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VOL. LI. "WINNSBOKO, S. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1897. NO. 39. WATTEKSON IS SAVAGE. ft SAYS CLEVELAND IS SCHEMING FOR A W THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT. ; "What Oae of Cleveland's Allies la the Late Presidential Election Thiclcs cl j | Him Xow-A Fair Estimate of the Man. j Recently the Louisville Courier ! Journal published the following causttic article from the pen of Henry Watte rson on Cleveland's speech in New York before the Reform Club: "Forewarned is forearmed. "The first gua of the battle of 1900 is fired somewhat early, but it was fired by the Reform club of New York last Saturday night. The reform club is made up exclusive! v of the personal followers cf Mr. Cleveland. It exists:a point of fact to exploit the J ~ 'Jm.nnil t'r>o iritprpst. nf lailit! ULU. iu euvan>.b . the ex President. The Barnes of Fair j W child and Eorhblcwer and Peckham J ; are a sufficient guarantee that the j i association his no other source of in spiration, nor any further point of I destination. "The dinner, an account of which appeared yesterdsy, wss given to place Mr. Cleveland in the field as a candidate for President, and from rthis time forward ail the appliances of a small but energetic and intelli gent machinery will te put forth to make a campaign of education and a j canvass for Mr. Cleveland synony-! fow"! i xjuvjua Luuo. "It is a grievous feature of public j affairs that great issues are so often < complicated by lesser issues, and that j the virus of private aim not infre- j quentiy percclates the veins of the i lairest'policies. CLEVELAND ASD A THIRD TERM. "By no possibility c*n Mr. Cleveland affect the cause of genuine reform except for ill. He has had his : day?a sad one for his party?and whatever contributions he made to the cause of good government during that day are upon the record and go to'his credit. 'But his n&me in connection with ihe Presidency can be only a reproach, because, aside from the contaminations and frictions it in- : volves, it carries with it the odius j1 idea of a third term, antagonizing a I law unwritten, it is true, but deeply ! imbedded in the popular mind and 11 heart. "Mr. Cleveland can never ag3in be j President of the United States- Under! ? B tto circumstances ought he to be. j That he should contemplate another ? |j^ candidacy affords strong evidence of a J Isck in him of integrity and virtue. j That a club of satellites should con- j spire to place him again in nomina- j tion is not merely proof of the treason j of its members to their country and to j the party to which they profess alle-11 giance, but of a degrading sacrifice of j of patriotism and manhood. No par-1; ty which is worthy the popular conn-1 dence could or would put him in nom- j < ination. Any party seriously con-1 templating it would be consigned to | L everlasting mi amy. ? "It was said net along ago and ] very truly that Mr. Cleveland would | be a candidate for President e^ery i lour years as long as he lived- The I < circumstances of his life, in the ab- j; sence of any elevated principle of cai-1 fculation or unselfish rule of action, j bear him out in the belief that he is a law unto himself, contradicting all 1 precedents He has impressed this be- ; lief upon the group of persons who immediately surround nim. They 1 ought to be good Christians, for they seem' to have been created for no oth- i purpose than to serve their creator; : and, if assidity ana constancy be mer i its, they are surely, meritorious. But { they are short-sight;.' Their notion j that Mr. Cleveland :s within himself I' _ both a party and a platform and that | he' can command a following' strong enough to win an election j against the so called Democrats and! the so called Republicans, is an illu- j sion. If it could be realized the event j vrouldlhen and there Mexicanize the |' Dnbiic administration: for. once a ?? in ! in power, like Diaz, Mr. Cleveland j would find the means to continue in j power the residue of his natural life. [ 'Better the Mexican ization of the currency than the overthrow of liberty,' would be the well-nigh universal cry of the nation, so that the very best hope the free silverites can have is the candidacy of Mr. Cleveland, fatally dividing the elements of sound economics and making a sure highway for the forces of fiscal and other j adventures. "But there can be no reason to ? doubt the fact that Mr. Cleveland is j the one man to be reckoned with by j those who seek to attain good govern J gw* meat as uisuuguisueu irum mc vjjciation of rampant party ism, swinging ||& the pendulum from one to the other ^5 dizzy height of political excess. From ?r?t to last this callous, self-seeking J man has been the cause, the sole j association of all our undoing. ' Togo back no further than the | last, internal Democratic conllict. If I six months before tbe nominating pe j riod of 1S96 Mr. Cleveland had firmly } said: 'I will not be a candidate undtr i an circumstances, nor allow my name j to be used by anybody,' the elements S of orcer in the pariy cculd gst togeth-1 er and uni.ed on some leader equal to j tbe task of meeting and beating the j extremists. But Mr. Cleveland could not be induced to make the slightest ? . sign. He was as silent as an oracie, sTac ding the while exact!v where the - - - ? - - " > t lightning might be expected to strise. I Except for this paralvziog: Carlisle, ^Kentucky could sot have held; Ken- j ^J|ucky gone, the rest followed like a j riacdslide. Mr. Cleveland was known f to be a covertly candidate, ami, j handicapped by him, the friends of j g' sound money and revenue reform were overwhelmed by the malcontents, I raised up in the first place, by Mr. j Cleveland's exasperating temper and 5 * incompetency for leadership. Br "It is discouraging to the friends of j a9L. reform in the south and west that { pir thus prematurely the movement for j Ip. honest and sound money should be freighted down by a name which is j ^ potent only for evil. But it is still j more discouraging to reiiect that the j man behind ihis name is as indefati- < gable as he is mischievous, that he is o?rr?rt?? rvf tiio nGffT- i of which he complains; that he is the f author of the protection gibberish j which the national convention in j 1SC'2 refused to sdopt; that elected on i a pledge of laritr reform, he sent the! tarill' to the rear, and, advancing the ! money issue to the front, lost Doth: i that he is very much richer than ever j * he was ana much more ambitious! than ever he was: thai his removal! was the first adroit step in his new { i plan of campaign; that every day of! I his life in that hne effeminate Italian ! hand, he will write from two 10 fifty j letters, addressed to persons in every i part of the country; that posicg as a j retired statesman and philosopher, and j playing upon tue credulity of the sirn- j pV minded ana easily flattered, he will leave no string untouched for stimulating the activity of the expectant; and day and night this Reform club, having in charge the circulation of Democratic literature, will be si lentiy, sureiy working to the one ena which he, and they, have before them ?his nomination in 1900. "If Mr. Cleveland were possessed of the faculty for conceiving any public affair apart from his own interest? even if he had any real sense of persons! dignity?he would rid the great questions at issue from the embarrassment of a presence which is not a help, but a hinderance. Instead of pl&ymg the part or a pniiosopner ana statesman, while exhausting every artifice to regain the presidency, he would perceive the grandeur of being such in point of fact, and of enjoying like a statesman and philosopher, the repose of his old age and his honors, but he would not be himself if he considered anything else than his own desire and will. The executive office represents both. He Hues the power, the emoluments and the employment. He has a talent for industry. He is dominant and experienced. t-To him the Presidency has become, what he indeed made it while he had it?a personal affair, held regardless of party obligations. Destitute of imagination and of sympathy, he subjected every thing and everybody to his unbounded and unquenchable egotism, this egotism indeed, became so sincere that he grew at last to believe that he did actually know something of the questions of his time and had some nr>K<Tc nther than the ^ratification of } his love of power and display. It is just as well that Democrats who seek the rehabiliation of the party on sound political lines of action and thought should know, to begin with, what lies across their path, and that they should begin to cast about tbem how to shake from their shoulders this veritable Old Man of the Mountains. He is with us only for what it will bring him. Nothing could have induced him to appear in public ex-1 cept to keep himself before the public, [ and there is not a word uttered Dvj him to depreciate the idea of another candidacy. "All his life an cfficeseeker and an officeholder, he differs irom the riffraff of his class only by his high pretensions and profound duplicity. He hopes in the hurly-burly of affairs to force himself upon the country as the | representative of clean politics and the i public order. He represents neither. | He represents only his own lust fori - A A - ?v* AUIA f ja. grc<*t au juu^ic must not be thus desecrated. Apcs-j ? ible party rehabilation of the greatest I moment mast not be obstructed by such a death's head at the feast. 'If Mr. Cleveland has not the wis-I dom to see his duty and the grace to step | down and out, he should be compelled I by the opinion of decent people io step down and out, for the elimination of \ his ambitions is indispensable to any progressin the direction of reform, which, while he stood as its official smef, encountea nctnmg out omoquy a ad defeat." Pleasure in Prospect. President E H. Aull and Secretary 0. C. Langston have announced the arrangements that have been made tor a pleasant and profitable meeting ; of the State Press Association to | meet in Newberry on May 25th next! and spend two dajs in discussing va- i tious topics of interest to the profes-j ?ior> and inmdentalveniovNewberrv's I proverbial hospitality, after which a S visit will be made to the^ Thorn well j Orphanage at Clinton, where lunch j wili be served by the ladies of the j lown, ana then to the celebrated Har-1 ris Lithia Springs, where an elegant j banquet will be tendered by the pro-1 prietor. Leaving this place on Friday j night, May 28, the Association will go | an an excursion to the Tennessee Cen- j tennial Exposition at Nashville, stopping en route at Chattanooga :o visit Lookout Mountain and other points of interest. The whole scheme iscer tainlv highly attractive, and there | will doubtless be a large turn out of | the members to enjoy the rare oppor- 1 tunity afforded. F!?ctric Car Causalty. An electric street car filled with passengers was run into Thurday afternoon by a railroad train on the cutskirts of Tampa, Fla., and one passenger was killed, two fatally and others slightly injured. The street car was without a conductor ana the motorman was taking fares. One Cuban i refused to pay and when seized to be 1 nut off the car was rescued by three j other Cubans, who assulted the mctorman, holding him down on the | rear platformcwbile the car ran down j grade to the crossing. The nam? of the man killed is Manul Arcano. The injured are Antonio Sierra and "Wil- j liam Forepaugh. The two first named are Spaniards. Forepaugh is nroprie- ! tor of a circus. K.!.og; Found at X.ast. John C. King, the long lest hei'' of his brother, Louis King of New Orleans, that was supposed to be con- j cealed in Troy by persons who wished j to set possession of the property, aopeared before the district court ia New Orleans on Friday to prove his identity. An attempt to prove that he was unfit to control the large fortune failed, and the court ordered Kirg put in possession of the property. King acknowledged that he was a heavy drinker ana that he was a tramp, sleeping in the police station ! at Troy when he heard of tne death of j property. A Confederate Xonumest. The Confederate monument erected through the efforts of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Dallas, Texas, was unveiled Friday morning. The Hon. John H. Reagan delivered a eulogy on Mr. Davis. Other eulogies j were pronounced as follows: On i Gen. E E. Lse, by the Kon. George N. Aldrige; on Gea. Stonewall Jack-j son, by Judge K. W. Lightfoot; on fisn .Trih?;tr>n hv f.r.A T-irtn ! Norton G-. XittrelT; on "The Private," j bv the Hon. A. T. Watts. ~ i 3Iake Home Happy. This is an injunction that v^ili be j heeded by aii vrno look to the promo-1 uon or me pleasures 01 ciners. ^; happy home is indeed the happiest of | places. One source of happiness in J the home circle is good music. A i sure source of gooa music is a good j piano?such as may be bad from M. i A. Malone, Columbia, S. C. Headi ^hat ne has to say in his nevr adver-! tisement. I CLEVELAND'S SPEECH I I I AT THE BANQUET OF THE NEvV YORK REFORM CLUB i | Commented on by W. Jennings liryan, | Late Democratic Candidate for the Presidency? He is Courteous but CriticalRead What He Say: The Hod. W. J. Bryan writes, as follows to the New York Journal in commenting on the recent speech of Ex-Pressident Cleveland before the Reform Club of New York: The presence of Mr. Uleveiana, two members of his cabinet and such eminent gold Democrats as ex-Congress man Turner, Bynum and Patterson made the banquet an important polit ical event, and the address delivered by Mr. Cleveland may fairly be accented as setting forth the present views and future purposes of the bolt ins* Democrats. Probably the most unexpected thing in the address was his reference to the Republican'administration. He borrows emphasis from a scriptural text and accuses the Republicans of returning in hot haste to ttnir wallowing in the mire of extreme protection. This is an unfair criticism, because the Re-J publicans have never shown any disposition to abandon extreme protec tion. ON X'EoKLEY DEMOCRATS j Mr. McKinley won political fame as1 tbe apostle of a tariff, and during the late campaign reiterated his devotion to this policy. Those Democrats who voted for Mr. McKinley voted with their eyes open to tariff possibilities. Neither have those Democrats reason to complain of McKinley's attitude on the money question. To be sure, the President has sent an argosy abroad in search, not of a golden fleece, but of an object equally elusive namely, an international agreement 'or tbe restoration of bimetallism, but in so doing, he is only carrying out a pledge contained in his platfSrm. unless me goia j-;emocrais were m i possession of assurances not given 101 the public generally, or expected the President to abandon his platform, they ought to be satisfied witti his financial policy. He promised to maintain the gold standard until relief comes from abroad, and he is doing it in spite of the continued distress caused by such a policy. CAN CONDEMN POLICIES. The Democrats who supported thej Chicago platform can consistently! condemn both the tariff policy and j -CW^AV. ? 4 UA t-% v*inicfro . j lac yoj.ivj' U1 aumiuubiu tion, but those who supported Mr. McKinley are only receiving what they had a right to expect. 1Ar. Cleveland accuses the Republicans of a determination "to repay partisan support from the proceeds of increased burdens of taxation placed upon those already overladen." He knew that the Republicans had collected a campaign fund larger than ever before known in Ameican politics. Did it ever occur to him that the contributors would expect repay mem inrougn legislation meatuy iuj their interests. Has not the Dmgiey! bill been drawn exactly upon the j plan cf the McKinley bill? It may| differ in its schedules, but it does not j diJfer in its general plan and prepara- j tion. But if those Democrats who] supported Mr. McKinley have no rea- j son to criticise his course, what shall we ssy of those Democrats who sup j ported the Indianapolis ticket? What j claims have they to consideration at j the hands of the President? illtUJi iSUJUlUNW Mr. Cleveland asserts that when the fate of the nation seemed in the balance, deliverance came through the bolting Democrats. Does he mean through those Democrats who voted directly for Mr. McKinley. or through j those who voted for the Indianapolis ] ticket. The leaders among the goldi Democrats claim to have voted for Palmer and Buckner. Certainly this j did not entitle them to pose as saviors i of their country. They knew that! the contest would be close, even Mr. i Cleveland refers to the campaign as one of doubt and fear. Was it patriotic for gold Democrats tn thrnw thp.ir vntps a wfiv i!DOn a tick- i et which had 110 chance when their support might have decided the contest? There is a touch of humor in the boisterous intentions of those who, during the contest, watched the struggle from afar and after the battle was over claimed all credit for the victory. HIS WAR DECLARATION. The important part of Mr. Cleveland's address, however, is found m bis declaration of war against those TrrVin env-NYi iho. P!KlnQcr/> tiftlrpt. Tn this last address he has given more aid to his opponents than to his sup porters, j ust as he did by his official acts. His surrender of the executive branch of the government into the hands of the Wall street financiers during bis last administration did more lhan any one thing to arouse the American people to a knowledge of the gold standard. His thinly disguised support of the Republican ticket in the campaign did much to drive the silver Republicans "Davm*UI?ao w r?o t-t on/^ f K v? UUL Ui LUC ivc^uuii^au yax uj , auw bnwj*. loyalty to oimetallism has not been shaken by defeat. In his address Saturday night he aided the silver cause still further by removing whatever danger there might have been of concessions from the regular Democrats to the bolters. If he had discussed the fundamental principles of Democracy and then urged union o? force upon a platform composing differences on the money question he might have done us harm in seme seclion, but his dogmatic insistence upon a foreign financial policy and his endorsement of the organi zaiion of the gold Democrats will nave a wholesome influence in convincing timid Democrats of tL^ folly of any attempt to reunite the Democrats who are wedded to gold monometallism. CONTEST IN* ITS INFANCY. Mr. Cleveland recognizes that.the contest over the money question, instead of being ended, is just beginning; he recognizes it as an irrenressible con Hict, and in this he reasons rightly. The Democratic party will in 1900 | reiterate its demand for free and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1, and it will | be opposed by those who at that time | believe in a gold standard. This being | as certain as any future event can be, I why should those alliiiate cow who | expect to engage in combat so soon | hereafter. We now have a harmonious Demo | cratic party, and we have a bolting | organization which cliamsto represent ; another kind of Democracy. Let them : both exist and time will determine ! which is fittest to survive. I If any bimetallist is converted to [ the gold standard -he can join their! organization; i? any gold Democrat! repents he can return to the fold, j XJ-U WCVCi uiuta v?g ujwj aavula > ilr. Cleveland we must admit his I courage. A less resolute man would hesitate! to assume the leadership of a little i band of 130,000, many of whom voted j the Indianapolis ticket bv mistake, and then accused o,500,0U0 voters of | I being either designing agitators or the j UUDts oi u^siijiniig ajiiisiurs. A man with less self-reliance would J re-examine his o^n conduct to see] whether it was his folly or theirs! which separated them from 5,000,000 j of Democrats who once idolized him, j but m the lexicon of Mr. Cleveland's j ruaturer years there is no such word i j as "mistake " POWERLESS TO RELIEVE The goid Democracy is impotent to J j bring any real relief to the country, j it is locg on platitudes and short on I performance, it reaches its maximum j j at a banquet and its minimum at the | polls. It is the toy of those financiers j who prate about national honor while ! they fatten on the nation's extremity, ! and is powerless to protect the people ] ! from the extortion o." trusts and the | greed of unrestrained corporations. j Those Democrats who believe in j equality before iho law will naturally ! gravitate toward the regular Demcc-j racy and those Democrats who believe ; [ in a irovernment by syndicates ana for j j syndicates will naturally drift into the | Republican party, because it offers j them the best prospects of success. The lload Law. Section 1. Be it enact'd by thej ; General Assembly of the State ofj | Souih Carolina, That an set entitled j : "An tr> nr-nvlHp a of r.nun- > j ty government for the counties of this j ; State, so far as it reiales to the work! ins ancl maintaining: the roads and j j highways ia this State," approved: i March 23d, 1S9G, be. and the same is { hereby, ameaded b;? striking out Sec- j tion 4 thereof and inserting in lieu of J said Section the following: Section 4. That ail able bodied i ! male persons and all male persons! i able to perform or cause to be per! formed the labor herein required, be-1 jtweenthe ages of eig teen and fifty! iyears, except in Horry 3nd Spartan-! | burg counties, where the ages stiall be i ! from twenty-one to fiftv and also ex| cept ministers of the Gospel in actual j I charge of a congregation, and persons ; permanently disabled in the military! j service of this State, and persons who j | served in the late war, shall be liable | annually to do and perform four days | labor on the highways, urder the di j ! rection of the Overseer of -j road dis-1 i trict in whici he shall reside, except s i in the in the counties of Soartanburg, i Anderson, Greenville and Darlington, j | wherein tne number of working day a j ; shall be three, and the counties of j | Orangeburg, Pickens. Saluda, Elge- | I held, CoJleton, Chester, Barnwell, j i Newberry and Williamsburg, where-1 : in the number of working days shall j be six, and the counties of Charleston, j Georgetown, Beaulort and Florence, wheiein the number of working days j shall hp: fi.^ht: Prnvitirid that the,; County Beard of Commissioners of j any county may cause to be levied an ? additional tax, not to exceed o;ie mill, ] on all the taxable property of any' township in their CDunty, when so re ! quired by a written petition signed by ] t-vo thirds of the .freeholders of such ] township, such tax to be collected as j the other taxes, and to be expanded on j the roads and highways of each town- S 'ship. r-".,,?,,.,,., r> tii i. <i. ;j i ,1 < s xcai lue saiu uyi, ue, auu | the same is hereby, further amended ! by striking out Section 27 thereof and | inserting in lieu of said Section the I following: Section 27. That the County Treas- j ! urers 01 tne counties ot tms state are 5 ! hereby authorized and empowered to i ! receive from any arid ail persons lia! ble to road duties as commutation tax; | in the counties of Abbeville, dollars, to be fixed by the County Board | ol Commissioners; Aiken, one doliar; [Anderson, one dollar; Birnwell, one l /InlUn. f rrrr\ "R^vlrA- I } X/uU Ui VI b T? s/ AVAAU1 <? ^ w> ? ?fcV ? ley, one dollar; Chester, two dollars;! ! Chesterfield, one dollar; Charleston, [two dollars; Colleton, two dollars; Clarendon, one dollar; Darlington, one dollar: Edgefield, two dollars; Fairfield, two dollars; Florence, two | dollars; Georgetown, two dollars; Greenville, one dollar; Hampton, one dollar; Horry, two dollars; Kershaw, one dollar; Lancaster, one*dollars; Laurens, two dollars; Lexington, one doiiar; Newberry, one dollar; Marlboro, one dollar; Marion, two dollars; Pickens two dollars; Richland, two dollars; Spartanburg, one dollar; Saluda, two dollars; Sumter, one dollar; Union, one dollar; Oconee: one dollar; Orangeburg, two dollars; Willismsburg, two dollars; York, two dollars; and all monejs -o ! paid shall be set apart and known as the county road fund: Provided, That such commnfaii m lax be paid for the fical year 189(5 between the first j day of March and the iirst day of j i April, and hereafter said commutation | tax shall be paid for the succeeding! | year when State and couutv taxes are [ paid, and that the County Treasurers I shall furnish a receipt to the person so j | paying the same; Provided,Tneamend- j rnents as to Pickens county shall not j apply to the present fiscal year. That the amendments to this Section shall not so into effect until the first day o.r j I July next. Six Convicts Pardoned. I The Governor issued the following j i pardons Friday on the recommeadi- j | tion of Dr. Pope, surgeon of the Peni- j | teotiary: Joseph Br>les, conrict.ed in Beaufort, j 1S%, of hcuic breaking and iarceny, and sentenced by Judge Earle to eighteen months. Monroe Holland.convicted in Aiken, 1805, of house breaking and larceny, and sentenced bv Judge Garv to live years. j Peter G-reeo, onvicted in Beaufort, j 1895, of burglary, aau sentenced by Judge Gary to five years. William Leysoth, convicted of t;an attempt to murder by poison" in Qr! angebur?, 1S9G, and sentenced oy ! Judge Townsend to live jears. | Dr. Pope says they are all vrell ad- j vanced :in consumption and cannot! live many ^eeks longer in prison and j are a constant source of danger to the j j other coavictsi I Starving Chinamen Fight. Hong Kong: advices say letters from! j Szchuan province show ihat 30,000; Chinamen are massed ia one army in j I toe eitv of Kicho-^ to enforce demands J for fooc. Two pitched battles have 1 taken place between the mobs and! ! eovernniect troops in which 12U sol- j Jdiers were killed and wounded. Two; j regiments of regular troops have left! jChun? Kiang for the seat of trouble. j "GIVEN TO GAREUS." MR. GASTON'S OFFICIAL REPORT AS TO THAT TRUNK. Important Ordefu Have Been Issued by Gov. Ellttrba?"What He Says-Questions for BIr. Gaston to Answer. The foilowicg communication -was published in the IS'aws and Courier Wednesday: To the Editor of the News and Courier: Since the jury who sat on the case of Williarri Beckroge vs. Tin State of South Carolina in ihe Uunited States Court haa given a verdict of ?SfX> damages to the plaintiff, it is reasonable to suppose that a return of the captured trunk and contents goes 'with the verdict. During the trial of the case the attorney for the plaintiff propounded the questions tD the Assistant Attorney General: "Where is the trunk?" "Whore are the cigars'.'" Tc both of which, if I am corrcctly informed, he replied, ''la Columbia, 1 suppose." .now, 1 visa (o ask. Did he suppose they were ia Columbia'.' Had he not the information to the contrary! Now I propose the following question, and call on the named gentlemen to give us all the knowledge they have in reference thereto, and I ask each of them directly and seperately for this information: Where io the trunk? We would like for Co'.. Wilie Jones,chairman of the State Board of Control, to say what, he knows about this. Then we would be glad to have Mr. Set h Scruggs, the chief clerk of the State Board, to tell what he knows. Then Col. JohnT. Gaston, ex-Acting Commissioner, to say, and, lastly, we would be glad to have Mr. C W. ining committee for tbe Dispensary, to say what he knows about i.he trunk. Next, where are the cigars? I think, perhaps, all vf the members, all five of them, can say s-. meshing or. this subject. Then ler Colonel Gaston, who was in charge of them, saj' where they are. Then Mr. Scruggs can come up ana have his little say, and finally, perhaps Mr. Charlie Lynch, who is an employee in the office, can enlighten the pub lie. Next, where are the wedding shoes? They must have been fine shoes to be in keeping with the balance of the contents of the trunk. Where arc they? Colonel Gaston, tells us, and let ail of the above named gentlemen give the people of South Carolina an account of their stewardship. The people should know just how* things are beiag worked and managed at the great moral institution, and, if honestly and correctly, then they will only have to say soandslop suspicion, and if not, and they fail to satisfy the public, then they must bear the stigma. Come up, gentlemen, an anxious public awaits replies e i. 1 s?? iruiu auu cvci v uuu ui juu, itau ouwuiu there be anything out of place let it rest on th>; shoulders where it properly belongs. Truth Seeker. The Columbia Register saxs Colonel Jones stated that he had never S32n the trunk or any of its contents, and certainly had not smoked any of the cigars. The trunk had been sold to Mr. C, vV. Garris. As to the cigars, t&c., he knew nothing, but was having the matter in vestigated. The trunk wasi sold jusi. as barrels or any other eld thing is sold from the Dis psnsary. The trunk: naa not oeen paid for co far as he knew. Mr. Scruggs said the wholo thins: simply amounted to making a big thing out of nothing. Governor E'lerbe, in speaking of the matter, seemed to be considerably angered about it. He said Judge TWnsend wanted to see tbe marks on thetrun'^to use as an argument in tbe case, but ronorted that he could not find it. Governor Ellerbe. in inveitigatiag, called upon Colonel Gaston, who replied by letter and sent a simitar one to Chairman Jones. This no doubt has some information the public would like to get, but the Governor did not care to give it out, pending the investigation he is now making. He concluded by saying that as long as he is Governor he will not allow such things to go on if he can prevent them. This, ihen, is the status of the present case. It must be confessed that it ft i"? f U Awn llnAM TYr 1 /> Vl la LUt w'LiC Ui LUC UbUCId upyu rv UlOU complaints have been made, but none heretofore received such an investigation. Mr. J. P. K. Bryan made a formal demand for the trunk, and this brought the matter to a crisis. In mar>y of the other cases there have been only mutterings and nothing has come of them, but this one seems to be loaded with a genuine sensation. The report of ex Commissioner John T. Gaston of the State dispensary on the Beckroge trunk and its contents is as :ollov7s: Columbia, S. C.. April 14, lS^'T. lion. W. A. Barber, Attorney General of South Carolina: Oil. WJ.LLL JKJU.L iU?[UCOl tUU* cerning a certain trunk seized in Charleston by the State constabulary and sent to State dispensary, I have this to say: A large drummer's trunk was received here by the authorities, containing (to the best ot my recollections) three two-gallon jugs of whiskey, nine bottles of wine, 10 boxes cigars. two cans peaches and I think one dozen lemons. The trunk was not to my recollections, marked so that you %ould know it contained whiskey. A card marked glass was on the trunk in several places. Mr: C W. Carris of Colleton told me, that Mr. Scruggs, the bookkeeper, told him that he could have tne trunK ana 1 let mm nave it. The whiskey has Lcen dumped, the wines are here in my possession: the cigars, the poaches and the lemons arc cone. That is about the status of the trunk business as I recollcct. Yours respectfully, John T. Gaston, Acting Commissioner. Governor Eilerbe is quite willing to permit the search light of public opinion to penetrate into the remotest cor ner of the dispensary workings. To a reporter of The State he said that he only heard of the Beckroge trunk for the erst time a few days ago It was when the above report of Mr. Gaston vras referred to him from the attorney general's office. It was a Ibcrough surprise. The governor continuine, said that he had had a talk with Clerk Scruggs soon after the report was referred to hi:n. Cierk Serusgs said that he had sold the trunk t> Mr. C W. Garris. Col. ^Wilie Jones was sent for by tae governor and to him said that that was t.ae first time he had heard of the trunk. Though the governor did not say so, from his tsik:.t was seen that he --7as surprised when he read in The S:ate of yesterday that Colonel Jor.es racaiiea tnat toe trunli naa ceen put in. the dispensary and a report made of its arrival to the board of which he is chairman. Governor Ellerbe did not mince vrords in speaking of the trunk incident. "The? had as well take the dispensary liquor that is bought by the State,'' said he, '"and present it to their friends."' Contraband goods are the property of the State a& much as the iinnnr that 15 hmiirht lio ar:H j9^?, ? - ? -tn-re vras no warrant or excise i.r ihern to beeocsidered in any oiher light. Tie constables are paid by the Slate to seize contraband goods and the seizures should go as far as possible to pay for the maintenance of the constabulary. It is all right for the officials to use the samples of whiskey, he said, and he could see no harm in an official even giving a bottle sometimes to a friend. "I would not hesitate," declared the governor, "to go in. the sample room and get a bottle of whiskey if I felt the need of it, but I would never thick of taking any of the contraband liquor no matter how choice it might bD." Coniiauing, Governor Eilerbe said he had advised the board to turn over th'j management of the details of the d:spensarv to Commissioner V ance. It would be well nigh impossible for a board meeting once a month to man- j acre everything about the dispensary. The duties of the board, he thought, were like those of the board of regents for the hospital for the insane. It was to exercise a general supervision over all the aifairs and leave to the management to execute. On one point the governor was particularly emphatic. He did not think it wise to leave the purchasing of whiskey to one man. That the board ought not to do. Returning to the question of contraband goods he said that even if the Esckroge trunk was sold that it had not been sold in a businesslike and proper manner. It should have been sold to the highest bidder, he declared. ,kI have given Yance order -, however," be said, "not to let any contra band things go out of the dispensary " He went on to say that hereafter trunks, cigars and smn like things seized with liquor would be advertised and sold to tiie nignest oiader. ine seized liquor could not be disposed of in this way. but after having analyzed it could be bottled and sent out if up to the required stai.dard. He has already given orders t at a list of every trunk, isair of shot. or anything of the sort must be kep .nd that he was going to bold the .sons in charge responsible for ever, .ning. Governor Elierbe in conclusion said that he was gomg to try and carry out his pledge of a clean and business administration of the dispensary. Scr?p Book and Diary. We would urge upon our young friends of both sexes to use an occasional golden hour and a few of the brilliant fragments of Time in devotion to the scrap book and diary. They will never regret it. Many moments fly away in dissipated thought never to return, in which incidents happen worthy of record. The world is making* history very rapidly, and there are many things they may wish to recall in the future. should their lives be spared. And then their own thoughts, their best thoughts, come to tViAm nftpn as the hirHs (!nmc_ unhid den and unlocked for, yet ever wel- j come, to build their nests under the j eaves, and, if not recorded, may never return in the same'connection. "Pelion is piled upon Ossa" of incidents, happenings and data, daily, and will be buried in oblivion if not noted. I Tnese exercises will develop an orderly and disciplined mind, and be of p:reat advantage. ] "Take this lesson 'with you, take it, hold it I j fast, The mill will never grind "with tiie water j tiiat is past." Clemson'a Income. I The C^.uoibia Star.e says a compari-; sen of the amounts received by the i State treasurer from the privilege tax j on fertilizers for this and last year. shows that the difference is small, in j spite of the alarming report sent out j by correspondents that never before ] had such amounts of guano, been sold ] i tr, thm'w ^7 <v V? V\/-iy?V> e Pa* "fHlC ! year the privilege tax up to tfrs time j ajrgreg-fites$55,975.93 while last year] it was $54,524 37; a difference o? $1,- j 451.56 in favor of this year. The j privilege tax is 25 cents a ton and j four times ?1,451.56 gives the number j of tons mora sold this than last vear, i which is 5,806 tons. Proportioned j equally among: the counties of the * State the amount of fertilizers used in | each this year is 145 toe? in excess of that used "last. All of this tax goes to the support of Clemson. Though the amount is $55,975.93. Clemson has to pay back to tbe State $10,000 which was overpaid one year by a clerical error. That is to be returned to the State this year, and will reduce the colleges^ revenue that amount. A Tale cfKorror. The French fishing vessel Yaillant, Csptain Pierre, bound from St. Mig uel, struck an iceberg on the Grand : Banks on the 16th instant and almost j immediately foundered. She had j seventy-three fishermen on board and j all took to the boats; but only one of j these boats* has thus far been heardj from. When she left the vessel her j complement was seven men. Three | cf them perished from exposure and! hunger. The bodies of the first two I were thrown overboard, but the survi- i vors, in their desperation, were driven j to cannibalism and ate ttie third. The ' boat was p;cked up Thursday by the schooner Victor Eugene, which ar- j rived at St. Pierre. The survivors are in a shocking condition and are so badly frost bitten that tneir arms must be.amputated. j A Monument to Grant. The tomb of General U. S. Grant was dedicated ic Xew York city, Jast week, with the most imposing ceremonies of the kind that have ever been witnessed in this country. It is now 12 years since Grant died, and ever since, the movement to complete the monument to his memory has been pushed with an earnest persistence. Trie amount, raisea is aojut ^/uv,tjuu. The principal features of the ceremo nies were a great military parade, participated in by the regular army, Grand Army and Confederate Veterans, and a speech by President Me Kinley. Mrs. Grant was present and rtceived a great ovation. The visitors from all pans of the country num? "t- ?J V,-! i 4 rt 1 * Q rv*.i 1 UCr?U ^s^ULLClillLL^ Jwic4.ii a, uinii\/u* Soot Water for Plants. boot water, made from the scot o? wood tires, is said to be an excellent fertilizer of house or outdoor plants, j The soot should be brushed down from the chimneys wita a lone: handled brush, gathered iuto a quart bag and soaked in rain-water over night. The water, black as iuk, will be readv for use the next morning. To use about timico nlant'C usVinnln hf? rrmsinftrah!v ! diluted. It has a tendency to bake the | soil and can easily be too strong for j the little amount of earth in vrindo'^ I box or pot. It is a petect destroyer of | iDsects and worms that sometimes inj 'est house plants and may be used in i suca cases ones cr twice a vreeK uniu j they disappear. SPANIARDS DONE UP. 150 Troops Killed or Insurgents Under Garcia. A dispatch from Havannasays Gen. Nicolas del Rey has been recalled to Habana from Santiago de Cuba by order of Gen. Weyler. The cause of his recall is the great victory obtained over G^n. Rey by Gen. Calixto Garica near Guamo, a report of which was published last -week. Further details concerning: the battle received from ilanzanillo under date of Asril 19, have created a sensation_in Savanna. Tney show that the Spanish column of 2.000 men was utterly put to rout by the dynamite bombs ibat exploded, and instead of 10 soldiers being: killed as the official report declared 200 were blown up by the bombs and 250 were slain by the insurgents during the confusion and excitement of the panic-stricken column. The bombs were planted iirthe road on which the Spanish were marching. They did not explode prematurely as was declared last week. j The six bombs exploded simultaneous| ly in the centre of Gen. Icey's column. A Spanish officer writes the fallowing description of the battle to his family m Habana: ''The explosion was so terrible as to curdle the blood of the bravest men. From the centre of our column a sudden shock came which threw us to the ground. We remained deai and blind for a few seconds. The cries of our wounded soldiers were awful. When I was able to stand, I saw around me heads entirely cut oH from bodies, pieces of human limbs scattered here and there, and men without arms or legs crying to heaven in the gasp of death. It was perfectly easv a few seconds later for our sue cessful enemies to rout us and disperse our column, in which nothing of military oider and discipline remained. 4,As soon as the first shots of the insurgents were heard after the explosion, our general, followed by his staff and some other officers and soldiers, fled to Guamo. Our panic-stricken c.owa followed the general^ party, closely harrassed by the Cuban cavalry, which made havoc in our ranks." The writer of the letter adds that the Spaniards left on the field nearly all their arms and ammunitions besides a considerable convoyof provisions they -wsre carrying to Guamo." From other letters it is learned that General Garcia in person led the Cubans and that since the landing of General RolofFs expedition in Cuba, the use of dynamite by the Cubans is incessant in Oriente. This has put the Spanish soldiers into a state of terror. The Spaniards protest against the use of dynamite in the war as barbarous, notwithstahding the fact that, thov hflvp a ten triad tn pmnlnv it but unsuccessfully, 011 account of the swift military movements of the insurgents. The Diarlo del Ejercito, which is the newspaper organ of the Spanish army, publishes cffisial figures showing that the number ox armed men on the Spanish side during the two years oi war in Cuba has been 272,282. Four Parsons Burnt to Death, Four persons lost their lives in a fire at 1278 Third avenue, Brooklyn, Thursday. The dead are: Mrs. John j ilCWCll aJUU UCl LftU ^UUUlCii, < > | and 5 years, and Mrs. Celia Barnett, aged 33 years. The flames began in the lower hall, and spread with great rapidity through tfce building, completely cutting off the escape of the Newell family, which occupied the top floor. When Mrs. Newell found j the stairway burning and the hall j filled with smoke, she threw her children, Louis aged S, and John aged 5, j from a window to the street below, I where four men held a blanket to ! _ _ * _ l_ 11 mi_ ^ T JAJ ! caico. mem. i.ne cnuarea. oounueu I from the blanket and were killed by j falling on the sidewalk. Mrs. Newell j was afraid to attempt the leap and j was found suffocated later in her I apartments. Her husband escaped i with slight burns. On the floor below | lived Mr. and Mrs. Barnett. They ; reached the street in safety, but Mrs| Barneit ran back into the burning | building to secure some jewelry she 1 had left behind. She was subseauent j ly founu ia an alcove room dead and slightly burned- The loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire, it is said, was of incendiary origin. That many more lives were not lost is only due to the prompt action of police. I . Backing up -ttcLaarln. Governor Atkinson of Georgia takes the same view of the tariff ques tion as does Congressman McLaurin of this State. He believes that if proteci tion is to be the policy of this govern| ment its alleged benefits should be I shared by ail sections In the course ! j.I.' a^AJ "L? ^ ! ui a fcyeeuu utuivereu uy ium a. icw ! dajs ago Gov. Atkinson said: "The | South should have her proportionate j share of protection even though her ! statesmen would not inaugurate it as i a policy of government, and it would | be a eross wrong for Congress to disj criminate againgt Southern manufacj turers because our people believe the ! best general policy is a tariff as low as the needs of the government will per mit. When the majority decides for nrotection, then all should share alike. It is a olunder in our public men to permit one section to have protection and refuse it for the South. If protection is the banner hoisted bv the msioritv. it should float over all sections without discrimination. We must meet conditions as we find them. We pay our share of the taxes; we are entitled to protection if it is given to other sections." A Police Officer Killed. Lieutenant of Police W. E. Gruber was found lying in a patch of brush in the northern part of Jacksonville, Fla, Friday morning foully murdered. i He wac on day duty yesterday and | left the police station about 8:30 last night and that was the last heard of him until his body was found cold in | death by a negro about 10 o'clock this 1 forenoon. Near by was a woman's belt and a handserchief, leading to j the belief that C-ruber was murdered j either by a woman or by a jealous lover or husband. Gruber's skull was crushed in, siving evidence of having been hit by a club. vVhen found he j was Iving on his face. His pistol was | gone," but otherwise nothing had been ' disturbed. An investigation will be made by the coroners jury tomorrow i morning. w Tortureii with Hot Irons. Three masked men entered the Hew- j ! itt House, a small tavern near Sharon, i | Pa., and committed a brutal assault i cn Lambert Hewitt, the proprietor. ) They heated irons over a lamp aad. i applying taeai to him, compelled him i ! to teii where his monev was hidden. I J They stole $300 and escaped. WEATHER AND CROPS. DIRECTOR BAUER'S WEEKLY SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS. I Some Damage by Fro8t?Need of Bain Generally Reported?Weather Favorable for Farm Work, but too Cool and Dry for Growing Crops, The folio wing is the weekly bulletin oi ine condition 01 ine weamer ana crops in this State issued last week by Observer Bauer of the State Bureau: TEMPERATURE. The temperature averaged 5 degrees per day below the normal. The days were sufficiently warm, but the nights were cooL The maximum temperature was 89 on the 24th at Gillisonville, and the minimum 28 on the 21st at Saluda, and 32 at Florence and Santuc. The mean for the State being the average of 53 stations, was 60 and the normal approximately 65. The north central and northeastern portions of the State reported the lowest average temperatures. Along the lower coast and over the southeastern nni4?nnc it woe fwim 1 tr> 9 nei' day cooller than usual. rajnfall. No rain fell in any portion of the State during the entire week. Ail correspondents report the need of rain. In the western portions of the State, to soften the baked soil so that plowing, preparation for planting mav bfi finished, this work beinf now largely suspended, and to aid recently planted corn and coiton to germinate. In the eastern portions rain is needed for growing crops generally, but more particularly for transplanting tobacco; to bring up late planted com and cotton; for the trucking interests and gardens and for oats, which, are beginning to head. Stands of late planted corn and. cotton very irregular, owing to the lack of moisture. Normal rainfall for the week 0.80 of an inch. SUNSHINE AM) WINDS. It was practically a cloudless week. The estimated percentage of possible sunshine ranged from 80 to 100 and averaged 94 per cent The normal is about 6S per cent. The winds of the week were high? northeasterly?becoming variable. FROST. Frost was reported on the 18i?L, 20th and 21st, quite general over the entire State on the last date, but injurious over the northeastern counties only, where considerable corn, young cotton, tobacco in beds, peaches and gardens were partially destroyed. Ice formed in Chesterfield, Marlboro, Marion and Horry counties on the morning of the 21st. Over the western counties it is believed the high winds --prevented a killing frost on that date. CBOPS. The weather was extremely favorable for farm work, but too cool and dry for growing crops and for breaking up bottom lands or clay soils generally. Corn planting is about completed over the eastern and central portions; of the State. It is coming up very well in places, in others very poorly. Stands are consequently very irregular even in the same counties. Worms and crows damaged stands seriously from Hampton and Beaufort northward, necessitating replanting in many places. Frost cut corn to the ground in Horry and Marion, but resorts state that it is cominer ud aerain. Chinch, busrs have attached com in Chester and York. From York west ward, corn planted early in March vrill have to be replanted. Cotton planting progressed rapidly and is now about half finished over the western and central counties. In many places, in eastern sections,planting practically completed. Slow germination and growth owing to cool nights and want of moisture. Stands very uneven. Beplanting necessary over northeastern counties, where manv fields were destroved bv frost. Rain and warm nights would prove beneficial. Sea Island cotton practically all planted and good stands have been secured. Some tobacco has been transplanted but rain is needed to push this work on a large scale. Uncovered beds injured by frost; damage immaterial. Rice planting made rapid progress, and stands generally satikactory. Wheat continues to look promising. Chinch Dugs have damaged it some in Chester and York counties. Bain would benefit it Oats stand in need of moisture generally, and are beginning to turn yellow for the want of it, in ifce more easterly counties where it is begin- ? ning to head. In Chesterfield some fields apparently injured by frost Peaches are not as much injured as earlier rennrta indicated . Snmfl local ities, in same section, reporting a fair "set" and others that all are killed. Apples promise well, a few reports only indicate any injury to them. Plums, cherries and apricots plentiful. Dewberries ripening in Barnwell. Blackberries blossoming profusely over the central and northeastern counties. rior-.^s m^lnn<5 snd nasfni-ps matincr slow growth. . Too cool and dry for the coast truck farms. Potatoes, strawberries and beans at a standstill for want of rain. Sweet potatoes in beds not growing well generally. Irish potatoes coming up and doing well The national bulletin of April 19 reports the condition of corn and cotton as follows: 4\Xo corn has yet been planted north of the Ohio river; practically none north of Maryland; westward of the Mississippi, none north of Missouri, In the southern states corn has been unfavorably affected by low temperature and needs warmer weather." "Some cotton has been planted in /M 1 1 i.1 'I Uiiiaaoma. soumern mssouri ana Tennessee; about half the crop planied in Arkansas. In northern Texas planting and growth of cotton have been retarded by cool weather." A Slav Zttiner Killed. The badly mutilated body of John Skilko, a Slav miner, was found be side the Southern Railway tracks Thursday morning between Cardiff and Brockside, eighteen miles west of Birmingham, Ala. Two theories are advanced as to how he came to his death?one that he was murdered by negroes last night for the purpose of rooDery ana men iaia across ine traces and was run over by a train; the other 1 that while intoxicated he walked on ' the track and was ki-led by the train. Coroner Barkhalt-r held an inquest ! over the remains.