Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-01
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Newberry Nelcs and Herald wants to
try the ''nO license" for two years.
y cOsOred man was terribly mangled in a
cotton gin in Kershaw county several days
ago.
Mrs. Elrod's little child. years old, was
burned TO death in Anderson county last
week.
4 public meeting of the citizens of Winns-
bOrO, opposed to granting license, was held on
Tuesday night last.
The Piedmont Manufacturing Company re-
ceIved orders through the mail Tuesday for
Isl bales Of their goods.
The people of Anderson will vote on the
license question on Dec. 6. -Four hundred and
ten voters. OF whom 16l are colOred, have reg
istered.
In Columbia there are % bar-rOoms, and it
is estimated that S250OO0 are spent annually
for whisky, while only $4,000 are paid to
preachers of every class and denomination IN
that city.
Merchant and Farmer: If "no license"
prevail in Laurens. about $4,000 will be
turned from the whisky traffic into other
channels of trade. chiefly into bread and meat
and clothing. The same men who sell the
one can. if they wish, turn their atten-
tiOn to the other,
The Port Royal Post SAYS: "As the law
against the retailing of liquor outside of in
corporate towns is imperative in this county,
and a large business is said TO be conducted in
Legislature fix and enforce license for sell
ing liquor in this (BeaufOrt) county.
A Young man named John L. Mosely, from
ID avidson county, n. c., and man named
| Wesley Plyler, from Lancaster county, were
arrested in York county on Tuesday after
noon. A wagon and team of two horses. to-
gether with two empty whisky barrels and
one other barrel that was partly filed with
whisky, we're also captured.
Morris Green and Ben Riley, of Campbell
| ton, both cOlOred, got into disp1te saturday
about the merits of brass watch that a third
/ party was Offering for sale, which terminated
| in Rlley's shooting Green through the head
and killing him instantly. Though there was
a large crowd present who saw the shooting.
| Riley was allowed to make his escape without
arrest.
Saturday night W. j. W. Glover. of Aiken.
discovered his barn and stables on fire. He
rescued his horses from the burning stables,
bist his wagon, buggy and supplies were all
/ consumed. Several negroes suspected Of the
arson were arrested, but upon preliminary
examination the evidence failed to connect
them with the offense and they were dis
charged.
J. z. Barber, white man living about ten
miles above YOrkville, was shot by another
white man named James Maharlan, ON Fri
| day night last, the ball entering the stomach,
passing through the body and lodging In the
| back kbOne. The weapon used was squirrel
rifle. Mr.. Barber fingered until late Satur-
day afternoon, when he died. Maharlan has
been lodged in jail.
4 business man of Greenville drew his
check few days ago upon his bank in New
York for 100000. It is drawn in favor of the
national bank of Greenville for collection.
The funds will be brought here to be used in
the business OF the party who drew the check.
This Is the largest check probably that was
ever drawn in Greenville, and the largest one
| that the bank here ever had for collection.