The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Notes from Various Sou

Governor Tillman has purchased
plantation in II mile of Ride Spring
on the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta Railroad, where he will max,
his future homo.
Col. w. A. Neal, Superintendent
OF the Penitentiary, is making his an
nual visit to the farms and rock quar-
ries in the State which employ con
vict labor. These visits are necessary
to the preparation of his annual re.
port to the Legislature.
Constable McLendon, who was a
central figure in the Darlington diff
Guilty, was in Columbia one day last
week and spent most OF his time in the
Governors office. He is looking very
badly, and has suffered great deal
from the wounds he received at Dar-
lington. His case will soon come up
for trial.
Col. Jas. G. Gibbes, State land
agent, will conduct u large sale of State
lands at Charlofton on the 23rd inst.
Arrangements have been made with
the railroads for cheap tickets for all
who wish to attend the sale. The
State will offer from 1000 to lOC, 900
acres of land. The land will be sold
at very low prices.
Those who contemplate making
exhibits ut the State Fair should send
IN their entries by November lst, so
that there will be no trouble about get
ting them on the books. If is not ne
cessary that the things entered sh hould
be sent to Columbia at this time, but
the entries can be sent to Col. Il. w.
Holloway of Pomaria, S. C.
Capt. Harvey Drummond, living a
milo or two from Switzer's, had his
cotton gin, corn mill, wheat mill and
saw mill all burned last week. There
was very little Insurance on the prop
crty destroyed. The fire is supposed
to have originted in the cotton gin.
The loss outside of tho cotton and cot
ton seed burned amounted to So 800 or
$1,000.
Secretary Carlisle has asked At
toruey General Olney for an opinion on
the constitutional question involved in
carrying out the dispcnsary law in
South Carolina in cases OF dispute be-
tween the United States and the State
officials on the occasion of liquor held
IN United States bonded warehouses
being seized for violation of the State
police ordinances.
Mrs. Ella Robinson, the wifo of r.
&. Robinson, who is editor of the
Peoples journal, died at her homo
near Pickcns on the 18th inst, aged 80
years. She had been in feeble health
for some time. Mrs. Robinson was n
loving wife, Il fond mother, and had
been u consistent and devoted member
OF the Methodist church since the early
days OF young womanhood.
The Greenwood correspondent of
the Now berry Voice writes as follows 4:
" Miss Susie Davenport, Of Greenville
County, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
AlonZo Her, of Greenwood. Miss
Davenport bears the distinction OF be-
ing the smallest woman in the State
She Is Il grown woman, #. and &
inches high, and weighs I6 pounds.
She wears Il No. II child's shoe"
The attorneys for the city of Aiken
against which Il decision was recently
rendered in the dispensary case by
the supreme Court of the State, by
which the act was declared constitu-
tional, have notified the Attorney
General that they will appeal to the
supreme Court Of the United States
They simply gave notice without stat
ing the grounds OF appeal or when the
issue would be joined.
Tho Hampton and Branchvilc
railroad runs from Hampton court
house, distance of fourteen miles, in
to the finest farming and timber cOun-
try in the State, and it is intended to
complete it to Branchvillc about six
teen miles from the present terminus
Every mile of the road has been built
so far by Senator Mauldin, of Hamp-
ton, who has the largest planning mill
in South Carolina along tho line. 1t
was originally intended simply for the
hauling Of timber to Hampton for ship
ment over the Port Royal Road. It is
now hauling not only timber, but plen-
ty Of cotton.
The Columbia State says there arc
provisions in the Dispcnsary law of
which but few seem to know and that
Governor Tillman is making prepara-
tions to enforce them rigidly. These
provisions, it is believed, will make ii
entirely possible for him to enforce
selling liquor, for man once caught {
selling liquor can be placed in such a
position that he will either have to
stop or else serve IL term in the county
Jail or the State Pcnitcntiary, from
which punishment no amount Of mo-
ncy Will be able to save him. 1t will
not be a matter for jury. but any
circuit judge can put him behind tho
bars.
-GOvcrnOr Tillman has accepted III
invitation to address the Rcformcrs o
Fairfield County at Il mass meeting tC
be held at Ridgeway. AS Is knOwr
there will be two tickets in the field in
that county at the coming election
and Governor Tillman has been called
upon to urge the Rcformcrs tC
stand to their guns. 1t is said that
Senator lrby has also been invited anC
for some reason it has been suggested
that Dr. Sampson Pope will be there
to have Il word o" two to say. The
meeting will be held at Ridgcway or
the 9th OF this month and every cf.
fort Is being made to get out as larg,
a crowd as possible.
The case against. Dispcnsary Con
stable f. G.. Massey for the murder o
Crawford Ballcw near Wclford wa.
tried last week at Spartanburg. Al
the conclusion Of the States testimony
upon motion of tho defendants coun
sci, Judge Fraser ruled out the evi.
dcnee of j. III. Moore, who testified that
Massey had acknowledged to him the
firing Of the fatal shot, and refused t.
allow the Solicitor to introduce any
further evidence to identify Massey as
the party who committed the oirensC
charged. After this ruling no evidence
remained to connect Massey with the
shooting, and the jury were instructed
to return verdict of not guilty.
The case against Thos. b. CalL
for killing William Bishop nearly
year ago was tried at Spartanburg |.
week. This homicide took place Il.
sale near Gowcnsville. and there was