The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17
SOUTH CAROLINA.

At West Wateree a few days ago,
Charles Proctor, who has wife and two
children, eloped with Mrs. I. S. Murphy,
who has husband and six children.
In the Uuited States circuit court at
Raleigh a $4,000 damage suit is on trial.
The Mount Holly Phosphate Mining Com
pany OF Charleston, sues the Caraleigh
Phosphate Mining Company of that city.
1t is the second suit. The first, for breach
of contract, was tried in 1892. The ques
ton now involved is as to whether note
was or was not negotiable.
The Rev. r. n. Wells, D. D., died at
Greenville Monday. He was transferred
to Greenville by the conference which
met in Laurens and reached Greenville
he was taken suddenly i'll, but his condi-
ton was not considered serious Monday
night he was somewhat better. His
death was almost sudden and unexpected.
He passed away peacefully and quietly,
without any apparent pain and in the full
possession of his faculties until the end.
He leaves widow and six children. The
immediate cause of his death was
Brights disease.
The physicians of ST. Matthews and
the surrounding country organized med
ical association last Monday the aims and
purposes of which will be the advance
ment of the profession in every way, and
especially an organized effort will be
made to secure better collection of fees.
About fifteen members are already en-
rolled, with others to come. Dr. w. L.
Pugh was elected president, and DR.. s.
j. summers secretary. IfS. IaDOr, ST.,
A. r. Able and T. H. Dreher were APP
pointed a committee to draft bylaws,
etc, all of which will be passed upon at
the next regular meeting on Dec. IT,
There is an elderly man to be seen about
Atlanta now and then who is, indeed, a
picturesque character. He dresses after
olden fashion and looks considerably be-
hind the times, though his dress is neat
and nice in its simplicity. His name is
Barnwell, and he comes from South Caro-
lima, being member of an old and well
known South Carolina family. There is
something about his fashion that takes
one back to old times in the south when
men used to dress as he does now. Mr..
BarnWell never wears an oVercoat, but
wraps himself in a comfortable shawl,
just as they used to do in the days before
the war. He wears the proverbial old
southern SLOUGH hat and is a typical south
erner of the old school, walking with a
cane always. How different are the
styles now. A man never wears shawl
in this modern day, except it be in the
shape of the "heavy swelP' capes that are
now worn in New York to some extent.
The style is long-skirted ulster with a
spectacle to see amid such fashions and
styles the old style of dress, which is as
striking as tbs picturesque.
Quite hubbub of excitement was caused
at Union Saturday afternoon by the seiz-
ure of two barrels of the ardent by Con-
stables Langston and Gardner. Two large
boxes, made of new lumber, were unload
ed, and they were seized. The news
spread like wildtire, and in a few minutes
the whole town seemed to be crowding in
to the depot. Just about the time the
opening process began, United States
Commissioner T. B. Butler appeared on
the scene and took charge of the two
| boxes in the name of the government.
There was some parleying about it be-
tween the constables and Butler, but But
| Ter held it, as no stamps were upon it.
/ Upon telegraphic instructions Mr.. Butler
had it removed and stored in Mr.. Hunter S
| ice house, where 1t was examined by him
| in the presence of the constables The
| crowd was kept off the premises by the
! chief of police. 1t looked for awhile as il
there would be a squally time, but cooler
! heads Fept it down 1T is whispered that
the barrels contained water, but Others
| say it is corn. Butler says the constables
wanted him to divide by giving him one
| of the barrels, but he refused. This is
| the first haul for Union