The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11

The State Grange Of Patrons of
! Husbandrv held its annual meeting IN Agri-
cultural Hall at Columbia Wednesday,
Worthy Master W K. Thompson pre-
siding The executive committee reported
1 the order in South Carolina to be in
| healthy condition and holding its own re-
markably WELL and its appeal to the subor-
| dinate oranges to use their utmost efforts
! TO increase the membership was adop ed.
In referen to Communications from other
state oranges concerning the ap ointment
OF secretary Of agriculture under the IN
coming administration, the grange declared
| 1t was not prepared to make recommends
tions as to appointments in the nat olal de-
partment of agriculture, but hoped that
some good practical man would be placed at
its head.
AS the up-train from Columbia due at
| Ninety-Six at O'Clock was ABOUT four
miles east of there Thursday the conductor
SAW from his train the body Of dead man.
He reported it at Ninety-Slx, and Friday
party Of men went down. The body proved
| to be that of Harvey Wheeler, from the
lower part of Edgefield county. l is sup
posed he had started from his homo to visit
man named Coleman, three miles below
Ninety-Six. When in about one mile from
the end of his journey he is supposed to
have descended from the railroad track,
| upon which he was walking, and under
taken to drink water from a spring about
three feet deep, and being an old man about
| seventy years old, lost his balance and fell
headforemost into the spring, where he was
drowned.
The State Agricultural and Mechanical
society met in Agricultural hall at Colum-
| bia w Wednesday. The attendance was good,
numbering about fifty persons. The mem
| bers of the State Grange sat with the So
ciety. President j. B. Humbert of Laurens
was in the chair and delivered pleasant
address A committee. consisting of r.
A. Love, Giles j. Patterson and w.
| u. Hinson, was appointed to draft res
| olutions on the death of Vice-Preside It
B. H. Massey d j. II. Kinard, late
members of the society. The report Of the
secretary and treasurer, Thomas w. Hollo-
way, showed that the receipts for the last
year, including 81 ,272 balance on hand at
| the beginning Of tho year, have been $ll,
| 100, and the disbursements SlO,9Sl, leaving
| a balance ON hand of Sl2S. In spite Of the
| state aid, it will be seen that the society had
| "A close financial shave this year. Col. r. A.
Love was elected vice president in p ace of
b. II. Massey, deceased, and A. Fl. White of
| Rock Hill was chosen a member of the ex-
ecutive committee in Col Loves place. The
| executive committee was charged with the
determination of the place of holding the
summer meeting.
A fatal difficulty occurred in Flat creek
| TOWNSHIP in Lancaster county, last Sunday
about midday, between James Morgan and
Samuel Catoe, at the residence of William
| Williams j. D.. Morgan, the father of
James Morgan, and Samuel Catoe, were en-
gagged in a controversy, When James Nor
gan arrived on tine ground and, in the in
terest of peace, asked the parties to be
quiet. The father walked off, and the son
and Caioe then began a quarrel which
ended in blows. During the struggle Catoe
was slightly cut on the ouder with a
knife. The parties separated for a short
time, and during the interval Catoe ob-
tanned a stick. Meeting again the fight
was resumed, Catoe using the stick freely
on Morgan's head, viii the latter with his
knife cut Catoe fatally in the bowels.
Catoe was carried into Williams house,
where his wound " as subsequently dressed
by DR.. George Gregory. He died about
midnight Sunday night. Trial Justice
Gardner held an inquest over the body on
| Monday morning. Morgan went to town
at an early hour Tue day morning and sur
rendered TO the sheriff He is a young man
about Is years of age, lately married. The
deceased was about 25 years of age and
leaves wife and one child.