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COUNTY BOARD MEETS ?.. i?.? COMM^S&)^RS MET ON TUES DAY MORNING. 3fach Business Done.?Salaries Rais? ed.?Roads Opened?Petitions Rc ' ceived and Acted Upon. T.he county board of .township * commissioners met at the office of Supervisor Felder on Tuesday. , The first business taken up was the pass ing of claims which took the greater part oL'tha^ day\ After/ail $ne claims had been dis posed'" of>?be first business brougat before the board was a petition of Mr. R. N. Owen, who requested per mission to erect a small house on ?a corner of the cotton yard, in which ?be, intended to store the cotton seed that he bought from the farmers. A committee was appointed to look into this .matter and they reported favorably upon it The board, .how ever, voted it. down and the permis sion, was^not granted. The salary, of - the,, managers and guards of the..chaingang was then discussed. After due consideration it was decided to raise the salary of the managers from $45 to $50 per month, and that of the guards from $33 to $35 per month. The County Auditor, Mr. McMich ael, then appeared before the. board -and gave a statement showing tne amount of money that would be in hand for each township from the one mill tax levied especially for road purposes. A number petitions were handed in to the committee petitioned for new public roads. All of which were passed. The board also passed a .resolution that hereafter whenever a road" was granted, it must be un derstood that the road would be 25 feet wide, exclusive of ditches. Fur thermore that the right of way would -not cost the county anything and that the road be cut out and opened by the petitioners for the road, or by the township commissioner, who must use his tow'nshlp fund for that purpose. A petition was handed to the com missioners by Mr. T. F. Faire'y, of Branchville, in behalf of John Dean, of the same town, requesting the county to contribute to Mr. Dean's support. This matter was disposed of by a resolution that it would not ie lawful to give support asked for. The comissioners then took up a voluntary collection and raised $12. 75 in cash for him. Upon a written statement filed by 2Ir. J. Stokes Salley, the board grant ed permission to Eutaw Chapter, D. A. R., to mount a connon on the court.house square. The election for a cotton weigher at Eutawville was then taken up and 24r. Hearndon was elected. Dr. L. K. Sturkie asked permission to properly itemize the claims here tofore filed by him as attorney ^-for the commissioners. Judge Gage re cently decided in the suit of Dr. Sturkie against the Supervisor that while Dr. Sturkie was entitled to ?alary, he was not entitled to it upon the claims filed by him, as the claims were not properly itemized. The per mission was granted. SHEP PEARLSTEIN CASE. Corernor Hughes Asked by Attorney to Reconsider Action. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., says Governor Hughes was asked Tuesday tp give a rehearing on his action in honoring the extradition to Tennessee of J. Shep Pearlstein, of Denmark, S. C, on a charge of em bezzling $14,000 from Palmer Bros., of Charleston, Tenn., and New Or leans, La. S. G. Mayfield of Denmark, S. C, council for Pearlstein, informed the governor that the original papers were granted without opposition through a misunderstanding. He contended Tuesday that Pearlstein was not a fugitive from justice, claiming that he was not in Tenn essee from November 1907 to May 1909, the period covered by the im dictment. The indictment grew out of a bus iness transaction to corner the pea market in several of the southern states. The Governor of South Car "olina refused to extradite Pearlstein from that state. Gov. Hughes said he would com municate with the Tennesee author ities and render his decision later. Death of Mr. J. K. Martin. Holly Hill, July 6?Special: Yes terday at his home just outside of the town limits, Mr. J. K. Martin, one of our oldest citizens passed away. He was in his 76th year. He has been in bad health for some time, but hav'.ng improved in the last few weeks it was hoped that he would be spared for some time yet. Yesterday there was a turn for the worse and the end came in a short, while. He leaves a family of a wife, seven sons and one daughter, to mourn his death. Mr. Martin was another of those old veterans that fought so gallantly for his country during the war, his service was un der Capt. Gaillard. Claims it Was an Accident. Jerome Bonnett, w.ho shot and probably fatally wounded Polly Wil liams, near Springfield, in this coun ty, on last Thursday night, surren dered to the authorities at Spring field and was brought to this city and jailed Monday morning. It is stat ed that because Polly Williams told Bonnett that she didn't love him, he fired three bullets through her body. Bonnett claims that it was all an accident. The shooting took place on the plantation of L. B. Fulmer, Polly Williams being the daughter of a tenant. The parties concerned are white people. WOODFORD NEWS. Vat-ions Items of Personal and Local Interest. 'Mr,s.; Geo>. F. Robinson and daugh ter Manilla is visiting relatives in Newberry. , . Miss Annie Lou Redmond return ed home Sunday after spending a few days with, relatives in Swansea. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Staley Bpent Saturday in Columbia. jMrs. J. M. Robinson returned home Sunday after spending a few days with relatives in Columbia. Mr. Geo. F. Robinson spent Sunday with relatives in Swansea. Mr. J> M. Robinson spent Sunday with his sen, Ed, near North. Mr. A. IS. Stroman has gone to Columbia on. business. Mr. J. M. Robinson and his son, John, have gone' to attend the K. of P. picnic on Mr. Benson Livingston place given under the auspices of the Oliver Lodge. Mrs. G. R. Barber has returned home to Savannah after spending a whjle with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Robi: son. ' Miss Jaaie . v Imer of North is spending, a while with relatives. 'Miss Annie. Ulmer has returned to Florence after spending a while with relat?""?s. Miss S. salley and Miss Viola Livingston visited friends in North yesterday afternoon. Mr. WilSie Martin of Columbia is visiting, relatives in this section. Mr. Henry Martin of Columbia is visiting relatives in this section. .Miss Alma Livingston of Colum tbit is spending some time with rel atives. Mr. John Staley and daughter, Miss Lula, are visiting relatives in this section. Mr. Ben Robinson and family spent'Sunday with Mr. S. Salley. Miss Lillian Matheny1 and Mies Rosa Connon spent Sunday with Miss Viola Livingston. Mrs. Gloveina Livingston of Liv ingston' spent a few days with rela tives here last week. Mr. Otto Livingston of North spent Sunday here with relatives. Mr. Lucius Inabinet and sister Mattie, of the Trinity section spent Sunday afternoon here with rela tives. ' . Prof. C. M. Melton of Spartanburg spent a few days here last week. He has been re-elected as principal of the school here for the next session. We have .had a great deal of rain in the last few weeks. Corn is looking fine and we are expecting a good yield. Cotton is somewhat damaged by the rain and is quite small for this time of the year. Grass is a good deal scarcer than it was, bur there is plenty of It yet. We have been having a great deal of sickne?:.. We wish these unfor |tunate ones a speedy recovery. BRANCHVILLE NEWS. The Fourth Quietly Spent.?liaseball Team Off for Two Games. Branchville, .July 4?Special: The Fourth of July was observed in this town by almost everybody. Most of the st?ren and other places of busi ness was closed during the day and the proprietors, clerks and assist .ants. either went to a picnic, on a fishing trip or to a game of ball. The Branchville Baseball Club, composed of J. S. Byrd, P. E. Dukes, W. L. Folk, J. F. Folk. W. C. Mar tin, R. Tayior, W. Glaze, J. Brun son, R. Fairey and O. Lowman left for St. Matthews today, where they have gone to play two games of ball, one today and the other tomorrow. The baseball club of St. Matthews is expected to play three games with the Bra; chville team this week, on Wednesday, Thursday and-Friday. The heavy rains continue to fall in Branchville and the crops are falling off very rapidly. Mothers of the Confederacy. There has ben published in The Times and Democrat a letter ask ing for names of fathers or mother now living, who .had sons in the Confederate service. Both my grand mothers, Mrs. Rachel E. Michael and Mrs. Julia Salley, are "Mothers of the Confederacy." The former had two sons, W. E. and J. G. Mc Michael, who were in the service, the younger son dying just before the clos? of the war. Mr. A. M. Salley, son of the latter, was also in service for a time during the last months of the struggle. (Miss) Marion Salley, Ojiangeburg, July 1. Election in EUoree. -The election for electric lights has beeu ordered to be -held Friday, July 21!, and that of water-works Monday. July 2*>, at the Town Hall. The election was set for a date in June, but on account of conflict with an Act of legislation, was ordered for the last named dates. The books of registration have been op ened at Town Hall since Monday, 27th inst. and will remain open for ten day; from that date. These elections carry with them a bond is sue of ten thousand dollars. It will take n ore than| this to finance these issues, but the town have a good surplus in the treasury and some of this money will be used in the event the election is carried. Company "L" Attention. Company "L" is ordered to assem ble at the Armory on Saturday morn ing at nine o'clock, in Khaki Uni form, leggins and hats, and to be prepared to start for Chicamauga. Every member will prepare enough lunch to last him on the trip. Twen ty-five cents per meal will be refund ed tRe men for three meals eaten while on the train. Members who cannot go will send in their uniforms and equipments the day before. Low quartered shoes not allowed. By order of J. H. Claffy, Capt.; D. C. Hayden, 1st Sergt. SUPBYISOR WRITES OP HIS DUTIES AS COMPARED TO COMMISSIONERS. The Public Seems to Be Under the Wrong Impression.?What Should Be Reported to Him. I write this article to outline the plan which I think should govern in the distribution of the chaingang work throughout the county; and also to discuss the division of the duties between the supervisor and the township commissioner as to the work to be done in. the township. I do this for the reason that I am receiving so many requests, ' letters and petitions from various sections of the county, asking for the chain gang, or for the immediate perform ance of some particular piece of work. ?First, as to the chaingang, under the law, the supervisor has charge of the chaingang and is required to "distribute its benefits as impartial ly as possible." In carrying out this law, I am giving the townships about the same number of days dur ing the year. There are two chain gangs and twenty-two townships in the county, and so, at the rate of thirty-three days to each township, the chaingang would require one year to cover.the county; and this is what I am striving to do, keeping in mind that some townships are much larger than others, and that the roads passing through these townships situated nearest to the City of Orangeburg are traveled more by a greater number of people than any other roads, and, therefore, should receive more work. One chaingang is now in Elizabeth township,, and from there I shall bring it down through the townships in the Fork,?Rocky Grove, Good land, and so on?giving to each of therm about the same number of days. The other chaingang is in Poplar township, and I intend to take it down through the townships lying .between Four Holes and the Santee River, on down to Dean Swamp, giving to each of those townships about thirty-three days work. Secondly, as to the division of du ties between the supervisor and the I township commissioner. Under the law, the work to be performed in the township may be divided into two classes; that to be done by the commissioner; and that to be done by the supervisor. The law places the township road fund, composed of the commutation road tax, the one mill tax and the supervisor's ap portionment, entirely in the hands of the township commissioner. With that money, the commissioner is ex pected to keep In repair all the roads in his township, and all bridges up to $25 dollars in cost. In making contracts for the repair of bridges, however, he is limited to twenty-five dollars; but in making contracts for ?the repair of roads, he is not so limited. The supervisor has charge of the construction and repair of bridges, ! in townships, where the cost exceeds i twenty-five dollars, but he has to pay for this work out of the gen eral, and not out of the township fund.'T.he supervisor also has charge of the chaingang work in all of the township, directing where and how it shall be done. The law is very clear iii seperat ing the duties of the township com missioner from those of the super visor in the foregoing manner; and while the -township commissioner cannot be .held responsible for the distribution of the chaingang work, it is also uufair to hold the super visor responsible for the condition generally of the roads and bridges in a township. With only the lim ited time of thirty-three days avail able for each township, the supervis or can do no more than devote that time to the most important of the main lines of road running through the township, leaving the branch Jines entirely to the care of the township commissioner. I get numerous letters asking me to repair small bridges and to have done small jobs of work on roads, such as .filling up holes and wash outs, etc. All such matters should be taken to the township commis sioner and not to t.he supervisor, it is only when the cost of repairing a bridge will amount to more' than I $25 that I should be consulted, and in all such cases, I promise to give the matter my prompt attention. My work on roads is confined solely to such bridges, aud to that done by the chaingang. 1 find that the demand for the building of good roads in the coun ty far exceeds its means. To meet this growing demand, it will be nec essary for the county to provide some way to increase the amount now available for road purposes. F. J. D. Felder, County Supervisor. Business Locals. Balance feed for horses. Ground oats, corn and alfalfa. 55c per bn. Phone 50. Ayers & Williams. Ayers & William's Dairy Feed will produce milk. $1.35 per sack. Phone 50. Fresh turnips and Rutabaga seed at Ayers and Williams. Poultry Powders are guaranteed to prevent and cure all diseases of the poultry or money back. Ayers & Williams. A Pleasant Evening. Misses Lois Dukes and Mary Chis olm entertained a large number of tJieir friends at the home of the former on> Monday night in honor of Miss Nell Chambers, who is vis iting Miss Dukes. "H-e-a-r-t-s" was the game of the evening and the prize was awarded to Miss Emily Glaze, who in turn presented it to the guest of honor. NORTH PROVIDENCE NEWS. Ice Cream Festival.?Farmers Union to Have Picnic. The "C. M. A. Club", gave an ice cream festival at the Club House on Saturday afternoon last. The cream was delicious and plentiful. Music on the graphophone was rendered by Mr. Roy Shuler and the afternoon was spent pleasantly by all. Those present were Messrs. Marlon, Honor, Hugh, Calhoun, Whitfleld, Gordon, Grady, Roy and Victor Shuler, Frank and Chesley Evanc, U. L. Robin and Jacob Rast, William Webber and Sam, David, Marvin and Talmage Dantzler. Misses Annie, Lollie, Quinnie, Viola, Ruth and Evangeline Shuler, Flossie and Dollie Rast, Sadie and Nell Dantzler, Sbellie Sunchess, Cathline and Pauline Evans, Mrs. Lee Evans and Mrs. Eliza Shuler as chaperons. The Farmers Union will give a picnic at North Providence School House on the 27th of July, 1910. Speakers from Clemson College are to be present on this day. The pub lic invited to attend. Rev. C. W. Creighton was the dis tinguished guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Shuler on Thursday night, June thirtieth. ? Mr . Creighton is well, known and liked throughout this neghborhood. Crops are doing fairly well, the frequent showers has injured the cotton somewhat. Beulah. PATENTS AN AIR BRAKE. Branchville Citizen Thinks He Has the World Beat. Branchville, July 5?Special: Wil liard R. Chandler of this place has just been granted a patent on an at tachment for an automatic air brake system whir.'i he thinks will far ex cel any invention that has ever been made. By the use of the Chandler system it is claimed a locomotive en gine can be equipped with the straight air brake at a cost of $23.65 againBt the old cost of an amount many times greater. Mr. Chandler has been running an engine for the Southern railway com pany for several years and it was while he was running an engine for them that the idea of inventing an air brake came into his mind. A few months ago Mr. Chandler ap plied to the patent office for a pat ent, on his invention. He had al ready had some flattering offers for his invention, but he has declined to accept any of them and says that he will not, be. in a .hOrry to sell his patent right but will try to place it himself, as he realizes that he has a very valuable invention and one that if handled right will bring him in a good sum of money. LIST OF LETTERS. Those Remaining Unclaimed in the Orangeburg Post Office. The following, is the list of let ters remaining unclaimed in the Or angeburg Post Office for the week ending July 5th, 1910. Persons calling for same will please say that they are "advertised." Elder J. Baker. J. W. Beckuell. Fannie Carson. iMrs. Jane Colter. i ?Ned Colter. Mrs. Annie Dantzler. David Fritz. Alfred Jackson. Susanna Johnson. Sarah McKinley. Louise McDonald. Rebecca Middleton. . E. K. Mitchel. Mrs. Lucinda Moore. Dr. J. E. Poore. Hester Rollings. Izora Seabrook. John L. Wiggins. Alonza Zeigler. WOFFORD QUARTETTE. Will Give Exhibition at Academy of Music Monday Night. The Wofford Quartette, consisting of Messrs. T. M. Hamer, J. W. Wil kinson, R. G. Bressler, Pierce Wyche and A. W. Horton, business mana ger, will give an entertainment at the Academy of Music in this city on Monday night at S: 30 o'clock. Lower floor fifty cents, upper floor twenty-five cents. In commenting on their work the Springfield corres pondent of The Stale says: "Wofford lost none of its glory by the coming of the Wocord Quartette to Spring field Saturday night. These young men entertained a large audience for about two hours with an almost entirely new selection of songs and recitations. Sunday morning they sang at the Methodist church, and again at the Baptist church Sunday evening." Providence Notes. Some of the farmers are getting very much discouraged on account of so much rain, but oh, you far mers, cheer up for the worst is yet to come, so get your old mow and fix it to cut hay. The corn prospects are very good so far in spite of all the rain and we are in hopes of making a fine crop of corn. The cotton is very much damaged by tiie rain and the grass. It is Morning though you can see the ground al over the fields. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hutto went to Rowesville Saturday to bring their little daughter, Sarah, who has been on a visit to her sister, home. On Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Shuler went to see Mrs. Shti ler's parents. Miss Pauline Funches is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. 0. Shuler this week. We are all looking forward to a big time at the W. O. W. picnic on hhe fourteenth, and expect to hear some fine speakers. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What is Happening All Over the County.?Local Items of Personal Interest to Our Readers. c, Mr. F. Mason Crum, who has been attending school at Vanderbilt Uni versity, has returned to this city. Miss Florine Axson, of St. Mat thews, has returned home after at tending the summer school here. It is reported that another mov ing picture show will soon be opened up in this city. The more the mer rier. Some of the moving pictures ex hibited are not fit for young folks to see. Parents should look after this matter. Mrs. T. F. Smoak, of. Young's Is land is spending sometime with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Funches at Elloree. ? ? Mr. John T. Duncan of Columbia candidate for Governor, was in the city Tuesday. He seems to be con fident of election. . ' ? R. R. Rosebury will be up before Commissioner A. A. Brantley on '.he 20th instant 0:1 the charge of using the mails in a fraudulent manner. Children's Day will be observed at Wesley Chapel church on Satur day, July 9, at eleven o'clock. The public is cordially invited to be pres ent. Misses Minnie and Susie Dibble left Tuesday for Albany, Ga., and other points on a visit of six weeks. We know they will have a delightful time. School trustees were appointed all over the county on Tuesday by the Superintendent of Education Living ston and the County Board of Edu cation. Look after the damp places on or about your premises and see that disinfectants are used freely on them. This may prevent a serious case of sickness. The Charleston Evening Post says Miss Nellie Evans, a popular trained nurse of Charleston, will leave here Thursday to spend two weeks at her home in Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Cornelson have gone to their summer home at Montreat until fall. They were ac companied by thiir grand .iaugi ter, Miss Angie McLees. Look after the weeds about your premises and see that they are key* down. In wet weather weeds be come an excellent breeding place for mosquitos. So cut them down. Capt. and Mrs. M. 0. Daotzler and children have taken up their res idence at their summer home at Montreat until fall. Master J. L. McLees, Jr., accompanied them. Mr. A. T. Wannamaker returned to this city Tuesday, after having spent several days in Charleston. He spent somecime on the Islands while there and reports a very pleasant trip. Messrs. R. H. Jennings, P. M. Smoak and Robert Lide, all of this city, have filed their application with the Secretary for a charter for the Orangeburg Fertilizer Company. This will make two fertilizer companies for this city. ? The only lady delegate who at tended the Rural Carriers State Con vention at Newberry this week was Miss Florence E. Livingston, who is the carrier on Route No. 3, out of North, this county. She attended all meetings and is chairman of the committee on resolutions. Hon. Samuel Dibble has been nam ed by Governor Ansel as a member of the advisory committee of the National Irrigation Congress from South Carolina. There are four oth er members of the committee frot: this State. No better selection could have been made than Mr. Dibble. Mr. Isadore Rich sailed from Weis baden for home on Tuesday. Mr. Rich has been in a sanitarium at that place for a short time, but, as he grew worse, his friends thought it best to come home. He is repre sented as being a very sick man. but it is hoped he will reach home in safety. Mr. L. H. Wannamaker. secretary of the local Board of Health, has received a communication from the State Board to the effect that ail physicians are required to make a re port of all contagious diseases with in twenty-four hours after they n.-( called. Physicians in towns are re quired .to report to the local board, and those in rural districts are re quired to report to the State Board Wins His Suit. The contention between Supervis or Felder and the Board of Town ship Commissioners has at last been decided by Judge Gage in favor of the latter. It will be remembered that the commissioners employed L. K. Sturkie. Esq., as attorney for the board, but that Supervisor Feiderl ?refused to sign Dr. Sturkie's pay j check, and, therefore, he could not! draw his salary. Suit was brought before Judge Gage to compel Super-, visor Felder to si^n the check, and he has ruled that Dr. Sturkie is en titled to his pay and that the Sup ervisor must sign the checks. The amount involved is about $400. j Her Purse. ' Her purse contains some bits of lace, Some rusty keys. Some powder papers for tie- face. Some recipes. Her purse contains some chewing gum. Some wilted cuffs, Some vagrant pins, and also s:me Discarded puffs. If you feel down in the mouth, remember Jonah and the whale?He came out all right. The times may be dull but J. A. CRAIG The Pure Food Store Will Make Prices to Suit the Times Our Great Grocery strength lies in our ability to keep quality up while we hold prices down. Ho? thoroughly we do this you will real ize if you try us with an order. Have it consist of those groceries of which' you are the best judge of qualities: and values. That will be a strong test, but we welcome it. Come in and see. Some new goods arriving ever/ day. You will go away pleased with what you buy. one 15 is YOUR CAR A?jL RIGHT for that long ride you are planning; for the TWELFTH? Better be sure than sorry. 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