The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-18

Gov. Richardson has offered a reward OF
$50 for the apprehension and conviction Of
each of the persons, now unknown, who
were implicated in the burning of the
dwelling house of James II. Wade at Mont
,,.rn~"t, Aiken county, on the night OF
Feb. %.
The Richland Wine Company of Column
bia IS making large improvements on the
Stoeber place, now its property. About
seventeen acres OF land are being cleared
and planted in vines. The arbors Of the
old vineyard are being repaired and the
vines trimmed.
The subscriptions to the capital stock Of
the Commercial Bank of Columbia now
amount to over $50, 000 aud the corpora
ton has now taken the plaza of the private
bank OF that name. Twenty per cent. of
the stock subscribed has been paid in and
the remainder will be paid in monthly in
stallments of 20 per cent. There are over
seventy stockholders. The capital will be
gradually increased to 100000.
The shipments Of tobacco already made
from Florence since the beginning OF the
present season amount to about 5000
pounds, and it is estimated that by the end
OF the season the total shipments will have
reached 10000 pounds Those who culti-
vate the weed most extensively in that Sec
ton are: Messrs. F. NJ. Rogers, ST., and F.
NJ. Rogers, Jr., D. II. Handy, Thomas
Ashby, John McSween and j. c. c. Brun-
son.
The declaration of the corporato-s Of the
Ninety-Six Manufacturing Company was
hled IN the secretary of states office Friday
and commission was issued for its forna-
ton, The company will manufacture cot
ton seed oil and meal, fertilizers, chemicals,
etc. The capital stock win be $4,000 in
shares Of 300 each. The corpOrators are
G.. NJ Anderson, E. NJ. Lirscomb, W. B.
Anderson, J. P. Phillips, j. G. Hutchison
and w. L. Anderson. Jr., all residents Of
Ninety Six, Abbeville county.
At Darlington the trial Of Louis Will
iams (colored), o2e Of the murderers of Joe
James, began on Monday, and Wednesday,
after staying out only few minutes, the
| jury returned verdict of guilty. Thurs
day the two men, Joseph ". James, the
patricide white, and Louis Williams Ccol-
ored), were Sc fenced by Judge Presley TO
| tee hanged on Friday, June %. Notice was
| given by +. Keith Dargan, attorney for
James, that an appeal would be made To the
supreme court. Notice was also given by
4. o. Woods. attorney for Williams, that
an appeal would be made in his behalf.
Probably the handsomest work of its
kind in the state is the magnificent Mosaic
glass window designed to be placed over
the central door Of the state library open
ing into the great hall on the second floor of
| the state house at G 1lumbia. 1t was made
| from design OF Architect Niernsee by the
Belcher Mosaic Glass Company of New
| York, and cost about $40). The windo is
made of many thousand pieces of rich
stained glass, embedded in frame work of
brass. 1t is nearly feet high and feet wide,
and its general effect is immeasurably
superior To that of an ordinary stained
| glass window. From Gvecian scroll at
the base of the window, inolosing a sea she'll,
| rise scrolls Of the Italian Renaissance STYLE
| over which is a representation Of tle seal
| Of the state, with palmetto trees, spears
| and notices, all exquiSitely execute l.
Around the whole window is a green Dor
der filed in with jewels of different tones
and hues All the effects Of the window
| are opalescent, aud the tints, although
vivid, are most tremendously blended The
| window is a thing of beauty, delightful to
| gaze upon
In recent issue of the Aiken Journal
and ReUjelU there appeared an article re-
lating ia the killing Of Joel A. Gunter by
| Nathan ROdde, both respectable farmers
of Aiken county, which has caused a great
deal of hard feeling among the friends Of
| both parties. Tue correspondent of tie
Journal and ReUieU, in speaking Of the
| k ling, said that while Mr.. Gunter's hands
were at work BoddIe came to where they
were and told him he would kill the next
one that cut the log. Mr.. Gunter answered
him and said: Il DO not want any fuss;
want TO make an honest living. l want to
live and let live He then let the ak
fall on the log, and Boddie, who as on
the fence, a few feet from him, shot him
| through the heart. He fell to his
knees aud cried: Lord, have mercy o.
| mep then fell back de ." The above article
| appeared to have been written by warm
| friend of Mr.. Gunter. But it appears that
Mr.. Boddie has friends as well as Mr.. Gun
| ter, for the Journal and ReUieU of Wednes.
day, March 10, will print a letter in reply
to the above comment, in which the cor
respondent denounces the above mentioned
article as false in every instance, and goes
on to say that Mr.. Gunter was very "op-
pressive and overbearing man, and that he
| (Boddie) only shot to save his own life
| Such is the STATE of affairs at present. The
| trial, which will come up in the April term
of court to be held at Aiken, promises to be
one of the most interesting cases that has
ever appeared before the Aiken courts.