The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-13
SOUTH CAROLINA.

A charter has been issued to the Newberry
Savings Bank.
A confederate monument will soon be
erected by the Ladies' Memorial Associa-
ton of Greenvile.
Campbellton will be known as Fairfax
hereafter, change of name made at the
suggestion of officials of the South Bound
railroad.
Campbellton had two important events
on the 9TH inst. S. Oliver commenced
laying iron on the South Bound road and
w, j. and j. F. Sanders commenced boring
their artesian we'll
Gov. Tiliman has commissioned J. B.
Morrison as sheriff of Berkeley county. Mr..
Morrison was recommended for the position
by primary, and Is appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff w.
NJ. Hale, who was elected at the last general
election in Berkeley.
AT Florence Tuesday morning w. D.
Brown, commonly known as Fisherman
Brown, was found dead by the side Of the
railroad track. 1t is supposed from the
position of the body and the wouads on it
that Brown had been sitting on the end Of
cross1e and was struck by the incoming
Columbia train Monday night.
Work has been begun on the Florence
tobacco factory. This year smoking tobacco
OF fine grade VIII be made. 1t is for
bright tobacco" I'll this section has be-
come famous, and this is the best for smok-
ing tobacco. There is great demand for
it in all the markets. A package of this
tobacco sold in Oxford, n. c., last week for
81 81 a pound.
most remarkable curiosity has been
sent to the Florence Times office, where it
is on exhibition; it is a piece of corn bread
which has been shut up in safe for nearly
two years. and which when ii was taken
out was covered with black, silky hair
eight inches in length. A great deal of this
has been pulled off now, but enough re-
mains to prove the statement that it was
covered.
The Summerville postoffice, owing to an
increase in its business, was raised to the
presidential class on Jan. |. Mrs. FISH
burne was the postmaster for several
years, and she performed The duties most
acoeptably, but when the salary attached to
the office was increased beyond 81 900 per
annum ''the boys" demanded the office
SO James G. Ladd has been appointed to
succsed Mrs. Fishburne.
Tuesday night as the messenger of the
bre wer Mining Company was on his way
from kershaw TO the Brewer mine, he was
'held up" by three highwaymen, one white
and two black, who succeeded in robbing
him Of package containing $3.50, which
the messenger had gotten out of the express
office at Kershaw that afternoon and was
taking to the mine. The thieves made good
their escape, and there is no clew as to who
they were. One thousand dollars has been
offered for their capture and the return of
the stolen property.
Seven miles from Darlington Thursday
Rater Thomas, negro so years old, was
shot by his 20-year-old stepson, Win Kelly.
The men were not on the best terms, and
the father demonstrated with the young
man for his quarrelsome conduct with the
other children. The son replied augrily,
and, walking deliberately to his gun. coolly
shot the old man, who was quietly leaning
against the mantel The coroner's Jury
rendered verdict Of willful murder. The
murderer fed Immediately and has not
been seen since the shooting.
The phosphate mining returns for March
are as follows Beaufort Phosphate Com
pany mined 1858 tons; removed 1923. IS
tons. Coosaw Company removed s, 434 H.
1t made the following Endorsement: "For
| the reasons stated in letter and protest of
Robert Adger, chief manager. to the board
| OF phosphate commissioners, the working
force of the Coosaw Mining Company dis
! continued oper ations February %, 1891. u
| Oak Point mine mined :, 42S tons; removed
| none. Sea Island Chemical Company mined
| zoos tons; removed I'll. 80 tons.
| Lafayette James was arrested at Wedge
| field Thursday under, warrant issued by
Trial Justice Wilson, charged with the
murder of Adriana Gadsden at Sessions.
Ga, March 2S. James was from Sumter
county, and in January left his wife and
went TO Georgia with the woman he killed.
After the killing he came back to his old
home. He does not deny the killing. but
claims that it was accidental He saws he
did not know the gun was loaded lie is a
tall mulatto, apparently about 80 years old
and has only one arm. He has been lodged
in Jail 60 await therequisltion of the Georg a
authorities.
AT Oraugeburg, Friday. the Presbytery
of Charleston adjourned to meet
| in Chall s5on on the 23d inst. Du.
| ing the proceedings of Thursdays ses-
sion the Pres ytery, by resolution, con-
solidated the home missions committees at
! Charleston and Columbia into one commit
tee to perform the missionary work hereto
fore done by the two committees. Com.
missions we're appointed for two churches
to be organized there having been a re.
quest to that effect, at stations served by
the home missionary, one near WalterborC
aud the other near Graniteville, provided
the way be clear.