The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-10

W. II. Eaves realized from his crop Of
six acres $1,000 and another planter sold
his crop of five acres for $500. Other far
mers intend trying the experiment this
year.
A large meeting Of citizens was held at
saluda Thursday to consider the matter
OF building a road from Edgefield to New
berry, via Saluda. A large part of the line
has been graded, and it is hoped that the
Cumberland Gap authorities will take the
matter In hand and extend the line over
this route.
Senator NJ. c. Butler was booked to
make speech at an assembly of confed-
crate veterans at ParksvilIe on April 30,
but in some unaccOuntable way mistook
the day and only reached Edgefield on
April 30 by accident, the very day for the
spelSing Edgehed Is a two days journey
from Parksville as the trains run.
At sale for division of the Alden
property at Orangeburg by the master the
amount realized was. in round numbers.
$50. 600. Mrs Annie II. Keller bought the
Edisto Inn, $1,000, and store now occupied
by ]. f. Glover $500. Alden Bros. bid
for several small houses, lots, a farm and
the electric light plant. aggregatlng $l5,-
6l5.
Ground has been broken at Aiken June.
ton, mile and half below Graniteville,
for the new cotton mill of the Warren
Manufacturing Company. Col. r. l..
Coleman Of Union has the contract for
building the mill. The mill will have 80 =
900 spindles and about 1,15O looms. The
product of the mill will be broad Sheet
ings and pillow case goods.
There seems to be a prospect of a
Southern connection at Brevard, withs a
road which ex-Gov Evans Of South Car
DINA is building. After a gap of nine miles
is built between Pickens and Easley only
thirty miles will have to be built to make
the connection at Brevard, which, it is
thought, will be continued to Piedmont.
This line comes through the Sassafras
gap. ..l .6E
In the biennial city election at Florence
w. H. Day and II. L. Odoirne were the
two candidates for mayor, and Day was
elected. The total vote cast was 279 OF
which Day received 10 and II. L. Odiorne
109. John Kuker and Thad w Jones from
ward l. J. f. Stackley and w. H. Maloy
from ward g. J. 3. Douglas and e. J. PEN
dergrass from ward 81 and J. p. McNeiA
and B. Rutledge from ward 4, were elect
ed aldermen.
Greenville News: r. Fl. Cureton has a
"dne large" Angora cat which remained.
by accident, in the bottom of a heavily
packed trunk for seven days, without
food, water or air. About ten days ago
the cat turned up missing, and being a
very popular pet, the family diligently
searched for his whereabouts, but their
efforts were futile, till the seventh day,
when Mrs. Cureton unlocked the trunk to
sun some articles of winter clothing. The
cat was found at the bottom of the trunk
mashed almost fiat. He ate and drank
ravenously.
Little Joseph Belk of Fort Mill has a
remarkable lineage His great great
grandmother, his great grandmother, his
grandmoth and mother are all living
and on his fathers side his great-grand-
mother and grandmother are living. His
great great-grandfather, his great-grand-
rather, his grandfather and an uncle on
his mothers side (four generations in di-
rect descenO Were Presby ministers.
He was baptized by his grandfather. Rev.
j. b. Mack, D. D., with five grand
mothers present to lay their hands on his
head and bless him.
After a further consideration of the
act empowering the sinking fund conf
mission to loan money to counties. the
attorney general has arrived at the con-
clusion that 1t can be loaned for less than
a year. 1t had previously been construed
that the loan must be for q year but
the act provides that loans must be made
In March, except this year, when they
may be made in May, and must be paid
out of the first taxes collected in Novem-
Der. That being the case a loan cannot
be made for year. This will be good
news for some Of the counties. for while
they wanted the money they didn't want
to pay per cent. interest for 1t for a
year. When this is known there is a prob
ability that there will be other applica-
lions for loans besides those already men
toned.
In the court of general sessions at
Orangeburg Wednesday was occupied in
the trial of Hope Williams, the negro who
killed Ed NJ. Smith near Fort Motto last
december. Thestate endeavored to prove
that William stabbed Smith in the latter
buggy as it stood in the road before the
house, and that Smith did not attack the
defendant. The accused testified that
smith called him out and cursed him
about debt, and after some quarreling.
jumped from the buggy and seized his
,(Smlth's) gun, which was In the back of
the vehicle. Williams fed around the
house, followed by the deceased, who pull
ed the trigger. The cap failed to explode.
and Hope, hearing the gun click again
as he went around the next corner of the
house, reached for his knife as he ran.
stopped, and as Smith came around cut
him in the neck. The jury, after being
out two hours and half, returned a YER
dict of manslaughter. The defendants
counsel gave notice of a motion for new
trial.