The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 29, 1896, Image 1
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VOL. XLMANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 918.jT34
TiE ROAD LAW.
FULL TEXT OF A VERY IMPORTANT
ACT OF THE LEG::LATURE.
A Document That Should b-3 Read by
Every Man Liable to Road Duty in the
County, and Then Cut Out and Preserve.
Bscause of the wide-spread interest
which is felt in the new road law, and
to correct any misapprehensions as to
the terms of the existing law by which
the county commissioners and
the public must be governed, the law
is herewith published for public infor
mation.
An act to amend an act entitled "an
act to provide a system of county
government for the several counties
of this State, so far as it relates to
the working and maintaining the
roads and highways in this State.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen
eral assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That all roads, highways
and ferries that have been laid out or
appointed by virtue of an act of the
general assembly, or any order of
court, or by an order of the county
board of commissioners, are hereby de
clared to be public roads and ferries,
and the townships iboards of com
missioners in each township, together
with the county supervisor, shall have
the supervision and control of the pub
lie roads in their respective townships;
they are hereby incorporated, and the
township board of commissioners of
such township shall be their corporate
name. They shall have the right to
sue and be sued, plead and be implead
el, in any of the courts of this State.
The township board of commissioners
and county board of commissioners,
as hereafter set forth in this chapter,
shall have full power and authority to
order the laying out and repairing of
public roads where necessary, to ap
point where bridges and ferries or
fords shall be made, to discontinue
such roads, bridges and ferries as shall
be found useless, and so alter roads so
as to make them more useful.
Sec. 2. That the township board of
commissioners of the several town
ships or each county, subject to the
approval of the county board of
commissioners or the supervisor of the
county, shall, on the first Tuesday of
Aprilnext, or within four weeks there
after, divide their respective townshps
into suitable road districts, and make
a record thereof in a book kept for
that purpose, and annually thereafter
may make such alterations therein as
they may deem proper, and cause a
brief description thereof to be made on
the township records, and also to fur
nish each overseer with a description
of his road district. The township
board of commissioners of each town
ship, at their annual meeting, and an
nually thereafter, shall elect
from the qualified electors
of their townships, liable to road
duty, one overseer for each road dis
trict. whose term of office shall be t wo
years from the date of appointment,
and who shall receive such compensa
tion as the county board of commis
sioners may fix. Such overseer shall
not be compelled to serve more than
one term; and each overseer who re
fuses or neglects to qualify and serve
shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten
dollars and costs, or be sentenced t"
the county chaingang, suit to, be
brought by the township comnussion
ers before the !eare-st magistrate
Money so collected shall go into the
road fund of the county, and be cred
ited to the road district from which it
was collected. That when any vacan
cy shall occur in the office of overseer
by death, resignation or otherwise,
the township board of comnmiasioners
wherein such vacancy occurs shall ap
point some suitable person to fill the
vacancy: Provided, That such over
seer may appoint some suitable person
liable to road duty on his road a warn
er, and such person shall be exempt
from road duty for the time he acts as
warner.
Sec. 3. The roadbed shall be not less
than 16 nor more than 20 feet wide,
exclusive of ditches, roots and runnera,
uanless so ordered by the county board
of commissioners. The county board
of commissioners of the several coun
ties of the State are hereby authorized
and empowered to change the location
of any of the public roads in any of
the counties of this State, where in
their judgment steep hills and rough
places in said roads can be avoided by
so doing, and where such change
would be to the material interest of the
traveling public, and in like manner
condemn abondoned bridge and sites,
and assess damages therefor as herein
provided: Provided, that the county
board of commissioners shall grant
the persons owning the land where
such alteration is to be made, and in
-terested in such change or alteration,
notice of the day on which~ the matter
of the change or alteration of such
road shall be considered. Such person
shall have the right to be heard for or
aainst such change or alteration, and
offer testimony for or against the
same. For the purpose of relocating
such roads they shall have the power
to call to their assistance a surveyor,
who shall survey and lay off such
roads under their direction, so the
grade shall not exceed seven and
a-half inches to the ro-d wherever prac
ticable. The said commissioners shall
have the power to condemn the land
so laid off. If the owner or owr'ers
of such land, shall signify his or their
refusal to the opening of a highway
through such lands without previous
compensation, the county board of
commissioners requiring such right-of
way shall give ten days' notice in
writing to the person or persons
through whose lands such right of way
is required, or their intention to estab
islh such right of way, naming in such
notice a person who will act as referee
for them in the location thereof, such
owner orownersshall, within ten days
thereafter, appoint a referee for the
same purpose.- The referee so appoint
ed shall, within ten days, thereaf ter,
meet at some conveient pace anu
appoint a third referee, and the three
referees so a ppointed shall constitute a
board of referees f or the location of
such highway, and to determine the
compensation and damages for the
same. From the decision of the boar-d
an appeal shall be allowed to the ci
cuit court for the county in wvhich
said road is proposed to be opened,
where the trial shall be de novo bef ore
a jury, and the judgment so obtained
shall be paid b-y the county board or
commissioners as other claims agairnst
the county are paid: l'rovided, Tihat
no road be established as set forth in
this act shadl be so established as to
run within fifty yards of a a welling
house without the consent of the own
,rosa dwelling, and it shall be the
duty of each and every overseer to
work the roads under his char te thor
(ughl as he g arching the same
to centre. with drain on each side to
convey the wrat-r, and when necessa
ry to protect such drains from wash
.inr, by placing in ston- gravel, or
other substance. Whenever it is ne
cessary to convey water to or provide
for it to cross any road, he shall have
the drains across such road laid in
stone, 'ravel, or other hard substauce,
and of such width as to atford an easy
crossing where a bridge may not be
necessary, and he shall protect the
roads by suitable drains from interfer
ence by cultivation or otherwise; to
open or cause to be opened all public
roads and highways which shall have
been or may hereafter be laid out and
established in his road district, the
same to be kept in repair, and
remove or caused to be removed
all obstructions that may from time to
time be found therein; for which pur
pose the supervisors are hereby autho
i-ized to enter upon any uncultivated
lands or improved lands uuencum
bered by crops near to or adjoining
such roads, to cut and carry away
timber, except trees or groves on im
proved lands planted or left for orna
ment or shade ; and to dig or cause to
be dug and carried away any earth,
gravel, sand, or stone which may be
necessary to make, improve, or repair
said road, for which compensation
shall be made, and to enter on any
lands adjoining or lying near the road
to make such drains or ditches through
the same as he may de em necessary for
the benelit of the roads, doing as little
injury tosaid lands and improvements
thereon and timber as the nature of
the case and the public good will per
mit; and the drains and ditches so
made shall be kept open by such over
seers, and shall not be obstructed by
the owner or occupier of such lands,
or any other person or persons having
the same in charge under the penalty
of forfeiting a sum not exceeding $10,
or imprisonment for not less than 15
nor more than 3u days for each and
every offence, to be sued for by the
overseer, and paid over when collected
by the magistrate before whom action
is brought to the county treasurer and
applied to the road district from which
it was collected.
Sec. 4. That all able-bodied male
persons and all male persons able to
perform, or cause to be performed, the
labor herein required. between the
ages of IS and 50 years, except minis
ters of of the Gospel in actual charge
of a congregation, and persons per
manently disabled in the military ser
vice of this State, and persons who
served in the late war, shall be liable
annually to do and perform four days'
labor on the highways, under the di
rection of the overseer of the road dis
trict in which he shall reside; and it
shall require eight hours, of actual
a ork to constitute a day's work under
this section, except in Hurry county.
where the ages shall be from 21 to 50
years. Provided, further, That if any
person liable to road duty shall pey
to the county treasurer the sum or $2,
except the county, of Aiken, where it
shall be $1, except the county of Ker
shaw, where the commutation tax shall
be $1, and the same shall be received
in lieu of the labor upon the public
roads; Provided, That the county board
of commisbioners of any county cause
to be levied an additional tax, not to
exceed one mill, on all of the taxa ble
property of any township in their
county, when so requested oy a written
petition signed by two-tnirds of theC
freeholders of suca townships, such a
tax to be collected aset Lee- taxes, and
to be expeuded upon the roads and
uighways of each township.
Sec. 5. 'That it shall be the duty of
every overseer to make out a list of all
persons liable to road duty . Said over
seer is hereby authorized to demand of
any person or corporation the name of
any and all hands in his her or its
employ; and any person or corpora
tion receiving of such overseer, or war
ner by him appointed, such .demand.
failing or refusing to furnish a hist
containing the names of all male em
ploces, shall be guilty of a misdemea
nor, and for every such offense shall
be subject to a fine of not less than $10
nor more -than $30, or imprisocnment
in the county jail for not less than 10
nor more than 30 days, and place said
list in the hands of the "'warner," w-ho
shall serve notice, either by seeing the
parties personally and giving verbal
notice or leaving written notice at the
residence of the party, t; order out
every such person resident as afore
said, between the first day of January
and the first day of December annual
ly, to do and perform the work afore
said on the public road to which each
pers on may be assigned, said assign
ment to be on roads near the residence
of said party, or any road to be chang
ed or opened within four miles. And
if any per son, being warned by such
overseer as aforesaid, snail refuse or
neglect, having had at least 12 hours,
notice, to attend by himself or substi
tue to the acceptance of the overseer,
or, having attended, shall refuse to
obey the direction of the overseer, or
shall spend the time in idleness or any
inattention to the duties assigned him,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be fined
not more than $10 nor less than $5 and
costs or be sentenced to county chain
gang not more than ten nor less than
five days.
Sec. 0, That in case any person shall
remove from one county to another,
or from one township in the same
county, or one district to another in
the same township, who has prior to
such removal, performed the whole or
any part of the labor aforesaid, or in
any other way has naid the whole or
any part of the amount aforesaid in
lieu of such labor, and shall produce a
certificate oX the same from the over
seer of the proper district, such certiti
cate shall be a com plete discharge for
the amocunt therein specitied.
Sec. 7. That any person warned to
perormn any Ilbor upon the public
roads an~d highways undter the provi
sons of this act suiall by himseif or a
sitable substitute, who shall not be
une tue age of16 ybxears, appear at thle
tim and place~ ap..oined t)y the over
ee. at the houro o 'clock in the fore
L(oL, and shall - og~ witir himn such
ete-ry tools aLnd riplements usedl
on1 a .arm as thie ov.erseer may dirtet.
c 8. Tat for thme purpose provid
led b r in the precedcg sectjinof thi-s
act, th~e rca detnce of? any person who
ns a fatmily shal be neld to ce where
his fimy re-ides and the residence of
anv other hersonm shallbe neid to be
'iere tie iDOards or may be found.
Al1l tramps or p r-- not having auy
Iviilie umeanu obtax.?g a aeio
IshanA be subject to ro10d duty.
Sec- 9. Anai every overseer is hete
by requiredt to account to the boar-d of
tows:;p comnasiners at thecir an
nual settlea~eus for all tools received,
Ifmtei ued r m fundsexpennded, nn
der this act, and they shall also return
a full and true list ani statement of
the names of all persons within their
iespective districts who have been or
dered out to perform the labor as re
quirt d by this act, and af ter each work
ing to note the hours actually worked.
work each hand does, and he shall
make and furnish a list to the board
of to unship commissioners of those
who have refused or neglected to per
form the same, and shall by oath at
test the correctness of each list so kept;
and all fines and forfeitures used for
and recovered under the provisions of
this act shall be paid over on demand
by the magistrate or constable collect
ing the same to the county treasurer
wherein such fines or forfeitures ac
crued; and the several overseers shall
also render an account to the town
ship board of commissioners at the
annual settlement of all moneys ex
pended and all property remaining in
their hands at the time of the settle
ment, also all judgements that remain
unpaid, and the name of the judgment
debtor, and magistrate before whom
souch judgments were obtained and
the amounts thereof and the township
board of commissioners shall make
such order as to the prosecution of the
suits by the overseer of the proper dis
trict against such delinquents of the
township board of commissioners the
interest of the township may require.
Sec. 10. That all property that may
remain in the handsof the overseer at
the time of the annual settlement with
the township board of commissioners
shall be turned over to his successor
in office as soon as such successor
shall ne elected and qualified, taking
a receipt therefor, and deposit said re
ceint with the township commission
ers. It shall be lawful for any over
seer to sue out executions on any
judgment that remains unpaid within
his proper district at any time when,
in his opinion, the same can be col
lected, and the money so received and
collected shall be paid over to county
treasurer as provided in the foregoing
section by the magistrate so collect
ing.
Sec. 11. That the county supervisor
of roads and highways within the I
county be, and is hereby, authorized
to have the overseer to construct foot
paths or bridges over streams, swamps,
marshes, and along the highways of
his county.
Sec. 12. That each overseer within
his district may erect and keep up, at
the expenie of the county, at the forks
and crossroads, a post ard guide board
or tingerboard, containing an inscrip
tion in legible letters directizg the
way and distance to the to cn or
towns, or public place or places, situa
ted on eacn road. respectively.
Sec. 13. That ii auy person shall
willfully demolish, throw down, alter
or deface any guide-board, every per
son so offending shall, upon convic
tiou thereof, before any magistrate of
the proper county, be fined in any
sum not exceeding $10 and the cost of
the suit, or be sentenced to labor on
the public works of the county for a
tern of not more than 30 days. and
the money. when collected, shall be
by the magistrate collecting the same,
paid over to the county treasurer.
Sec. 14. That the county board of
commissioners be, and they are ht re
by authorized to furnish signboards,
ploughs, scrapers, or other tools for
the use of the several districts, at their
di cretiou, to be paid for out of aus
mouess in the county treasury not
other sise appropriated, and tur-n the
saue over to the cnairmnan oif the
township board of commissioners and
take his receipt therefor. The town
ship board of commissioners shall tae
a receipt from each overseer for sucn
impiments as they may deliver to
him, showing to him the number, kind
and condition thereof, and such over
seer shall be liable for any injury or
damage that may result to such imple
ments, or to any of them, by proper
use thereof, or by unnecessary expos
ure to the weather, during the time
the same may be in his possession;
and he shall, on the first Tuesday of
February annually, return the same
to said township board of commission
ers. The amount for which overseers
may be liable for such improper use
or negleet may be recovered by action
in the name of the township board of
commissioners, or any person using
the plows, scrapers, or other tools
furnished by the county board of com
missioners ior other purposes than the
purpose for which the same was fur
nished, shall be fined not more than
$50 nor less than $5, or imprisoned
not less than 10 nor more 30 days.
Sec. 15. That the county board of
commissioners in the several counties
may, in their discretion, authorize and
require the county supervisors to hire
and employ overseers and laborers
upon the public highways under con
trol of overseers, at such compensa
tion as the board may determine.
Commutation taxes -and such other
funds as may be applicable to high
ways may be used in payment for such
work.
Sec. 16. That each and every over
seer who shall neglect or refuse to
erform the several duties enjoined
OiL him by this act, or who shall, un
der any pretense whatever, give or
sign any receipt or certificate purport
ing to be a receipt or certificate for
labor in work performed or money
paid, unless the labor shall have been
performed or money paid prior to the
giving or signing of such receipt or
certificate, shall forfeit for every such
offece not less than $10 nor more
than $50, to be recovered by an action
before any magistrate of the county,
and it is hereby made the duty of the
township board of commissioners to
prosecute all offences against the pr-o
visions of this section. Provided, That
if any overseer conceives himselt ag
grieved by the judgment of such mag
istrate, he may, on giving suffheient
security in double the sum of the
judgment found against the party of
fending, to said magistrate for the
ayment of the cost, appeal to the
:ourt of common pleas, which shall
make such order therein as it may ap
pear just and reasonable.
Sec. 17. That it shall be unlawful
for any overseer to perform or cause
labor to be performed on any road
not regularly laid out and established
by law.
Sec. i8. That aoy time during the
ear, when any public high ways shiali
be obstructed, it shall be the duty of
the oversrer of the district in wuichi
te same may be, fortnwith to cauise
such obstruction to be removed, for
wich purpose he shall immediately
lorder out such persons liable to do
work upon the public highways of nis
-oad district, as he may deem necessa
Iy to remove said obstr-uctions. If
the person er persons thus called out
ave performed their four day& labor
upon the public highways, the over
seer shall give to such persemn or per
bor performed. and said certificate
shall apply on the labor that may be
due for such person or persons, for the
ensuing year.
Sec. 1.- That if any person or per
sons, corporations. or any conductor
of any traiu of railroad cars, or any
other agent or servant of any railroad
company shall obstruct unnecessarily
any public road or highway by per
mittirg- any railroad car or cars or lo
comotive to remain upon or acro!s
any street, public roads or highways
for a longer period than five minutes,
after notice to remove said cars has
been given to conductor, engineer,
agent or suc other person is charge
of said train, or shall permit any tim
ber, wood or other obstructions to re
main upon or across any such street,
road or highway, to the hindrance or
inconvenience of travelers, or any per
son or persons passing along or upon
such street, road or highway. every
person or corporation so offending
shall forfeit any pay for every suc1
offense any sum not exceeding twen
ty nor less than five dollars, and shall
be liable for all damages arising to
any person from such obstruction or
injury to such road or highway, to be
recovered by an action at the suit of
the township board of commissioners
in which such offense shall have been
committed, or any person suing for
the same, before any magistrate with
in the county where such offense shall
have been committed, or by indict
ment in tue court of general sessions
or suit in the court of common pleas.
And all iues so accruing under the
provi.sions of tais section, when col
lected, shall be paid over by the mag
istrate to tue county treasurer for the
district in which such offense was
committed. And every twenty-four
hours such corporation, person or per
sons, as -foresaid, after being notified,
shall suffer such obstructions, to the
hindrance or inconvenience of travel
ers or any person going along or trp
on such road or highway, shall be
deemed an additional offence against
the provisions of this act.
Sec. 2. Tat every railroad compa
ny or other corporation, the servant
or servants, agent or agents, employ
ee or employees, of which shall in
any manner obstruct any street, pub
lic road or highway, shall be liable to
pay all fines which may be assessed
against such servant or servants, agent
or agents, employee or employees, for
so obstructing any such street, public
road or highway, and such liability as
may be enfcrced by execution against
said railroad company or other corpo
ration on the judgment rendered
against such servant or servants,agent
or agents, emwployee or employees, for
so obstructing such street, public road
or high way.
Sec 21. It shall be unlawful for any
railroad company to obstruct the
araiuage of any public road or high
way by its roadoed or otherwise, or
empty the water from its ditches into
any public road or highway, to the
injury of said highway; and if any
railroad company, being warned by
the overseer of the proper district by
leaving a written notice with any
agent, or infor:ning any station agent
u said railroad company personally,
shall refuse or neglect to remedy th
same to the acceptance of the overseer,
shall for'eit and pay any sum not ex
ceediig $50 nor ls than $20 to be re
covere-d by an action at the suit of the
tuship board of coimmissioners be
fore auy magistrate; and every ten
da'. s such railroad cu:npany, after be
ing notitied, shall neglect or refuse to
reedy such offence shall be deemed
sa additional offence against the pro
visious of this act; and the money so
rollected shall be paid by the magis
trate so collecting to the county treas
urer, and the money so paid over
sall pecome a part of the county road
fund.
Sec. 22. It shall be the further duty
of such overseer to cause each railroad
company to construct and keep in
good repair the roadbed of all public
roads across the road bed of said rail
road company; and if any railroad
company, being duly warned by the
overseer of the proper district, by
leaving a written notice with any sta
tion agent, or by informing any sta
tion agent of said railroad company
personally, shall neglect or refuse to
cnstruct or repair such roadbed to
the acceptance of the overseer, shall
forfeit any sum not exceeding $50 nor
less than $30, to be recovered by an
action at the suit of the township board
of commissioners before a magistrate
of the county, and the money so col
lected shall be paid by the magistrate
coiecting to the county treasurer, and
the money so paid over shall become
a part of the county road fund; and
every five days such railroad company,
afte - being duly notified, shall neglect
or refuse to construct or repair said
road, shall be deemed an additional
offence against the provisions of this
act.
Sec. 23. The suoervisor shall fur
nish each member'of the township
board of commissioners with a suffi
cient number of printed copies of this
act for the use overseier and township
board of commissioners, and the coun
ty board of commissioners shall f urn
ish the necessary books and blanks for
the use of the township and the town
ship board and overseer. The town
ship board of commissioners shall not
lay off any portion of any incorporat
ed city, town or village in any road
ditrict.
Soc. 24. That the passage of this
act shall not be held to have altered
or changed any actions which may
have occurred to any one under an
act entitled "An act to regulate the
roads an'd highb ways of Barnwell coun
ty" Thme roads, bridges and highways
of the counties adopting the contract
system shall be worked as hereinafter
provided .
sec. 25. That if the county board of
commissioners conclude to adopt the
contract system for working, main
taininig and operating the several sec
tions of the hig~h ways, roads, bridges,
and ferries in tue several townships in
their respective counties, or any part
thereof, the county supervisor, as
soon as practicable thereafter, may
advertise in tie newspaper published
in the county once a week for three
weeks, and by notice' posted in two or
more conspicuous places in thei several
townships, or thle township to be work
ed by the contract system, for bids
from responsible persons for the per
formanieeof the~ work as above set
forth, and shall furnish specification,
of all such work or contracts as have
been advertised. Any and all bids
made shall be in writiug, sealed, and
addresd to the county supervisor,
and by him opened in the presence of
and submitted to the county board of
cmmissioners, and it shall be the duty
of said board to accept the iowest bid
made by a reasonable person or party:
Provided the county board of com
any and all bids; and said board is
hereby empowered to hire overseers
and laborers, and have the work per
formed as in its judgement may be
most expedient and for the best inter
est of the county: Provided, further,
that the county supervisors of the
counties of this State are hereby au
thorized and empowered to arrange to
work the roads of their respective
counties, or to lease to or from the
county board of commissioners of
any county, upon such terms as may
be agreed upon by the respective coun
ty boards of commissioners, any con
victs sentenced to perform hard labor
upon the public works of any county,
and said convicts may be worked up
on the roads, highways, bridges ,r
other public works of the county
where convicted, or of the county to
which they have been leased.
Sec. 26. That the county board of
commissioners of said counties, and
they are hereby, authorized to levy an
nually a sum not exceeding one mill
on all taxable property of the respect
ive counties, which shall constitute a
part of the county road fund, to be
expended by the said board in the
same manner as is provided by law
for the use and expenditure of the
commutation tax in lieu of road duty;
and such tax shall be collected at the
same time and manner as is provided
by law for the collection of taxes lev
ied for ordinary county purposes;
Provided, That the provisions of this
section shall not apply to Orangeburg
county.
Sec. 27. That the co mty treasurers
of the counties of this Sta'e are here
by authorized and empowered to re
ceive from any and all persons liable
to road duties in the counties of Abbe
ville, - dollars to be fixed by the coun
ty board of commissioners; Aiken, one
dollar; Anderson, one dollar; Barn
well, one dollar; Beaufort, .wo dol
lars; Berkeley, one dollar; Chester,
two dollars; Chesterfield, one dollar;
Charleston, one dollar; Collewon, two
dollars; Clarendon. two dollars; Darl
ington. one dollar; Edgetield. two dol
lars; Fairfield, two dollars; Florence,
two dollars; Georgetown, two dollars;
Greenville, one dollar; ampton, one
dollar; Horry, two dollars; Kershaw,
one dollar; Lancaster, one dollar;
Laurens, two dollars; Lexington, one
dollar; Newberry, one dollar; Marlbo
ro, two dollars; Marion. two dollars.
Pickens, one dollar and fifty cents;
Richland. two dol'ars; Spartanburg,
one dollar; Saluda. two dollars; Sum
ter, one dollar; Union, one dollar;
Oconee, one and one-half dollars; Or
angeburg, two dollars; Williamsburg,
two dollars; York, one dollar as com
mutation tax;and all moneys so paid
shall be set apart and known as the
county road fund: Provided, that
such commutation tax be p tid for the
fiscal year 1896 between the first day
of March and the first day of April.
and hereafter said commutation tax
shall be paid for the succeeding year
when State and county taxes are paid.
and that the couusty treasurers shall
furnish a receipt to the person so pay
ing the same.
Se:. 23. That the county treasurer
of said counti-s shall fur: ish the coun
tv sup:rcisor of their respective coun
ties a list containing the namn's of all
persons who have paid th.-ir commu
tation tax: an.d tue chairin tr of tme
township boards of cninissiouers
shall also prepare and !u:-nish to the
sup-rvisor a lit of all per')Is liable to
road duty in their respective town
ships; and the said uperMisor shall
heck off the names of all such 'wr
sons retorxed on LLhe list (f th- couaryt~
tresurers as haviug paid theim comf
mutation tax; and all perscns who~se
names shall remain on the list so
hecked shall be required to perform
road duty not exceeding in the aggre
gate four days, arid shall be assigned
o such duty by the county supervisor
under one of the contractors in the
township having under control the
section or sections nearest the residence
of such person or persons. It shall be
the duty of the contractor of any sec
tion to receive such person or persons
so assigned to him by the county su
prvisor, and shall allow to the county
bard of commissioners such sum per
:iem for the labor of any such person
>r persons as may be agreed upon by
ontractors and the county board of
cmmissioners and said sum shall be
redited upon the amount due or to
become due said contractor by the said
board as hereinbefore provided; any
person assigned to work under a con
tractor as herein provided and ref us
ing or failing to do so shall be guilty
>f a misdemeanor, and fined in a sum
ot less than five nor more than twen
ty dollars, or imprisonment in the
ounty jail for a period of not less
than ten nor more than thirty days,
or sentenced for the same period on
haingang.
Sec. 29. The county board of com
missioners are hereby authorized to
work the highways in :heir counties,
or any part thereof, by chaingaug,
without regard to the system or sys
tems used in other portions of their
counties
Sec. 30. All acts or parts of acts in
onsistent with this act be, are hereby,
repealed.
Sec. 3L. That this act shall go into
effect on its approval by the governor.
Aapproved the 23d day of March,
A. D., 1896.
Danger of Electric wires.
PHILADELPHIA. April 2L -Linford
L. Biles, 65 years of age, was kilb-d,
and his son, Geo. E. Biles, 31 years ot
age, was badly injured thi mornin2g
by coming in contact with a wire that.
was crossed with an electric lig ht trol
ley car current. The father and s:>n
went on the roof of their home, No.
1031 Tasker street, about 2.30
o'clock to investigate a tire, a telegraph
wire having ignited the wood work.
The parent seized the wire and the
current was so heavy that that he was
electrocuted. Geo. E. Biles endeavor
ed to extricate tine wre from his fa
thers gra-p, and he, too, was seriously
hurt- The son was reumored to st
Agnes Hospital, where hje lay uncou
scious for five hours. lHe will proba
bly recover. Linford L. Biles w-as
foreman of the jury that convicted IH.
II. Holmes of murder in thme tirAt de
ree on the the c'ar-'ei oiik.ig Beuj.
P. Pietzel. He was a well known
citizen and for a numxber of years hauO
oeen pay master at the At'antic Ui1
Works.
A Tragedy oh the~ sea.
LONDON, Aprili 23.-The Br-itish
bark Firtth of Soiway, bound for Dun
edin, was sunk yesterday umorniug by
collision with the British steamnte
Marden, of Greeuoek, near Kirsh
hghtship, on the cast coast o Ireland.
The bark went down ahnust i1m:nedl
ately, and the captaiu's wife and c~iiid
and thirteen of the cre w were dro .vn
ed. The captain and eight sailors were
saved. The Marsden's bows were bid
CONFEDERATE VETERANS,
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEN WHO
WORE THE GREY.
He'arty Weicome Appreciated-Gan. Walk
er Re-elected Commander-Monument
Proposed to Oscar Leiber-Gen. Evans'
Oratior Last Night.
CHARLESTON, April 23.-The second
day of the occupation of "the City by
the Sea" by the Confederate Veterans
opened auspiciously for the en oyment
of the varied programme of entertain
ment which the old city has provided
foir those whom she delights to honor.
The guests all appear to feel that
Mayor Adger Smythe meant every
word when he told them last night
that the keys to the city's gates and
hearts and homes were delivered over
to them, and to see the ease and free
dom with which the old fellows in
the hearty welcome is to have assur
ance that the spirit of hosts an d guests
are in perfect symphony.
A few who are compelled by the im
perative demands of business :r neces
sity have reluctantly turned their
faces homeward, but their presence
was scarcely missed from the crowd
which again packed Artillery Hall this
morning.
It was announced last night that the
veterans would arrange themselves
this morning in the seats under the
banners which designated their re
spective brigades, but while for a
time this order was sought to be car
ried out and served the purpose while
it lasted to bring the comrades into
better order, it was soon disregarded
and they scattered about wherever
each thought he saw a face upon which
memory had left some familiar trace
of by gone days. Thus the earlier
hour of assemblage was spent. in hear
ty greetings and social chat in which
old associations and scenes lived over
again, and many a heart forgot, for
the once, the trials and sorrows which
a generation had interposed between
the memory and the reality.
it is the experience of these things
in the old hearts, and their exhibition
of them to the observation of the young
men of the present generaticn, wnich
makes these reunions occasions of such
unalloyed pleasure and of priceless
value to all who participate in them.
As long as the sense of honor and
patriotism is considered as worthy to
be cherished as a virtue among us, we
can never afford to put aside the op
portunity for learning the impressive
lesions which occasions afford.
General Walker called the conven
tion to order at about 11 o'clock and
Adjutant Holmes concluded the re id
ing of the minutes of the Columb a
mreting, which was suspended for oth
er buiuess last uiiht. The most in
teresting feature of the minutes was
what rel:ttd to Private Oscar Leiner
'f Columbia, a member of Hampton
Lr-i rn, w io .v-es wounded at B.irham
ville on the march from Yorktown to
Richmr-nid. and died a few days after
in Richmond. The earnest expression;
in his will that his renai us should nor.
b; buried on Northei 1, s. il and of his
de - tion to the caus.i of the South
muv-d the vast assembly a--.sibly and
steps were inaug urated, which will re
sult ere lung, in tne erec;iou of a suit
able muonu.neut to his memory in
T i.ty Caurch yard at Co!umoia.
The r'presatatives of Buer's Cav
al - Bei.de., 10) stroig, marchbed into
tue'Hail headeJ by the oattle fiat of
tne F1 h R--gimnt, which has o- en
prserved aud is now in the care of tue
Charleston Light Dragoons. Wheu
the veterans were seated the torn me -
moial of many bloody fights was
planted on the platform near General
Walkers seat.
As soon as the hosts were seated,
General Walker commanded attention
and quiet for fiye seconds, and in the
sap of a kodak the whole army of
veterans were taken by Leidloff, at
the instance of Capt S. A. Cunning
ham, Editor of the Veteran, and the
picture will appear in the next num
ber of that magazine.
Letters were read from General Jno.
B. Gordon, Stephen D. Lee, M. C. But
1r, Eilison Capers. WV. H. Wallace,
Jno. Bratton and Col. I. G. McKissick
expressing their profound regret at
being prevented from meeting their
comrades i.n arms at this gathering.
Invitations were received from Pres
ident Mele hers of the Geriman Scheut
zenfest, giving carte blanche to all
veterans to come out to the fest dance,
soot, eat, drink, and do just as if they
were members; aad the lady principal
of the Ccnfederate Home School re
quested their presence at the special
exercises of that institution on Friday
morning.
A resolution was adopted request
ing that commanders of camps for
ward to the Division Commander the
number of indigent soldiers in their
respective camps or fraternities, who
would be willing to accept the hospi
talities of a home if one should be
pi ovided for them; and another reso
lution looking to the organization of
such a home was, also, passed. Capt
Car wile offered a resolution providing
for the appointrnent of a committee of
Sve, who snall appear before the State
Board of Education and endeavor to
s~cure the adoption of such h'stories
for use in the public shools as give
fair and truthful statements of the
war between the States and the exclu
sion Iroin the schools of such books
as do not treat tue subject in a fair
When the election of officers was
reacied, lion. G. Lamb Buist was
caled to the chiair, anid announced
the order calling for uoinations for
Major General. Captain Carwit e
noinated Gen. C. L. Walker, and
moved a stauding vote, and when the
questoa was put every veteran in the
ual rose to his feet. Such an expres
ion is the iinghest which could be
iven of the satsfaction which GenI.
alker- has given in tis admjinistra
31e. Buist then annouuc2-d the re
ut to G-enera! \Vlker, who in a few
modest word., ex pres.sed mis warm ap
reciationu of tne nouor conferred anid
i.pd that at tateir next nettig 'ie
>uld be able to. rep ort 150 camps inL
stead of tiue sixty neo in service.
(o!. A. C.' sard~ was unaniunously
~lec..d Brig.dier G-: n-ral of the Fir~L
andii GenIeral Isaae G. Zceissiek of tue
Secnd 1Bri.a-e.
General Clement Evans of Georgia,
~he oratvr of to-night. was announccd
.iea was received witu a rousing Con
fea.rae eer; responding toithe comi
piniets in atfew very iippy word-S
The B:igade [Historins authorized
by a resolution at the Cs utibia con
vetion, were uaunted and contirm
ed by vote of the convention. Tirey
are (jen. E. Capers for the First Bri
gade, Col. J. S. $tr'.dn, of Union, for
Greenville was selected by unani
mous vote as the place of meeting of
the next annual veterans reunion.
The Artillery hall was packed again
to-nioht by the veterans and a larger
number of the city's fair women than
before, to hear the address of Genl.
Clement Evans, the gallant command
er of the Veterans of Georgia. Gen
eral Evans' wife and two daughters
occupied places of honor on the plat
form. Gen. Walker exceeded him.
self in the happy terms with which he
introduced the veteran orator, paying
a merited tribute to the fraternal spirit
which had always characterized the
relations of that State to Carolina.
In our hour of need, he said, her sons
had, with a promptness and ardor
born of true brotherhood, given their
lives for our defense, and when the
common cause went down in disaster,
the wise counsels of her noble states
men and soldiers had been given to
sustain us. Their spirit of hope had
assisted us to bring about a return of
peace and prosperity. It was but nat
ural, therefore, that at this first anni
versary of our organization he should
turn to Georgia and ask her gallant
son, who stood as a leader of her hero
ic Confederates, to come over and
share with us -the joys which this oc
casion inspired.
Gen. Evans held the attention of
the vast audience for more than an
hour. Almost every sentence of his
magnetic address drew respcnsive
demonstrations of apolause. When
Genl. Eva.ns closed, 3tajor Wood, of
New ,Orleans, representative of the
Battle Abbey fund, the generous pro.
posal of George Rouss of New York,
was introduced. He explained the
purpose and plans, for the execution
of which the United Confederate Vet
erans are already fully committed. A
few matters of routine business were
then attended to before the convention
adjourned.
The display manoeuvres of the fire
department during the afternoon were
magnificent spectacles, a revelation to
thousands gathered on Marion square
and who crowded King and Meeting
streets along the route to see the pa
rade.
CONGRESSMEN COME TO BLOWS.
They Sling Ink Stands at Each Other With
Effect.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Congress
man Money, Democrat of Mississiopi,
Senator-elect from that State, And
Congressman Hall, Democrat of Mis
souri, bad a lively personal encounter
in the Committee on Naval affairs to
day, and as the result Mr. Money re
ceived a severe cut in the back of his
head from an ink stand thrown by
Mr. Hall, and the latier just escaped
being struck by anorher ink staid
thrown at hi'n by 3:r. Money. The
fracas occurred about noon in the;
c.mmittee room of he Naval Aff %irs
Committee, .,f which both gentlemen
are members.
Mr. Hel is a man of large stature,
stauding six feet two and weigbing
250 pouuds. Mr. Money is also tall.
but rather slig tand no o~flrch for his
opp:nent ptiysically. Mr. Money was
hurriedly taken into a corninttee
r)om on the fi>.:r below, while Mr.
Hall walked calmly along the corri
c'or to 'h- hill of the House.
The blood from Mr. Mouey's wound
dropped on tne tessalated marble floor
as he was half carried down the steps
A great crowd imrnediat ly congre
gated and there was maecn excitemrn-nt.
Tt.e details of the cause of the '-ncuun
ter were hard to obtain Mr. Hall
when seen immediately after the light
aid he did not desire to make a state
ment. - 'It was a personal matter,"
said he, and I do not desire to say
anything. Ido not suppose Mr. Mo
ney either will care to make a state
ment."
Mr. Mooney was taken to the room
of the Committee on Claims, where
his wounds were dressed by a physi
cian- There were two cuts, one j-ust
back of the ear, about an inch long,
and the other further down the neck,
both made probably by the points of
the ink well Mr. Money, like his ad
versary, said he did not desire to make
a statement. A close friend of Mr.
Money's, however, who was an eye
witness of the occurrence, gave the
following version of the difficulty:
"Mr. Money was in the room," said
this gentleman, "looking over his
mail, when Mr. Hall entered and be
gan discussing a bill before the com
mittee relating to the rank of naval
surgeons. Mr. Money took part in
the discussion and, though his voice
was pitched as it usually is in a con
versational tone, he was in no wise
excited. Mr. Money made a statement
that the surgeons were after both rarnk
and command. 'No,' he added smil
ingly, 'I take that back, not cota
mand, but rank.'
"''Any man who says that,' said Mr.
Hall angrily, 'says what is not true.'"
"-You are a -liar,' retorted Mr.
Money partly rising from his chair.
Mr. Money rose to his feet and Mr.
Hall grapped an ink well and hurled
it at him. The blow behind the ear
staggered him. Mr. Hall did not hit
him with his fist. Mr. Money, also,
clutched an ink well and let it drive
at Mr. Hall's head, but the Missourian
dodged and the missile flew harmless
ly and struck the wall opposite. Had
it struck Mr. Hall, I believe it would
have brained him. The two meu n
made for each other. Both of th im
made motions as if to draw their weap
ons. Mr. W:.lso, of Niw York, a men
ber of the Naval Committee. who was
present with the messenger and clerg,
then rushed oetween the men and pr~e
vented f'urther trouble.
Mr. Money was conveyed to his
hotel by friends. Mr. Hall remained
at the Capitol. He expressed regret
for what occurred, but still declined
to make a statement.
Neariy Lynched by 11 omen.
SHAMoxiN, Pa., April 20. -B-cause
she refuses to reveal the hiding place
of ner new born babe, Miss ALuai'
Batuer, of Hiekory Ridge, was ne-ar
l lynched by a crowd of womenf of
tbat place this morniug. They plhced
ScotOes line about h-ie neck. buat ' a
util it was consid-raa~Iy tgnteni-d diii
she admit gicing birth E> a eniid. Snme
then showved the womenU whfere sie
-ad buried the child ouI a lot and~
tade a coufesssion of her cr ime. O
umber of men kepit the w >:neni at
bav, else they would u10st iikely taar
lyched her. Mliss Boatuer is now
i ing in a critical condition in the
p oor house and is under -y ,ice surveii-,
1M ce, peuding an inquest oy the coro
nr.
Five Children Suffocated.
SPRINGFIEL, Msss., April 17.-In
the tenemle-t house tire at Tarnier's
Falls, Mes , 5 o'clock tis uiusi
ive children were sutfocated. Tue!
HOME RULE FOR CUBA.
SPAIN TO PUT IT IN OPERATION IN
FOUR WEEKS.
Will Terminate Irritation Between Spain
andThis Country-The Laws Adopted In
1S95-Pro specte of the Revolution Com
ing to an End.
WASHINGTON, P pril, 20.-The Span
ish government will put into execu
tion a comprehensive system of home
rule or autonomy, for the Island of
Cuba.
There is good reason to believe that
the State Department has received
from Madrid information to this ef
feet. In any event, it is beyond ques
tion that this important move is as
sured. It promises to bring to a sud
den termination the irritation and
friction which has existed for many
months between the United States and
Spain, and to replace this feeling with
one of a friendly and amicable nature.
The law which will be put into ef
fect was signed by the Queen Regent
of Spain, March 15, 1895, and. will be
followed by rules and regula
tions developing the present scheme
of reforms. By the time the Queen
Regent of Spain makes her address to
the Spanish Cortes, which assembles
in one month, the law will be promul
gated through Cuba and the long ex
pected policy of home rule for Cuba
will be realized.
The law is very elaborate in its pro
visions. The element of home rule is
secured by the establishment of two
local bodies, drawn largely, if not en
tirely, from residents of Cuba. One of
these is to be known as the provincial
chamber of deputies and the other as
the council of administration. The
latter has appellate jurisdiction over
the former. Large powersaregranted
to the council of administration in the
internal management of public affairs,
but the Governor General will con
tinue as the supreme representative of
Spain on the island and will have
direct charge of military, naval and
international questions. The details
of the reform project were published
at the time of their adoption by the
Spanish Cortes in 1895.
Bad Blood in Oklahoma.
GuTmHam. Ok., April 24.-R. T. An
derson, aged 19, who had lately arriv
ed in Greercounty from Bellevue, Ill.,
was employed by Horatio Buckley to
work on a farm, but was discharged
because of his poor work. He went to
town, bought a rifle and returning to .
Buckley's house in the evening, at
tempted to shoot him. Mrs. Buckley -
blew out the light and the two men
battled in the dark, Buckley being
fatally wounded with a ball from Anr'
dersn' rifle. Anderson fled and hid
in a hol- in a creek bank and when a
posse attempted to capture him, he
shot the leader, Deputy Sheriff Ferris,
and kept the others at bay four hours,
su:r-udering only when his amuni
tiou gtve out. There were threats of
lyrchi,. but he is now safe in theold
county jais at Mangum, though held
wholA tnout authority, as the re
cent ei. cision of tie supreme court left
Greer cou'ty without officers to en
force the OkJ.orna laws which now
govern the county.
The Ohio Tornado.
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 21.-Reports
this &t teru.oou fro -a Sandusky County
sno x that the tornado was more
dias-srous than it was at first said
to be. A Mrs. Schornf and
ner chid were found this morn
in.r after having lain out all
night, wet to the skin. They were
bi en out of a buggy and will die.
Wilson Brand, of Booktown, and Hi
ram Hendricks, of Muscalonge, are two
other fatally hurt. *Hendricks bad
both arms and legs broken. Edward
Logue, of Booktown, was crushed un
der a falling barn. The loss to prop
erty is estimated at $200,000. The fruit
growers along the bay shore and the
lake islands will suffer a heavy loss by
reason of the hail utterly ruining a
large portion of the fruit crop. The
hail cut the blossoms from the trees,
and in some cases whole fruit farms
were uprooted. No disasters are re
ported from the lakes, although the
wind reached a high velocity. At the
small village of Boolttownnot a build
ing was lef t standing.
Mrs. D'Treville's suicide.
NE w YORK, A pril 23.--Mrs. Ida De
Treville of 201 West O'ie Hundredth
street, wife of John DeTreville, and
said to be connected with the Calhoun
family of South Carolina, died yester
day morning froin a self-inflicted
wound, but the fact of her suicide did
not become 1.ublic until today. Mrs.
DeTreville was found by her son,
John, on Sunday morning, standing
before a mirror and trying to tear
open a wound in her throat. He seiz
ed her and cried -for help. It took
three men to hold her. Sihe was plac
ed under a physician's care, but died
Wednesday morninc. She ha been
suffering ~from melancholia, it was
said today, and it is supposed she
wounded herself when her mind was
temporarily unbalanced. Her hus
band is now in Brevard, N. C., suffer
ing from paralysis. He was forced to
give up a bank clerkship in this city
t wo years ago on account of his health.
Goldbug4 Beginning to Kick.
DENvE~R, Colo., April 18.-Frank P.
Arouckle. chairman of the Democrat
ic State Central co.mmnittee, who has
just returned fro~m Arizona, says the
$tate convention, held on Wednesday
w-as not regular and threatens to call
anotner convention. Mr. Arbuckle
Nay s that Olney Newell, who issued
tue call for the convention, April 15,
h.d no au:hority to do so, as he re
sigued as secr'etary of the State coin
mittee last S.eptember. Should the
ch ai rman Call another convention, the
supp)orters of the administration will
cueav'r to elect delegates to the na
tional e >Liventioni wha-> will not bolt,
en- n a oold standard platform be
Enthu:..-d over Filiman.
Ow:sauoo. Ky., April 23.-Hon.
B. 11. ?mu. , euato.r from South
C oi~aa, sp 'ke to dve thousand peo
oH ;e !s2:f aio'. IChe taberna
e:-w.as yt' ~i H.-as introduced by
x Je~-naaE lis Senat.>r lrill
m........n uus, d much enthusiasm
a . e-peeisi in his cenunciation of
Lot- Li .aneusi policy of Cievrelaad and
't..h of Authoritlee.
ASTomt.A Ure., Ap)ril 24.-United
Saw*s troupa just eveuine drove the
Wauno t tunitia fromn $aad island,
whereL~- 'ey had o)-wn e13camped, pro
tec~iug 'hs f:in tra.ps fromn the fisher
umen. S ad !:aud is a govtrnmnent
rew.rvat:ou and Le "ccupanton by the
Wa.,ia..ou miltia w-as called to the
..ttntion of the ieral authno.ities.