The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-12

additions made to the building from time to
time.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
It is rumored that the Barnwell oil and fer
! tlllZer works have been sold to Van Wrinkle,
tie iron works man, for the sum OF $4,000,
| but the rumor is not yet confirmed.
The Baptist congregation at Aiken have ex-
tended a call to the Rev. 4. d. Clark Of Hag-
erstown, Md, to become their pastor He has
signihed his intention of accepting the call.
The Ncwberry county board Of control held
a prolonged session Friday and appointed r.
c. MayDin county dispenser. There were two
applications, each claiming to have a ma
lority Of the freehold voters. The dispensary
will no doubt be in full blast on July l.
II is ntimated that in some of the towns OF
Barnwell county the plan may be adopted to
get a dispensary by selling small quantity
Of land within the corporate limits to a large
number Of those who would otherwise ne non
voters, as tenants in common, for a nominal
consideration.
A. b. Watson, one of the most progressive
farmers around Bates5urg, is just fitting up
canning factory at cost of several thousand
dollars. The capacity OF the factory Will be
1900 cans per day He expects to can fruit
and vegetables Of every description Mr.. Wat
son is also a stakeholder in the cotton mill.
Coroner Couch has taken charge of the
sheriff office at Aiken since the death OF
Sheriff Tyler. No steps have as yet been
taken by the governor toward having the
vacancy filed but the opinion prevails that
primary tlttllbu VIII Ut 0IUtTeO. lueIe are
four or i've candidates in the field already.
A meeting of Barnard L. Bee camp. United
Confederate Veterans, was held in the court
house at Aiken on Monday. IL was decided
TO hold the annual meeting and barbecue on
July 81, the anniversary OF the battle OF
Manassas. Col. James Armstrong Of Charles
ton has been invited to address the camp on
that occasion.
}. H. Ostendorff of Charleston met with a
painful accident Friday at the corner OF
Wentworth and King streets. The two patrol
wagons were coming down King street and
MIR Ostendorif who was at the corner, seeing
the first wagon pass, stepped out to cross
when he was knocked down by the horse Of
the second wagon His shoulder was dislo-
Gated and he was badly bruised.
At Charleston the fertilizer industry is now
at a standstill. A fall in the price of ammoni-
ated goods is expected when business will
begin with rush. The cause assigned for
this decrease is based upon the fact that large
quantities OF cotton seed products were used
in place OF ammOntates last year. Sellers
realizing this fact will, il is expected accept
low prices in or or to get rid of their produce
The directors Of the Cheraw and Chester
railroad met at Chester a few days ago and
appointed committee, consisting of j. $
Glenn, O. Barber and w. II. Barker of Chester
county and Earnest Moore and Il. Y. Will
Jams OF Lancaster county, to investigate the
proposed DreXel-Morgan plan Of reorganiZa-
tion OF the Richmond and Danviue system
and submit a report to meeting of stock
holders to be held there on July /.
Ten carloads of brick have arrived for the
Batesburg cotton mills. The roadbed for the
spur has been graded and as soon as the rail-
road people put in the side track work on the
mill Will commence The first $4,000 has
been secured and win be used in building and
equlpping the mill with 200 looms for the pur-
pose of weaving fine ginghams. The next
S1O.OOO Will be used, when secured, in building
mill to spin fine yarns
Col. Coward, superintendent OF the Citadel
academy at Charleston, has forwarded the
! following list of DROpiplarV pra6nnfa0 "a IA
! South Carolina Military Academy: Abbeville
county. Robert McCown Perrin; Aiken, Will
mer, Eugene Woodward; Charleston. David
| Jennings LucaSi Oconee, Gus Shanklin;
! Spartanburg, William Austell Stribling; sum
| ter, Brainard D. Wilson; Kershaw, James
| Willis Cantey; Union, John Pulaski Thomas;
! Williamsburg, William Boyd Gourdin.
The municipal election came of at Union
| Thursday and Notwithstanding heavy down
! pour of rain all day there were 2l5 votes
! polled. The people ticket. nominated by q
| mass meeting OF citizens two weeks ago, was
! elected without opposition. e1he affairs of
| the town for the next year will be governed
| by the following men: Mayor, John A FAINT;
wardens, w. Il: Sartor I thomas b. Butler, j.
! d. Arthur and w. Il. Beatty. The new officers
were sworn in Thursday night after which
| they met and elected John Y. Rose marshal
and j. Drayton Smith, night marshal.
The question is now being asked at Column
/ bia. what Will be considered beyond the limit
! and not allowed to be sold under the dis
pensarY law. The state chemist is being
| crowded with q variety OF samples of bitters
! and tropfen, rice beer, etc. lie has to solve
| The law fixed no boundary as to when thing
was an intoxicant and when it was not 1t is
understood that the board of control will fix
! the limit, ana anything containing more than
| 81 per cent of alcohol will be classed as an
| intoxicant and not permissible. The dis
pensary does not deal in ginger ale soda
/ water, Sarsaparilla and that class of goods.
! They are classed as Stops by the board of
/ control. Alter July the drinking public
! will, to that extent, be told what to drink.
A special from Yemassee dated June says:
! If one we're to yndge from the number of ex-
| cursion trains that passed this point on
/ Decoration day with the crowds that thronged
/ them-for they were literally packed inside
and outside-the railroads must certainly
! have reaDed a harvest. Not having seen an Y
| mention of an accident that occurred on the
4 return trip OF one OF the excursion trains that
/ left Beaufort about II o'clock on the night OF
May 80 / Will state all that is known of it here
| Early on the morning Of May 81 a colored man
! living near TomOtlGy Station, about four
miles from Yemassee. upon going to his work
came upon the body Of dead negro man ly-
ing near the side Of the track. He was a com
paratively young man, and, from his dress
and general appearance, evidently one OF the
/ eEcurSlonlSts. There was wound of some
/ kind in his head, but whether he was shot and
then pushed from the platform or whether he
fell accidentally and received the injury from
the fall. no one can tell. / was told by party
living near the line Of road that pistols were
being fired on continuously from the train.
and that IT was unsafe for any one to show
| themselves in Wow Of the train. The man
was q stranger in this neighborhood and was
never identified An inquest was held over
hi s, and he was buried on the Jericho planta
ton near the spot where the body was found
1t is whispered about that the dispensary
commissioners will have full authority fol
appointing county dispensers for Charleston
even though the majority of freehold voters
may say TO the contrary. The law on that
point reads as follows: Section g. There
may be one county dispenser appointed for
each county, whose place Of business shall be
at the county seat of said county except in
the city Of Charleston for the county oil
Charleston, where there may be ten dis
pensers, ana except the city OF Columbia foI
he county Of Richland, where there may De
three dispensers appointed, whose place OF
business shall be located in such sections oil
sald cities as will be most convenient for the
accommodation of residents thereof Al
least ten days before the first day Of
the meeting at which the applicant.
for the position of county dis
penser are considered the applicant
shall file with the county board Of control
and copy thereof with the clerk Of court il
support Of the application, such petition a.
| is provided for N section z, signed by ma