The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-15
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The st. Georges canning factory hal
begun operations Tomatoes and okra are
the only vegetables put up
Up to date s1S6, 720 81 of the direc. tax
fund has been paid out, leaving balance
of SS4, 800 95 In the treasury 70 the credit OF
the claimants.
A charter has been issued TO the Gaffney
Wagon and Furniture Company. The
directors are A. ". Wood, r s. Lipscomb,
J. D. Goudelock, r. A. Jones, 7. D. Little
john aud Sumter Littlejohn.
On Edisto Island day or two ego. dur
ing a severe thunder storm, Benny jenkins
| (colored), a boy about IA years OF age,
was killed by lightning at Champlain Gar
den plantation. His brother, who was with
him, was stunned, but soon recovered.
Vince Talley, negro boy belonging at
Seneca, was knocked off the track at Rich
land Station Thursday night by freight
| train and instantly killed. He went TO sleep
on the track against the protest OF COM
panion. The jury Of inquest exonerated
the railroad people from all blame.
! There was an exciting chase of nearly a
mile up the canal bank at Columbia Thurs
day by Constables T. G. Thornton and Z.
! G. Haruin after a white bigamist named
William S. White, alias Willie s. Strude.
He left wife and child in North Caro-
lima, arrived at Columbia six weeks ago
A white boy, apparently about 10 years
OF age, was found dead and cut up by the
railroad al Midway during Wednesday
night. Judge D. j. Rowe. trial justice
from Bamberg, held an inquest, but with
out finding any clew as to his identity or
where he came from. It appears he was
stealing a ride under the train and must
have fallen asleep, hence he got mashed by
the train.
William Sergler, a young man % years
old living with bis father, Joe Sergler, in
the fork, about eight miles from Orange
burg, was killed by lightning at 3 o'clock
Friday afternoon. He was standing near
the end Of the counter, when the lightning
entered the store at the corner and struck
him on the back Of the head and killed him
instantly. Eight negroes were in the store
at the time but we're unhurt.
At Union day or two ago Greene Rice
was accidentally shot and killed by Aaron
HUMPHREYS, both colored. Il seems that
Rice, with several other negroes, was in a
field near Rice's house. HUMPHREYS was at
the house fooling with an old gun, which,
OF course, was not loaded. Somehow the
gun accidentally discharged. killing Rice.
The load entered the shoulder, penetrating
downward, causing death almost instantly.
The verdict OF the ooroner's jury was that
the killing was accidental.
At Columbia Saturday w. W. Fripp, an
aged gentleman who came from Beaufort,
was very seriously shot at his home, at the
corner OF Lumber and Bull streets, Mr..
Fripp was In his bedroom, standing near
the mantel, engaged in cleaning an old
army pistol. He had taken the cylinder OIL
and was explaining its workings to mem-
bers OF his family when he let IL drop on the
brick hearth. 1t struck on the caps OF two
OF the chambers. both of which were dis
charged. One bullet went into the ceiling
and the other hit him on the leg near the
knee, continuing on mp the leg and hip and
coming out at the lower portion of the alb
domen.
Mount Pleasant was again the scene OF
considerable excitement on Thursday after
noon. While party of colored men were
discussing the drowning of the eight I'M
fortunates few days since they were sur
prised at seeing the head OF a human being
floating on the waves only few feet from
where they were standing. They i'm
after inspecting 10 found that IL was not the
head of any OF those that had been
drowned. II was evidently that Of negro.
but was eaten away to such an extent that
1t could not be identified. The head had
but little of the wool left upon 1t, and over
the left ear was an indentation which gave
1t the appearance of having received a
severe blow by marlin spike or some iron
rod. Another regularity Yves that 1t looked
as IL the head had been severed from the
body with a sharp knife just below the jaw
bone After the ooroner's inquest, which
developed nothing beyond what is given
above, the head was placed in a soap box
and buried.