The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-02
STATE NEWS AND NOTES
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Inc Norris cotton mills, Cateechce
( are ready TO contract for the huiIdin2
OF dam OF approximately 900 cubic
feet of stone. '''N
a. =. Wallace, of Union, is inter
cSted III the organization of thc cnn,
P"ny 'hat intends building cotton
factory at Carlisle.
The addition to the DARLINGTON mill
IS nearlng completion and many new
houses Tor operatives had been built
lrrminS village which will be known
as Helena. w "''o" Il
| Inc town council of Laurens has au-
'horl%Gd the mayor to draw an orlm
ahce dividing the city into wards and
| mas also decided to mark the s,rcn,s
ana number the houses.
1t is the intention of the Greenwood
col'oh mills, Greenwood, to build
| ahother mill about the same size or
tne one already in operation. Il is
lo,ooo splndlcs and 3Sl looms.
). L. Martin, a Fairfield farmer.
liVlng ut Rocky Mount, was shot down
"hile standing in his doorway bv some
oAc in the dark, He died the ncyl
DAY. a negro supposed to have done
the killing has been arrested.
Mci'onald Furman writes that il has
oeen Just 100 years since the death or
capt. James Kincaid of Fairfield
'"uhty, who built the first gln run hv
wafer IN this State, and was the Grst
cotton buIcr in the up.country.
tSamIDn .,T
as reported, has gained 522 in ten
years IN the actual incorporation, which
IS smaller than before. Camden and
suburbs have gained 1000 and the
'o'aI IS claimed to be about s 900.
Agncw Fielder, white youth Of Is
years, was shot and killed near prco-
naIi's, ). G., Dec. 20. lie was Will =,
group of friends, among whom there
was considerable pistol SHOOTING Inf
by whom young Fielder was shat - M, moi
known. ''0'
IL Is reported that English capltal-
ISIS are buying up mineral land in
ork and Cherokee counties alone thc
waters OF King creek and Broad rivcr
Negotiations arc now under way for
lhe purchase of the Flint Hill cold
mlhc property on Broad river.
Though nearly every one in thc
State believes that there is to hr nm
extension of the time for the povmrnt
OF taxes tins year, it is not likely thot
II Will be given. Governor McSwccncy
mas stated that he certainly would moi
recommend an extension This vco,,
lie mas the power TO extend and this
announcement, of course. means thot
the matter goes to the I.ryieIotnro
after the term has expired.
Mr.. John Fletcher HODGES died
suddenly on Christmas day at his home
IN iloogcs. Mr.. Hodges had been in
ialllhg health for over year, but the
chu was not expected so soon. He
was born Oct. 22nd, 1888, and was in
his siXty-cighth year. AS a member
OF the 2nd 5. G. Calvary he did gallant
service for the Confcderacv. and rs n
citizen all his life long he rendered
true and loyal service to the State,
Governor McSwecney has received
from DR.. James Evans valuable ro-
port IN regard to the smallpox situation
IN this State. 1t shows that there is
much less of the disease in thc Stoic
at present than is generally supposcd
There IS more or less of il in ,hc
counties of Fairfield, Union. Sportan-
burg, Barnwell, Beaufort ana 6rongn-
DurS. FOR while during the summer
1t was confined almost entirely TO
Union County, which has not been
Tree from ii for year.
The traffic managers sof the chief
railroads OF South Carolina are en-
deaVorlng to get the railroad commits
sion TO Increase the rates on cotton
seed, making them equal TO those
maintained III other states. These
rates were reduced several wears AGO
when small Oil mills needed nursing
and have not since been increased.
Ihcy are much below the rates in
every other Southern State. For
haul OF fifty miles the rate IN South
Carolina Is % cents; III Georgia, 81 80;
Tor 100 miles the South Carolina rate
Is Sl.2O; that in Georgia, -, and the
same proportion exists nj other dis
tancos.
During the year Just closing. The
Secretary of State has granted char
tcrs to 81 cotton milling companies,
whose authorized capital aggregates
~ 1,SJO,OOO. During the same time.
permission was given II cotton milling
companies to increase their capital,
the aggregate increase authorized be-
ing S2,oi5.O0O. During the same
period, commissions were issued to IL
cotton milling company corporators,
who have not yet obtained their
charters, whose authorized capital
will be ! ,i05,0O