The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-06
SouTH CATALINA

The South Carolina State Fair will be
on this week. Columbia will be dressed in
gala clothes.
A larger area win be sown in oats in
South Carolina this year than has been
sown for years, and preparations are being
made 10 SOW largely of wheat There are
thousands of acres of land lying idle that
might be soWn with profit
Miss sallie White died at midnight
Wednesday at the home of William Thack-
ton near Huntersville, Greenvile county
from injuries received in a runaway
Wednesday afternoon while on her way
from Huntersville TO visit her sister, Mrs
Caroline Fowler, who lives a mile out OF
Huntersville.
Gov. insolvency has offered a reward
Of 500 for the arrest of the parties who
burned the row of buildings at the Boiling
Springs camp meeting ground, in Orange
burg county. The trustees of the Camp
Meeting Association have offered re-
ward of Sl00, which has been supplemented
by the reward of Gov. insolvency.
There have been a great number of bur
glaries committed in Columbia within the
last few weeks. The police have tried TO
locate the thieves, though they have not
DGeH 4ble 10 get AT the mann DOuy or the
culprits, but have stopped the depredauOns
by working hard and patrOlling the resi-
dence streets.
The new Limestone College building at
Gaffney is nearing completion. The trus-
tees are pushing the work so that it may
be finished by the time the convention
meets. The poles are now being placed for
transmitting electricity to light the college
buildings. Contracts for the electrical ma
terial has already been let. The college
Is doing we'll Its future is bright
The Railroad Commission is out on its
annual tour of inspections. For the last
day or two the commissioners have been
going over the lines of the Southern Rail-
| way. Friday they We're on the old South
| Carolina and Georgia division, ana Thurs
| day they inspected the Charlesto ton, CO.
| umbia and Augusta. The next system TO
| be inspected will be the Atlantic Coast
| Line
| Some inquiry has been made as to
whether Judge Aldrich has filed his oDin-
ION in the Douthit case. He has not filed
| the opinion, and it is said there is abso-
| lutely no reason why he should hurry
| himself about the matter. Judge Aldrich
| Is going carefully over the case and the
| law involved and has a great deal of work
of a more pressing nature, and just as soon
| as he has breathing spell he will an
nounce the opinion in the Douthit case.
The Rev. DR.. John Hemphill, of the AS
ISOLATED Reform Presbyterian Church,
died at his home at Moreland, Ga, Monday
night. DR.. Hemphil was g. years of age
| was born and reared at Due West, in Alb
| beville county South Carolina, and was
| distinguished as one of the ablest and most
| eloquent preachers In the church. DR..
| Hemphill was the eldest brother of Gen.
| r. II. Hemphill, editor of the AbbeVille
| Medium, ana was gallant soldier in Orr
| Regiment of Rifles, Of the Confederate
| army. His son is now a student at Err
slSine College, Due West.
The Presbyterians are now building a
church at Spartanburg, which viii cost
about $4,000 by the time ii is finished.
Central Methodist Church, lately remodel.
led cost about $4,000. The Baptist Church
| plain, comfortable, substantial, is worth
| at least $4,000. The Episcopal Church q
| stone structure dedicated yesterday, cost
| about $4,000. The Catholic Church Is
worth $4,000. Besides these there are -four
| other churches in Spartanburg for white
| people, the aggregate value of which Is
| about $4,000. When the value Of five OF
| six churches for negroes is added the ag-
| gregate value Of church property in that
| city is not far from $S5. OOO When parson-
| ages and organs are included il will run
| II to 100000. just sixty years ago there
| was not the shadow OF church in the
city and 1t was not often that a preachers
| shadow was seen in the village
|