The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28

| this season. The high prices
paid are drawing cotton for thir-
ty miles. The South Carolina
/ Braiding Company and the Finlayson no
| siery mills have had such an avalanche OF
/ orders they have both been running day
and night for some weeks.
A serious accident happened to Pat 10
/ bel Friday afternoon at the yard Of the
Southern railway shops a Columbia. Mr..
| Zobel was working with a hydraulic Jack
| screw under a car and in some way the
handle slipped, injuring his face ana neck.
! While the jaw bone was not broken, the
| blow was severe enough 10 cut mole in
! his neck ana iniure his tongue.
At Greenvile Wednesday. the first
! court-martial under the new militia law
| was held, and the accused was foun1
| guilty the proceedings approved by Col.
! Boyd and a nominal fine Of $5.2j imposed,
which was promptly paid. Private
| Sprouse was charged with disobedience
Of orders. refusing 10 attend drills and
perform such duties as were required Of
! him as a soldier. This verdict Will estab-
ish the authority OF the courts.
Negotiations are under way for the re-
moval of two large knitting mill plants
from another state to Cheraw, which If
carried out, will together with the ones
already in operation and three others pro
Jected In the town and county, make seven
in all. The town has a reputation abroad
as a knitting industrial center caused by
the phenomenal success Of the Cheraw
Knitting Mills, the pioneer. This latter
company is now shipping goods 10 sixteen
states
Another local dispensary scandal has
come to light at Columbia The Ward dis
closed Monday and the stock returned TO
the state dispensary. This is the second
dispensary closed in two days. 1t was dis
covered by the dispenser Saturday night
that there was a secret trap door in the
rear Of the storeroom, through which IL
quor was handed out or distracted and
the stock was short. II is said the trap
door was so arranged as to be only useful
to a man in the building.
happy meeting occurred at the South
ern depot at spartanburg Wednesday De-
tween two sisters who have been separar
ed for more than thirty years. OF this
time ten years were spent within forty
miles of each other, yet both, through
some strange pervesity of fate, lived Ut
terly ignorant of each others where
abouts. The final discovery Of each other
was made through the casual mention of
one made to the other by a mutual friend.
They came together by the naerest chance.
Both the ladies were at the depot walt
ing 10 take the same train and when
their identity became known they fell M
on each others neck and wept from JOY.
The Harmon-Caughman murder trial
began at Lexington Friday morning. The
murder occurred several months ago IN
the old school house at the village. The
cause of the murder was the friendship
nh cod f..f~
mon and Cal Caughman, Jr. This couple
in June last made arrangements to go
out walking. They went TO the old school
house, where they We're surprised by Mike
Harmon, a brother Of the young lady,
who had followed the couple. As lie
opened the door of the house he fired al
young Caughman, who fell over deal.
Miss Harmon was put up by the state az
its first witness. Many love letters from
her to young Caughman We're introduced,
several of them going to show how the
lovers planned their meetings. Miss Har-
mon Identified several of the letters. She
testified that Caughman was assaultine
her at the time of the killing.
Frost fell at Oakland Thursday night.
1t is hard to estimate the damage. Gar.
dens and peavine hay were the chief suf-
ferers. It is too dry for frost to brina
much damage to any but the UNFAIRLY
bTO" TINS mere Is comparatively little top
crop of cotton, consequently the damage
TO cotton will be small. except forcing
bolls to open prematurey. Such a speh
of weather is unprecedented There is no
moisture within three feet of the surface
of the soil. The fall sowing of grain Is
materially retarded owing to the dryness
OF the ground A superior quality of pea
vine hay il being harvested this year.
Corn and potatoes are one-fourth short
of an average crop Cane milla,
(sorghum), peas, peanuts. etc. show a
decreased average. 1t is safe to estimate
the shortage in cotton at one-third OF a
crop Very little cotton is being held for
higher prices, and by Oct Is, the harvest
ing of cotton will be practically done.