The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-09

gard of law by druggists in the sale OF in
| toxicating liquors. A large citizens meet
ing was held Wednesday night, at which
resolutions were adopted in favor OF prose
cutting all offenders hereafter.
At Greenvile Thursday. the County
Commissioners canvassed the returns of the
recent prohibition election, and deciding
that they could not go behind the returns
dlsregarded the protest of the Prohibition
Executive Committee and declared the cleo
ton on the face of the returns, which gave
a wet majority in the county of l5S. 1t Is
not believed the contest will be carried into
! the courts.
The Grand Chapter for the State, of the
| knights of the Golden Rule completed their
session at Greenville Wednesday, and elect
ed and installed the following officers: R.
| y. Morgan, of Greenville, Past Grand Com
mander; C.. c. Chase, of Spartanburg,
Grand Commander; A. II. Wheeler, of New
berry, Vice Grand Commander; G. NJ.
| GIardeau, of Newberry, Grand Secretary.
K. 5. Morgan was elected representative to
the Supreme Commandery at Toledo, o.,
August 49,
| Up to date the State Pension Board has
considered 1,2S7 applications for pensions,
| approving ST and rejecting 40. The ap-
preparation of $4,000 for this years pen
slons will only suffice to pay |, 42S claims.
The board will soon enter upon a reconsid-
GRAFTON of the 40 claims rejected. Many
OF these were refused on technical grounds.
| On the reconsideration as many will be APP
proved as additional facts adduced may
seem to warrant. When these have been
sltted out the board will take up new claims,
| beginning with No. /, 429 and will approve
OF as many as may be in good shape until
| tire limit of |, 42S is reached. The appro-
priation will not be nearly large enough to
go round among the deserving veterans of
the State
On March 20 a little boy, between and
years old, son Of Mr. Sutton, living some
nine miles from Conway in tho Cedar neigh
borhood. wandered away from home and
| became lost in the woods. His absence was
not particularly noticed until the dinner
hour, when the family came to dinner He
| had then been away some time. Search
was Immediately instituted. The surround
ing woods were closely searched for a con-
siderable distance. The search lasted from
Tuesday until Sunday afternoon, day and
night, but no trace of the little fellow could
| be found, and the search was abandoned.
March q man hunting in the woods, some
three miles from Mr.. Suttons, found the
little boy lying dead down by the side of a
large bay. .-... 7f,a
The Fair View potterYof Walhalla will
| soon begin operations and will manufacture
buckingham, Majohca and yellow ware.
hO PAehiib 10 pun VIII IdJOSu
ments and will turn out as fine ware as can
| be made in the United States. The pottery
| is under the management of w. Z. Rivers,
of Staffordshire, Eng, who has for several
years managed one of the largest potteries
of Trenton, n J. Mr.. Rivers claims that
| Northern potters cannot compete with
Southern manufacturing, owing to cheap
| ness of labor and the small cost of clay in
| the South. The present plant will turn out
| So, 900 worth of ware annually. This ca
pacity will be doubled within few months.
There are now only three potteries in the
South, two in South Carolina and one in
| Louisiana.
The Charleston Presbytery was in session
at Columbia last week. The committee on
Sabbath schools reported that there were
| 1900 enrolled members of such schools and
| about 1000 regular attendants within the
bounds of the Presbytery. 1t further re-
| ported that nothing had been done in the
| Presbytery in the way of having Sunday
schools for the colored children. Dr. Girar-
deau made some remarks upon this condi-
ton of affairs. He thought they had a great
mission work to do right at home; that the
| Presbyterian church should do something
towards teaching the colored children in
| the Sunday school room, that it was the
surest way of preventing friction between
the races, and of making the color youth
look up to and love the whites. The next
meeting of the Presbytery will be held at
Aiken on Oct. ..