The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-08-20
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.

ston has under arrest two negroes,
Hane Colman and Lowry Brown, on
the charge Of hunting birds out OF
season.
Greenville.- warrant has been is
sued for the arrest of Luther Owens,
q young white boy, on the charge OF
arson. 1t is alleged that Owens fired
the residence of Loten Holcombe,
August 10.
Columbia-T. P. Brown and W. B.
Roweai have been named as state
election commissioners for Florence
county to take the places held by DR..
E. NJ. Matthews and E. B. Higgins,
resigned.
Orangeburg.-Butler Argoe, the ne.
gro charged with killing Daniel
Thompson, another negro, near
Springfield, this county, is now in jail
here, having surrendered himself to
Sheriff Salley.
Spartanburg.-Co officials who
might be affected by the statement Of
Comptroller General A. W. Jones, that
he would lay before the grand jury
the discoveries which he made in his
examination of the financial affairs Of
the county, refused to discuss the mat
ter. The grand jury will not meet On
til autumn.
Spartanburg.-Sam j. Nichols, a
well-known attorney of this city, who
acquired considerable fame during
the gubernatorial campaign last sum
mer, formally announced his candi.
dacy for Joseph T. Johnson's seat in
Congress as Representative of the
Fourth South Carolina District, in 5
speech to Laurens county voters.
Washington.-Former Governor D.
c. Heyvard conferred with the treas.
ury department concerning the pre-
Hminary arrangements for opening
his Office at Columbia as collector in.
ternal reevnue for South Carolina.
The Office will not be opened until
September /. All Of the permanent
employees befw the collector must be
selected from the civil service list.
Columbia. There will be we'll
known speaker for the cause of com.
pulsory education, who will tell you
whether it pays to send children to
school, or to the sweat shop, as a
financial investment" is the statement
contained in the preliminary an.
nouncement of the City Federation OF
Trades regarding feature of the La
Dor day programme.
Batesburg. Considerable excite
ment was caused by the alarm Of fire.
Smoke was seen issuing from a small
cottage on Fox avenue. The building
is in crowded portion of the town
and fire Of any considerable size
might have caused much damage.
However, the fire department was
soon On the job and the fire was ex.
tinguished before much property
was destroyed.
Gaffney.-The looel postofice off,
cials have announced that in all prob
ability they will be able to occupy the
new building by September 10. The
federal building has been described
by Emmett Steece, United States
building inspector, as "showing up
better than any postoffce between
Washington and New Orleans" and
Gaffney people heartily concur with
lim in this expression.
Florence.-The county supervisor
has this year the sum of forty thou
sand dollars that he can use on the
roads OF the county under special leg
islative appropriation. Heretofore he
has had 1-mill tax. and what he re-
ceived from the dispensary. The l.
mill tax brought in $1,000 and the dis
pensary fund was given largely to
the roads, so that he has used thirty
to thirty-fve thousand on the roads
each year.
Columbia.-As step in the amic-
able adjustment, according to F. S.
Earle, councilman, of the pending dis.
agreement regarding the share OF
Richland county dispensary profits to
which the city Of Columbia is entitled,
the injunction granted by E. B. Gray,
chief justice, June "a, restraining the
county dispensary board from dispos.
ing in any way Of so per cent OF the
profits arising from current operation
OF the dispensaries, has been revoked
on the application Of the city.
Columbia. - Planters Oil mill OF
Blacksbsrg has been commissioned by
the secretary of state, with a capital
of $4,000. Petitioners are J. L. Walk
er,, c. E. Sparks and R. c. Sarratt.
A general cotton oil mill business will
be conducted.
Rock Hill.-Bids we're opened by E.
H. Johnston and J. B. Creighton, of
the Board of Trustees of the Rock
Hill School District for the erection
of building to accommodate the high
school grades and the bids were as