The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-30
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
There is q prospect Of the organization of
a Lutheran church at Whtmire ----------
The board OF directors OF the penitentiary
at Columbia have decided to extend the
hosiery factory A contract to extend the
building sixty feet has just been awarded,
and work will be at once commenced.
The board Of trustees of the Winthrop Nor
NAL College are at work making arrange
ments for special train to run from Column
bia to Rock Hill on May II to the dedicatory
services. The full force OF cadets from Glenn
son College will be present, and will give a
dress parade.
The brokerage business of II. j. Bruce. at
Columbia, has gone by the board. The place
could not make expenses, and consequently
had to be discontinued Thursday an at
tachment was served against the place. This
Is about the fifth establishment Of the kind
that has gone to the wall in Columbia.
c. c. Cooper died Wednesday night at his
residence at Denmark. He retired well and
hearty, and when some members of the
| family went to his apartment he was in a
dying condition, and lived only a few seconds
Mr.. Cooper was one of the landmarks of that
section. He was 70 years old, and owned con
siderable landed estate
Gov, Tillman has committed the sentence
Of Andrew Walker to life Imprisonment in
the penltentlary. Walker and Nose Fair
were convicted in June, 1894 OF The murder of
Isaac Wilson, and were to have been hanged
on May 4 Fair will be hanged in Chester on
the day appointed, but his companion in
crime will come down to Columbia.
Frank Moore, a foremost citizen and
farmer, living six miles from New0erry was
gored severely by a bull Wednesday after
noon. The bulls horns did not penetrate the
abdominal cavity OF Mr., Moore, but one of
the horns penetrated his side and scraped his
chest and stomach, and he was also paved by
the Infatuated animal DR.. James H. McIn-
tosh, the attending physician, saws Mr..
Moore 5 wounds are not necessarily dangerous
but that he is badly injured
The Ramberg Guards, infantry, was re-
| organized Monday afternoon, sixty-two
strong, by the election Of the following Of
hcers; Captain, H. s. Hartzog; heutenants
H. c. Folk. j. j, Jones' G. G. EllZey: ser
geants, &. l.. Price, G.. A. Rice, w. p Thomp-
son, l.. F. Bamberg and Joseph Mccormick;
cOrporals, j. M Dickinson, U. l.. EllZey. j
M. Grimes and w. f. Free surgeon, DR.. e.
j. Wannamaker This has, in time past
been one OF the crack" companies of the
state, and it is proposed to make it so again.
Wednesday GreenYille decided against
free whisky" Gov. Tillman to the con rary
Notwithstanding. A man named Brooks was
arrested by the chief-of-police charged with
running a blind tiger Wednesday he was
tried in the mayor court by a jury ana
verdict OF guilty rendered. The Jury recon-
mended him 10 the mercy Of the court. He was
fined 80. This is the first conviction in Green
! vile for violation OF the liquor law since the
dispenSary law went into operation The po-
lice continue active in running down the
blind tigers
The militia of the state, so far as the public
| know, is In about as much of an uncertain and
nebulOuS condition as the dispensary. Every
| one would like to know what is going to he
| the final result of the refusal OF certain com
| panieS to 90 to DARLINGTON, how MANY new
! companies have been organized, where they
! are located, how many have been equipped
! ana such information. A huge pile OF mill
tary uniforms, guns and equipments around
! the states armory in the dispensary building
would seem to indicate that they are from
! companies that did not 90 to Darlington. The
| bulk would indicate that they came from
! Charleston, but it is nothing more than a
| guess Exactly why there is such recticence
about giving out any Of this information is
! net known.
The Survivors Association OF Confederate
| Surgeons, at their meeting at Rock Hill
! Wednesday, elected the following officers:
| President, DIR. q. w. Morrall, of Barnwell
county; vice presidents, DR.. James Evans, OF
| Florence, DR.. w. II. Narden. of Anderson.
| and DR.. A. A. Moore, of Camden; secretary
| and treasurer, DR.. A. Bratton, OF Yorkville.
! The survivors will meet wherever the State
| Medical Association holds its next meeting.
| There were ten confederate surgeons present
1 at the meeting. They are now ar historic
| band, and number Drs. T. j. Mackey, of
! Edgedeld, w II. Morrall of Barnwell James
| Evans, of Florence A. A Moore OF Camden,
! w. H. harden. of Anderson, Jas. BrattOn. OF
| 1orkville, Douglass, of Backstock, and
| Doyle, of Seneca,
In the court of common pleas now in
session at Aiken quite n number OF civil cases
have been tried, the most important OF which
| was that of James II. Bush, executor OF the
Will OF Mrs Amanda Bush against ertena
| Brabham ct al. The defendants in this case
tried to break the will on the ground that
/ undue influence was brought TO bear on Mrs
Bush and that she was not competent to
| make will on account Of her mind and body
| being impaired by a long illness. She left her
| property TO the children OF DR.. h. c. Brab-
ham who are her grandchildren giving the
| bulk OF II TO Lance, the eldest son Capt.
James H. Bush Is the executor under the
/ VIII. The jury found in favor Of the plaintiff
thus sustaining the will This is the first at
tempt that has ever been made in Aiken
county to break will before the courts.
Saturday Ben Hutto, a young man about %
years OF age, who lives about nine miles from
Orangeburg. was going fishing and intended
taking his pistol along TO shoot snakes. lie
/ wished to change his shoes before going. and
In order to do so had to go to room In his
| fathers house, which was being secured by
his sister and colored girl named Rose
/ Bradley, who belonged to the family When
! he reached the door of the room and stated
| that he wished his shoes his sister asl1e'l HIM
1 TO wait ut the door and the girl Rose. would
/ get what he desired hose went to the corner
1 of the room where the shoes were white fhe
/ sister remained standing near her brother
! Young Hutto pulled out his pistol TO examine
~ ana 70 see n u hau any empty shells IN the
chambers As n attcmptel TO close the pis
tOl IN some manner il went OF, the ball strik-
( ing Rose JUS. as she was coming up with tho
| shoes in her hands. She fen dead her brain
| having been pierced by the bullet. Miss
Hutto barely escaped receiving the bullet In
! her head Her face was scorched by the
| burning powder, SO near was she to her
/ brother when the pistol was fired.
| The recent cold snap at Ridge Spring in
/ Ed2edeld county totally destroyed the fruit
/ crop for this year. The majority OF farmers
OF that section can stand the low price OF cot.
| ton and watermelons il they can only have a
| good fruit crop There are shipped from
| Ridge Spring point and Monetta three miles
distant every year from O., O0J to IS 900 crates
OF fruit, bringing at an ordinary market from
| 20 cents to II per crate; bringing IN the aggre-
much heavier losers than others but the
| greater part OF IL is scattered among those
! VINO really need II as means OF subsistence