The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 10, 1898, Image 3
^J^Be Titles of the Additionsj|^^H
the Statute Law.
?
V A LIST OF THE NEW ACTS.
V The Pleasures That Got Through and
? Were Ratified at the Session of 1898,
Just Ended.
A The following are the laws made at
the session of the General Assembly
just ended, and continued from last
week's issue:
An act to authorize sheriffs and dep*
uty sheriffs of the State to arrest
criminals without warrant in certain
oases.
An act to establish and declare the
law as to distress for-rent.
An act to exempt students of colleges
from road duty or the payment of commutation
tax ia the towns and oities of
' this State.
A joint resolution to authorize and direct
the secretary of State to enclose
the Confederate monument on the Stato
house grounds.
An act to provide for the inspection
of foods, drugs, spirituous, ferment ad
and malt liquors, and to provide for the
punishment for adulteration thereof.
A joint resolution to autorize and re-'
quire the county superintendent of education
of Abbeville county to pay J.
R. Blake Jr., county treasurer of said
county one hundred and thirty (8130)
dollars.
An act to amend an act entitled "An
act to authorize the city council of Anderson
to issue bonds in aid of an additional
subscription to the capital
atock of the Savannah Valley railroad,
to validate the city ordinance and election
authorizing the same, and to authorize
a consolidation of aaid bonds
with former issue of bonds for the same
purpose," approved December 24. 1884.
An act providing for the eroction and
^aintenanoe of gates across public
highways at certain points and for the <
punishment ofpersona failing to close
same.
An aet to enable the sinking fund
commissioners to lend.fnnds to the
county board of commissionors of Anderson
county to build the house
and jail in said county, and vb authorize
the said county board of commissioners
to pledge the special tax levy,to
secure the same. * ^
An act to amend an act entitled "Am
aet to provide for the formation of certain
corporations and to define the powers
thereof," approved March 9th, 1896,
so far as the same relates to the notice
to be gtTen in order to obtain a new
charter or an amendment to a charter,
and in order to mortgage a corporation's
prooerty to secure the paymeut of its
obligations.
Au act to amend an act entitled "An
net to reduce the required height of a
lawful fence, and to punish persons
laumg 10 mainuun lawiui iences wuen
^ *07 stock shall orou the same," ap*
V proved March 2, 18J6, so far as the
^ same effects Berkeley county.
An act to amend section 1636 of the
general statutes of 1882 (appearing in
section 2544 in the revised statutes of
1893, as amended by the act approved
February ?th, 1896, No. 1 and No. 80,
Telating to legal holiday a)
An act to require all railroad and railroad
companies operating trains and
doing business in this State to provide
and operate separate coaches 01 separate
apartments in coaches for the accommodation
and transportation of
, white and colored passengers in the
fltate. ,
A joint gesolntion to authorize and
require the county treasurer of Newberry
county to pay to Mrs. Carrie F.
Ureneker ninety-one and 25-100 dollars,
Being the aggregate amount of five
echool claima of which she is legal
owner and holder.
An act to make appropriations to meet
fho ordinary expenses of the State government
for the fiscal year commencing
.tannarv lit 1AQN
An act to raise supplies and make appropriations
for the fiscal year commencing
January 1, 1896.
An act to make appropriations for the
payment of tjie per diem, mileage and
stationery certificates of the members
of the general assembly, the salaries of
subordinate officers and employees
thereof, and for other poroses herein
IH act to amend an act entitled "an
Hb amend section 15 of an act enH
'&u act to provide for the election
Be State board of control and tofurW
regulate the sale, use and con ptiou,
transportation, disposition of
Bxicstion and alcoholic liquors,
?' approved the 5th March, 1897,
prevent the manufacturing and diamng
of euoh liquors within two miles
Lny church or pnblio school.
Itn act to amend an act entitled "an
I to amend an act entitled 'an act to
ovide a system of county government
r the Beversl counties of this State, so
r it relates to the working of the roads
d highways in this State,'" approved
dr .March, 1896, excepting Sumter
unty.
i An act to amend an act entitled "an
alci to dispense with publication annually
of the itemized statements of
iheir departments by county treasurers
of Fairfield and other counties.
An art to amend sections 4. 5. 10. 11.
,12andl3ofan act entitled "an act to
provide for tbe registration of all electors
in this State qualified to vote in
' State, county, municipal, congressional
and Presidential elections."
! An act to amend an act entitled "an
act to establish Bamberg county, and
to provide for tbe election of a clerk of
tha board of commissioners, define his
duties and provide compensation therelor."
An act to provide for tho winding up
of the business of corporations whose
charters have been forfeited.
An aot to authorize town authorities
_ to exchange labor of town convicts
trith county authorities.
An act to provide for the oounty government
of the various counties of this
State.
An act to amend section 1238 of vol.
1 of the revised statues, relating to the
general stock law.
An act to amend section 18 of tbe
code of the civil procedure so far as
the same relates to the county of
Berkeley. s
An act to incorporate Cattle Creek
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^^^^ rournl of Orangeburg county.
to amend provisions 2 aud 3
^^^Kion 970 of the revised statutes of
amended by the act, approved
^^^PFebruary, 1897, as to subdivision
reference to tbe terms of the mem- ,
of the beard, the date of their
^Beting, and the qualification of applicants.
An act to provide for tbe number and
appointment of clerks and attaches of
the Senate and House of Representatives.
An act to exempt a portion of Kershaw
county from the nitration of article I.
of chapter XXXV., title X. of the revised
statutes of 1393, known as the general
stock law.
An act to amend an act entitled *'an
act to amend section 2 of an act entitled
'an act to require the dieting of all pris
oners before and after conviction wtien
in the custody of the supervisors aDd
sheriffs of the State,' approved 9th day
of March, A.D. 1896," approved 2d day
of March, 1897, so far as the same refates
to Beaufort county.
An act to authorize a lease of certain
lands on Young's Island and the erection
of a wharf and and structures
thereon.
An act to amend title 4, section 146,of
the code of civil procedure of 1882, being
known as section 146 of the code of
civil procedure of 1893, relating to the
place of trial of civil action.
An act to amend an act entitled "an
act to prohibit trusts and combinations
and to provide penalties," approved
25th of February, 1897.
A joint resolution to repeal a joint
Minlnfinn on till Art "a inint resolution
to require the comptroller general to
issue his warrant for the cost of advertising
the appointments of the county
boards of registration and the State
treasurer to pay the same," approved
March 2,1897.
An act to require all magistrates to
submit their dockets to the county
board of commissioners quarterly,
and said board to report on same to
court
An act to amend section 1687 of the
general statutes relating to thehuntiug
of deer," approved December 24, 1886,
and embraced in section 420 of the rei
vised statutes, 1893, Vol. 2, approved
| 9th March, 1896, so- as to extend the
time for hunting deer in Charleston
and Florence counties.
A joint resolution authorizing the payment
of unpaid salary to C. H. George,
j ex-treasurer of Aiken county.
An act to incorporate the Barnwell
Bailroad company.
An act to amend an act entitled "An
act to amend an act entitled 'an act to
provide reindexiug certain records in
office of mesne oonveyance for
GrehwaHo county, and to authorize and
require the', county commissioners of
said county to levy a special tax to defray
the expenses of the same.
An act to amend an aot entitled "An
act to incorporate the Abbeville, Pelzer
and Piedment Bailway company." approved
Dec. 24, 1894.
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An act to amena an actoi ine ueuorsi
Assembly, approved Deo. 18,1891, entitled
"An act to amend and confirm the
charter of the Piedmont Savings
I and Investment oompany of Greenville,
; S. C."
An act to abate all taxes dae the
< State and county by certain citizens of
Colleton county who have suffered loss'
es by the storms of 1894 and 1893, rend(
ering them unable to pay said taxes for
the fiscal year 1892 and 1893.
An act to amend an act entitled "An
| act to amend section 2555 of Vol 1 of
the revised statutes of 1898, being section
2431 of the general statutes regulating
the fees and costs of clerks of
common pleas and general sessions,
and to establish a special fee bill for
the county of Snartanburg," .approved
March 6th, 1897.'
An act to renew and extend the
charter of the Middle. Stfeet Sullivan's
Island Railroad Wharf Company.
Ad act to amend section 10 of an act
entitled "An act to establish Cherokee
oounty," providing for a transfer of
soits and records to said county.
An act to amend section 4 of an
act entitled "An act to require the
supervisor^ the State to publish quarterly
reports," approved the 2d day of
March, 1897.
A ioint resolution to abate all taxes
due by the taxpayers of Colleton county
for the fiscal year 1893 and 1894 including
that portion of the .county
known as the storm district.
An act to amend section 18 of the code
of civil precedure so far as the same
relates to the counfy of Berkeley.
An act to amend certain sections of
the general railway law, chapter 11,
article 10, relating to certain offenses
and penalties, and to insert a new section
to be known as 1734a.
An aot to amend section 1678 of the
general statutes of this State, being section
410 of the revised statutes of 1893,
Vol. 2, by adding after "Williamsburg"
the county of^lorence.
An act to fix the time of holding the
courts of the Seventh judicial circuit of
thie State.
An act to define the rights of the sinking
fund commission as to unpaid tax
claims, and forfeited and other lands in
the control of said commission and for
the management of the same.
An act to provide for an additional
maigstrate in Greenwood county, located
at Verdery.
An aot to amend an act entitled "an
act to regulate the traffic in S6ed cotton j
in the county of Barnwell," approved;
December 24th, 1888, so as to include j
the county of Hampton wi thin its pro- j
visions.
An not to amend the law in relation
to the location and names of voting precincts
in this State, approved 9th
March, 1896.
An act to tlx the salaries of the county
superintendents of education of the
several counties of this State.
An act to amend an act entitled "an
act to designate the holidays in the
county of Charleston to be observed in
the acceptaece and payment of bills of
exchange, bank checks and promissory
1 notes,approved December 14th, 1892.
An aot to amend section 1819 of the
general statutes of 1882.
An act to make railroad corporations
liable to a penalty for the failure to
post the schedule of rates as provided
in section 1650 of the revised statutes of
1893.
An act to amend an act entitled "an
act to amend an act entitled 'an act to
provide for the formation of certain
corporations, and to define the powers
thereof," approved the 9th day of
March, A. D., 1896.
An act to add a second proviso to
section 2559 (2435) of the revised stati
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utes of 1893, as to compensation of probate
judge of Horry county.
An act to amend an act entitled "an
act requiring the sinking fund com- j
mission to lend funds to the several i
county boards of commissioners of the 1
State for the use of their counties in I
preference to lending same to other
applicants for said funds," approved
February 23tb, 1897.
An act to confer on the oouncils of
the cities and towns of this State
power to make and establish certain
rules, bylaws and ordinances, including
general police power.
An aot to amend section 320 (374) revised
statutes, 1893, as amended by aot
approved 17th December, 1894, as to
county treasurers' compensation, so far
as relates of Horry and Marion counties.
An act to amend an act entitled "An
act to require certain officers to keep an
itemized account of their income by virtue
of their office, and to require them
to make an annual report of the same
to the county supervisor," approved
0/1 1811?
An act to amand an act entitled ".An
act to provide for a salary to the register
of mesne and conveyance of Greenville
county, and to require fees for recording
to be oollected and paid to the
county treasurer.
A joint resolution to relieve J. S. MoCall,
county treasurer of Florence
county, of. liability for a balance of
138 58-100 oounty funds, lost by Coffin
bank.
KINS OF THE WHEAT PIT.
Joseph Loiter Is the Most Successful
Y> ung Financier in Chicago.
. During the past few years Joseph
Letter has made his way rapidly in
financial circles and to-day is regarded
ns the most successful money king in
Chicago. Now he is called the king of
jtlie wheat pit. All through the great
prain speculations of the second half
of 1897 he played a winning hand and
(showed even shrewd Phil Armour a
few tricks.
Joseph Letter is n sou of Levi Z.
I Letter, the rich Clilcagoan wuose i
charming daughter married Georgo J
Curzon, the brilliant young English political
leader. The elder Leber baa
millions. The basis of his fortune was
laid in a country grocery store and the
great superstructure tvas constructed
in the dry gioda business in Chicago.
| Six years ago Joseph Leiter, then 24
years old, graduated from Harvard
University. He didn't look like a man
of business. It was somewhat of a disappointment
and surprise to two sorts
of friends of his that he went Into business
at all. All the men and women
who knew him picked him to assume
at once the profession of a gentleman
of leisure. It was reported that be had
a valet. It would have regularly followed
in the natural order of things
that he should have frowned upon markets
and rentals and leases.
I His father believed that he had business
ability and placed $1,000,000 In
the young man's hands. For a few
months Leiter was a prey for the
wolves. Then he tried a new game
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UI1U SUl'lTWJtU. UC Dhuuicu tuw ? >? >
tJou before Investing. When he wanted
tome of the Chicago City Railway
stock he learned the cost of operation
and all of the minor details of the
work. To-day he virtually controls all
the street railways of Chicago's South
Side.
When the father saw the son's ability
he gradually turned the manageJOSEPH
LEITEB.
ment of his own properties over to him.
By his cleverness they have fattened.
It Is considered a conservative estimate
to put the properties under his
control?and he Is only 30?at $30,000,000.
It makes him the youngest financial
king In the world. The fortune Is
divided among the best institutions Of
the city, extends Into the big railroads,
out into ranch holdings In the far
West and great pits of wealth In the
hills of the ore countries. The more
he spends the more he earns, and the
men who help him to. operate claim
that one of the best reasons for his
phenomenal progress Is his devotion
to the essential little things of his various
Interests. Ills own fortune has
grown to great proportion.
Lowered by Block and Taokle.
The vicinity of 3d and I streets In1
Sacramento was both amused and
shocked recently by the sight of a coffin
being lowered by means of block'
and tackle from a second-story window.
Within the coffin, as subsequently ap-'
peared, was the body of a woman who
weighed too much for the pallbearers
to carry down the stairs. The stairway1
down which the coffin would have had
to pass was very narrow and two people
In front and two In the rear would
have found It difficult to walk down
together. Consequently, there was a,
consultation among the friends and relatives
of the deceased as to how to re-j
move the body. This resulted In a resort
to block and tackle. With these:
fastened securely above the window'
the coffin was triumphantly lowered to:
the sidewalk and swung Into the
bearse.?Sgn Francisco Chronicle.
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SUITE Pill HIT;
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! A Convention Called to Nominate a
Ticket.
14TH INSTANT IS THE DATE.
Delegates Are Wanted Who Favor
Prohibition Legislation?The Call
As Given Out.
The following call has been issued by
the Prohibitionists for a convention to
be held in Colombia:
Columbia, Feb. 25, 1898.
The State central Prohibition committee
having determined to call a convention
of the Prohibitionists of the
State to meet in Columbia, April 14,
1898, have authorized their executive
committee to issue such call. The said
commitee hereby publishestbecall, and
the regulations which will be observed
in selecting delegates to represent the
several counties of the State in said
convention:
1. The Convention will assemble at 8
P. M., on the 14th day of April next, in
the hall of the House of Representatives
in Columbia.
2. The chairman of the respective
county committees will call meetings or
conventions of the Prohibitionists of
their county, who favor the enactment
of laws restricting tne sale oi aicououo
liquors in this State to medicinal, scientific,
mechanical and *acrr.m*utal !
purposes only, and the nomination by j
the Convention of State ticket, who will
support such legislation, to be placed |
before the voters for their ohoice at tne
next Democratic primary elections, and '
subject te the result of said elections, j
3. At such county meeting or con- i
vention the number of delegates select- J
ed, in the manner determined by the j
body, shall be not less than the number :
of Representatives from the county in j
the General Assembly, but may be a '
greater number, if so determined by
said county meeting or convention.
4. That said county meeting or convention
shall be called to meet not later
than the 4th day of April next, and if
from any cause it shall be found impracticable
to assemble such meeting,
then the county executive committee
are authorized to appoint said delegates
and certify their appointment to the
secretary oi the State executive Committee.
L. D. Childs, chairman; F.H. Hyatt,
C.D. Stanley, J.G. Dale, L.B. Haynes,
Chas. P. Wray, Thos. J. LaMotte, sec
retary; State executive oommitiee.
J. L. Quimby, Aiken; G. Af. Elliott,
Beaufort; John B. White, Charleston;
J. 8. Mofihtt, Chester; J. 8. Strain,
Cherokee; J. O. Gough, Clarendon; T.
J. Drew, Darlington; John Lake,Edgefield;
Cfaas. P. Wray, Fairfield; F. P.
Covington, Florence; J. M. Whitmire,
Greenville; P. L. Star key,
Greenwood; W. fit Dowling, Hampton;
B. L. Beatty, Horry; Waddy
C. Thompson, Lancaster; L. B. ,
Haynes, Lexington; W. 8. Foxworth, I
Marion; H. 8. Vandiver, Oconee; J. i
L. Silly, Orangeburg; Julius E. Boggs,
Pickens, L. X>. Childs, Richland'; J.
W. Herbert, Saluda; C. M. Hurst, Jr.,
Sumter; J. H. Carlisle, Jr., Spartanburg;
S. T. Scaife, Union; Joel
E. Brnuson, Williamsburg; J. J. Neville,
York. ,
STATE NKWS ITEMS.
The following State items are taken
from the News and Courier's correspondents
from the following points:
Florence.
The Atlantic Coast Line is doing a
heavy business just now hauling fertilizers
and truck. Several extra freight
trains bare to be run every day to move
the stuff. The truck has been very
near/ lur this season of the year. The
vt'U.ueru r.xi resa Company will soon
pin ou ilivir regular express train,
whicu will i* run daily, except Mon.my.
j inn wi.l put the truck from Fiorina
and lower South Carolina in New
iorK tir iJuiladelphia within twentytuur
Lours alter shipment
Cheraw.
There i* much activity in mercantile
circles now, the farmers coming in to
arrange for advances for making the
year's crop. Fertilizers, mules, liens,
etc., are the all-absorbing topic. Quite
a heavy business is being done by the
merchants who do a time business, buf
the indications are that owing to the
low price of cotton the acreage will be
considerably reduced and more attention
paid to raising home supplies
Messrs. Crossland & Everett, men oi
means and large planters with fine lands
and available water power near Cberaw,
on the Marlboro side of the Pee Dee
Hiver, contemplate building a cotton
mill over there. It is hoped they will
carry out their intention and thus add
to this section another industry that
will be of lasting benefit to it <
Saluda.
Col. R. B. Watson, appropriately
termed "the old elephant of Saluda, '
was m town a few hours one day recent- !
ly. Having come ou business solely
ind being rushed for time, he had not a
fn ??v r?nno?rnini?th?<?omirii? I
a npaign, further than that it was likey
to be one of the liveliest since 1892. I '
;Ie seemed to be in fine spirits and <
considered his prospects for election
good.
Col. Watson thinks that the dispenary
will cut afcigger figure in the campaign
than any other plank. He stands
mtspoken squarely in favor of the dis- ;
>ensar.v. His position on the matter of <
:ommon school education is perhaps i
letter known than that of any man iu (
the State. <
While not in favor of killing or crip- i
oling any of the State institutions, yet i
le desires to bring the great blessing
f common school education home to
he masses.
Spartanburg. (
The 1st of March finds farmers well ,
tp with their preparation for a crop.
Uthough February has been a cold
nonth, the industrious ones have dons
nuch work. The freezes have put the '
ground in excellent condition for the 1
ilongh. Spring oats have been sown
ind are slowly coming np. Vegetation I
aas been kept back by the freezes, and
the weather-wise say that it ^ill be a
good iauit j ear.
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He is Quoted as Saying Southern
Men Should Stay Home} Except
TO DEFEND THEIR SEAPORTS,
We Are Just Recovering From a Terrible
Struggle, and Another War
Would Give Us Another Setback.
A dispatch from Columbia, S. C., to
the New York San says:
Oen. Wade Hampton, one of the two
surviving lieutenant-generals of the
Confederacy, consented to speak of the
Maine disaster and the probability of
war with Spain.
"I cannot express an opinion on the
cause of the Maine tragedy," said the
General, "as that is a matter which
will be determined by experts aod divers.
But as to what course the United
8tates should pursue should the disaster
prove to be due to treachery, or to
fanatical hatred of the United States on
the part of some individual Spaniard, I
do not hesitate to say that we should
demand a heavy indemnity and enforce
tbe collection of it at the muzzle of the
gun."
General Hampton was asked if he
would offer his services to the governu-a.
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men*, uuh uwiuieu vo hub war. rroia
his subsequent conversation the infer*
ence conld be drawn that he would not.
He would advise, he said, that the men
of the Sonth stay at home and let the
North furnish the troops.
"We are, said he, "just recovering
from a terrible struggle, which depopu*
lated our section o~f the country, and
another war would give us another set*
back. If it becomes necessary our citi*
zens should take arms to defend their
seaports, but not otherwise."
When asked what disposition shonld
be made of Cuba General Hampton ex*
pressed a strong disapproval of annex*
ation.
"We haye enough bad voters in this
country now," he said, "without tak*
ing in any more. It would be well for
the United States to exercise a protectorate
over both Cuba and Hawaii, but
I am unalterably opposed to annexation.
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The Mecklenburg Celebration.
Circular orders are being sent out
from Charlotte, N. C., in regard to the
coming Mecklenburg celebration and
the laying of the corner stone of the
Mecklenburg monument, which take
place in that city on May 20. The general
in mmmtni) nf th? 'Cnntinantal
Army" in charge of the celebration has
announced the following appointments
of officers from Booth Carolina:
Colonels Leroy Springs, Thomas F.
McDow, N. G. Gonzales, James Tillman,
Arthur S. Tompkins, John Don*
novant, R. T. Fewell, FanlR. Brat ton,
Frank Weston. Lewis Parker, Ernest
Gary, John P. Thomas, Jr., T. 8.
Sinkler, Tenry T. Thompson,' Edward
Simons, Harry Topper, Cowper Patton,
William C. McGowan (deceased), J. H.
Marion, A. C. Haskell, Jr., J. G.
Hemphill. _
Harris Gets Ten Years.
Chris Harris the negro accosed of attempted
assaolt at Anderson soma
months ago, and who was caoght at
Niagara, N. Y., was taken to Anderson,
last week and sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary. He plead goilty to
the charge. The sentence seems satisfactory
to the people generally and
Harris appears glad that he got off so
light The negro showed ingenoity in
his escape, when he committed the dastaws?
I rr at 4-am nf T^iarrrtiaasl a a avAmtn
he Valked through the public square
under an umbrella, accompanied by a
negro companion. He hurried to Penjdleton,
thence to Seneca, on to Atlanta,
then to Tennessee, north to Philadelphia,
and last to Niagara, where he was
captured.
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Tour Across the Continent.
It is stated that very shortly th?
Fishburne brothers, two young Columbians
well known in bicycle circles will
start out to ride from Columbia to |
Omaha, Neb., on their whebls, going
thence to the Pacific slope. They have
about closed a cop tract with certain
manufacturers to ride and advertise
the qualities of their wheels. The boys
expect to have a fine trip of it and ses
something of the countrv. By the time
they get back it will doubtless be
known whether the Maine "was blown
up" or not.-?The State.
A Candidate for Kach District,
Washington special to The State
says: One of the South Carolina Republicans
at present in Washington Bays
the Republican party will again have s
candidate for congress in each district
this year. The Lake City outrage, they
probably think, will help their chances
of successful contests before a Republican
congress.
Will Plant Usual Amount In Cotton.
The movement of the farmers ol
Spartanburg county to reduce the cotton
acreage has not met with a hearty
response. The public meetings have
been failures and the meeting for the
Brst Monday in March was called
off by the president, because no one
seemed to take any interest in it. Spartanburg
county may be depended on to
plant the usual land in cotton.?News
and Courier.
Spartanburg to'fiave Sewerage.
The city council of Spartanburg has 1
let the contract for a complete survey
of the city, looking to the putting in of
sewerage. The work will begin at once [
aud every portion of the city will be
carefully mapped off, though it is
only hoped to build a portion of the '
sewers at present
The AsylunTTnsurance.
All the insurance on the buildings
and property of the hospital for the insane
has been placed. The total amount
[or which the, property has been in
sured for three years is $230,880. The
average rate at which the insurance
was written was 2.082, making the
total amount of premiums paid by the i
State lor this insurance $5,847.92. This
insurance was equally divided among
the twelve members of the local board
of underwriters.?The State. ll
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Prominent, Well-to-do Farmers Af? aypj
in the Band.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES.';^^
Burning and Burglaries Been Geilf .
on for Months, Almost Openly?H# *
Telling Who are Implicated.
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special to the Colombia State from
Pomaria, of the 3d says: "The bottom
has been knocked" ont of Pomaria, and
the war in Cuba is placed in tb<i back- ' v'
ground for the time being. It ia watt
known the most daring robberi, wanton . .'Ja
burning of buildings have been going
on here for several years and little attention
seems to have been given it, aa V-jMj
all thought it was a band of "home- ' '
raised Jessie James," and none eared \ 'M
to strike for fear of being strnek back.
So bold and daring had this beooma : 3
that good white men saw parties drive
in the place in the bright moon light
or early dawn rob and leave without * $5
even reporting the matter rr names,
however well were the parties known, fflS
for fear of bodily injury or secret ;i
hurt. " ' VM
First, E. B. Hipp's store was burned, : ^
robbed first, it was thought. Then the
railroad depot was forcibly entered,
and wagon loads taken, 'then SeizlCr k
Co. 's store robbed of several hundred
dollars' worth.
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this time detectives came, secured a t> yjH
large lot of the stolen property, but by . ->|i
a pernicious practice and methods ol<
the rail road, "better compromise and * ^
get money than to punish the culprit,'" ,
the matter eras hashed, although some kip
of the "best citizens," or so supposed,
were implicated.
Then came the burning of Col, Hoi- <?*g
loway's gin house and other build- , My
ings. ?
Then the last, by whieh it is hoped
the parties are trapped and broken up, ,.x' ^
was thst two weeks ago. D. Hipp'a
large store of plantation supplies wae > 't>m
robbed. Mr. Hipp lay apparentlyqniet,
bnt a detective, in the gnise of a pio- C
ture en larger,". came upon the seine, t :%M
He foond a wagon load and two buggy
loads of the stolen goods in the , -j
house of Mr. A. F. Riser, a
former clerk; also in the bam. forty
kegs of blasting powder belonging to : i<|j
the railroad. This was in a house near. 'Meg
the railroad built for that purpose.
The house was burned, end. '-^3
it was snpposed, the powder, too, until,
its finding. Mr. Riser lived with hie .. M|
father, a most estimable citizen and a
strict church member; a well-to-do
farmer. Goods of a small nature were'
fonnd in other houses of men of good
repute. So far, the authorities havo t
arrested A. F. Riser and brother, a Mr. V J.
Bickley and several negroes, ons the
renowned "blind tiger" and "dispen-"
sary enemy,-' Yillius Baker. There ie \?-'i
no particle of doubt that there , are ?
large number interested, ana wnas uw , ,
astonishing, so much so aa to border
on disblief, is that some of the moat'
well-to-do farmers,.men of families and'
atrial church members, so hie even of
wealth, are thought to be implicated . . f ^
and should any one "peaeh* on hi*
pals, then, in that ease, I can only say ' .vJ-m
4 the end is nst yet." The question thin
good people are asking each other is?
44 Whither are we drifting," when soma
of our best men are turning robbers and
firebugs.
Another special from Newberry says , l>
J as. A. Riser and his three sou*, At- ;',Wl
bert F, Joe and Willie, and John Buckley,
white, and Willis and WiOiaai
Baker, colored, were arrested at Po* :
maris. In default of $650 bond they . . ^
were committed to jaiL
Won't Have Mudh to Do.
State Chairman Tompkins, of the
Democratic executive committee, wa?' V.al
asked by a Columbia State representative
about the coming May State oon- ,
vention. He did not have much to aay,
but does not see what the convention (. jj
will have to do. other than sleeting m
new State committee and making such f -fa
changes as may be deemed necessary in
the party constitution aud roles gov- ,
erning the primary elections. Asyel . '"j
be baa beard of do changes. The pa?lication
of the call from the Probibi- Ji
tionists, showing that they intenJto"
pat ont s State ticket in the ooming w
campaign, baa created qaite s stir in / ^
political circles. Not a few of the rep- y
alar iine politicians are feeling a little >
unco mfortable ove^ this action of thoee
who are fighting so persistently against
the liquor traffic. ' - t.-u
Converts of the Mormon Doctrine. \ ]
Manning corresponent of the Colom- ''-uA
bia Register say* an exddns often $2
white persons left thhs county for Colo*
rado, converts of the Mormon dootrina.
They represent the families of 8. R.
Tobias and James Haley. A dsogb* '
ter of Mr. Tobias left a year ago with ' .a
a Mormon elder to be married in a Mor- .
mon temple in Colorado. 8he has writ- '
ten such a glowing description of her
adopted home, that tog* ther with the
influence of the Mormon elders in this
county, the two families have embraced
the Mormon faith and left for thn '* lr
West The families are well-to-do.
A Horrible Death.
At Pelzer Mrs. L. A. Bell was burned
to deith. She was at home alone; her .
daughter, a school teacher at Pelzer,be- i fing
absent At 4 o'clock Miss Bell retar
ned from her school daties end en
terms: the house found her mother Ijr- 7\
ing ia tbe fire piece in the parlor, the
upper pert of her body, erms end heed burned
to e crisp. _ It it presumed tbei
Mrs. Bell was sitting bj the fire end
was the victim of heert failure, falling
into the fire.
This ttud That.
Work will soon start on the carpet
mill at Gaffney.
The Plant System of railroads have
bought the Waiterboro and Western,
L'Xtending from Waiterboro to Ehr- ' ""'HjS
bardt, in Barnwell county, twentyseven
miles long.
The South Carolina and Georgia ' 'Ml
railroad has contracted with the Ohio vf
jails car works for 100 cars, to be rie- .ivered
in a short while. All of the
order is for flat cars of the latest improved
pattern. The cost of the care ''
will be about $34,000.
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