The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-26

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! A terrific rainstorm occurred Monday
afternoon In Pine Grove township Of
Orangeburg county. The crops were dam
/ aged to a considerable extent, and two grist
mills Of Pat Carsons we're torn TO pieces,
/ the mill, rocks and every thing else that
/ gees to make up grist mill having been
( carried to great distance by the down
pour Of water.
Isaac QUITS, uncle of Sheriff QUITS, was
| found dead in a stream near his residence
/ near Edgefield a day or two ago. The
| coroner rendered a verdict that the deceased
/ came to his death bv accidental drowning.
/ 1t is supposed that NJ. QUITS, who was very
old and infirm. lost hi. balance while cross
| ing the stream on a log and was too weak
/ TO call for assistance When found he was
( lying face downward in the water and quite
! dead.
| The Princeton correspondent of the
| Laurensville Herald SAYS: Capt. j. b.
| Humbert hasreturncl from Knoxville with
sons railroad news. He states that
| strong company will shortly put cut an
engineer corps to take a practical survey of
the route aud estimate the cost and see the
| practicability OF the route from Greenville
| to Knoxville They viii take the entire
line from Augusta to Knoxville. We are
| glad to see that Capt. Humbert was re-
elected president Of the A. K. q w. rail-
way.
The Rev. c. C. Scott, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church al Spartan
burg, was one of the three South Carolina
delegates to the worlds Sunday school con-
vention recently held in London. The other
two were the Rev. J. H. P sew, Baptist, and
Prof. w. L. Bulkley, Methodist, both of
Orangeburg. All these are negroes. 1t is
little singular that, in a state noted for
Sunday school work as South Carolina,
there should not be single white delegate
TO the first worlds Sunday school convention
ever held. Rev. scott reports that M co'or
line was drawn again st him in England or
France.
Newberry Herald: Eunice, the little
laughter of Adolplus Berry, who lives near
Mount Pleasant church, was fatally scalded
on Wednesday Aug. IA. 1t was peculiarly
accidental. Mrs Berry was preparing
chicken for dinner, and had placed upon
the Kitchen floor the pot of boiling water
III which the fowl had been dipped. The
little child was playing at her mothers side
when she slipped and fell, her head struck
against the pot, turning it over and the
boiling water dashed over her back separ-
atIng skin and flesh. She lingere in great
| agony, and died Thursday afternoon. She
was 2 years old
G. g. Alexander has been appointed post
master at Camden. The people are in
| cllned 10 kick. They do not exactly under
stand how a democratic editor, who was
successful as the democratic candidate for
state senator, happens also to be successful
as an independent applicant for q federal
Once. Ho will resign his Office as demo
| cratic senator from Kershaw county at
once. AS to his paper (Mr. Alexander has
been editor and proprietor of the Camden
journal for many years., he does not know
" hat be will do with it. He will sell if he
can without sacrificing, if not he will con-
tlnue to edit 1t, employing some one to
run it.
A correspondent writes to the Charleston
NeioS and Courier as follows: "Caterpillars
have put In their appearance on several of
the plantations near st. Matthew'S | re-
Gently bad talk with one of our most sue
cessful farmers on what might be called the
Texas method of exterminating these pests;
that is, the plan mentioned in the NelUs
| and Courier of building large fires around
the field He says that this idea is not alto
gether new one. Many farmers have
tried 1t, but that he has met with more sue
cess by putting lanterns at different points
IN the fields Under the lantern is placed
fiat vessel containing molasses or oil. The
moths, attracted by the light, are caught
in the liquid. The advantage this plan has
over the fires is that neither wind nor rain
puts out the light; wind can do no damage
to adjacent woods by blowing the fire or
sparks, and the lantern, filled and ignited
at dark, needs no attention during the en-
| tire night. 1t should be elevated little
| above the cotton. The plan is simple and
cheap, and worth faithful trial.
Newberry Observer: One day last week
| Walter Hentz, Watty Glasgow, Bachman
Glasgow aud Frank Dreher, with two
young ladies, were returning from Lexing-
ton county, and reaching Grim creek, below
| Pomarla, found it much swollen from rains.
Mr.. Hentz, who had lady in the buggy
with him, was not familiar with the ford,
but she thought they could cross safely.
She wanted to remain in the buggy, but he
| persuaded her to get out and let
him drive through to see if it was
safe. He soon found himself in water
over his horses head, and as the current
was very swift he and horse and buggy
were carried down stream at rapid rate
narrowly escaping drowning several times
as he was frequently dragged under the
| water. He succeeded in reaching the bank
once, without the horse and buggy; but
seeing that the horse would surely drown
if not rescued he and Bacnman Glas-
gov plunged in and went to its relief, risk
| ing their lives in doing so. They succeeded
in cutting the horse from the buggy and
getting it ashore, and the buggy anchored
against some trees.