Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-12-14
NEWS CT sO.TH CAROLINA
Column Of State News That Has Been
Collected and Condensed With
Care BY the Editor.

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acknowledgements Byrnes
announced that an examination wouio
be held at Blackville December ~
to fill vacancy at Annapolis. The
examination will be conducted by
Horace Crouch, superintendent OF edu-
cation of Barnwell county.
Columbia.-The governor granted a
parole to Henry Hunter who was
convicted in Anderson county severai
weeks ago on the charge OF receiving
stolen goods and sentenced to SIX
months on the county chaingang or In
the state penitentiary.
Colum bia.-John Y. Darlington and
James Stobo Young are still in the
Richland county Jail, where they W re
placed several days ago and they dld
not enter the penitentiary as reported.
The commitment will be made out by
the clerk of court as soon as the So
licitor issues his instructions to this
effect.
Aiken.-Cecil II. Seigler, superin-
tendent of education, is in receipt OF
word from Peabody board that the
board will give $3.50 year to provise
a rural school supervisor for Aiken
County on condition that the balance
necessary to pay the rural school
supervisors salary be raised In
the county.
Beaufort.-The building occupied
by the Beaufort Printing and Publish
ing Company, which publishes the
County Democrat, under the manage
ment of Charles Gallagher. with all OF
its contents was totally destroyed by
fire several days ago. The build
ing was owned by Mrs. c. H. Arm
strong. of Charleston, and there was
no insurance.
Sumter.-The South Carolina West
ern Railroad surveyors arrived In the
city, having completed their recent
Survey of possible routes for that part
of road from Bishopville to Sumter.
Several surveys have already been
run, but the route that the road VIII
follow has not yet been decided upon
The recent survey is some distance
west OF the other surveys.
Columbia.-The following real es-
tate transfers have been recorded In
the office OF r. C. DuPre, auditor OF
Richland county, since December l.
w. D. Melton to J. C. Robertson; $500;
feet by 2OS feet and 10 IA inches
on south Pendleton street, between
Pickens and Henderson. Joseph
Stikes to G. R. Rembert; s25; iot
No. 3S at Waverley.
Columbia.-Freight traffic through
Columbia Is the heaviest in years.
The yards of the three different rail-
reads here are taxed to their capacity
to handle the cars and all the trains
running in and out of Columbia termi-
nails are extra heavy tonnage. The
yard officials say that there is very
little delay at this point, and that all
trains are being handled with dis
patch.
harleston.-Thecdore A. Wilbur.
Jr., secretary of the Charleston Abat-
toir Company, has returned to Charls-
ton from, trip to Charlotte and
Greenville, where he went especially
to make an inspection Of the abatto.r
plants at these places and get some
ideas for tie better regulation of the
Charleston slaughter house when 1t
is put into operation probably next
February.
Mallory.-The largest single lot of
cotton hasdled in this section dur
ing this season was shipped from
here. The lot consisted OF 1872 bales
and was bought from John d. Cole
man by James A. Galloway for the
account of Alexander Sprunt & Sons
of Wilmington. The average price
paid was about 8 IA cents, and the
: draft to cover was for little more
than $4,000.
Florence.-There was a meeting
of the executive committee OF the
Eastern Carolina Good Roads associ-
alton at the council chamber TO receive
the report of Pref Homes Of the sur
vey OF the road across Pee Dee. He
submitted estimates OF the different
, routes with the blue prints and all.
and the executive committee decided
on the most practial route fer the
road and took such steps as were nec-
essary to secure the road.
Florence.-Unofficia but reliable
reports give for the number of bales
of cotton ginned in Florence county
this year $4,000 against $4,000 last
year, and lot of cotton still in the
fields. 1t is believed that the num-
ber of bales to be ginned before the
season is over will be $4,000.
Columtia.-The list OF high schools
to receive appropriations from the
state as decided upon by the state
board of education at meeting held
here several days ago was announced
by State Superintendent of Education
Swearingen. The appropriation is
100000.
Washington.-Sealed proposals will
be received at the Office Of the super
vising architect of the treasury here
until December 21 for repairs and Cx-
tensions to plumbing at the United
States postofice and court house at
Florence.
Columbia.-The rehearing of the Co.
lumbia Canal case did not come up
in the Supreme Court as expected, ow-
ing to the attorneys for the company
being engaged on other cases. The
hearing was postponed on account OF
the absence OF Justice Woods. The
rehearing will likely be set for an
early date.
Rock Hill..-The case Of brennan
VS.. the Southern Railway Company
was tried at Yorkville and a sealed