The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-09
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put to work on the prelmlnaries for the big
cotton factory TO be erected at Lockhart
Shoals near YorkVille.
A charter has been issued to the Desportes
& Edmunds Dry Goods and Clothing Com
pany OF Columbia, Of which r. >. Desportes
ana r. II Edmunds are corporators. The
capital stock is $4,000.
Gus Smith white man, was accidentally
killed sunday afternoon at his home on the
Stack place. about i've miles from Columbia.
He was killed by the collapse OF his house,
the timbers falling on him and crushing him
TO death
Friday night about 8 O'Clock, Ed. Way
young cOlored man who looks after the cleo
trio lights at Aiken, attempted to cut a live
wire and was Instantly killed. The wire was
down and he took hold Of ii to fix 1t. His
right hand was burned to a crisp. HIS left
was also badly burned, and large place on
his shoulder. He was about 20 years Of age.
commission for a charter has been issued
10 The Boys Clothing Company, OF Charles
ton The cOrporators OF the company are: t..
L. Steedmau William C. Miller and John b.
White, all Of Charleston. he capital stock
Of the company is TO be 5000, with which 1t
is proposed tOsconduct general boys and
youths clothing business with hat and fur
nishing goods department.
FRIDAY morning early the mangled body OF
Robert Carter. a negro emplOye on one Of the
Coast Line material trains was found on the
track In the yards OF the Coast Line system
at Columbia No one knew how he came to
his death for there were no eye witnesses. II
is supposed that he fell from the top of the
cars ofthe material train Thursday night when
the train backed into the yard for the night.
A commission for charter has been issued
TO the Chester NH Company Of Chester. The
oorpoFators Of the company are ID. A.
Thompkins. OF Charlotte Joseph Wylie of
Chester, s. NJ. Jones of Chester ands A. s.
Tompkins OF Edgedeld. The capital stock
OF the company is TO be 100000 Of which
SOS coo may be in preferred stock. This is
the mill property which was recently brought
In.
Monday afternoon. Craven Thompson the
H-yearold son Of Robert Thompson, acct
dentally shot himself about clock Young
Thompson WIS at his fathers blacksmith
shop, on Daniel John place, near Blenheim,
and was leaning on his gun. the muZzle point
occurred. What caused the discharge is not
known, No one was near him at the time.
The wound is considered fatal.
To morrow the state board of railroad
equalization will meet for the purpose of fix
ing the assessments upon the real estate Of
South Carolina for the ensuing four years,
The law requires each auditor TO have his
ABSTRACT OF real property on file In the
controller generals office by June 30. There
are three auditors in the state who have not
yet sent IN their abstracts They are the
auditors OF Barnwell, Greenville and Sumter
counties.
While the railroads of the state made an ex-
cellent showing with rega d to their earnings
during the month OF April. they seem to have
been catching IL during the month of May.
SO far twenty-one Of the thirty-fve railroads
IN tho state have filed their May reports with
the commission aud only seven out of them
oil show an increase In earnings. The largest
increase and about the only one worthy of
note Is that OF the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railroad IL shows an increase OF
s. i74.l4 or 23.S5 per cent. AS a sample of the
decreases the following are given: South and
North Carolina railroad, S7076, "a or 81. 80 per
cent? Wilmington Columbia and Augusta,
So HAS or 1924 per cent; Charleston and Sa-
vannah, Sl376l. IL or 1922 per cent; Florence
railroad, s7S277 or Go. The decrease of the
Charleston and savannah passenger earnings
was S5,24l.27 and for the Wilmington. Column
bia and Augusta the decrease in the same
branch of the business was S403665
James Hin, white, was killed Wednesday
while trying to make his escape from the con
Wet guards while the way to the peniten-
t1ary farm, aLout two miles from Columbia.
Tho guards, with gang OF about dozen.
started TO walk mp to the farm and followed
the railroad track, When near pine thicket
Hin dropped the rake he had and ran into the
cover Of the trees. Guard LaFar shot first,
but missed his mark. Guard Hardy followed
Hin and fired at him and the load of shot
stantly. No effort was made by the other
prisoners to escape. The coroners jury
which held the inquest brought in a verdict
that Hin came 10 his death from gunshot
wound inflicted by Guard Hardy while IN the
discharge OF his duty, Hin was received at
the penitenttary on March IS, from EdReheld
under sentence OF one year for larceny of live
stock. II is thought by the authorities that
there was a preconeerted plan among the
erty, but that Hill acted too quickly for the
others