The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-11
SOUTH CARoLINA.

A charter has been issued to the Rock Hin
Hardware Company. Of Rock Hin. The CAPT
tai stock Of the company is to be $1,000
1t is understood that a syndicate of north
ern capitalists has purchased the Saluda Cot
ton Mill. which has been in operation for
many years. The property is to be improved.
Mrs A. V, Eaves Of Bamberg, received
notice few days ago that her uncle, Parker
Matthewson. OF Inverness, Scotland, had
died, leaving her property valued at some
thing like 325, COO. II is sad that Mrs. Eaves
will give 81 600 of this sum toward building a
Presbyterian church in Bamberg.
Last Friday night about O'Clock Marion
Watson was. killed by Jim McClain. at
Ravenel's. Both parties are colored. They
were rivals, and McClain waylaid Watson
while coming away from the house of the
girl Lou Sanders, and killed him with rail.
Mccain made his escape. McClain recently
came to Ravenels, ana claimed to be from
North Carolina.
A commission for a charter has been issued
to the Charleston Hotel Company of Charles
ton, which proposes to conduct the Charles
ton hotel in Charleston or any other hotel.
The cOrporators named are: F. ID. Cart,
Samuel Lapham and Luther Lapham. The
which is to be divided into accumulative,
preferred and common stock The stock is
to be in shares Of 800.
Gov. Tillman has acknowledged the receipt
Of the interest on the direct tax money, about
which ne has been corresponding with the
treasury of1cials for quite while. The
amount is Sl791992 and viii be distributed
according to law. The treasury department
has already paid out directly from the inter
est fund due the state f9,497. The money is
paidthe state under the act which directed the
return OF the direct rax money collected
during the war
\ fatal shooting match was had between
Table Williams and Jim Wright. two young
negroes, last Saturday afternoon at a picnic
about two miles from Walhalla 1t was the
outcome of some old grudge. Both were
armed. and as the men met Williams drew
his pistol and began shooting at Wright, who
was hit twice, in the head and arm, before he
got out his pistol. Wright returned the fire
and shot Williams through the abdomen, in.
hieting mortal wound, from WHICH he died
this morning, Wright survives, and will
probably recover.
News has just been received from Green
vile of another serious shooting affair. On
Thursday morning, while all the male
members OF The family were in the woods
working. Mrs. Plumley was shot and will
probably die She is the wife Of Col. William
PlUmley, prominent and wealthy citizen
She saw a man on the hill above her house
and his movements excited her suspicious.
She went out into the yard and saw the man
run into the house. He took trunk con
tanning 1000. She ran toward the house, but
Just as she reached the door gun was fired
and a bullet struck her on one side, coming
ont of the other The man escaped. a posse
OF mountaineers was at once formed and he
was tracked around Hogback mountain
across the SalUGe, the trail ending at the
hoase Of Van Burwel. Col Plamely says
knew that he had money in the house. Tho
mountaineers say that If Mrs. Plumley dies
I the man who fired the shot will never get on
OF the mountains alive