The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-02
KILLED HIS BROTHER.
robinson said 1t Was Self Defense.
News of SOuth Carolina.


Columbia, S. c., April 1.-Reedy Rob-
,nson. colored, shot and killed his
t.,othcr. Frank Robinson on their place
near Bowman, Orangeburg county, yes
terday. Reedy surrendered to the
sheriff of the county last night, saying
he had killed his brother and knew
he would be hanged.
Reedy claims that Frank shot him
twice before he shot. An examination
showed that he was wounded in the
hand and his coat was filled with bird
shot Reedy claims that he killed his
brother in self defense.
Reunion of Veterans.
The next reunion of the South Caro-
lima Confederate Veterans win be held
in Columbia, the second week in May.
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce
having arranged the funds for the en-
tertainment of the old soldiers this
afternoon requested the commander
of the local camp of Confederate Vete-
rams to present to Gen. Thomas w.
Carwile, commander of the state divis-
ion, with whom the selection of the
place cf meeting rests, an invitation
for the state reunion to be held here
This was supplemented by like in
yitation from the mayor of the citv
and from the secretary on behalf of
the Chamber of Commerce.
It is practically certain that the re-
union will be held here, as assurances
to this effect have been given Column
bia entertained the veterans two years
ago in way that had never been I'M
dertaken in the South before, not a
single old soldier being permitted to
pay one cent for food or lodging, and
the majority of them being entertained
IN the residences of the best citizens
of the place. Ever since that time
the veterans have been DESTROYS of re-
turning to Columbia. They will miss
their great hero, Wade Hampton who
welcomed them two years ago. upon
whose grave the women on his birthday
last Sunday laid flowers. But, the Con-
federate general who officiated at his
funeral, a dashing soldier in the six
ties bishop in the new century, will
take Hampton's place. Bishop Ellison
Capers will welcome the old soldiers
to the capital of their state.
For Santee-COOper Canal
On Friday a special committee of
prominent business men, headed by
President Clark of the Columbia Cham
Der of Commerce and the Carolina
National Bank, will go to Charleston
to attend the dinner to be given Sena-
tor Tillman, and together with com
mittees from the Commercial Club of
Charleston and the Board of Trade of
Camden, confer with the Senator in
regard to the opening by the govern
ment of the proposed Santee- Cooper
river canal, giving a direct water
route from Columbia to Charleston.
This canal was built at great cost a
century ago but has long since been
abandoned, because of faulty con-
struction. Government experts have
recently been over a new route and
will recommend the undertaking of the
work.
Case of Interest.
A case of unusual interest has lust
been decided in Lancaster county The
case was that of Elizabeth Remington,
ct al, VS.. Dell Catoe. The defendant
claimed to be the legitimate son
of white man by mulatto woman,
and that having been born in we'd
lock before the act of Dec. 10, 1879,
prohibiting intermarriages of the races.
he could inherit the property in
litigation Qand) from his father, who
died intestate
The plaintiffs attacked the marriage,
the competency of the husband to in
ter into marriage relation and the legit-
imacy of the defendant, even if the
parents were lawfully married
The jury found a verdict for the de-
PENDANT
Both More Than evenly.
The old adage, better late than, never,
was demonstrated in Anderson yes
terday, when ]. w. Thruston and Mrs.
Elizabeth Tins, both inmates of the
county home, We're united in mar
riage.
The groom is II Years of age and
the bride has passed the three score
and ten mark. Only a day or two
ago thew diV11Ioad tba;y eoo,.o+ c,.,-4