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THE WONDER OF m MODERN TIMES. ."ri" New York, Sept. 30 -The land parade today capped the ciim x. The city, State and nation netted in one vast demonstration worthy of the hero of Manila. The earth trembled .be neath the tread of 00,000 men, aod the air was toro wich the shoats of millions. Toe: naval parade of yesterday was a magnificent and superb speotaoie, bes -the wonder of modero times was the great land parade. ~ Thousands of pro d meo of oar and and sea forces, militia of fi tee0 States, and the veterans of the civil and Span isb-Amertoao war swelled the procession aod gave it the digoity in size that ic boasted io sentiment. Vt alls of people miles loog stretched down the line of march on either side, a dense, impreg nable mass. Fifth aven oe, from 59 :b M^treet to the Washington arch at 4 ta street, where the parade disbanded, was solidly packed with spectators, who overflowed ioto the buildings, windows and on the roof Hoes. Atong Broadway, where it, crossed the avenoe, che sky scrapers were as crowded at the top as as the bottom, >. *n~d for blocks dowa the intersecting streets tenants hoc? from the windows and fire-escapes, and m altitudes of them were on the roofs, lying fiat on their stomachs peering down. For boors they waited patiently and good naturedly to see I>ewey, and wheo they saw him they waited on noooosoi ously for three boors and s half while the procession passed. Far down this living lane the edarno marched, while the air was gorgeous with the mist of banners and vibrating with shouts of welcome aod admiration, the clatter of Ihorses ' hoofs, when the cavalry sabres lashed, and pit mes waved, the rumble of artillery, she snarl of drams, the clear drawn bugle call and the blare of military hands. The head of the parade started from Grant's tomb at ll 15 a* m. At the given signal the platoon of police ad vanced, clearing away the crowds that ov#fi wed over into the street. Some ?little distance behind, oo a bay horse, rode Major (Jen. Charles F. Uso, N. G- , New York, followed by bis staff. >Then came Sousa's Band, playing a spirited air, and behind it was a batta lion of sailors from the Olympia. DEWEY AND YAN WYCK. Then followed the carriage contain ing Admirai Dewey, by whose side was seated the mayor of the city, lo re sponse to the cheers of the thousands sf spectators the admiral bowed right and left, aod appeared greatly pleased at the warmth of his reception. Following were three carriages con taining Admiral Dewey's oaptains, then two carriages containing the personal staff of the admiral. Hear Admiral Howison and Presi dent Randolph Guggenbeimer, of the municipal council, followed in a car riage, aod after them came Raar Admiral Howison's officers. Then came the carriage containing Rear Admiral William T. Sampson and President Woods, of the board of al- I carmen, followed by eight carriages containing the commanding officers of Admiral Sampson's fleet and the ad miral's staff offiaers. Rear Admiral Jobo W Philip, com mandant of the navy yard ; St. Clair McKelway and Lieut Commander J D J Ketley occupied the next carriage. Following came two carriages abreast containing the junior officers of the Olympia, and after them, io the same formation, carriages containing the juoior officers of the North Atlantic squadron. Carriages two abreast fol lowed, eootaicing the visiting Govern ors, committee aod guests. First among the Governors came Tanoei, of Deieware ; then Stone, of Pennsylvania ; Voorhees. of New Jer sey ; Mcsweeney, of Sooth Carolina ; Bussell, of North Carolina ; Dyer, of Rhode fslaod ; McMiliic, of Tenses .see ; Bushnell, of Ohio ; Geer, of Oregon ; Atkinson, of West Virginia ; - Richards, of Wyoming, and Wells, of of Utah. Major Gens. Miles and Merritt and aides followed io carriages abreast, and thee came a carriage containing Rear Admirals Joseph N. Miller and Wio j field Scott Sobley A long row of carriages followed containing members of the mocicip;! assembly, distinguished guests and , flailing dignitaries The naval brigade of the North Atlantic fleet, commanded by Capt Chirles M Thomas, followed. It was io fe van battalions, aod made au im -posing app. aranc3. It wis cr>mpc-ed of the sailors and marines of the Nsw York, Massachusetts, Texas. BroDk'yo and Lancaster. A brigade of the regular army cam? next with the West Point cadets at the j head, and after them a battalion cf i engineers, two battalions of the 5:h artillery, a battalion of the 7*b anil- j Jery, a battalion cr the 5:h artillery, j aod a battalion of mounted artillery ROOSEVELT HEADS THE MILI TIA. Following Cime tb.9 militia of the | various States, wit'-? that of New York io tho vaa commanded by Governor j Roosevelt Following these under the com mand of Major Gen. O. O Howard, with an escort from the various veteran societies, came the on armed part of the e.r.de City, State and Nation Unite to Honor Dewey. Tberj followed several com pa o let volunteers of the Spanisb-Ameri war, tbe parade terminating witt heterogeneous following of vetera military and quasi military aseooiatio Seventeen aerial bombs from tbe the Waldorf-Astoria heralded tbe proaoh to tbe reviewing stand in Ma son Square. Several companies of police, mono on glossy, well trained horses, brou; up the procession. When the head of the column peared the jackies of the Olymp marchlog* rank on rank, with an eai rolling step, and Sousa's blue coat band piayiog as only ic can play, it v a poor American whose heart did i beat higher. Those io the stands ie: ed upon their seats, and everybo greeted tbe advancing column w cheers. The tars of the Olympia w< ia plain blue with brown leggings a black cartridge boxes, loose flam caps flapped over their eyes, and thi sword baod made a picket of steel o^ them These caps, with the ribbo snapping jauntily ovar their tempi and the blue sword band, impressed t people mightily. The sailors we large-booed and solemn, with fae bronzed and bodies tbat seemed muscles-the kiod^ of men one woo like to have back of bim in a figl Tbe commander was ooSbot with shi iog swotd blade resting oo his rig shoulder, walking in front of his m as army officers do A squad of sa ors, dragging a rapid-fire 6-pouode brought up tbe rear of the Olympia battalion. THE HERO OF THE HOUR AN HIS OFFICERS. Then ame the hero, the admiral officers of the fleet, in ali the gioi of their gold laced uniforms ac gold-rimmed cocked hate. All we. io opea barouches, and at their hes was the man of the boor. Mays Van Wyck sat beside Admiral Dev ey io the carriage The front se; was banked with beautiful flor pieces The people did not have I give a second glance at the ma whose features have been blazone everywhere for weeks He wt recognized on the instant and tb cheers and huzzahs that had greete the Olympiads men seemed tam compared ' with the shout that W raised. It seemed fairly to lift th sky There is no perceivable kind c noise the people did not make. Ev erybody waved and cheered an nearly everybody jumped up an down io frantic enthusiasm Oh men were as enthusiastic as boy and just about as noisy Admirs Dewey during his last few daye experience has become somewba accustomed to these vociferous greel ings, and he took it ali calmly, stnil ing and bowing right and left, am occasionally lifting his gold trimme beaver as he rode along CAPTAINS OF DEWEY'S FLEET The gallant captains of the shipi engaged in I he destruction of Mon tejo's bet, except poor Gridiey, wh< died a month after the battle, follow ed, and also got a rousing welcome. The three rear admirais, Howlson Sampson and Philip, as they rode bj with their brilliantly accoutred staffs were easiry recognized, and got flat tering applause, as did many of the popular ofl cers of the North Atlantic squadron. GOVERNORS OVERLOOKED. The governors of the several states, who rode in carriages, though many of them were popular and would have received big demonstra tiou8 at any other time, passed al most unnoticed The crowds would have none of them today. They yearned only for the brass buttons and gold lace of military and naval heroes, and would have nothing else MILES AND MERRITT CHEERED Both Major Gen. Miles and Major Gen. Merritt got ovations. The former wore a band of yellow across bis breast, and seemed always to have hie cap off acknowledging the salutations of the throng. SCIILEY PELTED WITH ROSES. In upper 5 h avenue some enthu sia3tic lady threw a handful of roses They landed fairly in the carriage. The admiral leaned forward, picked them up and lified them to his lips Instantly ail the ladies in the balcony seemed possessed with the desire to have their flowers similarly honored, and he was fairly bombarded. Many of the flowers fell into the street, only to 'oe caught up by eager spec tators and carried to the carriage. Before he got to Madison square Apmiral Schley was up to his arms in flowers v The marines and sailors of the North Atlantic squadron, eight bat talions of them, attracted much at tention The marines, with their brass helmets, marched with a peen liar step, neither seamen's roil nor landsmen's tread, but a combination The men of the Brooklyn got per haps.the most applause The provisional brigade of the army lacked the confident, easy step for which army veterans are noted This, perhaps, is accounted for by the fact that most of the United StaT.cB army veterus are serving their ! country on the oihr-r side of the j world and those now here are only | "rookies " They were preceded by 1 a battalion of the West Point cadets j in their showy uniforms of gray, with white duck trousers, moving like one man ; eight hundred legs moving like clockwork, every cap and bayo net in periect line. Before Madison square was reach ed Admiral Dewey aod the receiving party, in carriages, passed the front of the procession and alighted at the reviewing stand opposite 26th street, and took their places in the boxes hung with laurel wreaths that had been reserved for them. TUE ARCH OF VICTORY. There, for the first time, the Ad mirai saw the great arch of victory erected io bis honor. It is modeled after Titus's arch in the Roman Forum From the top, in a quadriga drawn through rolling biliows by plunging sea horses, Victory, with outstretched wings and a laurel wreath in her hand, typical of the reward to the victor, reared her beautiful outline against the biue sky On the attic are heroic figures of John Paul Jones, Huil, Perry, Decatur, Farragut and other naval heroes, while on the faces of the piers are magnificent gronps sym boiic of combat, the return of the victors, the call to arms, and peace, and on the spuandrills are groups representing the North and East rivers and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans The arch faces the sea. the approaches are guarded by tall colonnades, transforming the street at the reviewing booth into the court of honor. Ali about Madison square the decorations charmed the eye. Flags on wires ran from the tall tower of the Madison Square Garden, and all the facades as far as i:he eye could see up and down 5th avenue were brilliantly arrayed with bunting and fi 3 gs. FIFTH AVENUE BRILLIANTLY A RAYED The national streamers flew from the cornices and a thousand box kites floated high into the sky Here the Admiral reviewed the entire parade. Only one distressing inci-, dent occurred within his view. A1 wire had been stretched across the space between two of the stands on the park The awful stress of peo pie broke it and surged into the avenues, those in front poweriess to resist the pressure of the thousands in the rear. The police officers on foot -were helpless. Try as they would they could not stem the tide, which promised to impede the entire parade, Suddenly a half hundred mounted policemen galloped up. and, having formed a line, charged and shoved the peopie back. Many wo men and children were caught in the crush. 6ome shrieked, others faint ed and several, after tho panic was over, were carried aw^y in ambu lances Tonight the smoker given at the Waldorf Astoria to the sailors of the Olympia concluded New York's wonderful reception lo Admiral Dewey and Dis men ATTORNEY GENERAL ON NEAL SHORTAGE. His Report to the Governor States Status of Case. THE MATTER IS NOT YET CON:LUDED. Attorney General Bellinger has completed his report upon the Neal shortage and it is now ready for the governor's consideration The report briefly explains the etatos of the case, showing why certain deduc tions were made in the sums reported by the investigating committee The report follows : To His Excellency, the Governor, Columbia, S. C. Sir : Upon the coming in of the report of the committee of the gen eral assembly appointed to investi gate the affairs of the penitentiary, your excellency referred the same to me to take such action as would protect the interests of tbe State, and I at once proceeded to give the mat ter attention. The committee has divided the late superintendence liabilities into two classes, viz : First, as shortage ad mitted by himself, items aggregated $3,684 41 ; and, second, liabilities "contested by him," composed of "convict hike on the Watson contract for the years 1896. 189V and 1898, 7,400, and stable rent $740," aggre gating $8,140. I beg to call your attention first to the second class of liabilities 60 call ed Upon investigation I find that Neal, as superintendent for the years 1896 and 1897, accepted in payment for convict hire two notes, which he discounted at the Carolina National bank and placed the proceeds to the credit of the penitentiary The State ] received the money arising from these discounts and, consequently, cannot count this as a loss The ! bank must suffer on th n account > unless the genera! assembly gives it ! relief. For payment of the hire of con ? victs for the year 1S9^>, J. H Wat- j son, the contractor, g^.ve to I ht? ? board of directors of the penitentiary j his check on an Anderson bank for ! 2,600, which check was transferred ; to the Carolina National bank and one of the notes above mentioned I (for 1897) was therewith taken up and is now in the possession of the penitentiary authorities Inasmuch as th's check was credited to the j penitentiary account,, being ex changed for the note taken up, it foilows that this cannot be alleged as a lo6s chargeable against Neal's j official bond. As to the iast item, 740, referred to as "stable ren ," it seems that it W33 allowed by the board of direc tors as an item of expense and is not chargeable as a breach of official bond. I am, therefore, of the opin ion that at the present time none of the charges contained in the second class of liabilities could be made the basis of a-suit against the bondsmen of the late superintendent of the penitentiary. It will be noticed that on the account of the lease of con vieta for three years mentioned, the State has lost $2.600 ; but I know of no legal steps which can be taken to recover this amount Among the items of the first class of liabilities ( 3,584 41), there are two which were deducted when de mand was made upon the bondsmen. ,The report charged up "check un paid and carried by Burnes, $172 " Upon investigation I find this paid before the report was referred to this office There is also charged "W. W. Russell, note for $600," for which the penitentiary received the money which it has never returned to the bank, discounting the note. As long as the State holds the pro ceeds of this discounted note it can not demand of the bondsmen reim bursement on that account Therefore deducting these items, $172 and $600 from $3,58441, we have as the amount chargeable against t e bondsmen at the date of the repot the eum of 2.812 41 I notified the bondsmen. Messrs. Wiiie Jones W S. Pope and P. H. Haltiwaoger, of the claim of tho Stale, and it gives me pleasure to say that they have promptly met the dfemand upon them, each paying the sum of $937 37. I now hold the State treasurer's receipt for the amount paid on the bond Senator Tillman, upon the present ation of his bill, as is reported by the committee, paid the amount due the State I desire to acknowledge valuable asistance rendered me by the Hon. W. F. Stevenson, chairman of the committee of investigation Respectfully, G Duncan Bellinger, Attorney General. Columbia. S C , September 30, 1899. The Carolina National bank, which loses $5,200 by the discounting of the two. notes which the superintend ent accepted in payment of Watson's convict hire, may ask the board of directors to refund that amount to the bank since the penitentiary was benefitted by the proceeds from the notes which are now found to be worthless. It is said that the attorney general will not advise the directors to comply with the bank's request. It is also stated that the bank wili begin suit against J. B Watson upon the check which he gave for convict hire for the year 1898 and which was accepted by the bank when presented by the peniten tiary authorities for the purpose of taking up the note of the previous year While the admitted shortage of Neal has now been settled in such a way that the State loses nothing except the amount of 2 600, of the note taken up, the end of the Neal matter is not yet in eight Various Buits are likely, to grow out of the affair, and in addition the prosecution ! of Col Neal upon the criminal charges will be pushed, the attorney general himself conducting the case, which wiii be called at the terra of the court for Richland county which begins two weeks from today. The line of defec.se has not yet been made public, but it may take a turn, which has not yet been mentioned, and should this be so certain declarations made upon the stomp several years are likely to be verified, at least in part Many of the farmers around here! have finished gathering their crops and are plowing up the cotton stalks and planting oats A prominent farmer informed ns yesterday that after this week he would take 500 pounds for the balance of his entire crop. This is not unusual, and there is every indication that the people will be amply satisfied if their crop amounts to half what it was last year. Greenville Index Farmers who intend to sow plenty of wheat this year-and we hope all of them intend to do it-Should send to President Hartzog, of Clemson College, for copies of the bulletins of the experiment station there on j oats and wheat They are sent free to any citizen of this State The two cent stamp required to ask for j them is ail they cost. They tell i plainly the results from the use of: the different varieties of seed and . different kinda o fertilizer and methods of preparation Send -for j them now so that you may begin the j work for V.PX\. crop with the advant !. a^e of scientific knowledge and i , ectual experiment tho test Remember that wheat hos become \, a caoh crop nero now. The roller mills will take ail that can be grown in this part of the state - -Greenville News Georgetowr . Sept 30 -There wa? a fln? in thc Clyde steamship .yard ihi afternoon fir a half hour in a pile of J ' c>tron Two hundred and fifty baies j i w^re scorched, saturated and mud soiled \ The cocsigr.ea WHS Spruot, of Wil mington. No insurance. The fire j ( department's work was prompt and j effectual. Dewey For President. Willia^ci C Whitney Says the People Trust Him More Completely Than They Would any Man New York, September 30.-The World will tomorrow print an interview with Willian C. Whitney on the availability of Admiral Dewey as a Presidential candidate. "You regard bim as the natural selection for the Presidency-chosen by the order of events ?,? the report er asked "I am convinced/' replied Mr. Whitney, "that his selection would be something very much larger and better at thi6 particular time than a party victory. It would be a pa triotic reunion around the one man who typefies the era, and who is best fitted, by his character and experi ence, to preside over its develop ment. Dewey gare us the Philip pines He understands the situation out there as no other man does. The people would trust him to deal with it more completely than they would any other mao f They would rather see him at the helm directing the policy of the Government in its new processions than any other man They know that he always would do the right thing. "This trust of the people in Dewey is the great fact* that dominates the situation. They trust him implicitly. With bim in the White House they would have abso lute confidence that the wise, the right, the patriotic course would be taken and firmly kept it is a great opportunity which this fact offers the nation It is onty at long intervals and special occasions that Providence presents a man in whom the whole people have this unquestioning aud perfect trust It gave us such a roan in Washington It gave us ! another in Jackson. Ir, gave us another in Grant Now it has given us I?ewey. ' I I A Great School of History. Gaffney, S. C., Sept. 30.-The tm8 tees of Limestone College have deter mined to establish a great department of history io which, without io any way neglecting other braoche of the subject, particular attention will be paid to the history of the Southern States. It is proposed to make Limestone College a great centre of historical investigation. A large historical library is being rapidly provided, arrangements have been made to secure instruction of the highest character by men trained in university methods of original research, and the frui'e of the studies made both by professors and by graduate students will be published by the college io a series of historical monographs. The college proposes to build up a great department where the truth of history will be taught; where Southern girls may read with reverence 'the records of their fathers' splendid achievements, and where the South may fiod before the bar of impartial reason the vindica tien of the great political dootrioe of the right of self-government for which she fought the world io arms. A beautiful hail of history will be ereoted for this department. The building will be a gem of architecture. The new department will bo called the Winnie Davis"-" School of History, and tbe Dew building will be named toe Winnie Davis Hall of History. Lime stone College desires this great work to be a splendid monument to the memory of that beautiful woman, whose image is enshrined io every true Southern heart. The institution believes that no tribute could be devised more accept able to the cultured mind of the Daughter of the Confederacy than a great department of a great College devoted to the eduoation of Southern women President Lee Davis Lodge bas laid,| the pian before Mrs Jefferson Davis and has received from her a full endorsement of the project The matter will be pushed with the utmost vigor The greatest eothu siasm bas been aroused at the coliege The frieods of Limestone are rejoiced that their college is goio^ to take up this great work-a work that tLUSt appeal powerfully to every true coan and woman of Southern blood Every Southerner will wish to see ihe Winnie Davis School of History, what it is certain to be, a splendid success. Pelton'8 Rather Long Sen-! tence. Little Kock. Ark., Sept 30 -Fred j Pelton, colored, was seoieciod today to one hundred a; d fifteen years ir; the ; penitentiary tor attempting to outrage j seven women ia this city in August j The grand juFy returned indictments | against him at noon and he was arraign- , ed within a few hours He acknowledge d bis gui!; and his attorney asked the mer- j of tne court. The maximum punish- | ment in all peven cases would have 1 Leen one huudrcd and forty 6even ; }ears Cotton Seed Wanted - Having severed my ccnneciion with the i Sumipr ('ii Mill Co., I ita now prepared to j pay the highest cish price tor cotton seed at : the old CS & N. depot. 1 am also handling | meal and hulls. See me before selling or ex j changing your seed. W. B. BOYLE. ! Sept 15-tf XXX LABELS ON X WHISKEY. Another Scandal in the Dis pensary * Columbte, October 3 -It takes about six months for the dispensary to get on a periodical drunk, so to speak. This time it is a great big jag. As a result of this drunk up to to the adjournment of the board of control today, Commissioner J. B. Douthit has been removed from bis position and a good deal of scandal set free. It may be caiied "loose * management.'' It is altogether im material what term is applied, the evidence speaks for itself, and the witnesses are all men who are hearti ly in favor of the dispensary law and charged with it3 management It is weli for the board, and especially for the committee, that it did not seek to hide anything, so far as is known. There is a world of inside informa to be gathered in connection with the dispensary management, and it is well to read weil between the lines in some of the evidence. The trou ble has been gathering for some time, Wheu the State board of coutro! et this morning there was a differ ence of opinion as to the resolutions relative to the selling of contraband goods through the commissioner, as contained in the minutes of the board, but after considerable discus sion the minutes were confirmed to economize time, Mr. Williams re serving the right to amend the reso lutions Mr. Miles "reported that he had sospended Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts for selling whiskey. He notified Mr. Ouzts that the board had prohibited the sale of whiskey under resolution. The sale reported to him was of a quart of gio. He heard of other sales, but did not go any further than the one sale He disclaimed any prejudice against Mr. Ouzts, to whom he was personally weil dis posed -News and fourier. Sam Gardner and Legraod Davis were be fore the Major yesterday morning charged with creating a disturbance at Jeff Clarke bon; . Jeff's cranium bore silent but elo quent testimony tba: there bad been a mix-up. or a wreck of some description. From the evidence it appesred that Jeff was not altogether blameless in the matter, HOT is be a rovice in entertainments of this sort. Sam Gardner was rfquired to pay a 6ne of S5 or work ten days on thc streets Be took the days Davis was discharged, there being no evidence against bim. The crowd at the Tobacco Warehouse yestterday shows what a big tobacco market would do every day for Sumter. Every effort should be made to build up a strong market here. It wo aid be beneficial to every line of business tepresented in the city and a great convenience to the farmers of Sumter and adjoining counties. Sumter i? already the best cotton market and the best market io wbicb to buy groceries and dry goods, and it should ne made the best tobacco market. Tew Hariet by Old and Experi enced Butchers. 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Cblcago For sa e o Sumter by Hu 2hson-Liir on Co FOR SALE. rpWO OR THREE hundred ncres cf the j McDowell plantation, ' wo mile? b(!ow the City ot Sumter. For terms apply to JAMES MCDOWELL, Manning, S. C. Sept. 20-3t*