The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-21
SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOUTH CAROLINA.
James Clarke. who lives on Sullivan's
Island, has disappeared, and there is no
clue to his whereab bouts.
The new county elections are to be he'd
on the 18th of the month. WILLIAMSON and
Honea Path both want to be county seats.
At Charleston a day or two ago win
| Hughes, a white man, shot and killed
Paul Novel;. colored, in a row over s
cents.
P. J, Voss of Atlanta has been elected su-
lights. at Newberry, at salary of $1,000
per year.
Miss Donella Griffith, a popular young
lady Of Denmark died day or two ago
from blood vessel bursting in her throat
while coughing.
Capt w. r. Hines, the general freight
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, at Flor
ence, died Thursday, after an illness OF
about ten days.
Gov. Ellerbe has been notified that Pres
ident Craighead and Prof Thompkins and
Wright have resigned their positions at
Clemson college.
The South Carolina State Teachers
Association viii hold its annual meeting
at Hotel Altamont, on the top of Paris
mountain, beginning June 80 and ending
sJuly 4.
| Owen Daily, Jr, son of Chief of Police
| DAILY of Columbia, accidentally shot HIM
self with pistol a day or two ago The
| ball entered about the groin and went into
the hip. He will recover.
The Cotton States Fertilizer Company
of Charleston, which proposed to organize
with a capital stock of 10000. has fled
notice with the secretary OF state that 1t
| had decreased its capital stock to 81, 4SO.
A petition signed by almost a thousand
| citizens has been forwarded to the post
master general, asking the doubling Of
| Coumbias mail carrier forces. With
| eighty-six miles of street she has four
carriers.
A commission for a charter has been is
sued to the Buford Street Land Company
of Gaffney. The capital stock of the
| company is TO be $780, and the general
purpose is to deal in real estate, stocks,
and the like.
-Four announced candidates are after
| Senator McLaurins position In the United
States Senate. They are James Norton,
| j. M. Johnson, T. b. Stackhouse and J. e.
Ellerbe 1t is not yet known whether or
not w. ID. Evans viii make the race.
The state railroad commission has
weared of getting the railroad authorities
to come to an agreement with reference to
| the union depot matter at Denmark and
| have turned the case over 10 the attorney
general to see If anything can be done.
A commission has been issued 10 the
Empire Mining Company OF Charleston.
The company proposes to mine phosphate
rock in the Coosaw territory. The capt.
tai stock of the company is 5000. The
| corporators are William b. Chisolm and
Robert G. Chsolm.
Sunday. July 10, Crawford Griffith, of
Upper Saluda, a bachelor OF Co years and
a quiet and highly respected citizen shot
and fatally wounded negro named
George Sattawhite, who fingered until
| Tuesday and died. The trouble arose over
the impounding Of a COW.
When Gov. Ellerbe orders a primary Ia
elect United States senator to III the un.
expired term Of the late Joseph II. Earle
Newberry will furnish a candidate or per.
haps more than one. Those mentioned
are State Senator George S. Mower, Hon
George tombstone, encouragement and
Ebert H. Aull.
During heavy wind and rain storm last
Saturday afternoon the saw mill recently
erected by $. NJ. Ward & Co. at Rich.
field plantation, near Georgetown. was
blown down, and one colored man, out OF a
number who had sought shelter under the
shed, was killed. No damage to mnchin.
cry or property beyond the building itself
was sustained, as the mill was not yet
ready to be operated.
Gov Elierbe has made the following an.
pointments to the South Carolina Medical
College at Charleston: First district Philir
Pnolcau, Charleston Second j. II. A
Whitlock, Hampton: Third. y. +. sloan
Clemson; Fourth Randolph =. Mullins
Greenviilo; Fifth, J. W. Floyd. Jr., Liberty
III; Sixth, J. d. Lewe.len. Friendneii
Seventh. Govan Horloy Rosses. All of
the appointments are new oNcept that Of
]. W. Floyd, Jr
The South Carolina and Georgia railroad
authorities have been endeavorlng for IN,
past three months to procure water 70,
q tank az Denmark. over five hundred
feet has been bored and no water ba,
been discovered. After boring a distaue,
or 10 feet great cavity has boen ala.
covered which extends for several miles
under Denmark and Is about 20 feet deep