The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-04

a new county zl.a the county seat At the
above named tJUE-
The railroad commission v.sssed ROCK
Jill Wednes1zy ana Denmark THURSDAY
lg5k-rg 70 the ez-atIl.s1rc=l- u anton de-
pos -1 those towns
B=lton Paris, q white man. was Elle5
Sunday morning IL the road near wait
ney cotton nil. .n Spartanb1rg county.
Dy a negro Iney met and got into a quar-
Pie broke oat in one of the Greenwood
cotton mill warehouse We1nesiay night
Tire loss and damage on cotton goods
amounts 20 so % 300 covered b. inslr-
al-e-
Tae dam a. the food gates Of the cam
den cotton mills broks loose last Tuesday
night ana as q result operations il the
weeks.
Vale Robert Flynn. % Lancaster c0un-
81. was trying 20 stop a runaway team last
Fri1ay. he was caught between the wheels
and the barn and sustained very painful
injuries.
The foundations for the new to6ae-
co warehouse AZ Sumter have been laid
and the contractor win soon have a force
of forty Or 1tty hands az work on the
building
Gov. Evans has received a letter from
the adjutant general q Georgia. asking
that the corps Of the citadel cadets be
allowed - 80 % savannah 20 the inter
state dill
TIE Green wood. Anderson and
Western railroad has bought the Bates
burg cotton mills. recently sold al re-
ceivers sale, and VIII set the machinery
going again.
Rev. IS. S. Wigntman. who was pastor
OF the Methodist church In Newberry a
few years ago. died last week IN Charles
ton, and only feW days before mis- death
his w.fe died
DR.. James Evans Of Florence is a dele
gate 20 the national conference Of the
board Of health OF the United States.
Canada and Mexico, which takes place
10 Chicago June 10
The supreme court has refused 10 grant
new trial 10 FL. Green. convicted Of the
murder Of Carson in sDartanburg county.
The circuit court viii have 70 appoint
new day for the execution.
Friday evening al 60 O'Clock, two negro
women who live in the suburbs Of Column
bia engaged In a fight which resulted in
the death Of one Of them. Frances DaW-
ny IS the name Of the dead woman and
Hattie Green is her slayer.
Calvin Clyburn, who was convicted Of
murder in Lancaster and sentenced 10 life
imprisonment in the Denitentiary, had his
sentence committed Thursday 10 nine
years. he was Sentenced IN 1890 He has
I but three more years 10 serve.
It is reported that a prominent business
man and capitalist Of Charleston is go
ing 20 Columbia 10 operate a sash. door
and blind factory By electricity Tine pow
er viii probably be gotten from the new
/ power house, which is now progressing
1 finely
Archie Douglass. formerly Of Ben
nettsvllle and a cousin Of Rev.
The F 5fapnsf Bresb 545HTy dYB ast95
/ in Rock Hll, was accidentally drowned
/ in the Tennessee river at Knoxville last
/ Monday.
| An effort is being made to have a nam
moth Knights Of Honor gathering in Or
/ angeburg some time in May, in which the
/ brethren Of Charleston, Columbia, Black
/ Vile, Branchyille. Lebanon and St Mat
/ thew's, and possibly others are expected
/ 70 participate.
At an election held at Charleston Tues
| day 10 determine whether factories es-
tabllshed In Charleston should be exempt
from taxation for 1--WE years, the question
| was carried affirmatively by almost a
| unanimous vote. only fifteen ballots
were cast against exemption
The supreme court Of Columbia has
handed down a decision refusing to grant
a new trial to Ed. Green. convicted Of
! the murder Of Carson in Spartanburg
county. Mrs. Carson Is now serving a
/ life sentence in the penitentiary for COM
| plieity in the murder, while Green is IN
| der sentence Of death.
The annual meeting Of the Alumni AS
ISOLATION of the Columbia Theological sem
! mary VIII be held in the First Baptist
| church, Columbia. S. c., Wednesday even
| ing May Is, at O'Clock The annual lee
| Hemphil, d. D., Ii. D., of Louisville.
| KY, one of the most eloquent divines in
| the south.
The report that a cotton mill is to be
built in hamburg, which will employ col
ored labor prompts the Greenville News
| 10 remark that within fifteen years negro
labor viii operate many mills in the south
| and without interfering with white labor.
| The News thinks that there is plenty of
| room for both and that white labor in
some sections is already growing scarce
The spartanburg Daily Herald SAYS.
Our farmers are beginning to learn that
! It does not pay to depend upon the west
| entirely for their bacon. Let them learn
| that it is equally unprofi table to depend on
| Boston for their shoes. Let them learn
I that they can do themselves no greater
service than TO patronize home Industries
and thus encourage small enterprises and
a diversity of manufacturing.
Col. F. w. McAIaster of Columbia has is
sued a call for a anti-free silver convention
to be held a Columbia on May 10. to con-
| sist of self-appointed democratic dele
| gates, to pass resolutions indorsing Cleve-
land and the gold standard and to elect
( a gold delegation to Chicago to contest
the seats of the delegates who will be sent
| by the regular democratic convention
| who viii be for silver. No one expects il
to amount to anything.
POLITICS IN THE STATE.