The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-01


Thursday night ]. W. Zimmerman. cash
Ter Of the Savings Bank OF ST. Matthews.
accidentally shot himself In the bowels.
He had gone from the bank TO his home
with his pistol. as usual, and while tax
ing it from his hip pocket to put on the
mantelpiece IL caught in his suspenders
and was discharged His physicians have
not yet succeeded in locating the ball.
The Saxe-Gotha cotton mills are 10
succeed the old Red Bank mill in Lex
ington county. The property not destroy
ed BY hre was bought by John r. London.
The SaNe-Gotha Company will rebuild the
pany IS to be $4,000. ". p. Roof. r. W.
Shand, John r. London, Robert Hilton
and Allen Jones are taking the initiative
IN developing the property.
A cOlored man living near Little Horse
Creek, west Of Grantteville. in Aiken
county, had narrow escape from death
on saturday. Some one came to his door,
poked gun through a cat hole and
shot him in the head He was lying on the
floor in front Of the fire asleep when shot.
DR.. G A. league picked out the shot that
had lodged against the skull. and the
negro is up and going about his business.
Rev. ]. J. Neville of Anderson met with
a very serious accident a few days ago.
He was engaged in rolling an Clubhouse
up TO his dwelling in order TO use il as a
kitchen, and had II nearly up to the place
wanted when IL slipped of the props and
caught Mr.. Neville by the right hand.
decorating it in a terrible manner and
body, and perhaps inJuring him intern
ally.
The negro man who was found dead
on the side OF the railroad near Roseland
in Aiken county. on Feb 9, during that
extremely cold spell Of weather, has
turned out 10 be from Aiken. His iden-
uty was not discovered until Saturday
last. His name was Ezekiel Williams. He
was hotel waiter, and was on his way
to Charleston in search of work How
he met his death Is a mystery that is
yet TO be solved.
At the last meeting of the South Caro-
Ina conference Il was decided to build
an orphanage somewhere in the state, 20
be known as the Epworth Orphanage.
The business men OF Spartanburg have
taken hold of the matter and will make
a bid to have the orphanage located there.
Several cities throughout the state have
sent in bids. One man in Columbia offers
out of his own pocket $1,000 If the orphan
age is built in that city.
Prof r. O. Sans, field secretary for
South Carolina of the INSTRUMENTATION
Sunday School Union, was in Aiken last
week making arrangements for a mass
meeting OF all the Sunday schools in the
city and county to be held on Sunday.
April Z. There will be two meetings, one
in the afternoon and one at night. Will
lam Reynolds of Illinois, international
field secretary, a man of great reputa-
ton In Sunday school work, will conduct
both these meetings
r. Wade Stevenson, who lives with r.
G. Simonton at Albion, was found dead
in an clubhouse on the letter's planta-
ton on Thursday evening about shutdown.
lie was shot through the breast with a
shotgun, which was lying by his dead
body He was found by the hands on
going to the harness house to put away
their harness. 1t was unquestionably a
suicide. His mind had been slightly af-
fected lately. He was about 80 years old,
unmarried, and a son of Robert Steven
son.
The programme as to commencement
speakers at the Newberry College COM
mencement has now been completed. DR.
w. s. Bowman will preach the baccalau-
reate sermon. The Rev. Samuel NJ. Smith
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
of Columbia, will address the students
on Sunday evening, and the Hon. Charles
+. McKessen of Morganton, N. c.. will
deliver the address before the literary
societies The Alumni Association viii
have a symposium this year instead OF
an address.
st. Michael's church. died at his HON,
at Charleston Wednesday morning. Rev
Grinnlxe Was closely related to the historic
Drayton family. his uncle being the Rev
Drayton former owner of Drayton hall
Rev sGrimke was a native of England
He made Charleston his home about tire,
daughterf OF prof SachtIeben of IN,
Charleston college. He was Selected assist
ant rector of St. Michaefs church on Jan
/, 1898, to assist the rector Rev. Trapier
In August, 1894, soon after that an acct
dent happened to Rev. Trapier by whcf
he was incapacitated from further work
in the church. Rev. Grimke was Their
made rector, which position the held up t
his death.
Mrs. A. Viola NebIett of Greenville was
in Aiken last week making arrange.
ments for a public meeting of the PEG
pie to be addressed by Mrs. Josephine X
Henry of Kentucky, a lady of culture anC
influence in the womans suffrage move
ment, on or about April "a. As South
Carolina is going to hold a constitutions
convention in September the woman SUI
fragists intend to canvass the state, anC
prominent women will visit every county
and interest the people in their move
ment Their plan is to get a modified
woman's suffrage clause-an education
and property qualification clause-en
grated into the constitution of the state
Mrs. Henry, who will visit Aiken, is nov
clerk of the supreme court of Kentucky
and receives a salary of $1,000 a year.