The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-07
SOUTH CAROLINA,

SOUTH CAROLINA.
A cloud burst at Palmetto wednesday
washed away a trestle on the Atlantic
Coast Line,
The Juicy cucumis melons of Barnwen
were not a paying crop this year. The
cotton crop is more than quarter short.
Gov. Tillman has appointed L. e. Viii
liams supervisor of registration for
Charleston county, vice d. S. Outline,
who expects TO move out of the state. Mr..
Williams is one of the reform aldermen
Of Charleston.
Butler Grant, a colored man, and his
wife and mule were struck by lightning
near Cedar Springs, about nine miles
from Abbeville, few days ago. They
were driving home from church, when
the man and mule were instantly killed
by the stroke, and his wife was severely
shocked, having one of her shoes torn on.
The Huguenot Plaid Mills of Green
vile, decided on the first Of the month to
run on short time for a mouth or more.
Since that decision was made the outlook
for placing the goods of the company has
very much improved and the mill will
now run on fullitime until September, and
If there is no change for the worse in the
market at that date will continue run
ming full time.
c. F. Barrett was arrested at Spartan
burg Friday by United States Marshal
Kirby for tampering with the mails;
There are two charges against him, and
Commissioner Colvert fixed the bond in
each case at 81 500. A postofiice detective
has been here two weeks working up this
and other cases. Barrett had not given
bond at sunset Marshal Kirby has him
in safe keeping.
Eva EVERY, a colored woman, was
killed in the Rafting Greek neighborhood
of Sumter county on Monday night by
lighting. The woman was sitting with
her back towards the fireplace holding a
baby in her lap, when the chimney was
struck and she was instantly killed by
the shock, but the baby was not injured
There were no burns or other marks on
the body showing the effect of lightning.
A charter has been granted to the Pal
metto Soap Manufacturing Company of
Charleston. The capital stock is S25 900,
divided into five hundred shares of fifty
dollars each, all of which has been sub
! scribed. The officers are; j. d. Capped
mann, president; l. p. O'Neiu, vice presi-
dent, and r. G. Metz, secretary and treas
urer The directors are: August Be-
quest, g. +. Middleton, d. A. ANIME, G..
A. Gartleman and the officers mentioned.
Mr. luton Deschamps was shot and
killed near his residence, about two miles
from Silver, in Clarendon county, last
Sunday. His family, not suspecting any
thing of the kind. did not miss him before
evening, when his failure to return home
aroused suspicion. A search was insti-
tuted but the body was not found until
the next day. Foul play is suspected.
Mr.. Deschamps was well-to-do, was son
of the late State Senator Deschamps, and
was merchant and q farmer. He leaves
a wife and several small children.
Dock Henderson, who was convicted of
murder in Barnwell county, has been
given a respite by Governor TillmaD. He
was sentenced to be hanged last Friday.
! The governor gave him a respite until
! Sept. /, so as to allow his attorneys
| to make a report as to the new evidence
| claimed to have been discovered. The
action of Governor Tillman was based on
the following letter dated at Allendale,
July 81, and addressed to the governor:
"Stay sentence of Dock Henderson to be
| hanged in Barnwell Friday. We have
| evidence that August Brunson, white
man did the killing. Jones Il. q. Auil,
| Intendant"
The abstracts of the county auditors are
| somewhat slow in arriving. No reports
| have yet been received from Charleston,
! Barnwell, Edgsfeld, Marion and Union.
| Chief Clerk Norton estimates that the in
crease in the assessment of the state will
be about two million dollars. Spartan
burg and Anderson counties show an in
crease of about q million dollars. The
only county which up to this time shows
| decrease is Berkeley, where there is a
considerable falling off in the personal
property returns. This is explained by
| the decrease in the land mining in the
county. The Office seems to be very well
pleased with the returns which have been
received up to this time, and it is posi-
| bic that the chronic bank and phosphate
trouble will be avoided this year.
A special to the News and Courier from
Beaufort says: Caterpillars have APP
peared in full force on the sea islands and
are ravaging what is left after the
drowning out of the lowland cotton that
was seriously damaged by the excessive
rains. The rains have been more fire.
Quent and heavier than for many years.
The corn crops in the lOwlands, where
the production is most usually to be de
pended upon to make up for the short
comings of the highlands, is completely
destroyed. The estimate now, since
successive rains for the past week, is a
half crop of cotton and very slim pro
vision crop. Perhaps the destruction OF
the corn aud pea crops will stimulate an
increased acreage of slip potatoes to sup
ply the deficiency and to avert starva-
ton.
The colored people OF Chester are get
| llL2 SOMEWHAT BAClbGu OVER inc attempts
to raVish women and girls of their own
race. As was expected, alcrowd of colored
people went last night to whip Mally
Chester for his attempt to ravish col
ored girl. When they got to the house
they were met by the aged father of the
boy and fusilade of brickbats followed
The old man was hit in the mouth and
otherwise pretty badly used up. 1t APP
pears that the men thought that they had
killed the elder Chester and left the place
before they got Mally Chester, who was
in the house at the time. The men left
the whip which they brought along and
fired their guns into the house before
they left. Chester knows the parties
who came to his house and will prosecute
them as soon as he is able to swear out a
warrant against them.
Safe, Sure and Speedy.
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