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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY f>, 1906 One Dollar a Year
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
t Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
* Greenwood county will no doubt elect
an anti-dispensary legislative delegation.
The president has appointed James
Tolbert, republican, postmaster at AbbeYille
in place of Robert S. Link, democrat.
The anti-dispensary people of Laurens
county are preparing to put a legislative
ticket in the field. All the candidates
announced so far in that county favor the
v dispensary.
Ex-Senator m. o. uuner ua& juai received
a fee of $112,000 as one of the attorneys
for the Cherokee Indians in the
judgment for $5,000,000 before the United
States court of claims.
At the meeting of the State Dental As,
sociation at the Isle of Palms last week,
Dr. J. H. E. Milhous, of Blackville, was
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elected president for the ensuing year.
The association will meet in Anderson
next year.
A mass meeting of the anti-dispensary
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people 01 Jjaureus cuumj ? ?o UV?U AM wmw |
opera house at that place last Monday to
consider the question of putting a legislative
ticket in the field. A committee was
i- appointed to select a ticket.
Ed t Rainey, a negro, was tried last
week in Gaffney and sentenced to be
% hanged. He was charged with assaulting
two negro girls, one thirteen and one
fourteen years old. One of the girls died
gV" from the in j uries received from then egro.
v&i Ben Lanford and Tom Williams,
[:V; negroes, were tried at Aiken last week
* for the murder of Mrs. E. S. Wilson at
r Beech Island some months ago and acII
quitted. The evidence against them was
M, circumstantial, relating largely to tn cks
found near the house.
^ . The appointment of James Tolbert to
be postmaster at Abbeville has been cancelled,
and Robert Link, the incumbent,
% ' will hold on unless the president makes
a recess appointment. The South Caro p
lina representatives in congress were
very much worked up over the matter.
Tuesday morning Mayor Young of
p' Union fined a negro woman $100 in each
|. of two cases or 30 days for selling liquor.
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^ A lew usys ut?iuic uc uuvu u uv^*v
- 1100 op 30 days in each of three cases for
v . a similar offense. This kind of conduct
is liable to cast a damper on the business.
\; Madison Cook and Mrs. Leonora Byars;
if" white,were tried in Gaffney last week for
murder, the crime being that of killing
the woman's husband, Cook was found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The
woman was acquitted. The two were inV
timate and killed Byars in order to get
him out of their way.
C. S. Jones has been awarded $500
r; -damages against the Bank of Fountain
Inn because the bank turned down his
check when he had ample money on deposit
in the bank to pay the check. The
bank's defense was that it held up pay-1
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ment until tne party noiuiug mc wcv&
could be identified. An appeal will be
taken.
Two disreputable white women of Columbia
were drowned while in bathing in
a creek near that city last Thursday.
' Several women of the same character
s were in the party, all drinking, and two
others were saved with difficulty. It is
said one of the dead women came from
. < Johnston and that her father is now a
< practicing physician in Augusta and very
ill.
A rather unusual pension case, says a
Washing ton special, has just been an,
nounced through Representative Finley.
Mr. Finley has received notice that
Joseph S. Kelley, of Patrick, Chesterfield
County, a Mexican war veteran, will receive
a pension,cf $12 a month beginning
January 5,1893. There will be something
over $1,900 coming to Mr. Kelly for back
A; pension.
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I Prof. Spahr for Consular Service.
Washington, June 30.?The senate today
confirmed the appointment sent in
ty :7 during the closing hours yesterday of
Herman L. Spahr to be United States
consul to Breslau, Germany. Mr. Spahr
has recently resigned his position as asa
sistant professor in the University of
7 sSouth Carolina to accept a position in the
University of Oklahoma.
The consular service unuer oeureituy
Root has undergone considerable improvement
and the requirements for
position as consuls have been raised. &
strict examination in internationi?*?iw;
Commercial relations in the history and
* geography of the country in which the
consulship is situated, as well as in the
foreign language. Mr. Spahr was in
Washington last week, when he stood
this examination and he passed it1 with
credit in all its branches. He had already;been
designated for the position.
? It pays $2,000 a year and certain
fees which amount to something like
$500 additional. Breslau is said to be
one of the pleasantest cities in Germany
to lire.
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PUNT WRECKED BY BOILER EXPLOSION.
Seven Men Narrowly Escape Death in Accident
at Camden?The Town Without
Electric Lights or Ice.
Camden, June 30? Shortly after ten
o'clock this morning one of the- main
boilers of the Camden Water, Light and
Ice company's plant exploded with terrific
force and completely demolished the
entire plant.
Although there were seven men working
in the buildings which were destroyed
at the time of the explosion, not one
received a scratch. Two of them had
just a minute before the explosion been
working on top of the boiler and had
hardly more than gotten down and out
of the boiler room when the accident
happened. The thoroughly up-to-date,
model plant, which was practically new,
and which furnished lights for the city
of Camden and most of the ice which is
used here, is a complete wreck. Part of
the ice plant was blown 50 feet over the
Southern railway's track and the big tank
of the Standard Oil company. The boiler
that exploded was hurled high in the air
over the Southern depot to a point six or
seven hundred feet from where it stood.
A big 10 by 12 brace from the main
building was dashed through the roof of
the Southern depot. Some pieces of timber
were thrown in the creek nearby the
Hermitage cotton mill and brick fell in
showers two blocks away. The Southern
depot was not damaged, although only a J
short distance away. The oil house of
v.Q ctondord Oil rinmnanv was wrecked
IU6 i.-?and
the big tank was all but turned over.
The plastering in several houses in
Camden and Kirkwood was cracked and
it is said some windows were broken. A
physician who was making a call five
miles in the country heard and felt the
explosion distinctly.
Supt. Burdell says that the explosion
was due to a defective place in the boiler
giving way under pressure. Mr. C. E.
Boynton, the company's manager, estimates
that it will tafce about three months
to rebuild the plant. There will therefore
be no electric lights for some time
to come, and ice will be an imported luxury.
N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 31, '08.?
I've lived.so long, I remember well when
the Mississippi was a brook. My good
health and long life came by taking Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents.
H. F. Hoover.
Electric Lights.
The following persons have had their
residences or places of business wired for
electric lights. Their names, whether
residence or store, and number of lights
follows:
Jones A. Williams (residence) 56
A. W. Knight (residence) 17
Methodist Church oo
W. A. Klauber (store) 10
N.B.Felder (store) 7
J. A. Spann (store and bakery) 16
J. A. Spann (residence) 10
E. C. Hays (residence) 17
Jno. R. Bellinger (residence)' 13
R. M. Bruce (residence) 8
Bamberg Herald (office) 13
H.J. Brabham (residence) 14
Jno. H. Cope (residence) 17
Bamberg Hotel 20
Dr. Geo. F. Hair (residence) 20
W. M. Brabham (residence) 13
J. D. Felder (residence) 10
Methodist Parsonage 11
J. M. Jennings (residence) 9
Telephone Exchange 6
S. A. Kinard (residence) 9
J. A. Byrd (store)..; 10
Mrs. L. E. Livingston (residence) 9
J. A. Byrd (residence) 12
H. W. Beard (market) 6
F. M. Moye (store, electro fan, 4 lights) 10
J. A. Nimmons (barber shop) 5
J. P. Murphy (post office) 4
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Dr H F Hoover (drug store) 10
C. R. Brabham & Sons (store) 10
Dr J J Cleckley (residence) 10
G M Dickinson (residence) 10
H F Bamberg (residence) 18
D J Delk (store and residence) 10
Peoples Bank 9
H C Folk (store, four 105 c. p.) 30
H C Folk (residence) 15
J. Felder Hunter (residence) 12
Geo. F. Hair (cottage) 10
Cotton mill (office) 8
Carlisle Fitting SchoolMain
building 22
Beys' hall 25
Girls' hall 12
Cottage 1 7
Cottage 2 7
Cottage 3 6
Headmaster s residence 9
J. D. Copeland (store) 21
W. 0. Rhoad (store) 11
C. W. Rentz (residence) 9
Mrs. K. I. Shuck & Co (store) 5
E C Hays (store). 4
J D Copeland (residence) 10
W A Riley (residence) 10
E C Bruce (residence) 8
J A Murdaugh (residence) 7
. Total 747
A little love, a little wealth,
A little home for you and me;
It's all I ask except good health,
"Which comes with Rocky Mountain Tea
H. I\ Hooyer.
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New Bank Building.
The plans for the new building for
Bamberg Banking Company have been
completed, and several bids for the erection
of the building have been received.
Mr. Edwards, of Edwards & Walter, the
architects, will be here today with a contractor
and it is likely that the contract
will be let. The plans call for a handsome
two-story building, with pressed
brick front, metal ceiling, and all modern
conveniences. This building will be a
great improvement to Main street, for
no town in the State has poorer business
houses as a rule than Bamberg. Our peo
pie build fine residences but cheap stores.
Death of Mr. Adam Kinard.
Mr. Adam Kinard died at the home of
his son, Mr. J. I. Kinard, in this city last
Friday afternoon about seven o'clock,
after a protracted illness. He had been
sick for some months, suffering with a
cancer on his tongue, and his death was
not unexpected. The burial took place
Sunday at Edisto church at Farrell's X
Roads. Mr. Kinard was a life member
of Ornan Lodge, A. F. M., at this place,
and this lodge with the Branchville lodge
conducted the ceremonies. Dr. J. B.
Black acted as W. M.
Mr. Kinard was about seventy eight
years old, and was born in Colleton
! county, but he had lived in Bamberg for
a number of years. He was married three
times,but.his lastjwife died some years ago.
He leaves two sons, Messrs. J. 1. and S. A.
Kinard, of this place, and three daugh
ters, and a number of grand cnnaren ana
other relatives.
Bamberg Guards Will go to Chickamauga.
The Bamberg Guards are having drills
every Tuesday and Thursday nights now.
There was a large attendance last Thursday
night and Lieut. Bamberg commended
the boys for their close attention and
improvement. Let those who have not
been attending regular come out every
night now and when the Guards go in
camp at Chickamauga next month they
will have a company that will be a credit
to them, as well as to our city. The
Guards are in the Second regiment and
this regiment goes in camp on August 3,
and remains in camp until August 10th.
Governor Hey ward and his steflf will visit
Chickamauga, but the date has not been
decided on. South Carolina will make
the best showing on encampment this
year that it has made in years.
Confederate Reunion.
The annual meeting of the survivors of
Company G., 1st S. C. V., will meet on
the 26th day of July, 1906, at Bethesda
church. The public generally are invited
to attend with well filled baskets.
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All Confederate veterans are expected to
be there. We will have distinguished
speakers for the occasion.
Respectfully,
J. B. Hunter,
J. C. Copeland,
W. T. Beard,
Committee.
Young Folks' Party.
On last Friday evening Miss Florence
Dickinson entertained a number of her
young friends at her home on Orangeburg
street. The evening was made enjoyable
by the unique idea of each guest
present drawing off hand a pencil portrait
of his or her partner. Considerable
skill was evidenced by the results; Miss
Bessie Armstrong won the prize offered
for the best sketch. A tempting course
of refreshments was served.
Those who partook of Miss Dickinson's
hospitality were: Misses Gedelle Brabham,
Sadie Brabham, Camille Price,
Xania Easterling, Led a Kice, Lizzie
Hand, Nettie Free, Mary Livingston,
Flossie Murdaugh, Belle Cooner, Bessie
Armstrong, Ethel Black, Urma Black,
Nellie Kinsey, Wilhelmina Folk, Alice
Smoak, May Brabham, Mrs. J. E. Felder;
Messrs. E. P. Cave, Clinton Dickinson,
Charlie Felder, Tillman Felder, Clarence
Free, William Rice, Charlie Black, Charlie
Jones, Clarence Black, Tommie Black,
Herbert Young, Henry Stokes, Dick
Rice, Carl Kirsch, Bart Price, Willie
Black, Leonard Spann, Joe Spann, H. N.
Folk.
County Board Meeting.
The board of county commissioners
held a regular quarterly meeting here last
Monday, Supervisor Bruce and Commissioners
J. Wms. Carter and J. J. Fogle
being present. A number of claims
against the county were approved and j
one pauper was added to tlie list.
A proposition was made to wire the
court house for electric lights, but the
board decided not to have it done at
present. The plan was to wire the court
room and all the offices. j
Cotton weighers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
Bamberg?W. G. Kirkland.
Denmark?J. P. Storne.
Olar?E. T. Morris.
A HARD LOT
of troubles to contend with, spring from
a torpid live and blockaded bowels, unless
you awaken them to their proper
action with Dr. King's New Life Puis,
the pleasantest and most effective cure
for constipation. They prevent appendicitis
and tone up the system. 35c at
Hoover's drug store and J, B. Black's.
MR. N. M. SALLEY ELECTED
Superintendent of Greenwood City Schools to
Succeed Mr. Coker.
Greenwood, June 29.?The boar.' of
trustees of the public school elected this
afternoon as superintendent Mr. Nathaniel
M. Salley of Laurens. There were
about 14 applicants for the position and
the election of Mr. Salley comes as a
compliment to his ability and experience.
The Greenwood public schools rank
among the most prominent in the State
and are always desired. Mr. Salley has
had a number of years' experience in
graded school work, Laving taught in
Bamberg, Laurens, and also in the Wofford
Fitting school.
An Unexpected Question.
Apropos of the discussions now on as
to whether hell is a place of fire and
brimstone, a state of mind or merely an
idea, the following anecdote, for which
strict originality is not claimed, was told
by a layman:
"A negro parson in Macon was addressing
his congregation on the birth of
man. In an eloquent and exegetical
voice he said:
" 'And de Lawd, He made Adam out
uv wet mud and sot him up against a
fiahplace to dry?'
"A brother among the congregation
arose and interrupted:
44 4You just said dis wafe the fu'st thing
de Lawd made. Now, who made dat
fiahplace?"
4'The parson hesitated a minute and
then cleared his voice:
it fOU J t rrrrfir ' V* a C a i rl
OIL UUV> U) J VJU iuui uv uuiu)
'sich questions as dem -will upset any cistern
of theology.'"
"Chester Reporter" Sold.
Chester, June 28.?A change of proprietorship
of one of Chester's papers has
been made in the last few days, to go into
effect July 1. Mr; John H. Buchanan,
proprietor and editor of the Chester Reporter,
has sold to Messrs. J. T. Perkins
and W. J. Irwin, two young men of this
place. Mr. Buchanan has been editor of
The Reporter since July, 1874, and the
proprietor since 1880. Mr. Perkins has
been foreman m the office of the Chester
Lantern for nine years and Mr. Irwin
has had editorial connection with that
paper for a few months. The Reporter
will be changed to a semi-weekly paper,
the first issue will appear on Thursday,
July 5.
Wise Snake Blows Whistle.
Irvin Durnill, who runs the engine in
the saw mill at Martinsburg, Ind., had a
three-foot rattlesnake blow the whistle of
his engine for him.
This is a true story. The whistle blew
so long and hard one day that everybody
in the town ran to the mill, thinking it
was an alarm ot nre. xney iouna uuraui
standing at the door of the engine room,
apparently afraid to enter, while on the
rope attached to the whistle the snake
was wound, tooting as if it enjoyed the
sound.
The theory of the local zoologists is
that the snake crawled up on the boiler
of the engine in the night to keep warm,
and that when Durnill got up steam it
climbed the rope to escape the heat, its
weight being sufficient to blow the whistle,
and that Durnill was afraid to go after
it.
The engineer, however, denies he was
afraid. There is another story going
around, that Durnill had trained the
snake to blow the whistle at 7 o'clock
every morning, and that this morning
DnrnilTs assistant, becoming over-enthusiastic,
simply worked too long, rousing
the whole place. Somebody got a
shotgun and killed the snake.?Denver
Post.
To Fight for His Life.
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l/eablestun, juuc io.-auYitw uai?
been received here that Lewis Gibbs, the
negro farmer and merchant of Kingstree,
who was arrested last week and taken to
Lake City, Fla., to be resentenced for
murder has engaged the services of one
of the leading lawyers in Florida, and
immediately with his resentence a motion
will be made for a new trial, and it
is thought there that in view of the reform
of the negro and the fact that by
behaving himself and by industry and
thrift, he had become a good and substantial
citizen, he stands a good chance
of getting his new trial and perhaps being
acquitted, enabling him to return to
Kingstree and resume charge of his property.
The negro escaped from the Lake
City jail 11 years ago, within a week of
the time of his execution for the murder
of a woman. With money at his command,
he will be in a position to make a
better fight for his life.
A TRAGIC FINISH
A watchman's neglect permitted a leak
in the great North Sea dyke, which a
child's finger could hare stopped, to become
a ruinous break, devastating an entire
province of Holland. In like manner
Kenneth Mclver, of Vanceboro,Me., permitted
a cold to go unnoticed until a
tragic finish was only averted by Dr.
King's N w Discovery. He writes: "3
doctors gave me up to die of lung inflammation,
caused bv a neglected cold;
but Dr. King's New Discovery saved my
life." Guaranteed best cough and cold
cure, at Hoover's Drug Store and J. B.
Black's. 50c and 11.00. Trial bottle free.
MURDER OR ACCIDENT.
Badly Decomposed Body of Operative found.
Four Suspects Arrested.
Columbia, June 29.?The body of Ben
Walsh, an Englishman and an itinerant
cotton mill operative, who has been
working here, in Winnsboro, at Charlotte
and other points was foand this morning
in a swamp near the Assembly street
railroad bridge, in a badly decomposed
state, though the man is said to have
been seen alive as late as yesterday.
Whether he was murdered or accidentally
drowned is what is now puzzling the
officers. His body is covered with blue
marks, but the physicians have so far discovered
no other marks of foul play. His
pockets were turned out.
Four men have been arrested pending
investigation. These are John and Henry
Green, of this city and Pink Dewitt and
I. C. Crouch of Winnsboro, all cotton
mill operatives. The Greens and Dewitt
were seen drunk with Walsh yesterday.
Crouch's father is DeWitt's brother-inlaw.
DeWitt went to Winnsboro on the
early train today and Crouch says that he
told his relatives that the man's body
might be found in the swamp here.
Crouch came here this morning after
seeing DeWitt in Winnsboro. The
Greens say they moved Walsh in a helplessly
drunken condition from under the
bridge yesterday and left him in the
swamp to get him out of danger and out
of sight of the police.
Tillman to Speak Here.
County Chairman H. C. Folk has been
in correspondence with Senator Tillman,
as the Senator wrote to Mr. Folk desiring
to address the people of this county. A
letter was received from the Senator last
Monday morning saying that he would
speak here on Friday, July 13th. There
is no grove near here where an open air
meeting can be held, so the speaking will
take Dlace in the court house. Mr. Folk
has written to Mr. W. W. Lumpkin, of
Columbia, who is a candidate for the
Senate against Tillman, inviting him to
be present also. So these two Senatorial
candidates will have the whole day to
themselves, and can speak to their heart's
content. Let everybody turn out and
hear them. Mr. Lumpkin is said to be a
fine orator, and it is likely that Mr. Tillman
will have something interesting to
say. Remember the day, Friday, July
13th/
Jane Honor Roll.
The following persons paid their subscription
to The Herald during the month
of June. The list is not near so large as
it should be:
Miss G Brabbam, ? P Kinard,
John Cooner, A C Carter,
Y T Behre, J M McKenzie,
W I Johns, Mrs C F Ellzey,
IE Tant, - Simpson Spires,
L B Yarn, J J Elkins,
J C Breland, D F Hooton,
David Ritter, J H Murphy,
Mrs Ida Walker, J A Peters,
L M Ayer, Ephriam Parker, .
W G Kirkland, G F Copeland,
Mrs H Alexander, M M Carter, /
WI Carter, M N Rice,
Miss Lee Weeks, P B Moore.
Third Quarterly Conference.
The third quarterly conference of the
Bamberg Methodist church was held in
the parlor of the church last Monday
morning at eleven o'clock, Presiding Elder
Marion Dargan presiding. The various
questions relating to the welfare of
the church at this point were asked and
satisfactorily answered. The financial
showing was good.
The matter of greatest importance discussed
was that of providing for services
at the mill chapel. This matter will be
taken up at once, and it is likely that arrangements
will be made whereby Rev.
J. M. Kowles, pastor of the Orangebuig
mills church, will preach at the chapel
here one Sunday in each month. He
will likely arrange for a protracted meet- j
ing here at an early date..
His Knowledge of Weeds.
At a surburban residence near Philadelphia
there recently appeared an unkempt-looking
individual who asked for
employment. It chanced that this application
was made to the lady of the house
herself, who was superintending the
transplanting of plants in the garden.
"Are you a gardener?" asked the lady.
"'Ain't had much experience at gardenin',"
was the reply.
"Can you plant these bushes?"
"I'd hate to risk spoilin' em, mum."
"Then what can you do?"
"Well, mum," responded the unkemptlooking
individual, "if you was to hand
me one of your husband's cigars I might
sit in the green house an' smoke out them
insects that's eatin' the leaves of them
rose-hushes."
ONLY 82 YEARS OLD.
"I am only 82 years old and don't expect
when I get to be real old to feel that
way as long as I can get Electric Bitters,"
says Mrs. E. H. Branson, of Dublin, Ga.
Surely there's nothing else keeps the old
as young and makes the weak as strong
as this grand tonic. Dyspepsia, torpid
liver, inflamed kidneys or chronic consti-1
pation are unknown after taking Electric
Bitters a reasonable time. Guaranteed
I by Hoover's Drug Store and J. B. Black.
Frice 50c.
MR. LYON'S LOGICAL POSITION.
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His Work of Investigation Ended, Was Free to
Offer for Office.
Some weeks ago dispensary newspapers
were demanding that the dispensary
investigating committee shonld finish its
work. It was urged that it was unfortunate
to carry the investigation into the
summer when the campaign would be in
progress. The argument was that the
work of the committee might be used to
further the interests of certain candidates
and to work harm to others. Friends of
the committee urged that such charges
would certainly be made and that the investigation
would be discredited. Senator
Tillman suggested that the committee
was delaying the work with the deliberA#
if AtVAF lllfrt fflA
ate ptupusc vt tanjiug tt vivt UMV ?UV
summer aud using it for political purposes.
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It ha? been the purpose of the committee
to finish its work before the campaign
opened, and it ha9 done so, it has gathered
enough facts to show the legislature
and the people what the conditions are.
It has exhausted the funds provided by
the legislature. The matter of the accounts
which have been held up is still
to be settled, but the examinations are at
an end, unless some important evidence
comes to light.
In the face of these facts, which should
be known to every newspaper in the
State, the following appeared recently in
the Sumter Watchman, a dispensary organ:
"The notoriety that the part he has taken
in the dispensary investigation gained
him has been too much for Mr. Fraser
Lyon and he has jumped at what he
thinks is an opportunity to be elected attorney
general. He has undoubtedly
done a good work in the investigation of
the dispensary, bat the work is not finished
and by becoming a candidate for office
he has tamed his back on the work he
had undertaken and pat an end to his v fi
usefulness in that line."
It is absolutely false to say that Mr.
Lyon "has tamed his back on the wofrk."
As stated, there is nothing left to do bat *
act on the accounts, and he and Christensen
have presented their report on this
matter and so far as they are concerned it
is closed. He finished that job and has
been induced to seek another in the same i
line. He has unearthed graft, as an investigator
that was all he could do. As attorney
general he will be in a position
to secure the punishment of grafters.
His proposition is logical. As the Spartanburg
Herald puts it:
"If the people are in earnest about punishing
those guilty of dishonest methods
and practices, they will elect Mr. Lyon
to the office and thus place hiin in a position
to continue the good fight he made
against corruption."
City Council Meeting.
City council held a ^regular monthly
meeting Tuesday evening, with the Mayor
and all the aldermen present. A letter
from Superintendent Heether, of the
Southern Railway was read as to the
placing of timber on Railroad Avenue, " * '<
along the right of way of the railroad.
On motion of Alderman Brabham the
mayor was authorized to employ a firstclass
lawyer in the matter of forcing a
discontinuance of this street as a lumber
yard.
Letters from the board of health were
read, recommending that the mayor and
clerk investigate the cost of using buckets
for soil closets and hauling excrements
away. This report to be made at a called
meeting of council. The board of health
also recommended that dry wells with
toilets connected be condemned and that
same be discontinued hereafter. These
recommendations of the board of health. were
adopted by council.
On motion the railroad authorities were
required to lower the pipe under the cotton
mill track, so that the water may not
be obstructed. Clerk and Treasurer
Riley has written Superintendent Heether
in regard to this.
The matter of putting terra co'ta pipe
in the ditch alongside the property of
W. A. Klauber was held up for the present.
Five dollars was paid G. Frank Bamberg
for one-sixth of an acre of land on
the Dyches place, on which to obtain sand
for the streets and sidewalks. The ordi- ,
nance requiring that hogs be kept out of
town at all seasons of the year passed its
third reading. This ordinance makes it
unlawful to keep hogs in the corporate
limits of the town at any time.
Real Luxury.
Two gentlemen dining in a New York
restaurant were surprised to find on the
bill of fare the item, "green bluefish."
"Waiter," one asked, "what sort of bluefish
are green bluefish?"
"Fresh?right from the water," said the
waiter, offhand.
"Nonsense!" said the man. "You know
well enough they do not take bluefish at
this season."
The waiter came up and looked at the
disputed item.
"Oh, that, sir," he said, with an air of
enlightenment, "that's hothouse bluefish,
sir?'? \ .
In sickness or wellness; in gladness
or sadness, use SHAW'S MALT. For
sale at the dispensary.
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