The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Mount Willing. s. G.. has new paper,
called The Ticket
DR.. John A. Westmoreland, O prominent
physician living at HunteTsvile, Laurens
county, died suddenly from heart failure
day or two ago.
John Allen. colored, shot william
Novel;, eolored. Friday night in Central
was the cause of the trouble.
Lieut.. Gov. Zimmerman lost his new
residence by fire Tuesday night. His dwell
ing was near johnson, and was complete
~ destroyed There was no insurance
At Anderson Thursday the Jury in the
case OF McGhan, who was charged with
the murder Of Josh Bigby, were out only
a few minutes. The verdict was not gull
ty.
Luci III; Crawford was instantly killed
near Winnsboro, Fairfield county, Thurs
day by tree falling on him. He was
engaged at the time In making some re-
pairs en- road near his house.
Adit. Gen. Watts has signed the com
missions of the officers of the Governors
Guards, and that company once more en-
ters the service Of the state after having
been on the retired list for a few months
The. Ladson (colored) Presbyterian
church on Sumter street, at Columbia,
was consumed by fire Friday morning
Inc hre spread to the stables of r. B. Nc
Kay and they were also destroyed. The
fre is supposed to have been incendiary
in origin.
Judge Bench has new idea about stop
ping the habit of carrying concealed wea-
pons. He charged, the. grand jury that
no person should be allowed to carry a
pistol shorter than twelve or fifteen inches
long, so that 1t may be seen by the casual
observer.
The trial of Ed Green. John Page and
Mrs. Carson for the murder of the lat
ters husband was still in progress at
Spartanburg Saturday night. Mrs. Car
SON has told the whole story of the crime,
and verdict OF guilty against the three
prisoners is expected.
charter has been granted to the Pres
byterian Female Seminary of Greenville.
w Taylor, John A. Russell, W. p. Add
son and Abney Patton. The REQUIRED
amount of the capital stock has been sub
scribed and paid in.
The truck farmers of Charleston who
put in crop of beans this fall are now
gathering in a harvest of gilded shekels
The land from which they have already
g "a. ere, one or even TWO crops is yield
more profitable than the others.
The 4-year-old daughter of Sam Hughes
Of Edgetield was burned so badly Friday
that death resulted. The parents were
lowed the child to go too near a large
fire, which was burning in the yard under
the wash pot. A spark lgnited the child's
cotton dress and in few moments she
was in flames.
The case of Graham and Tilton against
the North American Insurance COMPANY
| OF 1Nllduelpnla, was ended at Columbia
Friday morning by the jury rendering a
verdict of s1,0S1-66, the full amount sued
for. The suit grew out of the burning of
the hosiery mill at the penitentarv The
insurance was in the name of Mr. Ora
ham, when Mr.. Tilton was the owner of
the mill. 1t was because of this that the
company contested the claim.
On last Wednesday afternoon an ex
deputy sheriff of Oconee county saw a
man answ ering almost infinitely 10 the
description of VIII Myers, lately eseaDed
from Atlanta jail, enter a mill near Wal
halla and Immediately summoned a posse
to assist IN capturing the supposed MYERS
But when the arrest had been made al
the muzzle of many guns. the captured
man proved to be very badly frightened
holiness preacher by the name of Ellen
burg.
Abbeville county has, living within her
border, the two oldest locomotive engi-
neers in the world. tO-wil: Joe Haddon
an old Englishman, SO years of age and
George w. Syfau, about so years Of age
They both started their railroad careers
in the old South Carolina railroad shons
in Charleston. Mr.. Syfau ran for over
forty years on the Columbia and Green
Vile division of the Southern railway He
is not in active service now but Is still
on the pay roll Of the company
In the common pleas court at Abbeville
last week, the criminal case Of greatest
interest was that of the state VS. nhomas
peterson, for the murder OF State Con-
stable j. J. Moseley al Greenwood. on
Saturday night, Oct u. The defendant