The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-02

OF the fire IS believed 10 be accidental
The loss is Sl,Oo0 TO Sl.5ol
The Columbia Mills Company are now
unloading large quantities Of new machin-
cry arriving every day. The new power
house is already we'll under way. The
Tor operatives cottages. and will build at
once from fifty to sixty new houses on
their property in BrOOkland.
Bids are to be opened on March II. for
the Abbeville cotton factory, after which
the bids will be submitted TO the archi-
tects' Messrs. Lockwood & Greene. for
an expression of their opinion. as TO
whether TO accept or reject The direc-
Tors are building a $4,000 mill-l2000 spin
dies and the requisite number OF looms.
At a special meeting Of the board Of
trustees Of the Furman University. held
in Columbia on Wednesday, II was unani-
mously decided to make application to the
American Baptist Education Society for
an appropriation OF $1,000 toward endOW-
ing the university. The donation Is TO be
conditioned upon the raising Of $4,000 ad-
ditional in South Caroline.
At Walhalla, Saturday. Lawrence G.
Doubt and Rolet S. Rutledge were ac-
quilted of the murder of Earle W Cain
Cain was killed by Doubt while he was
being arrested for violating the liquor
law The case consumed two days, but
the jury stayed out only a half hour
Doubt is son OF the county sheriff.
Jim Price. a 12-year-old negro boy liv-
ing with his parents in Columbia was
kidnapped by four men, being seized and
thrown into a covered wagon and his life
threatened III he cried for assistance.
About IA miles above Columbia, while the
men slept sOundly in a drunken stupor, he
cut his way out of the wagon and tramped
back to Columbia. The men are white and
supposed TO be Illicit distillers.
The tobacco industry in South Carolina
will be pushed this year. The farmers
in Florence, Darlington and neighboring
counties VIII plant more extensively than
they did last year. Many will probably
try the weed as a money crop for the
first time. The town of Florence Is pre-
pairing 10 build two more prize houses
for the buyers to use for storing their
The weather bureau at Columbia re-
ports much difficulty in securing cotton
seed for replauting in sections OF South
Carolina and Georgia, where growing cot
ton was destroyed by the late severe
frosts. Where seed could be secured, how
ever, the process of replanting is well un-
der way, and with no further unnaturally
low temperature the cotton crop will not
be materially cut of.
The secretary of state has issued a COM
mission to the Merchants Exchange Bank
of Allendale. The capital stock of the
bank will be $4,000. A commission was
also issued to the Barnwell oil mill of
Barnwell The capital stock of the COM
pany is $4,000. The company intends TO
manufacture oil. cotton seed meal or any
product of Gotten seed, to gin cotton and
also to manufacture fertilizers Of every
kind.
A few days ago a member of the board
of trade of Columbia received commu-
nication from Congressman Stanyarne
Wilson telling of a bill that he had intro
duced in the House in regard to the open
ing of the Congaree river from CRANKY
to Gervais street. 1t was stated therein
that If the board of trade would select
committee to go before the committee on
rivers and harbors Of the House posi-
bly, some good might be accomplished.
The new cotton mill at Union is be-
ginning to assume quite an imposing APP
pearance. The third floor is laid and 1t is
even with the fourth floor of the old mill
and 1t is only half finished, and will be
as high again. The main building will
be as high as the tower Of the old mill. 1t
is getting TO be a big affair. Some idea
can be had of its size when il is learned
that the floor space of this mill will be
one million and sixty thousand feet. 1t
is something enormous. II has been de-
cided to build the stack 225 feet high in
stead of 200.
Tuesday afternoon a few miles from
Greenwood a difficulty arose between
three farmers. Henry Hunter, Bill Ander-
son and - Hinton. over the blocking of a
neighborhood road by Hunter, which led
by his house. Hunter said he would shoot
the first man who knocked down the OBJ
struction. Anderson cleared the way with
his AK, when Hunter put a load of No. 2
shot in Anderson's hand and leg. Young
Hinton then fired from the wagon at
Hunter and Hunter fired on Hinton, but
both missed. The fued started two years
ago about some watermelons.
Sam d. Page. who lives in Aiken coun-
ty, sold his interest in the large chalk
bed on one of his places called the Gregg
place, to Robert McMamee for $3.50. A
party consisting of Cal and Cary Lamar
and G.. r. Landrum have just opened up
a chalk bed which is called The Immac-
ulate Bed" This bed of chalk is four
teen feet thick and is of the purest white.
1t is considered one of the finest in that
section. These gentlemen are now building
a large dwelling house, stables and small
houses for the hands This viii make
fine plant. railroad spur will be run
from Langley to the bed. All the latest
improved machinery will be put to work
on the bed.
Forest fires have been raging for the
last day or two in various parts of Oconee
county, burning over several hundred
acres of ground and causing much de-
struction of property. Thursday night
barn on the farm of r. T. Jaynes, near
Walhalla, was destroyed by fire with sew
eral thousand bundles of fodder and much
corn, which belonged to John oliver.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Meares, five
miles south of Walhalla, was burned about
noon Thursday. also all outbuildings,
with their contents. All household and
kitchen furniture was burned with $3.50 in
money The fire was caused by defective
stove fues. Some time Thursday night
the home of Oscar Roach, a few miles
north of Waihallas was burned. with all
contents Nothing was saved, as the fam
fly were not at home. Cause not known.
The dwelling of l. c. Alexander, who
lives near Walhalla, was partly destroyed
by fire a few days ago. News reached
Walhalla Thursday that two other houses
in the eastern part of that county were
l,,,r,ned WadnasdaY nieht- caused nv fire