The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
sOUTH CAROLTNA.

Spartanburg is to have a new postohice.
An effort is being made to get Gen. ].
3. Gordon Of Georgia to lecture in New
berry at an early date.
Miss Louanna Brown of Sumter, while
attempting to ride a bicycle Friday, fell
from the wheel and broke one of her
arms.
Miss Susan b. Anthony the great fe-
male suffragist, is talking about stump
ing South Carolina in behalf of woman's
suffrage.
New England manufacturers are buy
ing cotton from Spartanburg mills,
bleaching and printing 1t, and passing it
off as homemade goods,
The secretary of state has granted a
charter to the Spartanburg Telephone
Company. The required amount of the
capital stock of $4,000 has been subscribed
and paid in.
pensaries at once, making seventy-three
in all One of the new ones will be at
Ptckens. Others Will soon be established
at Seneca and Walhala.
1t is quite probable that Greenville will
have a new church. Some members of the
Christ Episcopal church are interesting
themselves in a project to build a new
church in West End on some part of the
McBee property.
A Frenchman, who settled in South Caro-
line a few years ago planted hundred
and fifty acres in asparagus. AT the end of
six years he sold his farm and returned to
his native country, with a fortune of
quarter of a million dollars
Martin Singleton was found dead in
his field Wednesday morning near Wal
halla He went to work in the morning
in his usual health, but failing to return
home at noon, search was made, when
he was found lying by his pillow. Apop-
leXy was the cause.
The secretary of state has issued a
commission to w. II, Daniel B. 5. Ellis
b. c. Smith. DIR. c. II. Ford. z. S. Cooper
and J. w. Leath, as corporators of the
Tobacco Planters Warehouse Company
of Mullins. The capital stock is to be
81, 600, divided into eighty shares.
Grand Chancellor Bacon of the Knights
of Pythias, writes that he has just granted
dispensations for the institutions of lodges
of his order at Chester Elloree and Lake
City This will send the number Of lodges
in the state of South Carolina up to about
eighty, with membership OF about 5,UVV,
At the South Carolina conference at
I.aurens. few preachers formed an Ok
ford League. Their object was 70 pursue
during the year, some systematic course
of study. few of them met some time
ago and agreed to hold a summer school
of Biblical study this summer. The time
and place win be announced later
James Henry Rice Jr., who has been
selected by the historical commission to
thoroughly index the colonial records,
which have been secured during the past
two years from London. has now entered
upon the discharge of his duties. He has
an arduous task before him, which Will
probably take him two years TO complete.
Little Frank Salley. son of Mrs. Hannah
Sallr. of Orangeburg, came very near los
mo - life last Monday by the careless
bandling of little pistol by Richie DeTre-
Vile a playmate. The pistol accidentally
dfscharced the ball hitting young Salley
i'm the forehead. Had the ball hit him
half an inch lower it would have killed
him.
The Columbia Electric Street Railway
Company has determined to extend its
line so as to make a belt line about the
city and has applied TO the city council for
a right-of-way from the capitol building
through Gervais street to the present ter
minus at Shandon President Marshall
states that the line win be in operation
by April 10 next.
r. c. Commander of Florence, hearing
a noise in his yard. the other night
thought that some one was breaking into
his hen house. He hailed him. but there
was no reply and the noise ceased. Where
upon Mr. Commander fired his pistol i'm
the direction from whence the noise came
and to his surprise next morning found
that he had shot one of his horses, which
BY some means. had gotten out Of the
stable. The injury proved to be only a
flesh wound.
Master Willie Elkins. eldest son of Rev
J. W. Elkins of Walhalla, swallowed
twig of cedar about three inches long on
Jan. 3, IT lodged ia his throat and gave
him considerable trouble for several DAYS
a doctor was consulted ana an unsuc-
cessful attempt made TO find it, But after
a week Willie seemed to be relieved or
its presence, and it was supposed the piece
had passed out of the throat Friday
night he coughed It up. ana it was found
that the leaves and bark had decDrl,Doso5
on about half the twig. and the slick wood
stem passed easily out of the throat
John x. wills, a farmer Of Hayward
county, North Carolina, fifteen wears
eSoi suffered a stroke OF paralysis, IN