Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-02-12
4. SOUTH oAronrNA, WEDNESDAY, Feb. i. 1908.
Blue Ridge railroad good many
years ago was leased to the Rich
mond and Danville Company, who
ran 1t down to the noint whore tbav

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ran it down TO the point where they
could buy = az I. put it through
the processes of court in order to
get good title fort honeht tt IN for
100000, borrowed every dollar of
the money to pay for 1t, and 1t has
gradually improved as money,
making proposition ever since. This
little road earned last year$169,391.
ltS expenses We're S159,b31. 1t
paid 8 per cent on the 100000 OF
bonded indebtedness and per cent
on the 100000 of common stock,
which represents nothing but water
in other words, not dollar OF
hard-earned money in this common.
STOCK. This Is very small example
Of high financing In railroad Cir
cles. This $169,0O0 is paid by the
people along the line of this rail-
road, and Is heavy tribute, II.
would SEEM, TO pay by tie people
who earn their dollars by hard licks.
The General Assembly was invited
to take a trip to Charleston last
Saturday, and left Columbia on a
special train at A. NJ, and returned
at 1870 A.. M. Sunday morning. The
people of Charleston treated us roy
ally on this trip and showed us the
best side of everything In this grand
old city. The principal reason for
the visit of the General Assembly
was to get an additional appropria--
order to put additional buildings
there for the accommodation Of the
students. We were carried to the
Navy Yard, which has been recently
established by the United States gov
ernment, and where it has already
spent over $3,000,00O. 1t is said
that eight or ten million dollars
more will be spent here within the
next five years, and that this navy
yard will be the best on the Atlantic
coast. The dry dock is a magnifi-
cent piece of masonry and will ac-
commodate the largest battleships.
This Will bring a population to this
city, necessarily engaged in the ser
vice of the United states, of over
ten or twenty thousand people, and
will turn loose millions OF money
every year. 1t is now hoped that
Charleston will soon be a coaling
station for the Atlantic caost ves-
sells, and when the Panama Canal
is completed Charleston will be one
of the permanent coaling stations
of the world. On this trip there
were about one hundred members of
the General Assembly, about 125
ladies, and about fifty of the latter
were employees of the State govern
ment. Sst3
Ratified Acts.
The following Acts have been rat
flied by the General Assembly:
An act to fix the amount to be
paid by persons liable to perform
Y.<n I,,fu IN, 80 xlrs, A ~
public highways in the county of
Beaufort.
An act to validate the election held
and the bonds issued pursuant to
the terms of an act entitled can act
to authorize and empower the trus-
tees of School District No. 8 of Sum-
ter county to issue bonds for the pur-
pose OF erecting school buildings,
equipping same, purchasing lot, if
necessary, and to provide for pay
ment OF same," approved 25th day
Of February, 1907, and to relieve
and exempt any bonds heretofore
or hereafter issued Hereunder from
all taxes, municipal, county and
State, and the coupons thereof re-
ceivable for all taxes, and to pro-
vide for payment of said bonds and
the interest thereon. s
An act to abolish the Office of
Master in Beaufort county.
An act to apply the provisions of
an act entitled "An act to provide
for the election of cotton weighers
at Pickens Court House and at Beth
une, 8. c., and prescribe their du-
ties and fix their compensation"
approved I'd February, A. ID. 1906,
to Central, s. 9.
An act to appropriate to general
county purposes any funds hereto
fore or hereafter arising from the
annual taxes levied in Kershaw
county to pay interest on railroad
bonds OF the said county in excess
of such interest.
An act to require the Clerk of
Court of Hampton county to tran
scribe from the records of the
Clerks Office and Probate judges
office OF Beaufort county all matters
pertaining to real estate located in
Hampton county, and to provide
compensation therefor.
An act to authorize and require
the County Board of Commissioners
OF Clarendon county to issue bonds
FOR the purpose of erecting and fur
nishing @ court house at Manning,
and to provide special building
commission, and to prescribe their
powers and duties, and to provide
for an annual levy for the purpose
OF paying the interest on bonds and
to provide sinking fund to redeem
the same. -
A Joint resolution to refund to
@. O. White, %. H. sperkman and
Arthur Lyman, trustees of the as
signed estate of A. ]. Salinas &
Sons, certain money paid by mistake
for taxes. Respectfully,
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