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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
THE STATE LOSES.
The Agricultural Hall Case Decided
By the Supreme Court.

BY the supreme court.
The State has lost the Agricultural
Hall case and the State Dispensary will
have to move out sooner or later and
seek other quarters. The following
dispatch explains itself:
Washington, May 1.-THE United
States Supreme Court has affirmed the
decision of the Circuit Court for the
Circuit of South Carolina in the "Ag-
ricultural Hall" case, involving. the
title to the agricultural Hall IN Column
bia. 8. c.. Edward B. Wesley, OF New
York. bought the property of the Com
missioners of the State Sinking Fund,
but there were alleged irregularities IN
the purchase and he brought SUIT
against J. Z. Tindal, the Secretary OF
the State and J. R. Boyles, who had
been employed by the Secretary OF the
State to guard the property to secure
possession. Tindal and Boyles, IN the
lower courts. contended that they were
mere custodians of the property and
that the State could not be sued, but
the possession OF the property was
given to Wesley. The Judgment was
affirmed by the Supreme Court In an
opinion by Justice Harlan, who held
that the State was not necessarily a
rarty to the suit.
The Columbia State says: The de-
cision complicates matters very much
and has the authorities worried little.
If the dispensary has to seek other
quarters it will be at no small cost to
the State. In the meantime the Van
dercock case is pending; if the de-
cision in that case is against the State
it cannot be denied that the dispensary
business will be practically destroyed.
Thus it is said that the dispensary sys-
tenn may be changed from source OF
profit to a great expense.
Behind it all is the great danger to
the State of having the Blue Ridge
scrip declared valid. Mr.. Wesley has
other payments to make on the prop,
erty when they fall due and he will
doubtless tender this scrip, being now
in possession of the premises.
II the dispensary has to vacate, the
authoities have two places in view. One
is the old Congaree cotton mill, near
the union depot and the other is the
Standard warehouse, owned by Mr..
Caldwell Robertson, on Gervais street.
This latter place will be most likely
selected. It is very long one-story
brick building, used during the war
for printing Confederate money. 1t
will take o considerable amount OF
money to establish the dispensary
therein.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
THE T|RZAH EN6AMPMEN1.
A Column of Palmetto Doings Ar
ranged for the Fireside.
MURDERED AND THEN BURNED.
The Deadlock Broken--Andcrson
New Court House--RailroadS As
sessed--Election Of Officers.

A special to the State from Beaufort
of the 18th says: On Wednesday morn
ing last at Levy's Cross Roads, in this
county, the lifeless remains of On old
man named VIM. NJ. Murray were
found in his store, which the murder
ers, after finishing their horrible crime
burned up. The mutilated remains OF
the poor old man were found behind
the counter with his throat cut The
demons had knocked out his eye with
an iron bar, dragged him into the yard
and split his head open and then drag
ged it back into the shop, and after cut
ting the throat left.the body and re-
treated. One negro was arrested and
he told of the others who we're implica..
ted or accessories. They were arrested
in Savannah later and will be brought
here. Robbery, no doubt, was the mo-
tive for the crime, which is one Of the
most horrible and brutal that has ever
occurred in this county.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

A Missouri woman who is 80 very
pious that she viii do no work on the
Sabbath day was very much annoyed
by the fact that her hens would not as
conscientiously refrain from all labor
on Sunday. but persisted in laying
eggs in disregard of the biblical in
Junction to rest on the Sabbath day.
She was undecided whether she ought
to disposs OF such impious and heath
enish fowls or not, when the brilliant
idea struck her OF giving all the egg 9
laid on Sunday to the church of which
she was q member. She has acted on
this idea, and now a regular source Of
income of the church is the proceeds
Of these eggs.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

There is no longer a deadlock in the
State phosphate commission in the mat
ter of granting the request Of the citi-
zens OF Beaufort in behalf of the fur
ther reduction of the phosphate royalty
in order to keep the Coosaw company
from ceasing operations yet awhile.
Governor Ellerbe last week cast his
ballot in the vote on Mr.. Tsyior's prop
osition in regard to the reduction of rs
cents per ton to apply to all rocks AL
ready on hand, and thereby the matter
is left exactly where the commission
left it upon the occasion Of its recent
meeting in Beaufort. The Coosaw
company, which seems to be the only
company raising any protest of conse-
quence about the action of the board,
will probably carry out its threat to go
out of business.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

The Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows met in Abbe-
Vile last week and elected the follow
ing officers, and selected Charleston as
the next place Of meeting: Grand
master, o. G.. Falls, Clifton; deputy
grand master, W. E. Avery, Columbia;
grand warden, Edward Bacon, Lock
hart; grand chaplain, E. W: Lee,
Whitney; grand secretary. w. 5.
Brown, Columbia; grand treasurer, II.
Endel, Greenville; grand marshall, &.
F. HAMS, Abbeville; grand conductor,
H. W. Deters, Charleston; grand
guardian, j. L. Gray, Columbia, grand
herald, G. W. Buyers, Piedmont; rep.
resentative to Lowering Lodge. Past
Grand Master D. X. H. Keeps, Lang
ley
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

The railroads of the State have had
their property assessed for the year
1897, though the figures are subject to
change. The annual meeting OF the
State board of equalization of railroad
property was held in Columbia last week
in the Office of the comptroller general,
all the members being present, and the
assessment for taxation per mile was
fixed on all railroad property in the
State. The valuations were left ldentl-
cally the same as last year with but
three exceptions. In the case of the
Green Pond, Wateree and Branchville
road the assessment was raid from S4,-
600 per.mile to "a, 250; the Port Royal
and Western Carolina line was increas-
ed from So, 500 per mile to 81, 500, and
the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
went up from s., 900 per mile to So, GOO.
Last year the total assessment OF rail-
road track for taxation IN this State was
Sa2, 935, 262, the mileage being 2,573.
The total valuation of all railroad prop
erty in the State, including track, was
S23, $40, 1872.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
BACHELORS OF DIVINITY.
The Annual Commencement Of the
Presbyterian Theological Semi

The Annual Commencement OF the
Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary.
The commencement of the Presby:
terian Theological Seminary occurred
in Columbia last week, and the proceed
ings were of the greatest interest to the
friends of the graduates as we'll as o!
the institution.
DR.. Stacy presented the diplomas In
very interesting talk, and as each grad
uate got his diploma it carried aleng
with 1t the right to write Bachelor OF
Divinity after his name. This was an
innovation in the history of the institu-
ton and Its customs. heretofore grad
yates simply received their diplomas
which carried with them no honorary
degree. The graduates welcomed the
change and think the board of trustees
is right, and that it was something that
should have been done before.
Following is list Of the graduates:
w. r. Hafner, York, W. r. Minter.
Laurens; II. r. Murchison, Abbeville;
F. K. Sims, Chester; r. L. Rogers.
The following received certificates,
having taken special courses:
J. A. Dorrittee, of Maryland; G. A.
McPheeters, of Missouri: Q. B. Ratch-
ford, OF York county, W. W. Saddler,
of Anderson. and q. G. Vass Of Sa-
vannah.
Rev. Ur. Hoyt, of Elberton, Ga. 4,
made the parting remarks to the stu
dents and graduates.
The Seminary has had very success
full year and it Is gratifying to know
that the prospects for next year are
most encouraging.
The board Of trustee reelected DR.. J..
D. Tadlock for the present, but appoint
ed q committee to get some suitable
men to fill the chairs of Church Gov
ernment and History" and Natural
Sciences in Connection with Revela-
ton" These positions will he filled at
the next meeting.
The following trustees we're elected:
Synod of South Carolina-Rev. j. G.
Richards, Blenheim; Rev. G. W. Hum
phreys, d. D., Lancaster; Rev. ". w.
Mills, Camden; Mr.. W. A. Clark, Co.
lumbia; Rev. w. NJ. McPheeters, D.
D. Columbia; Rev. A. A. James, Paco-
let.
Synod of Georgia-Rev. q. F. Hoyt,
D. D., Elberton; Mr.. w. G. Sibley,
Augusta; Col. Nj. A. Gambler, Atlanta;
Rev. James Stacy, D. D., Newman.
Synod of Alabama-Rev. r. Cecil, D.
D., Selma; Rev. J.L. Brownlee, Union
Springs; John 81. Miller. Birmingham.
Synod of Florida-Rev. w. E. Nell
waine. Pensacola; Rev. W. W. Elwang,
Orlando.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

The New York Independent says:
esWe would give cordial welcome to
the United States OF Australia, for
thAt i virtually what the Federal
Convention at Adelaide has proposed.
The executive department is to consist
Of . govexnor-general and council, the
Legislative is modelled upon our Con-
grsss, and the judicial is similar to
our federal supreme court The
gosernor-general, unlike our presi'
dent, is to be appointed from-Lon-
don. This viii be q chief tie connect
ing the new government with the
crown"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Speaking of the big annual encamp-
ment of Alliancemen in York county,
the Rock Hill Herald says: "The
committee of arrangements for the
annual Alliance encampment of York
county met at Tirzah on the Sth. Hon.
W. n. Elder was elected temporary
chairman and w. E. Gertys temporary
secretary. The chairman exclaimed
that the object of the meeting was to
fix the time and place for holding the
next encampment. 1t was unanimous
ly decided that Trzah should be the
place and the date Thursday and Fri
day, the 9th and 9Th of August, this
year. All sub-committees were con-
tinued as before. J. Frank AS he was
chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of James G. Ashe of the commit
tee of finance. Mr.. Sibley has ac-
cepted the invitation to attend the en-
campment;' so has Senator Tillman.
The committee is endeavoring, through
Senator Tillman, to secure the attend
ance of Mr.. VIM. J. Bryan.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
ATAG GREAT EXPENSE.
The Charleston Naval Reserves Com
plain OF their Treatment

The Charleston Naval Reserves Com
plain OF their Treatment
As has been stated before, the navy
department has decided to have the
naval reserves of South Carolina, Geor-
gia and North Carolina hold joint en-
campment at Port Royal during the
month of June or July. The depart
ment has communicated with the mill
tary authorizes of each of the States and
secured their approval of the plan and
it is more than probable that the en-
campment will be held. Lieutenant
Gibbons. of the navy will be In charge
of the encsmpment.
It is by no means certain that the
Charleston companies will attend the
encampment. Commander Pinckney
says that he has opened correspondence
with the navy department, and unless
certain of his demands were acceeded
to, he would not take his men to Port
ROYAL. He said that the local COM
panies of the naval reserve have been
treated rather shabbily by the State as
we'll as the navy department. Their
WauuS uhu uOt UCOE ooPPA2So oAN 49, =
companies had been left to take care OF
themselves. Commander Pinkney says
that the companies were at a great e1-
pense to maintain their armories, etc. +,
aud we're financially unable topurchase
uniforms appropriate for their service.
He saws that the government has been
requested to supply uniforms, and un-
less thew were given the Charleston
naval reserves would certainly not go
to Port Royal. Commander Pinkney
states also that the State or navy de-
partment would have to pay for the
sustenance of his men during their en-
campment. Commander Pinkney says
that the men sacrificed enough when
they forfeited ten or fourteen days
salary to attend and they should not be
compelled to pay also for their rations.
Not only the rations but the culinary
articles would also have to be furnished
his men or the encampment would take
place without the Charleston con-
tingent.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
LEE COUNTY.
The Old Salem Scheme Under New
Name.

The Old Salem Scheme Under a New
Name.
Mr.. G.. F. Parrott was in Columbia
last week and made application for the
holding of an election for Lee county:
This is the old Salem county idea under
O new name. It is proposed to take
seventy square miles more from Sumter
than under the old arrangement; thirty
five less from Darlington and fifty less
from Kershaw. The county if voted
will contain 412 square miles, eighty
three being in Darlington, seventy
five in Kershaw and 254 in Sumter.
All the papers in the case have been
submitted to the Attorney General and
if they are found correct the Governor
will crder the election at once. The
people in the proposed section are
stated to be in favor of the scheme by a
large majority and the promoters seem
to have no doubt about the result AS
Salem county it was defeated byonly
narrow margin.-Register.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

The English show their acute knowl-
edge Of the savage character by send
ing, on q mission to Abyssinia, men
who are over six feet in height
Judged by the native standard they
will be persons of far more conse-
.qusnce than even the royal prince and
his staff wbo are in the country repre-
ssnting France. If England scores
some important advantage from this
shreud device it will not be the first
time in the history of her African
yenturea
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

A number of northern Indiana
counties have perfected organizations
whereby it is agreed not to purchase
farming supplements this year. A
system of exchange has been agreed
upon. The leaders in the movement
disclsim the establishment of boy
cots on manufacturers or dealers, and
state that the organizations are the
outgfowth of business and financial
depression.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

The Florida deer is but little more
than half the size of the deer of North
eastern United States, and for this
reason beside certain cranial charac-
teristics and the larger molar and pre-
molsr teeth Mr.. Bangs describes it as
o distinct species, though probably
Others would be content with calling
it climatic variety.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

The Canadian department Of agri-
culture estimates the population of the
Dominion to be 5, 125, 43S, gain OF
rather less than 3G0,0 since the
census of 1891. In 1890 there we're
two states of the Union that exceeded
Canada in population-New York,
with 8 997, 853 inhabitants, and Penn
sylyania with 5,25S, OLA.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Hurrsh for the Iowa COW! exclaims
the Dubuque Herald She is one OF
the greatest sources of wealth the
state affords, and is doing her work
quietly, faithfully and we'll. During
the past year she produced wealth to
the value of $40, 100000 which is
more than all the silver mines in the
country did.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
A Modern Exodus.

A great emigration movement OF
Russian Hebrews from the Vlstuia
provinces to Africa is taxing place at
the present moment. TIE movement
has reached such proporr sons N sew.
eral districts of these provinces that
the Hebrew male population is greatly
diminished, and business in the shops
is principally carried on by women.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Darlington is to have another tobac-
co warehouse. The company has been
organized. and is known as the Carroll
ma Tobacco Warehouse. Capital stock,
81. 800.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

In the seventeenth century the
average duration OF life was only thir-
teen years: in the eighteenth, twenty !;
in this century it is thirty-six. Look
out for the twentieth.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

The building committee on the new
court house at Anderson have accepted
the plans of Mr.. Frank H. Milburn, of
Charlotte, n. G. The court house is to
be 7Ox90 feet, three stories high, heat
ed with hot air, and to cost S27, 900.
The Jail will cost SSs, 900, and the COM
mittee accepted Mr.. Milburn's plans for
that also
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Governor Ellerbe last week issued q
reouisition on the Governor Of Florida
for a negro wanted In Sumter county
by the name of Commodore Council,
who murdered Emanuel Singleton in
1895 in Rafting Creek township, and
made his escape and was living in Pa
latka.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Carrie Brown, a student of Allen
University, Columbia, attempted to
commit suicide by taking trough on
rats" because she failed in her final
examinations, saying she could see no
object in life.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Of the eighty-one millions of dol
lars appropriated by the Chilian bud
get, no less than $50, 900, 900 are for
army and navy, expenditures.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Iron made in Alabama is steadily
gushing its way into the markets OF
the Old World.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20

Laurens is to have new Methodist
church.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-04
Standard Variety of Chickens.

The Barred Plymouth Rock is OF a
grayish-white color, regularly crossed
with parallel bars Of blue-black run
ming in straight, distinct lines
throughout the entire length of the
feather, and showing on the
down or under color of the
feathers. The barring is somewhat
smaller on the hackle and saddle
feathers than on other portions OF the
body. The bird is of medium size,
with broad neck, fat at the. shoulders,
the breast is full. and the body broad
and compact; medium-siZed wings,
tnat foid gracefully, the points being
well covered with breast and saddle
feathers. A medium-sized head, orna-
mented with upright. bright-red comb
and wattles; large, bright eye, and
yellow beak, legs, and toes, places the
picture before us in its entirety. The
difference between the Barred and the
Pea-comb Barred is that the latter has
small, firm, and even pea-comb, in
stead OF a single comb.
For the farmer or market poultry
tSan they are favorites, being a medi-
UNI size, well proportioned, with a
deep, full breast, making a most adj
mirable bird for market purposes.
They are hardy, mature early and
make excellent broilers from eight to
twelve weeks old. They are good lay
ers the year round, and in winter they
lay exceptionally well. Their eggs
are brown in color and average eight
to pound. They are good sltters
and excellent mothers.
The Barred Plymouth Rock, besides
being a practical fowl, is also one of
the most sought after by fanciers. No
class is better filled at the average
poultry show of the country than is
theirs. Their graceful figure, upright
carriage, and active natures endear
them to all as a farmers fowl. There
is q fascination In breeding them for
plumags, the more regular and even
their barring the better. II re-
uuires much skill to breed them for
color, and two matings are generally
used for breeding. An established
rule for mating for cockerels is to use
a standard color male with medium
dark females, and for pullets, use light
male and dark females. The double
mating is resorted to by many, yet the
writer has seen rare specimens pro-
duced from single matings. The char
acterislics of the Barred Plymouth
Rock are noticeable in the other
Plymouth Rock classes. excepting
that OF color. The size. shape. general
outlines, and qualities are the same
in the other varieties as in the Barred.
The White Plymouth Rock is pure
white in plumage throughout, ana the
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-04

will awake, or, indeed, whether she
will awake at all. Remember how old
she is. and what she has passed
through. 1t is wonderful from what
you have told me. how she has borne
1t ALL"
Sitting alone in the little parlor, my
thoughts naturally turned on the
strange discoveries of the night, and
on those events of my life which led
them to order, my mind was in such a
whirl; and one thought was never alb
sent. Had l wronged my wife In be-
lieving her to be unfaithful to me? Her
pale, suffering and her poverty were
stronger witnesses In her behalf than
all the circumstantial evidence which
proclaimed her false. PEARLS light
step aroused me from my painful mus
ings.
"She is awake" said Pearl. "and is
asking for YOU"
1 went upstairs at once, and sat by
my mothers bedside.
81 know my Amos STEP" she muir
AAuANAs hdNC hOb ONCh >
then-and yet it seemed so real. Kiss
me, my son."
"Do you feel better, mother?" i
asked, as I embraced her.
II am very weak. Amos, I didn't
hear your 'Yo, heave, no. when you
came home tonight. You didn't forget
it, my SOM"
mo, mother, l did not forget it."
1T was your fathers call. His love
call, he sometimes said. / shall hear
it soon again. You mustn't grieve, my
son, when l am gone. l have had
great pleasure in my life. Trouble
has come to me in my dreams, but all
my happiness has been real waking
happiness, and you, Amos, have be-
slowed 1t on me. Is Mab.l here?"
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-04
IN A sPELLBINDER's Tolls.
The Yonng Man Lost 500 Worth OF
Valuables.

Valuables.
81 was as healthy young man as
you'd meet in a days travel" declared
the banker to his physician, according
to the Detroit Free Press. I'm that as
sertion l refer to mind as well as body.
II had fault 1t was that of being too
skeptical. When l came upon the state
ment OF any pathological or psyche
logical manifestation that l could not
understand 1 simply branded it as
humbug and dropped the matter. 'Rea-
SON. was my universal test.
when only % | was on the road
from New York to Boston and fell in
with a stranger, considerably older
than myself. He had piercing black
eyes, but neither long hair nor seedy
clothes. His smile was singularly win
ming, his voice musical and his con-
versation charming. He gave me one
of the finest cigars / ever smoked. In
10 minutes l felt as IL had known and
loved the man all my life. The more
we talked the more his wonderful eyes
glowed and lightened. Yet their pow
er was that OF an irresistible attraction
and there was a caress in his tones
that made all about me seem a pleasing
dream that ended in oblivion. 1t was
three days later when l awakened in a
hospital, the spell thrown off by some
magic electricity developed through a
physician then famous. fully recov-
cred, but how do you account for my
experience, doctor?"
1T was the cigar, of course"
"No, sir. 1t was not half smoked and
had nothing worse in it than pure to-
bacco. You can't cry hallucination to
me as some of our ancestors cried
'witchcraft' when unexplained phenom-
ena puzzled them. My charmer was a
hypnotist, mesmerist or something else
that's uncanny in man. More than that
he was the cleverest kind of thief, for
he stripped me of $500 worth of valu-
abIes F."