The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, April 13, 1904, Page 8, Image 8
AB" UNFGBTUHATE AFFAIR.
Constable Foares Forced to Kill a
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Nejrro in Self Defence.
Constable Fred W. Foures, in a
soufde with a negro whom he had
under arrest, shot and killed the ne
gro Monday morning, about seven
miles below this city. It seems that
two young negroes, Richard and: Jeff
Sbuler, ? got into a difficulty with
another negro on last Friday ?.nd shot
at him several times, but failed to hit
him. It was claimed that thess Sbuler
negroes were intimidating other ne
groes in the neighborhood. A warrant
was sworn out against the Shulers
before Magistrate C. P. Branson, of
this city, and he sent Constable
Foures out to arre3t them.
Constable Foures was told by an
old negro woman that the Sbuler
brothers had declared that they would
not submit to arrest and that they
would kill the constable rather than
bet arrested, and that they would lay
in wait for him and kill him If he
came for them. Constable Foures was
? alone, but had not met the negroes
where the old woman had told him
they would probably be waiting for
him.
He did come upon them however a
little further and they were apparent
ly waiting for him, for they were sit
ting on a log near the road and were
armed. Mr. Foures ordered them to
surrender, bat they showed fight, and
he shot Richard Shuler in the leg,
Jeff Shuler then ran away and. left
only Richard for the constable to
deal with.
After shooting Richard Mr. Foures
regularly arrested him and placed
handcuffs on him. He then went with
the negro to his buggy, and was in
tending to bring him to Orangeburg
and thou pursue the fleeing Jeff.
About the time they were ready to
drive off in the buggy the handcuff
broke and Richard threw his arms
over the body of Mr. Foures and threw
him down, and said that one or the
other of them must die right then and
there.
The constable and his prisoner rolled
over in their struggle for some time,
and Mr. Foures drew his pistol and
shot the negro through the head. The
negro had a pistol in his pocket and
his evident purpose was to get posses
sion of it and shoot Mr. Foures. In
addition to this pistol the Shulers had
a shotgun with them when Mr. Foures
rode up. The negro died and Mr.
Foures returned at once to Orangeburg
and reported to Magistrate Branson.
Jeff Shuler, who fled when his brother
was first shot, has been arrested and
lodged in jail. Mr. Foures is a very
cool officer, and regrets that he was
forced to shoot and kill Shuler to pro-^
tect his own life. The coroners jury
brought in a verdict that Shuler was
. killed by Constable Foures in the dis
charge of his duty.
About Working Crops.
"The mistake that many farmers
make," says the Cotton Plant, "is tha,t
tbey do not begin the cultivation ot
their crops intime. They have an
idea that the main object in cultivat
ing crops is to keep weeds and grass
?riown. If they had land free from
grass seeds they would do little work
on the crop. The chief end to be ac
complished in cultivating any sort of
crop is to break the ground thorough
ly and pulverize it so that air and
sunlight may penetrate it. The plant
food is thus rendered available. As
soon as corn is up run round it with a
long tongue plow going close to the
corn and as deep as possible. That
will break the hard pan. In about
ten days use the same plow, running
a. little outside of first furrow. In
broken bed two feet wide.' After
that the cultivation should be fre
quent and shallow. Some people have
an idea that three or four workings
are enough for corn. In some rich
bottom lands, planted late, two work
ings are enough. It is better to cul
tivate uplands planted early five or
six times. After every rain run the
cultivator over it and break the crust
and prevent evaporation. The same
plan holds good in working cotton.
If land has been prepared well by
breaking and harrowing, the cultiva
tion should be shallow. Never wait
for the grass to grow before you begin
to work your crops. Another mistake
that many farmers make is in waiting
for a rain to fall between two consecu
tive workings. Never wait a day for
a shower. The most valuable work
is often done when land is gone over
twice between rains. It will do good
every time. The dryer the season
cultivate the oftener. Never stop for
dry weather."
The Cotton Plant says farmers who
are increasing their cotton acreage are
somewhat reticent. They make no
boast of it. From what can be gath
ered from county papers there will be
a reduction of tobacco planting in the
eastern counties and a consequent in
crease of the cotton crop. In these
counties they will plants 10 to 15 per
cent more cotton than they did last
year. In the hill counties there will
be small increase?about 5 to 10 per
cent. We have talked with many up
country farmers, who claim that a
little increase in acreage may be ex
pected but there is no increase in la
bor. The white farmers of the up
country, who own their land, are
working for an increased corn crop.
The quality of corn coming from the
West is about No. 4. No first-class
corn fit to make meal now comes in
on the train. There is no corn for
sale in the hands of farmers. If a few
have a little to spare they can market
it at the crib door. It is very impor
tant that an abundant supply of corn
be made this year.
A dispath from Providence says that
Addison'3 disease has caused the
death there of Miss Viola M. Potter,
a beautiful young society woman, who
lived with her parents at 746 North
Main street. Miss Potter had been a
long and patient sufferer under her
mysterious affliction and bad seen
bet delicate pink and white skin
tui'i first to gray and then to the hue
of a i.eero, as the black spots spread
and ran into one another, finally cov
ering her entire body. The first
symptoms of the ma-lady appeared
about four years ago.
corn will have a well
The Cotton Crop.
A Strange Death.
Corner Stone Laying.
Branchville, April 11, Special?
Fain would I pause to descant upon
the elaborate preparations which are
now being made for the grand festive
day at Branchville, which will be
celebrated with imposing ceremonies,
on next Friday April the 15. The
event in question will be the grandest
of the season, and the public general
ly is invited to attend, the exericises
of the laying of the Corner Stone of
the Methodist Episcopal church at
Branchville, about 11 o'clock a. m.
Bishop W. W. Duncan will lay the
corner stone and deliver the address?
The masons, Knights of Pythias,
Woodmen of the World, Knights of
Honor, Eastern J3tar, Woodmen
Circle, and other Orders, from
Branchville, Orangeburg, St. Mat
the ws, Bowman, Reevesville, St.
Georges, Smoaks, Bamberg, Black
ville, and other places have been in
vited, and will march in the proces
sion to the music of a brass band.
Procession forms at Town Hall at 10:30
o'clock a. m. Governor Hey ward has
been invited to make an address.
Bishop Duncan will make a public
address to the Fraternal Orders at 7
o'clock p. m. in the Town Hall. Din
, ner will be served by the ladies. The
Methodist Church which is now in the
course of erection here, will be a typi
cal structure in point of comfort and
modern architecture. Rev. S. A.
Nettles, our preacher in charge, is a
j man brimful of energy and enterprise,
and he with the united efforts of the
building committee, have accomplish
ed a great work, in causing to be
reared such a durable monument to
the memory of the Methodist per
suasion. Bishop Duncan's address on
next Friday will be the charm and
featura of the occasion his reputation
as a finished orator needs no comments
from us. But suffice it to say, that
his audience will receive a rare treat
from the mouth of a great man, who
is endowed with the gift of iluent
speech._J^M. B.
Friday Arternoon Club.
The Woman's Friday Afternoon
club of St. Matthews met with Mrs.
Shuler Dreher on April 1, and their
entertainment was a delightful real
ity. The ladies participated in two
contests, one called the "American
Girl" and the other "A Bunch of
Keys." Two prizes were offered. For
the prize in \the first game Mrs. Lee
Cain, Mrs. J. R. Paulling, Mrs. J. A.
Merrett and Miss Mamie E. Fair
drew, each having answered the same
number of questions correctly. Mrs.
Merrett was the winner. This prize
was a dainty box of candy. In the
second contest Mrs. G. A. Baxter
came out with dying colors, bearing
away a beautiful hand-embroidered
centrepiece^ as a sign of victory. The
i, ladies, after feasting on strawberry
^and chocolate cream and cake, made
their adieus, taking away very pleas
ant memories of the hospitality shown
them. Mrs. Dreher was assisted in
entertaining by her mother, Mrs. J.
D. Antley, and her little niece, Miss
Pearl Zeigler. Those present were:
Mrs. Hamilton and Miss Fields of
Bloomington, 111.; Mesdames J. A.
Merrett. F. C. Cain, Lee Cain, G. A.
Baxter, J. R.! Paulling, W. P. Buyck
and Ligon and Misses Alice Cooper,
Bessie Smith, Mamie E. Fair, Harley
Able, Fant and Bee Able.
A Brilliant Function.
Among the most brilliant functions
of the season was the reception given
last Friday evening to the Fortnight
ly Chocolate club by Mr. and Mrs. P.
C. Dukes, at their elegant home on
North Main street Branchville. The
house was beautifully decorated with
ivy and ferns, and the lovely Easter
costumes delightfully harmonized with
[ the cordial welcome of the host and
hostess and the bewitching surround
ings. Refreshments were served and
the entertainment was a very enjoy
able affair. Among those present
were: Misses Mabel Satcher, Belle
Dukes, Ethel Dukes, Ida Byrd, Louise
Cruwder, Ida and Ethel Groves, Sara
Karesh, Mayme Karesh, Eva Karesh,
Bertie Williams, Geneva Jones. Ethel
Pearlstine; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Etchi
son, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Pearlstine,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smoak, Mr. and
Mrs.SW. A. Bass, Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Fairey: Messrs. A. F. H. Dukes,
W. S. Dukes, Earl Dukes, A. S. Net
tles, J. M. Byrd, H. F. Byrd, H. R.
Pearlstine, J. B. Williams, Joseph
Tobish, C. W. Patrick, J. R. Hender
son and J. W. Black._ .
B. Y. P. U.
Mr. R. L. Antley, Mrs. C. F. Mc
Coy, Miss Flossie Rickenbaker and
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White of Cameron,
returned home Friday afternoon from
Anderson, where they had been in at
tendance upon the State Convention
of the Baptist Young People's Union,
as delegates from the Cameron Union.
The pastor of the church, Rev. H.
M. Fallaw, was also a delegate, and
had a prominent place on the pro
gram. The Cameron Union made a
splendid report and received the prize
Banner which is awarded the Union
making the largest gain in member
ship during the year. The Banner
j was received on behalf of the Union
by Miss Flossie Rickenbaker in her
usual charming and graceful manner.
The Convention was one of the best
ever held. There were some 120 dele
gates and visitors enrolled represent
ing 30 churches. The next Conven
tion will meet in Charleston next
April. Anderson entertained the
Convention most handsomely aud all
who went enjoyed themselves very
much. _
A Happy Marriage.
At 5 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon,
Mr. Willie M. Harley, of Jamison
S. ft, and Bliss B. Blanch Wilkes, of
Chester, S. C, were united in marriage
by Rev. J. E Mahaffey, at the Metho
dist parsonage, at St. Matthews. The
affair was kept very quiet and only a
few of the closest relatives and friends
of the contracting parties were pre
sent. The bride, is the pretty and
accomplished daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. J. Wesley Wilkes, of Chester, S.
C, and prior to this event, was In
charge of the School at Jamison.
Mr. Harley, is a prosperous young
farmer of Jamison, and popular with
every body?especially the ladies.
Miss Nell Wilkes, sister of the bride,
was in attendance upon the marriage.
Mr. Harley is tc be congratulated
upon his success in winning for a life
partner, such an amiable and ac
complished young lady. Their home
will he at Jamison. F. P.
JL tu MIM J- J-J.lj.JUk_?
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Gathered from Town and Country
Condensed for Busy Readers.
We fear the fruit has been done up
by the late frosts.
The late cold snap has hurt the
early gardens very much.
See advertisement of the Edisto
Rifles picnic on page five of this issue.
Don't forget the'Edisto Ritles mili
tary picnic on the 11th of May at
Eutaw Springs.
The postoffice has been removed to
the new building corner Market
Street and Court House Square.
Wm. A. Turk,, passenger traffic
manager of the Southern road, died
at his home in Washington, D. C., on
Saturday, aged 53.
Mr. Luther J. Smith comes out for
County Commissioner in this issue.
Mr. Smith is a successful farmer, and
if elected would make a good official.
Dr. J. H. Perreyclear, of the firm
of Drs. Perreyclear & Sifly, Dentists,
will be in North S. C, Tuesday and
Wednesday April 19 and 20.
The prayer meetings at St Paul's
Methodist church are well attended
and of great interest. All are invited
to attend the meeting this evening.
Mr. T. M. McMichael announces
himself as a candidate for re-election
to the office which he has so accepta
bly filled for several years, County
Auditor.
We have a few more packages of
those winter cabbage seed left. Call
and get some if you want to raise fine
winter cabbage. Only five cent per
paper.
Col. W. G. Smith wrote 8270,000
fire insurance through his agency
during the past week. This certainly
speaks well for the companies repre
sented by Col. Smith.
A Silver Tea will be served at Mrs.
J. M. Oliver's residence by the ladies
of the Basket Band on Thursday
afternoon from five to eight o'clock.
All are invited to attend.
The historic Edisto Rifles will give
a grand military basket picnic at
Eutaw Springs on Wednesday, the
11th of May. The public is invited
to attend with well filled baskets.
Col. W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia,
will lecture at the Courthouse on Fri
day night under the auspices of the
Ladies Aid Society of the Lutheran
Church. Go out and hear the Colo
nel.
Mr. A. F. Fairey announces himself
this week as a candidate for re-election
to the office of County Commissioner.
He has filled this office for the past
two years and is an efficient, conscien
tious official.
Mr. L. E. Rilpy is a candidate for
Sheriff and so announces himself in
this issue of The Times and Demo
crat. Mr. Riley has been very success
ful in i business, and should he be
elected to the office to which he aspires
he would till it to the satisfaction of
the public.
Our young friend, Oscar Fischer,
graduated in pharmacy last week
from the South Carolina College of
Pharmacy in Charleston. We con
gratulate him on completing his
studies and wish him great success in
his chosen profession.
"Odds and Ends" is the subject of
a lecture to be delivered at the Court
bouse on next Friday evening by Col.
W. W. Lumpkin, who is said to be
very entertaining. The admission is
only twenty-five cents, and the house
should be packed.
Mr. R. N. Owen has been elected
cotton weigher in place of Mr. J. T.
Parks, who resigned. Mr. Owen is a
farmer and butcher, and will till the
position to the satisfaction of tbe pub
lic. He resides about two miles from
this city on the Bellville road.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Margaret Heartsie Cul
ler to Mr. William Wightinan Hodges.
The' ceremony, will be performed at
Limestone Methodist church on
Wednesday evening, April the twen
tieth, at half past eight o'clock.
Among the graduates in medicine
from the South Carolina Medical
College in Charleston last week we
notice the name of Geo. W. Walter,
youngest son of Capt. E. R. Walter,
of the Fork. We wish Dr. Walter
great success in his chosen profession.
Candidates' cards will not be insert
ed in The Times and Democrat unless
accompanied with the cash to pay for
same. This is a rule that we do not
propose to depart from and we hope
all who wish to run for office will send
along the five dollar fee with the an
nouncement.
Col. J. E. Norment, secretary to
Gov. Heyward for a number of years
connected with the News and Courier,
has accepted a position on the staff of
the Columbia State. Mr. Norment is
not only a gifted writer but one of
the cleverest gentlemen we know. He
has many frinds in Orangeburg who
will wish him continued success and
prosperity.
It is with pleasure that we an
nounce that Rev. E. M. Lightfcot,
the beloved Pastor of the Baptist
Church, will not leave Orangeburg,
having declined the call to Nowark,
N. J. In a financial sense Mr. Light
foot makes a big sacrifice to remain
in Oraugeburg, as he was offered a
much larger salary at Newark than he
receives here.
Messrs Bennett and Griswald in the
employ of the U. S. Agricultural De
partment are making geological sur
vey of all the roads and streams and
also taking samples of soil for analysis
are now at work in the Bowman sec
tion of Orangeburg county. Samples
of soil are taken promisciously from
every section of the county which is
forwarded to the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington.
The state farmers instiute will be
helt' at Clemson college during the
week which begins the 9th of August.
The charge for board and lodging will
be 75 cents a day. Those wishing to
attend should make application for
tickets beforehand. Efforts will be
ma le to have the institute a most in
teresting and profitable one. The
county institutes for the upper and
middle counties will be held in July;
those for the low counties in tbe
winter.
?vy "Who Was the Victim?
Most any Saturday or court day,
the Wythesville, Va., correspondence
in the Richmond Times-Dispatch says,
there can be seen on the streets of
Wytheville two farmers, simple and
retiring in their tastes and habits,
who were called upon to undergo as
tryinsr ordeal during the War Between
the States as any soldier on either
side of that memorable struggle.
At the several Confederate reun
ions which have taken place in Wythe
ville during the past three years it
has been the pleasure and privilege of
these tillers of the soil to take an
humble and unpretentious part in the
exercises as "foot cavalrymen," and it
was by a mere accident that your cor
respondent learned of the notable
event which he narrates below:
The old CoDfeds to whom I refer
are Mr. Joseph Headrick, as I have
stated, a farmer, who lives on and
owns a comfortable country estate
lying on the waters of Stoney Fork,
nine miles west of Wytheville, and
Mr. Jackson Grubb, likewise the po
sessor of a goodly country home a few
miles south of town.
They, like thousands of other young
mountaineers of southwest "Virginia,
answered promptly to Virginia's call
for volunteers in '61, and later became
members of the Sixty-third Virginia
regiment, which was afterwards as
signed to and became a part of Gen.
Palmer's brigade in General Hood's
army, and while in that command
they were captured by some of Gen.
W. T. Shermau's men at Midway Sta
tion, nine miles west of Branchville,
In South Carolina. Tlhat was on the
7th day of February, lfi65.
Some days after their capture a fed
eral soldier was found dead in the
swamps not far from Orangeburg, in
that State. There were marks upon
his person which indicated that he
had been beaten to death with clubs.
A hasty conferencejof the federal of
ficers was held, and thev determined
upon retaliation; so 100 of the 400
Confederate prisoners in their charge
were marched out, and Joseph Head
rick and Jackson Grubb were with
them.
Three federal oflicers accompanied
them, and without any explanation
the prisoners of war were lined up.
Tbte three federal otlicers took position
at a short distance, one of them hold
ing above his head a cigar box, while
the other two acted as guards. The
Confederate soldiers were then com
manded to March one by one between
the guards and by the one holding tne
cigar box, and draw therefrom a slip
of paper. ,
The ordeal of that moment can bet
ter be imagined or pictured than told.
Familiar scenes of dear old home,
many of them far away, and of kindly
faces of loved ones came rapidly be
fore them, and with the possible
chance of ever being permitted to aee
them again.
The fearful agony and strain which
99 of the soldiers endured was soon
over with, for the orders were soon
executed, and the "die was cast."
Jackson Grubb was fortunate in that
he' was among the first to draw and
he drew a white ballot, which evident
ly meant life, home and loved ones in
old Virginia again.
Joseph Headrick was not quite so
fortunate, being late to draw. 75th in
number, but he drew a white ballot
also.
The one who paid the awful penal
ty was number 81 to draw. As soon
as he drew the black ballot he was
halted, told to step aside and the
drawing ceased. He was at once
marched off to Gen. Sherman's head
quarters and in an hour or so after
wards gun shots were heard and the
fullest terms of war retaliation had
been met and satisfied.
It is said that the prisoner who was
shot made a manly plea for his life
when he appeared before Gen. Sher
man to be sentenced, but that mercy
which blesses twice, "Him that gives
and him that takes," was not meted
out to him, and as Robert Emmet
said: "The man dies but his memory
lives."
Mr. Headrick in speaking of the
event to the writer, said that he never
learned the name of the soldier who
paid the sacrifice with his life, for an
act, the killing of a federal soldier,
which was never proven to have been
that of a Confederate soldier, but
that he was from South Carolina, and
was the father of .seven daughters.
When Mr. Headrick recalled to me
the events of that moment tears came
into his eyes, and he said that he had
often faced cannon loaded with all
of the deadly missiles of war; that for
fourdavs and nights he had been ex
posed to the shot and shell of the fed
erals before Nashville, but that none
of them were as trying as when he
faced that '?i'*ar box with its 100 bal
lots on th; ring morning in 1805.
lie added that even to this day, now
38 years have passed, that he never
sees a cigar box that memories of Or
angeburg are not vividly recalled.
Ah to Clemson Scholarships.
President Meli of Clemson and Mr.
R. W. Simpson, president of the board
of trustees, have asked the attorney
general through the State superin
tendent of education for an interpreta
tion of the new act creating 124
scholarships at the institution. The
point seems to be that Clemson docs
not want 124 free scholars at one
time, especially as they would prob
ably remain for four years. The act
give them 8100 each year and tuition.
If 124 free scholars entered Clemson
in one year the places of many pay
students would be taken up. It Is
not known whether or not the infer
ence is that Clemson needs the money.
Her income now amounts to about
8150,000. The Citadel also has many
free scholarships but the full number
of beneficiaries do not come to the
school every four years. What the
Clemson authorities wish to know is
if some of these scholarships can be
taken up in 1904 and some in 1905.
The attorney general has not yet con
sidered the matter.
Kev. T. U. Leltch in St. Matthews.
Beginning on next Monday night,
the 18th, Rev./T. H. Leitch will con
duct services in the Methodist church
at St. Matthews. Services will be
at 11 o'clock in the day and 8 o'clock
at night. Prominence will be given
to singing, which will be conducted
by Mr. Marshall. The public is cor
dially invited.
J. E. Mahaftby, Pastor.
TEE CITY COUNCIL.
Proceedings of Last Regular Monthly
Meeting.
Council Chamber, Orangeburg, S. C,
April 1,1904.
Proceedings of the regular meeting
of the City Council held this day.
Present, Hon. Thomas C. Doyle, May
or, and Aldermen Lathrop, Dukes,
Salley, Riley and Hydrick. Absent,
Alderman Jennings.
The report of the City Treasurer for
the month of March, 1904, was read
and ordered referred to tie finance
committee and published.
Report of the Secretary Commission
ers of public works for ttr; month of
March, was read and received as infor
mation, and ordered published.
The question of renewing the lease
for the cotton yard was brought before
the council, and the following resolu
tion was adopted: That the cotton
weighers be notified that the city
would not renew the lease or rent a
cotton yard after the expiration of the
present lease September 1,1904. That
the council will remove to any perma
nent place selected for a cotton yard
within the City, the substantial por
tion of the platform now used and
place the same thereon, the liability
of the City to then cease touching re
pairs or rent.
The election of a regular policeman
being the special order for the meet
ing was entered into, the following ap
plications being read: C. M. Carter, J.
E. Hutto, JamesTillery, J. L. Segrest,
J. R. Smoak, L. L. Rodrigues and D.
L. Hildebrand. Aldermen Salley,
Dukes and Riley were appointed tel
lers. Six ballots were cast of which
Segrest received .'1 and Hildebrand 3,
and there being no election another
ballot was taken with the following re
sult. Six ballots cast of which Segrest
received 4 and Hildebrand 2, and J.
L. Segrest was declared elected.
The clerk was instructed to renew
the subscription for two copies of the
Municipal Engineering Journal?$3.00.
The fq lowing resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted:
That the Clerk notify Col. W. A.
Neal of Spartanburg, as agent of the
Good Roads Machinery company of
Pennsylvania, that the road or trac
tion engine and machinery recently
agreed to be purchased by the City of
Orangeburg, and which the City has
been using under gurantees made by
the said Good Roads Machinery com
pany, having failed to fulfill the war
ranty so made, the said City of Orange
burg will not complete the purchase
of the same, and will not make any
further payment upon the engine and
machinery, but hold the same subject
to the order of the said Good Roads
Machinery company or its agent.
The Mayor laid before the council a
communication showing the early
shipment of the fountain for the pub
lic square, which was referred to the
committee on streets with authority
to place the same when it arrives.
On the application of Mr John Cart,
manager for Ware & Leland, it was
ordered that the treasurer accept
$25.00 as license for the cotton and
produce exchange for the present fis
cal year.
The matter of placing a telephone
and gong for police purposes near the
Southern's deoot and a gong at the
police headquarters at "Elliott's"
building was referred to the commit
tee on police department with instruc
tions to place the same.
The committee on streets reported
that t here was nothing to be done in
their opinion in reference to the drain
on Adden property near Coast Line
railroad in ward 2. And the report
was accepted.
Alderman Salley, Chairman of the
Police committee, moved that the
horse now owed by the department be
sold; which was adopted and the com
mittee authorized to dispose of the
horse.
The clerk was granted leave of
absence 3 days about April 20th.
The chief of police submitted report
for March as follows:
Arrests 25: labor 26 days; in guard
house 28 days: fines Sec $82.50.
L. II. Yv ANNAMAKEK,
Clerk and Treasurer.
Office of City Clerk and Treasurer,
Orangeburg, S. C, April 1, 1904.
To the City Council.
Gentlemen: J respectfully submit
the following report of the financial
transactions of my otlice for the month
of March, 1904:
Balance on hand last report, 2,660 93}
Received during the month 77(5 50
Total.$3.437 43}
Disbursed during the month.. 2.008 78
Bal held as treas this datc..$l,428 65}
Bal. held as secretary to date !M)8 5)3
Total cash in Treas. to date 2,425 58}
SOURCES OK RECEIPTS.
General taxes and penalties... $ 6 52
Fines and forfeitures. 62 50
Licenses. 91 oo
Dispensary and beer profits
for February, 1904. 4(17 98
Sanitary dues. lot) 00
Coal, S. manure, etc. 48 50
Total as above.$ 776 50
DISBURSEMENTS.
Acct. Street Department. $ 419 62
Police Department. .512 49
Executive Department. 245 94
Water and light. ' 583 !i2
City Property. 1 25
Refund taxes. 10 26
Fire Department. 8 00
Health Department. 155:50
Special Street. 272 oo
Total as above. 2,008 78
DETAILED STATEMENT OF DISlint.SE
MENTS.
P Dovle. for shoeing mules
&e. 4 45
Ayers.& Williams, cement,
hay.&c. 24 71
Avers & Williams, lime. 5 95
O R Lowraan, harness oil &i) 1 25
.1. W. Smoak supplies for
February. I 25
Mrs. A II Smoak, rent cot
ton yard, February. 20 00
II VonOshen, Sr., repairs
street department. 13 25
So. Bell Tel & Tel Co. ser
vice for March. 2 6.5
Postmaster, stamps. I 50
B B Owen, work street dept 4 95
Fairey Bros., hay. 69 94
H Reeves & Co., medicine,
indigent. 17 43
Jas E Salley, lock for Treas- 11
urer's office. l 25
Street pay roll, week ending
March 5. 5128
R L Berry & Co., census and
license books. 8 95
G H Cornelson,57.90 tons coal
at $3.90. bal on Feb. 17 bill 154 44
Rex Fluid Co., disinfectant 4 00
G H Cornelson 39.60 tons coal 230 62
Fairey & Weeks, supplies
street and police dept. 10 13
G A Schiffiey, census enum
erator, Ward 4. 15 97
J W Inabinet,census enum
erator, Ward 2. 12 10
Fairey Bros., corn. 74 20
C G Dantzler, Gdn., refund
taxes, 1903-01. 10 26
C H Glaze, census enumera
tor, Ward 5. 16 50
S A Dukes, census enume
rator, Ward 1. 1411
W P Brunson, census enum
erator, Ward 3. 20 43
Dr D D Salley, vaccinating
children. 90
PW Cantwell, repairs sani
tary tank. 9 00
Street pay-roll, week ending
March 12. 51 00
Orangeburg Hardware &
Furniture Co., supplies
December to March. 13 70
J T Parks, contract adver
tising and job work. 28 75
A C.L R R Co, freight on
8 cars gravel. 136 00
Street pay roll, week ending
March 19. 48 84
A. C. L. R. R. Co., freight on
4 cars gravel. 68 00
G H Cornelson, 41.35 tnscoal 148 86
A L Dukes, supplies police
department. 7 33
A L Dukes, supplies for sick,
Health department. 8 45
A L Dukes, R II Jennings,
Aldermen, ox to Bobbins. 7 CO
A C L R R Co, freight on
; 4 cars gravel. 68 00
Street pav roll, week ending
Mch-26. 47 25
A C L Ry Co., freight on
sprayers, Health Dept. 1 57
Dr A C Dukes, horse p?wder 2 00
J S Mackav,attention to tire
alarm for March. 8 00
F DeMars, Asst to Secretary
salary for Mch. 50 00
J B Etheridge, street over
seer and engineer. 50 00
Dr Tlios C Doyle. Mayor. 30 00
F DeMars, dieting acct. Mch 13 50
J B Kelly, hea.th inspector,
salary for March. 50 00
salaries of policemen for mch.
A Fischer, Chief. 60 00
S .1 Bozard. 7 50
W L Douglas. 45 70
J II A1 brecht. 45 00
F M DeMars. 45 00
W H Edwins. - 45 70
Jas Tillery, special. 34 58
L II Wannamaker, Secy Bd
of Health. 10 00
L II Wannamaker, Clerk &
Treas., saiary for Mch. 75 00
Total in vouchers Nos 1 to
51 inclusive. $2,C0S 78
Respectfully Submittted,
L. H. Wannamaker,
City Clerk and Treas.
Ollice Secretary Commissioners Public
Works, Ora-geburg, S. C, April 1.
To the City Council and Commission
ers of Public Works.
Gentlemen: I respectfully submit
this report of receipts and disburse
ments of my oftice as Secretary for the
month of March, 1904.
Bel. on hand last report.........$1,052 98
Received during the month.. 505 02
Total.$1,558 oo
Disbursed during the month.. 561 07
Balance this date.$ 996 93
sources of receh'ts.
Water rents. $ 24 94
Current rents. 370 69
Materials ,. 104 39
Total. S505 02
detailed disbursements
M. O Dantzler-Adz handle.... $ 15
Avers & Williams, Lime &
"cement. 35 05
J W Smoak, supplies. 20 49
So Ry Co, freight on pkg. 83
A. C. L. R. R. Co., freight on
belting. 87
H. YonOshen Sr-Repairs at
Power house. 3 55
S. B Alexander Jr Co, knobs.. 3 60
So Railway Co, frght on oils.. 2 66
B. F. King & Son, Lumber.. 35
Ornbg Hrdw & Furniture Co,
Sup Febry. 6 93
A. F.Moore, Mater. & Exten
sion wire. 64 48
S Railway Co, freight supplies
& materials.'.. 11 75
A. C. L. R. R. Co , supplies.".. 1 22
Standard Oil Co., oils. 16 00
Laidlaw, Dunn Gordon Co,
compressors parts. 26 00
A. L. Dukes, K. Oil for Asst
secry. 6 50
Adam Robinson, Installing
Boiler &c....'.. 92 60
P. F. Pearson, Lumber. 1 15
A.C. L. R.R. Co, frght water
meters &e. 2 10
So Ry Co, freight E Meter. 89
General BelecCo, Materials... 11 14
Bailey, Lebby Co.Pkg. 24 76
Powerhouse pay roll for Mar 228 00
Total in vouchers Nos. 1 to23. $561 07
Respectfully submitted,
L. II. Wannamaker,
_Secret ary.
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THE BOLL WEEVIL.
No Danger of the Pest Via the Cotton.
Meal Route.
The Augusta Chronicle published
the following article on Monday morn
ing, which we are sure will be read
with interest by our farmers:
"Editors Chronicle. In The Chronic
cle of March 19 appeared an article,
'Is Cotton Seed Meal Infected??Mr.
C. C. F. Hammond, of Beech Island,
Conlident That in This Way Boll
Weevil Pests Are Finding Their Way
to Georgia&nd South Carolina.' Mr.
Hammond' is quoted as saying he is
confident that cotton seed meal im
ported from Texas 'would be found
infected in many instances.'
"The article does not state just
what Mr. Hammond means by infec
tion, but it is to be supposed he
means that the meal probably con
tains either the living bugs or their
uninjured eggs.
"And in The Chronicle of the 28th
is a short paragraph from the Monti
cello Courier 'It is feared that the
Texas hay shipped into Georgia will
bring the dreaded boll weevil with it.'
"Also your issue of March 30th, has
an article 'Boll Weevil is Suspected to
Have Made Appearance in Two
Georgia -Counties,' namely, Pike and
Spalding, the insects being therein
mentioned as 'little black bugs.'
"Thinking I might be of some ser
vice to the folks at home, I paid a
visit to the department of agriculture,
and had a talk vdth Mr. Charles L.
Marlatt, assistant entomologist. Mr.
Marlatt tells me It is hardly probable
that any landings have yet been made
?by the boll weevil in Georgia. The
department does not know of any;
there have been many alarms, and
specimen bugs are being frequently
received, but in every case, as yet, it
has proved to be a different bug. And
that the area of its depredations, up
to now, have been confined to the
state of Texas, with the exception of
the western edge of Sabine Parish,
La., which adjoins Texas, and with
the exception' of two other spots in
Louisiana, where it has been exter
minated. Thus its presence is now
confined to the state of Texas, fairly
speaking.
"Mr. Marlatt says that the insect
is not any more likely to be transport
ed in cotton seed meal than in any
other production or article which
might have been in or near infected
Heids, inasmuch as the seeds them
selves are in no way infected, and are
not harbors for either the eggs or the
mature insect.
"1 suggested to him that possibly
eggs might be laid within the kernel
of the young seed, as many seeds are
known to be pierced by insects to de
posit their eggs, and, being minute,
these eggs, might go unharmed
through the machinery of the oil mills
and be transported in the meal. He
replied that even were the eggs laid
within the seed they would be destroy
ed by the machenery: but that the
eggs are not laid in the seeds; the
insect pierces the hull of the boll, de
posits its eggs there: and when hatch
ed, the larvae (worms) make their
home in the young and tender lint,
that being then their food. From this
they emerge to the outer air, as ma
ture insects. As mature insects they
travel by flights, or, in some cases,
they may be transported in any arti
cle in which they have obtained lodg
ment.
"As to the color, Mr. Marlatt says
they are not'little black bugs,'the
color is grayish. The department of
agriculture has issued two pamphlets
on the subject; 'Farmers' Bulletin
No. 189; Information Concerning the
Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil,' and
'Circular No. IS, Second Series, Divi
sion of Entomolgy, the Mexican Cot
jton Boll Weevil,' which may be pro
j cured without charge by any one in
I terested by writing to the department
of agriculture, division of entomology,
Washington, D. C. These publica
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the insect and its habits, but give
advice as to methods of extermination.
Mr. Marlatt further states that if
specimens of any insects found, sus
pected of being the boll weevil, are
forwarded to the department, they
will be examined and a report made.
"Mr. Hammond is certainly right
in giving warning against any prob
able means of migration of the pest;
my object in writing this is simply
to give the views of the department
of agriculture as to the probability of
its transportation in cotton seed meal.
"Yours respectfully.
"Pkrky Benson."
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The Cotton Plant says in reading
the many advertisements of cereal
foods and their wonderful virtues it is
a matter of surprise that our ancestors
pulled through on corn bread, and the
j three qualities of Hour made at the
i old style mills. That was about the
I extent of their cereal food. To that
I they added hog meat, game, lish and
I a little grass fed beef in the fall of the
year. Those prepared cereals are very
good and they taste well, but let all
I remember that, a pound of corn ground
I at an old fashioned mill has just as
much nourishment as the pound pre
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People who have money to gratify
their taste can pay 15 to 20 cents a
pound for the same food value in a
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and their use is quite common among
town people. With some of the oat
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an evening meal when company sud
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country have to depend on the pro
ducts of the mills and the thinking,
ingenious housekeeper can make a va
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the bill of cereal fare somewhat every
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