The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-16
sOUTH CAROLINA.


Mr.. Frank p. MiIburn, architect of the
Southern Railway, has been selected u
supervise the completion Of the State Cap
tol.
The State Christian Endeavo- Conven-
ton, TO be held at Aiken. s. c.. April "a
q and 26. has the promise of being quit lie
a success.
The truck growers of Charleston and vi
cinity are congratula ting Themselves over
the prospects of a big harvest and a ready
sale for their products at good prices. Sell
dom has the outlook promised so much.
Smallpox is reported at Whitney, in
Spartan burg county. The matter has been
referred to the State Board of Health.
That body reports generally that tn
smallpox situation in the state IS well in
hand.
There is reason to believe that the
State Firemen's Tournament on May Is
and 16 viii be the gala event of the year
in Greenville The subscriptions for prizes
now amount to over $50. which insures
four Or five interesting races. Invitations
are now being sent out to every white
fire company in the state. asking them to
join the association and enter the tourna-
ment.
The contract for building the tobacco
warehouse at Scranton has been let out,
and the contractor is at work on the
building. II is to be completed by July l,
and is designed to be one of the finest
warehouses in the Pee Dee section. The
company will employ a %lpe;ent and ex-
perienced man to manage the warehouse
and will arrange ample banking facilities
10 handle the tobacco crop.
For shooting at each other on the street
at Newberry on Saturday night Mayor
Mayer fined Messrs. A. j. Cook and ]. A.
Bradley S5 each, or thirty days on The
streets. Both will appeal TO the Circuit
Court. as they think that the fnese are
excessive Both of the young men engag-
ing in the scrape failed to hit the mark
but one of the six or eight shotS took ef-
feet on Mr.. Lawson e. Kiber, who hap
pened to step up just at the time, The
pistol ball hitting him in the foot and
making a bad wound.
letter to Senator McLaurin from a
prominent citizen Of Windsor, N c.. con-
veys the Information that Mrs. Hannah
Biddle. an aged lady of that town, and a
granddaughter of ex-Gov Stone. of North
Carolina has in her possession, as an
heirloom, the walking cane of Gen. SUM-
ter, of Revolutionary fame The stick is
IN good state of preservation, with the
exception of some four or five worm holes.
1t is made of some kind of jointed wood.
resembling briar root, and has a buck
horn head, with an ivory Gaping upon
which is inscribed the word Sumter"
said to have been put there by the old
General himself
The cotton mills around Abbeville are
experiencing trouble with some of their
operatives Some weeks ago the cotton
mills al Greenwood went through period
OF at "a
labor organization attempted to organize
a labor union. to which the directors oh
iected, and turned off all who had Joined
who would not abandon the union, and
quiet was eventually restored by num-
her of them returning to work and the
places of others were filed by employ
ment of new hands. The Abbevile Mill is
now going through the same experience
About sixty Of the employees were turned
off several days ago on account of their
joining the union.
Col. Isaac F. Hunt died at the Mansion
House in Greenville Friday morning. after
a weeks illness He was attacked while
at work last week with paralysis and was
unconscious from Sunday until his death.
Col. Hunts last work was as president of
the South Carolina National Insurance
Association. which he helped to organize
five years ago. He was a strong, vigor-
Gus. active man. AS a citizen, business
man and soldier he was a remarkable in
diyidual He was s. years cd and was
native of Newberry. He was a cousin of
Hon Hilary "A. Herbert of Alabama, for
mer Secretary of the Navy Col Isaac
Foster Hunt was one of the most gallant
soldiers ever engaged in battle for South
Cardinals honor. He had fine military
education, but he dashed into the war as
a private, not waiting or trying to get an
office. He was gradually promoted until
he became colonel of the famous Thir-
tenth Regiment and was in command Of
the gallant remnant at Appcmattox In
several battles he achieved great promi-
nence for brilliant and brave work, and
was at times in command Of MCGOWAN =
brigade Col. Hunt was in the cotton bus
mess from the close OF the war until late
ly, and he made and lost two or three for
tunes in the trade. He and his brother
made a notable triumph in New York, but
soon lost nearly all.