The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-14

military company was ordered out, has
been compromised. First, the rioters
agree to pay all expenses incurred by the
state, county and town in bringing them
to terms, the pay of the militia and their
transportation from Bishopville to Luck
now and thence to Camden and return;
secondly, they promise to recognize the
existence of the town Of Lucknow and to
obey its officers forever after. 1t is the
hrst time such an arrangement as this
mas been made at Columbia.
At noon Saturday Henry S. Putnam,
formerly assistant superintendent of the
Camperdown mills, at Greenville, left the
city in a buggy. Three hours later the
buggy arrived at Batesville with Putnam
dead body in it. He was superintendent
of the Batesville cotton mill al the time
OF his death. Putnam had suffered a
stroke of paralysis while riding alone
through the country He had two strokes
previously. The body was on its knees
IN the bottom of the buggy, the head rest
ing on the buggy seat. Putnam came
from Delhi, N. Y.
In negro row at Rantowles, in Charles
ton county, Tuesday morning George Muf,
colored shot and killed Watson Wright.
colored and wounded Sam Wright, a
brother, so badly that he is now dying.
The negroes were in a cabin and had had
trouble some time previous. Watson
Wright walked in, Muff cursed him and
before another word could be passed, pull
ed a pistol and shot him in the stomach.
Sam, the brother, came in to take a hand
and was shot in the sIme spot where his
brother had been hit Muff fed from the
house, and has not yet been captured.
The town of Abbeville has a grudge
against the Seaboard Air Line They
claim that the road subscribed $1,000 to
the new cotton mill, which has just been
completed there, and has failed to pay up.
"A destructive hail storm swept over the
Lowndesville section, in Abbeville county,
Tuesday, running everything in its path.
Pigs poultry and smaller animals were
killed outright. Cotton and corn were de-
stroyed and renters have given up their
lands, as they believe it will be useless
to try to make even the rent off of what
they can plant and make now. Particles
of the han could be found in the sur
rounding woods as late as the day fol-
lowing the storm.
lightning got in some very freaky work
Thursday in the house of j. r. Deaton, at
Fort Mill, Chester county. 1t attacked All
sides of the building simultaneously. loOs-
ening the roof on the northeast corner.
dislocating and shattering plastering and
llmoerS on the west side doing the same
on the southwest corner, and tearing off
most of the Notwithstanding from the
south SIDE hurting the boards from thirty
to ninety feet. In no place was the build
ing fired, although built of pine Four
children We're asleep in one of the rooms
! through which the bolt passed. but they
were not aroused The most singular trick
was the extinguishing of an oil lamp,
which was burning on a table in the hall
and around which Mr.. and Mrs Deaton
and young lady guest were sitting read
ing. Mr.. Deaton says the only sensation
he had was as If handful of coarse sand
| mad been thrown on his head.
The failure of the dispensary to pay in
to the state treasury the $4,000 for cur
rent expenses promised at the last ses-
| sion of the Legislature will necessitate the
| borrowing of at least 100000 by State
| treasurer Zimmerman. Relying upon the
| assurances of the dispensary board of con-
| troll, the general assembly passed the sup
/ ply bill on the basis of $4,000 of dispensarv
| profits at the rate Of $4,000 a month COM
| ing in 20 swell the treasury fund. Up to
| the present, however, nothing from this
| source has been received. The treasurer S
plan is to borrow only what is necessary
| for state expenses to Nov. l. when the
| taxes then collected will be available The
real deficiency, however, is much greater
than 100000 and equals the government S
| expenditures from July to January, al
| though IL does not appear so because of
| using the taxes for 1898. In view of this
ldefault In its promises 1t is probable the
| controller general win proceed to levy
the constitutional mill school tax, which
| was not to be issued II the dispensary sun
piled the funds promised. The enormous
profits figured on paper fail signally to ma
| terialize