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NOT GUILT* IS IHU VUHDICr IN TH11 L1MK UOUtlU CASE. Ail Orangeburg Jury Restores Colchester's Uherift to Bit rBJ^h rffice. Sheriff L.o-Cuj'iikc was tried Its'. . Friday by an Orangeburg Jury for allowing & prisoner to be taken from him J and lvnohod. After being oat about ' one hour the Jury brought lu a verdict of "rot guilty," which verdict {restores Mr. L'.mchouse to his high offl03, he having been suspended by Gov. Hey ward pending his trial. i The facts are so well known as to \ hardly need repetition, but It will bo f recalled that on the 23rd dav of Au * gust, 1906, a negro, Will Sprln. made an attempt to criminally assault the little daughter of Mr. L. S. Connor, one of the best known and most respected men In Dorchester. The negro was captured by a posse, among whom was the father of the little girl, and taken to St. Georges and delivered to theeheMI. Tulj was about 11 o'clock, on the day of (the Crime, and Just au hour or two later a second posse, composed of a score or more of men, came to the Ixil and a eronrrlttpp nf about 12 entered and asked the sberlft for an Interview with the negro, who wan looked in an iron cage on the second floor. The sheriff went for end brought the prlaonor down stairs and the mob took him away and lynched him. The sheriff claimed that be thought that the mob only wanted to question the negro?to hold a sort of preliminary trial?*nd that he had no idea that they intended to make way with the prisoner. The sheriff also claimed not to know any of the men who compos ed the mob, although they demanded tte prisoner within four hours after the deed was oommiUbd, and we re undoubtedly'men from within a radius of five in lieu of the county seat* Governor lleyward requested SoMc ltor Hlldebrand to investigate the matter, which he did, but as the sher iff claimed not to havj recognised any of the mob, and as the jury reudered a verdiat- to the effect that the negro, Will Spain, came to his death at the hands of men unknown to them, the jury, 110 Indictments w-re handed out against the mob, but at the fall term of the court of general sosslons for Dorchester county Solicitor Hlldebrand prepared a bill charging Sherltl Llmehou'se with orlmioal oowardice. The grand jury fouud a true bill and Gov. 11 oy ward, who had taken a deep interest In the matter, promptly suspended the sheriff from otlioe, pending his trial. The ouroner, 1J. L. Klzer, was commissioned sheriff and has so acted since, but did riot want the ctlloe and wrote the governor to appoint some one else In his stead. Orangeburg county was selected as the county In which the case would be tried, the esse was reached Friday as scheduled. Solicitor Illidebrand represented the State again as ably as he did a little less than a year ago when he prosecuted the Eutawvlll > lynchers, and Sheriff Llmcnouse was iep/e ented by a brilliant array of talent composed of Messrs. Connor, Hiers and Dennis of the Dorchester bar. and Raysor & Summers, Wolfe & Berry and Bowman & Bowman of tneOr angeburg bar. The first witness for the State was Lawton Llmebouse, son of the defendant, and deputy sheriff of Doroheste? 1 county, who testified that he reoeivpd 1 the prisoner, Will Spain, and looked him In the oell. Said that at request of parties who came to the jr-.il he ! turned^ prisoner ever to thecn for the purpose of holding a preliminary 1 examination and having the prisoner ( properly committed; that the mob overpowered him and bis father and 1 to'.lr the prisoner from them, and that ( the mob was composed of 75 men, 12 of whom oar/led the prisoner away on a hand car on the Southern railway. Dr. A. R Johnson testified that he 1 wan in the jsll and that be saw the mob overpower the sheriff and his deputy and take the prisoner away, lie saw the s -cuff try to use his pis 1 tol, but reoogn zod none of the mob. c Dr. Joe IJ. Johnson testified as to i conditions as he found them when he 1 went to the jail, after the mob had c dlcpcried. 1 L. vf1rgil Minus testified that he ( was at work in an office near the cot>rt c house. lie took the testimony at the ? coroner's inquest, but didn't hear the t sheriff say he knew any of the mob. Miss Sibyl Thomas and Mrs. E. E. c Thomas testified as to the sheriff's 2 conversation with Gov. Hey ward, they E being Southern Bell long distanoe ope- c rators. Mrs. Thomas testified she b heard Sheriff Limehouse tell the gov- 6 em or he knew the members of the t mob. Ike Minus testified as to the searoh t and capture of the prisoner and as to delivering him to the sheriff. This * was corroborated by Peter Stokes. b Dr. J. P. Minus testified that he & went to the jail after the mob had n taken the prisoner, saw the hand oar b in the distanoe and told of the sheriff's h mental condition at the time. V A. H. McCormiok, secretary and o< treasurer of the Dorohestef Lumber ft compa w, of Badham,and who lives at Badham, saw the mob oome by with ? the prisoner, knew cons of them, and ? knows that none were employes of the 1X1 Dorohester Lumber company. U. W. Jb\ Jaqtes and John A. Hires ul also testified as to conditions as they n< found them on arriving on tho scene, bi but that they knew none of the mob. The defense Introduced no testimony at all, and consequently their H attorneys had no reily. Solicitor * Hudebrand made an able argument *e fer the State, while Hon. Thomaa M. IB iW 1, \ , \ Ml X Jl l. . p . -"mh fUytcr replied for the defense, being the onl7 one of the brilliant array of talent to reply to Solic'tor 111)debrand. 1 Judge Gtge's charge to the jury was unusually ntrong and nrilJ'aot. He held that If the sheriff brought the prisoner before a body of unknown men and allowed them Co take his prisoner from him he wis guilty, as charred lu the Indictment. Judge Qf-a'so ?enk ccc??k i t; d(Vr-noe .a;b 1 aw and argued tb&t no orime calls for mob rule, ne said tto act under vthloh Sheriff L'.mehouse was Cried was enacted subsequently to the ooustltuttonal convention of 1895 and was intended Co aid the sheriff lc upholding the low. Jud^eGage spoke for 20 rr.lnutes In a quick and forceful manner and many say his charge was the strongest ever delivered before an O-angeburg jury as regards dignity of the law. The jury was out about one hour aud a half, after which they rendered the expeoted verdict of "not guilty." The jury was considered an unusually strong one. The State used a number of challenge*) and the defense exhausted theirs Sheriff Umehouaewas acooncpviled to Orangeburg by 50 or mora supporters and thtse were seen to mingle with the State witnesses freely, and. In faot, the witnesses gave reluctant testimony. Anyway the oaei was decided by the jury and no one can say Solicitor HUdebrand and G jv. Heyward did not do their full duty. The oase did not attract unusual attention and the court house was never crowded. Solicitor HUdobrand deserves much praise for his vigorous prosecution. This s the second disagreeable case he has presented in Orangeburg . n ohange of venuo (the Eutawvllle lyuuuers on 11/ a>so trieci nert), ana m t both he made masterful fights. Being vindicated, SheritI Limehouse will resume his olhca, and he wssmost warmly congratulated by his large following here when the verdlot was announced LEARNING A LESSON. cj K I'rr.Hidont Kooftovoli Cordially Hated f by the Negroes. ' S Senator Carmack gave a very strik ii log description of the President's a position relative to tho negro as dc* velopod by the Brownsville atTalr, ^ when he s&.d, in bis speech before the g Sacate Thursday: "There la no man in this country today, not even the f Senator from South Carolina, who 13 \ so universally and bitterly bated by b the negroes, as the man who abolished f the lndianoia postrrtlce and dined r with Booker Washington. All that 1 he has done for the negro, all the evidences of frlondshlp be has shown In c the past, have been utterly forgotten a simply because be has not sbown that p sympathy with the criminal negro f which pervades the negro population of this country, from one end of It to a the other." The Charleston Post 0 says that illustrates forcibly the ii character of the negro, which La* been formed bo largely by the teach- ?i lugs of selfish politicians and narrow d doctrinaires. President Roosevelt is a, learning a lesson now which will be b good for him and good for the whole t> oountry and especially good for the b negro. The rejection of Roosevelt by a tbe negroes after all that be has at- i tempted to do for them will iuevita- & bly result in a readjustment of the f standards of judgment whiob the g country will apply to the race. It ti will bring tae negro to the test which 5 is applied to the white man and he will then appear in his true value, p What that may be will depend upon u the negro himself. Tbe day of his a Iwelllng upon a piano of artificial ele- fi ration is about to close, and he must naintain himself by his own merits p )r fail. ' b WAS MURDBRElT ? ti Mr. John Moore, 8hot by Unknown c? Parties. P 01 Papgecgers of the Augusta Southern tt oad, ret-urntng from Ke/svJlle Thursla* afternoon, brougiiu tbe news to aa Kugustaof the mysterious murder of B fir. John Moore, :i young white man of if high standing of that town, who rli * well known la that city. An Id- m luest l?as held over tne body, and uo teath was attributed to a pistol sh vuund made by unknown party or or larties. al It appears that Wednesday after mon Messrs. Thomas Moore and John ta ioore went to a place about eight Al olles from Keysville to prooure a fo ow. Returning, the elder of the two tb rotbers led the cow, and the young- wl r man droye the horse. It was agreed bat be should make a number of mi lops and then wait for the one with ha be oow at a certain point. H< When Mr. Thomas Moore arrived no t the designated plaoe he did not find It Is brother, so oontlnued on his way 1 o Keysville. Friday night the young va ian did not make his ano?a*?.nnA mh t.hi U relatives grew apprehensive lest 80 e had happened to a serious aeoldent on 7hen morning oame and he did not ?: )me, a searching party was sent out >r him. to Late Friday afternoon the search- oot n oame upon the body of the young im tan on a little-used road, about three mc illes from Keysvllle; the horse tied ah ) a bush. The body was lying almost tal nder the horse's feet and an eaamlillon disclosed the faot that a pistol we ill had penetrated the temple, pro* on jolng death. ms Mr. Moore Is supposed to have been rj Hied by one of a orowd of negroes, Pit ho It is known oherlshed an ill- 1 sling against the young man.?Au- trii ista Ohronlole, yea a L 4 N<V' " \ IM#*' VP' NMmm SOMK GOOD ADVlCif. tAUMEHH SHOU/il) DIVERSIFY 8AYH PKOFKMSUK NKWMAN. Eo Country on larth Ever Had a Permanent Growth on One Crop The Olemson car was at Spring held m Friday, and Mr< J as. Henry Rioe, rr., In The State savs the uooaslon vas notable by reason of two lectures, me by Ool. Newman, the other by Stewart. Col. Newman's lecture was izorptloDally line ooverlng now ground mtlrnly and something not touohed on jefors. Stewart acquitted himself with honor and delighted hie audisdcc. but by request he was compelled io go over mnoh ground alroady oov tred in previous lecturers, jlnoe every>ody wished to hear about the San lose scale and pear blight. Col. Newman addressed himself qutrely to the oapnbUlUea of the jjuuiry. The substance of what he laid is contained In the following, al* though nothing less than a fctonogapher report wobld do justloe to him md his subjeot, This country is capable of raising nore things than cotton. There will ?e vast Increase in returns If we di 'ersiry. wo country on earth ever had lerman^nt growth on ore crop. The ireat wheat areas of the West furilshed au example of this, &? did the iltrus fruits of Florida. Where the toll weevil had ravaged Texas most of he country was cow most prosperous >y reason of the fact that farmers here were compelled to diversify. Choy are now sh'pp'ng fruit, strawlerrles, hogs, turkeys and so on, The orange growers of Florida had he same experience, and when they eased relying entirely on the orange hey began to prosper. The farmers an grow practially anything and have omethlug growing the whole year ound, There was $80,000 worth of hay arrled out of this town for farmers. They do not raise It. The nitrogenlathering logumes, suoh as poaH, alalfa, beans, the votohes and clovers vere of this olas3. A ton of cotton eed meal costs 126 and one acre of egurnes will supply as much nitrogen >r the ton of cotton seed meal, or as nuoh nitrogen as 12 to 15 tons of static manure. Legumers will a',so supily that which is so much needed In louthsrn soils?namely, humus. TllP ripntlnv r\t tKn * _?uw.ur ui uuu )?inuu IB iiU per* <505 seed, bub when we raise grass for lay we do not wish it to reaoh that bage. Why buy "timothy sticks" rom the Northwest, wheu we oan aise peas, alfalfa, etc., and Improve ind at the same time? In answer to a question Col. Newaan said alfalfa would do as well here a anywhere, if land were properly irepared and the alfalfa sowed in the all, in drill. Plant peas, two to three lushels to the aero, before the alfalfa ud you oan out one and one half tons f hay per acre while alfalfa is com g up. Alfalfa, onoe started, will not need robber sowing in 50 year. Alfalfa ifforu in time of harvest from clever ' nd peas. Clover la out when the first iIobhooqh develop, but alfalfa should 1 e harvested as soon as it begins to iloom. He advised planting a small rea first and then watohing that, noculatlon of the bod Is done by gating from 100 to 200 pounds cf soil rom place where alfalfa has teen rown and sowing this on proposed eld. Tho farmer can easily get from to 0 tons per aore. Judge Wbitner of Anderson has a atoh of alfalfa whloh has been growig on the same ground for 5o years nd he is still getting profitable orops rom it. Middle, country here is the best lace In the world for raising stook, ut mistake was made In not providig pastures before getting stook. here are specially fortunate condlono here for ralslntr atnnir ? r* mvwvmi a. wiuiOld in grow pork at a oor-t of 2 1 2 oonts 1 ?r pound. They can &l??o grow all * tuned goods we now buy, having c iem fresh aud pure. L Grow peas for pasture grass, cuoh i Barmudu. There is no dnngor from ^ srmuda, as by planting two bushels pe&s to the aero aftar winter stir ni; of grass you cm kill it. Bermuda uat have sun to live. DuriDg sum* or Bermuda would keep pork in line ape without corn. Vetch in fall, i Bermuda, will give line stock feed L winter while Bermuda is dead. Q Besides grains plant peas, sweet do- a toes, Spanish peanuts, or sorghum. u Iternate from plat to plat of above * r hogs. Soja beans are good also; d ey will self-sell and hogs eat them m len they are seftened by rain. d The Jerusalem artiohoke is the g( ost productive of all tuber crops. He M >s gathered 54 4 bushels from an aore. v Dgs delight to root for them. Whl.e R( t as nutritious they are as good as a Ish potatoes. ? rn? - - - - - uuuiui ?re auomer orop or high lue. The stalk makes fine hay while e roots are very productive. He baa u otea from 260 to 1,100 nuti from ?i e plant. Prioe for the dry root! is H ry high. rc Here the speaker took a digression it advise against the ezolusive feed of ui iton seed meal and hulls. It kills anals if kept up for more than three tnths. In hogs and single-stomaoh imals it is almost Immediately fa- <*u When ground-peas are fed pigs he jlusively the meat does not oure #0 11 and is tainted. If they are fed y? sweet potatoes, peas and oorn, the Hi at oures well and is good. th The leeture was full of meat and h, invaluable to praotioal farmers ilr. J. G. Foy of this community sd the Williamson oorn plan last tear and averaged 46 bushels to the th *cre on land whtoh bad never before exoeeded 20 bushels on a single acre. Tbe graded school building was crowded Friday n?ght to bear Prof. Morrison's lecture on Industrial education. Prof. Doggett gave a lot of cew views that were very entertaining and instructive. B1PORT OF BOARD. What the State Dispensary l)itl l)ur inic Dast Year. To bis Excellency, D. O. Heyard, Governor of South Carolina: We have the honor to submit to y? u for your information and also for the General Assembly, this, our report of t.he business done by the dipp?nsary during the fiscal year closing November 30, 1900. The attached statements will sho * that the total cost of liquors, wines, beer, etc, purchased during the year amounts to $2,167,51)5 69, and the total sales amount wo $2,585,137.16. The total supplies bought, $23 671.80. The net earnings for account of the sohool fund for the fiscal year, which have been placed to its orcdlt, amount to $23,883.14 The small amount of profit placed to the credit of the sohool fund t^is year is accounted for by tbe faot that Invoices amounting to $141,767.30, was taken in stock in the fiscal year closing November 30 1936, and not charged on the books until the following year, by reason of which our net profits wore reduced just this amount, or, in other words, v%? would have made a not proilt o? $165,050,44. Coder our present sys tern this cannot possibly occur. The net profits that have accrued , to and been equally divided botweeu the towns and counties amount to $562,098.80, maklDg the total earnings for the year for the cchool fund, counties end towns, 1575,976 94. We have paid into the State , treasury Drcomber 1, 1905. (the beginning of the tiseal year, on account of the sohool fund the amount of $150,* 000 leaving a halauce due the school fund, $63.409.64, which we today have paid in full, making our payments on account of sohool fund for , the year 1906 $213,409 94. On December 1, 1905, we found the dispensary owing the school fund , 189,526 80. On assuming the duties of our otlloe we found about $200,000 worth of high priced barrel goods, largely In excess of the amount needed by the dispensary. We employed J. E. McDonald, Eiq, to look Into the matter of these purchases and see if we were liable for the payment of these goods In nearly every Instance we found that the fcous.es which had shipped these goods to the dispensary were willing to take them baok, they paying me rreight on the returned goods. Acting on the advice of Attorney McDonald, we returned 119,249.74 of the above goods, and have used a considerable part of the balance. We inolude In this report of Mr. Mobonald'a report in full and respeotfully ask that he be paid liberally for his services. We are now Installing a rectifying and blending plant, which will practloally do away with the handling of ' case goods, and which will yield the 8tate a larger protlt, ana give more 1 employment to homo peoplo, and give oetlor satisfaction gcrieia'.W. Wc are very much gratltied to state that the buslnesi of the dispensary 1 has boon conducted with narmony In ail the departments. We wish, how- ' ever, to call your attention to the facb that $400,000 Is an InsutUoient ( amount to oonduct the business of ; the dispensary. We bag to call your attention to ' the very limited time allowed the \ expert accountants In which to ohech jooks of the dispensary, which is ' thirty days, and suggest that the lime be lnoreasod to forty days, with l compensation of live dollars per Jay. This will insure ample time in 1 which to do the work and will secure J >he very best talent. In conclusion, we most respectfully efer you to tho rep >rt of the Legisla 0 itva committee and tho export ao 1 ountauts appointed by tl:a Govor lor as to tho dispensary management. All of which is respectfully submited. J. M. Riwllnson, GbalrmxQ; Joa. R Wylle, ." or. vuuii Dirtut f SLato Board of Dlroctors. ? M. H. Mobley, Oisrk. To Blow Up Hohooi. $ With dynamite two young boys 1 amed Hartley and Lawaon, it is t lleged, attempted to blow up tbe b raded school bulldin# at Ivanhoe, * ra., last Friday, but tboir plans were r< isoovered just in time to prevent 'hat might have reaultcd in the H eath of two teaohers and nearly 100 ot sbool obildren. Misses Brownie 01 Hilar and Helen Hufford, of Wythe- 01 llle, are teaober in the school. The oi soused boys are under arrest. Their " LOtlve has not been learned. tl (jj Yardmaster Killed. flhlH. I< Wnnton ~* u. ii wvivuj /aiu uuMbOr UI ie Southern, wu run over by an ti igine in Columbia on Wednesday. b< o bad been In the employ of the ti ad for 20 years, a large portion of w ie time as oonduotor between Co- t mbia and Augusta. w Death of Senator Hay. tl Ex-State Senator J. T. Hay died tn ddenly at bis home In Camden of P tart trouble on Wednesday, In the rc tb year of his age. Ho was a lawir and stood high In his profession, e was chairman of the committee at Investigated the disjpensary. M A statiatican says New York has Lll ent $70,000,000 for automobiles, but fa lis to say how much the funerals of a e victims cost. .>! r \ BOUGHT TOO MUCH. Tho State Dispensary Hoard to fb litTcatlgatid The feature of last week's s?fmtoc of tho legislatuie has b??n the 'Juris tensen resolution calling for the ap polntmcnt of a commission of live tc invoaMgMe at o: oe the doings of the preset state board of dispensary directors. The resolution was predictted upon a letter from Commlss'oner Tatum to Senator Chrlsfceosen? written at the request of Mr. Christens? n ?directing attention to the fact that the dispensary is being overstocked with gr'at quantities of unsalable goo is. The now oommlttoo wan appointed because it was feared the old dispensary committee might bo p< w erlees uuder the law after the new legislature convened. It Is given o ntemot powers and is authorized *o hold up any olaimsit deems advisable, p&rtldiarly these not proved by oH? lnal entries oo tho books. The houee amended the resolution by requiring the committee to report back in days, which amendment was aoc *pt >d by the senato. The new committee will therefore be ready to get to work early next week. In the meantime It Is likely that tho dispensary tight in both houses will be held hick ponding a report from this committee. It is admitted that if tho charges brought by Commissioner Tatuou arc true tho mem hero of the board may be Indioted, and a seusatloual outcome is expected by tho antl-dlspen p?o;?lc. Your correspondent was told at tbo state dUpontiar., bookkeeping department today, however, that the resolution would amount to nothing; that the alarm about the thirtylive oars of whlskev remaining oil the uuisldo for lack of a plaoe to put t/icm was Idle txlk. Formerly, It was ex plained, tho Richland distillery's warehouses were usee!, the old board giving aaorder for never-1 hundred barrels, to be shipped iu lots of 25 to 50 barrels \a week. Ny?/ that this bulk stuff is bought elsewhere it sccumul&t 08 lDtho yard. At any event the report of the committee will bo eagerly anticipated. Both houses passed the resolution by overwhelming majorities. Oulj Senators ITease, IdcGjv/auanu Tal bert voted against It lu the senate, and Senator Talbert explained that he thought enough corruption had al ready been shown to demonstrate the uselcssnees of any moro Invertlgatlng. J'fio Cotton Crop. The Washington correspondent of T*e News and Courier says the report of the census bureau on the amount of cotton of the crop of 1006 that had been ginned up to January 1, throws a great deal of doubt on the accuracy of the estimate of the department of agriculture that the total yield for the year would bo 12,545,000 bales. It will be recalled tbat up to the publication of the estimate early in December tbc general commercial est! mate was that the yield would be about 12,000,000 bales. The Government figures being about half a million bales larger, caused an immediate decline in the price of cotton In every market throughout the world. New oomes the census report, aud ihows that the amount, ginned to Jan* utrv 1 oitu Viii#-. 1 i iko 044 i--i? * _ ?.u uuu X I , i no, v ?* IJM"s. in ither words, If the estimate of the airrloultural department was accurate there still remained to he ginned on January I not less than 786,056 bales jf ootton. Jn the opinion of tiie best judges the amount unpinned on January 1 was far below this tiRure, and the result was a substantial Increase n prices. In the meantime, however, ihe maiket had b?en depressed for a liooth by the figures of the aurloul<ural department, and every baie of sotton sold by a Southern planter curthat time was at an absolute lost:, shareable directly ro this governnsntal interference in business. Shown Up Ot(l It >nrtl. Mr. J. E. McDonald, who was erriloyed a- sp clal attorney by the jresent dispensary b'>*:d to report oc he legality of certain purchases mc.de ty the former board, consist! >>/. . t Jhalrman II. II. Evans, John 1D11 Cowlll and L. W. Bo>k.n, has made its report. The report aho**,, thit 200,010 worth cf liquor v?as bought ti exc&BS of the institution s needs by V, a f n r nr. f - - J ' 1 &vjiuuui auu too report of he directors states thr.t cf tV>is mount 1110.249 74 was returned the est being used. Most of these purliases, Mr. MoDcnald declares were legally made and, as was brought ut by the Investigate g oommtttee, < rders were frequently given by the j erk of the board over the telephone, j r without order from the board, a ( ^solution of the board empowering ie olerk to do this whenever it was ( aemed neoessarv 1 I Several judges have decided that ] usts cannot colllect debts due them j 2causc being orginized to restrict , i _ i ? aue, iney ar^ illegal combinations j ithout standi ig before the law. t his seems to hit the frauds "right y here they live." It It will force j iem to either quit entirely or do r jsiness on a strickly cash basis. ( erhaps these judges have found the t al solution of the trust problem. IIavino been frozen out of King I eopold's good thing in the Congo, I r. J, Pierpont Morgan feels it to be f s religious duty to protest against i ie barbarities being practised in that s r-off country. It is wonderful what c good oonsciencc-rouser this being > rozen out" is. 2 THE EJ, CTfilC LINE * PAYS LARGK KEE AND GETS ITS CMARTEH. I The Company ?& in Paid Subscriptions $300 ,000 With Which to i Begin Work. The South Carolina Public Service Corporation Thursday was granted a charter by Seoretary of State McCown. Tho fee of 12,802 f.O was paid by a draft on John P. Bonney, of New York, signed by J.J. Ttmocea. The corporators are J. J Timmes, J. C. Levin, J. A. hell, George Fleck, Jr., John P. Honnev, Char es It. Van Ktten, John 10 Timroes, all of New York; J. O. Lott, J. A. Oral#, Sol Kohn, It. H. Jennings, all of Orangeburg, and L. M, Pinckney,of Charleston. The purpose of the corporation, as stated In the oharW, Is to lav a rc\d In Charleston and liom Charleston to Columbia, with privilege of extending It to Spartanburg and Charlotte, psKslnf? through the tows of Ltxlngtou, Saluda, Greenwocd, Anh^vilie, Anderson, Greenville, G ITiey, Yorkvllle, It )ck Hill, Cluster, U .loo, Laurens, and N'wbrrry. Also M) build a road from Augusta v ()f. ang^burg via Aiken, and to ar<ju. c, own, ooustruot, lay, equip, bulla, a id opeiato railways for h oal business in each of the towns named. It Is also stateo that the system may pass through the counties of Charleston, IWke'oy, Djrcv.aster, Orangeburg. It chland. L^ilocrton Saiuda, Greenwood, Abbeville, Andetsjn, Grconv lb, Sr&tanburg, Cherokee, York, CLeeler, Felrtield, Union, Laurens Aiken and Bamberg. The charter also confer* the right to build bridges over rivers, to construct rov/or olaLty, telegraph line*, etc. In a ^tilon the company ha* the right to own and operate boat lines ou the StnLee, Congaren and Haluda. rivers from Georgetown to Columbia, and als.) from Augusta to SiVunnuh, and also to northern point 8. Tho total length of the line probctrd Is to bo 525 mlleu. The concorn 1h to ui.e as power eluetrlolty, g&ao'lue, or steam arrl with tho exception of tlu road entering Augusta tho road 18 to be of standard gauge. Tho minimum capital stock Is to bo 1500,000 and tho ix.s xlamcn Is ten uilillou dollars. The charter ooufors the right t'j condemn land for ~lghts of way. It Is certified that 50 per cent of tho capital stock hab been rtubaorlben and lb>.t 10 per cent has bocu paid in, the subscriptions amounting to $5,0?? p.-?- n.de of road. The survey is nc'. yci Cjmpleted. The subscription of stock are set down as follows: J. J.TImme& $145.000, John P. Bouncy <20,000, C. R. Van Eiten $20,000, J. U. Litt $20,000, I). 3. Smith $10,000, L. M. Plncknoy $10,000, F. W. Schrceder $20,000, R. H. Jennlnge $10 000, Jci. Berrael $10 000, J. C. Levin $10,000 Mr. Tlcumes is president, Mr. Van Elton 1b vtci-president and general manner, Mr. liono iy iftai crctary &nd treasorar. Mr. V, u E 4 ten's rest denco 1b set dovin as C i?.r]esioo, And the headquartera cf ihe company are to bn in Columbia Tbfl papers In fch or,so vrere pronarrrl by W. L. G.aa?, ELq , of tho Orangeburg H*r, ?v' , 1 at* acted ju toe legal adviser of ths oorpotaMon lii South Carohnr.. T a na3 0 c o n the legal adviser ovor since t.be enterprise was started i?v ,rrtl months ago, The bit? fee p*'d by tho company for Its charter looks like busi nes j. AAliiileir Pirate The Atlanta Journal asks how many people know that pirates once infested the inland seas of America? Very few probably, answers the Journal, and yet as late as the year 1* jo, there was a pirate vessel operating upon Lake Michigan, under the command of the notorlus Captain Strang. Interest in this vessel has been revived by the discovery of the hull, partly burned, and almost completely buried In the sands of Heaver Island. Strang was cancel "The Pirate King" and his boat was named "The Eclipse.'' it was his custom to sallv forth from Beaver Island and lie in wait for the unforunate vessel that passed, capture them, plunder them, and make their crews either conform to the peculiar customs of the inhabitants of his Isand retreat, or else murder them. Strang had a kind of a religious, or irreligious, sect of his own invention on that island. Is is said that the faith i>ore something of a resemblance to that of the Mormons. Perhaps the [jomplete recital of the horrors of lleavsr Island will never be written, but enough has been discovered to show ,hat no buccaneer of the Spanish Main ever lead a more bloody and piraiical existence than this Corsair of [die inland sea. Numerous skeletons )9Vn linnn <1"'. ' - - 1 4 1 viuk up uy ine residents of ihe island, and those are supposed to >e the remains of the murdered victims of the pirate Strang. A great nany old hulks and hulls have been liscovercd beneath tho waves near ,he island. These are the wrecks of he ships which Strang sent to the jottom. Strang was finally put out of juslness in 1856 by a force of state oficers. His boat was captured but lot until after a bloody tight. It was >et atire. Hut Strang, who had no >ther virtues, seems lo have had the drtuc of gamencss.at least. Himse t vnd all his crew died lighting.