The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-22
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Walter II. Wells Of Florence is a candi-
date for representative from his county.
Mayor Hood, the newly elected mayor
of Greenvnle was sworn in with his
board Of aldermen last week and they are
now in charge Of the affairs of the city.
There are many applicants for the va
rious elective positions.
spartanburg Headlight: Georgia gives
her Old soldiers seven hundred thousand
dollars a year in pensions. South Carolina,
while the first 10 secede from the Union
and bring on the war, gives veterans a
piuful one hundred thousand.
Gus McSween sold two barns Of tobacco
on the Florence market Friday, weighing
1.416 pounds. for $lT.60 net. This, al
though not a fair average, is said TO beat
cotton J. J. Baker OF Bethlehem sold
Thursday, on the same market 662 pounds
for $662.23.
Aiken Recorder: The cotton crop which
recently promised so much to the farmers
Of this section. has of late deteriora ted
greatly, and the opinion now prevails here
that it viii fan short of the crop of 1897.
The protracted rainy season has caused
the plants TO shed badly and rust TO an
alarming extent has appeared in many
places. Dry weather is needed now.
A report reached Anderson Thursday af-
ternoon that a negro had attempted TO
assault a lady of this county a her home,
three miles from that city. The husband
of the lady was in Anderson al the time
and a posse Immediately started in pur-
suit. BioOdhounds were put on the trail,
aud a lively chase followed. At II o'clock
Thursday night the negro was captured
in the edge of the city and was identified
by his intended victim. Her cries for
help frightened him away. She requested
that the negro should not be put to death.
He was taken to the woods and given 300
lashes, with directions that he should
leave abe state.
Charlestonians are alive to the possibili-
ties of trade with Porto Rico and her mer-
chants are now pondering over the wisest
measures to be instituted for training a
portion of that Islands trade toward that
city. Nothing definite az to plans has
been announced as yet, but it is quite
probable that a party representing that
business interests of Charleston will soon
go to the new possession and size up the
new field. A prominent firm of Charles
ton has received a letter from an Ameri-
can In San Juan who declares that there
is no better place for energetic young men
to make their fortunes and so much in
terest this particular firm has given the
opinion of its correspondent that il Is CON
siderng the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing a
business at San Juan.
At Columbia Thursday morning Scipio
Thompson was killed by Abram Riley,
Both parties are colored. Riley. imme-
diately after the killing, sent for a DO
lceman and surrendered himself to the
police without delay. He told his story of
the killing, and said that he was forced
to Kill Thompson in self-defense. He said
that Thompson lived In a part of his
house, and when he moved out owed him
$2.25 rent, for which furniture was held
Thompson came back Tor his furniture
Riley told him he could have it as soon
as the back rent was paid. Thompson
went off after his first visit, and then
returned about ! o'clock Thursday morn
ing to make another demand for his furn-
iture. He was abusive towards Riley. and
Riley claims that Thompson drew a billet
on him and would have hit him had he
not knocked him down with an ak which
was at hand The blow from the ak killed
Thompson Immediately. Thompson had
been employed as a cook at Camp Lee.
There have recently been two attempts
to wreck the train on the Charleston and
Western Carolina, near MauldIn station
A negro boy about u years old placed a
spike on the rail Sunday and the train
ran over II, smashing II SDSntly. The
negro then stuck the spike between the
rails where they joined and the next
train broke 1t off He was arrested and
stood a preliminary examination before
Magistrate Hodges at Greenville. As he
confessed to the deed the case was sent
up, and the little negro remains in Jail
on Tuesday three white boys named
Brooks, who live near Mauldin, were ar
rested, and they waived the preliminary
and gave bond They placed a shovel pillow
on the track Monday, sticking 1t up be-
tween the joints of the rails. Strange to
say, the train did not jump the truck, but
broke off the pillow. This matter Of plac-
ing distractions on railroad tracks is a
serious offense, and the heaviest punish
ment is thirty years Imprisonment. 1t
seems to be an epidemic a present, as the
train on the Southern, near Piedmont
was derailed in a similar manner last Sun
day afternoon.