The morning news., 1899-12-04
SOUTH CARnLINA

The Darlington cotton mill viii nee
about 5000 bales Of cotton this year.
Gov. Mcsweeney has received and refus-
ed petition for the pardon Of Maj Coed
, let of Greenville county. o-dlet is charg-
ed with having transported liquor in the
night time in violation of the dispensary
law.
The fifth cotton mill in the immediate
vicinity OF GTe1nvi,le viii be built in The
next few months. Stephen Greene, the ia
NOUS min engineer from Eostcn, has To-
Gated the site of the Brandon mill and
work viii commence immed lately.
It has been finally determined and ar
ranged that the State Railroad Commits
sion viii make its inspection of the South
ern's new line between Cayce and Perry
tomorrow. authorizing the opening of the
new piece of road for passenger and freight
business
1t is said a further investigation of the
killing of John Laird at Columbia indi-
Gates that he was murdered. As vet no
clue has been found to- lay the crime on
any one but circumstances are suCf that
1T Is probable that some arrest may be
made shortly.
The historic old oak tree at Winnsboro
under which Lord CORVALLIS camped dur
ing the revolutionary war, from Octoter,
l7e0 10 January, 1881 has been killed by
the excessive drought and heat. The tree
stands in the yard Of the Mount Zion
School, and a table is to be made out of it
for lie school lib airy end souveni. for its
alumni
In the Court of General Sessions at
Spartanburg Friday j. ]. Tinsley, ex-clerk
Of the county board pleaded guilty to five
cases of forgery and all the other cases
against him were mol pressed. The court
sentenced him to hard labor for one year
in each case, making five years in all. 1t
is understood that Ge has refunded to the
county all the money he got and the county
has lost nothing through him.
The South Carolina Marble Works has
prepared the design of a handsome monu-
ment and submitted it to Col. John T.
Sloan and Col. Willie Jones, the officers of
the Gary Monument Associatio which
purposes to erect in Columbia a monument
to the memory of Gen. Mart Gary, the
Bald Eagle of Edgefeld," who was a gal
liant Confederate soldier and a leader of
the straightout movement of 1876
Door Gibbes, Florence negro supposed
to be demented, held his negro brethren IN
terror for several days. He he'd up sew
eral negroes, shooting through the hat of
one and soaring him almost white. He is
said TO have fired at a negro woman and
several boys also. The negroes have been
much disturbed, but their fears are now
allayed, Door having been captured and
lodged in Jail. He gave his capturers a
lively time. He viii he examined for lun-
acy.
Mr.. ". Dec. Ravenel, assistant United
States fish commissioner, who has recently
been acting United States fish commits
sioner has notified the Secretary of State
that his car is now going over the state
making the fan distribution of bass in the
waterways of the ate. Mr.. Ravenel also
writes that in a few days the car wi he
in Columbia and win stock the foun a ms
at the stale capitol and Executive Man
sion grounds with gold fish and goli
Tench.
Details of the suicide of A. B. Coving-
ton, at Camden, as brought out at the in
quest, show that ii was truly a pitiful
case of self-destruction because of love
unreturned and declared hopeless. The
name Of the family of the young lady is
withheld, but she belongs to one of the
best families. Her brother testified at the
coroner's inquest, and her mother and sis
ter-in-law sent affidavits. Covington
was from Cheraw belonging to the old
family Of that name.