The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-26
SOUTH CAROLINA.

| NC d lghShAhb party OF the Tran u SohAe
evil-doer.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
! Columbia is soon TO have a new city di-
| rectory .It
| Adjutant and Inspector General Watts
Is out on tour Of inspection.
| The hotels are making ready for the dele
| gates to the constitutional convention.
The numerous colleges of Columbia are
beginning to get ready for the influx Of
/ students.
! Delegates for the constitutional conven-
| ton are being queried as to offices and
| clerical positions through the mails.
The case against T. j! Kirven. for steal
ing the registration books of the Dazzling
| ton precinct was heard Saturday before
| Trial Justice War;. The case was dismiss
VIM. p. Hun has discovered gold I'm pay
Ing quantities on his farm near Piedmont
Planning has been attended with such sue
| cessful results that parties interested think
OF putting in improved machinery al once.
The Rev. J. L. Tillman, an evangelist,
| IS conducting a series of gospel meetings
In the court house in Sumter. His meet
ings are attended by comparatively good
audiences, and considerable interest is be-
ing manifested.
The special legislative committee in
charge OF the examination of the reports,
books and accounts of the dispensary will
not finish its work until Tuesday. The re-
port is said to make a very good showing.
for the institution.
The Baptist Association at Spartanburg
drew large crowd the first day, and the
church was filled Thursday, although 1t
was raining. Maj A. b. Woodruff was
| elected moderator. For several years a
| layman has presided over the meetings Of
day.
Dave Snoddy' a 64-year-old colored man.
| was Killed by train on the Southern
| Friday, near Fair Forest, in Spartanbur91
county. The old man was seen by the en-
"a he Ha1
| seemed dazed, and made no effort to get
out of the way. II was impossible for the
engineer to Stop his train in time to save
Gov. Evans has appointed Gen. C. I.
Walker and Messrs. c. X. Hudson and
j. =. MeLucas to locate the position of
the south Carolina troops which took part
in the battles of Chickamauga and Chatta-
nooga. These gentlemen will also take
steps looking to the erection of suitable
monuments to mark the locations of the
troops.
Anderson Corr. Columbia State In a.
mass meeting of the citizens Saturday it
was decided to build $250,000 cotton mill.
r. S. Hill and /. j. F'retwell will be at the
head of the enterprise, and this fact as
sures its success. Liberal subscriptions
have already been made and there is no
doubt that the full amount of the capital
stock Win be secured Immediately.
The building of a railroad from spartan-,
burgtto Henrietta Cotton Mill is now talk
ed about. The S. A. L. is building a mile
safd that the contract is out for building
the gap between Marion, N. c. and the
Tennessee line across the mountains.
When that is finished it is claimed by the
advocates of the road that it will give
Spartanburg another outlet to the west
1t is only about "a miles to Henrietta. 81
Gov. Evans has received a pathetic letter
from a negro in 'Barnwell imploring him
for God sake" to protect them against
the white caps" and goes on to relate
how a negro was tied up and beaten sew
a q iG ha CO rr7a Fl.af
has already been called to the governors
attention, and he instructed Sheriff Ian
caster to Investigate It. The sheriff has
written that he Is Terreting out the facts,
but that in the meantime all is quiet
Register, =
Columbia Corr Sunday News: one of the
most interesting matters that will come
up before the constitutional convention
viii be how TO provide for the support of
public schools for long time there has
been sentiment against the retention of
the two-min school tax in the constitu-
tion, and efforts have already been made
to have 1t eliminated from the present
constitution Some want the two-mill tax
taken out of the constitution without leav-
ing any provision for the public schools
except such as the legislature will in its
discretion provide Others think that this
is dangerous, and that provision will have
to be made making 1t obligatory on the
legislature to provide for the public schools
and In that way avoid pressure on the leg
lslature should hard times be the cry.
Saturday Deputy Sheriff John Black of
Colleton county, accompanied by Special
Deputies j. L. b. Warren, d. p Patterson
Jr., 5. w. Rivers. J. Nj. Patterson and r.
l.; Glover came to Columbia via the Coast
Line bringing with them six negro pris-
oners from WATERFORD, who a mob of men
from Hampton county Were preparing to
lynch The NEGROES are: VIM. Blake, VIM.
Frazer, Cato Graves, Prince Graves and
William Dix, Sr., who are charged with
the murder of Mr. Meares, who was killed
In his barn yard In Hampton county about
9 week ago. Three of these men have con-
the Colleton county Jail for safe keeping
and with them was w. c. Mnms, who is
accused of killing Capt. Mixson. in Hamp-
ton county about a year ago He was con-
Vieted at the February term of court but
was given a new trial on a technscality
and at the June term his case was contin-
ued because of the death of his lawyer.