The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-30
THE NEWS FROM CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON MUST RAISE $4,000
MORE.

In Order to Get the $4,000 ApprO-
priated by the LeGisIature-A Sui
eide at st. GeOrge's-Aged Woman
and Babe Fan in the Fire TOgethe Ell
and the GrandmOther's Eyes Are
burned Out - GeOrKians to Build
s2OO, 900 Cotton Mill at Aiken.
Columbia, S. c., March 29-Citzens of
Charleston must put up $4,000 more for
the exposition before the $4,000 appro-
priated by the state is available Tha'
appropriation was made with the proviso
that it would be available when Charles
ton people had given 100000 1t is ex-
pected that the amount needed will be
made up within the next week.
Mr.. Carney Gaskins, an old and honored
citizen of st. Georges, who has been i'll
for a long time, ended his life by shoot
ing himself in the head. His wife is at
the point of death, the shock having
caused nervous prostration.
Bud Darby, a notorious white citizen
living at the foot of the mountains in
Spartanburg county. was fatally shot
yesterday by Constable Mabry, who had
to surrender and began shooting, but his
aim was poor
Mrs. George McCown, who was injured
in a tornado in Darlington county, died
OF her wounds. Mr. McCown is still in a
seriuos condition. A daughter was rem
dered unconscious by the fall of the
house, and baby grandchild was thrown
out into the yard, but not injured.
James Beaunore and John Dixon, farm
hands, quarreled while working in a field
in Greenville county about a bicycle.
Dixon had his pistol and he pulled it and
began shooting. The other fed, but Dix
on pursued, shooting into his back till he
fell dead The slayer is in jail.
Three men were to have been hung in
GreenviIIe today, but the big scaflold
prepared will be useless. One man has
had his sentence committed to life i'm
prisonment, another was respited for
month, and the third appealed, and the
execution of the sentence was deferred.
Mrs. Molly Mclaughlin tainted in her
home in Union while holding her two
weeks-old grandchild before the fire. Both
fell into the flames. The mother of the
child was the only other person in the
house She was i'll in bed, but succeeded
in dragging her mother and child from
the fire The infant was not seriously
injured, but the eyes of the old woman
were burned out, and If she lives she
will be blind.
John Allen, % years Old was arrested
in Laurens yesterday with a mule that he
was trying to dispose of on any terms.
An investigation resulted in the discov-
cry that he had stolen the animal from
his brother in Spartanburg county. His
explanation was that he took the mule
because he did not like his brother-they
quarreled year ago. He was sent to
the Spartanburg Jail.
Henry Turner, car inspector for the
Coast Line at Florence, was seriously
crushed under a car there last night.
one of his legs was cut off.
The Supreme Court has sustained the
verdict in the lower court whereby John
b. Youngblow, a fireman on the South
ern Railroad. was awarded $500 for the
loss of one arm.
The Cheswell Cotton Mill of Westmin-
ster has given notice of an increase in
capital from 100000 to 100000
The Davis Cotton Mil of Aiken, cap
italized at 500. 900 has obtained a commits
sion from the Secretary of State. The
corporators are all Georgians-Charles w.
Davis, H. G. Barrett E. S. Johnson and
Bryan Lawrence of Augusta.