The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-25
SOUTH CAROLINA.

! The people OF Florence have on foot a
plan to build a combination theater ana
city hall.
| The tobacco warehouses at Timmonsville
closed for the holidays on Monday. the
18th inst. Up to that date the sales for
/ this season had reached the very nand-
/ some hgures 100000 pounds. They VIII
! open again and be ready for business Jan.
/ /, 1900.
On July ], next, the rural mail delivery
system. which has been tested and found
TO work most successfully in many sec
toms OF the state, will be put in operation
all over the state OF South Carolina. ana
no other state will then have the mail adj
Vantages accorded the rural portion of
the Palmetto state
Adjutant and Inspector General Floyd
has figured out the allowance to each Of
the military companies in the state. It was
decided by the Military Board to make an
equal allowance to each of The companies
ana there being fOrty-fve companies in
the state in good standing, each of these
companies Will receive $l7379 This Is the
snare each company in the state gets out
OF the $4,000 appropriation.
Matte A. Hughes is to be tried again
next month at Greenville for the murder
of her husband, provided the Supreme
Court does not sustain her former jeop-
ardy plea and quash the indictment
against her. The case is to be heard be-
fore the Supreme Court, but 1t is thought
hkely that that tribunal win refuse TO
pass upon the question until a final dispO-
sition of the case in the lower court The
probability of another mistrial appears as
great now as ever.
During the year that is just closing the
first real experiment in the culture of to1
bacco was made in Orangeburg county. A
number of farmers, sickened by the low
price of cotton, planted the weed, although
the greater majority of them only planted
a few acres. Some Of the farmers made
money out of their tobacco and a few lost
a little money, While many paid the ex-
penses of the crop only with the proceeds
of the crop. The greater majority of them
realize that they have learned considera-
bic about tobacco culture from this ex-
pertinent, and will continue the crop, ex-
pecting to learn after a few years how to
make first-class article Of tobacco and
realize a first-cass price.
John c. Chaffin, under life sentence for
the murder of Warren E. NJ. CRUDE at
Greenvile over a year ago, according to
the mandate of the Supreme Court. must
spend the remainder of his life in the
penitentiary. A few days ago a petition
was made TO the Supreme Court to allow
a motion for a new trial i'm the Circuit
Court, which was presented by A. H.
Dean, the attorney for Chaffin The APP
plication was for a new hearing in the
Circuit Court on the ground of after dis
covered evidence The petition was de-
MED, but the full decision of the eour,
has not been handed down. Chafin has
not given up hope, however and he
maintains the same cheerful hopeful de-
meanor he has shown ever since the trag.
edy, fourteen months ago
M. f. Ansel, solicitor of the Eighth cir
cult, embracing Greenville Abbeville. An
derson, Oconee and Pickens counties has
forwarded his annual report to the ot-
torney general The report shows that
there We're less than half as many muir
uer cases IN the circuit this year as last.
VI the twenty cases this year two were
disposed of in Abbeville, eight in Andar-
son, two in Oconee, three in Pickens ana
AVe IN GreenVilie. Fourteen of the casas
resulted in verdicts of mot guilty." fo,,r
guilty and in two cases mo bills'' were
returned. There were AZ cases of muir.
Ger disposed of in the circuit last vaar
Ihere were 2S3 cases, all told. disposed ~
IN the circuit this year, as against ga Iast
year. The 2S2 resulted 100 mo bills" 40
not guilty and 1874 guilty" The 29a -
suited 90 mo bills" 81 mot guilty. and
10 guilty"
charleston News and Courier: A sto,.y
comes from Berkeley county, which almost
equa.s that related of the Spartan how
VINO allowed a fox TO gnaw his entraiI,
before he would let the theft Of the a1t1
mai become known. It seems that a ne
gro named Hayward had fallen a prey "a
the temptations that usually beset bie
race at this time. He saw a fat HEALTHY
young pig and could not obey the com.
mandments which say one must moi covet
or steal his neighbours goods. The MIC
played too dangerously near the man and
IN short while resolution fed and the mic
was stolen The owner of the porker ac-
companied by several friends. went to ar
rest Hayward and. very naturally. that
Individual made tracks at a very lively
gait and made many Of them. He ran
towards Goose creek and while midway
the stream his pursuers came upon him
Hayward was told thai he might as wei
come out, as boat would he, secured and
eventually he would be caught Howard
paid no attention to this advice. but de-
liberately plunged his head beneath the
water and committed suicide. The pur
suers on the bank were simply Mortified
at the act and never thought for a moment
that the negro would adopt such desper-
ate methods Of avoiding arrest The wa
ter in which Hayward drowned himself
was not over three feet deep.