Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BUILT BY CONVICTS. (EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS ON ROADS tN THE SOUTH. I | ^ . fXfttvrs of the Different States on Thi* Subject?How tlie Convicts Work . on the Public Highways?Cost oT j K. I .Maintaining Them. ' The use of convict labor in public 'j ffoadbuilding is most largely practiced jjp the states of Georgia, Tennessee, {(Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina land- Kentucky in the order named, writes A. J. Holmes in the yearbook of the department of agriculture. In (Virginia, where only twenty-three conjvicts are reported as having been used jon the public roads of the state, and these confined to four counties, and in Alabama, where only twenty-five conjvicts are reported as being used on the (public roads in two counties, the sys' -u" j? ii- : ? e Ao jiem is sun in its imauv^. iu ^Florida. Louisiana and Mississippi the system has been more largely adopted. . In the states of Virginia. West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, .Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Georgia j 31pP|s^'' CONVICTS BUILDING A ROAD. prisoners convicted cf misdemeanors only may be assigned to work on the public roads, and for these the sentence does not usually exceed a year, which, .when the costs are added, may be thereby extended to nearly two years in extreme cases. In Alabama, in a few cases, all ablebodied male prisoners whose terms of sentence do not exceed two years may be assigned to work on the public roads. In South Carolina this limit is extended to five years and in North Carolina to ten years. The experience in North Carolina during the past ten years has shown that ad the ablebodied male prisoners whose terms of sentence do not exceed jten years may be successfully employled at the ordinary work of highway \ improvement. Many sucb prisoners in . different southern states whose terms of sentence range between one and ten years are now employed under either the lease or contract system or under state control, and are working on farms or in mines and factories. All of these might be employed in Improving the public highways. The expense entailed would not be great, the difficulties which seem to stand in the way would disappear in practice, and the result would be, of Incalculable benefit in helping along industrial and educational development in each of these states. As a rule, it has not been found economical to work convicts on the public roads when the squad consisted of less than eight or ten men. It is customary to have one guard for each ten or fifteen men, aDd of course this one guard would be necessary even were there only, one or two men in the squad. In addition to the guards, there Is usually ^superintendent of the work; consequently this work is carried on most efficiently when the road force or camp contains from thirty to fifty men. When the number of convicts to be employed on the roads in any county is more than fifty or sixty, it has been found better to divide the force into two squads or camps, each having its own local superintendent and guards. It is usually urged against this system of roadbuilding that it offers too many opportunities for the escape of prisoners. Experience in many counties, however, has shown that the average annual escapes amount to less than 2 per cent, and the few who do escape are usually recaptured within a day or two. A comparison of the figures given with similar figures for hired labor shows that the cost of convict labor in ?evcral states ranges from one-third to one-half that of the hired labor employed on the public roads in those states. In the two Carolinas and Georgia. where the road work is carried on with great efficiency, the cost of maintaining and guarding the convicts at ,won: on ine puunc ruaus ranges iu uia:iy counties from 20 to 00 cents per convict per day and is even considerably Je*s than the cost of feeding them in the connty jail. Morning and evening the prisoners are inarched along the road from and to their temporary quarters, which consist usually of either heavy, larg* tents, portable houses on wheels or structures either of wood or corrugated iron built in sections so they can Iki easily taken to pieces, removed ami set up again. In order to facilitate their being safely guarded during the night without too great risk and expense each prisoner i itvbon he goes to bed has cither one foot or one hand fastened loosely to a chain or rod. from which ho can l>o easily released, the following morning. It lias been the general verdict from thq various counties in the southern states wb'U'c convict labor is employed in road building to any considerable extent that in both efficiency and cheapness it is decidedly superior to such free labor as is ordinarily available There for this wor*. Uhere Was o Unnecessary 'Delay There had been trouble between Mr. William Scott and Mr. Samuel Brown at Red Dog City, and Mr. William Scott started out one evening to locate the exact whereabouts of the other gentleman. When be had done so, he bustled into the saloon with the re- j mark: "Sorry to disturb anybody, but I'll get through with this matter as quick | as possible." | He had scarcely entered when there j was a pop! pop! pop! lasting for sixty I seconds. Then the fusillade ceased. I and the smoke lifted up to reveal two dead men lying on the floor. "Boys," said the saloonist to the men who crowded in. "it was a fair fout . and a genteel fout. They died like reg'lar gentlemen." The crowd stared at the faces of the dead and nodded approval. "And they shall be buried like gen fiaTMtui " mnHnnort + ha mnn. "Here. L.C1X1V.11, vvjutiMuvv* % ? w ? you Chinese heathen, take this dollar : and go out and dig two holes and plant ! these gentlemen on their backs and ; - give 'em elbow room to shake hands in the next worl(l!" M. QUAD. ?An Ear Fcr Music." ?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Overheard Tn a Can Store. Desperate Looking Party?1 want to buy a revolver. Dealer?Yes, sir. Here's the three latest styles. This plain, substantial arm is much used for self defense; this silver mounted one, with pearl handle, is used for shooting sweethearts, and this cheap, common affair is usually used to shoot wives. It's very popular just now.?Baltimore American. Unconscious From Croup. During & sudden and terrible attack of croup our little girl was unconscious from strangulation, says A. L Spafford, postmaster, Chester, Mich., and a dose of One .Minute C)ugh Cure was administered and repeated often. It reduced the swelling and iDflimm&tion, cut the mucus and shortly the child was resting easv and speedily recovered. It cures Coughs, Colds, LsGrippe, sod all Throat and Lung troubles. One Minute Cough Cure lingers in the throat 8nd chest and enables the lungs to contribute pure, healthgiving oxygen to the blcod. Kaufmann Drug Co. Hoeey From the Spellias Bee. Churchman?We had a spelling bee at the church last week. The pastor gave out the words. Did you hear about it? Asemu?No. Was it interesting? Churchman?Rather. The first three words he gave out were "increase," pastor," "salary."?Philadelphia Press. Very Strange. Tourist?I must move. I couldn't get a wink of sleep all night 011 account of a baby in the next room that cried all night. Waiter?I don't understand that. The parents slept in the same room, and they never heard it.?Nordiske Blade. Thoroughly Reliable. "So you have a system by which you can't lose at roulette?" "I have." answered the thrifty young nobleman. "1 get other people to snb- 1 scribe the money and charge them a commission for playing it at Monte Carlo."?Washington Times. The In<toi?itive Foreigner. "Yes," said Mrs. Flasherleigb, smiling sweetly upon the barou. "my daughter once took a prize at a baby show." "Ah!" the nobleman answered. "How lofely! Vas it for vot you call fatness or der strongest lungs?"?Chicago Uecord-Hcrald. Comi^rlng Notes. Neighbor?It costs a great deal to raise a boy these days. Mr. Tucker (father of Tommy)?My experience is that it doesn't cost as much to raise a boy as it does to sup i, r- * rn. yress uuu.? C'i*ti*r For Congratulation. "I the dinner was a great success." ' "The t>est yet. All tbe people we invited first declined, and we bad a chance to ask those we really wanted." ?Town Topics. The crowned heade of every Daticn, The rich men, poor men and misers All j ud in p??viDP tribute to DeWitt's Little Early Risers. H Williamp, Stn Antonir, Tex, write*: Little Early Rher Pills are the best I ever used in mv family. I unhesitatingly recommend them to everybody. Tbey cure Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, malaria aDd all othei liver troubles. Kaufmann Drug Co Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. mmmmammmtmmmmmmmmmmmummmmmmmmmmarnm ?Kttl LIFE'S ST STAKE The most timid man will take any chance of escape. The slender rope dropped down the precipice, the slippery log over the abyss, any thing * that offers a chance of life, is eagerly snatched at. The end the man seeks is safety. He cares nothing i for the means to I There are thou- jdj? sands of men and women whose faraaL lives are at stake,m who are hindered SA from accepting the one means of ( safety by foolish /y j Doctor Pierce's jIjifl Golden Medical ^ Discovery has Sgra ^^2^) been the means of raja restoring health /TH / to many men and fr / J///! fu\ women whose hoi- f ill jy/ fT f low cough bleed- \///jl flyVr / ing lungs, ema- y/jf/// f// / ciation and weak- S'/ffly J/// I I iiess sccuitii Lvy v _ ,,, warrant the statement of local phv- F? sicians "There is W,M I no cure possible." w " (j Why should prejudice against a put-up medicine hinder you from trying what has cured thousands of suffering men and women? "Only for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery I think I would be in ray grave to-day," writes Mr. Moses Miles, of Hilliard, Uinta Co., Wyoming. "I had asthma so bad I could not sleep at night and was compelled to give up work. It affected my lungs so that I coughed all the time, both day and night. My friends all thought I had consumption. My wife had taken Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and it had helped her so much she insisted on my trying his ' Golden Medical Discovery '?which I did. I have taken four bottles and am now a well man, weighing 185 pounds, thanks to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery." The sole motive for substitution is to permit the dealer to make the little more Drofit paid by the sale of less meritorious medicines. He gains; you lose. v. FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS. The Good Rosds Cause and Its 3Iany Allies. Ill years past every bicyclist lias been the champion of the good roads movement, but with the decadence of the use of the wheel for sport he has ceased to be as active a factor as heretofore. .His influence, however, is in the direction of highway improvement, and he is stili an able ally. The automobilist has taken up the cause with greater energy than the bicyclist and with an influence more potent because of the longer purse | strings at his command. Every auto- | moDinsr is an earnest any ui tue movt?ment. The farmer should, above all others, be the strongest ally of good roads because of the greater self interest to him in their use for hauling his produce to market economically and at any season of the year when the market is the most favorable, says Good Roads Magazine. The problem, however, Is not as yet properly understood and appreciated by him, but it is encouraging to note the awakening that is surely In progress. He will be one of the strongest of allies as soon as he is made to see how the road question affects his pocketbook and Indeed his entire existence. Good roads wherever built are their own best advocates, for it does not take a community long to see and ap A ? * 1 T _ .L * _ preciare ineir raiue. i*ei more sampie roads be built, for as a matter of education they are better than theory, and nothing can do more real good. It should be but a short time before the period of forming public opinion is considered a thing of the past and the practical work of more extensive roadbuilding be begun. The cause has most powerful allies, and these allies are growing in number and strength every day. Finds Way to Live Long. The startling announcement of a Discovery that will surely lengthen life is made by editor 0. H. Downey, of Cburubusco, lad. "I wish to state,1' he writes, "that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption is the mo9t infallible remedy that I have ever known for Coughs, Colds and Grip. It's invaluable to people with weak luugs. Having this wonderful medicine no odo ueed dread Pn&umonia or Consumption. Its relief is instant and cure certain." Kaufmaon Drug Co , guarantee every 50c an j $1-00 bottle, and give trial bottles free. MonnieMKUMi. "I wouldn't say anything unkind to a person behind his back." said Maud. "Neither would I," answered Mamie. "I'd rather say it where he can hear it, so as to have the fun of seeing hini get angry."?Washington Star. Only Possible Reason. "Yes," said the sweet young thing proudly. "I've never been kissed by a man in my life." "You ought to quit eating onions," said the old bachelor sourly.?Chicago Tribune. Different Locality. | . i'! Mother?Tlicro! I hope I've iia- ! pressed on your mind ? Willi"- - Hut it w asn't my mind, ma.? San Franeisco Kxainiuer. aids roadbuilders. Washington Laboratory Tests Illghwaj Materials Free of Charge. The read material laboratory, which was established in December, 1000, In co-operation with the office of public road inquiries, tests road materials of all descriptions free of charge for practical roadbuilders throughout the country, says the secretary of agriculture in his annual report. Those interested in the construction of a read have only to send samples of their available materials to this laboratory and have the roadmaking qualities of these materials determined. In the case of materials for macadam roads the resistance of wear to rock, its cementing value, hardness, toughness and absorptivencss are determined. After such tests are made it is possible to predict which material will give the best practical results under a given traffic. Onlv nractical roadbuilders of much experience realize the large amount of money which can he wasted through an improper selection of material. There are generally several materials available in every locality, and the difficulty of selecting the most suitable for a particular road is evident. The only way a proper selection can be made within a reasonable time is by means of physical and chemical laboratory tests. The laboratory is now equipped for the testing of road materials of every description as well as cement and concrete for drains and highway bridges. The large number of samples received from all parts of the country, including our island possessions, attest the value which practical roadbuilders place upon these laboratory tests. TUP NARROW TIRP PV1I Good Roads Spoiled and Cost of Maintenance Increased. It is worse than useless to build good roads only to Lave them cut to pieces by the use of narrow tires in hauling heavy loads. Wide tires help to preserve ordinary dirt roads and are therefore of the greatest value to them. To change at once to wide tires would no doubt be a hardship on some owners of vehicles, says Good Roads Magazine, but this is a point that can be worked out and adjusted so that the expense will not be burdensome. Vehicle owners should be educated to see that it is to their interests to have wide tires, as the use of them makes fewer repairs necessary, thus reducing the expense of maintenance, and besides enables larger loads to be hauled with the same number of horses. Every state should pass a law making wide tires compulsory. In France and other parts of Europe tires as wide as six inches are in use, and as the front axle is shorter than the rear the load passing over the road gives twenty-four inches of road roller surface all the time. Let us have agitation on the subject and legislation will follow. Improve the Mountain Roads. The question of improving mountain roads is an important one and should receive Its proper amount of attention. Good wagon roads and good trails to ride and walk over are essential to tourists in this country who wish to behold the beauties of mountain scenery. In Switzerland the importance of this Is realized, says Good Roads Magazine, and roads have accordingly been Improved. It is to be hoped that similar measures will be taken in'this country. Good Plan For Road Improvement. A Florida exchange makes the suggestion to its readers that the residents of Eustis, In that state, hold a gala or c-ood roads week, during which as many as possible of the townspeople will take a week off and work on the roads, making it a sort of festival occasion, when the women will provide refreshments. This plan was adopted with much success a few years ago in the construction of cycle paths In Minneapolis and St. Paul. Wanted. "We would like to ask, through the columns of your paper, if there is any person who has used Green's August Flower for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble that has not been cured?and we also mean their results, such as sour stomach, fermentation of food, habitual costivenesB, nervous dyspepsia, headaches, despondent feeliDge, sleeplessness?in fact, any trouble connected with the stomach or livei? This medicine has been sold for many years in all civilized countries, and we wish to correspond with you and send you one of oar books free of cost. If you never tried August r\r- i. L-lil. ITlower, try a zd eent uuiue urou We have never known of its failing. If so. something more serions is the matter with yon. The 25 cent size has just been introduced this year. Regalar size 75 eents. At all druggists. G. G Greem Woodbury, N. J. M?*lprU liliu OIK. ''Hew did he happen 10 back her as a star in that new piny':" "Oh, she overheard him one day singing 'i Want to P.c an Angel' and helped him have his wish."?Philadelphia Jtnlletin. Btfoilin*;" Pntients. Caspar?Among the ancient doctors Wooding the patient was the first operation in treating a ease. Charlb?And now it's the last.-Harvard Lampoon. Tbe awful pangs of rheumatism *re quickly relieved by an applicati >n of Ramon's Nerve and Bone O 1. Large bottlee. with directions, 23 cent6. Hftrman'a Bazaar. jaawpa????mmmmgoo? rjara?Mumlli iiid'?w Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discourages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor tand cheerfulness soon disappear when the kidneys are out of order ' or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncommon for a child to be born ' afflicted with weak kidneys. If the child urin __ . . ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidnevs and bladder and nnt tn a hahif- an most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miserable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- _ ^ cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- Home of Swamp-Root.. ing all about it, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. ON TH' TRAIN. When me an' my pa took a trip on th' ears From here clean t' Kansas, one time. We slep' in a sleeper both nights on th' way. An' pa gived th' porter a dime! We done lots of tilings that big travelers dees. An' p:i wasn't rattled a grain. , But one thing I 'member th" best of all A feller we met on th' train. That feller had traveled th' awfullest lot! He'd been t' Tacomy an' back; He'd been t' El Paso one time when his train Runned into another, right smack; He'd et in th' diner till things didn't taste No good 'cause they served 'em too plain. I wish I wuz half as well posted as him? Th' feller we met on th' train! He set an* told pa of th' times he had bluffed Conductors an' brakemen an' all An' made 'em take tickets 'at wasn't no good; "Jist done it," he said, "on my gall." He'd fooled th' train robbers?'twasn't no trick; , These skeered people give 'im a pain. Jly pa set an' looked an' jist listened t' him. This feller we met on th' train. I said t' my pa when th' feller got off, "I wisht we'd been t' places that way." An* pa he jist smiled kind of pitiful like An' didn't have nothin' t' say. But when we got home I wuz telli.i' th' folks. An' pa said; "Let up on that ct?ain. When you git as old as your pa, you'll fergit Th* liars vou meet on th' train." ?Baltimore American. r Heads Should Never Ache. Never endure tbie trouble. Use at once the remedy that stopped it for Mrs. N. A Webster, of Winnie, Ya, she writes "Dr. King's New Life Pills wholly cured me of sick headaches I had suffered from for two years." Care Headache, Constipation, Biliousness. 25c, at Kaufmann Drug Co. flitting In HI* Coal. f 1 1 "Put in any coal yet? "Yes. I just deposited fifteen scuttles in the safe deposit vaults/'?New York Evening Journal. MJ?s Miami and the Alarm Clock. "I were sorry to do it," said Miss Miami Brown as she completed her task of demolishing a timepiece with a rolling pin. "I were mighty sorry to do it 'cause it were a present." J* n *-* o)r?T*m />!a/?L* V \\ ?l ry it Uii n*ui in V.IWU . '*1 Beckon it were. It bad mc skyabt mos' to death. De lady whah I'ze in service done toP me it 'lid lie'p me get up in de mo'ninV "Didn't itV "I should say it did. It done boos-' j me mas' thoo de roof. An' I didn't lose 110 time gittin' rid of it. If it made all J dat 'sturbnnce at (J o'clock, when it j come to strikin* 12 dar wouldn't be i imltin' less dan a 'gplosioti."?Washiugi ton Star. Greenville, Tenn. I # 7 I have thoroughly convinced myj self that Dr. Baker's Blood and j Liver Cure is the finest medicine | made for Indigestion and Constipa| tion. (I have tried them all) and was cured by the use of this medij cine, after all otherR had failed. I i most cheerfully and r.nhesitatingly : endorse it. Yours truly, H. N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at the Bazaar. GAB DEN SEED, at the B azaar. HTTTlW ym l Urwr iTTTi P??* TAX RETURNS! iN ACc 0I1DANCE WITH THE LAW in reference to the re-assessment and taxation oI property. the / uditor, or hi? .. ssistant, will be aLd attend tno Jol owic^ named places for the purpose ol eceiviog :ax returns for the ti cal year 1903. aDd in order to meet the next appointment, the hour will close at 11:30 in the morning ami at 4 o'clock in the atemoon; taxpayer* will, therefore, be prompt l - meeting the appointments so as not to cause delay. Taxpayers will please come prepared to give the came of their township and number of school district wherein they reside: From ti e 1st to the 12th day ot January, 1903, at Lexington, 0. H. Batesburg. January 28, ail day. Lteeville, January 29 all day. Summit. January 30 mornii g Ltwitdale, January 30. afternoon. Barr's Landing. January 31, morniDg. J. J. Weswitiger, F- bruary 2, morning. Josh Shealy, February 2 altcrnoon. Chapin, February 3. all day. Cross Loads, February 4 morning. Peak, February 4, atternoan. rank, February o. morning. Sumuk Mill, Fcbroa?y 5. afternoon. Hilton, February 6, morning. Wmte Rock, February G, aiternoon. Mrs. Mary Hnsby. February 7, morning. Ballentine, February 7, alternocn. Irmo, February 9, all day. K. T. Hook February 10 morning. Lexingion C. H , from the 10th to the 20th of February. iSection 2 0 cf the law in reference to the assessment of taxes, (Revised Statutes,* reads as follows: All proptr'.y shall be valued for taxation at its true value in money, which in all cases not specially provided for by law, shall be held to be as follows, to wit: For m personal property the usual selling pricefon f che usual terms of similar property at administrator's or executor's sale, at the place where the return i-. made;and for real property, the usual selling price on the usual terms of similar property at sales for partition under or. er of coart, at the place fhere the return is to be made If there is r\r\ 71cr>o 1 cn 11 innr of n?V>of io h "V r,xj.av IO uuuestly believed could he obtained for the sume at a fair sale under the conditions above mentioned It shall be the duty of each owner of lands, aod of any new structures tberson which shall not have been appraised for taxation, to list the same lor taxation with he County Auditor lor the Count} in which r-hey mav be situated on or betore the 20th day of February next, after the same s.all become subject to taxation Section 6 That from and after the passage of tbis - ct, tnere shall be assessed upon all taxable polls in this State a tax of one dollar on each poll, the proceeds of which tax shall be applied solely to educational purposes. R?ery male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty >ears. except those incapable uf earning a support, lrom beine maimed or from other causes, and except those who are made exempt by law. shall be deemed taxable polls. All returns lor taxation mast be filed with the Auditor not later than February 20th, 1903, as after that date the law requires aa addition of iU per cent, to the last year's returns. Township Boards of Assessors will meet at some convenient place in their respective township on Tuesday, March 3, 1903. County Board of Equalization will meet at the Auditor's office on Tuesday, March 24, 1S03, at 10 o'clock a. m. G. A. DERRICK, Auditor of Lexington County. TH? PROOF OF THE M IfmHa.n I A VtIBi rJUUiWli lo i HE EATING. THEPEOOF OF THE MEDICINE IS THE TAKING. HILTON'S LIFE FOR THE LIVER AM KIDNEYS will verilj every claim made lor it. Test it by a trial of a 253. bottle. It makes last lri^nds wherever once used, arid becomes the medioine of the household. ? T is pleasant to take, acts pleasantly and causes one to feel pleasant It is the best and quickest remedy for the cure of kidney trouoles, lame baek. disordered liver and any derangement of the stomach and bowels. BOTTLES, 25c,, 50c. and $1.00. Wholesale by the MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. For Sale at THE BAZAAR. Mav 15?lv. j llill . Will Practice in all Court?, kaufmann building. LEXINGTON, S C On the 18th day of October, we formed acc-partnership for the practice of law. We will be pleased to receive those having legal busine-s to be attended to at oar office is the Kaufmann bailding at any time. Respectfully. j. wm thurmond. g bell timmebmax, October 22, 19C2.?ly. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CflEDITOBS All persons indebted to the Estate of D. Drayton Long, deceased. wji make payment on or before the 10th of February, 1903, and those having demands of any kind against the said Estate will present the same, duly attested, to ike undersigned as Executors. WALTER D, LONG, john f. long. EDWARD L. LONG, Wm. D. LONG, TH0MA8 C LONG, Executors. January 8. 1903. 3wl2. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby forewarned against trespassing upon my lands fcnowas the "Old Kreps Place" ^ in any manner whatever. The law will be enforced 110 matter who the violator may be. MRS. GEORGE W. PRICE. January 14, ]903. 4wl3. pd. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys tones up the stomach.