The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 18, 1897, Image 1
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VOL. XL
VANDERBILT PALACE AT BILTMORE, N. C.
SI.V MILLION DOLLARS HAS HKKN
' SI*KNT A lilt KAI) Y.
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A IMaco ol" Rare Ilcauty Now?Old
Forest Has Reen Turned Into Miiknilicent
Game I'resorvo?TIiousimuIh
of Strangers \ Islt tl?o Fstutc.
Special to Atlanta Constitution.
Georgo \V. Vundcrbllt has done more
than any one man to attract people to
North Carolina. His lordly estate
with its magnificent chateau is the
supreme ol j'ot of interest to many of
the thousands of annual visitors to
the metropolis of the "Land of the
Sky."
A few days ago 1 had the opportunity
of seeing tho " liiltmoro LOstato," as
it, is otlicially named, under exceptionally
good circumstances. I was invited
to ueoomouny tho otlicial photographer.
As 1 had driven over the estate
sevoral times before, 1 thought I know
it quite thoroughly, but never before
had I seen it as on this ooetfSion. The
liiltmoro estate consists of 100,000
acres of land in tho choicest section of !
tho far-famed " Land of tho Sky."
The palace is located In a tractof 10,000
acres, at liiltmoro station, ou tho
Southern railway, which is two miles
from tho courthouse in Asheville.
Tiro other 00,000 acres is woodland,
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>?uu v avvi.u.1 inti Bi t uirtl WUIIUIIS, HI1U
up tho side of Mount PiBgah, the t illost
peak of tho Blue Ridge mountains
visible around here. This groat game
preserve is being stoekeil in a methodical
.manner with quail, pheasants,
door, etc. Tho forest is also being
eared for by experts in growing trees
and shrubbery.
Tho park in which tho magniliccnl
chateau is situated is most beautifully
laid out by Frederick Law Olinstead,
tho famous landscapo artist, with
roads smoother than tho government
boulevards of Chickamaugu national
park. Tills is because Mr. Vanderbilt
lias his roads daily sprinkled with
watering carts and frequently rolled.
Tho entrance to the park at Biltmoro
is through a largo and imposing lodge
gate, quite English you know. Here
you show your permit to visit the
grounds, which you huvo previously
secured at the ollice building of Mr.
(Jharles McNamee, general manager
of the estate, in tho village of Biltmoro.
Permits to enter and view tho
estate are only granted 011 Wednesday
and Saturday aftornoons from 1 to <5
o'clock, and in printed form, aro something
like a railroad ticket. Tho
palace is about three miles from tho
lodge gate. There aro some sixty
miles of roadwuy in the park, of which
the chief drive, twelve miles long, is
called "Tho Arboretum." It is fringed,
or bordered, with ivies, honeysuckles
und banks of shrubbery. There
are many queer and curious species in
tho (i,000,dGO propagated plants along
this winding and picturesque driveway.
Ono of tho most common is tho
Madagascar periwinkle, of which
there are thousands, and which bears
a bright-colored tlowor. Tho curviug
bridges ami artificial lakes and waterfalls
are all so constructed as to look
entirely natural.
As to tho palace, it is tho most
picturesque and beautiful building
one can imagine. Tho location is
ide 1, 011 top of an elevated plateau,
which can be seen for miles around in
every direction. Tho Biltmoro house
faces cast. At tho foot of tho hill just
back of it tho babbling Swannanoa
rivjr sorpeutinely rolls and beyond
the Blue Ridge mountains kiss the
cloud*.
Tho house is built of Indiana gray
limcstono, and as it glistens in the sunlight,
might bo appropriately called a
"whito palace." Its extreme length
Is feet. Still its beautiful proportions
seem to diminish tho si/.e of it.
Jn style of architecture it is of the
"French renaissance." Tho greatest
width of the building is 192 feet. The
height from basement to turret is lito
feet. A mammoth granite retaining
walI on the southern end of the building
is impressive because of its splendid
construction. It is forty foet high
in some places, and 333 feet long.
Beyond tins great retaining wall, and
in front of tho residence, appears tho
esplanade 333 feet long and 75 feet in
width, in tho center of this esplanade
is a costly fountain some thirty feet in
diameter. UriHins and dragons chiseled
from immense blocks of stone stand
out several feet from the wall. Musicians
of many nations are the unique
designs under tho window openings.
There are about ono hundred looms
in tho house. Forty of these are sleeping
apartments. There are twenty
luxurious bath-rooms. There are
three elevators. Entering tho main
lloor from tho terrace, tho visitor is at
once struck with tho beauty of tho
winter garden, which is built in
octagon form and is about sixty feet
square. All tho principal rooms are
soon from its many large windows in
almost kaloldoscopc completeness. To
tho west is tho saion forty feet in
length. T.) tho north of tho garden
and corridors surrounding is the banquet
hall and wost of this is tho breakfast
room, beyond which is tho main
kitchen. The banquot hall is sovontytwo
foot long, forty-two foet wido and
seventy foeb high, with ono span and
a dome coiling. It has not been finished
up yet, but it is said to bo Mr. Vanderbilt's
intention to mako it one of
tho most gorgeous rooms of its kind
in this country. At the western end
or mis nun aro tnreo massive iripio
lire-places of almost gigantic proportions.
At the eastern end there is
an organ loft and a balcony for musicians.
Another feature of the main lloor is
the living hall, sixty by thirty feot in
si/o. Immediately west of the hallway,
undor the main hall is the music
room. There is also a swimming pool
sixty foot long and thirty foot wide,
adjoining which aro needlo baths,
sprays and the like. North of the
living hall is the u tapestry gallery."
Three large panels have been built in
the walls to receive valuable tapestries
to be placed theroby Mr. Vandorbilt.
This will also bo used as the
picture gallery. At one side of the
gallery aro two large stono flroplacos
in tho sixteenth century decoration.
To tho *outh of tho gallery is the
library, sixty by forty feot. This is at
tho extreiuo south end of tho building .
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and opeus out ou the library terraco
and bowling green.
On the western end of the building
is tho stable, accommodating forty
horses. Near by uro tho gunroom and
billiard room. Thoro it", ulso, con- i
ncctcd with tho palace an electric i
light pi mt and a steam laundry. The
greon houses aro the most perfect that
money could buy, and must have cost, ,
with heating apparatus, etc., not loss
than950,000. They oontaln over l.suu i
different varieties of Mower plants. I <
have never seen anything so much i
like paradise as a view through the t
hothouses. Five or six dozen Amori- <
eai\Beauty roses had been cut to de- i
cerate the pa'aco for the day. One of 1
the palms, of which there aro scores, <
is so largo that it takes sixteen men to I
move it. 1
Everything is planned and executed '
on the most elaborate and magnificent '
scale. Thoeost of " Biltmoro House " '
and grounds imtnediale'y surround- '
ing is said to he to date 90,000,000.
There has been an expenditure of an 1
additional $2,000,000 in purchasing the (
timber lands, building houses and 1
roads, stocking the game preserves, '
etc. Several more millions will be 1
spent later on. '
On the several thousand acres of <
cleared land on the cstatCfseientilie '
farming is carried on to perfection. 1
The crops are very beautiful. The '
finest corn, wheat, barley, clover, hay, '
potatoes, etc., are grown. At the 1
North Carolina statu lair at Ualeigh '
last fall a very tine exhibit was made *
from tiie Biltmoro estate, aud many '
blue ribbons captured. I do not suppose
that Mr. Vanderbilt cares to make 1
anything out of bis investments here, '
but nevertheless, there aro several (
sources of income.
Tno pi ide of the estate is the Bilt- I
more dairy. There are over one I
Hundred head of tho liuost Jersey cows. (
.Miik is sold in Ashovillo at 25 cents
per gallon, or at 7 cents per quart in
''sealed bottles." The milk is "sterilised
"and "pasteurized" and prepared
scientifically and medically in other .
ways. Cream is sold at $1 per gallon
and butter at 35 cents per pound.
Much of tho latter is shipped to New 1
York. The vegetables grown on the
estate also lind a good market in Ashe- <
ville and elsewhere. i
The Hiltmore Dumber Company is t
the name under which Mr. Vauderbilt t
conducts a largo sawmill business. I
The sawmill has a capacity of 2f>,U0U to 1
110,000 feet per day. The cut is mostly '
of bard wood and the lumber is shipped ?
north. i
The expenditure of tho $8,000,000
already put out and the entire manage- >
tnont and direction of the Hiltmore ?
estate devolves upon Mr. Charles i
McNamoe, an able New York attorney, i
Ho lirst came to Ashcvillo for Mr.
George W. Vauderbilt on Alay 1, 1888. t
The following year he buill a house on f
one of the bills within tho Vauderbilt ?
park and has since resided here. His I
first work was tho purchasing of 100,- t
000 acres of land, ft was bought in <
small tracts mostly. Titles had to be 1
examined and deeds drawn uud re- i
corded on each tract. Diplomacy had ]
to bo used to got the land desired and I
not to pay exorbitant prices. Mr. Mc- t
Namcc has shown remarkable business I
and executive ability aside from his *
astuteness as an attorney. A railroad t
about four miles in length was built t
from Biltmoru station on the Southern I
railroad to the site for the palace. ?
This was necessary for the hauling of 1
stone and other material used in the t
construction. Hundreds of contracts t
had to bo lot. About six hundred i
hands wore employed daily for several i
years at work on tho house, in tho ]
park, at the brick and terra cotta <
yards and kilns, at the sawmill and on f
the agricultural lauds. Mr. McNarnee i
systematized everything. Departments
were organized, such as horti- ?
culture, forestry, agriculture, floriculture,
etc., and chiefs appointed t
over each. The manager can sit in
his handsome ollico building in the <
villageof Hiltmore and luoeivo reports ?
as to the smallest detail in each department
from its head man. Kverything
goes on as smooth as clockwork.
Mr. McNarnee was born at Irvingtonon-tho-Hudson.
After an elaborate
college course ho graduated from tho
Columbia college law school in 1877. t
While in college ho enjoyed instruction
under Professor Thoo. W. Dwight, <
who is acknowledged one of the t
greatest expounders of tho law of this <
ago. In New York city ho was u mom* I
bor of tho law lirm of Davies, Work, t
MoNacnee ?Sc liilton. They had an ox- (
tensive practice and some very cole- i
bratod oases. Many of thoir cases j
wont boforo tho United States supremo *
court. When in tho latter part of tho t
'80s Mr. George Wi Vandorbilt decided
to build his place in tho " Land of tho 1
Sky" ho widely selocted Mr. McNamee t
to take charge of tho "roat work, l
That ho made no mistake has been j
amply proven. ]
Through tho boncficenco of Mr. i
George Vandorbilt a handsome (Episcopal
church has boon erected in the 1
village of Uiltmoro. From tho strik- j
ing and peculiar architecturo no ono
would over imagino that it has a seat- (
ing capacity of 220. Tho quoor ap- <
poaranco of tho structure is causod
from tho " lantern," or roof towor, |
which is sixty foot high. Tho gonoral |
style of tho architecture is early
Gothic. No churches like it have |
over boon constructed in tho Southern
States, though they aro very common <
in tho mountain districts of England, i
whore they aro built of stono and aro i
much more massive than this church. (
The materials used in tho construe- <
tlon'aro pressed brick and rough cast
with a clay single roof. Tho towor is !
situated over tho crossing of tho navo j
and chanced. On tho Interior tho roof i
is open timborod. The finish is of oak. <
Tho oaken coiling of tho navo and 1
chancel has deeply molded ribs.
Tho pows, choir stalls and aitar aro 1
of carved oak. Tho floor is of oak <
wood block and laid herring bono pat- '
torn.
Tho electrical fixtures, which aro of
brass, aro unusually magnificont. '
Thoro aro livo electroliers, which will
illuminate tho auditorium brilliantly.
Tho windows aro of cathedral glass.
Tho work on tho church bogan
October 1, 1895, and was completed
during tho past summor. Tho church
was dosignod by tho iato Ltlchard M.
Hunt, of Now York, who also planned (
tho magnificent chateau of Mr. Vandorbllt,
and was constructed under 11
tho supervision of Architect R, S.
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OONWA.Y
Smith, tho resident architect of the
Biltmoro estate. In general t^rms it
may bo stated that All Souls' church
is a miniature cathedral.
One of the most attractive features
of Ashevlllo is its sixteen beautiful
drivos in as many dilTeront diroetious.
It is claimed that the city has annually
75,000 visitors. Tho livery stables
are numerous, well equipped and do a
rushing business. Tho negro drivers
of these vehicles, us might bo expected,
havo many marvelous stories to
tell tho sightseers. One of these concerns
Charley Collins, a negro, who
owns a cabin and eleven acres of land,
and that Mr. Vanderbilt has olYerod
him $11,000 for tho place and that the
colored man has refused it. While it
is truo that Mr. Vanderbilt owns tho
kind all around Charley Collin's humble
cabin, yet it is rather- more on tho
edge than tho center of tho estate and
Joes not annoy Mr. Vanderbilt in the
least.
Tho purpose of Mr. Vanderbilt in
tho Biltmoro estate appears to bo of
jxaltsd grandeur. Ho is collecting
plants, trees and shrubs from all parts
jf tho world. Tho magnificent estate
is to bo open at all times to students
md scientists who are pursuing tho
study of botany. Thoy will bo alTorded
every advantage and opportunity for
their chosen work. Dr. Chapman, tho
venerable botanist, of Apaluchicola,
Klu., one of the greatest authorities in
the south, and who Ims written several
books, 1ms boon invited by Mr. VanJerbilt
to spend some time at Biltmoro
examining the tlora of the estate.
Many other eminent scholars have
visited the estate. Hon. Julius Sterling
Morton, secretary of agriculture
bf the United States, recently said of
the Biltmoro estate: "it is a far
greater object lesson to the American
people than our national department
jf agriculturo."
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ACTS OK THK UNUISUATURK.
\n Act to apportion the road fund do
rived from tho special county lovy.
Be itouaetevl by tho General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina :
See. I. That on and after tho passage
)i hi is a.ci nits county hoard of commissioners
of tiio several counties of
die State whore there is a special levy
>n real anil personal property for road
nirposes, not later than tho first of
March in each year, shall apportion
the road fund derived from such special
levy to each township upon an
equitable basis.
Sec. 2. The road fund so apportioned
>hall he expended in doing all necessary
work upon tho public highways
vnd in opening now roads when directid,
and in building and in keeping in
epatr all bridges that do not exceed
,wclvo feet in leugth by the road overseers
under the direction of tho township
hoard of commissioners, subjoet
to tlie general supervision and approvil
of tho county hoard of cominissionii's:
Provided, howover, that tho
board of county commissioners shall
lot enter into any contract for tho expenditure
of more than four-fifths of
/heir apportionment before tho llrst of
.ho last quarter of tho fiscal year :
Provided, further, that any contract
jntercd into by the board of county
iommissioners in excess of tho appordonmcnt
shall bo void: Provided,
urthor, that the provisions of this Act
ihall not apply to the counties of Abbeville,
Anderson. Fairfield, Florence,
Jhester, Kershaw, Orangeburg, Sparanburg,
Lexington, Klchland, York
ind Sumter: Provided, further, that
10 funds shall be disbursed under the
provisions of this Act except at tho
written request of tho board of township
commissioners, specifying the
amount and purposo.
Sec. 3. That no township com misdonor
shall be directly or indirectly
interested in any contract pertaining
,o his duty as township commissioner.
Sec. 4. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent
with this Act are hereby
'epealed.
Approved February 17, 181)7.
i\n Act to provide tho pupils attending
the free public schools with
school text hooks at actual cost,
lie it enacted by tho General Aslembly
of the State of South Carolina:
Sec. 1. That tho county boards of
aducation of the several counties of
,his State be, and they are hereby,
vuthorix id and empowered to set aside
from the public school funds of their
espootivo counties an amount not
jxeeeding $f>00 for tho purpose of providing
tho pupils attending the freo
uublio schools of their counties with
ichool text books at actual cost or exihango
prices.
See. 2. That tho umount so sot aside
Tom tho school funds shall bo paid to
die county superintendent of education
ay tho county treasurer out of tho unappropriated
goueral school funds in
:iis hands, on tho warrant of tho county
board of education.
Soc. 3. That tho amount so set asldo
>y tlio county board of education shall
bo and remain a permanent fund in
tho hands of tho county superintendent
of education, to bo used in pur*
abusing and keeping on hand school
text books for sale to pupils attending
t-ho free public schools of his county,
for cash, at actual cost or exchange
prices, and to bo used for no other purposo
and in no other manner.
Soc. 1. That for tho full and just accounting
for said moUt^'y and books,
and all his acts and dealings relating
thereto, tho county superintendent of
education shall bo responsible on his
jflicia 1 bond.
Sec. b. That no tax or license, either
State, county or municipal, shall bo
imposed on or required of tho county
superintendent of education on account
:>f tho purchasing and furnishing said
books to tho pupils as aforesaid.
Sec. 0, That this Act shall bo a genoral
Act and apply to all the counties
jf tho State from and after its approval.
Sec. 7. That all Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent nerewitb bo, unii tlio
lame aro hereby, repealed.
An Act to prohibit trusts and combinations
and provide ponaltios.
Ho it enacted by tho General Assembly
of tho Stito of South Carolina :
Soc. 1. That from and after tho
passago of this Act, all arrangements,
contracts, agreomont*, trusts or combinations
between two or more porsons
as individuals, firms or corporations,
made with a view to lesson, or which
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S. C. THURSDAY, M>
tends to lessen, full and free eompoti- e
tlou in tho Importation or sale of ar- e
tieles imported Into this State, or in 1)
I tho manufacturo or salo of articles of s
domestic growth or of domcstio raw i
material, and all arrangements, eon- n
tracts, agreements, trusts or comblua- s
tions between persons or corporations e
designed or which tend to advance, o
reduce or control the price or the cost f
to tho producer or to the consumer of t
any such product or article, are hereby
declared to he against publie policy, /
unlawful and void. t
Sec. 2. Whenever complaint is made
upon sulliclcnt affidavit or atHdavits
sliowing a prima faciocaso of violation I
of tho provisions of tho lirst section of
this Act by any corporation, domestic
or foreign, it shall be the duty of tho
Attorney CJonoral to bagln an action
against sueh domoetic corporation to b
forfeit its charter, ami in ease such
violation shall bo established tho court s
shall adjugo tho charter of suoh cor- o
poratlon to be forfeited, and sueh cor- a
porn lion shall he dissolved, and its o
charter shall cease and detcrmino ; v
and in the case of such showing as to a a
foreign corporation an action shull bo j
begun by tho Attorney General in said h
court against sueh corporation to de- t
termine tho truth of sueh charge : and li
in case such charge shall bo considered o
established, the elTect of the judrmor' b
Of tliO COUrt S1 ClM b t uci.j ?,u sue.. ?
corporation t ,e recognition of its cor- o
porato exist aco in any court of law or t
equity in ti is State, lint nothing <n o
this section - hall bo construed to alToct o
any right of action then existing c
against such corporation. w
See. 3. At y violation of tho provl- v
sions of this Act shull bo deemed and is
hereby declared to be destructive of I
full and free competition and a conspiracy
ngsim-t trade, and any person or A
persons who may engage in any sueh
conspiracy, or who shall, as principal,
manager, director or agent, or in any
other capacity, knowingly carry out
any of tho st'pulutions, purposes,
prices, rates or orders made in further b
unco of such conspiracy, shull on conviction
be punished by a line of not s
less than one hundred dollars or more v
titan live thousand dollars, and by itn- r
prisouinout in tho penitentiary not o
less titan six months or more titan ton a
years, or in tho judgment of tho court r
by oitlier sueh lino or such imprison- t
mont. r
See. 4. That any person or persons a
or corporation that may bo in jured or i
damaged by any such urruugcmonL, c
contract, agreement, trust or combiua- t
tlon described in Section I of litis Act, ti
may sue for and recover, in any court 'J
ui uuiu|)uiuDi jurisuicuon, mo mil a
consideration or sum paid by him or o
them for any goods, ware?, merchandise
or articles the salo of which i9
controlled by such combination or /
trust.
Sec. 6. That any and all persons may
be compellable to testify in any action
or prosecution under this Act : Provided,
that such testimony shall not c
be used in any other action or prosocu- u
tion against such witness or witnesses, t
and such witness or witnesses shall t
forever be exempt from any proseeu- t
tion for the act or acts concerning p
which ho or they testify.
Sec. <i. Nothing contained in this b
Act shall betaken or construed to apply
to any person or persons acting 111 t
the discharge of oilloial duties under t
the laws of this Slate. a
Sec. 7. All Acts in conflict with this t
Act be, and the same are hereby re- v
pealed. ti
Approved the 2.7th February, A. D. c
1897. s
An Act to require all common carriers
to pay all loss of or damages for loss, ii
damage and breakage of any articles
shipped over their lines or to refuse
to do so within a certain time,
lie it enacted by tho General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina :
Sec. 1. That from and after tho up- j
proval of this Act all common carriers
doing business in this Slate shall be ^
required to pay for or refuse to pay for ^
all loss, breakage or damage from j
breakage, damage or loss of articles ?
hiiippou over me nnes 01 saiu eomtnori
carriers within sixty days from the
time a claim for the said articles ho '
lost, broken or damaged shall lie made. ^
Sec. !i. That in ease the said common j'
carrier shall not pay or refuse to pay ^
said claim for said loss, breakage or 'J
damage us set out in Section 1 of this 6
Act within the sixty days therein provided
for, then the said common ear- C
vler shall bo liable for the sum of iilty t
dollars for each offence as penalty, in s
addition to the amount of said loss or h
damage, to bo collected by .the claim- y
ant in any court having jurisdiction of ^
the same. f
See. 1. All Acts or parts of Acts Inconsistent
with this Act be, and the 1
same are hereby, repealed. e
Approved the 2oth day of February, (
A. D. 1897. I
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An Act prohibiting tho carrying of t
concealed weapons, oroviding a pen s
vulty therefor and incorporating a e
count for tho violation of thosamo in
indictments for muruor, manslaugh- ,
tor, assault and assault and battory
a high of and aggravated nature, 8
assault and assault and battery with 41
intent to kill, and in every cuso 1
whero tho crime is charged to havo '
been committed with a deadly weap- 11
on. J
Ho it enacted by tho General Assom- l(
bly of the Stato of South Carolina :
See. 1. Any person carrying a pistol, ?
dirk. daggor, slungsnot, metal v
knuckles, razor or othor deadly weap- j
on usually used for tho inlliction of
personal injury concealed about his ,
person shall bo guilty of a misdeinean- '
or, and upon conviction thereof before 41
a court ol competent jurisdiction shall 41
forfoit to tho county tho weapon so ^
carried concealed and bo finod in tho 8
sum of not tnoro than ono hundred f
dollars and not less than twenty dol- 1
lars or bo imprisoned at hard labor not 11
more than thirty nor loss than ton {
days, in tho discretion of tho court. '
Nothing heroin contained shall be c
construed to apply to persons carrying *
concealed wca|>ons upon tholr own 1
promises. (
Sec. 2. in every indictment for murder,
manslaughter, assault and assault 1
and hattory of a high and aggravated 1
nature, assault and assault and battery i
with intent to kill, and in every caso I
where tho crimo is charged to have i
boon committed with a deadly weapon '
of tho character specified in the I
first section, there shall he a special i
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Hlcjtinau,. Co-f
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ount in suid iiullcttnont for carrying
oncealcd weapons, and the jury shall
io required to llnd a verdict on such
pecial count : and all eases embraced
ii this suction, Including the carrying
f tho weapons, shall ho in the oxoluivo
jurisdiction of tho Court of Gonral
Sessions : Provided, that one-half
f the tino shall go to tho free school
und of tho county and tho other half
i> the pension fund of said county.
See. .'I. That nil Acts and parts of
iets inconsistent with this Act bo, and
he sumo are hereby, repealed.
Approved February 17. 1SU7.
tn Aot providing punishment for laborers
who violate either written or
vorbal contracts after having received
supplies.
Ho it enacted by the General Assomly
of the State of South Carolina :
Sec. 1. That any laborer working on
hares of crop or for wages in money
r other valuable consideration under
verbal or written contract to labor
n farm lands, who shall receive ad*
uncos either in money or supplies,
ml thereafter wilfully and without
ust cause fall to perform tho reasonale
service required of him by tho
orras of tho said contract shall be
lablo to prosecution for a misdomcanr,
und on conviction shall bo punished
y imprisonment fur not less thou
rti nty days nor more than thirty days,
r tD bo lined in tho sum of not ler.s
ban twenty-live dollars nor more than
no hundred dollars, in tho discretion
f iho court: Provided, the verbal
outruct herein referred to shall he
ritnessed by at least two disinterested
ritncsscs.
Approved the 2d day of March, A.
). 181)7.
in Act authorizing the railroad commissioners
to require ail railroads to
erect at junctional points union dopots,
and to impose a penalty for
their failure to do so when required.
H i it enacted by tho General Aasomly
of tho State of South Carolina :
Sec. 1. That the railroad eommisioners
of this State are hereby incsted
with authority to require all
uilroads in this State to erect union or
ther depots for tho convenience anil
ccommodution of the public,and if any
ailroad company shall fail or refuse
o do so wheu required by the said
ailroad commissioners it shall forfeit
nd pay a sum of not less than $5,000,
j bo "ccovorcd in un action in any
ouuty in this State where such viola
ion has occurred, and shall be in the
lame of the State of South Carolina
?he commissioners slmll institute such
ction through the Attorney General
r uny of the solicitors of the State.
Approved February 17, 1897.
t joint resolution to extend the time
for the collection of the commutation
road tax in the several counties of
the State to the 1st of April, 181)7.
Whereas, during the year 189(1 the
ominutation road tax was collected
intll March 1, 1890: and whereas, the
imo was changed hy the last Act of
ho Legislature to ho paid not later
ban January I, 181)7, and many taxayors
wore not aware of the change,
lie It resolved hy the General Assem>1
y of the State of South Carolina :
Soc. 1. That tho time for the collecion
of the commutation road taxos in
he several counties of this State he.
rul tho same is herohy extended until
he 1st day of April, 1897, instant,
without the addition of the penalty,
nd all parties who shall pay such
ommutation tax on or before said .late
hall he exempt from punishment from
efault.
That this joint resolution take effect
mmcdiatoly upon approval.
Approved February 11, 1897.
?mm* ?
btVTICSr NI'IWH SUM MA It V.
?William Kilpatrlck, tlieoldest man
n Georgia, died at the home of his
on in Gartcrsville on tho 10th Inst.
Jr. Kilpatrick was 108 years old. His
eath was not unexpected, as he had
een sick for some days.
?Prince Hismarck has hoen lately
n poor health and is now suffering
rom chronic neuralgia, which deprives
lira of tho powor of speech and reners
it impossible for him to sleep,
'ho ex-chauce!lor dreads tho coleration
of tho eighty-second anniverary
of his birth on April 1st.
?Senator H. H, Tillman, of South
'arolina, in an interview at Charlotte
ho other day, said to a roportor : " I
oe you are all In a devil of a muddle
tore about railroad matters. Well,
ou may expeet .Judge Simonton to
;ivu the Southern anything they want,
or they own him body and soul."
?Newberry's commissioners of pubic
works have awarded contracts for
lectric lights and waterworks. The
General Electric Light Company, of
Atlanta, will put in the former for
8,20b and Howard Neoley, of Chatanooga,
will furnish the waterworks
ysteui for $82,321. Nowberry has bondid
herself in $12,00.
?The Columbia Registor says:
'Clerk Harris is busily ongagod in
ending out commissions to the newly
Lppointed constables, hut as yet their
mines have not been given to the
lublie. it is learned that Chief Hahr,
tccording to present arrangements,
vill have eighteen men, and Chief
''ant twenty-four, making forty-two
iltogothor. Formerly there wore
ixty-livo. A numbor of the appointees
,ro new men, but preference gonorally
vas given to those already on tho
orco."
?Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan was in
"Jashvillo, Tcnn., on tho 10th inst.,
mil delivered an address under the
mspicos of tho woman's board of tho
Jentennial Exposition. A dispatch
ays: "A series of elaborate social
unctions occupied his time from noon
intil night. At 8 o'clock ho addrossed
i,000 peoplo in tho tabernacle. Tho
irocoeds were devoted to the woman'*
milding. Tomorrow ho will bo a guest
>f tho Tennessee Legislature and will
uldross that body at 10 o'clock in tho
norning. lie will also bo tho recipient
>f additional social honors."
?Consul l-'ltzhugh Loo dooios that
VIr. John Sherman, secretary of state,
ins requested Mm to remain at his
>ost in Havana as a personal favor to
I'rosldcnt McKinloy. Tho Havana cor?ospondont
of tho Assooiatod i'ress
'has authority for saying thatConeral
b'ltzhugh Leo has not received such a
message. The correspondent further
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buy It of u* at prices and <ot th?
benefit of all dlscounta
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Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening
strength ami health fulness. Assuroi
tho food against alum and all forma of i
adulteration common to the cheap
brands.
ROYAL RAKING I'OWDKlt CO.,
Now York.
undcrstands that the General did not 1
request to come hero, but was sont
here, dually, the correspondent understands
that General Loo has not
made an application to remain and
that ho will not do so." '
?When court mot in Sumtor a few
days ago Judge Klugh charged tho
grand jury to exhaust every means to
bring tho lynchers of Simon Cooper,
tho murderer of half a dozen people, |
to justice. The jui y makes tho report
that it is useless to attempt to getovi- !
donee against the lynchers. As a stand
oil' to this Isaac llaylo and Jim Mohood,
negroes charged with being ac- 1
eessories to tho murders committed by '
Cooper, have boon acquitted, but tho
latter, who runs a farm and restaurant,
lias boon notUicd to leave tho State 1
and is selling out preparatory to doing '
so.
?A young man answering to tho j
description of James Jones, a refugee
from Texas, is being detained In
nnuorcon i>y unioi of f'olioo Dilling- (
ham, who is awaiting instructions from
tho authorities in Hamilton County, ,
Tex., who want him for tho murder, ,
on December 8, 181)11, of Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Eaton. Tho name given hy
tiio man under arrest is Will Jones.
Ho answers in everyway tho description
given of the man wanted and hears
an exact resemblance to the accompanying
photographic cut. Tho reward
offered is $1,300. The prisoner
volunteers tho information that lie is
wanted in Walker County, Ca., for assault
ami battery.
?A dispatch from Jefferson, Ca., to
tho Atlanta Journal, says that CraJy
Reynolds and Dud Drunks, who i
murdered M. C. Hunt in that county
on tho 15th of February, have boon
sent to the Fulton county jail in the
custody of Sheriff Draselton for safe
keeping, hy order of Judge N. L.
Hutch ins. On account of the great
feeling aroused hy tho crime and tho
vory general indignation which lias
boon manifested, it was thought
advisable to remove tho prisoners
away from tho scene (if the murder.
Few threats of lynching have been
hoard and it has not been thought there
was any danger of mob violence, hut it
was deemed best to guard against
every emergency.
?Tho latest sensational news from
Cuba is given by tho war correspondent
of the Chicago Record in a letter from |
Havana, dated llth inst., in which he
declares that General Weyler has received
positive orders from Madrid to
end tho Cuban war at once, even by
going to the extent of soiling the island
to' tho insurgents, if need bo, to accomplish
thatohject. General Weyler
has set out for Villa Clara to lind General
Gomez to undertake negotiations.
Weyler has said tho war will ond
within three weeks. General Woyler's
orders are, it is claimed, to secure
peace at any terms, and he is instructed
to olfer Gomez bribes, autonomy or tho
island itself. Foar as to 1'resident McKinley's
position is given as a leading
cause for the Spanish change of policy.
? Hon. Joseph N. Uolph, formerly
United States Senator from Oregon,
died on the 10th inst. atl'ortland. His
leg wan amputated tho day before, as
hia life was threatened with blood
poisoning, but the shock was too great,
and there was no chanco of his recovery.
He was born in 1835 at Watkins,
N. Y., and went to Oregon in 18)12. Lie
was appointed United States District
Attorney for Oregon by 1'resident Lincoln
in 1802. Ho was eleeted United
States Senator and served two full
terms. He received tho caucus nomination
for a third term at the session
of tho Legislature two years ago, but
was defeated after a deadlock, which
lasted until the last day of the session,
when McBrldo was eleeted. Sincohis
retirement from the United States
Senate, Mr. Dolph has practiced law
in l'ortland.
?Tho State board of control has
decided upon a new plan as to tho insurance
of tho various county dispensaries.
Heretofore all of the dispensary
insurance has been placed in
i Columbia. Tho new plan decided
upon is that all insurance be placed by
tho local disponsnrics in roputahlo insurance
companies. When tho local
dispensers decide upon tho amouct
and tho agencies they are to report to
tho State board of control, and before
Insurance is placed it Is to be approved
by tho State board. This plan ought
to work very satisfactorily, and the
idea of distributing the insurance
among tho agents of tho towns where
disrionsarins urn lnnaLiwl will no firmht.
bo welcome to tho local agencies,
where companies write this class of
risks. The scare al>out dispensary
risks seems to have pretty well died
out.
?John Jay Jackson, oldest son of
General John J.Jackson, was born at
I'arkorsburg, W. Vs., August I, 1821,
and was appointed United States
Judge for the district of Wost Virginia
In August, 18(51, by Abraham Lincoln.
Judge Jacksou still holds the oflloe,
and is the oldest United Statos district
judge In the country. He was active
in politics before tho war, and the success
of the Itepubllcan party In West
Virginia was much duo to his elTorts.
:S.ROKB. SIlOKSi
i have just bought the largest lot
bit ;g!?t ?o
NO 30
A FASH IONAIHjH SYHU1*.
Tho Hxporlencn of an A mblt lous Man
Who Wanted to lie Tony.
Tho following story is told of n
Kansas man who allowed his ambition
to interfere with his gastric arrangements.
Tho man, whoso name was
Ike Dorchy, wan In from his farm and
stopped at a general store im Kmporia
to got some supplies. Fortune hud
smiled on him and he hud plenty of
money for a Kansas farmer.
lie told tho store keeper that ho
was llxed up for better times and
wanted the best he had.
"Gimme some raisins an' some oovo
oysters an' somothin' nice to put on
griddle cakes," ho particulari/.ed.
" Molasses ?" said tho storekeeper.
" Naw ; something nicer. llo'n
catin' molasses for twenty years. Ain't
ye gotsomothlu' slleker V"
'1 he grocer told him about maple
syrup and praised it highly. All tho
"tony people" of Hiuporia used it, ho /
said.
"That's what I want. Tho hightoncdcst
you've got."
Ily a strange mishap when the boy
went to pack the goods for the sociably
ambitious farmer he took a tin of
varnish, tho varnish coming in square /
cans of kind similar to those contain- / J "*
Ing tho maple syrup. Throe or four
months afterward the man came back
to town and reported at the store.
Tho store keeper, having made tho
discovery of tho error, wu:i in a panic.
At length im mustered courage to ask
how the maple syrup had answered.
"Oh, she was all right," said tho
customer. "Kinder highfalutin, but
good. My wife at lirst said site thought
it was some rancid, but when 1 told
her what you said about it bein' a
hightoncd dish that the best people in
Kmpory jes' nachc rally craved she
*comcd to take a secohd holt, and now
^llO Won't OHt not.ll 111' ?<lufv I t.liiimvHt
there wu8 a kind of it snap an' bite to
it that sorter reminded ino o' what wo
used to Kit when prohibition first
struck the country, but in gonoral it's
mighty good stuff."
" Was thoro any bad effect at all?"
Inquired tiio amu/.od store keeper.
" Well, now, I can't nay tlioro wasn't.
You soo it was my wife's first experience
with dude grub an' she kinder
lost her head, (lot ambitious. Allowed
that if we was good enough to have
that kind of eatin' we was good enough
to have some other tilings to match,
liought a lot o' now chiny dishes from
it peddler an' made mo promise i'd git jr
Iter a new hut with red in it un' a dress ,
tills trip in town. | /..
" Yes, I s'poso you might say that ? \
tlioy was some bad effects, because
vanity is certainly sinful, but you'ro a
married man yourself an' you know
they ain't no way to stop a woman's ,
ttmnitioti when she begins to kinder , i
git in society. Gimme a couple gallons
more o' that sirup, an' if you have
some tiiat lias jus' a lectio more o' that ? <'
pleasant bitin' sting to it, why, let's
have that."
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DANG KKS OF TIIE GRIP.
Tho greatest danger from Lu Grippe
is of its rosulting in phoumonia. If
reasonable care is used, iiowever, and
Chutnborluin's Cougii Remedy taken, \
all danger will lie avoided. Among
the tens of Lhoushands wlio have used .
tills rotnei.y for la gripe, wo have yet ) \
to learn >f a single case having resulted j
in phuemonia, which siiows conclu- (
slvley that tiiis remedy is a certain s /
preventive of that dread disease, it
will effect a permanent cure in less time
than any other treutiuent. The 2o cent .
size for sale by Dr. LI. Norton, druggist.
?Sinco the death of Mr. McCullagh,
the editor of tho Globe-Democrat of
St. Louis, it has been discovered i
ho was an extensive owner r"
mine stock, although bo was o.
stillest gold men in tho Unltf 'oi >L
FKOM CHIPFLE CJK f'C> \
After tho big firo in Crip) V,
took a vorry sovoro cole' )'
many remedies without he" ' /'
only becoming more se? \ u >
using threo small bottlcV j'J | < \ V" jTH \
borlain's Congh Itemed;* "
cough and cold loft me, aJ ' i" '*
altitude it takes a morlt^ \ K |).
remedy to do any good.dorson,
editor Daily Advsale
by Dr. E. Norton, dru^ :s ( il/c^C
?Senator Harris, of To
another Confederate y< t > ,.\ n
Maximilian in Mexico at ,
Joe Shelby was in that '
Senator's excursion was J,v ? .
pressed wish of 1'arson \
see him hanged, but tho p:
better of it afterward.
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need it most to wake in riv*i
sluggish Liver brings tfu I I Urif
anJ Ague, Rheumatisn.? \)\[ ).\! >\V A i ,
ills which shatter the
wreck health. Don't <
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