The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Charleston's fertilizer trade is immense
The Catholics of Georgetown viii soon
erect a church
Columbia will have a fremen's tourna-
ment next spring.
The Aiken Bicycle Club will have race
meet on March 8.
The quarantine at Newberry has been
raised and the suspects at the pest house
released.
The twenty-hrst annual state convention
of the Y. NJ. C. A. will be held at Col
umbla, Feb. 1O-1s.
Another case of smallpox has develop
ed at Fort Motto. The victim is a COL
ored school teacher named williams.
Many of the sweet potatoes in York
county are rotting in the bank and seed
will no doubt be very scarce at bedding
time.
The Camden cotton mills are reported to
be selling all they can get off the looms
The looms will start running night and
day in February.
The Secretary of State has issued a char
ter to the Central Phosphate Company. Its
business will be the mining of phosphates
and preparing the same for market
Gov. Ellerbe appointed William F. Rus
sell as auditor for Kershaw country to
succeed J. r, Drakeford deceased. Mr..
Drakeford committed suicide a few days
ago
The Rock Hill telephone exchange is
preparing to make connections with
Chester Rock Hill will then be connect
ed with Winnsboro, Columbia, and thence
to Augusta.
Artesian wells are becoming numerous
I'm the Pee Dee swamps. in the lower part
of Manning county. Down there good
flowing wells 200 feet deep can he had at
a cost of So
The Clemson College authorities are
taking every precaution to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of smallpox there. The ca
diets were Naccnated several weeks ago
as were the citizens of the town.
An effort will be made to secure an an
preparation from Congress to restore the
fine library destroyed by Sherman and his
army in their march through Cheraw, be-
longing to the Cheraw Lyceum Associa-
ton.
Two little negroes were playing on James
l.. Moss plantation near Yorkville, last
Monday, about an old stump. One of
them rested his hand on the stump and
the other came down with an ak and took
off two fingers.
The Secretary of State has granted a
charter to the Brown Crockery Company
of Charleston. The secretary also granted
an increase of capital stock to the Excel
siol knitting mills of Union. The stock
has been increased to $4,000.
Tho Eraapx,ii1a C,oDxoa, 4to,, &c A..
copal Church will convene at Newberry
next Wednesday, with services on Tues
day evening preceding Bishop Capers will
be present. The session will last until Sat
urday, with services on Sunday following.
The Charleston shoe factory was sold at
auction Thursday. The property brought
the upset figure, $1S,SO0. it having been bid
In by s. s. Solomons. The sale included
not only the manufacturing plant, but the
stock of goods on hand, raw material, ac-
counts, etc.
The President has nominated the fol-
lowing postmasters in South Carolina:
Milus r. Carroll, Carp, York county vice
j. A. Hogue. resigned; Harry e. Jeffries,
| Gowdeysville, Cherokee county, vice
| Pierce Y Poole, resigned; James D. Rog-
! ers, Guyton, Anderson county, vice A. Il.
| Browne, resigned.
| On the 23d instant, in Rowell Township.
Marion county, Dick Cox, white, was shot
and killed by John Beln. Col. Cox and
some other men had gone to Belin's house
! to arrest him. On reaching the house the
! posse called upon Belin to surrender, but
| instead of doing SO he endeavored 10 es-
cape through the rear door Cox was stand
ing near the door, and Belin, on seeing
| him, shot him down. Belin escaped but
| ranfIJrpd Thursday %
lynched by crowd of 200 men.
An attempt was made Friday to rob the
safe in the freight office of the South Car
DINA and Georgia Railroad, at Columbia.
Mr. Parks, one of the employees, left the Of
flee in which stands the safe, and went
into an adjoining room. Returning he
found man bending over the safe. and
after a chase, succeeded in overpowering
him. The robber offered to give up the
money II turned loose, but Mr. Parks re-
fused, and sent for the police On their ar
rival several supposed tramps standing
round aroused suspicion by fleeing and all
except one were captured after a long
chase. Their names are Earnest Hum
phrey, w. Ii. Moore, James Robinson and
Frank White.
Two cases Of more than usual interest
have recently been decided by the Supreme
Court adversely to the defendants on the
apeals taken which were dismissed
r. Fowler, convicted Of forgery, has been
taken to the penitentiary. Fowler is the
| Presbyterian preacher who shot off both
his hands at different times and sued the
insurance companies for the amount of
! his accident policies. He was convicted
Of forging the names Of j. d. and NJ. w
| Harris of Elberton. Ga, to two notes. and
his sentence is three years. The appeal in
the case of r. f. G. Hoitzclaw, convicted
of embezzling funds placed in his hands
as dispenser, has also been dismissed, and
| unless Holtzclaw pays the fine of $500 he
will have TO serve nine months in the pen-
| itentiary.
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