v* ,f^j( ' 11010 am MI Big Cotton Mill and Electric Plant to fe', Be Built There. $ THE DEED HAS BEEN SIGNED. The State Disposed of Its Interest for $1,000 -The Property Will Be Valuable When Developed. It looks as if the old State Canal, began at Catawba Falls in 1830, is soon to be developed, and that Bock Hill, Chester and Winnsboro will be getting Mi muuuuouuv ui ciocuiv jjveacx UJ vuw transmission process from that source. The matter has been before the State Sinking fund Commission for some time, and the commission, at its meeting last week, agreed to sign a deed which stipulates that on or before the 8d day of January', 1903, the canal must be completed and $130,000 invested in the erection of a factory for the manufacture of cotton gOods or other commodities and in a plant for the generation and development of electric power, L? to be therefrom delivered to neighboring towns and cities. It was originally oontemplated that a railroad line shoula be built out to this property from either Chester or Winnsboro, and it is not un[ likely that this will be done if the development contemplated is carried \ through. The old canal property is at Catawba Falls, at the intersection of the coun; ties of Fairfield, Chester and Lancastar. It is about twenty miles from each of the towns of Winnsboro and Bock Hill and Chester, and the development of electrical power from the magnificent water power there will ! mean much to these three growing towns. It seems that Mrs. Susan A. Boylesu * ton, of Winnsboro, owns all the propfcV erty surrounding the canal property, \ the title of which is vested in the State L of South Carolina. Some time ago f some capitalists made a proposition to tVief VtaTT trnnlrl tolro ilio nvAnnftw fMWt ?MMV kMWJ n VUAU H V kUO ?J and complete the canal, provided she would secure the transfer of the title of the State to her on the condition that ) by a certain date $150,000 would be invested in a manufacturing enterprise and an electrical developing plant I The property as it stands is absolutely ; worthless to the State. She tj: made the proposition to the State sinkr | ing fund commission, and that boay received it favorably. The Attorney General was asked to*draw up f-- a deed, and he has drawn a deed, in which the State is thoroughly protected. The deed transfers the title to Mrs. Boyleston, her heirs and assigns, on the condition that on or before Janj& nary 3, 1003, as much as $150,000 shall Y , be invested as indicated above, the fao~ tory to be in operation by the date named, and upon a further considersE, - tion of the sum of $1,000 to be paid to the sinking fund commission. The property will be valuable when devell ,. oped, but as it stands a great amount ra water power is lying idle. It is known everywhere that the water power at the falls is one of the best in the State. fc ; _ The deed agreed to by the State sinking fund commission transferring the rv oanal right of way to Mrs. Boyleston , upon the condition that the power be developed has been dolv signed bv all the ^proper officials an d forwarded to p i the property tribunal for record. INTO COURT AGAIN. I Another Passage at Arms In the Agricultural Hall Case. Mr. Wesley, the winner in the famous agricultural hall case, last week wrote to the United States marshal for the - district of South Carolina demanding that he come to Columbia and put him in possession of the building and prem* ises. It appears that the marshal, upon receipt of the demand, notified the State's attorneys in the case. They at once began to take steps to prevent interference with the property until the r\f UlA Tt in RAtd * that on Tuesday night guards were kept ' at the building all night with instructions to resist any attempt upon the part of anyone to take possession of the) building, with force if necessary? Later the attorney general's office had the following notice served upon the United States marshal and upon Mr. LyTei, thus putting a stop to furthei Bp . proceedings until the date named at 5$ least; by agreement the hour named in the noticejias exchanged until 5 p. m. Here is the nptjce: United States of America, District of u South Carolina, Fourth Circuit In re ~ Edward B. Wesley, plaintiff, vs. J. E Tindal and J. R. Boyles, defendants. Ex parte Samuel W. Vance, petiX ' taoner. To W. H. Lyles, attorney for Edward B. Wesley and J. T. Hunter, U. S. Marshal for the district of South j?; ' , Carolina: You will hereby take notice that the undersigned, as attorneys for Samuel W. Vance, petitioner in the above stated case, and upon whos epetition a writ cf error has been allowed to the Unit'd States Circuit Court of appeals for the fourth circuit, and a supercedes bond approved by Judge C. H. Simonton, circuit judge, will make a motion before his honor, C. H. Simonton, United States circuit judge, at Greenville, S. C., on Tuesday, the 10th day of August, A. D., 1897, at 11 o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, to stay the execution in the tRy-*? case of E. B. Wesley, plaintiff, vs. J. E. Tindal and J. 1J. Boyles, defendants, pending the said appeal to the circuit court of appeals, the said motion to be heard on the petition for . writ of error, bond and all other papers in the case. S. W. Melton, Attorney for S. W. Vance, petitioner. Wm. A. Bakbeb, Of Counsel. ' ? ? A French Phrase. ~ Kell?Mies Bjanes uses French phrases in the most peculiar manner. Bell?Does she? Nell?Yes, indeed! Why, at breakfast yesterday I asked her how she liked her eggs and she said they were f .very chick.?Philadelphia Record. IN THE PHOSPHATE FIELDS. What State Inspector Jones Says of the Operations Therein. While in Columbia en route back to the coast after a brief visit to his home in Abbeville, State Phosphate Inspector Jones talked interestingly to a State reporter of the condition of the mining industry ki the phosphate territory of this State. Mr. Jones says that the market still remains very dull, and there has been practically no change in the situation in this State in the last two months. The Farmers' Mining Company baa now shipped away about 16,000 tons of rock it had on hand at the time the re- i ductioa in the royalty was made; this of coarse, had to pay 50 cents per ton royalty. The Coosaw company, which went ont of business because the State board would not grant the reduction so as to apply to the rock on hand, has shipped out about 20,000 tons of rock, leaving 16,500 tons more to be shipped. The new Empire company has begun operations in the territory, but up to the present time has been engaged in simply handpicking, getting out about 500 tons of rock monthly. The other three operating companies are getting ont rock per month as follows: Farmers' Mining Company, 3.000 tons; Beaufort Phosphate Company, 8,000 tons; and James Beid about 700 tons. DREHER DEALS DEATH. Slays His Wife and John Cain, Her Paramour. A special to The State from Lewiedale, of the 6th, says last night at 9:30 p. m. our town was aroused to considerable excitement by several gun and pistol shots, and a good deal of moaning in the northern portion of town, among the colored population. Pat Dreher, a negro who has been living here for years, came to his house at the hour stated above, and found his wife with John Cain on the front side of the house. Pat fired on Cain with a shot gun "loaded for dear," the load striking Cain in the small part of the bodv, inflicting a very dangerous if not fatal wound. Pat's wife ran from the house into the cornfield, whereupon Pat ran, overtaking her, shot her in the hreiutt with a mstol and then cut her throat, killing her almost instantly. John Cain and Dreher's wife have been on verv intimate terms for years. Dreher has had very (frequent friction with Cain, and has repeatedly warned Cain to cease his relations with Mamie, his wife, but to no avail. Some time during last winter Dreher found Cain and Mamie together, whereupon several shots were exchanged, but none took effect. Pat Dreher is an inoffensive kind of a negro, and has been much abused. The verdict of a majority of the people is, "Pat waited too long to do this work." Dreher is supposed to be making tracks to parts unknown. No attempt has yet been made towards his arrest Later rumor has it that Pat said last night that he was not satisfied, and was going to kill others and then end his own career. DEFAULTING DISPENSER Convicted, But Is Let Loose on Bail In Greenville, At Greenville last week the first case against a dispenser for defalcation tried in the courts in this State, which resulted in a conviction, was closed for the time by the sentence of R. F. G. Holtzolaw, the West End dispenser, to serve nine months at hard labor in the penitentiary or pay a fine of $500. A motion was made bv Holtzclaw's at torneys for a new trial, but after hearing the argument Judge Watts declined to hear the argument of Solicitor Ansel and refused the motion. Sentence was then passed on Holtzclaw to serve nine months in the penitentiary or pay a fine of $500. The attorneys for Holtzclaw served notice of appeal to the Supreme Court Pending the appeal Holtzclaw was released on a bail bond of $500. The charges against Holtzclaw were, first, a shortage of $1,600; second, overdrawing his salary $130; third, drawing a check for $? as dispenser to pay election managers. He was convicted on the second and third counts. Bookkeeper Scruggs testified that the $1,600 bad gone, but he could not account for the disappearance. ON THE SOLAR PLEXUS. Candidate Mayfield Get* a Knockout - ~ - Blow. Senatorial Candidate May field's 4 'expose of the duplicity of the Governor in the matter of the Charleston metropolitan police is generally admitted in political and private circles to have been a very weak affair, and simply a rehash of old political rumors which have been current ever since last winter. There was absolutely nothinfi in the charge which Mr. Mayfield had so loudly fheralded, and an expected political sensation was knocked into a cocked hat. The Governor, on Sunday, said in reference to the expose: Without the slightest provocation on mv part. Mr. Mayfield has preferred charges against me without being able to prove them. His statements are false. A gentleman is at a disadvantage when he engages in a controversey with snch a man. I cannot afford to notice him further." This gets Mr. Mayfield w here Fitzsimmons got Corbet, right on the solar plexus.?The Register. Pardon and Commutation. A commutation of sentence has been granted by the Governor to Jack Riley, who was convicted of manslaughter in July, 1888, in Barnwell county, and was sentenced by Judge Pressley to ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. The sentence is commuted to Aug. 1. This has been done because of his good conduct. Governor Eilexbe has granted a full pardon to Robert Simpson, who was convicted in February last in Laurens county of larceny and was sentenced by Judge Watts to two years service on the county chain gang. ',K; ii - -vi 1 Mil Milli Five Candidates are Stumpingthe State for Earie's Place, A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES, Evans Jumps on McLaurin's Tariff Views ? McLaurtn and Irby on Their Records?Mafield Talks Out. The following is a brief summary of I the Sanatoria! eamoaien speeches from day to day. The Pickens Meeting. The Senatorial candidates were rather caustic toward each other at Pickens. Mr. Mayfield said Senator McLaurin's position on the dispensary was wrong, and was criticising his views, when the latter asked that if it was true he was not in a combination to fight him, why did he single him out from an attack on his dispensary views, when Mr. Evans, the father of the dispensary law, sat near by. Later Mr. Mayfield stated he would say nothing more about Senator McLaurin, as he had committed political suicide at Greenville. The Senator said he supposed Mr. Mayfield made no mention of Irby or Evans, as he regarded them as being also dead. Mr. Evans said some of the candidates criticised the dispensary because the law is unpopular here, but as for himself he considered he had no regrets for his advocacy of the law, ana still considered it the best solution of the liquor problem. Mr. Evans claimed that " r. nAfinlitr otato UlHWrcrS HWC iCAWUiUK m PVVWMM when Governor Ellerbe said he would use the machinery of his administration against Irby and Evans if they opposed McLaurin. As Governor Ellerbe was absent, Senator McLaurin j denied for him that he ever made such | a statement Mr. May field said Mr. Ellerbe told hir^ so and that if he denied it, he was guilty of a deliberate | falsehood. Ex-Senator Irby stated that he would prove by Smith Thompson, of Spartanburg, that Senator McLaurin promised to vote for Butler for Senator against Tillman. McLaurin denied this and said the alleged conference was not about senatorial matters, but on other questions. The Oconee Meeting. The campaign meeting for this county was held at Walhalla, and was without special incident, except the spat between Senator McLaurin and Col. Irby. Some one asked McLaurin if he was Governor would he favor the metropolitan police. He replied that he would not. Col. Irby asked whether he would remove the police from Charleston if Governor, and he said he would remove the police. Col. Irby said this remark was stabbing Governor Ellerbe. Mr. McLaurin said it was no such thing; that he would defend Ellerbe at all times, and that Ellerbe intended removing the police from Charleston, but was prevented by a combination of circumstances. Col. Irby said he only attacked Governor Ellerbe because he had said to Mavfield that he was going to throw the"power of his administration against Evans and Irbv. Senator McLaurin said Governor Ellerbe had denied this, and had said he would use his power if his administration were attacked. Col. Irby condemned the present suffrage provisions in this State, and said i t disfranchised lt800 poor white men in Spartanburg county alone. Messrs. McLaurin and Evans said the present plan was the best possible * -_J -1.-1 ?1 /~1_I 1 _v_ ?? BOiuuon, aim mat wueu v-ui. ii uj appealed to the poor white men he was using the argument of the demogogue, for there were no poor white men who were disfranchised in South Carolina. All white men were equal and sovereign, as much so as his rich countrymen. Mr. Mayfield was not present. He spent the qay with his father in Greenville county. The Anderson Meeting. The campaign meeting at Anderson was attended by about 700 people. Mr. Mayfield, who spoke first, said that instead of convicting him of falsehood, Governor Ellerbe had convicted himself of uttering one, and that before the bar of justice it would be proven that Ellerbe and not Mayfield had told the falsehood. He said that he bad a letter from Representative Ashley, stating that his charges were entirely correct ahd thgt Governor Ellerbe promised hinf to remove the metropolitan police from Charleston.* -cvs ? Former Governor Evans justified his action in imposing the metropolitan police on Charleston, and said, the law was given him to enforce, and he treated Charleston as he would any other section. If Charleston would not enforce the law, it should be made so to do. He saw no justice in Senator McLaurin twitting him for imposing the police on Charleston, and defended flnrpmnr for keeoinx? them there. Senator McLaurin said he had to answer these speeches and could not daily branch off on side issues. Ex-Senator Irby said that certain newspapers were trying to organize a new party and unload the old war horses who had done the work. The Greenwood Sleeting. It was a very much delayed, a larger and more lively campaign meeting at Greenwood, than at previous places. To begin with, the speaking did not start until 2 o'clock, but the throng seemed to be hungry for campaign oratory, and waited and listened until nightfall. The speakers' stand col apsed. early in the programme, but that made no material difference. Col. Irby was even more vigorous than usual and paid his respects 13 Governor Ellerbe, in brief. There was a lively time for a few minutes when CoL Irby asked Mr. McLaurin to answer a question and insisted on a "yes" or "no" answer, and Mr. McLaurin was ecually as positive in answering the question in his own way, or not at all. This, Col. Irby urged, was dodging, which was denied by Mr. McLaurin. The controversy ended in Senator McLaurin not recognizing the subsequent questions, and Col. Irby declining interruption for the answer. There were appeals for fair play. Coloneil Irby's retort was that he tcok his med I S& i Yff 'Vf i:: rc \ Q&fjrr *< . *2? ' -r^<" > ' v. *.r.-1i' * - <8 icine like a gamecock, acd that Senator McLaurin was mad. This Mr. McLaurin vigorously denied. Colonel Irby said that Governor Ellerbe was as I weak as circus lemonade, and was j prostituting iiis uuiuo su na w iujuio him, and he charged that one of his friends on the constabulaiy force had been discharged because he would not ; work for McLaurin. He sai J there was ; a talk of a deal for the removal of the , metropolian police from Charleston, and promised tha'; if this were so he would be heard from later on this subject. The Abbeville Meet ing. The senatorial campaign meeting at Abbeville was devoid of special interest, and the 500 auditors showed little enthusiasm. Ex-Se:iator Irtv said the only reason Governor EUeibe was retaining the dispemary constables was to use them. He insisted that under existing conditions the constables were useless, except to go about and lie on him. Mr. Evans was outspoken in opposing Senator Tillman, and also Senator McLaurin, for his timff views. Mr. Mavfield said Senator McLaurin dictated the Populist platform, and Mr. Bowden wrote it. Senator McLaurin said he voted for the Tillman-Latixper' dispensary bill, so that every State oould regulate its affairs, liquor and other wise. CAROLINA CULL1NGS. ? t The Standard Oil Company has purchased the Laurens canning factory and will utilize il as a store room for their oil stocks. Work is progressing finely with the new artesian well at Marion, and the contractor, Mr. Mace, hopes soon to have a good flow. The Secretary of State has granted a charter under the general incorporation act to the town of Landrum in Spartar.burg county. It is considered very likely that the investigation which the Governor had made of the recent acts of the constables in the raid of the Windsor Hotel in Spartanburg will amount to notmng alter an. ?me state. R. R. Stutts, the dispenser at Kingston, has been removed and A. O. Mouzon appointed instead. No charges were preferred against him, except that he had in his employment a boy, 16 years old, as clerk. The 20th annnal session of the South Carolina Sunday School convention is to be held in Camden the 24th to 26th insts. The indications are that the attendance will ?be unusually large. The music is to be under the direction of the local choir, assisted by Mr. F. F. Whilden, of Charleston, and the Rev. Walter I. Herbert, of Florence. Two negroes, Willie Gibbes and Tommie Trimble, one hailing from Staun- , ton, Va., and the other from HartsI ^ x M J viile, .uarnngton county, were iquuu upon the track of the Northwestern Railroad, about three miles from Kingstree,on the 6th, horribly mangled. The coroner was at once notified and held an inqnest and found that the men came to their death "by their own carelessness in going to sleep on the railroad track. THURMOND WAS ACQUITTED. State Prosecutor in Edgefield Found Not Guilty of Murder. An Edgefield jury, after thirty minutes deliberation, found Solicitor J. W. Thurmond, State practitioner for the Fifth Circuit, not guilty of the murder of W. G. Harris, Jr., last March. Harris wrs a young man, belonged to an old family and traveled for a drug house in Columbia. The cause of the trouble grew out of politics. Thurmond had recently been elected solicitor, while Harris' father' was defeated for a county office. . Young Harris, "meeting Thurmond, charged him with undermiuing his father and called him a Tillrannite. Thurmond withdrew into his office and stood at the door. When Harris came bv more words were exchanged, when, Thurmond says, Harris advanced on him with a knife in his hand and he kicked him down the step. Harris came at him again, he swore, with a knife in his left hand and his right on his hip, when he shot him dead. . There were no witnesses |o this. Harris' knife was found closed in his right pocket and no "ther weapon was on his i>erson. THE COLORED COLLEGE. President Miller Talks of the Situation. President Thomas E. Miller of the colored industrial college at Orangeburg, was in Columbia last week on his way to Washington. In speaking of the college and its prospec ts to a Register representative, he said: "Though the college really has ac/ _ _J _ A. ' 1 _ AT J A_ :i commouauoos ior oniy oui siuueuwj, iv had 1,100 students at the last session and the prospects are that the next session, which will begin on September 2?, will start with an enrollment of 2,OOOstudents, of whom 40 i>er cent, will be female. The accommtdatiomi and income of the college are wholly inadequate to accommodate the students. There would be 4,000 enrolled if the college could accommodate them. ' Charleston's Elevator. The officials of the South Caroli na k Georgia Railroad have given assurance that the new elevator at Charleston will be ready for business by Septemlier 1. The storage capacity of the elevator is 200,000 bushels, receiving capacity 5,000 bushels an hour, discharging capacity 5,000 bushels an hour, loading aDd unloading capacity 10,000 bushels an hour, cooling and cleaning capacity, wilh improved blowers, 4,000 bushels an hour. The facilities for loading vessels direct from the elevator are of the latest up-todate methods. In addition to a large spout conveyor, a new belt conveyor is now being constructed the entire length of the pier, with a number of spouts along its entire length, which will enable the grain to be loaded into all of the various holds of a vessel at the same time. --Manufacturers' Record. There is j?l It was also decided to adopt a cheap jr;| rate based on a fraction over one cent > per mile, tickets at such rates to be Bold on two dates, namely, Wednesday ' %' and Thursday. In case there is any movement of military, a rate of one cent per mile traveled per capita will be employed with the understanding that twenty or more will move on one ticket Yery respectfully, Joseph Richabdsox, Chairman. ,?2338 Col. Holloway says "A second letter ' _] from the secretary brought the rates agreed upon by the conference commit- -.5| tee. The rates at one cent a mile tear- /j sled was asked for on Tuesday, Wed- ,v nesday and Thursday? Tueeaay^'ia omitted. "It occurs to me that if three days instead of two had been named, the roada "vj could more easily handle the people satisfactorily, and would have given, visitors more time for an inspection of the exhibits and the special attraetions." If the Congress of the United States passes at its next session a bill whioh has been prepared by Gen. Breoken- . ^ ridge, the adjutant and inspector gen- / ] sral of the United States army, themiications are that graduates of the Cita- ' 4 iIaI AnulomT r\1 tttia mil !>?/$.. eligible to seoond lieutenants in the Si United States army, being thus placed . ' inly one degree lower than graduates of $ :he United States Military Academy. Glen. Breckenridge's bill makes such a iroposition in regard to the military icademies of the country which rank ilong with the Citadel. Gen. Gar ling on in his report saye that there are only. S'J :hree institutions of the grade oantemilated in the bill, the Citadel, the TiffijjM finia Military Institute, and the aead- fy any at Chester, Penn. The board of . " risitors at their meeting at tha equest of Gen. Breckenridge,endorsed % he bill and urged Cingress to past it [here were sixty applications for the rwelve vacant scnolrshipe in the Cttar jCSj lei. The board gza ated permitB to tba 'ollowing number in each county to stand the oompetitai e examinations for .hese vacancies: Aiken 4, Beaufort 7, Charleston .5, Fairfield 2. Oconee 8, Orangeburg 8, Sumter 6, Union 4, Wiliama burg 4, Berkeley 2. Commissiodtr Yanoe has paid into he State treasury the sum of fl5,00(V K ieing the amount promised by the doard of Control at the last meeting. . I month ago the Boerd tuned over tq he treasury ?*0,000, and with thin ad- , iitional payment the treasury trill ba3 greatly helped. It traa not thought ' hat the dispensary would ba able to l" itand up to the promises, but the par-' - u nentof this amount seems to indicate '/$ hat the Board of Control wiU he as jood as their word. Treaaurer Tim-/ nerman said the other day that the *>> >aymentot $11,000 would greatly help )ut the treasury and might possibly Tin the government for a month witb>ut having to borrow. If the State Board continues the monthly payments t may be that the deficit will be onlj %'' 1 dream. A negro on Mr. McQuoW place be- > $ ween Laurens and Clinton, while blowing near the base of an old stump n one of his fields unearthed a hand* ul of old English gold ooinaof the ssue of 1888. On further search jfiv/p/ rreat many other coins were brought o light The person finding them and . iia oronlnrnr refnan/t fn flfnfe nne^ioeltr - 1 -"9 he amount of the treasure, but It is inown that there was over|1,000found. % rhis is tbe second time recently that xeasure has been found in thin county, mt it is not probable that thisdisoovery )f gold in this county will create audi a :ommotion as the Klondike discovery n Alaska has done. Wicker Smith died about 10 milea rom Newberry. His two sons?Walter ind Howard-tried to decide where hey would lay the old man away, rhey could not agree, and from words same to blows, and as a grand finala , v doward cut Walter four times and gay? H lim three deep stabs in the breast, doward was shot in the hand. At last iccounts both were alive, but the old voman buried Wicker in another come- /< ery. In speaking about the lynching problem which now seems tip be agitxt* .a ng the whole country, Governor Elerbe a few days ago said that lie did lot think that any crime justified ynching. He thinks the real remedy or lynch law lies in speedy calls of a he conrts and immediate trials, with, estrictions preventing appeals from he finding of those courts on techui:alities. The Secretary of State has issued a :ommis8ion to the Prosperity Cotton ^ 3il and Fertilizer Company, of Pros- 'J >erity. The corporators are R. T. C. lunter, J. A. Sligh, Jos. L. Keitt, W. 2. Blake and others. The capital stock s to be$15,000, divided into six hundred ihares. The corporators are leading nembers of the State Alliance. The United Sons of Confederate ^ Veterans are to meet in Greenville at ; he same time that the annual reunion >? if the United Confederate Veterans ia | leld there.