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xCl.NGSTREE, S. CLOll>
J. BBISTOW, K>1. & I'ropV.
The reports from Alaska will not interfere
with the same old profitable
fold -brick industry.
?, Accordiug to the Cleveland Plain
k Dealer a Western woman wants to
Starry a man whose picture she saw in
f ft lot of medical testimonials. This
fe seems to put a new vr.lue on bcfore&
ftnd-after-taking art.
?,VV It is just announced that Spain and
fcv, Peru have completed a treaty whereby
ty all questions shall be submittc 1 to
'* arbitration. The ties of blood, langnage,
history and religion knit these
jg two Nations together.
Sc; American-iron and steel selling in
England, American tin plate in Wales
: and now American bntter in Australia!
Trnly, exclaims the Atlanta Constitu?j
tion, coal may yet be carried to Newcastle
and sold at a profit.
-v English -Jews, like Chief Rabbi and
^ Sir Samuel Montague, strongly oppose
the picturesque proposal of I)r.
' Theodore Herze to float a limited liabili^f
company in London with a capMi'lli/Nna
nf /lAllora f/v op/inirA
If" 4MU VA U1AAA1VUO Vi UV41U4U yv v
Palestine for resettlement by Jews,
and to re-establish a Jewish State. As
gainst this internationalism they
favor the Anglicization of the Jews.,
That is a charmingly romantic legend
of early Indian history that has
been destroyed by Professor Libbey's
: auccessful exploration of the Enchanted
Mesa in- New Mexico. The tale
dhafe the level top of this isolated emi*
aenoe was once inhabited proves to be
?- unfounded. It is qnite possible that
the explorer and his companion are
the only human beings who ever set
foot Upon this ourious little table land,
where only scuttling lizards and
scampering rata now dwell.
The Scientific American pokes a
^ little fan at the gunners of the British
fleets who do not seem to be able to
M-feit xanch of anything with the monster
,* gens placed under their control, The
ffenspareil, for instance, lately fired
jft* V neren shots from her supposably very
T. destructive 110-ton guns, every one
: of which missed the target. And in
P. the fight .between the Japanese and
Chinese filets at the Yalu there was a
great .disparity between the number
of rounds fired and the number of hits
** . Stanford University at Palo Alta,
re: SUL, now possesses the best c oil ection of
??, Australian literature on the Pacific coast
tt|gift of the late Senator Stanford's
w- ^Jpyther, who Uvea in Australia. It is
W in records of early explorations,
3. gaining developing, aboriginal tribes
and resources. It consists of 2500
bf bound volumes and 8000 pamphlets.
' TVii? i? th? third hr*? denartment
library added this year, the others heIP'..
Sag the Hildebrsnd -German Library
'* cad the Timothy Hopkins Railway Lift/
; Almost within the arctic circle, IceHSfcdand,
with its population of 70,000, is
-warmed oh the west coast by the Gulf
Stream, and can raise fair hay crops
% . pad sparse root crops. About frixty$f!
five per cent, of the population are ocjtv.'
. oupied in rearing sheep and cattle,
BL* , which are largely oon?umed at home,
K$-v the first-named exported in moderate
bombers to British ports. Sheep are
not shorn, but in early snmmer the
* fleeces loosen on the animals and the
v loose wool is easily detached; most of
the surplus goes to England.
Fy <A few unfortunate experiences sug?gent
that, the aspect of the entire earth
might very possibly be transformed if
?5.* each plant and animal species were to
B/' be placed where the conditions are
& most favorable to it. The rabbit in
f'- - Australia and the gypsy moth in Masr
aachusette have fonnd their new homes
ao well adapted to them that they are
even struggling with man for the posg*"
session of the land. From the plant
wofld comes the similar lesson of the
water hyacinth. A few years ago a
Pi - man from New Orleans saw and ad Ki
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mirea specimens oi inis piani in
??.. Colombia, where it is a harmless
? . flowering plant grown in tubs, and
took home some bulbs and grew them
Pv" la tubs in hi- ..M-i; p... I. In a coupit
of years the plant appeared in patches
in the Bavou St. John, which con ?'
nects New Orleans with Lake Pontic
chartrain. A year later the bayou
? was fall of it and navigation was imgt
pedeil, while it has now overrun all
the canals in the vicinity, choked up
i? the rivers, extended in great masses
into the lake traveled a hundred miles
r westward, and become a colossal and
* v -?ver-increasing nuisance.
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The Law and the Building and Loan
Associations.
' FIGURE BEFORE MAKING LOANS
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The Supreme Court of South Carolina
Sustains the Claim of a Georgia
Building and Loan Association.
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The building and loan associations
that have been doing business in this
State have been of decided influence in
the money markets. There are hardly
any townsor cities that are without their
building and loan associations, and a
great many places, in addition to having
several home enterprises to loan money
on the building and loan plan, have
foreign agencies. For some time past
there has beon a good deal of litigation
by those who, when they went to
figure up, found that they were paying
more than 6 or 7 or 8 per cent on their
loans, as they had supposed. Some
of the oompanies were charging as high
as 12 per cents, and perhaps more, but
it was not exactly in the shape of interest,
but was paid in for expenses and
the like. The courts have recently
held that these contracts with the building
and loan associations are valid, and
that under the regulations of the associations
the companies do not charge
usurious interest It will therefore be
prudent for anyone going into these
plans to do their figuring before making
their loans, instead or after getting
the property with the borrowed money.
A second of the cases recently decided
upon this matter, and which deals
more especially with the foreign build
ing and loan companies, is irom r.agefield
oounty. The Supreme Court renders
aunanimous opinion, and presents
the entire matter in the opinion of the
court by Justice Gary when it says:
"The facts are more particulerly set
out in the decree of his Honor, Judge
Buchanan, from which the plaintiffs
appealed, upon the following exceptions:
"J. Because His Honor erred in holding
that the contracts were to be performed
in South Crrolina, and were
South Carolina contracts and governed
by the laVsof South Carolina, when he
should have found that the two contracts
were governed and controlled by
the laws of the State of Georgia.
"2. Because His Honor erred in considering
and deciding the question of
nsurv under the laws of the State of
flbuth Carolina when he should have
considered and decided said questious
under the laws of the State of Georgia.
"3. Because his Honor erred in deciding
and holding that the contracts
were usurious.
"4. Because his Honor erred in holding
that the contracts under the laws of
Georgia were not usurious and no
I penalty could attach to the case.
"5. Because his Honor erred in not
allowing the plaintiffs 10 per cent attorney's
fee, when the contracts distinctly
specified that 10 per cent attorney's
fees should be allowed if the
contracts were forced to collection by
an attorney.
"6. Because his Honor erred in holding
that the amounts paid monthly on
the shares of the defendant should be
applied to reduce the principal of the
debt
"7. Because his Honor erred in finding
that there was due by the defendant
to the plaintiff on both of said contracts
the total sum of 81,031.46.
"3. Because his Honor erred in not
allowing the plaintiff interest on the
amount found due to him from the date
of filing the decree up to the date fixed
for the sale of the real estate.
"The facts in this case are in no respect
materially different from those in
the case of the Equitable Building and
Loan Association ys. Vance, 49 S. C.,
402, except that one of the bonds herein
contained the following provision: 'It
is further understood and agreed that
this obligation is a Georgia contract
and in all respects subject to and governed
by the laws of Georgia.'
"That case is decisive of all the ques1
tions raised by the exceptions except
, the fifth and eighth.
"We do not wish to be understood,
J however, as assenting to the doctrine
: that if the contracts were to be con|
strued with reference to the laws of
I South Carolina, instead of Georgia,
| they would not be usurious.
"The fifth exception will now be con- i
sidered. The bonds provide for the
payment of attorneys' fees of 10 per
cent., and as the contracts are held out
to be usurious it follows that there was
error in not allowing such fees.
| "We next consider the eighth excep'
tion. This exception seems to have
been taken under a misapprehension as
to the effect of the judgment of foreclosure,
as we fail to find where his
I Honor decided that the plaintiff was
not entitled to the interest from the
date of the filing of the decree up to
the time fixed for the sale of the prop;
erty.
"It is the judgment of this court that I
the judgment of the Circuit Court be
modified so as to conform to the views j
herein announced."
MACKEY IN WASHINGTON.
The Judge Opposing Appointment of
Colored Postmasters.
A nneciftl in the RsoHRtAr from Wash
! ington, of the 7th, says Judge Thomas !
; J. Mackey, late of South Carolina, but !
dow practicing law in New York, is
here, and will use his utmost endeavors |
J to prevent the appointment of negro I
! postmasters in his native State. In j
, this Senator McLaurin is co-operating ;
with him. The judge is moved to this j
not ouly for the good of South Carolina. !
but for that of the Republican party, of
i which he is a zealous adherent.
! ?LOOI>MIKI>T* BARNWELL.
[ Negro Boy Siiot and Killed and Ills
Mayer's Father Wounded.
At Farnwell the colored people had a
J mass meeting aud dance. Net result:
j C-reeu, a country boy, is dead from a j
pistol shot fired by Auderson Nix, and
Anderson's father, Joe Nix, is shot
through the shoulde::.
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FIGHT AGAINST LIQUOR.
The Prohibitionists Say They Are
Very Much Encouraged.
The movement on the part of the
I Prohibitionists, preparatory to memorializing
the coming Legislature to repeal
the dispensary law, and vubstitute
therefor a prohibitory law, & arousing
much interest over South Carolina,
or?r>r>rrtin(T irk tViQ infrtrmniinn ohtftinfifl
at Prohibitum headquarters iu Columbia.
The organization is now engaged
in sending o it circulars to every county
in the State, and it is their avowed in- I
tention to leave no stone unturned until
success crow ns their efforts. The Prohibitionists
appear to be more sanguine
than ever before, and they say that the
next Legislature will have to agaiu !
deal with the liquor problem.
Personal appeals will be made to |
the members of the General Assembly,
and before the convening of the Legislature
personal communications will be
sent to every legislator.
Secretary* La.Motte, of the prohibi- j
tion executive committee, in sneaking
abont the work of the prohibitionists,
say 8:
"A devoted Christian woman sojourning
in a distant State writes me
this:
'The faintest hope of success in obtaining
prohibition is exhilarating, for
I have dreaded the renewal of tlu license
system and the reopening of ?he
closed saloons more than I can toK.
May God grant us success.
'I hope the W. C. T. U. will start a
woman's ]>ei.ition to supplement yours,
and that I can help in the only possible
way (prohibition) to save the State
from ruin. *
"I welcome the suggestion," said
Mr. LaMotte, "and hope that the W. U.
T. U. will at once adept it. That small
band of noble, earnest woman can do
tn arn iua fhair nintam throiichoilt
the whole State totho imminence of the
danger which is impending over them
if the licensed saloon instead of prohibition
is to follow the overthrow of the
dispensary.
"Let the mothers and daughters of
our State awaken to the fact that the
restoration jf the licensed saloon means
the ruin, p lj-sicai and moral, for life
and eternity of their own dear ones, and
this knowledge will surely lead them to
work, as true women only know how to
work, for the good of those who are
dear to them."
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AGRICULTURAL IIALL.
It Robs Up Again in the United
States Court.
A special to the Register from
Charleston says the celebrated Agricultural
hall case bobbed up again in
the United States court. A bill in
equity was filed in the clerk's office of
the United States court on the 10th byLdward
B. Wesley, in the case of
Edward B. Wesley against J. E. Tinrial
R R. Tillman. W. D. Mayfield
and Wilie Jones. This suit is brought
on the bonds recently given to the
plaintiff by the defendants. In the
bill Mr. Wesley says: "The present occupants
of the building have committed
great waste upon the said premises
in that they have caused important
alterations to be made therein by
the cutting of the floors, the tearing
off of the partitions, and the erection of
other part tions and alteiations, and
have neglected and failed to make
necessary repairs to the roof and other
portious'of suid building, so that the
said buildiug has unreasonably deteriorated
by leal age and otherwise,
which damages committed tc said
premises amount to Ave thousand dollars.
Thai the rental aud use of the
building from the 7th duyof May, 18U4,
to the pressut time was and still is
SdOO per u outh. That the aggregate
amount of reunifies of the bonds are
inadequate to cover the value of the
use and damages."
Mr. Wesley brings suit to recover the
value of the use a ad damages. The
case will bj heard at the next regular
term of the circuit court
WHOLESALE CATTLE THIEVES. |
The Latest Criminal Sensation In !
Summervllle.
The own irs of stock in SummerviJle
and the lower part of Colleton and
Berkeley omnties have been from time
to time dm ing the past eighteen months
missing numbers of their cattle. It was
supposed at first that the disappearances
were attrilutable to the straying off of
the stock, but becoming more frequent
suspicion was aroused and a sharp
lookout has beeu kept up for the capture
of a supposed organized gang of
thieves operating throughout the section
stated. Although certain parties
have had Btron* suspicion cast upon
them nothing definite could be j
placed against them. Within the last j
month or so the depredations became
more frequent and cattle, sheep and
hogs were driven off at a rapid rate.
Recently about ten head of cattle disappeared
from the immediate neighborhood
of Summerville and subsequently
it was ascertained that they were sold
to a butcher in Charleston who paid the
sellers, it is stated, $8? for them.
Inyestigations being had it was discovered
that these cattle were driven to
Charleston and disposed of by two
young white men, William and James
Plant, who, with their families, reside
| only a few miles from Summerville,
and are well known throughout this seoi
tion of country.
It has been rumored that these'
parties during the past two years have |
sold in Charleston and other places i
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about two hundred neaa 01 came, x ue?e ,
young men have heretofore borne a
good character in the community, and
appear to be hard working and straight-1
forward citizens, and were about the
last upon whom suspicion would have
rested as being implicated in the depredations.
Since this matter has come to
liirht it is 3tated that these parties have
left the community. All necessary pre- j
cautious, however, are being taken to j
insure their capture and bring them to
justice. ?News and Courier.
To Keep Up With Anarchists.
London, Sept. 9.?(By Cable.)?In
response toa request of the government
of the United States authorities at Scotlaud
Yard have been directed by the
British government to furnish information
to the United States authorities
when anarchists are known to be embarking
for the United States.
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Prices of Liquor to Be Reduced to a
Minimum.
| A FEATURE FOR THE FAIR.
Supreme Court Decides an Important
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Railroad Case?Dreud May Go Up in
Charleston.
The State dispensary appears to be
doing a big business these days. Large
shipments have bean made recently,
and the officials at: headqnarters are
kept quite busy filliag the orders from
! the county dispensers. The 7th and 8th
; were big shipment days. On the first
day named $ll,8D7..il worth of liquors
were shipped, and the sales on the 8th
amouuted to 38,000. Col. Vance says
that the orders from count}- dispensaries
continue to come in, aud'that the original
package agents cannot compete to
' - aterially hurt the business of the dispensaries
because he says the liquors
which are sold by tfce State are superior
in grade. It is stated that the board intends
to reduce the prices of liquors for
: no other reason than to try and knock
! out the business of the original package
I establishments. The statement is made
I that the board intends to reduce the
I price of liquor to a minimum with as
, small a profit as is consistent with the
' management of the business, and operate
affairs on this basis for awhile, and
if the sales of the original package
agents increase to such an extent as will
materially interfere with the conduct of
the business, then the board will recommend
to the next Legislature an
I elimination of the profit feature of the
' law.
The Charleston correspondent of the
1 Columbia State, under date of the 9th,
says: Mr. A. C.Kaufman, the enthusiastic
promoter of the Castle Pinckney
: sanitarium, made a trip to Castle
1 Pinckney today for the purpose of look|
ing over the grounds. He was accompanied
by Messrs. Henry Pregnall and
S. Lewis Simons. They studied the
typography of the island and expressed
themselves confident that it was well
adapted for the purpose in view. It
will of course be necessary to build
heavy concrete wall around the
grounds, the mud fiat to the eastward
j furnishing all the filling that will be
I necessary. The island proper is suffici
iently large to erect a commodious and
airy home for the disabled soldiers and
seaman, was the opinion reached by
Messrs. Pregnall and Simons, who
may be considered experts in their particular
professions. Capt Whitley,
who takes care of the lights and buoys,
told the visitors that his family had.
been living there for twenty years and
none of his household has been ill one
day during this time. The healthy and
vigorous appearance of his family certainly
bears out this assertion.
Tiie Supreme Court has decided the
i>,irtant case of R. L. Coleman vs.
toad River township of Lexington
county. Coleman won the case in the
Cif cuit Court, but the Supreme Court
reversed the ruling of the lower court,
so that the township wins the victory.
The suit was for a little over $1,300, interest
claimed on bonds issued by the
township in behalf of the Columbia,
Newerry and Laurens railroad, which
interest came duo before the construction
of the road was completed. The
Supreme Court holds that while there
might be some question as to the meaning
of the words used by the legisln
tiire, the evident intent of an act passed
by it was to expediate the completion
of the road, and that under that
act the township couid not be made to
pay interest on its bonds which had
accrued or matured prior to the construction
of the road.
If the consent of the board of trustees
of Clemson College can be obtained an
exhibition of dairying and cheese making
will be given by the studeDlsat the
State fair this fall. The whole process,
from milking the cows, to separating
the cream from the milk and fiually to
converting it into cheese, will be gone
through with. Secretary Hoilaway,
who is tryiug to secure this feature for
the fair, writes: "l'he acting president
and the agriculturist of the college give
every encouragement that the college
and experimental sta'ion will be better
represented than ever at the fair."
The board of trustees of Furman
University met last veek in the .bap tist
church in Columbia and unanimously
elected Prof. A. P. Montague,
of Washington, D. U.. president of
Furman University o: (ireenville, vice
Dr. Chas. Manly, who resigned several
months ngo. He wai notified by telegram
of his election. The University
opens on the 22nd.
At the meeting of t;ie State Board of
Control in Columbia by a resolution
of the board, the indet tedness of the dispensary
to the State will bo wiped out.
In all 1,200 barrels of liquor were order
ed for next montn.
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Last week refugees from sinall|>ox
came over to Abbeville from Atlanta,
Ga., and in a short time they were
ordered to leave the town by the mayor.
Now the question is asked is there
smallpox in Atlanta?
In the 20 mile Thomas & Barton
handicap road race, a-/Augusta, Ga., B.
P. Youman won seco id time prize und
seventh place place p.'ize. His prizes
were valued at $30.50, and his time was
40 minutes and 35 seconds. j
Dollar wheat may make bread dearer '
in Charleston. '
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The cotton crop in Barnwell county \
has failed very much in the last thirty <
days, and an average crop will not be j
made. The prediction is freely made \
that the crop will be practically bar- i
vested by the middle of October. <
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Mr. W. W. Huckabee. of Camden, ?
had a mule die of hydrophobia a few \
days ago. The auimal was bitten by .
a mad dog la t year. i
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Gen. M. C. Butler has been invited ;
to Nashville, '^enn., to address the ,
Farmers' National Congress on Good
Roads on the 16th_and 13th.
S. C. CROP BULLETIN. I
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Cotton is Opening Rapidly and Picking
is General, With Labor Enough J
Available. i
The following is the crop bulletin as
issued by Section Director Bauer for ,
the week ending Sept 7th:
It is the unanimous opinion of all '
correspondents that the cotton crop will
be much smaller than the condition of j
the plant during July and the first two j
weeks of August promised. The loss i
in condition is greater over the central ,
and eastern counties where the August
squares and young bolls nearly j
all dropped ofT, and where the plant
is, for the most part, apparently
dying, with no appearance of a
top crop, and where rust was most
' ?4 in hnnoTAr IflSS
prevalent. xuoto .? v w. f ? j
shedding and rust this week than last.
Over the western counties, the injury
to the crop was not so marked and many
fields continue to bloom and put on
fruit to a limited extent, especially on
late cfitton. Cotton is opening rapidly
and picking is general, with labor
enough available, generally, to keep
cotton picked out as fast as it opens,
except in places where laborers are
scarce, and the lint is liable to
damage from storms should any
occur. A heavy rain in Union county
damaged open cotton * materially.
The September picking will be
large and in places include about
half the crop on stalks. Sea Island cotton
continues to look very promising
with little shedding during the last
week.
Corn is maturing rapidly and late
corn is turning out better than anticipated.
As yet no corn has been housed.
Fodder pulling is about finished except
from very late corn. The weather favored
curing and housing the fodder in
the yery best condition.
Cutting pea-vine hay made favorable
progress and the crop is a heavy one
generally, although in places the leaver
are falling off excessively. Cuttini
grass for hay is well under way ana
large yields are reported, of good
quality and nicely cured.
TU.. linn-oo* ia liflinc nnohprl And
much of the early crop is cat and
stacked. Some report rice ripening
irregularly with many unfilled heads,
but on the whole the rice crop approximates
a full average. First new
milled rice received at Charleston on
September 2d from the Georgetown
district.
Where sweet potatoes have been dug,
the yield is large, and generally this
crop looks very promising, with some
exceptions.
Grapes are about over, but scuppernongs
are lipening fast and are plenti
fuL
In the trucking districts the fall
vegetables are growing nicely, and
plowing has begun for the winter
plantings.
Sorghum grinding and boiling sap is
still uuderway with some good yields
and some poor ones reported. Sugar
cane is maturing rapidly.
Much rye is being sown in Chester
for winter pasture
THE CORNER-STONE LAID
To Greenwood's Courthouse?The
Contents,
The corner-stone to Greenwood's
courthouse was laid with impressive
MumnniM nn t>lA ftth. Hon.
George Johnstone, of Newberry, was
the orator of the day. His speech was
well prepared and delivered with that
eloquence and fire which one has to
hear and see to be able to fully appreciate.
On the whole, it was an able
Composition, well delivered, ond
perfect harmony with the occasion. His
disquisition on local self government
was a master piece of statesmanship.
In the corner-stone were placed the
following mementoes:
Copy of Holy Bible.
Names of mayor and city council of
Greenwood, S. C.
Names of Greenwood bar.
Names of county officers.
Namo3 of members of Masonic Lodge
No. 91, A. F. M.
Names of building committee.
Barnes of physicians of Greenwood,
S. C.
Names of county board of education.
Pastors of different churches, presidents
and officers of cotton mills, banks
and oil mill..
Superintendent and teachers of Connie
Maxwell Orphanage.
Founder of new counties, Hon. Geo.
D. Tillman.
Orator of the day, Hon. Geo. Johnstone.
Names of choir.
Copy of Greenwood Journal, and
names of its editors.
Ivy leaf from grave of President Jefferson
Davis.
Orbovitae leaf from grave of President
Jefferson L?avis.
Cop> of Richmond Dispatch, souvenir
copy of Confederate reunion.
Bullet from battlefield of Chickamauga.
Bullet from battlefield of Virginia.
On the face of the stone was the following
inscription, on east face:
Erected by the city of
Greenwood.
A. L. .0897.
J. T. Barron, G. M. A. F. M.
On north face:
R. H. Hunt,
Archt.
N. Partee & Co.,
Builders.
On the whole it was a great day in
the history of Greenwood.
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FATE UP ItlFi uiorr.?oani>
The Present Legislature is Set In
Their Ideas, It Seems.
The Charleston News and Courier in
publishing the views of different prominent
Representatives and Senators
from this State, upon the fate of the
iispensary, sums it up as follows in its
third series of letters: "It begins to be
quite evident that a number of the
members of the present legislature are
set in their ideas and are indisposed to
surrender the dispensary scheme, notwithstanding
all the evil it has brought
upon the State. If the United States
Supreme Court stands by Judge Simonton
and Congress stands by the Supreme
Court, then the dispensary will
be abolished at the next session, but if
not, then we will have to elect a uew
legislature before a sane liquor law can
be ens-cted."
ENGLISH HOSPITAL PLAN
Of Erecting Walls Employed on tka / J
New Parker Building.
Should the members of the General
Assembly visit the State hospital for the
insaue when they are in session in Co- . fcflM
lumbia next winter, they will see suche :
building as they little dreamed could be : frg
erected with the meagre appropriation
made for that purpose at their la^t ses- .ySS
eion. It is the Parker buildiug. Though >$!
not complete, the walls have been laid ,
high enough to give an excellent impression
of how the building will look. . >?
The walls ha^e been built to the height
of three stories and enough brick are on
hand to complete them.
In constructing the walls a different S.'Sj
plan is being pursued from that usually
followed. This difference consists in
leaving a cavity of 3 inches between tha
outer layer of brick and the inner layers. v
liie object is twofold. in ttie nrst piace ^71
daring a long continued rain brick walls -r 'i
absorb much moisture aud the interior fyfa
of a building becomes damp, but with
this cavity there is an inner and an outer
wall, as it were, and the dampness only
penetrates the outer. Dryness is there- fore
secured. In the second plaee it
promotes coolness in the summer. It 1
is known as the English hospital plan,
and saves brick without weakening the
. When completed the building will af- .
ford accommodation for 2.*>0 colored AjSj
male patients, though the number
receiving treatment is not so large as
Dr. Babcock expects to get the build*
ing ready for occupancy within a few .
weeks. ?The State.
REMOVAL OP THE CONSTABLES ^
Said to Account for McLaurtn's Large
Vote?Alleged Deal.
The following special from Charleston
appears in the New York Evening ?jjga
Post of the 7th inst:
There is an intimate connection bebetween
the recent Senatorial primary i.?0
and the formal announcement that the
State constabulary system is to be
abandoned on October 1st, except in
tne country districts wnere mere m 110 */?&
local police. This system was estab- " . &
lished as an adjunct of the dispensary, ..'Otg|
the excuse for it being the claim that ' wi
the local police forces could not be j Vjj
trusted to enforce the law. It quickly
became a political machine, and its
members were generally of an nnprincipled
class, whose spying and
searching of citizens' houses for con- '
traband liquor became almost unbeara- ?1
ble. The system cost the State over ' TaJ
$50,000 a year, and its continuance V<j
would render the dispensary unprofitable
in the competition in the original
package stores. That was a good reason H?
for its discontinuance, but its abandonment
was given a political turn in the -jj|
interest of McLaurin.
Governor Ellerbe desired the election
of McLaurin and on the day preceding 'rbS
the primary word was quietly passea d
among the conservative (anti-Tillman) , ; 7
Democrats that if McT.aurin won the *
constables would be Withdrawn. Thus ' %
McLaurin's large majority is explained.
If the conservative Democrats had di- .a
vided their votes between the three
candidates, according to personal pre- A
ferences, there would have been no
flection in the first primary, and Till- <
man, with his enemies divided, would
have remained a power in the State. As .-*s
it is there is an end to factionalism and Jm
Tillman is no longer a dictator.
XEW KAlLKOAD PROJECT. v
v Lino From Honea Path to Pled- -"-pB
mont and Greenvi It*.
An important railroad meeting waa
bold at Honea Path on the 10th, the ob- Jj
ject being to build a line from Abbe- . j|
villo to Piedmont, the objective point'
being Greenville. Pelzer was represonted
by Captain Smythl and Piedrnuut
by Col. Orr, presidents of tne
cotton factories at the two ooints. There *.m
wcr? also representatives from the '
various points along the contomplated 1?
line, together with a delegation from
Greenville, at the meeting. A prae- tta
tioal cash subscription of gloO.OOO waa tM*
made and an executive committee ap- ?
pointed to carry out the objects of the
meeting. Greenville is specially inforested
in this iiue, as it will tap the
Seaboard Air Line and prevent any -f
possible ''bottling up" of this citv
hv the roads already completed to this r,jg|
irom the interest shown at Honea tMj
arn, the new line is almost certain to
he built to Piedmont, and only eleven
miles more will bring the road to
Greenville.?The Register.
THE LEASE QUESTION
Of the North Carolina R. R. Argued
at Salisbury.
Hon. Kerr Craige, special master to
hear and roport evidence as to the issua
of fraud in the lease of the North Caro- q
lina Railroad, to Jndge Simontos, "jS
heard further testimony in the case, in
the court house at Salisbury, N. O., on ''SSI
the 7th.
The following attorneys were prea- ; ^
ent: G. H. Bason and l\ H. Busbee, v
representing the Sonthern Railway
Company; K. H. Battle, representing
the Central Trust Company, of New # ,
York; Armistead Burwell and J. S.
Manning, for the old board of directors tJjjS
of the North Carolina Railroad; A. C.
Avery, W. H. Day, P. W. Averitt and Gjw
W. C. Douglas, for Russell, the new ,'.;aH
board, and Walser.
Besides these eminent attorneys,
there were present Hon. F.lias Carr, exGovernor
of this State; S. B. Alexander,
president of the old board of directors
of the North Car&lina Railroad;
Dr. R. M. Norment, president of the JH
new board; Mr. D. A, Tompkins, of J
Charlotte, and a number of witnesses .i-J
summoned by the master.
No written or other deposition of
President Hoffman, of the Seaboard
Air Line, or of Col. A. B. Andrews was
offered.
The most striking feature in the evidence
was the production by ex-Jndge
Avery of the minutes of the board,
wherein, as alleged, vouchers are established,
showing the use of ?2,000 for , <*8
lease-buying purposes. Another minute,
it is said, authorized President
Alexander to bring the board to trial o
during the session of the Legislature at , . $
the expense of the North Carolina Railroad.
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