The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, January 24, 1911, Page 4, Image 4

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??U}Ki)BO? ACODSNl'ALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF "WITH A PISTOL. "."'/capon Discharged While He Was Handling It, BaU Hitting Him Just ?Above the Heart. Pinckney Bethea, a colored lad ahout fifteen years old, of Dillon county, a student at Claflin Univer sity, was instantly killed about half past elevsR o'clock Sunday taorning . wbjtle. handling a forty-eight calibre pistol at the home , of T. F. Deas, on "Goif Avenue, in this city. John Deas, Bon" of T. F^ Deas, a respectable co? : ored re^Hent of. this city, was in the room wltli Bethea when the unfor tunate accident occurred. He is about fifteen ve&rs of age, and was taken in : v custo^v by. Officer R. F. Jennings and was. held until the verdict was ren dered, when he was discharged. Coroner F. N. Rickenbaker empan elled a iury and held an Inquest over the bo^v, when all the facts connect ed wit^ the accident were broug it out. The pistol that did the killing was tbe property of. Lonnie Wright; also a Claflin student from Bamberg county. It was in hk. trunk at T. F. Deas', where he boarded. John Deas and Pinckney Bethea, who boarded near, were up In "Wright's room. and. " Bethea took the pistol from Wright's trunk, and was examining It when it went off, killing him as above de scribed. Wright was not present when tbe accident happened. (At the Inquest John Deas, wno was wfth Bethea Then the accident hap pened, testified that about half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday morning he was sitting on the trunk when Be thea came in, and he Invited him to take n seat. He went to Wright's trunk, took the pistol out, and was looking down the barrel. Told Be thea to put the pistol down as it may have something in it. The pistol fired and Deas hollered and then went out to tell people of the acci dent. Bethea started towards the door pnd feil about the time he reached It. The pistol belonged to Lonnie 'Wright, who boards here. He said Bethea came over to his home nearly -every day. He did hot look at pistol or put shell In it. Bethea; and myself were friends. No hard | feelings,between us. Lonnie Wright testified that the! pistol was. ui3 and. that he left >t| ?loaded. - Was from Bamberg arid has 'been going to. school here four years. He said he brought the pistol from home with him. He did not know anything aopu.t the killing as wae^ Jtot present .when it happened. '' T. F. Deas, at whose house the "accident occurred, and whose son "was present when it did occur, said no knew Pinckney Bethea for about four months. "Never * heard' of .any dispute, between John Deas and Pinckney Bethea! Never saw the pis tol unt?l after the killing/ Th; o/<ys never.had played with pistol to his khowlp'lge. ? ; Ja-.'. W. Weidham testified that he did not know anything of the kiP lag. .T. F. Deas notified him at church that] Bethea was dead.... Be^ tfcea boarded] with'him for the last four months. Knew .h]oth bo<-s. but never heard of any trouble between them. ' They went together often. Never saw pistol before. .Surprised when beard of shooting, but ':ad no reason to believe that Bethea's death was c'wsed by foul play.' Aft^r hea.ing the above testimony, and the testimony of Dr. D: J^ Hy driok, who held the post mortem ex amination, "the jury of inquest, of. I which Capt. W. R. Taylor was fore- ] xa&n. rendered a verdict that. Pinck ney Bethea came to his death by the accidental discharge of. a pistol while in his o^-n hands. After this verdict Coroner Rickenbaker ordered the dis charge of John Deas, who had been In' the custody of Officer Jennings ever since that officer had arrested him a short time after the accident. In and Around Vance. The farmers of o.ur section are getting busy for, we hope, a pros perous year, stalk-cutting, stump . digging and some are sowing spring oat's.. ." 'We have with us again this year our former pastor, Rev. J. E. Strick land. Mr. Strickland was with us last year, and we are exceedingly glad t'.o have him again. He is a gentleman of high culture and much beloved by his. congregations. ' Our little town is on the boom, there ' being several improvements made, among them is a handsome b]rick store and residence by Mr. G.eo. Dukea. Miss Helen Lathrop, our efficient teacher returned to her post of duty ion January. 10th, and resumed her work after a pleasant holiday." Miss Leila Eubanks of Alken is teaching at Sanrldge.- She is among onr best teachers and is conducting one of the most progressive terms the school has ever had. There wjll be an oyster supper and "bazaar at Geris?m church on Feb. 11th, beginning at 2 p. m. and con tinuing until in the evening. The proceeds will be used in material improvement to the church yard. The ladies are planning to make it quite a success. The pubic is invited. 'Miss Harvey of Spartanburg who (has been on a visit to Miss Mary Avinger for some time has returned to her borne. Mr. E. L. Bui] has moved into our midst. We give him a most hearty welcome. X. Must Be Vaccinated. Tbe Board of Trustees have or dered all the children in the graded schools to be vaccinated or get a cer tificate that they are immune from small pox from some physician. In taking this action the board is simply carrying out the State law, which re quires that all pupils be vaccinated when thev enter school. So there is no need to abuse them about the mat ter. CAROLINA RACE (INFERENCE! Will Hold ? Four Days' fleeting in City of Orangeburg. At the rBqueBt of the Rev. Ricbard Carroli we publish the followlngr We'< wish to urge everybody to come to tlie race conference at Or angeburg January 24727. We will not name speakers for the program except those outside of the State and a few within the State. The'speakers who are named oh the program will understand that they are to speak at night, except Mr. J. A. Banks, presi dent of v the white fair association, who will speak on the afternoon of the 26th. Let . everybody who comes to the conference come prepared to speak on any of the following sub jects: ' ;' 1. The Negro Preacher's Qualities and Place. ! 2. Moral and Intellectual Uplift of the Ne^ro. 3. The Educated Negro and the Church of Today. 4. The Public Duty of the Profes sional Negro. 5. - The Public School Question in South Carolina. 6. What to Do With An Education. 7. Sanitation. 8. Domestic Economy. 9. Agriculture. 10. How to Select Seed for Plant ing. . ' j HI. Stock Raising. , 12. How %to Suppress, Crime. 13. Our Women and Their Work In the Uplift of the People. 14. Relation of the Negro to the Government Under Which He Lives. 15. The Need of a Deeper Spir itual Life on the Part of the Minis ter. 16. Evil Practices As Seen in Rais ing Money lor the Church. 17. The Garden and the Cultiva tion of Vegetables. (Remember that we will ..ave lec tues at the conference by Dr. C. T. Walker, of Augusta, Ga., Major RCR. Wright, of Savannah, Ga., Dr. W. P. Thirkfield, of Howard University, Washington, D. C, Dr. Vyke, ot North Carolina, on his trip to the Holy Land, Bishop Walters, of New York, on his trip to Africa, Dr. C. C. Brown, of Sumter, on Ascendency, Dr. Clement, of Charlotte, N. C, edi tor of the Star of Zion. ' ? ? ? VER5T SERIOUS FIRE. Residence of Mrs. G. Edwin Stokes *'}.?$? :? :.i .?'; - ' ?? : \ -j:; Budly Damaged. ?Monday morning about three o'clock fire was discovered in the kitchen of Mrs. G. Edwin Stokes on Church street opposite St. Paul Meth odist church. The kitchen is at tached to the residence and the Are soon communicated , to that, and had made, some headway before it was discovered. The fire department re sponded promptly and soon had the fire under control. The kitchen was badly damaged, but the g,allant fire men extinguished the fire before It had damaged the residence much. Mrs. Stokes has a number of boarders, s->me of whom lost nearly all their belongings before the fire could be extinguished. Rev.' J. H. Wilson, D. D., pastor of the Luth eran church, who is one of her' boar 1 ers, lost nearly all of his clothes, booka, and other things. Of the boarders he was t''e heaviest loser. The'bouse was flooded with water, which" damaged the furniture of Mrs. Stokes and the clothes and other things of the other boarders. Thi3 could not. be avoided as the fire had crept Into the upper part of the house. The' origin of the fire is unknown, but is supposed to have been caused by a defective flue. Some months ago the kitchen caught on the roof in the daytime, but was extinguished before mnich damage was done. Consider ing the unseasonable hour at which the fire was discovered Monday morb ing the firemen did fine work to save the building from being destroyed entirely. We are glad to know that iMrs. Stokes had some insurance on her furniture. We hope her loss was fully covered. \t N Meeting Was Touching. It is said that the meeting between Lizize Cain and her aged parents was touching. They had not seen her since she was a little girl five years old, that being her age when she was stolen. The aged mother was over come with the joy that filled her heart, for the loss of the child had weighed heavily upon.her; she col lapsed when the marks she had al ways asserted would prove the iden tity of her babe, were disclosed upon the body of Lizzie. It is a great oonsolatioa to this old couple to know that the. daughter whom they mourned so long is well and being well taken care of, even if she does return to her work with the circus. "The Sins of the Father." Coming. A new Thomas Dlxon play, In which that author leaves the historical field and pictures the life of the South to day, Is the interesting announcement at the Academy of Music for Mon day, Jan. 30th. "The Sins of the Father"?for that is the title of the play?tells a story of love and hare, of lawless passion and its direct con sequence, in the home of a gallant Confederate officer thirty-five years after the War. In it Mr. Dixon strikes the race problem at an entirely new angle, for on a member of Major Norton's household rests the sus picion of a taint of negro blood. Horse Stolen. Snme thiof stole the horse of Ben Pou from the corner of Russell aud Windsor streets on Saturday evening just about dark. The thief took the aarness o*f the horse and rode hirr off with the bridle and the halter. The horse stolen is a fine animal. He is a bay, good size, with two white spots in his face, and is shod all round. Ben Pou is a colored farm er, and he would be delighted to hear from his horse. His address is Cor dova. picks the mm E'RICE-OAMPBELL PICKER WILL DO TBIE WORK. At Least That Is What Mr. H. B. Jennings, Who Saw It at Work ' Says. -Mr. H. B. Jennings, of Lumherton, N. C, was. appointed by the Amer ican Cotton Manufacturers Associa tion at its last meeting to examine nnd report upon the merits of the Price-Campbell .cotton picker. On a special request from The Charlotte Observer Mr. Jennings has reduced his Impressions to writing for the in formation of the readers. Mr. Jen nings has very kindly conplied as follows: "Upon receiving from the Ameri can Cotton Manufacturers' Associa tion an appointment as the Associa tion's representative to visit Texas :md Oklahoma with the party of lad ies and gentlemen from New York and New England, who were to visit that section of the country for the purpose of witnessing field demons trations of the Price-Campbell Cot ton Picker. I went to St. Louis, ar riving there the afternoon of Octo ber 15th. We left St. Louis that af ternoon, about S o'clock, on a special train, our first stop being at Mes auite, Texas, the nLght of the 16th. The car was here side-tracked, where we spent a quiet and restful night. The following day, the 17th, after having breakfast, the party was driv en out to the plantation of Mr. Schuyler Martin, where we were to have the first chance to. see this I wonderful machine. A large crowd I had gathered, the day was perfect, and no time was lost in starting the I demonstration. The machine has [more the appearance of an automo bile than anything else; a man sits above the fore part of the machine, Son a comfortable spring seat, and drives the machine straight down and over the row of cotton. The machine is driven by a 30 horse-power gaso line engine, which seems to afford ample power; it was under perfect control at all times. It moved about as fast as a man walks. The cotton stalks are slightly compressed by the "V-shaped guide on the fore part ot the machine?this in order to bring the whole plant in reach of the fin gers which do the picking. These fingers are about six hundred in num ber, and* are the most ingenious part of the mechanism. They have the faculty of reaching every part of the plant, engaging every particle, of the open cotton, then moving out from the plant with a backward motion, which prevents injury to the plant itself "I followed this machine up ana down many rows of cotton; not one plant did I find Injured by the oper ation of the machine; saw no bolls; blooms or leaves knocked bp the ground. The machine picked ?p proximately five hundred pounds of seed cotton per hour; and only one man was operating It. The cotton, When delivered by the fingers, drop ped to a moving belt, or belt con veyor, oue of these being on each side of the machine, and was car ried by this belt to a large bag on each side of the machine; everything worked smoothly, and automatically. No other human agency was employ ed than the man who drove the ma chine. Many were the expressions of surprise at the . performance of the machine;, it. seemed that most of those who hf.d gone there to witness the operation of the machine, had done so, expecting to see a failure; I'.will state, jandldly, that I was one of them. I had never expected to see cotton successfully picked by machinery. I thought it a sad com mentary, upon our Inventive genius that the col ton picker should have been developed by ode who for the greater part of 'his life had resided outside of t?e cotton belt; we have had this brought home to us many times before, however, it being well known, that to these northern broth ers, we owe the invention of the gin, spinning machinery, rice harvesting, and practically all other machinery which we make daily use of in con verting our raw material into finish ed or semi-finished product. "The evening of October :17th, our car was taken to Dallas, Texas, ana left near the fair grounds, the Dal las fair being on at that time; we spent two days here. The grounds within the race track had been cul tivated in cotton, and was in proper condition for the demonstration which we were no see there. There was a large crowd at the fair, and interest in the machine wa:3 intense, It having been reported throughout that section of the State that the machine had been tried on Texas farms and had made good; the cot ton field had been enclosed by wire fence, it having been demonstrated at other places that the excited peo ple w-ould do that which the machine would not?injure the plant. At this point two of the Price-Campbell cotton pickers were in active opera tion, the field containing, I would guess, about 25 acres of cotton. I watched the operation of both of these machines very closely for sev eral hours; I examined many rows of cotton, to see if the machine was, in any instance doing injury to the growing plant. I saw no injury. 1 'alked with a number of prominent native farmers who had come to see this demonstration; all said the pick er 'had come to stay. The only criticism I heard was that the ma chine picked too much green leaf; this, however, is admitted, I believe, by the owners, that I was told that the company has an invention to be attached to the picker, which will eradicate this leaf, and deliver cot ton as free from leaf and other forme of trash as the human picker does. "I go back for a moment to the demonstration at Mesquite; the cot ton picker at this was loaded in sev eral wagons, these carfully inspect ed and labelled by our crowd the drivers were then directed to go BOWMAN NEWS. Interesting Letter Prom That Hus tling Town. Bowman. Jan. 23.?-Special.?The fertilizer business in this section has begun in earnest, and .the prospective amount to be handled by the B. & B. R; R. promises to be very heavy, the rush is on and will continue now for some time. ? . . The unusual fine weather for this season' of the year has given an im petus to farm work in general and much ploughing Is being done in the way of preparation for another crop. The heavy production of last year's corn crop will stimulate some extra exertion among many of the farmers of this section to Increased yields of this staple grain .and the indications point to no little rivalry along this line. An abundant supply of corn carry as a rule many hogs to the slaughter.pen and this is the rec ord hereabout this winter. It is safe to state that more fat hogs have been slaughtered in this section of the county than ever before in its history and quite a number still left, ready for 'he knife. Mr. J. Ciifton Evans visited Or angeburg yesterday afternoon in his touring car, Miss Ruble Evans, his sister, accompanying him after spend ing the day with her parents here. Miss Evans is engaged in office work for her cousin, Jos. A. Berry, Esq., of Orangeburg. Mrs. O. P. Evans accompanied the party going and re turning. A trained nurse for Mrs. A. Z. Smith, who is quite ill, was secured and also returned with the party. The R. P. D. boys have had their hands full delivering mail the pasi. week, an unusual amount going out of the office almost dally, necessitat ing somewhat of a delay in handling the mail on the several routes going out of Bowman. Carrier on No. 1 ex ceeded the 5000 pieces on his trip for some months and according to department rules does not count any more, No. i is gaining along th}3 line and hopes to be soon in the same shape, Nos. 2 and 3 have gained also and are desirous of getting In line also. The postoffice Is being splendidly managed by the efficient postmistress, Mrs. L. H. Fair, and is ably assisted by Capt. S. A. Fair, who is well posted In the business. The increase in the money order business has been remarkable and the entire work is done with the dispatch notwithstand ing the heavy increase of the business in general. Miss 'Daisy Utsey is at home again after an extended visit to friends in the Vance section of the county. Supt. C. J. Rast of the Bowman High School spent Saturday at Or angeburg. He is a member also of the County Board of Education and speaks very encouragingly of the bright prospects of an Increased en ergetic disposition on the part of the boys for another contest In the pro duction of corn this year. This is a good piece of work and too much stress cannot be put upon it. Mr. W. J. Whetsell, who recently moved back to Bowman, says he in tends to "3tretch every nerve" in an effort to make a yield of 200 or more bushels of corn per acre on one or more acres .fchis, year. Willie is game when he "sets his head" and if he fails it will not be for the lack of trying, and that hard too. : Mrs. W. C. Wise of Sumter is on a visit to friends at Bowman. Miss Vallle Carter of St. Stephens is visiting the family of her brother, Dr. J. T. Carter. Dundee. ? through the country to Daiias; and there take the cotton to the largest plant of the Murray Ginning Co. We arrived at the gin about the same time the wagons got there. The cot ton wagons were driven under the suction pipes, which take the cotton to the cleaner, thence to the gin, and on to the press; we saw the whole operation. In a very few minutes, the cotton bale was delivered on a platform just outside of the gin house; our party cut it In many places, took samples and each gave his idea of the grade;- the concensus of opinion was that the bale classed strick middling, New York classifi cation. "We spent two days at Dallas, then took a suburban car, went to Dnlworth, where we witnessed an other demonstration of the Price Campbell machine; this deraonstrar tion was not different from what we had seen at Mesquite and Dallas; It was just as successful in every re spect.. Will state that the demon stration at Dawlorth was on a'field, the exact spot where Jesse James robbed a stage coach. This Is evolu tion on typical of that section? from the 'icene of stage coach rob bery to mechanical cotton picking. The latter seems destined to do that country more good than the former did harm." "Buster Brown" Coming. "Buster Brown," whose name Is a household word almost all over the world will come to the Academy of Music on Friday, Jan. 27th, and it is hailed with delight and one grand exhilarating hurrah, for he comes this season with a splendidly equipped and new edition of the always pop ular musical comedy of the same name, "Buster Brown" which is al ways a success with a capital S. This season the play has been revised and equipped with an entirely new scenic dress, new and elaborate cos tumes, together with popular songs that are the latest and new music throughout. The cast, which is headed by Master Harold as "Bus ter," and Al Brady as "Tige," is said to be by far the best of any one of the many seen in the comedy. "Buster" needs no introduction, his face is too well known and the mirth provoking elements of the play have been too thoroughly tried. The fire at the cotton warehouse is still smouldering. It was the most stubborn fire we have had here in years. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening Here and There. Local Items of Personal Interest to Our Readers. Col. W. B. Utsey, of St. George, who was painfully injured in a run away accident Tuesday evening, is improving. We'* congratulate the firemen on their excellent work at the two rtscent fires. No fire department could ex cel their record on these two occa sions. .Mr. J. I. McMichael, who has been the efficient out-door clerk of the Edisto Bank for several years, has been promoted to the position of teller. - , ? Mr. W. W. Dukes ha3 resigned his position as teller In the Edisto Sav ings Eank. Mr. Dukes has accepted a luctratlve position at Hartsville. We regret to see such a sterling youns man as Mr. Dukes leave us. We are glad to see that the. Or angeburg Railway has gotten its charter. This is one of the most im portant enterprises that has been projected in Orangeburg in many years, and we wish M.r. W. C. Wolfe and his associates in.it great suc cess. We call the attention of the col ored people to the program of the race conference which will be held in this city from Tuesday evening to Friday next. Subjects of interest will be discussed, and the conference should be well attended by the col ored people. The tragic death of Pinckney Be thea., the colored boy who accidental ly shot and killed himself Sunday morning, reveals to some extent the pistol toting habit. The pistol that did the killing was owned by Lonnie Wright, another student, who no doubt carried it on his person when he went out. The season of the deadly hot sup per has again arrived. At one hald in Anderson county Saturday two men and a woman'were killed and about a dozen were wounded. We publish an account of the killing on the first page. We advise the col ored people of Orangeburg county to cut out the hot supper. A white man who arrived in Co lumbia Sunday afternoon frpm Green ville, apparently stupefied uy some drug which he had taken, was turned over to a policeman. On being searched at the police station two pistols were found on his person. The fact of a drug crazed man going around with two pistols shows how lax our pistol toting law is enforced. A respectable colored citizen of this city, at the inquest over the re mains of the young colored boy who killed himself accidentally on Sun day, while talking to us about the lawless habit of pistol toting, waved his hand towards a. group of about fifty j'oun^ colored men, and said he believed that if they were all searched pistols would be found on half of them. RAILWAY LINE IS CHARTERED. Organizes With Capital of Fifty Thousand Dollars. The Orangeburg Railway which, it is stated, will be ultimately ex tended to Columbia, Charleston and Augusta, has been chartered by the secretary of 6tate, the capital being $50,000. The road will run from Or angeburg to Sprin?,fleld. a distance of 30 miles, and will do a general freight and passenger business. The officers of the new road are: W. C. Wolfe, Orangeburg, president; Joseph A. Berry, Orangeburg, secre tary. The board of directors are: W. C. Wolfe and Joseph A. Berry of Orangeburg and Lawrence Manning of Sumter. In the declaration of the corpora tors it is stated that ?500 per mile has been subscribed and the capital paid in Is distributed among the stockholders as follows: W. C. Wolfe, $19,000; Joseph A. Berry, $1,000; Lawrence Manning, ?1,000'. The new road will be entirely within Orangieburg county and will pass through one of the richest sec tions of the State. Just when tbe company proposes to make the ex tensions to Charleston, Columbia and Augusta is not stated in the petition. "Gone to a Peaceful Rest." On MoDday, Jan. 16, Mrs. L. N. S^'e-r of the North Providence sec ti. n passed away to her home above. M.rs! Shuler had been in declining health for several years, and lately had been prevailed upon by her doc tors to go to the hospital in Char leston and have an operation per formed. She never recovered and after suffering the intensest pain that it seems that mortal could bear she succumbed to her disease. Through ill her suffering she was wont to say, "Dear Jesus, help me to bear the pain, and a more patient. Christian never suffered and died. Mrs. Shuler was Miss Sallie Arant prior to her marriage and has beet: a consistent member of Antioch Baptist church ever since she was married.and a beautiful Christian character she was, well loved by all who knew her, and a real mother to all our young people. She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn her loss. We feel especial sympathy for her husband and two single boys, for scare;; two years ago their only single sister was taken to Heaven, and now th.eir mother and only lady in the house is gone. Dear friends. "Let not your heart be troubled, ' for your loved one is resting on the bosom of our mlgnty Savior now, and her earthly trou bles and sufferings are over. ? ? ? A Friend. REPORT OF T?WNS?JP COliSl?NEE (Continued from third page.) HEBRON TOWNSHIP. 211 Victor Sturkey, Work on road. 212 W. K. Carson, Work on road,.. .. 213 Victor Sturkey, Work on road,. .... 214 L. B. Kelley, Work on road,... .... 215 Victor Sturkey, Work on road,.. .. .. .... HOLLY HILL TOWNSHIP. ?216 L. F. Bunch, Lumber-and worK... ... 217 M. L. Breland, Work on road,. 218 J. F. Breland, Lumber,..... 219 J. F; Breland, Lumber,... .. .. .. .. . 220 J. F. Breland, Work on road,. .221 J. S. Connor, Work on road,. 222 J. S. Connor, Lumber,. 2'23 J. S. Connor, Work on road,. 224 K. N. Felder, Work on r^ad. 225 T. P.'Jackson, Work .on road,.. 226 T. P. Jackeon, Work on road,.. .. .. . 227 L. R. Rast, Work on road.; . 228 Ml H. Shin gier. Work on road,. 229 A. R. Knight, Work on road. 230 S. J. McCoy, Work on rond, ... 231 J. T. Russell, Work on road.i. .. . 232 R. F. Way, Work on road,... LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. 233 J. A. Bonnett, Work on road,. 234 T. J. Bonnett, Work on road,!. ,. 235 G. E. Bolen, Lumber and work,... .. 236 J. W. Cook, Work oh road... . .. :.. 237 T. J. Bonnett, Work.on road,. 238 D. D. Bolen, Work on road,.. 239 Anthony Fogle, Work on road,'.. .. .:. 240 Govah Golson, Work on road. 241 J. A. Boyleston, Work on road. 242 T. J. Bonnett, Lumber and work,..? :?'?? 243 J. A. Boyleston, Work on road. 244 J. W. Cook, Work on road. 245 J. W. Cook, Teams and work,.. ,. ?? 246 J. P. Follman, Work on.road.? 247 W. P. Hollman, Work on road,. LIMESTONE TOW 248 M. 0. 'Dantzler, Tools,.. 149 A. F. Inabinet, Lumber,.... 250 M. M. Godwin, Luimiber,.. ... .. 251 W. F. Joyner, Work on road,.. 252 F. W. Frrnum, Work on road,.. 253 D. W. Rucker, Wlork on road,.. 254 C. H. Williams. Work on road,. 255 C. W. Williamis, Work on road, 256 J. G. Sm.Ith, Work on road,.. .. 257 J. P. Walsh, Work on road,.. ., $ 294 49 ? MIDDLE TOWNSHIP. 258 G. H. Arant. Repairing bridge. 10 00 259 W. S. Barton, Jr., Work on road,.. . .'L,. 14 00 ' 260 S. A. Blackmon. Tools.I. XI ?a 261 T. A. Zeigler, Work on road,. 10 00 262 E. E. Hughes, Lwmher.?? 54 56 263 V. D: Funches, Work on road. 5 00 264 T. R. McCants, Work on road,.. 1 50 '2<i5 A. R. Dantzler, Lumber,... 45 04 '266 Ii. M. Zelsler. Lumber and work,. 1900 . 267 R. S. Zeigler, Lumber,... 15 90 263 P. C. Riley, Work on road.-?? 11 00 269 W. F. Stromyin, Work on road. 68 38 270 Smith & Sous Mfg..Co., Grader. 257 50 271 R. L. Zeigler, Lumber. 750 . I 547 48 NEW HOPE TOWNSHIP. 272 J. S. Antley, Work on road,.. ' 57 00 273 L. M. Bonnett, Work and lumJber,.'. .. 9 34 274 J; & Antley, Work on road.,'. .. 30 20 275 H. L. Ashe, Work on road. 170 86 276 H. B. Wolfe, Work on road,.. ... 5 00 $ 272 40 ORANGE TOWNSHIP. 277 Henry Dads, Repairing bridge. 7 00 278 H. F. Inabinet, Lumber,. 8 10 279 J. J. Fairey, Lumber. 95 51 2S0 Jno. R. Fogle,'Repairing bridge,. .. .. 1 50 281 M. M. Godwin, Lumber,..?. -7 30 282 W. F. Joyner, Work on road,. . . ??. 107 00 283 L. M. Zeigler, Lumber and work,.......... 15 2b 284 J. Wi Smoak, Tools,;. .. ... 9 05 285 W. S. Stroman, Cutting weeds, etc.? 4 87 286 J. K. Stnutamdre, Filling in hole. 50 237 R. F. Williams, Ditching. 15 87 288 C. H. Williams, Lumber and work,. 1 12 $ 273 07 PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP. . 289 L. M Smiih, Filling hole,. J 0J 290 J. P. Shuler, Work on road. } nn 291 B. R. Shuler, Work on roa-.L.. .. " 00 292 C. A. Shuler, Work on road. 45 00 293 J. W. Shuler, Work on road. . 5 00 294 G. C. Shuler, Work on road,. lj 49 205 G. F. Shuler, Lumber and work,. 98 *j* 296 G. C. :?huler, Lumber and work,,.. ? ' J{j 297 L. A. Carson, Lumber. *.? 00 298 P. C Moorer, Work on road. $ 258 77 ROCKY GROVE TOWNS13TP. 299 P. H. Fulmer, Work on road.n, 4 00 300 W. T. Pool, Wlork.on road,. 21 00 301 H. R.Schoenberg. Work on road,.. ...... 10 00 ? 35 00 UNION TOWNSHIP. 302 J. T. Antley, Work on road,'.? 325 303 J. F. Cleck'leyi Getting out stumps, new road,... 200 00 304 J. N. Fogle, Lumber,. 15 00 305 W. R. Turner, Lumber and work,. 11 25 306 J. H. Vailentine, Work on road,..-? 45 93 307 J. H. Valentine, Work on road,.. .. 33 75 % 309 18 VANCE TOWNSHIP. 3 08 Ransom Ravenel, Work on road,.. .?. .. ?. ... 245 00 309 Ransom Ravenel, Work on road.r 15 00 310 Ransom Ravenel, Work on ro&d,... 75 00 311 G. G. Shuler, Lumber,..... 45 00 9 380 00 WILLOW TOWNSHIP. 312 L. S. Dewitt, Lumber,...,. 16 55 313 G. M. Sandifer, Work on road.,. 235 00 314 W. H. Hutto, Work onToad,..:. 147 25 315 C. H. Spires, Work on road.?. 61 00 316 L. W. ?Darrs, Wrork on road,..? ,..< 14 00 317 L. W. Bnrrs, Work on road. 13 50 318 J. A. Garick, Work on road-,. 62 64 319 L. S. ?anford, Work on road,. 1530 320 J. W. Smoak, Tools,. .. 22 65 % 587 89 ZION TOWNSHIP. 321 T. B. Barton, Lumber,. 3:.*2 Henry Butler, Work on road,.. . 323 C. C. Kenncrly, Work on road,. . 324 S. S. Lee, Work on road. 325 P. ML WkMfe, Lumber and work,. 3:"'6 J. W. Smoak, Tools. 327 J. D. Whisenhunt, Work on road, $ 264 67 GENERAL CLADIS FILED AFTER FIRST DAY'S MEETING OF COUNTY BOARD. 32S William Brown, Work at Poor House. 329 F. J. D. Felder, Salary and expense. 330 F. J. D. Felder, Salary, December, etc.,.. .. 331 A. D. Fair, Salary.? 332 J. E. Hutto, County aid. 233 A. S. Way, Work on road.-. 3 34 G. G. Shuler, Lumber. 337 J. I. Hoover, County aid,. 33C F. S. Edwards, Beef.,. 335 Dr. J. F. Carter, Autopsy.i DISALLOWED CLAIMS. Marion Evans, Refund, commutation tax. A. Fischer, Holding coroner's inquest,.. ,.. ... A. E. Scott, Breaking horse's leg,.... .... .. . .j 38 00 6 00 6 00 7 50 16 25 ? 73 75 4 85 72 55 13 58 10 37 37 65 57 00 2d' 14 74 87 9 60 84 69 . 10 00 31 00 24 50 22 37 17 00 .10 75 52 70 553 52 2 25 2 00 50 00 4 25 11 25 8 82 1 25 3 00 ?14 26 29 40 19 80 18 10. 35 85 50 25 23 20 ffllP. % 273 67 4 15 8 10 7 30 57 80 85 55 73 59 43 25 34 00 20 75 10 00 2 80 5 00 68 40 94 42 80 00 1 90 8 15 9 00 216 54 101 00 154 57 9 00 16 33 14 75 9 00 5 70 5 00 2 00 2 00 50 00