The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-06
snrTH CAROLINA.

The charter of the Unitarian Church OF
Charleston has been renewed by the Sec
retarv Of state. In 1878 the general as
sembly granted a charter for twenty-one
years. The secretary of state has issued
a charter which will run for all time.
The state shows from statistics COM
piled North that in the manufacture OF
cotton cloth, South Carolina has risen
from the fourth to the third place, while
in several of the important manufacturing
states North there has been a marked re-
cesssion.
The Gaffney Ledger says that Aunt
Patsy Harris, living in that town, is near
Nv 100 years old. She has good health and
can see to thread a needle without specta-
Giles. She says when she was young she
did mans work and often cut and split
three cords of wood day.
Charles II. Pack, the Anderson furniture
dealer, who was placed in jail at Green
vile Tuesday on a warrant sworn out
against him by his partner, w. b. Free
man, charging forgery, has waived pre-
Iiminary examination before Magistrate
Hodges and been released on a $3.50 justi-
fed bond signed by DR.. w. S. Pack of
Greenville, who is a brother Of the ac-
cused.
Five convicts have recently escaped from
the county chain-gang at Aiken, four
of whom are stil at large. The names
of the FIVE are: William Singleton, Henry
Brown, Primus Harvey Will Days and
Chick Dorsey. They are all shor-term-
ers. The first two escaped about two
weeks ago. the others few days later
Col. ]. C. Boyd of Greenville, a we'll
known Confederate veteran and a mill
tary man of long experience. is about to
organize a company of 'Old Confeds" 90
attend the Charleston reunion next May
in a body. Col. Boyd intends to have his
command well equipped, fully armed ana
uniformed in the Old Confederate gray.
Editor Gnatt of Spartanburg has deter
mined to quit the newspaper business, at
least for The present. MIR. William NJ
Jones has bought out the Evening Star
and Piedmont Headlight, Cock stock and
barrel" and Mr. CAN'T is TO relinauish the
control this week one condition is thar
Mr. CAN'T is not to re-engage in news
paper business in this county. His heath
being bad. he will probably retire TO his
farm and remain in voluntary retirement
for time. Mr.. Jones a one time owned
and edited the Spartanburg Herald out
OF which he made considerable success
For several years he has been a member
of the law firm of Nichols & Jones'
There is just now considerable interest
being taken in the matter of the state
cons tables. The constabulary force now
is as large. or larger than it has ever
been. The official records show that there
are sixty-two constables on the pay roll
of the state dispensary, counting the three
in the penitentiary under charges of kill
ing Mrs. Stuart The force seems 90 have
been growing slowly, but surely within
the last few months. There seems to
have been no special demand for the IN
crease but II has grown day by day be,
cause of request here and there for a
constable and the tremendous pressure on
the Governors Office for places on the
force. There must be fully 800 applicants
constantly rapping at the door for places
on the force.
There is much speculation at Florence
as TO the outcome of the postoffice mat
ter and it is a thing of general discussion
among the citizens. II is now almost n
surety that a change will be made within
che next few days, and that the present
incumbent, J. s. Mckenzie, viii retire. Mr.
Mckenzie is a Democrat. There are four
applicants for the office-Dr. p. 3. Bacot
and ]. 5. Mckenzie, white Democrats.
and f. S. Hoag, white Republican. and
Rev. j. l.. Wilson, colored Republican
Wilson, of course, has the support OF his
party, II being understood however. thai
Democrat cannot and will not be an
pointed, it Is urged by the majority OF tho
citizens Of Florence that of the Republi-
can candidates, S. +, Hoag receive the op-
pointmeR