The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-17
SOUTH CAROLINA.


Union is to erect a system of water
works and an electric light plant.
A bill has passed the legislature limit
ing the number Of hours a train hand
shall work to thirteen.
The state convention Of Christian En-
deavorers of South Carolina will meet in
Charleston this year from March 10 to y.
A charter has been granted to the Abb
beville Telephone Company. The capital
stock is $1,000. Warren Aiken was elected
president.
Two Mormon priests are in Charleston
working quietly among the people, ana
it is said have won many over to their
belief or doctrine.
The Warren Manufacturing Company is
soliciting subscriptions 10 a cotton mill,
to be built on the creek near Aiken juno
ton, five miles distant from Aiken.
Beaufort's cotton factory boom is in
successful progress, nearly $4,000 having
already been subscribed, and with the
realization OF 5000 more which is prom
ised from outside sources, building will
probably be begun in April or May.
The number of cotton mills projected in
South Carolina indicates that that state
will maintain the first place in the south
in cotton manufacturing. Mills will be
built in all parts of the state, from Beau
fort to the mountains, during the year.
Abbevilles cotton factory is receiving
new stock. H. P. MCGEE of Due West has
subscribed $1,000. The directors will order
the building commenced as soon as they
receive the design. They propose to erect
100000 mill and to have 1900 spindles.
On Saturday Clerk of Court Hankinson
took charge of the probate judges Office,
in Aiken, as provided for by statute. ana
will run the office for the benefit Of the
widow OF the late Probate Judge Arm
strong, IL is not known whether an cleo
ton VIII be ordered to I'LL the uneXpired
term or not.
Wash Owens. colored, who was to have
been hanged Friday at Laurens, was re-
spited by Gov. Evans until March 10. This
is the second respite for Owens he hav-
ing been originally sentenced to be hang
the February term, 1895, Of the sessions
court for Laurens county.
Monday afternoon, about seven miles
from WILLIAMSON, in Hopewell township,
8, A Richey an unmarried man about
3 years of age while working on his
pistol accidentally shot himself in the alb
domen, severing an artery, from the eff
feots of which he died within fifteen min
utes.
A commission has been issued by the
secretary of state to p. C. Smith, o. B.
Mayer, Ia w. Floyd, John NJ Kinard.
George w. Summer, Frank a. Wilson w
II. Hunt, as corporators of the CONNER
cial Bank of Newberry. The capital stock
of the bank is $4,000 divided into $50 shares
at the par value of $40 each.
A commission has been issued by the
secretary of state to the Anderson Tele-
phone Company. The capital stock will
be $1,000, with privilege of increasing it
to $4,000, divided into forty shares, with
privilege of increasing to 200 shares at
the par value of $25 per share. The com
pany Intend to do general telephone bus
mess in Anderson.
Spartanburg Herald: II Uncle Sam real
ly wants gold, he ought to call on Spar
tanburg. 1t is never safe to leave Spar
tanburg out of any calculation Last
week When the money tor the whitney
pay roll was taken from the Merchants
and Farmers Bank in the bank We're $500
in gold, 500 gold pieces, made from Spar
tanburg county gold.
A charter has been granted by the Sec
rotary of the state to the McColl Manu-
featuring Company of Marlboro county.
The capital stock is $l50,0O0, divided into
1900 shares The company intends to spin
and weave cotton and other textiles. The
rison, T. b. Gibson, J. +. McLaurin,
Charles Iceman, j. B. Lipkin.
Peoples Advocate: Sheriff Gaines little
son, Charles, aged 16 years, captured an
escaped prisoner last Saturday morning
near Piedmont, and on his way back the
prisoner jumped out of the buggy and
got away. But not to be outdone the little
fellow laid for him that night and got
him, and he is now behind the bars. He
escaped from Jail about year ago through
a heater of the cell.
| The citizens of Columbia are pushing
the matters of opening up the Congaree
river, and Congressman Stanyarn Wilson
| is lending a helping hand. He has ar
| ranged for a conference with the river
and harbor committee, and a delegation
| from Columbia will leave for Washing
| ton soon TO meet the committee. Con-
| gress will be asked to appropriate $3.50. 900
| for the purpose of making this river nav
| igable and it is hoped it will be granted.
Charleston News and Courier: This
week in Walterboro trial will occur in
the court of general sessions which will
be watched with interest by the civilized
world 1t will be the arraignment of the
| four white men charged with causing the
| death of two negroes at the now famous
| Broxton bridge, in Collector county. The
/ ed on the evening of Dec. 2, 1895, and. the
| story told at the time was about as fol-
| lows; Several months before ST. Nicholas
| church, in BarnWeH county, was broken
| open and robbed, a Bible and some pulpit
\ furniture being taken away. A young ne
/ gro named Isom Kearse, who disappear
! ed from the neighborhood about that time
| was suspected of being the thief He had
| become somewhat notorious for thefts and
1 had been suspected of burning a store
/ In some way four Barnwell men had
| gotten information that he was at his
| mothers home, near Broxton Ford and
| they went over there. These men got two
men from the neighborhood to assist them
| Then they went to Isom's house They
| found him just coming out of the door
! The party took the negro, put a rope
around his neck and tied him behind
| their buggy and drove to the ferry, two
| miles away, very rapidly. The poor negro
1 kept up as long as he could, and it is said
that finally he fell and several times was
/ dragged along. On the way two of the
party were sent back to get the negros
aged mother, 'Old Mauma Hannah, and
his young wife, girl about II years of
age who had a five-months' -old infant
AT the ferry the party held up and await
ed the arrival of the detail. When the
women arrived none of the three would
or could tell anything about the church