injuries are supposed TO be fatal.
Fred OFT, who lives about eight miles
| from st. Matthews and is one Of Calhoun's
| wealthiest farmers, lost all his possessions
| Wednesday night by fire. He had just
| finished gathering aud hauling in his corn,
| fodder and hay. About 600 bushels of corn,
| 5000 bundles of fodder and a pair of fine
mules were consumed in a short time. His
dwelling was saved by the earnest efforts Of
his neighbors The total loss is about
! 81, 1000, with no insurance
At Beaufort, few nights ago there was
a shooting scrape on the premises In the
rear of H. ]. Judd's residence in New
Castle street. in which Maggie Hamilton,
q woman employed by w. P. Roberts, was
shot in the cheek by James Binyard, another
negro. The ball il said to have lodged in
her cheekbone. SO that IL cannot be ex-
tracred- She Is said to have drawn a pistol
on Binyard, who has been arrested aad is
lodged in Jail to await the result of the
wound, which is thought TO be serious.
State Treasurer Bates reports that little
progress has been made in refunding the
bonded debt Of the state, and that only
about S29, 600 of 4 per cent. bonds have so
far been exchanged for the Brown consols
This is discouragtng, but perhaps the legis-