The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-07
SOUTH CAROLINA.

John w. Dunn of Charleston struck a
lottery for 5000 recently.
Gov. Elerbe has issued 124 pardons and
combinations since he has been In office
and fifty-eight since Jan. of this year
Newberry IS in communication with Gin
ton by telephone, and Clinton with Lau-
rens, which latter is connected with all
the surrounding towns.
Master Robert johnson of Lancaster is
the proud possessor of a five-legged cow
The fifth leg grew out from the right
shoulder. The NTH leg, instead Of hoof
has claws like an eagle.
]. H. X. Jennings of spartanburg pick
ed 1876 pounds of cotton one day last week
and weighed up and loaded in wagon
thousand pounds besides that. That was
a pretty fair days work for a 2O0-pounder
about half a century old.
Junius II. Evans of Marion is out in a
circular announcing his candidacy for Con-
gress for the Sixth district of South Caro-
lima. 1t has Already been noted that the
Republicans intended to put him forward
as their candidate though ha does not say
50 in the circular.
The experiment OF raising tea has been
successfully tried in South Carolina Tea
raised at Summervile has brought as
high as 81 a pound. The cost of cultiva-
tion is a considera BILE item, but between
$50 and $50 an acre can be cleared. The
plants do not have to be set out every
year.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in a personal let
ter to a gentleman friend in Charleston,
writes: "The palmetto tree that was sent
10 be planted near my Winnie's grave l
did see through my tears, and il was a
distinct qualification to me to have a
South Carolina tree sent to keep watch
over her resting place. Her fathers fam
lily came from there, and he always loved
the state"
Counterfeit half-dollars and quarter-dol-
lars are being circulated in Charleston. The
coins are of lighter weight than the gen.
uine articles and can be told in this way
1t is said that aluminium as the chief COM
| ponent, which accounts for the light
weight of the coins. There are large num-
Der of the counterfeit coins in circulation
and in consequence of the exact repre-
sentation they bear to the original coins,
| they are passed readily.
The Rev Messrs. N. ]. Holmes and s.
|
from the Presbyterian Church, rather than
| give up their divine healing teaching The
| Rev. Mr.. Holmes received his letter of
dismissal from the church last week and
| il is presumed that the Rev. Mr.. Todd
| got a similar communication about the
same time. They are now evangellsts
teaching the divine healing theory and
continue unmolested with the organization
of their Bible Institute, which they are
establishing on Paris mountain.
Greenville correspondence Of Charleston
News and Courier, under date of Nov. .:
Early this morning Reuben I. Talley, a
prominent farmer, living near Travellers
| Rest, committed suicide. He had been
| suffering for some time with severe head
aches, which untitled him for work This
morning early his wife saw him PUT pis-
tol i'm his pocket, but thought nothing of
it. He went TO the field with a negro,
gave the man some directions about work.
and then went to another part of the field
| and got behind a hay stack The negro
| heard the report of the pistol ran to the
haystack and found Mr.. Talley dead. The
bali entered behind the ear, passing out
through the forehead A note found in
| his pocket, addressed to his wife stated
that his health was gone, and he would
be q burden to her. That his brother had
his will and commanded her to care for
their Two children. Mr. Talley was we'll.
to-do and highly respected.
Columbia Correspondence Charleston
News and Courier; There threatens to bt
a wood famine in Columbia pretty soor
on account of the encampment of soldier,
at Savannah, Summervue and Columbia
At present the wood supply is plentiful
but a dealer stated to-day that it woulc
be different in a few weeks Savannah con.
tractors, who are to furnish the camp IL
that city, have been buying wood all aions
the line of the Florida Central and PENN
sular road, even TO within a few mifes O.
Columbia. II is said that the same thina
has been done along the South Carolinf
and Georgia road to within a few mile,
of the city. The contract for the cam
here requires 500 cords a month. and III,
contractor knows where he can get il
but the farmers who deal in wood hay,
about exhausted their supply of wood al
ready cut, and local dealers are wonderins
where they can get their supply at rea
soneble rates. On the railroads runnins
north Of the city all the available Woo
has been cut and SOLD, and until more /.
put on the market the consumers in tn,
city must suffer in the matter of prices.
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FL0RIDIANS TALKED ABOUT,