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CHRONICLE. 1
V ::i, liio'J. NO. 4.
ST DARING
L A Kol-l) , y That Would Have Done
Crcdii i 'j ilie James (ian#.
MUMm SPiiMH) TO BE FAMILIAR
Willi lh-.; Country nml With the Kail
n> I'coplc.- Cflrried Od l:xpreis
in u \\ agou.
( o. p., Special. ?The most
flii). ii ;ui i tr.vn robbery thai
*Ja" fv ; ' !i ? ? ininit " ?'il in tuts patt
l'{ th . mil ' y took pla.o Mouday even*
iu?; ut ?; ;.'i!onk on the Charleston
divi.si..\ i:f t >? S*'i iitliMu railway, l?o
gliinin.^ i: mii'.i po.st and being
con ;.t th.- ,">s mi!e station, in the
frxact s;" >i iii'ii'.ist i ha t Martow Warren
Is j**i ;u.': - il to have hold up the train
and in tided robbed tho expres-i
car a f- w \< ago. The r&bbery was
>vo?th;. t ; ii>.> Jcsbo James gang in iis
palm I -i <iays, and in all its details
excels v o:' tho gang's exploits for
darl:.;; ntul bohlm ss. Ii was performed I
by a i'i'i., (.; six men according to the
eyo v, ,i ; .:.-rs, and tho gung actually
brought i h v. train to a station, backed
a v.- a Ron up t > tho door of tho express
eat- and unloaded the Itirgo through
cafe fn ;i u>v car, making off with if.
To ma! (?' cenain that the engineer of
tb?' {i;ii:i would i;> back after the do
taf-h.'tt i da- Ii ?. one oi the men actually
rode a mil :, then making the engineer
slew <!: \vn arid all r,v him t r? jump off,
thus jjlviug the men time to get away
wi'h-t' .? n. Only three of the
men wire <.1 gu'sod; these three had
th Ir !':?<. es bl.u'nened if with shot*
polish; t ?i r- y tlitr three attempted no
riitrgu: They used Winchester tille-i
and when th" iraln got here many had
tho opportunity to leak a* the bullet
hole* in th> m:ul and baggage c^irs,
Engineer Monoids, one frf the oluent
nad >nr.:-l evp c kneed engineers on the
nad, c.Xiiy i i eloper contact with the
robin.", than anyone else, and he did
not rrlWi liis honr and ten minutes
fjent !"t their company. They Intro
duced * h ?vs-'lves by sending a Win
eli' l r !)? )'? ( '.h rough his close tilting
cap. I' barely missle^ ploughing lt.>
.way lh;<;ngh hip head. The baggagc
maste- sou! flagman a is) had narro a
escapes from t itle bullel?, as the bug
gave <nr hliows. The exrc cbs messen
ger, Mr. A. V. Hall, ol Augusta, was
forced at the p lii.t of a pistol to open
his route safe and hand over the eop
- tnr.tr;, xvhi'-h were not more than $2a.
The ? 1 TV t'J'.c ho c o ii I d not open a ii i.
It was of course taken away by 'he
robte.js. The train crew parliculai'y
the enpii.cer and the flagmen tell thril
ling storl'.'.s of the oceurrenee.,
'i bo entire train raehed here about
two hours late, and there were, excess
otfli la!.'-, and others at he depot to\seo
the train and hear what the men \\ho
had parsed ?hrough such a thrilling
experience bad to aav of the affair
Most of the mt-n had qui-eted their shat
tered ne.rves somewhat and were abh?
to give eood accounts.
Very roon after tho occurrence the
ex j' i oss c fllclals here were notified ar.d
ltouto Ag.it Hhjhardbon was on the go,
making preparations for th starting of
a hot (lhise. The governor was inform
ed of the oYunvnrc and Tieproinptly
offered a reward of $j00 for the cap
ture of the parties. eH also sent tele
grams to the sheriffs of Dorchester,
Orangeburg and Colleton Aunties in
j?. utrueting th.' in to use every effort to
capture the men. organizing pos.'.e if
necessaty Sheriff Martin of Charles
ton was also naked to tnke as was tho
uherifi of Ilichmond county, Georgia.
Tho$e who are familiar with the con
ditions in the vicinity of the daring
robherv are confident lhat 13n At*" -
ion, o:iee tried fou exjiK.jrs robbery and
murderer, organized the
gang, and phn'rud nnd executed tho
robbcVy. TlJe fact that it occurred nt
th.c i(!.*nt!e ?f srot of the 1 S01> hold-up
inaktH thie niost likely.
The Iraln was No. 11. from Charles
ton t o Columbia.
Engineer Reynolds as he climbed
down from his engine rah in which
? were a number of bullet holes from
jt.fJrs tired from the tender, said he was
?? glad the trip was over, lie Is an aged
man. He pulled off his V.?P nnd showed
a big bullet hole /through the fop.
The old engineer, was as cool as a
rucmnler cn a July day, but seemed
- ? trr mArt About the air ho'c In his
- can. He said that they were skim-'
filing along after the ctops nt Preg
nane, St. George's and Ro.evesvllb*,
and had just pasipd the fifi-mile po.it
i 1 1 e Trt'nTc Treatlft" when he
heard the fireman say "Mr. Reynolds,
tha jnan says s!op hor." He asked
w;ho SiJM stop her. and did not preten 1
to stop. Then bullets came from the
Boers Killed; Alnny Wounded.
London. By Ca'de. ? A dispatch fro a
Lord Kitclu ;?.:r, dated Johannesburg,
Monday, January 27. gives details cf
the military operations since January
?21. Gen. Met lush's yeomanry got Into
- - trouble near Jtirtolet, -western Trans
vaal, and lr.sk eight men kilfed, fiv^
' wounded nnd ill made prisoners. The
latter havo \hc*n released. Thl*
was offset by (ibsieraj Bruce Hamil
ton's pursuit of the fiocrs in the vicini
ty of Knnelo_Tian3vaal Colony, result
ing- In the dispersal of a Boer laager
?at NoIkoru. The Boer losses were two
men Killed, four wounded and 91 pr|j-y
oners. The weak'* Boer losses wer/
81 into killed. 20 wounded, 322 mado
prisoners and 53 ifien who surrendered.
Three KflKd By a Trala. ^
Chicago, Special .?Throe people two
Wiled m4 taui serlousty-ttjored T>y a
?. Mlcklfan Central tsaia^rt * crossing at
'West Hmmboo V lad.. late Tuesday
aftemeoa. The.4tal areiMrs. Mja
f Mk, Joesph Wrt, Joo. Swlsgak. The
.? ittrtar ?nm to a closed carriage rotorn
A taajLfml at ML Camel Ce?
tlx eofsoas w?r* Isolde sod ooe
?? ? orttw when the
rarrtac*. Umat
MCQfjiBtligi
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TRAIN ROBBERY
tender, one gfdiiK through Ids cap s\a
*tatcd. He k-jkI ho went through the
front- window to tin; miming board
and was about i > Jump off, but he
know that ho could not net back to hta
(,n?ino, and she v.aa running fast, so
when t ho shoot mi;; ceased ho oruwled
back In the window and proceeded
to apply the braivt\s. There \\ ere then
two men in the cab; both had rifles
and were not masked. \ third wax
on tho tender. Tin; nog.o iircui.m j
had Jumped when tho shooting betfrvn.
1 hrt men thon ordered him to ro? |
| down and uncouple the train. Ho toM
| thoin he couldn't do it. Tht-y asked
j hi in if ho did not know how and ? ho
i told them ho did, They thon made him
toll them how to do It, and tho>"aent
I other nit u on tho front of thu nvxt
j oar back to do tho work, two of tho
| men KOi ng also. The third took his neat
I on tho lii 010. m's box. and told tho en
j glneer that he was staying there to
I keep tab on him. lie also called tho < n
glneor by his name, saying "Mr Itoy
I nobis, I'm afrahl I oomo ability near
I hitting you. I wouldn't, huri u hair on
1 your head for anything. I only tired .it
; you t<> Re ire you fur you wouldn't stop.
W c don't want to hurt a single employe
I of tho railroad, but wo want to get tho
j stub f rout that il -n express eompa
I ny." Tho men g;it the train unoonplcd.
but did not know how to work tho
[ hooks and came back to the engine;
j tht-y thon made him hack a little, and
j got the train cut off at the second
; ela^s car. Then lie was ordered to go
I ahead. One of t'i? nun had told him to
! stop L'O'i yards from the US-mile pjst
j depot platform; as ho was slowing np
| one of the follows ordered him to head
: mrht tip to tho "goat house" hh tho lit
i tie depot there i? known, using that
1 term. The engineur ?avs when ho stop* J
j pod the train there was much shooting; '
? but In about five minutes the robbers
had done what they wished to do; they
? thon told him he could go hack to his
I train two miles down the road. One f ? 1 -
j low remained in the cab; when tho '
engineer said he was going to liranoh
j vlllojiiistead, Hi's fellow said ho sup
j poseu ho wouldn't, and rode back half
I a mile with him to see that he d'dn't
I getting off while the engine was ft ill !
| moving. Tho men. the engineer said.
I "talked like home folks and looked like
[Ordinary country folks, like some men
[1 have seen abo.Ut the place." The fol- |
I low who rode the fireman's s:at, ho
[ says. w;is n sh</rt siout man with whis
j kers and mo".sf<H-he of dark color: tho
j only other fellow'^o got close enough
i to see good was a loh*c vollow skinned
j looking follow with a black moustache |
; nnd looked like what is known In that
| country as a "Goose Crieker." Oni of
(the men wait hen I'd by the baggage
i master to refer to Mr. Reynolds by his
: nick name. Tho engineer wmf'*cn back
j and had his train recoupled and came
j on to Hranch ville.
The flagman tells a graphic story of
) the affair, lie says he was sitting in the_,
s.'cond-class e:ir at when he felt
; the air brakes ^o on. IJo thought some
air pipe had broken, and he Jumped eft
and started toward tho engine looking
I under the ears to so where the trouble
was. As lie reached the expVoss car he
i heard indiscriminate shooting, lie wont
I on to the baggage e.ir to find out what
! the trouble was. The baggagemaster
had his door locked, lie tlxn stepped
i into the vestibule of the express enr
! next and saw three, men pass directly
! by shooting and cursing and calling to
j "Mike" and "Pat" to cut the eoiches
t loose. It was afterward* found that
, they had simply pulled tho air pip?
' apart breaking It. Hy this time ho had
j called to the baggagemaster who know
? his voice and let hlm In. Jsut then one
| of the men passed by tho car door and
! he called to him to lot him out and po
j baekto flag another train that, wos
| right behind. The fellow told hlm to
; take his d? n head In 1 h e . e 3 ^
?_ TTflled. Just then a
shot crashed through the woodwork
| just above his head and scattered tho
j splinters in his face. He then went in
i the mail car and asked the agoyt if he
was hurt. The mall agent said no; that
i on" man had stuck his head In the doar
; and asked if he had nny stuff nnd he
had told him no. Then the fiagm.'.u
i got hack into the baggage ear and hit!-'
! lets worn flying so promiscuously that.
! he nnd the baggagemaster took refuge
: behind a number of drummers' trunks.
; Several bullets crashed Into tho ear,
' nnd tho bullet holes are there to /.how
j for It. The flagman savs that the men
he saw had their faces blaek?ned.
: When they had ro an he crawled out
i over the tender to see how thlng3 were
j in tho engine. v
It was absolutely impossible Monday
; night to ascertain how much Is eon
: tained in the large through safe takon.
; It may have contained n large mini and
! it may have h id little lit it. the express
officials say. The Charleston office
alono can glvi tho figures. v
New Jersey Democrat*.
Trenton, N. J., Special. ? The two
houses of the Legislature met Tuesday
i separately nt noon and voted on the
; ITnltid Btates senatonshlp. John F.
Hoyden, of ..Newark, Itcyubllcan, and
Congressman McDermott, Democrat,
frere the candidates. The cloctlon re
sulted :Scnate, Dryden, 17; McDermott.
4; House, Dryden, 4*>; McDerinoit, H.
Previous to the session tb? Democrats
held a caucus and selected Mr. McDer
mott an thctr candidate. Senator
Iiart questioned the Democracy of Mr.
McDermot J. Thtf latter ^Tld not support
In 1896. Mr. McDermott was
rOR A SOLI.Illi'S HOME.
Recommendations That Will }
Interest the Veterans,
The annual report of I'r. J NV. Hah- I
co !<. the efficient superintendent of tlw
iJtate hospital for the Insane, has ocen |
made public. The report is not only In* j
t c rest in k from the fai ls about the In- }
st Motion that it contains. hut it fciv-sa )
suggestion hs to Uie t'-onf ''derate ' >1
diors' home, which will doubtless com
mand the careful attention <>f ieko?a
tos ami old soldiers alike. Heiv i* tht?
report: ,
To the Hoard of Nejunttf:
In accordance with law and custom I j
hereby present the 7Sth annual report ,
of the hospital for t lie year ending j
lU'eeinber 31, 1001.
An examination of the statistical la t
bit s accompanying this report show* j
the steady increase in population v.irch
has characterised the history of the in-,'
st it ut lop i\> i* several y^trs. The in
crease In the daily average number !i;\ -t
been twenty-five ( > . the total admis
sions four hundred and fifty-nine t \ i,
ami the total under treatment fomW< 1
hundred and niuety-thrco tl,H)">.
'i he most serious obstacle to tho op
eration of the institution haa been tho
frequent occurrence of smallpox in oar
waids. Since its llrst int ro.lm l ion hero
thirty-two (J-) cases In all haw ap
peared. and while most of them have
been mild, the usually serious natu'.e
of the disease has added much to tho
anxiety of those intrusted with the eaoi
and protection of the patients. i5o litHy
has tho seriousness or the situation
here. been appreciated outside the i'irt j
tution, and So little cooperation has |
born Riven In tho way of vaccination
of new patient# before admission, t -i rs t
at times absolute quarantine hr.s
seemed necessary. Fortunately, how
ever. this step lias b?en avoided and the
year closes with the absence of small
pox from our midst. In May and Juno
?u unusuri number of eases of typhoj I
fever developed. So far as Investiga
tion discloses it* origin tho epidomie
probably originated in the 'drinking of
water from old wells previously above
suspicion and now abandoned- The
continuej prevalence of ^tuberculosis
anions our patients, and especially
among tho negroes, serves to empha
size the opinion expressed in former
reports that the only method of proper
ly handling cases of this malady in
overcrowded asylums is by as ..rigid
isolation as can b? obtained. In build
ings now available ii has been impos
sible properly to segregate our con
sumptive*. This problem is a serious
>ne and demands a bettor solution than
ban been given it hero and elsewlinv.
If we may learn, from the history of
this hospital diirlng.the SO years of it1*
existence, and more especially from the j
cxprrlcnep of the last "0 years here :4.f.
w'.di as elsewhere, we must expect an
ever increasing population to be pro
vided for. It is therefore our duty t>
direct our attention co <:s possible
to tho future growth of the institution
Well as to the consi leratioa of p?cs
ent needs When the purchase of the
Wallace property was under considera
tion It was decided that the level
field comprising 50 acres and knAXvn
as the Helltjvuc place would at no very
distant date he needed to servo as the
site for the development of a sorbs of
cottages or Tvards constructed upon th?
paviliioa plan, such as tire rcipilred for
this climate and are really better fof
the housing of the insane in all cli
mates. As a study of such A plan a
plate Is annexed by permission from a
recent, number of "American Modi
cine."
\thik (ho ti mi' for tho entering upon
tills solution of the prohlem of provid
ing' for the Insane of South Carolina
lias not arrived, yet it may not l?o rn
distant as wf expect 01* hope. Since,
however; there are rumors that at its
next session the ^enernl assembly wlil
take up the question of providing n
J* ?-? *,? *?.??? ,,, ^ | .1
home for Confederate vaieraniTr w...
respectfully suggest that your board
Invito tho attc ntlon of the governor and
Ihe members of tlnj legislative bod<? ??,
as well as the committees of the 3 ?uth
Carolina division of tho United Con
federate Veterans, to the possible art
y^fi'tagc* of this site for the purpurea
/of such n homo. Taking as a nucleus
the farm house now upon the Uelh-vue
place a few wooden buildings could at
once be ercfted for tho Veteran's home
at small <$kpcm-:. I ??*? next f?w
yeai?. if tl^- number of homeless veter
ans urovided sufflctc.it to warrant it,
upon this sight could bo developed a
sorbs of permanent hoayital buildings
which would afford the veterans such
n home as they deserve, and when, in
due course of time, tho veterans shall
have joined the great majority, the
State v.ill have nef-d of these buildings,
mado sarred and historic by their prat
occupants for other of her children
who shall claim her succor and protec
tion. To Rive in more tangible form my
idea of what such buildings should be,
and whi di will answer the needs of our
successors better than some of the
buildings we now occupy, I append a
plate of the hospital recently construct
ed by another State. It Is along lines
uuch as are hare shown that the future
growth of this hospital should be /(<*.
velorcJ. The details of iho planaVor s
Vjs in'a home are not within the
fio:.?! of this report and ! only pies-.ime
to make suggestions regarding the mat
Ur since It seems possible to combine
what the general aRsembly mby decide
to be a present duty with what I be
Ucvft the future requirements upon Jii?
hospital may demand.
With the completion of the portion
of the Taylor building now being con
structor there wtll be temporary rcl'-jf
for overcrowding in tfie department for
v/lilto men. The wardfc for women, both
walta and colored, are now excessively
overcrowded. The only method of relief
1 ca? ?nggest lles In j&e_ercctton of a
newbtrtlnhir for whit# "women some
what on the line* of any symmetrically
located with the Taylor building. Upcn
tilt completion o t such a etrufitnre the
whit* Women bow occupying two wards
of tba old aayloni cou]S be moved te
tho new hoi Mlii; thoa prorldtos two
wore wards for W|ii woasea and flv
las up tot th? ?X wttr? oW *?Ti??
V -
-I ;n ?; l.i<k of trir mntn hnlMlns? Im>
hrrctofote beta necessary, but r?i 1 1 '? >r
developmen t no >m the xsn'f* v. !!
not 1) > advis ?hle. The crction of a
h needed workhhop for patterns
lli?- rortioval of tlu1 woolen bulNin^
i! i w o- .it pied by tho imvhanie.il ?.! <_?
pAvt'.ncut anil (ho Jo .ition of nvw S'.a*
b!< s ill a distant from (be i! i
i ? i i < in! re i hat w e Kb on Id .it i hi > ; i
consider tlie proper t; to* fur la .? lo a
lion. The In si fdioa wonltl :.|i;> a: ? ? 1 .
along the railroad i !\i i >k in th.? r ar ;
the Institution 1 'ill t of t'lia > . ! only
L-. ov.tte.1 by the in>t tut!. mi. A po< mi
or i'u' other Ian I lias fro. a 1 1 1 ?i ? t ? \ ;il'
i < t ,i tendered b. '?-< nwni is ' vi t ? ) ? |
hoard, and last fall yon passe.) a set el
resolutions r?al%u**%l i i* s its purchase by I
fh?' funeral ass*;ud?ly Soon after this
the land was put up at auction an I bid
in lot $ M'or?.00 by a friend of the hos
pital and r< no ?v held hu bjoct to ?ho
hvlsion of the governor and I h ?? g m ral
assembly. Tho ownership of this ;>i ?p
fcrty woidd now be of ftre.it adv.uwago
to thu hospital and in tho no.ir future .t
will he an absolute necessity. In advo
cating its purchase, I wonbl recom
mend die method pursued in regard to
the Wallace properly ? thai us. the
placing of a mortgage at tdx per com.
on tho propertj, and the annual pay
ment of $f 'JO.mVor $1,000, with inte:
<?-? I . till tlie whole indebtedness is .v.v- J
en d. ^ i) iirnall a sum annually for : i \ :
oral yuars is inaignit'u ant in t'onip.wi
son with the ben tit to the h >p?i'. U ?'..??
a who!*,
In t it~?0 1 ?k|H>rt :< ftn ;KVe:;il y lis
: a,.!.C?re.'.; i ;ts ba\ ? la en ina I" . -e.?i d;n?;
lh<? admission and discharge of crim
inal';, (i ltd lb" <lete 'm:n it 'mi id *'s l
tboucnt," or the basic np"n which p? r
aons may claim right* of .viil iicim y
iutnpyrt In the hospital, 'Obese que*
lio.is are exceedingly Important an ! i
trust th:u they .iu;.y at length r.'ve'vj
the attention they I'.isuve frutn Liu
lofrlrdature.
I In tho report cf last vr.ir your at
tenfion was efpe.-ially dire, ted to i ii r*
dii'iicuHy of hccpinsr the exprn^-s of
I the hiypital within the appropriation.
Ifl that report 1 ixnicBsed the opinion
that it was "donhtful In vi w of the
' uresc:#. pricrj of food atuffs and sup
I pi:ex. whothct t!io malntenant e er jfjp
port of (be patients can again be met
for $l00,t>0(i.00. For the next year it is
probable that the sum total for this
item wi?. be above $l05,u00.wv>."
The balance last year was $I.10I.SI,
but j[ was explained that "nsjn the
previous year we have been again far
tnnate in secnriiis from sales of lios
pital .".upplies by the United States gov
j erninent. many necessaries at low
, rarbs." In view of this small balance
I your board was unwilling t<? ask for en
j increase in the appropriation for ma'e
j tenanee tor ibis year, although r.ueh
| a rccpicst was propased and eonside: ? il.
i'.ot tho inereaso in our daily nopnis
tinn ns well as the general increase in
the market price <;f a!! fcod staftv in !
l:0~pit>| supplies, approxiiiKu;; y
nipff'uuflnrc i,) ,-in increa:.e of Ib*? l-;{ p> r
cent Ji.is hrongbt about a n'iortag>
in < .* : i r income undt r o^ir expenses of
about ?!.' (to. on pe r montH, an aggrortaUs
d? 'icit of ?:i,r-'."? 11, cf wliii li sum ?l.
."00 v.- as paid for invairanee. It Is not -o
much a surprise to thos" familiar v.ifu
ti e Jinances of. the bopsital. that thero
should he a deficit, as it is remarkable
that since l.SfO, w it h a daily populat .c.ii
of seven bun Ircil and fifty four
through a d? eade with a daily increas
ing census up to 1000 with an aveiago
of one thousand and forty-three (l.Olii)
inmates, a total Increase of two Iran
die1. and eighty-nine (Uy.il patients, we
should have been able to keep within
* b r> nnnual fixed appropriation of 5100,
Oftft.OO. i( was not to lie exported f.hnt
this amnopi iation of $100,000.00 for
nsajtjtWnnce, wlilch has been prccHfc
allv thdvDntno for nearly 20 year.1., could
indefinably iiicet the demands of an
over increasing population. It certainly
could not have 1 con rtone for the Inst
10 years hut for the economy and pru
dence of Mr. J. \V. Hunch, the treas
jirer, under the direction of your board,
',nvo proved Inadequate
two years ago, as ? fil,ou'! 1,1
reports hut for tho io. i '.'"*! . ? occur
rence of tho auction salca of govern
ment property in this vicinity. I feel
assured that your hoard, as well as the
special committee from tho plural
assembly, who have looked carefully
into every item of our expenditures,
must feci satisfied that tho usual lipid
rrorvmiy has during the pasl year boon
4 >.< rclscd by i lie resident ofTicera in ad
ministering the affairs of the hospital. I
In view, however, of the experience <\t
tho pa?t year it is not to he e.MH'CJ&d
that tho ge neral expanses c in he re
duced unless soir.e means can be dovis
ed of limiting the number of admis
sions.
T he {iea3itrer's report shows that for
but t'fp months only did the expo nv.es
fall under 510,000.00 p>*r month.
A brief (TKlmlttion of th* tlnancial
and numerical hostory of t!ie institu
tion for the last 20 years makes in
h t I'lTrt Lifcroa din?:
^"TotnT Daily Total Per
Year P'h'ts. No. Kx. Capita
1S75 .... 428 312 ? 83,182.00 *210.40
18S0 .. .. 511 .1H7 84.000.00 211.04
1SS5 .... fll 4 r,03 136,077.00 116.34
1890 .. '..1.014 7.'.4 100.741.00 131. OS
18^.5 .. ..1.157 .82 7 il3. 332.00 1
1000 .. ..1.401 1,013 1 27,1X1.00 102.71
lHOl .. ..1,41)3 1,008 135.31C.00 103.00
Ho far as I am able to Judge tho ap
propriation required for tho coming
year will be:
Maintenance 1120,000.00
Improvements and repairs ... 15.00.00
Detteit 1 1.520.11
Regents . . 1 ,200.00
The Items of Insurance and tho pur
chase of the Jnpcs land cannot be spec
ified until passed upon by the general
assembly.
in conclusion 1 beg to express my ob
ligations to your bfcard and to the
rrtldent officers for ?opera*ten and i:?
StXTSTlW durlrig ? Tcwy trying year la
the history of tho instihKlon.
J. W. BABCOCK,
Physician and flaperlateodeot
Mrs. Jamas L Blair's plan of tfto
rWnt a remedy for thb "ragtime" aril
by onoooraglng the gaaeral public to
gate kaovMts of mate whlco .will
?f ttaelf prevail ftgateft "oooa soaga*
suba*.:tuUfcf
(Ill M\V POII.TRY LAW.
A Mirtfiur* of lionet nl Interest l'ns*?a
Sci'oiiil JO ?.???? vl i 11 vi
T!i" following I rou i ilio pr(?i
?I lit" House of Ucprostentfttives showa
iho 1 1 1 si I if ?ho:;:,I;t on a Mil that
v. ill niton ? ' tkj fn niters of tho
o
" t 1 . V llllll. I' lOl)k illl Ml. Kiltll'l'Sy
till lo icftivo domestic fowls MibjeiTl
fo the pros i <iitii8 ol i lio j?. n? i ;il stock
law. '1 lie ? ommit tee proposeu t )
mail. I li\ suhst it utllig "turkeys,
;lm Us. ?' 't'tsc ami guineas' for 'domes- J
tli- fow Is.'
"Mr, Wilder said that there is m>w
mi law to pruli'i t oIIo'h growing crops i
lit. in tin* depredations by 'domestic
low Is' ami u' a perron Kills one the.e
tresspassing fowls ho in untenable to
Mm law.
Mi. ^?r^*n (?riHnvilU'. Mr
Spirits of Par\iim(on i^nd Mr. Lofton
ol Churl. Slon lavoted tho l?tll.
"Mr \\ ins;o, who i.< a genuine farm
or, stated iiiat tho farmeis are loiin\'
more from tho depredations of fowls)
than from horsvs and oalllo.
"Mr. Kichards snid thai the hill will
.il ok'sh tho raising of fowls.
"Mr. Wlngo usked if it is rinl.il for
? uno man to rake fowls at Ins tiHyih
bill's I'NJKMISO.
I ' .Mr. Kiihai'ds moved to indoMullel.v
JpOSlpOlIC tho bill, 'i'lli.i Wa.i \ olA-ll
I .low n.
??.Mr. (.'oopor obj*:i.i;d to tile hill,
[for it will g ivo a man an oxcuae. to
: pros.'* uio his u t ? 1 1; h i:? ?i* on tho slight*
t-M pi ovot alion.
"Mr. Wilder l epliod that where thove
is a neighbor who trios to k?ep up his
I fowls, (ho.c wiil In' no trouble, hut
I tho hill wiji i-oyoii tho careless neigh
| ,H',S'
I Mr. Klnartl raid the hill will cripple
!i i hi- s of pcoplo w ho < annul get along
! without tho sale of cliicki 113 ami okj'.s.
' l.itllo things ? ause bigger trouble
,fhan W(; things.
j "Mr. I.mnax opposed the hill.
' "Mr. Criiiu farmed the hill, lip had
ha<l a Pock of < hlokenn to ruin a
'(stand of (urn on two acres. The grain
j would have many time* paid for the,
; egr.s ho got.
I "Mr. Mores asked if the hill does '
I not require that a fowl must ho
' caught before Impounded. If ho the
j Impounding of guiiuvs would be no
? pk nie.
j "Tl: house refused to strike out
the enacting words of., the hill and It
' passi .1 second len lifin lifter the coir.
i mitt "e anion 1m nt exempting chick
i ens had l et n inr.orted.
i Following is tli.* text of the born
] yai,i fowl hill; .
: So'%l!"rj That all turkeys, geese,
duck:;, and ruinous ? shall be sublvt
to 1 1: <?? provisions of tho general stock
law and the amendments tlieroto:
j Provided. That a fee of ten cents be
' aUowed ns < omiici:s:??ir:i^ fov ereli
t'A l;ey. ;v.>o.-<>, flu< !r of guinea so h d/ed
j or itni)onnd"il.
]
<i?nss Factory I Or Columb'n
j Columbia, Special --For some years
there ha^-at odd time been more or
h iiil,( about t he cntabli?limr 'it o!
| a glass fa torv in <;r near tliv city to
I mal;i uso of 1 1 ? w:-alth of docp. while
| sand to hp fouml In this c unty between
j Columbi'i and C:i:nden. Hut. it ban been
more tabc heretofore. Now the glas.j
works will kc a reality, and thero's no
reason why (lie factory should not be
in operation in tho vi.ry near future.
In thn adv 'rli^i'tig columns of Tho
State this niqrnfyn thoro sppears
notice signed by Vest's. \V. M. 8 m I tit
Whaley, U\ (S. cftilfi.s. J>. lb Miller
John Jacub Seihels. 4 Thomas Taylor
Jr.. and Kdwin (i. Scihols. which 1 ??!
Hi" ptory i?i? 1 bhow3 that the fact~Py
v.* i 1 1 hn an UjVto dato one. It read/
thus:'
"Pursuant to n commission issued ?
I lie und<)V2liv?ed uh corporat ors by M
fi. Cooper, secretary ^ state, on the
? 281 h day of Jr. -wary. notice i?
! licchy given that tlhc books of su!>
I scription to the < .'vpitaJ stock of th'
| Carolina Glnna ram] -any will* bo opened
I \ - .->?????? nf \V. (!. Childs, at Hani;
n<- U!?i ' "V 7 and county afore
of Idiumbin. Main*->, 2$ ,902 at
taul on ? uwdjy Jan d
lo o chvU a. in. 1 he said nf
jvaratlon will have a capital Hto. ... ...
f. GO, 000. divided into GOO 8 ha res of the
par value ol cach, with its prin
cipal placf. of bu-lness at Calurnbl i,
S. C., and will bo empowered to en
Ma;;'! in the business of manufacturing
?filans."
' It is un ol that 1 5? ^ necessary
< a; il il was ? ti ?Vg h i iipforc th0 appli*
cation was 1iled, and that the capital j
ia ff' tlic mlng upen the opening ol
the books.
An yet t lit** projectors of the factory
hrivr? nnt determined upon the site.
The band in this county ha.s been
tested several times and lias been pro
no'.iuced excellent for the manufacture
of neatly all grades of glass*. It Is pro
posed io make all varieties of glasa
and tuppiy the markets elsewhere as
well as South Craollna.
New Enterprises.
The Secretary of State has cranted
a charier to -tho Aiken Kn itrvireomi.any
which pi'opo*<*-?o handle clays, min
erals. etc., on a capital of $80,009. T.V
o/Hcn s nie j?\ 13. Henderson, presi
dent and treasurer, and J. B. McMillan,
secretary.
A commission was Issued to tlu
Ivanhoo cluh, a soeiul organization ol
Ucaufort. tho corporators of whbdi an
Frank i'lcak and J. M. Baker.
A charter wad ftltfo granted the Hog
c:s convpany of Charleston, capitalized
at $2X00. Thit company will do a build
ing and loan business. The officers ar<
\V.;L. ItogcrSi president; L. L. Castle
berry, vlpe president, and \V. C. Harri
son, secretary and treasurer.
1 Brief mfilflohr
AndVawCaraeg'.e who baa giraa do*
ens of TPTn* aifir. bi> datarvlned
to buy bjmself one. Hi Hill ^oroteM
about 8,000 volume* to London foe bit
Scotch resident*. Skjbo Caatla. .Tb?
initial outlay U oall to ba abotft ?0,
suit MtilSUTURfc.
I'coicfjlitjj* ul Our l awmakers Day
H> l)?>.
lCighth l\ay The IioilAu mr| at II
{i'cUii^'v and spent nearly two bona
ilis. n>-sit!?' 1 he ivdistrUtiong Mils. Tha
debate t. iaiied off tu u mailer of fat* I
way. but was .still under dls.MU's. on an. I
m a wry sphled luumi r when 1 1. ?*
home adjoni nod. Tho dissension on tho
motion ( ? i ofer alt re-districting billa
to iho eonnnitto^ on priv 1 1 and
elections u;is very ^piilicd and b.?r h r
t'd <?ti personalities A numlnc el im
portant bills wore introduced.
Ninth hay The .Metlowan lilll (>> re
arrant the oangi'i'SsMonal districts v> f
I In- S:nte passed eecond leading In tie:
House and Is reasonably sure of <n
a< uncut as the S ate favee o I it last
year, Then* wo? e ae\ eral amemlnicn'.H
proposed. Mr. Wo.jU a annuvim . it hit
^nnp. ii of the MotJownn lull un.l th<
withdcnwnl of h.s own hill. The l'i > .?
man lull was i ejectcd.
Ti e following hs the roihstricting
plan parsed hy tin' House with tin
population of cach district
1 Chai lesion Merlteley, Colleton and
Dorchester- lt?J>."ntl
iCd^.dUdd. Saluda. Aiken, Havnweil.
iiambn.g, Hampton and Ueuufort
;t i li'i'iici', PUUens, And M'H.m, \hhe
villi'. ( Iri'i'iiwoi'il and Newberry ?
) !K>. ?><?-.
?I Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurent
and I nion- 1 S 1
Cherokee. York, 0 host or. Fairflcl^
Lancaster, lvt'ifltaw and CheMlcrficid ?
1 1?0.4!^.
G. Marlboro, Marion. Unify, Darling
ton. Florence, William: 'bttvg ;ind
Ueoi g %lown l?o 1 ,r?7 7.
(\ Sumter Claiendon. Orangeburg,
llli'hland and D' xinfilon? 21 1.N37.
i This takes no note of l.oo county. 1
Tin' following is tin ? ,,^>Utn proposed
by Mr. Freeman:
1 Kcowr.o distdet, composed of tho
count ioa of Ocon*A rbUcns. (}roonvllle.
Amb'is.in and AlW^ville iSo.Gl'T.
Catawba district, composed of the
count I oh id Snactanburg, Cherokee,
I'nion. York and Chester? 1S-.7U0.
J!. Wateree district, composed of the
counties of Lancaster, Kershaw. Sum
ter, Kit bland. Chesterfield, Koo and
Clarendon IPS.GSU. /
I 1'ee Doe district. com posed tha
counties of Marlboro, Marlon, Horry,
Georgetown, Florence, Darlington and
Willi:' in sbv.cg ? 197,313.
f>. vjiui t co (list rl?mt, compound of tho
counties of Orangeburg, llerkley, Dor
chester and Charleston 101,117.
G. Kdisto distrh t, composed of the
countks of Aiken, Jlaniborg. Harnwol!,
Colleton, Hnmptin anl Ileaufort ?
i s i,r? 1 7.
7. Saluda district, composed?*^ tho
counties of Lnutvns, (Ircen w^od, New- 1
I erry. l?Jdgo!iold. Saluda, Kiilrlleld and
! .Axiiigtoii ? i ;?7.? io.
'lV?jnh day:- - When the house of rep
tesontntlvoa was called to order, there
wns not a iiuorum present, and at no
time (hiring the day was a quorum in
the house.
The house gave second reading to a
nuinbor of local bills. Soveral measures
came up and provolfed dl^iMisalon, but
they were not acted upopf as there was
, mich a upare attendance.
Kleventh day: ? The house of ropre
1 sontatlvos was in session but *?o min
utes, and then on motion of Mr. John
Mo.Master adjourned until Monday :il
noon. The hoeflo aoeeptod tho Invlta
tldn to visit the Charleston exposition
The Invitation stated that the legisla
ture could select Its own time, hut the
7th was recommended as a very go^d
day on wliTch to see tho gala sight at
the exposition.
Twelfth Day* - The house or reprpar;i- |
taflvca remained in session only about i
two hour*, and very little business wan
transacted, r>u l therp wan a long and
rather Interesting discussion o.' a hill
to regulate the maiiVtor in which t ho
State's funds r.rf to bo deposited m
banks. The bill wj?h sent to a special
-committee consisting of Messrs. Sand
ers, W. If. Parker ami C.astcn, to get
it into proper shape.
As it stands prepared by thlj com
mittee. it gives the Governor the right
to namo and appoint no mor<j than
eight '.banks l? the State, to he known
as Staio Depositories, wherein all the
moneys belonging to the Stnto anl
used by ItM ofllcials Khali be depo3ltrd.
The.io banks are to bo appointed for
four years, and f-hall execute a bond,
,:ooij gpcurlt les^fll the sum of
with n tiiac* .at no sum of money
SuO.OOO. Also th ?0 Bhall too depoklt
belonging to the Htnk.v 9ll(!-ety bond,
ed to exceed the S 50. One ?1P niade;
unless nn additional bend . ?. ?tite
that they shall render monthl/T-vw i
ment3 to the Governor and State Trt*\jJ
urer; that no offlclnl shall receive any
commission or Into: est on such de
posits; and that when the Governor Is
assured that any bank is in an cm*
barrnssod condition, ho shall have au
thority to withdraw the State tyfc.ls
from thrit bank, and apj)oiu4 *jnfw de
posit e<ry.
SfSNATE.
Kighth Day? The s-.-nate killed Sena
tor llderton's bHl for a c.onstlutloual
amendment to prevent corporation law
yers from holding seats in tho general
assembly, and killed the bill to provide
for a Stato bank examiner. The annual
bill relating to the salo of seed cotton
v. as also kuocked OI?t; . ....
Senator fJraydou iutcoduccd the Ixl]
to repeal the charter of tho VlrglutJ*
Carolina Chemical company. The text
of the bill is as follows:
Be it enacted by the general assem
bly of tho Stafe of ftouth Carolina:
Scctiori 1. That the charter of tho
Virglnla-Caroltim Chcmical company
b? nnd fefrp'samF 'hereby, is repealed.
That 'a atKjTl?Te ff no long preamble ,
or recital of^'rcns.\ or ajpihing c f,
that kind? Ufet. a umpir declaration
tha
rtefr of the campa
clafat
i tty is
ro
t the
pea fed.
The senate adjourned at 4:30 p. m.
Ninth Day? The Senate was in restdon
lf_H. tjian an hour and the proceedings
were only of routine nature. No bust'
nets of great importance or public In
terest was transacted.
Tenth day:? The senate held a see
sloq. Al Afeht, disposed of all mattorf on
ttf> calendar and adjouraed uattl Mon
day a?ht at ? o'clock.' The a|fam>U
to adjourn was not reached without a P
contest, ague of the I
fas that At eaaate aheuH etay hi
si on aad attend to Wiia. A "
kad oath*
taken up tho i?uato proeoodmj without
a iiuorum.
Klevtmth tlay : ? No srftslon of the
Senate w as held. an adjournment till
Monday having been taken.
Twelfth I ?.* v ? 1 Tin1 senate waa In nos~
Rlyn mo iv than two horns, and tlw
c'lMicr past of the* time was spent In
d i :u nsslnj? Mr. ftaynor's bill to amend
ru ? law known as tho l.ord Campbell
Ai-i.- Th?> preaon t law allows tho chllii
im or a douend mt family of a man
I 1 1 l i I b> the fault of another to rocov*
' r dam iiVs. hi th fl<Mual ft'Vl vindictive.
It wan moved to strike out the word#
d: pundciit upon him for a support."
Tho proposed annndments wore tiually
udopti'd and t,h" bill passed lt;i ueoond
roadlny. The vote was 21 to 10 In
favor nf th> amendment.
\ ari u- bills passed their third read
ing. anting tho nnst Important being
one by Mr .* Idrb h, to providr for tho
pureha.se of JiCO volumes of the his
torical rero ds and rolls of volunteer
troops fnrnlslie<| h.vw^ouih Carolina !?*
the Spanish- American war, compiled
and published by tJen. J NV. Floyd, and
to provide fee i he preservation of valu
able documents and papers of tho Stato
of South Carolina.
Al.?o one introduced by Mr. ttlenn,
about winding up esiatej, making
premiums paid surety companies a
valid i-ndit against the estates, which
passed by o vote of to g.
I "ay Set I or l'ria I.
Savannah, (.la., Special. ? In tho
United Slates district court for thrt
Southern district of (Georgia nnHlgu
ment ?-f tb<? ease of lb?nj l>. Grcotf,
John F. (iavnor and "W. T. Oaynnf
wns made. Tho ease will bo called on
February 11 at 10 a. m. Ureen and
the Onynors are indicted for con
spiracy with former Capt. O. M.
Carter to defraud the government of
l 111 I>1 IW
larj'e snm? ot money on river and o
harbor contracts. Mr. Ifountreo of At
lanta, of i oiinsel for tho defendants,
waa in attendance at tho opening of
the court.
During the past tiiiityfive years Ccr
many b;i> I ron transformed from an ag
rieuliurai n;io ,i manuf.teturing country.
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