The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-31
SOUTH CAROLINA.

All Of the county treasurers are now at
work collecting taxes for the present fiscal
year.
The Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter's
crack military company, has decided to
purchase new uniforms, and will have a
fair the first week in December for that
purpose.
Mrs. B. A. Hussey has started a cigar
factory near Sumter. Her cigars are skill
| fully made and Of excellenk flavor. Mrs.
Hussey has learned the trade aud thor
oughly understands her business.
The gin house, gin, cotton press and about
four bales Of cotton belonging to G. Ehr-
hardt & Son at Ehrhardt's mill, thirteen
miles from Midway, were destroyed by fire
a day or two ago. No insurance.
The barn and stables of Dr. f. McCutchen
of Smithville.ln Sumter county, were recent
ly burned together with his buggy, wagon,
ha ness and provisions. The cause of the
fire is unknown, but is thought to be in
cendiary.
The South Carolina conference has been
held in Sumter every ten years since 1888,
and the Methodists of that city will ask
that IL be held there again in 1898. Presid-
ing Elder e. T. Hodges has already extended
the invitation.
Charley Sigh, alias "Doc" Ford, who is
wanted in Newberry county for the muir
der Of a white man there some six or eight
months ago, was arrested in Lexington
county Thursday. A reward Of $75 was
offered for his arrest.
Attorney General MeLaurin has about
800 applications for the dozen engrossiDg
clerkships to which he has the appointment.
The pay for the work is IS for each working
day. Nominee Townsend already has be-
tween fifteen and twenty applications fer
the position of assistant attorney general.
There is evidently plenty of legal talent
wanting a job.
Postmaster Russell of Anderson has issued
a circular announcing bis candidacy for
congress from the Third district. John r.
Tolbert OF Abbeville is the regular repub.
| lican nominee and Russell was his only op-
| ponent in the convention. Russell claims
| preference to Latimer, who, he says, is not
a democrat, but q third partyite.
1t ia stated on pretty good authority that
| the railroad commissioners are going to
hand over the Camden Junction matter to
| the attorney general with the request that
he force the South Carolina railway TO
make the proper exchange at that point.
The railroad is said to have a strong case,
and another good, fair, square fight is in
order unless the attorney general disagrees
with the commission in its view.
1t seems to be a rather difficult matter to
placate the military companies of Columbia
that have for some time been warning over
the question OF the seniority Of captains
The report is that the Governors Guards are
very much aggrieved over Gen. Farley's de-
cIsion against them, aud went TO force re-
hearing Of the case in some way. The Vol
uuteers and Xouaves have said that if Capt.
Bateman Is made senior captain they W Ill
turn in their arms to the state and maintain
a separate organization.
viii Hall, a carpenter, supposed to be
from Columbia, working at Sapio, Barr
we'll county Ave miles from Mullvans tur-
pentine still, was eating dinner
a day or two ago with Mr..
Willis, the superintendent of the turpentine
still. A negro woman waiting at table APP
preached, when Hall made some improper
remark 10 her. A negro named Glover. who
overheard the remark, resented it in an iu-
sulting manner, and when Hall reached for
rock with which to bit him he pulled a
pistol from his pocket and fired at the man,
both balls taking effect in Halls head
Death resulted in few hours. A posse has
been searching for Glover since, but have
not succeeded in capturing him.
w. l.. Bost is in jail at Lancaster charged
with the murder of Marshal John NJ. Nc
Manus Of Heath Spring, Lancaster county.
Trial Justice Davis summoned jury, who
| rendered the verdict that McAanus came to
| his death by q gunshOt wound at the hands
of Bost that the murder was unprovoked
and that Maston Bowls was accessory be.
fore the fact. Two witnesses testified that
Bost was the man who did the killing. They
also identified the pistol with which he did
and the hammer WAS down on discharged
) shell. The medical expert testified that the
ball taken from the dead man correspondent
p with the ealiber OF the pistol.
A night or two ago white man named
! Alex Simpson, who resides on John Pruitt's