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The Southern Exposition. What Walsh Says About the Expositon Situation, Augusta, May 26.-To the People of the South : On account of the great interest manifested in the reported postpone? ment of the Southern States' expo? sition of Chicago and in respnse to numerous telegraphic inquiries, 1 make the following statement : The announcement of the postpone? ment of the Southern States' exposi? tion at Chicago on account of the Tennessee Centennial was totally unauthorized by the advisory board. Neither the chairman nor the sec? retary of the board authorized any such statemeut. The dispatch sent out from Chicago last night by the Associated Press that the secretary of the board at Augusta made such a pro? position in the interest of the Ten? nessee Centennial is wholly unfound? ed. Before my departure for Washington last week in the interest of the exposition, I wrote a letter to Major J. W. Thomas, president of the Tennessee Centenial, who was i until recently the Tennessee member I of the advisory board, deprecating the inaction of Tennessee. In this letter, I informed Major Thomas that if Tennessee was hostile or indiffer? ent to the Southern States exposition, j 1 would resign my position as chair- : man forthwith The answer to this j letter confirmed me in the belief that nothing had been done in Tennessee, and Major Thomas informed me that it would be impossible to prepare Tennessee's exhibit in three months I was in Washington when Major Thomas' reply to my letter reached | Augusta. On its receipt, General j Manager Debarard and Mr. Thomas j K. Scott, who had taken an active i interest in the exposition, visited ! Major Thomas in Nashville The re- ! suit of their visit is briefly summed j up in the statement that Major I Thomas went with the Augusta dele- i gation before the Tennessee commis- j stoners, advocated the Southern ex- ! position, and agreed to subscribe $1,- j OOO to the fund "Mr. Debarard came on to Wash- j ington and explained the situation i? i Tennessee. "I returned to Augusta last Wednesday to find that ll appoint? ments had been made for me in Georgia by President Nesbitt of the Georgia Exposition company. I was not satisfied with the general situa? tion, and my appointments were postponed. On my return from Washington, I found an official notice from the chairman of the Chicago committee that the south must have exhib? bi ts from nine States This was the agreement entered into at Chicago A prominent citizen of Chicago wrote me confidentially that he thought the Chicago management would be satisfied with exhibits from seven State ? could onlv see in sight exhibits from four States, sup plemented by exhibits from the Southern railway, the Mobile and Ohio and the Georgia railway. Under these circumstances, with a notification from Chicago that the management there would have to be definitely informed of the south's action by the 25tn, I issued a call for a meetting of the southern advisory committee to be held in Augusta on Thursday next. I wired the Chicago management of the Augusta meeting and invited Chairman Lawrence to be present, or to send a delegation, as the meeting was important. In response to this, Chairman Lawrence wires today: "The committee deem it unnecessary to be represent ed on Thursday. Have written " I have not been officially?uotified of the postponement of the exposi? tion by the Chicago exposition com- j pany. If the Southern Exposition is a failure, it would be a perversion of the truth to place the blame on i the merchants of Chicago, who have made the most public spirited and most liberal offer ever made to ad? vertise the products and resources of the south. If the proposed south ern exposition fails, let us place the responsibility where ' it belongs, on ! the citizens of the States who have ! failed to avail themselves of Chicago's ! unexampled opportunity to advertise j the varied products and unrivalled | natural bounties of the Southern j States. I have given three months' time to the Southern States exposition of Chicago, and I feel that the work has not been in vain. Patrick Walsh, Chairman. ! Struck By Lighting. NEWBERRY. May, 26.-Ebenezer P. | Chalmers, a respectable farmer of Jala pa, was found dead in bis wagon under a tree at J. G. Rikards' half mile from town, this afternoon after a thunder-; storm had passed along. It is supposed that ho took refuge from the storm on his way home, and was struck by lightning He was a good citizen and was a mern ber of the legislature in 18^6, and af? terwards clerk of court of this county John S. Mosby lil, SAX FRANCISCO, May 26 -Col. John S. Mosby, the famous guerrilla chief, is critically ill here. He is suffering from appendicitis. Cleveland For Economy. Vetoes the River and Harbor Appropriation Bili. WASHINGTON, Maj 29 -The follow? ing message was sent to the house President Cleveland this afternoon ve? toing the river anti harbor biil: To the H"use of Representatives: I return herewith approval house bill No 7 977. entitled "an act making appropriations for construction, repair and preservation nf certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other pur? poses." There are 417 items of appropriation contained in this bili and every part, of the country is represented in the distri? bution of its favors It directly appro? priates or provides for the immediate expenditure of nearly $14.000.000 for river and harbor work. This sum is in addition to appropriations contained in another bili for similar purposes amounting to litt!? more than ?3,000, 000 which have already been favorably considered at the present sps?ioo of congress The result is that the con? templated immediate expenditures for the objects mentioned amount to about ?17.000 000. A more s?a<"tling feature of this bill, is its authorization of contracts for river and harbor work, amounting to more j rhan $62.000;000. though- the pay. j ments on these contracts are in most cases so distributed, that they are not j to be met by future appropriations. I More than ?3,000.000 on their account j are included in direct appropriations j above mentioned Of the remainder, nearly ?20.000.000 will fall due dub? ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S9S, and amounts somewhat less in the years immediately succeeding. A few contracts of a like character, au? thorized under previous statutes, are still outstanding, and to meet payments on these more than ?4.000 000 must be appropriated in the immediate fu? ture. If. therefore, this bill becomes a law, the obligations which wili be imposed on the government, together with the appropriations made for immediate ex? penditure on account, of rivers and har? bors, will amount above $80,000.000. Nor is this ali. The bill directs numer? ous purveys and examinations which contemplate new work "and further con- J tracts, and which portend largely ir.- j creased expenditures and obligations | There is no ground to hope that io the face of pere-istent and growing de? mands, the aggregate of appropriations for the smaller schemes not covered by contracts will be reduced or even re? main stationary. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, such appropriations, together with the installments on con? tracts which wili fall due in that year, can hardly be less than thirty millions of dollars ; and it may reasonably be apprehended that the prevalent tendency toward increased expenditures of this sort and the concealment which post? poned payments afford for extravagance, will increase the burdens chargeable to thif* account in succeeding years. In view of the obligation imposed upon me by the Constitution, it seems to me quite clear that I only diecbarga a duty to our people when I interpose my disapproval of the legislation pro? posed Many of the objects for which it ap? propriates public money are not related to the public welfare, and many of them are palpably for the benefit of limited localities or in aid of individual interests. On the face of the bill, it appears that not a few of these alleged improvements have been so improvi? dently planned and prosecuted that after an unwise expenditure of millions of dollars, new experiments for their accomplishment have been entered upon. While those entrusted with the man? agement of public funds in the interest of all the peple can hardly justify ques? tionable expenditures for public work by pleading the opinions of engineers or others as to the practicability of such work, it appears that some of the projects for which appropriations are proposed in this bill have been entered upon without the approval or against j objections made by them after examin- i ing the gronnds. I learn from official sources that there are appropriations contained in the bill to pay for work which private parties have actually agreed with the govern? ment to do in consideration of their oc? cupancy of public property. Whatever items of doubtful propriety may have escape observation or may j have been tolerated in previous execu- ! tive approvals of similar bills, I am con? vinced that the bill now under consid? eration opens the way to insidious and increasing abuses and is in itself so ex? travagant as to be especially unsuited to these times of depressed business and resulting disappointment in govern- ? ment revenue. Thin consideration is ? emphasized by the prospect that the | public treasury will be confronted with i other appropriations made at the pres- j ont session of congress amounting to ! more than ?500.000,000. Individual economy and careful ex- j penditure are sterling virtues which lead to thrift and comfort. Economy and and exaction of clear justification for j the appropriation nf public moneys by the servants of the people are net only, virtues but solemn obligations. To the extent that, appropriations contained in this bill are instigated by private inter? ests and promote local or individual : projects, their allowance cannot fail to ! stimulate a vicious paternalism and en- j courage a sentiment among our people | already too prevalent that their attach- J ment to our government may properly ' rest upon the hope and expectation of direct and especial favors, and that ?he extent to which they are realized may furni>h an estimate oi the value of gov? ernmental care. I believe no greater danger confronts us as a nation than the uuhappy deca? dence among our people of gen?- ?e and trustworthy love and aff; ",;,%ns ">r our government and the emt. ,ent of highest ano best aspirations of hu? manity and not as the giver of gif;e, and because its mission is the enforce? ment of exacf justice and uot the allo? wance of uniair favoritism I hope I may bcj permitted to surest at a time when the insue of government bonds to maintain ?he credit and finan? cial standing ol the country is a sub? ject of criticism, th at the contrefs provided (or in this bill would create obligations of the United States amount-, ing to S62.000.000, no less binding; than its bond- for that sum Grover'Cleveland Executive Mansion, May 29. 139G Weyler Takes Water. WASHINGTON, May 26.-The protest made by Secretary Olney agaiost Gap tain General Weyler's prohibition of to? bacco exports from Habana bas been sue* j cessful. He has officially been informed that all contracts for Cuban leaf to- ? bacco entered in time before the publi cation of the order prohibiting its ex portatiou will be respected ' and that! citizens of the United State? proviog I themselves to be bona fide owners of I such tobacco prior to the promulgation | of the order, will be permitted to ex- I port the same as heretofore. The removal of the prohibition will j preveLfc further friction between the j governments of Spai? and the United States The word "protest" has beeo used in reference to the representation made to Spain on the subject by Secre? tary Olney, but the expression is a lit- j tie too rad.cal. Mr. Omey having con- I fined fein statements to the ordinary : diplomatic language employed in mak ing a request for a redress of alleged grievances. It is clear, however, that the Spanish government intends to allow the prohibition to stand, and that 1 contracts for leaf tabacco made by American citizens after the captain i general's order will not avail to secure the shipment of the tobacco from Cuba. | - Charleston's Chance. She Seems About to Grasp an Opportunity. CHARLESTON. May 29.-Representa? tives of the Security Construction Com? pany returned to the city from New York this morning, having drawn up contracts there for the building of a line of road from Charleston to Allen? dale at once, and for the ultimate con? struction of 175 miles of road further west. The enterprise is a big one, and only wants the endorsement of the con? struction company's directors, which is oertain to be given, to be put into ope ratioo. The deal means much more than the mere building of the road to Allendale. The Port Royal and Au? gusta and the Port Royal and Western Carolina roads, owned by Messrs. Thomas aod Ryan, and the Greenwood, Anderson and Western, with its exten? sion now in course of construction, are to be consolidated -with the new line. Wheo the new system is completed it w'lll own a?d operate together in the i interest of Charleston over 600 miles of i rails. It is proposed to have the road I to Allendale completed before the firsf : of November, the contract fer construc? tion, which has beeD given to Messrs. j Strong & Co , of New York, calling for ic to be finished in 120 days. The j Charleston Construction company. Gen. Sam Thomas and Mr. Ryan, Sol. Haas, ; Coi. Mike Brown and other prominent1 railroad men, will all be interested in the new system,. The people of the city are enthusiastically io favor of the enterprise, and it is considered to be the biggest thing that has happened for j Charleston in a quarter of a century. BOUGHT T1IK PORT ROYAL. NEW YORK, May 99.-Gen. Samuel I Thomas said that be and Thomas F I Rayan, as individuals, had purchased the better part of the first mortgage bonds of the Port Royal and Augusta ; railroad, and would reorganize the i property. The road would not be leased to the Ceotral Railroad of Geor- j gia ; it could not be under the Consti tutioD of the State of South Carolina. It would be operated ia the South Caro lina system. . ! Two Llveti Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thoma?, of Junction City, 111 ; was told by her doctor.* she had Consumption arid that there was no hope for her, bul two : bottles Dr. King's New Discovery completely : cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Tho?. Eggers, 13U Florida St. San Francisco ! suffered from a. dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried without result everything eise then bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discover}'ami in two weeks was cured. 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We have several bargains on haod now in this line for those who wiso to buy. The Cheraw Machine Works In addition to making machinery manufacture about the best Tobacco Barn Flues to be bad anywhere, at very low prices. H. B. Bloom. We have a Pisstoo Saw Gummer for sale at a sacrifice. NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. Probably the last chance of the season. One car load Horses and Mules will ar? rive about March 23d. ! j Sumtrr, S. C., March 20, 1S96. The Sumter Music House, NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. I ; Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines j of the befit grade sold cheap for cash j or on easy terms. Old ones taken in exchange for new ones. ! CLEANING AND REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY. We also keep NEEDLES, OILS, And pirts of every Sewing Machine. We have some rare bargains in Pianos, Organs andiSewing Machines. M. B. RANDLE, Jan 8. Manager. The Largest ai Most Complete Estaltat Snitl Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS; SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. 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