The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
items of Interest Condensed and Par
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Items of Interest Condensed ana 1 i3.'
agrap:ed for Quick Reading.
Division Superintendent P. I. Nc
Menus has been appointed assistant
general manager Of the Southern rail
way.
r. Nes,nirh, white, was burned
to death at one Of the logging camps
OF the Atlantic Coast Lumber compa-
ny IN Georgetown county, during the
holidays
Last year the sales of fertilizer to
the farmers Of tf.e State amounted =
s6s,ooo tons as shown by the priv
ilege tax receipts which is % cents on
every ton. Tie income from this re-
source was sls7,l5..S9 which goes to
Clemson college.
An election has been ordered by
Gov. Heywara for the proposed new
county of Fairview, to be held Jan.
%, which county if created Will take
in part of spartanburg, Laure1ss and
Greenvil1e counties.
At the request of an aged and
heartbroken mother. Gov. Hayward
has pardoned Geo. Hill, young man
who has served two years of SEN
tence Of three years on conviction in
Aiken county of house-breaking and
larceny.
R. A. Adams, the colleton county
murderer, has been respited by Gov.
Heyward until Feb. % in order that
petitions that have been numerously
signed may be presented.
spartanburg banks and cotton
mills paid out s356,O0o in semi-annual
dividends on January 1st. Greenville
banks and mills paid out. s541,S0O in
dividends in 1905.
Adjutant General Frost on Monday
sent out to the So military companies
of the State the checks prorated upon
the annual appropriation. Each COM
pea. gets s170 and the money in
s.s. icrier of cases is used for armory
ren. .nd the actual necessities OF
n?..ii-.:a organizations.
The sco-etary of State on Wednes-
dSy chartered the Calhoun Falls COM
pe3.: OF caa--!sston. which Will erect
power pas .. the Savannah river
and othe. <sr@alas Tie capital is
s2So.ooo aaa 5>atrick Calhoun is the
president. Among the members Of
the board are Gen. NJ. c. Butler and
a. T. smythe.
The negroes il Williston have fer
reted out the negro who assaulted a
merchant named Sam Trotte and
have turned him over to the officers,
The order of railway telegraphers
will have a bill introduced in the leg
stature requiring that operators stand
an examination before being allowed
to take a position with any railroad
in the State.
The fees received by the secretary
of State during the year just closed
amounted to s21,00o.oo against s16,-
100000 for 1905, which is a most re-
markable gain.
Capt. w. A. Back has been elected
clerk and treasurer of Georgetown to
succeed Mr.. J. Walter Doar, who re-
signed 20 return to the Legislature.
The treasury department has de-
cided to purchase lot from Dr.. T. G.
Croft for the public building in Aiken,
paying him $1,000.
Mr.. W. B. Hammett, who has been
chief constable throughout Gov. Hey
ward administration, has been ap-
pointed deputy collector Of internal
revenue, succeeding 7. H. Deas, col
ored.
AS the time for the session Of the
general assembly approaches the gov
ernor is almost daily in receipt Of let
ters calling sttention to repudiated
bonds issued ~ this State in the days
of Radical rule. Tuesday a letter
was received from man living in
New Jersey who stated that he held
or represented holders Of bonds
amounting to over s5,000,o00 and that
as it was a just and legal obligation,
the debt should be recognized by the
legislature The letter will be ans
wered and copy Of the act legalizing
certain issues of bonds will be sent to
the bond holders.
Leading business men OF Dillon and
the surrounding section have renewed
the fight for the proposition, voted