The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-27
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Palmetto Items.

Palmetto Items.
It is probable that Isa0
II Greenville, will have 49,
10 get pardon. In 1903 he kilI4
Sullivan in Greenville and was sem
fenced to serve the rest Of his life in
prison. A petition stating tie case
Las been received. Acting upon his
usual custom, Gov. Hayward sent the
petition to the prosecuting attorney.
who in this case was Senator Dean OF
Ireenville. The latter declares. In an
endorsement received Tuesday, that
The prisoner should be made to serve
1t least sentence for manslaughtcr,
Is there was little in the case to rec
ommend a pardon. 1t Is declared In
The petition that Isadore Thompson
killed the man who seduced his daugh-
:er, refused to marry her and then
vent about Dragging of what he had
lcne. However, the jury seems to
have thought that there>was enough in
tie case to have the accused sent 70
The penitentiary for life,,g ~
Bib Smalls, the North Carolina white
man who was convicted OF numbering
/ negro, will not be hanged at Dar-
lington on the 5th of May, as has been
generally expected throughout the
State, and has been strongly hoped by
many people in Darlington county. His
attorneys have perfected the appeal to
the Supreme Court just In time to save
his neck, and he thereby getting
years respite. II not reversal and
hew trial. Notice of the perfection Of
the appeal was given Governor Hey
ward by Smalls' attorneys, and the
Governor has notified the Darlingto1|
sheriff to hold up on the hanging. The
appeal also includes some faint hop
for the life and liberty Of. John Nal
also white convicted al0ng yit
Smalls. but given only life sent00
inasmuch as the jury -recommendedN
him to mercy.
James Moore, a negro laborer at
work on the excavations for the new
bank building on Main street in Co
lumbia. lost his life there in such O
strange and unusual manner that his
felloy workmen's superstittons have
been aroused and 1t has been difficult
to get them to work again. Moore was
standing beside a six-fcot embank-
ment, when part of 1t containing bricks
gave way and fell against him, and
although the impact of hardly more
than a cubic yard OF the stuff. he re-
ceived injuries which resulted in his
death three hours later. He was trip
ped by the cave-in against. q wheel
barrow hoard walk. the bric! mashing
his head and neck against the board.
Comptroller General Jones is doing
O bit OF "trust-busting" on the side by
raising the tax of the returns OF big
corporations. The raising OF the Vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical Company's
return from s7Co.000 to s3,0eo.0o0 has
been followed by raising the re-
turn OF the Standard Oil Company to-
5000 coo from $1,000. The par value
of stock is put down in the return IT
500 a share. and the capital is placed
at 800, 900 900, with over sSS,G00. 600
OF that paid in. The stock Is being
quoted in the market at $50 a share.
It is demonstrated that a gigantic cor
poration with its various properties
has a market value OF over billion
dollars.
The people of Rock Mills township
in Anderson county have voted an ad-
6itional tax of four mills for schoof
purposes. The vote for the spcciai
levy was unanimous, not single vote
having opposed it. Many OF the dis.,
tricts in the county have voted spec
ial levies to support their schools
and the movement for better educa-I
tional facilities Is steadily progressing\
In one instance, at least, in additioz
to the voting Of special levy, the
principle of consolidation has been,
successfully carried out.
The rails in the new railroad conf
Meeting Union with the Seaboard Air,
Line are now being laid rapidly: A
large force is already at work witheu
the corporate limits of Union, and the
rails would be run right into where the
new station will be located we're it not
necessary to build trestle in the
rear of L. G. Young's residence. This
tlestle will be an especially heavy one,
about As feet long, and will require
about two or three weeks to be COM
rjeted. For several days Capt. d. j.
Griffith, railroad conductor, who has
been grading out for the new railroad
yards, has been working aheal OF the
track gang in order that the roadbed
would be in first class condition.
Gov. Hayward Wednesday offered q
reward of $3.50 for the arrest of the
PEI son who burned the barn Of L. F.
Stanford in Union county on the
night OF April 2nd. The offer Of re-
ward was made at the request Of Sol
licitor Sease.
The Spartanburg Herald Company
with $4,000 capital, and with A. E.
Gonzales, w. W. Holland. H. L. Wat
son and F H. McMasters as corpora
tors, was commissioned.
Mr.. D. M. Dedenbaugh, Of Anderson,
the young railroad man who was ar
rested a lew days ago on a charge OF
embezzlement, has been released on
bond of $1,000, given by ]. W. Ashley,
OF Honea Path. He has employed
counsel and the case will come up for
tllal at the next term of the sessions