The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-29
snrrH cAROLINA.

The state convention of the Farmers
Alliance was In session at Columbia last
week.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
South Carolina was ia session at Chester
last week.
The Columbia Furniture and Manufactur-
ing Company received its charter from
the Sec etary Of state Saturday. The
company has already been organized and
has commenced operations.
At Blackville Friday Sherman Lee, a
colored man, took passage on the Black
vile, Augusta and Newberry railroad for
Aldrich station. When tine train arrived
at the station it did not slack up, and Seer
man, seeing that he would be carried by,
Jumped off while the train was at a rapid
speed. He strucs his head against cross
tie and was killed instantly, his skull being
badly crushed.
There was fire at Kershaw on Monday
morning at O'Clock. The furniture store
Of Fitzpatrick, Stephen Gardner's bar room
and the Comet office were destroyed. The
bar room, which had a small stock. was
insured for 81 ,0O0 Fitzp trick saved his
furniture and had S400 insurance on the
house. The Comet office had no insurance,
but nearly every thing was saved. The sub
scrlptiOn list and other important papers
We're destroyed.
The county commissioners of Williams
burg have succeeded in makng another
contract for the rebuilding Of the court
house, j. B. Carr Of Sumter having failed
to comply with his agreement This time
the contractor is ". c. Brown of Rocking
ham, N. c. Mr.. Brown agrees to complete
the work for S., POO, some $500 less than the
sum for which Carr was to do it. He thinks
he can finish the building in time for the
fall term of court.
At Ridge Spring, Edgefeld county, the
Methodist district conference for the Co
lumbia district has just closed "A very inter-
esting and profitable session. The attend
ance of delegates was large The Rev. A.
Coke, ID. d., addressed the meeting in ad-
vocacy of the claims of WOffOrd college
As result of his effort 5000 was secured in
pledges for the purpose of the endowment
of the college. The conference closed its
exercises with the election of delegates to
the annual conference. The meeting of the
district conference will be with the church
at st. Matthews next year.
Court convenes at Edgefield on the first
Monday in next month. Among the pris-
oners in jail awaiting trial are Lee Cobb
charged with rape Matt Rainsford, muir
der; George Latimer burglary and larceny;
Reuben Canatay, grand larceny; Jennie
Perrin, violating written contract; Pres
ton TObin, assault and battery of a high
and aggravated nature; viii Dawkins, bur
glary and larceny; Willie Davis, the same
otfense; Rilla Barnes, murder; Marshall
Davis, burglary. All these are colored ex-
cept Cobb, who is white youth about II
years Of age. There are two other murder
cases. those against r. T. Jones and Carpen-
ter and MurreIl, the two young white men
who killed a Mr.. YOunce, a prominent
young farmer of the county, about two
weeks ago The former of these cases is NOT
to be heard, Judge Presley having ex-
pressed his intention to continue it.
The Journal and ReUiew tells of das
tardly outrage oyer in Aiken county. On
Thursday evening, July IS, about 1890
o'clock, while l.. j. Weathersbee's wife and
son were returning home from Green Pond
church, they we're waylaid by Norman
Stallings and Harry Blouut and badly
beaten and shot. Mrs Weathersbee was
shot but not seriously, and the son escaped
with being struck with a stick. The next
day warrant was sworn out before Trial
Justice S. A. 'Radford of Sleepy Hollow
township, and the assailants were arrested
on Sunday and gave tonds of $500 each for
their appearance before the September
court. The affair has created a great deal
OF excitement III that usually peaceful COM
munity. The two men are respectable and
are relatives of Mr. Weathersbee Family
matters led to the assault Mrs WeatherS-
bee is in her 50th year and has never
weighed over 1916 pounds.