The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-05-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Cu!led and Condensed for
Busy Readers.
RESUME OF PAST WEEK
State Selected and Briefly Noted
For Advertiser Readers.

For Advertiser Renders.
Columbia-The State Of South Caro-
lima has borrowed 100000 in running
expenses for the year. The money was
secured in New York and through the
Palmetto Bank of this city. The in
terest is four percent. which is con
sidered low. The rate last year was
3 per cent. 1t Is estimated that the
State will have to borrow $GOOOOO
before the end of the year.
The Columbia and Atlanta Railway
and Steamship company who pro-
pose to operate a steamship line be-
tween this city and Charleston was
commissioned today with n capital OF
100000.
Edgefeld Realizing that the farmers
of this county are not giving proper
attention to stock raising, especially
by the raising OF hogs, Senator Thorn
as II. Rainsford has announced that
he will give $40 as prize to the farm
er who exhibits the largest country
raised hog at the county fair i'm the
fall.
Due West.-Dr. II. G. Boyce. who
was elected president of the Woman's
College of Due West by the board of
trustees at their last meeting some
time ago, has declined to accept the
position. 1t is with much regret that
the friends OF the college here learn
i. hn1I I'm Ball
esteem by those who are in charge of
the college and by those who know him
Immediate steps will be taken to Sc
cure some other good man to take up
this work
Greenville.-ln addition to the re-
cent announcement of j. ID. Gilreath
and associates that they will establish
$4,000 underwear factory In Green
VILE 1t was announced tonight that the
organization of the Muckasee Manufac-
turing company was organized today
with $4,000 capital to also manufac-
ture underwear. Mr.. Gilreath and his
associates will organize next week.
Green ville.-The wife of Ben Allen,
the man found dead in bed at his home
at Poe mill, this city, about eight days
ago, today and tonight confessed to
the coroner and the sheriff that the
killing was done by j. c. Lindley, who
is now held in jail At the time Of the
killing 1t was thought that Allen eth
er committed suicide or was murder
ed.
Lindley was arrested on the after
noon OF the killing, but denied his
guilt. and he still protests his inno
cence. According to the officers, Mrs.
Allen said Lindley had made over
lures to her to leave with him, and,
though she did not say so, she led
the officers to believe that Lindley
planned to kill her husband and that
they would skip out after the funeral.
Lindley was a boarder in the house.
Columbia.-The State law board was
announced today by the State supreme
court as follows: w. d. Melton. Colum-
bia, one year; w. r. Miller. Charleston.
two years; F.. Barron Grier. Green
wood, one year The first examination
by the new board will be held on May
6. The new act takes the examinations
for admission to practice law out of
the hands OF tine supreme court and
raises the requirements.
Columbia.-R. M. Davis, an inmate
of the Confederate infrmary from
Spartanburg county for the past two
years, is in jail or a charge of assault
and battery with intent to kill. He at
tackled Commandant Startling with
knife, and Mr.. Startling in turn knocked
Davis down with chair. Davis is in
jail and Startling is in hospital