The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 15, 1897, Image 1
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CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY, JANUAltY 15, 1897
Tho^M^fSfth'eSWto Commis
sion last Wook.
>LM0k ??l ? U \4+*iLt *f>- *? ^ -V*?*-"*?- - ? I s *.* ' ?' ?
. JONES'S ANNUAL REPORT. *
Appears to bo u Nct'dssUy to ItoduOO
tliO Uoyulty t6S35 Cout?ftTou??li()ft
.tatlici liofilttlaturo. . . ? v
tmm
J" ~ Tl)6 iv f o P h osph ate Cpmm is sion
^^.^VQbjaov'^ oOlqo pt tho Stato capito).
* $?hor? .WW ft Wll attondauce of tho
members. Stftt,o Phosphate Inspector
?>*o?os submitted hto annual roport,
whioh will bo found bolow. Tho report
a deplorable condition of
t$o industry iu South Carolina, that it
appears to bea noco88ity to reduce tiro?
f pyfiUy io oent j a t?n. This has been
""^od^y fho strong competition which
l steadily djrivoii the priooof the rock ,
.oiSttti. .Iho board disoussod the aitua
?t body to tako Huoh action as it
7 Hero 13 thereportof Inspector
rSTf
Sa
cotnpa
Beau
. ,.r .JfiflpPi:
Carolina Mining
and John 0. ^Nelson who had
To JUb Iifcc.oUei\cj/t John Gary Evans,
CtovemoP' and Chairman JJoard
8ir;-~I bavo. tho honor to submit this,
ray annual report aa State phosphate iri
17: ' Bpeotor?^f or the year ending: Aug, 51 1 ,
.3990. 1 also append Report of the opor
^ations from Nov. 1, J896, tp I)6o. 8|,
COMPANIES MINIKO.
~ t>urmg the past year the following
named companies and individuals have
" 3bee& engaged in mining and ahippittg
phosphate roeki vis. : uoosaw ' '
rtt^Y Farmers' Mining company
fort Phosphate Company,
James Reid and the ?ai
company, and John 0. N<
ceased mining, shipping, tho roCk on
haad cit time of cessation. James O'Hear
suspended Aug. 87, 1898 having on
band 023 tons of rook. ?
OPERATIONS FOB TUB PAST MAB.
Total tons of rock mined during th?
year ending Aug. 81, 1890, estimated,.
128,708 tons as Jgainst tho year ending
Aug. 81, 1895, roe, 777 tons; a decrease
as compared with August. 1895, of 78,
009 tons, and as compared with the
?l;:.-J,fearl8g8.--a deotease of 96; 767 tons, i
_ ? ? -TI%e- total'.' number of tons of rook
shipped during tho year eaditig .Aug.
r^" 81, " 1890, was - 121,0^^100- ions; as
against the year. 1895 of .174,400 35*100
tonaj ua against theyear 1898 of 249,888
9-100 tons; as against the year 1890 of
287, 149 0-1.00 tons; being a clooroasefrom
that ot the year 1893 of 52,797 60-100
rV Vtons; being a decrease, frpm_that Of the
" vftftr 1808 of 1 27. fc35fi{* iOQion s : being a
nee?weifrdm
re^k on hand Aug. 81, 1890, 8S,667tons;
fc.?r , total amount of fook on hand Aug, ajL
?t W6i37tm tons. . ? "* Ql'
. ' ' . ' RO TAiW: ?'
Amount of State's royalty for year
Aug^^81,~?:18titi, .... $00,858.76;
?: of. State's royalty for 1 895,
c ; ^7?*w,;i.8; decrease from last phosphate
year, 929,840.87. * ? \
... . %&83 k.8hipp^ ?rMnttomM-kei
? v ^here have beon shipped: To foreign
ports, 98, 627 tons; coastwise, outside of
Htato, 11,26? tons; taken at (Charleston,
' - 5.0174 tonsj taken at Beaufort or Port
? 1J?801 tons; total shipment,
L^ho'detaiic^l ehipments are m to\
- lew?Y
CoOSaw ' Company?Foreign, 82,040
~ " ton * '? coa9t\vi86, 8ii3 tons; Charleston,
4,548 tons; total, 87.421 tons.
Farmers' Mining Company? Foreitt^,;
> ' ? 43, 018 toha ; coastwise, 1,089; total 44,
052 tons. -
Beaufort Phosphate ? Company? -Fer
- " eiim. il, 944 tons; coastwise, 0,697 tons:
03m tots; total, 80,042
. Jonn Noieott~Chai?Ie5toni 460f ton b.
S: Total ShipTnents? Foreiga, 98,527
tons; coastwise, 11,267 tons; Beaufort,
s 11.801 tons; Charleston, 6, 0i 7^ tons;
{ , total, 121, tons; ; ^ "
Det^il^d fitatemcip^ of royalty due the
v State by tfee several mining companies,
as based bh the actual shipments :
1- : Namo of Tons State's
C Coaapaay.^ ?, Btiippad, - Royalty.
Co;v. '? . . ... 87,421 '^lS^lO.CO
Farmers' Mining Co 44,062 22,020.00
JPbo?--; Go ^80,041 15* 020.60.
. - Cardllim Mining Co 0,7^8 8,868. 00
>,W.Y. Frinp " 374 t87.00
r Wames Heid 3,614: 4,267.00
:/v. v^ofca'O. Nelson. J.'f 46?i 60-100 384. 76
Add Carolina MI^
Co. ftt $1. ?2r
106 "? 105.00
? c .. ? . K i '?? 'f ???>!' I./*"
t2ltC03^10q;<W.858.7?
" h&aeen.
* yery greftt f*llinsr
_ the amount ?f-*ocE
. iount <6t tho royalty
uring the year aa com
e pr?yioua:^earm. : And it
the amount of rock shipi>e<f
?*!trfRaT'4r^" amouhT
< ? - Tous.
Coosuw Company. 5.8,489*'
Farmers' Mining Co 48, DU9
BeaufOrt rtwsphatQ Co, . . 20,087
Carolina Mining. Co. . 04,00? " ??
Wi V. Tripp....' ........ ,? m 75?100.
Tptal..,.. <.. 104,470 75*100.
L For 20 year? Immediately preceding
Jttfoiyeav I89Q, our South Oaroliiia river
mines, particularly. supplied tho Euro
pean markot with the 'bulk of its im
ports of phosphate rook ana tho not
nrioes to the miners ranged from SO to
*8 I. O. b, ill 1880, to 80 to $7 f. o. b. in
1800, at which tlrno tho Florida phos
pbatoseeourod recognition, firtco which
tho prico hits continued to decline until
now the flame fluotufttea between ~#Mo
I&.25 per ton f. o. b!, on n basin of 57
per cent; tri-bftMo~ b<3ttfl ^phfr'sphiUaof
lime, aa showing tho extent to . which
I he Hon th Carolina phosphates have
boon supplanted iu the European mar
kets by tho produotsof other mines, I
give below a comparative statement of
i>hosphato rock imported into Europo
from this State, Florida ami Algoria,
respectively, for nine month*, begin
ning January 1st, WOO, and onding Oo
4obor Ut,.:jMQ;
\ B. a
Algeria. Florida. Rock.- Total
1800 Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
January 15,845 0,013 0,070 20,057
Feb . . I. 14,840 97,023 10, <*11 53,029
March.. VMO 18,780 5,137 38,100
April ... 10,847 14,280 11,418 43,045
May.... 18,440 81,803 2,803 77,828
Juno . , . . 11, 180 _87,561 .. 5,777 54,51$
Tilly.... 10,007 80,220 0,107 55,080
August. 18,283 4&g0,t 13,840 68,782
Sept . . . . 0,040 ^|81 4,033 44,403
Total .118,300 2ofc 028 05,098 443,417
Eiri<orBA^iflflf<oKTS.
U" * V Pdf <
1898. 1804. 1 895. 1890.
Tons. Tone. Tons. Tone.
Florida io
Deo. 81 881,418 441,818 435,510 850,000
Algeria to . ? L
jDeo. 81 0,150 53,223 186,583 150,000
9. C.yoar ._ .
ending ~
Aug. 81 183*123 ^ 63,494 125,885 03,527
Totals. 1 13, 00<) 578,538 687,483 593,527
Ffonrtliid it will bo seen that instead
of furnishing tho bulk of the phosphate
rook imported by the ' EuroiJoan manu
facturers of fertilizers, as was tho case
a few vears ago, the mines of Algeria
And Florida alone supply more than that
, (famished by tho South Carolina mines,
to say nothing of that furnishod by oth
er mines in the World. If the question
be asked why this falling off in tho Eu
ropean demand for the South' 'Carolina
rivor rook, I would say that for a long
time South Carolina river rook enjoyed
comparatively a monopoly for ..expj}tt>
but since tho discovery of phosphate do
posits in Florida, Tennessoo,. Alger ijf
ftttd other countries, she no longer en
joys such a monopoly, and besides t ho
deposiU of uiosi-of 'the above mention
ed mineB, while of a much higher grade
than ours, can be mined antl prepared
Jot market at a cost approximating
out*."' %
NET rjUCKfi KEAXiXZBD Hi' I'll IC MIN INO
COMPANIES. ?
From the certified statement made
bv the Farmers' Mining Company for
adjustment of royalty on- shipments
made from June 1, 1890, to Sept. 1>
1890; also of the Carolina Mining Com*
panyi from May 13 to Nov: 18, 181)0,
will, be seen that the net t>ri<Jo realiaed
by the companies per tonfor rock, after
paying the royalty, was in the'.'caso of
the Iw'mcMj^inuig Company from
$1.40 ty MfSra per tou, f. o. V , and in
the. ease or the Carolina MiningX'om
pany from $1.02 to $3.03' per ton,.' f. o.
b. Out of this is to be paid the cost of
keeping plant in Repair, cost of miniftg,
towing, .drying, eto. , and- placing,
alongside of the vessel ready for ship
ment.
In my last report I called attention
to thejact of the suspension work,on
the parfcof the Carolina Mijti pig 6ompa*
ny, one of the most extensive worKfee?-:
gaged in tlie'phosphateTiusInessiri this
State. This suspension* ; as th en s t a ted ,
wad Caused by the f?ot that with the ut
most economy the company0 could not
mine because of the low
It was with the hopo of ihducingtliis"
company t<j resume operations, as well
as to preYest7 others from stopping
work' that led me to recommend a tem
porary reduction of; the $tato'e royalty,
to 25 contsier ton until suoh iim*-^
the market! should improve'aiid a higlir.
eV TOialty ' eould be paid. This reeom?
meudation not being acted upon and
prices getting no better this company .
and t^o site is now offerd for iaale. ^Cn
order that it may bo seen what, a loss
thephosphate industry m this State
has sustained by Reason of the discontin
uance of operations by this -company, I
mibmit the felUmingJapcount of the or
ganization and operations of said com
pany.' ? ? , ?
^^r^CAIlOLJNA MINING C'OMPANV,
... This company was organized in 1885
by F. Brotherhood, a man of fine bu??
ne?* qualifications and peculiarly filled
for managing such air1 enterprise^ w!h>
induced a number of English capitalists
to invait their moneyin tho business.
Thejrhad built tlie largest phosphate
dredge in the world, at a^est oifvfiSO,
OOp fttid their entire investment m the
.business amounted to at least $850^000.
Their works ranking \v><h the faiponfr
Cooiaw epmpatijr^tK^pmffleUuees.
i^atettl en t shov^ng^Wly. pai_(V the
- State on shipments made by the Caro
FjCom Aug. 1st. 1885, to Ap
ril 1st.' lWffi' ll BfttA Jte
? 1 ? f ri v, rr, j| 18,701.60
y 81V1888..,..
US' 9*$J6 00
and aa subsequent events have fully i
sustained the corrcotne.ss of that opin
ion, I again fool it my duty to report to
your honorable board tho actual com
,<liU4n.of thia industry, as viewed from
ray standpoint, in order that, having all
the faota before you, you make suoh
recommendation to tho Legislature,
tte, in your wisdom, you may think
proper.
,, . A. W/JoNisa, ?>
State Phosphate Inspector.
W 1 1 OS 10 COMMISSIONS?
RIiIikI Must Pay Slnlttmoro l?copt?
$20,2o(> and OoMn.
Tho following special; appeared in the
Columbia State from Annapolis, Md.,
undor.dale of ?/*?. Mlm ? -
"The Court of Appeals has reversed
the decision of the court below in the
celebrated South Carolina bond ca*o.
Tho suit grow out of a dispute between
T. Edward Hambloton & Co. and other
Raltimoreans and Coldon Rhiiid, Of
Georgia, and a banker named I^aneas
tor, of N6\v York and Richmond, wliero
a division of commission for floating a
bond issuM of tho Stato of South QKvo
lina.
"In 180!) Rhind obtained authority
from tho Authorities of South Carolina
to float &tf,000,000 State bonds. He- ap
plied to Lanoa'stor for aid in forming a
syndicate to tako them. /Lancaster waft
tinablo io float tho entire issue and
Hambloton & Co were appoalcd to. It
was agreed that subscribers should
iharo oliko in tho profits of tho trans
action. After the bond issue, Lancas
ter and Rhind. it is alloged, entered
into a secret agreement whereby two
thirds of tho Interest dtto on July 1,
18D8, should bo paid to Lancaster to pay
'syndioato expenses,' whioh, it was
hinted, was political ihfluenco. This,
if the whole of tho issno were consid
ered, would amount to more than
$118,000.
"The court, holds that the syndicnto
had a right to know what theso syndi
cate exp.ensos were, aiid says that Lan
caster not only suppressed the truth,
but deliberately uttered tho most un
blushing falsehoods. Tho oourt finds
against the olaim of Rhind that Lan
caster wa? entitled to this two-thirds in
terest, and requires Rhind to pay over
?120,230 with interest and costB, to tho
applicants, the Baltimore members of
tho syndicate. "
MANDAMUS DISMISSED.
The Famous Lord Lost Bond Case
Disposed of.
The judges the Stato Suprome and
-Oirouit Courts who ^pmo time" ago
heard the famous Lord lost boud caso
while sitting in bank handed -down
their opihions last week at Columbia.
- Jiistioe Qary ih delivering tho opin
ion of tho court decides that in this
proceeding tho use of the name of the
State was unnecessary because it is an
application by a private citizen for a
writ o?mttndamus to enforce a private
riglx^' and the motion' of tho attorney
general to strike tho name of the State
from the bill of the case is granted.
? That Judge .Withorspoon ?; did not
in ton a by his decree iiP any manner to
interfere with tho statutory remedy for
funding of the bonds in, question.
? That tho legislative intention in on
? acting- laws for tn^fanding of State"
bonds was to insist uponV strict com
pliance with the requirements tof such
aota and that the requirements of saicx
funding aot cannot be complied with
except by aotual aurrendor of the
bonds themselves and tho cancellation
thereof by the State Treasurer. The
petition for writ vf mandamus ia> dis
missed.
/AsBaraato JustaoePope, Oh f ef .T it s ti oe
Molver, Jndges Tdwnsend, Watts, Aid
Hbh, B?net> K*neet Gary and Buohan
an oonour in the opinion- of Associate
' /i;w ' ?
ry ?ots, but that
?fo diwfae - of > Witherspoon
WHAT RAliMOADS OWN.
The Valuation of Their Property as
., Taken From the Comptrollcr-lion
erii's Reports
, The foil owingr figures tvkira from tho
annua} report of theCoxnptroller-Oen- ?
| eral make an interesting exhibit,
showing as they do exactly what alt
the property of the railro&cU doing
business^ tha State is rated at
for inftatiop? The amonnte given
are tpose upon which the roads
pay i^xoa. Hero are the figures;
_Totarmito8.of sM4n track, ... ^.275.93
Total value of track . . ...... .$22, 085, Si] 2
Value of depots. . . , 445
Valu? * " '
and water sta
in ea
dnery..
Value wo oc
ie inachlne
Value station!
Value toola^ d mi
fValue bi
ylrfW?fetl?*rr?>vi ?? | r* V* i
Tc/tal value of all property
GfrandtoUl** all railroad
property in the State . . V.
W.81fr
Wf,m
8,135
86, WO
162,035
01,800
v,m;w
Georgia
'.WO, of
The Attorney Genoral Makes His
Annual Criminal Report,
A LONG LIST OF" HOMICIDES.
Constables Havo Not Presented
Strong Cases- -Coiu'oaiml Weapon
Law a Dead Letter.
That portion of the annual report of
the Attorney geftforal dealing- with tho
criminal statistioa-of tho courts during
tho year beginning November 1, 1896,
and .ending December 81, 1890, hap
been completed nwV turnod over, to. tho
Stftto printer, Tho report if* brimful of?
interesting information and the most
eflBontlal point 1b that it ehows that tho
constables, havo not preaentod strong
eases to the courts for violation of tbo
dispensary law or elso tbe law ia not re
ceiving tlio moral support of tbe people
Of tho Stato. Hero ift what tbo attor
eonoral *m?oli<WW.
statements it will be seen that 8,009
criminal oases were disposed of in the
Statu -during tho last -four toon mouths
coMCVod by this report. Of this num
bor7'theJV^rft,hl75 convictions, 488
acquittals and l,8?,noi prosoqnis and
nohills. UesideB these oases disposed
of in . thot- court of Wouoral sessions,
probably hundreds of misdemooporB
havo been tried by the magistrates in
the different counties, no account of
which reaphes this office for the reason
that such cases are not required to bo
reported, ?
"It fuai|K>r appears from tho consoli
dated stfiWments and former reports of
solicitors to this office, that tho follow
ing number of criminal case have been
i disposed of from 1897 up to and includ
ing 1800, to wit: Seventy hundred
and thirty-eight coses in .1867 ; 2,110
oases in 1 888 ; 8,098 oases in 2,000
cases in 1890, without the number in i
the Fifth Cirouit; 2,14%^jaSes In 1891;
1,070 oaseB in 1892, Wittttho number in
tho Third, Fifth and Sixth circuits;
1,000 cases in 1898, wlthotit the number
in the Fifth and Sixth oircuits; 2,080
cases in 1894, without the number in
tho Third oircuit: 2,860 <sases ip. 1890,
and 8,002 cases m 18901 During the
last deoade there seems to have boon a
remarkable uniformity in tbe number
of criminal casos disposed of each yoar
in the State, whioh indicates that there
has boon no marked increase in crime
during this period , ??
"The orimo of assault with intent to
kill and aggravated assault and battery
.eu?m io have been predominant, there
being ?74 cases-r-thout 20 per cent, of
all tbot-orirainal oases disposed of in the
Stato. There was only one case of the
kindred crime of carrying concealed
weapons in this State, and this was ig
nored by tho ?rand jury, which shows
that this law is not onforced.
"The next most important orimo
seems to have been tho violations of tho
dispensary /aw, there being 627 eases.
T*Be wjmel of burglarly foota up 278
cases, ana larceny 198 cases. Komi-'
oide > oases - have- also been largo, the
number disposod of being 20$ casos.
The nor cent, ofconviotions in oases dis
posed of during the last 14 mouths is
about 89; no bills and discontinuances
about 46 per cent. The per cent, of
convictions in homicide oases is $6, in
burglarly about 69, in larceny 60, in as
sault and battery 87 and in dispensary
oases about 25.
?'Of the convictions lor tho last 14
months there were five sentences to
death and 29 in. the penitentiary for
life, Oil to~ termB intheOonitentiary
and 467: to jail and chaing^Sgs; ^
' 'By way of cofrparWJn it was found
that -in 1891, 2,808 cases were dUposod
of ; in the Stato. Of those. 885 were
discontinued and no bills; there-were
982 convictions and 480 acquittals/ In
1895, 2,087 cases were disposed of. Of
these 774 casos were no bills and dis?...
-continuances, and in .697 caaea. there
were convictions, and in 865 cases ao
quittalls. It. will thus be seon that the
proportion of conviotions has been
maintained and there has been eomo
increase. >r
* 'Frotti tho consolidated statements, |
it will be seen that during the - last 14
months thero wajrtho very large nrtm- .
bar of 1,844 n^Klls and discontinu
ances in the cr^mnol cases in the jEitate,
which -was about 40 |>er cent This
should be remedied in some way, for
the expense V^lessly entailed ^on the
courts is very lfrge. Something should
be done in the way of legislation to
prevent this evil.
"It appears further that during the
period oovorod * by this 'report thero
were 207 homicide cases in the State.
Of these, in 52 cases thero were convic
tions, iu 110 acquittals and in' 45 no bills
?and discontinuances. In "1889 thero
were 111 closes of homicide disposed of
in the Stato. Ia 27 eases there wore
convictions, in 05 acquittals and in 8
mistrials and 11 discontinuances and, no
bills. The per cent, of convictions
"wm 24r: "
'?In 1895 there were 205 homicide
cases disposed of. In 20 casea . there
were no bijls and discontinuance^, in
60 -oases conviotions and 118 acquittals.
Tbe per cent, of convictions was 82?^
JSBy comv&rioicjm with these year*
it will bo that tbeie is no inorease
. of the cases of homicide or decrease" in
tho number of conviotions. - ? .
"During the last 14 months there
wereonly 14 cases, of rape deposed of j
this nftmber^there
quit-*
sana.
_.jle decrease in the number j
LbprglaiyjaAjLarceny daring
" 41 eases
bcrnino woro afllrmed; in nix casos now
trials wero granted and three eases lmvo
not yet beonheard."
? ? An inspootion of tho statistical report
ttttaobea thows some in Attorn of interest
not oovoved in tho above roport.
In tho entire Htato thoro were 037
canes of violation of thodipponsary law.
It in worthy of note that m of thom
resulted in'no bills being*- wtur nod by
. the grand juries or discontinuances on
tho part of tho Stato. Twenty-four of
fenaers wero acquitted and thoro wore
lflO oonviotions.
There was only ono case for cruelty
to animals which resulted in ,4nobilP'
being returned. There weie but 13
eases far gaming. Three wont out on
no bills, five wore convicted and four
fwaiyUud. ? -
Thoro was only ono case rosulting in
eonviotion for soiling goods on tho Sab
bath day,
Thoro wove ??0 eases for assaults with
intent to ravish, with 7 convictions and
8 acquittals.
Thoro were but 40 cases of adultery
and fornication, resulting in 10 convic
tions and 6 acquittuls, 81 cases being
thrown out. vja
It is worthy of noto that tLoro woro
but 15 cases of bigamy, resulting in 0
convictions and t acquittal, tho other
cases being dropped.
ANTI-LY^CHINti 1j\W.
Proposed Amendments to Bettor Por
foot Jfe
Tho lynching of tho HCgto Brown in
Orangoburg recalls Lho faot that this is
the ilrat lynohing to take plaoe since tho
new Constitution wont into oft'oot. Ono
or two othora have boon reported? that
ia oertain criminals havo mysteriously
disappeared or "escaped" from thoir
oaptora, but no genuine hanging has
ocourred until Brown swung irom tho
railroad mile post.
Tho ytato tlouso officials know noth
ing more of (ho aflhir than was publish
od and Reverul of them paid that from
the report* jt looliod as if tho officers
had oujmlK'od at tho lynching, but that
waa only from tho meagre details fur
nished and fuller investigation might
negative tho idoa entirely. However,
the lynohiiig recalled the faci, too, that
the friends pr relatives of a lynched
party can auo tho oounty for $3, 000
damage; It will be interesting to seo
whether anything will bo done in this
oaso, though tho probabilities are that
no legal proceedings will rosult.
In aiaqussing tho effect of tho law As*
eiatfcnt Attorney Oonoral Townsend ex
pressed tho opinion that lynohinga
could bo prevented better if ; tiie law
wa? so amendod as to give tho aooused
an imfnA^iate trial. His idea is to re
quire otfunty oflloials to report any
dime, for whioh lynohing would proba
bly rcLsult, to tho Ohiof Justice at onoo.
who. shall in turn bo require^, to dotail
eome Circuit Judge to proceed to the
oounty andhavea hearing immediately.
Judgo Townsond propoood that amend
ment when he woa in tho Legislature,
but it failed to pass. A prominent
Senator, in disoussing the matter, said
that he would introduco Buoh an
Rinondfnent during tho sitting of tho
Qcuoral Assembly.
It is a ourioua, lfiroi^cal, coincidence
that on tho very day Brown was lynoh
ed tho" Attorney General received a
letter from the Attorney General of
West Virginia in which Ire W&T warKt
in his praiso of tho .South Carolina law
against lynohing as boing tho best pre
ventive against such lawlessness that
ho had over seen and asking for a copy
of it, so he could, havo it introdxiced in
the Legislatqro of his State where
lynchioga were qnito frequont he,
said. ?The Register.
MURPHY'S GRANGES.
Pivo of the Jurypteu Speak Pavoi ?
t>Iy tor Itym.
Murphy, the con v ictal murderer of
Treasurer Copes, ban not &iveu up all
hope of getting his sOntenoo commuted.
-Hie father was in Columbia last ^eek
and called "on Governor Evans. ITe
had a i>etition which he preeeated.ask
in? that the Bontonco be commuted to
lite imprisoj\m?tit,__Ta hia petition he
haa tho statement of Ave of the jurymen"
that the trial waa conducted amidst in
tense fooling, and that they have learn
ed since thai much of tho testimony
was unreliable; ; Q'ovef not. Cyans told
him to go back and get a majority" of
the -jury to sign the statement and - the
probabilities ware that Murphy w.ould
not bang, although he, himself, would,
hardly hare time to act on tho petition.
He told .the oUl <pan that he would see
to it that Murphy was not hanged until
ho had a full ; and complete hearing.
Murray iB Dow in thepaaitentiary, but
will be tukenliack to arangehnrg and
resentenced at the next term of oourt
--Register? .
MOON8HINKK8 LAY A TRAP.
Fttlll fo Work, for tlio RIspcn- j
?ary Constable* Smell u Mouse.
The sqnad of dispensary constables
located at Greenville, andalnf) the of
ficers at Bpartanburg, came near beings
led into a trap by some of the mountain
people. Constable May gave tha infor
mation to the Register, The trap was
laid for Constables Toland, of Spartan
burg, and May and Bruoe, of this city,
bul Included all who would take a trip'
to the mountains. It was arranged, =? no ~
gates Cdttttabla May, thAt 4 Still was to
be raided some miles .above Bpartan
bpxg in the mountains. May says that
Wi agent of the mouutaineer* aoted ae
guide and proponed to lead the raid.
He waa ~ an* peeled - and ****
lllnA/1 en ft
?rd iff aceused of being theli * V
the Constable? to
ner.
howmi
Just how
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BILL A HP'S LETTER.
" 7:7- rrvt-jT r rt r vMHHPi;'".' r<*>. ? ? ?>* \
WTKOYHS OP TUB UOMUAYjS AND
WANTS >10 UK OF THO,
i .-V
riiUob<>|)hi<t' Some IiitoroMlntf Vuett
ua to How Out' Cuurtl 1 1 ut Ion Wits
,M ?<lo? fle,.?3n?s;e*tn (huns'.'*.
The holidays ar<? over and now lot us all
Invoke down to tl o work of 11 now yeaf,
Tlioao holiday* uuul to Ue h,.lv-<la vh, but
thoy are not very sa^ivd now. ' Thovs*oom ?
ivcoc-iiiary, how*vetv for tho rest rrml iAjlHy rt
tion o( I ho nihul an well ns tlu> body, The
voutlnonml tension o( Im^lnosa Oai?>i must
bo broken At U>;w?t onco a y<vu\ it is Ijko
greasing tho wagon to make it run easy, It
fs like* vfccofiS and Saturday to t.uhool ohlU
dron. Tho majority of people In Una country
llvo'to'o' tifuoli on i\ ttr;iin and do not tnko
relaxation enough, A man should not llvd*
in n treadmill. Oftmnmoe^njjs, excursions,
I denies and an occasional sporting day nil
>elp tho tlreel mind just as iv good llvor med
icine helps tho digest Ion. fhls rest .and
olmngo reacts upon tho physical nature aud
keeps mind nnd body In tune, The Amorl
efpi pooplo nro toMloo ,ml0'1 hurry, moro so
than any other*" people*. <,ho Htiblt eamo
from New' England, where tho rigor of cll
mat? and poverty of soil foroed thorn to
extraordinary diligence. Dftwn south, In tho
City of M ox Ico, there la no hosto. Merchant*
eloso tholr Htorca and meohanlos leaVO their
shops at 1 o'clock, and all hands go to Iholr
noonday meal nnd *tny f jr Jut hour nnd a
halt. They tako tholr v?mo to eat and then
1 to smcke? .the men Wtolr cigars and tho
j women tholr cigarettes. Tho stolen nro not
i opened until 10 o'clock^ in tho morning,
I Everybody hew leisure, and -onjoy It. Tho
I English pcoplo work hard, but. not nil the
' tlmo. They will sit at the table and dlsouss
j tlmir roa&t oeef and tho affairs of tho nation
i for an hour or moro Ijf the world In shaking
j with an earthquake. They have holiday* all
1 through tho year and they observe thorn.
Thero nro 6ovon legal holidays that tho
ehureh established, suoh ai Good Friday,
Eeifller Monday, Ash Wednesday, eto. Thoy
havo many moro on tho civil 'and military
lists. ? - ,5-;- -
Wo havo but two In tho United Stato that
may bo called national and are generally ob
served, namely, the Fourth of July and
Christinas day, Thanksgiving Day Is ob
served when It Is proelalined, . but It Is not
onjolned by any law. It la oi^ly ft custom,
just as Is Doooratlon Day up north rtnd Me
morial Day down south. Wanhlngtort'fl
blrthdny Is observed by all but seven of tho
?t?los, and New Year's Day by fourlouir^ of
them. General Leo'a blrlnduy is ju -holiday
In several southern states. Inyiiouisiantt
thoy havo Murdl Gras anttTfi# battle of New
Orleans as holiday#, aud in Texan thuro Is
Independence Day and tho baltlo of Ban
Jacinto. ,l%
Georgia' Observes all tho days of a national
f araoter fttitf .fvJl that show dovoflon to lib
ty andTOverence for heroism. I am proud
say that dfcofgla-, has been always ,tru*J.<JL
the
,y Hliu tyfDVWVI' IV. ....... ,
say that Georgia-- has ix-on always .true J.^]
w.e principles that our fathers fought for.
Her dnlogatcq signed the Declaration qL lur .1
di ponaonoe without cavil or hesitation. For
days and weoks the fate of that declaration
hung io Iho balance? hung by a hair and was
earrlod by a single vote. Thirteen COlOhie*
tvero roprescntod. After long aud scorot
discussion and much .bitterness sit voted for
it and six voted against it. Pennsylvania
was last on the roll. Her flvo delegates woro
called amidst tho breathless silence of tn'o
convention', Tho flrsCwho wasfDoh FranTt
lin, voted yen, tho n?rt voted nay, tho third
voted yea, and the fourth vote4 nay. John
Morton was the fifth anil last, and upon his
doolsion hung tho destiny of ?a nation 4hat
was yot to bo. Ho was a man of great abil
ity nnd integrity, and a man oi prayer. Tho
convention tromblcel with painful niDsk'ty
whM> .h.o, ftwsp .pti'V >pjf?ii3Tj..vQke.eaid ; j
nI oeisl my voto for liberly emu Independ
ence," , 1
For somo moments thero was n?j -awful
ellence. No oheers, nosljouts, no exultation,
AH (bU> tho troinondous responsibility they
had Taken. John Morton's voto turned the
scale. It completed the. arch Ihey' were
laboring to build. Ills voice was tho key
stono,, and henco Pennsylvania lios ov^r
since boen called tho Keystone Htate. John
Morton died a few weeks after. "Had he
ttved no doubt ho would bave becb a "nOli
bio actor In our revolutionary history.
. All tho colonies poon afterwards ratified
tho work, and tho wniilwgan. After its eloso
tho Const itution of 4^7 wops framed by.Madl
son and JofTersbn ftna a conv/wtlon cftlleijlto
considor it. ThoTttates oil volod for it wtvo
Bhodo Island, but only four voted, for It
unanimously, nnd Georgia was ono of them,
Iiittle ' ilhody obfeotod to ^Ometbfng in tho
?Con*t?itioa ana nut on war paint and wlth
drowfiBho stayed out nearly threoyea^s and.
th'oh eon greM prepared to treat her.au a for
eign powVr ana to send an ambassador and
a eonsul arcrtherrto nia^o a treaty. This
made her .qnd oA she was already
feeling JonMomo nnd was getting tired of
paddling heV own canpe.'Bho surrendered
and camo into tho Union. Tho Adoption. of )
our present Constitution was by no means a
Jkcaeoful and -harmonious work. It was
ought through under'great trlbblatioib but
the Georgia delegation gave no trouble.
Abraham Baldwin and William Fow signed
without hesitation. Georgia ha3 honored
Bald w tit ossho did tho signers of tlio deela- 1
ration of independence. I wondor why
William Fow bos never* been so hohored?
Alo^t of our oountiea and towns havo
bcon namod for ou>r notable men, but Fow
has. no namesake. Georgia was tho 0j?t
St a to to name n county and a town 'for
Washington, and she has "not forgotten
tho great mon of tho stato and nation, but
?he has forgotton William Fow. Hls reo
ofd in Appleton and in. White's historical
collections is a very remarkablo one. HO
eamo from JPonosylvania aud settled In.
Angusta; was a colopel . in tho revolution
ary war; was tho' first judge 'ofltlchmond
county; was a member of tho oonttne|Hal
oongres sj was seni as a delegate to tho eon*
atitutional convention of 1787, waa one of
ow first two Unltod States senators and a
"member of tho convention that passed our/
, state eonstfkiHofti labored, faithfully tof
.expose tho Yaeoo fraud. Later on he wm\
elected circuit judge of the second, district.
Ho was ominent in every offl<j? he ever held,
and when in 1760 ho removed to New York
city to practice hi?* pro fatal on his great abili
ties wete soon disooverOd and he was electod
mayor of that etty.
-intrgrteilng somo s^tagrflf thbloia histAtjt
rWsurorfeed to find thft the four y oars',
presidential term had few to favOf It lftthe
constitutional . convention, iljr rcverenoe
for that particular work ojf jgur ; fsthMS
all passed awav, for U wat lifcethe oomj
nhi mict of a petit larr^tt waa noboe