The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-27
SOUTH CAROLINA.


SOUTH CAROLINA.
W. A. Chapman. dry goods merchant
of Anderson, has made an assignment.
A carriage and wagon factory is to bs
started at Bamberg with So, 900 capital.
Col. J. Townes Robertson has been re-
elected grand treasurer Of the Knights of
Honor.
Congressman Hsmphill has been invited
to deliver the address at the closing ex5r-
cises Of Graham Collegiate Institute, Barn
well county, on June 10.
Gov. TIlIman will attend the ClahiE COM
mencement at Orangeburg tomorrow. The
annual picnic Of the Edlsto Rifles will come
off on the next day, aud an effort will be
made to persuade the governor to remain
over and attend the picnic.
The Butler Guards of Greenville, a COM
pany with proud history, have reorgan-
lied. The resignation of Capt w. A. Hunt
was received and accepted with regret.
and John G. Capers, major of the Third
battalion OF state troops, was elected by
reclamation to fill the vacancy.
The Cape Fear and Cincinnati has been
surveyed from Smlthville to Winnsboro
and corps of engineers will start from
Winnsboro on May 10 to survey the line to
Greenville. A branch line is to be built
from Chester to Gaffney CITY, and Heating
& Co. Of Pittsburg will begin the grading
on May 5.
At meeting of the Sumter Hotel Com
pany a day or TWO ago about 800 900 of the
stock was represented. The meeting was in
favor of accepting the McGuinpess corner
on Main street as the site at $24. 900 in stock.
The projectors are confident of being able
to raise the other So, 900 necessary. and the
prospects are now good for the success Of
the scheme
The centennial celebration of the first
session Of the South Carolina legislature in
the city Of Columbia will take place on May
IL, IA and Is. The centennial grafton will
be delivered on the first day, viz, May IS,
by Gen Wade Hampton, and the survivors
OF the confederate army and navy have
been requested by the centennial committee
to act as an escort to the illustrious soldier.
The three days will be gala time.
1t is probable that the Cape Fear and
Cincinnati railroad will soon he built from
Smlthville, N. c., on the seacoast, to Green
VILE, and later from there to Knoxville,
Tenn, or to Chattanooga, offording the d.
rect connection with the west, which has
long been wanted by Greenvile, and would
have been secured by tho building of the
Carolina, Knoxville and Western road.
thirteen miles of which are in operation in
Greenville county.
citizen of Florence, mad horrible wound
inflicted on the top of his head at Darling
ton day or two ago by II. j. James,
formerly collector for him in lis business at
Florence. James jumped up in Prof.
Pierce's wagon and attacked him with a
Ratchet. James had been discharged by
Prof. Pierce for keeping money collected
by him. James was fined $50 by the
mayors court in Darlington, but the pros
fessor will have him indicted for assault
and battery in the court Of sessions.
A party Of young men from Greenville
went up the Carolina, Knoxville and West
ern railroad on hand car day or two ago
While going down steep grade they lost
control of the car, and it began increasing
speed until it was running at the rate of
forty miles IA hour. Tuey were nearing
high trestle, and fearing. it might jump
the track, all Of the party except one,
named James Henderson, leaped down an
embankment, and escaped with only a fe W
bruises. Henderson prepared to leap, hung
his foot over too far, when 1t caught be-
tween the croosties and jerked him off. He
fell on the rail just i'll front of the car ard
the wheels on one side passed across his
body. He was seriously bruised aud cut
about the shoulders and body. He is also
thought to be injured internally.
Mr.. Bolen. a gentleman living in the
Fork" Orangeburg county. says that on
last Friday night on the Holman's Bridge
road, near John Salley's place, two or
three men with a lantern were observed by
some negroes living near the spot 1t is not
said whether they were white or colored
They were seen by large pine tree for some
time. The next day negroes went to the
tree to ascertain what the strangers had
been doing. They discovered that a deep
hole had been dug near the tree and large
glass jar taken out of the earth. The Jar
had been broken aud the contents removed
and the broken jar left there. Mr.. Bolen
says he saw the hole that had been dug by
the pine tree, which had long lightwood
root projecting across the road, and also saw
the broken jar. The jar had been buried SO
long that the earth and clay adhered to ID
tightly, and the cover had corroded TO such
an extent that it could not be opened. Sher-
mans ar ny passed through that section
during the war, and 1t is supposed that some
of his soldiers buried some treasure there in
a jar by this particular tree and returned
last Friday aud got it.
On Monday correspondent of the
Charleston NelCS and Courier wrote as
follows from Oakley, Berkeley couuty /:
About two weeks since / was told by a
friend living near Pinopolis that few days
before that two negroes living on the place,
while walking along a road, had been
attacked by fox. One Of the negroes,
having his axe, killed it. Another fox
came into the yard, and upon being dis
turbed retreated under the corn barn growl-
ing. l thought no more of the matter until
few days ago when learned that one night
last week, on a neighboring place, some
young negroes had been similarly attacked.
One had been bitten and another, who had
been attacked, killed the fox. This caused
me to make inquiry, and learned Of two
Others who have been similarly attacked.
Two days ago medical friend told me
that, while visiting place some Ave or x
miles above Pinopolis, he learned of a ne
gro child who had been attacked and badly
bitten on the hand and thigh. No one here
has ever heard Of the like condition of
things before and cannot explain it,
Whether or not ir is an epidemic Of rabies
Is the question asked, aud the thought that
IL may be causes great uueasiness. IL il is,