The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-26
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Charleston Savings Institution has
filed notice with the Secretary of State
of the increase of it's capital from $4,000
to 100000
Maj. Louis Appel of Manning, Is being
prominently spoken of as a candidate for
Congress from the Sixth district Maj.
Applet is editor of the Manning Times and
a member of the State Senate. He has a
host of friends throughout the state.
Two young men, L. D. Burbridge and
Edward Pritchard of ST. Helena Island,
went out in a boat off Collins Point reefs
last Wednesday. Their boat was over
loaded with CLAIMS and was swamped in
the heavy winds, and both were drowned.
Burbridge's body was recovered.
There are now thirty-seven constables
on the state force. OF that number thirty
have filed their bonds with the state treas
urer, and the others are arranging to have
their bonds prepared Three of the bonds
have been held up so that the proper
revenue stamps may be attached, the
bonds having been sent to Columbia with
out the stamps.
Calhoun Alien, of Atlanta, fell from the
steeple of the Presbyterian Church at
Spartanburg Saturday morning, and
He was engaged in covering the steeple,
and started to ascend for some purpose
when he lost his footing and fell to the
ground, a distance of sixty feet. His con-
dition Is critical, but if his internal inju-
ries are not severe he may recover.
Columbia State: 1t is more than prob
able that at no distant day Georgetown
will be made an ocean port, This will be
gratifying news to the people of Column
bia who as soon as the Congaree i'm
provements are completed, will put on
their lines of steamers TO Georgetown. In
the probable development of Georgetown
are many business possibilities for the
rapidly growing center Of business of
South Carolina.
The death of Rev. VI. NJ. Boyd occurred
Saturday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Morgan. at Johnston, where he had
gone to celebrate his birthday. He en-
tered his 95th year on Feb. 4, 1900. He was
born in the eastern portion of Newberry
county and had spent nearly all his life
there as a member of the Methodist
Church. and he was the senior member
of the South Carolina Conference and the
Oldest preacher in the state, where he was
widely known and dearly beloved by a
large circle of acquaintance.
The Alumni Association of Wofford Col
lege; of which Capt w. E. Burnett is
president has determined 20 have a great
reunion of the alumni of this college, to
be held at Spartanburg in June during
commencement. AT recent meeting
number of committees were appointed
looking to this end. These committees con-
sist of the kind Of gentlemen who are
capable willing and anxious to make the
reunion a success. This will be the last
commencement in which present or former
students will see DR.. James II. Carlisle
as president of Wofford College, and II is
safe 10 predct that the attendance VIII
be larger than ever before at the well at
tended commencement exercises of Wof-
ford.
In the first sixty days of this year, says
the Manufacturers Record, 100000 was
pledged for the building of new cotton
mills and the enlargement of old ones in
South Carolina alone. the investment in
such enterprises being at the rate OF
$4,000 a day The movement, moreover
us equally strong in North Carolina"
nearly so N Georgia. and is very promis-
essee Mississippi and Texas. Ev-
cry cotton state Is at last
alive TO the great opportunity presented
to Il by its fieecy product II the present
pace be maintained fully 100000 more
spindles will be humming amid the cotton
fields before the year is out, and the i'm
dicatlons are that the pace will be quick
ened rather than slackened.
Aiken, the popular winter resort, is now
crowded 10 its very doors. Almost every
other man one meets is a millionaire or a
son OF millionaire. They all dress ana