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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
TtiKWBY LJCTTKftS FROM OUR SPE?
CIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
of lntw?t From all Parts of
iter sad Adjoining Counties.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mall your Utters so that they will
reach this office not later than Tues?
day morning. When the letters are
received Wednesday It le almost an
teipowalblllty to have them appear In
file paper Issued that day.
ASTIOCH.
Anflooh, Dec. *.?We are having
very changeable weather just
but as a a-hole it has been fine
ther for gathering crops. All of
fall oats are up and looking well
It. J. W. W>}ldon has returned
Ms a visit to relatives and friends
at O sorge town. ....
Mr. a A. and Rev. T. J. White have
returned from the 8. C. Annual Con
fareaoe which convened In Lauren*.
Several of th? young folks of this
eesnraunity attended carnival In Blsh
ejf/rtlle and ah report a line time.
Mise Leila Powler of Woodruff, S.
C. has accepted a school here and Is
vow teaching In this community. She
li liked very much by the patrons and
saore so by the young men.
Rev. T. L Cole has been called to
Msspah Baptist church for another
year aad filled nie regular appolnt
saeat there on yesterday afternoon.
Chrletma?) Is I early here and every
lady le ex pee ting a pleasant time.
The health of the community Is
f*ery good at prevent.
STATEBUHG.
Stateburg. Dec. 10.?Mr. James
?Jalliard Simons, of Butawvllle. and
Mis* Anna Parker Burgess, youngest
daughter of the late Mr. John H. Bur
of Stateburg, were married on
ntght at the Church of the
Cross, Stattburg, by the Rev. W.
Barnwell. The old church was
beautifully and tastefully dress
?*} sjej brightly lighted up for the oc?
casion, and was full from the door to
tsis chancel with the friends of the
fjride aad groom The wedding party
assure afterwards entertained at the
residence of Mf. Frank P. Burgess
seed his sisters
Harrison Saunders, son of Mr. W.
L. Saunders. of Stateburg, won the
appointment to Annapolis at a competl
?Jee examination held in Columbia or
ties ttth of last month. With the ex?
ception of a few months at the graded
aehooi tn gumter he has never attend
as] any but the country schools around
Utateburg People are always talking
about moving to town to have theli
children educated, but It will be found
aeon examination that the boys and
gdrls from country schools hold theii
own with those from the towns.
PI.HGAH.
Ptsgah. Dec. 14.?The usual moving
Ig going on. A number will have to
eey the d?*bts of the negroes before
ejecting th??m. Where they give five
aad six first Hens to different ones on
the same crop If the money Is not
forthcoming for all, trouble ensues
suid the criminal law Is Invoked. Those
tseue Hens always take a first Hen
?n if th-v know other Hem exist on
une crop. This will give them
i ese of the criminal law If the debt
not paid and affords them some
?tectlon. A number are hiding
esntit to escape the warrants of arrest
?etil they can settle the debt. No
?eder with ?uch a state of affair*
county voted against the contlnu
of the Hen law and Mr. C. L.
ittlno's position on it was endorsed
hy the voters.
1 wonder If Mr. Taft himself be
that the true Southern people
such fools as to believe his taffy
>ut his Interest In them. Why don't
IV advocate the breaking up of the
exrtld North In the Interest of th"
Routh But none of that. He Is like
the fsther I heard of who gave his
e??v sugar plums with one hand and
aaed the cowhide on his legs with the
ether hand. Taft In too mu< h under
Roosevelt* thumb to do much for the
Seeth, except what he Is told to do.
If MrKlnl.v had lived he would
tsave done a great deal for the South
ae he was a good mnn. So far as
Roosevelt Is SjSJ M ? rro d. hl* t eatioent
*%\t th* Florence people shout i he post
office there, tr nothing rN? . brads him
es an enemy to the South. I don't see
how anv true Southern man can for
a moment listen to an> thing this man
eey*. RSJ he has ?hown Mm enmity to
th*- Southern people ever since he hat
eerii president I sincerely iope and
trust that the South will remain irun
aad more fixed In It* principles as now
pranked until It can give the Ameri?
can people a constitutional form ? f
government ss the fathers left us.
Adopting the advice of Taft -Mil only
tie) our hands further and reconstruc?
tion days are no*: so far behind as *o
forget what we suffered. Why did
-taey not help us then when we so bad?
ly needed It from those who were try
teg to take evety thing we had and
till now we havo not recovered from
ejke robbery of our rights.
MAX
Max. Dec. 14.?Mr?. M. R. Truluck
Is spending some time at the home of
her son. Mr. S. W. Truluck, of Shiloh.
The ladles of Naaareth gave a party
last Friday night at the residence of
Mr. Henry McCollum of Olanta.
Qu lie a F.am was realized from
m.asuring, apron hemming and sell?
ing, also from the sale of flowjts,
which will be appropriated to church
purposes. Delicious refreshments were
skived.
Mr. John Locklear's condition is not
improved from a recent attack of pa
ra'ysls.
There Is to be a box party at the
r>lhel school house next Friday night.
There was a good rain Saturday
morning. The weather is delightfully
cold.
FARMERS UNION NEWS.
President E. W. Dabb* of County
Union Glvee Practical Advice.
To the Editor of The Item:
Having been elected president of the
County Union at the recent annual
meeting on Dec. 1st. I ask the use of
your columns to reach the farmers of
the county on what I conceive to be
the most Important work that the
Union can perform. Heretofore it has
seemed to me that too much stress
ha.< been laid upon warehouses and
cotton certificates upon which to bor?
row money to meet the obligations In?
curred In making the crop. This Is
financing the crop backward. We need
to begin now and continue through
the growing period to finance, not the
cotton crop but the farm. When we
t
have financed the farm for the first
eight months of the year so that there
h leas than half the value of the cot?
ton crop with obligations resting on
it, then we can finance the cotton
crop. Then and not till then will
warehouses and certificates be of
much service. To this end would
urge every local to at once begin t:
make Itself a live farmers' club where
discussions of how to make the farm
self-sustaining, of all that pertains to
farm economy, will be given more tim<
than cooperation In buying and selling
For how can men cooperate when
they have nothing to cooperate with7
I believe that such a Union will soon
he cooperating, Its members with each
other, and It with other Unions. 1
would Invite every wide-awake farm?
er to see that he has such a Union In
his neighborhood. To inaugurate a
friendly rivalry in the production of
such crops as are suited to his soil
and taste. When you get Interested in
these contests, you will enjoy attend?
ing the meetings. Keep in touch with
your neighbors and find many ways
to cooperate to the advantage of every
one. We are working on such plans,
end I trust every local union will have
a full attendance at the meetings
during this month, and send two dele?
gates to the county meeting on 1st
Tuesday in January. The January
meeting will probably have to send
delegates to a State Union meeting.
Fellow farmers now Is the time to
get together, If you expect to be an
effective force in determining the price
of the next cotton crop.
E. W. DA BBS,
President Sumter County Union.
HORSES Kil l.I D BY HAD FORAGE
Explanation of the Cause of the ])<ath
Of Sto< k.
To the Editor of The Item.
I see In your account of "Horsci
Killed by Bad Feed." a little misstate
ment which destroys the purpose of
the notice. This may have been my
fault in stating the case. Th3 facti
are, the hay was mowed in a cotton
field that had to be planted over i;.ie
on account of the first planting drown
Ing out. All of this cotton did not
mature and when mowed there were a
lot of half matured bolls and forms.
The stalks were green and covered
with leaves. It was mowed about two
days before the first big frost, and be
ofre It was cured, this heavy fro>t
fell on It while yet green, but wilted.
Aftei It was well cured and dry It Was
hauled Into the barn and fed to the
stock. Tho hay was bright and su i t t
but the cotton stalks and bolls of
couise wir?* not. Now the point Is.
the horses In eating this hay, ate these
iwdls and twigs also, that had forst on
them before dry, and you might say
Billed hy fi ovt Tin- feed was not mold
?I In th*. least that 1 could detect.
Dr. Jno. I. Brunson examln.-d tin
hay ami gave it as his opinion that it
was the front bitten cotton that OOUted
their death. 1 had fed on it neatly a
month.
Feeling It my duty to give a note Oi
warning to my brother farmers and
also to all stork owners, was the cause
of my giving your reporter the Item.
Since my horses died I have talked
with a number who are feeding on
the same kind of hay. only it may
have been mowed under different clr
' cumstances. Had the cotton stalks
been dead and dry before mowing it
may not have hurt them in the least,
an I have known such feed used fre?
quently without harm.
W. O. WELLS.
Sumter, s C. Dec. 8, 1908.
SUND* V SCHOOL. MASS MEETING.
Committees Appointed and a Large
Fund Collected.
The annual mass meeting of the
Sunday schools of the city, which was
held In the Presbyterian church at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon, was as
usual attended by a very large crowd,
the building was packed to the doors
and still all who sought admission
could not find a place within the
building. Everybody in Sumter is in?
terested in these annual meetings in
the interest of charity at the Christ?
mas season and they are always
well attended and those who are pres?
ent give liberally.
Mr. I'artcw Walsh presided over the
meeting, introduced the speakers and
made the announcements. The meet?
ing opened with a service of song, a
number of familiar hymns being sung
by the large assembly, led by a large
choir representing all the churches.
The programme which was carried out
was as follows: ?
Song Service?Presbyterian choir
and singers from other church choirs.
Scripture Reading.
Song.
Paryer?Rev. H. H. Covington.
Song.
Address?Judge R. O. Purdy.
Song.
Collection.
Appointment of Committee.
Mr. Purdy, in his address, gave a
brief account of the beginnings and
history of this Christmas charity,
which is peculiar to Sumter, and ir
which all the people of Sumter unite
with so great unanimity. He showed
how it has grown in magnitude year
by year from a small beginning six
ten years ago and expressed the be?
lief that it would continue to grow In
every way?in the amount contributeu
and In tho good accomplished.
The i'ollowing committees were an?
nounced to take charge of the distrib?
ution of the fund:
Committee?L. I. Parrott, chair?
man; First Baptist, Mrs. M. H. Tea
don, Mrs. M. A. Flowers; Episcopal,
Miss Martha Wilson, Miss Marie Rich?
ardson; Presbyterian, Mrs. W. J. Mc?
Kay. Mrs. J. H. Chandler; First Meth?
odist, Miss Hattie Phillips, Miss Jane
Purdy; Lutheran, Miss Lizzie M?ller;
Bartlette Sw Baptist C.iirch, Mrs. Jn i
L. Haynsworth, Miss Agnes Hayns?
worth; Broad St. Methodist, -.
("iinn litte requested to meet the
chairman 11 o'clock Wednesday, Dec
16th, In the grand jury room, county
court house.
The contributions announced at the
meeting, as shown by the following
statement, were greater than at any
previous meeting, and when the sup?
plemental contributions are all in it is
expected that the total will exceed
the gross amount received from all
sources last year, when the high water
mark was reached:
Ca?h colectlons.$147.23
Claremont Lodge A. F. M... 15.00
Heulah Chapter R. A. M. 10.00
Woodmen of World.. . >.. .. 25.00
Beauclaro Chap. Eastern Star. 5.00
Eagles. 25.00
Delgar Reel Squad. 10.00
Jurors. u.O'i
Knights of Pythias. 10.00
Odd Fellows. 10.50
O Donnell & Co. 10.00
Baraca Bible CL First Baptist. 10.00
A t'.t-rspnon Bros & Co. 10 llf
Junior Older. 5.00
Totai.. .. ?.$-'H8.s'J
A DISGRACEFUL CASE.
A woman from the country from
family of good stanllng came lo
town during the carnival and was
made beastly drunk and was taken
Into a room over one of the stores
and put on public exhibition. There
was a doorkeeper and by paying 50
cents anyone could gain admittance.
Such a diabolical deed was carried on
for several hours before the police got
on to it and sent the poor half dead
degraded woman home.
We understand that the huiman?!
of the woman came over to take out
warrants but for some cause he did
not do It.
For the ?ake of humanity, for the
sake of the good name of BlfhOpVtUe
and Lee county and for the caUSf of
morality the Grand Jury should take
the matter up and probe to the bot?
torn. The last one of them having
anything to do with it at all ihould
he made to suffer the extreme penalty
of the law. will the Grand Jury do
It? Blshopvllle indicator.
INSURANCE COMPANY FORMING.
M AO, 000 Fire Insurance Concern Be?
ing Organised at Greenville.
Greenville, Dec. 12.?The new year
In Greenville Will be marked by the
organization of a $450,000 fire insur?
ance company, the American Home,
which will be the second largest In
the South, with home offices in Oreen
vllle. At first the business will be con?
fined to South Carolina, North Caro?
line and Georgia, and later extended
to other States.
Many a man is whole-souled whose
shoes are worn through.
SEMINOLE TO BE INVESTIGATED
STOCKHOIiDEHS MEET AND AU?
THORISE AN INVESTIGATION.
Mooting Hold in Columbia Saturday
?Trustees Withdraw Resignations
?-President Garllngton ia Present
And la Questioned?Committee Ap?
pointed to Ix>ok Into Purchase of
Southern Life Stock and to Report
At Called Meeting, December 29.
Columbia, Dec. 12?A meeting of
stockholders of the Seminole Securi?
ties company was held here today,
lasting several hours, at the conclu?
sion of which the following statement
was given out for publication:
'In view of the various rumors and
published statements in regard to the
deal made by the Southern Securities
company with the Southern Life In?
surance company, a meeting of the
stockholders, representing a large
amount of stock and their attorneys,
met at the office of Mr. J. Y. Garling
ton, who was examined as to the fi?
nancial condition of the company, and
the sale and the transfer of the stock
of the Southern Life Insurance com?
pany to the Seminole Securities com?
pany. Mr. W. A. Clarke, one of the
trustees, was also examined. The ex?
amination was exhaustive, and as a
result thereof a committee, consisting
of the trustees, Messrs. Clark, Jones'
|and Bryan, (who have withdrawn
their resignations as trustees) to?
gether with a committee of the stock?
holders, Dr. E. J. JBtheridge, of Lees
ville; Huger Sinkler, of Charleston,
and R. T. Caston, of Cheraw, were ap?
pointed to examine into the sale and
the condition of the company and
present their report at a called meet?
ing of the stockholders fixed for De?
cember 29, in Columbia. The commit?
tee was authorized to employ an ex?
pert accountant to examine the books
of the company and to get all avail?
able data possible in order to put the
stockholders in full possession of the
facts.
"A resolution was also passed re?
questing a committee of the directors
of the Southern Life Insurance com?
pany to be present at the meeting to
be held on December 29."
Among those present today as stock?
holders or attorneys representing
stockholders, were the folowing:
R. T. Caston, of Cheraw; E. J. Ethe
ridge, of Leesville; W. A. Clark, Wilie
Jones and F. H. Weston, of Columbia;
W. T. White, of Yorkville; R. H. Pe
gues, of Chef aw; Huger Sinkler, >I
Charleston; W. S. Blakeney, of Mon?
roe, N. C, and John Hickson, of
Cheraw.
President John Y. Garllngton and
others prominent in the organization
of the Seminole company were also
present.
COTTON CROP ESTIMATED.
Totul Product ion for 1908 Placed at
12,920,000 Rales.
Washington, Dec. 9.?The total pro?
duction of cotton in the United States
for the year 1908-09 will amount to
6,182.970,000 pounds, not including
Unters, which is equivalent to 12.920,
000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight,
according to the estimate announced
by the department of agriculture to
lay. The estimate of production by
bales gives:
Virginia 131,000, North Carolina
619,000, South Carolina 1,118,000.
Georgia 1.844.000, Florida 61,000, Ala?
bama 1,273,000, Mississippi 1,560.000.
Louisiana 472.000, Texas 3,917,000,
Arkansas 1,009,000, Tennessee 340,
000, Missouri 54,000, Oklahoma 640.
000.
Florence to the Rescue.
Sumter is going to show her appre?
ciation of the good services that our
friend Reardon has been doing for so
long by throwing her whole strength
to him as a candidate for the prize
that the Columbia State is offering
It is not often that the men who de?
vote the best of their lives to the In?
terests of a community get anything*
but knocks and criticisms, so we know
that the testimonial of hi* fellow citi?
zens in this matter will be appprecia
ted by Mr. Heardon, and if we have
no one of our own in the race for the
prise, we might square some part of
? the indebtedness account that we arc
under to Mr. Reardon by helping
them in this matter. We are not on
to the rules of the game as yet but wo
will study them up for the sake of our
friend from Sumter.?Florence Times.
Marriage in Colored Society.
At the home Of her brother. D. W.
Conner at Mats Bltlff, B. C. on Sun?
day afternoon December 6th, 190S,
Boyd A, DIrks. of Sumter. S. C. and
Mrs. Sallie B, Thomas were united in
marriage by the Rev. I. B. Lowery(
pastor of the M. B., church at Mars
Bluff. A number of the friends of
the contracting parties were present
to witness the beautiful service. The
couple left on the evening train for
their future home In Sumter.?Flor?
ence Times.
Each mother thinks she has the
dearest baby in the world, and, as
a matter of fact, none Is cheap.
TEDDY'S BIB STICK.
THREATENS LIBEL PROSECU?
TION AGAINST CIRCULATORS
OF CANAL STORY.
President Declares Uio Only Tiling to
Be Ashamed of Is ??Infamous False
hood" About the Alleged Syndicate.
Washington, Dec. 10.?* If they can
be reached for criminal libel I shall
try to have them reached," said Pres?
ident Roosevelt In speakin,? this after?
noon about "those Americans who
have been guilty of infamous false?
hood concerning the acquisition of the
property and the construction of the
I (Panama) canal Itself."
It was to the committee of 100 of
the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway
association, headed by Gov. Deneen of
Illinois, who were received by the
president in the east room of the
J White House, that he made this dec?
laration.
Gov. Deneen had presented a copy
I of resolutions adopted by the associa?
tion and made a remark to which the
I president replied as follows:
I "I have felt, as the governor has
j well put It, that no more important
I service could be rendered to this coun
I try than the building of the Panama
I canal, between the Atlantic and Pa
Iclflc, and one thing I am preud of In
I connection with the building of that
1 canal Is that there has not been legiti
I mate cause for the breath of scandal
I connected with any feature of the pro
I ceeding. We have cause to be asham
I ed of one set of Americans In connec
I tion with the building of the canal,
I and that Is of those Americans who
I have been guilty of infamous false
I hood concerning the acquisition of the
I property and the construction of the
I canal itself. If they can be reached
I for criminal libel. I shall try to have
I them reached. If not, at any rate all
I the facts we know or ever have known
j are at the disposal of each and every
I one of you here, and of any one In
I congress or of all congress If they
j wish to see them.
"Next only in importance from the
j physical standpoint to building the
I Panama canal comes the question of
I developing the use of our own water
I ways. That must be done by the pol
I Icy of Irrigation at the head waters
J up in the arid region; and where you
j come from, gentlemen, it is to be done
j by making our sea coast take a big
I loop In from the Gulf of Mexico to the
I Great Lakes, and we will see that that
J work is done: and no work could have
I been done from beginning to end more
I honestly or more effilently."
CROMWELL'S DENIAL.
-1
Declares That Whole Story of Purchase
Of Canal Securities is "a Fiction and
A Concoction.*'
New York, Dec. 10.?William Nel?
son Cromwell today authorized a
statement which follows In part:
"My attention has bc*m called to a
statement issued by the editor of the
Indianapolis News, in which he at?
tempts to reply to the charge made by
President Roosevelt that certain state?
ments made in the Indianapolis News,
both before and since the recent elec?
tion, and relating to the purchase of
the Panama canal by the United States
were false.
"The president said: 'The News
gives gives currency to the charge that
the United StatM bought from Ameri?
can citizens for $40,000,000 property
that cost these citizens only $12,000,
000/ The statement is false. The
United States did not pay a cent of
the $40,000,000 to any American citi?
zen,' etc.
"From the statement issued in re?
ply by the editor of The News, I
quote the following: 'The only man
who has paid attention to them (that
is the criticism referred to, etc) was
Mr. Charles P. Taft, who did deny
that he was in any way related to the
affair. We had no word from the
president or Mr. Taft. The other men,
such as Cromwell and Morgan, who
were believed to have full Informa?
tion in regard to the business, said
nothing.'
"... .We expect during a heated po?
litical contest all kinds of stories
which are not worthy of notice but
this one I wish to denounce in the
strongest terms as a lying fabrication
without a show of truth in it.
"Neither I nor any one allied with
me, either directly or indirectly, at any
time or in any place In America or
abroad ever bought, sold, dealt In, <>r
ever made a penny Of profit out of
any stocks, bonds or other securities
of either the old Panama canal com?
pany o ? I he new Panama canal com?
pany, or ever received tor the same a
single dollar of the $io.?00,000 paid
by the United St.it? s. I make this the
most sweeping statement that lan?
guage can convey,
"As everybody connected with the
affair knows. 1 abstained from receiv?
ing the $40.000.000 In my own hands
at Washington or New York as the
general counsel of the company and
myself arranged for the payment of
the entire $40,000,000 direct from the
treasury of the United States through
the bankers of the government into
the Bank of France at Paris to the
credit of the liquidators of the two
companies. There it remained sub?
ject to the order of the liquidators
until distributed by them to the hun?
dreds of thousands of beneficiaries,
and not one dollar of it ever came to
me or any one in any wise connected
with me. Of course I do not refer to
our regular compensation as counsel.
"Since the recent publications I
have made inquiries in Paris and am
informed that the distribution of these
moneys is a matter of public record;
that the amount received by the liqui?
dation of the old Panama Canal com?
pany has been distributed by him as
an officer of the court to the holders
of the obligations of the company;
that these persons appeared in person
at the office of the liquidator to re?
ceipts for the money paid to ther*:,
that they numbered 226,296, the larg?
est number of individuals probably
ever appearing in person upon a sin?
gle business affair, and that the av?
erage amount paid was $156. The
complete and detailed record of these
payments, together with the names of .
and receipts of every person to whom 1
payment was made and the amount -
of such payment, is in the hands of
the liquidator at his office at 50 Rue
Etienne Marcel, Paris, which is a
prominent and frequented part of the
city near the Bourse, easily found by
any one desirous of doing so.
Neither I nor my law firm nor any
one connected with me ever owned,
directly or indirectly, any share of
stock in the new Panama Canal com?
pany nor never bought or sold any of
the shares or securities of either one
of said companies nor were directly
or indirectly interested in them.
"I am also positive not a man in
public life in America in or out of
congress had the least pecuniary inter?
est in the Panama canal.
"I do not know and never have
known of any American citizen who has \
ever dealt in any of the shares of the
new Panama canal company or the
shares or bonds of the old company..
"The story of Americans or some
American syndicate buying up the
Panama canal securities1 at a low
price or at any price and then turn- '
ing them in upon liquidation at a
profit is a fiction and a concoction.
The money of the United States went
to France and was distributed to the
hundreds of thousands of foreign own?
ers, none of whom, 30 far as I know,
were Americans." ^
FOREST RESERVES URGED.
Executives From All Quarters Testify
Before Committee on Agriculture^
Gov. Guild's Remarks.
Washington, Dec. 9.?A distinguish?
ed assembly of witnesses today testi?
fied before the committee on agricul?
ture to the need of the federal gov?
ernment's establishing forest reserves-'
in the Wfhite mountains and in the
Southern Appalachians. It marked
the opening of the fight in th s session
of congress for the creation of these
reserves to protect the navigability of
navigable streams, a purpose which
the committee conceded is constitu?
tional.
Besides Gov. Guild of Massachu?
setts, who was the spokesman until he
was compelled to leave the city and
turn his duties over to Col. William S.
Harvey of Philadelphia, Governors
Chamberlain of Oregon, Ansel of
South Carolina, Hoke Smith Df Geor?
gia, and Johnson of Minnesota, Form?
er Governor George E. Parde.* of Cal?
ifornia, and Blanchard of Louisiana,
and Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chap?
lain of the senate, were among those
who appeared. Chairman Scott of the
committee said the committe? appre?
ciated the public sentiment in favor
of the project but that the problem of
obtaining the desired end was difficult.
Representative Scott explained that
the house committee on the Judiciary
had questioned the constitutionality af
legislation on the part of congress
looking toward the purchase of land
for the conservation of forests, what?
ever it might do toward protecting the
navigability of the streams of the
country.
Gov. Guild, in responding, laid em?
phasis upon the ability of the general
government to undertake projects
f??r the general welfare of the country,
saying the appeal came from all quar?
ters of the nation.
"It is probably the first time in Ivs
lory that the governor of South Car?
olina and the governor of Massachu?
setts have Joined hands to appeal to
congress for the enactment of a law
for the general welfare of the peopV *'
said (Jov. <iuild as he bowed to Gov.
Ansel of the Southern State.
To Bridge the Suntoe.
Washington, Dec. ll.?Represents
tive Lever today introduced a bill au?
thorizing the Santec River Cypress
Lumber Company to construct a
bridge across the Santee River near
Ferguson, close to the Berkeley and
Clarendon county lines. He will prob?
ably secure its passage at an early
date.
William F. Down?, head machinist
of the Tavora Cotton Mill, Yorkville,
was instantly killed Thursday by com?
ing in contact with a live wire In the
power house.