The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-10


The Sumter telephone exchange was
burned out Tuesday by an electric storm.
The TIuman volunteers OF orangeburg
realized about SIS from Senator Tillman's
speech.
The Mason Electrical works Of Sumter
have been shut down for two weeks on
account Of the hot weather
The state dispenser at Chester Is charged
with shortage Of about 500 He has held
the position only one month. Investigation
is In progress.
Beaufort New South CVegro Republican,:
The man who is TOO short-sighted to see.
that an alleged white" republican party
can cut no figure in this country Is in "A
bad way indeed.
The barbecue Of the Richland volun-
teers, a crack company OF Columbia, on
Wednesday. at Hyatts park. broke up IN
a series of most disgraceful fights, shoot
ing and cutting matches.
Thursday night some one set fire to and
destroyed the distilleTy Of William Beck
ham. in the Sandy Run section. Of Lexing-
ton county. After firing the dlstillery the
adjacent woods were also fired. The loss
is estimated at 500.
In a pistol duel Thursday night. near
Greenville Clifford Richardson was shot
in the groin and George Spnlers was shot
through the abdomen. and It is thought
MORALLY wounded The account that T.
s. Smith, a resident Of that neighborhood
brought TO the city yesterday, shows that
both principals to the ARRAY were at fault
Columbia News: The new wire tie for
cotton that Col. Duncan Is testing has 80
far proven a mascot, and will no doubt
supplant the old fiat tie, which has so long
been used. II II proves to be all right, the
state farmers alliance will have won
their tight against the steel trust as sue
cessfuliy as they did against the jute bag
ging.
On Thursday evening the flag station at
the Highland Park hotel in Aiken caught
fire from the sparks Of the Coast /. ne train
and was burned down before the fire dc
partment could quench the fire. More ef-
fectual work might have been done, but
there was no fire plug In reach OF the sta
ton and the only way water could be got
was in buckets.
The eighth annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Bank OF Camden was held
on Monday evening. This bank has made
an excellent record during its existence
of eight years. The total amount loaned
during the period was 81 10000 and not a
single loss has been sustained. This not
only speaks we'll for the management of
the bank, but for It's customers as well.
The mass meeting OF democrats at Bluff
ton. Beaufort county. Thursday last,
marks the beginning of an innportant enocb
in county politics. and will be ever memoir
able as the first political campaign meet
ing ever held in Beaufort county in which
the object and desire was to forward the
election OF clean white democratic ticket
for county officers and representatives in
the general assembly Of the state.
Columbia state. Mr. n roial.ai,. - A,
b. 3. Ford Co., received two bales of
new cotton yesterday from Mr.. II. G.
Bates Of Wateree, weighing 40 and Ga
pounds, respectively. Both were packed
with the new wire tie and are unusually
heavy bales. They were thrown from the
wagon TO a low platform, a fall Of at least
three feet, without the wire ties giving
way in the slightest degree. This was q
good test or what rough handling the wire
fiat tie.
In 1890 II. d. A. Beimann. who was oper-
ating three government dlstilleries near
Walhalla, sold them to w. q latham,
who continued TO operate them up to 1892
when they closed down, containing at that
| time 4,99 gallons of liquor in the bonded
warehouses. These warehouses were burn
| cd IN September, 1894, and the government
charges that conspiracy was entered into
4 between the defendants, Beimann, the Ia.
/ thams, Lee billiard and others to remove
| the contents of these warehouses, fraud
| ulently dispose of the whisky and burn
/ the warehouses to conceal the fact of re.
| moval. The case Is now on trial in Green.
| vile. The testimony so far tends to show
/ that large quantity was removed some
1 OF 1t carried into Georgia clandestinely and
| some otherwise disposed of, but up TO this
! point the testimony has failed to connect
| the defendant, Beimann, with the act OF
| removing as charged.