The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-03-13
STATE NEWS.
What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Doing Condensed for Busy Readers.

The recent cold snap has proba'
bly, done great damage to the garden
truck interest Of the State.
The new main prison building at
the South Carolina penitentiary is
rapidly approaching completion.
The debris in the burnt district of
Columbia is being removed prepara-
tory to the erection of modern build
ings.
N. R Bsyly has been added to
the editorial staff Of the Batesburg
Advocate, occupying the chair of
Associate Editor.
Model dairy farm is to be estab-
lished in Columbia. It is said that
it will be the most complete plant
south of Washington.
U. S. Cannon and Joe Powers,
pugilists of established regulations,
are soon to have a prize fight in
Charleston.
Several of the historic old South
ern mansions at Camden have passed
! into the hands of wealthy North
erners.
A large distillery will be estab-
lished in Columbia under a. act recent
ly passed allowing such in cities OF
over 10000 people.
II. Bayer & Son Of Charleston have
established line of steamers to Cuba.
This is good chance for stock rails
ers to find an open market for their
goods.
Governor McSweeney's, name has
been mentioned for United States
Senator. II he should enter a great
many people are OF the opinion that
he would be a strong candidate
Don Cameron, former United States
Senator from Pennsylvania, and Sec
retary of war under Grants admins
traitor, is spending the winter at St.
Helena, near Beaufort.
Messrs. W. G. Whitney and TEos.
Rithcock, Jr., CT New York, have
bought within the past month real
estate in the vicinity of Aiken to the
value OF $4,000.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the citizens Of Columbia
for the entertainment of the State
Division of the Confederate Veterans,
which is to meet in that city in May.
Down in Orangeburg county
quarrel was started about dividing
line and three men were shot and
wounded. One negro who owns no
land and was not concerned about
lines was involved.
Former Congressman James Nor
ton, whose term OF office expired on
the 4sh CT March last, has returned
to his home in Marion county, where
he will devote his time to his farm
ing interest near Mullins.
Moses johnson, negro convicted
in Berkeley county in 1899 Of arson
on the testimony Of detective, has
been pardoned. Judge Gage said
that the testimony was unworthy OF
belief.
The State Fair Association has in
creased the amount of premiums to
be given at the fair this year by ST.
500. This year the list will carry
$4,000. The association is in pros
porous condition.
On the authority Of DR.. Pope, the
physician who has the smallpox
cases in Columbia in charge, there is
now only one case of that loathsome
disease in the city. There remains
few cases at the Hospital for the
Insane.
A little boy of six years of age in
Charleston recently found letters
containing about $4,000 on an ash
heap. 1t turned out that through
carelessness these letters were swept
out of the post-office and carted offby
the scayenger carts.
President j. G.. Wilborn, of the
Cotton Growers Association, has
called the attention of the farmers of
the State to the proposition OF the
American Agricultufalist as to a
prize contest for the "sugar beet,
and urges them to enter the contest
for the $4,000 prize which is equally
divided into two classes.
Mr.. Thomas Sprowls, an aged and
respected citizen Of Columbia, died
there last Friday. He was about "A
years of age and Tas member Of
the firm of Boyne & Sprowl, marble
cutters, whose place of business was
| opposite the post office.