Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-20


Sunday morning about 4:3O o'cIoc
the Wilton mill, church and schoc
house In Greers was discovered to b
on ire and before help OF water coul
be secured the whole building wa
burned. 1t is great-lo loss to the mill
The building cost over 81, 1000, and .ha
= only been erected about four years. TIL
company had only recently purchased
beautiful new piano for the school anG
.his besides an organ+and several hun
xired dollars worth Of books and over
81, l,0O0 worth of property belonging tc
sne Odd Fellows was totally destroyed
1t is thought that, the fire started in
the auditorium, as -the night previous
the Odd Fellows had an oyster supper
in the hall and it is supposed that fire
was left in the stove. The insurance
will PARTLY cover the loss.
The State has now on hand enough
money to run the government until
next November, or until taxes come in,
S46!, ,143.74, and If the State was run
strictly on cash basis this would be
all that could be appropriated, but
such will not be the case. The total
claims against the State, including
notes and other matters of this kind,
amount to s516,779.95, and the cash
balance amounts to $206, ,9S3.08. There
is outstanding, however, including the
$SS, 600 secured by. Senator Tillman,
which the General Assembly may place
TO the general fund. s776,93761. This
makes a total of 1888, ,920.69, and with
the S516.776.95 subtracted from this
there viii! be balance Of s467, 1874.
While Q. R. Horton and C. S. Ma
rec, Furmanx students, in Greenville,
were IN attendance upon. their respec-
tive classes Monday morning some un-
known party entered their room at the
dormitory and walked off; with practi-
cally everything the young men pos
sessed in the: way Of wearing apparel.
The thief or thieves removed saHaSal " +; |
ssasSa%1I3 other garments from rom !; tne u
,ys;;y,ss.n,en,ss trunks, also removed, W.
: INV tents of. the bureau; drawers peslues
No NO ovarcoats. TIE loss OF the yoohe
~ naS ~ amounted to Something IKE '@1o'
a.sa. Brown and. Joe Humburt, col
o.:d. were landed in the couI. Gii.
sn Greenville Tuesday by snerim, .atad ue
re.th on suspicion Of being impi,vSaiicb n,Sicb
In The shooting OF Park Sexton csaan- maeT
occurred near Grove Station IN -, Slesn-
vile county, Saturday night. e,,ed Inc as
.s.It on Sexton, by which ne rece!vgu
. : avere and probably fatal woun1 La ~
~, side was reported to Sherlh Gi'-
resth Monday afternoon late.
There are several cases Of interest
in the United States Court IN Coiun.
bia this week. There is one s.alhss
Lawrence Copeland, the postmaster oi
pctnune. who is charged with en-
hezzling the funds of his office to me
sn,ount of several hundred dollars;
Coneland is now in the Richland Jan
en5 If is understood that he Will pleaa
srilty in order to secure the mercy Oh
the court.
Tho governor has completed his re.
nort as to pardon granted In 1898. VI
t,gcnses grave enough to put the con-
victs in the penitentiary only nILeen
wore granted. which is quite raining
riff from previous records. For cnalh-
e.ne offenses the pardons and commu-
fations were about the sane.
The grand lodge of Masons has
alcnted a resolution that no man shall
be eligible to membership who is en-
gagged in the manufacture Of intoxi.
cants. or who is in the wholesale or re-
tail iquor business, but there is thl'
proyiso, this resolution is to be refer
rel to the subordinate lodges and doe
not become law Of the grand loog
until the majority of the subordinat
lodges vote for 1t.