The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-08
THE RAILROADS AND THE STATE.
Trains Arrested and Chained to the Tracks
for Taxes-Plenty of Litigation.

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as claimed by the State for taxes for
the year 1912. The railroad had paid
taxes according to what it considered
a lust assessment. The balance claimed
by the State is 81, $40 10 on the Rich
mond and Danville, Including penalty
and on the Laurens road Sl50.50, in
| cluGing penalty. When the freight
train from Columbia arrived here
on Saturday morning the sheriff
took charge of it and put his dep
uty, Mr.. Mel Chalmers, on it and
permitted the engine to do what shift
| ing was to be done, and when that was
done he fastened the engine to the
track will: big chain and there it
stands vet. On the Laurens road
| he took possession of the frst-class
passenger coach and fastened it to the
track and passengers for Laurens had
to take second class passage or none at
all.
Nothing has yet been done by the
! railways towards releasing the trains
| in limbo, and everything is in statu
quo. The freight train stopped here
bad several cars of coal for the Green
wood oil mill. On Monday the freight
| cars were moved by another train and
| the freight will be delivered. Sheriff
Riser received several days ago thecon-
| fidential circular Of Governor Tillman,
and although be was not a political
friend Of the Governor he kept faith
with him, and did not let any one
know that he had received any such
communication. The circular was
signed by Governor Tillman himself
and was lust as the one heretofore pub
lished. The sheriff says he has local
engineer here in the person of our town
trial Justice, and if he should be or
dered to Charleston by the United
States Court he will take his engine
and passenger coach down, and is pre-
pared to give his friends an excursion
to the City by the Sea. The number
of the engine chained to the track is 376.
SHERIFF AND TREASURER SUMMONED
FOR CONTEMPT.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Fl. T. Will
liams, matter of trains, and deputy
of the United States Court, arrived in
Newberry and served papers upon the
treasurer and sheriff in the railroad tax
cases. We print below the order passed
by Judge Simonton. The petition
upon which it is based contains fifteen
pages of type written paper. The
trains levied on have not been released
and the order does not seem to order
their release, but only prevents sale or
any further interference:
ORDER OF COURT.
It appearing by the petition that GER
tain personal property alleged to be IN
the custody of this Court and in the
hands and under the control Of its Re
ceivers duly appointed, has been seized
by the respondents under an execu-
ton for taxes alleged to be unlawful
and not due or payable. Upon reading
and fitting the petition herein, and on
motion of J. S. Cothran, Petitioners
Attorney, it is ordered:
l. That rule do forthwith issue
against the said G. F. Boyd, County
Treasurer of Newberry County, and
the said w. W. Riser, Sheriff of said
County requiring them and each of
them to show cause before this Court,
on the sth day of March, 1893, at the
United States Court House in Green
Vile, S. c., at 10 o'clock, a. M, why
they, and each OF them should not be
attached and punished as prayed for.
2. Thus said respondents do likewise
show cause at the same time and
place why a writ of injunction
should not issue resraining them and
each Of them from interfering with
any or all of the property of the said
Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany and its leased and controlled lines,
in the possession and under the control
of the said F. w. Huidekoper and Reu-
ben Foster, as Receivers and officers of
this court, or from interfering in any
manner whatsoever with the officers
and agent of said receivers, and also
from levying upon, advertising, selling
or in any manner attempting to dis
pose of the said property or any part
thereof.
8. That the said respondentsand each
of them 60 likewise in due course file
an answer to said petition showing
cause, if any they can, why such fur
ther relief in the premises as may be
necessary should not be granted.
4. In the meantime it is ordered that
the said respondents and each of them
be and they are hereby restrained and
inioined from levyiDg upon, selZlpg,
advertising or selling, or in any man
ner whatsoever interfering with or at
tempting to interfere with, or dispose
of said property so in the possession OF
the petitioners as receivers and officers
of this court, or any part thereof, until
the hearing of this rule and the order
of the co; rt herein.
5. That the marshal of this court, or
his deputies, do forthwith serve upon
each of the respondents copy of the
petition and of this order.
tSigned.] CHARLES H. sIMoNToN,
=. S. Judge.
February, 1898.
TILLMAN's HEAVY HAND AT AIKEN.
Especial TO News and Courier.
AIKEN, February 4.-This afternoon
Sheriff Tyler levied on fourteen box
cars lying on the side track at Aiken,
supposed to belong to the South Caro-
lima Railway Company, for taxes. The
taxes, penalty and costs, before the levy,
now claimed to be dne by the South
Carolina Railway Company, amount
to Sl,156 rs. The sheriff notified
Agent Tindal this morning that an ex-
ecution had been issued against the
road. and asked him what he proposed
to do. Mr.. Tindal said he would wire
the receiver and give the sheriff an
answer by 2 o'clock. Up to that hour
no answer was received and late this
afternoon the levy was made. Several
of the cars are loaded with freight.
TRAIN ARRESTED IN ANDERSON.
ANDERSON, February 4.-Sherif
Gaines to-day attached freight train
on the Blue Ridge Road under an exc
cution from the county treasurer for
the excess Of taxes due with the pen
atty. The taxes claimed amount to
1883, and the penalty is POI, amount
ing in ali to Sl,595. The road paid as
much axes as they considered equita-
bly, due some time ago.
The sheriff stopped the train across
one of the streets of the city and the