The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
SOrTH CAROLINA.

SOUTH CAROLINA.
Short cotton crops have been reported
from Jeb, PIny and Switzer.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
7. l.. Mauldin, died on Thursday morn
ing at the residence of Mrs. Whilden at
Greenville.
Beaufort Gazette is pleased because of
the improvements made upon the steamer
Clifton, which has been made comfortable
for the winter business between Savannah
and Beaufort.
Another ice factory and a cold storage
plant is Charleston's latest enterprise. The
property has been purchased for the To-
cation of the plant and the machinery has
been ordered.
Miss Clarice w. Cotton of Spartanburg,
after having spent three years at the great
"Sharwenka Conservatory" in Berlin, Ger
many, has returned to her home, bearing
the highest honOrs.
James p. Waddle. Reldville's champion
cotton picker, who picked &c pounds in 80
minutes last year, has picked 373 pounds
in nine hours this year. He says he can
pick over 400 pounds, to pick all day.
Charleston will soon have golf club.
The City Railway Company, with it's ac-
customed energy, have gone to work to
provide golf games for the public. The
company is now in correspondence with
parties in the north, and it will not be
long before the game will be introduced
here.
Charlie Jenkins and Dave Burton, both
colored, engaged in a controversy over
woman Thursday MS ht at Anderson, which
resulted in the latter shooting, and, it is
thought mortally wounding, the former.
Burton was captured after a stubborn re-
sistance, in which Policeman Dillingham;
was overpowered and disarmed.
Port Royal Post pleads Its cause thus:
at is said that New York girl kneads
bread with her gloves on. That is no
news to US. We need bread with our
boots on, we need bread with our
pants on, and If those subscribers who are
so much in arrears don't pay up soon,
Wen need bread without anything on"
The iiguistic sage of the Waynesboro
True Citizen looks upon the bright side
of South Cardinals dispensary troubles,
and remarks: Last week the South Car
DINA dispensary business fell into innoc
uous desuetude for the want of Winches-
ter rifles to support it. 1t is a cheerful re-
Election for the Ben Tillmau sympathizers
when they remember he has but one eye
to look on the grief his well organized
army of rum suckers now feel for thell
deprivations."
Prospects and conditions are not encour-
aging among farmers around Redville.
The Headlight says: "a number of rent
ers and troopers in our county have turn
ed over crops TO their landlords, as they
cannot pay out, and must pick cotton to
%, ono rot, 70 ~
the farm next year and work in cotton
mills. Every one you meet is gloomy and
Respondent, for the low price of cotton
and short crops have left them in debt.
Old farmers say that they never knew so
short a cotton crop but once before.
Thursday an engine exploded on ]. S.
| Kigore's plantation. about five miles be-
low Batesviue, Greenville county. Tom
Miller the engineer, was severely hurt.
He was blown seventy-eight feet, and it
Is a miracle that he was not killed out
right. His arms face and right side were
scalded terribly and his shirt was torn
from his back. His wounds are likely to
| result seriously. Frank Fowler was also
| within dangerous proximity to the ma
| chine and was considerably shaken up.
| His injuries are not necessarily fatal. For
| tunutey there were no others around the
| engine at that time or the accident would
| have been fearfully destructive.
! The owners Of the turnpike from Beau
/ fort to Port Royal have requested riders
| Of wheels to contribute the sum of 81
! each toward repairing the four miles of
/ shell road running to Port Royal. They
! lack funds necessary to put the road in
! good order, and urge the owners of wheels
/ TO come forward and help them out This
| is "a novel plan for acquiring money for
| road building Contributions are not
! compulsory the owners announcing that
| the thoroughfare will remain open to all
| lnasmuch as the road is used largely by
! wheelmen, it Is thought they should be
/ willing to make the contribution of s.,
| for it's maintenance. The outcome of the
| plan will be watched with interest The
| Gazette win publish list Of contributions
| as they are made.
Charleston Post: The first Of the three