Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-23

Thornton and Owens. In the park
here and the cut running out of the
park across Arsenal hill, the forces of
Contractors Redmond and Wright are
getting along beautifully. The en-
bankments across the park at the far
end have very nearly been completed.
In the past week much has been ac-
complished. The news reaches the
city that Major Lee with a corps of
engineers is now hard at work survey
ing the Seaboard's proposed extension
from Augusta to Elberton, Ga. The
work is to be finished as soon as it can
possibly be done.
will Sue Meals Bondsmen.
Columbia State, Thursday: Attor-
ney General Bellinger is preparing to
bring suit against the bondsmen of
Colonel W. A. Neal, owing to the fail
ure of Colonel Neal to make any other
settlement of the amount the commit
tee finds him owing the state. 1t hap
pens that all three of the bondsmen are
Columbians and are men who stand
high in the community, financially as
we'll as otherwise. The bond is signed
by Willie Jones, P. H. Haltiwanger and
Scott Pope. Mr.. Bellinger recently no.
tilted these bondsmen that they were
expected to call to see him and settle
the matter at once. Of the three
Colonel Jones called and intimated to
the attorney general that he was will
ing to pay up and would do so. Mr..
Bellinger said yesterday that neither
of the other gentlemen had taken any
notice of his letter to them, and he
would forthwith prepare to enter suit.
The bond was given for $4,000. Of
course, the bondsmen will only have
to make good the shortage, which Mr..
Bellinger insists must be considered,
what is set forth in the legislative COM
mittee's report. Each bondsman is
liable for the entire amount in case the
others fail to produce property cover
ing their share. 1t is understood that
the other bondsmen will test the ques-
ton of their liability in the courts be-
fore paying any of the money claimed
to be due the state. Mr.. Pope is said
to have intimated that he will await
the bringing of suit in the courts.
Thus the matter stands. Of course, all
actions on the bond will be entirely
separate and distinct from the criminal
prosecution of Colonel Neal.
Dispensary Profits.
Columbia Record, Septe mber 10 ::
The dispensary profit, which according
to law, must be distributed to the var
ious counties for public school purpo.
ses, has not yet been sent out, and
there is no telling when it will be.
This is owing to the difficulty of def
nitely deciding what is due each coun.
ty where deficit exists. 1t is provi-
ded that the school fund shall amount
to So per capita and when taxation does
not bring up county to that amount.
The dispensary profits shall be so dis
tributed as to make that amount. The
practical part of carrying out the law
is more intricate than it would seem.
Getting at the proper distribution of
the fund is no easy matter and the
comptroller general has had to consid-
er some knotty questions in connec-
tion with the matter. He is receiving
reports from every county and so soon
as they can be revised the money will
be apportioned. Some of the reports
are Interesting. For instance, Beau
fort, Charleston, Richland, Greenwood
and Sumter report that there will be
no deficit and the school fund will not
have to be supplemented from dispen-
sary profits. The counties mentioned,
with the possible exception of Beau
fort and Greenwood, contribute more
than any other counties in the state,
probably, to the dispensary profits, yet
they get nothing. Marion reports
that she will need S249.75 to make the
So per capita, Marlboro S4790, Green
Vile SS44, York s90.37, Dorchester
S72.61 and Lexington S1,33S.42. In
many instances too many schools are
established. In some districts of the
state where two or three schools would
be entirely sufficient, eight, ten or
twelve are in operation. This adds to
the difficulty of distributing the fund
and it can only be legally given out af-
ter the data are in hand.
Dispensary Sensation Brewing.
August Kohn in News and Courier L:
The next meeting of the state board of
control will be one of the most i'm.
portant that body has held in many
months. There are all kinds of rumors
about this thing and the other happen
ing. The experience Of the past has
been that the suggestions of sensations
have fallen fiat, and things were
tamest when most was expected. 1t
may be the same at the next meeting
of the board. The bone of contention
just at this time is whether the order
closing the beer dispensaries on the 1st
of November should be adhered to or
not. The board is badly divided on
this point, and, of course, it took a
majority of the board to pass the reso-
luton, or it would not have been pass.
ed. 1t is said that Messrs. Robinson,
Boyken and Williams are In favor Of
the closing of the beer dispensaries
and sellinu all the heer throuph the