The morning news., 1897-01-11

DR.. b. II. league, Of Aiken, has been
elected colonel of the Second Regiment of
Confederate Veterans.
Raymond V. Owens a prominent mer-
chant and large planter OF Beldoc died
Friday morning OF pneumonia.
The total number Of pardons issued by
Gov. Evans during the year 1896, not m
Guiding the sentences commuted, aggrc-
gated total Of sixty-five.
The law against nepotism in the state
has gone into effect It prohibits the Of
.ficial from appointing any person who "is
related or connected with him by consan-
guinity or affinity to the sixth degree
The winthrop alumnae association was
increased last year by the addition OF the
twenty-five graduates OF 1896 thus making
in all 2l8 earnest, devoted and trained wO-
men who have gone out as teachers in the
state.
A commission for a charter has been is
sued to the White Building and Loan As
socation Of Fort M!ll, with'a capital stock
of 81, 500 The corporators are S. =.
White, j. NJ. Spratt, w. b. Meacham, j.
r. Hale.
Elections will be held on Jan. II and IS
for Dillon and Bamberg counties, respect
lively. The territory for Dillon will he
taken from Marion county, and the ter
rtory from Bamberg exclusively from
Barnwell.
Hon. Frank 3. Gary of AbbeyviIc,
speaker Of the House of Representatives
and Miss Maria Lee Evans, daughter Of
Dr. James Evans of Florence, a brother
of the late Gen. N. c. Evans, father Of
Gov. John Gary Evans, were married
Wednesday.
Bishop Capers has written a letter to
Miss Elmore. in which he expresses the
wish that the battle flag of the Twenty
fourth South Carolina Volunteers remain
In the custody of the Capers Light In
fantry of Edgefield till the state shall pro-
vide for its proper care in the library.
The state supreme court has granted a
new trial to Edward d. Green, who has
been convicted of the murder of Ben Car.
son in Spartanburg and was to have been
hanged shortly. Mrs. Carson, convicted as
an accessory before the fact, is now serv-
ing long sentence in the state prison.
owing to the change in the fiscal year
and the meeting of the legislature soon
after the year begins the reports of the
various state officials cannot possibly be
printed in time for the meeting of the
general assembly. Gov. Evans says that
his message cannot be ready until he sees
the reports of these officers. If he de-
pends upon that he will have no message
at all. He will have to get what data
he can from the officials and let it go at
that. He says he does not intend to have
a lengthy message. and will make few
recommendations. in view of the fact tina,
he is going out of office
From the report of the board of trustees
of Winthrop college 1t was found that the
states of Virginia, North Carolina, Geor-
gia Florida and every county in the state
of South Carolina are represented. The
average age of the girl is Is years and 3
months. Much valuable work has been
done on the farm during the past year. 1t
has been much improved by terracing,
ditching and draining. An orchard of more
than 500 fruit trees, earlyeand late varie
ties has been planted, and preparations
have been made for raising many of the
smaller fruits. The crops have been good.
A large quantity of oats and 200 bushels
of corn have been harvested.
Attorney General w. A. Barber will re-
port some surprising things to the legis-
lature when it meets this week as to
crimes in the state during the last year.
The increase of homicide cases is most
marked In 1889 there were Ill of these
cases, with twenty-seven convictions; last
year there were 207, with 81 convictions.
Eighteen of these cases were appealed to
the supreme court and nine affirmed.
There were five death sentences imposed
the remaining cases receiving sentences
ranging from one year to life imprison-
ment. The attorney general intimatfs that
the dispensary law cannot be enforced in
some sections, the Juries refusing to con-
vict. During the year the liquor consta-
bles brought 627 cases against alleged vio-
lators of the law. OF these the grand ju-
ries found 44 mo bills" There were 674
cases of assault with intent to kill-20 per
cent. of the entire number of criminal
cases tried, with % per cent. of convic-
tions.
In their annual report to the governor
the board of directors of the penitentiary
announce that all the contracts for work.
ing convicts on shares have expired and
none of them will be renewed. As no con.
victs are leased to contractors, the state
will hereafter work its convicts on three
farms which have recently been purchas-
ed Two of these aggregate 5000 acres of
as fine planting land as there is in the
state, and they are being put in excellent
condition. The value OF the farming prop
erty is put down this year al $4,000. While
the farms were not fully worked this year,
the penitentiary sold Thursday, 700 bales
of cotton, on sealed bids to a Wilmington,
n. c., buyer. They have $50 bales yet on
hand besides about $4,000 worth of all
kinds of provisions. The net income of the
year was $5S,OO0, and after making final
payment on the plantations purchased the
state has $3S,0O0 on hand. The institution
starts the new year with S1S convicts, 172
less than last year. The falling off is due
to change In the law which permits
county supervisors to work short term
convicts on the roads of the counties in
which they are convicted Last year the
penitentiary worked about so mules, which
number will. since the whole force of the
institution viii now be devoted to farming,
be greatly increased. The convicts are said
to be happier and contented in their farm
work.