The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

N B. Dial was elected mayor Of Lau-
rens on Tuesday.
An effort is being made to reorganize a
/ Young Mems Christian Association in
/ Spartanburg.
The physicians OF Greenville and
! Greenville county have decided to form
/ medical association.
The secretary Of state has issued a com
mission to the Manhattan Investment As
/ ISOLATION of Camden
charter has been issued TO the Cam
| den Press Brick Company of Camden.
| The capital stock Of the company is
$4,000.
An issue of $4,000 OF school bonds was
sold at Anderson Friday to Col. j. n.
! Brewer. a local capitalist at "A premium
Of 3A per cent
new postofice has been established at
Rose hin, In Kershaw county, with r.
Alexander as postmaster. The office Is TO
be known as Rural
Capt. A. W. Oakle Of Aiken has Sc
cured the names of thirty-hVe young men
who have enlisted for two years under
the new militia law.
A commission for charter has been
issued to the Cheraw Knitting Mills Of
Cheraw. The commission announces that
the capital stock of the company is to be
$4,000.
Two well diggers, Philip Green and his
son, were horribly mangled by prema-
ture explosion in well at Central
Wednesday. The younger Green died
In a precarious condition.
DR.. James A. Devore. one of the Oldest
and wealthiest citizens of Edgefeld. died
a few nights ago. He leaves three chill
dren, James A. Devore, a prominent mem
Der of the Edgefield bar; Dr. Preston De
wore and Mrs. DR.. Seth Butler
An election on the question Of dispen-
sary or no dispensary was held at York
willie Saturday with the following result:
For dispensary, 93i no dispensary, l76;
majority against dispensary, 49, OF the
269 votes polled, 1877 were white and 1872
negroes.
Adjutant John Earle is endeavoring
to organize in Greenville, a gatling gun
SQUAD to enter the militia service OF the
state. He has been fairly successful so
far and has strong hopes of forming one
of the best and most efficient organiza-
lions in the state.
Col. James A. Hoyt of CreenvilIe has
accepted an invitation from the Ameri-
can Baptist Publication Society to deliver
an address at the anniversary NEE ting Of
that organization, which IS to be held at
Saratoga, n. Y, on June J. The cOlport-
age work of the society is the theme to
be discussed.
w A. Adams. a student of Wofford Col
lege in Spartanburg, fell from the second
story of the alumni hall to the first floor
Tuesday afternoon. MI Adams was run
ming around the han to keep some OF the
boys from catching him when he fell over
the ratings. II Is feared that the young
man is fatally injured internally.
The trial of Steve and Mitch Howard,
two young white men who killed L. s.
Pittman, In February, 1894, in the Dark
Corner, at Greenville, ended Saturday
with verdict indicted. with a recon-
mendation to mercy Under the new law
ment. A motion for new trial was en-
tered
]. w. Reece, deputy United States mar
shall. arrested Thomas Bussey in Edge
field on last Wednesday. Bussey is
charged with burning the government
warehouse at Modoc, together with 1850
gallons Of whisky He said at prelimi-
sey on Thursday, Isaac Ryan told him
that a certain man offered him S25 to
burn the warehouse.
The secretary of state has issued com
mission to N. A. Shirley Of Neva, and J.
w Shirley of Townville, as corporators
of the ID. Benford Company of Calhoun
Falls the object OF which is TO 90 a gem
erai merchandise business. The capital
each A charter has been granted to the
Newberry Manufacturing Company, which
proposes TO do general lumber business.
cotton bill ninety-four years old is
owned by J. l. Epps Of Newberry county.
1t was made out in 1901, for nine bales of
cotton, sold by John Epps to John Nc
Dowell, the bales weighing a total of res
pounds at 2Sl5c, or bringing the seller
$500 20 A bill of goods attached TO this
old bill has an item of three barrels of
sugar at Is CEN per pound, and one bag
OF cOIee at 70 cents per pounu. Another
old cotton bill was made out in 1862, and il
showed a decline in the price of cotton
from 2Si2 TO II cents.
Commissioner Mixson announces that
after this there win be a uniform price
for alcohol to druggists and general con-
sumers. 1t will be sold at the dispen-
saries throughout the state to anyone
at the rate Of $3.50 per gallon, 80 cents
per quart, and 40 cents per pint DRUG.
gists can, however, send vessels to the
state dispensary and, by buying not less
than five gallons. get their alcohol al
81. so per gallon. The purchasers win have
to paw express charges both ways This
offer is only available to druggists.
George Harrison shot and killed Georgia
Blackwell, his brother-in-law. near Roll
ing Springs, eight miles from Spartan
burg. Harrison had used very abusive
language to Blackwells wife He also
struck her, according to one witness
Blackwell was in town. and on his return
home his wife Informed. him of Harri
sons conduct. He went out with a gun
TO hunt Harrison. They soon met ana
Harrison shot Blackwell in the side with
a musket loaded with shot. He lived
until Friday morning and died Ii is
said that Blackwell was trying to shoot
Harrison
The More Money party which has is
sued hundreds of circulars upon the mon
ey question, has sent a lot Of the circu-