The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16
SOUTH CAROLINA.

spartanburg county leads the state in
the number attending public schools. The
superintendent gives her 9.595 white and
9'll2 eoiored children; total 147O7.
On Tuesday the election for intendent
and wardens of the town Of Port ROYAL
was held. The candidates for intendent
were Messrs. s. II. FISHER and f. w.
Scheper, Jr Mr.. Scheper was elected.
The contest between Editor Gonzales and
Gov. Ellerbe has raised the question in
South Carolina as to whether or not the
Governor should be impeached. The
whole state press has taken up the mat
ter.
The Coast Line will have three depots
between Robbins and Barnweu and ona
between Barnwel and Denmark. The ex-
act locations have not been determined
Coast Line contractors are making spank
ing progress. They find the soil and eli
mate more favorable for rapid work than
they expected,
Mr.. A. B. Dean, coroner of Greenwood
county and an old and highly respected
citizen of Greenwood, died very suddenly
MONDAY hlght. Late in the night one of
MS sons heard him grooming and went
10 him. The doctor was summoned but
he died before help came. Heart disease
was the cause.
Spartanburg will soon enjoy the advan-
tages of a thoroughly equipped and mod
ernly arranged sewerage system. COVERING
about eighteen or twenty miles of terri
tory. Mr.. j. L. Ludlow of Winston N
C., is the engineer, and he will send an
employe IN a few days to stake out the
nrQliTOiDnru all
There was no opposition to Mr. George
Holmes for Mayor of Beaufort
on Monday and the ticket nut
out was unanimously elected One hnn
bred and five votes were cast and tbara
were no tickets scratched. The aldermen
e.ected We're: DR.. A. p. Prioleau, A s
Bascomb James Riley, Mr. w. F. Mar
scher {. c. Sanders and Capt c. @
Townsend
A sad accident occurred on Monday
evening near Packsville which caused the
death of Hampton Cutter ae was work
ing at the saw-rniii OF his father zen
Cutter, when piece Of plank was caught
IN the rapidly revolving saw and hurled
III the direction in which Mr.
Gutter was working, and struck
| MIN on the head crushing his
skull. After lingering in much main ana
| agony during the night death came Thurs
day morning to relieve his suffering.
| The revenue officers have recently GOT q
hump on them and have made things live
ly among the Illicit distillers along the line
of Lexington and Orangeburg counties
| They recently made a raid and succeeded
| in capturing and destroying eight or nine
| stills and destroying a quantity of Swami
| anger and "tussick." party of reve-
nue. officers raided an Illicit distiIlerv To-
Gated near Richton. and captured a stiu
and destroyed it, together with some
swamp angel"
On Wednesday fire destroyed the Caro-
lima Midland depot, general Offices and
three freight cars, and the cylindrical
| cotton compress plant owned by Col Mike
! Brown, at Barnwen. The railway com
pany lost considerable freight and All Of
its records and stationery supplies; insur-
| ed. but amount unknown. The cvlindri-
| cal plant was the only one Of its kind In
the state. In the building was also a
complete canning equipment, grist mill
and other valuable machinery, also a con-
siderable quantity of cotton and corn
| Insurance, $l,5O0; net. loss said to be 81
900. The origin of the fire is unknown.