The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 17, 1898, Image 3
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oertain lanaWp the he rbor of Charleston
for the purpeeejjf eitablikpng and
maintaining a homeland Sanitarium
thereon; to require public schools of the
State to observe the third Friday in
November of each year as Arbor day; to
amend an aot. entitled "an act to provide
a poor house and farm in Berkeley
oonnty. approved Bee. 22, 1894; to require
toe county treasurer of Edgefield
oonnty to pay over to the county trees-'
urers of Saluda county and Greenwood
county certain school funds and to authorize
the sohool officers of said counties
to apportion and check out the same;
validating the contract between the
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad
Company and the city of Aiken, concerning
bridges and crossings over the
. railroad cut at Aiken and authorizing
the enforcement thereof; providing for
a lion on railroads for labor and material
furnished in their construction;
to empower the elerks of circuit oourts
to appoint guardians ad litem; to provide
for the transfer and the investment
of the Downer fund; to amend an act to
amend "an act entitled an net to create
a separate school district from portions
of Aiken and Orangeburg counties including
the town of Sal ley in Aiken
ooonty."
Thursday, 10th. ?The Senate pat itself
unanimously on record as favoring
a broad and liberal policy in regard to
3tate institutions by putting back the
appropriation of the South Carolina
College to 925,000 from the ?20,000 to
which the House had reduced it. The
fight was warm and the speeches at
times grew persona1. Archer, with Pettigrew
as second, led in the fight, while
Henderson, Sloan and Msyfield ably
nliammaniwi fko mnfta a# tka anf.
lex?. The debate was listened to by
numbers of people, who filled the gol,
(eries and crowded the floor of the
chamber. The vote on patting the appropriation
back to $23,0OO was as follows:
Yeas?Messrs. Brown, Buist,
Dean, Douglass, DuBose, Griffith,
Henderson, Jefferies, Lesesne, Love,
Mauldin, May field, McAIhany McCalla,
McDamel, Moses, Mower, Xorris,
Bagsdale, Scarborough, Sloan,
Stackhouse, Talbird, Walker, Wallace
and Waller?3d. Nays?Messrs. Alexander,
Archer, Connor, Dennis.
Gaines, Miller, O'Dell, Pettigrew,
Suddath and Turner?10,
An unfavorable report on a bill to
provide for the registration of births
and marriage* was agreed to and the
hill rejected. The fight to abolish the
office of phosphate inspector was indefinitely
postponed by a vote of 30
<o 17.
At the night session the Senate
igreed to every amendment recomaiended
by the finance committee,
tuu af/pivjuiauvuB, nu?vu ww
Souse had cut, back to the original
figures of last year. Here are the
amendments to the House bill: Making
v the contingent fund of the adjutant and
-IV inspector general $150 instead of $75;
For collecting arms, freights, adverl
tisements, expenses of inspection, $500
k instead of $150; board of health $2,500 in
lieu of $1,500; forsupportof South CarHT\
olina college, $25,000 instead of $20,000;
M For salaries of supervisors of registralion,
$12,000, instead of $8,000. For
phosphate inspector, $1,500. For the
id of the Stale agricultural and Mehauical
Society, $2,400. For the pay
commissioners and manrgers of elec^^B
mn, $18,000; to pay for advertising no^^^Koces
of elections, $2,000. For the mes
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For ordinary school
^^H^^Hcreased frrm 4 to 4^ mills,
^ ^^^^fifered an important amendthe
supply bill, making it a
|^^^neanor punishable by fine foi
fl^Hcy officials to make appropriations
^^Kcess of funds derived from the
for ordinary county purposes,
was some discussion, but the
^^ dmet finally prevailed by the foiHig
aye and nay vote:
BRas?Alexander, Archer, Brown,
Vpiat, Connor, Douglass, DnBose,
Gaines, Griffith, Henderson, Jefferies,
Mayfield, McAlbany, McDaniel, Miller,
Moses, Mower, Norris, OTell, Stackhnn?n
SnHdftth Tftlhml. Tnrnt>r.
Walker, Wallace, Williams.-25.
Nays?Dennis, Lesesne, Love, Pettigrew,
Ragsdale, Waller.?6.
THE HOUSE.
Saturday, 5th.?The following is the
text of Canghman's separate coach bill
as it passed the honse:
Sec. 1. That all rallrohds or railroad com
pames engaged la this State as common carriers
of passengers for hire shall furnish separate
apartments in first class coaches oi
separate first-class coaches for the accommodation
of white and colored passengers: Provided,
Equal accommodation shall be supplied
to ail persons, without distinction of
race, color or previous condition, in such
coaches.
Sec. 2. That any flrst-olaes coach of such
carrier of passengers may be divided into
apartments, separated by a substantial partition,
in lieu of separate coaches.
Bee. a. That should any railrood or railroad
company, Its agents or employees, vio
late the provisions of tola act, such railroad
or railroad company shall be liable to a penalty
of not more than five hundred dollars
nor less than three hundred dollars for each
violation, to beoollected by suit of any citinen
of this State, and the penalty recovered
shall be equally divided between the citizen
bringing the suit and the State of South
Carolina.
Bee. 4. That the provisions of this act shall
not apply to nurses on trains, or to relief
trains in cases of accidents, nor to through
vestibule trains.
rec. 5. That the provisions of this act
shall not go Into effect until July 1st,
1898.
Sec. 4. That all aots and parts of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Childs failed in his effort to get the
prohibition bill up for further consideration.
The supply bill was ordered
sent to the Senate.
Bturkie'e bill relating to the punishment
for murder, which was to do away
with the life sentence npon recommendation
to merey, was killed. Ashley's
bill to amend the law an te labels on
commercial fertilizers was taken np and
amended, then given its third reading.
At the night session Yeldell's bill to
amend the Greenwood county act was
given its seoond reading. It provides
for the making of boundary lines, and
making a map of the same.
Dettrohi'n bill to establish and declare
the law as to distress for rent was
passed.
Love's bill as to turning certain school
fund* over to Cherokee county was given
a third reading.
Charleston's levy was put in the suprly
bill at 3 mills.
The bill to oede to the United States
certain lands at Castle Pinckney,
Charleston, for a homo and sanitarium
thereon was given its second reading.
The bill to authorize county commissioners
of Pickens and Oconee to build
a bridge over the Keowee river passed
its second reading.
Mauldin's bill to repeal oharterof
town of Clemsoa College passed second
reading.
Perritt's bill to repair the jail in Darlington,
the work not to ooet more than
31.200 passed second reading.
Henderson's bill to iei>eal the act
creating the offioeof master of Berkeley
countv and to devolve the dutiey upon
the clerk of conrt passed seconu reading.
McWhite's bill regulating fishing
in Florence county was given its
second reading.
MoDaniel's bill to dispense with the
publication of the county treasurer's repor*
in Fairfield oounty was given its
second reading.
Mojtdat, 7th.?In the Honse the following
were among the most important
measures that were given their fiual
reading and ordered sent to the Senate:
Meares' bill, to create the office of State
librarian, etc; Canghman's separate
coach bill; Yeldell's bill to amend
sectiod 8 of an act entitled "an act to
establish Greenwood county;" the
substitute for Mr. DeBrnhl's bill to
establish and declare the law as to distress
for rent; Lofton's bill to amend
the act amending the actto regulate the
traffic in seed cotton in the counties of
Abbeville, Aiken, Sumter, York, Edge
fiele, Berkeley, Kershaw, Richland,
Orangeburg, Charleston, Chester and
Union; Love's W1 to require the
connty treasurer of York, Union and
Spartanburg counties to turn over to
the treasurer of Cherokee countv
certain school and other funds; |
Perritt's bill to provide for the repair
of the conrt house for Darlington county;
McDauiel's bill to amend an act to
dispose with publications annually of
the itemized statements of their departments
by connty treasurers of Fairfield
; Senate bill
^^H^^^HaiDg for a master for the
H^^^^H^keloy and to devolve the
^^^^^Hne master in Berkely county
^^^^HTclerk of the Court of Common
^^^^3en(-to bill to cede unto the
JHd States of America certain lands
^^Kie harbor of Charleston for the purpose
of maintaining a home and sanitarium
thereon; Ashley's bill to amend
section 1299 (596) of volume of
the revised statutes, 1892, as to
labels on commercial fertilizers.
These also passed their third reading:
Caughmon's bill to incorporate the Saluda
and Jnhnnton Railroad Comnanv:
the Senate bill relating to the adjustment
of certain bonded indebtedness
herein mentioned of Newberry towmmip
or township No. 1, of Newberry county;
the Senate bill relating to the adjustment
of the bonded indebtedness of
Mendenhall or No. 8 township of Newberry
county; the Senate bill to amend
<6ection 4 of the act to make the school
district of the town of Greenwood to
issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing
school property and building public
school houses in the town of Greenwood;
Senate bill to amend the act to
establish Greenwood county, fixing the
amount of commutation taxandsalanas
of county supervisor aud his clerk;
the bill to amend the act amendatory
to the act to regulate fishing at certain
times In Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington,
Colleton and Orangeburg counties;
Senate joint resolution to procure information
with a view to the establishment
of a reformatory for youthful
cnminals; Senate bill to include porof
Edgefield and Abbeville counties
in the new count3* of Greenwood;
McCullough's bill relating to the collection
of taxes in towns and cities.
At the night session au unfavorable
rei>ort was presented on Banks' bill to
abolish the county boards of control.
The following resolution, introduced
bj Kibler, was adopted'without objection:
He it resolved by the House of
Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, the Senate concurring, That
the granting of hotel privileges by the
State board of control is contrary to the
spirit of the dispensary law and should
be discontinued. That a copy of this
resolution be sent to each member of
the General Assembly of the said board
of control.
The Senate returned with amendment
deLoach's telegraph and express
company bill. The House declined to
concur in the amendment to strike out
telephone companies. The provision
I for the contingent fund of $500 was also
not conourred in on the ground that it
had no reference to telephone companies.
Tuesday, 8th.?The House passed a
resolution to adjourn next Wednesday,
the 16th. Childs' prohibition measure
was taken up, some of the speeches being
able ones. That of McCullough,
on behalf of prohibition, was a strong
argument, well delivered. Many of
the speakers dealt with the liquor situation
in an exhaustive and painstaking
manner and much was said for ana
against the present system of handling
the liquor traffic in South Carolina.
JLmngston onereu as an amenamenx an
absolute prohibition measure. This
was finally Toted down. Before any decisive
vote on the merits of the bill
Sroper could be reached, however, the
onr for recess came and the further
discussion of the measure went over
until Wednesday.
Wyche called up his bill relating to
adulterated food, medicine and liquors
and it was ordered to a third reading
without debate.
E. D. Smith's bill to require all persons
attending State oolleges to pay at
least $40 a year tuition, whioh was debated
last year and brought over to this
session, was called up by the author,
and ^fter some disfeussibn was killed.
Westmoreland's dog taxation bill was
also killed.
WsomsDAT, 9th,?In the House the
prohibition bill met its death, the yea
and nay vote resulting as follows:
Yea?Speaker Gary, All, Asbill, Austell,
Bailey, Banks, Bethune, Blythe,
Caughman, Crum, Davis, Geo. W.,
DeBruhl, Dukes, Efird, Epps, Gage.
Garria, Goodwin. O. P., Graham,
Hamilton, Hazelden. Henderson Humphrey,
Hydrick, Ilderton, Johnson,
Hotaoe E., Kibler, Kinard, Henry J.,
Kinard, J. D., Lester, Mishoe, Mitchell,
MoDaniel, McKeown, McLaurin,
MoWhite, Nettles, Phillips, Pollock,
Prinoe, Pyatt, Rogers, Sinkler, Skinner,
Simpkina, Speer, Sturkie, Thomas,
W. H., Timmerman, Wolling, Welch,
West, Westmoreland, Winkler, Williams,
Witherspoon, Wyche, Yeldeli ?
58. Nay?Ashley, Carraway, Childs,Colcoek,
Davis, W. C., DeLoaeh, Fairer,
Fox, Gasqne, Goodwin, H. P., Hollis,
Joheeon, T. R, Limehouse, Living
eto*, Lofton, Mauldin, Meares, Mehrt?*?,
M-cCulloueh, Owen, Patton, Price,
Rainsford. Robinson, Sanders, Seabrook,
Smith, J. R, Smith, a W.
Smith, E. D., Steven*on, Sullivan,
TOole, Yerner, Whisouant, Wilson,
Wingo?89. The vote was clinched.
Pollock's amendment to Child's bill,
I which was to regulate the o. p. stores,
was taken up and debated at some
length. Pollock spoke in ita behalf,
bat it was rejected.
The legislative appropriation bill wti
presented by the committee on wayc
and mean*.
At the night session a favorable majority
report on the Lee county bill wat
presented. The Senate notified the
House that it bad agreed to the resolution
filing Wednesday as the day of adjournment
The Senate made some amendments
to the school book bill of T. E. Johnson,
so as not to mAke it mandatory tc
have school book depositories in certain
counties. The Senate also pot on
a rider to the bill "That in all schools
and colleges within this State which
are supported in whole or in part fttom
the free school fund it shall be unlawful
to use anj.text book which has beer
condemned or disapproved by the State
toard of education." House adopted
t e rider without debate. *
L'hubsday, 10th.?'The work of the
House was very brief. The news ol
the death of one of its members, the
Hon. J. M. Glenn, of Anderson county,
was received, and as a result held an
afternoon session, adjourning over at
night out of respect to his memory. The i
big fight of the day was over the question
of the establishment of Pee Lee
connty. The minority of the com
mittee had proposed a concurrent resolution
providing for another election on. 1
the question. Finally a vote was j
reached, and the Tlouse refused to kill i
the resolution. The vote was 3i> to 72.
TbeD the resolution waR passed and the
vote was clinched. The advocates of
the new county are consequently jubilant
iSkinuer's bill to anthorize an election
X.
on the question of county courts was
killed: '
Vomer's bill, exempting Oconeo,
York and Pickens counties from the
operation of the dispensary law, was
given its dual reading and sent to the
Senate by a vote of 58 to 50, as follows:
Yeas?Ashley, Austell, Bacot, Baden,
Burns, Carrawav, Colcock, Davis, W.
C., deLoach, Edwards, Epps, Fox,
finrlarlon (iacra (tORnnp firnliam
Hamilton, Hollis, Johnson, H. E.,
Johnson, T. E.. Kibler, Limehouse,
Livingston, Lofton, Mauldin, Meares,
Mehrtens, Miller, J. H., Mitchell, McCuljough,
McDauiel, Nettles, Owens, Patton,
Perritt, Pollock, Pjatt, Rainsford,
Reynolds, Robinson, Sanders, Seabrook,
Sinkler, Simkins, Smith, J. R.,
Smith, E. D., Stevenson, Sullivan,
Thomas, Jno. P., Jr., Thomas, W. H.,
Verner, Vincent, Wolling, Whisonant,
"Wilson, Wingo, Witherspoon, Yeldell-58.
Nays?Speaker Gary, All, Banks, Bethune,
Breeland, Carson, Canghman,
Crnm, Davis, C. M., Davis, G. W., DeBruhl,
Dukes, Efird, Fairey, Garris,
Goodwin, H. P. .Goodwin, 0. P., Harvey,
Hazelden, Henderson, Hiott, Humphrey,
Ilderton, Kennedy, Kinard, H. J.,
Kinard, J. D., Lancaster, Lester,
Lemmon, Miller, J. H,, Mishoe, Moore,
McKeown, MoLaurin, McWhite, Phillips,
Price, Prince, Rogers, Russell,
Skinner, Speer, Sturkie, Timmerman,
Welch, West, Westmoreland, Winkler,
Williams, Wyche?50.
The claim of W. W. Grayson, clerkol
court of Williamsburg county, was rejected,
as was also thnt of the commissioners
of election of Edgefield county.
The petition from the Cotton Growers'
association of Marlboro to repeal the
lien law was tabled.
Fbidat, 11th.?The House passed the
Lee county bill compcsod of portion?
of Darlington, Sumter and Kershaw
counties, with Bisbopville as the county
seat. The judiciary committee reported
favorably ou the bill relating to courtr
in the Seventh indicia! circuit The
commitee on bill making Jefferson Davis'
birthday a legal holiday was given
a third reading.
At the afternoon session th House by
a vote of 48 to 51 refnsed to concur
in the Senate amendment to the
South Carolina College appropriation.
The House concurred in the $50C
amendment for militia inspections.
The board of health's 81,500 was down
in the bill at $25. The Senate evidently
intended $2,500. The House
refused to concur amid laughter.
The change in regard to supervisors'
salaries was agreed to.
The House was about to refuee to pay
for the piano in the Governor's mansion
when Blythe stated that it had
been put there by the present Governor's
predecessor and said they could
cot refuse to pay for it By a vote of
4l) to 37 the House accepted* the amendment
Th" House refused to agree to th?
$1,500 for the salary of the phosphate
commissioner. Also the amendments
appropriating a loan to the State Fail
Association. These matters will doubtlees
be referred to a conference committee
and may be settled with difficulty.
A HIDDEN TREASURE.
An Old Cheat Found to Contain $50,000
in Gold.
I "You may talk about the wonderful
discoveries of gold in the Klondike region,"
said a prominent lawyer to a
Washington Star reporter a few days
ago, "but one of the richest gold tlnds
of this year occurred right here In
Washington. I will not mention names,
but the gentleman referred to was
known all over the country before be
died as one of the wealthiest pension
agents and publishers of the present
day.
"A short time after the captMn (I will
call him 'captain' throughout 'he story)
died his executors were engaged in
making an examination of his effects.
His will had been carefully drawn and
all of his real and personal property
was supposed to be distributed among
his relatives and friends, according to
bis last wishes. One day in clearing
out the safe In the building which still
bears the captain's name an old chest
was discovered in one of the dark corners
of the vault It had been there for
years, and was supposed to contain
only plates and drawings of war pictures,
used in connection with a book
of war stories. The executors had
passed the old chest by without examining
its contents, supposing, of course,
tliat it contained nothing but the plates
and drawings, as indicated by the
marking on the outside. One of the
clerks engaged in the work had curiosity
enough to take a peep into the
chest When the loose drawings were
removed a sight met his gaze that fairly
took his breath away. There, nestling
among the sheets of war pictures,
and at the bottom of the chest, was an
Immense pile of gold coin, which, when
counted, amouuted to something over
^0,000. .
"There were gold pieces of every denomination,
from $1 to $20. The discovery
was so unexpected that the executors
were at a loss for some time
to account for the pile of treasure. The
latest will was carefully scrutinized,
but nothing in it could be found relative
to the unlooked-for gold deposit.
.Various theories were advanced to explain
the accumulation of coin, and it
was finally concluded that the c:iptain
Iliad followed the example of other cautious
capitalists during the last raid
ion the treasury gold reserve, and hoardied
the amount found in the chest. The
coin looked as though It might have
'been dropped Into the chest careless'}*,
ifor the various denominations and
:datos were In happy confusion. The
[executors were unable to account for
the omission of the gold pile In the
will, for although the captain was a
great spender, he usually kept a clear
[account of his securities. It Is possible
that he may have been quietly engaged
In hoarding gold pieces for a number
of years prior to his death, and when
his fatal Illness came on he may have
ifcrgotten the gold lining to the old
chest containing the war ph-tnres. Of
course, the gold was carefully counted
and entered up as a very desirable part
of the estate."
A lost opportunity seldom finds !u
way back.
A
IHE IE 1 lift!
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"Uncle George" D, Tillman Has
Entered the ^A^na.
SCHUMPERT ALSO A CANDIDATE
Tillman Will Not Only Promise to Reduce
Taxes, But Will Reduce Them.
Evans for Attorney-General.
"Uncle George" D. Tillman and ex
solicitor Schumpert nave enterea tne
race for Governor, as also Mayor H. H.
Evans, of Newbery for Attorney-General
and Dr. T. G. White, of Beaufort,
for State Superintendent of Education.
The following has also been given out
in regard to Col. Tillman's plans, sayr
the State:
He will not make the race on an antidispensary
platform, however, as has
heretofore been reported. His position
on the whiskey question will be to allow
each county to select for itself prohibition,
high license, or the dispensary,
as each sees ht, this, in his judgment,
being true local self-government
and one of the fundamental principles
of Democracy. He will also advocate a
change in the present system of county
government and make a determined
tight for the betterment of the publio
school system. He will run as a candidate
of no faction, but with the hope
that ho may be able to re-unite the
Democracy in South Carolina. He will
not only promise to reduce taxes, but
will reduce them. The people are
groaning under this burden.
For a long time Col. Tillman has hesitated
to allow the use of his name, but
it is said that the petitions and letters
from all parts of the State which have
been sent asking him to make the race
have definitely and finally caused him
to decide to dd so.
a 1. A:? ? - A|
come people question uu aoouun* ut
his age, his ability to make the canvass,
bnt all sach misgivings, his friends
claim, are without foundation, and the,
next campaign will be made hot by his
canvass. He enjoys the best of health
and is as vigorous today as ever. There
is no longer any doubt whatever but
that he is in the race to the finish.
There are now four in the race for Governor.
Ellerbe and Watson have announced
their platform already.
? ? =Big
Fire in Aiken.
The Highland Park Hotel, at Aiken,
was burned to the ground on the morning
of the 6th. It was one of the best
known resorts in the South. There
were about 130 guests in the hotel, and
the house was full, in the very midst of
its season. Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, Toronto and
several towns in Connecticut and New
Hampshire furnished the majority of
guests. The fire broke out about 6:80
in the little brick building in the rear
of one of the wings of the hotel, where
the engine, dynamo, laundry and dressing
room for the waiters was situated.
This one-story brick bnilding was joined
to the main hotel, a big three-story
frame building of 183 rooms, by a small
narrow wctoden structure which the
guests say might have been ohopped
away with axes and entirely cut oft the
flra from hnt?l if thAre hid been
any intelligent direction of the efforts
that were made to save the hotel.
The hotel had been entirely refitted for
this season at a oost of about $70,000.
The owners ore J. H. Whitemore, of
Naugatuck, Conn.; Franklin Farrell,
of Ansonia, Conn., and H. H. Peck.
Mr. Whitemore owns one-hall interest
and the other two one-quarter each.
The company is capitalized at $150,000.
The building was insured for $70,000;
fnrnitnre $25,000, engine, boiler, and
dynamo $3,005 and from $5,000 to $10.000
was carried in policies on the personal
property of different guests. The
losses are divided among the leading
insurance companies of the country,
no policy being for more than $5,000,
and moat of them for only $2,500. i
Daring the excitement of the
fire an altercation occurred in whioh
Thomas Fallon of Boston, the engineer
of hotel was shot by another employe,
but the wound was not serious.
>
In Knvor of Lyles.
It seems that the famous Agricultural
Hall case, involving the possession of
the hail, is at last at an end. The State
has played its lost high trump and has
lost. At least that is how the matter
presents itself at this time. The deoision
of the United States Circuit Court
? * A ? rflsvmv* An 4 Is A 1 of
UI a|'pcui3 w?3 uauuou uwifuwu *mv *? ,
and it sustains the decision of Judge
Simonton, in which he refused the petitiou
of Commissioner Vance. The decree
of the court was written by Judge
Goff. Mr. Lyles' client has judgment
for the rent of the building since it was
taken charge of by the dispensary,
which will umount to a large earn.
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A Mule the Murderer.
A special from Darlington to The
State aays a few days ago a young
white mun named Charles Anderson ,
Dew left his home in the Lydia section
of this county riding a mule. The mule
came home later, but the young man
was not heard of until after three days,
when he was found dead. The coroner
held a preliminary and decided that the
man came to his death by being kicked
by the mule. This was the opinion of
the physician who was acting with the
coroner. It is supposed that the mule
threw his man and then kicked or
stamped him.
Reward for Firebugs.
Governor JEllerbe Las offered a reward
of SloO for the apprehension and
conviction of the party or parties who i
burned the barn and stables, with the
contents thereof, of E. H. and J. A.
Hearn, in Snmter county.
Will Make it Hot for Some One.
The friends of Capt. John Black, of
Walterboro, says The State, will learn
with much pleasure of his intention to
be a caudidate in the race for adjutant
and inspector-general of the State. He
had not intended to make the race, bnt
the earnest requests of so many of his
frieuds, from different parts of tly
State, has at last persuaded bin in*
make it hot for somo one in the neit
campaign.
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PALMETTO STATE DOINGS.
8?m Jones Bates Whiskey.
The Greenville correspondent of the
State, reports Rev. Sam Jones ah foK f
lows on the iiqnor question in his lee
tare on "Sancity" in that city a few
evenings ago: "He made convincing ,
arguments.for temperance and prohibi- ,
tion, giving illustrative instanced which
were pathetically demonstrative of hie
points. Sam Jones hates whiskey and
the whiskey business all the way
through. His arraignment of the die- v7|
penaary system was probably the
strongest attack on South Carolina's
Honor law that has ever been heard in ' ,
the State. He ridiculed and condemned
almost without mercy church members
who bold positions in the State's system
of whiskey selling. He is evidently
well posted on the subject, and if Sam
Jones could deliver his dispensary
speech in every county in the State the
life of that institution'would soon end.
His argument against it was simply
t^iat one which has so often been used
and never yet answered: 4If the State
forbids her citizens from engaging in '
the damnable business, she ought not
to do it herself.' His eloquence and
earnestness lent added 'force to the in- ;,
hereut strenghth cf his position and hie e , j
remarks were woll received by an an- .
dience, the majority of whom are probably
not prohibitionists as he is."
The Record Broken.
At the regular monthly meeting ot .
the hospital for the insane the report of
the superintendent showed that during
the month of January forty-six patients
had been admitted to the hospital for
treatment. This makes the total nam- i
ber who are now undergoing treatment
900, and is the largest number which
has over been reached since the estab- %
lishment of the institution. The affairs
were found to be in a prosperous eon ' [
dition, and the management is to b*
congratulated ou the good showing
made. One of the most important sub- ^
jects before the board was in regard to . ,
the number of negro patients, which
is unusually large. Steps are to be
taken wberobv special attention will be .
paid to the colored department in the
future, and the Parker building will ' ; <
be utilized at onoe for the colored men.
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Cotton Acreage, Etc. - -/qxafl
The following items are taken from tha .' /5 C
correspondents of the News and Co or- . '
ier:
Hampton: In consequence of extensive
fertilizer shipments, the Charlea- ,
ton and Western Carolina Koad baa
been running a number of extra freight
trains during the past week.
Anderson: The farmers say they are
going to plant more cotton, if the price
is low, than last year. Judging by the
large amount of fertiliziM sold it cat- ?
tainly seems that they are so deter
mined.
Bennettsyille: Fertilizers are begin- * '
ning to move, but cotton seed meal is
not selling fast, while the prioe has an
upward tendency.
Newberry: The grain crop has survived
the recent cold spell end ia look- *
ing splendidly.
Important to Farmers.. _j ; ; 'xW
On the first Monday the cotton growers
of Kicbmond passed these important
resolutions looking to the improvement
of the cotton industry is the < m
wv t _ _ ar -Til?A. rtlL .a WlJOl
ty ana stale: uesoivea, r irst; ibm we
advise the farmers of the county to
cut the acreage at least one-third or
more, if possible, and be certain to oca
every effort on the farm.' Second, ?4^5^
That we use very little commercial fertilisers,
if any, knowing as we do that
guano manufacturers hays combined to
hold the prices out of our reach, that ie^S*'A ?$
at the presentence of cotton. We are
not making war against guano com-' ;
panies nor do we wish to have toe
profit knocked out of their busineea.
But we are sure we can't pay past prioes
with 5-oent cotton.
The Confederates Are Coming.
The Confederate veterans of South
Carolina are coming to Charleston to
April Their next annual reunion will
be held here. President Welch, of the . ;??
Yonng Men's Business League, upon -XI
whose invitation the reunion will be
held in this city, has appointed a special
committee to provide for the recepttoe, J
entertainment and comfort of the visitors,
and we have no donbt that all the
people of Charleston will aid in the patriotic
work.
The time fixed for the reunion will
soon be here, and there is * great deal
to be done to make the evehx^jrhst it- "
should be. It is hoped that every oM ^
soldier in toe State will attend. These
will be room and welcome for alL?
News and Courier.
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May Not Have to Move. V;a
It is likely, says the Register, that W \:;
the State board of control will hold aa
extra meeting soon to consider coaditions
arising from the fact that Weaiey
will have control x>f the agricultural
hall. The State a#i Wesley will eome
to some agreement about the rent, bat .
it will be necessary for the board to
meet and make the necessary arrange1 ~ ,. , Nl
ments. There is no prospect now that
the dispensary will have to leave the
hnilrlinc
Penitentiary for 37 Months.
, At Camden, the case of the State vs.
Jas. McLeod for murder. was tried leal
week, and resulted in a verdiet of
guilty of manslaughter. The sentence
of the court was three years and one i . S
mouth's imprisonment in the peniten- *
tiary at hard labor. Both the defendant
aud the party killed were negroes. ,' !
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liaise Home Supplies.
If every farmer would enter more
largely upon the production of sneh
things as he could consume at home
and curtail the cotton proportionately
prosperity would soon come to him.
As an evidence of it we have only to refer
to those who are trying the experiment?Kershaw
Era.
Dry Goods Company Chartered.^
The Secretary of State has issued *
commission to J. D. Brondt, W. S. .
Hirers, A. H. Mowry, Jr., D. A.
Cockran and W. F. Fleming, corporators
of the Charleston l)rv Goods
company. The capital stock of the
company will be $2 ), 000.
To be Kobbod of Its Colored Member.
Columbia correspondent News and
Conrier says; It is announced that the '
Honse is to be robbed of its only colcored
and Be publican member," Representative
It. B. Anderson, and h$ it
to made postmaster atGeorcetown