Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
No Bail For Meetze.

No Bail For Meetze.
Columbia State, Thursday: When
the state supreme court assembled yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock the chief
Justice announced that the motion for
bail for Willie Meetze had been re-
fused, the opinion of the majority of
the members being that it should be-.
He made it clear, however, that no
use was to be made of the hearing and
action of the court in the further trial
of the case. 1t was ordered that all
affidavits, etc., submitted be sent to
the clerk of court for Richland county
to be filed away with the records of
the case.
Piedmont Cotton Mills.
The annual meetings of the various
cotton mills in this section are about
over and they show unprecedented
profits, says a Greenville special to
the Atlanta Constitution. For in
stance, the American Spinning COM
pany, capital s125, 900, shows net profit
of SS7 900; the Piedmont mills, over
S125,OO0; the Huguenot mills, $685.
900, and others in like proportion.
Now while these profits seem large,
the profit for the current year will be
much larger. The Poe mill, which
made $4,000 for twelve months last
year, is now making $4,000 per month
net. This property will add many
snindles to the mills of the south.
Already the stock for 100000 mill at
Anderson, S. c., has been raised and
Colonel James l.. Orr, president OF
the Piedmont mills, will be president
and treasurer. A 25,O00-spindle mill
will be built at Belton, S. c., and be
nominally in charge of Captain E. A.
Smyth. Possibly the easiest thing in
the world to do now in this section is
to raise half million dollars to build
a cotton mill. All of them paid good
dividends and there is all confidence
in the future, certainly so far as this
year is concerned. There are other
evidences of prosperity as well as the
thrift of the cotton mills. One bank
ing institution in this city has volunta-
rily reduced its rate of interest from 8
to 7 per cent. There are less farm loans
than ever before in the history of the
country.
Distribution Of School Funds.
August Kohn in News and Courier
Comptroller General Derham has re-
turned to the city, and has undertaken
to straighten out the data on which he
is to distribute the dispensary profits
which 60 to the schools of the state.
1t ought to be astounding and mortify-
ing to the lawmakers to know what
horrible carelessness and lack of edu-
cation are to be found among the
county superintendent of the state.
True, some of the county superin-
tendents are excellent men, judging
from their reports; but on the other
hand it would appear that some were
selected because no one else would
take the place. Some of the reports
are absolutely unintelligible, and are
gotten up in "English as she is wrote" "
At all events Mr.. Derham will have to
summarize the reports, see what there
is in them, and where the counties re-
port that they have not gotten SIS
per school, nor run for three months,
he will make inquiry as to how
much money went to the school dis
riots for all purposes, and how much
money was used. 1t is evident
that some of the counties are "fudg-
ing" on other counties. Some of
the county officers are reporting all
money received, while others are re-
porting only the money spent for the
teachers, and not money expended for
school buildings, charts, improvements
and the like. 1t will be seen that un-
der such a plan a school might spend
all its money on school improvements
and leave the state to pay the teach
ers' salaries. The act did not contem-
plate such a distribution of the fund
from the dispensary, and Mr.. Derham
will Immediately ask for revision of
the statements, where it is manifest
that only teachers salaries are in
cluded, aud he might have all school
expenses included, and where the pay
ments on behalf of school are $75
or more, then there is no deficiency in
that district under the terms of the
law as construed. Mr.. Derham hopes