The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-28
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Gov. TIllman has appointed Col.
George K Wright as one Of the military
representatives Of tbs state to the Column
bian exposition.
| There ars four murder cases to be tried
l az the approaching session OF court at
/ Aiken In the Lyas murder case there are
/ four dsfsnfants and they have employed
/ SIX lawyers TO defend them.
| The governor and state officers have re-
| csivsd sn invitation from Ghe Grant Monu-
msnt Association to attend the ceremony of
| unveIling the monument of Grant at Lin
/ coin Park, Chicago. Oct T. 1891.
| The official notification has been received
/ OF the death Of Sheriff McTyre, of Hamp-
/ ton. Gov. Iillman has instructed the SEN
ator from Hampton TO order primary or
| - make recommendations as to the filling
/ Of the vacancy.
Two negroes had a row at Byrums brick
| yard at Anderson Thursday. One shot the
| other, inflicting, the doctor thinks, a fatal
\ wound. The man doing the shooting is
from Georgia and is said to be an ex-con-
| Wet. He is in Jail awaiting the result of
the wound.
The Palmetto Rifles of Aiken on Wednes-
| day evening last presented Col. II. II. Hall
with fine sword and belt as a testimonial
| of the high esteem in which he is held by
the company. For several years he was
their captain, but recently he was elected
| colonel of the First regiment. The pre-
sentation was made by Lieut.. H. Steven
| son.
The combine of cotton ginners organized
in the lower part of Greenville county some
time ago to fix prices for ginning and for
mutual protection has been broken, the
the farmers alliance having boycotted
| them and established gins Of their own.
| Each ginner entered bond of 500 each to
keep faith, but they met Friday and de-
stroyed the bonds.
Jake Riley. who has long beer Waterman
at the Beaufort depot OF the Port Royal
| and Augusta railway, reports that last night
he was assaulted at his pest by gang Of
six men, who fired ten shots at him. He re-
| turned the fire with five shots from his own
pistol and retreated into the town, ebout a
mile, to get more cartridges. 1t seems that
no one was hurt and no robbery was CONS
mitted. Jake was the reputed hero of a
similar attack last year.
For some time past the subject of selling
the court house and lot in Sumter and build
ing new court house and Jail has been dis
cussed. bill was prepared during the last
legislature to carry out this design, but the
county's representatives decided not to offer
the bill until the wishes of the people could
be more fully ascertained. At the last two
terms Of the court the grand jury has
recommended that this be done. According
ly the legislative delegati ton held a meeting
a few days ago to investigate the matter.
They arrived at no coaclusi on but will hold
another meeting soon.
At Williamson day OF two ago a Mr.
Knox, formerly of Glendale, but letterly of
: Pelzer, was arrested for bigamy. He had
, just married a young girl at Pelzer and
started to leave the country, buth did not
: have enough sense to go through the coun-
, try, instead of going to town, which IS only
two miles, and 1t telegraph station, too
! He claims that he has ons wife dead aud
J one living but the living one treated him
, so badly that he left her and came to Pezsr
! where he married his last one He claims
! that he told her he had another wife, and
that she and her parents were willing for
them to marry.
o A romantic marriage took place at Cy-
r press, Darlington county, Tuesday Mrs
: l.. E. Witherspoon, a young widow of Cy-
press, received IA matrimonial paper about
year ago, and in 1t she saw the card Of a
, gentleman advertising for O wife His
name was DR.. Wiustrauft and he lived IN
, New Mexico. She Immediately answered
? his advertisement ana they have been keer-
1 | ing 10 regular correspondence ever since
: and finally became engaged TO marry. o.
. last Monday Mrs. Witherspoon received a
n telegram from the gentleman, saying that
+ he was on his way to marry her. He ar
| rived there early on Tuesday morning and
they were Immediately married Mrs
i Witherspoon has some property at Cypress,
n | and her husband is trying to persuade her
i to sell her property and turn the money
} over to him. He wants her to go with him
: to his home in New Mexico. His wife re-
d fuses to sell her property.
S The eleventh annual session of the Ma
/ tional Farmers Congress of the United
Q States will convene at Sedalis, Mo, on
n Nov 10, 1891. 1t is composed of two dele
= gates and alternates at large from each
o state and one delegate and alternate from
{ each congressional district in each state.
Under the constitution tao governors OF
3 the various states are requested to make
, | such appointments. Gov Tillman has ac-
{ cordingly made the following appointments;
4 +. 7. Stackhousa, delegate at-large; y.
S h. Norris, delega te a:-large; Joseph L.
$ keltt, alternate; w. d. Exams, alternate.
t E. r. Walter FIRST district; II. J. Seibels,
n alternate. +. NJ. Bamberg, Sec md dis
/ trict; Harry Hammond, alternate. J. T.
7 Blake, Third district; D. II. Russell, alter
D | nate. II. b. Buist. Fourth district; J. c.
! Duncan, alternate. W. n. Elder, Fitch
4 district; Hazard McMeekin, Alternate. J.
. T. Durham, Sixth district: Lucas McIn-
4 tosh, alternate. John J. Dargen, Seventh
a district; j. II. Detjens, alternate,
" Payday on the Richmond and Danville
"A railroad struck some coloTed section hands
a At Newberry on Wednesday, Sept 10, aud
To- one Of them tried 70 xii, "a fellow-la borer
e The facts have been brought out BY tho
= alert eaglneer Of the Laurens train seeing "A
% man lyilg on the track the next morning
6 about five miles below Nswberry lie blew
J. the warning sl& lHls, but thu man Odd not
q move. The train was stopped, AMI the man
i I proved 20 DO a negro ia an unconscious q Jli.