Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-30
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hundred Il and d2nx nine s'tsh thousand nine ,han.
dredand FIVE dollars disclosing the
astounding fact that, we employ. isi1
dollars worth of ifencing to restrain
one doilars'. forth of CATTLE Insre-
ference to the relative effect Of the
repeal Of these laws upon the rich
and the poor men N ,oof the County, g! t the i
Grand Jury quotes. from said report M
@There is also ] inequality ip the tax
which fencing bears eupon .the. far
mers, the rate of whichincreases with
the decrease ofthe area. : For exam
pie; q farmer , enclosingla section OF
land Of six hundred randi fortys- acres
With & cheap fence, costing but, one
dollar per rod, pay twelve hundred
and eighty dollars for as many rods d
Of land, or two dollars per acre (; an, r;
other, with a. quarter section Of one
hundred. and, sixty acress pays il 81 TX: <
hundred andq forty dollars. or ffapr
dollars per acre; while althird9w who
|Iis only ,iableto hold forty acres, must
nav at7!'tti6lrr tt6rree bundled and twenty. dol
lars, height dollars, Her, acre :ttts, ths
poor. man, in this case, bsipg, burden.
edrwith an extra mortgage Of six doh,
lars per acre, whichihis riaher,neigh7l
!bor is NOT cpmpeftgdi gditu-psy -
r An Asu lttsAp5saAhg shs sasassi flaws
may be properly passed, designa-
tfj;s tie 'c6unties;I q aparts'hof"eoa
f5es. WIhiShftAhaf Abbleetfoh'
that5 t5sarre are 4 1T all reasonable, itapbeatH@'|
me, me- &ay' III 'bsfdli5y tmtett'by ett'b vidmg hat i
employers contracting with agfcqqF'
far,nIis6 pastaFaSSe t 'ft5jtt'inHoStt 'ft5jt nHott eding
threse hs Head sidif of cattle fSf each '
tie hnI Iabsorisrssj bbsi s eihn1ploygd!!" Persons HAY
alap lbs horizsd to ehel9ssf II pa9s,tqafyesi 9,
and to charge not exGeedlng nne DOL
lar per ,Nnlnu annuma gf9r ! each a head 9f cat H.
tie pastqred and attended, to thereooa
the ,owpsr of. saeh pasture ,to be bes heaIa I'D
responsible for aaX ,dssF damage a I! dq9ns 9!Hi OF ai
any, losato the owner otI spch catgtJls $ gJ
bg,thsiri Escaping from, tn, thE,ssp enclosed sIflt'e
pasture through eny ia ,ftaqlllt 09r pgeghIIi pgeegIhIi
senee,of the proprietor, thllfar eotr,J e4.
,,aAndoitfshould. be, further provided
that ,theletting doWaj:, OIL the at;
temptltolletr down any PASTURE fence,
WithN&wiew'to elbow, any cattletso
escape from such" pasture, e,n.shall be
deemed 'rmisdemeahorp ana'punish
able with fine andimptisoninens. i1.9
2"Municipslo corporations should atalso
be- required t6 keepia2' public pasture
enclosed, within mile or two of the
corporation limits, for the 'c6nvehi'
efcie Of residents ii! eths CORPORATION,
who may be-. charged. 4 alareasoiable
sum for ,ths rsquiSitsm s q and ,Pas; Pay;
turags aEs If thssif !saa eatsls5 .a.a.a. ,1szla
A ,RErtasssAfka 3Rt sssAfYkad .soCAfliiTEaby iTEabya KJ-
KLux. K,U " PRISONER. The M Richmond
4nansg of II ssssdsjy' ssasjy'p the 1slE9s;5t 21ss f.
Ms Jos f. f. Price, piiaa't of I'll f',UnisoipIl siIlC,a Co,pan-
ty.,south pGalrg.o2l Caroline. pagSiYssaa olp this
city Saturday evening on his, way TO
the South from the albany PepitenS
tiary,i in which nprlsOn' hei was, coli
fined for twelve months. Z In 1872. he
was convicted at Columbia with q
number of others, ,,i.of making a raid
upon the Union County jail and as
sisting in lynohing ten negro murde-
rers. The evidence against him was
scarcely sufficient to convict him of
any connection with the Ku-Klux,
yetke was fouhdguilty and-sentenced
to twelve months imprisonment.
Having served out his time, he was
turned out of prison in Almost desti-
tute condition, and only reached2this
city through the'benevolenceo some
kind gentlemen of New York. Some
gentlemen who felt deeply'for him in
his misfortunes, got . him quarters
here, and the Chief Of Police secured
a rail road pass for him to "a city far
Oh the course of his route - Mr.
Price said he left about seventy three
Kd-Klux" and other Southern. pfiso-
iniisr hers at Albany nearly all 81 whom
are in suffering. condition. much |
needing the comfort and rene mbrance
Of, their Southern friends ia y .....