The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-15

$1,000 as profits to the town and county
for beer sales for October at his privilege
house.
The work on the new Anderson county
jail building is not progressing very fast.
The contractors have been delayed in get
ting material.
The Manchester mills Of Rock Hill seems
to be laying in supply Of cotton. "A con-
tract for another warehouse at the mill
has been awarded.
The state board of control has decided
to pay to the state school fund S25, 600 at
once, and $4,000 on Dec. l, and the same
amount on Jan. l.
The South Carolina Methodist conference
meets at Florence on Dec. next There
will be from $50 to 400 ministers and Law
delegates in attendance
Policeman Joe Burton. who was indlct-
ed for the killing of Henry Perry was
placed on trial for his life at Charleston,
Wednesday, was found not guilty
John Canthen, son of John NJ. Canthen
of Heath Spring, committed suicide
night or two ago. by shooting himself in
the head. The cause is not known.
Two more Mormon preachers have been
sent in to South Carolina. There are over
fifty of them at work throughout the
south, two women preachers included.
John Herndon, white man living near
Bamberg, has mysteriously disappeared,
and is believed to have been murdered by
negro tramp. Robbery was the object
At Barnwell, Wednesday afternoon, fire
burned the barn of J. w Lancaster, rent
ed by j. E. Furman, and two houses of
Mrs. Hair, the latter insured for about
$780,
P. A. Gardner, the GreenvilIe Cotton Ex-
change man. who was arrested In Spar
tanburg Thursday for breach Of trust
with fraudulent intent, was released FRI
day on $500 bond.
All of the machinery of the Arkwright
cotton mills of Spartanburg will soon be
in operation. The carding and part of
the spinning have been started, and the
looms VIII be running in short time.
Mrs. Mary McAlister died of heart fail
ure at her home near Newry, Oconee
county, a day or two ago. She was
native of Ireland, and her mother was
first cousin to Thomas Moore the Irish
poet.
The coming winter promises to be the
most prosperous ever seen in Aiken. Am
pie accommodation has been provided for
guests, and everything that can be will
be done for their pleasure and amuse-
ment
Farmers and others who are holding
cotton should be careful to protect it from
damage. The loss from wet and rotten
cotton frequently exceeds the amount
gained by holding until higher prices are
realized.
The colored fair recently held at Rock
Hill was decided success in every par
ticular The exhibits were good and the
attendance large The stockholders of the
association made over 20 per cent. clear
of all expenses.
d. L. Evans of the Providence section
of OTangeburg county, has on his place
several pecan trees that are just now be-
ginning to bear well. The trees are about
fifteen years old, and were grown from
the seed by Mr.. Evans himself. The nuts
are very large and fine.
The electric power from Portman's
Shoals was turned on in the old cotton
mill at Anderson Tuesday as a preliminary
and the machinery on two floors is now
being run by 1t. The final and complete
start will be made in a few days.
Gov. Ellerbe has granted the petition
submitted by residents of Cokesbury
township. in Abbeville county, asking for
an election TO be held looking to their
joining Greenwood county, Dec. Is next
was the day appointed for the election
ito be held. The portion of the township
wanting% to get into Greenwood county
embraces twelve square miles.
Another accusation has been brought
against the much abused cigarette. Last
Sunday at Central about twenty-five
miles from Greenville, a negro carelesslv
tossed aside a lighted cigarette stump.
1t fell near the spot where the Piedmont
Manufacturing Company had nearly 400
bales of cotton stored, and before the con-
hagration could be stopped $50 bales had
been completely destroyed. 1t caused
loss of SS,70O to the insurance companies.
The one-story brick store near the pub
lie square, at Edgefield, occupied by Miss
Covar, milliner and Padgett & Fair. who
carried on hardware business. was de-
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