The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-17
sOUTH CARoLINA


SOUTH CAROLINA.
William Walters was killed near his
home in Kershaw county by tree fall
ing on him.
a carload of colonsts from Iowa passed
through Florence a day or two ago going
to Chadborn to join the colony there.
w. B. Cowan is the champion sports
man of Darlington. He recently went
hunting and shot thirty-two times kill
ing thirty-two birds.
j. p Hardness, merchandise broker Of
Greenville, is accused of passing worth
less checks. and with being short in his
accounts with Armour G. Co.
The Columbia Register was sold Fri
day under foreclosure proceedings to Will
liam A. Hatfield of New York. The only
bid made was that of Mr. Hatfield
through his attorneys, and was for 5000
The Clinton cotton mills seems TO be
prospecting, or at least developing. The
mill was started with a capital of $50 600
then the capital was increased to 100000
few days ago further increase to $780,
900 was made.
A project has been sprung looking IN
N-N~ N+N~NASii VI a tSlCpuOiiG line 10 connect
Saluda, Greenwood, Chappels and New
berry. Saluda has now but slight con-
hectlon with the world. There is talk
about the erection of line to Abbeville.
BY an almost even vote when a two
thirds vote was necessary, the state Sem
ate on Friday defeated Mr.. RagsdaIe,s
joint resolution proposing constitutional
amendments providing for the election of
supreme Court justices and circuit Judges
W. Med. Green of Clarendon county
was shot and seriously wounded by a
negro named Sep Jones, near FEEDERS in
Clarendon county, Thursday Mr.. Green
will recover. The difficulty was brought
on by stock owned by Mr. Green running
on Jones' field.
William Brevard killed Middleton Lloyd
on S. f. Boykn's place, about 10 miles be-
low Camden, a few days ago. Both are
negroes and it is supposed from the testi-
mony taken at the coroner's inquest that
they We're gambling and got into a row.
Brevard shot Lloyd with a double barreled
shotgun loaded with buckshot
Prof B. l.. Jones' principal of the city
schools of Columbia, may have to stand
trial for whipping Alfred Martin. the
young son of w. t. Martin one of the
best-known business men of Columbia
Young Martin persisted in whispering in
his class Prof. Jones called him up and
gave him a severe floggtng On reaching
home Mr.. Martin examined his son and
found stripes on his back as large as a
persons finger.
Amid squalor and utter degradation, a
young white man named Seay was found
dead in bed at Columbia few days ago
In den run by Jane Jackson Whether he
came 10 his death NV bie oury -. o+t,a-
hands has not been proved. 1t is evidently
case of poisoning and al the same time
a possible case of suicide. He is said to
have gone TO Columbia from Asheville on
Monday night. He went 20 Jane Jackson's
house to spend the night and was found
dead in bed by his paramour, Ida Carton
Col Benjamin d. Cunningham died at
Greenwood Thursday, after a brief ILL
ness. Deceased came from an ilustrious
family on both sides; on one the Cunning
hams of Laurens, on the other the Mobiles
of Abbeville. He read law in the office
Of his uncie, Ed Noble, at Abbeville. and
was admitted to the bar about twenty
years ago. He was 40 years old and I'M
married. He leaves one sister in Wash
ington, ID. C., one in Asheville N. c., one
in Savannah, Ga, one brother in Charles
ton, and two in Laurens.
On last Thursday morning a recently
born negro infant, with its throat cut.
was found in the streets of Varnville.
A coroner's jury was summoned and the
evidence developed that the baby's throat
had first been cut and the infant DIaced
in the gin house of Mr.. Conley. covered
with cotton seed, whence IL was rooted
out by hogs and dragged into the streets
Circumstantial evidence points strongly
10 Sarah Ellis. a young negress. as being
guilty of its murder. She is now i'm the
Hampton jail charged with murder 70
await trial at the next term of court
The Clyde Shropshire case has been
brought TO the attention of congress in a
very singular way. The Hon. John w
Hinton or Milwaukee, at the head of The
Northwestern Tariff Bureau. in a PAM
phiet OF twelve pages reiterates his
charges that money belonging to his son
Francis Hinton, who died In Paris in 1885,
was misappropria by CLYDE Shropshire
the vice consul in Paris. The pamphIet
Is IN the form Of a petition to congress
asking that a law be passed ito punish
American consuls for robbing American
citizens dying in foreign countries" In
order to show the necessity of such a law
he gives his entire correspondence with
the President and the stale department
concerning the alleged misappropriation
OF his deceased sons money and points
to the fact that Shropshire was not made
10 answer 10 the government The state
department finds that there Is no law
under which Shropshire can be prosecuted
for his alleged shortcomings. Shropshire
is in Atlanta, and denies that he received
the money.