The morning news., 1894-05-14

Gov. Tillman has issued a proclamation
offering a reward Of S75 for the arrest of the
parties charged with burning the house of Mr..
David Hipp, near POmaria.
A charter was to-day issued TO the Elias
Goodman Company, Of Charleston. The df-
rectors are: Chas. Elias and David Goodman,
president, Chas. Elias. and secretary and
treasurer, David Goodman The capital
stock OF the company is $4,000, which has all
been paid.
Gov. Tlllman has appointed Col. F. NJ.
Nixon as a commissioner to locate the battle
field at Chickamauga. Col. Nixon went into
service when he was Il years and months
old and served until the close. He was at
the battle Of Chickamauga The commits
sioner will leave Columbia on the 10th for
the battlefield.
At Abbeville Friday morning about /
O'Clock fire was discovered at the shops of
the Georgia. Carolina and Northern Railroad.
The large blacksmith shop was entirely con
sumed, and 1t was with the greatest difficulty
and most heroic efforts that the round house
and entire lot Of buildings were saved. The
origin OF the fire is unknown.
A commission for a charter was issued to.
day to the Farmers Cotton Oil Manufactur-
ing Company, Of Athens The corporators
named are j. E. Watson, G. w. Nichol, H. j.
Williams and J. j. Watson. The company
proposes to transact general cotton oil bust-
ness. The capital stock OF the company is
TO be $4,000, and one OF the provisions of the
charter Is to be that no one party shall hold
more than ten shares.
j. A Mccullough, counsel for J. Sims Sulli-
van, condemned TO be hanged at GTeenville,
who now has an appeal before the supreme
court will make a motion before the court TO
suspend the appeal pending motion on cir
cult for new trial, on the ground OF newly
discovered evidence. He will nle an afidavit
attacking the character of McCarter. witness
for the state, and also for two witnesses who
claim TO have seen the killing OF Gilreath,
ana will testify that they saw Gilreath at
tempt to draw his pistol. If the supreme
pOurt the SusDanS sion Of nDDpal il will
continue the case six months longer.
j. T. Jennings, colored under sentence OF
death for murder escaped from the Laurens
jail Thursday night about tea time. He took
the north bound vestibple train to Clinton at
l:l0 attired as woman. At O'Clock Fri
day morning. near Chester, his disguise was
discovered, when he leaped from the train.
A motion is pending In the supreme court for
Thursday. He is a northern mulatto and
teacher, and last summer he was found to
have concealed in the garret OF his house a
colored girl. where she had been for four
months II was discovered a child had been
born and jennings was convicted Of the muir
der of it. A negro lawyer has been arrested
charged with completely in the escape
Charleston Newsi and Courier: In the
Sunday News Of May g. was published a
brief account Of an outrage that occurred on
Wadmalaw Island. Yesterday a committee
of citizens from Wadmalaw came over to the
city with additional particulars and with an
News and Courier today Offering a reward
Of al0O for the apprehension, with proof to
convict, Of the perpetrators Of the outrage.
The victim OF the outrage was j.
II Bentz, and the story Of his being waylaid
and robbed Is briefly given as follows: Mr..
Bentz left Enterprise landing about 9 O'Clock
on the evening Of May T. and was not seen
till he was discovered in an unconscious con-
dition about 10 or II o'clock the same night
| by two men who had been sent after him by
| Mrs. Bentz. He was found lying on the side
! Of the road with a rope tied around his
! neck and drawn tightly. He had evi
| IDENTIFY been left to die Mr.. Clement, who
| came to the city yesterday, gave Mr.. Bentz's
| version of the assault, which he says wa,
| obtained from the victim during his rationa
/ moments. Mr Bentz says that two negroes
| walked up behind him as he was riding Slowl,
! along and attempted to unhorse him; a thir(
! stepped out from behind tree in front o
| him, and together the three threw him of L
! the ground pressing his face down into III,
| dirt Immediately, and choking him into par
! tlal insensibility. They then went through
| his pockets and found a piece OF rope in hi
| pocket which he (Bentz) usually carried
when out driving in case OF an accident to hi
i harness. This they used as the halter witt
| which to choke their victim. He was not en-
| tirely unconscious when they rifed hi
! pockets Of his money. On account Of tn
| darkness he cannot identify them furthe
| than to say they were negroes. The amour
stolen was 1890 and o watch and chain.