Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-02-21
3 GEgsg 2, Correspond ding Ed lsor,


Z correspe pending Editor,
sshs Cegsrst R@snlt of the Bond Re-
pors.-sDur Position as Regards the
aynent of the Public Debt.
70 go into detailed statement of the.
scts concerning the bonded Indebtedness
OF the State. as presented lately by the
Bond Commission, would require too
sauch space for q weekly paper, and dwe
raust content ourselves by giving our
seadera the general result. The amount;
Of bonds stock and unpaid interest, au-
thorizsd to be funded and sealed SO per,
esnt,, under the provisions ofwhat is.
known as the funding act, is 81, ,50Ss-.
S3S.4l, OF this amount there has been
Rnrreudered and consolidated $s,zas-
1900, leaving balance outstanding, or.
unfunded, of 81, ,Tle, ,o59.4 0f the s., 1922
90 the commission pnt down as good
77ss- $50, or onesA ttiis amount seal.
eiil, Sc. Sc SSs. .o26 bad or fraudulent, 81 ,054 .
s's7 or hail. g. 81, os so. s5hels the eout-
ssantiiag bonds are surrendered and con
solidated, takitg it fer granted that they
srsali good. they will amount to 81 ,Sis,
CO. 20. This, added TO that which is set.
down os good, VIII make the total bond
cd debt Of the State, eliminating the
irauds, 81, 72s. .955.7o. Butof this amount
ppt down IS good, the CEN mission says
there isSa Certain amount of fraud In
scme Of the bends, amounting N some
70 probstly 30 per cent. and in others
FsFhaps to not nore than per cent.
his fraud crept In By the consolidation
o. fraudulent bonds with good or valid
bonds, and if tho per cont. of fraud is
eliminated from these bonds the amount
cf the debt win be reduced to the extent
d probably one hundred thousand dol-s
lars.
we are also informed that the Conn
missiarnrs. hosssh npt 81, ails;
der the joint resolution, te Investigate
any but e9nsol dated bonds, have discoy-
ersd that ti,sre is at least one hundred
thousand dollarsos tiIeo eoutstaliding bonds
haud nient. which viii still decrease the
public debt to that amount. OF course
these calculations are lnade upon the pre-
snnlptior that the Legislature will vote,
to pexclude all the fraudulent debt from
tie settlement, which we earnestly hope
VII be done, though there VIII evidently
b. long and hot centestever the mat 8
tcr. The boadho1derr@ have their repre-
senfatiyes; OF tlls neor, snd they will not
sacentnb unit ls4they have contested every
ilieh OF ground which o aght: can
8 bs made. % IRE tduerhser, .tcere Il
an tfe Legist u ssos.Itl ts,se, eote
AZ ito Tie esrsi 5.that ead 5E1agl.s ". bttte,,
alab,st ece,at so.sts n II las ca.ost sheG-
oley tai1at ef fraud nhosssr Il. Into the
ersrcnte ea,t .rea,eabc,1ag allcayS tjte
svrongs, he iso9erty, and, more ttsi, al, /
tic RIenTs, ef tss 2,eople ot soutd caro-
lsaG,, This is ourp platfornl, and we IN
tend to fight it outea this line. And we
hope indeed we arc almost certain that
all the Representatives Of Edgefeld in
the Legislature are thoroughly ca 4ap-
port wiittih Us "a this great matter.
The Var IL the East.---E ngland's
Blood Getting Hot---Eer Fleet
~ 4tEiil flie Dardanelles.
The news from Europe is certainly Sc
rious Elglsnd is preparing for the.
sorss and hss ssnssher fleet to Gonstan-
tsacplc. gIssia has gigen notice that
she VIII cscupy constantinople, and or
dsTs to thatlefact hare been sent TO the
army.
Eng lads i,lood IS getting hot. She
is at last aroused 70 the fighting point,
and the Bear may look ont if it does not
want to getas paw into the Lions mouth.
When thensws vas heard that The Brit
ish fleet had been ordered to Constants
lopie, deafening cheers went up in the
House Of Commons. If war with the
people OF England is really popular,
Russia may yet have a lively time around
ConstaHtiropI
teiegrams bring n5Ss Of more pacific
import There is "a tsc:a conference OF
aiisthe leading poa.srs aud II. the L, can
ttsne TIC Russian array and the English
isaet are to fs am stationary. latest
selsgrans ake these:
zngland and Rsissis y II IL ion.
especsive military md naval positions
tlurinS the session OF the congress. No
ofilef POKER will eitter tho Dardanelies,,
lest It shsuiti cause mplicstions.
q Daily Neirs Constant Dtinople dispatch,
dated Sunday, says the Russian advance
guard hive not transg crossed the lines
settled By, the arinistlc Ice. In coDseI Inence
OF tho wit hdrawai' of the British leet 90
Mudania, the Russians will not occupy
The suburbs Of Consta ntiuople.
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Tue New Jldges--sood, Pnre and
Able sEen.
c8ucus OF the DeIEoeratic members
of tho Legislature was held on The night
of. The 18th instant, aad alter a careful
canvass of the cand idases for the several
:ircsiits tie Glowing gentlemen, ali we'll
fitted for the position, were unanimously
lrsnlinated: B. G. ,ressley, First Circuit; /;
?. drich. Second Circuit A.sJ. I.
shaw. ThiEa Circuit J. Fl. Hudson,
Faprsh Circuit; II. j. Mickey, Sixth
circuit; 7. Thompson, Eighth Circuit.
The above gentlemen were duly elect
ad iudses of their several Circuits on
Thursday last
Judge PRESLEY Is of Charleston J Judge
Aldrich, Of BarnwelI; Judge Shaw, OF
Morton; Judgs Hndgon, Of Bennettsyille,
Marlboro County; Judge Mackey, Of
Chester; and Judge Thompson, Of Abbe-
vile.
! Next week we will pnGlish sketches
OF all these gentlemen.
y 3 : - =
Prcreedsngs and. ADVICE q the State ate.
Democratic Eezetatiye Committee, &
rho State Democratic executive coni-
nittee has taken steps to secure speedy
reorganization aud their adyice, pub
1ished last week in the ! ztduertiser, should
b, adhered to strictly. The organization
last year vas but temporary IT can oe
perfected now, so as 10 lastas long as the
party lasts. The COMMITTEES recommends IDS
urgently the system Of pfiseasy elections. 3;
.---fs fs afso sssssscsted that although ting
. r .,<.s,,, NV. forlld bo agreed