The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Gov. insolvency has information that
smallpox has appeared at Broxton
Bridge, in Colleton county. He has notife1
Or. Evans to take charge. Notwithstand-
ing the frequency of these reports the
disease docs not seem to be very fatal.
Laurens is to have another bank.
Messrs N. y. Dial and w. E. Lucas of
that city and one or two prominent
Charleston capitalists are at the head Of
the enterprise which Is in itself an as
surance OF the successful operation The
capital stock VIII be $50 600, and a char
ter will be applied for in a few days.
The farmers of Greenwood county. in
mass meeting assembled, decided Thurs
day to fight the fertilizer trust so-called
II was decided not TO use any acid phos-
phate or other fertilizers for the ensuing
year, and also to have another public
meeting on The 10Th inst. Mr. T. e. Gra-
ham, county auditor. and president of the
county alliance, presided
Supt. Griffith of the state penitentiary
has completed the financial portion of his
annual report, and has paid $4,000 into
the state treasury. He announces that he
has on hand in cash and cotton unsold and
bills collectible the sum of S. 450. 2S He
also states that plenty of corn, etc. has
| been made this year 10 supply the stale
farms for another year
The total receipts of the state from the
royalty on phosphate during the year lust
closed were s39,0i2s0 The total amount
| of phosphate mined in South Carolina dur
ing the year was 12l,O73 tons. an lncrea Sc
| OF H,75S tons over the year before The
| royalty charged by the state is 25 cents
! per ton where the price is not over 50 Der
| ton. When the price Is higher than that
the state gets an extra amount.
A very large and enthusiastic meeting
of the business men Of Seneca was held
Wednesday night. at which the subscrip-
! ton 10 the proposed 100000 cotton mill
was completed, and the mill is now as
| sured. To Mr. l.. w. Jordan much credii
! is due for the success of this movement
! But many others have been actively assist
! Ing him. 1t is expected that work win be-
! gin in the near future and that The mill
VIII be ready for the new crop of cot
| ton.
In the United States District Court NJ
| Charleston the other day, the owners Of
the schooner Fannie Brown. which was
| recently run into and sunk by the schoon-
! er Margaret G. Roper, Fed suit for s9s
| 900 damages against the owners Of The Mar.
garet c. Roper. The bill Of complaint al
! leges that the master Of the Roper is IA
| he blamed for the collision in that bo
held his course instead of turning out ana
! giving the Fannie Brown the right OF way
| TO which she was entitled. The schooner
| was released on bond.
The State Board Of Control has not quite
completed all of the business OF the pres
/ ent session which may be the last but ono
! IL any of the measures proposing that the
| board be abolished pass the < neral as.
| sembly at its session which begins Tues
| day. This month the board had to make
! unusually large January purchases owing
| 10 the heavy holiday trade this year. and
! Thursday morning the board devoted SOM
! time to hearing representatives, of LIQUOR
| houses as to the virtues Of their goods be-
fore the actual purchasing work was be-
gun.
Financially, orangeburg county is IN ex-
cellent condition for the new year as the
farmers made good crops and received