The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-05-22
STATE NEWS IN BRIi|
Interesting Notes from VariouS
CeS.

| Interesting notes rom VartOus
-Pickens County has seven
didates in the field already and maj
more not yet out of the she'll.
The Governor has offered n rewSfS$
| of 500 for the detection Of G. Il. JeESl
! niugs. OF Laurens, who escaped from
the jail in that city recently.
Prof. J. 1. Cleland has resigned
tho presidency of Clinton College.
Under the management of President
Cleland the college has made very
marked progress.
Judge Mitchell, of Lexington, will
enter the race for Congressional hon
ors, in the new Seventh District. The
Judge is an ardent Reformer, and be-
lieves in the Alliance demands.
j. Hendrix McLane, who was at
one time quite prominent in State
politics, Is desperately i'll in Columbia.
1t Is said that he has consumption and
his condition is such that his life is de-
SPARED of.
Tho Bishopville Guards have been
ordered to turn over their arms and
accoutrements to the quartermaster,
and from this action it is generally in
ferred that Tillman intends to disband.
the company. :. - 5T
Governor Tillman has ordered O
court OF inquiry into tho action of the
military that refused to go to Darling
ton. Two Tillmanites and two Con-
servatives compose the court, which
will convene on the 22d inst. at Char
lesion.
Tho Governor has committed the
sentence of Lem II. Haynes, a white
man, who was convicted of killing John
II. Haynes in Marion County. HAYNES
was to have been hanged, but Solicitor
Johnston advised that the sentence
should be life imprisonment
Captain Shell says there is not the
slightest probability that he will recon-
slider his determination to retire from
Congress at the conclusion of his pres
ent term. He is quite satisfied with
his career in tho House, and he looks
forward with pleasure to. the time
when he can return to Che cOmfents- Of Of
his plantation.
1t has been suggested that on the
occasion OF tho proposed picnic of the
Citadel cadets at Kings Mountain,
some distinguished educator of tho
on the subject of the famous battle
that was fought there. The Yorkville
Enquirer says that Rev. DR.. r.. Latham,
OF Due West, is the best equipped man
in the State to tell the story.
j. Il. Knox, u white man, who
moved to Newberry about ayear ago
from Grccnville, was mortally wound
cd on the 10th inst. in an ARRAY with
Henry Piestcr, q negro, who shot him
in the right side, and then beat Knox
with his own gun, besides stamping
him in the mouth after he fell to the
ground. Knox died two days after
wards, and the negro made his escape
An energetic effort is now being
made to raise funds wherewith to
erect a monument at Camden to the
shaw, the noble soldier and able jurist.
The mayor of Camden has appointed
Mr.. S. A. Murphy Of Chester as the
collecting agent OF the monument fund
and all subscriptions sent to him will
be thankfully received and properly
acknowledged.
Judge Fraser holds in q recent deS
cision that the liability of u stock
holder in corporation created under
the laws of South Carolina does not eX-
tend to liabilities against corporations
for taut5 OF wrongs. The case was
that of man injured by railroad
corporation which afterwards became
insolvent. The Judge decides that
had there been a note or money due in
any manner the stockholders would
have been liable for the statutory am
cunt.
The ordinance passed by tho CIV
OF Charleston, under an act of the Leg
islature OF South Carolina, by which
the Postal Telegraph Company is COM
PEELED to pay yearly license OF 5000 for
bus'':Iss done exclusively in that CITY,
is valid and the license collectable, ac-
cording to the decision OF tho United
States Supreme Court, announced by
Justice Shiras. The decision affirmed
the Judgment of the Circuit Court of
tho United States for the District of
South Carolina.
Tho Republican executive COM
mittee OF the State was in session last
week at Columbia. The most impor-
tant thing done was the appointment
OF committee, consisting OF Brayton,
tordham, Dickinson and Webster, to
devise means for testing tho election
laws of South Carolina as thcv now
stand in the courts. This committee
proposes to bring a test case in tho
State Supreme Court or in the United
States Court to test the constitutions
ality of the State election laws. They
propose to establish fund for the pur-
pose and employ able counsel to mako
the test.
The South Carolina railway prop
erty has been sold by the first mortgage
bondhOldcrs committee to a new cor
poraton, with capital stock of So
100000, entitled tho South Carolina
and Georgia railroad, which will be
controlled by Charles Parsons and as
sociates. All past due coupons will be
paid in cash. Thero will be new 5
per cent. first mortgage for $5, 250, 900.
The present reorganization is entirely
IN tho interest Of the first mortgage
bond holders, who bought the road for
$l,OOO,OO0. The rumor is again revived
that the present purchase of the road
| is really in the interest of the Louis
vile and Nashville.