The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-11
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Florence is to have a steam laundry.
Anderson is to have II paper called the
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| Florence is to have a steam laundry.
Anderson is TO have paper called the
| Peoples Advocate.
Sam Nicely, a negro carpenter from York
| vile. was klleI on the railroad at Galfney
| Friday, while jumping from a train.
J. f. Gunter, Of McTier township, Aiken
county. says no has killed sixty-One snakes
| on bis place this year, two Of which were
/ rattlesnakes, one having fourteen and the
| other seventeen rattles.
The Newberry Rifles, Capt. Silas J. Nc
| Caughrin, viii leave on Aug ~ for Hender-
| sOnvlle, y. c., where they will encamp for
some dayS, tents having been sent up by
AdJutant aud Inspector General Bonham.
At Anderson Thursday the following
municipal officers were elected TO serve for
two years: Mayor, G. f. Touy; aldermen,
?. X. McCully, J. K. Vandiver, B. f.
Moss c. c. Langston, DR.. A. c. Strick-
land and A. q. Means, Jr. There were 24l
votes cast
Peter Hyatt, a farmer living near
| Georges, aud his daughter 16 years of age,
were Instantly killed by lightning Thurs
| day. Hyatts only son was also struck aud
his recovery is doubtful. Eight persons
were in the piazza at the time. The others
| escaped with slight shocks.
Some time during the night of Aug. q
man was run over and killed near Vaucluse
by some train on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta railroad. No one recognized
him. He was apparently about 50 years old
about feet tall with brown mustache
and dark brown hair. He had a club foot.
From appearances he was tramp. He had
80 cents 10 money, pocketknife and a pack
Of cards.
John Curtain. alias Joseph Howard, the
bogus postoifice inspector, who some time
ago secured $3.50 from James L. Strain,
postmaster at Eta Jane, Union county, as
hush money, for something Curtain knew
Of Strains financial mismanagement of the
office, was convicted in the United States
court at Greenville Thursday, aud sentenced
60 eighteen months in the Columbus, O.,
penltentlary. Curtain is wanted in Ala
bama for safe cracking and in Florida for
robblng postottice.
The court Of general sessions convened at
Edgeteld Monday and adjourned Tuesday.
possibly the shortest term ever held in the
Judicial history of the county. Only three
cases were tried. Murrell, one of the parties
| convicted Of the murder of Younce, was
resentenced to be hanged. Sept 26 next is
the day set apart for his execution. A
motion was made in behalf of the state for
change of venue in the case of the state
W.. X. I. Jones, the slayer of the Pressleys,
! and was granted by the court. The case
will be removed TO either Aiken or licking
| ton county.
j. t. Saunders, ex-postmaster of Plumb
Branch, Edgeield county, who robbed the
mails of 81 200 and fl ID to California, where
he was arrested, pleaded guilty in the
| United States district court at Cireenville
last week and was sentenced by Judge
| Slmonton to fifteen months at hard labor in
the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary. Elk Gov.
| Sheppard of Edgefieid pleaded eloquently
| In Saunders behalf. Saunders crime and
his escape at Savannah from an officer, who
started from California TO South Carolina
with him, and his subsequent surrender. are
well known to the public
The trial of George s. Turner for Shaving
Edward Finger in March last, ended at
Spartanburg Saturday in a verdict of
guilty. In her evidence Miss Clara Finger
whom Turner seduced, and which deed led
to the killing, testified amid fearful bushes
| that Turner said If my brother Ed found
what he had done he Turner would have
10 XIII him Other like threats were proven
Turner testified that he killed Finger
self-defen Sc, as the latter had fired at him
twice before he shot him. Mrs. Turner,
who looks like Emma Abbott in a striking
degree, sat by her unfaithful husband dur
ing the trial
The following is summarized from the re-
ports OF 23l special crop correspondents of
data Of Aug. /; los correspondents report
the weather favorable and 81 unfavorable
Notwithstanding the fact that the
heavy July rains have caused the cotton
plant to put on little too much tweed, {"
aud that some correspondents repor
damage from rust and lice, the crop is in
very satisfactory condition throughout tn
state. The crop is we'll advanced, and pick
ing will commence i'll a few days. The con-
dition is: For Upper Caroline 90, Middle
Carolina rs, Lower Carolina 100 Average
for the state SO, against 80 at the same time
last year and Sc at the same date in 1888
Rice-The rice crop suffered for want of
rain In June, but is heading well and good
yield is expected. The condition is: For
Upper Carolina 81, Middle Carolina 81,
Lower Carolina 49, Average for the state
~, against "a at the same time 10 1889.
Upon declaration filed, the secretary of
| state has Issued commission to 1.-THE
Emerson Car Company" of Charleston. The
general purposes and nature Of the proposed
| corporation are ito manufacture, build
| buy, sell or lease machines, apparatus and
| adjustments for )llng, heating and veuti-
latng railroad cars, fitted aud equipped
| with such machines, apparatus and ad-
| lustments, and TO buy or sell, grant or lease
any patent right for such purpose or con-
nected Herewith, or otherwise TO do and
perform all things necessary and proper
for carrying on such business The
capital stock of the company is fixed at
5000, divided into 5000 shares of the
par value of 500 each. The corporators
are A. f, Ravenel. c. S. Gadsdeu, w. N.
Royal, G. NJ Ward, J. w. Craig. w. NJ
Connor, j. K. 7. Bryan, j. s. BUST, A. F.
Z. Cramer. j. Raworth Smith, A. S. En-
erson. 5. V. Stewart, F. S. Rodgers, Mike
Brown, John S. Riggs c. Wulbern, Z. H
jackson, l.. Arthur O'Neill, f. H. Priugle