The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 16, 1905, Image 2
I 4 Companyio Dinner 1
\ By K&te Thorn. \
* USBANDS have a faculty of bringing home friends to dinner,
a J without giving notice to their wives, and if any remonstrant
T ** es an? offered on the part of the priestesses cf the kitchen,
a JL 1 J these husbands assume a highly dignified and very much inT
jured air. and propose the conundrum:
?? >? "Haven't I right to invite au old friend to my own
SSSSSSSS* house. * wonder? "
,, , ..kpnt bouse." of course
ii .>uu aic u Kuutuu, ,.uu . _ r.
you are well aware that when your husband brings home an
old friend at dinner time, he invariably selects a day when there is nothing
new for dinner, and when that meal is to be made up from the odds and ends
of yesterav. There will be cold greens, and a bread pudding, and potatoes
warmed over, and g pie so small that it was a mathematical problem in your
mind all the forenoon how it could be cut into eight pieces, and still leave
enough to each piece so that it might conscientiously bo called a piece.
The "old friend" will enter, bland and smiling, and beg you not to make
Any change on his account. Be sure and not put yourself out in the least. He
ten t particular, no; he! He came to see your liusdand, and talk over old
times, not to get his dinner. Certainly not.
And you. in your soiled calico wrapper, which you neglected to change after
breakfast, stand there and listen to him. and your face is crimson hot. and
you feel sure that you never looked worse, and you wished the "old friend" at
the antipodes.
For you are painfully conscious that those cold greens are a little tough,
And there Isn't enough bread on the plate to look decent.
And these "old friends" are generally men with prodigious appetites. No
dyspepsia for them.
\ou wonder if he will see that spot of gravy on the tablecloth, got on yesterday
by the youngest boy, aad you are in agony lest some of your hungry
hock of youngsters may clamor for two pieces of pie each, as they frequently do,
^ ou beg your guest to "make a dinner." and apologize by telling him that
it is your ironing day. and you did not expect company to dinner.
And he will doubtless assure you that your dinner is excellent, and teh
you that he doesn't know when he has eaten such a meal.
And after he gets home he will tell his wife that he took dinner at Brown's,
And he guesses Brown s wife must be a "poor sozzle"?for such a dinner, for
company, he never saw! Cold greens and bread pudding! and there was a
pot of gravy on the tablecloth as big as his hand.
If your family be a large one. your means abundant, and you have plenty
of help, of course company at dinner is no trouble: but if we were a man. and
our wife kept no servant, and our larder was not always filled with luxuries,
we should think twice before we took home old friends to feed, without giving
our wife due notice.?New York Weekly.
LAdvice on How to Sleep t
if* '"IfW By Dr. J. Madison Taylor.
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llflllllll URING childhood and exhaustive states too much sleep
x is rarely possible. For those in full tide of vigor too much
< I V Z sleep is often distinctly hurtful.
III The action of narcotics presents none of the character4
> Z istics of normal sleep except the temporary arrest of con\
sciousness; hence narcosis is not true sleep.
i The best position to assume in sleep to invite the least
< disturbance of the functions of the great organs is on the
abdomen or nearly so.
Many obscure forms of digestive or circulatory disorders may have been
initiated in infancy through lying too long upon the back.
To secure the most perfect repose the temperature of all parts should
be equalized before retiring. Cold feet induce delay in securing sleep, and
It is then shallow when attained.
It is most unwise to overfill the stomach before retiring; this disturbs
sleep almost as much as hunger, but moderate eating before sleeping is not
hurtful, and is often salutary,
r- i Body clothing at night should be loose, not dense, permitting the ready
passage of air, never of wool next to the skin.
Bed clothing should not be too close of texture, blankets being preferable
to dense "comfortables" and not "tucked in" too closely. Air should be
allowed to pass occasionally under the sides, at least as one turns about more
or less freely.
Early rising ,is a salutary custom, especially when the day comes early,
not otherwise.
More sleep is required in winter than in summer. The best sleep is had
during the hours of darkness.
The sleeping room should be cool, abundant air being always admitted.
This should not be interpreted to mean that the room may safely remain intensely
cold.
In the modern treatment of tuberculosis fresh air is recognized to be im*
peratively needed all day and all night. Artificial heat can. and should, be
supplied alofis with the fresh air. till the temperature of the room be at or
near 50 et 55 degrees Fahrenheit, for some even 60 degrees Fahrenheit.?
Popular Science Monthly.
Life Insurance
T Assets Doubled Since f
f ..1896.. I
* By Vice'President Kings ley, of the ATew York Life. ^
? T is the fashion in these days to decry the great extent of
< > American life insurance, to point to its size and success as
it X in some way a menace and a danger. As a matter of fact,
< > V J life insurance has barely kept pace with other branches of
it JL X modern business; it is not singular in its enormous develU
x opment. Let me give you some instructive comparisons:
The assets of the life companies sorting to New York
state doubled between the close of 1896 and the close of
1904. They sprang from ll.22S.000.000 to $2,434,000,000.
Insurance in force went from $5,000,000,000 to $10,000,000. .
At the close ofr the Spanish war the total national bank circulation was
$240,000,000. In seven years this has expanded 110 percent. In the same
k time the resources of national banks have increased from $4,000,000,000 to
$7,300,000,000. The resources of other banks increased from $4,500,000,000
to $9,000,000,000, while the cash holdings of all banks increased during that
time $570,000,000.
In eight years from 1896 to 1904 dividends by railroads w-ent from $S1.000,boo
to $190,000,000. Earnings of national banks went from $50,000,000 to
$113,000,000 annually. The annual transactions of the New York Clearing
House increased from $29,000,000,000 to $60,000,000. Exports c? mining proThe
rpvPBDM of the United States incraesed over GO per
UUVU) UVUt/iVu. ---w - ? ,
cent. Immigration incrtwJed over percent.
J The Moon Uninhabited J
(X By Simon Mewcomb. ^
p==n HE moon being much the Dearest to us of all the heavenly
bodies, we can pronounce more definitely in its case than in
" 1 any other. We know that neither air nor water exists on
* the moon in quantities sufficient to be perceived by the most
delicate tests at our command. It is certain that the moon's
H atmosphere, if any exists, is less than the thousandth part
of the density of that around us. The vacuum is greater
? than any ordinary air-pump is capable of producing. We
can hardly suppose that so small a quantity of air could be
of any benefit whatever in sustaining life; an animal that could get along on
so little could get along on none at all.
But the proof of the absence of life is yet stronger when we consider the
??1 A r% nKioof cnr?h oq an nrHinflrv
results 01 actual leiescuyic uuocimiwu. nU VUJVvi .... ?. ..... f Vllj
block could be detected on the moon. If anything like vegetation were present
on its surface we should see the changes which it would undergo in the
course of a month, during one portion of tfhich it would be exposed to the rays
of the uncloude > sun and during another to the intense cold of space.?Harper's
Magazir / '
Monst sities of Goldfish. Cat Caught Mumps From Boy.
T1 gold^yi, zoologically speaking. A few weeks ago the little 6-year
appe?J-w^e an exceptionally "plas- old son of Mrs. Bettie Woodring, whc
tic" animal. By skilled breeding al- lives on the Vine Grove road, about
most anything can be done with it, five or six miles out from town, had a
and one variety recently evolved in sever case of the mumps, and while
China, bas huge eyeballs, which pro- the fever was high took up in his arms
tnide sideways from the head. This a pet cat and playfully blew his breath
variey, called the "telescope fish," is into its nostrils.
surpassed in point of gueerness, how- In less than two weeks the cat had
ever, by another, likewise of Chinese a well developed case of genuine
origin whose eyes have not only start- mumps, with jaws and throat swollen
ed out of its head, but have turned up- so badly it could scarcely eat In due
? Srard ninety degrees, so that the pu- course the disease wore off and the
*? pils look directly skyward. It is noth- cat recovered and is now fat and sleek
legs tb*" a monstrosity. ^ as ever.?Elirabethtown News.
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THE SOUTHERN GROWERS
Annual Election of Officers For the
, Southern Cotton Association.
For the purpose of re-electing civil
Sub-division. Militia District and
Township officers for the ensuing year
meetings are called to be held at each
voting precinct, or the central poir.l,
of the altove named sub-division
throughout the cotton states on the
first Saturday in December. 1005.
Tin* officers shall consist of Civil
Sub-division. Militia District or
Township. President, Secretary and
i Treasurer. Also, from two to live
representatives shall be elected, or
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iiiuwn, ai uus meeuiig nn me jmipose
of attending the county or parish
meeting which will be culled at
the County Court House, or their
1 regular place of meeting, on the sec1
ond Saturday in December. 19(V>.
which will be the 9th day. for the
pui|H>se of electing county, or parish
officers for the ensuing year.
These county officers shall, also,
consist of President. Secretary and
Treasurer. At these county or parish
, meetings, which will be held on the
9tit. day of December, representatives
or delegates to the State or Territorial
Convention will be chosen, for the
purpose of meeting at their respective
capitols on the first Wednesday in
N January. 19(H). Each county or pari
ish will elect one or three delegates
to attend the annual state meetings
called to meet at the State Capitols
on the tirst Wednesday in January.
19(H). which is the third day.
These State meetings will be held
for the purpose of electing State offil
cers for the ensuing year and members
of the Executive Committee of
the Southern Cotton Association as
follows: For the State of Alabama
three. Arkansas two, Florida one,
Georgia three. Louisiana three. MissI
issippi three.Missourione.XorthCarolina
two. South Carolina two, Tennessee
one. Texas five. Virginia one. Kentucky
one, Oklahoma one. Indian
Territory* one.
1 TO COTTON GROWER AND Bt'SI
NESS MEN OF THE SOUTH.
With only partial and crude orguni2a'ion
hnrridely i^rfected last February.
the Southern Cotton Association
has saved millions of dollars for the
South in maintaining the price of cotat
good figures, brought to the bar of
I.e.: ,|.A
IUMIIT iriiaiu unit laif ill nil. V uiiiu
States Department of Agriculture at
Washington for manipulating: the cotton
rcjxirts. started a tidal wave of
research and investiaaTion into the
uses and value of the South"s great
staple to the spinners and consumers
of the world and built up an organization
which is today feared and resected
throughout the cotton trade of
Europe and America.
If all these things could be accomi
plished in a few months under wellnigh
insurmountable difficulties, much
more can he done in the interest of
the growers of the South through
svstematicorganization in every cotton
growing country and the loyalty and
support of the cotton producers and
business interests of the South. Each
individual is an important factor in
the creation of an organization powerful
enough to tnaitain the supremacy
of the South in the future control
of the great manopolV which she possesses.
Each individual should feel
inspired to contribute his support and
inHner.ee to this great movement.
Each individual should feel it a per
>
sonal and pat none uuiy n> kuuu
' shoulder to shoulder with his neigbors
in an effort to maitain the price
of cotton at profitable figures and contribute
to the success of his individual
' interests and the prosperity of his
country.
The world's cotton trade is combined
airainst the producers of cotton.
The values of their staple which the
entire civilized world depends upon
i for clothing is made a daily football
to l>e kicked about at will in the speculative
exchanges of the country. Xo
product from the soil is more useful
to mankind, none receives harsher
treatment at the hands of the buying .
and speculative world. The farmers
of the South have solved the problem
of its production through individual
effort. They can likewise solve the
problem of its marketing by full and
1 systematic organization through the
Southern Cotton Association. For the
Association to be effective it must
have the active support and co-oj>eration
of the growers in even- cotton
producing county. It has received the
the entire press of the country, the
business interests and all other Farmer's
Organizations in the South.
The specific object of tly As-^-iation
is to regulate the sum
cotton to meet the legit if
of consumption and n
price of the staple at
1 ores to the grower: to
per facilities for hat,
( both as to finance a\
seek and open up wideh^ the
consumption of our cot
bring about direct trade reg
with the spinners of the wc
furnish the growers correct inf
firreflffp in cotton each l
condition of plant during: growing rva1
sons, the yield of each crop and its
( distribution: the cost of handling,
cost of manufacture, price of cotton
goods and every phase and detail of
' the cotton industry. The association
will advise each planter the mnimum
value of his staple each year and advise
and assist him in getting its true
worth. The association will place all
this information in the hands of its
. members so as to keep them jnisted as
to an intelligent understanding of the
value of /lie staple and the best ways
' and me;/is to secure practical and
protitajke results. The past work of
| the association has proven already its
enormous value to the farmers of the
South. It pierced, with a ray of sunshine
and hope, the dark clouds that
I hung so threatening over the South
, last spring. Through its efforts the
silver lining is broadening across the
i horizon each day and the future now
(looks bright and happy. No man
should be a laggard in the great movement.
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The consuming world is waiting
and watching for ai> opportunity to
pierce a vital spot though the protecting
armour which the Association has
thrown around the farmers of the
South.
In the coining elections to he held
in all the sub-divisions of the cotton
growing counties and parishes in the
South on the lirst Saturday in December.
let every man respond to the call
of duty and be present to enroll the
name and elect men. good and true, to
represent you at the county or parish
meetings ealled 011 the second Saturday
in December at your county site.
Day your annual dues and let the
worm understand and Know tuat you,
as each individual, will give your support
and iniluence to a cause organizedto
protect your interest from the
dominating hands of those who would
willingly keep you as slaves and serfs
to multiply their own wealth. Stand
up for your firesides and your homes.
Protect the great monopoly you jassess
from the rapacious grasp of foreigners
and grafters. Join tlie Southern
Cotton Association and become a
factor in the cause of progress, pros!>erity
and freedom which is now
within our grasp. The immediate cooperation
and support of every roan
is vital to the success of the assoeiation.
IX) not delay, but act promptly
with your neighbors. In all civil subdivisions
or counties that have not organized.
bring them into line at the
coming annual election the first Satnr?
ay in December. Literature. Constitutions
and by-Laws will be promptly
furnished on application to the
President or Secretary of your State
Divisions or the headquarters. Southern
Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga.
Yours truly.
HARYIE JORDAN, Pres.
Southern Cotton Association.
FROMIXEXT PEOPLE.
Emperor Francis Joseph is seventytwo
years old.
"Hamlet" was the first play Sir
Henry Irving saw as a boy.
Emperor William recently received
an antelope born from Germau East
A frb'fl.
Marquis Ito, whom the Tokio mob
stoned the other day. is the son of a
rustic gardener.
Maxim (lorky, who was arrested in
St. Peiersbu-j s>s a revolutionist, owes
his liberty to Count Witte.
President Loubet says he will probably
withdraw from pjllt>s altogether
when his present term oxjiires.
European royalty is excited now because
King Edward, while at Marieubad.
flatly refused to visit the Kaiser.
Barou Koraura, Japan's chief envoy
to the recent Peace Conference, has
an insuperable aversion to the silk hat.
The Czar has no civil list. All the
money in the imperial treasury is regarded
as the Emperor's personal
property.
The Rajah of Kapurthala has l*.en
on a visit to Vienna to see his sons,
who are studying at the military
academy there.
The King of England has granted
to Henry de Teissier, of Denton Court.
Kent, the right to use the title of
Baron de Teissier.
\mnnc T.nrd Roberts' countless
claims to distinction it is little known
tliat be is one of the best and hardest
riders in the British army.
Ex-Seer, tary of the Navy John D.
Long has a conviction that speeches
are as much of a bore to the audience
its they are to the speeebmakers.
King Victor Emmanuel, by decree
dated September 13. UK).", has conferred
upon Mr. E. Cunliffe-Owen. of
New York, the talented foreign editor
of the Tribune, the dignity and insignia
of a Knight Commander of the
Order of the Crown of Italy.
LABOR NOTES.
A State convention of machinists'
lodges met at Boston. Mass.
An apprentice boys' society is being
organized at Boston, Mass.
Kansas City. Mo., is going to have
its Labor Temple erected next spring.
A number of grievances of the
stage employes of Lyuu. Mass., have
been settled.
Automobile glasses' are being nsed
quite extensively by enginemeu as a
protection to the eyes.
' At Buffalo. N. Y.. the strike of the
riveters at the Empire Shipbuilding
Company's yards is still ou.
Los Angeles. Cal.. Labor Temple
?I w.i ??o L- nun
M-'iis viriu^u uiuvu, iv
twenty union ciganuakers employed.
Tbe old jurisdiction dispute between
the woodworkers and tbe carpenters
bas broken out again In Milwaukee.
The Shipping Trades Federation, a
defensl-c alliance of union freight
handlers and teamsters, has beeD
launched at Chicago.
Eighty miners at the Alta mines,
Telluride, Col., went on strike when
rayiested to take out cards iu the
Mnie Owners' Association
The Supreme Conrt of Michigan has
held that the law requiring that a
use be inserted iu coutracts Xor pubworks
to employ union men is functional.
.nion painters of Tittston, Scrtnj,
Carbondale, Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
jd vicinity organized a district couujl
to be known as the Painters' District
Council.
^signatures of every job printer in
jan Diego, CaL have been secured by
be representative of the Typographial
Union to an eight-hour day, begin;
ning next January
Wages of firemen, oilers, water tenders.
seamen, second cooks and porters
were advanced October 1, when
the lake carriers' fall schedule of
wages went into effect.
Elephants Destroy Telegraph Line.
Elephants have lately destroyed a
portion of the transcontinental telegraph
line at a .point eighty-flve miles
north of Bismarcksburg. in German
East Africa, consequently communication
is temporarily interrupted with
Udjidji, northern Tanganyika. The
telegraph line traverses a country
teeming with large game, which is a
source of immense annoyance to those
engaged in maintaining through service
with the eastern shores of Tanganyika
and the regions beyond. There
has been an invasion of elephants into
that portion of northeastern Rhodesia
adjacent to Lake Bangewelo.
These animals have devastated native
crops and frequently enter the settlement,
when they destroy large quantities
of grain that the natives have
stored for their use during the dry
seasen. ^ ,
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IN THE STATEj
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Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
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Meeting of the Synod. ,
Pomona. Special.?The Evangelical ^
Lutheran Synod of South Carolina
met in its Slst annual Convention at 1
St. Paul's church, near Pomaria. New- =
berry county, Wednesday at 10 t
o'clock. The attendance was unusually a
lortrn gild this WAS 3 UlOSt ,
- J
pleasant and profitable convention.
At the morning service the opening *
liturgy was led by Rev. Jas. D. Kinard *
the secretary of the Synod. The an- f
nual synodical sermon was delivered i
by the president. Rev. M. O. J. Kreps.
The sermon was a strong, practical y
application of the text to the synod
in its prest nt session and in the work
before it for the year.
Election of Officers. i
The election of officers for the next ?
year resulted as follows: President, j
Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps, Prosperity; vice ,
president. Rev. W. L. Seabrook. Newberry;
secretary. Rev. J. D. Kinard.
Cameron. Rev. Dr. R. C- Holland of 4
the North Carolina synod, and presi- ;
dent of the mission board of the s
Cnited synodi Rev. J. P. Stirewalt, ,
missionary elect to Japan. Rev. W. L. 3
Dorr, and Rev. E. L. Lybrand of the c
Tennessee synod were received as advisory
members. Rev. E. L. Lybran r}
presented the official greetings of the 3
Tennessee synod which was a strong )
appeal for unity and cooperation. An ,
appropriate response was made by tin ,
vice president of the synod. Rev. W.
L. Seabrook. j
True Bills Against Dispensers. *
Spartanburg, Special.?The grand
jury in sessions court returned true 1
bills as to J. P. Thackston. J. J. Bish- ?
op. L. Riedling, H. T. Ferguson and c
J. W. Husemann, charged with violat- I
ing the dispensary law Each of these 1
defendants is a dispenser, four conducting
beer dispensaries and one? f
Ferguson?operating iiquor dispen- t
sary No. 1. No action has yet been a
taken as to Chas. Smith, former chair- o
man of the county board of control, c
Z. H. Lanford. member of the board, f
J. W. Hannon. liquor dispenser, and e
W. N. Avant of the board of control.
Their cases will probably be passed t
on bv the grand jurv later. t
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A Negro Commits Suicide. f
Walhalla. Special.?William Lov- |
ingood, colored, was found dead near
his home last Saturday marning. The
cause of death was suicide. He left
his home about midnight and when
found he was dead. He had tied a .
string to one of his feet and to both .
triggers of his gun. Only one barrel, s
however, was discharged and death *
must have been instaneous. Lovingood
was a hard working, peaceful
negro, but had shown signs of insan- J
ity two or more weeks ago.
Has Ann Amputated.
Spartanburg, Special.?Mr. Ralph (
Bner of the city while operating a c
corn shredding machine on the l'arm
of J. H. Gosnell at Campton last week j
met with an accident which cost him t
his right arm. In some manner his j
arm was caught in the machinery and J r
terribly lacerated, which resulted in j
the amputatiou of the member. Or. ?
H. R. Black of the city performed the |
operation. s
From Anderson to Greenville.
Anderson. Special?A meeting of the c
stockholders of the Anderson Trac- s
tion company has been called for the ^
-*1 fur flic uuroose of J A
Jill Ul 1/cvcuiia* -? r 4
increasing the capital stock to ?280.- j
000. When this is done the company j
will extend its lines to Belton and Y
from that point to Greenville by way e
of Williamson, Pelzer and Piedmont. *
The intemrban line between this city . i
and Greenville has been quietly work- t
cd for some time and now definite assurances
are given that it will be con- t
structed. c
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A Pardon Asked For. j.
Gov. Hey ward has been asketl to
pardon John Martin, a negro who was ^
convicted ot murder in Beaufort conn- s
ty in J895 and was sent to the peniten- 8
tiarv for life on the jury's recomraen- e
dation to mercy. Martin was accused 8
of killing a man for the purpose of
robbery and with having burned the a
body. The petition to the governor
recites that the evidence was circum- a
stantial and that there is grave doubt a
of the negro's guilt. 7
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P
Shot Accidentally. t<
Gaffney, Special.?Irene Manning,
a negro girl o ft his city was accident- o
ally shot and slightly wounded while u
some boys, also negroes, were engaged o
in shooting at a bottle with a rifle, w
The shooting occurred in the eastern 1
part of the city near the Victor Cotton li
and Oil company. The negro boys say tl
that they did not see the girl. The a
bullet entered the shoulder but was fi
located very easilybvneighboring phy- 0
sieian who was quicklv on th? scene. F
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Robin Kills an Adder. L
In a vigorous battle between a rob- L
in and an adder 14 inches long, the {
bird killed the snake. The fight took y
place in the garden of George S. ^
Jones, in Leominster. Mass., and was
seen by John A. Hannis and others, r.
The robin had a nest of little ones in
an apple tree near the garden. When
the snake wriggled across the field
toward the tree the bird swooped
down and attacked it vigorously with
claws and bill, aiming its attacks at f'
the head of the adder, which spat and ti
M6sed, but was soon put out of the C
battle. Not, however, on the first ii
round, as It gradually^ came to after $;
the robin bad left it and begyi to .5
move. The bird discovered the motion
and flew again at the snake, not leav- ^
ing it until It was dead.?Boston jr
Globe. ....
WILL GET NO PROftlS
jaw Does Not Allow Dry Counties
to Participate.
Tke counties of Union, Newberry,
Marion, Ocone<., Pickens, Darlington,
iorry, Lancaster and York wiil get
lone of the surplus fund of the dispensary
this year?according to an
pinion from the office of the attorney
reneral. It was not to be expected
hat Cherokee would be a beneficiary,
is the dispensary was voted out of
hat county last year, and it was not
apposed that Marlboro and (ireencood
would receive any of the fund,
or they had had no dispensiaries at
my time.
Following is the case as stated by
he controller general in his letter:
*1 have received several communiations
in reference to the distribution
f the protits from the State dispenarv
belonging to the State school
und, under the provisions of section
235 of the code of 15)02, as amended
s the Brice bill, 24 stats., 487, Several
u 1899. 23 stats., 112, and as furher
amended by the act commonly
nown as the Brice bill, 24, stats., 487.
ieveral counties in the State have,
ince the passage of the last meutiond
act, voted that no dispensary shall
ie located within them, and the act
provides any county voting out a dispensary
shall not thereafter receive
ny part of the surplus that may reaain
of the dispensary school funds,
fter the deficiencies in the various
ounty school funds have beeu made
ip as previously provided by law.
"It seems clear that my duty is,
rst. to apply so much of the net inome
derived by the State from the
ale of liquors under the dispensary
aw as may be necessary to equalize
he deficiencies existing in the various
ounties in the State after the appli*
ation of the three mill tax and the
oil tax to run the public schsols for
he time fixed by law.
"I desire to be advised,'first, whethr
the counties which have voted out
he dispensaries within their borders
ire now entitled to receive any part
if the surplus that may remain of the
lispensary school fund after these deiciencies
above mentioned have been
qualized.
' Second, are such counties entirely
xcluded from participating in the disribution
now to be made, or are they
o be allowed a pro rata share of such
urplus in proportion to the time durng
which said profits were earned and
lispensaries were located in such
punties.
"There is another class of counties
mbracing Greenwood and Marlboro
chich have no dispensary and never
lave had any. For this reason they
lave never voted out a dispensary as
pecified in the Briee act above refer ed
to. Are those counties deprived
>f the benefit of sharing in these sur)lus
school funds, or should they coninue
to share in the distribution of
iuch funds as they have done prior to
his time?"
Mr. Youmans on behalf of the atorney
general .expressed the opinion
>f the office in the following language:
"Answering your letter of Novem>er
4th to the attorney general asking
o be advised in reference to the disribution
of the surplus that may renain
of the dispensary funds after
he deficiencies in the various county
chool funds have been equalized, as
>rovided by the act of 1899, I beg to
av. first:
"That in my opinion the Briee act
s clear in directing that any county
oting out a dispensary shall not revive
any part of this surplus. The
tatutes providing for the distribution
>y the comptroller general refer to
?M i" ?- ? Ainilo o c I
lie uisinuuuoH 01 mcsc iUUUO mo J
hey come into the State treasury*, subect
to his order. It does not contera>iate
his undertaking to ascertain
ehen or where there profits were earnd.
As soon as the funds reach the
5tate treasury, subject to his order. I
t is his duty to distribute them under
he existing state of facts.
"If. when you undertake to make
his distribution, you find that certain
ounties have voted out the dispensares
within their borders, you cannot
ay over any part of these surplus
unds to such counties in face of the
>rohibition of the statute that they
hall not receive any part of such
nrplus. Such counties are entirely
xcluded from particiuating in the
urplus.
"As to the counties of Greenwood
nd Marlboro, mentioned by you, they
o not come within the terms of the
ct, 'counties voting out a dispensary'
nd are therefore entitled to a share
rith the other counties of the State
a the general distribution of the surplus.
These are the views of the Stanley
general."
After all there is very little so far
a quarrel over, as but two payments
f profits have been made since .Tannrv
1st. One of those was $6S,675.77
11 the 10th of January and the other
as *25.000 on the 7th of October,
the total amount of surplus divided
ist year was $376,456.55, of' which |
be now prohibition counties receive
fourth, acording to the following
gures:
iconee $ 5.C536.91
'ickens 4,414.66
herokee 4.439.38
ork 9,347.68
ancaster 9.347.6S
jincaster 5.661.7.8
nion 5,451.16
i? or/? o 1
, ewberry < u.-i
Tarion 7,214.24
>arl ington 5,853.48
[orrv 8.699.S8
Total $63,095.41
The above is from the "surplus"
and. From the "deficiency fund"
le following payments were made:
herokee. nothing; Greenwood, nothlg;
Darlington, nothing; Horry,
4-506; Lancaster, $739.80; Marlboro,
153.80; Marion, $661; Newberry,
otbiug; Oconee, $670.22; Pickens.
196.06; Union, nothing; York, nothig.
The total deficiency fund in 1904
as $13,968.74. '.
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Notes of Soothers Cotton MiQs anflj^H
Other Manufacturing Enterprises* VH
Charlotte, N. C. The South Atlan- ^HB
tic Waste Company, which was organ- VE
ied in Charlotte several weeks acofhas
purchased land near the Highland *
Park Mill, north of the city, and will
bejrin the construction of their plant .?
there at once. A two-story building afflj
will be erected for actual manufacturing
operations and an extensive series
of warehouses be added for the % /<
storing of waste prior to its treat- y
ment. The plant will be fitted with , ,
the most improved machinery and be rj
of the very latest design in every department.
An up-iown office has been \
secured at No. 23, South Trvon street,- tgi
in the building occupied by the ?
can Cotton JUauuiaciurer, ana ine
business of the new concern will be
pushed from the outset. The incorporators
are: George Stephens, A. H.
Washburn and J. W. Todd.
Denison, Texas. By November 15 i 1
the Denison Cotton Mills will be ready
for operation. Announcement was
made in August that the property of
the American Cotton Spinning Cp., |
had been secured for remodeling into
a modern cctton manufacturing estab- ?'ft!
lishment. There will be 10,000 spindles
in position for manufacturing - ?
yarns, and later the company may
install looms for weaving cloth. W.
B. Munson is president of thfc com- ,
nar.v. The latter has a capital stock ]
of $150,000.
Asherille, N. 0. Some time ago the
Asheville Cotton Mills were referred
to as contracting for changing its
steam power to electric power. Tins
work has been progressing, and thA . -v
company has erected a transformed
station 14x20 feet, wherem has beeq^
installed transformers to reduce the ;":i
voltage of the current supplied by the ^
local power company. The mill has
also made a small addition to its
picker btrilding( 16x62 feet), in order j
to accommodate one new line of picker
machinery, and will at the same time
install 1664 additional spindles, whielt
will gave the mill a total of 10,112
spindles. Contracts for the electric
and textile machinery have been awar- >
ded, and'riie equipment is now being1
received.
Its, S. C. The incorporation of the Jw
Jackson Mills was reported some flj
months ago The incorporators mat 1
recently to affect organisation and .J| \
elected D. P. McBrayer of Anderson,
S. C., president; T. C. Jackson of Its, ^ manager
and assistant treasurer, and
J. F. McDonald, secretary. The directors
chosen are Messrs. McBrayer and j
Jackson, W'. P. Cook, J. E. Watson '
and W. T. A. Sherard of Iva, D. A* J9
Ledbctter and N. B. Sullivan of Au5
?Jr. v Ph'.ud*!. *dE
aerson, tuiu v. .aiaum v* ?. .
phia. Pa. The company is capitalised 4^^
at $200,000, and will at once girewo*' "^*2
sideration to the plans for the cotton
mill to be built. It is stated that the a
capital stock will probably be increased
to $325,000.
Laurens, S. C. A meet in? of the J
directors of both the Laurens and *13
Watts cotton jnills, of this city was : ;
held last week. Both mills were shown
to be in One condition and making ' \
money. The directors of Laurens mills 'vt
decleared the usual six per cent, semielared
the usual six per cent, seme- ^
annual dividend, payable the last of *
December. ,
Augusta, Ga. The plan announced
by the Fall River Cotton Mill Manu- ^
facturing Association, whereby the "yf
operatives are to figure id the profits
has attracted attention at the Augusta
Cotton Mills, and information is being
sought with a view to inaugurating
the same scheme here. YjM
? J %
Lexington, X1. i>. nign roini aim
Lexington interests are combined in
the erection of a cotton mill here.
The company will commence business
at once with a capital of $10,000, * ^
which will be increased as necessary. - $
Among those interested are Mr. F. N.
Patterson, of High Point, and Messrs "w
C. M. Thompson, W. H. Penry and J.
D. Grimes, of Lexington.
Columbus, Ga. Continued proggr;ss
is reported on the work of erecting
the new plant of the Georgia Mfg.
Co. Details as to this plant were <
aivan covprfll months a<ro. It will be
recalled that the company decided to
erect a two-storv, 45x140 foot structure,
into which their knitting machinery
will be removed. Then the old
building will be used as a dye-house.
Contracts have also been signed for
1.600 spindles to be added to the
present installation of 40,000 spindles.
About $40,000 is being expended for
the improvements in progress. '
:
Spray, N. C. The B. Frank Mebane
interests of this city have launched
another textile enterprise, having incorporated
the Imperial Company daring
the past week. The company has
a nominal capital stock of $60,000 and
its incorporators are Thomas J. McAllister,
J. Worth McAllister, and B.
ftiow n<e/uM?itps are
authorized by the new charter to deal
in and maufacture textile fabrics.
Portsmouth, Va. When the present
lease of the Portsmouth Cotton Mann- *
facturiug Company expires, that company
will operate its plant. Heret^v
fore the mill has been leased to other g
people. A committee has been named
to formulate the best plan for obtaining
the $30,000 needed for operating
expenses. S? B. Oats, Joseph A. Par- ' I
ker, W. G. Parker and John L. Watson
compose the committee.
The new building erected by the
Georgia Manufacturing Co., at a cost ^
of $40,000 is being prepared for use. T JB