The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-12

| treasurer The executive committee con-
| sists Of J. S. Connor W. X. Brown, A.
! Levin, G. Horton and ]. f. Colcolough.
It has long been the desire of the fac
: ulty and cadets of Clemson College to have
a summer instead of a winter vacation.
| They now have it, by order Of the board.
| The next session will begin on Sept. g.
| and close the second week in June, 1898
| The present senior class will be gradual
| ed in February, however.
A legal sensation has been sprung at
! Greenville in connection with the win of
| the late Mrs. Viola Neblett. BY her will
| the bulk of her estate went TO the
! Neblett library located at Greenville. Mrs.
| S. +. Turnipseed, aunt of Mrs. Neblett,
has commenced legal proceedings to break
| the will and get possession Of the prop
erty.
Controller General Norton has positively
announced his candidacy for congress in
the Sixth congressional district to succeed
| Mr. McLaprin. The candidates have D.
| I'll the 18th 70 file their pledges. So lar
| two candidates Solicitor Johnson and F.
| d. Bryant, Esq, have filed their pledges.
| 1t is considered certain that D. w. Nc
Laurin will also be in the race.
NJ. V. B. Sanders. prosperous farmer
| of Barnwell county cut his throat with
a razor Tuesday. He had been in low
| spirits for some time. In the afternoon
| he was sitting on his piazza talking with
| neighbors who had called. Suddenly he
went into the house. His friends. hearing
a peculiar noise, followed him and found
him dying. He is believed to have been
| insane.
The contract for building the new court
| house and Jail at Anderson has been
awarded to r. P. Williams & Co. of Au-
| gusta, at SIS, 74S; for steam heating for both
| buildings, to the Crane estate of Cincin-
natl, at 2.l77; for the Jail steel and iron
/ work, to the Portsmouth Structural Steel
| and Iron Company, at 81, 492, and 81, 100 is
| set aside for marble floors, steel beams and
arches
For the arrest and delivery to the prop
er authorities of Chris Harris, alias Har-
rison, the town council of Anderson a few
| days ago offered a reward of 800 which
| was supplemented by citizens with $3.50
| The negro is charged with criminal as
sault. Friday Gov. Ellerbe offered an adj
ditional reward of $3.50 for the capture of
the negro. making the price put on the
| negroes person $500.
The state board of control paid into the
state treasury Friday $4,000 more of the
$4,000 due the general fund before the
schoolSeYill begin to get any benefit from
this source. This makes $4,000 which has
| been paid IN. The board expects to nav
| the remainder within three months. The
| board has decided to allow one beer priv
| ilege In each of the counties of Spartan
burg and Greenville.
William Campbell. a policeman. was
convicted in Spartanburg last week of
manslaughter for killing an escaped pris-
oner, charged with misdemeanor. Ac-
| cording to the facts as developed. one
| Pettigrew had been arrested by Campbell
| for lighting; upon being taken to the DO
| lice station Pettigrew knocked Campbell
| down and started to run, when Campbell
| fired, with fatal results.
The committee of three prominent ply
sicians from different sections of the
state, appointed some time ago by Gov.
| Elleroe TO investigate the cause or causes
or the fever at Clemson, has made its re-
| port. II makes rather important disclos-
| ures, and the carrying out of its recon-
| mendations will entail considerable ex-
/ pense on the state The report finds that
/ there Is considerable cause for COMPLAINT
and that the sanitary arrangements are
worse than worthless.
Anderson people are stirred with hope
and enthusiasm over the report that an
Englishman representing hundred or two
| millions Is deeply interested In the comple-
ton Of the Blue Ridge road from blue
! Royal through Anderson to the west II 10
said that he has already Invested large
amounts In lands along the prosperous
! route. This Is the road that Port ROYAL
| people have been living I'm hopes for-it
has been their dream for many years. Its
realization would be the speedy develop
ment OF that fine port
Wibur's pharmacy, at Greenville.
closed under a mortgage held by +. p. Dill.
was sold Friday by J. d. Gnreath. dep
| uty sheriff, as agent. The two mortga-
ges amounted to $iOS33. The goods were
! valued In the mortgage at $1,000 Before
| the sale began, Frank Owens OF Waycross
Ca owner OF the building. put the buyer
on notice that he would object to the re-
moval from the building Of certain fixtures
which were nailed 20 the wall The bid
ding was started by the mortgage at 500.
| ana the stock was finally knocked down
to II. X. Aiken OF Laurens. The price was
| $3.50 cash.
The coroner held an inquest Friday over
the. body OF Ed Posey. colored, who was
killed near Sandy Flat, In Greenvlile coun-
! ~ by Henry Crane. white. There were
| no cye-wtnCsses, but several persons tes-
| uhed that before his death Posey stated
that Henry Crane shot him. Crane, short
| " after the report OF the shot was heard.
was seen with a small shotgun in his
hand near the place where Posey was
found lying In the road. The bullet en-
tered the right breast near the heart
Crane came 10 town with his father and
the officers who arrested him before posey
died. Hc Sc now IN jail. His case will
probably be tried at the coming term OF
| court.
JAILED ron CONTEMPLATING.