The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16
CAPITAL NEWS
From the Capital City

From the Capital City
Columbia, March 1.-two import
ant state cases are on the docket for
the. next term of court of common
pleas in Columbia, starting on the
28th, one the famous Sandel case, the
other the case Of the state against the
Palmetto National Bank Of Columbia,
in which the state is suing for money
charged against the state, following
recent bank failure in Greenwood.
Two checks are involved in the
bank case, each for $4,000. These
| checks represented the states portion
Of Greenwood and Mccormick coun-
| ty taxes, and were drawn in favor Of
| the state treasurer ON the Bank of
| Greenwood. The checks were de-
| posted to the credit of the state with
the Palmetto bank here, by State
! Treasurer Carter. The checks were
paid by the Bank OF Greenwood to
the Peoples Bank of Greenwood, and
; this institution substituted it's own
| checks for them, and when these
checks were presented for payment
the bank had gone into liquidation
| The failure to realize on the latter
checks by the Palmetto National
Rank was charged to the state The
whole amount was $4,000, and the
state is now suing to collect the
amount Of this charge.
The Sandel case is that in which j.
ONeal Sandel, Of Calhoun county, is
suing the state for 100000, because
of the death in 1915. of his two daugh-
| ters, $4,000 for each, their deaths
having followed the administering OF
typhoid antitOXin secured from the
state board of health.
Both these cases were tried last
year and the state won. On appeal
to the supreme court new trials were
ordered, on error in the charge of the
trial judge to the jury. The supreme
court does rot pass upon the merits Of
case Of this nature. on appeal. The
case is set for the first day Of the
court.
Columbia, March 14.-Four hun
| drcd young people, from all parts or
| the state are expected to attend tho
state Christian Endeavor convention,
TO be held in Columbia April s, .,
10 The program for this gathering
will be featured by a dozen promi-
ncnt religious leaders of the south, in
Guiding DR.. Earle Whitley, of Wash
| ington; Karl Lehman, of Florida;
DR.. II. +. Williams. of Nashville; DIR.
| Homer Mcmillan, of Atlanta; Chas. +.
| Evans, of Chattanooga; S. w. Dcndy,
| Of Seneca; l rank +. Wilson, Of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, and l.. j..
Quick. of Atlanta. Ga. A banquet at
the Jefferson hotel a "pep' supper.
n state booster luncheon, and a fell
| lOwship supper at ChicOra College
| will be among the social features OF
the convention. A half dozen denOm-
nations will be represented.
| Columbia March 14.-Plans for the
reorganization of the state highway
| department, following appropriation
cuts made by the recent legislature,
were announced by Chief Engineer
Mooretield today. The department
will reduce the number of divs-
ions in its engineering forces through
out the state from four to two, and
the number Of engineers and drafts
men connected with the department
will be reduced. effective April /.
! Heretofore the state highway de-
partment has had four division en-
gineers' offices. one in Laurens, one in
Florence, one in Charleston and one
in Columbia. After April !, there
will be only two divisions, and both
will have their headquarters in the
state highway Offices in Columbia. One
division will be for the western part
of the state and l.. NJ. Weisiger, at
present engineer for the first district,
| with offico in Lannon's will ha in
charge r. II. Brown. now chief OF
surveys for the state department, will
be division engineer for the eastern
division.
The force of craftsmen in the high
way offices will be reduced from is
to 6, this change also being effective
April l.
These reductions mean that the
highway department will not be able
TO give more than limited aid to the
counties in the construction of new
roads. The department for the year
ahead will be enabled TO do little
more than carry out the work al
ready under way and maintain the
roads already adopted into the state
maintenance system. Practically all
the new highway construction of the
year will haze to be done by the
counties alone. Officials of the de-
Dartment, especially Chief Engineer
Chas. II. Mooreficld, express the hope
that the limited operations will be
only temporary and that the depart
mcnt will soon be back where it can
resume construction of new roads.
The appropriation made by the leg
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