The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-22
creased its capital stock from $500 to slOO,-

/ PnOs phate Mining and Manufacturing IOHl-
I pany we're sold at auction at the postofnee
/ building at Charleston Monday morning and
/ brought &25. O00
/ At the annual meeting of the stockholders
| of-West Point Mill Company held "Wednesday
/ the following officers were elected: samuel
! G.. Stoney. president; Charles F. Hanckeli
/ Jr., and Thomas D. Lobby, directors.
A charter has been issued to the Home
( Building and Loan Association Of spartan
! burg. The corpOrators report that lU5l
/ shares have been subscribed for and that the
/ company viii start business with that nnln-
Der
\ commission for a charter has been issued
! to the Bank OF Conway. The corp0raat.ors
named are: +. Norton, j. A. Mayo, William
r. Lewis. Robert y. Scarborough and j. 4,
McDermOtt. The capital stock Of the bank is
to be $50 900
Tuesday morning between 10 and II o'clock,
while Mr.. Caraway. who lives just below
Sumter, was in his field at work some one
broke into his residence and carried away
| nearly everything in the house. There is no
cleW as to the thief.
A commission for a charter has been issued
to the Rose Phosphate Company of Charleston.
The capital stock of the new company is f31 =
/ 800. The cOrporatOrS named are: MOTIFS
Israel +. H. Pringlc G. w Trenholm and e.
p. Gnerard The company proposes to carry
on a general phosphate business.
The Orangeburg Brick and Tile Company
has purchased a large tract of land near the
Edisto river. 1t contains some % the finest
clay lDI DIlChLudklUB lldI can W tDullu any
where. The company turns out a large guam
tity Of bricks Of good quality. The plant Will
be moved Immediately to the place recently
purchased
Ameeting OF the citizens was held in the
court house at Sumter Tuesday for the pur-
pose Of taking steps toward pushing the
building of a large cotton factory in Sumter
on the installment plan, after the manner OF
building and loan associations for which a
commission has already been granted by the
secretary of state.
There is q scheme on foot to have the Oar
lington Guards and the Sumter Guards com
pete again. The plan as proposed Is to have
the two commands meet at the fair grounds at
Columbia within thirty days and drill for q
purse Of $3.50. Three active army officers viii
act as judges, The purse is promised by
military men at Columbia.
The train from Columbia killed Mrs Sharp,
white woman. Wednesday evening, about
two miles below Pacolet She was said to be
hard of hearing and had on a large sun
bonnet and the wind was blowing a gale, She
attempted to cross the track when an engine
was 100 feet from her Her body was knocked
up on the bank and she was killed instantly
On the heels of the two Wanamalzer fires at
Stilton comes the news that in the Center
Hill section of Orangeburg county numerous
acts of incendiarism have taken place quite
recently. The people OF that community are
very much wrought UP over the continued and
frequent occurrence of such outrages and are
looking up good detective to ferret out the
incendiary.
The corn crib and a large quantity of corn
and other prOVender which it contained,
belonging to J. r. A. Ballew, who lives in the
nelghborhood OF Lisbon in Laurens county,
was burned last Saturday night. The fire is
supposed to have been of inCendiary origin
and certain parties are suspected Of having
been the perpetrators Of the crime. No
arrests have been made. Mr. Ballew was not
at home at the time of the fire.
A sold coin about the size of a 50-cent piece
and only as thick as 10-cent piece was
plowed up the other day on the plantation OF
A. d. Ripple, who lives eight miles from Or
augsburg on the old Charleston road. On one
side of the coin are a crown and figures Of no
special design, and on the other side is the
head Of a woman with the following inScrip-
ton: "Ioannes, V. d. G.. Port. EFT Alg Rex
1912" Immediately under the head of the
woman Is stamped the letter r." AS will be
seen from the date, the coin is over $50 years
old, but it is in splendid state Of preserva-
ton.
The case of Alfred Ames Hewlett against
the Central Carolina Land and Improvement
ment Company ct al. came up in the United
states circuit court at Charleston Wednes-
day. The Central company is a corporation
engaged in the real estate, mill building and
mining business, and Mr. Hewlett, the com
plainant, is the president. A petition has
been filed asking that receiver for the com
pany should be appointed, and the hearing
came up on rule to show cause why a re-
ceiver should not be appointed Col. Knox
Livingston and A. M. Lee were heard for the
complainant. and Marion Noise and c. ).
Nettles for the respondents. Judge Simon
ton took the matter under Amusement
Ground was broken, with religious services,
Tuesday for the annex to the main building of
Clafiin University at Orangeburg. The money
with which the building is to be built comes
from the Morrel fund. The industrial depart
ments Of Clat1in are well represented at the
world fair. The following exhibits have been
forwarded to Chicago: chimney piece, 4 dis
play stands and leaves with drawings, 1 pew
end, folding table, . frames of Woodworking
exhibits, paneling with cornice and base,
folding screen, door and frame, 3 frames of
drawing course of study, 2 frames of iron
exhibits, 2 frames of drawings Course of
study, drawings (students) sets of harness.
3 brides. frame of sample work frame of
CRAVINGS, ! piece of stuccO work. drawings
(students), 81 photographs OF Claim Uni
yerstty, 81 sets of examination papers, / book
of samples from the sewing department 3
tray cloths of linen drawn work., 4 packages
of pressed leaves, childs body" l pair of
pantaletS, / apron, / child's night dress,
child's skirt, large pincushion, panel Of silk
flowers > cards OF lace work.
Thursday morning about o'clock "A. V.
Eaves, a one-armed confederate soldier, who
has been agent for the South Carolina Rail
way Company at Bamherg nearly ever since
the civil war, and w, l. Johns, a young
farmer, met and had some words. which re-
suited in blows growing out of a lawsuit
which was tried in Denmark. Mr.. caves had
his face considerably scratched, and after the
belligerentS had been separated went to his
office, where his son HavelOck, assistant
agent and telegraph operator, was. Young
Eaves, learning of the difficulty and believing
that his father, being a one-armed man, had
been imposed upon. went forth to avenge the
wrong done his father. He found Johns in
Main street near the postofice, and being
on the opposite side from him started
| across atthe same time Reckoning at Johns
! to meet him. Johns started toward him and
| witnesses say that both almost Immediately
! began to shoot. Both shot very nearly at the
/ same time, but some say Johns fired the least
| bit before Evans, and they continued to shoot
| until every ball in their revolvers was gone
| Neither was lacking of bravery or grit in the
! least, and remained during the firing each in
! full view of his adversary. After the din OF
battle had cleared away it was found that
/ Johns had been shot through the left thigh
| The wound is not considered dangerous as nc
| bone was broken. Evans was hit in the right
! side, but the ball lodged in a thick book
/ which he happened to have IN his side pocket
/ His life was probably saved by this book. T.
! f. Andrea, the ieweler who recently moved
| here from Orangcburg, was struck by stray
shot from Johns pistol just above the left
/ eye and it is feared that he received q very
| dangerous wound. The ball lodged behinC
the eye and was extracted by Drs. Barton ant
/ Wannamaker, and their patient seems to bt
doing well. They are not yet prepared to say
| what will be the outcome of the injury
Andrea was in no way connected with the
/ difficulty.