The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-25

. EaEAAAAE LanLAE4l owns the 0Au-N AeAAA
William D Sullivan Of Laurens VIII
soon issue a prospectus for stock for a
factory at TumblinE Shoals. on the Reedy
I river. twelve miles southwest Of Laurens-
/ The I.aurensville Herald contains card
I signed BY nfty-three ADVOCATING the nomi-
7 nation and election Of Senator lrDy as a
+ delegate 70 the constitutional convention
from Laurens county.
G. s. Clarke OF BranchviIle newly
E appointed mail clerk. was knocked down
by the switch engine In Florence satlr-
Z day and considerably bruised. He had
narrow escape from death.
A most liberal proposition is made 70
I tobacco leaf dealers by Darlington The
/ business men of that city are prepared
I to give well-situated building lots TO those
who VIII 90 there and build leaf factories
f. p. GambrelI OF Anderson county has
I gOurd that holds twelve and one-half
gallons. The vine on which 1t grew was
/ forty-five yards long and bore seven other
I gourds that would average six gallons
I each.
The Barnwen county board OF equali
zatiOn have been shaking Up things. The
average value Of mules was fixed at so.
/ The bank returns, which were made 81
I 20 per cent Of their capital stock were
raised to par.
Col. l.. w Youmans of Barnwell. one Of
the few planters whose cotton did not
cost more than IL came to last year, Is
cutting down his acreage for 1880. Last
week he had $50 acres planted in corn, and
VIII double that area later on.
Robert McLain, a North Carolinian, has
been arrested in North Carolina. and 1t to
be brought to Spartanburg to answer
to the. charge of horse stealing. McLain
IS said TO be man of fine family con-
nections and to stand well at home.
The secretary OF state has received APP
phcation from the Home Oil Mill Com
asking that they ba commissioned
to do business. Capital stock $1,000 di
vided into $50 shares of 800 each The
eorporators are II. z. Moore and w. c.
Moore.
J. c. McLendon, who opened the firing in
the Darlington riot last April, Is said to
be slowly dying of the wound he received
at the time, in his home in Barnwell
county. 1t was thought that the wound
was slight. but II has never healed, and
no hopes of his recovery are now enter
tanned
At Yorkville. S. c.. Thursday, Ernest
Parker caught a pig belonging to him and
was about to crop its tail The pigs tail
was wrapped around one finger Of his left
hand and in his right he held the knife.
He mistook his finger for the tail, and at
one stroke cut it off. The finger was never
found, and the pig went his way rejoicing.
Col. j. d. Graham, clerk of court of
Sumter county, died at his residence at
Sumter Thursday, in the 56th year OF his
age. Up to a few days before his death
he was. attending to his regular duties rs
clerk of court, now in session. His death
was caused from a complication of dis
eases, but more directly from heart fall
ure.
InOnAS cannon OF new E1dNe0s ~. d.
has written Gov Evans letter in which
he states that number of people in that
neighborhOod are thinking of moving south
and they want to get some Information
about South Carolina At his request
Gov. Evans will send him pamphlets and
other data showing the advantages of
this state
The whole country around Spartanburg
is filed with mOnazite prospectors, ana
new deposits are found daily. Col jolly
has leased the privilege Of working his
bottoms at a price that will net him $40
per acre, and the top earth Is to be put
back when the monazite is removed. The
rental for mining has now advanced TO
one-hfth.
of Seneca are preparing to enlarge their
mills 50 as to put in more machinery.
The spinning machinery has proved very
satisfactory, doing more work IN iact
than expected. and necessitates the plac-
ing of more looms. BY May / IT Is ex-
pected that over $1,000 spindles and $40
looms will be at work.
A curious story comes from Cross An
chor, Union county. Last week a negro
man was returning through the woods
from work with an AK slung across his
shoulder when suddenly he stepped into
an old we'll, partially covered with brush.
He was forced to cut steps in the side OF
the well by which to climb out, and 1t
took twenty hours of hard work before he
reached the top.
From all appearances there will be a
pretty heavy docket at the April term
.
already received the papers in seventy
four cases and at the present rate there
will be about one hundred and fifty
cases at the next term of the supreme
court. At the last session of the court
there were one hundred and six cases
argued and of that number about half
/ have already been decided and opinions
rendered.
Ex-senator Butler of South Carolina
is likely to be provided with place on
/ the Dawes Indian commission to which
] has authorized the President to
appoint two additional members. 1t is
] thought that the Indians of the five civ
/ ilized tribes will now agree to the alot-
ment of land and the establishment of a
! territorial government in the Indian
i Territory. They find that they are like
/ ly to suffer if they longer oppose the es.
/ tablishment of a regular and efficient local
/ government
/ CONGRESSMAN Stanyarne Wilson. dem
/ ocratic chairman of Spartanburg county,
/ has ordered primary election to select
/ delegates to the constitutional convention.
/ The Spartanburg committee preScrtbes
that only those who voted the John Gary
I Evans ticket in the last general election
/ shall participate in this primary-exclud-
| ing the anti-Tillmanites who supported
DR.. Sampson Pope This is the FIR first move
| and harmony" negotiations, which are
/ still in progress.
1t is stated on good authority that Sen
/ ator Tllman Will appoint Matthew F1tz-
simmons Tighe, recently of Charleston, but
now of Washington, ID. c., as his private
/ secretary. Mr.. Tighe was formerly on
! the staff of The Charleston News and
! Courier. In 1891 Senator Irby appointed
/ him his private secretary, and he acted in
that capacity until last fall, when he re-
/ signed and accepted a position on the
4 STAFF of The Washington Times. Mr.. Tighe
is looked upon as one of the most valu-
/ able literary adJuncts of the reform par
/ ".
Maj Gayer arrived at Charleston a few
! days ago from New York, whittier he re-
! moved a little over year ago, to attend
/ the funeral of his mother. He was caught
4 out in the rain few days since and took
cold He was not thought to be seriously
/ i'll, but died Saturday Mr.. Gayer was born
I in Charleston and educated there. Be
/ fore the war he was associated in the car
riage business with his father, but was
/ afterwards called to the bar During the
war, in which he earned his title of
major, Maj. Gayer was provost marshal
! of Charleston, and in that capacity made
/ many friends by his courtesy and consid-
Grafton. Maj. Gayer ran for mayor
/ against Capt. Courtenay and Maj Sale
I ia