The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-23

mln0 was a1ecte1, which was the cause OF
his committing suicide.
The Rev. DIR. r. A. Ross. the venerable
pastor Of Sharon church, in York county,
has gone TO Washington, PENN, to a reunion
of his old college class. The doctor is now
/ over 20 years of age, and is the youngest
member of the class, of which only five or
six survive out OF more than a score. All
of the surviving members have distin-
| guished regulations either in church or
/ state.
At meeting of the directors of the Con
garee Gas and Electric Light Company,
held at Columbia Thursday, semi-annual
capital stock of So, 900, and prompt paw
meat of the interest on its bonds provided
for. The company devotes itself exclu-
sively to electric lighting, and now has in
its well equipped station four dynamos in
operation.
At meeting of the alliance of Orange
burg county Friday, the following reso-
buttons were adopted: Whereas, the
proposed tariff schedule now pending 10
congress raises the tariff on cotton ties, aud
whereas, such discrimination Is uniustTy
directed against the southern farmers, who
alone use the article: Resolved, that q
committee of three be appointed by the
chair to investigate the practicablity of So
curing some substitute for the tie. "A
committee was appointed to carry out this
resolution.
At Bennettsville a long enmity has ex-
isted between Calvin Gray and his brother,
William. The quarrel arose about a woman
in the employ of Calvin. The woman is
said to be of not good moral character.
She abandoned Calvin to go TO William,
whose wife gave her employment Calvin
got out q search warrant for SOME wearing
apparel said to have been carried by the
woman to Williams house. The quarrel
took place on June 4, and Calvin was shot
and has since died. William is in Jail with
his son, John, who has been charged with
being an accessory.
State Chairman James A. Hoyt has
called meeting of the state democratic
executive committee, to be held on Wednes-
day, June %, at o'clock p. m, in the
Carolina bank building, Columbia. Al
though no reason for the meeting is given
out, it is considered certain that the Ques-
ton OF primary nominations for state offices
will be considered. The correspondent of
the Charleston Neios and Courier adds:
NThe Hampton outrage will be discussed.
There is no doubt that the inaction of the
committee under Tillman's assault has
aroused strong and general criticism, and
that the democracy expect it to do some
thing.n
The directors of the state exchange of the
farmers alliance provided for bagging for
every member of the alliance in the state at
melting held at Columbia on Tuesday
AFTERNOON. The purpose Of the meeting
was to make arrangements for supplying
bagging for the present crop of cotton Of
tho alliance members. The state business
agent was authorized to contract with large
antique firms for the necessary amount,
which Is expected to be 100000 yards.
Any kind of substantial bagging, so it Is
not Jute, will be taken. The board recon-
mends that neither new or secondhand jute
bagging be used by alliance members under
any consideration. The purchase of bag
ging is to be made on the same principle as
other transactions of the state exchange.
1t is TO be delivered in installments from
Aug. Is to Nov. Is.
At Spartanburg, Tuesday, lightning
struck the house of Mr.. j. ID. Steen, ex-
press agent, and damaged it considerably.
Mrs. Steen and three children and the cook
were in the house at the time. The charge
entered front room and demolished bu-
reau, and passed TO a rear room and broke
up washstand Mrs Steen and the chill
dren were in the rear room, all standing on
the floor. They were considerably shocked,
but not injured. The cook was in the base
ment. She came zap the steps after little
and said to Mrs Steeu: 81 declare to Qra-
and | wasn't standin' against wall, nor
nothin'. don't understan' it," Mrs Steen
explained that it was shock from lightning
which had struck the house. On examina-
ton it was found that part of front tooth
was broken off. Whether this was by the
fall or the electricity is not known. One of
the unfinished cottages at the Beaumont mill
was also struck.
The case which ELECTED the most public
interest in the court of common pleas at
Lancaster last week, was that of the state
against Rochelle Gator, William Clyburn
and Roxey Hennis. The two first named,
colored men, were charged with the murder
OF Gustavus Hennis, and the last named,
the wife OF the murdered man, was charged
as an accessory before the fact The muir
der was most atrocious and brutal one,
and calculated to stir up public Indignation
to its highest pitch. This unfortunate man
seems to have been killed by these two cruel
negroes for no other purpose than to gain
access to his wife; and one of them was
with her after the killing, with her hus-
bands blood fresh on his clothing. The
result of the trial was that the two negroes
were convicted of murder and sentenced to
death, to be inflicted on the first Friday in
August next. But there was a mistrial as to
the woman. From all the circumstances,
both before and after the trial, the public
mind is led to the conclusion that the
woman is guilty, and public feeling is run
ming pretty high.