The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
SOUTH CAROLINA.

An effort is making to organize a uni
yersity club in Charleston.
A negro at Lone Star was given fifty
lashes by citizens for burglary.
There are four Mormon elders at mis-
siouary work in LANCASTER county.
DIR. q. S. Butler died at his home at
Edgefeld Wednesday morning after lin
gering illness.
Col. c. J. Purcell has gone into the .rab-
bit business and has a small rabbit farm
near Newberry.
A mare belonging to Walker McMurray
OF Lancaster county, gave birth to mule
colt last week without any tail.
Conservative reports estimate that 200
new tobacco barns have been erected In
Darlington county during the past two
months.
Ishmael Smalls, a negro man, was
drowned at o'clock Thursday afternoon.
off Mitchells flats about a, mile and half
above Charleston on the Cooper river.
One day last week. while endeavoring
to cross the South Carolina and Georgia
railroad track at BlackVillo. J. w. Wood
ward was caught between two cars and
had his knee badly lacerated.
On last Tuesday afternoon about
o'clock Tom STOW of Kings Mountain,
WHILE attempting to board freight train
as IL passed through Cowpens, was caught
under the wheels and crushed to death.
The barn and stables of Perry Moses
Of Sumter were destroyed by fire Wednes-
day morning, together with valuable
horse and three cows, and q carriage and
a buggy. The loss Is $500, with Insurance
of $500
John NJ. Smith, colored, late postmaster
at Iynchburg, S. c., was arrested at Co
lumbia Wednesday night on charge of
violating the postal laws. Smith has been
working at Columbia as a servant for the
past few months.
The reorganization OF the National guard
leaves but five colored militia companies
in Charleston. The Carolina Rifles, Gov
errors Rifle Guards. Nnshaw Rife
Guards, South Carolina Volunteers and
Garrison Light Infantry.
The board of medical examiners COM
pleted their work at Columbia Wednes-
day and have examined all the papers.
out of twenty-three applicants, six failed
to pass. Among the applicants were two
negroes, one of whom passed.
The Sinclair mills. about six miles from
Lancaster, operated by Stevens & Co.,
property, together with a lot of lumber,
wheat, corn, etc, was totally burned.
Loss about $500; insurance $500.
Gov. Evans left Columbia. Saturday. for
Aiken, where he will spend Sunday with
his folks. He expects to return on Mon
day and will go TO Charleston on business
Tuesday. While there he win meet the,
lady managers of the Atlanta exposition
and consult with them as to the work in
hand.
Col. w. II. Robertson of Charleston has
received his commission from Gov. Evans
appointing him colonel of the First regi-
ment of the National guard. Col. Robert
son has served with the militia for many
years, but the reorganization of the state
troops rendered his reappointment by the
governor necessary.
The penitentiary stables Just south of
the walls at Columbia were burned TO the
ground Thursday afternoon. frame
house just east of IL was also consumed.
Loss 5000; no insurance. The commits
sary of the penitentiary. inside the walls,
and but a short distance from the stables
was saved by hard work.
commission for a charter hos lao, sg
| sued to the American Spinning Company
Of GrecnYille county. The corpOrators
named are: O. II. Sampson. James r.
Morgan, James L. orr and James s. Goth
! ran, Jr. The capital stock OF the company
is TO be $4,000. The company proposes
operating cotton mill In Greenville
county.
John T. McGaha shot and killed Joshua
| W. Bigby, near Honea Path, IN Ander-
was a cripple, and was attacked and
1 beaten by Bigby. McGaha got a shotgun
/ and Bigby made second attack on Mo
I Gaia, who fired his gun. and DiRby re-
/ ceiyed q wound IN bis right side from
/ which he died IN about there hours
| A commission for a charter has been is
sued % the Langley Clothing Manufae-
turing Company OF Charleston. The oapi-
I tai stock ~ the company is 20 b. So 90
! The nOrporatOrs named are, samuel
| Langley u - Langley y. 81 Trenholm.
| H. q Rhett and ". q. Miller. The com
I pauy proposes % manufacture an grades
/ n cl0thiug ln che city ~ Charleston
Raymond IL kearse who was convicted
| Of arson in 1885 and sentenced NJ fne DeHt-
/ Tertiary ~ ten yfafs. was paraoEed VII
- pardon u hlnafa, who vas oonWcied