The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-23
SOUTH CAROLINA.


Mrs. M. A. Waring of Georgetown died
at the Nixon House at Sumter Thursday
from the effects of morphine poisoning
She took the morphine early Tuesday
morning or late Monday night as has
been stated heretofore, with suicidal in
tent Every effort was made TO save her.
but failed
The cutting out of the Coast Line rights
OF way through Turkey Creek and Sake
hatche show that these swamps contain
an immense amount of valuable timber
trees, poplar, cypress, gum, etc. 1t is said
| that the old Barnwel Enterprise mills.
| now owned by Phradalnhfa capitalists
are buying The timber and will soon re-
sumo operations.
Greenville is to have new electric light
system Edward e. Proctor, wealthy
resident of Wakefield, Mass. owner of
several electric plants in this state and
practical gas and electric man of wide
experience, has closed deal with the To-
cal company for the purchase of every
dollar of their stock and is to be sole
owner of the gas and electric light plant
of this city.
Williston Is to have an enterprise which
ought TO pay handsomely and which will
doubtless have the effect of inducing tho
farmers of that section to plant more
largely OF vegetables and to give more at
tention 10 their fruit trees. DR. T.. @
smith has concluded to start a canning
factory there in the near future. With SUI
perlor advantages and the proper man
agement, the Investment will be a paving.
one.
Spartanburg's mills have bought up
about all the Ia,
and carloads of compressed bales are now
being shipped in for local consumntion
Spartanburg raises $4,000 a wear. and
twenty-five large mills consume 150O00
Daies, or three times much of the fieecy
staple as the surrounding country Dro-
duces. This showing certainly speaks vol
umes for the prosperity of the county
Not bale of cotton is shipped out of
Spartanburg, but 100000 bales are annually
imported from other counties and states
TO supply the demand
j. Frank Harris. a well-known Green
vile county farmer, living near Reedy
river, was in Greenville this week. He
says he has an old negro servant on his
place who enjoys remarkable health for
her age. The old woman's name is Eliza
Rice of Laurens county She passed her
Tooth birthday on MIR. Harris place last
August and during the fan has picked
over LOO pounds of cotton, averaging from
so to 100 pounds a day. Her eyesight and
hearing are well preserved, and she takes
a deep interest in the topics of the day
while she talks in an interesting manner
of the times of Gen Washington.
Messrs. A. H. Dean and r. j. CAN'T
have been for the past week at work
preparing new pension bill. They have
gone through the library at the caDitol
at Columbia, ana examined the pension
laws of every state in the union. and
culied from each the best features These
gentlemen think they have drafted bill
which will give entire satisfaction II
dispenses with that army of officers ap-
pointed to handle the money, and which
/ costs large share Of the fund They will
also provide for an early distribution Of
| the pension money, so that the old soldiers
I can get it in time to help make the crops.
Greenville News: A private soldier and
a young lady of this city were the princi-
! pals in an oiopement which occurred
| Thursday night, Mss Leila Harris. the
daughter of Mrs. Mamie Harris. of 3l5
/ West McBee avenue, being married To
| Private Fred M. Robinson of the Fifth
/ Massachusetts Regiment The cersmonv
was performed by the Rev. W. A. Rog-
ers at the Buncombe Street NIethoaist
! parsonage. The bride told the minister
| that there would be no serious objection
| from her mother, but she confessed maj
| her mother did not intend that the even,
| should occur just vet The marriage was
not announced until Friday