FORT MILL TIMES. ^
UiTHYEAR. FORT MILL, S.C., THURSDAY, JULY 19,1906. NO. 16. '
m AWTUL TRAGEDY
f at* Members of Family Are
Butchered in Their Beds
FIRE SET TO DESOLATED HOME
Hm? li'/erly. His Wife and Two Vhild
ren jmucwroa a3 rney Slept in Their
Borne by Unknown Hands.. Several
Negroes Arrested for the Crime.
firewis iorn, N. (Special.?One
*vf 11). most horrible trajre.!>?
?n t'io history of Kuwait)
eom.r occurred near Rat.liiL'tioM.
about 40 miles from
rni- rity Sat unlay uiornin?*. Ret ween
hours of 1 atnl 2 o'clcok an unfeivwn
p<? ->>>1 or person* entered the
bur.:"- of i .< Lyerly. a well known
r.vrror, -iiile it- occupant?- were
p, l;:!iin_tr Mr. I.verly. his wife
ir /: two of the yonnjjest ehildren and
vatn'ty wo :din? the third.
T-ue parent* and the litre.' children
were nslee:, in the front room on the
^r.-v (loo i. there hei'itr two elder
da lyliters n|> flairs, who
nntnoie.-ted and \v?*r?? awakened
h\ ljiv smoke from below. The yirls
bwended m> stah- lo awaken tlicit*
Ya'.berand mother. On reaehiny their
nun they beheld their father and
oiv :A.er and three yonnsrest ehildreu
yv.?- on the bed. their heads were
enured and their fares liadly dis. rfywwd.
Tb.t; two older dnn^ht^rs. Marv and
\?i .ii j aged and l(i rosneet ivelv.
?u..-;?$?ed to carry the dead bodies
t'nrejf the house and extinguish the
\rtan i-r.. Then they ran to the nearer
neighbor, \V. B. Barbers, and to'd
~?o story of the awful tragedy. There
no oflicers of the law at this
v:? -i. Yv. R. Mulliken. train dispatch
duty at that hour, was notified
tud promptly wired the news to the
sbr f 'flt at Salisbury, who started at
vt . *? ;?? the scene with bloodhounds
aioi a posse of armed men. Hhxjd.ino:
d o were also scut from Winstont?
assist in the pursuit of the
gm i: \
Lyerly was a highly respected
i' '!? M.d well connected and it is
i <?% .vioivable that any one should
h;>> ; milling against him or his family
.
Tl'?> < negro men and a negro wornnr
H'.orge Erwitt, Jnek Dillingham
ar<: Mitehel Graham and his wile 2i-.t\?
!> mi afrested and put in jail
at Sulisi/nry on suspicion of complied;
\ n the case.
Ihi "'wnt is intense in the ncighi*?
:'.i > m: and there is talk ol lynching,
it ; criminals are caught.
Charged With the Crime.
? t.arloile. Special.- SherrtT .lulian
>5 Itownn county brought to this city
3" .- ntV keeping, Neal Gillespie, his
John Gillcspi^, .tack l>illinghatn
a.m tvilc. George Krvin and Ifenry
J.-v-. oiorcd, charged with the jnur?ic
of Isaac l.yerly. his wife and
(k? iddrcn near Barber's Junction.
(.1.- i -,\).s nothing to indicate a lynch
. i %j i MuiiMiiii \ . mil i in* r>n?Tl1I
ihovwht best t?? move the prisoners.
"The loner's ,jurv fastened tlie crime
ape* ',11 1 uc prisoners.
Ivcgroes Macle Threats.
VI. unit 1.. Wi'iili, a white man
.?d worked \\i;!i Noase flillesj?-.
< large mulatto, about 40 years
old. r period thai lie had heard the
iu~o.. i?i the following language:
"*?>!<i man l.yerly can cut that wheat
r.?t >lir;; Ii it but In* will never eat
it or get the money tor it.'*
Thi?- walled something that Mr. .1.
i.i. loverly, a son be a former wife. ,
bad heard his father say. Nease Oil V-fo
who is a saw mill hand for
Mr. .lohn Dellinger, moved into one
i VJ Isaac LverlvV cabins last fall.
He. o ? son and step-son agreed to
otovk r.o much land it they took" the
t - i* ...
a ?rr ' j\ section 01 wheat was !ai(J
off. i.? (jillespies snwcd part of this,
hut trading that they could get plenty
<?*" cork at good wages ilul not sow
the ire lot. This, not being ae niit
eg to contract, worried Mr. LyerL\.
spoke to Xease and wh*, in
turn. cursed. Finally, howevc. the
ijnaiti r was settled by Mr. Dillinger,
hi ?.i? mill owner, agreeing to pay
ho;irent for tiillespie. Nothing
nv? e was heard of tlie wheat until
otv.v tune ago, when it had been cut
hx Mr Lyerlv, who was preparing to
Luxe it thrashed.
"Monday Nease Gillespie went down
to Mr Lyerly's house and asked hitn
surliat. he was going to do'with the
wheat.
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"Why, I nm {joint; to thrash it and
use it," said Mr. Lverly.
"You will not," declared Nease.
Hot words followed and Mr. Lyerly
ordered the negro out of the yard. It
was here Gillespie told his landlord
that he would kill him or die in the
attempt if he used the wheat without
giving him a share of it.
It was after this that Nense told
Mr. Webh that Mr. Lyerly might rut
the wheat, hut he would never eat or
sell it. Gillespie had been very insolent
to Mr. Lyerly.
The crowd which gathered at the
Lyerly home heard of this threat of |
Gillrsnie and went ti? liw Immn <??
arrest him. The negro had gone to
his work, a mile or more away, hut
his wife became frightened and ran
to the home of Mr. Pick Files, a
farmer, and hegged hint to protect
her. saying that she would he hanged
for killing the Lyerlys when she had
nothing to do with it.
Said Gillespie Knew of the Crime.
"I don't know nothing about it,
hut my husband does," said Gillespie's
wife.
Near the home of Gillespie was a
freshlv burnt spot, where a straw bed
and other things had been tired si nee
daylight. Those who graveled in the
charred plaee found pieees of clothing.
and a s|?oonfnl of seortched
blood. Some paces froui the house
a bloody shirt, which"'had been boiled,
and was still wet. was discovered
in a weed patch. These hits of evidence,
when put together, make an
interesting and convincing story.
Gillespie's wife was hysterical and
wild. She lalked two wnvs. hut 1 lie
officers believe that she gave her husband
away to Mr. Files. Gillespie is
described as a fussy negro.
Utie ot I he ladie> told the officers
of a conversation that their father
hatl with Dilliiighuui. one of liis
bunds. He luid been after Dillingham
for being 1 rirtin?- when the negro told
hint that he was going: to leave and
go to work at the saw mill. Mr.
Dverly answered: "Yes. if yon go
there and work five da\s right
straight along 1 will set yon tip."
This seemed to rile Dillingham, for lie
told some one that, exeept for the
reason that lie lived on the old man's
piaee. lie would have given him a
cursing.
Friday Mrs. I.verly had trouble
with Dillingham's wife, who was taken
to task for leaving dirty water
in a wash tub. whieli had been loan*1
to her. The nopress beeame mad
and abusive.
Those who were looking for motives
thought that .lack Dillingham
and his wife should he aire ted.
Attack On Rowan Jail.
Salisbury. N. tSpeeial. t>u Saturday
ui?hl. .just before midnight, a
desperate attack by a leaderless mob
was made upon 1 lit" jail here with tin*
purpose of dealing1 summary punishment
to the alleged murderers of
tin* Harbors .1 unction family. The
ofTicers allowed two committees of tlie
lynchers to go through the jail and
sec for themselves that the prisoners
bad been removed to Charlotte. Then
the mob dispersed.
Sentence Confirmed.
Philadelphia. I'a.. Special. Tin
United States t 'oiirt of Appeals aflirm
11! th" sentence of live venrw
... .... J.. .
*>1 <iii(*Hi for I leu rv I .ear, former pr?~-i?]?*ni
n| tin* Itolycstowu. I*:i.. Nation: I
ban kt'or ahsiI'iidiny ii . funds. (Jno.
I*. itruck. former ?n>bu and brothci
in-law hi ly ar was also comidcil ami
appeal is pending.
Assault by Would-Bc Robber.
Wilmington. Special. A neirru
linking almiit tin* premises. evidently
bent mi robbery, assaulted yountr |.e??
I.aey tiptm .yuinj; to I??- home on nppei
Market street ami beat ami eliokei!
11iIII iiitn ir.seu-dbilit \ when lie came
forward with a stone to drive the
black man oft*. 'I lie yminv ma:'father.
later cominu to tlie house,
found liis son unconscious in the front
,1 'CI
....... in- iiv-j{ii? n- iii>i iiecu jiri'i siell.
Mi.-' identity :> iiiii I;inn\ n.
Drowned in James River.
Hiehmoud, Special.- Large parlies
are searching for the bodies of Jolin
(iordon and Miss Sattcrticld, two wellknown
young Richmond society i?eople
drowned while on a launch party
down the James river. The accident
was due to the launch careening while
in the wash of the steamer I'ochahontas.
Three of the party was
thrown from the roof of the craft, hut
otic was rescued.
AFTER PEACE.
Redd?'I ?ce an amateur society
has been formed for the ''diffusion of
the cult of the bagpipe," not only in
8ootUnd. but in Kiigland.
Greene?Move that matter also he
referred to the coming peace tribunal.?Yon
hers Stalesuiau.
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[ROUBLE SPREADING 1
South American Republics Are
*
All Involved in War
ALL AMERICAN INTERESTS SAFE <
Third Country Enters the F-ay in t
Central America. Giving Guatemala i
Two Opponents and Increasing the *
Probability That Nicaragua and ?
Even Costa Rica May Also Become ?
Involved?Invasion of Honduras ?
Territory by G'.iatemalan Troops in
Pursuit of Salvadoreans Motive for t
Step?Cabrera's Overthrow Desired a
Throughout Central America. J
c
Panama. By ('ab)t.?A telegram re- \
eivod here li<>m San Salvador says j
that Honduras declared war against t
iuutemalu. t
According to t li i-- same message,
ihe following proclamation has been
irculaied in Salvador:
"(Jeneral Boiiilla, eonimandiug the
Salvadorean army, has repelled the ^
final etna Inn forces at Metapan. in v f
Salvador, ten miles ea?t of the tinate.ualau
frontier. The victorious army .
of Salvador retained the positions ^
eaptnred from the enemy."
The deei.ii .<i ion of war by lion- f
Auras against ({itniemala brings a ^
i third Stale actively into the (Jentral ^
Atliet iean trouble, wltieii hits been
nogtessitte with more or |e-s severe ^
lighting and bloodshed for a mouth or
iiore. Honduras and S? 1 uiv I ^
now arrayed against their neighbor I
11 tin* west. Niearagna ami Costa
lliea are I lie only two count lies still J
tussive and it lias been said that tin*
former is about to lake purl in tbe ^
lighting.
I'p to the present Honduras bas
seemingly taken no part in tiie ditli<*ii11y
between her neighbors. Ueeent
reports, however, declared her territory
hud been invaded by ( iialeniaUiu
troops in pursuit of fugitives from t
the army of tJeneral Kngulado. the I
Salvadorean commander, who was e
kilied in the lighting at Jicaro. r
The present trouble in Central Am- s
riea lias been blowing for a long I
time. I'or the past tivo yea is the r
revoluiionisis ha\e been planning, in- *
trigiiing and preparing for the over- i
throw of President Cabrera, am! in e
iheir cffurls to this end tliey have no! <
failed in appeal for support in eer- ?1
liiin elements in 1 londiiras ami Salva- 1
dor. work in*; on the national jealous- '
ies of the lirsi pi nee annum tlie sever- "
al States forming t'enlral Anieriea. '
President ('alireI'a lias lieen harsh N
Iv nilieised l?y liis enemies. They '
deelare In* rulrs willi extreme depot 0
ism ami thai no man's life i- safe 0
under his administration and thai Ihe ''
?-?>imt r\ morally and eroifotiiieallx is
ijoiiijr In | lie doj?s under his ninvisc
and ill-udvi-ed eourse.
On the oilier hand President ( ahrera
has deelared that (his revolutionary
movement is im*onse<|iiential and
thai the iioverninenl would promptly
put it down. !,
President Cabrera's term of olliee
111 inn explicit in |ill*.?. ! I ? hsis 111-isleil.
however. in li<??<lini* oilier.
Washington. Special. Tin' State
I >t?|?:ir111it*111 ha> i'ii i11 i'? I'lli;iI i<111 cull- '
rernitijr lIn* ilcela ration ??I' war hy |
llomluias ajjainst Iinatrmala. lint no
surprise is manifested. a- tin* frontier
nl Honduras i- in I'm disturbed
district. Thai no advices liavi' been x'
rcrrivrd on lli?* subject is no) sni|ni>itnr.
a- ihc 1 "nil I Stale- representativc
In | he country also represents
(uialenuila ami live- in (lie latter o
country. While the I i;iinl Slate*, has a
consular otlices in Honduras. they e
may not liml n cas\ |o conuiiiiiiicate p
with the .American minister in tiiiale- r
mala or wit Si the State I ><*|i;irtmetit. s
Special Term of Court.
Raleiifli, N. (S|meial. -Col. Arrinirton,
private secretary to Cover- t
tmr Clenn. who is absent in Atlantic T
Cit v. ordered a soeeial leim of K'uusm ?
county Superior Court l<>r the trial r
of the alleged murderers < !' Tsaar 1 ,v- t
crly ami members i I" his tnmih at ^
Barber's .lunction, earl* hist Satur- h
day morning. .Iul\ .'?Olh i< the (lav h
set. Judge B. ! '. Long will preside. tt
Killed in a Pillow Fight.
Philadelphia, Special, heath resulted
from a pillow tight in the c
ward for nervous patients in the ^
Philadelphia Hospital. Samuel K. v
Yourtg, aged ."><> years, and Theodore r
Horne. aged 57 vears. inmates, who .1
-7 II
wore not on friendly tcvins, engaged t
in n light wiili pillows ami Young p
was knocked down. In falling Iii~ b
head striu'k one of 111?> iron col- mid
lie died almost instantly. Nome lias r
been ])laced under surveillance and f,
will be given a bearing when his eon- i:
ilition warrant* his remove! from the a
hospital. i:
[MOLINA VA. EDITORS
'forth Carolina and Virginia Press
Associations Hold Annual Joint
Session at Mecklenburg Hotel?Excursion
Trip to Boston.
Chase City, Va.. Special.?The
forth Carolina ami Virginia Press
Lssoeiations met in joint session at
lie Mecklenburg Hotel Friday moiling
with a good attendance. Two
essions were held at which several
xcellent papers were read. At night
,1- \ : 11 i ? ? - ?
in. i oiiv miner auuresseu uie asso- I
iation and Kev. J. U. Atkinson deivered
t'ne annual oration, luvitaions
were received to uioet next year
it Kenil worth Inn. Asheville, and also
it the Jamestown Exjiosition. This
natter will he left to the executive
omuiittee. The editors will leave
llotiduy for Boston, via Norfolk, oil
in excursion. All are charmed with
lie entertainment at this famous ho 1.
Serious Accident.
New Bern. Special.?A white man
?v the natuc of Cicero Buck, an emilove
of the Blades Lumber Company,
offered a serious and perhaps fatal
leeident. The mill had shut down
or the purpose id* undergoing; re>airs
in the engine department, and
lad .just started up. Mr. Buck atempted
to pass between the opening
let ween tin* up|>er and lower section
if the belt, which was moving slowly.
lilt 1H <1(1! II tr l?i? K-l -
... ..W nu IV31 llir? liaiHIII'C.
ind being' taught by the belt vras
lorne onward to tlie wheel. Hi< danger
was then noted by another InVx>rr
who gave the alarm, but not beoiv
Buek was terribly crushed. lie
vus taken to the Stewart sanitarium
or treatment. He is internally inured
and his recovery is verv doubtul.
Librarians to Asheville.
( 'Impel liill. Special.?The deletion
represent t nj*' the North Carolina
dbrgry Association at the twentyiglith
annual meeting of the Amerian
Library Association at Narraganett
Pier. it. t.. June *2!) to July titb.
ins just returned to the State very
nueli elated over the fact that Asheille
was chosen as the place of meettig
for 1007. The delegation. cont|H?sd
of Mrs. Annie Smith lloss. of the
amegie Miliary, Charlotte. presileut
.?r I lie North Carolina Library
Vssociatiou; Dr. Louis If. Wilson, of
lie I'niversity Library and secretary
1' the State association, and Mr. \V.
\ Randolph, secretary of the Asiieille
board of trade, received sin h
learlv support from a large mnnlvr
f Southern State associations and
durational leaders in presenting the
laiin for Asheville ar.d the South at
urge. that the executive council of
lie American Library Association
ottld not do otherwise than give
isheville the next meeting.
Guatemala Pushing War.
Washington, Special A cablegram
eeeived at the State Department
iom Minister Merry, at San Salvalor,
stales that continuous lighting
s proceeding on the border line hewe?Mi
(Juatemala and Salvador; also
!iat the (Siiatemalan troops have
rossoil the Iitio into Honduras. This
Iter i- under-fond to he part of the
iunternalan attar on the fugitives
f Reguladoarmv after that leader
iiis killed.
;:-i ucnt uotton.
Now York. Special. Tlio first halo
f thi- M'ai''s cotton oroy sold at
notion in front of tlio rot I on c\
11:11?vfO mi?I hroujrlil '24 cent- per
oiiiiil. It was shipped from Ka I Curias,
Star oonntv. Texas. It will lie
!i ppo?l to Liverpool.
Three Ladies Injured.
Winston-Salem, Special . While
liroe ladies were driving from Wnrnl
Tall to Vade Meeuui Springs last
rook the team lieenmo fiio4itmu,.l
an away. Miss Fannie Co/art ol
hirliam had her left limit broken,
liss Bain ol' I! reel i si to i?> had one
and broken or sprained, the other
idy whose name is not learned susained
painful bruises.
Kills Wife and Children.
( liarleston. S. Special. A speial
to The Kveninu I'ost from Wali,
rt .. ' ? * '
linn w . irneiran, a
i'ell-to-do white fanner of Colleton
ounty, killed hi^ wife and four chilren,
hrnininvr tlieni with an axe at
heir home twenty miles from Walprboro.
lie then went to a neiyhor's
house and told of his deed.
Teiuhhois hioiv.ii! him to W'alterbon
jail. Irneuan says he killed hianiily,
hut does not know why. lie
? a native of Sweden. Some year?
urn he tried to cut his throat, and i
i believed to be insane. I
| Late JVetvf | '
| In -Brief <* ? '
1 MINOR MATTERS Of INTEREST |
I
Secretary Hoot loft Ssni Juan. J. j
U.. for Kio ?l?? Janeiro.
The President signed lot I eomniissions
at Sagamore llill.
It is stated Demitri ShijiolT has deelined
the Hussiati Premiership.
Kx-runpress Fugenie was weleomed
at 1 sell I hy Kinperor Francis Joseph.
Five American >lVtcet> have been
named to attend the Herman uiaueuv- *
eis. t
Hush work was ordered on the
government buildings for tin* Jamestown
Fair.
The Chicago and Alton Uadroad
was lined $40,000 for granting re- '
bates. j
l>r. W. Starr Jordan in a lecture .
predicted more eatthipiakes for Cali- f
fornia.
A Wisconsin milliner named Nellie !<
I'lilisoti was found murdcicd in a Mitt- t
nea|>olis hotel. J
Miss Hose M. Satterliehl :tn?l .1. \V.
Cordon wtM t' drowned in I In* James 1
river sit Kieliumiid. I
Ambassador Wright presented a '
Inter I'lum I'resident Koosevelt to I lie ^
Kmperor ??J" Japan.
The Stiite Depnrtuieitt i> using' all (]
its inlluenee to avert a war between
(iiiateuiala and San Salvador.
John H. Chapman was eleeted pre
ident of the Baptist Young People's ^
l iiion for the sixteenth time.
c
Areorditt" to report the walls of ,
the Vaetieian are unsafe and the ,
Cope ha- ehanged his apartments.
A voting woman who registered at
(Soshen. \ a.. 51^ Minnie Join's and ask- ;t
' ed for the brst room i>i the house r
eomniitted suieide. 1
A sweeping inipitry into the grain 1
trade and the alleged combination hits
been begun by the Interstate Coin
inetve <'ontmissioii.
The tiial of the Uar.iie divorce suit
which may begin in Citlsburg i> ex- ,
iwrted to be a battle between bandit
writ 111.'' expei |v.
1
Judge Alton B. Casket replied to
I lie speech of Secretary Tall at v
(ireensboro. N. <eritieising some n
statements sis ineorreet.
Curt led, when put on the witness u
stand in the llargis-Callaliau ease, ex- |
...1 i\'t.:.. ? 1 . .: 1 1 <
<> jin-n tt iiiic mm siim 11*' II II.Ill >
k i 11<>< I Mareum. .1
Several important wit nesse> have \
heen loeated in tin' Thaw ease, ami lit*'
slayer <>f Stanford While maile '
a -.tatemenl i*> reporters.
1 >i\ i iit \ students in I'ei-ia have re- '
vivetl in \ ioleni I*>rin tin- agitation
for a *hhi*?i iI ill i*>naI sy>irni *>l ?overniwnt.
I
Yirp-Ailuiiral ( hoiinkiiiu was > !n?t x
hv an assassin ai Sevastopol and. it is s
thought. will <lie. I he assailant **seaj>- |
ing.
Three ease> *>l" aniii'il men attaching
oftieials with liionex ami rohhiug I
them . !' large miiiix ai" reported I'roiii s
Russia. \
Tie' how <>l ili*' Hamburg-Amerienn J
I.mi*' steamship I >* * 111 -**l 11 :i 11 * I was had- I'
ly damaged li\ ?-<?lIi->*??11 wit! a pi?n l<
at Dover. Kngland. v
"Tom ' Jones ami t'harles A. '
W oodruff were hanged from the samel"
scaffold at Indepcmlence, Ya.. ami '
Andrew I.. Davenport wa> hanged at '
N?'Wp*irl News. All three wen- n*'tl'ois.
v
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I ll<* 1 It! t I'M lie sellon|> Mllll ~
rial cii'i' I? r harkward Mini delieioirt
children ui'ii' dismissed before tinAmer'nan
11 i^i il 111 < of Instruction. n
meet in** in New 11 a veil.
Secretai y I en in parte gives half tin* '?
armor plate t<> I lit- Mid vale Company.
t In* hnvc-i bidder-. ami I In' 'j
nilicr halt |i> I lie Carnegie ami I let It- (
lehetn Companies, I lie so-called "ar- y
niMi-|>lnie trust." . (
Tlie Virginia fanner-" Infinite at <1
Woannke wa> attended |?y nearly 1.- !$
llllll la liners, who tleelareil their oppo- j
sitimi to the International Harvester e
Company. ii
A sweeping inipiiry into tlie grain
trade and the alleged eonihinat ions
lias heen begun hy tlie Interstate
< oiiimi'i('iiruniissio'i.
r
Amid ltiimallihhh srciiis tin* I'Vonrli
( IuhiiIh'i- ii;' l??-|nitics mn?I?' Ail'i-.'il J
Dreyfus it >11 ;t ji>i of artillery n?>d Colonel
I'icquai I a hi isjudiiM'-uriiorai. 1
Ii
At 111 Mliriri'StlOll l>| Kllssi.i j,
proposed visil ,11 tilt' Miitisli lie * to 1
Cinjistad' Ii;i- hern indelitrk j.< ?;
jviihmI. sl
Tlo- will of Stanford \V!iit?* Ii1'',! '
in Xe\< York. leaves !ii> ostat . tli?* '
vol IK' o| which is not revealed. to Ii is
viJow, mother and brother. v
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SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
?
Condition of South Carolina Crops
for Week Ending Monday, July 16.
1906, as Given Out by tha Department.
l,ik" tlit* preceding week, the cur ent
one was delieient in sunshine.
[ Vw t hunderxtorms and no high winds
centred. Both the averape temperaure
ami the averape precipitation
vere below normal, although exees?ive
preeipitation occurred in the exreme
northwestern, southern and
oast sections.
'IM...
. .i. n-iu|>i-iauur lanjjc iui" uic weeic
vas from a minimum of til degrees
it Greenville on the 10th to a maxiuum
of 94 degrees at ('on way on the
Mh. With the exception of one day
vlien maximum temperatures of 90
legrees, or above, were noted over
naetieallv the whole State, the range
if the maximum temperatures was.
rom til to 70 degrees, except in the
astern portions where the range was
rom 7'J to 77 degrees.
The precipitation was generally beow
normal, although frequent light
bowers oeeitrred over the entire
state and kept the soil amply supdied
with mniMure. while the excesive
eloudiness. and low temperatures
invented the ground from drying
lit rapidly. Small streams overflowd
their batiks in a few localities, but
lie larger rivers have maintained
heir stages only slightly above their
lorinal gage readings.
The Tax Assessments.
The State hoard of equalisation
''riday adjourned to meet again at the
all of the chairman, Mr. ft. (J. Hill
t' I'nion. At the next meeting the
nauer 01 assessments on real estate
ill I)'1 considered. %S
Probably as many as (en auditor*
me not yr*i mailed their abstract* to
tie comptroller general, and for that
vasnii il^<? matter Qt' assessments on
val estate could not lie considered.
I'll** auditors are not to blame, tor
lie chairman of the board wired to
aeh deliu<|uent and found that there
i'as a valid excuse in eacil ease.
The assessments on eotton mills,
utilizer plants and eotton seed oil
nills were adopted upon the report*
it the respective committees. The
omniiltees which reported on the
nidation of these manufacturing
n'opert ics were as follows:
Cotton Mills: A. Zimmerman, Ocoice:
.1. I'. Derham. Horry: Morris
srael. Charleston: \V. H. Murphy,
partaulmrg: H. II. Folk, Newberry;
I. I., t^uinby, Aiken; J. St. Clair*
Vliite. Berkeley; ,f. F. Cox, Ander011:
I. I.. C. White, Chester; I'. f?.
olnisou. York; .1. A. Meetz, Uichnnd
.1. .1. I.atie, Marlboro: It. M.
:i veland. (iveiMivillo
I'Vrtili/er Plants: I-. \V. (!aniioii,
>iii*liimloii; \V. .1, <'imninjrliniii. I.annstor;
A. .1. If irlil>nnr<>, Clarendon;
A. Cochran. I'Msjeliold: S. M. (lain.
I >ni clicstrr ; .1. Hcr>r. Ri'illlloi'l, N.
i. Mel,? <>iI l.ec; If. M. ?'Lilly. Oranjjpmr?:
S. I), (lues-;. Itamherg: .1. .1.
iiillin. Barnwell.
Cnltnii Seed Oil Mills: .1. II. Mckenzie.
Haiii|?lnii; II. ,1. Mel .atiriri.
>iinilit ; M. I ,iiisroinl). < 'lierokee; J.
d. Snivel I. Kershaw; l>. (!. Price;
Ue\. .MeTnirjrarl. I**l?tr<,in*t?; I.. S.
"i it'll. < iMip'lown : Thomas I,. Truv>r.
KairficM: .1. \V. Alton (ireen?>:>?I
. If. I'. Adair. I.aniens: II. C.
' > n li. Salmla: K. II. 11?*n<Iri\. Ijoxnrlmi:
C. Pricks, Pickens: .1. E.
.<>nia\. Ahhcvillc; I?. M. Italic ril ine,
'lies! erlield.
Till1 assessillCllI s nil IVrl ili/ 'i lilanfa
i"-ir increased t n>in s;;,o( is in
!7.77">. <>r mi increase of .$7.~>0,000.
Tin' cotton v <il oil it i i 11 o wore ini.i-cd
from $'J.7!M. I.'tli in
n increase ol $'J.!.*>.:I!is, |)>'iiici|?ii 11v in
ou Inisiness enterprises.
Tlie col ion mills sliow nn increase
f noiirlv I" i?or cent.. 1'roin $41,507,!
I to * !0.l.">7.liM!l. Tlie new concerns
ml on tlie t:ix Imoks ||>is yenr are
iiekson mills. *"2(i.dOI); Alliny and
irem Kniilin^ mills, $">.000; Koval
tax and Vnrn company. $.'Jd1.000;
Jlohe M;imil';i?*turiii<_r company, $40,
mi; \\ ( stiriinslcr Knit I in*; mills,
1,1.000;Aiii?M'ican Pros* Cloth Cnm aiiv.
.Ionian Maniti'aHniing~
r?ni|>aii\. $12">,000; Manufactnri<i
com[>:uiv. J*"'?0.000
Pressing Pardon Petitions.
<invrrrnr Hevivanl. v. ho lias just
iiriiol from Virginia, finds some
>ros>iiiff pardon petitions mi Id*
ami-, then- lieinc lia' a do/.cii lianyriims
hooked for ?>ji 11\ Auyiist. lie
a- issued a call for a -jiocial mcetii'
<>| flic pardon ho;,ni to he ||ol?f
intrust 1-t. Toe attorneys for Hob
hnalh. tlic N'oill. t'liroltna white mar /
ciilciiccil to hanir A writs! .'trd. have
een i'ni 11 toil a Hale for n ln-ariii? be
ore flic ("Inventor .Inly 'JI. The parone
board lias already passed adersoly
upon this case.
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