The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-23
SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOiipduJ dJ bcullCIUoNlilS.
The Rev. r. F. Smith has decided to re-
| sign the Presidency of the Clinton College
| Greenville is to be Illuminated by cleo
tricity in time for the summer encamp-
| ment.
A joint county teachers institute for
| Sumter and Clarendon will be held at Man
| ming this summer.
The Marion papers last week contained
very flattering nominations of Gen. w. w.
Harllee for Secretary of State.
Col. j. Quitman Marshall has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Richardson to succeed the
late w. q. Leitner as Secretary Of State.
At the instance of Congressman Elliott
Mrs. j. E. Williams has been appointed
postmistress at Sand Ridge, Berkeley
| county.
1t is probable that the Greenville Cotton
Seed Oil Mill, which is operated by the
American Cotton Oil Trust, will have its
capacity doubled daring the coming sum
| mer
State Treasurer Bamberg, who has been
very weak since he rose from his sick bed,
has gone to his old home in Bamberg with
the hope of recovering his strength by rest
and change of air.
1t has been decided to build a parsonage
for the Presiding Elder of the Chester dis
trict of the South Carolina Conference of
II,
Rock Hill and Lancaster want the parson
age. tt.
At Greeuville fire few days ago de-
stroyed the frame cottage of Mrs. (. C.
Lipscomb, on Buncombe street. The fur
niture was saved. Loss about 5000. In
surauce on building $500, and on the furni-
ture of B. j. Woodward 500.
At the railroad crossing near Manning
Wednesday night, W. w. Hodge attempted
to cross the track in a two-horse wagon
when the down train was in sight, but
failed to get over it before he and one of
the mules were instantly killed. There
were two children in the wagon with him,
but neither was hurt.
Anderson's fire department was called out
three nights in succession last week. On
Monday night Mr.. Chapman's stable was
burned, on Tuesday night Mr.. Bohannon'S
stable, and Wednesday night dwelling
house on Main street, belonging to Frank
White was consumed 1t Is all the work
of an incendiary. The house was insured
for $500.
Under the belief that such action was
desired and expected, several counties in
the State have appointed delegates to attend
the Hot Springs immigration Convention
on the 25th of this month. Col. Butter, the
Commissioner of Agriculture, says that, 80
far as he is aware, only himself, as the
Commissioner of Immigration, and the dele
gates appointed by Gov. Richardson are
expected from South Carolina
Gov. Richardson has declined to inter-
fere with the course of justice in the follow
ing cases:
2. Jack Prater, of Orangeburg, convicted
bf murder and sentenced to be hanged on
April ~.
/. Jasper Davis, of Anderson county,
convicted of wife murder and sentenced to
be hanged He was to have been executed
on the Doth of March, but was respited I'M
til April 81, on which day the execution
will occur.
The State Treasury has received the new
! AZ per cent. bonds of the denomination of
| $500. Their face color is citron green, the
backs being blue. The act of Assembly
| under which the bonds will be issued pre-
scribed blue, but it was ascertained that
that color was tabooed on the New York
| Stock Exchange, so that a compromise had
to be arranged by which the backs only of
| the bonds were printed in blue. The 81, 900
bonds have not been received at the treas
urv yet.
News reached Orangeburg Wednesday of
the death on Saturday, April IA, of Mr..
| Shumaker at Ross place, near st. Mat
thew's. He died of hydrophobia. Mr..
| Shumaker and Mr.. Ross and another mem
Der of the family were bitten by dog in
January. Shumaker was bitten in the
hand. On the Thursday before his death
he complained of his arm paining him so
badly that he could not Sleep Next day
his throat began to trouble him, and soon a
case of hydrophobia was developed which
| terminated fatally on Saturday. Mr. Ross
was bitten on the end of the thumb. He
has experienced no inconvenience yet.
Wyatt Parker tcolored) was killed on the
place of the late n. z. w. Sistrunk, near
| Orangeburg, on Saturday night, April A.
| There was negro frolic on the place that
night About 100 yards in front of the
house where the frolic was, Lee Jeffcoat
| (whitel was, with several negroes and an
other white man, standing around little pine
straw fire, dealing out whisky to them,
when somebody from ambush shot into
them, killing Parker outright and wound
ing three negroes and Jeffcoat They
were shot with buckshot. Parker
was hit just behind the ear, the shot
| going through his brain. Jeffcoat was hit
| at the root of the nose, the shot going two
and half inches, and 1t is thought lodged
under the brain. II was thought that his
wound will prove fatal However he got
on his horse and rode home distance of a
| mile after he was shot. He was also hit in
the arm with three buck, shot they going
through and through. A bottle of whisky
was found on the body of Parker; one of the
| other negroes had flask in his hand and
was just in the act of taking a drink when
| they were shot, and the flask was hit and
smashed to atoms. No one can give any in
formation as to who did the shooting or the
cause.