The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-03-29
sourH cARSE1sA NEWS
Items Of Interest CONDENSED and P'lr-
agraphed for Quick, Reading.

The amount so far received by The
Comptroller General under the license
tax is in round numbers about s27. 600
and large number of the Transports
ton companies have not yet paid their
taxes. although. they have complied
with the law in making th returns.
special provision was mad Or COM
NAMES of this character, allowing
them until May 1 In which eey. stnd
Il IS estimated that about .0oe win
conae from this source.
Itis estimated that the income TO
the state from insurance companies
this year will amount to about s12,t,eO.
The license on each company is s1oe
and so Ear All of them have complied
viii the law. They have, however, un-
id April / in. which to pay up.
Concluding that it would be unyvise
80 continue ID business without an in
crease OF capital, which was at present
impraeticable, the stockholders Of the
Marshan-Westcott Company, at q
meeting yesterday morning, decidesl to
dissolve and go into lienidation, moi: on
account OF any claims made by cred
itors, but simply because the affairs
sof the establishment could not be EAR.
sried on 2rodtably without increasing
the capital
Robert a Cooper, of Laurens, was
nominated for solicitor Of the new st1'
circuit yesterday over Ex-SoIicitol. o.
s.. schumpert, Of: Newberry, by a de-
cisive majority. The total vote will
probably amount to about s,4o0. and
III. cooper,s lead win likely be 1900
TO !, 1000.
Matt Butler, the Saiuda County me-
gro into whose head VIII jones
plunged the blade Of an axe few lays
ago, died from the wound Mon day.
The alleged murderer was released on
bond By Magistrate Etheredge JUS: af-
ter the wound was inflicted Sheriff
sample yesterday made an effort to
locate Jones but failed He was ir-
formed by the bondsmen however,
that they would deliver him here to-
day
From the returns received it Is ap-
parent that Mr. Arnoldus Wander
Horst has been elected to the leeisla-
ture non Charleston to ell the unex-
pired term OF ]. Baker, who re-
81 sssisned to accept the position Of j'idic-
ial magistrate vacated by the promo
ton OF Ar. r. Withers Memminger TO
the circuit court bench. There was
considerable interest In the race on
account OF Vincent Chicco, the .aoto-
rious blind tiger. In the new ninth
circuit created by the recent Legis-
lature the race for solicitor was among
Messrs. w. Turner Logan, st. Julian
JerYey and A. E. Padgett, the first two
Of Charleston and the last named OF
colleton. On account Of absencepof re-.
turns from Colleton, it is impossible to
ten the outcome of this race. as that
county viii give Mr.. Padgett a major.
sty that may be formidable. On the
face of the returns from Charleston
and Beaufort, Mr.. Logan is in the lead
but it is not possible that he will be
elected on the first ballot # Mr. Pad.
gett gets a solid vote in his own coun-
ty, which viii likely be the case, there
WIN be second race between Logan
and Padgett
At the invitation of President Peil
OF Converse and President Snyder OF
Wonord college, Mr. Robert C. Ogden
aud his party of distinguished north
ern educators and capitalists who will
attend the Southern Educational con-
ference in Columbia, will visit Spar
tanh.-g on Saturday, April 2s-the
day after the conference.
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