The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-24
sOrTH CAROLINA


Fred ". Hutchinson, white man in
the employ Of Mr.. McCown. near Oar
Hngton. accidentally shot himself while
handling a gun Tuesday. The load en-
tered his right side and death followed in
a few moments.
A charter has been issued to the Ander-
son Telephone Company by Secretary Of
State Tompkins. also a charter to the
Walhalla Cotton Mills Company, the cap
ital stock to be $4,000. The incorporates
are: John d. Werner D. P. Robbins. J.
J. Norton, J. II. Holman. w J. Striblng.
c. W. Pitchford, w. A Strate and w. G.
Perry.
Walter J. DuBose of Cypress lost his
gin house. cane mill grits mill gin press
and lot Of machinery. three Jr four
bales of seed cotton and 800 bushels Of
cotton seed by fire Monday Several bales
of cotton lying around the gin house
were saved by hard work. Mr.. Du-
BOse's loss will be fully $1,000, with no
insurance.
The stockholders of the German-Amer-
lean Building and Loan Association of
Charleston men Thursday and organized
by electing a board of directors and adopt
ing bylaws, etc. The board of directors
is composed as follows: Henry Haesloop,
X. c. Stello, Arthur l.. Jones, II. W.
Fuseler w w. Simons. J. d. Lesemann,
J. G. w. Bischon.
J. o. Bryant Of Orangeburg was closed
out Thursday afternoon under the execu-
ton Of chattel mortgage held by Bry-
ant Bros. amounting to 50, 100 Mr.. Bry-
ant has been in business at Orangeburg
for a number of years and was consid-
cred very strong financially. There are
a great many claims against him now in
suit, and it is thought that his liabilities
are far in excess of his assets.
Farmers around Newberry are some
WI a ha Ia Nrr-
next year. and hardly know how to ar
range for their supply. Some OF them
are making contracts to pay the wage
hands in cotton, and on the basis of the
present low prices of supplies. They say
that they cannot afford to guarantee
wages in money, and that if cotton adj
vances the laborer will gain by the plan,
and if the staple goes lower with the next
crop he will lose along with his en-
ployer.
J. A. Williams of Chattanooga, a gentle
man who has been spending some days
at Charleston as a guest at the st.
Charles hotel fell down the elevator shaft
Thursday. Mr.. Williams. who is the
agent of a publishing house, had finished
breakfast and had been writing some let
ters in the smoking room. The elevator
had gone up to the third story and was
descending when it's occupants heard
groans which appeared to come from be-
meath them The elevator was stopped
and an examination made. Mr.. Williams
in a badly bruised condition was found at
the bottom of the shaft Had the ele-
Vator gone all the way down he would
have been crushed to death. AS il was
his head was slightly cut and his body
somewhat bruised. Mr.. Williams was un-
able to explain how he happened to fall
down the shaft
Mrs. Eliza Jones of Newberry was ac-
cidentally burned to death on Dec. Is. She
| had been quite an invalid since the death
of her husband Maj. Lambert J. Jones,
! in July last. Her son, Lambert w. Jones,
/ and family resided with her at her home
in East Main street during her declining
/ years. Mrs. Lambert Jones had occasion
/ to leave her room for a few minutes on
/ Saturday afternoon, and on her return
! she found Mrs. Jones PROSTATE upon the
/ floor with her hands clasped above her
/ head in the fireplace and in an uncon-
/ scious condition. The face was badly
! burned and her head also, with her hair
1 burned off, and her hands were blistered
/ terribly by the flames. 1t is thought that
/ she had an attack of weakness or faint
/ ness as she arose to go toward the fire.
| place for some purpose and fell forward
| into the fire. Restoratives We're applied
/ and physicians summoned. The Drs.
| James Mcintosh quickly responded and al
/ Ievated her sufferings to some extent.
/ She died on Sunday evening. Her chill
dren were all present at her death-bed,
/ Senator Mower, her son-in-law, Mrs. l..
w. White of Abbeville, her son, L. W.
/ Jones, and daughter, Mrs. T. c. Pool.
/ Mrs. Jones maiden name was McHardy
and she was a sister of the late Admiral
/ McHardy of England.