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AT BBOOSLAND.
Sfe-.-, Petitions Presented For and Againsl
its Establishment?Prohibitionists
in the Lead.
?|| Monday quite a crowd from Brook&
land appeared before the dispensary
board and presented petitions for and
against the establishment of a dispen?ary
in that town. The prohibitionists
were largely in the majority, so
far as the delegation was concerned,
I I having among their number ladies
p -qf the Woman's Christian Temperit
ance Union.
Those* who appeared against the
dispensary were: Revs. S. R. Bass
and J. C. Holly, Mr. Wallace, superintendent
of the Duck mill, G. A.
Guignard, A. D. Shull, Jas. Mims, S.
A. Moak and Mrs. Inez L. Glenn and
Mrs. L. A. Havnesworth, while Capt.
R. L. Shuler, B. B. Swygert and Mr.
Thornhill represented the dispensary.
Mr. Wallace clearly showed in his
remarks that the dispensary was not
wanted in Brookland, leither by the
officials of the mill or the laborers.
He pointed out the evils that would
naturally follow the establishment ol
a dispensary.
Rev. Bass followed with a strong
amm! nw\kiki'Krtn OTI/t llAolftrAH
oppccu 1VH pivuwiwvu wi4v* w?
that the majority of the citizen? were
opposed to having a dispensary in
Brookland.
Rev. J. C. Holly, pastor of the
f f Methodist church, followed Rev. Bass.
. He is a man of .pleasing personality,
* toent ^ eloqne=t speaker, and In
y \ ^ words that most have appealed to all
%- ,r who heard him, told of the curse that
^ f a dispensary would bring upon Brookland.
Their fight was a ''moral one;
y': nobody questions the revenue part."
^ y Brookland had always gotten along
^ V nicely without the dispensary, and
: y could continue to do so. That those
in favor of the institution worked all
manner of schemes to get petitioners
on their list; worked secretly and
f underhanded. fx"ie speaker closed
with an eloquent appeal to the board
not to throat the dispensary upon
them because they had the power to
do so. "In the name of all that is
noble and good," went on the speaker,
"I ask yon. Sirs, as honorable, Godfearing
Christian men, who have the
fntnre welfare of your county at heart,
not to pat this corse and breeder oi
crime upon a people that don't wan1
it, because yon are clothed with the
power to do so." '
Mrs. Inez Glenn, president of the
Woman's Christian Union, beggec
the board on behalf of the women noi
to establish a whiskey mill in Brook
land. Many a happy home has beei
forever blasted by whiskey.
Mr. G. A. Gnignard, one of the mos1
successful financiers and largest prop
erty owners in the county, said thai
he was no speaker, bnt he wanted tx
make his protest against the estab
lishment of a dispensary at Brook
land. He said that the strong shoulc
protect the weak; that the men whe
drink whiskey, as a role, are th<
wage earners?the day laborers, whe
need thdir money for clothes and sup
plies. * This is the class of people w<
* want to protect, gentlemen." Mr
Gnignard is not a speaker, bnt he is i
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man of deep tnougns ana maae <
strong, common-sense argumen
the dispensary.
Mrs. Thomwell also spoke again s
the dispensary in behalf of the wivei
and daughters of Brookland.
r CAPT. R. L. SHULER.
Capt. R. L. Shuler was the first U
champion the cause of the dispensary
He first replied to the statement o:
Mr. Holly relative to the underhandec
work of tfie dispensary advocates anc
declared if there was any underhandec
work he was not aware of it. He ad
mitted thatit was no moral issue witl
the dispensary advocates; it was the
revenue that they wanted to be ex
pended for the improvement of thei]
town. That lexington and othei
towns in the county much smalle]
than Brookland, were getting a bif
revenue from the dispensary; the}
wanted it too?the property owner*
wanted it.
Right here Mr. Addy, of the board
wanted to ^now if the petitioners
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ON THE STREET,
: R. T. Wescott Shot Down on His Wa]
to Work in City of Columbia.
Columbia has had another tragedy
as mysterious, deplorable and start
ling as has ever occurred in that city
Thursday morning just at dawn Mr
R. T. Wescott, who resides in Shan
don and runs a meat market in the
city, was shot down on the street no1
far from where the terrible tragedy oj
a few weeks ago when Chas. B. Greer
killed Edgar Marshall and was himself
slain, occurred, his dead bodj
beincr found bv his son who was ore
ceding his father to help him deliyei
meat. The news quickly spread ovei
the city and it was not long before
the sheriff, coroner and other officers
were on the scene. Everybody in the
community heard the shots, but like
in the Marshall-Green case, paid nc
attention as it is nothing unusual tc
hear pistol .reports in the section
i where the crime was committed.
; It is believed that Mr. Wescott hac
i a large sum of money on his person
at the time he was killed, as the daj
. previous was the first day of th
! month when collections are usually
good. However, when his b6dy was
; discovered only 60 cents in small
. change was found in his pockets, whicl
I goes to prove that the motive of the
crime was robbery.
On Friday a young white man bj
the name of Gardner, whose reputa
tion is bad and who has been a frequent
visitor at police court, was
. arrested upon a warrant sworn out bj
the father-in-law of WeScott, charg
r ing him with the crime. He is still
held by the police for further investi
gation when the coroner again takes
up the case Friday night.
Kaw County Petition Filed.
Colombia, May 6.?The amendec
| petition for the election upon the for
mulation of Edisto county, of whicl
Wagner is to be the county seat, hai
been filed with the governos, and h<
has appointed the following commie
sioners; W. Q. Jackson, of Swansea
* Lexington county; Russell Poole o
1 Neece's, Orangeburg county; D. L
' Gantt, of Wagner, Aiken county
Three other commissioners from th<
three counties will be appointed out
side of the territory proposed to to
. included in the new county.
Little Horace Marvin Found.
The dead body of little Horaci
Marvin, who disappeared from hi
father's f&rm in Delaware on Marcl
4th, was found Saturday afternoon ii
a marsh in a fair state of preservation
It is thought now that the child wan
dered off and was not kidnapped ai
was first thought.
were qualified voters, to whieh bofcl
i * ii . l i.i -j. _ _ _
. sides repiiea Lnac tney were noc posi
I tive as to all the signers. But, as ;
j matter of fact, they are not all quali
5 fied voters.
j Mr. Thornhill said that everybody
. kicked about taxes being so high. H<
3 said that the bridge toll to Columbia
for liquor alone amounted to mori
i than $1500 a year and of this amoun
l the people of Brookland contributed
^ at least $1,000. He said that rich an<
poor high and low, all drank whiskey
k that he took a drink himself when hi
8 felt like it. The town and county
alike needs the revenue. Brooklan<
is the largest town in the county an<
needs the dispensary most. Is ii
} favor of liquor; plenty of it here whei
* he came into the world and he hope<
* plenty of it would be here when th<
* final summons came.
* Mr. Swygert said the town wa
i Without lights and needed the liquo
- money.
* This ended the discussion and th<
J petitions were filed with the board
In the absence of one of its mem
p bers yesterday, the chairman of th
r board declined to give out for publi
r cation the number of signers for am
? against the dispensary, but it is gen
1 erally eonceded that the prohibition
5 ists are largely in the majority.
The board will meet again Monday
? at which time they will announce
s their decision.
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I F. W. OSWALD, ALFRED J. I
I President. C
The Civil War at a Glance.
, The American Civil war was the
, greatest conflict at arms*in the history
t of the human race. The American
Revolutionary war, which lasted
I nearly twice as long, was a series of
L mere skirmishes compared with the
r struggle of the early sixties. Battles
, were fought during the civil war, now
r known only to the mustiest of his}
torians or to local tradition or recoils
lection, which exceeded in the forces
L engaged and surpassed in the carnage
, resulting some of the most important
actions during the struggle for inde
r pendence. The number of battles
fought greatly exceeded the number
incident to any single European war.
^ The firing line .was a thousand miles
r long. , Nearly 4,000,0p0 men were engaged.
More than 500,000 men were
killed in action or died from wounds
or disease. In practically every respect
the war of 1861-65 was the bigi
gest and bloodiest of all time.
This' stupendous struggle embraced
so many ramifications of incident that
a complete history of .the whole is
j utterly impossible. Historians have
been able only to "Hit the high spots"
1 for want of space and lack of time
3 and endurance to sift and chronicle
3 all the interesting facts.
We do not know even how many
# battles were fought. This Ciin be
f only approximated. In the govern.
ment's "Chronological List of Battles"
. the number exceeds 2,200. But the
e bureau of pensions has an alphabeti.
cal list of engagements, including
. skirmishes and such other minor acD
tions as were deemed sufficiently important
to note. This list contains
more than 6,800 engagements.
About 2,800,000 Union soldiers were
5 enlisted during the war.. The Coufed3
erate records are very incomplete,
a many of them having been lost or de2
stroyed. It is estimated that the
numbers engaged on that side of the
. conflict were not far short of 700,000
3 men*. These figures do not include
the considerable numbers or irregular
combatants on each side, many of
" whom were not officially enrolled,
h War department records show 359,
528 deaths from all causes in the Union
a armies during the war. In proportion
- to strength of forces engaged the Confederate
losses were equally -severe.
y In the absence of definite records any
3 estimate, however, must be a mere
a guess. In the Union armies 67,058
3 men were killed in battle, 43,012 died
t of wounds received in action, and
1 224,586 died of disease incident to ser*
vice. Of those killed in battle 4,142
? were commissioned officers. The
e number of Union men who died while
f prisoners of war was 29,498. United
* States military authorities executed
* 267 men and would have executed
a many more but for the humane inter
' * ? ? t i mi _
a vention ot ADranam Liincom. xne
* Confederates executed four officers
e and sixty men of the Union forces.
It is a most remarkable fact that in
8 the four years of this mighty conflict
r only one man was executed for
"political" reasons by a Union gen8
eral. In New Orleans a man named
Mum ford pulled'down a flag of the
- United States after the city had been
e captured, but before it was occupied
- by the Federal forces. General Benj.
3 F. Butler, who was in command of
- the occupying force, caused Mumford
- to be hanged.?Walton Williams in
The American Press.
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STILL ANOTEtEE E0M3
CIDE FOB COLUMBIA.
Negro Killed Wife and Serious
Wounds Man Found in Bed
With Her.
There was still another homicide
Columbia Saturday night. This tin
the "parties are all colored. John J
cobs went to his house about
o'clock at night and finding the do>
locked, he went in through a windo
and found his wife, Bessie Jacob
and a man, Will Johnson, lying in tl
same bed asleep. This was too mu<
for Jacobs, who took his hamm
with which he had been driving nail
and with all the force that he pc
sessed drove it into the woman's hej
killing her instantly. Not being sa
isfied with what he had done he gi
the man a terrific blow which bro!
his skull and the brains flew out co
ering Jacob's clothes.
Jacobs gaye himself up to the a
thorities and is now in jail, while t
other man is at the hospital with b
slight chances for his recovery.
It is said that Jacobs was drinkii
at the time of the act.
Transfers of Seal Estate.
The following transfers of real <
tate have been recorded in the Cle
of Court's office since our last issue:
William Richardson and others
Noah Rett and others, lot in Irmo 1
15.
Concrete Stone Con. Co., to E.
Seigler, lot in Batesburg for $125.
Brown F. Harris to E. M. W ingai
lot in Lexington for $t00.
H. M. Wingaid to Brown F. Han
lot in Lexington for $100.
R. B. Barr to Gideon Hall, 300aci
in Chinquepin township for $270.80.
B. J. Derrick to Ernest B. Derri<
27 1-5 acres in Saluda township
$435.20.
A. B. Bach man to James H. Pri
lot in Brookland for $100.
P. S. Fulmer to Bank of Chapin,
in Chapin for $140.
T> flT CUaI. frt Hhoriin
XV* TV JL'JLAVXk, IV j
in Chapin for $150.
P. M. Frick to J. S. Wessinger,
in Chapin for $200.
0. A. Derrick to Marion Derri<
107 acres in Gilbert Hollow townsl
for $1,070.
A. B. Williams and others to
Hugh Meighan, interest of the Brj
heirs in 500 acres in Congaree tot*
ship for $166.66.
M. S. Sharpe and others to R.
Baughman, Jr., two lots at Edmu
for $200.
T. Hugh Meighan to R. G. Ross, t
Bryce heir9' interest in 50 acres
Congaree township for $1,800.
Son-in-law Sills Father-in-la
B. F. Fortner, an aged farmer li
ing near Pelzer in Anderson count
was shot and killed by his son-in-la
Neal Banks, about noon Saturday.
It is said that Banks owed Fortn
a board bill of $18.00 which he refus<
to pay. He went to Fortner's hou
to get his trunk, but Fortner wou
not turn it over to him without tl
$18.00. Without further provocate
Mills drew his revolver and fired fo
shots into the body of his father-i
law, killing him instantly.
The farmers are hustling. The tin
for Gen. Green is at hand and 4it w
be a battle to the finish.
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^ompt Attention. ^
October istf
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OiiiVlJI a(Ji\ tlliZiLiXO OlJilMI
BY THEIR COUNTY.
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Mass Meeting at Spreading Branch School
House Adopt Resolutions Never to
Sever From Old Lexington.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In response to a call o*f the voters of Sandy Run township, published in
your valuable paper in your issue of i^Dril 23rd, a large and representative
body of voters assembled at Spreading Branch school house, in that township,
Wednesday morning. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss and
1 decide upon the advisability of forming a new county with St. Matthew's as
- the county seat. It was in every way a representative meeting of the voters
of the township. The meeting was called to order by Hon. W. T. Brooker,
who explained the object of the meeting and nominated N. B. Wannamaker
as chairman. Mr. Wannamaker was unanimously elected. Mr. John C. Mul
ler was unanimously chosen secretary- of the meeting. The promoters of the
|y new county movement were represented by Mr. J. Scottowe Wannamaker,
of St. Matthews, Messrs.E. Wrinberly, 0. H. Werirges and Lee Muller, formerly
a resident of the township, were also in attendance upon the meetingSwansea
had her full contingent?a number of her progressive business men.
in Historic old Orangeburg was represented by her versatile and gifted son, Mr.
le J. H. Funderburg. Mr. J. Scattowe Wannamaker, on behalf of the new
a- county promoters presented such claims for the:town of St. Matthews as the
11 advocates of new county schemes and aspirants to court house privileges at
or the expense of the people of the outlying territory, have, upon a people who
w are perfectly contented to remain in the old county and have no intention of
,S) leaving her. Mr. Editor their claims are "Nil." His references to the maiie
administration of Orangeburg county affairs were totally irrelevant and of no
2k interest to tne people 01 JLexington. xne arguments in rebuttal were forcibly .
er and eloquently presented by Mr. J. H. Funderburg, of Orangeburg, who said
s that the people of no county or section should sit supinely by and permit
(g' themselves to be cut off and burdened with debt to gratify the ambitions of
selffish and designing politicians who, abound everywhere, hungry for pub^
lie pap, longing for comfortable berths, knowing all too well that ultimately
ve the people will have to foot the bills. Lee county was a case in point. After
only five years the taxpayers are burdened with a $40,000 bond issue to erect
v_ the court house the promoters pledged the town of Bishopville to build t
People had better look well before they leap. Had better zealously guard
there interests?Orangeburg with her 1,300 miles of territory was the lowest
^ taxed county in the State, Charleston alone, excepted.
* The new counties all have high rates for county purposes. He demon strated
beyond all possible doubt the utter untenableness of their position.
They had everything to ask and nothing to offer.
We subjoin the list of new counties formed sinced 1895, including Saluda
county for purposes of comparison, or more exactly speaking of contrast,
which will amply repay a deligent perusal by all taxpayers:
TAX LEVY IN MILLS FOE FIVE YEAES.
38*
New Counties. 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 Average#
Bamberg 4)? 4>? 4>? 4 3 41-10
r^V?oiwlroo 4-F\\t? ft?/ A
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ror Dorchester h% 4% 5)? 5)? 5% 5)?
Greenwood 3)6 5 5)6 5>? 4)? 4 4-5
H Lee 4>? 4)6 5% 4% - 4% ' 4 17-20
Saluda 4% 5)6 6)6 7 6% 5 39-40
rd, Orangeburg 2% 2% 2% 3)6 3 219-20
The average total for the six new counties - - . - - 4 15-16
19' Thus it will be seen that the average total tax levy for the past five years
was 4 15-16 mills on each dollar's worth of property in the six new counties,
res while the average for the same period in Orangeburg county was only 2 19-20
mills, a little over half of that amount.
This comparison of figures omits consideration of the 5 mill tax for State ,
for purposes and the constitutional 3 mill tax for the schools, as these are borne
alike by all of the counties; these added to each of the above figures will give
ce> the true total. It will also be remembered that each school district has the
right to levy an extra special tax for the exclusive use of its own schools,
lot The resolution that follows, presented by Mr. John C. Muller, the secretary
of the meeting, voices the sentiment of the people of the township,
lot The resolution was adopted without a single dissenting vote:
"Resolved that we, the voters of Sandy Run township, in mas9 meeting
lot assembled, do regard with unqualified disfavor any movement from whatever
source?whatever end subserved?that contemplates the dismemberment of
2k, our county by cutting therefrom any township or section, or part thereof, orlip
that in any way imperials the integrity of the same."
There were perhaps a hundred persons in attendance upon the meeting.,
T. At the close of the meeting the voters returned to their homes well pleased
rce with what had been accomplished.
m- Sandy Run, S. ., May 6, 1907. N. B. W. and J. C. M,
H' Shady Grove Items. Sills Brother Without Cause.
nG To the Editor of The Dispatch: Saluda, May 6.?A most shocking
he The health of our community is ex- fratricide was committed last night in
in t ... the extreme northwestern section of '
CeThffamers^e planting corn and this county when Lawton Lowrey a
cotton. Some are through planting ^^^wr^ tatht Smc *
* cotton while others are just DCgmning. Pre^n^wrey, to death m the home
v- The small grain crop is out ot me
Lawton Lowry, it is saic,'was drunk
w qUThe?Shadv Grove Sunday school is at the time he committed the terrible
' flourishing * under Superintendent deed, and since sobering up begs that
er Bouknight and J. H. Derrick as as- he be killed also. The young boys.
nA . ? . lived in the same house. Preston
sd sistant. T . ,
se Rev. E. A. Wayne will preach at Lowry was married.
Id ghady Grove every third Sunday
116 morning at 10:30 o'clock. ^ Many Children are Sickly.
5n Miss Martha Daly i9 visiting her Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
ur rtnrpnt.fi- Mr. and Mrs. Fro9tv Dalv. .
r- unnciren, used by Mother Gray, a *
n" Mr. Johnson Shealy, of Ballentine, nurse in Children's Home, New York,
visited Mr. L. M. Boukright's family break up Colds in24 hours, cureFeverTobf
Qnndav tehness, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
last feunday. Teething Disorders, and Destroy
ie Best wishes to the Dispatch and it3 Worms. At all druggists. 25c. Saronle
iU many readers. A May Bee. m^edFree. Ad^e". AUen S. 01m.