The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03

the case can be heard on its merits and de-
termined by the courts. The ca Q came up
before Judge Norton on May II, the attor-
ne for the city council ASH z for the dis
solution OF the injunction, and the att0r-
neys for the plaintiff asking that it be
continued. The plaintiff IS REQUIRED to
give the usual bond 70 secure the defendant
against damages.
Aiken Journal and Reuislg: Croft's
Mill, on the line Of the Carolina, Cum err
land Gap ard c icagO railroad, is a scene
Of activity just now. Workman are busily
engaged in erecting two-story mill build
ing, and in few months the busy hum OF
machinery will Ds hea d in that sectl N.
Spindles and weaviag machines have been
ordered. and it is intended to have 200, OOJ
yards OF baggi made by Oct l, 1857
Pine straw has been demonstrated as a
good substitute for jute in the manufactuHe
Of bagging, but hitherto the cost of con-
verting it into fiber has been so great that
it has m de no impre sion on the jute trust
The process to be used at Croft's mill is the
invention Of A. L. Washburn, formerly a
native of Connecticut, but now living in
Aiken, and is entirely different from any
known process.
Spartanburg is moving forward in the
patent business Mr.. Long, harness
msker Of the wn, has been putting in his
spare moments working at an improved
cash register. He has finally perfected it
and has learned that there is nothing in the
patent office that will cover the improve
ments he suggests. He will take out pat
ent, and as sooA as the registers are made
aud placed on the market they will, no
doubt, supersede the old registers. John
w. Garrett, Jr, has been working with
water and boa aud steam since be was
little boy. The building Of the water works
set him to thinking about an improved
Hydraulic motor. and he has taken out a
patent whica seems superior to the old-style
rams or any of the improved ones of recent
date. One advantage is that if the quantity
OF water required is too scarce to be used as
power, another stream may be used and
all the spring water forced into pipes for
use. This will be the very thing needed at
mineral S rings, for the water in them is
not generally abundant, and there is said
to be stream of water always flowing BY
mineral spring. The machinery of this
motor is very simple and durable.
There is considerable excitement at An
derson over the status of affairs at the Sa-
vannah Valley railroad de ot in that city.
Luther P. Smith, the agent, and Joseph w.
Trowbridge, a merchant and broker, are
the parties involved. Four carl ads of
bacon were shipped to An iersol with bills
of ladin for the same att iched to drafts
which were in bank. The bacon was de-
livered by Smith, as he says, to Trowbridge
upon the representation that it was all
right. This turns out not to be true, and
the drafts are not paid. The
amount due is about S6,5OO. About
$1,000 more than this is due by
rrowbridge to merch lnts at Anderson.
Maj. Curran and Maj. Gulahl, the superin-
tendent and attorney of The Georgia Rail
road Company, are in town. They attach
no criminal blame to Smith, bu5 charge
him with gross ne ,lect. They ink that it
is his duty to D -osecute Tro Nbridge for
obtaining these goods by false representa-
ton and prete 1ces Smith trusted Trow-
bridge, and is ruined fl alciilly Trow-
bridge claims to be aDle to make state
ment which will clear HIM of any criminal
charges. This ne says he viii do as soon as
he can collect his thoughts
Trains on the Charleston, Columbia and
Chattanooga railr ad do not sto at Sharon,
York co nty, any more. Two reasons
have been given for the very peculiar act on
on the part of The railro ID company. The
first is that William Ross, me al ben of the
board OF county commits toner's aud W o
resides near Sharon, by advice of the attor-
ney of the board, refused Internationally
to sign the engineers certificate, as per
agree nent with the taxpayers, that t1e
road had been CO npleted according to con-
tract. Mr.. Finley, the attorney for the
board, holds that according to the recent
decision of the supreme court the county
commissioners are neither req hired nor
authorized to sign tie cert ficate, and
for this reason Mr.. Ross refused to slgn
it. 1t is said that G. w. S. Hart,
attorney for the railroad, made the dec a.
ration on last Thursday that unless Mr..
Ross signed the certificate the company
prop sed to sue the commissioners and
their bondsmen became frightened at his
threat aud demanded that they be released
from all liability for MIR. Ross conduct.
They have bsen released and two other
bondsmen have been securei The reason
assigned by the company for disc )ntnuing
Sharon as a station is that it did not pay
expenses. Persons in position to know say
that Sharon was one of the most profitab g
stations on the line. Therefore, the natural
conclusion is that Mr.. Ross con duct had a
great deal to do with Sharon's troubles, but
he is condemned by none except those who
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