The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
souTH CAROLINA.

Wednesday excursion trains out of
Charleston for the North Carolina noun
tains carried 700 passengers.
d. A. J. Sullivan has gone to Rock
ville where he viii look after granite
that is to be used in a new monument
that Is to be erected TO John c. Calhoun
in Charleston. 1t is to take the place
of the one now in Marion square.
Columbia News: jefferson May
has been awarded the contract
for repairing and renovating the
inside work of the Columbia Female Col
lege, and to build their annex, the indus
trial han. There were six bids, and Mr..
May was successful at his bid of $0,lV0.
This win be an Improvement to the col
lege, and Will greatly widen its field or
usefulness.
Columbia Corr Charleston News: If
the signs of the times count for aught
the days of the constabulary force are
counted. There is considerable talk about
cutting the force down to a dozen or more
select men and have them take in the
state generally. It is thought that the
constables generally are having very much
of pie" time and that there is no use
for the good done to keep up the force
at its present cost of about $4,000 for the
year.
/ Columbia News: Mrs. N. A. Martin
who lives a few miles from Ninety-Six
has kindly furnished two cannon to be
sent to the Atlanta exposition. They
nave been in the possession of her fam
lily for almost 100 years, and were used
during the revolutionary war at the old
Star Fort at Cambridge. They are about
three feet long, nine inches in diameter
at the butt and five inches at the end
The bore is about three inches in dame
ter, and they each weigh about 100
pounds They have been used as and
irons. No doubt they We're set on fire
with a pine knot, as they would be the
most convenient form in which TO handle
IRE u those good old days. The arms on
which they We're mounted have been bro
ken off.
Edward Cornish and Abraham Wash
1ngton, two colored citizens, vino are not
worrying themselves about the constitu-
tlonal convention, went out hunting hogs
IN the Congaree swamp the other day.
They carried gun and with that hoped to
capture wandering hog. The hog came
along and Cornish fired at the animal
The hog was wounded and the negroes
went after him, when some unknown
third person came along, saw what was
going on, picked up Cornshs gun with
which he fired at the hog, and banged away
at the would-be thieves. Washington did
not stop running until he reached home,
and he is very much worried over the
fact that Cornish has not yet reported
He thinks that Cornish was killed in the
swamp and is so thoroughly frightened
that he will not go back to show anyone
where the hog stealing episode occurred
A. H. Patterson of Barnwell was in Co.
lumba Saturday. He spoke to Gov. Evans
about the white-capping matter and stat
ed positively that there's no organize band
of white-capS in the county, and that the
cases that have been reported each stand
case.
he said, occurred in about this manner:
A colored boy was caught under a build
ing looking at young girls. He was let
OIL on the understanding that his parents
should give him a good whipping.
brother of the inQuisitve boy objected 10
the whipping being given by the parents
Of the boy, and interferred with the carry
ing out of the proceeding. Certain white
persons went to see about the matter.
ence of the brother took him out and
gave him whipping. MIR. Nevis, then.
so 1t IS said. took out warrants against
some of the white men who did the whip-
ping, as he thinks that such treatment
will influence the labor to leave his farm.
Charleston Sunday News: FRIDAY
morning, about o'clock, as Detectives
Miller and James Hogan We're walking
along Pitts street, near Montague, they
saw negro man run out of a gate and
aoaSe behind tree nearby His actions
Were 50 suspicious that they Immediately
oruered him 10 surrender assuring him
and arrested him. At once the detectfves
near a commouon in the house, which
was the residence Of Howard jackson
ana, Stiil keeping the negro under arr
rest, the detectives inquired Of the In
mates what was the trouble. They soon
learned that the house had been entered
Win evident criminal intent by someone
bea chamber having been invaded ana
as occupants badly frightened Tho
oillcefs said they had just caught d man
coming nom the yard and. upon invests
CATION. u was proved 10 b. Fred Johnson
Alf Jarkaurs servant The pFem4ses
were fAfffNily searched and no other ~.
WhaffH could he found. 50 johnson was
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