The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09
STATE NEWS AND NOTES
Sathered From Our Exchanges
and Other Sources.

l The aggregate losses by fire in th,
city of Columbia fer the past yea
: were Sl3S,870.
The new century was ushcred in ir
Charleston by the pealing of the chime,
of old st. Michaers.
Irof. John l.. Pressly has been late.
ly elected to till the chair of Greek and
German at Erskine College.
Gaffney AMI Laurens are preparing
to have the residence, business houses
and vacant lots numbered.
Lieutenant Governor Scarborough
mas ordered an election for q successor
TO Senator Mauldin, of Hampton.
a reward of 800 has been offered
Dy Governor McSwecney for the arrest
OF the klngstrec dlspensary robbers.
Governor McSweeney has ordered
an election for n successor to Shcrii,
Kennedy, Of Abbsville, who was killed
last week.
The liquor sales IN Laurens for two
days during the Christmas holidays
went over $4,000, while that at Abbc-
vile was about $4,000.
Conway recently had the largest fire
III her history. Two stores, re-
sldence and several smaller buildings
were burned. The cause of the fire is
yet unknown.
From the time the privilege tax
ON fertilizers was inaugrated this tax
has yielded the State S7GO ,G9G.lS. The
largest amount received was during the
past year, S13, ,5S9.34.
1t will be interesting to know that
the pension roll of the State shows
that there are 1907 pensioners on the
rolls or this number 1876 are old
soldiers and 1882 arc the widows of
veterans.
The News and Courier has published
the death list of the whites in Charles
ton for the year 1900. There was 346
white persons above the age of IL who
have died there the past year, most of
them at an advanced age.
The Norris cotton mills, of which
Col. ID. X. Norris is president, has
| ADVISED the Secretary of State that it
mas increased its capital stock from.
$50, 900 TO 5000 900. This increase
has been put in the Norris mills.
The fearful number of new patients
that 90 to the State Hospital for the
Insane may be appreciated when it is
known that the annual report of DR..
Babcock will show that therc have been
four hundred and forty-cight admis-
sions to the State Hospital for the
Insane during the past year. This is
by decided odds the largest number of
admissions for any one year.
Col. Louis Du Bois, an old and dis
tinguished citizen of Charleston died
on tho 3lst ult. Colonel Du Bois, who
was Sc years old, had been in failing
health for some time. He was born
and educated in France, but in 1860
came to this country to live. lie was
close friend of Gen. r.. L. Lee and
held an important position connected
with the Confederate government.
DR.. II. Baer, of Charleston, died on
the 2nd inst. He was sixty-seven
years Old and one of the leading men
in the Methodist church in this State.
He was Hebrew by birth and high
ly educated man. He was possessed of
great force and strength of character,
and was power in the church and in
secular affairs. He was a wholesale
and retail druggist, and had met with
marked success in business.
Rev. A. Toomcr Porter, d. D., the
founder and until now the principal CT
the celebrated military academy in
Charleston which bears his name, has
retired from the management and con-
troll of that institution. DR.. Porter, in
addition To being old and in bad health,
is losing his cyesight, and these are
the reasons for his action. The
academy passes into the hands of the
Episcopal church of South Carolina.
A company of Tennessee and Chi
cago capitalists is preparing to con-
struct a railroad from Louisville, XIV. :,
to Port Royal, s. G.. Those interested
IN the project have organized them
selves into the Louisville and Port
Royal Railroad company, which has
been chartered with "A capital of $780,
600. Surveys will be made within the
xt two or three weeks and next
spring the promoters expect to have
the work under way.
Work on the improvements on the
''N''S 'Ou"N 10 pioSlSeoluS ~ TaplulS
that hosting apparatus has been
placed IN position in front of the State
House. Two large work sheds are
crowded with workmon, who are hcw-
ing out the rock, and additional work is
beng done al the quarry IN Spartan.
burg County. The State House grounds
contain much of the finished rock to
be used in the improvements. The
front steps will be torn away during
the coming week and until the House
is completed those who enter the State
House will have to do 80 through the
side doors.
| Governor McSweency finds that un-
der the statute law he has the authority
to appoint the successor to Sheriff
Kennedy, of Abbevillc. This Is some
what unexpected, but the statute law
requires that the Governor shall ap-
point sheriff whore a vacancy occurs
from any cause. Governor McSwecnev
has written the ADbcville delegation
that If it be the desire to have a prima.
ry it will be acceptable to him, but if
the delegation wish to recommend
some one for appointment he will APP
point whoever the delegation recon-
mcnds, presuming, of course, that a
suitable person be suggested. 1t is
| lilyol,, hot a >ri, will L.