The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-13
SOrTH rARnIINA


W. J. Fairey has been elected presidento f
the Branchville bank.
Hampton has organized a bank with
$3.50 capital, and will soon be in opera.
ton.
The annual meeting of the South Carolina
Bible Society was held at Columbia Thurs
day.
Hon. Joseph P. Bean has unexpectedly re-
signed his position as private secretary to
Gov. Fillmau.
Miss johanna Bornemeyer Of Johnston
has won the Winthrop College scholarship,
valued at $780,
A large representative meeting of cit-
zens, all interested in getting the indus rial
school located in Camden, was held Thurs
day.
Secretary of State Tindall has received
Information from ID . McInnei that the case
reported as CHAMBERS ut Waite Pond was q
different disease.
10 turning over the records at the state
house day or two ago Col. Globes came
across a manuscript copy If the census of
Columbia in 1929. The populati N of the
county Is given at 1904 aud was enum-
Grated by Moses Duke.
The figures, as given at the state treasury,
do not show that there will be any great
Treasurer Bates said that laso year the
royalty amounted to 1887 900. Up t. the
present time the receipts are about SIS, 90.
With one-third Of the year TO hear from.
Press Wise. a notorious negro tough. who
had been working at Prater's mill IN Edge
Held county, was killed in a field Friday. 1t
seems that one day last week Wise had a
difficulty with Il white man and dealt him a
severe blow on the head with a hook. Sirca
that time there has been bad blood among
the whites, or a part of the whites and
blacks In that neighborhood. Wise aud his
companions, it is said, have been waylaying
the roads with double-barreled shotguns.
No one seems TO know who did the killlnq
as there were no witnesses present. He was
bad negro and had the reputation of being
a bully.
Charters have been issued TO the follow
ing companies: The Morgan Iron Works.
capital stock, $4,000; directors. w. E.
Lucas, J. X. Jennings, q W. Nichols, Alex
Long, Z. II. Carlisle, NJ. A. Law, R. +.
Gates; W. r. Lucas president and treasurer.
| Carolua Light and Power Company, Aiken,
/ $4,000 subscribed; board Of directors. B.
L. Turner, Alvin Etheridge, Henry Ham.
F. b. Henderson, j. h. Edwards; b. F. Tur-
ner, president; Alvin Etherldge, secretary Y.
| Carolina Land and Improvement Company,
kershaw county directors, ?. T. VilleDigne.
y. =. mann, oOl hoseu0erSer, A. ID. Kelne
dy, M. Brown, c. J. Shannon: G. ID.
Heath, F. w. Tant, w. ". Shannon; Sl0, 0J(
subscribed.
The following paragraph has been going
the rounds OF the press: ut is announced
that Senator Iroy Of South Carolina favews
the whole Ocala platform, sub-treasury aud
ALL The editor of the Charleston Nelp,
dnG Courier addressed a letter to that gen.
tleman inquiriDg whether the statement
was true The following answer has beer
received: Replying to yours of recent date,
will say that thought my position on the
Ocala demands was well known. | am a
member of the ALLIANCES, and favor them
from top to bottom, but if they are sub
mitted to the democratic primaries and are
repudiated by the democratic convention,
then shall stand by the action OF the con-
vention. will stay in the Democratic
party il l am the last man left
A shocking accident occurred on the South
Carolina railroad Friday night Two youBg