The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-15

make one room oft Where the clerk will
he qusrtered has not been decided upon,
though ne viii temporarily 60 TO the solici-
tor room.
Sheriff z. s. Carson brought to Columbia
Wednesday, for safe-keeping. the five
negroes who are charged with felonlous
assault on q white woman near Bishopville.
Sheriff Carson feared the lynching Of these
negroes, whose names are Ned Williams,
the leader. John Williams, Tom Charles,
Preston Jefferson and I'd Slater. The only
reason why they hal not already been
lynched, the sheriff thinks, is because OF
the Questionable character Of their victim,
VINO Is also in the Columbia jail.
The probabilities are that the state pen
sion roll will number 1000 next year, and
TINS number viii require an appropriation
OF $12,C00 to pay each Of them 50 per
month, as is intended. 1t may be stated
That these applicants have al gone through
the most rigid examination, and none but
the most deserving are on the roll. Many
applications have been refused SO IS to give
place 70 those which were adopted. The
laws regulating pensions have been closely
observed by the board in granting the pen
slons. SO it can be seen that hereafter, II
the pensions are TO be kept running for the
entire year, at least S12. 900 will be neces-
sary.
Commissioner Butler has received q letter
from y. NJ. Fields Of Yuma, Ariz., who is
interested in the manufacture OF hemp bag
glng He writes thai upon the Colorado
and ella rivers hemp is found growing
Wild in the greatest abundance. Tracts
covering huRdre Is Of square miles are
found IL the territory. The hemp, he says,
can easily be gathered, aud with the
machinery they ar soon TO erect they will
extract two t. % tons Of fiber per day.
Mr.. Fields writes that he Will be prepared
t. furnish covering for the crop Of 1890.
Beng sixty miles from water transpOr6a-
ton, and on the direct line of the Southern
Paciti railroad, he says freight rates viii
NOT be very high. Hemp Dagging, it is
claimed, is stronger and more durable than
any other bagging. Labor in Arizona will
not be very high, fer the company propose
using the territory prison labor, aud the
una Indians are expected u do the
ordinary par6 OF the work He hopes to
interest the farmers and manufacturers OF
South Carolina in this new rival of jute
bagging.
The county commissioners of Colleton
have signed their. agreement az regards the
sale Of the Green Pond, Walterboro and
Branchviue railroad with J. c. Mallonee,
and the public have read the facts and
raised no uncertain bowl. The terms of
the agre sment, if carried out, would viz
tually involve TIE county deeper in debt
than the retention of the road, and under
this agreement there seems TO be much legal
wra Cling ahead. The pita of this agree
ment IS about as follows: Mr. Mallonee
promises to buy the road and rolling stock
for 800 000 payable in thirteen annual in
Sdallments with per cent interest; but he
Is allowed to pay this amount as soon as he
pleases, and is also allowed to make pay
ments in county railroad bonds or their in
terest coupons at face value. He also
assumes $4,000, the amount of the first
mortgage bonds issued for the rolling stock
He receives in addition to the above cash i'll
the treasurer's hands, save an amount to be
deducted to pay the years taxes and the
interest on the first mortgage bonds. The
treasurer has in bank about $4,000