The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-24
SOUTH CAROLINA.

snake with two heads was killed at
Darlington last week.
The state supreme court has granted a
new trial TO Robert 8. Jones of Edgefield
charged with murder.
The convention to nominate a solicitor
for the Third judicial circuit. has adjourned
till Oct 4 without making nomination.
Work on the Seneca cotton mill is pro-
crossing. When the spindles begin to hum
the farmers will be pro tanto independent
| of the jute bagging trust
At Spartanburg, in the case against r.
Addison Jeffcoat (white), charged with the
murder of colored man, about a year ago
the grand jury found mo bill"
An l1-year-old son of Michael Bouknight,
| who lives about fifteen miles above Column
bia, had his head caught in the shafting of
sligar-caue mill Monday, and was instantly
| killed.
The Lancaster Ledger says that three
negro "Alliar ces" have been organized in
Cedar Creek township, In that county, and
have fixed the price of cotton-picl1ing at 30
cents per hundred.
Mrs B. H. Rice, the mother of Bishop
Duncan's wife, died at Spartanburg Sun
day, and was carried to Union for Burial.
She was over so years of age, and her
friends have been expecting her death for
some time.
Near Darlington, some time ago, a gen
tleman had a turkey gobbler that insisted
| upon taking a nest. He was accommo-
dated with some guinea fowl eggs, and on
Friday last he came off with his brood and
is now taking due care of them.
The Camden Journal says the best piece
of railroad track in South Carolina is on
the Camden branch of tho South Carolina
| railway, running from Camden about ten
miles southwark. 1t has recently been laid
with steel rails and leveled up nicely.
The return of the Bank of Florence was
| filed Monday, and a charter was issued.
! Twenty per cent. of the capital Of $25, 900
has been paid in. The officers are: w. A..
| Brunson, president; Smile A Gregg, vice
president, and S. A. Gregg, Jr., cashier
Henrietta Suber, a negro woman, who in
a drunken spree shot and killed railroad
hand named Cheek at the Carolina, Knox
vile d Western camp, in Grsenville
| county, in August last, was convicted of
manslaughter Wednesday, and sentenced to
| two years in the penitentiary.
The trustees Of the Columbia canal, in
| consideration of the needs Of Augusta, ac-
| coded to the requests of the Augusta author
tiles and granted permission to Byron
| Holley, the engineer of the Columbia canal
to give each week two days of his time to
the work Of experimenting the repairs on
| the Augusta canal
| Tie reports of the special assistant of the
| department OF agriculture for the year
ending Aug, 10 show that the royalty due
| the stare Oh phosDhate rock removed during
| the year isfl9l, 900 ~, against f30S, 772 Al
| last year The slight decrease in the ROYALTY
| is due 10 the advance in freight rates on
| foreign shipments of rock.
Some time ago Charles Blackwood of
Spartanburg was robbed of sl33 while he
was sleeping in his wagon. Capt. Allen
| began to work up tho matter, aud at last he
has fixed IT on Andy Jetferies, tall young
colored man OF bad family and worse char
acter. Capt Allen has The proof on him,
and there seems little doubt as to his guilt
At Greenville, Wednesday, Lower Camp
| erdown mill, or Mill No. /, was closed down
to await replenshing of the cotton supply,
the cotton on hand having run short The
late seasons and non-appearance of the new
crop caused the failure Of the supply, but
enough has been bought abroad with which
to run the mill. and it will probably resume
! this week.
The city authorities of Columbia have
| made arrangements by which, in the very
improbable event of the smuggling of a
case of yellow fever into that city, the
patient shall be promptly removed aud
treated Mt Vale Crucis, the former home
| of the Ursuline nuns, three miles from town.
ment for the purpose.
! A special meeting Of the board Of visitors
of the Citadel Academy, at Columbia, was
held Friday, for the purpose of electing a
successor TO Maj. W. IL. Emerson, who re-
signed the chair Of chemistry and physics
in that institution to accept another posi-
ton. The board carefully considered five
applications for the vacant chair, and finally
e,ectod j. NJ Pickel 30 the professorship.
At Bennettsvlle, Thursday, Charlie
| Dupre (coloreu), aged years, who murdered
jos Brown, aged 4 years, and severely
wounded John Brown, brother Of the de-
ceased aged years, with an AK about four
| miles above Bennattsville. on June 10 las, =,
was convicted of murder, but recommended
! To the morcy of the court. Dupre is an
orphan boy, and has no brothers, sisters or
frie DIS to take care of him.
An stance # Il angely brutal cruelty
| tn Child Is reported from Honea Path, An
Dc 80 tohul ty. Pinsne She'll, ne .ro liv-
iiits.en the place of Mill ird Wright, five
p1AAsS Yyst Homes Path. bscaIae offended