The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-05-01
STATE NEWS IN BRIh
Interesting Notes from Various

Richmond, Va, and one to AsheviR
N. G.
The President has nominated I'll,
the following postmasters for Souf
carolina: Z. }. Shannon, Camdef
Mrs. l.. E. Norris, Aiken. u
Tho board OF directors of the Penis
tontiary have decided to extend the
hosiery factory. a contract to extend
the building sixty feet has lust been.
awarded and work will be at once com
menced.
The State Board of Medical Elk.
'tmlners held its first meeting on tha
2lth inst. in Columbia. The examina-
lions were oral, and thirty y-one appll-
cants Tor licenses to practice medicine
were passed. Three of this number
were colored.
The residence of G. Nj. Harmon,
editor OF the Lexington Dispatch, and
the Office OF the Dispatch we're Destroy
inst. Drafts hotel and store were also
destroyed. Loss about Sil 600: Ir
surance not known.
Tho Comptroller General has sent
out to the clerks OF court of the coun-
ties OF the State the pension warrants.
Ahe money can be drawn and paid out
at once to the anxious pensioners.
Each old soldier or the widow of a
soldier will receive about $22.
Jack Prince, the professional bicy-
clist, won twcnty-milc race against
three fast horses ut Columbia on last
Thursday afternoon. The race was
run in exactly one hour, one minute
and torty-two seconds. After having
raced nearly twenty miles he made the
last quarter in 3S seconds.
Collector of Revenue Townes has
appointed Joseph QUITS, of Edgefield,
as deputy collector of tho fourth di-
vision ot this State. Mr.. QUITS is a son
OF Sheriff OuziS; OF EdgeGcld. and is u
young man. The division Comprises
the following counties: Ocence, Pick
ems, Anderson, Abbcvillc, Ncwberry
and Edgeticld
Tho first known application of
electric power to cotton notwithstanding
was made last week on the Columbia
canal. The success of the cXpcriment
VIII rcvolutiOniZc mill construction.
Canal sites will be of secondary i'm
portancc. Mills can be established
within any reasonable distance of q
water power. The dynamo does the
rest.
Tho recent decision OF the SUI
premo Court of this State on the Dis
pensary law contained about $1,000
words. Associate Justice Popc's de-
cision contained about $4,000 words
and that OF the majority Of the court
$500. 1t is believed that the court
would be glad to hear test case as to
whether prohibition is now in force in
this State.
Stock is being taken at the State
DispcnSary. 1t is not known exactly
how much is on hand but it is csti-
mated that the total amount is about
$9O,OO0. In addition to this it is said
that the county Dispcnsaries owe the
State institution about $4,000 The
State, therefore, has stock of goods
on hand valued in the neigh borhood of
5000, 900.
The State Board of Control has al
ways required that Dispensers should
protect Dispcnsaries from fire and
steal ing even If necessary to sleep in
the buildings. 1t is understood that
since the robbery of the Dispensary at
Sumter orders have been issued that
the rules must be strictly complied
with in the future. This is to guard
against further robbcries.
Tho railroads are about ready to
pay the back taxes due the State. Tho
payments arc to be made within q week
and must be made to the county treas
urcrs. In addition to the amounts
owing to each county the roads must
pay the ID per cent. penalty and all
costs where executions had been is
sued. The total amount due the State
by the roads is about 5000, 900, and this
Will be snug sum at this time.
Tho dispensary at Sumter was
robbed on the night of the BIRD. Some
one entered by Il false key which was on
bunch of keys which the party left in
the front door. Just how much was
taken from the place is not known at
this writing but it is said that there
arc eight kegs and several cases gone.
The dispensary is located in the Ma
sonic Temple in the most public place
in the city,s and it is said that wagon
was used.
The transfer of the Columbia
poStoilicc was made last week.
Everything was turned over to Col.
William Wallace, the new postmaster,
and Postmaster Clayton severed his
connection with the Office The
changes, if any, will be made slowly.
All the present force will be retained,
it is thought, for some time as the
new postmaster does not want to i'm
pair the efficiency of the postal service
and will not do SO.
Constable Cain, charged with the
killing OF Lewis Redmond at Darling
ton, was released from the Pcnitcn-
tiary last week and is Il free man. He
went to Charleston and will go from
there to his home in Barnwcll County.
The bond Of $1,000, in which sum
Judge Watts authorized Cain to be adj
mittcd, has been given by the accused
rive prominent men signed the bond
McLcndOn is still in the Pcnitcn-
tiary, but his friends arc preparing
his bond. He will be turned Loose in q
few days.
The greatest disaster that has hap
pencd ior many years to Ridge Spring,
the finest fruit section OF the State, is
the recent cold snap which totally de-
stroycd the fruit crop for this wear.
There are shipped from this point and
Monetta, Ghree miles distant, every
year from 10000 to 10000 crates of
fruit, bringing at an ordinary market
from 10 cents to 81 per crate bringing
in the aggregate from $4,000 to $50
600. There will not be peach to ship
from this section this year. With the
fruit crop goes the crate making busi-
ness, which Is Il new industry started
this year by j. w. Scigier & Son. and
large percentage Of the nursery bust
ness. The canning factories will have
to remain closed
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-Governors and cX-Govcrnors have
the luck OF getting senatorial seats.
Mr.. Jarvis, OF North Carolina, affords
the latest instance of this Inh N,n,,