The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-18

struck the Laurens street bridge and he was
Knocked OF the car and died in short while
afterward. His name ic j. u. Craft and it
Is SAID his home waSln Charleston.
Thursday afternoon Minis and James Ufa-
mond, between whom a feud of long standing
existed me, at Hairs mill, about two miles
from Barnwell, and quarreled. Diamond
went on Tor his gun. re turned and shot Minis.
morally wounding him. Ross superiutend-
ent Of the poor house, seized Diamond gun,
preventing him from shooting a second time,
and Minis thereupon pulled his pistol and
shot Diamond four times killing him, and
died himself half hour afterwards.
The state board of equalization have de-
efded TO reduce the original assessments on
railroads as previously announced in the fol
lowing particulars; Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens fixed at 5000 per mile a reduction
OF s 90 Ter mile. Georgia, Carolina and
Northern, 9lO,OoO per mile, reduction of
[ sl.A0 per mile, The South Carolina and
Georgia railroad, SIS 20 per mile a reduction
OF 500 per mile. Three company's S, 5000 per
mile, reduction Of 500 per mile. The Ash
ley River road. 5000, as intended to be re-
turned. The penalty on the East Shore Ter
minal was removed.
As the Summerville passenger train from
Charleston Saturday morning. in charge OF
Conductor Black and Engineer O'Bren. ap-
preached Berkeley Station, on the South
Carolina and Georgia railroad and blew sig
mails, an unknO vi white man, who was travel
ing toward the Savannah Junction atthat
point, evidently alarmed by the noise OF the
approaching train and sound OF the whistle,
attempted 10 Cross inc iEaCk IN 'front.' OF lue
engine, was struck OF and fatally injured.
he was taken to Summeryille for medical
assistance, but died in few minutes after
being taken from the train.
Stokes & Raysor, who are widely known in
the business world as manufacturers OF the
best yellow pine lumber that can be pro-
duced from the forests of lower Carolina are
adding new and improved machinery to their
immense saw mill plants in COlleton. They
are also engaged in building a railroad from
the terminus Of the Green Pond, WATERFORD
and Branchville railway to Smoaks dis
lance of about twenty miles. This road was
originally designed as an easy means of
transportation for the product of their saw
mills, but the necessity for railroad faeili-
ties that exists in the section of country
through which the road passes has induced
them to carry freight for other people. Con-
sequentiy other manufacturers OF lumber,
manufacturers of naval stores and farmers
are greatly benefited by the extension OF
the road
Capt. James Mxson of the "Steep Bottom"
neighborhood of Hampton county. was waylaid
and shot to death on Monday while returning
home at night from his place of business.
Caudry Minis. cOlOred, bas been arrested un-
der suspicion of being the assassin Minis
denies knowing anything about the shooting.
capt. MlKsOn was one OF Hampton best cti-
Zens. Industrious, hardworking and univers
ally esteemed, he had no enemies. The
theory is that he was mistaken for some one
else and received the death wound intended
for another. Minis, who is suspected of hav-
ing done the deed, is one of a rather peculiar
race of people who live in the river section of
the county, locally known as "Old Issue.n
They are mixed race, and have never been
slaves. They are supposed to be descendants
OF Indians and negroes, but nothing is def
itely known of their origin.
GOV. Tillman has pardoned white man
named John w. Hodge, OF Clarendon county
who has had brief experience of two days
IN the penltentiary, and thereby hangs
strange tale. About two years ago Hodge
married young girl, and until recently they
lived together happily as man and wife, when
trouble came on them through IL is said, the
VengefulneSs OF Tilted sutton. The state
ment made to the governor was that this
Tilted sutton, alleging that the girl had colored
blood In her veins, had a warrant issued for
her and Hodge on the ground of unlawful
marriage" They were arrested, tried and
convicted Hodge was sentenced TO one year
in the penitentiary and the woman was sen
fenced to pay fine of $500 but owing
TO the illness of her child the Judge
released her. from Imprisonment tenn
porarlly. The showing was made to the gov
ernor that Hodge is white and that the girls
grandmother and mother we're pure white.
On herfathers side there seems to have been
some strain of Indian or other kind of blood
the interjection of which into the family ex-
tends back beyond the revolutionary war
white and has associated with none but white
people. Her father fought as a confederate
soldier On this showing the governor issued
pardon The question now arises whether
after conviction in the court Of general SEES
sions, the parties to the marriage contract
can now be legally considered married. and
whether their child is legitimate or not 1t
is understood that some effort will be made
to have the question passed upon by the