The morning news., 1897-07-26

on the new cotton mill now in course of
construction.
At Columbia, Tuesday night, Henry Ri
ley, colored, about Is years of age, was
shot by some unknown party with a shot
gun, many Of the small shot taking effect
IN his legs and back.
Gen. James Longstreet has accepted the
invitation of the committee on arrange.
ments TO deliver the address at the re-
union Of Orr's regiment at Sandy Springs,
Anderson county, on Aug. 10.
The Union county farmers alliance is
arranging for a grand rally a Duck Pond,
In that county. Aug H. Senator Tillman
and other distinguished men will be in
vited to make the addresses.
The presentments of the grand jury rec
ommend that the operation Of the West
End dispensary at Greenville be discon-
unued, as during the last month it has
taken in only SiS, while the expenses are
81 a day.
The Secretary of State has issued com
mission to the Ashepoo Fertilizer Company
Of Charleston. The capital stock is to be
100000 divided into shares at S1OO each.
The corporators are Frank E. Taylor,
Samuel Lord and Herman r. Luhn.
j. T. Donaldson of Bennettsville, S. c.,
wires that he has captured Chris Harris,
the negro assaulter for whom $500 re-
ward is outstanding at Anderson and that
Harris has confessed his identity. Sher-
IF Green and Chief of Police Dillingham;
have gone to take charge of the pris>
oner
The trial of Ezen Thackston, indicted
at Greenville for killing his colored mis-
tress, Willie ABBY, was concluded a day
or two ago by a verdict of manslaughter.
The Ably woman was the second victim
of Thackston's ready pistol. Sentence was
suspended pending notice of a motion for
a new trial.
The Walterboro Dry Kiln and Planning
Mill Company's entire plant was totally
destroyed by fire Monday morning. Four
carloads of dressed lumber and all lumber
in yard and several empty box cars were
destroyed also. The Walterboro and
Western railroad schedule could not be
made owing to damages to track by the
fire. Loss about 500 600; insurance. $1,000
The plant will be rebuilt at an nearly
date
Gov. Ellerbe has commuted the twenty
one months sentence Of Ernest B. Hassel-
tine to twelve months Imprisonment.
This will accomplish the release of the
tober next. Hasseltine Is the young banN
official of Lancaster who overdrew his ac-
count several thousand dollars and after
losing the money In cotton specula ton,
could not make his overdraft good, and
was prosecuted.
Several weeks ago the body of an infant
was found at the dam below Clifton Mills.
No. !, in Pacolet river, near Spartanburg.
Further developments proved the fact that
the body was that of a male infant 2
years of age, and its head was horribly
bruised, these blows presumably being in
1icted before death The body was depos-
tied in two sacks-four and crocus Sus-
picion pointed toward certain party, but
the coroner's inquest, which was held the
day after the find developed no sensation
al features. Directly after the event hap
pened a white woman named Lilly Black
who resides at Clifton left. and everything
seemed to point to her as the mother and
murderess of the child. on Sunday she
was arrested at Henrietta and Monday she
was lodged in the county Jail.
1t looks as IL the fight to recover control
of the Cotton Plant. the alliance organ
from Editor W. T. Crews of L.aurens
who has displeased the members of the
printing committee, is going to be one
of the features OF the state alliance con-
Vention when II meets at Columbia
wednesday. Col u. 7. Duncan, manager
of the Alliance exchange, and member Of
the committee. has written a lengthy ar
ticle TO the members of the alliance of
South Carolina. giving a fun history of
tho transfer of the Cotton Plant to Col
Crews, and his violation of the contract
by engaging in the present political strug-
gle. Before the demand made on Crews
TO surrender the paper. Col Duncan and
Col. Neal, superintendent OF the peniten-
tiary, attempted TO make provision for the
issuance Of the paper in Columbia IN the
office of an evening paper edited by
George r. Rooster Col. Crews to have
place on that paper. This failed.
mysterious case Of poisoning is re-
ported from Edisto Island. Two negro
children died and a third child became
suddenly sick. supposedly from poisoning.
The fowls i'm the yard. which ate SOME OF
the bread which is thought to have pols
oned the children, also died. The story
Is that Anna Nelson. the mother Of Han
ma Nelson one OF the dead children. made
some bread in the morning and gave Il
to her child. subsequently she gave some
TO Mollie Chapman and Jessie Nelson.
Sickness and death ensued IN four hours.
Afterward Rachel Nelson, grandmother
OF the dead child. was sent for aud she
came and was told what had happened.
She Immediately took the remaining bread
and threw II out Of the house. Rachel
Nelson and Antonio Nelson. the latter the
husband OF Anna Nelson, were arrested
on suspicion Of having committed the
crime. but no information is obtainable
as to why the grandmother and father
should have desired TO take the lives OF
the children, or why they were arrested
when the woman who actually made the
bread and gave II TO the children Is left
free.