Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
der the property, and pay the fines.
Such action is directly in conflict with
the Governors instructions.

the Governors instructions.
SHERIFF NANCE PURGEs BIS CONTEMPT.
CHARLESTON, February IS. Sheriff
Nance, of Abbeville, one of the county
officials sentenced to pay $500 fine and
Imprisonment by the United States
Court for contempt, to-day purged him
self in open court of the contempt and
was ordered to be released from custody.
The $500 fine, however, still remains,
judgment having been entered up against
him for that amount. The Sheriffs OF
Anderson and Aiken have both returned
70 their homes on parole, being sick.
The Sheriff of Newberry remains in the
custody of the Marshal, having thus far
refused to purge himself of contempt. It
is probable that he will be committed
to jail by Monday. The Deputy Marshal,
charged with releasing the railroad pro-
perty levied upon by the Sheriffs, re-
turned to the city to-day and reported
all the property surrendered. The At
torney General of the State and his asso-
ciate counsel are still in consultation
here, but have not yet decided upon any
plan for an appeal.
GOV. TILLMAN TALKS.
columbia Letter to the News and Courier.l
81 amt going to tell you what 1 am
going to do OF what I think about the
case. I've told yoa all enough. Just
wait awhile"
"But how long will that be?''
"Oh, you won't wait bit longer than
the Sheriffs have to-"
"Have you given up the habeas corpus
idea?"
eve are not saying anything, but I
will just tell you we are going to hang on
to the end"
Gov. Tillman then went on his way to
dinner. On his way up town I asked
him if he did not think that the Sheriffs
were going to pay their fines and quit.
"What'll you bet on that?" was Gov
TiIlman's only reply.
Then Gov. Tillman was asked what he
decided to do about the $500 fine; in case
the Sheriffs decided to pay it would they
be reimbursed?
':Well, don't know that III answer
that. I've said what we are going tc
do" He thought that the railroads
would gladly pay the fine.
1. was evident that Gov. Tillman did
not care to talk to-day, and there is nc
use trying to worm anything out of him
he is too good to the newspaper men,
1t is just as evident that Gov. Tillman is
going to fight if there is any way IL
which he can get another hold.
Speaker Jones was found in the library
before he got into Gov. Tillman's Office
He is naturally a modest man, and II
this instance particularly so. He didn't
want to talk. However, he said that il
there is any chance in the world Tor uE
to continue the fight it will be DONE ?
1t was matter of deliberation as to how
it ought to be done. He stated that il
was his judgment that the Sheriffs hae
better pay the fines imposed by the
court. That was practically what h'
advised them to do. He did not know
what would be done next.
COLUMBIA, February 20 Attorney
General Townsend stated to-day tha
it had been definitely decided to take th'
railroad tax cases to the Supreme Cour
at Washington, but that the methods O
procedure has not been determined
There appears to be additional counse
in the case on the States side as a lons
conference was held to-day by the Gov
ernor, the Attorney General and Assist
ant and Judge Samuel Melton and Attor
ney and Bank President w. A. Clark, o
Columbia.
By dint of hard work the railroad:
have corrected their new tax returns
which were pronounced incorrectly mad,
by the Comptroller's Department ane
thus escape the so per cent penalty which
the administration seemed anxious t.
place upon them. All the roads excep
the Charleston and Savannah filed cor
rectcd returns to-day.