The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03

creased from $4,000 to $4,000 and the
Plant enlarged.
DIR. j. l.. Ancrum has bought the build
ing at Abbeville known as the New hotel
II is understood that he will make a num-
Der OF improvements upon it. and that
he will make it one of the finest hotels in
the up-country. He paid $1,000 for it.
The Hub" a clothing store at Spartan
burg, run by Abe Schultz, has become
temporarily embarrassed and was closed
by order of Judge Townsend Thursday
The proprietor states that he viii be again
open for business within the next 10 days
At Coronaca Tuesday morning. about
daylight David Aiken's entire stock Of
goods, valued at 5000. was burned. In
surance, $1,000. The building. which was
valued at 5000. belonged 10 Klugh Bros.
and was uninsured. The origin of the
fire Is unknown.
About the first OF January the state dis
pensary Will have paid into the stale treas
ury $4,000. which viii be available for the
public schools Of the state. The stale
board of education will meet during the
month of January and the money will be
divided among the various counties.
While travelling in buggy on his way
home from Saluda county. whittier lie
went last Saturday to convey his brother
10 his fathers home John r. Ruff OF
Newberry was accosted by two men. about
two and half miles from town, in the
public road, and relieved of SO in cash,
his watch, his keys and all his pocket
trinkets
The Victor MILL Greers, is building an
addition on the 100000 additional stock
that was taken in last fall. The company
Will take steps to increase the capital
stock a the stockholders annual meeting.
1t is the purpose of the management TO
push the plant to $4,000. The mill is
working most satisfactorily. The factory
is in Spartanburg county.
Estimates are now being made for the
tax levy that the next general assembly
viii have to impose. 1t is not yet known
what revenue will be necessary, but Con-
troller General Eptom, who has the figures
at mana, IS not able to see any possibility
of getting the levy below mills and the
Likelihood is that it will have to be a still
higher rate in case it is decided that the
detic't had better be liquidated,
While coming TO Yorkville on the south
bound Carolina and Northwestern passen-
ger train, the other night United States
Deputy Marshal r. II. Dobson ran upon a
negro with a key containing six and one
half gallons of unstamped whisky. He
told the negro that he was a prisoner;
but the negro figured otherwise and at
the first opportunity jumped off the train.
Deputy Dobson took charge of the whisky.
The new bicycle path at Aiken has been
completed to the golf links and is pro-
nounced very satisfactory by the wheel
men. The bui der of the track w. c. Whit
ney, has now decided TO have IL extended
from the links on to Mr.. Summerall's mill,
and from there a,ong The Pine Log road
to the Mosely gin, returning to Aiken by
way of the direct road TO town and South
Battery street. This plan, if carried out,
will give a track six miles long.
The head of an unknown negro boy was
found near the water tank of the railroad
station at st. Georges Tuesday morning.
the body was about two miles further
down she road; on the body was found a
bill from Columbia cotton oil mill showing
that he had sold cotton seed there last
week 10 amount of $t.30 The name on the
bill was A. Washington. The verdict of
the jury was Death was accidental and
no blame 10 be attached TO the railroad 1t
is supposed he was beating his way"
Col J. C. Gibbes of Columbia, who has
book published in 1880, which gives plenty
of evidence of it's age besides the line tell
ing the year it came from the printing
press. Its title is "Origines Juridciles''
| and its author was Sir William Dugdale.
a Knight of the Garter. The book has
been in the possession of the Gibbes fam
lily for many wears. 1t gives sketchy
history of law and courts in England Col
Gibbes has opened correspondence with
officials of law libraries in England. hop
ing to sell the antique volume at a good
price.
Lewis Zimmerman, a wealthy bachelor,
aged go, of Charleston, S. c., and Mss SteI-
la Smith, aged 81 were married Thursday
night al Woodlale, u miles north of Yer
sailes. They had never met until Wednes-
day. Zimmerman, who is vice president of
the Columbia Bank at Charleston, reputed
10 be very rich has been making periodi-
cal trips to Kentucky to buy pedigreed
trotters. In October while a guest of
friends near Woodlake, he stated that he
was very anxious to marry some Ken
lucky girl, and requested his friends to
help him. After Zimmerman returned TO
his southern home Miss Smith was told of
his wish and in spirit of fun consented
to correspond with him. Finally she ac-
cepted her elderly suitors offer of mar
rage. According to appointment Dunner-
man reached Kentucky Wednesday night
and at o'clock Thursday evening the
marriage was celebrated. Mr.. and Mrs
Zimmerman left Immediately for a bridal
trip