The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The game laws go into effect on J

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The game laws go into effect on April /.
A new building is being erected at the
State Colored Industrial College at Orange
burg
Greenville county has an exceedingly
heavy criminal docket. Seven murder
cases.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union for
the state meets at Batesburg on March
3O-S1 and April l.
Sam Melton, white. was drowned in
Lowther's lake in Darlington county
Thursday while on a fishing excursion.
President Mckinley has signed the bill
which gives Newberry College $4,000 for
injuries done the property during the war
At Chester, Friday James Anderson
(colored) was convicted of the murder of
Capt James K. Marshall and sentenced TO
be hanged
The Secretary of State has issued the fol-
lowing commissions: The Farmers Ware
house Company of Anderson; the Mer-
chants Club of Charleston; the Sonmax
Nafiimi Synagogue of Charleston.
Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Thomson, who ran
the second race in the primary for Mayor
at Abbeville, had a close run of it, Miller
winning by majority of five votes The
total vote was: Miller 1S1; Thomson, 49,
AT the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Farmers Bank, Edgefeld, it
was shown that 1415 per cent. profit had
been made last year, per cent. dividend
was declared, and 61a per cent added to
surplus. fur
The large ginnery and offices of the oil
mill at Bennettsville were totally destroyed
by fire Wednesday. Loss about $1,000 with
S. 900 insurance. The ginnery had not
been used in two weeks and the origin of
the fire is unknown.
Two more counties have secured loans
from the Stale Sinking Fund Commission
Anderson county, under a joint resolution
of the general assembly, got her loan of
$2S, 900 for the purpose of erecting a new
court house and Jail. Greenwood got &c.,
900 for general county purposes.
The case of the Governors suspension of
the clerk of court of Abbevile county, w.
r. Bullock, was argued at Abbeville Mon
day. Judge Klugh who heard the case,
decided that the Governor had no author
ity to remove the clerk at this time. The
grand jury may act on the case again in
June.
The resignation of Mayor Pro Tenn. Will
r. Hubbard as member of the Anderson
City Council was handed In Wednesday
morning. This step was due to friction in
the Council over his ex-officio action in
suspending a police officer on a charge of
drunkenness and the counter action of
Mayor Tally and Council in reinstating
the deposed officer before the expiration
of his term of suspension.
Alfred Stokes, a young white man from
Hampton county, was arrested at Bam-
berg a few days ago. He walked into
Kinard & Spann's dry goods store and
presented a check for sos, signed by A. w.
Gray The money was given him and
later the fraud was detected. After his
commitment here telegram was received
by Mayor Cope from Ulmer requesting
that he be detained for a similar crime
committed there.
While it is considered certain that the
gross receipts from the privilege tax this
year will be greater than last year, there
has been a recent falling off. The total
received last year was nearly 100000. The
total amount received in 1898 up to the
18TH was $4,000, against $51 900 for the
same time last year. Following is an
itemized statement of the receipts for the
mast few days: On March IA, $875; on the
18th, 81 1862; nth, $4S7; 18th, $3.50; 18th. $500;
2st $1S2 so; 22d and sd, 81, 055 The total
for this year will aggregate at least 5000
more than last year.
The Supreme Court has rendered an inn
portant decision. 1t appears that Able
VILE county tried to have Greenwood
county assume a portion of the indebted
ness for certain road machinery that had
been purchased before the two counties
were divided The special commissioners
charged with the adjustment of the in
debtedness and other matters did not con-
slider or accept any portion of this debt
for Greenwood county Abbeville asked
for a mandamus requiring the Greenwood
commissioners TO include this Obligation,
but the Supreme Court decided that the
commissioners were not liable TO manda-
| mus proceedings, regardless Of the merits
of the claim or contention.
Suit has been brought within the past
week against Orangeburg county to re-
cover damages for the lynching of Law
renee Brown during January of last year.
Brown was accused of burning the barn
| and out-buildings Of a well-to-do farmer
residing a few miles above Orangeburg
| AS these incendiary fires had frequently
| occurred in the community. it is presumed
! that the citizens made up their minds to
put a stop to the incendiaries by making
| an example of Brown. This same farmer
had suffered severely from incendiary fires
previous to this burning, Of which Brown