The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-14
SOUTH CAROLINA.


R. B. Anderson has been appointed post
master for Georgetown.
Only six business men of Sumter have
paid licenses this month.
The new Methodist Church at Greenwood
will be completed about the middle of
March.
The smallpox scare has reached Oats.
Two cases are reported, both colored boys
from the negro college at Orangeburg.
Gov. Ellerbe has appointed J. Frost Wal
ker clerk of the court for Richland coun
ty, to succeed the late E. r. Arthur.
w. Frank Harrell has received the APP
pointment to West Point Military Academy
from the Sixth district of South Carolina.
The time of meeting of the united synod
of the Lutheran Church in the South has
been changed from May IS TO May H. The
synod will meet in Newberry.
W. NJ. Hamer of Little Rock lost eighty
bales of cotton and several thousand
pounds of forage with his stable by fire
Wednesday. The loss is between 5000 and
$4,000.
tanburg county about fifteen years Elk
perience shows that they are well adapted
to the climate and that they are among
the best butter cows
Greenwood now has telephone connection
with Laurens, Cross Hill, Clinton, Ninety
Six, Hodges. Bradley, Verdery, Carnoaca,
and would with Abbeville If the proper
steps were taken by the two companies.
The issuing of city bonds for water
works and electric lights was taken up at
the last meeting of the City Council of
Greenwood and formally approved. The
denominations of the bonds has been
changed Instead of eighty $50O-bonds, for
ty 81 ,000-bonds have been issued.
The Secretary of State has issued COM
mission to j. D. Brondt, w. S. Rivers, A.
H. AIowry, Jr, ID. A. Cochran and w. F.
Fleming, corporators of the Charleston
Dry Goods Company. The capital stock of
the company will be $4,000 He also grant
ed permission to the Union cotton mills to
increase their capital stock from 100000 to
Sl,100,000.
For some time hands have been wanted
in the cotton mill at Fishing Creek. but
the operatives did not like to live in such
an isolated place. preferrlng to work in
the city mills instead of Fishing Creek
mill. But the smallpox scare in Charlotte
has furnished Fishing Creek with plenty
of hands. About thirty operatives arriv-
ed at Fishing Creek one day last week.
On Wednesday flames were seen issuing
from the steeple of the Lutheran Church
of Lexington, and before aid could be
rendered the building was in ashes in less
than an hours time. This church was
hnt af Na do q
bonfire of the previous one, the Masons
having joined in with the church people
| and used the second story for their meet
ings. AS consequence the loss is shared
by the Masons
Rev A. G. Harmon of Greenwood, one
of the Oldest and best known Methodist
| ministers in that part of the state, died
| at his home at Mccormick Monday night
| He was "A years old few days ago, and
| had been minister of the gospel for fifty
| years. He has three sons in the ministry
Presiding Elder c. t. Harmon of the
| South Carolina Conference Rev. j. A.
| Harmon of the South Georgia Conference,
and Rev. c.. G. Harmon of the oregon
! Conference.
A shooting affray occurred Tuesday at
Easley. fifteen miles from Greenville l..
| X. Kelly was shot several times by Prof.
school. which was attended by Kelly's
| son. The men had a dispute over the pay
ment of an incidental fee and on Sunday
| afternoon they met and fought. Langston
was worsted, and Tuesday morning the
difficulty was renewed, Kelly being wound
ed in several places. He is not seriously
hurt
Mrs. Matte Gill. a young married wo-
man from Olar, Bamberg county, was ar
| rested at Charleston Thursday by Sheriff
Martin, on warrant from the sheriff of
! Bamberg. charging her with being an ac-
| cessory TO the killing of Stark Wilson.
! Wilson was killed by Charles S. Zlssett,
who went to Charleston last week and
| surrendered. Zssett shot and killed Stark
| Wilson and dangerously wounded Stark s
brother, Pink Wilson. Pink, however, will
| not die from the wound.
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