The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
SOUTH CAROLINA

N-hANNA%A~NfA
Trade has been brisk in Prosperity this
spring.
The Newberry conference of the South
Carolina synod will convene in the church at
PeaSe on April %.
Kenneth Baker has leased the Prosperity
canuery this season. He expects to employ
large force of hands and largely increase the
pack.
Gentlemen from Barnwell are in Columbia
to inquire into the chances of getting a good
site on the banks Of the canal where a sash
and door factory could be located.
The annual election Of city officers at Pros
perity resulted as follows mtendant, j. NJ,
Wheeler; aldermen, Kenneth Baker, L. o.
Counts A. G. Wise, DR. a. a. kiblef
d. A. Wardlaw, prominent young
farmer from Windeman, s. c., about ten
miles from Mccormick was shot by Jack
Price Friday night. The wound is serious
and he is not expected to live
The trustees have decided to locate the in
dustrial school at Rock Hill. All the board
were present except Mr.. Patterson. The final
vote was for Rock Hill to for Spartanburg.
They were in session nearly four hours and
at one time it looked as if there would be
deadlock
William Mosely has his new residence at
Prosperity almost ready for occupation. John
Simpson will make extensive improvements
and additions to mis- house this spring. T. L.
Schumpert expects to build fine house near
his present residence during the summer.
Lindsay DOminicl1 is erecting several tenant
houses on his town lot
The Home Insurance Company of Columbia
has decided to go out of business The stock
holders met to hear the report of the com
mittee appointed at the last meeting TO devise
some scheme for the continuance of the com
pany or the best way to go out of business
The committee advised the reinsuring of the
policies issued by the company, which means
that they expect to go out of business. The
company has been in business for abOnt three
years.
Newberry will have a heavily increased cot
ton area this season. The increase will be
fully 20 per cent more than last year. This
is partly due to the large price of cotton seed
last fall, which enabled the planters to buy
guano more heavily. The planters are also
increasing the acreage in corn in about the
same proportion. Many OF the planters will
raise all their own meat this season, and some
will raise a surplus for the market. The
peach crop promises to be an excellent one if
nothing occurs to injure il in the future. The
cut worms are playing havoc with the gar
! denS and corn fields. They have not been so
numerous and destructive for years
| pretty clear-headed man, who knows a
| thing or two, reasons something like this
| about the liquor bill: 1t seems that the state
/ is going to take out number Of United States
| licenses to conduct the dispensarieS. Now. if
! these licenses are taken out they are nothing
| more nor less than tax. AS understand il
! the national government has no right to tax
! the state. If by taking out these licenses and
| paying for them the state admits that il is
| going into q business that is taxable in one
| instance the same as another 1t has no right
| TO discriminate against any one. The fact
| that licenses are to be taken out makes the
state Il common dealer against its own citi-
| zens, and this, as l understand it, is against
! the constitution"
George Kinard, the negro who was con-
victed las an example at the last session of
| court at Columbia, is very likely to have a
new trial Judge Witherspoon has issued the
| following order: Notice of appeal having
| been served upon me presiding judge, ana
p. II. Nelson, the solicitor of the Fifth circuit.
| In the above stated case, now on motion Of
| Mr.. Bauskett, defendants attorney, il Is a.
/ dercd that the judgment and sentence in the
above case be suspended pending said APP
peal. Further ordered. that a copy of this
order be served upon W. J.. Cathcart, sheriff
! of Richand county, 1t is expected that thore
! will be some new and mighty interesting de
! velopments at the next trial, if one is al
! lowed by the court
! Mack Shelton. white convict from Charles
! ton county, made his escape from the peniten-