The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-01
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The state tournament Of the colored fire.
men was held at Columbia Thursday.
Supt Mayfleld will, in a few days, an
| nounce the appointment OF boards of ex-
amiuers to conduct the competitive exami-
| nation for the Citadel scholarships in those
counties that have vacancies.
Since J. L. McLaurin has withdrawn
from the race for attorney general the
! friends Of j. Gary Evans in Aiken and else
where are pressing him to run. aud 1t is
! very probable that he will consent. He is
now considering the matter.
Phosphate Inspector Jones says that the
! phosphate royalties this month will amount
| to $36, 900. the largest since the Coosaw
| fight began. He attributes this TO the re-
opening Of the Coosaw territory. He says
South Carolina rock 10 now outdistancing
all others on the markets of the world.
Senator Irby, before leaving Columbia
Thursday, telegraphed to Senator Villas at
Washington that the state alliance had
overwhelmingly repudiated all third party
ideas and would support the nominees Of the
Democratic party. He received the fol
lowing reply from Senator Villas: Your
dispatch gives great qualification. The
united, patriotic course of the South Caro>
lima democrats will produce general good
feeling and benefit"
The prohibition state executive commit
Thursday night. There we're present the
chairman, L. d. Childs, and from tne sev-
eral counties in the state there were Messrs.
Tolson of Lancaster, Kibbler of Newbery ,
Jones OF Williamsburg. SIffiey Of Barn well,
Rowell of Lexington aud Nettles Of Claren-
don. The chairman made an extended re-
port Of his work in organizing the several
counties OF the state. showing that every
county in South Carolina has been fully or
ganized for prohibition with the exception
OF Beaufort county. He has visited 3
number of counties ia person, addressing
meetings, in some places large and enthusi-
astic and in others small, but pro-
nounced in favor of the movement In all
the counties the work planned by the con-
vention ia being carried out with vigor. and
the reports made by ths representatives
present and BY communications Of those who
were absent, covering twenty of the most
important counties in the state, show the
most encouraging progress and hopeful
prospects for the success OF the causs- In
large number of the counties candidates al
ready announced have expressed themselves
in iavor of prohibition, 80 that the move
ment will not be without leaders in the leg
islative contests IN all the counties Action
was taken by the committee to carry into
effect the arrangements with the
democratic state executive committee
for taking the prohibition vote in the
first primary election. Managers have
been appointed in most of the
counties at TIE different precincts who will
represent the prohibitionists and have over
sight Of tho prohibition vote in the boxes
provided by the prohibition state committee
and forwarded to the committees OF tue re-
epeclive counties. A resolution was adopted
appointing the third and fourth Sunday In
August, being the Sundays Immediately
preceding the election, for spec al PRAYER In
the churches throughout the state for the
success Of the cause, and requests were made
urging the clergy Of the various denomiue-
tions In the state to carry into effect this
suggestion OF the committee. A resolution
was also adopted reques ing the chairman
for the committee to prepare an address to
the voters of the state, urging them TO sup
port the cause Of prohibition at the primary
election