The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-02
AUTTo SURPRISED HIM.
Not the Sort of Visit He Had Elk.
pected to Pay.

Not the Sort of Visit He Had Ex-
pected TO Pay.
Columbia, S. c., July las he step
ped upon the porch of the guard room
of the state penitentIary yesterday,
Pinckney w. Hutto. who was convict
ed at Norway, orangeburg county, last
fall of having taken the life of his
brother E. Worth Hutto. was pleas
antly greeted by Capt. Griffith, the SUI
perintendent.
We'll, Captain, have come TO &C
cept your invitation, but not in the
manner 1 had expected" said Hutto,
recalling an invitation extended by
Capt. Griffith a year or so ago, when
the latter was down in that section
and stopped over night at the hotel
at Norway kept by Hutto. Il thought
l might run up to Columbia some time,
and thought l might come and take a
look at the penitentiary, said Hutto;
but l never thought | would come
to this" Thus Pinckney w. Hutto
began a three years sentence for the
killing of his brother
Il can't do very much work" he
said, alphabetically, for l am 81 years
old, and have not done much hard work
lately, anyhow"
Hutto has the air of man of af-
fairs, and the family whose name he
bears is we'll known in Aiken and
Barnwen counties. He is an extensive
farmer and works from fifteen to
eighteen hands on his plantation, in
addition to other laborers.
In Runaway Accident.
While returning from a drive near
Spartanburg yesterday afternoon Capt.
j. H. Sloan, the well known cotton
man and president of the American
National Bank of Spartanburg, and
Miss Helen Mott, had a runaway which
came near being fatal to the former.
Mr.. Sloan had alighted from the We
hicle, which was drawn by his two
splendid thoroughbreds, and was in
the act of assisting the young Lady
from her seat to the steps of her resi-
dence when the horses made sud
den start, cutting the buggy short
around. In his effort to sheck Them
Mr.. Sloan was jerked to the ground
and under the wheels. In falling he
dropped the lines and the horses dash
ed away.
Miss Mott reached the lines and firm
ly fixing herself on her knees in the
carriage front, pulled the horses in,
and finally secured control of them.
The nerve and heroism exhibited by
the young woman was marvellous.
Mr.. Sloan was picked up from the
roadside and examined by physicians.
His left knee cap was fractured and
his body bruised considerably.
Over n Trivial Matter.
Much interest is being taken in a
suit in Anderson county involving a
little strip of land between two plan
tations. The case is that of A. F.
Martin VS.. Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess.
The land in dispute is not worth more
than so cents, but the question of ma
licious trespass enters into the suit.
The case has already been tried twice
in the Common Pleas Court and has
been appealed to the Supreme Court
once. The costs in the case will amount
to a large sum and will fall heavily
on the losing party.
Bitten by n Snake.
At Chesterfield yesterday, Mrs. Fam
ME Funderburk, wife of the Rev. b.
S. Funderburk, while reaching in a
barrel of meal in barn to get some
for her COW, was bitten by a rattle
snake pilot Although suffering in
tensely from the bite, Mrs. Funder-
burk is getting along as well as could
be expected.