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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE SESSION WEDNESDAY WAS
VERY BRIEF.
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Mr. Ayer of Florence Introduces a
Resolution Making Clean Cut Issue
on the Dispensary Question-A
Number of Important Bills Intro?
duced.
Columbia, Jan. 9.-About all that
was done in the general assembly to?
day may be summarized very well in
a few lines. . The session lasted le3S
than an hour, adjournment being
taken shortly before 1 o'clock in or?
der to allow the senate committees
to organize and give the speaker of
the house time to consider his com?
mittee appointments.
Mr. Hartwell M. Ayer, of Florence,
introduced a resolution contemplating
the placing of the house and senate
on record as in favor of a purified
State dispensary. It went over until
tomorrow. The usual concurrent res?
olution was pzissed. assigning to the
committee on privileges and elections
the task of arranging for such elec?
tions as_ are to be conducted by the
general assembly. The use of the hall
of the house was tendered the faculty
of the University of South Carolina
for a centennial celebration of Gen.
R. E. Lee's birthday on the evening
of Saturday, January 19. Ten bills
were introduced in the house, by their
titiesr .-The senate passed Mr. BleaseV
resolution commending President
Roosevelt's action in the Brownsville
affair.
Mr. Biease introduced, his resolu?
tion yesterday. Today it was put to
a vote and passed by a ballot of 21
to 16. While Mr. Biease made no
reference to Senator Tillman, the
' general understanding in the chamber
was bis resolution was intended in
some degree a rebuke to the senior
United States senator from this State
for his sweeping and emphatic
strictures upon the president, in con?
nection with the dismissal of the riot?
ous negro troops.
The bills introduced in the house
were:
Mr.Aull-To regulate actions for
Hbel and slander.
Messrs. Giles and Wade-To pro?
hibit contracts and agreements for
sale and future- delivery of cotton,
grain and provisions.
Mr. Richards-To provide for a re?
survey of the boundary lines be?
tween Kershaw and Lancaster coun?
ties.
Mr. Cosgrove-To create a commis?
sion for the purpose of laying out a
public highway from Summerville, in
the county of Dorchester, to the city
of Charleston; referred to a selective
committee composed of the delega?
tions from Dorchester, Berkeley and
Charleston counties.
Mr. Richards-To repeal a section
of the lien law.
Mr. Richards-To provide for the
erection of a practice school at
Winthrop college.
Mr. Gyles-To declare the law re?
garding claim and delivery.
Mr. Gyles-To amend section 2165
of the acts by reducing railraod fare
from three to two and a half cents
per mile.
Mr. J. E. Smith-To prohibit deal?
ing in futures on margin.
Mr. Wade-To required street rail?
ways to furnish separate care for
white and colored.
Mr. Croft-To limit the hours of
labor in cotton mills to ten hours.
THE BLEASE RESOLUTION WAS
SU3IMARILY KILLED.
. Bill in Senate to Have State Enter the
Fertilizer business-The House
Committees Announced i?nd Many
Bills Introduced.
Columbia, Jan. 10.-By a vote of
79 to 40, the house of representatives
today declined to concur in the reso?
lution introduced in the senate by
Senator Biease and passed by that
body 21 to 18 yesterday, approving
the course of President Roosevelt in
summarily dismissing the negro
troops implicated in the Brownsville
riot
! When the resolution was called up
this morning:, Mr. Harley promptly
j moved to strike out the resolving
words, urging that whatever the pri?
vate and individual opinions of mem?
bers might be in regard to the mat?
ter, it was an affair with which, of?
ficially, the house of representatives
of South Carolina had nothing to do.
Mr. Harley was supported in brief
speeches by Mr. Bucker and Mr.
Gary, both of whom called attention
to a somewhat general understanding
that the resolution was inteded as
a rebuke to the senior United States
senator froan this State. Both held
that such an indirect and covert
method of indicating to the na?
tional representatives of the State
the wishes .a?nd ~OT?aions,-of the house
would"" be undignified and insulting.
The committee appointments were
read this morning, and another long
list of new bills was introduced. The
number bearing upon child labor, the
"bucket-shop" business and the regu
hoti Mrs?-M MMoaC, aMo iOdMF
lation of common carriers would seem
to indicate that these will again be
subjects for definite action at this
term.
The house adjourned aiter a ses?
sion lasting from noon to about 1.30.
The hour for assembling tomorrow
is li. The committees-most of them
-will meet and organize this after?
noon or tomorrow morning.
In the senate the only noteworthy
action today was the passage, with?
out comment or controversy, of a
concurrent resolution, calling upon
the i:tate's congressional representa?
tives to work for the passage of a
federal law. preventing the shipment
of whiskey into a dispensary or pro?
hibition State; the introduction by
Senator 3:\*c? of a bill to appropriate
510,000 foi- tie erection o: a statue of
John C. Calhoun in the statuary hall
of the national capitol, and the first
reading of bill to ha\-e the State go
into the fertilizer business on the
contract labor system.
Columbia, Jan. ll.-The legislature
has started on its work and has taken
an adjournment until Monday. The
house -of -representatives wffi~meet at~
noon and the senate at 8 o'clock Mon?
day night At that time there will be
something on the calendars for the
two houses to consider, the commit?
tees having in the meantime met and
considered the various bilis referred
to them. It is probable that on Tues?
day the inauguration of Governor An?
sel will take place, the general assem?
bly having declared him duly elected
governor of South Carolina and ap?
pointed a committee to notify him
and ask his pleasure as to the date of
inauguration.
The Senate.
Barring the introduction of several
radical bills, the proceedings of the
senate were devoid of feature today,
the body adjourning after about half
an hour's desultory gork t?i 8 o'clock
Monday night there being nothing in
sight for the "hopper" till then.
The important new bills were three
by Mr. Weston, of Richland, all affect?
ing -corporations. One of these bills
requires railroads to transport stu?
dents going to and returning from
colleges or schools at half rates, an?
other requires railroads to file semi?
annually with the railroad commission
a list of all passes issued during the
I six months. The third creates the of?
fice of labor commissioner and de?
volves his duties upon the immigra?
tion commissioner. This is a far
reaching measure enacting the ten
hour labor proposition and a child la?
bor law giving the commissioner and
his inspectors large powers to investi?
gate manufacturing and other plants
employing five or more persons, re?
quires exhaustive statistics from em?
ployers; in short it looks to a thor?
ough reorganization of the labor situ?
ation in this State. The bill embraces
twenty-three sections, and Mr. Weston
says he drafted it after a thorough
study of the labor laws of all the
States.
House Committees.
The following are the house com?
mittees appointed by Speaker Wha
ley:
Judiciary Committee-T. B. Fraser,
chairman; J. W. DeVore, T. P. Coth
ran, D. D. McColl, Paul Hemphill, L.
M. Lawson, J. w. Nash, Thos. F.
Brantley, J. E. Harley, A. Vander
Horst, J. P. Carey, Geo. F. von Kol?
nitz, F. F. Beattie, A. J. Hydrick, Jr..
S. J. Nichols, S. W. C. Shi pp, H. E.
Gyles, J. B. Wingard, Frank B. Gary.
Theo. C. Croft, Frank G. Tompkins.
Ways and Meons-J. A. Banks,
chairman: B. E. Nicholson, D. A.
Spivey, D. McK. Frost. E. Marion
Bucker, J. G. Richards, Jr.. E. H.
Aull, J. H. Save. W. H. Yeldell. A. C.
Brice. L. E. Carrigan. R. R. Legare,
Ben H. Sellers, J. L. Smith, John L.
Wiggins, George W. Dick, Alan John
stone, E. E. Verner.
Education-T. P. Cothran, chai
man; D. D. McColl, Jr., Paul Hem]
hill, J. P. Gibson, J. G. Richards, J]
E. H. Aull, L. S. Clinkscales, Frar
E. Gary, H. E. Gyles, Alan Johnston
W. E. McArthur, John Marshall.
Railroads-J. W. DeVore, chai
man; E. E. Verner, J. E. Harle
John Marshall, H. L. Smith, J.
Youmans, W. G. Stubbs, W. H. Sharp
S. W. F. Shipp, J. Q. Stilwell.
Incorporations-J. E. Harley, chai
man; Porter A. McMaster, J. A. Ha:
James Cosgrove, A. B. Patterson, .
B. Wallace, C. W. Garris, J. P. De
ham, J. Gordon Hughes, E. L. Rici
ardson, C. T. Wyche.
Agriculture-E. E. Verner, chai:
rran; J. S. Wimberly, W. A. Nesbl
J. L. Culler, W. D. Bryan, J. T. Co:
J. D. Dodd, J. A. Hilton, O. C. Sea
borough, S. T. M>Keown, James No.
ton, W. P. Gause, J. Cal. Courteney.
Public Schools-Paul Hemphil
chairman; Z. T. Kershaw, H. H. Ai
nold, Geo. F. von Kolnitz, E. J. Ciar
Coke D. Mann, Kurtz P. Smith, A. "V
Dodd, J. J. Lane, T. BL Tatum, J. '.
Slaughter.
Commerce and Manufactures-I
McK. Frost, chairman; L. M. Lawsoi
M. W. Walker, W. L. Parker, W. ,
Gibson, Z. T. Kershaw, J. R. Hair
son, F. F. Beattie, Alan Johnstone, I
H. Kellahan, Kurtz B. Smith, R. .
Wade, Jr., J. P. Youmans.
Roads, Bridges and Ferries-H. I
Arnolds, chairman; L. S. Clinkscal
John G. Greer, John L. Wiggins, I
M. Bethune, T. S. Brice, L. L. Carsoi
J. R. Dingle, B. J. Douglas, S. I
Epps, Sr., J. S. Glascock, C. H. Leii
ner.
Banking and Insurance - B. I
Nicholson, chairman; D. A. Spive;
Geo. R. Reeves, James Cosgrove, J. C
Stilwell, J. B. Wingard, P. J. Carwil<
W. W. Dixon, W. Presley Robinsoi
T. W. Scruggs, T. H. Tatum, L &
Woods, G. G. Dowling.
Legislative Library-A. V?nde
Horst, chairman; J. A. Hall, J. I
Derham, E. L. Culler, R. R. Legan
J. H. Dodd, J. C. Goodwyn, ida
Johnstone, J. Gordon Hughes, Ge<
B. Lester, W. Prestley Robinson, C. 1
Wyche,' C. W. Garr?sT^' - "
Rules-F. B. Gary, chairman; T. I
Fraser, J. A. Banks, T. P. Cothran, I
M. Rucker, J. R. Rucker, J. P. Care3
S. W. G. Shipp.
Internal Improvements-J. A. Hin
ton, chairman; W. J. Gibson, H. B
Arnold, W. H. Niver, James I
White, H. M. Ayer, R. D. Boyd, E. I
Culer, J. R. Dingle, J. C. Goodwyr
Fred Harman, B. W. Miley, J. T. Cos
State House and Grounds-L. I
Lawson, chairman; John G. Greer, 1
F. Brantley, J. M. Epting, J. P. Gib
son, John L. Wiggins, J. P. Youmans
E. F. Ballentine, T. S. Brice, J. M
Cannon, P. J. Carwile, Frank G
Tompkins, B. J. Douglas.
Public Buildings-W. L. Parker
chairman; C. R. Reeves, H. C. Little
J. Q. Stilwell, A. W. Todd, J. Cal
Courteney, A. G. Brice, J. P. Cox, L
A. Carson, E. J. Douglas, J. F. Smith
W. P. Gause.
Hospital for the Insane-Porter A
McMaster, chairman; J. H. Dodd, J
M. Epting, James L White, Coke D
Mann, T. S. Brice, J. P. Derham, C
W. Garris, W. H. Sharpe, W. G
Stubbs.
Medical Affairs-J. A. Saye, chair?
man; J. H. Miller, J. R. Harrison, A
B. Patterson, Geo. W. Dick, C. W
Harris, Olin Sawyer, J. M. Woods, C
T. Wiche.
Mines and Mining-W. A. Nesbit,
chairman; J. S. Wimberly, M. W.
Walker, C. B. Lester, E. L. Culler, L
S. Clinkscales, J. C. Bailey, J. M. Can?
non. L. A. Carson, P. J. Carwile, S.
H. Epps, Sr., J. E. Smith, Howell
Morrell.
Engrossed Bills-J. A. Hall, chair?
man; J. S. Wimberly, J. H. Miller,
F. F. Beattie, Coke D. Mann, A. W.
Todd, Fred Harman, Geo. W. Jones,
D. W. Miley, W. T. Slaughter.
Penitentiary-M. W. Walker, chair?
man* Geo. R. Reeves, O. C. Scarbor?
ough, J. B. Dodd, E. E. Ballentine, R.
H. Callahan, J. E. Dingle.
Military-D. A. Spivey, chairman;
J. A. Banks, D. McK. Frost, S. J.
Nichols, Porter A. McMaster, Jas. L.
White, Frank G. Thompkins.
Dispensary-E. M. Rucker, chair?
man: J. G. Richards, Jr., J. G. Carey,
B. F. Thomas, R. J. Wade, Jr., L.? E.
Carrigan, A. G. Brice, J. B. Dodd, J.
M. Cannon. Olin Sawyer, Z. T. Ker?
shaw, W. F. McArthur.
Privileges and Elections-W. H.
Yeldell, chairman; Porter A. McMas?
ter, M. W. Walker, Kurtz P. Smith,
J. V. Wallace. H. M. Bethune, W. W.
Dixon, G. G. Dowling, J. S. Glasscock.
Public Printing-E. H. Aull, chair?
man; J. P. Gibson, John Marshall,
Hartwell M. Ayer, E. L. Richardson,
F. F. Beattie.
Claims-J. W. Xas=h, chairman: H.
C. Little. W. D. Bryan. E. J. Glary,
L. S. Clinki-caUs, Jno. G. Greer, W. H.
Niver, B. F. Thomas, J. C. Balley.
Accounts-G. R. Reeves, chairman;
H. H. Arnold, R. D. Boyd, O. C. Scar?
borough, J. W. Nash, W. F. Mc Arthur,
J. V. Wallace, D. M. Bethune.
Federal Relations-Geo. F. Von
Kolnitz, chairman; J. A. Hint-on, B.
F. Thomas, R. J. Kade, Jr., J. C.
Bailey, T. G. Croft, J. Gordon Hughes,
Geo. W. Jones, S. T. McKeown, J.
Howell Morrell, James Norton.
Enrolled Acts-D. D. McColl, Jr.,
chairman; Paul Hemphill, J. W.
Nash, J. P. Gibson, A. J. Hydrick, Jr.,
S. J. Nicholls? Ben B. Sellers, J. J.
Lane.
Offices and Officers-J. S. Wimber
ley, chairman; W. D. Bryan, J. B.
Dodd, W. H. Niver, Allan Johnstone,
W. W. Dixon, G. G. Dowling, S. H.
Epps, Jr., J. C. Goodwin, J. P. Kir
ven, C. W. Leitner, T. W. Scruggs,
W. T. Slaughter.
Columbia, Jan. 14.-The house had
a brief and featureless session today,
the printed bills not being ready to
act: upon.
Among the new bills was one by
Mr. Kershaw to prevent railroad ac?
cidents by limiting the hours of tele?
graph operators, and one by Mr.
Rucker increasing the pension appro?
priation $25,000, to $250,000. The
senate meets at 8 o'clock tonight.
The acting secretary of State at
Washington has advised the governor
that work on the public buildings at
Anderson, Aiken, Sumter, Greenwood
and Chester cannot begin until the
legislature has made provision for
ceding authority ever the sites. The
governor has sent the letter to the
two houses.
BANK ELECTIONS.
Annual Meetings of Stockholders Held
and Officers Elected.
The annual meeting of the stock?
holders of the Bank of Sumter was
held yesterday with a large majority
of the stock represented.
The reports of the president and
cashier were received. The directors
were then elected, the old board be?
ing re-elected without change as fol
lows:
R. I. Manning, Marion Moise, E. C.
HaynswGrth R. L. Cooper, C. G. Row?
land, R. F. Haynsworth, W. S. Man?
ning, J. A. Mood, R. J. Alderman.
Immediately upon the adjournment
of the stockholders meeting the di?
rectors met and re-elected officers as
follows:
President-R. I. Manning.
Cashier-W. F. Rhaxrie.
Sumter Savings Bank.
The stockholders of the Sumter
Savings Bank met yesterday and re?
elected the board of directors as fol?
lows: - v
G. A. Lemmon, L C. Strauss, D. J.
Chandler, H. M. Stuckey, Marion
Moise, L. B. Durant, H. J. Harby, C.
L. Stubbs.
The officers were also re-elected at
a meeting of the directors.
President-G. A. Lemmon.
Vice President-L C. Struss.
Cashier-G. L. Ricker.
Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.
The annual meeting of the stock?
holders of the Farmers' Bank and
Trust Company was held on Monday.
The directors were re-elected as fol?
lows:
W. B. Burns, R .F. Haynsworth,
R. J. Bland, H. J. McLaurin, Jr., J.
K. Crosswell, C. G. Rowland, Geo. F.
Epperson, Isaac Schwartz, Geo. D.
Sh^re.
The officers who have served since
the organization of the bank were
also re-elected at a subsequent meet?
ing of the board of directors.
President-C. G. Rowland.
Vice President-R. F. Haynsworth.
Cashier-R. L. Edmunds.
Board of Directors and Officers of the
First National Bank Re-elected.
At the annual meeting of the
shareholders of the First National
Bank of Sumter, held at the bank on
Thursday evening, the retiring board
of directors and officers were unani?
mously re-elected.
The directors are: A. J. China,
Neill O'Donnell, R. D. Lee, John Reid,
E. P. Ricker, H. D. Barnett and Geo.
D. Shore. The officers are: A. J.
China, president; Neill O'Donnell,
vice president, and J. L. Mccallum,
cashier.
The stockholders were much grat?
ified by the showing made, the vol?
ume of business and the net results,
despite the existing financial depres?
sion, comparing very favorably with
those of former years.
Montgomery. Jan. 14.-Standing
where Jefferson Davis swore allegi?
ance as president of the Confederate
States, Braxton Bragg Comer was to?
day inaugurated governor of Ala?
bama.
REV. P. M. SATTTE WHITE HURT.
Run Over, Leg Broken and Other?
wise injured by Reckless Negro
Horseman.
Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, pastor of
the Bartlette Street Baptist Churcrf,
was run over and seriously injured hy
a negro on horse-hack late Thursday
afternoon in front of the Hotel Sum?
ter. Mr. Satterwhite was knocked
down and trampled hy the horse and
besides receiving severe bruises on the
head and arms, one leg was broken
just below the knee. When picked up
he was unconscious and it was
thought that he had sustained fatal
injuries, but after being taken into the
Hotel .Sumter and restoratives had
been administered, he revived.
One arm was so severely bruised or
sprained that it was thought to have
been broken, but an examination
showed that none of the bones were
fractured. The fingers of that hand,
however, were crushed. The bone of
the leg was broken below the knee,
but as it was a simple fracture it was
set without difficulty and his physi?
cian thinks that it will knit promptly
without serious after effects. Mr. Sat?
terwhite suffered a great deal Thurs?
day night, but today was compara?
tively free from pain and was resting
comfortably.
The accident occurred almost di?
rectly in front of the hotel and was
witnessed by several persons who
were on the pizza at the time. Mr.
Satterwhite was riding a bicycle along
the street near the sidewalk in the
track generally used by bicyclists.
Henry Brown, the negro who ran over
him, was riding a horse which was go?
ing at high speed. Mr. Satterwhite ei?
ther did not see the horseman or he
was under the impression that he was
in no danger of being run down. At
any rate the horse ran directly over
him The rear wheel of the bicycle
was smashed and in the mix-up that
followed the horse trampled. Mr. Sat?
terwhite as he lay on the street en?
tangled in the wheel where lie fell. By
som e it is asserted that the horse was
running away and was beyond the
control of the rider, but others who
witnessed the accident say that it was
nothing more nor less than reckless
riding by a careless negro who was in?
different to consequences. The fact
that this same Henry Brown was driv?
ing the carriage that ran over and
seriously injured Sergeant Jenkins,
the Christian Crusader, a few weeks
ago, gives color to the impression that
0
carelessness was the real cause of the
accident.
JOHN HENDERSON COMMUTED.
Negro Who Butchered His Wife Sent
to the Penitentiary for Life.
John Henderson, the young negro
man who killed his wife n.ore than
two years ago in a cruel and barbar?
ous manner, using a butcher knife,
on Thursady had his sentence com?
muted to life imprisonment by the
pardon board. The board in its re?
port to the governor makes the fol?
lowing reference to Henderson:
"John Henderson, Sumter, murder,
to life imprisonment in the peniten?
tiary, because of his highly meritori?
ous conduct in saving the life of his
jailer from a conspiracy of the other
prisoners, and on strong petition from
the community."
Henderson was tried and convicted
at the spring term of court in 1905.
The case was appealed to the su?
preme court and after a long delay a
decision was rendered sustaining the
verdict of the court of general ses1
sions. He was, therefore, resentenc
ed to be hanged, but in the mean?
time a petition for a commutation of
sentence was presented to the govern?
or, who granted a respite until the
pardon board could pass on the peti?
tion. The commutation granted on
Thursday followed.
Henderson was defended by George
D. Levy, Esq, by appointment of
court, and he never relaxed his efforts
to save Henderson's neck. It has
been a long and persistent, fight,
against great odds, that has been
crowned with success.
RECORDER'S COURT.
Henry Brc-vn, Who Ran Over Rev.
F. M. Satterwhite, Convicted of
Reckless Riding.
George Miller, public drunkenness;
$2 or 4 days.
Julia Boston and Mary Aiken, dis?
orderly conduct and cursing; Julia
Boston not guilty: Mary Aiken, $2
or 4 days.
Henry Brown, recklessly riding a
horse over Rev. F. M. Satterwhite;
plead not guilty, the defense being
that the horse was beyond his con
tro, as the result of a broken bridle.
Found guilty and sentenced to pay a
fine of $5.
WILLIAMSON THE
Something About the Origination ot
the Now Famous Williamson Meta
od of Corn Culture.
As pleasant a day as I have spent,
lately was that spent today at the
home of E. Mciver Williamson, ia
the northwestern part of this, Dar?
lington, county. To most of your
readers this gentleman needs no in?
troduction, because his emthod off
corn culture has made him one of the
prominent, I might say the most:,
prominent, men of the southern
States. Let me here say that lt was
not the purpose nor desire of "MTV
Williamson that his method be de*^
nominated Williamson, as he himself;
told me, and as you will see by refer?
ence to his pamphlet on. corn culture^
He does not want, does not court? no*
toriety, and would be offended at any
effort to praise him. In this, aa ia
other respects, he is a unique cnarv
acter, whom chance acquaintance
would not properly estimate or ap*
prec?ate. He does not seem to know
it, but without pretense or show he ia-'
a philanthropist of the finest type* for*
while others make gifts of charity
that only benefit the few, and that of"
those who are in some position to take-,
care of themselves, this man does
that which reaches out to the many?
having no respect to class, color, or
condition, the help being of such
character, and kind, as will in every
way result in the greatest possible
blessing to all.
It was remarked last year, when
Mr. Williamson appeared before the
farmers of your county, that a most
praiseworthy thing was that he waa.
not in the seed corn business.
For the information of some it may
be well to state that he is not now*
He knows, as few men do, that he has
done that for our country, not simply
South Carolina, but the south, which .
is, and will prove, of incalculable ben?
efit, and he is only anxious and am*
bitious that the method come into
practice as quickly, abd generally, as.
possible. True genius, true merit*
like a fair "taper shines to all the rest
while about its own station it casts
a shadow. TJndesignedly, unconscious
ly, this man is a philanthropist of the
best type, satisfied with the conscious*
nesshess of duty done, with help be*
stowed, accepting which as his suf?
ficient reward.
I am pleased to know him, will be
better pleased if he does not take
umbrage at these brief remarks
which I have felt constrained to pen.
as introductory to what shall fQiUswv"!
To begin, these feet of mine have^
trod, and these eyes have seen the^
Williamson farm, now celebrated the"
country over, and I am glad I caa*
tell the farmers of Sumter countyv
whose lands I am fairly well ac?
quainted with, that almost any of it
is superior, in a natural way, to Mr,
Williamson's, which* is a light, sandy
soil, of a character difficult to keep
up.
Mr. Williamson practices what he
preaches and does what he claims?
His rows 'are six feet wide, and his
corn anywhere from 12 to 18 inches
in the drill. He aims to get a small
stalk with a large ear, which, as
shown by samples of corn, he as
often accomplishes as otherwise,.
Some of your readers may not know*
he is a bachelor, and his house is a
storeroom for samples of corn, stalk
and all. He keeps convenient a pair
of scales, where he does all that
weighing he tells yon about. My
message to the farmers of Sumter is
that they may follow him to the very
letter in all that he tells them with?
out fear. I have written this for the
benefit of many friends, and lest I tire
them, I close. Hagood.
Darlington, S. C., Jan. ll, 1307.
A Splendid Record.
We doubt if there is another town
the size of Bishopville, or even larger,
that can boast of owning its own wa?
ter works and electric light plants
with a bond indebtedness as small as
hers.
In fact by a good financeering
stroke, council obtained the electric
light plant without adding one cent
more to the bend indebtedness. By
an economical administration, the
council has in the bark $5,000, to
meet the first payment and before
the next payment fails due in five
years, it is expected that the invest?
ment by judicious management will
be able to meet it out of its own in?
come.
Besides this the council has just
paid $1,100 for the street sprinkler
and fire hose and reels.
The plant will not be turned over
to the town until August 1 and by
that time, council will have addition?
al power house ready by the water
works.-Bishopville Vindicator.