The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-04
SOUTH CAROLINA

established at Charleston.
The new Spartan mill at spartanburg
is rapidly nearing completion.
Several new residences are in course Of
construction at Bishopvile, yet the needs
of the people cannot be met.
South Carolina boasts that It raised 1884,
700 bales of cotton this year, beating all
the other states in the number of bales
to the square miles under cultivation.
At Antrevlle in Abbeville county a
day or two ago John Curry shot and kill
ed James Saddler, both colored. The par
ties were brothers-in-law. Liquor seems
to have been at the bottom of the diff
Guilty.
| The town of Rowesville, in Orangeburg
county, recently held it's municipal cleo
ton, and the following were elected for
| the year: Intendant Thomas M. Dukes;
| wardens, Messrs Jacob Hildebrand, c.
e. Wolfe, w. c. Fairey and Robert Bax
| ter.
During the year now drawing to close
Gov. Evans has granted some sixty par
dons, and as under the constitution he is
required to make an annual report of the
number of cases in which executive elem
! ency has been extended, and the reasons
for such action, he is now engaged in pre-
pairing that document.
The annual meeting Of the Carolina Mills
Company's stockholders is appointed to
be held on Jan. 4 at Columbia. At the
coming meeting steps will very likely be
| taken looking to the commencement of
the work of erection of the proposed mill
A considerable amount of the capital stock
| has been paid in.
VIII Coatney shot George Carroll in
Edgefeld county Wednesday night with a
double barrel gun. the whole load pene-
| trating his face and putting out both of
his eyes. Carroll has since died The
shooting was done on DR.. Prescott's place
about eight miles east of Edgefield. The
parties engaged in the ARRAY were both
negroes.
The negroes held an emancipation. cele-
bration at Magnolia Friday A row start
ed in the afternoon and Simon Cooper
shot one Davis, killing him instantly
| Magistrate Goodman deputized six or
eight negroes to arrest Cooper, but he de-
| fed the crowd, and a fusilade of shots
were exchanged. Six shots were fired;
Cooper was shot three times, but was not
seriously wounded.
At Ii O'Clock Wednesday night fire broke
Darlington and spread rapidly. Several
stores were laid in ashes before the flames
| could be checked. The burned establish
ments are those of Strauss Bros, j. H.
| Early, the county dispensary, W. c. Byrd,
Boyd & Brown, Nettles & Nettles, Town
send & Floyd DR.. c. B. Graham and S.
Marco. The loss is placed at $4,000, with
| but small insurance.
Two years ago the clerks of one of the
stores at Sumter started a savings fund.
| paying so much each week, for year.
This proved so successful that last year
it was started again on a larger plan, and
on Jan. 1, over $1,000 was distributed
among the depositors. Another fund will
be started for the ensuing year. and
| thousand and seventy-hve shares OF stock
have been taken already, gain of eighty
five over last year. The first payment
| was made on Jan. 2.
In conformity with the law Capt Ezra
B. Fuller, of the United States army, Sew
| enth cavalry, has reported to the Adju-
| tant general at Washington the following
| names of students of the class that has
| recently graduated from Clemson college,
that have shown special aptitude for mill
| tary service. viz: r. f. Lee A. w Klugh
| b. +. Robertson, 7. S. Norman and J.
| M. Blaine, the names of the three most
| distinguished students being the first
| three in the above list.
Fire at IL o'clock Thursday night de-
stroyed two stores in the Trayham and
Dial block. adjoining the Bendella hotel,
at Laurens. L. e. Burns loss is about
$1,000 with 5000 insurance Trayham &
| Dials loss on the building is 81 800, insur-
ed. Davis & Roper, in the adjoining build
ing, with a $4,000 stock of clothing, lose
heavily by water. smoke and removal.
u oil kAtn d, 4
cred by insurance. Capt Clark of the no.
tel loses by removal of furniture, but is
insured.
When congress reassembles the Stokes
Johnson contest is to come up before the
committee on elections. This contest is
| attracting much attention not only
throughout the state but also in Washing
| ton, in view of the fact that when the con-
| test came up on the first election, congress
| declared that there had been no election
A second election was ordered in the dis
trict and 1t was conducted under the new
| suffrage clause and registration laws. Thus
it is that when the case is taken up the
new South Carolina election and registra-
ton laws are to be under fire for the first
/ time.
1t is now only a very few days before
| the converting of the general assembly in
annual session on Jan. IL being the date
of meeting. Inasmuch as the body is a
| new one, composed very largely of new
| timber, the coming session and its possi-
/ bitties are being more largely discussed
at present than anything else in South
| Carolina. The possible action of the body
in regard to the dispensary law is the fea-
ture of the session that is receiving the
| greatest attention from the people as a
whole. On every side the law is being
| discussed exclusively, and all kinds of
suggestions are being offered for its bet
| terment.
A commission for a charter has been is
sued to the Phillips &c Meyers Company.
of Charleston. The intention of the COM
| pany is to manufacture and sell clothing
| cloaks. hats and deal in merchandise gem
| orally. The capital stock of the company
| is to be 5000, and the corporators named
are A. S. Phillips and ]. M. Meyers. A
| commission for a charter has been issued
| to the Guendalos Rice Company. of
Georgetown. The intention of the COM
| pany is TO raise, sell and deal in rice The