The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The fourth trial of Mrs. Matte Hughes,
charged with the murder Of her husband
has besn assigned by the court at Green
Vile for June z.
The Cotton Oil Company of Bamberg,
has been chartered with $4,000 capital
stock. c. w Garris is president. C.
Frank Bamberg vice president, and W. NJ
Brabbam secretary and treasurer.
1t is likely that the cotton planters of
South Carolina win hold meeting early
this summer TO take action in line with
that of the Georgia cotton planters in
their recent meeting at Macon. Much in
terest is being manifested in this plan
to protect the cotton crop.
The Aiken Industrial Company is push
ing ahead its enterprise on the eastern
edge of that city. 1t has eight buildings
under way thus far. The buildings are
well located and the whole plant will be
connected with the South Carolina and
Georgia Railway at the freight depot by
a spur track.
The 18th of August, 1870, is the day Sc
lected for the unwilling of the Confeder-
ate monument at Edgeheld. Four speak
ers and all of them Edgefeld men, have
been invited to speak on this auspicious
occasion, viz. Gen. NJ. c. Butler, ex-Gov
Sheppard, Hon. Jasper Talbert and Sena-
tor b. r. Tillman.
AT recent meeting of the corporators
of the st. Matthews Cotton Mill, it was
decided 10 make the capital stock 100000
About 100000 of this has already been TAX
en- in that community The two most
prominent men in this worthy enterprise
are DR.. w. 7. c. Bates and Mr.. P Rich.
& m in nray1 al.ttre
county.
James sentell, resident of Gloverville,
Aiken county, was killed on the track of
the Southern Railway at Warrenville on
Monday afternoon. 1t seems that he had
been up to Aiken and drawn his Con-
federate pension, and laying in a supply
OF dispensary liquor left on the IL o'clock
II and got off at Warrenville Instead
of going directly home he went over and
sat on the track just at the bend, and fell
asleep. When the northbound passenger
train came along at about $3.50 d. M he
was struck by the engine and instantly
killed
st~etary Averill of the Charleston Ex-
position Company, received a letter on
Thursday from Mr. W M. Wallace. SUI
perintenoent of the Charleston Mining and
Manufacturing Company, saying: II am
authorized by our president to subscribe
$500 to the capital stock of the South Car
ma Interstate and West Indian Expo
sition Company. Our president writes: I
am pleased TO be able to contribute this
amount from our company, and hope the
exposition may realize the fondest hopes
OF its projectors The total subscriptions
are now about $l25,0o0
Probably the shortest trial In a murder
case in the history of the state took
place Wednesday at Greenville. John O.
Babb was indicted for killing w. f. Lin
cen, negro The case was called and
within twenty minutes after the jury was
drawn verdict of acqufttal was return
ed. After the evidence was given the
court instructed the jury to acquit. Luth-
er McBee, indicted for killing Pliney HILL
was also acquitted, the court instructing
the jury TO acquit. Both the negroes kill
ed were VIGOROUSLY dangerous and ter
rorized the communities in which they
lived.
The old 200. the engine that turned over
near Laurens last week and killed the
engineer and train hand, has been sent
to the shops. where she will soon be put
in shape again for service. 1t is said that
she has always been considered an I'M
lucky engine, having turned over two
or three times before with the same en-
gineer that lost his life the last time
and yet the engineer and firemen that
happened TO be assigned to duty on her
We're always glad, as they looked upon
old 209 as the best machine on the road
The firemen all spoke Of her as being so
easy to keep hot.
Eighteen of the forty-one census enum-
orators appointed for the districts with
in the limits of Charleston are colored
and 1t stands 10 reason that they will
have to cover a large part of the city
IL is the assignment of these colored
enumerators which is causing much
trouble. Many of Charleston's leading and
most influential citizens have expressed
themselves as being opposed to receiving
the colored enumerators into their homes
and furnishing the Information which the
enumerators will be required to collect
1t looks now as IL the colored enumera-
tors will finish the work they have be-
gun. So far there Is no report Of any trou-
BILE.