The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-25

A confederate monument was unveiled at
Orangeburg, Thursday, with appropriate
military services.
The Tenth regiment confederate survivors
held reunion at Georgetown last week. 1t
was big success
Sylvanus Whitesides, who served as a
petit juror, during the first week of the
present term of COURT at Yorkville, has been
adjudged insane, and sent to thu asylum.
Since the war South Carolina has ex-
pended more than 100000 for the edu-
cation of the colored children. Fully
81 700, 600 of this amount came out of the
pockets OF the white taxpayers of the state
Arthur Covar ("Moss'0 is night police
man for Edgef1eld, and cries out the hours
of his silent watch with distressing regu-
larity. Edgetield is perhaps the only city
in the universe that keeps up this old Gus
tom.
A negro is confined in the city guardhouse
at Columbia, on suspicion of being the
Charley Greenwho committed murder near
Adams Run, Colleton county, some time
ago. and for whose apprehension the gov
ernor offered a reward of 500.
K. Sumter Wells, a white man living
three miles above Bethany, was found dead
in the woods, about one mile from his resi-
dence, Monday morning. 1t was the opin-
ion of the physician and of the coroner's
jury that he had died on Saturday night.
from the effects of whisky and exposure.
Spartanburg is about to have a large,
sensational damage suit. Papers were
served on George $. Turner Monday at the
instance of Mrs. Finger, his mother-in-I law.
in which she sues for $25, 600 damages on
account of the alleged running of her
daughter by Turner. Melton & Barrett
have brought the suit.
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South Carolina will be celebrated in Charles.
ton on Dec. 9. DR.. Cornelius Kollock of
Cheraw will deliver an address, and "A ban
quet will be held at the Charleston hotel.
Various prominent citizens will be invited
to be present, and representative physicians
and surgeons from all over the country will
be in attendance.
The statement was published i'll the
Columbia Register that e. z. Jervey, the
present railroad commissioner, would not
be candidate for reelection at the coming
session of the general assembly. Mr.. Jer-
vey said to reporter for the Ne1CS and
Courier that the Charleston correspondent
of the Register was mistaken. He is in the
field and will seek reelection.
The Hon. Kope Elias formerly of Charles
ton, has been announced as a democratic
candidate in the Ninth congressional district
of North Carolina. Mr.. Elias has for sew
eral years represented Macon county in the
state Senate. He is a young lawyer who
has already gained considerable political
prominence. The district at the last cleo
ton elected Ewart, republican.
Work is being done on the Moultrieville
end of the Seaview road. The tracks it is
stated, will be first laid through the streets
Of that place, and the partly completed
bridge between the island and Mount
Pleasant next finished. The Seaview rail
road people are very reticent about the
price paid by them for the New Brighton
hotel on Sullivan's island, and it has been
impossible to ascertain the exact figures.
Miss Williams, the daughter of an old
confederate soldier who fought at Sumter,
is condu citing her canvass with some sue
cess IN Charleston, Its object being to secure
home for an invalid father, who is now in
Georgia. The merchants and the old SOL
diers especially are contributing literally,
Her recommendations include indorse-
ments from Gen. Gordon of Georgia, and
other prominent men Of the Empire State Of
the south.
The Sumter Advance states that it has
found out, from a source it considers trust
worthy, that during the recent meeting OF
the Negro Farmers' Alliance, in that city,
resolutions were unanimously passed that
they were not only fighting the merchants,
but also the landlords and the white plant
ersS that they would demand so cent? per