The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 06, 1897, Image 6
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THE COUNTY RECORD
Xi*GSTREE, S. C.
LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Kd. ?.V I'rop'r,
FARMERS' INSTITUTES.
Held at Greers and Gaffney?Interest
in Sugar Beets.
The farmers in the vicinity of Greers
and Gaffney have just held well attended
and very interesting institutes, in
which they were assisted by President
Craighead of Clemson Agricultural|College,
Dr. Wyman, State Veterinarian,
and Dr. Quick, Professor of Agricul- !
ture and vice-director of the South Car- :
olina experiment station.
The former discussed in an able ad- :
dress the value of education to the farmer,
and the latter talked on cotton,
its culture and better management and
the vacination of the soil, while Dr.
Wyman treated animals free of charge j
and discussed diseases generally with
the farmers and in addition wounds
and_ horse shoeing.
.Mot? of these valuable meetings
should be held by farmers, until by
exchange of ideas and introduction of f
new ones, their business maybe placed
on a surer and more paying basis.
Good speakers can always be assured, J
and every such meeting made valua- I
ble to the farmers.
The government sugar beet experi- i
ment under way in 14 States is commanding
universal interest. The
farmers of South Carolina have re- |
sponded promptly and over 100 will j
co-operate in the good work of ascertaining
whether or not this State can
still more diversify her farming industries,
and thus relieve the tension of
competition now so injurious to cotton
crowing. It is possible, so the viceaireetor
of the South Carolina experimental
station thinks, to grow two
^rope annually, as at the Cnino beet
sugar factory of southern California?
one in the autumn and one in the spring.
If such is the real condition and the
sugar content of South Carolina grown
beets prove of profitable working per
cent, there may be a new and greater
future for agriculture in South Carolina.?The
State.
THEY CANNOT TEACH.
County Superintendents of Education
A RarsAH
The attorney general's office has furnished
the saperintendent of education
with the following opinion of general
interest:
Dbab Sib: In reply to the letter of
J. L. Strain, referred to this office, I
, will say that my opinion is a oonnty '
superintendent of education cannot
teach u school supported in whole or in !
part by free school funds, if he :*eceives ,
any part of said funds or is interested
in or affected by same.
There is no inhibition in the school 11
law as to-oonnty superintendent of ed- 1
ncation as there is as to trustees. Seo- 1
tion48of the new school law of 1897 1
makes it unlawful for a trustee to receive
pay as a teacher of a free public
school. It is made the duty of the J
oonnty superintendent, accong other
duties enjoined, to countersign orders 1
drawn by ibe trustees for amounts due 1
teachers. If he teaches a free school, 1
then he approves his own amount for 1
services. This would be improper. I! !
presume the reason why trustees can- i1
not act aa teachers is that they are re
w ?U?W UIUOIO iUI fIBVUItUt U1
teachers. When the nature of the'
duties imposed by law upon county 1
superintendents of education is consia- (
erect. It is apparent that the duties of a
teacher ia a school supported in whole 1
or in part by free school, funds are 1
wholly incompatible with those of 1
ouunty superintendents of education. ]
, For this reason, the general assembly no
doubt deemed it unnecessary to ax- ]
prsssiy prohibit this officer from be- :
coming a taaoher in the free publio j
- adboals while exercising the duties of I
gd nisolBee. Tours very truly, i
0. P. TowNgxjm,
Assistant Attorney Genera]
"W? MONEY; NO WORK."
William PsiM fthaw Attempts to End !
V. Mis Earthly Career.
A dfapateh to the Columbia Register 1
from Lake Oily, -of April 28th says:
I "Mr. Willian David Shaw, who has
reoently been editor of the Times, at- . <
tempted suicide this morning at 9:30
o'olook. Mr. Shaw was rooming over |
- Dr. Williaaa' drag store. He got up i
as usual this morning, had talkea with j
soma friends and went into the Times <
> office and wrote the letter below. He ]
then went into his room, drank two or 1
three ounces of laudanum and then 1
Kn( KtMulf (k. Kali nanatrfttinc the I
body just above and to the right of the j
left nipple, and was cat out by Dr. T.
B. Hinnant just below the shoulder
blade. 1
c "When approached by a friend he 1
said he was only sorry he did not make <
an 'end of it; that bein^ dazed by i
it the laudanum, he had the pistol in <
bis left hand when he thought he had 1
it in his right hand, thereby shooting \
himself in the right breast instead of i
in the left At this writing there is
every ohauoe of his recovery. The following
is his letter: "Must I do the 1
deed? Oh, God, send down thine }
j* angel of mercy to bear my troubled i
soul away! Can it be a sin?' Oh spare '
me, forgive nje. Father, to do away a \
life that is filled with pain and misery! i
Is there anything for me to live for? 1
All is dark and dismaL I have no
hope. Ib there rest and peace in the
grave? In a world so large, beantifnl <
and wealthy, and yet 1 must starve. 1
No money; no work. 1
"Cheerless and cold seems every e
heart tome. I cannot stand this strain, c
I have strained every brain nerve, }
v muscle and vein in thinking of what to c
do, and all I can see before mo is dismal
distress. Death does away with
all this. I have some friends here, I '
believe. I have endeavored to do my i
duty towards them. I hope they will j
be kind enough to dispose of my oody. j
Place it in 'any old place,' I care not (
where. My trunk and clothes will go
to my two brothers and sister. My .
watch, at Columbia, will go to Mrs. M.
A. Emlyn, llu7 Pendleton street, Columbia,
S. C., in consideration of kind- t
ness extended to me by herself and j
family. Wm. Davkl Shaw, '0 tewpora,
0 mores,'' "
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The Program of the Closing Exercises
of Winthrop College. 1
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AFFECTS A COLONY COMPANY. 1
The County of Bamberg?Treasurer's
Commissions?The Richland County
Scandal.
At Columbia, upon the presentment
of the grand jury, Judge Aldrich,
issued an order on Treasurer Campbell,
of Richland county, to show cause,
on the first day of the next term of ,
court for that county, why he should \
not render an account and pay over the j
sum of $2,659.05 for balance of polls and
penalties chargeable to him when he J
held the office of county treasurer from
1887 to 1894 inclusive. The judge
stated in issuing the order that he
thought it would be better to have all
such cases heard when the same grand j
jury and the same presiding judge were i
at Court, but, nevertheless, the return
would have to be made at the next term
under the circumstances.
Mo order was issued against ex-Auditor
Marshall for the reason that the ore- j
sentment against him as to the produc- I
tion of certain vouchers was made by a j
former grand jury. Mr. Marshall says i
that the papers cannot be presented, I
for they are not usually kept over a !
vear. Under the circumstances the so
licitor continued the case and will look,
up the evidence of the former jury.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says:
"The downfall of Harry A. Cassin, the
defaulting cashier of the Georgia Loan,
Savings and Banking Company, affects
the Hartman Colony Company in Abbeville
county. He was a large stockholder
of this colony company and it
is incorporeted under the laws Of this
State. The Hartman Company built a
hotel, a.few stores and a large number
of houses and then sent agents North to
solicit emigration. They did not succeed
very well, however, and a few
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of representatives to Germany with a
view to securing colonists over there.
At least one large steamship company
in New York was interested in the venture
and the prospect| became so promising
that Mr. Cassin put many thousands
of dollars of the money which he
took from the bank into the enterprise.
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The closing exercises of Winthrop
College will be Wednesday, June 9th.
Commencement wi.l begin Sunday,
June 6th, with the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday night. On Monday night,
June 7th, Vill be held the joint celebration
of the two literary societies;
Tuesday, June 8th, the meeting of the
Alumn? Association; Tuesday night,
the annual concert and reception, and
on Wednesday, June 9th, commencement
proper will begin with class day
exersises at 11 o'clock, and the award
# ! I . 3 A*i? ..A J . J
mg 01 diplomas ana ceruncates ami audresses
before the graduating class at
3:30 p. m. Dr. ^ James McAlister,
president of the Drexel Institue, Philadelphia,
will deliver an address before
the graduating class during commencemetn.
The college has been fortunate
In securing Dr. McAlister for commencement
orator, and all are expecting
a rare treat
A question that is now worrying the
officials of the tax department is what .
commission treasurer's are allowed for '
collection of the school tax. Judge
Earle at one time rendered a decision
that the act cutting down the commission
from $1,000 to $800 was by fault of !
the codifier, he said, not put in the (
proper place and was not a pari of the '
Act The last Legislature amended th e
particular clause which was not in the
right place, and now the comptroller ,
?eneral_is in a worse quandary than be
fore. The whole matter will be submitted
to the Attorney-General.
Notice has been served upon Governor
Ellerbe's attorneys that Major B.
B. Evans would move before Judge
ildrich to set aside the verdict in the
rait for the possession of Sally, the
rarrel mare, on the ground that it was
Illegal and irregular, and failing in
that, to move for a new trial upon exceptions
to the minutes of the court,
rhis is all preliminary to the intended
ippeal to the State Supreme Court
A Washington special to The State,
says: The current statement to the effect
that application has been made te
Ehief Justice Fuller, United States Supreme
Court, for an injunction against
the creation of the new county of Bam- |
Perg, are erroneous. The chief justice
says that he knows of no such proceedings
in esse or in posse."
A special to the Register from Sparlanburg
says: Spartanburg continues
o boom. Last year there were three
>r four hundred houses erected, and
low strangers and would-be residents
ire asking in vain for houses. On West
End, Bev. W. P. D. Wolf has conxacts
for erecting seven cottages, all
a sight of one another.
Tho Citadel cadets, of Charleston,
will encamp at Anderson this year.
Everyone is delighted with the decis- '
on and anticipate a pleasant stay there,
["lie usual marches of forty or fifty
niles will be made to adjacent places of ]
uteres! The encampment last year
xras at Sumter. 1
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Governor Ellerbe has "changed the <
late for the special meeting of the State ,
>oard of examiners from May 7 to May |
A TKin troa flnno at the solicitation of .
several members of the board who
:ould not attend on the 7th. The board
rill have some important matters to
lispose of.
Family Doctor?Well, let me congratalate
yon. Patient (very excitedly)?
1m I going to recover? Doctor?No,
lot exactly, but?well, after long consultation
we find that your disease Is ,
mtirely new, and if the autopsy should I
>rove the fact we have decided to name
t after you.?Tid Bits.
Van Duder?I want to know somehing.
Miss Amy. Amy?I have thought
'or years, Mr. Van Duder, that that :
ras just what you wanted.?Harlem 1
-ife. |
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WEATHER AND CROPS.
Too Cool, No Rain and Frost Have
Damaging Effects.
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the condition of the weather and
crops in this State issued by Observer
Bauer, of the State Bureau:"
TEMPERATURE.
The temperature averaged 5 degrees
per day below the normal. The days
were sufficiently warm, but the nights
were cool. The maximum temperature
reported was 89 on the 24th at Gillisouville,
and the minimum 28 on the 21st
at Saluda, and 32 at Florence and Santuc.
The mean for the State being the
average of 53 stations, was (50 and the
noimal approximately 65.
The north central and northeastern
portions of the State reported the lowest
average temperatures. Along the
lower coast and over the southeastern
portions it was from 1 to 2 degrees per
day cooler than usual.
RAINFALL.
No rain fell in any portion of tne
State during the entire week.
All correspondents report tbe need of
rain. In the western portions of the
State, to soften the baked soil so that
plowing, preparation for planting inaj'
be finished, this work being now largely
suspended, and to aid recently
planted corn and cotton to germinate.
In the eastern portions rain is needed
for growing crops generally, bat more
particularly for transplanting tobacco;
to bring up late planted corn and cotton;
for the trucking interests and gardens,
and for oats, which are beginning
to head.
Stands of late planted corn and cotton
very irregular, owing to the lack of
moisture.
Normal rainfall for the week 0.80 of
an inch.
SUNSHINE AND WINDS.
It was practically a cloudless week.
The estimated percentage of possible
sunshine ranged from 80 to 100 and
averaged 04 per cent. The normal is
about t>8 per cent.
The winds of the week were high?
nortneaswny?Decomiug vtuiuuic.
FROST.
Frost was reported on the 18th, 20th
and 21st, quite general over the entire
State on the last date, but injurious
over the northeastern counties only,
where considerable corn, young cotton,
tobacco in beds, peaches and gardens
were partially destroyed. Ice formed i
in Chesterfield, Marlboro, Marion and
Sorry counties on the morning of the J
21st. Over the western counties it is
believed the high winds prevented a
killing frost on that date.
CROPS.
The weather was extremely favorable
for farm work, but too cool and dry for
growing crops and for breaking up hottorn
lands or clay soils' generally.
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uom piauuiig is awuv tum jm^icu
over the eastern and central portions;
about half finished over the remainder
of the State. It is com itig up very well
in places, in others very poorly. Stands
are consequently very irregular even in i
the same counties. Worms and crows '
damaged stands seriously from Hamp- j
ton and Beaufort northward necessitating
replanting in many places. Frost j
cut corn to the ground in Horry and
Marion, but reports state that it is
coming np again.
Chinch bugs have attacked corn in
Chester and l'ork. From York westward.
corn planted early in March will
have to be replanted.
Cotton planting progressed rapidly
and is now about naif finished over the
western and central counties. In many
placet, in eastern sections, planting is
practically completed. Slow germination
and growth owing to cool nights
and want of moisture. Stands very I
Ponlontincr Tipwasnrv nv?r I
UUCVCUl ?www J w . wnortheastern
counties, where many
fields were destroyed by frost Rain
and warm nights would prove beneficial.
Sea Island cotton practically all
planted and good stands have been secured.
Some tobacco has been transplanted,
but rain is needed to push this work on
a large scale. Uncovered beds injured
by frost; damage immaterial.
Rice planting made rapid progress,
and stands generally satisfactory.
Wheat continues to look promising.
Chinch bugs have damaged it some in
Chester and York counties. Rain would
benefit it
Oats stand in need of moisture generally,
and are beginning to turn yellow
:or the want of it, in the more easterly
^unties where it is beginning to heacL
[n Chesterfield some fields apparently
injured by frost.
Peaches are not as much injured as
earlier reports indicated. Some
localities, in the same section, reporting
a fair "set" and others
that all are killed. Apples
promise well, a few reports only indicate
any injury to them. Plums, cherries
ana apricots plentiful. Dewberries
ripening in Barnwell. Blackberries
blossoming profusely over the oentral
ind northeastern counties.
Canos, melons and pastures making
slow growth.
Too cool and dry for the coast truck
farms. Potatoes, strawberries and
jeans at a standstill for the want of
-ain.
Sweet potatoes in beds not growing
ivell generally. Irish potatoes coming
ip and doing well.
IN VEGETABLE FIELDS.
\ Decided Improvement in the Pros
pect of the Truck Farmers.
The truck and vegetable men are
looking up a little now. For a while it
seemed as if the strawberry crop would
run out almost before it wa-* well start
ad, and the prospect of peas, beans,
ate., with close competition from North
Carolina, did not promise much. Eut
i frost came and played havoc with the
N'orth Carolina truck, and, while it is
not Christian to crow over a neighbor's
misfortunes, it is only natural for the
Charleston truck men to be glad that
ihe frost stopped short of this section,
for not only their crops were saved,
aut a better market was thus assured.
The movement North of peas and
strawberries is quite good at present,
ind in a very short time beans will be
jomg out, to be followed by cucumjers
and squashes. Considerable letuce
is also being shipped, and spring
:abbage will be a factor in the movenent
shortly. The truck farms about
Charleston are looking splendidly and
he weather has been all that could be
lesired. ?News and Courier, April
19th.
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For the Quarter Ending 31st of j
March, 1897.
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A GOOD FINANCIAL SHOWING.
A Net Profit of Over $33,000 Has
Been Made? Figures of Interest to j
the People.
Below is given in complete form the .
quarterly report of the State dispensary j
which was prepared by the legislative
examining committee and presented to 1
Governor Ellerbe for transmission
to the General Assembly at its next
session. The letter of transmissal reads
ftsfnllrrtrs
Columbia, April 27, 1807.
To His Excellency, W. 21. Ellcrbc,
Governor:
Sib:?We hare met pursuant to act of
the General Assembly and have made ;
an examination of the books and vouchers
of the State dispensary for the j
quarter ending 31st of March, 1897. ,
We found the books written up to date ; J
and neatly and correctly kept. We j 1
checked off all the accounts and vouchers
and found them correct according
to the books of the original entry. 1
We found vouchers for all payments
made and invoices for all goods purchased.
We also examined the records i
of sales made to dispensers and checked j
off the statements showing the remittances
made by county dispensers to j 3
State Treasurer. We append hereto j
the balance sheet, showing balances on
March 31st, 1897, also the following 1
statements: !
1. Statement of assets and liabilities.
2. Profit and loss accounts.
8. Cash.
4. Unearned profit.
The difference between the St.ite
treasurer's cash balance and the ct.sh ]
balance upon the dispensary book.' is
$2,129.08, the former being greater it an
the latter by that amount. This c if- 1
ference is within $10.04 of the amount
of outstanding warrants drawn prior to j
April 1, and unpaid by the State treas- 1
urer at that date. The above state- 1
ments are correct, according to the
books, vouchers and records. (
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nesittjl uuuy aui^mmcu,
ai^tamont moses, ]
Jc'hn P. Thomas, Jb.,
c. r. d. birbls,
I legislative' Committee. ]
The report raids a? fo. lows: <
Comparative statement for quarter 3
ending March 31, 1897: - assets.
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Cash in State treasury $ 73,234 53
Supplies (inventory) 54,528 35
Merchandise 98,653 93
Machinery and office fixtures 2,857 47 ^
Teams and wagons 1,294 19
Personal accounts 3,281 23
Unexpired insurance 504 93
Ex-dispensers' balances 7,513 96 t
Merchandise in hand* of t
AA< A At\ *A ,
county dispeisers. j
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Total assets $463,318 03 1
LIABILITIES. j J
Personal acco mts due by ' f
State $ 59,288 75 I i
Unearned profits on $221,- i
449.54, amou at of goods in 1
Lands of ccunty dispen- i
sersend of this quarter.... 44,289 91 t
School fund .. 269,580 00 !:
General fund 90,159 37 i
t
Total liabilities $463,818 03 I
Statement of profit and loss account ?
for quarter ending March 31st, 1897: 1
PROFITS.
Rebates $ 18,676 88 1
Profits from beer dispen- s
saries.... 6,042 84 t
Contraband 2,855 55 i
Permit fees 40 50 t
Gross profit oa merchandise i
sales $100,886 88 t
LOSSES. ' t
Breakage and leakage 880 01
Constabulary 12,928 80 t
Freight and express 19,174 85 c
Labor 4,258 56 t
Expense 8,930 64 c
License 18 70 i
Supplies 26,867 74 t
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Total expenses 67,554 41 i
Net profit on sale of this I
quarter 88,281 97 a
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Total 8100,838 38 j C
Cash statement for quarter ending t
March 31st, 18?7: t
HECKIPT8. I
Balance in State e
treasnry end of
last quarter.... $78,285.41 f
January receipts,8118,257.47 t
February recp's, 102,100.48 x
March receipts . 111,997.05 t
c
Total receipts for
quarter 332,355.00 I
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Total to acc'tfor quarter. .$410,620.41 t
DISBUBSEMEJrrS. <3
Jan. disbursem's3l50,003.07 c
Feb. disbursem'a 89,061.96 t
Mar. disbursem's 98,320.85 I
e
Total disbursements for
quarter $337,385 88 (
Balance in State treasury \
March 21 73,234 58 t
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Total $410,620 58 <3
statement of unearned profit. 8
Unearned profit Deceml>er v
31 $57,650(38 c
Net accrued profit for the c
present quarter 46,642 69
i t
Balance unearned List e
quarter $11,007 94 t
Net profit on sales for prss- s
ent quarter 33,281 97 t
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Total unearned profit this t
quarter $44,289 91 J
Visitor (gruffly)?Are you the editor?
Editor (without looking up from tils
work)?I am. Stranger (more gruffly)?
Do you hold yourself responsible for i
everything appearing in the paper? IP
Editor (rising to bi9 six feet three inch' i11
es)?I do. What's on your mind? Vis- !
itor (meekly)?Oh, nothing at all, I f.s- i P
sure you. I was irider :be impression | r
that the little max. over In the corner S;
took all the responsibility.?Spare Uoments.
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DOCTORS OF THE STATE.
The Annual Meeting of the South
Carolina Medical Association.
The State Medical Association held
its annual meeting for the year 1897
in Union, April 28-29. The hospitality
of Union was again exhibited as it has
ah rays been done, and the gates of the
Rate City of the Piedmont section ol
South Carolina were thrown wide open
to the followers of Esculapius.
The address of welcome was delivered
by Hon. William McGowan. He spoke
in eloquent words of the divine mission
of the medical profession and of the
historic reputation achieved by some of
the sons of South Carolina. Concluding,
he extended to the association the
hospitality of Union in the broadest
OCHOD Ul tLIO ICl rn . *Xj&a\a\js*v ?v?vrv??w
replied in behalf of the association and
assured the people of Union that the
warm reception tendered the association
was h ighly appreciated by every
member.
It was decided bv a vote of 19 to 7
that hereafter all officers of the association
be nominated from the floor and j
elected by the association as a body.
The following is a list of the examining
board, as appointed by the association:
Drs. 1). L. Brodie, of Charleston; L.
C. Stevens, of Blackvilie, O. B. Mayer,
Newberry; B. W. Taylor, Columbia;
W. F. Straight, of Rock Hill; N. J.
Garner, of l)arlington; S. C. Baker, of
Sumter.
The association elected Dr. C. W.
Kollock, of Charleston, presidert, according
to the plans of the caucus.
The president appointed as a legislative
committee, Dr. Trapier of Blenheim;
Dr. Taylor, of Columbia, and
Dr. Wideman, of Due West.
The committee on ethics reported the
following names for membership; W.
A.. Ross, Fork Shoals; M. T. Smith,
Union; Chas. R. May, Yorkville: Robert
Wilson, Jr., Charleston; John W.
Corbet, Camden; B. E. Kell, Cheater;
Ben Lee Allen, Fruit Hill; John W.
Davis, Clinton; E. W. Whalev, Jr.,
Colombia: C. B. Earle. Greenville: J.
E. Douglass, Albion; A. McTnrkin,
Hi.rtnrille; M. J. Walker, Yorkville.
A numbar of very interesting papers
were read bv the physicians. Quite a
large attendance of ladies were present.
A. l arge audience attended the night sessions
and enjoyed the reading of the
various papers very much. About one
hundred physicians were present, including
quite a number distinguished
in their profession.
The nexn place of meeting and time
of meeting was voted upon and the good
judgment of the doctors of our State
prevailed and accordingly Harris'
Li thia Springs was selected as the place
for the meeting of 1898. The time of
meeting w is advanced a little for severed
reasons. The association will meet
next year on the second Wednesday in
April. The association then adjourned
rine!die.
CATTLE AND CORN.
rhe Two New Exports From Char^
leston.
A Charleston special to the Colnmbia
State says grain will not be the only ar
;icie 01 exporx wmcn ine aoutn uaronla
and Georgia road, in oonnection
with several Western railroads and the
STew York ship owners, Simpson,
}pence anl Young, propose to ship
Tom Charleston to Europe. Arrangenents
are now being made by which it
s expected that considerable cattle will
>e shipped to England and the oontilent.
The promoters of the scheme for
;xi>orting the grain of the Western
states through this port have deternined
that cattle would form as advanageous
and profitable an artiole of exsort
as grain, and in consequence the
irrangements for the export of cattle
iave beep begun.
It is said that the cattle raisers of
rennessee and Ohio are particularly
mxious for an opening for their beeves
hrough this port to Europe. They
ealize the many advantages which
kccrue to the shippers by the line,
vhich was recently established, and
hey are not slew to grasp the opporumty
offered to them.
There has been one drawback to
he scheme, but from what can be learn>d
this will soon be removed. In oonequenoe
of the fear of the introduction
)f cattle diseases by American cattle
ntt> foreign markets and the damage
vhich would inevitably result to cattle
tzi>ortation in this country, the exxjit
has been prohibited save at those
x>its which have received the permisiou
of the secretary of agriculture,
rhis permission will nave to be obtainid
before the cattle can be shipped from
teie. As permission has been granted
o !Sew Orleans and Galveston there is
to reason why the same privileges
hould not be accorded to Charleston.
Manager John A. Smith, of the
re:lght bureau, recently took the mater
in hand and hopes to have all tflb
tecassarv preliminaries for the catle
export trade arranged at an early
late.
A letter was received from Congresscan
William Elliott a few days ago, in
fhich he stated that he had written to
he Secretary of Agrioulture and revested
the removal of quarantine on
attle. Colonel Elliott is confident
hat the Secretary will give the matter
lis earliest consideration and that the
imbargo will be removed.
As soon as the South Carolina and
leorgiaroad receives the notice from
Vaahington of the removal of the em>argo
and the road's terminal will be
mprovsd and put in oonditioa for the
lunrtering of the cattle. A number of
heds, stall3 and provender quarters
nil have to be erected, sufficient to aconmodate
several hundred head of <
attle.
From what can be learned, it appears 1
hat Simpson, Spence & Young have i
xpressed their intention of assisting in
he exporting of cattle by furnishing : i
ome of the best cattle-carrying vessels j 1
hat cross the ocean. The apartments
v iii. : 1 I L. I j : .
or vii? cm no win ue inrg?, airy uuu j <
rell adapted for .the purpose. The i
easels will each have accommodation <
or :J50 head of cattle. <
I
A Qneer Coincidence.
In 1869 a Rev. Dr. Crane wrote ft <
ract on popular amusements In which i
e eald that "novel reading has become 1
le vice of the age," and warned his
eaders and listeners against eo evil a J
abit, so soul-destroying a recreation j
3 novel reading. His son Is Stephen I !
rane, who has lately been making , j
snslderable reputation as a writer of j'
ovels. .... _. ji
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i. nil i il %
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He Dies Peacefully, as Full of Honors
as of Years.
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A SHORT SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Commanded
Carolina's Troops In the' *j|
Florida War?Elected Lieutenant ,9
Governor In 1860. *
A special to the Columbia State from n
Florence, of April 29, says Gen. Wil
liam W. Harllee died at half past fl
seven o'clock tonight, at the ripe old
orra nf ftl vpnrq Hia health had not '
not been good for some time, but for
only a week bad he been confined to bis
bed. He sank rapidly during the day,
and the end was painless. ^ i
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Gen. Harllee was born in Marion
county in 1812; his father, Thomas
Harllee. being a native of Virginia and
his mother, Elizabeth (Stewart) Harllee,
a South Carolinian. Thomas Harllee,
his father, who came to South Carolina
in 1790, was a prominent planter and
merchant, residing at his estate, "Little
Bock," which he purchased soon
after settling in South Carolina. He
was a member of the House of Representatives
for four years and of the
Senate for a like period. He was also
a surveyor, surveying the counties of
Marion and Horry under contract with
The State, being assisted in the work
by his eldest sen, John.
Wo. W. Harllee, the youngest of six
children, began the study of law in 1881,
under the tutelage of Geo. W. Dargan,
Esq.. afterwards chancellor. Being
admitted to the bar in 1888, he began
the practioe of his profession at Manon,
C. H., where he continued to practioe j
until 1889, when he move to Florence,
where he has been engaged in active
practice since.
General Harllee has taken a promi
nent part in the affairs of his native ^
State. In 1886 he was returned by Jf
Marion county to the House ?f Repre- Si
sentatives, where he served two yeaiys.
In 1887 he was appointed maior of
South Carolina troops called for by the
general government for the Seminole
war in fiorida, where he served with,
his command for three months, until
elected eolonel of the thirty-second
regiment of South Carolina militia. In
1841 he was elected brigadier general of I
the eighth brigade, and in 1846 became \\
major general of the fourth division of '-.A
South Carolina militia.
In 1847 he returned to political life ^
and was returned to the Legislature, ; ?
where he was instrumental in getting
through the bill for the charter of the
Wilmington and Manchester, now the > *,
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
railroad, and in the following year was
elected president of that roaa, and retained
the position until 1836, when he ^
reigned on aooount of failing heal Mi,
although the directors offered to double ^
his salary if he would continue in
nliovrrn . u
As a compliment to him the town, ' | |
now city, of Florence was named after '*
his daughter, and the name has been
extended to the county in which it ia
located.
In 1800 he was elected lieutenant- ->M
governor of the State, and was a dele- .-iS
gate to the convention of secession, j
serving as a member of the military
committee and of the executive com-4
mittee.
During the same year he raised a
brigade for the Confederate service,
which was called the Pee Dee Legion,
and received a commission as brigadier
general from the governor. When hie
arrangements were being made for the . ^
field, however, the convention again
met, and appointed him a member of
the executive council and also placed
him at the head of the financial depart- ' ,
ment of the State, in which capacity he
handled millions of dollars for the State
before the close of the war.
When the war closed he returned to
the practice of his profession, and in
1876 presided over the convention that j?
nominated Gen. Wade Hampton. In ??
1880 he waa again elected to the State *g
Senate and served four years as preeident
pro-tempore. When his term ex- |
pired he refused to stand for re-eleo- \
tion.
la 1800 General Strike presided oyer Jgj
the convention which nominated Judge
Haskell. ?
General Harllee was married in 1840 M
to Miss Martha S. Shackleford of
Charleston. Of the six children born ^
to this union, one?Edward B. Harllee?
was until 1876 editor of the New Or- - ra
leans Picayune, dying from overwork
in that city at that time. He was a -J
man of great promise and brilliancy. .19
As a lawyer General Harllee stood
very high, his election to the presi- v?j
denoy of the State Bar association in ,\J
1886 being a tribute to his standing. .??
As a hospitable Southern gentleman of . *
the old-time school, he was princely.
Being one of the largest planters in tn'e
State, he; was able to lavish the most i j
generqus hospitality upon all hia ?
friends.
CLEMSON'S INCOME.
Privilege Tax Already Amounts to ?
Nearly $60,000.
A comparison of the amounts received
by the State treasurer from the i
privilege tax on fertilisers for this and - ?4
last year shows that the difference is
small, in spite of the reports sent out '<
by correspondents that never before had
such amounts of guano been sold in
their neighborhoods For this year the Tffl
privilege tax up to this time aggregates ,
355,975.93, while last year it was $54,- /;.{.!
524.37; a difference of $1,451.56 in favor %
of this year. The privilege tax is 25
cents a ton and four times $1,451.56 u dm
gives the number of tons more sold this
than last year which is 5,800 tons. Pro- ^
portioned equally among the counties
of the State the amount of fertilizers */J
ssed in each this vear is 145 tons in excess
of that used last.
All of this tax goes to the support of
Dlemson. Though the amount is $55,- 1
375.03, Clemson has to pay back to the
State $10,000 which was overpaid one
year by a clerical error. That is to be
returned to the State this year, and >
will reduce the college's revenue that j
imount. * . . *3
Mil.' ] 'mi i .