The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-14


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board selected as the two other mem
ber5 OF the board u. r. Converse OF Spar
tanhurg. ana Senator n. J. kirkland Of
I Camden. The board viii meet some time
this week
First Lieut. John r. Wide. Of the United
states revenue steamer Lot n. Morrill, is
% Dee transferred from Charleston 10 the
Virginia division of The life saving sta
ton of which he viii be ia charge.
II IS announced that Senator Butler W.
>. IHomason and Joseph 4. johnson have
formed law copartncrshlp i'm Spartan
burg. Senator Butler VIII make his flu
tufJ nome mo spartanbnrg where his fam
10y has already moved.
Orangeburg's electric light plant was
sold 10y the sheriff on sales day, Tuesday,
under execution to p. A. Alden for
}93o'. The plant is valuable property,
but owing 20 the hard times" has not
been worry profitable investment
A commission has been issued for a
chartef TO the OakWaN Grange Store
company Of Cakway, Oceuee county. The
capital stock Of the company is to be
s9.u1. The corporatJrs named are. L. 4.
EDWARDS, Andrew Bcardcn and j. J. HUI
Tuesday night the depot "a Kersbaw was
struck by lightning. The depot building
and large amount of freight, and four
box cars loaded with merchant. Sc. We're
burned %othng was saved except what
was on the platform. which was rolled
OF and gotten out of the way of the FIRE
No cotton was lost.
The daughter Of Jesse Corhott of smith
Vile met with a tragic death last sun
Gay. She Was Standing near the fire
when little child. i'm a fr0lcsome spirit,
nut a broom I'm the fire. and then put
the blaze to the garments of the unfor-
tunatc young lady. Miss Corbcu. who
was about D. years Of age. was SO badly
burned that she lived only a few hours
Gov. Evans has appointed the histori-
/ col commission which is provide for under
"a
/ of the legislature. The commission as
/ appointed consists of. u. II. Tompkins
/ eN-omcio chairman Henry Mciyer. w
/ .; htnet w. a. CourtenoN. Prof r.
Means Davis and j. =. Tndal The
/ commission is expected 10 collect data
relating TO The history of the state
Last week n prominent manufacturer
/ from North Carolina was In Rock Hill
and ouered to take One-half the stock
. or q company formed for the manufaC-
I ture Of plug tobacco with a capital of
/ H1Vn. The offer was submitted TO a meet
ing OF the citizens and was seen ri once
. TO be too good TO be neglected. At once
I q committee was appointed and I'm a
4 short tlmc scventy-slN OF the hundred
shares were taken.
/ Gov. Evans has made another serious
cut in the matter of the COnstahles. It
/ may result i'm the withdrawal of some
~ the men, VINO are i'm the position for
the money there is IN ID. Orders have
been issued mat hereafter only 81 per
I day and actual railroad expenses will be
paid constablcs. No more board bills are
I TO be paid. Up to this time whenever
,ol9 lapits Went INTO n new territory their
noaid nllis were pAIa; nut under the ru!-
/ ing Of the new board that is thing of
/ 'le pas'
News has reached Marion Of the killing
/ of Malcolm Graham, respectable white
man hNins ~ the upper edge Of Marion
county near me North Carolina line. Re
port says mat one Gay during the recent
holidays Mr. Graham was drinking. He
went INTO ms own house in a state OF
lnt0NlFatI0n and went Glppn While
I asleep some hehdlsh parties went in and
4 poured Kerosene on his legs and in his
SHOES anu sel nun on nre, The man was
/ so badl} burned thal ne dled Few days
/ attcrward-
The work on the new peDitenttarv
building III Columbia which il ~ ~
used hv the hosiery mill has been 6n-
ished. ana Su3t. Neal has built a dne
house for The MIL. which viii enpioV
about 20o convicts The building is in
/ tended to be treprOof and has lust as
I little wood in il as possible. The new
and modernized machinery is now being
/ put in place The penitentary authorf-
ties have "a large lot of cotton on hand,
both ant Columbia and az their farm.
They are evidently holding it in the hope
of getting a better price
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Hlouroc iod6es' colored shot and in
4,alipy klltd ms itI new, Waterman
nedN es, AZ Marion ne" Gays ago. Hodges
Wa Wouuuel pretty severely IN the foot
ny hS3Nes' VINO used a shotgun 1t seems
Ihal h9ases accused Reayes OF stealing
tbe meat In ne voo5s 800 "a ~. ~ ~
,,9 - =, - t Ky NuGta ltt1l ilIS HpuSe ~
4 d{sn,te grcee a,nd ~ ~ 'liir 49, - ~
follovie5 :, ea,.te No. 1Ir1., ~, +, e nc
,-boret,,1-, IIo,Ieres ~. q, 49, - 49,
Reaves. the latter running about one
huuder wards and failing dead
'' "''N ''ii'-s "e@N'
mere was a ptCuIaI aCcldent at the
junction at Columpla w edneSday morn
ihS. ne result OF me accident was the
partial destruction OF Two Locomotives
g. Sl19 5orS tlJ''tS ~ r-IsIieer STaH o.