The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
sOrTH CAROLINA.

| SOUTH CAROLINA.
| Charters have been issued for the
Charleston Cotton Mills and the Summer
vile Electric Street Railway Company.
The Gates Company of Greenville resum-
ed operations. after a suspension of two
| years. The plant is now owned by G.
A. Norwood.
! Rev. S. P. McElroy of Due West and
Prof J. NJ. Knight of Abbeville have been
| appointed on the board of examiners for
Aboeville county.
AT Swansea a day or two ago negro
named Hiram Jones. while carelessly
handling gun. shot himself in the neck,
being killed instantly.
There are 800 white women in the state
hospital for the insane under treatment.
1t is the largest number that has ever
yet been in the institution.
William E. Nickel, a prominent mem
Der of the bar from South Carolina, has
been appointed instructor in law at the
University of Pennsylvania.
The Edisto Rifles Of Orangeburg are
making arrangements to attend the Ten
nessee exposition in July. The company
Will spend three days in Nashville.
Eleven farmers of Pelham Mills section
are suing the Pelham factory for dam
! ages aggregating $4,000 their suit being
based upon the fact that two years ago
| the factory's reservoir after a storm was
turned loose upon their growing crops.
In the lower part Of Greenville county, a
few nights ago. a negro boy while care
lessly brandishing revolver, shot and
Killed his half brother. The bullet enter
ed under the right eye and passing through
the brain, caused almost instant death.
Wednesday the state board Of control
| decided that it-could and would put aside
for the credit of the general fund $40, 900
| per month, but that the money would not
De paid into the state treasury at this
time, as the state has a good deal of cash
on hand.
An election was held on Saturday to
decide whether the city Of Spartanburg
should appropriate $4,000 for the erection
of a public school building to be known
! as the Spartanburg high school, A very
| light vote was polled but very few SEEM
ing to be against the appropriation.
John Freeman, of Picl1ens county, was
drowned in Saluda river Tuesday after
on the bridge and plunged off, dragging
him with them. Jack Byrd, negro, who
| swan to his rescue, was also drowned
| Their bodies were soon recovered. The
team was also drowned.
The people of a large part Of Kibler
township in Edgeheld and Cedar Springs
in Abbevine want to join hands with
! Greenwood county and have asked for a
special election at which they may vote
| to decide whether or not they can go TO
| Greenwood county. The papers have been
examined and the election will be or
| dered.
Assistant Attorney General Townsend
has decided that where the lines are diff
ferent that a new county project that
has failed may be voted on. Salem coun-
ty failed some time ago, and now the peo-
PIE living in that section want to change
the lines materially and try again. 1t Is
| decided that they can try again under
such conditions.
~ The secretary of state has issued a com
mission to the Chicora Kaolin Company,
the principal place of business of which
| will be near Langley in Aiken county
where the mines to be worked are located
The corporators are Thomas J. Davis ana
L. ]. Parker, who reside near Beech Is
land. The capital stock is to be $500 di-
vided into shares at 800 each.
A verdict of $500 was rendered against
Marion p. Reese in favor of the estate Of
Charles T. Williams in the court of COM
mon pleas at YorkVille Wednesday. The
suit was brought by J. II. Riddle. admin
| istrator. Reese was recently convicted Of
the murder of Williams, and suit for dam
ages was accordingly brought The de-
| Tense has moved for a new trial.
The Second Associate Reformed Pres
! bytery met las, week at Bethlehem church
in Abbeville county The presbytery ceIe.
/ brated the 250Jh anniversary of the ado3>
| ton Of the Westminster confession az
/ fai.h. Addresses were delivered by DR..
| w. M. Grier and f. Y. Pressly and Wal
ter S. Miller. This presbytery includes
the Georgia Associate Reformed churches.
A commission has been issued to S. w.
Wilson, Ike Long and N. J. Rives of
Prosperity, H. DeWalt and CASTOR John
| son of Fairfield and Nathan G.Hard and
| w. B. Reeder of Newberry as corporal tors
of the Social and Benevolent Society of
| Prosperity and Blythewood. The purpose
Of the organization is ito care for the
sick and bury the dead of the members
and their families"
It looks as if there will be trouble about
a tax levy for Cherokee county. 1t
| appears that there is nothing about TAX
levy in the general supply bill and an
| investigation of the special act creating
! Cherokee county fails to make any pro.
| vision for the new county. The matter
will be referred to the attorney general
20 decide what can be done to raise rev,
enue for the running of the new county.
DR.. Will r. Simpson of Rock Hill has
a very valuable selection of curios, con-
sisting of thousands of Indian arrow and
spear heads gotten from the Catawbas.
grandfather" clock, old muskets and
dueling pistols and many other reminders
of the past. His most valuable specimen
is a pistol which was once the property of
of Andrew Jackson. He has been invited
to place his collection on exhibition at the
Womans Exposition of the Carolinas in
May.
The dogs in Manning are having a hard