The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-27

Allendale now has a farmers bank Capt J.
P. Gray Is president and w f. Brunson cashier.
Clemson College will open with over 400 stu
dents, and new applications are being received
daily.
A colored woman was run over by the train
near Aiken day or two ago and had both legs
cut off.
Anderson farmers are said to be preparing to
plant the largest cotton crop ever known in that
county.
Charles Cobb, an Edgeield well digger, was
punched In the eye by an umbrella and died
from the wound.
The old Palmetto hotel at spartanburg will be
torn down this summer and a handsome bust
ness block erected on its site.
The Arm of Moore & Wilson has been dis
solved by mutual consent. The business will be
continued by w W. Moore at Barnwell,
Aiken will have a system of water works In
few months. W J. Oliver has been awarded
the contract for building a standpipe and laying
water mains In that city.
At Spartanburg there are more applications
for positions at the cotton mills tnan can be
found places for. Some of the factories turn
away fifteen and twenty persons day.
Last Saturday night a colored woman named
Cards Williams, living on George Farey place.
near st. Matthew'S, fell into we'll while draw
ing water and was Instantly killed. She was
subject to epilepsy, and it is supposed that the
accident was caused by fit.
The first quarterly conference for the Walter
boro station of the Methodist church was held
on Saturday, March IS, the Rev. h. N. Wells d.
D., presiding, The church was found to be in a
healthy, prosperous condition, every depart
ment of the work being well looked after.
The election 60 determine whether Orange
burg should subscrbs the sum OF $4,000 to the
capital stock of the Manchester and Augusta
Railroad Company was held Thursday, TIE
vote in favor of the subscription was almost
unanimous, but three negative votes being
poled
Having nearly exhausted the large supply,of
cotton seed purchased during the winter the ST.
hon ilT r4faff
reported that st. Matthew's will soon take steps
to utilize its cotton as well as the cotton seed
and establish cotton factory within its cor
porate limits,
commodous building of that name, situated
near the residence of T. f. Dukes Of New Hope
township, OrangeburR county, was recel tlY re-
duced to cinders The origin of the fire is not
known, but is thought to have been the work Of
an inoendiary,
Manning johnson, young white man. was
run over and instantly killed about half mile
from Fairfax on the afternoon of Marcn 10 by "a
passenger train on the South Bound railroad 4 o
ing south. He was lying across one Of the rails
and the wheels struck him about the middle of
the body, severng him in two.
An accident, involving the loss Of horse and
wagon, with a fearfuly narrow escape, hau-
pened at the depot at Branchvile Wednesday.
Two cOlored women were IN the wagon and
they crossed the railroad at the main street
crossing. train of empty passenger cars,
hidden from their view, was backing down to
the crossing and caught them In an instant
the wagon was a heap of kindling wood, the
horse knocked in one direction and the women
thrown close TO the rails Their escape ap-
! peared miraculous.
Secretary and Treasurer ID. =. Duncan of the
national ailiance9 SAYS that in almost every let
| ter he is now receiving he is told that tue
alliance is not going to take any active part in
politics hereafter He said that in letter Just
| received from Virginia he is informed that the
! political Ratchet has been buried, and that the
| organization will not try to regulate politics
| This same sentiment. he says, is manifest
| throughout the alliance. and If the officers Of
the order can do anything toward il they are
| going to prevent the use of the machinery Of
| the alliance for political purposes.
Gov. Tnman has written to Senator Smythe
! authorizing the use Tor the phosph ateexhibtion
! at Chicago OF such part of the South Carolina
| exhibit as is nov al the Augusta exposition.
| There are numoer Of interesting ARTICLES IL the