The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-14
SOUTH CAROLINA.

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Gov. insolvency viii go to Louisville
with the veterans.
There are several cases of smallpox in
the city Of Union.
The Granitevile cotton factory IL to put
in a new s5O0,0O0 mill just below where the
old min stands. to be completed by fall.
c. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, who in
1898, as the prohibition candidate, ran such
a close race with Gov. Ellerbe for the
governorship, and who had been spoken
of as the one to lead the more determined
prohibition fight this year. says it viii be
impossible for him to do so. He is out in
a card declining to make the race.
Adjt. Gen. Floyd expects to use all of
the fund that goes to South Carolina from
the general government, for the equip
ment of the troops. as 1t Is his ambition
to have the equipment of the South Caro-
lima militia the finest in this section, and
he believes that this will do much to-
wards stimulating the men and building
up the force in the state, which has re-
Gently shown so much activity and life.
DIR. James Stacy of Georgia, who has
written and published a history of the
Midway Congregational Church, of Lab
erty county, Georgia, was at the Office of
the Secretary of State, In Column
bia, Thursday, looking up histori-
cal data in connection with his
work. DIR. Stacy's history contains good
deal of historical matter that relates to
South Carolina, especially In connection
with the old Dorchester Church. in that
state.
Before Associate Justice Pope, at cham
bers, in Columbia Friday, an application
! for t,af la koA
proceedings In the case of the Rev. w.
f. Johnson of Bamberg, charged with
! the murder of Court Stenographer w.
| T. Bellinger a Snort time ago, After
| hearing the aff1davits and the testimony at
| the coroner's inquest as well as the argu-
ments, pro and con, Justice Pope allowed
bail in the sum of 5000, which 1t is under
stood MIR. Johnson will have no trouble in
| giving.
Charleston News and Courier: Officers
who are working on the census for 1900
expect to show by figures which cannot
be disputed that the population of Charles
| ton is 1900. The steady growth of the
| city numerically in the past ten years
.1ustlfies the opinion that the 1900 mark
| will be reached and Supervisor j. w.
| Wheeler, in charge of the census work for
| this district, has issued instructions to his
enumerators that not single name is 10
| be missed. The work will be thorough
| and perfect. There have been many recent
| improvements In the methods of the CEN
| sus taking, and the enumeration this year
will be systematic and satisfactory. If
| there are 1000 people In the city of
| Charleston they will be found.
Mr.. Frank Jones of Tirzah was shot at
Sharon, near Yorkville last Saturday
morning by Miss Blanche Wilke of
| Blacksburg. The young people were anus
| ing themselves at target practice with a
! light rife. At the close of the practice
| Miss Wilkie, under the belief that the
rifle was empty, turned 1t upon Mr.. Jones
with the remark that she was going to
shoot him, and pulled tn, trigger The
| bullet entered Mr.. Jones face on the right
of his nose and ranged downward. DR..
| Sage afterward probed for the bullet,
| without success further than to find that
| It had struck tooth; but Mr.. Jones was
not seriously Inconvenience. He was out
walking with the young lady the same aft
| ternoon and went out 10 church next day
Cotton planting made rapid progress in
South Carolina during the week, and
where least advanced, is from half to
two-thrds finished. Early paintings are
| up TO fair stands, but the recent cool
nights are very injurious, causing some
| cotton to die. Lands are not all prepared
| for cotton. Chopping out is we'll under
| way. Rust on wheat has become quite
general and is spreading. This crop is in
many places less promising than hereto
| fore, having been apparently injured by
| the excessive rainfall of April. Oats have
improved. Both crops are heading. The
bulk of the tobacco crop has been trans
planted and the work is nearly finished
! There was no scarcity of plants. except
at few points. Rice was badly dam
aged i'm the Georgetown districts by high
| water.