The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-14

81; white girls, 462; total white SS3. Co.
ored boys 1854; colored girls, 507; total col
ored, 81. Total boys, 7S5; total girls 969
Grand total, l,754. 1t is already very evil
dent that more school room will be needed
next year to meet the rapidly increasing
attendance upon these schools.
Mr. Ellis, having charge of the United
States Fish Commissioners car, arrived at
Columbia, Friday, from Washington. Some
OF the eggs were already Matched, and Mr..
Ellis put 100 900 young shad into the Con-
garee. The process of Matching will be con-
tlnued, and altogether there will be 1000,
900 shad put into the Congaree, 600 900
INTO the Savannah, and nearly 100000 in
the Catawba.
The State Railroad Commissioners have
recently completed an examination OF the
Coast Line system. They report the Will
mington, Columbia and Augusta, the Cen
tral and Northeastern roads, in excellent
condition, while the Cheraw aud Darling
ton and Cheraw and Salisbury, are in fair
condition. The examination of the Charles
ton and Savannah railway was COM
pleted yesterday. The commission found
the rond in very fine order.
Joseph James, an old English citizen of
Darlington county, was shot and instantly
killed tuesday night about o'clock, at his
boarding house, in tho Cypress neighbor-
hood, while walking in the piazza This is
about the third time he had been fired at in
the last three or four years He had ac-
cumulated some wealth. 1t is reported
that when he was shot down no had 50, 900
in his pocket. There is no clue whatever
yet to the cause or the murderer
AT Abbeville the following named gen
tlemen, who signed the petition for call Of
the Prohibition Convention to be held in
Columbia, have withdrawn their names
a
the movement is suspected of being for the
purpose OF organizing a third party: J.
Fuller Lyon, A. w. Jones, j. Y. Jones, II
ID. Wilson, NJ. j. Zeigler, L. d. Conner, p
b. Speed, 10. es +. Muller, w. A. Temple
ton, H. d. Reese, NJ. f. Game and j. A.
Allen.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Newberry Cotton Mills was held a
few days ago. The report of the Treasurer
showed tho mill had made money during
the past year and was in healthy financial
condition. During the past year the mill
produced 4.S35, 603 yards of cloth and con-
summed 4,9O4 bales of cotton, weighing ,235,-
III pounds. The machinery in operation
IN the mill at present is 10, liz spiudles and
$50 looms. An addition of ten looms will
be put in in Il few days. The number of
operatives employed in the mill is Pill
males 1903, females 1872.
May 8, Willie Stokes twhitel was shot and
Killed by Cheatham Worthy (colored) while
going to the field on the Mcdaniel place in
LaWton township in Union county. The
negro had not done full days work the
day before, and Mr.. Mcdaniel became ap-
prlsed of the fact and told him about it.
The next day, while going to the field with
Willie Stokes, Worthy accused Stokes of
having told Mcdaniel that he had not
p!oughed more than an acre of land. Stokes
disputed this and struck at him while on
his mule. That frightened the mule and it
threw the negro, whereupon he drew his
pistol and shot Stokes without further pro-
vocation.
day or two ago Ben Bynum, q negro
about 20 years of age, who was in the en-
ployment of Mr.. Snipes, living Is miles
from Edgefleld, while In the field distribu-
ting guano, was shot from ambush. A shot
gun was the weapon used, the load taking
effect in the breast and stomach. Death
followed in one hour after the shooting.
The party who committed the deed had Sc
GREETED himself in a wood near by the field.
awaiting the arrival of the deceased, no
doubt knowing that he was to work
there. The jury failed to fasten the crime
on any one, though suspicion points to a
white man living in the neghborhood with
whom the deceased had had difficulty.
The Comptroller General is still in trouble
about the pensions. The postage upon |. 800
pension claims and the warrants will be
$3.50 a month, which will exhaust the con-
tingent fund of the Comptroller General
and Treasurer i'll one month, after which
neither of these officials will be able to buy
paper, pens and ink, nor will they be able
to get stamps to post the pensions for the
balance of the year. To circumvent this
dilemma, Comptroller Werner has maze an
attempt to get the clerks of the courts to
obtain power of attorney from the pen
sloners In their respective counties and re-
ceive the money in bulk and pay it out,
thus saving the State postage on the sep
arate warrants and saving the pensioners
bank exchange. Some of the clerks are
unwilling TO do this work and here the
matter stands.
1t Is said negro was outrageously beaten
by white men on Monday night, i'll CLASSY
Mountain township, in the upper part of
Greenville County. The negro, Elias Lin
dar by name, was tied and dragged from
the house by four white men and beaten
within an inch of his life. A white woman
employed by Lindar was also carried out
and has not been heard of. The negro was
suspected of improper relations with the
woman. Lindar says the men ordered him
to leave the State or be killed He will
swear out warrant before Justice West
moreland for the arrest Of Carr Sudduth
Henry Babb, Lee Babb, and man named
Howell, who wore necognized by himself
and family. Tudduth was tried at tho last
term of court for the murder of Jos Fergu-
son (colored), near Chick Springs, last
November.