The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Laurens Furniture Manufacturing
Company has applied for charter The
capital stock is to be $4,000
There is talk of the Charleston trans
port line operating a steamship service be
tween Charleston and the ports of Cuba
and Porto Rico
Smallpox is still prevalent in several
sections of The state, but an active com
paign is being waged against il. and the
disease is gradually being stamped out
In spite of the increase in the price OF
fertilizers it is evident that the farmers
of Marion and other counties viii use con-
slderably more Of that commodity than
usual this year. Many peyp'es remark
that they have never seen anything TX
IT. II the seasons prove favorable i'm
mense crops Of cotton and tobacco may b.
expected.
The grand jury at Charleston threw out
thirty-nine dispensary cases in the Cour,
of General SESSIONS Friday When court
convened Solicitor Jervey handed out to
the grand jury a large batch of indiet-
ments' including thirty-niue indictm nts
for violation Of the dispensaTy law The
parties named in the indictments are
those who are reported at every term of
the Court of Sessions, but by some hook
or crook the indictments never go further
thau the grand jury, when they are
thrown OUT of court.
Things have been gotten under way for
the erection of the monument and markers
Of the state Of South Carolina ca the bat
tlefeld of Chickamauga The commits
sion appointed under the recent act of the
General Assembly has taken preliminary
steps toward the erection of the monu-
ments As result of that action taken
proposals have been called for. all the
monuments must be completed by the
middle of next September. This shows
that the comisslOn means TO start at the
work before 1t in a business-like manner
on Feb. 20 three members of the MARI
boro county chain-gang made their es-
cape. Jim Harris, desperate negro
struck Capt. Carter the guard on the
head with an ak. killing him, after which
Harris, along with Billy Murley and Wal
ter Hines, made their escape. The SUPER
visor of Marlboro county has offered a
reward of 500 for the arrest and delivery
to him of Jim Harris and $50 each for
Murley and Hines. Gov insolvency has
duplicated these offers of rewards max
ing the aggregate for the capture of the
three negroes $401
A government check for 81. $50 "a has been
received in Columbia. 1t goes to the pay
ment OF certain claims against the gov
eminent on account of the Organization
of the First and Second regiments in the
Spanish American trouble. Of this
amount $l.400 is for claims for the Firt
and Second regiments. The remainder
$1,000, is for the payment of miscellaneous
claims. A large portion of the amount is
10 80 to men who went to Columbia to en-
list and who Were rejected. These men
are now to be paid their expenses coming
here and to receive pay for the time that
they were there.
At last all the returns have been re-
oeived at the adjutant- generals office
from the recent elections for field officers
of the regiments of the recognized South
Carolina military forces. As predicted,
Col. Boyd win command the First and
Col. Willie Jones the Second Regiment OF
Infantry. y member of Gov. McSweeu-
ey's staff becomes lieutenant colonel of
the First Regiment. and so far there has
been no election for the lieutenant colonel
of the Second, a second race being me-
cessitated between Maj. Eaves and Capt
Herbert. j. r. Sparkman becomes colonel
of the cavalry regiment