The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 03, 1897, Image 4
STATE DISPENSARY, j
i
AT LAST THE ANNUAL REPORT 'HAS
BEEN ISSUED.
Record or a Year?Xrtterestsns Fignres
Presented I>y the State Board of Coatrol~The
Practical Results.
The annual report of the State board
of control vras recently made public.
This document has been awaited
for some time. Here is v/hat the ]
board has to say:
Office of State Board of Control,
South Carolina Dispensary.
Columbia, S. C., Jan 1, 1S97. j
To his Excellency, the Governor of i
the State of South Carolina: Pursu-1
ant to an Act of the General Assembly
providing lor a State board of control,
for the management of the dispensary,
the undersigned assumed charge of its
management on the first day of last
April, and found its financial status to !
be*as is set forth in the following
statement of assets and liabilities tak
en from the books of the dispensary: j
ASSETS. * |
Merchandise in hands of
county dispensers, State s
prcfitsadded .....$113,088 20 j
Less States unearned profits
added at time of shipment
41,453 77 !
!
Value of above merchau
dise (cost price).. $103,634 43
Amount due by ex dispe^s- j
ers and in process of settlement..
v.... 4,526 43 j
Personal accounts due i
State 4,40S 0G
Cash?balance in State
treasury..,.. 3,921 22
Teams and wagons?inventory
1,257 25
Machinery and oince fixtures.^..
2.656 47
Merchandise at Scale dispensary
73,007 17 i
Supplies at State dispensary
47,741 54 j
Total $211,212 57 j
LIABILITIES.
Personal accounts due by
State?.... ? 4.065 36!
c 1 A
i/ue irum genera^. ii;au ut
the State from former
earnings....... 192.S57 S9 !
Net accrued profit for present
quarter passed to credit
State School fund 44,299 32 ^
Total $241,212 57 j
Before assuming the duties of our
o??c9 an inventory of all liquors and j
and supplies on hand was carefully j
taken by a committee composed of the i
Legislative examining committee and
representatives of this board. We
found liquors on hand at the State
dispensary tothe amount of$373,067.17;
liquors in hands of county dispensers
$145,OSS.20; supplies $47,741 54, and!
cash in the State treasury $3,921.22 as
set forth in the above schedule of assets.
We found an ^accrued proft due
the general or current fund of $92,S47.S9,
and an accrued profit of $14,299 32 j
to the credit of the school fund.
GENERAL FUND AND SCHOOL FUND.
As frequent inquiries into the subject
shows the fact thit many citizens
of the State do not clearly comprehend
the legal status of tne general fund,
and the school fund in respect of their
ture inquiry into the matter. There
are many who seem unable to understand
why the general fund had a priority
of claim over the school fund on
the first of January last to the amount
of $192,S47.S9. It is simply a ques-!
tioa of law, and is the direct out- j
growtn or inar soecme requirement, ux
the late Constitutional Convention,
which ordained that the net income of
the dispensary from the first of last
January shall be put asidefcr school
purposes. Before this ordinance became
operative (the Constitution itself
not being of force until the first of last j
January,) there was a balance of net!
accrued profit due the State to thej
amount cf $192, S47 89
This ordinance not being retroactive |
did not, therefore, make any provision
for the disposition of the $192 847 83,
which had accrued as a net profit prior
to the first of last January. And in
the absence of any legislative enactment
placing the net profits of the I
dispensary accruing prior to January |
last to the credit of any specific land,
these accrued profits were placed to
the credit of the general fund of the
State, and being the oldest claim must,
therefore, be liquidated fromihe accumulated
cash surplus before the school
fund (the younger c-aim) can hope
for any payment from the cash accumulations
of the dispensary.
We have paid into the State treasury
in the last four months $100,000 to the
credit of the general fund, and will li
quid ate the $92,000 balance that is to
the credit of the same fund by the first
of June.
TO THE CREDIT OF THE SCHOOL FUND.
There is now to the credit of the
school fund $222 9-37 31, which represents
the net accrued profit from the
business of the dispensary for the past
year. A conservative estimate or the
possibilities of the business guarantees
safety in the prediction that we will
make a first payment of $15,000 to the
school fund by the first of nest July
and & like amount by the first of Au-1
gust. And for the months of September,
October, November and Decern- (
ber $25,000 each. Should these expec- {
tations be realized, we will have paid j
^ ti on nnn I
All ULL^ \J1 I .LLC J ^i^,VVV I
to thecredit of the* school fund and the
balance of $92,000, in round numbers,
due the general fund; making a total
of $222,000, which we will have paid j
at the close of the present year, from |
the cash accumulations of the State
dispensary.
There are incorporated in this report
and to be found under their proper
heads statements of the purchases,
sales, profits to towns and counties
and State, and the total profits from
all sources from the beginning of the
dispensary to the close of the past fiscal
year.
rsnTE THE CLOSEST SCRUTINY.
We invite the closest scrutiny ofj
every detail of our ofiicial acts, and
are content for the results of our la- j
bors to speak for themselves. In the j
management 01 ice axiairs oi me uispensary
we have endeavored to husband
every resource and such energy
and ability as we may posstss have
been given unstintingiy 10 it. It is a
business of great magnitupe and or a
complex nature, arid we are impressed
with the gravity of our duties and the
great responsibilities which they carry.
And in our efforts to master every detail
of the business we have been
moved with a desire to protect the interest
of the State sad to so act as to
best conserve the welfare of the whole
people.
rebates.
Our purchases, we corsiuer, have
been mace judiciously, and in price
ana quality will compare most favorably
with purchases m&d-j by cur predecessors.
In the one item of rebates
there have been saved to the State :n
the past year more than forty-one
thousand dollars.
By the last of this month every debt
which we owe will have matured and
been laid. and we will hare more than
$400,000 of quick assets, independently
of all funcs in the State treasury,
which will be absolutely freed of ail
i liability.
; There are on the bocks of the dis;
pensary several thousand dollars of
shortages due by ex dispensers, most
of which occurred prior to the beginning
of our terms of cilice These
shortages are in tbe hands of the Attorney
General and soma are now in
process of settlement
ACCOUNTS OF COUNTY DISPENSERS.
We have a most satisfactory sv^tem
of checking the accounts of county
dispensers Or the nicety dispensers
in the State we keep an itemized account
of their cla*!y purchases, sales
and cash transactions and from their
weekly and monthly reoorts, certified
i by ihe CDunty boards of control, we
I make up their accounts monthly at
the central cilice. It is a work of
j great magnitude, as it is practically
j keeping books for nintty dispensers,
j aside from the books of the central ofi
See. On assuming charge we found
I that our bookkeeper had this heavy
! task to perform alone and as a result
; was overworked. It was expecting too
! much of human endeavor to expect
j one man to properiy perform so great
an amount of work that extended
through so many ramifications. Consuquently
we have employed additional
clerical force and every county dis- j
penser is promptly checked at the end
of each week.
We beg to report that the charges
of wrong doing in the past management
of the dispensary were promptly
investigated by this board, coni
jointly with the Legislative examining
board.
A committee, consisting of a member
of this board and a member of the
Legislative examining committee, was
j sent to Cincinnati for the purpose of
! a further investigation of these char
j;es, and, after exhausting all efforts,
[ found no convicting proof.
i The same member of this board and
| the Attorney General subsequently
j went to Baltimore in a further prose!
cution of this investigation and expeI
rienced a similar result. All the pa!
pers bearing on this investigation are
j in our possession, and we will be glad
j to turn them over to any committee
j which your honorable body in its
i wisdom may see fit to appoint for a
j further investigation of these charges.
A2IEND2IENTS RECOMMENDED.
In the nature of amendments to the
present dispensary Act we would respectfully
recommend the following:
1, That the compensation of the
State board of control shall be fixed
by the General Assembly, and that
all other officers and employees of the
State dispensary, including the com
missioner and chemist, shall be appointed
by the State board of control
and their duties defined and compensation
fixed by said board.
2. That the State board of control
small fix the bonds of all employees,
and shall have the bonds made payable
to said State board of control and
shall have the custody of said bonds,
and stall be the final arbiters of the
validity of said bonds.
j S. Tnat ail special privileges to tou!
rist hotels require that they shall sell
I only to bcna fide registered guests of [
j the hotel, and that they sell only cur;
ing the constitutional hours, from
; sun-up to sundown, and that they be
not allowed to sell on Sundays,
j *. That stocktaking and examina
tion of the books of the State dispensary
be required semi-annually, instead
of quarterly, as is now required
by law. ?
All of which is respectfully submitted,
Wilie Jones, Chairman,
L. J. Williams,
J. B Douthit,
J. O. A. Moore
State Board of Control.
S. W. Scruggs, Clerk.
Comparative statement of assets and ;
liabilities for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 1S96:
ASSETS.
TTv dicr.pnsprs shortao-es ? 7 3fi
""C? - - - ->
Personal accounts due btate
for tax pays 011 bonded
spirits and empty barrels. 10 459 27
Teams and wagons 1.294 19
Machinery and office fixtures
........... 2.S57 47
Cash in State treasury 7S,255 41
Merchandise at State dispensary,
in bulk and in cases
(inventory) 101,S6S 34
Supplies at State dispensary
(inventory)?. ...... 15,394 15
Merchandise in hands of
county dispensers.....?. 217.791 27
Total assets.............$435.513 40
LIABILITIES.
Personal accounts due by
State $ 63,393 05
General fund...... ....... 91.532 47
School fund 127,864 51
Net accrued profit for present
quarter passed to the
_ credit of the school fund. 94,972 80
TTrvoo^rjD^ r^yri f? f KT ?*3
Total liabilities ?435 513 46
l
Statement of profit and loss account 1
for the fiscal year ending December!
31, 1S96:
PROFITS.
Merchandise...... ...$453,221 95
Contraband seizures .. 10,803 So |
Beer dispensaries 22,265 30
Rebates on whiskey purchases
- 41,0S714j
Permit fees 28 50 {
City Columbia's dispensary
profits withheld......... 1,565 121
$538,971 86 J
Unearned profit accruing
for past twelve months. 226,005 54 j
Total gross profits ..$764,977 40
LOSSES.
Supplies... ..$11S,99S 58 j
Breakage and leakage 1 111 04
*1 A A O I
I . ~x~i\j \J %J
Constabulary 53 434 89
Freight 79 004 SO
Expense. 19,144 01
Labor. 14,522 25
License 125 00
Loss from Florence fire.?.. 1SS 58
Loss from Bamberg fire.... S1.2 56
Insurance 900 00
Total expenses ...$2S9,6S4 76
Unearned profit entered for
twelvemonths .. 252,355 33
Net accrued profit for 12
months.......... 222.937 31
Total $764,977 40
It will be noted that the board of
control make four recommendations, j
perhaps the most important and general
being with reference to tourists'
hotels.
A Aurrut iu L? wiii j*iuvi
U.N'IONTOVTN, Pa., Jan. 27.?About 5
o'clock last evening a gas explosion
occurred in a mine owned by the
Shields, Laird & Hurst Coal Company,
at Smcck Station, on trie Kedstone
branch of the Pittsburg, Virginia
and Charleston. Railroad. Two men
were blown to atoms and seren per
ha.ps fatally injured, and two less teri-!
ously. One of the miners drilled into j
a pocket of gas and, as naked lights j
were used, an explosion followed, i
The seven men most seriously hurt j
were terribly mangled, several having j
iheir eyes blown out, while others j
were so badly burned that great pieces !
of fresh dronped from their bones.
TWO YOUNG MEN.
SKETCHES Or THE GOVERNOR AND|
LIEUT. GOVERNOR.
!
Something Al>oat Wra. H. Eiierbe and
Slilea B. Slc'Sween^y?The Latter a SelfMade
5Xao.
Below we give brief sketches of tbe
new governor and lieutenant governor:
GOV. W3I H ELLERliE.
Hon. Wai. H Eileroe, wao was inaugurated
governor of South Carolina
a short time ago, is one of the
youngest men who has ever lield that
position in this State beiag just 31
years of a^. His home is in Marion
county and he has lived there alwajs
except whilst attending college and
serving as comptroller general.
Governor Eiierbe is a practical
farmer and in his early youth his
hands were hardened by constant contact
with plow and hoe candles. He
always applied himself steadily to
his business and has been very successful
in his chos.-n pursuits and
whilst it is not necec-siry now that he
should engage in the manual labor of
the farm he is fully qualified for work
of any kind that should be found necessary.
Governor Ellerbe went from a common
school in his ovrn county to
Woiford college at Spartanburg, but
before graduating there he entered
Vanderbilt University. On account
of ill health he was prevented from
finishing his course at the iatter institution,
and, returning to his home,
took up the pursuit of farming as his
life work.
In the memorable campaign of 1S90
the same convention that nominated
Capt. B. R. Tillman for governor, and
in which the Reformers of course
~ 1 ~ Z __ a. L '.A. il
were lar^eiy in tne majority, taerc
were two men nominated for comptroller
general, viz: Messrs. Stokes
and Ellerbe, the latter being a smooth
faced young man, very boyish in appearance
and entirely unknown in
politics. He was regarded by his
friends as a moderate Reformer. His
opponent was a much more extreme
partisian. The voi9 showed Ellerbe's
opponent to be in the lead, but at the
solici ation of a Columbia newspaper
man four of the Richland delegation
changed their votes before the result
was announced and Mr. ELlerb9 was
nominated by a small majority. He
did not make a speech in that campaign.
In 1892 Mr. Ellerbe was renominat
ect ana eiectea comptroller ana tms
important office, for the four years
he was at its head, was acknowledged
on all sides to have been ably, honestly
and impartially conducted.
In 1S91 they had what was called a j
Reform primary?a scheme to let Ke- S
formers choose their candidate and
shutting out Conservatives. Mr.
Ellerbe entered this as a candidate for
governer against Evans, Tindal and
Pope. He was opposed to the plan
which shut him off from the support
of all the people, but in the conditions
then existing he was helpless. The
result of the contest was the nomination
of John Gary Evans- A. free-for- j
all primary would have undoubtedly ;
resulted in the cho:ce of Ellerbe.
Last Summer Mr. Ellerbe once
again announced himself a candidate
for governor and received seventy odd j
thousand votes as against 17.000 as
tho combined strength of Messrs. Harrison
and Whittman, although Senator
Harrison was a man of considera
ble political strength in the State.
Governor Ellerbs assumes the
gubernatorial duties -with a large following
of ali classes, more than any j
governor has had siuce Governor
Richardson's retirement and every
one predicts for him a safe and prosperous
administration.
THE SEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
The Hon. M. B. McSweeney, to
whom was administered recently
the oath of o??ce as lieutenant governor
of South Carolina, is a good example
of what pluck and perseverance
will do for any one against the
most adverse conditions. Young
McSweeney was left fatherless in
Charleston at the age of four years.
His tenth year saw him struggling
for & livelihood. He sold newspapers
and clerked in a bookstore,
and while engaged in the latter occupation
attended a night school,
where he developed a foundness for
reading
McSweeney, afterwards worked for
Burke & Lord, job printers, and from
there he went to Edward Perry's,
where he completed his apprentice
ship as a job printer. While employed
at -he latter place a scholar
? -* 4 -? av? ov^/t! T.oa
SIlip SASi liiC Ylftt3UUlgH/lI a- J-iVi
University of Lexington, Va., was
offered to the Charleston Typographical
union, which was to be awarded
to the most deserving young man
employed in Charleston printing offices.
By a majority of the votes of j
the union, young McSweeney was
chosen and the scholarship given to
him. After staying at the university
for a part of a session he was forced
to leave for the lack of mears to pay
for his board and clothes. This ended
his hopes for a college education
and he once more applied himself to
his trade. He was a union printer and
served the Columbia Typographical
union as corresponding secretary
and afterwards as president. While
living in Columbia he_ was also secre*
tary of the Phoenix JtLooic ana JL.aaer
company.
Mr. McSweeney has an. enviable
record as a Democrat, In 1S76 he
did excellent service, which is not
yet forgotten by men who stood shoulder
to shoulder with him in those tryis
s: days. It was about that time that
the Richland Rifle club was organized,
of which Mr. McSweeney was a charter
member.
Mr. McSweeney's first venture as a
journalist was when he moved to
Ninety-Six and bezan the publication
of the Ninety-Six Guardian. His capital
was just $65. but he bought a second-hand
outfit for $500, paying $55
in cash. He was energetic, economical
and gave the people a newsy paper,
thus enabling him at the end of
i?<
uG6 yCSLT ILJ uxy wJJLC jLCWU UCJLLfc UJL JUlO XAJ." ?
de'otness.
Mr. McS^eeney's paper, the Harnp
ton Guardian, made its first appear
ance August 12, 1S79 From the first
it has been well managed and well
edued and today ranks formost among
ihe county papers of the State.
In ali enterprises for the good of
Hampton county, Mr. McSweeney has
shown himself indefatigable. For
five terms he served as intendent of
the town and then declined re election.
For eight years he was president of
the South Carolina Press association^
has been a member of the legislature
and was a member of the last Constitutional
convention. Twice he has been
honored as a delegate to the nation
1 T\ ~ ? /./wiirawtinn Tn 1
?U i_/eiLiw;re.i.j^ wuvcuuuiL. (
he voted for Cleveland and Thurman, j
in 18^6 he voted for Bryan and Sewall. I
Fcr 10 years Mr. Mc Sweeney was j
county chairman of Hampton.
He has taken great interest in the j
military alfairs of the State. Daring |
the J&st two se-.sions of the legislature
he was chairman of the committee on
military and s now a member of the
governors st if with the rank of colonel.
Mr. McSweeney's interest in educational
matters exceeds even his in
nTI irrgvarnmfci?ntmrmxrr-rsrTrTrrsr'irairrsE
terest in military affairs. He is a
trustee of the South Carolina college.
Mr. McSweeney was married on the
12th day of July, 1385. to Miss Mattie
Miles Poreher.
,
Koamed in her Sleep.
Denver, Col., Jan. 29,?A pretty!
?;iri is now bcine; treated at the Ara- j
pace County Hospital, in this city, j
who has broken the record ia sorn- j
nabulism. Her name is Anna Rossman,
and during he excursions while j
asleep she has been rescued from in-j
jar;* or death by the police more than <
150 times. Bolts, bars, handcuffs and I
chains all failed to ke?p her within
her room, and, clad in a night robe,
she has roamtd the streets of Denver
night after night. Everything possible
was done t^ cure the young woman
of her strange affliction, but to
no purpose until she was placed in the
hospital, where she has been carefully
watched by an attendant, and water >
thrown in her face every time she I
sought to leav* her bed or escapeThis
plan seems to be proving efficacious,
and for the present at least her
sleepwalking career has bsen brought
tc a close. The story of her experiences
is marvelous, and there is no
record of any man or woman somnab- j
ulist who has undergone the perils
that have fallen to her lot and escap- I
ed a fatality. It is almost marvelous
to consider the methods that have
been unsuccessfully adopted to restrain
her from her nocturnal excursions,
The windows of her room
have been locked and the key to the
doer hidcen, but to no purpose. So
far as the hiding place is concerned, I
she has always seemed possessed of
almost. supernatural powers, for if the
key was; hidden in her own room,
she has invariably found it. When
the door was locked from, the outside
she managed to cleverly pick the leek
and make her "Way to the street. A.t
other tines she has been tied in her
bed so securely that it seemed as if no
way would she be able to release herself.
In this regard she has exhibited
the skill o? the conjurer, no knot could
be tied that she was unable to loosen,
and no matter how the ropes were arranged
she always found a way to
release herself.
Senator Tillman's Bill.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 27.?Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina, has
introduced in the senate a bill to meet
the defect in the South Carolina dispensary
law pointed out by the recent
decision in the United States supreme
court. The bill provides: "That all
fermented, distilled or other intoxica
ting liquors or liquids iranspuneu ?uto
any State or territory or remaining j
therein for use, consumption, sale or
storage therein, shall, upon arrival
within the limits of said State or ter- i
ritory, be subject to the operation and !
effect of the laws of such State or ter- j
ritory enacted for the control and policing
of the liquor traffic, absolutely
to the same extent and it: the same
manner as though such liquors or liquids
had been produced in such State
or territory, and shall not be exempt
therefrom by reason of b^ing introduced
therein in original packages for
nrivare use or otherwise, and such
States shall have absolute control of j
such liquors or liquids within their;
borders, by whomever produced and i
for whatever use imported; provided, j
that nothing herein contained shall be
construed as affecting the internal j
revenue laws.
Forty Fierce Fires.
a 07 o r?P
V?/XlAl^^dkVXi>? \J CLkJi? Ay ? * x/Miiug u> MV
structiye fire tonight in the 6 story
structure at 196, 19S, 200 and 202 Monroe
street, occupied exclusively by
wholesale firms, 10 persons were seriously
injured, seven of whom were
firemen. Three of them will probably
die. The fire originated on the first
floor of the building which is occupied
by the Wurzburger Bros. A fire wall
divided the building- in the centre, but
it only afforded of temporary barrier
for tne flames. The upper two stories
of the west wall fell upon the adjoining
building, which is but 4 stories
high. From the roof of this structura
two fire companies were directing
streams of water into the building and
several of the firemen were buried under
the debris when the wall fell. They
were corried from the roof in an unconscious
condition and removed to
hospitals. Some of the spectators were
slightly injured by falling particles,
but onlv three were hurt seriously
enough to require the service of ambulances
to remove them to their
homes. There were about 40 fires in
Chicago today, but many of them j
were extinguished with small losses. !
Buried In an Old Hlne.
Sha^iokxn*, Pa., Jan. 29 ? Miss
Maude lone Gothie and her fiance,
Frederick Graeber, together with a
carriage and team, were buried in a
cave-in just above Banker Hill last
evening. Miss Gothie and the horses
were killed, while Graeber was so
badly injured thai; he may not recover.
Miners on their way home from
work at 4 o'clock this morning heard
some one moaning pitifully, and going
in the direction whence the sound
came discovered the open hole in the
road. Going to its edge tney called
out: ilWho is there?" and received the
reply in a faint voice: "'Frederick
Graeber." A rescuing party was summoned,
and in a few minutes Graeber
was taken cut. Both his legs were
broken and both feet frozen. He was
brought to this city, but is not expected
to recover. Mi:;s Gothie's body was
nnt frmnd until several hours later.
She "had been smothered to death.
Burnt to Death.
Spartanburg, Jan. 29.?What is
without doubt the mo3t shocking and
horrifying accident in the annals of
South Carolina, occurred a few miles
below this city, near Pacolet, yesterday
morning before daylight. A negro
woman and two children were burned
to death at their home about 3 o'clock
in the morning before assistance could
reacs them. The particulars of the
harrowing occurrence are about as
follows: Mandy Hunt and her two
children went to bed about 9 o'clock
Tuesday might, little dreaming that
before morning Iheir souls would be
launched into eternity. Some time
after midnight ~.he house in which
ihey were sleeping caught on fire, but
not until the inmates themselves were
enveloped in flame?, did they discover
what had taken place.?Hearld.
A Double Murder.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 26.?News of a
/3/vnkla lias hppn Tffv.ived
V. ^ k/ * Vw> UiMlMW ~ -
from Tugaloo Valley, near the line
between Georgia and South Carolina
in Habersham County. Wnile returning
from church with their
families. John Bohannon and C.
Bobinson were waylaid by George and
Burgess Lee, two brothers, and murdered,
one of the men being shot to
death and the other cut almost to
pieces. The murderers, who are notorious
characters, escaped.
Cut Hi? Own Throat,
St. Louis. Jan. 27.?This afternoon
a man giving the name of James Kel
ly called at the office of chief of Detec
tives Desmond and stated that he
wished to surrender himself to the
authorities. Detective Badger asked
the man to be seated and he had
scarcely taken a chair when he thrust
the blaae of a pocket knife into the
left side and bled to death before anything
could be done for him.
THE US IF AND BLIND.
REPORT AS TO TWO CLASSES OF THE
STATE'S WARDS.
j
Supt. Walker1!) Anrual Repoit Showing
"What the Institution at Cedar SprlDgs is
Dolus.
The annual report of the South
Carolina institution for the education
of the deaf and blind was made public
yesterday. The following extracts
from Superintendent Walker's report
will be of general interest. This re-,
port covers a period of 14 months, j
from November 11 1895, to December;
31, 1896:
"Onu hundred and seventy pupils,
representing 35 counties, have been
j enrolled during the year, as follows:
L>ear ii/, D<ma uo. uae nunarea ana
forty-two of this number are present
at this date. The average attendance
has been 136."
''The following items of repairs
have been made during the year: The
entire building reguttered; steam
pipes; radiators, etc, rebronzed; all
tin roofs renainted; new steps on terraces
around building ; two sur'ace
water closets; gymnasium building
supplied with steam heat; office, dining
rooms and all halls on first story
of building papered; the large front
room on second story of building is
divided by partitions into two rooms,
thus giving us an additional recitation
room aad thereby enabling us to add
a room in west end of third story,
heretofore used as a school room, to
space occupied for girl's dormitories;
an electric time and program system,
consisting of a master program clock,
five secondary dials, fifteen signal
bells and all necessary batteries, wires
etc. I have, heretofore, called the at- j
tsntion of the legislature, through!
jour board, to the condition of the!
building used for colored pupils and j
of th^ danger of life in case of fire.
r'nlpcc t>ip -nPYf-. IpoislalnrA nrovidfi I
for a suitable building for this department,
I would urge the distinuation
of that department until such time as
it can be properly provided for. I
have had during the year an additional
fire escape added to that building.
Said building is of wood and was built
more than three quarters of a century
ago.
""The attention of the legislature has
also been called, repeatedly, to our
great need of an electric light plant
and of proper laundry machinery.
This is- now the only State institution
which is not provided with a proper
and modern method of lights, and we
feel sure is the one which stands most
in need of same. We are using kerosine
oil and candles. Our laundry
work is done in the most primitive
style. We have seen no reason to
change the figures heretofore made on
the cost of these necessary improvements.
"In this connction, I submit that it
would be well, at this time, for the f
policy of the State to be outlined in
the ms.tter of the separation of the two
classes, the blind and tht; deaf, here
provided for. There are three plans
for the solution of this question. First i
to establish an entirely separate school j
for either the deaf or the blind at |
sonae other point in the State; second \
to erect a building in connection with j
and near the present plant for either j
the blind or the deaf, and thereby j
have each class occupy its own sepa- i
rate quarters, but under the same S
general mangement; or third, to en-j
large the present buildings and con- j
tinue the work under the present plan.
I favor the first or the second plan.
The only objection that can be urged
againsit them is the greater cost to the
State for the erection of suitable build
ings aad their equipments and the in- j
creased expense that would be incident
to the running of two in- j
stitutions instead of one. The
s- cond plan, that of of having j
both schools under one manage-j
ment but in separate buildings, would J
cost'the Stateless in the outset, and
the auunal current expense would be
much less than under the first named
plan. Tne third plan, to increase the
present plant and continue the two
classes together, would be a saving to
the State of many thousand dollars in
matter of first cost and annual expense
of the three plants, respectively.
Unde:* the first, a separate plant would
cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.
That is less than the cost of the plant
here, .md it would not be in the line
ot economy to erect a similar plant.!
North Carolina has recently divided
her school, the new plant for the deaf
at Siorganton, N. C., cost about $150,OG'O.
The annual current expense
woulci be 30 to 40 per cent, greater
than under the present plan, provided
the: new school be located in a city.
Under the second plan, the first cost
woulc": be considerably less, probably
70 and 80 percent, of the amount men?
I tioneci under the first plan, and the
! annual running expense would be 15
| to 20 per cent, greater th-m under the
present plan. The erection of an ad|
ditional building here, at a cost of
something like $20,000, would enable
us to accommodate 100 more pupils
than we now have. At the present
rate of increase it will be only a few
years until we will have as many pupils
a: we can accommodate in our
present quarters. If it bo the policy
of the State to adopt either the second
nrtV>A tl-iirr? r>lan flK.otrA rrspntirtripd.
then it would be in the line of economy
tc- provide, at once, a sufficient
engine and dynamo for a light plant
to supply the additional buildings as
well as the present ones. As I said in
the oitset, 1 favor the establishment
of a separate school for either the
blind or the deaf, here or at some
other point, provided those charged
with -'.he management of the finances
of the State can afford the additional
expense incident thereto.
"The increased number of pupils
will raake it necessary to increase our
appropriation for "support" to $19,000.
This will give us a per capita of
$131, with the number of pupils now
in attendance.
"Oaly one-half of the outside of our
L ? il A. AAWt Tfl <9 ? f HQ
UUUU.jUg I1.A5 UCwi-l ^ciiicxitcu, vu. i
front and west end. The east end and I
the roar should be finished off in the i
sane manner, thereby preserving the
walls and giving the entire building!
a uniform appearance. With an addition
of $400 to our usual appropriation
i or repairs, etc., we can do this
cementing and effect other necessary
repairs.
"Tie following appropriations will
be necessary for the proper maintenance
of the school for the ensuing
year:
"For support, etc., $19,000; for repairs,
etc., $900; for building for col
u^ed pupils, $3,000; for electric light,
plant and laundry machinery, $i,620
?total, *32,520^
Jx r atai jltutik.
St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 36.?The
bodies o? Park Sterling; and Gccrge
Boone, residing near Hamilton, Mo.,
were found beside ine road yesterday.
It is thought that they became numb
ed by the cold and lay down to sleep j
while intoxicated.
Feet Cue Off by a Train.
Petersburg, Vs., Jan. 2S.?Mr. I
James Williamson, an employe of the
Aliantic Coast Line anda well-known
citizen of Petersburg, was run over by
a train tonight and Doth feet cut oif.
It is feared that hisiDjuries will prove
fatal.
Fire Reporters Drowa?d.
New Orleans, Jan. 29 ? At 12:35
o'clock this morning a collision occurred
on the river about twelve;
raiies above the quarantine station. j
between the steam yacht Argo and ihe ]
fruit steamship Albert Dumois, in j
which the yacht had her bow stove in |
and sank within a very few minutes
after the accident. The Argo was
bound down the river on her way to
quarantine station to meet the steamship
Whitney with the Congressional
committee on board. On board the
Argo were three reporters of the Pica
TT Ti ~ ~ J T7> .
| june, iuessrs. xz. r. xassLer stuu x i
I Blassini of the staff and an extra man.
A. C Lindauer, and Mr. H. L. Frantz
of New Orleans vras a guest. A crew
of four men, commanded bj Capt
James Brown, was in charge of ibe
craft. All in the cabin had retired
and nothing unusual occurred until
at half past 12 this morning, when the
Dumois was encountered coming up
the river. The Argo signalled for the
right and the Dumois answered Dy
two whistles or a signal that that vessel
would take the left hand side. The
Argo crashed into the starboard bow
of the ship, which had one of the
plates bent, but the Argo had her bow
stove in and is a few minutes sank.
The captain and crew of the Argo
lowered away a small boat into which
they sprang; while of the passenger?, \
only two, Frantz and Lindauer, succeeded
in reaching the little boat.
Easy Care for Headache.
'An excellent and never-failing
cure for nervous headache," said an
apostie of physical culture, "is the
simple act of walking backward.
Just try it some time if you have any j
dcuot about it. I have yet to meet
the person who didn't acknowledge!
^ 4 i -vr_ T I
its etticacy auer a iriai. i\o oce uas
as yet discovered or formulated a reason
why such a process should bring
such certain results. Physicians say
that it is probably because the reflex
action of the body brings about a reflex
action of the brain, and thus
drives away the pain that when induced
by nervousness is the result of
too much going forward. Don't you
know how at such tim? you have the
feeling that every thing in your
head is being pushed forward?
As soon as you begin to
walk backward, however, there
comes a feeling of everything
being reversed, and this followed by
relief. The relief is always certain,
and generally speedy. Ten minutes
is the longest I have ever found necessary.
An entry or a long, narrow
room makes the best place for such a
promenade. You should walk very
slowly, letting the ball of the foot
touch the floor first, and then the
heel?just the way, in fact, that one
should in theory walk forward, but
which in practice is so rarely done."
THe Worst m XCirty xears.
Washington, Jan. 27.?The general
forecast issued by the Weather Bureau
tonight says that the temperature has J
fallen in the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States and Tennessee and has
risen slowly in all other districts. It i
continues below freezing in the Southern
States, excent Florida, and is below
zero in the Northwest as far South
as iowa and Northern. Illinois. Snow
prevails tonight on the Atlantic coast
North of South Carolina and in the
Lake regions and upper Ohio valley.
The cold wave that has gone over the
United States during the past several
days is one of the severest, considering
both the low temperatures that prevailed
in many places and the vast extent
of the area covered, that has been
recorded by the weather Bureau in its
thirty years of existence. The South
today had an unusal experience.
Throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama and a large portion of
Georgia, a fall of snow from one to
three inches in depth is reported to the
Weather Bureau.
Brother and Sister 31 arried.
The two old gossipers who disclosed
the fact that a couple in Kansas who
have been married thity years and
have nine children are brother and
sister, would have done better to keep
their knowledge to themselves. The
parents of the boy and giri both died
and they were adopted by two families
who subsequently removed to two
widely separated states, and the children
grew up with the names of their
adopted parents and ignorant of their
past. When grown they met in a
third state where the young man was
studying medicine, and the girl was
on a visit to a friend. Taey fell in
lo^e, were married and thirty years
later two old men who came from the
town where they were bora chancsd
to meet in their house and started giving
reminiscences which led to the discovery.
Truth is sometimes stranger
than fiction.
Nitro-Glycerine Explosion.
Ldia, Ohio, Jan. 27.?A terrific
p-rnlrseinn orvMirred at
Cygnet, Ohio, this afternoon, in which
two persons were instantly killed and J
two others injured. A man named
Henning who was four hundred feet j
away from the explosion, was "badly j
cut on the head by fiying debris. A
little girl a thousand feet away from
the scene of the disaster was cat by
broken glass that fell from the windows
in her home. Her injuries are
not serious. It is supposed the two
men now dead, were transferring the
deadly glycerine from the magazine
when in scms manner it explopded.
Both were blown to atoms- The
shock was so severe that every pane of
glass in the town was broken and
doors were blown off their hinges.
The explosion was heard several miles
away.
Three Million Dollar Fire.
Philadelphia, January 26.?A fire
started at 6:45 o'clock this morning
< . 2. .1 iU.
irom ail over r.eaiea oveu in iju<" ua^aement
of the six-story iron building,
1309 to 1317 Market street, burned
over the blc ck bounded by Thirteenth
and Juniper streets and Market and
Filbert streets, destroyed or gutted
sixty buildings, and consumed property
valued at $3,000,000. Many small
storekeepers lost their all and several
thousand working people were thrown
out of employment. The damaged
buildings were generally fully insured
The hre was the worst that has been
experienced in Philadelphia in a
generation.
Liberty or Death.
New York, Jan. 29.?Referring to
the report that Spain is about to csn1
- - i -i- n.,i.
ceaea nome ruie measure <aj mc 1
an insurgents, Thomas Estrada Paima |
of the Cuban Junta said today: ;'Unconditional
and absolute independence
is all that Cuba will ever accept from
the government of spain. If she cannot
have it she prefers extermination.
It is scarcely worth while to discuss a
home ruie proposition. It has not been
made, and if it should be it will receive
no consideration at our hands."
Suicldlde of a Cashier.
Leigh, Neb., Jan. 27.?Last night
Frank J. Lespa, cashier of the Clark,
son State Bank, at Clarxson, Neb
committed suicide. He had recently
sold an interest which he held in the
bank, and no reason for his act can be
ucu. i
25 t
Girl Xilla Another.
Laurens, Jan. 27.?Hattie Fletcher}
and Addie Foster, colored school
girls, fought yesterday five miles from :
this city. Addie received a knife j
wound in the neck, from which she
died in a few hours. J
IN THE HOUSE.
fCOXTLN-TED FROM PAGE ONE j
! county whose treasurer borrrows money under
this act shall be responsible for the due
redemption of such pledge: Provided. That
when the said commission have funds not
desired to be taken by any county treasurer
of this state under this act, the sinking fund
are authorized to lend such funds of the
sinking fund commission as is provided by
I act No. 74, approved the 20th day of FebruI
r.ry, 1S90. If the aggregate of all the appliI
cations for loans to the said treasurers filed
! with said commission on the first day of
' March of this year and on the first day of
[ February of r>:y year heareafter shall exceed
the amount of funds lendable by said
j commission hereunder, the said commission
shall apportion the loan to each treasurer to
the relative amount of taxes paid by his countv
and such loan shall not exceed Toper
cent, of the ordinary county levy of said
county.
Mr. deLoache's bill relating to
amend merits to the act to authorize
special elections in incorporated cities
and towns for the purpose of issuing
bonds for corporate purposes, etc ,
was ordered to a third reading without
debate.
In the House Friday but very little
was accomplished The only two
bills disposed of were those providing
that county officials keep their offices
open at certain hours, and providing
that no other labor than convict labor
shall be employed on State farms.
Both, after tedious debates, were ordered
to a final reading.
Daring the day Mr. L. D. Childs of
Richland introduced the measure proposed
by the prohibitionists of the
State for the solution of the liquor
problem. It continues the dispensary
system as at present arranged,
but does away with the profit
and beverage features thereof.
It also has provisions relating
tj the importation of liquors from
other States for personal use to conform
to the recent decision of the
United States Supreme court.
Among other new bills was one
by Mr. McOallough to regulate building
and loan associations.
The House then took a resess until
noon on Tuesday next on account of
the fact that Monday is an important
salesday. Today the members will go
to Rock Hill on a special train to visit
and inspect the Winthrop Normal
College.
Farmers' WivesI
believe that farmers's wives should
receive regular wages from their husbands.
Call it a weekly allowance,
but let each busy woman feel sure of
$3 or $4 or $5 every Saturday night
and an occasional s'lare in tne profits.
Why not? Ah, how well it would
''pay!'' That is what some farmers
think of first even before the welfare
of their wives. Let each daughter
and each son have a regular business
of his or her own from which to gain
a little snendin? monev?a few hens.
a bit of ground for vegetables, a tool
chest?and pay fo^ good jobs done,
some animals to keep or to raise and
sell. If this plan could be generally
adopted, the exodus from New Eagland
would not be so alarming as it
now is. The boys go west for a chance
to live their own lives, toses a littie
of the world, to ears money of their
own, to get out of grooves and ruts
and from under a rigid, close fisted
master whom they call father. No
inducements are held out for them to
remain?Kate Sanborn in ''Abandoning
an Adopted Farm."
A Convenient Invention.
An Orangeburg farmer comes to the
front with a new invention in the
shape of a Lubricator for oiling vehicle
wheels without taking them off
the axle. It is inserted in the hub
between two of the spokes. When
n/vii TT7or>+ f/-> OTP-jisp vnnr whftftl all von
Ju"' J W -have
to do is to withdraw a plunger,
which operates with a spring, and put
as much oil as is needed on the axle.
Upon being released the spring closes
up the oil hole until it is opened for
oiling up again. It is a very ingenious
and clever device, and is bound to
be used generally. With these lubricators
a vehicle can be oiled up anywhere
along the road in less than one
minute. The patent for this valuable
invention is owned by the National
Lubricator Company of Orangeburg,
S. O. Mr. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and
Proprietor of the Orangeburg Times
and^Democrat, is the manager of the
company, which is a guarantee that it
is all right. The company wants an
agent in this county to sell the Lubricators.
See advertisement in another
column. '
Pianos by the 2Xlle.
See Ludden and Bates' new advertisment
of one thousand Mathushek
pianos. Suppose them all loaded on
to wagons in one grand procession,
allow 15 feet for each wagon and
team and the line would be nearly
three miles long. That is just the
wholesale way this great southern
house does business. Having acquired
in t-ViQ Tirttwf TVTnfhn?hpT?
aci XilL^*g^b ULiVu.
Piano factory, they are now supply
ing purchasers direct and saving all
intermediate profits. This means a
saving of from $50 to $100 on each
piano, and the securing of one of the
oldest and most reliable Instruments at
a remarkably low figure. Better write
them at Savannah. Ga., or at 93 Fifth
A.ve., New York City.
It Is Said
That of all the diseases that affect
mankind, diseases of the kidneys are
the most dangerous and fataL If this
be so, how important it is that the
kidneys be kept in a healthy condition
." The use of Hilton's Life for the
Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is
the "ounce of prevention" in these
^roubles.
WE "
WANT
A PARTNER
IN
E"VERY
TOWN.
Postmasters, Railroad Areata, cenera
t ore Keepers, Clerks, Ministers, or asy
other p5*soa; lidy or gentiimin.. ?v-;o cod
devote a little or all o! their time to onr
business. We do not want any money In
advance, and piy largo commissions to
th03e who work for as. Wa have the bas
Family Medicines on earth, aid can proinee
lots of testimonials from ozr home
people.
Seed for blank application and circular.
Address
BRAZILIAN MEDICINE CO.,
84* Broadway, Au?udta, (ia
i
The trustworthy core for the Whiskey,
Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits.
For further information address The
Keeley Institute; or Draper 27. Columbia,
S. G.
ilTIT '
OIj Us
HERE.
is;your liver all rig -:t.?]]
Ar* your Kidneys in a healthy condition ?
If so, Hilton's Life for the Ltrer and
Kidneys will keep them so. if
not, Hilton's Life for the L'ver
and Kidneys will make
them so. A 25c bottle
will convince
you of this
fact
Taken regularly after meais it i<s an aid to
digestion, cores habitual constipation,
and thus refreshes and clears
both tody and mind.
SGLD WEOLESALE BY
The Mu??av Drua Gj.
COLUMBIA, S. G.
AKD
Dr. H. BAER, Charleston, S. C
ENGLEBERG
RICE
HULLER.
The only machine that in one operation
will; 1
clean, hull and polish
r/vnrrVt H/iq ?ni-Hr>cr ?n TnAr(?haritah!fl /vm.
ditlon, ready for table use.
SIMPLE AND EASY'
to manage. Write for prices and terms.
ALSO |
Corn Mili3, Saw Mills, Flaniag Machines, <
and all kinds of Wood-working
Machinery'.
Talbott and Liddell Endues and Boilers
on hand at factory prices,
Y. 0. Sadliasi, ,
General Agent, j|
COLUMBIA, S, C. I
Advice to Movers. ?
We take pieaaora in calling your attea
a<m to a remedy so long needed in cany*
ing children safely through the critical
stage of teething. It is an incalculableblessing
to mother and child-. If you are
disturbed at night with a sick, fretful,
teething child, use Pitta' Carminative, it
?rill give instant relief, and regulate the
bowels, and make teething safe and easy, j
It will cure Dysentery sad Diarrhoear |
Pitts Carminative is an instant ~elief for 1
colic of infants. It will prorac'?e digestion, M
give tone and energy to the stomach and-J?jj
bowels. The sick, "psay^suSering chiM'lg
will soon become the fat and^feaUczlng jgl
of the household. It is very pleasant HB||f
fee taste and only cost 35 cents per bottle
?old by drugzi3t3 and by fl
THE MURRAY DBUG CO., 9
Columbia. S. C. <ffl
| "MATHUSHEK'-The Piano for a Lifetime. 1
^ When other B
MATHUS^^J
Pianoscn hard^ ^
L'JDDEN &, BATES, interested iaj; V
this Factory, now offer this preat stock ' 9
at $50 to SI00 less than former prices. >*o : fig
strictly ilisrli Grade- Piano e>cr sold so loir. : M
ONE PROFIT from Factory to Consumer. \m
Greater inducements than ever in slight- ; 9
!v use<l Pianos ; nd Orprans?many as
good as new? soid under guarantee.!
Latest Styles. Elegant Cases. Also :.|S
New S7E8HWAY Pianos, J
^ascji & HsmSin Organs: ||
"vV'rite for Factory Prices and Bargain Lists. 9
LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, 6A. 9
ra All Sheet Music One-Half Price; IB
ENGINES,. , j
BOILERS,!
SAW MILLS, 1
GRIST MILLS J
FACTORY I
, PRICES1
E. W. :SOREVEN|
COLUMBIA, S. C. |
g au-js^ts WAjsrrisjujyg
$ In each county in South Carolinig^
C? to introduce a LUBRICATORjw^pB
oiling vehicle wheels withojMraSglj
^ moving the wheel from the^H
v is a reccnt South CaroliajgH
5? tion, and will sell rapidJwgg
' ^ a very convenient devifl|
vr sive territory given *Jgl
wp I<V\Y? v.o ^T<^T7<r.?^Ml^WlM^3BsBEBTOSjsfiRrfi
M NATIONAL LMCA*
& Lock Box
g ORANGEBURM