The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.


The executive com nittee Of the state bar
association will meet at Columbia Jan. II TO
make arrangements for the April meeting OF
! the association in Charleston.
Capt Eugene r. Water, president OF the
! Orangebu county alliance, tits stated,
will be brought forward as a candidate I II
congress from the First congressional dis
! trict
The Columbia Agricultural and Mechan-
ioal SJciety IS about 81 200 in debt The
state has helped out the Organization to the
extent of $500, which will be pro rata of
the vari Us sums making up the 81. 200.
A commission for a charter has been ap-
! Piled for by tue Ocones News Company TO
PRINT a paper at Waihalla. the petitioners
are: A. Johns, N. ". McCauly. A. p
Crisp, D. f. Smi hson, 8. Dickson, j. S
! Floyd aud A. Zimmerman. Capital stock,
g.. COO.
A petition for charter has been received
| from the T. u. Lamar kaolin Company
Langley, s. C. The petitioners are: T. g.
Lamar, w. ]. Oliver. K H. Walker, J. II.
c. All. Capital stock, $50, 900. The c.Hi-
pany proposes TO manufacture porcelain
ware and other fine grades Of clay goods,
run sa *-m Is, etc.
A charter has been issued to the
Farmers and Merchants Bank Of Camden.
The capital stock is $4,000. Officers:
President, f. Miller Boykin; secretary and
treasurer, E. G. Temp; beard of corporators,
F. NJ. Zemp, f. NJ. Boykin, Z. G. Temp,
P. F. VillepiGue, s. NJ. Rosenberger, s. f.
| Vaughan, C. J. Shannon, Jr., and +. l..
| Winkler.
One of the recent laws passed by the leg
stature requires passenger coaches to be
| fitted with GER ain additional accomm da-
lions within sixty DAYS after passage of the
i (l1R Of "a railroad mi
copy of the act, said that it was very doubt
full II the railroads could comply in that
time, and that many OF the passenger
coaches might therefore be kept horS dc
combat for long time.
Notices for a meeting Of the phosphate
\ commission, TO be held at Columbia to-day
were sent out last week. At the coming
meeting the bsard Will elect member to
| fill the vacancy occasioned by The resiZna-
tios OF George Walter to Rocspt the treas
urership OF Charleston county. The board
will also take up and discuss the question Of
tao weight of rock considered from the
standpoint OF relative moisture as explained
and published in the report of Phosphate
Inspector Jones.
Secretary OF State Tindal wh lille In Charles
ton made some inquiries about the earliest
possible time at which the survey OF the
oyster territory could be completed. He
! has concluded to invite the South Carolina
delegation in congress to have the United
States vessel, the Fish Hawk, sent down as
early as possible. The officers of this vessel
have already finished maps of great part
OF the coast, which will be available and
valuable 60 this Interest as showing the ex-
tent and location OF the oyster beds and
other shellfsh beds.
At Union Monday night about 8 O'Clock
| Thomas A. Murrah shot and killed Robert
e. Bishop. both white men. The shootin 2
occur ed in Main street Just below W. E.
Ray q Co. IS barroom. Both men had bee
drtn king all day and were greatly intoxi-
| Gated. The shooting was done with pistol
Of 3S-caliber, the ball taking effect in the
breast, killing Bishop almost Instantly
Murrah was arrested Murrah is consid-
cred quiet peaceable man, but occasion
| ally goes on sprees. Bishop had bad rep
usation; he murdered man in Blacksbure
several years ago aud served term In the
penitentiary.
Izlar, Glaze Sc Herbert OF Orangebury,
have been retained as counsel for J. NJ.
WAY, who shot and killed Elliott Whetsto We
at Pre- Wits IN Christmas night The de-
ceased is the man who came so near losing
his life about six years age, while on
"spree" IN Orahgeburg, with a friend named
| Hutto. His throat was cut, and but for
the timely and skiiltul treatment Of Dr. W
G. WRnnamaker, he would probably have
died. 1t was generally believed that HuttC
did the cutting, the knife used beng the
property of that person. At the affair in
which Whestone was killed, stray bullet
carried away one Of Hutto's eyebrows.
The attorney general has received a let,
ter from j. T. Barron, soil 'itor for the AT.
lantic Coast Line. in which the question il
asked whether the Atlantic Coast Line can
not issue passes to the railroad commits
sioners while going to aud fro on official
business, leaving 1t to the commissioned
conscieace as ts q proper use of the passes
The attorney general will probably notify
Mr.. Barron OF his official opinion in day
or two. There Is another Interpolation OF
more serious Character, as 10 will Involve
the construction OF a CONTRACT Ohe of the
railroads has had employed as attorney one
OF the circuit solicitors. There is a cnutin.
uing contract with this solicitor and ths
members of his firm that the railroad shall
pass him and them free over the liaes, snC
this prlvilegen taken as a part OF the pay
ment of services. The new law prohibit
state officers, ETC., from accepting fret
passes. The question arises. does this le
the solicitor out and can the ep post fact,
law impair the Contract.