The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-26
sOrTH CAROLINA.

WA. Lee, IL. D., after lingering i'll
ness. died at his home at Abbeville FRI
day afternoon, in his 10Th year.
The cornerstone of the new Lutheran
church at Newberry was laid Wednesday
afternoon.
w. b. Lock had his left arm caught In
a cotton gin on his place, few miles
north of Greenvine, Thursday morning,
and the arm was broken between the
wrist and elbow.
The Columbia pharmacy was sold under
a foreclosure of mortgage at Columbia,
Wednesday, for $500. 1t was bought in by
w. c. Mcmillan for himself and others,
and will not be closed.
Thomas Slaughter, an employe in the
Charleston bagging factory, had his arm
crushed Wednesday in the machinery.
Slaughter was at work at the time. HIS
arm was amputated at once, and he is
expected to recover.
In the western part of Darlington
county night or two ago, r. E. Glatfield
shot with a pistol, and killed a lad aged
16. named Brooks McKinsey. Glattield
Immediately fed. The coroners jury
charged Glatfield with deliberate murder.
The Adams Cotton Company OF Charles
ton has been chartered. The capital stock
is $4,000 The officers are: Benjamin Adj
ans president and treasurer; Michael
Boil secretary. These. with Christian
Larsen and J. X. Blackman, are the di-
rectors.
J. ]. Muller of Sumter committed sui
eide Friday morning by shooting himself
in the head. Financial embarrassment
and continued i'll health caused him to
grow melancholy, and the supposition is
that in an aggravated At of dependency
ne took the rash step which ended his
life.
A commission for a charter has been
issued TO the Southern Loom Harness and
Reed Company of Spartanburg. The
company proposes to manufacture, repair
and furnish loom harness and the like.
The capital stock of the company is put
down at $4,000, and the corporators ASA
for the right to increase it to $4,000. The
corporators named are Charles r. VIII
lard, G. w. Hampton and T. j. Glasgow.
The Paris Mountain Land Company of
Greenville has been chartered the capital
stock being placed at $4,000. The object
OF the organization is to deal in real
estate and to build a railroad, either
steam or electric, from Greenville to Paris
Mountain. The corporators are: W. j.
Thackston II. c. Markley, 0. b. eagle,
W. #. Thackston, J. #. Richardson, A. G.
Furman, a. c.. Cover, H. ]. Haynes
worth. Frank Hammond OF Greenville; S.
NJ Grist, Yorkville, and S. f. Trowbridge
Of Piedmont.
There is living on Basil Renew's place.
near windsor. in Aiken county. an old
half Indian colored woman who claims
TO be lis years of age, having been born
on the 5th Of December in the year ITS.
Maum Judy, as she is called is in good
health, hale and hearty, and is remark
ably active for one Of her years. She Is
now living with her daughter who is 50
years Of age, and she has a grandson liv-
ing about 40 years old. She Is now cut
ding her fourth set of teeth. She con-
verses with case, goes about the place
and laughs and sings at Will
Wednesday Magistrate Charles J. Allen,
of Colleton county, who has offices ct
Ridgeville and Beach HILL specially dep
utized as constable Mr.. futile, a young
white man, to arrest John Baxter, ne
gro charged with a misdemeanor in fall