The morning news., 1899-05-15
SOUTH CARoLINA-

Gov. Ellerbe has been carried from Co.
lumbia TO his home IN Marion county. and
1t is reported that he has continued 10
lose ground. He IS now very weak and
emaciated and the best informed among
MS friends have very little hope of his
| recovery.
The state peuitentiary is short on con.
victs. The recent act of the legislature
requires all convicts for five years and
less TO work in county chain-g gangs. and
at the meeting of the board of directors
last week it was found that not near all
the contracts for convicts made by Col.
Neal could be filled.
Greenville News: 1t looks as if Green
Vile Is going to get an electric street rail-
way system, either from the Boston party
OF capitalists VINO We're here this week or
from the Philadelphia party representing
the American Pipe Company. who have
just purchased the local electric plant,
though no final result of either scheme
WIZ be known under week or ten days.
What the Southern Railway is going TO
do with the South Carolina and Georgia
has not yet appeared, says the YorkviHe
feoman' but Il is possible that instead of
building their new Florida line direct
from Columbia south, they win take up
construction at Branchville and work from
there south, making the road always In
operation between Columbia and Branch
vile part of the Florida line.
Barnwel Sentinel: A party of survey
ors were in this vicinity last Saturday
morning. In view of the many railroad
rumors which are afioat, and which have
Co1 la.a
Veyors in Barnwen was the cause of A
good deal Of curiosity. Their manner in
dtcated that they did not care to do a
great deal of talking, but ii was learned
they were making survey to Port Royal
Tor the proposed Black Diamond Road
Walterborc is gradually waking up from
her long sleep, and will soon be the peer
of any town her size in the state she
became manufacturing town about two
months ago. Her council has Just com
pleted an extensive system of drainage in
the southern suburbs that will insure the
health of the town, and now the trustees
of The graded school advertise that an
election viii be held on May q to deter
mine whether or not an additional tax Of
4 mills shall be levied to supplement the
constitutional school tax.
James M Dickson of Greenville is a
great farmer. The other day he carried
some friends cut to look at his magnih-
cent oat patch. and his friends were de-
lighted with the crop. but were convinced
il was wheat. Mr.. Dickson was satisfied
there was no corn OF rye aboard this grain
inspection, but he didn't see how the oats
he had certainly sown could turn into
promising wheat crop He remembers
now that there was wheat with the seed
oats The oats were killed by cold and
he is going 20 have a good crop of wheat
Mid DeLoach, young white man, and
George Grice. became involved in a diff
Guilty about two miles west of Saluda Sat
urday evening, and as result Grice is
said to be in a dying condition. 1t ap-
pears that Grice invited DeLoach to take
drink with him, which at first he refus-
ed to do, but finally consented. The bot
tie was passed TO DeLoach, who instead
of taking the drink sat down aud placed
the flask on the ground beside him. Grice
insisted that he take the drink aud give
him back the bottle. DeLoach refusing TO
do either Grice reached for the bottle
and the former grabbed II. DeLoach re-
marked that IL he didn't mind he would
cut him and reached for his knife .Griee
moved away a little. but DeLoach made
lunge toward him and slashed the knife
into his body. making an ugly wound
across his left side. The seft lung was
seriously cut. and the physicians opinion
is that deaih is only matter of time