The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-21

/ Baruweu Sentinel: The price for rail
! splitting next year VIII be less than formerly,
! due to the fact that timid asplraEts viii not
need a fence. There VIII be no anti-ticket.
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There are at Vances. Orangeburg county.
! two octOEendrians. Messrs. Samuel G. Mitch
1 ell and Pleasant a. Williams who arc pen
| slOrers Of the seminole Indian war. They
/ draw eight dollars per month each from Uncle
som
The Newberry Herald; Times are notsohard
as some people would make you believe. We
| get IN the habit of complaining and il soon
becomes part Of our nature Inc money
market has been close for some weeks past.
but they tell Us now That the crisis is over.
| The south has not suffered near so much as
other sections
At ST. Mathews, Amanda Zeigler, living on
/ the place Of the Hon. Samuel Dibble, about
then miles above here. was one day last week
badly bitten by genuine blue gum niger.
Dr. L. h. Dlehf. VINO Is IN attendance upon
the case, has found II necessary to amputate
one finger, and there IS a probability Of more
being taken of. Her antagonist lost about
half Of one ear.
Last Friday was the day appointed FOR the
hanging OF Mandy Pitts at Newberrv. But
Mandy gave the moose slip month ago
When her cell was unlocked one morning she
was gone. and the manner Of her escape was
Inc merest conjecture. 1t rivals the mystery
OF the Man with the iron mask So far as
hanging IN Newberry was concerned Friday
she was not in it.
At Spartsnburg the mills are running as
usual, with the exception OF the COWpens
mills. They are adding a second story pre-
paratOry 20 putting in looms and they have TO
stop while they are making the change
There Is no sign Of closing down at present
The monthly payment Of hands will be
promptly met and we understand that they
have arrangements to meet any demands that
may e made on them for current expenses.
A. Orangeburg a negro named Elias Lee a
railroad hand OF unsavory reputation, created
some disturbance in town n few days ago. He
was seen late in the evening by one Of the
policemen going cut of town with a flask Of
d.spensary in his pocket and a pistol in his
belt. He attacked Foreman Howard at the
railroad camp with his deadly weapon, but
wa soon laid out with a dirt shovel Lees
condition was critical for awhile, but he is
now better.
News and Courier: Bright and early Mon
day morning Ito day. al the farthest the
sale OF plrltuous liquors Will be resumed in
Charleston. Not under that ban of Legal CON
domination which rests upon the illicit peram-
buations of the Elusive blind tiger IS but in
the broau glare Of Gods sunlight, and bearing
the appreciation Of and sustained by the males
tY OF the law. Every bottle VIII bear fac
smile Of the once proudly waving foliage of
the palmetto, and the whiteaproned individu-
al whoever he may be, who passes the pack
ages over the counter will be a duly author
lied ofhcial Of the state OF South Carolina.
Hampton Guardian: One night last week
Mr.. Raymond Mears was hailed and asked to
open ms store and sell some tobacco. lie re-
BAA-h ttlsAb az Ndo lDu ldLc. J. his ONEQEIeu De-
tween and 9 o'clock, and at 10 o'clock he
opened the door to get breath Of fresh air
before retiring Immediately two pistol shots
IN quick succession broke the stiffness OF the
night ard Mr.. Mears felt the burning pain as
one, If not both bullets struck him in the
head. He quickly shut and locked the door
and then fell senseless on the floor. There is
. bullet wound on each side OF his head and
DR.. Johnson said If they were one-eighth OF
an inch deeper they would be fatal.
Greenville News: elijah johnson is a
young man living about three miles this side
of Bolton. He was in Bolton Tuesday and
when the excursion train from Tallulah
passed there at 10 O'Clock that night on its
way to Piedmont he jumped aboard to go
home. The train was to stop a mile this
side Of where he lives to lei OF some passen-
gers amp he was urged to wait until the stop
was made and walk the distance back home.
He insisted, however, GU jumping, and when
the train was opposite his house which is
near the track, he took dying leap into the
dark. young nan who saw johnson jump
got on when the tarin stopped ana hurried
back to learn the result. He found johnson
inseusi0le aad tearfUlly hurt. He had struck
on his face on the end Of a tie, the marks Of
his teeth being found in the wood His
mouth, chin and nose are split and he has not
spoken or given any indication of conscious
ness since he was found.