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Dui ho injure anyone? No. Did he! destroy the property or convert it to j his own use ? No. It was placed in I the charge of an officer of the State court, and Section 25 of the act expressly provides : ?Ali such liquors intended for unlawful sale in this State may be seized in transit and proceeded against as if it were unlawfully kept and deposited in any place." Mark you, it does not 6ay proceeded against and seized, but seized and proceeded against ; showing clearly the intent of the Legislature, and the analagous power exercised by the revenue offi? cers of seizing without warrant con? traband whiskey, is certainly suffi? cient excuse for my construction of the law and my orders to Swan. If this construction is unlawful and unreasonable, then Swan's action waa clearly inadvertent contempt if contemnpt at all, of the court, merely a trespass pun? ishable only after conviction by a jury. The judge may contend, and does contend, that there is no power in this act for a constable to do other? wise than is expressly allowed or com? manded. Bot the Governor is author? ized to 'apppoint constables to see this act enforced/ and the enforcement of this act required that whiskey in transit, without the certificate, shall be 'seized and proceeded against.* No power of search is claimed, or has ever been exercised, except under injunction and by order of a. circuit judge of the State court. "Judge Simonton accuses Swan of 'searching,' only to have an excuse for his tyrannical decree, and in the face of the facts. But suppose ho did search and seize where is the con? tempt ? I certainly did not consider for a moment the status ot the public carrier as a receiver when I issued the order to Swan, and Swan is a simple public official of South Carolina, duly authoized to act UHder the dispensary law, and it is infamous to claim that he is in contempt of court under those circumstances. "The judge said, 'deep down tn the heart of tue Angle-Saxon race is the abhorrence of every such exercise of j power, almost absolute, and such j exercise is never tolerated except in j the most extreme and urgent cases, | when the safety of the people becomes the supreme law.* Aye ! and deep down in the heart of the Angle Saxon race is burning contempt and hate for the judge who binds himself to acts of tyranny, or allows himself to be the tool of saloon keepers and cor? porations The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. There may be no reckoning with the judge for he is fortified against every? thing except public opinion. Swan has been adjudged guilty of contempt and deprived of his liberty without a trial. Ile has been accused of con? tempt of court and adjudged guilty of unreasonable search and seizure, has been tried for one thing and punished for another. "Judge Simonten has not shown in his decree wherein his contempt consisted. He ignores that point in his argument a:>d we are given to understand that whiskey in the hands of railroads run by receivers cannot be seized, and pro? ceeded against without a warrant If so it will be contempt to tin's South Carolina Jeffries. The law is paralyzed to this extent on the bank? rupt roads, and the temperance peo? ple and the law abiding citizens of the commonwealth will kr.:Ow at whose door to lay the blame. "We will carry the case to Washington on tiabeas corpus and ask the United States Supreme Court to right this wrong. We may fare as we did in the case of the sheriffs, but in contending for the right and justice I will never consider either the cost or the result." The Pnospbate Industry. One of the results which is not unlikely to follow the destruction of the phosphate mining plants around Beau fort will be the shutting down of this industry. A member of the Chronicle staff while at Beaufort after the storm talked with a number of gentlemen engaged in different capacities in this work, and they seemed to be very blue about the future. It was declared t'uat the companies! were not making money, but were j simply running along and holding their forces together in the hone of better times, rather than to shut down. That several of the capitalists in the industry wished themselves well out of it, and ! now that they had been summarily j blown out they would pocket the loss | and stay out 1 It was declared that the winning of j thc famous Coosaw case by <?ov. Till- j man which wiped out the exclusive rights of the pioneer company and left the field open to all comers, and secured a royalty for the state, followed up by the discovery of phosphate rook in Florida which could be much more cheaply mined, had so cut down the profits in the business that there was no longer any money to be made in it under existing conditions. While it was cheaper to go on with the work ay long j as they had their ?ally equipped plants, than it was to go off and abandon them, j now that their plants had been destroy- j ed there was little inducement to begin over anew. The Brotherhood Company which lost j the valuable dredge boat ' Kennedy" j various ly. valued at from ?250,000 to $850,000, has notified its men that it will not resume business until two new dredges eau be built This will mean a shutting down of several months, and there are those who believe then? will be no resumption of the work. Mr. Moses Lopez, of tbe Coosaw Company was freely quoted as being against starting np again. It is claimed that it would be equal to establishing a new plant, and in the present eondjtion of the business there is nothing to encour? age such such an investment. It Ls claimed that the providential closing down of the business will probably be final, as the capitalists who have their money in it would rather try something else than to again go to the original expense of fitting out these plants. We lean to the opinion that these are the gloomy views born of the first shock of their great loss, and that upon cooler reflection these business men will again rehabilitate this great industry on Coo? saw river. But whether it be finally abandoned or only temporarily inter? rupted the effect is the same for the next few months upon the hundreds of people who have been thrown out of employment, and upon the business interests of the stores io Beaufort and on the other .islands where the rooney received by these hundreds of bands as wages was weekly expended. Kveu the suspension for a few months of this great industry will seriously cripple the business of the islands, and add to the distress which was wrought by the storm.-Augusta Chronicle. The World's Pair. The World's Fair by common con? sent of ali who have seen it is by the greatest odds not only by "the greatest show on earth,'* but in all the centuries since "Adam dug and Eve span" there has 'been really nothing fairly com? parable to it. The Roman triumphal displays when pro-consols returned from ravaging conquered countries laden with spoils was nothing in variety, splendor, utility and true great? ness comparable to the great American show of 1893. There is not the slight? est doubt of this, or that it is so very far in advance of the London -Fair of 1857, of the Philadelphia Centennial of 187G, and of the Last French Exposi? tion held at Paris a few years *ince as to make comparison odious. There has never been a rival of this last, greatest exposition. It is a marvel, the wonder of the world. The seven won? ders of antiquity are small things when put besides this splendid, over-shadow? ing achievement of American genius, management and enterprise. There are no two opinions among those who have visited Chicago as to the incomparable excellence, magnificence and exteut of this most marvelous exhibit It is not given to this scribe to see this astonishment of tho ages, but he believes that every man and woman in America who can see it should s<re it. The Review of Reviews and Current Literature for four months have been publishing illustrations of, and papers upon the Chicago Fair But it remain? ed for the Cosmopolitan Magazine to give by all comparison the completest, most enjoyable and incomparably best illustrated papers upon it. The September number is given np literally to it, with the. exception of some twenty-nine pages. The illustra? tions are simply supurb and in great number. It is-a splendid number and should find its way into the homes of every family, especially of those -who are unable to see with their own eyes the marvel of all ages. Next to seeing it is the careful reading of the Cosmo? politan's "World's Fair" number, price only 12J cents, which is another marvel and great oae in magazine work . How it can be supplied at that 7ery low figure is to the uninitiated inex? plicable We wish to make one brief quotation from it. Walter Besant is a very dis? tinguished English novelist. His4,FirNt Impression" of the Fair is very pleasant reading. Read what this close student of men and observer of the world says: Were these builings-every one. to the unprofessional eye a miracle of beauty-thus arranged so as to produce this marvellous effect of beauty hy one master braiu, or by many ? For never before tu any age, in any country, has there been so wonderful an arrange? ment of lovely buildings as at Chicago, in the present year of grace. * * But no where, at any time, has there been presented to the world any group of buildings so entirely beautiful in themselves and in their arrangement, as this grouD at Chicago, which they call the World's Fair."" Ile says it is simply impossible to give the reader any proper idea of the wonders as "description cannot de? scribe." There are no less than four? teen separate articles on the Fair in the Cosmopolitan including the short one by Mr Janvier. The Fair separated by several miles from Chicago is really a city io itself. It is over two mites in length. The street known a? the Plaisance is two and a quarter miles long and 400 feet wide. The cost of the improvements buildings, etc.-is qui'c $20,000,000 - The total aggregation of exhibits amounts to $200,000,000. Read the September number of the Cosmopolitan as the next best thing to visiting tho great show.-Wilmington Messenger. Guaranteed Cure. Wc authorize our advertised druggist to se!! Dr. King's New Discovery f>>r Consumption', Coughs and Colds, upon thw condition. If you arc afflicted with Cough. Cold or any Lurg, Throat or < best trouble, and will ?sc ?his rem? edy as directed, giving it a fair triai, and exre riencc no benefit. y?u may return th4* bottle and have yonr money r?funlcl. We eon H not make this ofter did wc not know that I>r. King's New Discovery Could bc relied on. It never .Usnppoints. Trials bottles tree at J. F W. I)eLonn?-'s Drug Store. Large bottles Sic. :,nd $1.00. 2 Many Persons are broken Sown, from overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters Rebuilds tnt system, aids diction, removes excess of bile, and cures malaria, tiet the eenuuie. Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report. 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DEALER IN Rough and Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths, Cypress Shingles, Lime, Glass and General Building Sopplies. . Mill Work Of *ll kinds made to order, such as MANTLES, Di'OR AND WINDOW FRAMES, STORE FRONTS, MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. i.*C. &. A.. and C. S. & N. R. R's. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK OP STUTTER; STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTE ti, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 11,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention giren to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of Janoarv, April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON, President. Aug 7. Cashier. SUMTER, S. C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business Also has A Savings Bank Department! Deposits of $1 00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. RHAKB, President. Cashier?. H. A. HOYT, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, FINE DIAMONDS, Clocks, Jo-arelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb. 1 A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED I860. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS'AGENCY, N. Y., LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb. 12 NOTICE. rp?E SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION 1 will be in his office on Salesday of each month, for the purpose of issuing certificates of Registratiou to all persons who have be? come twenty-one years of age since the lust General election. Also transfers to those who have changed place of resilience. W. S .IA M KS, Supervisor of Registration. Dec 7. OTTOF. WEITERS WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 133 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7- o G. W. DICE, D. D. S. Office over Levi Bros.' Store, ENTRANCE ON MA IX STREET. SUMTER, S. C Office Hours-9 to i : 2.30 to 6 30. Dui ho injure anyone? No. Did he! destroy the property or convert it to j his own use ? No. It was placed in I the charge of an officer of the State court, and Section 25 of the act expressly provides : ?Ali such liquors intended for unlawful sale in this State may be seized in transit and proceeded against as if it were unlawfully kept and deposited in any place." Mark you, it does not 6ay proceeded against and seized, but seized and proceeded against ; showing clearly the intent of the Legislature, and the analagous power exercised by the revenue offi? cers of seizing without warrant con? traband whiskey, is certainly suffi? cient excuse for my construction of the law and my orders to Swan. If this construction is unlawful and unreasonable, then Swan's action waa clearly inadvertent contempt if contemnpt at all, of the court, merely a trespass pun? ishable only after conviction by a jury. The judge may contend, and does contend, that there is no power in this act for a constable to do other? wise than is expressly allowed or com? manded. Bot the Governor is author? ized to 'apppoint constables to see this act enforced/ and the enforcement of this act required that whiskey in transit, without the certificate, shall be 'seized and proceeded against.* No power of search is claimed, or has ever been exercised, except under injunction and by order of a. circuit judge of the State court. "Judge Simonton accuses Swan of 'searching,' only to have an excuse for his tyrannical decree, and in the face of the facts. But suppose ho did search and seize where is the con? tempt ? I certainly did not consider for a moment the status ot the public carrier as a receiver when I issued the order to Swan, and Swan is a simple public official of South Carolina, duly authoized to act UHder the dispensary law, and it is infamous to claim that he is in contempt of court under those circumstances. "The judge said, 'deep down tn the heart of tue Angle-Saxon race is the abhorrence of every such exercise of j power, almost absolute, and such j exercise is never tolerated except in j the most extreme and urgent cases, | when the safety of the people becomes the supreme law.* Aye ! and deep down in the heart of the Angle Saxon race is burning contempt and hate for the judge who binds himself to acts of tyranny, or allows himself to be the tool of saloon keepers and cor? porations The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. There may be no reckoning with the judge for he is fortified against every? thing except public opinion. Swan has been adjudged guilty of contempt and deprived of his liberty without a trial. Ile has been accused of con? tempt of court and adjudged guilty of unreasonable search and seizure, has been tried for one thing and punished for another. "Judge Simonten has not shown in his decree wherein his contempt consisted. He ignores that point in his argument a:>d we are given to understand that whiskey in the hands of railroads run by receivers cannot be seized, and pro? ceeded against without a warrant If so it will be contempt to tin's South Carolina Jeffries. The law is paralyzed to this extent on the bank? rupt roads, and the temperance peo? ple and the law abiding citizens of the commonwealth will kr.:Ow at whose door to lay the blame. "We will carry the case to Washington on tiabeas corpus and ask the United States Supreme Court to right this wrong. We may fare as we did in the case of the sheriffs, but in contending for the right and justice I will never consider either the cost or the result." The Pnospbate Industry. One of the results which is not unlikely to follow the destruction of the phosphate mining plants around Beau fort will be the shutting down of this industry. A member of the Chronicle staff while at Beaufort after the storm talked with a number of gentlemen engaged in different capacities in this work, and they seemed to be very blue about the future. It was declared t'uat the companies! were not making money, but were j simply running along and holding their forces together in the hone of better times, rather than to shut down. That several of the capitalists in the industry wished themselves well out of it, and ! now that they had been summarily j blown out they would pocket the loss | and stay out 1 It was declared that the winning of j thc famous Coosaw case by <?ov. Till- j man which wiped out the exclusive rights of the pioneer company and left the field open to all comers, and secured a royalty for the state, followed up by the discovery of phosphate rook in Florida which could be much more cheaply mined, had so cut down the profits in the business that there was no longer any money to be made in it under existing conditions. While it was cheaper to go on with the work ay long j as they had their ?ally equipped plants, than it was to go off and abandon them, j now that their plants had been destroy- j ed there was little inducement to begin over anew. The Brotherhood Company which lost j the valuable dredge boat ' Kennedy" j various ly. valued at from ?250,000 to $850,000, has notified its men that it will not resume business until two new dredges eau be built This will mean a shutting down of several months, and there are those who believe then? will The Cyclone Sufferers. Governor Tillman thinks that the destitution on the sea islands is greater and will require more help than was heretofore believed. He has issued au appeal to the people of the United States, and sent a request to the Mayor of Charleston for a conference, as will be seeu by the following. COLUMBIA, September 7, 1893. The Hon John F Ficken, Charles? ton, S. C : From information derived from Dr. Babcock who has just returned from Beaufort, and from letters describ? ing the condition existing in Colleton and the islands between the two Edistoes, the number of starving and destitute people cannot be lesa than 2,000 and the liberal contributions already made and being made are a mere bagatelle in comparison with what will be needed to carry these people through the winter, and in any degree place them on a self-supporting basis. We must make a general call for aid and the business of relief must be system* attzed and controlled by one central committee, whose labors will last far into the winter. The relief committees which have already been "appointed were hastily selected and did not realise the magnitude of the labor before us. Please confer with the committee in Charleston and then come here at the earliest pos? sible moment, that we may advise on the matter. The work of relief is but just begun. B. R Tillman, Governor. It is the intention of Governor Till? man to appoint a central committee at Charleston to take charge of the distri? bution of funds. Tjie following proclamation was issued by Governor Tillman on Thursday. AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. The hurricane which swept the Atlantic coast on August 27 was unpar? alleled in its severity. It spread deso? lation and' ruin throughout the entire State of South Carolina, but the sea inlands, spreading uort h ward along the coast of South Carolina, from the Savan? nah River to North Edisto Inlet, were the greatest sufferers by reason of the severity of the wind and the unprece? dented height of the tice. The sea in? vaded the land. Hundreds of houses have been swept away by the waves or blown down by the winds, and while ike exact number of deaths will never be known it cannot be less than a thousand Vegetation has been completely blasted by the salt water as though it were the breath of a simoon. What was a pros? perous and blooming expanse of rice fields, gardens and farms is to-day a de? sert with the very landmarks destroyed, leaving the people without shelter, with? out food, without the possibility of get? ting work, except for a limited number, to confront the terrors of starvation until another crop can be grown. Owing to the fact that nineteen-twentieths-of them are negroes, and that means of commu? nicating with the remote islands have been destroyed, I have only within a day or two arrived at a clear understand? ing of the situation and the horror it un folds. * Dr. J W. Babcock, superintendent of the State Lunatic Asylum, an accom? plished physician and sanitarian, who went to the scene of the disaster on the 1st of September as my official repre? sentative, returned to-day, and his re? port accompanies this appeal. I do not deem it necessary to dwell upon the pict? ure he draws. I have not felt justified hitherto in asking for help except from our. own people. The people of the State, whose losses by the storm will run into the millions, have responded nobly and immediate suffering is being alleviated, but starvation or pestilence will claim many thousand victims be? fore the winter is over if'our efforts are not supplemented by the charitable in other States. I pledge my official word that con? tributions shall reach the people for whom they are intended ; that the charity which may he given shall not ? bc misapplied ; that laziness and idle? ness will not be encouraged, but the money and provisions which may be donated shall be applied to the support of these people, so a? io enable them to : ?build their homes and take a new start in life with the new year. There are not less than 20,000 thus destitute. Bread alone for these storm sufferers will cost not less than $75,000 between now and March, while practically ! eleven months will elapse before they can grow any. Medicines, bed clothing -anything that can be used in a house, because everything is gone-will be thankfully received. We can buy these things with money, but, if money is not to be had, don't hesitate to contribute. Send all money contributions to nie They will be acknowledge through the press and will i be put in bank to be checked against as needed Send all other contributions, to central relief committee at Charleston, S. C. My efforts to relieve these unfor? tunates are stimulated by thc feeling that, being negroes, ignorant and helpless, they aro peculiarly the wards of the Executive. A common human? ity pleads with those who are able to help these poor wretches in their destitu? tion. B. ll Tillman, Governor. bit. BABCOCK'S REPORT The comprehensive report of Dr. L. B. Babcock reads ar* follows : COLUMBIA. S C. September 7. 1893 His Excellency. B. R. Tillman (iovertior of South Carolina-Sir: As a result of investigations made at your request I submit the following report : Three days were spent in making personal visits to the islands around Beaufort, and I there found the situa? tion so serious as to demand immediate attention The facilities for communi? cating between the tier of islands and thc country between Charleston and Savannah at best are poor, and just at this time especially so. In addition to visiting numbers of the islands inquiry was made through relia? ble sources of existing conditions in parts not personally inspected It is with great regret that, after a careful inquiry. I must confirm the reliability of thc published accounts of thc num? ber of deaths, loss of crop and devasta? tion of that section. All that portion of South Carolina known as thc sea islands and tbote parts of Coiletton, Beikeley, Beaufort and Charleston counties subjected to the tide-water in? fluences were more or less seriously damaged by the cyclone and high tide of Sunday, August 27. The destruc? tion of crops and homes was more espe? cially noticeable on the exposed islands, which include Joh D'S, Wadmalaw.Edisto Port Boyal, Coosaw, Sr Helena and others adjaoent. The territory adjoining Combahee, Ashepoo and the neighbor? ing rivers was found to have suffered serious loss. At the lowest estimate fully one thousand lives were lost. The coroner of Beaufort places the number at eight hundred The storm swept away at least half of the homes on the islands facing the ocean, such as Coosaw. Cornau, St. Helena and Edisto Island. I may state that on Laud's End, Pollywaaa and Hope plantation, the survivors are crowded into the few houses that with stood the storm. These islands are inhabited by a population of about 45,000 people, most of whom are de? pendent upon their crops for support. Some income is derived from work in the mines. The tide covered most of the islands and the* low lands on the main land and had a most disastrous effect on the crops. The salt water entirely killed such of the cotton, potato and pea crop as it 'covered, and the wind storm blew down the corn crop. The high tide and long submersion of tba rice crop has ruined it. In shorit the planters of that section have no right to expect more than an eighth of the ordinary crop. With their homes destroyed, their crops ruined and the phosphate industry paralyzed by loss of its equipments, there is very little for ibese people to do. They have no resources, all of it was in the destroyed crops* They are willing enough to work, but ihere is nothing for them to do. Tb? people are to-day living on salted potatoes they have gathered, together with oom saved. This cannot last long There are from 20,000 to 25,000 people who will have to be supported almost wholly UDtil another crop caD be planted, about April, when they can ?e?kre advances 3&ere ts no other solution. The history of- this section shows that after the less severe storms of 1817, 1855 and 1S71 an epidemic of malarial fever of malignant type followed. There is now a serions pos? sibility of such an epidemic In ad? dition to the great loss of haman life there have been a gr??t many animals drowoed and there has been extreme carlesaness in the burial of the bodies The water supply is brackish The people are. forced to H ve in crowded houses in many localities, and with the short supply of provisions the conditions are far too favorable for the* sprad of the (ever. / ?oof|/ood and clothing, which .are sorely needed, will do a great deal to minimize the possibilities of disease. A number of cases of fever and diar? rhoea have been reported already The central relief committee at Beaufort has for the past few day9 been distributing rations among the needy on a careful basis. It is realized that the food stuffs con? tributed will have to last many months, and on that account limited supplies are given those known to be deserving of help. From what I could see there is no encouragement of idleness, nor is there any disposition to abuse the charity by assisting those who are able to find work. The superintendents of the phosphate works advise me they have daily to turn away hundreds of men who seek work. The seriousness of the situation can hardly be overdrawn. The distress and impending dangers of starvation appeal for prompt assistance. Competent relief committees have been organized with colored representa? tion, and the distribution of the sup? plies is being systematically and cau? tiously managed In addition to the supply of food there is a necessity for clothing. Most of those who survived saved only the clothing on their backs and are without proper raiment for the winter season. Additional medical assistance and larger supplies of medicines and disin? fectants I regard as prime necessities J. W. BABCOCK. mmmm n ? - - Privateer Prodigies. PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, SUMTER CO.. Sept 4-Mr. T. H. Osteen, one of Privateer's farmers, has bought but four pounds of meat in about that num? bers of years. In that time he has bought two hogs; every year he kills from six to eight head of hogs. For six years he has been farming at the place of his widowed mother-in-law, Mr*?. Susan Kolb, who has been one of tut) best managers that has ever lived in Privateer. In these six years Mr Osteen has never bought any corn ; on the contrary, he has sold on a average about thirty-five or forty bushels a year, and his wife bas never seen a sack of western corn. Mr. Osteen runs but one plow and says he never expects to run more than that. Mr. Abe Ardis, who lives just over the line in Manchester township, has been raising bis meat, ever since the war ; he bas never lost a pig by disease, and now bas about thirty h ad of hogs, among ubieh is a sow that raises three litters of pigs a year. His breed is almost entirely of that kind called "piuey woods " One of Privateer's farmers told nie that where he made 1350 pounds of cot? ton, last year, he would not make more than 300 since (he storm hutt damaged his crop -McDonald Fur m an, in the State. tteiweeu the proposition to issue treasury notes or to issue bonds there should be no hesitation To issue bonds is to perpetuate the national debt, and increase the amour t on which the people must pay interest in gold The treasury notes beat no interest Augusta Chronicle Secretary Carlisle is quoted as saying that there was in the country, outside of the Treasury, on the 25th of August, 558,452,350 more currency than there was oo the 1st of August, and $70, 294,783 more than there was on the 1st of January, but it is hoarded, and that's what's the matter. Judge Simonton Rasped By Gov. Tillman. The Swan Decision Was More Than He Could Stand and Ile Tells Why-lt Makes Racy Reading. Governor Tillman has given the press a statement in regard to the decision of Judge Simontou in the Swan case, in which lie rasps Judge Simonton in a very severe manner. It is rare indeed that such remarks are made about a judge of the United States Court. it makes .rather lively reading. Governor Tillman said : ''The decree of Judge Simonton in the Swan case is an extraordinary document. Judge Simonton cannot be supposed to have any ill will to Swan, and therefore can have but two objects : First, to bring the ad? ministration or the dispensary law into disrepute ; second, to paralyze the constables in their efforts to pre vent the importation of contraband liquors into the State. It is so illogical, prejudicial and ty? rannical that 1 feel constrained against my will to criticise it, and I do this that the people of the State may read the decision and these comments on it at the same time. It may be unwise in me to do this when it is well known that the railroad tax cases, the Agricultural Hall case and tho case involving the power of the Railroad Commission are all pending bet?re this same tribunal But ex? perience has shown that the present administration has nothing to expect from this judge but adverse decisions, without regard to the merits of any case presented. I shall, therefore, ase plain language and call things by their names. Swan was ordered to jail yester? day, but has since been released on parole by order of the judge, pending an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States on habeas corpus. For this he has our grateful thanks. The facts upon which Judge Simon ton acted are stated by him as fol? lows : Swan, a State constable, seized a barrel of whiskey in the warehouse of the South Carolina railway on the first day of August without a warrant to either search or seize, and took no further steps than to deposit it with the sheriff of Charleston county. The whiskey had been received by the South Carolina railway on April 12th, and was held for delivery by reason of some doubt, as to whom it belong? ed. Swan is charged by the judge with acting on his own authority, without instructions, certainly from any one in the legal department of the State, and in ali probability he was without instructions from any other person. "This is his offence as set forth by the judge, and Swan is committed to prison for contempt of court upon this showing. "The real facts are these : Swan notified me as Governor, that there was a barrel of whiskey in the depot and asked instinct iou. I ordered him to seize it and deposit it with the sheriff, taking therefor a receipt When asked later for particulars, he said the railroad people claimed that the barrel had been shipped in April, but showed no manifest or way bill to prove it. Swan's crime, then, was that he oby ed the Governor of the State, whose appointee he was under the dispensary law ; seized a package of liquor which had no certificate on it, as required by the law, was 'in quantity going to show that it was for sale,' and deposited it with an officer of the State court to await the action of that court as to its owner? ship and legal disposition. "Is there any Federal question here giving the judge of the United States Court jurisdiction ? There -is accord? ing to Judge Simonton. It is con? tempt of court because the railroad is in the hands of a receiver, an* appointee of that court. Now, let us examine the reasoning und the law upon which this man has been deprived of his liberty and imprisoned. Judge Simontou says : 'Were this simply a case of inter? ference with property in the hands and custody ot this court without notice to it, and without action on its part, its settlement would be easy,' and then with the humility of Uriah Heep, he says, 'he (the receiver) and the court from whom he holds his appointments, are servants of the law, exceptionally bound to pay it the utmost deference and respect. But the real issue in this case is vastly more important than an interference with property in the hands of the court, continues the learned judge. Ile then discusses the right to search and seize property,' and denies the legality of Swan's action, claiming it to be unconstitutional. Let us see how Swan, according to Judge Simonton, must have proceeded under i these circumstances. In the first place. Swan never did search the South Carolina Railroad depot. He only went in when the doors were open and used Iiis eyes to look about, and in doing so he certainly broke no law. Judge Simonton says he should have got a*warrant, and I will ask his honor against whom ? Against a barrel of whiskey ? No trial justice would have granted it, lor warrants are not issued against things. Against the receiver? That 'officer of the court' had done nothing andi again he would have been unable to have obtained a warrant "The United States revenue ofiicers are not required to take out warrants against contraband whiskey, and I deny that it is possible or lawful to get a warrant for contraband whisk03' under the Dispensary law while it is j in transit. The absurdity and impos- i sibility of carrying out the law under this construction is, therefore appar-1 eut. While the constable is hunting 1 for a warrant the train containing it ! would move on, or if in the depot, j it might be delivered to the consignee, j Tho constitution does guard ns against 'unreasonable searches and seizures,' , and the only question here is wheth er Swami's spiznre waa unreasonable.' ? "Did he break any doors? No Dui ho injure anyone? No. Did he! destroy the property or convert it to j his own use ? No. It was placed in I the charge of an officer of the State court, and Section 25 of the act expressly provides : ?Ali such liquors intended for unlawful sale in this State may be seized in transit and proceeded against as if it were unlawfully kept and deposited in any place." Mark you, it does not 6ay proceeded against and seized, but seized and proceeded against ; showing clearly the intent of the Legislature, and the analagous power exercised by the revenue offi? cers of seizing without warrant con? traband whiskey, is certainly suffi? cient excuse for my construction of the law and my orders to Swan. If this construction is unlawful and unreasonable, then Swan's action waa clearly inadvertent contempt if contemnpt at all, of the court, merely a trespass pun? ishable only after conviction by a jury. The judge may contend, and does contend, that there is no power in this act for a constable to do other? wise than is expressly allowed or com? manded. Bot the Governor is author? ized to 'apppoint constables to see this act enforced/ and the enforcement of this act required that whiskey in transit, without the certificate, shall be 'seized and proceeded against.* No power of search is claimed, or has ever been exercised, except under injunction and by order of a. circuit judge of the State court. "Judge Simonton accuses Swan of 'searching,' only to have an excuse for his tyrannical decree, and in the face of the facts. But suppose ho did search and seize where is the con? tempt ? I certainly did not consider for a moment the status ot the public carrier as a receiver when I issued the order to Swan, and Swan is a simple public official of South Carolina, duly authoized to act UHder the dispensary law, and it is infamous to claim that he is in contempt of court under those circumstances. "The judge said, 'deep down tn the heart of tue Angle-Saxon race is the abhorrence of every such exercise of j power, almost absolute, and such j exercise is never tolerated except in j the most extreme and urgent cases, | when the safety of the people becomes the supreme law.* Aye ! and deep down in the heart of the Angle Saxon race is burning contempt and hate for the judge who binds himself to acts of tyranny, or allows himself to be the tool of saloon keepers and cor? porations The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. There may be no reckoning with the judge for he is fortified against every? thing except public opinion. Swan has been adjudged guilty of contempt and deprived of his liberty without a trial. Ile has been accused of con? tempt of court and adjudged guilty of unreasonable search and seizure, has been tried for one thing and punished for another. "Judge Simonten has not shown in his decree wherein his contempt consisted. He ignores that point in his argument a:>d we are given to understand that whiskey in the hands of railroads run by receivers cannot be seized, and pro? ceeded against without a warrant If so it will be contempt to tin's South Carolina Jeffries. The law is paralyzed to this extent on the bank? rupt roads, and the temperance peo? ple and the law abiding citizens of the commonwealth will kr.:Ow at whose door to lay the blame. "We will carry the case to Washington on tiabeas corpus and ask the United States Supreme Court to right this wrong. We may fare as we did in the case of the sheriffs, but in contending for the right and justice I will never consider either the cost or the result." The Pnospbate Industry. One of the results which is not unlikely to follow the destruction of the phosphate mining plants around Beau fort will be the shutting down of this industry. A member of the Chronicle staff while at Beaufort after the storm talked with a number of gentlemen engaged in different capacities in this work, and they seemed to be very blue about the future. It was declared t'uat the companies! were not making money, but were j simply running along and holding their forces together in the hone of better times, rather than to shut down. That several of the capitalists in the industry wished themselves well out of it, and ! now that they had been summarily j blown out they would pocket the loss | and stay out 1 It was declared that the winning of j thc famous Coosaw case by <?ov. Till- j man which wiped out the exclusive rights of the pioneer company and left the field open to all comers, and secured a royalty for the state, followed up by the discovery of phosphate rook in Florida which could be much more cheaply mined, had so cut down the profits in the business that there was no longer any money to be made in it under existing conditions. While it was cheaper to go on with the work ay long j as they had their ?ally equipped plants, than it was to go off and abandon them, j now that their plants had been destroy- j ed there was little inducement to begin over anew. The Brotherhood Company which lost j the valuable dredge boat ' Kennedy" j various ly. valued at from ?250,000 to $850,000, has notified its men that it will not resume business until two new dredges eau be built This will mean a shutting down of several months, and there are those who believe then? will Dui ho injure anyone? No. Did he! destroy the property or convert it to j his own use ? No. It was placed in I the charge of an officer of the State court, and Section 25 of the act expressly provides : ?Ali such liquors intended for unlawful sale in this State may be seized in transit and proceeded against as if it were unlawfully kept and deposited in any place." Mark you, it does not 6ay proceeded against and seized, but seized and proceeded against ; showing clearly the intent of the Legislature, and the analagous power exercised by the revenue offi? cers of seizing without warrant con? traband whiskey, is certainly suffi? cient excuse for my construction of the law and my orders to Swan. If this construction is unlawful and unreasonable, then Swan's action waa clearly inadvertent contempt if contemnpt at all, of the court, merely a trespass pun? ishable only after conviction by a jury. The judge may contend, and does contend, that there is no power in this act for a constable to do other? wise than is expressly allowed or com? manded. Bot the Governor is author? ized to 'apppoint constables to see this act enforced/ and the enforcement of this act required that whiskey in transit, without the certificate, shall be 'seized and proceeded against.* No power of search is claimed, or has ever been exercised, except under injunction and by order of a. circuit judge of the State court. "Judge Simonton accuses Swan of 'searching,' only to have an excuse for his tyrannical decree, and in the face of the facts. But suppose ho did search and seize where is the con? tempt ? I certainly did not consider for a moment the status ot the public carrier as a receiver when I issued the order to Swan, and Swan is a simple public official of South Carolina, duly authoized to act UHder the dispensary law, and it is infamous to claim that he is in contempt of court under those circumstances. "The judge said, 'deep down tn the heart of tue Angle-Saxon race is the abhorrence of every such exercise of j power, almost absolute, and such j exercise is never tolerated except in j the most extreme and urgent cases, | when the safety of the people becomes the supreme law.* Aye ! and deep down in the heart of the Angle Saxon race is burning contempt and hate for the judge who binds himself to acts of tyranny, or allows himself to be the tool of saloon keepers and cor? porations The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. There may be no reckoning with the judge for he is fortified against every? thing except public opinion. Swan has been adjudged guilty of contempt and deprived of his liberty without a trial. Ile has been accused of con? tempt of court and adjudged guilty of unreasonable search and seizure, has been tried for one thing and punished for another. "Judge Simonten has not shown in his decree wherein his contempt consisted. He ignores that point in his argument a:>d we are given to understand that whiskey in the hands of railroads run by receivers cannot be seized, and pro? ceeded against without a warrant If so it will be contempt to tin's South Carolina Jeffries. The law is paralyzed to this extent on the bank? rupt roads, and the temperance peo? ple and the law abiding citizens of the commonwealth will kr.:Ow at whose door to lay the blame. "We will carry the case to Washington on tiabeas corpus and ask the United States Supreme Court to right this wrong. We may fare as we did in the case of the sheriffs, but in contending for the right and justice I will never consider either the cost or the result." The Pnospbate Industry. One of the results which is not unlikely to follow the destruction of the phosphate mining plants around Beau fort will be the shutting down of this industry. A member of the Chronicle staff while at Beaufort after the storm talked with a number of gentlemen engaged in different capacities in this work, and they seemed to be very blue about the future. It was declared t'uat the companies! were not making money, but were j simply running along and holding their forces together in the hone of better times, rather than to shut down. That several of the capitalists in the industry wished themselves well out of it, and ! now that they had been summarily j blown out they would pocket the loss | and stay out 1 It was declared that the winning of j thc famous Coosaw case by <?ov. Till- j man which wiped out the exclusive rights of the pioneer company and left the field open to all comers, and secured a royalty for the state, followed up by the discovery of phosphate rook in Florida which could be much more cheaply mined, had so cut down the profits in the business that there was no longer any money to be made in it under existing conditions. While it was cheaper to go on with the work ay long j as they had their ?ally equipped plants, than it was to go off and abandon them, j now that their plants had been destroy- j ed there was little inducement to begin over anew. The Brotherhood Company which lost j the valuable dredge boat ' Kennedy" j various ly. valued at from ?250,000 to $850,000, has notified its men that it will not resume business until two new dredges eau be built This will mean a shutting down of several months, and there are those who believe then? will Dui ho injure anyone? No. Did he! destroy the property or convert it to j his own use ? No. It was placed in I the charge of an officer of the State court, and Section 25 of the act expressly provides : ?Ali such liquors intended for unlawful sale in this State may be seized in transit and proceeded against as if it were unlawfully kept and deposited in any place." Mark you, it does not 6ay proceeded against and seized, but seized and proceeded against ; showing clearly the intent of the Legislature, and the analagous power exercised by the revenue offi? cers of seizing without warrant con? traband whiskey, is certainly suffi? cient excuse for my construction of the law and my orders to Swan. If this construction is unlawful and unreasonable, then Swan's action waa clearly inadvertent contempt if contemnpt at all, of the court, merely a trespass pun? ishable only after conviction by a jury. The judge may contend, and does contend, that there is no power in this act for a constable to do other? wise than is expressly allowed or com? manded. Bot the Governor is author? ized to 'apppoint constables to see this act enforced/ and the enforcement of this act required that whiskey in transit, without the certificate, shall be 'seized and proceeded against.* No power of search is claimed, or has ever been exercised, except under injunction and by order of a. circuit judge of the State court. "Judge Simonton accuses Swan of 'searching,' only to have an excuse for his tyrannical decree, and in the face of the facts. But suppose ho did search and seize where is the con? tempt ? I certainly did not consider for a moment the status ot the public carrier as a receiver when I issued the order to Swan, and Swan is a simple public official of South Carolina, duly authoized to act UHder the dispensary law, and it is infamous to claim that he is in contempt of court under those circumstances. "The judge said, 'deep down tn the heart of tue Angle-Saxon race is the abhorrence of every such exercise of j power, almost absolute, and such j exercise is never tolerated except in j the most extreme and urgent cases, | when the safety of the people becomes the supreme law.* Aye ! and deep down in the heart of the Angle Saxon race is burning contempt and hate for the judge who binds himself to acts of tyranny, or allows himself to be the tool of saloon keepers and cor? porations The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. There may be no reckoning with the judge for he is fortified against every? thing except public opinion. Swan has been adjudged guilty of contempt and deprived of his liberty without a trial. Ile has been accused of con? tempt of court and adjudged guilty of unreasonable search and seizure, has been tried for one thing and punished for another. "Judge Simonten has not shown in his decree wherein his contempt consisted. He ignores that point in his argument a:>d we are given to understand that whiskey in the hands of railroads run by receivers cannot be seized, and pro? ceeded against without a warrant If so it will be contempt to tin's South Carolina Jeffries. The law is paralyzed to this extent on the bank? rupt roads, and the temperance peo? ple and the law abiding citizens of the commonwealth will kr.:Ow at whose door to lay the blame. "We will carry the case to Washington on tiabeas corpus and ask the United States Supreme Court to right this wrong. We may fare as we did in the case of the sheriffs, but in contending for the right and justice I will never consider either the cost or the result." The Pnospbate Industry. One of the results which is not unlikely to follow the destruction of the phosphate mining plants around Beau fort will be the shutting down of this industry. A member of the Chronicle staff while at Beaufort after the storm talked with a number of gentlemen engaged in different capacities in this work, and they seemed to be very blue about the future. It was declared t'uat the companies! were not making money, but were j simply running along and holding their forces together in the hone of better times, rather than to shut down. That several of the capitalists in the industry wished themselves well out of it, and ! now that they had been summarily j blown out they would pocket the loss | and stay out 1 It was declared that the winning of j thc famous Coosaw case by <?ov. Till- j man which wiped out the exclusive rights of the pioneer company and left the field open to all comers, and secured a royalty for the state, followed up by the discovery of phosphate rook in Florida which could be much more cheaply mined, had so cut down the profits in the business that there was no longer any money to be made in it under existing conditions. While it was cheaper to go on with the work ay long j as they had their ?ally equipped plants, than it was to go off and abandon them, j now that their plants had been destroy- j ed there was little inducement to begin over anew. The Brotherhood Company which lost j the valuable dredge boat ' Kennedy" j various ly. valued at from ?250,000 to $850,000, has notified its men that it will not resume business until two new dredges eau be built This will mean a shutting down of several months, and there are those who believe then? will