The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-24

increased ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ana announcer
| cotton mill are among the possibilities at
! Greenwood.
Last Sunday night, at the plantation Of
A. c. Williams, in Hampton county,
Frank Haines was fatally cut with a
razor by Ben Jones. They had dispute
about a watermelon, when Jones drew his
razor and cut Haines across the side of
the head, splitting his ear and gave him
another cash from his back across his alb
domen, completing disemboweling him.
Cowpens is a thriving town of 1000 in
habitants, situated about half way be-
tween Gaffney City and Spartanburg on
the Richmond and Danville railroad. 1t
contains two churches, one school house,
six stores of general merchandise, cot
! ton mill, livery stables, and everything
! that goes toward making a busylittle town.
| The crops in the neighborhood need rain
! to some extent, but are not as yet serious
! ly injured. Every evening threatens rain,
| but none comes.
The railroad tax cases will again come
! up in the courts this week. Mai. Town
send said Saturday that the state would
begin TO take its evidence Wednesday and
| probably continue for the balance of the
week. He said that men from each
county would be summoned who he
thinks are competent TO give evidence
upon the value of property in this state
] LAllDl8 bllOSG NuU W III NJ GAdllluGu are
county auditors, sheriffs, masters and
| other county officials.
| AT Clifton, Spartanburg county,
| Wednesday George Yechem, an honest,
! clever, Woodworking old German, about
| 76 years old, was killed by being run over
! by a heavily loaded car on the tramway
/ operated between the depot and mills.
! The poor old fellow was partially deaf and
walked with his head and body bent over,
] fal, e,Cccihltr hoo ~
or seeing the approaching car, and he
stepped on the track in front of the fiat
/ and was crushed to death
Extensive preparations are being made
to have a grand reunion of Confederate
/ Veterans at Lexington courthouse Aug.
81. The details are being arranged, and
/ the committee in charge will spare neither
labor nor pains TO make the occasion a
/ great success. Invitations will be eX-
tended to the following noted coufeder-
ates to be present, viz; Gems. NJ. @. But
| Ter, j. b. Kershaw, John ID. Kennedy,
| Samuel MCGOWAN, John Bratton and Y.
j. Pope; Coils. S. M. Boykin, j. d. Davis
and Zimmerman Davis; Majs. J. II. Nor
gan and Thomas w. Woodward Drs. A.
S. Sally and d. r. Barton Hon. Mansul
Gunter, Rev S. T. Mailman, Capt w. NJ.
Gibbes, George w. Meetzee.
The Greeuville News of Saturday no
ticed the rumOrs concerning the difficult
I les with the students at Clemson. Ed
itor Williams telegraphed President
| Craighead for the facts, and a long com
| munication will appear tomorrow from
Prof. Craighead. The troubles were only
such as might have been expected from
such large institution and so many boys
inexperienced in boarding school life.
The first trouble was with the laundry
and that had been corrected. The second
trouble was fy-blown meat on the table.
Another trouble was the drill. Another
trouble was the inferior walters at the
tables. Prof Craighead, TO get at the
facts about the meat and meals, took his
place with the boys and ct their tables
for severa l days. To correct the waiter
business he proposed that the boys take
turns waiting ON the table. which prop
osition met the approval of the students
and The negro walters were discharged.
b. r. Iillman was among the first set of
walters.
In the general sessions at Laurens
Thursday John Ferguson, colored, was
convicted of wife murder j. T. Jennings
and wife and Clara Bullock were tried
for the murder of an infant. Jennings
was convicted and a mistrial ordered as
TO the two last named Jennings was
sentenced to be hanged on the
first Friday in September. A demurrer
ana motion for a new trial were
overruled. His wife and Clara Bullock,
in whose cases mistrial was ordered,
were allowed bail. Ferguson was sen
fenced to be hanged on the first Friday in
September After the passing of the sen
tence he asked the Judge il he could dis
pose Of his little girl by will Charlie
Green, George Bowers and Wade Cannon
were convicted of arson in burning the
dwelling house of j. ID. Harston, and, as
there was no recommendation to mercy,
they were sentenced TO be hanged on the
LIST of September. X Z. Morrison was
sentenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary. He was convicted as a common
cheat in obtaining money from negroes
under the pretense Of representing a be-
nevolent enterprise. All the defendants
are negroes.
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