CUBA AT SHORT RANGE
History and Physical Features
of the Island.
TiSEFUSS THAT LIGHT A BOOM. ?
5"he Facas. Flora and Climatic Condi*
I tiona-Not Unhealthy if Dae Seward
Wer? Faid to Sanitary- Laws-Filthy
! Habits Cause Disease.
IV.
Cuba was discovered by Columbus
Oct. 28, 1492. He named it Juana, and
it "was also called Fernandina, and
?till later Santiago and Ave Maria
Alfa y Omega, bnt its original Indian
name o? Cubican, or Cuba, .bas been
?lone retained. In 1511 the island
.was overrun by Diego Velasquez with
a body of Spanish troops, and the
natives, unable to cope with the in?
vaders, were quickly subdued. They
were reduced to slavery, and, though
?t the time of its discovery the island
had a population of over 1,000,000, so
cruelly were the inhabitants treated that
an 1553 there were but few left Peter
Martyr, an Italian geographer and his?
torian, that lived at the time, tells us
that some Spaniards made a TOW to
hang or burn 13 natives in honor of
Christ and the 12 apostles every morn
THE CUBAS IGUANA-NOT AT ALL PBETTT,
BUT VERY PALATABLE.
ing. Soon after they landed on the is?
land the Spaniards began the inhuman
tactics that have largely characterized
their policy ever since. The extinction
of the native population led to the in?
troduction of negroes to work on the
plantations. This importation of negroes
continued for centuries, until now the
jimlk of the population is composed of
that race.
' During the latter part of the six?
teenth century and during most of the
Seventeenth Cuba suffered greatly from
the attacks of the buccaneers. In 1717
a revolt against the Spanish adminis?
trators of the island broke out in conse?
quence cf the attempt of the govern?
ment; to establish a tobacco monopoly.
Since then there have been a series of
revolts and insurrections against the
Spanish rulers, but all of them proved
abortive until the last just closed,
which would probably have ended like
all the rest, but for the humane inter
. ference of the United States.
. Cuba, the Pearl of the Antilles, is
the largest, the most important and the
wealthiest island of the West Indian
archipelago. It lies at the entrance to
the gulf of Mexico and forms an irreg?
ular curve of about 9C0 miles in length,
extending from Cape Maysi on the east
to Cape San Antonio on the4 west Its
. width varies from 20 to 135 miles, and
jits area, including dependencies,
amounts to 47,278 square miles.
The island is intersected by a range
of mountains, more cr less broken,
- which extends through it from east to
west and from which the rivers de?
scend to the sea on each side. From
Cape Maysi to Cape Crass the range
called the Sierra Maestra, skirts the
southern shore for a distance of 200
miles. At the west end of the island
the mountains also approach the coast.
Among these ranges lie fertile valleys,
. acme of which are 200 miles long and
30 broad. The highest peaks in the
Sierra Maestra range, and in fact in the
island, are Pico Turquino, rising 6,900
feet above the level of the sea, and La
Gran Piedra, which ascends to a height
of 5,200 feet.
The mountain regions of Cuba are ex?
tremely picturesque, but very sparsely
settled, and for the most part little
known. A person might travel for
weeks in these solitudes and never see
a human habitation or any evidence j
that man had ever been there. Their
slopes are usually covered by forests
and dense jungles, whose vegetation,
constantly moistened by innumerable
streams ar-* brooks and by the rains
and dews, is rankly luxuriant Im?
mense mineral wealth is supposed to be
hidden in the bowels of these moun?
tains, but so far copper is the only
metal that has been mined to any con?
siderable extent.
Tho entire coast of Cuba, it might be
said, is protected by rocky reefs and
muddy shallows, which in many in?
stances stretch far out into the sea.
These are exceedingly dangerous and
have proved fatal to large vessels as
well as to smaller craft. On many parts
of the ccast the sea is very deep quite
close inshore and affords excell en ^har?
bors for vessels plying on the busiest
sea road in the western hemisphere.
There are many islands lying off the
<x&?t of Cuba, the largest and most im?
portant being the Isle of Pines, a fa?
mous health resort. Epidemics are un?
known on this favored spot, and its in?
habitants are secare from the attacks
of yellow fever. Many wealthy Cubans
live here, and delightful villas and ele?
gant residences are frequently seen
^ensconced in palm and pine groves and
surrounded by gorgeous fringes of flow?
ers. For some unaccountable reason the
pine tree of our northern regions flour?
ishes to perfection in this delightful
isle. Its presence there may have some?
thing to do with the salubriousness of
the place.
Almost every part of Cuba is supplied
with fresh and generally pure water.
There are many rivers, but none cf
them is of great length, except the Lau?
to, which, rising in the Sierra Maestra,
empties into Manzanillo bay after run?
ning a course of 130 miles. It is onlv
navigable for small craft. The only
other rivers deserving of mention are
the Sagna Grande and the Sagua Chica,
neither cf which is navigable even for
small boats but for a few weeks after
the rainy season has ended. Springs
and Gtreams of exquisitely pure water
are to be found in great abundance. The
number of caves and grottoes found cir?
cling over pools of limpid water is re?
markable, and adds an additional charm
to the beauty of such localities.
In the mountains there are many
beautiful waterfalls, among which the
cascades of Rosario are the most cele?
brated. A number of medium sized
lakes, fringed with trees or verdant
grassy slopes, add variety and beauty
to the scenery in the interior of the is?
land. They are well supplied with vari?
ous finely flavored fish and, together
with the .natural fruits and vegetables,
furnish the dwellers in these delightful
regions with their subsistence without
the necessity of much work.
Profuse as is the bounty of nature dis?
played in the vegetable world, there are
no large animals of any kind indigenous
to the island. When Columbus landed,
he only found two quadrupeds, and
those of a small size-one, a sort of
barkless dog, probably a raccoon, and a
long bodied squirrel. Many imported
domestic animals, such as the horse,
pig, goat, cat, the dog, and even cattle,
in the course of time ran wild, and are
to be found in great numbers in the
densest parts of the forests. The dog es?
pecial! y has been much modified by his
new nabitat, and has dwindled, on the
one hand, to the Havanese toy spaniel,
and developed in another direction into
the enormous Molasso, which only a
few years back was constantly employ?
ed in the inhuman sport of hunting
runaway slaves.
In periods, doubtless long antedating
the advent of man upon the island mas?
todons, elephants, hippopotamuses and
other large animals roamed through the
Cuban forests or wallowed in its la?
goons. Their fossil remains are occa?
sionally dug up, after having been en?
tombed in rocky graves for unknown
centuries of time.
A small red asp, said to have been
imported from Santo Domingo, infests
many of the sugar plantations, and its
"bite is exceedingly dangerous The
scorpions in Cuba are very undesirable
neighbors, and though their bites have
not been known to result fatally they
are attended by rather serious conse?
quences. A large boa is also occasion?
ally to be met with, but it is not at all
dangerous. Some members of the bat
family attain an enormous size, the
leathery wings measuring from a foot
to a foot and a half from tip to tip.
They are visitors occasionally to apart?
ments, which they enter through the
open doors and windows. They are un?
canny looking intruders and are regard?
ed as ill omened, though not otherwise
objectionable.
No account of Cuban reptiles would
be complete without some mention of
the iguana. This is a large green lizard,
arboreal in its habits, which lives on
fruits. It is extensively used as an ar?
ticle of food and has been declared pal?
atable and nutritious. The alligator
and cayman are also frequently to be
met with in the rivers ano deep lagoona
More than 200 species of indigenous
birds, exclusive of the domesticated
kind, are known, many of them remark?
able for the richness of thei;: plumage.
Of migratory birds the ducks of Florida,
or del norte, are the most numerous.
The indigenous huyuyo is a miniature
of the English duck and is of splendid
plumage.
If there are but few obnoxious rep?
tiles in Cuba, the lack of these is amply
compensated for by a surprising num?
ber of disagreeable insects of various
kinds. The mosquitoes aro large and
specially venomous and obtrusive, and
there are also irritating "jiggers, "ants,
wasps, midges and spiders as large as
the crown of a man's hat. A member
of the bee family known as the "veg?
etable bee" is a most remarkable in?
sect. It is very much handicapped by
nature, for it has to carry an umbrella
shaped fungus of the clavara tribe on
its back. The cucullo, a monster firefly,
emits bright streams of light from two
eyes on his back and one m his breast,
ijhree of these creatures inclosed in a
glass would give sufficient light to il?
luminais a moderate sized apartment.
The climate of Cuba, considering it
is in the tropics, is very tolerable, and
from November till May is quite en
A CUBAN MOUNTAIN STREAM.
joyable, as the heat during that period
is never excessive. Unless in the upland
regions the summer season is extremely
enervating owing to the intense heat
and the unhealthy steaming miasma
caused by the incessant rains. In some
portions of the forests unwholesome
malarial vapors arise from the rank
vegetable strata, and the lagoons and
marshes are sometimes hidden for days
by a dense, deadly, white pall of fog.
But notwithstanding these disagree?
able features it would be quito possible
to eujoy good health in Cuba. Much of
the disease which prevails there is pre?
ventable and would disappear or at
least be greatly mitigated were the in?
habitants to pay proper regard to tho
laws of health. The people of Cuba.
Spaniards included, are not cleanly and
seem to regard a bathtub with horror.
NEIL MACDONALD
Make use of time while it is present
with you. It depends upon your will
and not upon tho number of days to
have a sufficient length of life.-Mon?
taigne.
A Brazilian Indian Story. ]
Here is a Brazilian indian story, says I
the New York Times. The jaguar and
the monkey met. The ?agriar had a lus?
cious bunch of plantains which the
monkey craved. "I will gladly give you
the plantains, " said the jaguar, "pro?
viding you catch a fawn for me."
"Agreed," cried tbe monkey. "But,"
added the jaguar, "if you don't get the
fawn you must promise to let me bite a
mouthful out of yon."'"Agreed," once
more cried the gleeful monkey. The
monkey ate the plantains, and the little
matter about the fawn quite slipped his
memory.
Then one day the jaguar met the
monkey and insisted on taking his pay
out of the monkey's hide. The business,
becoming serious, was left to the pec
cari to decide. "It seems all right
enough, " said the peccari, "only this:
How am I to determine what is the ex?
act size of a jaguar's mouthful and also
where is he to bite? He had better refer
the matter to the big snake." The big
snake took the subject under considera?
tion. His judgment was that he would
have to swallow the jaguar, the monkey
and the peccari. The jaguar and peccari
he did at once assimilate, but the mon?
key, being nimble, escaped.
A Burglar's Mistake.
"When Hooked into the dining room
of a house that I was in one night,"
said the retired burglar, "I saw a man
sitting in a chair perched upon the din?
ing room table. That seemed a singular
place for a man to get to sit, drunk or
sober, but I thought I'd have to give
him a chance to get tired of sitting
there and go to bed before I began, for
if I didn't he might wake up any min?
ute and interrupt things. So I took a
seat in a big leather chair in the library,
next room, and waited for him to wake
up. When Td waited what I thought
was a reasonable time without hearing
from him, I looked in again, and there
he was, still sitting there, just the same.
"But this time, even in that light,
there was something peculiar about him,
and I ventured to turn my own light on
him now, and then I saw that it wasn't
a man at all, but a suit of clothes, with
a hat on top, set up there to dry after
being wet in the raiu. The man that
had worn them had been abed and asleep
for hours, but his clothes had served for
a scarecrow mighty well, for I'd sat
there waiting for them to go to bed so
long that it was now too late for busi?
ness."-New York Sun.
Clothespins.
Clothespins are an American com?
modity. Some clothespins are made in
Sweden and in Scotland, but they are
big and clumsy, twice the size of the
American pins and whittled out by
hand. Clothespins are made chiefly of
beech and of maple, but some are made
of tupelo wood. They are made entirely
by machinery, counted into boxes con?
taining 720 each by machinery, and the
boxes are nailed up by machinery. It
might almost be said that blocks of
wood fed to machines at one end come
out boxed clothespins at the other. They
are made and sold wonderfully cheap.
There are two grades of clothespins,
firsts and seconds. First grade pins can
be bought for 35 cents a box. The pro?
duction of clothespins is enormous, mil?
lions of boxes annually. The consump?
tion in this couutry keeps pace with the
growth of the population, and great
numbers are exported. Even people in
the trade wonder what becomes of all
the clothespins.
What Bothered Elim.
"When I was a young man, " says a
well known civil engineer, "I was sur?
veying the route cf a proposed railway.
An old farmer with whom I stopped for
a time admitted one day, when he saw
mo figuring in the field, that mathemat?
ics always seemed a wonderful thing to
him. Being young and enthusiastic, I
began to enlarge its wonders* telling
him how we could measure the dis?
tances to different planets, and even
weigh them ; how we could ascertain
the height of mountains without scaling
them and many other things which I
meant should astonish him.
"You can imagine how he set me
hack when he replied to this brilliant
array of facts by saying: 'Yes, yes, them
things does seem kinder cur'us, but
what allus bothered me was to under?
stand why you have to carry one fur
ev'ry ten, but if you don't the durned
thiug won't come out right.'"'-New
York Tribune.
"B?l?insrton*8 Sea."
There is tangible evidence that the
pious passengers of the Mayflower were
not entirely without, a sense of humor.
Back of Plymouth over the hill upon
which they planted their cannon is a
large fresh water pond, perhaps a mile
in diameter, which, it appears from the
records, was discovered by John Bil
lington while he was prowling around
one night, probably on a scouting expe?
dition looking for Iudiaus. In the morn?
ing he reported that he had found the
sea in that direction and there was a
lively dispute between him and the oth?
er pilgrims as to the accuracy of his in?
formation. He stuck to his theory with
the same tenacity that he adhered to his
religion, and to this day that pond is
called "Billingtou's sea." - Chicago
Record.
Beyond Medical Skill.
Master-Late again, Sandy! Cau't
you manage to get here in timer
Sandy (with a doleful headache)-I
canna sleep o' nichts, sor, and so I'm
loath to get up in tho morniu.
Master-Eh, man, sleeplessness! Why
don't you consult a doctor and get at
the cause?
Sandy-I get at the cause weel
eneuch, but it'll no shut np. It's (?
weeks auld aud au awful yeller.-Glas?
gow Times.
The polar currents contain less salt
than those from the equator.
Afghan women are never jealous cf
Heh other.
Gorae and sec wj heforp buying or trading
Wa can please yon witb a White-Randie.
Hard on the Gentler Sex.
There is much cf the slave and the
j tyrant hidden in thc nature cf woman.
I Thus woman is not yet capable of
friendship, but only of love.
In the love cf woman is injustice and
blindness tc all that she does not love.
There are two things a true man
likes-danger and play. He likes wom?
an because she is the most dangerous of
playthings.
A man should be reared for the voca?
tion of a warrior ; a woman for the rec?
reation cf the warrior. All else is rub?
bish.
A woman's principle cf honor is to
love more than she is lo\ed, so as not
to be second.
In any game where love or hate is
cot at stake women play a mediocre
part.
All women behind their personal
vanity cherish an impersonal contempt
for woman.
As a rule, a mother loves herself in
her son more than the son himself.
The chief danger that besets artists
of genius lies in woman. The worship?
ing woman is their ruin. Hardly one
has character enough to resist his ruin
when he finds himself treated like a
god. Mau is a coward in face of the
ewig weibliche, and no one knows it
better than the small woman.
Women indulge in literature as they
commit a little sin, glancing round to
see if any one is looking-i. e., to at?
tract attention.-Henry Nietzsche in
Academy.
The Minnow Trap.
The minnow trap used for catching
minnows for bait is of glass, shaped like
a jar or a bottle without a neck and of
a capacity of six or eight quarts. The
bottom of the trap rises in a cone, like
the bottom cf a champagne bottle, but
instead cf being solid the top of the
cone is cut off, making an opening in
the trap. The top cf the trap has "ver
it a metal cap on a hinge. The c< ^ is
perforated with a number of holes to
permit of tho circulation of water
through the trap.
The minnow trap is slung horizon?
tally in a wiro holder, which has a han?
dle on top, to which a rope is made fast.
Suitable bait to attract minnows is
placed in the trap, which is then low?
ered into the water. The cone with the
opening at the inner end in the bottom
is in effect like the opening into an eel
or fish trap. It is easy fer the minnows
to get through it into the trap in search
of the bait, but hard for them to get
out. When the trap has been raised,
the captured minnows are got out by
opening the cap at the other end of the
trap.-New York Sun.
Vegetarian Crocodiles.
A report by George Hoare, one of the
officiais of the British Central Africa
protectorate, summarized in the local
gazette, contains some curious details
of the crocodiles of Lake Chinta. They
would seem to be strict vegetarians, for
not only have they never been known
to attack the men fishing in the lake,
but their tracks were shown by the
natives to the -writer at a distance of
several miles from its shores, whence
they are said to travel overland in
J search of roots. This is contrary to the
habits of all known species of croco?
diles, which are, in the first place,
purely carnivorous, and, in the second,
so helpless on land from their inability
I to turn, except in a large ?ircle, that
they never leave the immediate vicinity
of their watery or muddy heme. Efforts
will accordingly be made to obtain a
specimen of this abnormal type of the
formidable amphibian.-London Tablet
Strange Taste?.
One day while at Versailles during
the French war Lord Odo Russell went
to call on Bismarck, but found him
closeted with Count Harry Arnim, who
was known as the " Ape, " from his fan?
tastical ways. Before long Arnim came
out, fanning himself with his handker?
chief and looking as if about to choke.
"Well," he gasped, "I cannot under?
stand how Bismarck can bear that
smoking the strongest Havanas in a
stuffy little room. I had to beg him to
open the window."
When Russell entered the room, he
found the chancellor fanning himself
beside an open casement. '4 What strange
tastes some people have!" he exclaimed.
"Arnim has just been with me, and he
was so overpoweringly perfumed that I
had to open the window.: '
Don't Worry About the Editor.
The editor has a charter from the
state tc act as doormat for the commu?
nity. He will get the paper out some?
how and stand up fer the town and
whoop it up for you when you run for
office and lie about your big footed son
when he gets a $4 a week job and weep
over your shriveled soul when it is re?
leased from its grasping body and smile
at your wife's second marriage. Don't
worry about the editor; he'll get along.
The Lord only knows how-but some?
how.-Exchange.
Victims of Gambling?.
The list of persons who have killed
themselves because they have been ruin?
ed by the Vienna Municipal Lottery is
a long one. The other day a woman
who had spent all her money in buying
tickets and had never won a prize hanged
i herself. Nevertheless the citizens of
Vienna look with favor on the lottery,
I as ir keeps down taxes.
A Spoiled Child.
"What are you crying about now,
dearie';" asked the fond mother. "Is
there something mamma's sweetest
wants?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"I-I don't know ! That's what I'm
j crying about!"-Indianapolis Journal.
Th?' Morn!nu' Meal.
j "Nov;, children," said the teacher,
: "what do you call the meal that you
i eat in the morning?"
"Oatmeal,*' promptly responded c>
number of the class. - What to Eat
War in sewing machines, but the "VVhita'
victorious. A_ I
of daims against Sumter County, presented
and approved for 2d quarter,fiscal year, '98.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
102 C. L. Tisdale. lumber ? 4.50
507 L. I. Kelly, road overseer 3.00
4ls J.. F. Montgomery, bridgework 4.45
307 W. P. Truluck, bridge work 3.4-0
352 I). X. Matthews, bridge work 3.00
298 E.;X. Barwick, bridge work 4.44
312 Godfrey & Co. lumber. 20.65
411 E. G. Hollis, work 5.50
323 A. T. Woods, hauling on roads 27.00
34S Jas. H. Scarborough, lumber 71.78
357 W. A. Kees, work 5.50
352 J. W. Gamble, work 6.39
317 W. M. Sanders, bridge work 13.50
378 J. F. McElveen. bridge work 10.00
368 .1. A. Dennis, bridge work 13.00
375 J W Gamble, bridge work 5.25
400 Eugene L Cooper, bridge lumber 8.08
401 C L Tisdale. .. 4-0.35
410 W M Lenoir, - 42.59
398 X J Kovkin.: " 3.79
511 X. Barnett, road work 21.00
431 McBride & Warren, bridge lumber 15.23
417 J R McCov. - 9.50
4-40 I) C Stuckey, bridge work 0.00
548 J F Wingate. " 3.00
540 J F Wingate. " 3.30
4S4 July Wilson, ditching 8.90
435 T L Barnes, bridge work 4.50
430 W G Tisdale, bridge lumber 7.60
4-38 Thos J DuBose, bridge work 4.98
423 H L Smith. " 7.50
444 Jas H Scarborough, bridgelumber S2.15
470 F J. Waters, bridge work 74.91
497 Jas H Scarborough, bridgelumber 16.51
505 W A Tallon. " 3.15
500 W Z Truluck. .. 12.00
547 Hector Ard, bridge work 2.25
555 Robt M Cooper, bridge lumber 6.13
522 C L Tisdale, .. 6.81
550 S L Tallon, bridge work 8.00
524 J F Price, bridge lumber 2.36
Total. $622.05
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
300 Jno M McElveen. services $ 2:65
301 Wm ? Cain .. 2.25
303 W W Stuckev. " 3.20
304 J W Weldon,' " 2-80
349 J M X "Wilder, " 1.50
330 Richard I Manning, services 4.25
553 Frean Melle?, " 2.00
554 Wm O Cain. " 2.60
558 T Ed Baskin. .. 2.00
Total. ?23.25
COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
517 Marion Dorn, salary $200.00
CLERK COUNTY BOARD COMMISSIONERS.
386 Thos V Walsh, salarv 827.00
455 " " 25.00
533 " - 25.00
Total. 877.50
COUNTY ATTORNEY.
387 A B Stuckev, salarv 812.50
453 . 12.50
53N 12.50
Total.$ 37.50
COUNTY AUDITOR.
302 J Diggs Wilder, salarv $ 41.66
456 41.66
526 " .* " 4-1.66
Total. $124.08
CORONER'S INQUESTS.
307 A D Moses, cor. investigation $ 1.20
300 " " 1.27
402 Dr H M Stuckev, p m dison 15.00
403 A D Moses, inquest 23.47
404 Jas E Gaillard Jr, inquest 2.00
405 Chas W Smith. " 2.00
406 Dr A C Dick, p m inquest 5.00
422 A L Moses, inquest 1.22
428 Wm H Seale, inquest 8.50
420 Dr B McLaughlin, p m inq'st (2) 10.00
436 W C Folk, inquest 2.07
448 W H Seale, " 8.50
440 W C Folk. " 2.00
451 A D Moses, investigation 5.00
500 - 5.98
500 - inquest 13.24
510 Dr F M Dwight, p m exam 5.00
518 A D Moses, cor inves*n 4.28
510 Dr A J China, p m exam 5.00
Total. $120.82
CONSTARLES' ACCOUNTS.
315 X B Ingram, services $ 8.33
318 J D Stuckey, ex prisoner 3.15
342 W C Folk, services 8.33
373 L A Wheeler, services . 8.33
385 F K Winn. ** 16.66
394 L, s Jennings, ** 8.33
300 X B Ingram. " 8.33
408 J McK Shaw. .. 8.00
410 W P Singleton. " 8.33
412 J D Stuckey. ** 5.36
410 W C Folk. " 8.33
420 J I> Stuckey, ex prisoner 2.50
422 L A Wheeler, ?erv ex prisoner lo.13
436 J I) Stuckey, ex prisoner 3.00
437 .J I) Stuckey, services 8.33
442 L S Jennings. - 8.33
454 J McK Shaw, - 8.33
50-! X B Ingram. " 8.33
450 F K Winn, ** 16.66
467 W P Singleton. " 8.33
473 J S Stuckey. " 2.65
406 W C Folk. S.33
521 F K Winn. " 16.?56
541 W P Singleton. " 8.33
542 F McK Shaw. " s.33
543 J I) Stuckey. " s.33
552 L S Jennings. ** s.33
Total. $226.01
MAGISTRATES' ACCOUNTS.
200 W H Seale, mag services $ 25.00
310 J H Scarborough, mag services 25.00
311 I W Bradlev. - 25.00
353 W H Seale.* " 8.33
374 T B Rhame. " 25.00
384 B P Kelley, " 25.00
303 L R Jennings, " 8.33
303 J L Ingram. " 8.33
407 J H Scarborough. " 8.33
400 HEB Wells. 20.17
411 W H Seale, " 8.34
441 L R Jennings. " s.33
445 T B Ithame. " s.33
457 H L B Wells, " 20.16
468 B P Kellev. - 8.33
472 I W Bradley, " 16.66
476 J F Ingram. " 8.33
405 W H Seale. s.33
523 H L B Wells. " 20.17
525 B P Kellev. " 8 33
546 T B Rhame, " s 33
551 LR.Jennings. " 8 33
557 J F Ingram. " 8 33
Total. $345 70
HOOKS. STATIONERY AND ADVERTISING.
306 II <; Osteen. supplies $ 2 75
4S3 " " 2 75
324 Fd F Miller, advertising 20 00
344 X G Osteen. " 24 00
358 Knight Bros. " 22 25
413 Knight Bros.. supplies 4.35
414 Walker. Evans & Cogswell b"k 14 00
433 Knight Bros supplies 2 75
Total. $03 85
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
316 Edgar Skinner, work $ 7 15
317 J W Adkins. " s 30
388 E T Windham. " 18 20
411 J M Folev, " 4 oo
466 E T Windham - 15 01
475 .1 I) Craig, Fur Co, cot 3 oo
477 Said Pringle, work 3 00
485 F (i Bell re. " 1 65
515 F G Bohre, repairing swill cart 1 (55
E T Windham, work at c h and jail ls 77
Total.$si 72
cn A IX GANG.
320 R. M. Aman, supplies $ 2.25
346 G. M. Dorn, guard 3.38
319 Ji. M. Amati, supplies 4.8o
313 M. \V. Cummings, work 5.30
:i 14 Levi Bros.. supplies 20.06
366 Samuel Newman.guard 5.00
380 L. K. White, overseer 35.75
381 H. I). Sanders, guard I<>.<>T
382 Samuel Newman, guard 15.00
383 Wash Graham, cook 14.40
415 M. Ci reen, supplies 20.75
-124 Ducker&Bultinan Co., spls 19.63
425 Wash (?raham. cook 5.47
426 Sumter Iron W'ks. shoeing 1.50
427 S. Newman, guard 5.00
443 II. M. Aman, potatoes 2.00
450 L. E. White, overseer 35.00
45S Crosswell & Co., supplies 21.40
465 O'Donnell & Co., " 18.16
474 Craiir Far. ('??., mattress 4.50
471 3VI. Sanders, guard 19.?3
476. S. Newman, guard 15.00
170 Moses A: Co., supplies 95
501 B. H. Ingram, guard 10.00
502 M.Sanders, guard 8.66
540 O'Donnell & Co., supplies 44.08
512 A. T. Cooper, oats 12.00
514 R. W. Bradham, repairs 2.50
534 S. Newman, guard 20.00
535 Con vers Brown, guard 11.33
5.00
Total, $403.10
CO. ST.*PT. EDUCATION.
381 W. J. DuRant. salary S 50.00
447 W. J. DuRant, salary 58.00
520 W. J. DuRant, travelingex 40.00
543 W. J. DuRant, salary 50.00
Total, $198.00
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
345 Tower <fe Lyon, handcuffs $ 21.60
359 D. G. Keels, witness 3.40
360 B. P. Kelly, " 2.10
361 J. M. Moseley, witness 2.50
362 E. J. Goodman, witness 5.60
363 W. A. Nettles, " 1 "90
365 J. L. Parrott. 44 3,40
373 B. D. Mitchell. 11 1.45
370 A. W. Suder, " 3.10
369 W. J. DuRant, 44 1.90
368 W. S. Dinkins, 44 2.00
416 J. E. Gaillard, " 3.30
469 N. W. Brooker, " 5.40
480 J Singleton, supper for jurv 3.25
486 T. V. Walsh, witness * 1.10
491 K. E. Wells, con. lunatic 11.16
492 E. S. Booth, ex. lunatic 5.00
493 N. Y. Alford, 44 5.00
494 T. Walsh, lunacy 5.00
31 A. Dinkins, con. lunatic 1.10
511 J. E. Gaillard, witnesses 1.20
508 A. W. Suder, witness 5.50
Total, $95.96
POOR HOUSE AND POOR.
376 B. Walsh, shoes $ 5.55
379 B. D. Mitchell, dieting 144.90
446 44 " 107.70
475 Craig Fur. Co., coffins 15.00
543 R. W. Bradham, work 2.10
544 B D Mitchell, dieting 100.35
Total, . $375.60
SHERIFF'S ACCOUNT.
395 B. G, Pierson, dieting $ 61.80
396 " , habeas corpus 5.40
397 " , warrants 9.60
460 44 , writs venire 28.35
461 44 , sub writs 7.25
462 4' , arrest writs 3.15:
463 " , dieting 90.?S
464 44 , telegrams '6.52
527 '* . ice & telegrams 1.00
528 44 , warrants 2.85
529 ?" , jury inquest 4.50
530 '* , witnesses 12.95
531 44 , mag. witnesses 14.00
532 " , dieting 72.10
389 44 , Simon Cooper 73.62
Total, $393.24
COURT EXPENSES.
Grand Jurors June Term '98 $ 73.20
Petit 44 " 44 44 236.50
Bailiffs June Term '98 54.00
Witnesses June Term '98 144.20
Total. ' $507.90
TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS.
230 Frean Mellett, services $ 6.00
553 4i 4* " 2.50
302 D. A. Stuckey, u ?00
352 J. C. Parnell, 44 2.00
226 W. W. Stuckey, " 3.75
327 44 u " 6.00
516 J. P. Kilgore, " 8.00
558 T. Ed. Baskin 4i 4.50
333 J. M. N. Wilder, " 6.00
305 W. J. McKain, 44 2.00
329 J. W. Weldon, 44 4.00
308 S. J. Tomlinson, " 4.00
331 J. F. Hawkins, " 6.00
356 W. J. Keels, 4.00
322 J. M. McElveen, 44 6.00
347 J. A. Bovkin, *4 6.00
328 W. A. Tallon, 14 4.00
488 R. B. Wilson, 44 2.00
333 W. O. Cain, 44 4.00
554 .* 44 4.50
334 W. S. Dinkins. " o!o0
335 J M Moonevham 44 4.00
367 J. C. Spann. " 2.00
434 Wallace Sanders " 2.00
546 W. M. Lenoir, " 2.00
338 R, M. James, 44 4.00
340 R. I. Manning, 44 4.00
344 H. Rvttenberg, ' 20.00
351 W. Si Reames, 11 16.00
343 J. F. Bradford, " 4.00
344 R, J. Brownfield, 4.00
Total, . $157.25
CLERK OF COURT.
489 S. Nash, services June '98 $59.65
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
321 J. M. McElveen, services $ 13.50
327 W. W. Stuckey, " 16.20
328 W. A. Talion, " 15.60
329 J. W. WTeldon, 44 15.90
330 Frean Mellett, 41 13.50
331 J. F. Hawkins, 44 16.20
332 J. M. N. Wilder. 14 10.6O
333 W. ?. Cain, 44 12.00
334 W. S. Dinkins, *4 12.00
335 D. A. Stuckey, 44 10.00
336 J. M. Moonevham, 44 9.80
33< J. C. Spann. 44 6.20
338 R. M. James, 44 15.00'
340 R. I. Manning " 15.50
341 H. Rvttenberg, 44 9.S0
344 R. J. Brownfield, 44 12.90
350 Marion Dorn, 44 7.60
556 W. M. Lenoir. 44 5.00
Total, $214.80
CO. BOARD EDUCATION.
482 S. H. Edmunds, services $21.00
INTEREST.
539 E. P. Ricker $900.00
RECAPITULATION.
Roads and bridges $ 622.95
County Board 23.25
County Supei visor 200.00
Clerk County Board 77.50
Count}' Attorney 37.50
Countv Auditor 124.98
Coroner 120.82
Constables 226.91
Magistrates 345.79
Books, stationery, etc 93.85
Public buildings 81.72
Chain gang: 403.lo
Co. Supt. Education 198.00
Contingent account 95.96
Poor house and poor 375.60
Sheriff's account 393.24
Court expenses 507.90
Township boards 157.25
Clerk of Court 59.65
Board Equalization 214.S0
Hoard Education 21.<K>
interest countv bonds ?M.KJ.0O
Total 2d quarter $ 5.281.77
Total 1st quarter 5,896.97
Total 1st and 2d quarters $11.178.47
MARION DORN.
T. V. WALSH, CO. Supervisor.
Clerk.
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