The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-17
SOUTH CARoLINA.

Capt William r. Powell, city engineer
of Greenviile, died Tuesday.
The Jewish Synagogue at Sumter was
dedicated Wednesday by Rev. Mr. Elias
Of Charleston. A large class was con-
confirmed after the ceremonies.
While Joseph McCreery Of Columbia was
out driving Thursday his horse stumbled
and threw him to the ground, breaking
his collar bone in two or three places.
Maj. Oliver p Champlain, one Of Aiken's
Oldest and most respected citizens died
Friday morning from the etects OF
stroke of paralysis. He was SO years or
age.
The Smith Plant Protector Manufactur-
ing Company of Charleston have applied
for n charter. They propose 10 make
weather coverings for plants and vegeta-
bles. The capital stock is $4,000. The cor
porators are George A. Smith, Henry
Eickmeyer. f. A. Dothage.
At Charleston Tuesday as a colored boy,
about 20 years of age, named William
Green, was attempting to pass from one
car to another on the local afternoon
passenger train on the Charleston and Sa-
Vannah railway, he slipped between the
cars, falling with his feet ON the track
Both feet were cut off a little above the
ankle.
The Durham Fertilizer Company of Dur
ham, n. c., have given out the contract
for building their phosphate works at
sixty days. The plant will be very large
one the main building to be 400 feet long.
1t win consume the acid made by the
Sulphuric Acid works. The plants are
very near each other.
Edward d. Bennett, colored, late post
master at Rantowles, Colleton county,
who was convicted of embeZzlement at the
last term of the United states district
court in his absence and has since been
arrested on a bench warrant was sem
fenced by Judge Brawley on Wednesday
to six months Imprisonment in the Colleton
jail, and to pay fine OF S3SO.75, TINS beng
the amount of his shortage.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Nc
Adoo has written Adjt. Gen. Watts stating
that he desired to make inspection of the
naval battalion of South Carolina at
Charleston in the next two weeks, If the
battalion desired an inspection and II the
time would suit. Adjt Gen: Watts wired
him stating that the battalion would be
in Charleston the first week in August
If that would be agreeable He has
heard nothing from him since.
The board of railroad commissioners
met at Columbia Wednesday morning and
took action on several petitions for re
bates and reductions on the assessments
of the roads. The board granted a reduc>
ton from 5000 to $4,000 per mile to the
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern was
allowed to remain at $4,000 per mile, in
stead of being increased to $4,000 per mile
as contemplated. The petition or the
Carolina Midland road to reduce the as
sessment on that road was refused.
Senator W. d. Evans, who. as a men,
Der of the special committee from the
board of trustees of the Columbia Female
College, the other members of which are
Messrs. Stokes and Coffin has returned
to Sumter Wednesday from Spartanburg
This committee went to Spartanburg to
hold conference with the board of trus-
tees of Wofford College about the matter
of having co-education at that institu-
ton. They fully discussed the matter Mr.
Evans says and then the Wofford board
decided that there should be no co-educa-
ton at Wofford
Charlotte n. C. Observer: The largest
sale of whisky that the wharf has ever
Known took place day or two ago. Nine
thousand gallons of the ardent were sold
Bidding was lively for a time there being
several whisky men here from distance
The whole lot was knocked down to Mr.
Mixson, of Columbia, a purchaser for the
dispensarY. Tho price paid was $ll5la {
gallon. Mr.. Mixson would have bought
more had it been there.
The shipment of truck along the line Of
| the Carolina, Sumter and Northern rail
road is beginning to be quite an item. Dur
| ing the early part of the season when Irisl
potatoes were bringing Sc per barrel quite
! lot were shipped by farmers along thii
road. At present beans and cucumber:
| form the bulk of the shipments. All, O.
nearly all the truck is shipped by express
| the planters having obtained a special rat
| to New York. where all the truck from thi
| section goes. This year a large acreag
has been planted in water melons. and il
a short time the shipments of these will b
| quite large.
/ Sumter Item: On Saturday there was
| horse in town that was, in one particular
! atcuriosity of a most remarkable charac
| ter. 1t was a grey horse and rather anti
quated and hard-time specimen at that. l
was not the appearance or speed of tli
| horse that attracted attention, but one o
its eyes. In the front chamber of the RICH
| eve. in front of the lens, was a slende
white worm. about an inch and a half i
\ length. This worm was in constant motion
! and the action of the horse and the az
I pearance of the eye indicated that It wa
a source of great irritation. DR.. Archi
| China saw the horse, and at request of tn
! owner, anegrO. he cut into the eye and re
| moved the worm. He placed the worm /
a bottle of water, and II was stin alive an
| weighing at q lively rate several hour
i after being removed from its peculiar HON
in the horses eye How the worm becam
lodged in the horses eye and to what spS
cies it belonged are unsolved problems.