The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 14, 1898, Image 8
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^ 4 The Taxpayers Are Pressing on the
vj Legislature.
MANY OF THE MEMBERS
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6*14 (ao bp Already Pledged to Vote to
(Qtve Taxpayers More Time--Far
; Beblud. .
V ^ The probabilities aro that such pressure
will be brought to bear ou the
legislature that the question of oxtending
tho time for the payment of
the tines will be about one of the first
, important steps taken by that body. A
member of the legislature, who was in
lambia n[few days ago, in an inter*1
with a Register representative,
hat such ft ftton ?!""
? ? ?vu?** wo m?nu"- j
neocasary to save the property 1
Sua former. Ho 8aid that already 1
wi?y9.tt concerted movemont look- j
register**' 'jUc^ 4 resolution adopted,
. ost of the members had J
at senueS(] to vote for ^ sij0vv. l
necessity of such action ho '
?u Greeuvillo county lie bad 1
t hardly more than haif the
~been paid aud it was even 1
work* in otyiei counties. The Lcgisla- h
tare, generally, docs uot take kindly '
to extension of time, but it looks as if 1
it will hove vo do something this year. n
| * Awful ITay>-c?rcless NIoUier!
' At Prosperity, .Ncwbcrrv county,
XisUTa Spouco' loft ber two children, u
* aged about 4 and 2 years, locked in the L
Louse all (lay while she went away?
ome say to Xewberrv?and .they both ?
were' burned to denlh. Sir. * I;. 1. , ?
Stoudomayer, on whoso promises the
house stood was the first oao to get
there. Fo heard tho children screaming,
but whea he got the door broken
in he was out off from them by the lire, h
'He tbon b:oUo iu two windows in hit A
efforts to get to the children, but he 4
could, not find thorn The lire bad
gained such headway that no one couid^H
enter the house. It is
the obildror. had
Hot make their
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larlestou-- <
Then we r
fi-now wo ' f
of session j 1
a*, nor was '
The dif- [
nstruction ; ?
i. Vet the j (
ant. in the !
15 to tnaui:
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? issued n j (
ioId Mm- 1 r
came very near defeating "ll i *
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lacking otic vote to do so. , to 1 lt. J j
combined on a more deeenJ?!>io j f
can McKisson bv name, ar I .
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lieve the present inay^ \Vinwthrop j
We were very mu. by ?* '
llanna would be bc^**" jY')?0 j
nothing to recommend ^vho h.avo c
H . . to all the: ?
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paign, and knoya|T,olo,d j
hoodie and coll'm tho smullpci
in i 1 ?. Ml the cases
dunned liitn ontc{ tonn Tbo?e j f
politician." nai t>eeu vac- j
. 1 .varioloid Aclose j
in iil'.y sense ot ?.?- sed persons. v
Bolii i wont.
Mooresville, N. C.y Office Safe
Cracked and $154 Stolen.
NO CLUE TO THE ROBBERY.
Ibo Robbery Is Supposed to Have
Been Committed by Professional
Sofc-Crackers.
Tho postoffieo at Moofosvillo, X. C.,
was robbed Wednesday night of last 1
week. Tho back door of the small i
building in which tho office is located i
was prized open with u crow bar, which ]
hud becu obtained at the railroad st&- <
tion, a short distauce from the office, <
and an entrance thus effected. 5
After tho burglars entered they bo- ^
pnu operations at once on the safe. A ^
bole twelvo inches deep was bored c
through the top of the snfo, and dyna- j
mite put therein. Tho safe was moved %
from the wall and the fuse lighted. The j,
loor was blown coniplotelj* irorn the r
linpes, several panes of class iu the jj
rent windows wore knocked out, and
lictures throwu from tho wall.
Although the robbery was committed
n the heart of tho town, within a tone's
throw of the Johnson Hotel, 'j
inly a few heard the explosion, ami
hose that did did not think there was
nythiug wrong. Tho burglars getaway
nth aoout ?1.M in money and stamps,
Daylight disclosed the robbery, and
hrew the town into a state of excite- (V
jent. Air. Robt, SS. Temploton is ^
lostmaslei at Mooresvillo. As soon as
e learned of the robbery?about 0
'clock?1 o wired Postmaster Mullen
i t. nartotto asking lor instructions ns
i what course to pursue. Mr. Mullon eJ
ireil him to notify tho department at 0)
I'ashiogton at ciice. a,
/The mayor ol Mooresville also telelaphed
to Chief Orr for bloodhounds
^^^jocould be gotten. Tho hounds
ate not sufficiently
! ?' cent.
sei to have been
Observer. ]U
B B re
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IB The H<
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houses tho
^minces were
,,v
mg the
CO suggestho
labor
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11'"aotluce thc-w L
' ' b" ch have caused a teeeut event ^
we (.fljversally deplored. c
ill(;s GOF.S IXDEPEND XT \
litis pert
In and H b)cn?ocrntie Ticket. Pe*
'iy u Entail Majority.
,n(l ?,j ^uis, independent Dom. of c
i in ', ;u , bus beeu elected J
.,]| n l "'"'"' ' u. Lucas Clapp, the .
that bothatf pjy u majority of u
1 seemed to The entire independ- v
i !>s sire of <|;i^k carried by reduced c
. has beeu an a
the
'ictorv up to the last ho^. "'"ft
ion wan quiet and orderly, aa<tos wiTP>fl
oto was polled. y' vHanna
lias Gained Two Votes. k
A special from Columbus. O., of the
;th, say9: Conservative estimates to- j
light place tko legislative vote at 75 to ti
0 against Hanna. The workers of the P
enator claim 71 votes, and assurances
>f the two necossavy additional votes,
ind possibly four more. The opposiion
insists that Hanna will never have b
0 votes on joint ballot, and that they
lave gained two votes.
Jisastrous Nitro-Glyccrlue explosion
An explosion cf 1,500 quarts of nitroglycerine
near Booth, an oil town a
<?w miles cast of Toledo. O., killed an
.11 well shooter named Stephen Wilson,
ind wiped out of existence a team of
lorses and a wagon. A pieco of Wilion's
i!e?h and tho head of ono horse
vas all that was found. Considerable
lam ago was done to properly in tt,-? viunity,
but no ono &lso was injured.
A Crazy Man's Awful Deed.
A Bristol, Tern., speciul totho>*at>rillo
(Tcnn.) Banner, says: "In a fit ,
>f insanity, Alexander f artor, n white I
ltizen of Greenville, hilled his wife K
ind 13-ytar-old daughter. Mont id, ?
vhile they slept, and then shot and '
:ilIod himself. Carter V.iauied his wife <"
md daughter with an axe. Ho is said v
o have been mentally unbalanced for a
iorno time. " c
Another Kxpress Kohb.uy n
J he American Express Company, at
ifii York. !;;?j been robbed of $10, *S2,
ind C'In vie Binder), lr., a trusted cm- J
)?oye, is missing. Centra! officers and j
/l ivate detectives aro hunting for him. ji
(lets $4,000 PnringeR.
Tho second tiial of tho suit brought
igaiust the street rialwny com- *
intsy, of Winston, W {',, by T.J. "VVi! - i
on, sscrot&ry and treasurer of the city, ^
1 the killing of his 7-year-old son by n "
Jreet car two years ago, '-vas concluded j
. . the jury last week returning a ver- i
for f-I.OCO in favor of the plaintiff. r
^^^r^ndont't wiil nppenl to the Sn J
"min. The lirst jury gave v
break
lira 81m ;
Handsome Showing Made Under
Co!. Ncal's Management.
$9,600 PAID SINKING FUND.
Board Will Recommend the rearing j
Dowu of tho Old Main Building I
and tho Erection of a Modern One.
Tho annual report of the Suporin.
tendent of the State penitentiary reSects
the greatest credit upon the managemont
of Col. \V. A. Xeal. Tho report
shows that with cotton at 5 cents
C!ol. Neat ha9 been able to pay considnably
over SO, 000 borrowed from the
unking fund for the purchase of tho
r>eod farm, and turns over to the State
Treasurer the handsome surplus of
ibout $10,000 makiue the net earnings
if tho institution for tho veer about
tl S>,600.
Auotber thing that the report shows,
ndicnting a remarkably tine sanitary
ondition, is that fhe death rate lias
lAAtt 1 ? ' *? * *
v-'iuj per. ceut tor thoyear.
, The board recommonds the tearing
owu of the old main building iu the
ard and the erection of a modern
rison structure in its stead. Tf this is
one the authorities ere coufident that,
le death rate can be reduced below
int of any prison in the I uited States.
A physician who has been going to
le prison occasionally says that the
initary ceuditiou was as good as that
f any prison ho had ever seen. The
osnital service be considers better than
lut in most large cities. Ho found
lat each convict was clean nud healthy
i appcavancn and, inquiring ^
? the cause, ascertained that
ich man was provided with threo suits
' undeiclothing, three shirts, socks i
id drawers; that each day the men are |
ivou a bounteous vegetable dinner well
ioked; that each day each man gets iu
10 way of meat .1 half-pound of bacon
id a pound of beef or three-quarters ,
a pound of pork, besides all the (
holcsomc bread he can eat. (
Jfc may be mentioned also ths,t the \
ison lias had to pay in its expohses ,
<1 expenses of guarding prisoners sont <
Clemson. M'inthrop and the hospital t
r the insaue from time to tim.?. <
Successful Fanning. ;
One of the most notable examples of t
ccessful farming in the htate iu the t
ar that has just closed is that of Mr. 1
Q. Hammond, reported by the .1
)nea Path Chrouiclo a few days ago. ?
r. Hammond, it is stated planted 110
res of "bottom land,'' on Pocky Kivor,
corn, and has harvested V,-100 bushels
m the tract, or, at tho rate of nearly . 3
bushels to the srm T*..r> v. I
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hub, would have becu still larger, n
t for t.ho fact that 15 acres ol his crop t
ro raided and badly dafnaged by cut g
rras. There wero sev^-al* acres, as h
mrted, which produced over 103 fc
ikelseach. Besides this enormous 0'
n crop, however. V* Hammond 0
rto 350 bales v.-T' , and 1,000 u
| el0111 of las* 1. i-?
_jir:<?1L>^?,r. f
^ i ""l' and if
a pound,
i' uuu'i .<np piuoiiv of 82,500,
' e.i ins coiw. *1 the corn
vcre sold at the currenc .? ?al price, 60
ents a bushel, it would bring 8-1.400,
>r nearly enough to pay the whole cs>ense
of making the cotton crop.
Will Have to Do Something.
Secretary of Stuto Tompkins has reoived
from the supervisors of registraion
in several counties the record
tooks, which are copies of the regutraion
lists on lilo iu the several counties
uder tho new registration law. As
as the case with the first to bo reeived?that
upon which the assistant
ttorney general ga\e an opinion?none
f them have been properly arranged,
t seems that the supervisors everyJicre
b^ro been un&blo to understand
.TV?iv"Vlio\^t was intended that tho
JSXoSm^Si5fP?r?a-, Mr. 'tap.
ins thinks thaW0 on\7 to
bo books in sucb*haVe tV,at, xhP' C*Q
o satisfactorily w1^ ke *ba
legislature to make\an appropriation
o have them copicfean'^ arranged alhabetically.?The
Stt^e
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Father McManus Xy Cjulity.
Magistrate Rouse, of CuP'''.e3ion' has
as handed down his deen??a..in tae
aso of the Stale of South CaT^iLlPa > "
^ather P. J. McManus. charged
isturbing Divine worship. The casev
as attracted considerable attention
ince it was brought before the courts,
or the leasoti that the affair is without
irecodent in South Carolina jurisprueuce.
Magistrate ltouso was unablo
0 see whero Father Mr.Nlanus whs
uiltv of the charges preferred against
.... f.%. i,i_ f~it~? ?? nv-.t i? r i
11 i 4 I/V uio ID1IUU 1'i icait I" ulIlIT 1'. ! .
Juigley. and, after a careful eonsideraion
<?f the evidence adduced at tlie preiuiinury
investigation of I'uther McIanus,
held several days ago, he diseased
tlio proceedings.
Hurled With Military Honors.
Gen Johnson Hagood's remains was
iken from the county courthouse, in
{aru'.vell, whero it had lay 111 state,
uardcd by veterans of bis command,
u the tith, by the Citadel cadets, of
harlestou, ?ud conveyed to the Cpisopal
church, whore the funeral serices
were performed bv Bishop < 'ape! s,
nd then it was taken to the Episcopal
ometery and buried with military I
iniiors. Ho endeth a brilliant career of J
noble Carolinian.
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r?ys the $20,000 Promised. i
\t the recent meeting of the Htate
'i aidcf Control the board authorized
couiuiissionerH to pay into thoState
masury ?20,000 which had been prona5C'i.
Stole the Pew I'tntes.
ft is strange what some thieve* will
tenl sometime*. Tlio Columbia Kegster
snya tlint somebody entered the
.Vnshingtou sheet Methodist church
iiid stole from the back of the pews tho
lame plates of the j ew holders. Whet
he thief could po&ribl.v w&ut with them
? unknown, as simply as bite of brass
notal they are worth nothing. Tho
ew holder?, wero much uiyetifyed
i heli they found that alt tho plntei !
lero gone. No olio ha* any idea who j
ouimjttwd tb^de^d. i
!hmmmh
"Over the River to Rest Under th&
Sha^le of the Trees."
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE,
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Goneral of the Confederacy, Governor
of jsuuth Carolina and a
Patriot In AVar and Pedce.
General Johnson Hagood died at his
home in Barnwell last week. Gen. Hagood
Was bbrn in Barnwell county,
February 21,j 1S29. His early education
was received ?t the Richmond Academy
in Augusta, And at the age of sixteen he
entered the (Citadel, where he graduated
in 1 Si? TfiAfc u;~i.?* i
? ?v^* v.uo i^uco'j uuuurB UI
hit class. HeUtudisd law and waa admitted
to the t\ar in 1650. In 1351 lid
was elected commissioner of equity for
Barnwell couirny, which office he held
until 1861, whlsn he resigned to enter
the Confederate army. He was elected
colonel of the/F irst youth Carolina volunteers
and tAok part in the bombardment
of Fort flumter. He was promoted
to a brigafiicr generalship iu 1862.
At the termintetiou of the war lie returned
to t^u> active supervision
of his pi aiitting iuterests. In
1ST 1 he wasj elected a deleuate
to the tab-payers' convention.
In 1876 ho was lCpanuated for comptroller
general, on this ticket with Harap
ton, and he contributed largely to the
great political victiory which freed the
StRto from radicaA rule. During the
tin\e of tho Ellenltou riots he was appointed
by the Rejnublican .lUdge Wiggins
in charge of A posse to repel the
disturbance. In Mn\\ 1877, ho formally
took possession of Vho offico of comptroller
general and jftpplied himself to
thoroughly organising and systematDiug
tho department. He was re-elected
in 1873 and continlied in office two more
vears, when he w-j plected governor.
His administratp | as governor ^as a
itucess, and not.ttaudinir the efforts
if friends to indrf im to accept * secmd
tern, he abs/l^^'dv refused. Siuee
ncu He lias not an active part in
polities. Aa a cjijjjiu, he has (lone hie
luty to his countrySSAnd party. Ilia atcntion
has been g?,ven chiefly to agri:u!tura!
pursuits asr.d tho development
>f local eaterprisllis in Barnwell. He
ook (great interest Sin eduea^cn, and at
ho time of his deetif. was chairman of
he board of visitors!? of the Citadel. In
&-)4 ho married ElWpiso, daughter of
'udge A. P. Butler, iate-ad he has one son,
ilr. Butler Banood.W
Rewards fo^P Firebugs.
Gov. Ellerbe has f offered a reward of
ilSO for the appreh Jkpsion and convic
ion of the party orM parties who on the
ight of Jan. 2 set re to und burned
he barn and stab1 Jmn of Jno. Burgers :>
iumter county,10*oeether with several
orses and ra^BnlesT A reward of $160
as been n^Bo ollered fpr tho detection
f the jt^rftrties who burned tho gin house
f Thomas W. Holloway ut t'oi&fijfia.
together with como cotton and
'Wrvesting machinery, on the night cf
Jan. 1.
Comiui Y. M. C. A. Convention.
The 21st annual State convention of
the Young Men's Christian Association
of South Carolina will bo held at Columbia,
Feb. 10-18. Tho Slate committee
has been fcr come time giving careful
thought and hard work fcr the
preparation of this convention and they
now have one of tho strongest programmes
arranged that has ever been
given at any former convention. Reduced
rates has beeu secured on all
railroads leading into Columbia.
All Indebtedness Cancelled.
Superintendent Xcal of the State
penitentiary has completed tho payments
for tho Reed farm. Two years
ago tho Legislature authorised tho
sinking fund commission to loan 39.000
to the penitentiary authorities for four
year6 at 4 per cent, for the purchase of
the farm. Last August 31,000 of this
mouey wan paid back. Last week the
balance of the money borrowed, with
interest, was paid? ?8,649.72?cancell- ,
iug all indebtedness on the placo.
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JielUgereocy of the Cubans.
Congressman Norton believes that
congress will at this session recognize
the belligerency of the Cubans. The
Democratic house caucus was absolute- {
ly unanimous on the subject, and Mr. j
.Norton does not anticipate that the I
measure will fail to pass i.he senate,
ilr. Norton is an earnest advooato of
fce repeal of tbo 10 per 'cent, tax on
SfaTe bahV". if hA thought the
meaeure had j.chabce he would bo willing
to stay in siS??on turough June.
Knterprlscs btarifd In a Year.
During the past year the total amount
of tho capital of tiio oi,rP?ratioiis chartered
was 8-t, 470,400. There were 118
new enterprises to scefre charters during
tho year. There *ora also ."57 companies
to secure efnamissiona, but
have not yet compieteA Vl&7 .organize^
tions. m,'r'
A ^Iurdcrer fuptured.
Frank Creen, who shot and killed
A I . _ ? t? i r?^i - - ^ ? - ' ?
mrwniu rxuuurt .1 oues, O! ?'range Olirg,
on Thursday before Christmas, and for
whom a reward of $150 was offered,
has been captured nod lodged in jnil nt
tbaKplace t\v Mr. H, H. Murph, who
oajr.turod hnu while walking along the
public road unarmed.
?- ? C.ayden
Convicted.
In the United Stales District Court,
at Charleston. Charles Oaydcn, of
Eastover. was tried on tho charge of
abstracting money from lottere A verdict
of guilty was rendered. A reuled
sentence was imposed.
Deliberate Murder.
At Charleston Thomas Pincfcney,
colored, was shot and killed, and S. S.
Kates ia being held as the perpetrator
of the deed. From the evidence of the
most important witnesses, it seems that
Pinckney and Cathrme Sumter have
been living together for some time and
lie was called to the door and shct
down. E?tos was seen to leave the yard
immediately niter the killing, pluming a
pistol UJidel kiH CoUt ?=> he left.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Tho First ltoad Law.
Several days ago it, was stated tbat
the Good Roads Association would give
out a series of articles on the question
of good roads, so as to arouse interest
in the work. The first of the series has
been given to the press for publication
by Chas. W. Wilson, secretary, and it
gives a brief 6kctch of the history of
road building from the earliest timos,
but wo only give that part of it that relates
to the road problom in the State
in her oarly history. It follows:
"South Carolina took up the road
problem very early in her history. On
the 26th of Mav, 1632, tho Colonial
Assembly passed tho first road law,
entitled "An Act for Highways." In
1 -e-T -A -i -i i:- '
I i i u i uu .itv nun [lapsed iin eciiug a ruuu
| to be built to Oraugeburg from "the
I head of the path that leads from Dor
Chester to Capt. Izard's cow pen.'' In
I 1742 an Act was passed providing for a
I ferry across Snntee River, and a road
j made in connection with it "to facilitate
the passage of travellers from
Charleston to Williamsburg and others,
the northwestern parts of this province. "
Krom 1753 to 178ijthe following toads
wero provided for: From Eutnw
Springs through Manchester, Camden i
and Lancaster C. H. ; from Fort Mott
to Fishiug Creek; from Societ}* Hill to
Bennettsville,' Marion, Conwayboro
and Georgetown, and from the eame
point to Darlington, Kingstreo nud
Fort Mott; from Orangeburg to NiuetySix,
Abbeville and Pendleton; irom
Augusta to Edgefield, Ninety-Six and
Fish Dam, and from Friday's Ferry,
on Congaree River, to Augusta.
"In 178S n general road law war
passed, reqnring twelve days' work, or
a commutation tax of $2 per diem, and
in 1789 the funds derived from tavern
licenses were appropriated to read improvement.
"Those early reads were, as a general
thing, located with remarkable skill,
and well built, as the present condition
of many of them will prove Drayton's !
'View of South Carolina,'' published
in 180?, rots: 'The roads in the State
are well adapted to traveling aud transportation,
evon to the mountains, and
hence the wagons find no difficulty in
coming from the upper counties, bringing
with them the commodities of that
diatant region. Cross roads to and
from each court house are made
throughout the State, and a wagon road
i uas luieiy neen ruano Ji'om tlie north
fork of Saluda river over the mountains
to Kuoxville, iu the State of Tenueseee,
l>y which wagons havo passed carrying
loads of 2,600 rounds weight. * ? ?
And at this time a carnage and four
may be driven from auy part of this
State to tho other, from tho seashore to
the mountains, without any other difficulty
than such as naturally arise in
long journeys.
'As a further proof of the high de'
croe of efficiency of these old State
i < * ads tho cost of transportation by
v agons between Columbia and Charleston
m 1^21, as given bj- Mr. Robert
Mills, was onl>' 17 22-100 cents per ton
per mile. Standard authorities giro the
cost at JS cents per ton por mile on the
very best earth roads, while the average
cost in this State now is variously esti|
mated at from 25 to 40 cents.
Siuoo the beginning' of the railway era
in the thirties tho history of the public
roads in this State has been entirely
without interest, recording only a
; steady and uubroken decline. An effort
was made about ten years ago by
the writer to awaken some interest in
tho subject, but itwas soon crowdodout
by other issues. It is to be hoped that
the present movement marks a turning
point, and that with tho beginning of
the twentieth century an era of great
activity in road-building will be commenced."
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Incendiary Fire at Aicolu.
The Eishopville correspodcnt of the
State says: At Alcolu postoffice, near
this place, Mr. E. H. Hearon's barn and
6tables were burned on tho 6th, together
with 600 bushels of corn and a
largo quantity of peas and forage. He
also lost five flue horses and mules, one
line milch cow and two two-horso wagons,
making his total loss over ?2,000.
This makes.the second barn and .stable
Mr. Hearon has had tired in four years I
and tllA fciirt h ftlnbln !? a * 1-, V.? o ?, I
:u a fourth of a mile of Alcolu postorlies
in the last two months. As a consequence
the people of the community of
Alcolu are thoroughly aiousod and do
termined to run down aud punish the
fire fiend in their midst regardless of
cost. If there ever was a case that dcr
raanded reward from the Governor this
is one.
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The Privilege Tax.
Ail the indications point to the fact
that tlnvfrumers will not use as much 'i
fertilizers this year as last. This may
mean a serious decrease in the rovcuue
of Clemson college, which last year
amounted to $ ><),Ofio,and may alsomean
that tho farmers aie not going to plant
as much cotton as last year. Figures
from the treasurer's otlic.e are instructive.
From December 10, 180<1 to Jan- f
unry 1807, the amount paid Or. nc-'
count of the priviiego tag w as 84,fi.V2.50.
C*From DecerniX.r 10, to January ,7.
1808, tho amount was 82.207. This is a
fall off of moro than half, and a gentleman
who is familiar with such things
says that ho does not believe that the'
future will show any increase. Kiveocut
cotton will Keep down the sales
move than anything else. - The Register.
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t lcinson College Inspected.
Dr. James Evans, of Florence, pi estj
dent of tho State tioaid cf health,
)>r iMnyuou, 01 uie Aianue Hospital
service, have made a thorough investigation
of the sanitary condition of
IC'imn&on C ollege. 'I he Tesnlt of the
investigation will bo made to the
board at an early dale.
Against the Lien Law.
At f amden, on the first Monday, the
Cotton Growers' Association of Kershaw
county, met, and after several addresses
by leading citizens, urging tbo
organization of the farmers, the following
resolution, offered by Col. \V. K.
Thompson, was adopted: Kesolvod,
That it is the sense of this convention
that the lien law has sorved its purpose,
and we do, in convention assembled,
petition onr Legislative l?od\*t-?
j tiholish *aul lion law, to Inks effect the .
j 1st of January, l&W.
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The Strange Will of afc - .
Yorker and Officer of thB
CHRISTIANITY, SO \ Wt
Ho Says, Is Hot the^PteHglo^^BI
Christ?It Puts an uflaowo, Itnagloary
Being in the Pflce of Nature.
Ono of the most ralbarkable wills
ever filed in the office Jf the surrogate
of New York is that cs Henry Morohouso
Taber, offered fwi probate oh the
4th. In spite of the fajlt that Mr. Ta*ber
xvas president and treasurer of the board
of trustees of thti^/Fifst Presbyteriau
church, in the ourcding clauses of hi
will he denounc/s all religion as sbavr,
and as having if s origin in superstition.
He requesteaiihat no services be held
over his body and that he be cremated.
Mr. Tabet- died on Christmas eve, at
the age of 73 years. Two children, Sidney
Riehiiior'd Taber and Mary Taber.
survive the testator, and to them the
euiire estate, valued at over $1,000,000,
is /given absolutely. The will is in the
linrirl ti- ? /*f tU* 1 --4- 4 ?J
u>uvi-ti>iviuk ui ius icaiitiur, huh contains
the following: "Believing that
all religions, including Christianity, are
superstitions; that the busic doctrines
of the Christian religion, the fall of.
niau, is nttbrly aud absolutely false,
and that its opposite, the rise of mail
from the lower orders, is a scientific
fact; that beliefs in (so-called) miracles
are hallucinations of the brain, and
WithOttt existence; that the chief char
acteristic of what is termed 'the Wprd
of God' are injustice, cruelty, untruthfulness
atid obscenity; that the effect
of orthodox Christian teachings
is to encourage ignorance, selfishness,
narrow mindedness, scrimoriousness.
intolerance, wrong and mental slavery;
hat Christianity, so-called, is not the
religion of Christ; that it supplants
ethical culture and trtto morality with
meaningless theology and nnbelievablo
dogmos; that it puts'an unknown Jand
probably unknowable) imaginary be
ing in the place of nature; that it gives
a name of pcrsoualitj' to evil?an
equally unknown an imaginary being;
that it so w orks upon the credulity of
its adherents as to invite in them a fear
of that most horrible of doctriues.
eternal punishment, (T say, believing
all thesei I, in all kindness and in all
earnestness, request that over ray remains
there bo no religious services of
any kind, nature, or description whatever.
"l also request that my body be
cremated at Fresh Ponrl or other' crematory,
and that nay ashes be left
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THE FREEZE JN FLORIDA.
Orange Trees Only Temporarily Hurt.
Strawberries and Tobacco Cooked.
Tbo cold weather of January 1st and
Cd did considerable tempera:}' damage
to vegetables, but none of a permanent
character, in Florida Orange trees
will in *om* LLnir IniUua
aud where they were in exposed places
in the northern border of the orange
belt will loso a part of their tender
growth. Owing to the fact, however,
that the sap was down, the trees themselves
were able to resist unscathed
even lowor tempcratmo. Roports from
the pineapple belt of tho coast indicate
lhat the damage to rfneapples was
trilling.
Tho fall crop of tobacco in all parts
of the State was injured badly.
Rlooms on strawberries wero killed.
E^rly strawberries in tho northern
section were frozen on the vines aud
the vines themselves set back fully six
weeks.
The tendere8t garden crops in all sections
as far South as Tampa, where,
lacking protection by forests, streams
or lakes, were badly injured, but exposed
gardens did not represent more
than half the area in truck, growers
having learned by experionce tue wisdom
of selecting well protected spots.
THE CO I KTVIL 31 FED.
A Salvation Army Thief Presents a
Schedule of His Crimes.
A. F. Revis, a member of the Salvation
Army in Redlands, who was arrested
for wholesale thievery, appeared
before the Superior Court at San Bernardino.
Cal., w ith a Bible in one band
and a tabulated statement of his thefts,
committed since 1H8S. in the other.
He pleaded guilty to the crime
charged, aud also insisted that punish
ment l?e administered for each theft
committed as per schedule, w hich appeared
by the pcore. In that wav 0111 v.
hijp said, he could atone to a just (iod.
T/ho defendant presented so novel a
rfcse, without any attorney to ndviso
lfcim, that tho court refused to pass
Sentence without further consideration
and continued tho time for sentence.
The Federal Finances.
The monthly statement of tho public
debt, issued on the 3d, shows that at
the close of business on Pec. 31, 1897,
the debt, less cash in the Treasury,
amounted to 111,537, a decrease
for the month of 819,114,899. This decrease
in the debt is due principally to
nn increase in the case, which is accounted
for by the sale of the Union
Wacitic railroad.
Sankey for the lloty Land.
Ira P. Sankey is asjam about to sail
to Jerusalem, Egypt and the Holy
Land, and will be accompanied by Mrs.
Sankey Aud their oldest son. This trip
is undertaken principally ou account of
"Mrs. San key, who has not been well
for scree time
Southern Coo! Field*.
The English syndicate, wliish has re
centlv been breaking into the Kentucky
and 'I'eunesree cool regions with ft view
to buying all of the mines. baft made n
proposition to the mine owners which
may be accepted The deal involves
the expenditure of ?8,000,000.
Kmbezrler Thought Dead la Vet Alive.
W. .T. Tope, who it in charged embezzled
SfiO.bttO from the First Xntionnl
Itunk ut .Louisville, Ky., and who \\m
thought 4??d, is nine ui Hacrn acute,
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^ March ...
| April W \
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J July jf>n 1
August 01
September e^* 6 0.1
October C 05 6 05
November ...
December ....
Mvr.nroor, cottox market.
Liverpool.?Middling 3}. Futures
closed steady. \ *
January aud February 3 10 b
February and March 8 HfcjJUl Wl
March and April 8 It b P"
April and May 3 13 b \
May and June 8 13 b
June and July 3 1-4 } ?
July and August 8 15 ?">
August and September S 1ft b
Septomber and October 3 17 I
ontntu. ..wl v?. u o "
I N'VIWWJI buu rilll/UI O 1 I 1$?a J
November and December 8 18 b
December and January 3 11 b ?
OTHER COTTON MARKETS. ^ ?
Charleston.?Cotton <juiet; middling
5?.
Wilmington. ?Cotton firm; middling
5 i-l?.
Savannah.?Cotton steady; middling
6 8-16. y
Norfolk. - Cotton steadv; middling
' ft*. * "
Memphis.?Cotton steady; middling
ft P-16.
Augusta?Cotton steadv; middling
6 9-10.
Baltimore ?Cotton nominal; mid
ling ft*.
Columbia?Market steady ;goood mid
dling 5$. _
^Charlotte?Market steady; 30od middling
4.40,
BAT/riMOBK rnonrrr map.kft.
Baltimore.?Flour inactive and unchanged.
Wheat -Weak. 8| ot and month
May 1M bid; steamer No. S
Red. PQ.;(s??01; Southern wheat by sample
U2@9?$; Southorn wheat on grade
Corn?Quiet. Spot 32^ ; eteamei
mixed 3(H??i30|; Southern white corn
32(pl*41; yellow corn. 30@:44.
Oats?Quiet but firm. No. 3 whH*
20i<?S0.
rice.
Charleston ? Tlio rice market if
firm. The quotations are:
Prime 5}?ot
Good 4jf(?5
Fair 4} @4*
naval store?.
New York.?Rosin steady. Turpentine
quiot at SH@33s[.
Charleston?Turpentine firm at SOf.
Rosin firm aod unchanged,
Savannah.?Spirits turpentine firm
at SO); Roam firm and unchanged.
Wilmington. ? Spirits tuppeutino 30$
30J. Rosin firm at 1.15(3) 1.50. Crude terpentine
firm at 1.40(?!.90. Tar firm
at 1.05.
cotton seed oil,
-*c... York ?Cotton seefd oil firm
prime cruao prttnTr -r^uAa
32<a02.
Dime Museum to Penitentiary.
David E. Rates, accused of having
six more wives than the law allows, endwho,
as a result of his arrest several
mouths aero, has had steady employment
at the dime museums, in Chicago,
has been convicted of biganly in tin
first of the numerous cases against him.
He was given a fine of SI.000 aud m
intermediate sentence in the penitentiary.
Thrco of the wives were preset'
in court.
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Iiiot In a Court Room.
In the Hamilton (Teun.) County
Court Esquire Springfield aud Esquirt
Rau'ston had soms hot werds and
clinched. Instantly 250 men in cour<
started a riot. Clubs, chaira, cuspidori I
and knives were used, and everybody
fought his neighbor. Windows weh
broken and the court roorrj defaced.
hrti/iflvc t*?era namrialln.1 vaaiiva
v/?ivo?o <TVI V vw?M^wi?vu W * VfVVi V IUMC1
with their clubs, and then $ourt ad
jourued. The whole citv was stirrec
up and serious trouble is looked lor.
Assignment at Greensboro.
At Greensboro, N. C., the firm of J.
L. King A- Co., has filed a deed of at
signment, naming John W. King true
tee. The firm's indebtedness of aboul
$20,000 is covered with assots ordinarily
worth in the neighborhood of' $30,000,
aud it is only fair to presume that dollar
for dollar will bo paid, with a possible
balance. Failure to make collections
forced the firm to take this step.
Amerlrnn Cotton Shipments.
The London Pall Mall Gazette, in
commenting upon the increaseof Ameri*
can cotton shipments to Tapan says
"The special interest for ne lies in tht
injury to Indian cotton growers. It
the American staplo continues cheap,
and the American takings increase, it
is more than possible that ere long
America will also ship to China.
Powder Mill Blow# t/p.
i l-even persona wore killed and many
I f.thcrn honibly mangled by a terrific
gun-ponder explosion in the Sen Man,ioya
factory at Oviedo. Spain. The factory
was completely demolished Q*<*t
two hundred kilogram? of powder exploded.
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King's Mountain Ipoal
King's Mountain, N. C., people are
somewhat agitated over the recent die;
oovcrv of coal near that place, and
! unless experts are very much mistaken.
they will bo independent of the coal
I mines of other States. An analysis of
1 ' samples sont to a government 'expert
hows 05 per cent, carbon. He pronounces
it a fine sample of anthracite
COal.
The monitor Ampbitrit* has artived
J ut i'oit Koyal, 8 t and will ?.? u*t-d
guuoery practice ship.
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