The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 26, 1897, Image 6
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A List of the Ratified Acts by
the Legislature.
NO NOTABLE NEW LAWS.
Mw( of Them of n Special diameter,
Mut They Are Worth Reading; ami
Saving for Future Reference.
Below is the last installment of tho
tint of acts rotitivil ami enrolled l?y tlio i
last tieneral Assembly: !
To amend an act to rejjulato the dietin;:
of all prisoners before and nfter eonTiction
when in the custody of tho su
.. . .....1 ..f Slialn
rCKIOUlO IIIIU nuc.lun.M ...v......v.
To amend an act to provide for the
formation of Mutual Protection Associations.
To atneml an act to require contract ars
in the eroction, alteration or repairing
of buildings to pay laborers, subcontractors
and material men for their
cervices and material furnished.
To amend an act to incorporate the
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association
of t lorence county.
To amend an act to provide for the
organization of the Supreme Court, to
<fotino its powers and jurisdiction, and
to provide for the appointment of its offtoers
and to deiino their duties.
To make corjioratioiis liable for damages
resulting to land owners from the
wrongful obstruction of water courses.
To amend section 820 of the revised
statutes relating to commissions of
county treasurers.
To amend section <W2 of the revised
statutes of IS'J.'t, to provide a system of
on'Ay government for the several
tonnt 168 of the State.
To amend section vf n?4 of the revised
statutes of 18tW, changing the time for
SMoalowi uiul Milium intra torn to account
to the probate judges.
To provide a jienalty on railroad 1
companies owning, leasing or operat- I
- -i: :l l i:.. m.:.. ?i.:?
ing couipeiiiiu i itiii iiitii uin'^ \> ivii111 vii
Mate ami to provide for the recovery
thereof.
To amend an net to create the school
district of Yorkville.
Joint resolution constituting the Governor,
attorney general and comptroller
general a oonnuission to adjudicate the
claim of Thomas J. M ticket* for services
alleged to have been rendered in
prosecuting the claim of the State
aguuist the United States for rent of
the South Carolina Military Academy.
Heqiiiring that a committee of one
Senator and two members of the House
*?. Representatives be annually appointed
to examine the accounts, books and
vouchers of the penal and charitable institutions
of this State.
To protect the Mongolian pheasant.
Joint resolution to validate the appointment
of the registration of voters
l>y A. K. Purhnut as supervisor of registration
for the town of Dillon, and .1.
J. House as supervisor of registration
of Latta, iu Marion county.
To require all State institutions to
pay for transporting, clothing, guarding
and for medical treatment of all
convicts received by them under acts
or joint resolutions of the General
Assembly, and to gite receipts for their
work.
To amend an Act to incorporate the
Mutual Insurance t'ompauy, of Greenville.
Joint resolution to authorize and direct
the sinking fund commissioners to
provide for tlio lament ol any costs
Mid damages consequent upon the
litigation now pending 111 the United
States court between .1. I1'. Tindal and
J. )t. Boyles and Kdwurd it. Wesley,
involving the question of the title to
the Agricultural hall, in Columbia.
To amend an act to create a school
district within the corporate limits of
the town of Willistou, as to election ? f
trustees.
To provide for the appointment of
additional magistrates for Berkeley
county.
To umend the law relating to pensions.
To repeal an act to further regulate
the jurisdiction and places of residence
of certain magistrates in the county of
Orangeburg.
To empower the supervisor and b?>ard
of county commissioners of Beaufort
county to borrow money for certain
piir|K>ses.
To require the supervisors of the
iituto to publish quarterly reports.
Joint resolution to authorize and require
the county board of commissioners
of Anderson county to approve
claim of J. M. I'ayiie, late treasurer of
Anderson county. SlAu for collecting
commutation road taxes t\ r lNy/? and
lMiMt. and county treasurer to pay the
Mine.
To prohibit secret Greek letter fraternities
or any organizations of like
nature in State institutions.
To amend section In of an act en
titled "An act to amend an act entitled
*an act to provide a system of county
government for tin* several counties of
this State, so far as it relates to the
working and inaintaiug the roads and
highways 111 this State,'" approved
March ^5, lsyh, exempting t airfield
nuunty from said section.
A joint resolution to authorize the
State hoard of control to pay to tho city I
of Columbia certain dispensary profits. ]
Providing t< r a<l>litioiial magistrates
for the count; of Aiken.
To amend section in'itt of the revised
statutes v> 1 volume !; relating to
the report of the school commissioner
to the court of sessions.
To regulate the appointment of rereivers
by the courts of this Slate in
can cs therein.
t u until. "c ills I e' .; w i t iie < > ov
<tr io t > .i ' .1 hi t .:*c ai;d i > i
still. CI* I to r 1
|k>V. ei .. i l
To a ... a i .i i a ' e i". it let I "In act to
uilio'*:;e i . ? .< *iI ut Clui. lc ' it
to till itp low li.t in' .l . rounds in ?im
" oil !::*rie t I. l.i ell;i'!l iM'-i illnl
(ei otlier pill) " a iaKoto I. pal
an wet entitle i "An -.< i t >.: < u I an a t
retitieil ''An net to ant! i/e tin- e.tv
MHinei! of ('hurl. -be. P. < .I up low |..;s j
ami ground in liiec:i, . ( co'e-ton !
in certain cu - - at: I i >' u-r pur- !
JKM-S. "
\ n act t.< iie tine the :: i" - >! > -trui of |
ami to settle tin- ; : ,>i i.i i |
pai courts ol tin i it u* - a ' town- i i t , >
State.
lit net to iimei 1 :n. a t to i:.. r [
irate towns of n. x lh ,u 1 inhab- j
aunts. I
Ail not to provide for a laborers' I
lien. I
An not to amend the free school law. 1
An aot relating to the phosphate
commission, empowering it to fix royalties.
"
An not to amend section ?'>!>!> of the
revised statutes so as to include probate
judge, auditor, treasurer uud master iu
equity under its provisions.
An aot to authorize cities to operate "J
water works, etc.
An act to lix the time for the meeting
of the county board of Kdgetield i
county.
To repeal an aot to validate and confirm
the consolidation of the Augusta,
Kdgetield and Newberry Hail road Company
with the Northeastern Kailroud
Company under the name of the (Georgia,
Carolina and Midland Kail road ft
Company. (J
To protect terrapin and oysters with- ft
in the State.
io amend an net to provide tue
mnntier in wliioh railroad companies a
incorporated under the laws of other s<
States niiiv hecoine incorporated in this ...
State. * *
To umend section v?, :{ * and 2,402 of
the revised statutes of isjcj relating to b
jury commissioners. si
'Lo amend the free school law. d
To incorporate the Atlantic Coast h
Tjino company and to charter certain a
railroads under that name. ii
To incorporate the Farmers' Mutual b
Insurance company of Berkeley county.
Relating to the fees of clereks of u
courts and to establish a special fee hill a
for Spartanburg county. c
To amend an act to authorize the ii
holding of a special election in the town
of Honea Path in Anderson county for IS
the purpose of issuing bonds to build 1
a court house at that place. ft
STATU TAX ON COMMKKCK. a
f
Cotton Seed Meal Imported Into the J.
State Without Tugs, Seized.
There are other things that the State
seizes besides liquor. It has just seized
several car loads of cotton seed meal. ?.
ft appears that a New York linn, so the ^
record goes, shipped a car load of cot- (>
ton seed meal to Heiuiettsville. It ap- v
pears somewhat strange that a New .
Vork firm should shij cotton seed meal
to South Carolina, hut such seems to he ^
the allegation. When the meal got to .
Heiuiettsville Inspector Crosslaml found
that it was not tagged, and under the ^
law requiring a tag on such meal,
seized it. The facts were reported to s
liovernor Ellerhe and he directed the
iiuiutunt I to invtitllf,. V
immediate proceedings against the par- ^
ties shipping the meal into the State j
without proper tags. Cnder the law j
the State can recover from the shippers
to the amount of the meal, which is j
said to he ahout $1S. r?u per ton. The
lot is said to he M() tons, which, it will
ho seen, is quite a eousiderahlo prize, j
even if the cotton seed meal itself j
should he confiscated to the State Mr. j
Townsend will get all of the facts and -j
hnii;,1 action at once. j
The understanding is that the State ^
does not charge twenty-live cents a ton v
privilege tux on cotton seed meal when j
it is used for feeding purposes, l>nt
when the meal is used for fertilizing
purposes the charge is made ami in east; t
of non-payment seizure is made.
The matter may result in an inter- *"
esting legal light on the inter-State i
Commerce Acts the same as the dis- j
pensary law.
The statement was made during the ^
last session of the (ieneral Assembly
that a great deal of fertilizers sold in
this State escaped the payment of the ^
privilege tax, and that in other eases
the tags were taken oil'of the sacks of
fertilizers and returned to the broker
in Cliarlestown for credit, and were r fused,
or the party receiving the for- *'
titizcr not i lied the broker that lie r
would pay the tax on the next ship- '
ment. Mr. Connor sought to remedy '
this trouble, but his bill did not pass. r
It is understood that the cotton seed 11
meal seized at Bcnncttsville was sold a
through New York brokers and was for u
Western manufacturers. In addition n
to the failure to be tagged it is stated ^
that the meal failed to come up to the
requirement in not having any com- *
mercial \alue guaranteed. c
? I:
A Pneumatic Tire Test. v
In a paper presented lately hv A. J.
Mieheiin to the French Society of Civil v
Cngimers. the author gives a suggeslive
account of Ins experiments with c
the pneumatic tire ami the ordinary jwheels.
The lirst experiment was made t
on three days, that is. when the ground 1
was overed with throe inches of snow. '
also when the snow was melting, and a
then when the ground was muddy. The
results showed that when the empty "
carriage moved at a walk through the ^
snow, the draft or pull required to move v
it wast r-.V.t pounds with iron wheels [
and only 2.V2 pounds with pneumatic r
wheels: while moving at a trot, with a s
load of (MO pounds, the pull was GS.c?
pounds and 2'.t.r> pounds, respectively; I
in the mud. under the same conditions J
of load and speed, the pulls were 2."?.2
and f<0.7 |>ounds for the iron wheel (
and 23.1 and 21.2 pounds for the pneu- ,
matie tire. Other tests consisting of 1
pulls of varying speeds over macadam, t
paved and ordinary roads, in all of
these the pneumatic tire showing a sav- 1
ing in pulling power of from thirty to
nearly tifty per cent. The main fea- j
ture of interest in Michelin's experiments
consisted, of course, in the fact t
that the actual amount of power re- j
quired to pull a carriage equipped with t
pneumatic tires was so much less than
when ordinary wheels were used.
-uipci-liiifiidcnt Tlayliclil llusy.
i Ifel llltemlellt of Killient ion M'iv
I i>> liusilv ?,iii;ai.r?Ml in haviiiLf < ii|iU'%
.... <'f all ints |'i?ss?'<! by tin* b Mii'tal '
iltly lit its recent M?sin'i making
. y? III i ill.' M'lllHll !>i W of till' till''. '
.? < " i a ii pels llicin ill shape Im j
iii! Iia\r tli' .1 pi I lit ci i in i-;: I'll lar t : in j
ami i Ml tn ail part of tlio State, sii |
that none ot tin' public school author- J
Itii will be able to j'Uiul iyuoruilcc ot
t lie luw .
Nerwe o .a Vvc:i'tjnnj Gifts.
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i.i i ; i. I i . \ w.ll - \'* in *
. ; i ... ; i Jii'i: woihliti;- pi
, a v In t;i:ili;- pa-' "f J
i v -4 of ! Ml' i- is" ' lit* p." ' ! ,
. i.. .p. ! ; i! m . i i. ,? tiiU'ij" pht??' 1" ; |
v.; "ii!.".i .. Ii'il o, tin; a r.i.'Mt ioff-ii
'l. Such fiii- iw tl.i? hIioW tiiO |
practical Mb- of a nation';, nature. I
m 1 DiMltS.
wo State Constables Get in
Trouble in Charleston.
HEY SEIZED A PRIVATE KEG
lotol Dlsprasurlcs Ordered Closed
After O O'clock?Dispenser Stutts
ut Ktngstree Kobbed.
State Constable J. M. Scoit and
>rmer constable, W. J. Harling, of
harleston were nrrested Saturday upon
n order of Judge Simonton, charging
leni with contempt of court in seiziug
t the Charleston and Savannah depot
avorul weeks ago a o-gallon cask of
'hiskey valued at ijli, iuq>orted from
avannnh for personal use. The liquor
elonged to M. Herskowitz. The con.
tables refused delivery of whiskey upon
einaud of Herskowitz's counsel, and
once the present action. Herskowitz
lso wants damages of :?(?,000 and costs
i me rase. i ms is similar io me eeiorated
Cantim case lost by the State.
The constables will be prosecuted
nder the decree of the Circuit Court
tiirined by Supreme Court, giving
iti/.ens of South Carolina the right to
nport liquor for private use.
Hon. J. l\ K. Bryau and J. N.
iathans, Jr., represent Herskowitx.
lulling gave a bond of $1,000 after a
3w hours delay, but Scott was unable
j do so. Chief Bahr made a personal
ppenl to Mr. Bryan to give Scott
urther time to lilo his bond. Mr.
Irynu consented, adding that it was
he principle of the thing, and not men
ie was after.
THE HOTF.Ij DISPENSARIES.
Saturday night about lOo'clock Chief
itate Constable Bahr walked into the
'harleston Hotel dispensary andorderd
the establishment closed. When)he
.as shown permits from the Suite
loard ^granting the privilege to keep
pen at night, Mr. Bahr declared tjiat
hey did not go with him, as he was fuluwing
strictly the Constitution.
Mr. Bahr left two guards at the
'harleston hotel dispensary while ho
talked over to the St. Charles and isued
the same orders, which were
beyed. Then Mr. Bahr, after detailug
two constables to guard the place,
isited the Calhoun and went through
he same programme, paying not the
east attention to Mr. Sol Bowmau's
rivileges from the board to sell at
light.
It is to be stated that the keeping
ipen of these hotel dispensaries is nothng
new, and has been in force since the
irst of the hotel privileges was granted
>v (Governor Tillman and his board,
['he present State board, it is stated,
ook up the regulations and orders as
o these dispensaries that were in effect
vhen Governor Evans was in charge of
he dispensaries, and the hotel dispeniaries
have been acting under authority
>f these orders allowing them to keep
>pen at night for the business of their
fnests only.
Chief Balir, it appears, has acted enirely
with the consent of Governor Elerbe,
as the statement is made that the
?i lit* i m i< j\\ 111;^ mt'riu Liu it? i u i>|iuii?unt??
o keep open at night will he modified
t once. and when the State board holds
ts next meeting it will he revoked, and
he hotels will have to keep the same
tours that other dispensaries do.
KINUSTKKK OISl'KNSAIU HOB11ED.
A special from Kingstree to the Sunny
News says: "A daring and mysteiotis
robbery occurred in this usually
uiet little town last night. Mr. 11. It.
tutts, the dispenser at this place, was
obbed between the hours of 12 o'clock
lidnight and daylight of $1H*? in cash
lid a check for .322 on an Atlanta bank,
lso his double-barrel shotgun, watch
ml chain, his hat and five cigars, and
wo one-cent pieces.
".Mr. Stutts attended a meeting of
he Masonic lodge here last night, and
;ot home a little before midnight, lie
s positive that he had the money in his
est pocket when he went to bed, and
ie is equally positive that he put his
est under ins pillow just before retirng;
and here comes in the mysterious
art, how the burglar succeeded in
pcuiug the window and entering the
oom without disturbing or awakening
he occupants, consisting of Mr. Stutts,
lis wife and two children and Mr. Newnan,
a mail contractor, sleeping in an
idj<lining room.
"Mr. Stutts thinks that both himself
md wife were chloroformed, as they
nth slept late this morning, and
elt queer and somewhat stupefied
ipon being aroused from their slum ers.
There was a lamp burning in the
oom where Mr. Stutts and family were
ileeping when the robbery took place.
Mr. Stutts lias no special reason forsusjecting
anyone, and it can scarcely be
aid that any clue exists to the rob ery.
" l'ltis is the second robbe.y that has
ccurrecl in Kingstree recently. The
loor to the safe in the ex press oflico was
down ofVsome weeks since, but fortunitely
the robbers were frightened away.
1'his robbery of Mr. Stutts is all the
nore unfortunate as the greater part of
lie money stolen from him belonged to
lie State dispensary, audit will be very
jam <>u 111(it i<> nine it io pay i'lU'K.
" I he dispensary at tltis place seems
<> Ik- unfortunate, as about two years
?Uo Mr. McDonald lost his position as
lispenser l>v sending money through
II. (). Snow, whose cheeks proved not
to Ik- worth the paper they were written
on."
rll VNMK IV THE DTSPEXSAUY I.AW.
There is considerable talk ooinu or.
just now ahont a possible change in the
lispensary law which, il is said, will be
u1 by some of the strongest, friends
nf the dispensary system a1 the next
session of llio l leneral Assembly.
I.retly expressed, the proposed
haiiuc is to retain the present system
10 far as the State in ifelierul is con
erned and ijive the cities of 10,DOM in;
i1ants and over the )ii?h license sys< !;
.11-" 11-1" the dispensary regulations
i- pi'o.aled for in the State ('oust it it- i
: ii m. I
tin- iiiends of the dispensary law i
ivi.o fa\or this plan believe that such a
provision will be for the best interests
.1 the Mate and tl e system. Thev all
i e that the present system makes no
mat rial dillerenco to the man who j
1 ; \e- in the country who wants his
whi-io \ in bulk so that he can carry it
Lome.
The argument in favor of the proposed
change is that tho bulk system
will never prove satisfactory to tho
people who live in cities of the size indicated.
A different class of people
have to be dealt with. The change it
is thought will settle all issues over the
dispensary satisfactorily.
This is the view those who talk of
pushing the measure take of the mnttor.
But others who have stood to tho
dispensary system are now in favor of
doing away with it altogether, taking
up the license system for the whole
State, to me what upon tho plan proposed
by Senator May field.
L.1QPOR CONHTAHIiKS APPOINTED.
The list of constnbles appointed by
Governor Ellerbo lias been given out.
It will bo noted in the list given that
tho postoflice addresses are given, hut
this does not indicate the counties from
which tho appointments weio mtido.
The list is as follows:
Chief of lower division, Wm. X. lhthr,
Charleston.
Chief of upper division, J. 11. Fant,
Anderson.
F. .1. llankin, Greenwood; 11. C. Fos.
ter, Spartanburg; C. Ij. Cureton, Pick
ens; T. .J. Harmon, Newberry; S. I*
Howie, Lancaster; G. L. Cooley, NN illiamston;
A. T. l>avis, Edgettelil; I.
McD. Hood, Chester; W. H. Newbold,
special detective, Chester; It. II. Newell,
Iva; J. T. Speed, Lowndesville; ?T.
E. Moorhend, Columbia; J. H. Buice,
Gaffuey; J. T. Thomason, Itoek Hill;
It. M. Floyd, Spartauburg; W. 1).
Howard, Spartanburg; It. 11. W'riglit,
Anderson; It. M. Gardner. Newberry;
John T. Langstou, Laurens; J. 1*. Ellege,
Laurens; J. J. Pearson, Bennettsville;
ltichard Jt. Webb, Jharloston;
John G. Stroble, Blaekville; J.
N. Clauton, Lancaster; J. L.
Nunnamaker, Sumter; J. M. Scott,
Aiken; F. M. Davis, Florence; C.
S. Moseley, Charleston; Chas. F.
Glover, Charleston: B. W. Peeples,
Mellett's, Barnwell county; P. P.
Meekius, Beunettsville: J. E. Moore,
Walterboro; B. F. Phelps, Camden;
\Vm. Livingston, Orangeburg; W. W.
Sellers, Marion; S. .T. Brown, Sumter;
Van D. Game, Marion County; Geo.
Just Brown, Sumter; J. A. May, Graniteville,
Job N. Koon, Columbia.
It will be noted that the list shows 4'J
constables employed in the enforcement
of the dispensary law. Before the pruning
by Governor Idler he there were 57
men on the force, and by the work of
Governor Ellerbe lifteen men on the
forced have been dropped, others may
go later on. Most of the men on the
force have served before, the only new
men being Constables Cureton, Newell,
Floyd, Howard, Elledge, Webb, Moseley,
Glover, Moore, Phelps. S. J.
Brown, Game and Chief Bahr, of the
lower division of the State.
A WOMAN CONSTABLE.
She Does Her Work as a Man Does His The
Pet of the Force.
The new woman has broken out in
a new spot. This time it is the constabulary
of the city of Allegheny, l'a..
which she has invaded. Miss Florence
Klotz can scarcely be called even a
woman constable, though, for she is
only 18 years old. Hut she's a constable
all right. She serves warrants,
summonses, and subpoenas with till the
authority and determination of a male
minion of the law. Miss Klotz's father
is an Alderman whose regular constable
was an old man who had an inconvenient
way of being sick or invisible
when he was wanted for duty. On
one of these occasions, about two
months ago, the despairing Alderman
pressed his daughter into service. That
settled the matter. The?girl constable
proved to be the pluckiest, quickest,
most reliable one in town, ller very
first mission was to serve a subpoena
on a farmer living four miles out of
town. Miss Florence put on her bloomers,
mounted her wheel, and went after
her man. When she came back, tired,
muddy, but triumphant, she found si
crowd in front of her father's ollice to
welcome her.
"I served them, papa," she exclaimed,
and then, womanlike, she cried, even
though she was a constable.
She says she would rather deal with
one hundred men than ten women. The
women think it is a joke, but the men
think the law must be obeyed even if
it is embodied in an 18-year-old girl.
Before she went into the constabulary
ti'li/kiJiol t lk ?'/kii i/h A I I < < r t k V f'fll
getting trade fop her father's < ;
factory. Next summer she and
sister will ride a tandem gearei
<js on the same errand. She is
scribed by the St. Louis (Ilobe-I)rcrat
as slight and handsome, with
en black hair and snapping black *
In one case Miss Klotz acted as c<
seller as well as constable. A but
had kicked in the door when lie f<
his hallway locked up by the ha
who with his family occupied the
of the house. The locking was by o
of the landlord who demanded t lube
done at 10 I'. M. The butcher
sued for malicious mischief.
Klotz brought her man to court,
served a score of subpoenas for
nesses. arranging the details of
hearing, cross-examined the witne
and finally had the case dismissei
her recommendation that each of
parties lie furnished with keys,
costs were divided, and the young
yer-constable smiled with deligh
she counted over her share.
The only unruly case she has
across was a youngster of 11 win
fused to go with her. She took
dilemma by the horns and the In
t'.e collar, tripped him up and. w
t l .tkIv copy of ' I'ilm-ini H I'mitr
administered a series of luisine Mows
where they wonlil do the
1,'oikI, and led tiiin wo >]ii111; to ?
A lift Ic jeweled revolver is her
weapon. It. was presented to In
a hi^ eonstable who was tilled
admiration of her pluck. She ::\
do( -i,'t know what he would do
1:111 against a.n ukIv customer. I"i
?|e? I; ( s, 'i h a . a.in of her I hiel;
t hat . !.< w *iIf! not liltn. Sinof
tJio limn pal force, and it . In
{ lit word J' ! !p the etiiite t.
of i lefks, I of e I pill : 11 11
underlines would urn out to the .
ut Coii.Au.lilc i'lorciKC.
PENSIONERS IS! MIT
For Their Money Owing to Tangles1
In the New Act.
THE BICYCLE BAGGAGE ACT.
Some Homls Continue to Charge for
Wheels?Columbia Horse and Florul
Sliiiw
The new pension law 1ms lm?l the
comptroller general scratching: his head
and wondering where the State hoard
of pensions is at. There are some provisions
in it that would puzzle anyone.
As a result, even construing the act as
it was evidently intended it should
pass, the pensioners of the State will ol
neces.-ily he compelled to wait, possibly
till ugust, before they can gut their
money, and it is 110 fault of the authorities
charged with the execution of the
law.
In the first place, in the section providing
for the time for the payment ol
the 1 ensions the figures living the
year were left reading "1800" instead ol
"181)7." Of course the intention is
clear, hut unless the law is construed
jn that light nothing at all can be
paid until the general assembly meets
again.
Then township boards have been provided
for and other complex machinery
as to the approval applications. There
are something over 1,000 townships in
the State. It would be a physical impossibility
to get the boards organized
in every township in the State and have
the applications go through all the machinery
provided in time for the payment
of the pensions by the 15th of
June, as is provided. Conitroller General
Norton, who has had much experience
with this pension matter, declares
that leaving everything else
i aside it would be impossible to get the
warrants out to the pensioners in the
? several counties before the middle of
July or August.
He is going to prepare a set of instructions
am' rules governing the organization
of the township and county
boards and simplifying the law so that
they can work in a uniform manner,
but does not think that this will facilitate
matters very much, lie will eudeavor
to remodel the former blanks in
such a way that they can be used.
In ?lil iIi.iti O, ll...'<.1 ?1....... Jo
the matter of the formation of new
counties. Scarcely one of them will l>o
in working order in time for the township
hoards even to he formed. There
! is hut one way left open for the pensioners
in these counties to get their
money along with the others, and the
others cannot get theirs until it is
known how many there are in the several
new counties, inasmuch as the
amounts have to he prorated. This is
by a loose construction of the law, requiring
the hoards in the several old
counties to act upon the applications of
those residing in the new counties or
leaving the pensioners in the new counties
out altogether, letting the legislature
help tiioin when it reconvenes.
? < ? ?It
is said that several of tin? railroads
of tin* State are refu-ing to carry bicycles
in baggage ears without the payment
of the usual amount of via cents.
The trainmen of the road said to he
charging for carrying bicycles inform
the owners that they have received no
orders from their siipi riors in regard to
the usual charges.and their instructions
require tliein to collect the fares. The
act passed at the late session of the
(ieneral Assembly was approved and
became a law before that body adjourned.
For the information of all, it is republished;
any one who is charged for
the carrying of a bicycle simply has
to report the matter to the railroad
commission. The act reads as follows:
"Section 1. He it enacted by the general
assembly of the State of South
Carolina that from and after the passage
of this act, bicycles shall he
deemed baggage for the purpose of
transportation by common curriers.
Section 'J. He it further enacted that
common carriers shall carry bicycles
under the same rules and subject to
the same liabilities ns govern trunks
and other separate baggage of passengers.
Section :!. He it further enacted
that no person shall be required to
crate, cover, lock, box or otherwise
protect bicycles as baggage under the
I provision 01 mis net. nccimn . l?o
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CHAMPION FITZSIMMONS. \
Ho Puts Corbott to Sloop In tho Four- |
teonth Round by a Blow Undertho \
llourt. I
At Carson, Novadu, Wednesday I
after two yenrs of doubt aud vexatious *
postponement. the heavyweight championship
of tho world was decided be- A
yond cavil, wheu Robert Fitzsimmous
sent James J. Corbett helpless to his \
knees, with n. left hniwl blow under the 1
heart, aftor one minute ami 45 seconds, yB
in tlio fourteenth round of their hattle
in the arena. The great contest was
won in the simplest manner, aud the
knockout was the result of one unwary
move on the part of Corbett. The dispatch
says that the ex-champion is almost
crazed over his defeat, but says
that it was a fair fight aud that ho was
not satisfied and would have it over.
After the result was declared Fitzsimmon's
wife stepped up and kissed the
bloody face of her victorious husband.
After the big mill there were two side
fights, which resulted: Hawkins put
Flaherty out with a left swing in 40
seconds, and Green defeated Smith ic
the thirteenth round. Forge crowds .
witnessed the fights, and it is impossible
to estimato the amount of money that
changed hunds on the above results.
COTTON OltOWEKS.
Meeting of Their Protective Association
In Augusta, (in.
The meeting of the American Cotton
Growers' Protective Association at Au
gusta, Ga., was attended by a very
representative body of men. President
Hector D. Lane, of Alabama, presided
and addressed the convention. An address
was also made by ex-Senator
Patrick Wnlsn. Resolutions were
adopted urging the farmers to first
make the cotton States self-supporting,
and then the area devoted to cotton
will yiehl more profitable than if they
sought to increase the number of bales.
While the reduction of the aereago to
ne planted in cotton for the sole purpose
of reducing the size of the crop
may he impracticable, the increase of
area planted in food crops must inevitably
briug prosperity to the cott >11
growers, irrespective of the size of the
cotton crop. There has never been a
time in our history that a movement
looking to the increased production of
corn, hay, oats, hogs and other food
crops was also important and necessary.
Illness of <?en. Hampton.
(Jen. Wade Hampton, the famous
warrior-statesman of South Carolina, is
dangerously iil at his apartments in the
M ctropolitan Hotel, Washington, and
his recovery is regarded by some of his
friends as doubtful. His health has
been failing him for several 111011'lis
past, and in addition lie lias suilered
greatly from the never-healing wound
which followed the amputation of his
l ight leg at the close of the war. His
vitality has heen further taxed recently
by a distressing cough, which appears
to have settled upon his lungs. The
< ienernl is now nearly SO years of age,
and it is feared he has not suflicient recuperative
power to withstand the latest
attack upon his already depleted syste .11.
Short In His Accounts.
At Richmond, Va., the hoard of directors
of the old Mutual Assurance
Society of Virginia make public a defalcation
of some $?r>,o<it> the result
of the examination of the books of the
association by an expert bookkeeper.
Sir. 1\ l>. Stegur, the assistant secretary,
in whose account the defalcation
- * .1 f i .. 1 * tlx.
occurs, was m?in ior iu c.\piuiii inc mut11*r,
but <li<l not appear and is said to
have left the city. All tho securities of
the corporation, which is one of the
oldest and strongest in the State, are
intact, the loss being on collections.
Nominations Favorably Keported.
Tho United States Senate committee
on foreign relations Wednesday ordered
a favorable report to be mude oil tho
nominations of John Hay, to be ambassador
to <ireat ilritain; Horace l'orter,
to be ambassador to France, and
.Mr. White, present secretary at London,
to be secretary of the embassy at
I aiudon.
Cleveland's Outing Ended.
At Cape Charles, Va , Wednesday,
ex-President Cleveland disembarked
from the lighthouse tender violet and
took the New York express for Princeton,
N. J.
Miscellaneous Items.
Eight men were drowned in a mine
at Dover, England.
The Arkansas Legislature adjourned
yesterday without passing any of the
appropriation bills for the executive
and judicial departments.
I.oans to the amount of $4,000,000
have been obtained from New ^ ork
banks within a week to pay duties on
goods held in bond in anticipation of
higher duties under the new taritl*.
The petition of Mrs. Huiz, widow of
the dentist, Kicardo Huiz, murdered in
Havana, has been delivered to Secretary
Sherman. It is thought immediate*
action will ho taken.
As the result of the proselyting < f
Mormon elders in the lower end ol Allegheny
county, Maryland, and contiguous
section of Pulton ami Pcdford
counties, in Pennsylvania, migration
to I'tah has coiniuenced m lar;;e numbers.
The Southern Express Com pane will
lost" about forty of its oHires in the
State of Florida because of thodrri<-ion
thai they must pay State and < oil >ty
tax of SlOaiitl ^respectively. 'I he receipts
of the ollices do not warrant payment
of such tax.
No Chimneys in Mexico.
T!:3 Boston Transcript says: From
the top of the cathedral spire in Mexico
i ><>ii < .in (> e the entire city, antl tl.e
i most striking feature of tlie view :s
1 the .<1> . nee of chimneys. There is not
1 a chimney in all Mexico, not a Kit",
' nor a stove, nor a furnace. A11 th<>
cooking is done with < liaicoat in Dutch
(iM-Ds. and wliile the ^as is sometimes
offensive, one soon becomes usetl to it*
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