The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-01

Mrs. Lorra Spring of Lohnsonville, Will
iamsourg county, was recently thrown
from cart and dashed against tree.
Her neck was broken, causing instant
death.
There is negro living pear Mccormick
IN Aobeville county, on the plantation Of
Capt. 1. n. Dallis, who is 80 years old,
aud every tooth In his head Is perfectly
sound.
On account Of delay in receiving the
| blanks with which to issue pension war
rants, the payment of state pensions for
this month has been delayed day or two
beyond the usual time.
AT Anderson, Wednesday, a 3-year-old
son OF John Patterson was found in the
cotton house hanging in the rope where they
| weighed cotton cold and stiff in death. The
hanging is supposed to have been acct
dental.
| The adjutant general is almost daily re-
fusing the applications of new companies
Tor admission into the state militia. The
limit Is almost reached and for the present
applications will only be considered from
counties having no military companies
A crazy negro woman, living in Green
vile county, named Julia Sur att, escaped
while being taken to Greenville to be sent
20 the asylum, and her whereabouts were
unknown until her dead body was found in
the Sauda river. She is supposed to have
| drowned herself.
The ladies of Vauce's, in Orangeburg
| county, have formed a Confederate Monu-
ment Association with the following Of
| Ulcers: Mrs. j. II p. Tate, president; Mrs.
Il. l.. Dantzler and Mrs. James l.. Sheridan.
vice presidents; Mrs. J. s. Thomson, secre-
| tary ard treasurer.
President A. G. Haskell Of the Loan and
Exchange bank of Columbia has lust eff
fected for the state of South Carolina a loan
of $50, 900 in New York at per cent. inter
est, The loan is made, under authority of
legislative enactment, to tide over the dull
months OF the year until the taxes begin to
come in.
Louis r. Chazal has resigned the position
OF private secretary to Gov, Richardson.
his resignation to take effect Nov. l. He
Will go to Charleston and will there take
| charge OF the acid works of the Berkeley
Phosphate Company. The governor will
appoint w. E. Gonzales of Columbia to fill
the vacancy.
w. s. Wallace of Georgetown the other
day had his right hand severely lacerated
by the explosion of cartr dye which he
was trying TO insert in the bree ch of
bennington rifle. The left thumb was also
scratched by fragments of the shell. For
tunately no bones were shattered, and the
INJURY, though painful, is not serious.
The forfeitures of delinquent lands this
year-under the operaHons of the Patterson
act or the last session of the general assem-
bly-are smaller than usual in each and
every county. There is little friction in
the working of the act which will doubtless
be remedied at the next session, but on the
whole the change in the law has been bene-
fetal.
Miles H. McGees S-month-old infant was
l1nA 10 AAsN Al
Mrs McGee put it down on the floor In front
OF the fire, where kettle Of hot water sat.
and step ed out. She heard it scream out
and ran to it to find its lower parts so
burned by the hot water from the kettle.
which it had pulled over, that it died in the
afternoon.
Jim Blackstock, a colored brakeman on
the Spartanburg and Union road, was killed
Monday afternoon between Union and Shell
ton. His head was nearly severed from hi
body by the wheels of the trucks IT, is
stated here that be was on top of the train
and while passing from one car to the other
they became uncoupled and he fell between
them. He was an industrious, well-behaved
man, and leaves a large and dependent
family.
The declaration of the corporators of the
Bank of Sumter has beeu filed in the secre-
tary Of states office, and commission tas
been granted for its organization. The
capital stock is to- be $4,000, in 800 shares
OF 500 each, 20 per cent. to be paid in cash
and the balance in five equal monthly in
stallments. The corporators are w. F. b.
Haynsworth, A. S. Brown, E. w. Noise. j.
ID. Banding and r. B. Monaghan, all of
Sumter.
Concentrate the canvass" is the motto
of the repu ohcans in South Carolina. No
state ticket is to be put out, but all the
energies of the party are to be devoted to
the Seventh congressional district and to the
counties where there is any chance Of sue
cess. Tom Miller, Col Eliiott's dus'Iy COM
petitor, threatens to make trouble. The
electoral ticket is as follows: At large, e.
NJ. Brayton and T. B. johnson. First dis
trict, E. A. w ebster Second, Z. j. Dickinson:
Third. r. R. Tolbert; Fourth, F. A. Saxon !:
Fifth, II. l.. Shrewsbury; Sixth, E. II. Deas ;
Seventh, 2. E. Walker.
). s. Campbell, treasurer of Richland
county, has completed his settlement of
state taxes with the comptroller general
The figures are as follows: Total state tag
charged, $30,2l3 9S; paid state treasurer,
$24, SSo 50; commissions, $5l1 Al; abated bv
comptroller general, 81 ,264 80; execution;
in sheriff's hands, 1852 30; paid state treas
urer for railroad commissioners salary.
s2,6S2 80; forfeited to state, $l4S "a; lands
not advertised, 1896 30 Clarendon is now
the only county which has not settled with
the state, but the comptroller general has
| received notice that the settlement is in
course of preparation.
Manning Times: 1t is a sad commentary
on the gratitude Of people to know that the
grave Of Francis Marion, in Georgetown
county, is in q dilapidated and tumble-down
condition. A broken marble slab is all that
is left to tell where reposed the ashes of this
hero of other days, the swamp Fox" ol
the revolution. Others no more renowned
have monuments to tell of their deeds, but
none for him. Yet, when all was gloomy,
and the people in despair, it was very largely
through his skill courage and energy that
the death-slow was struck to the tories and
British in the low country, and thus made
possible the series Of victories ending at
Yorktown.
Lake City Laconics.