The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-15

StB0h bEbC0s
parties he marries come over the line to
evade paying the license in that state.
Gov. Ellerbe has granted two pardons,
one to John d. Jolly of Florence,
who received a five years sentence for as
sauit with intent to murder, and the other
to Amanda Grady of Oconee county,
who had received three months sem
tence for violating the dispensary law.
The faculty of the Newberry College
notified the senior class on Monday of the
subject on which the members of the class
VIII nave to write an essay for the medal.
The writing of the essay is made obliga-
tory and necessary to graduation. The
subject assigned is "Self-help VS.. State
help"
The secretary of state has issued a char
ter TO the Colored State Fair Association.
The objects of the association are to pro-
ucational interests of the colored people,
of the stae. The capital stock is $1,000,
with the privilege of increasing to 5000,
and the shares are S. each.
Orangeburg Times and Democrat: A
new religious sect has appeared in Pick
ems county. Its leader is Rev. John Ell
lenberg They believe that every sin de-
mands a new immersion and feet wash
ing. The followers must sell all they pos
sess and preach without aims. They be-
lieve miracles are as common now as in
ancient days. The sect is called Come
outers.'
The Columbia electric power plant, the
largest in the south and next in size and
capacity to the one at Niagara Falls. was
started up Tuesday. This plant uses all
the surplus water power of the Columbia
canal, and power will be furnished fer the
running of several new enterprises which
viii soon be constructed in and around
Columbia. The CRANKY mill which was
recently completed and put into operation
will be run by power regenerated from this
monster plant.
In the lower house of the state legisla-
ture Saturday, the bill increasing the limit
of alien ownership of land from 500 to 1000
acres was killed on the third reading, an
action generally condemned. The bill pro-
viding Tor compulsory education passed
by the House, was killed i'm the Senate
The House has passed a bill imposing a
TAX Oh 70 cents on every package of five
cigarettes each sold in this state, thus
prohibiting their sale. This will likely
pass the Senate.
Robert Clayton, who lives near Green
river in Polk county, left his home Mon.
day about dusk, stating to his family that
he intended going coon hunting and
would not return until about daYbreak
This was the last seen of Clayton until nc
was found in the woods early the next day
literally carved and hacked to pieces and
large ak lying few feet from the body
covered with blood. A posse of Polk
county citizens was formed and a search
instituted Tor Clayton's slayers, but so
tar without success.
The work on the Abbevllle cotton mill
has made progress. The engine is being
put in position, and the mill is being heat
ed and dried. A small boiler was secured
which runs the fan day and night and
the hot air continuously pours into the
different rooms of the structure The
| cards, the looms and the spindles have
been ordered and they are expected to
arrive next week; The people of Able
| Vile, under President Baileys manage
ment, has about doubled their subscrip-
tons and nearly 100000 has been paid in.
President Bailey. with this sort of BACKING
at home, went to New England and Sc
| cured something like $S5O0O more. To
| complete the mill will require something
| like $25O,000
Spartanburg special to Atlanta Journal:
| The publication of the alleged details of
a gigantic trust to control the price of
| cotton by means of round bales and the
| establishment OF ginneries and congresses
| all over the south, made by the alliance
| organ at Raleigh few days ago. has
| brought to light the fact that the me-
| chanism by which the round bales are
| made was patented by a Spartanburg
| countryman, who now resides few miles
| below Spartanburg, and. strange to relate
| is the real inventor Of the Bell tele-
| phone. This man is Thomas NJ Work.
man. He is a farmer and the owner of
| a travelling SaW-mill. The same year that
| the Bell telephone was patented Mr.
| Workman, then at Laurens, showed sew
| eral men, whose aflidavits can now be had
| the details of his invention. Most of them
| thought him a crank when he talked of
! transmitting the human voice by means
| of electricity. but Rev. y. L. Holmes a
! scholarly gentleman, was much taken
| with the device and urged Mr.. Workman
| to perfect his invention. He opened cor
| respondence Immediately with an cleo
| uical house in the north, with parties
| in Washington, and finally fell in with
| Prof. Alexander Bell, whose letters are
| still in the possession of Mr.. Workman.
| At first he wrote to Bell reservedly in
| regard to what he had, but as further
| details were desired, and nothing seemed
! to promise from his repeated efforts TO
engage sympathy and assistance, he de-
| cided to make n complete exposition OF
| his invention, which he did to the man
| who secured the most valuable patent on
| the telephone. Eight years ago Mr. Work.
man conceived the idea Of packing cotton
| in round bales. He urged the identical
argument now being used by the cotton
exchanges and the alleged cotton trust
He went so far as TO invent and patent
press, which would turn out a round
bale OF cotton I'm one-fiftieth of the time
that was required to pack a bale of the
usual shape, even by the swftest presses
on the market. Joseph Baily, a banker
and capitalist of Clinton. became inter-
ested in the invention and bought half In
terest which he still holds