The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-28

reward offered by the town council, the
citizens have. by public subscription rails
ed $1,000 more. They are also circulating
petition to the governor asking that he
put $500 In "the pot on the states ac-
count, making the total reward 5000 1t
is believed that this amount will get the
desired information.
striking case of heroism and self-pos-
session has just been displayed by young
lady teacher of Greenville. A day or two
ago. while the pupils were at play, a little
boy was bitten by poisonous snake. The
children were terrified, but the young
teacher retained her presence of mind and
Immediately sucked the poison from the
wound, which was on the leg. The child
Is suffering no Ill effects from the bite,
other than a slight soreness.
There has been some question as to
which male college in South Carolina first
admitted young women upon an equality
with men. The matter has been set at
rest by the proof submitted by the Pres
byterian College of South Carolina at
Clinton, which establishes the fact of it's
being the pioneer in this respect. Seven
teen years ago this college was organized
and seventeen years ago young women
matriculated. The first to receive the de-
gree of A. B. was a woman.
The wife of the Rev. Joshua Davis,
Methodist preacher living in a lonely part
of Sumter county, twelve miles from
Bishopville, has demonstrated her ability
TO fight devils in the flesh. Her coolness
and readiness with her husbands pistol
are credited with saving her from assault
by two negroes. When they demanded
admission to her house in her husbands
absence, she put them 60 fight by opening
fire with revolver. Assistance soon
came and the men were tracked to a house,
where they were subsequently arrested
and taken to Jail.
Monday night c. ]. Ives, IS years old.
who carries the mails on the Star route
between Fiscal and Hagood Sumter coun.
ty, was found dead in the road His neck
was broken and there was a severe cash
| in his head Mr. Ives left home driving a
horse that was believed TO be unsafe, and
while there are grounds for suspecting
murder, 1t Is generally supposed that the
horse became unmanageable, ran away
and threw Mr.. Ives out of the buggy. The
horse appearing at his home after demol-
ishing the vehicle, caused a. search to be
made, which resulted in finding the body.
Thomas Wilson, young white man, was
before the magistrate at Greenville Thurs
day charged with burglary aud assault
the higher court. Wilson is the most inn
! portant witness for the state in the case
of Ezell Thackston, charged with the muir
der of Willie Abby, a colored woman. At
the last term of court Thackston was tried
but the jury failed to agree. A few weeks
] before the trial Wilson shot himself with
| the intent to commit suicide, and was
unable to testify against Thackston. The
| Thackston case will come up again next
/ month for a second trial
Information comes from Washington
that Senators Tillman, McLaurin and
Pritchard made such sustained assault
| on the finance committee of the Senate
| that they succeeded in getting duty of
6 cents pound on monozite provided by
the committee. This is very important
| to those counties in the two Carolinas
bordering on the northern end of the At
lanta and Charlotte Air Line railroad.
| Monozite Is found in great quantities in
York, Spartanburg and Lancaster coun-
ties, particularly in the vicinity of Blacks
| burg, York county, where its mining Is
an industry. In the adjacent counties of
North Carolina and In the neighborhood
of Charlotte. there is a quantity OF that
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