The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-30

is turning out fine lot of shuttles for
cotton mills.
Chicago wants to get into South Caro-
line 10 sell fertilizers. The secretary of
state has resolved a request for informa-
tiou as 10 the regulations as to the sale
Of fertilizers from Armour & Co. of Chi
cagO.
The negro who murdered a white black
smith near Carlisle and put the body on
the Southern Railway track, has at last
been captured. He was caught on Mon
day and taken to Union, where he was
jailed.
Newberry received last Saturday its
share of the dispensary profits for the
quarter ending July 81 and Oct. 81. The
total amount was $i06.31, and il was paid
by the county board Of control, under
orders from headquarters.
About $1,000 have been sent by negroes
Of NeWberry to Birmingham to purchase
passage TO Liberia. How many negroes
are going from Newberry cannot be de-
termined, but many of them are in an
unsettled state Of feeling on the suffrage
question and do not know whittier to
one Of the first events Of the year to
mark Columbia's history will be the open
ing of the Epworth Orphana ge to the or
phan children Of the state. The Rev. Mr.
g. II. Waddels who was appointed SUI
Methodist conference, is now domiciled
orphanage.
Pilot and Buoy Master Addison A. VII
son reports a new channel across George
town bar. He and Capt. Springs of the
tug Congdon went to sea and returned
through the new channel on Monday on
the tug CongdOn, and found 1872 feet or
water in the new channel, a half hour
after high water, and there was probably
fully IA feet of water at high tide
The printers at Columbia are at work
on the brief of the state in the dispensary
case on which 1t is hoped to have the
federal supreme court decide the relation
aE he 10 20 int go
brief, with the statement of the case
DEGREES and other documents, will make
about forty printed pages It is the In
tentiOn Of the state authorities to push
the case to hearing just as soon as pos
sible.
The new hotel at Kershaw, owned by
DR.. Halle, and the residence of l., r.
Stratton, were burned Wednesday morn
ing. DR.. Halle, who occupied a room in
the wing OF the building, narrowly es-
capped, and Mrs. Stratton who had been
sick for over two weeks, had to be carried
out. DIR. Halle saved nothing. Mr. STRAIT
ton saved some furniture. The doctor had
about 81 500 of insurance, Mr.. Stratton $500
or $500. The loss is about $4,000.
The cotton receipts at Newberry for
the year ending Dec. 20 are 1906 bales;
the same period last year Ia, 345 bales.
The higher price this year on these re
ceipts has put 1926, 600 more money in cir
culation, counting $4,000 saved on this
years crop in fertilizers and other eco
nomical costs in production. This estimate
QOeS not Jake TITO account the IOtdI re-
ceipts for the county, as the increased
amount of money put in circulation must
be nearer the half million mark altogether.
There was a dance in the west end of
| Spartanburg Wednesday night, and the
negroes had a good time apparently.
l About midnight frolicsome young man,
| John Brown by name, about II years old,
was throwing torpedoes amongst the
/ crowd. Andy Thompson, Alex Richard
son and SampS Houser became angry and
demonstrated with Brown. Richardson
| struck Brown with his fist, when Andy
| Thompson drew his pistol and fired kill
| ing Brown the second shot. The three
negroes escaped.
| Ex-State Constable Jack Bladon was
shot and instantly killed by John Buzz
card In the Good Hope section of Edge
/ field county on last Tuesday. Bladon and
/ Buzzard have long been at outs. They
1 met in the road and Bladon opened fire
on Buzzard with a pistol shooting twice.
/ Buzzard returned the fire, using a shot
/ gun, loaded with buckshot. Four shots
pierced Bladon'S breast, and he fell dead.
| After the killing Buzzard waited by the
body an hour until some one arrived.
4 1t is expected that BuZzard will surren-
der himself.
/ Seabrook station, on the Port Royal rail-
/ road, Renty Wilson, colored awaiting the
return of his wife, who had been out all
night to a church gathering, spoke to her
roughly about it. when she arrived. and
/ ended the quarrel by shooting her A man
4 interfered to prevent him from killing his
; WlIes anu INeiiNy luIlleu upon the woman 5
would-be protector and shot him. In the
4 scufflS which ensued Renty was in turn
shot by someone standing around, and
died from the result of his wounds Thurs
day morning. The woman is also reported
as in dying condition.
Three new dispensaries will be opened
/ in the state with the new year. This will
make the number in the state ninety
three, and 1t is likely that 100 dispensaries
viii be in operation by the end of jan
uary. The growth of the system is giving
state. who insist that they are fighting
the sale of liquor as much as ever ana
/ that their crusade IS soon to be renewed
Some time ago II was officially announced
that the price of liquor sold through the
4 dispensary would be raised on Jan l. In
Z TO this time no order to that effect has
gone out, and no figures are being made
/ 10 average the proposed increase in prices.
| There Is every reason to believe that the
/ idea OF increasing prices has been aban-
doned.
Several commissions for charters were
issued at Columbia Saturday. A commits
sion was issued 20 the Carolina knitting
T Company OF GFeenViile. The capital stock
7 Of the company IL $500 and the purpose as
was issued 10 the Beverly Mining Com
pauy, with ~ main Office al Easiey. the
capital stock or the company D. 30 - so
90. a commission was ISSUED 10 he Good
I Company 81 lrcenyiile. The purpose of
The company ls 90 run general merchan-
I dise store The capital stock 0l me com
HauN if 3@" charter was isHuod "
I fho south Carolina Midland Company. The
company PROPOSES io Induce aeitiew fn
pAnN's property Iho romuuny barlue
] NHh a PAID 10 CauIful u gIlaal