The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-12

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at grade, bue later abandoned CHS and
took it mp with the railroad comnis-
sion. The Southern bases its obiec-
tion on the ground that at the point
of the proposed crossing just before
reaching Union, the Southern's line
is On curve, one rail being higher
than the other, which would render
a crossing at grade dangerous. The
Union people contend that it would
cost .S30, 600 additional to build the
road 4 more circuitous way. 1t pro-
posed to make the conneosion with
the Seaboard at Pride's, station on
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern
line Of the Seaboad, near where an
immense power plant is being deyel-
oped, run on. through Union to the
Buffalo mills, and later build a.
mile connecting link with the. Spar
tanburg and Glenn Springs road,
which Will give connection with Spar
tanbnrg, where tho Southern has COM
petition in the Coast Line over the @.
8 ". G. tracks.
It is thought Thomas Austin. we'll
known Greenville man, will die as the
result of fractured skull he received
in a fight Sunday at livery stable
in Greenville as the hands of his
friend Thomas Ross, with whom he
had just dined. The men, who wore
the pest Of friends, had just dined
together. Austin slapped Ross's face
and followed this with other forms Of
play, which Ross considered too
rough, and the latter seizing a rake
struck Austin over the head.
Incomplete returns indicate that
Mr.. ST. Julian Jeryey has been select
ed solicitor over Mr.. Turner Logan
in the new low country ninth judicial
circuit. Six ont Of nine boxes in
Beaufort, II out of 25 in Charleston
and z out of so In Colleton give JeT-
vey 1.777 and Logan l,5S8. In the
first primary Jervey received !, 132
Logan 1850 and Padgett 1850. #
The grand jury in the federal court
at Charleston has returned a mo
bill's IN the case against ". 81.
Sellers, the Booze King of Gervais
street, at Columbia, alleged to have
been conducting a whole sale liquor
business without wholesale license.
If one sale of more than four and a
half gallons could have been proven
against the alleged wholesale tiger.
who admits to mcst anyone who will
question him that he receives many
carload shipments of the stuff in a
year, the case would have been made
ont. A popularity about she federal
statute on this subject is that as many
sales as desirable may be made Of AZ
gallons, but these sales to the same
person must be made at separate times
during the day.
The comptroller general has more
than quadrupled the return of the
VIC. concern for taxation under the
franchise tax act. The company's
original return of that proportion Of
its capital represented by its property
situated in this State was slightly
over half q million dollars. A few
days ago this was amended by the
company by the correction of errors
which the Comptroller General point
ed out to 81, S95, 600. This was more
than double the original return and
now this last retrun has been more
than doubled by the comptroller gen
eral to $4,000, coo, ON which the half
mill tax is 81, 500 Comptroller Gen
eral Jones was once State phosphate
inspector and knows something about
the property used in this business
in this State. He has indicated to
the officers of the company that it
they desire to protest he will set a
day on which their protest will be
heard, but in case they do this he will
require them to make a showing of
the property not only in this State
but everywhere else, the total capl-
tai being s54, 900, 900. The Royster
Guano cempany's return has been
raised from S45, 900 to $3.50, 600.
This State will be represented at
the Seagirt target practice the latter
part of next August. A full team of
lS men will be sent on to New jersey
by the adjutant generals Office, the
team to be selected after match
shoot in Charleston the latter part of
July. the team to be selected will
likely be in charge of Capt. T. T.
Hyde of Charleston.
4ES 6GaG0 OOarO OF uSdl6u IS dUOut
to get smartly in behind the sub
boards throughout the State under
the new health statute passed by the
last legislature, which renders sub
board refusing to carry out the in
structions of the State board liable to
prosecution. The new law not only
places contagious diseases within the
authority Of the sut-boards with
ample provision FOR enforcing the re-
quired regulations, but it gives these
boards power to prosecute for market
ing impure or unhealthful foodstuffs.
The attorney general is now preparing
a skeleton ordinance along this line
which will be sent to the sub boards
in q few days.
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