The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 21, 1901, Image 5
INSURANCE MIDDLE, j
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Legislative Oversight Endangers Val"
uable Property,
Things look very gloomy under the
State insurance act for the insurance
of the State Hospital for the Insane, j
As the thing nor,- stands, owing to an
oversight or the neglect of the legis- !
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la-cure 10 iishuic mc inaiici niu. vuj)..
ly practically all of the valuable pro- j
petty of this institution, worth about
$270,000, is and has been without insurance
of any kind 'since March 1.
This seen:? to be another blunder of
the legislature in pa-sing a specific
^an-t requiring the hospital to take ;
. Sfcnl? insurance and yot net making
* any provision in the appropriation oil! j
for the payment of the premium. The
comptroller general says that had he I
had any authority in the matter he
would have issued his warrant some
time ago and the whole matter would
have besn adjusted by this time.
It now looks as if the only remedy
is .or 'the resents of the hospital to (
meet and barrow the money from I
some ban]; on no:es and get the legislature
to remedy its oversight when
K reassembles in January next.
The following is the letter from the
S4*.vt? treasurer to the comptroller in
ppgard to the matter:
lion. J. P. Detham, comptroller general.
city.
Dear Sir: I hand you herewith ap- ;
plication for insurance to amount 1
S272.7S0 of insurance upon sundry asy- j
lum buildings, under provision of an
act entitled "an act to provide for
State insurance of public buildings," j
as amended February 21st, 1901.
Section 4 of said act requires mc to
pay to the commissioners of the sinking
fund one half off the amount annually
paid in premiums for insurance
on public buildings, which payment in
this case amounts to $1.419.-;3. Under i
section .r5S of the general statutes. !
the State treasurer is required to pay J
out all moneys only on warhant of the 1
comptroller, except in cases of "in- 1
terrst on public debt and the pay of
1va?? or*/I omnlr>vcvj rvf *hp
IlK'lIl i.'Ci O, Vli ivno ui.M W4.fw.rv~ w. - ^ .
general assembly." I therefore, ask j
that you issue to me your warrant for
Che payment by me of said amount (
over to the sinking fund coma ission. j
so that I may comply with the requirement
of section 4 of said net.
R. H. Jennings.
State Treasurer.
The comptroller's reply to this was
as follows:
Columbia, S. C., March 11. 1901.
Hon. R. H. Jennings, State Treasurer,
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: Replying to yours of this
date containing the application of Dr.
J. \V. Dabcock, superintendent of the
State hocrira1 for the insane, for one
year's insurance, with the request that
I d~iw a warrant in your favor for
:ialF 'he ;:aio< nt of the usual premium, {
fwnounting tc $1,419 62 There Is no I
provision in rhe appropriation act for j
this insurance on this property, and j
in the permanent act providing for i
this insurance, to which you refer. !
there, is no authority conferred'on the j
' err ptrolier general to draw his v;arjr.nt.
There bring no appropriation
and no wan an; of law for nic to do
otherwise. I must decline to issue the
warrant and hereby return your application.
Yours very truly.
J. P. Dftrham.
Comptroller General.
The only prevision made in the a,np
variation act for insurance on this
prrp'u'iy is 1^7 for the insurance of
the farm.
Another Railroad.
The secretary of state has Issued a
commission to the Charleston. Suburban
and Summerville Railway company,
a new concern which proposes
to construct and operate a line between
the city of Charlerton and Summerville.
It is proposed to operate an
electric line which will be 28 miles in
length and of standard guage. The
1 o-f the rtiih-Af ic to bA
V*3>l/I UU wv?v, I\ % a *
$600,000. with the privilege of increasing
to $1,000,000. The corporators are
J. J. O'Oonnell, B. P. Evans,. J. W.
Simons and Jonathan Lucus, all cf
Charleston. That such a line will be
a paying one goes without saying.
Will Co-Operate.
Gov. McSweenoy has received a very
oourbeous letter from the governor 01
Colorado saying that that official h
willing to cooperate in every way possible
to make the Charleston exposition
a sucress. The Colorado governor
says that the legislature of his State
has adjourned, and it is too late to
provide for an approp:iation, but he
i thinks that individual subscriptions
will be enough to provide an exhibit
New Enterprises.
The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the macKSDurg uuwunseed
Oil mill of Blacksburg. The corporators
are J. F. "WMeonant, A. H.
Pollock, D. R. Bird. N. W. Hardin
and J. C. Ross of Blaeksburg. Tha
oapital stock is to be $15,000, and the
object of the company is indicated in
the name.
A charter was granted the Paimet-o
Manufacturing company of Charleston
which proposes to manufacture clothing,
shirts, underwear, etc., on a capital
stock of $30,000. The officers are I
3. Behrmann, president, and S. Rlt?
?en berg; secretary and treasurer. '
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BURIAL OF THE EX-PRtiIDEM. I
FiiPy 13,000 People Attended Gen.
Harrison's Funeral.
Indianapolis, Special. ? Sui rounded
by fuilv 15,000 of his fo'.lov.- citizens,
the remains of Benjamin Harrison
Sunday afternoon 'were interred in 1I10
family lot in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Close by the grave were the members
of bis family, President McKinley and
otiier visitors of distinction and tno
more intimate friends of General Harrison.
Back a distance cf fifty yards,
behind ropes guarded zealously by n
large force o." police, stood with uncovered
heads the great multitude w.io
knew him not so well as did they who
stood beside the freshly upfurnel
earth, but who honored him and admired
him quite as much. It is doubtful
if any public man. at least in this
generation, has been borre to his last
resting place amcng eo many manifestations
of respect. Of possionate
grief there was little, outside the members
of his family, but the tribute of
respect was universal. It came from
all alike, from those of his own political
faith and from those wha differed
with him concerning what is best for
the nation's good, from men who have
been his lifelong friends and from
those who knew him merely by sight
and to whom he had never spoken. It
came from women and children, from
white and black, from all conditions
and kinds of people. There was no
exception anywhere to the expression
that the nation had lost one of its
ablest men and the greatest man of
hie cpneration in his own State.
Sampson's Bounty Money.
Washington. D. C., Special.?Warrants
will be issued by the Treasury
Department in a few days in payment
of the bounty claims of Rear Admiral
Sampson and the officers and men of
hi3 war fleet on account of the destruction
of Spanish vessels in Cuba.
As ecmti:a::der-in-ehief o; the North
Atlantic station during the Spanish
war. Admiral Sampson will get $S.33o
for the destruction of Cervera's ships,
about $3,400 on account of two engagements
at Manzanillo. and about SSOO
for sinking of \esseis in Xipe Bay,
making bis share of bounty money
something more than $12,030. There
is in the Treasury a half million dollars
available :'or bounty claims which
are paid on the basis of $100 for each
member of the crew of a Spanish vessel
destroyed. These claims are separate
from tb"we for prize money on
account of the capture of Spanish
ships, which are being adjudicated in j
several courts. Both Admiral Dewey j
and Rear Admiral Sampson, as well
as the offirers and men who served i
under them, will share in the prize i
awards.
Gen. Trias Ljys Gown His Arms.
Washington. D. C., Special.?The '
war department has received the fol- |
lowing cablegram from Gen. MacAr- j
thur at Manila announcing the sur- j
render of Lieut. Gen. Trias: I
Adjutant Genera!, Washington.
Marians Trias, only lieutenant genial
in insurgent array, surrendered
March 13. San Francisco de Malabon,
with nine officers. 199 well anned
men. Trias immediately took o\th
of alegianee in the presence of several
thousand nalives. Most auspicious
evont; indicates final stage armed insurrection.
Prestige Trias, touthern
Luzon, equal to Aguinlldo. Gen. |
Pates and Col. Frank D. Baldwin entitled
to great credit for persistent
work in bringing this about.
McArthur.
Germany's Population.
Washington. IX C.. Special.?The
census office has recently receive!
through the courtesy of the State Lena
rtment of consular report on the pt>pulatlon
of the German empire and
ttc ohanm during the past century.
The population is now about 56.000.- I
000?larger than that of any other
country In Europe except Russia,
which has in Europe alone over 100,000,000.
or nearly twice as many as
Germany.
Telegraphic Briefs.
During the year 1901 It is expected
that France will complete tour destroyers.
ten sea-going boats, eighteen
first-class torpedo boats, six submarine
and two submersible vessels.
The programme of distribution for the
topedo boats contemplates the utilization
of 238 of them, among which are
to be included the boats existing and
in course of costruction
Senor de Quesada srys the c~mmlttee
on foreign rrkt'ors lias agree I
unanimously that the Piatt amendment
in its present form cculd net bo
accepted, and that a report to this effect
would be submitted to the constitutiorfhl
convention.
In the Utah Sena e t'~e Goverror s
veto of the Evans hill was called :p
and on motion as to w UtrilJCA o?.? .
should pass notwithstanding the vote
the vote was 9 to 9. Twelve votes were
required to pass th? bill over the Governor's
ve'o
A Liverpool diepo-.ch says that t e
brokers and refiners are importing
thousands o(f tons of beet sugar from
the eontinent in anticipation of the expected
duty.
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More than a million people are
treated in the hospitals of London
each year.
Gen. Harrison's Property.
Indianapolis. Ind., Special.?General
Harrison.'.-: wealth is variously estimated,
put lie opinion rating it as hish
as half a million dollars. Tho-e who
are hest informed about the ex-Pre?id'?it!t.'s
affairs, however, say he was
worth about $250,000 or $200,000. At
(the time he was elected President he
Was reputed to have accumulated a
fortune of $125,000 from his law practice
and this has been doubled ai least
since that time.
A Proclamation.
Indianapolis. Special. ? Governor
Durbin has issued a proclamation announcing
the death of General Harrison,
paying high tribure to his memory
and directing that "all public business
be suspended on the dr.v the mortal
remains cf Gere.al Harrison are
lyiing in state: that the flags of all
buildings he placed at hal:'-ma.-:t during
the customary period of rvounin
and that such other hcr.crs l>e t...id
the distinguished dead as befits the
occasion."
Dewey Going to Florida.
Washington. D. C? Special?Admiral
Dewey, whosr attack of the
grippe in January and February left
him somewhat debilitated, will go
south soon on the advice of his phsiclan.
It is understood among the admiral's
friends that he will go to
Florida. The admiral takes a constitutional
walk nearly every day, and.
despite his recent severe attack, has
not lost that springy step and alert
manner which marks him as a man
of energy.
Boer Leaders Conferring.
London, by Cable.?A Special dispatch
from Stnnderton says the. Boers
are massing at the stations on the
rioiafna line, and the leader? are con
ferring daily at each station and also
at Pietersburg. Nothing has transpired
except that the fate of the Boers
who have sr.rrer 'ered is one of the
subjects of di.wjsion. The leaders are
in cX>mjnunic~ ior with the Boer ocmraittee
at Am-terdam. It is said that
the manufacture of ammunition 13
proceeding vigo ously.
A Fatal Motel F?c.
Washington. I>. 0.. Special.?At 3:15
o'clock Friday morning electric light
w.res started a. lire in the Merchants'
Hotel, 43.) Pennsylvania avenue which
sprta:i rapidly, causing panic among
the gucs^. i''\ oral of whom jumped
from the windows. One person was
killed, and four severly injured. The
one \ic\im vas L. F. Henry, 48 years
oidt who was su.'totaiod.
Urged to Curtail Production.
Fall River. Mass.. Special.?Manufacturers
are being urged to come into
the agreement to ourtaii the production
suggested by the re.ling coaim ttee
of this city to relieve the cotton
cloth market. The committee will
bring about a curtailment for GO d .y3'
duration in each factory srme time between
the 1st of April and the 1st of
August. The committee says that they
cam control about 1.350,00 svindles and
require about 600,000 more to make the
plan bindng. .
Riot Follows a Strike.
Barcelona, by Cable.?A riot is repo.
tel to have taken place at Man-lieu,
r town in Catalonia, 40 miles northcast
of Barcelona, in consequence o!f
a strike. The strikers attacked eome
factories ard burned two od them. The
gendarmerie intervened and in the resulting
conflic; two persons were kdlird
and.a number of others wounded,
Including the mayor. The telegraph
lines between here and Man lieu have
been cut.
The First National Bank <rf Niles,
Mich., cloeed its doors Tuesday. ' ..
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MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULM.W
AND
Building Haterial.
Dealers in Sash Weights,
Cord, Hardware, Window glaei,
etc.
We guarautee our worfr
superior to any sold in this cfty,
all being of our own manufacture.
E.H.HA6KER, Proprietor
CHARLESTON, - 3. 0.
' Skin Diseases,
Far the speedy and permanent cure o2
tetter, salt rheurc and eczema, Chamaorlain's
Eye and Skin Ointment is
vithont an equal. It relieves the itchng
and smarting almost instantly and
! continued use effects a permanent
I "lire. It also cures itch, barber's itch,
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and
r-rannlsited lids
?r. fadr's Condition Powders for
horses are the best tonic, blood purifier
j andvermifuge Price. ?scents. Soldh.v
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Atlantic Coast Line.
Condensed Schedule.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
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Dated Jan. 13tl?, 1901.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 35 No. 23 No. 53 No.51
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A M r 51 A M
I Lv. Florence 2 50 7 55 "J 40
i Lv. Kingstree 8 54 10 50
| Ar. Lunes 3 56 nil P. M 1116
i Lv. Luntw 3SC ?J11 6 47 11 16
I Ar. Charleston 5 i3 10 35 8 30 1 00
A. 51 P.M. P.M. P.M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 7S No.32 No.52 No.50
. ...
AM P M AM P M
Lv Charleston 6 45 5 22 6 25 4 15
Ar Lanes 8 17 6 00 8 00 6 00
Lv Lanes 8 17 6 00 .... 6 00
'Klngstree 8 33
Ar Florence 9 30 7 30 7 30
A M PM AM PM
Daily. 7Dally except sunuay.
No. 52 runs through lo Columbia via
Central K. It. of S. C.
Train* Nus. 78 and 32 run viu Wilson and
Tayetteville?Short Line?and make close |
connection for all points North.
Trains on C. A D. R. R. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 9 50 a. m., arrive Darlington
10 15 a. in., Hartsvillo 915 a. m.,
Cheraw 11 80 a. m., Wadesboro 12 35 p. m.
I Leave F oreuee daily except Sunday 8 00 p.
m., arrive Darlington 8 25 p. m.t B'-nnettsville
9 22 p. m., (Jibson 10 20 p. m. Leave j
Florence Sunday only 9 50 u. m-, arrive Darlington
10 15 a. in.
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 5 50
a. m., Bennett-ville 7 00 a. tn., arrive Darlington
7 51 a. in., leave Darlington 7 55 a.
m., arrive Florence 9 15 a. m. Leave Wadesboro
daily except Sundav 4 10 p. m , Cheraw
6 15 p. m., Hartsville 7 00 a m... Darlington
6 29 p. m., arrive Florence 7 03 p. m. Leave
Darlington Sunday ? nlv 8 50 a. m., arrive
Florence 9 15 a. m.
H. M. EMMERSON. Gen Pa-s. Agent.
J. It. KENLY. Gen'i Mnnager.
T. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager.
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Registration Notice.
The office of the Supervisor of Registration
Will be opened on the first
Monday in every month for the parpose
of the registering of liny person
who is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident of
the SIh'c for two years, and of the
county one year and of the polling
nrAnint in which the elector offers tO !
?oto four months before thedaj oieleotion,
and shall have paid,six months beiore
any poll tax thou due and payable,
and who can both read and write any
section of tho Constitution of 1895
fnbmitteii to him by the supervisors,
of registration, or can show that he
owns, and has paid all toxes collectable
during the present year on property in i
this Suto assessed at three hundred
dollars or more. J. J. EADDY, j
CJeik of Board.
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.Va *Afitlnn?i Affortnff tft AlAlft ?
out our Summer Goods. Wo can mentloa
only a few of the many Roods reduced*
Ladies' 8c Undervests for 6a
10c Ties and Bows for 8c,
26c Ties and Bows for 15o,
Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embroidered,
3 in a t>ox, lor 19c;25o goods.
15o Men's Black Initial Silk Handkerchiefs
for 10c. ,
Men's large White Figured, Drawn-Stitch,
' Japonot Handkerchief for 16c: worth 36o.
Six Large White Fine H. S. Handkerchiefs
for 60c. in fancy box; cheap at 75o.
Three large White Fine H. 8. Handkerchiefs,
in fancy box, for 40c- worth 59o. ?
Black-bordered Linen Handkerchiefs for
12c; cheap at 16c.
Good Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4a
Handkerchiefs for lc.
Handkerchiefs fer2 l-2a
Handkerchiefs for 8c.
83-ineh Madras for 7 l-2c; worth 10c.
36-in h Madras for 6 l-2cj worth 8a
LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOB
LESS THAN COST.
Shirt Waists for much less than it cost to
make them.
BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS.
40c ?lqua Skirts for 25a
98c Crash Skirts for 81o.
All Summer Goods are being sold at ro*
duoed prices.
SEW GOODS.
One case Lonccloth 5o; no stareh.
Fine Black Henrietta at 60c.
TINSEL DRAPERY SILKALINE,
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Black Duck at 8 and 10c.
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.
10-piece Walnut Salts 875 to 8100.
10-piece Solid Oftk Suits $18, $23, $25, $ML
35, $40, $50, *56.
Oak Hall Backs, French Plate Glass, 17,
8.50, $9.50.
Wardrobes $8 to $25.
Bed Lounges $9 to $15. t
Bedsteads 12.25 to 810.
Iron Beds, Iron Cribs.
Parlor Salts $38 to 850.
Baby Carriages 16.60, $7, 87.60:
Floor Oilcloth 80o.
Matting 10; 13, 14.15,18. 20, 28, 28, 27 and
80c.
18-piece Chamber Sets 82.19 to 80.
Window Shades 11. 15,80, 35, 40o to 81.26L
Stoves 86.50, 87.50, 810 to fid
Trunks 82.60 to 86.60. > Willi
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