The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-06-07

while another man grasped shrek.
ing girl by tho arm-a gi ! in o f,at
ing night dress with such long gold
Gu hair as belonged to the woman Of
my vision.
Not moment was to be wasted.
Ben flung his weight against the
slender lattice aud ortishcd it In, and
we had grappled with the ruf6aus be.
fore they knew whence the attack
0amc oc how many fees were upon
them.
do hot Intend to describe the
struggle Indeed, could not if |
would. But We were men, aud in.
spired by the cries of the helpless
old man and the terrified girl, soon
had one Of the villains bound aud the
other lying PROSTATE on the floor.
Then Ben started for assistance,
and before moruing both were in Jail.
Ben admitting, As we shook each
'ther by the hand, that we were
wanted at the Gross Roads"
The old mau was not q miser, but
he had saved some few thousands
'or his old age, and living more plain.
ly than he need have done, had given
rise to the rumor, and so brought
the burglars to the Gross Roads, in
The hope of booty.
The girl, beautiful creature of
seventeen, and as a story is not acocp.
table to the lady reader without Il
flavor Of romance, 1 will tell them
chat she becams in after years,
not my wife, but the wife Of my dsr-
ling bi other Ben.
The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad.
We have received report of the
proceedings Of the stockholders of the
CHARLOTTE, Columbia und Augusta
Railroad Company, FROM, which we
learn that the Company is in u four-
,shing condition.
The gross earnings during the
fiscal year ending December 2lst,
1870, amounted to $560,474.O5,
while the expenses of operating che
road, together with tho taxes, amount
ed to $3.50, 1920, leaving balance
of $27O, ,93l .35, with which to pay in.
te, ests On bonds, notes, etc.
The capital stock Of the Company
is $2,57l ,299.99, so that it will be
seen that the net balance, after pay.
lug expenses for operating the road,
t t'gethcr with the State and
Federal taxes, is little over ten per
cent, Of the capital. This is very
CRAFTY ing exhibit, and when compar.
ed with last years operations, it shows
conclusively, that the Company is do.
ing good paying business. last
year, tue gross receipts were $4O3,
$40, and this year they exceed
that sum by $l56,69s.56. This is
about forty per centum increase, aud
the Company even hope to do much
better than this during the present
year.
The entire bonded debt January
lst, 1871, was 1929. 500, and the
foating debt amounted to $74l, ,302.-
81. Since that time, however, about
$40, 900 of the floating debt has been
paid. The first mortgage limits the
Issue of bonds to So, 900, 900, SO that
after the floating debt is deducted
thcrefrom, there is left $279,000, in
round numbers, with which to tedeem
$256,000 old bonds. This leaves the
Company. ap excess of assets over
liabilities of nearly $25,o00. IL, i, i
Important to Southern Executors,
In the United Sta tes Circuit Court 9
sitting at Savannah last week, 7Mr.
Justice Bradley, of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, presiding,
decided that the investment by exc.
cutors, administrators and trustees Of
funds in their hands, as trustees, In
Confederate States bonds, and seouri1'
ties, under the nets Of the Georgia
Legislature, passed during the war,
were not illegal and void, but that all
such investments, when made in good!
faith by trustees, arc valid and bind
ing. '4T Nti'r. "'t@' n.t a.Fr''
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A Bankrupt no Right to Fee Counsel.
A new and important. question In
bankruptcy has risen in the Uoited
Ma ks.