The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 08, 1909, Image 3
kGOOD ROADS PLEAS
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* The Duly of the Press in This
Important Movement. to
GREAT QUESTION OF THE HOUR ?
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An^Able^Paper By 0. H. Varner,
x&sq., .Editor or the Lexington Die- ^
patch. Read Before the North eI]
Carolina Press Association at ea
Their Recent Convention Held at er
Hendersonville. cr
-v . * ev
r Btilding good roads is the great 6C
question of the hour in North Caro- ?r
lina. In the familiar phrase, it is the
paramount issue, not only in this tj]
State, but throughout the Union. It ai
transcends in importance politics, the w
tariff, the money question or any oth- in
?r question. Nothing is hampering
this country so much as mud; nothing
could possibly do more for the m
development of the State and nation fc
than macn<lnmi?f><l liiwlm-n.-o 11....
?4.nUTTUJ O. XlClltC, W
the duty of the press in this State,
especially, to begin a State-wide cam- h<
paign for the promotion of better tL
roads. It is our manifest doty to cry
aloud to advocate strongly, to publish
ir.formation, to mold public opinion
until the people r*ach that point 8j
where they are willing to bear the jn
^ cost of building modern roads in hi
every county. a
It is idle for me to attempt enum- tfc
eration of the benefits good roads con- c(
fer on a people. Every man, no mat- p]
ter how unlettered, instinctively I rc
knows that a good road is a far fc
better thing to have than a bad road.' B0
We naturally have it in us to know hi
the value of, and to construct an easy rf
pathway, but, unfortunately, the
devil of tax steps in and tempts us st
to bear the ills we have, rather than p]
fly to blessings we know of and great- tl
ly desire. Our people all believe in je
gooil roads, but there are some who ti
are unwilling to pay the cost. I have tl
heard good men and good farmers de- o
clarc that inasmuch as the mud trails m
we now have were used by their fath- ai
crs, they are good enough for us and
it were useless to Sllfi'PSt n ohnrtrrck in I
them. Others declare that we are too g,
poor to attempt road construction,
and still others are vehenment in w
their opposition to the idea of hand- n,
ing down to succeeding generations p;
such a loth some thing as a public,
debt. These are some of the objec- g,
tions one hears. ^
Factor in Civilization. le
^ I believe in my soul that a bad m
road is the greatest curse that can be jr
laid on a community. It stunts the C1
industrial, moral and intellectual life y,
of a people. But a good road is equal- a
Iv as great a blessing, for once a
community gets facilities for trans- j,,
portation and communication, all oth- s]
er blessings will be added thereunto. tj
Mr. Roosevelt has well said that the r<
difference between semi-barbarism u
and civilization is the difference between
good and poor means of com- g,
munication. Far bark in history good r(
road building was recognized as a
leading factor in advancing civiliza- ^
tion. We are told that early explor- e]
ers in Peru found improved highways, p,
one of the military roads being 2,- e]
000 miles in length, with tunnels r(
through mountains, bridges or ferries
over streams, a road 20 feet wide, f(
made of flnt'stonps onvnroil tt'itli liitn.
men. Ancient Mexico built good a,
roads, as did India and Persia. In (.(
the latter country the monarch built
a smooth, hard highway alongside of ^
the common earth road, and none C(
could trarel it save his royal high- jf
cess. The Roman roads are still the j,
marvel of a modern world and are e]
still used. Nothing contributed more sj
1 to Rome's prosperity and prowess C(
than these imperial highways, r(
straight as an eagle's flight, reach- S)
ing to all parts of the world-empire. ^
Good roads mean progress and
prosperity and are a benefit to the C(
people who live in cities, and an ad- p;
1 vantage to people who live in the p
country. Like good streets, they y,
make habitation along thcra desir- w
able. You never, or rarely ever and m
then not for long, see a shabby home j,j
by the side of a modern road, where p
everybody passes and sees how you
live. They make people straighten 8]
up and put their best foot forward. n
The value of farms is enhanced, tl
Statistics prove that in nearly every b
ease the States having the highest r?
percentage of improved roads are a
powerful factor in encouraging the
|.v r eettlcmcnt of unused lands. Roads m
K t ?l?o have a far-reaching influence in ?
w* holding men to their farms, and re- of
' straining them from drifting to the
towns. While the manufacturing
towns must have labor, who is here P*
that will deny that if our counties ar
had good roads, the hundreds of good UI
farmers would not have moved their m
families from the country home to
town to work in the mills T So great
an csoaus occurred two or turee years m
ago that farm labor was almost impoarsible
to secure. These people are 'f
needed in the country; there they
would have stayed had there been as
good roads, which make farm life hi
<o much more attractive. As the w
> price of lands depends as much on ac- *)r
seasibility to market as on productivity,
it follows that road improve- 8U
meat, by holding people and attracting
others, directly tends toward in- ^
urease in values of all farm lands P1
within touch of the improved high- **
wars. It is shown that in Stales
icre the average price of land ia
is than $20 an acre the precentage
improved roads is only 1.8, where;
, in States where the acreage vali
is moxe than $20, the average of
iproved roads is 9 per cent of the
tal mileage.
There are records which show that
?ds have increased the value of
xm lands from 50 to 500 per cent.
has been ascertained by a dozen
ilronds through their land and inistrial
departments that farms
rough which good roads run are
ibanced in value from $2 to $9 an
,cre, and whether conservative or
ithusiastic, all concede that the inease
is marked, immediate and instable.
Suppose a county of 200,10
ncres voted bonds, atvd placing the
ihanced value at only 4.50 an acre,
will be seen that the land owners
ius benefitted would pain not less
lan .$1)00,000. If the bond issue
nounted to half a million, there
ould be $400,000 profit at once. The
crease in the profit and price of
irru products is eoually certain and
ain. The farmer s produce is worth
jthinp unless it can be placed on the
arket. Time was in Enpland when
>od would be rottinp in one place
bile people suffered for the lack of
in a community a few miles away,
cause it was impossible to transport
le products of the farms.
Price of Farm Products.
Official records in Guilford county
low that the price of farm products
nee pood roads have hen built has
creased from four hundred to seven
undred per cent. And yet, there is
farmer in my county who maintains
int pood roads will ruin him and the
>unty, because they will reduce the
rice of produce, since, when the
>ads are bad, he pets $2.50 a cord
>r wood, because wood is made
aree by the impassability of the
ighways; and he says he would
ither haul wood through mud hub
jep for $2.50 than to roll along a
nooth road and sell it for $1, which
rice lie claims a coril will drop to in
le event of {rood roads. The expernce
of Charlotte and Greensboro enrely
disprove this absurd idea, foi
lere are not two better markets in
le State, and the first named has '20G
iles of pood roads leadinp to it.
ad the second 100 miles.
Tax ?r Bonds?
The question comes, how to get
nod roads? Shall we vote a direct
tx or shall we issue bonds? Shall
e pay as we go, or shall we pay part
aw and let futuret generations pay
art? To my mind, the whole queson
conies down lo whether we want
Dod roads now, or whether we are
illing to build a few miles now and
it another generation build a few
tiles and another and another, until
t the course of human events we scire
pood roads throughout the State
ears after every person now at the
ge of accountability is dead and
one, I stand for bonds. Mecklenburg
as been building roads 30 years, and
lie has about 200 miles, using direct
ix. Guilford has been building
lads six years and she has 100 miles,
sing bonds. We are too far behind
) depend on a direct tax. We must
o ahead and issue bonds, build the
lads, increase our wealth, and reap
lanyfold the cost of the roads. Is
ortli Carolina to labor another genration
before good roads come to
ass? God forbid. We would lose
lough to macadamize every mile of
>ad in the State.
Should a county issue bonds beire
n dollar is pvnendad n nnmno.
>nt civil engineer should be secured
nd put to work mapping out the
lunty. He should be under either
ie county commissioner or a liighray
commission composed of the
immissioners and other men seated
by the people.) It is absoitely
necessary that an engineer be
mployed, even though he cost conderable
salary, for the location,
instruction and maintenance of
lads are operations that no man or
;t of men without tlie aid of an enineer
can conduct in the proper way
> get the best results at the least
>st. There is a disposition on the
art of many people to cavil at the
rice paid such an engineer, and if
ou undertake to fight for roads you
ill meet it at the outset. That idea
lust be eradicated, as must also the
iea that the men entrusted with the
ublic funds will not place every dolir
where it belongs. In an age of
kepticism in business, it is not unatural
that people should suspeet
lat huge sums voted for roads will
e preyed upon. No county can build
?ads without an engineer who acte
i pathfinder, going over the county,
udying the situation, making
aps, and doing all that very nocesry
preliminary work without which
'ttimes money is worse than wasted.
Road-Building an Art.
When county offiiers learn to ap eeiate
the fact that road-building is
i art, they will rely more and more
ion expert, advice and scientific deonstration,
and when they have
arned what class of roads is desir.i~
,i ?:n ? -
iic, miry win construct mem and
en guard them.
Therein lies one of the most impornt
of all American highway quessns.
Americans build as good roads
i Englishmen or Frenchmen, bpt
iving done so, they rest contented
ith their efforts and let each passing
eath of air, speeding automobile, or
enching rain blow or wash the road
irfaee awny.
In the countries of Europe, where
e well-nigh perfect roads are the
ide of the citizens and the envy
id admiration of visiting Americana,
Mi jealous sen is constantly given;
careful day-by-day inspection is
made, and every depression is quickly
filled and all inaqualities rolled or
tamped.
Two requisites, therefore, confront
the county supervisors at the outset
?first to ascertain what roads would
be most suitable to that particular
section, and secure what sums should
be expended for their maintenance
after completion.
These are vastly important and the
nation's very small percentage of improved
roads is due largely to a failure
to give consideration to them.
Millions of money have been wasted
in building roads which local conditions
made impracticable and out of
all cost proportion to the county's
revenues.
There are exceptions to all rules,
however, and Pike county, Alabama,
stands as a glittering exception to
41?4? usnal construction blunder. There
the county officials had plunned to expend
a large sum in the building of
gravel roads.
Mr. W. L. Spoon, United States superintendent
of road construction,
being sent to make an inspection of
the county's road possibilities, learned
that 700 miles of important routes
needed improvement. He figured that
the cost of gravel roads would be
$3,000 a mile?plainly a sum greater
than the county could be bonded for.
Conditions, however, were ideal fox
sand-clay construction and he strongly
urged its adoption. By legal proviso
the county could be bonded for
only 3 1-2 per centum of the assessed
value of the real and personal
property. The plan was decided upon
and an issue of $143,000 was voted.
One hundred thousand dollars' worth
of the bonds were quickly sold, being
disposed of in $50,000 allotments.
The first allotment brought a premium
of $625 and the second one of
$S25. Forty thousand dollars was at
once spent for mules and road-building
machinery and work was started.
With the sum remaining, 118 miles
of the finest sand-clay roads in the
South had been built within two years
from the date of the bond issue; a
generous sum was still on hand; eight
gangs were at work, and the people
were so pleased they stood ready to
take up the remaining issue of $43,000
and expend it in the same way.
Inasmuch as road building and
road mending have been for a century
under county commissioners and
township road supervisors with prac
ucauy no Denefleial results observable
?it seems plain that the tine for a
radical change of methods is at hand.
I am an earnest believer in Federal
and State aid and co-operation in
building good roads, and I believe
that the time is at hand when the
government will hit upon some plan
whereby it may co-operate with the
State and the State with the county,
in the work. It has been argued that
it is unconstitutional. Why should
it be more so than expenditure of
money for river and harbor improvements,
which often take the form of
a private enterprise? As a matter of
fact, it has been shown conclusively
in Congress that so far from being
unconstitutional, the government in
its very beginning began the construction
of good roads and expended
more than seven millions on the old
Cumberland road from Maryland to
St. I^ouis, a distance of 700 miles, and
the work was only abandoned because
there arose a question of authority
and responsibility as to who should
maintain and repair the road, the
State, or the Federal government.
What does the government do for the
farmer? We spend millions annually
on the army, a dead loss, though
doubtless necessary; we spend some
hundred millions on the navy; have
spent a half billion on river and harbor
improvements. During ten years
we spent more than six billion dollars
of which about forty-seven million
went to the agricultural department;
but not a dollar for the promotion of
good roads, a common blessing for all
the people. During fifty years, in all
the vast sum our government his disbursed
for one thing and another, not
a dollar has been appropriated for
l?An -l.? A ?. -1 * 1 ' p A .
uauB. xviki yei, i ne iarmers oi tne
country compose tlie bulk of population,
and last year contributed to the
national wealth some eight billions of
dollars. The one-horse farmer around
behind the bill miles from town forms
the foundation of the nation, aud
what has the government done for
him? Nothing. The burden is upon
him, he foots the bills; and the government
takes his money and spends
it on everything under the sun by the
millions, on everything but on what
affects him mostly?ronds. In 190S
the fnrnaers of this country not only
fed more than eighty millions of people,
but sent across the sea a billion
8ve hundred millions of farm products.
This preserved the balance of
trade with all the world, and gave
live hundred millions to the country
to set aside for the proverbial rainy
day. llad this not been, a billion dollars
would have had to have been sent
abroad to pay import duties. It was
enough to pay the immense appropriations
of Congress and still add
half a billion to the national woalth.
In the face of all this, the Federal
government has done not a thing for
J J
guuu nmds.
The forerunners of a national highway
from New York south to Atlanta
have recently passed through the
State. I believe the time is at hand
when the government will spend money
on that road. I believe we shall
see a road from Asheville and the
west through to the coast. It is
bound to come. The doty of the press
lied in hastening the day.
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TENNESSEEjpMESDRY ,
The Midnight Hoar Wednesday
Marked the Passing of Saloons in J
Tennessee. ?
Memphis, Tenn., Special.?Bells in J
ehureh and town clock steeples on *
tolling the midnight hour Wednesday
night marked the passing of saloons
in Tennessee, for at that hour the g
Holluday State-wide prohibition law t
went into effect. This law makes it c
illegal to sell all alcoholic beverages h
within four miles of any school house ^
in the State. Only two oases are left /
in all Tennessee. Both are within 12 N
miles of Memphis, near the Mississip- A
pi State line. The nearest school ^
house is six miles from both of these ^
points, but steps have already been V
taken by white ribboners to have the 1
county board of education erect a '
school house within the distance pre- 0
scribed by the llollndny bill, so that N
there will he no mecca in the entire C
State for thirsty pilgrims. Thous- <
ands of men are thrown out of em- I.
ployment and barkeepers are seeking <
better irrigated fields. The pussiug h
of the saloon in Memphis, and in J
other cities throughout the State, ac- '
cording to advices received Wednes- n
day night, is marked by scenes of un- <
usual hilarity. 1
Would Debar Standard Oil. 1'
Jackson, Miss., Special.?Applica- 1"
tion was made Wednesday in the f
Chancery Court of Clay county by *
District Attorney A. L. Lamb for a f
??_i . I
P<ripi-tutu injunction, restraining mu
Standard Oil Company from operating
in the State of Mississippi nnd
seeking to eollect penalties aggregating
$11,000,000 for alleged violation
of the anti-trust law of the Commonwealth.
The injunction bill recites
in detail the history- of the Standard
Oil Company and the methods by
which it is alleged to have stifled competition
a this State. Under the Mississippi
code, as amended by the Legislature
in 1906, the State is entitled
to recover a statutory penalty of
$5,000 a day for each specific violation
of the anti-trust laws and the
penalties sought to be recovered in
this case cover three years. The
hearing, it is understood, will take
placo at West Point during the November
term of the Chancery Cour*.
Blow to Prohibition.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?In a
decision of the Alabama Supreme
Court Wednesday the "locker system"
was upheld. The court holds
that liquor when kept in lockers by
individuals and is not kept for sale
is personal property; that the keeping
in the possession by a person,
whether for himself or for another,
nnlpcc Ino ilnoc fn*. ! ?? C11 1 ??1?
of it, or for some other improper pur- |
pose, can by no possibility injure or J
affect the health, morals or safety of 1
the public, 1
1
Seven Thousand Go Out on Strike.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special.?Fifteen 1
plants with a total capacity of 190 1
mills, were crippled or entirely tied *
up, at midnight Wednesday by the i
strike order that went into effect in *
the union sheet and tin plate mills of ^
the United States Steel Corporation,
according to claims and by the oflicials
of the Amalgamated Assoeia- i
tion of Iron Steel and Tin Workers, t
The total number of men on strike is f
estimated at 7,000. The strike is the j
outcome of the open shop order post- c
ed four weeks ago. \
t
Ycung Lady Killed. a
San Francisco, Special.?Miss a
Caroline Brasch, cashier for a con- t
trading company, was shot and kill- a
ed Wednesday in the Wells-Fargo t
building, presumably by one of the 1;
concern's employes. The police say 1
the rcun shot the girl during a dis- i
pute over the deduction of $.">.73 from 1
his time check. J. Novak, a quarry 1
laborer, is sought by the police as the I
slayer. I
Calhoun's Motion Overruled.
San Francisco, Special.?A motion
to set aside the second indictment a
against Patrick Calhoun, president of c
the United Railroads, whose trial on <1
a charge of offering a bribe to a su- i
pervisor resulted in a disagreement, li
was Wednesday overruled by Judge li
Lawlor. Attorneys for Calhoun then >
made a motion for a change of venue, s
The hearing on this motion was set t
for July 8. c
Fought a Street Duel. C
Middleboro, Ky., Special.?J. W.
Mayes, a locomotive engineer, and
Robert Culbertson, both of Norton, j,
Va., fought a duel in the streets of jj
Middleboro last Tuesday night. Anna n
IInves. over whose affections the men j,
were jeolous, was shot twice during j,
the fight and is dying. Mayes was w
shot twice and cannot live. Culbert- j
son escaped with a serious wound in (.
the arin. Mayes, mortally wounded, n
fled after the shooting, and when the e
police and a posse overtook him, is n
said to have attempted suicide by ?
jabbing his throat with a pocket f,
knife. w
Chung Sin is Identified. ^
New York, Special.?The compla
?* m n! * *
ctriicy in i>iiung r>in, went ail lo pieces
Wednesday afternoon when Arthur b
Lo^an, an expressman, walked into P
the cell and bruesquely shouted:
"Hello," "You are the man, who ?<
told me to take the trunk down-stars
carefully. There was another slim b
fellow with you in the room?the
same that came over to the office to bI
give me the order to call for the tl
trunk." h
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I PALMETTX
News Notes From All Pai
Carolii
For Woman's Monnment.
The Columbia State of Tliui
ives the following list of eont
ions to Woman's Monument
ounties:
lichland $9
iarlboro 5
Lnderson 4
hunter 4
larion ... 4
Liken ..4
part an burg 3
'ork 3
>arlington 3
aneaster 3
ireenwood 2
iewberrv 2
Irecnvilie 3
'liester 3
K'.xington 3
'liestertield 3
'airfield 1
kbhevillc 1
.aureus J
[orsliaw 1
>ratij*ebur?; 1
,ee 1
tarnwell 1
'.djretiehl 1
'lorencc 1
lierokee 1
'alhoun..
k'oncc
Jorchester
tambern
luliula
'ickens
lorry
Maretulon
"nion
Inmpton
Georgetown
Colleton
Charleston
iVillianisburg
Berkeley
Snake in Role of Goat Feasts on
Laces.
Greenwood, Special.?Here
make story to match that tale i
ooter sent in t'r<?m Iwrn lnv?
Mr. W. J. Wells of this place vn
'or the snake story, the detai
vhieli are furnished by Mr.
Hiddlehnher. Mrs. Walter K
luber, who lives about four
?ast of town, had occasion to o
Irawer which had not been o
for some time. To her surpris
istonishment she found a big
noccasin of tremendous size
ip in the drawer.
How long the snake had be
here is not known. He was tlier
lad been there some time. It
?d that he could not fret out an
ng attacked by the pangs of h
le proceeded to devour what
irond him in the way of laces
ibbons and had laid away a
.iderable amount of such thinsrs
act. Mr. W. .1. Wells, who ha
d along about that time, helpei
he snake and saw that ahout
arsis of lace was removed froi
inakeship's mouth.
The Bureau of Soils Will Invesl
State.
Columbia. Special.?The I'
states bureau of soils will si
ake up the rejuvenation of
anions I'uddiug Swamp tobacco
n Clarendon county. Column
r Watson has luul the matte
villi the federal experts for
ime and a letter received states
is soon as the approproation is :
ibio this will be one of the lirst
ies in the I'nited States to re
it tent ion.- This will mean mm
he planters of that section, sa
le one of the richest in the coi
or the development of tobacco
ng. Commissioner Watson v.il
iver an address at Manning on
4 in which he will explain the 1
le will be accompanied by
Jarper, who will tall; on tobac
Arrested on Serious Charg
Anderson, Special.?N. II. Se
l well-known white farmer,
ommittcd to jail wiliout bond '
lay on the charge of an attempt
r.al assault upon a white woman
iad for several months been
lousekeepcr. A little more th
^ear ago Sexton was arrested
pli'irtro
; - ? " i"""'"'
lint time being n negro girl, bu
ase was trown out by grand
lase of J. F. Fuller Refused
Governor.
Columbia, Special.?Gov. i
as refused to pardon John Fi
in Fuller of this county, conv
nd sent up for three years for li
rcaking and larceny. Fuller,
i a white boy about 20 years of
ras caught in the bungalow of <
olin A. Willis a few miles fron
ity by Dr. E. M. Whaley. lit
lilted that he lunl stolen the k<
titer the house and both the j
nd the solicitor refused to re
lend a pardon, although the pet
or pardon stated that the boy
oak minded.
'at Dividends Make the Spai
Happy.
Spartanburg, Special. ? Spai
urg mills, banks and other e
rises paid their shareholders
ami-annual dividends Wedne
jniething over $.'{50,000.
The exact figures are not at
ut a conservative estimate of
mount is $365,000. The bankin
titutions and mills are all pc
leir usual dividends and some
are declared extra dividends.
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3 HAPPENINGS I
Is of Ihe St&te of Iiuteres! lo South j
liana in Genera.! >
rs<lay Opportunities Invite Girls.
riku- "Vacant scholarships of free tuby
it ion are offered through the South
Carloina Federation of Women's
(53.50 P1 . ....
33 98 s as follows:
87.(55 "South Carolina Kindergarten as(53.51)
soeiation?One scholarship for free
(50.25 tuition for two years.
-r oil '' Leesville college?Four scholarnu
in R''M>S f?r free tuition for four years.
"Greenville Female college?One
3?.-*) scholarship for free tuition for four
0(5.(50 vt>ars
S4.74 "Coker college?One scholarship
f?r free tuition for four years.
- . "These will be awarded bv com_I,
petitive examinations held July 10,
u""{ 10(19.
JJJI'JJ "Applicants must file their nnmes
; with the chairman of the department
before duly 1. Students must be at
_ least 15 years of age and prepared to
enter freshman or any higher class
and must inform the chairman which
? !>- college she desires to enter.
(>.{._*? ' For further information apply to
MT''!\ "Miss Theodosin Dargan,
!mi "Chairman Dept. of Kducation of
' South Carolina Federation of
1.-'-" Women's Clubs. Dalzell, S. C."
rv>..)()
b*>.45 n?~.?? c_:i t-> j _ j
damage auii i/eciuea.
(53.80 Columbia. Special.?The Supremo
54.0") Court lasi week affirmed the Circuit
50.00 Court's decision in the case of Mc44
00 ^'rp('r-v vs Southern Kail way Com9^Op
panv. in which a judgment was rend25.00
ered for $9,500. This was a very
18.75 unusual case. The contention of the
1(5.00 plaintiff's attorneys was that L. I.
1350 ^''"Creerv. who was a flagman on the
Southern, had been over-worked and
Fine was kiH*d while asleep on the traek
with a flag in his hand. The point
js 0 involved was that the man was al>f
the K'"0*! to have been on duty overweek
time and for this reason the road
niches was responsible for bis death. The
ils of Sl"t was for $10,000, and $9,500 was
pope secured,
iddlemiles
Lacey to Stand Trial.
pen a Columbia. Special. ? Thomas II.
pencil T.acy, alias Thomas ('line, alias Xewliiin'l
nr^ Toney. the yegg whom Postoffice
coiled Inspector Gregory had sent to the
Atlanta prison for live years for roben
in bing the postollice at Met'oil, in
e and Marboro ce ?tv. will be brought
seem- , , ,, ' ... ,
j | hack to Mai oro tor trial in the
tinker court on three indictineiits for
was burglary and larceny. He will he re5
amj leased from the Atlanta prison
con- Thursday. Pc,?uiy Clerk Mcl.aurin,
?. In ?f Marlboro, was here Thursday to
ppen- secure requisition papers for Lacy
il kill The papers accuse the yegg of robfour
bing !"' M. Covington & Co.'s store
u his n' McCol! and the MrColl depot the
same night he broke into the Met'oil
postotlice and of robbing the Darlingagate
jon following night.
orVlv ^evere Electrical Storm at Lando.
the Chester. Special.?There was a
area severe electrical storm at I.ando Sat?sion
urdny afternoon that for awhile
1 ul' threatened to do great damage. The
^ll'-it bouses occupied l>y Messrs. A. L.
ivail- Gunnery and Thomas Wohertson and
conn- families were struck and for a time
reive it seemed would be destroyed by tire,
b to but neighbors and o? cupants by
id to prompt and effective work managed
mitry to extinguish the flames. Mr. Xnnrais
nerv, who was seated on a bed. was
1 do- struck on the leg by the lightning
July and his leg from the knee down
work, semi-paralyzed from the shock. He
l'rof. recovered in a few hours, however,
co. and is now as well as ever, r'3?
e", Pasteur Institute at Home.
>xton,
was Columbia. Speeial.?The State
Tues- laboratory for the treatment of
erim- rallies and for bacterial examinations
i who opened July 1. At the meeting of
his the State .Medical Association, which
an a was held at Suminerville recently, it
oft a was decided to open this laboratory,
it at which will mean so much to the medt
the ical profession and he of such benefit
jury, to the people of South Carolina.
by Guinea Lays Wondrous Eggs.
Aiken, Speeial.?The Journnl and
\nsel Review has on exhibition two guinea
rank- eggs, presented to it by Mr. James
icted Widener, of the Tradwav section,
onse- ^>ne of the eggs lias on it a good likew|lo
ness of a duck in a sitting posture,
?trPi while the other has an American
Capt. eagle emblazoned on it. The like
i the "esses are almost perfect, and the
> ad_ eggs are quite a curiosity to all those
jy to w'10 have seen them. The eggs were
iidge bud by the same guinea. They are
com- "ormal in everp respect, except the
it ion pictures, which are in white, while
was the rest of the egg surface is in the
nntitral brown.
tans jjj ganig Wounded by Watchman v
Hayes.
inter" Bennettsville, Special.?Ed Sauls,
jn machinist al the Marlboro cotton
sday mills, late Sunday was shot and probably
fatally wounded by H. B. Haves
hand n?ght watchman for the mill. Three
the or four shots were fired tyr each man.
K in. Hayes has been lodged in jail, pendiving
ing the result of Saul's injuries,
mills There is conflict of statement as to
which man fired the first shot. .... ,i .
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