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?' V VOL LL WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1897. NO. 39. WAITEKSON IS SAVAGE. SAYS CLEVELAND IS SCHEMING FOR A pr THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT. | "What One of Cleveland's Allies In tlie X.ate Presidential Klecfion Thinks ol Him Xow-A Fair Estimate of the Man. T>~ ?T 7f> XcCtCiitJ J Journal published the following caus Lgp tic article from the pen of Henry ||P^ Watterson on Cleveland's speech in New York before the Reform Club: "Forewarned is forearmed. Iiypi' "The first gua of the battle of 1900 IsST^ is fired somewhat early, but it was fired by the Reform eiubof i\ew i0rs last Saturday Bight. The reform club is made up exclusively of the personal followers cf Mr. Cleveland. It exists ia point of fact to exploit the fame aid to advance the interest of > the ex President. The names of Fair y child and Eorhblower and Peckham f are a sufficient guarantee that the association has no other source of in spiration, nor any further point of destination. 'vThs dinner, an account of which appeared yesterday, was given to place Mr. Cleveland in the field as a candidate for "President, and from timo frvrwarH ?]! the atjuliances rof a small bat ecergetic and intelli gent machinery will be put forth to make a campaign of education and a canvass for Mr. Cleveland synonymous terms. "It is a grievous feature of public affairs that great issues are so often complicated by lesser issues, and that the virus of nrivate aim not infrequentiy percciates the veins ot the fairest policies. CLEVELAND AND A THIRD TERM. "Bv no possibility c*n Mr. Cleveland affect the cause of genuine reform except for ill. He lias had his da-c?a sad one for his "party?ana whatever contributions he made to the cause of good government during that day are upon the record and go to'his credit. But his name in connection with the Presidency can be only a reproach, because, aside from the contaminations and frictions it involves, it carries with it the odius idea of a third term, antagonizing a law unwritten, it is true, but deeply imbedded in the popular mind and heart. "Mr. Cleveland can never again be President of the United States- Under no circumstances ought he to be. am__ That he should contemplate another candidacy affords strong evidence of a lack in him of integrity and virtue' That a club of satellites should conspire to place him again in nomination is not merely proof of the treason i*!? nnowVinw trsi3i>? f?r>nntrv arid to v/l XbO bV V.V J , the party to which they profess allegiance, but of a degrading sacrifice of of patriotism and manhood. No party which is worthy the popular confidence could or would put him in nomination. Any party seriously con. templating it would be consigned to Sra everlasting infamy. Hk "It was said not along ago and; HI very truly that Mr. Cleveland would ||jP be a candidate for President every HL lour years as long as he lived. The ??j|&L circumstances of his life, in the absence of any elevated principle of oali|gpsl]lpemulation or unselfish rule of actiou, bear him out in the belief that he is a law unto himself, contradicting all! | precedents He has impressed this be- j w iief upon the group of persons who | irr>mPfiratio)-U- snrrfttind him. Thev I ought to be good Christians, for tbey seem' to have been created for no othpurpose than to serve their creator; ana, if assidity ana cocstancy Be mer I its, they are surely, meritorious. But they are short-sighted. Their notion j that Mr. Cleveland is within himself j _ both a party and a platform and that j he- can command a following' strong enough 10 win an election - - - a- xl - ? - - 11 - JJ T\ - ! against tne so cauea j^euiut;ra.is mu.u the so called Republicans, is an illusion. If it could be realized the event would then and there Zvlexicanize the public administration; for, onceagsin in power, like Diaz, Mr. Cleveland would find the means to continue in power the residue of his natural life. 'Better the Mexicanization of the cur rency than the overthrow of liberty,' would be the weil-nigh universal cry ; " of the nation, so that the very bestj hope the free silverites can have is! the candidacy of Mr. Cleveland, fatal^ ly dividing the elements of sound economics and making a sure hijjh-; -way for the forces of fiscal and other adventures. "But there can be no reason to doubt the fact that Mr. Cleveland is the one man to be reckoned vrith by those who seek to attain good govern ment as distinguished from the operaf|j|? tion of rampant party ism, swinging ?111? the nendulum from one to the other m dizzy height of poiitical excess. From c first to last this callous, self-seekingman bas been the cause, the sole association of all our undoing. S '-To go back do further than the ft last internal Democratic conflict. If S. sis months before the nominating period of 1S96 Mr. Cleveland had firmly said: 'I will not be a candidate undtr an circumstances, nor alio^v my name to be used by anybody,' the elements of order in the par:y could gst together and uni.ed on some leader equal to I the task of meeting sad beating the [ extremists. But Mr. Cleveland could p not be induced to make the slightest . sign. He was as silent as an oracle, srarding the while exactly where the lightning might be expected to strike. Except for this paralyzing Carlisle, ^Kentucky could not have held; Kentucky gone, the rest followed like a /landslide. Mr. Cleveland wss known to be a covertly candidate, and, handicapped by Mm, the friends o? * sound money and revenue reform ]f were overwhelmed by the malcontents, raised up in the first place, by Mr. Cleveland's exasperating temper and hi incompetency for leadership. gjl "It is discouraging to the friends of l||y reform in. the south and west that W&g thus prematurely the movement for lip. honest and sound money should be ME? freighted dovrn by a name which is potent only for evil. But it is still more discouraging to reflect that +.he man behind this name is as indefatigable as he is mischievous, that he is f :JL, the author of the kx party discipline % of which he complains; that be is the i r"tftck -nwvt^M ir*r\ onKhprVvh which the national convection in 1S92 refused to adopt; that elected on ggEk. a pledge of taritf reform, he sent the P? tariii' to the rear, and, advancing the j money issue to the front, lost Doth: that he is very much richer than ever f * he was ana much more ambitious than ever he was: that his removal was the first adroit step :n his new ^ plan of campaign; that every day of | his life in that tine effeminate Italian hand, he will write from two to fifty letters, addressed to persons in every part of the country; that posing as a retired statesman and philosopher, and playing upon tUe credulity of the sim-! pie minded and easily flattered, he i will leave no string untouched for stimulating the activity of the expectant; and day and ni^ht this Reform club, having in charge the circulation j of Democratic literature, will be si J ^ '? ? * >? ??v.LI\a/s, i/v *V?/\ I f iecuy, 5>urciy wurjbuuK tu tiio uac rjuu. 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. interesteven if he had any real sense of personal dignity?he would rid the great questions at issue from ttie embarrassment of a presence which is not a help, but a hinderance. Instead or | playing the part of a philosopher and cfQto:mon ixrhilo AYhailStinCf f-VftTV ! i artifice to regain the presidency, he would perceive the grandeur of being t such in point of fact, and of enjoying | like a statesman acid philosopher, the I 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 cfflce represents both. He lines the power, the emo^ments and the employment. He has a taient for industry. He is dominant and experienced. l-To bim the Presidency has become, what he indeed made it while he had it?a personal affair, held regardless of party obligations. Destitute of imagination ana of sympathy, he subjected every thing and every body to his unbounded and unquenchable egoti ism. this egotism indeed, became so sin I cere that he grew at last to believe that | he did actually know something of the questions of his time and had some i policy otter than the gratification of bis 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 iheir path, and that they should begin to cast about tbern how to shake from their shoulders | this veritable Old Man of the MounI tains. He is with us only for what it will bring him. Nothing could have induced him to appear in public ex l cept to keep himself before the public, | [ and there is cot a word uttered by j J him to depreciate the idea of another candidacy. "All his life an officeseeker and an officeholder, he differs from the riffraff of hie class only by his high pre-j j tensions and profound duplicity. He j | hopes in the hurly-burly of affairs to I j force himself upon the country as the | rapresentative of clean politics and the j public order. He represents neither, j He represents only his own lust forj office. A great an noble principle j must not be thus desecrated. A possible party rehabilation of the greatest 1 moment must not be obstructed by | such a death's head at the feast. "If Mr. Cleveland has not the wis' fi-N co nr] thp ftf.pn 5 UVUJ. bv/ OVW -Uio V4 V*. VJ VUW ^ -. V*w -WV?? ^ down and out, he should be compelled by the opinion of decent people to step down and out, for the elimination of his ambitions is indispensable to any progress in the direction of reform, i which, while he stood as its official I chief, encounted nothing but obloquy and defeat." Pleasure in Prof pec 5. President E H. Aull and Secretary 0. C. Lacgston have announced the arrangements that have been made ' lor a pleasant and protitabie meeting) of the State Press Association toj meet in Newberry on May 25th next J and spend two dajs in discussing va-! rious topics of interest to the profession, and incidentaiy enjoy Newberry's | j proverbial hospitality, after which a j visit will be made to the Thorn well j j Orphanage at Clinton, where lunch j will be served by the ladies of the j ?town, and then to the celebrated Harris Lithia Springs, where an elegant j banquet will be tendered by the pro-1 prietor. Leaving this place on Friday j night, Ma"? 2G, the Association will go j on an excursion to the Tennessee Cen- j torminl iKynnsif.inn at. "Nashville. ston-S Ding en route at Chattanooga :o visit Lookout Mountain and other points of interest. The whole scheme is certainly highly attractive, and there will doubtless be a large turn out of the members to enjoy the rare opportunity afforded. Electric Car Causally. An electric street car filled with e passengers was run into Thurday afterInoon bv a railroad train on the outskirts of Tampa, Fla., and one passenger txtqo 1-i] i Itt anH ntViOrs J slightly iD3ared. The street car was without a conductor and the motorman was taking fares. One Cuban refused 10 pay and when seized to be put oif the car was rescued by three I other Cubans, who assuited the mo! torman, holding him down on the rear platform'wnile the car ran down grade to the crossing. The nam? of the man killed is Manul Ajcano. The icjured are Antonio Sierra and "William Forepaugh. The two first Darned j are Spaniards. Forepaugh is proprietor of a circus. KIdjj Fount! at X.astJohn C. King:, the long lest hei*-! of nis brother, Louis King of New j Orleans, that was supposed to be concealed in Troy by persons who wished j j to ?et possession of the property, ao- j I peared before t&e district court id ^ew j Orleans on Friday to prove his iden] lily. An attempt to prove thai be } was unfit to control the large fortune | failed, and the court ordered Kirg put in possession of the property. (?ing acknowledged that he was a I heavy drinker ana that he was a | tramp, sleeping in the police station ! at Troy when he heard of tne death of J 1 his brother and his accession to the j property. | 1A Confederate Xoncmest. The Confederate monument erected j i through the efforts of the Daughters ! | of the Confederacy of Dallas, Texas, I was unveiled Friday morning. The Hon. John H. Reagan delivered a eulogy on Mr. Davis. Other eulogies were pronounced as follows: On Gen. R E. Lee, by the non. George IN. Alarige; on Gea. Stonewall Jackson, by Judge H. W. Lightfcot; on \ Gen. Alberts. Johston, by the Eon. | Norton G. Kittrell; on "The Private," by the Hon. A. T. Watts. 2I?ke Home Happy. i HP'Uic io on that trill i ! heeded by all wiio look to the promo-1 ! lion of the pleasures of others. A; i happy home is indeed the hapuiest of j | places. One source of happiness in ] ! the home circle is good music. A i | sure srarce of 2:00a music is a good | piano?such as may be had from M. ; A. Malone, Columbia, 3. C. Kead ! vrhat ixe has to say in his nevr adver-! j tisement. j r CLEVELAND'S SPEECH ! | AT THE BANQUET OF THE NEvV YORK REFORM CLUB i Commented on by W. Jennings liryan, ' I.ate Democratic Candidate for the Presi I Idency?He it* Courteous but Criticalj Keg<l 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. Cleveland, two members of his cabinet and such eminent gold Democrats as ex-Congress man Turner. Bvnum and Patterson made the banquet an important polit ical event, and the address delivered by Mr. Cleveland may fairly be accepted as setting forth the present views and future purposes of the bolting' 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 their wallowing in the mire of extreme protection. This is an unfair criticism, because the ReVvTa?-c? fioTTA norar ehnwn fln 17 iiU * V WV T position to abandon extreme protec tion. on m'kinley democrats Mr. McKiniey won political fame as the apostle of a tariff, and during the late campaign reiterated his devotion to this policy. Those Democrats who voted for Mr. McKiniey voted with their eyes open to tariff possibilities. Neither have those Democrats reason to complain cf McKiniey'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 the restoration of bimetallism, but in so doing, he is only carrying out a, pledge contained in his platfSrrn. Unless the gold Democrats were in possession of assurances not given 10 the public generally, or expected the President to abandon his platform, they ought to be satisfied witt* 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 the Chicago platform can consistently condemn both the tariff policy and the financial policy of the administration, but those who supported Mr. McKinlty are only receiving what they had a right to expect. Mr. Cleveland accuses the Republicans of a determination "to repay partisan support from the proceeds of in- j creased burdens of taxation placed; upon those already overladen." He knew that the Republicans had j -o/O } o "Til v> lovftQy thflYl I WilCV^'.CU a 1UUU gvx ever before known in Ameican politics. Did it ever occur to him that the contributors would expect repay men! through legislation friendly to their interests. Has not the Dmgley bill been drawn exactly upon the j plan cf the MeKinley bill? It may differ in its schedules, but it does not' differ in its general plan and prepara- j tion. But if those Democrats who! supported Mr. McKiniey have no rea* j son to criticise his course, what shall j we say of those Democrats who sup I ported the Indianapolis ticket? What j claims have they to consideration at j the hands of the "President? FROil BOLTING DEMOCRATS. Mr. Cleveland asserts that when the; fate of the nation seemed in the bal-j ance, deliverance came through the bolting Democrats. Does he mean 4-/v/s/n \%vi io rrrV% r\ ' LUrUU^LL IU.UC5C ato YV U.KS r VLtu directly for Mr. McKinley. or through those who voted for the Indianapolis ticket. The leaders among the gold Democrats claim to have voted for Palmer and Buckner. Certainly this j did not entitle them to pose as saviors of their country. They knew that the contest would be close, even Mr. Cleveland refers to the campaign as one of doubt and fear. Was it patriotic for gold Democrats to throw their votes away upon a ticket wbich had no 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 ms declaration or war against tnose who supported the Chicago ticket. In this last address he has given more aid to his opponents than to his sup porters, just 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 ihan 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 ! out of the Republican party, and their | loyalty to oimetallism has not been shaken by defeat. In his address Sat! urday nigb'c he aided the silver cause still furlner by removing whatever danger there might have been of con i 4. UiXA WUV X VtAAVVl. M.VU to the bolters. If he had discussed the fundamental principles of Democracy and then urged union of force upon a platform composing differences on the money question he might have done us harm in some section, but his dogmatic insistence upon a foreign financial policy and his endorsement of the organi zation of the gold Democrats will have a wholesome influence in convincing timid Democrats of the folly of any attempt to reunite the Democrats who are wedded to gold monometallism. COSIEST IN ITS INVAXCY. Mr. Cleveland recognizes that.the contest over the money question. in sies.u Ol USIUg euucu, isjusl yc^inuiuj; , he recognizes it as an irrepressible conflict, and m 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, why siiould those affiliate now who expect to engage in combat so soon We now have a harmonious Democratic 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 biraetaliist is converted to the gold standard -he can join their organization; i? any gold Democrat repents he can return to the fold. However much we may differ from Mr. Cleveland we must admit his courage. A less resolute man would hesitate to assume the leadership of a. little band of 130,000, many of whom voted the Indianapolis ticket bv mistake. ? *uAaai.ISA/1 a uArt Ann : aiiu txjea a^tuscu u,jw,u^u iuwo vh being: either designing agitators or the dunes of designing agitators. A man with less self-reliance would re-examine his own conduct :;o see whether it was his folly or theirs which separated them from 5,000,000 of Democrats who once idolized him, but in the lexicon of Mr. Cleveland's maturer jears there is no such word as "mistake " POWERLESS TO RELIEVE Ths gold Democracy is impotent to oricg any real relief to the country, it is lucg on platitudes and short on 1 performance, it reaches its maximum i at a banquet and its minimum at the polls. It is the toy of those financiers who prate about national honor while j they fatten on the nation's extremity, ! and is po werless to protect the people ] from tbe extortion of trusts and the! greed of unrestrained corporations. Those Democrats who believe in j equality before Iho law wiil na'.urally j gravitate toward the regular Dcmcc- j racy and those Democrats who believe j in a government bv syndicates and for i Isyndicates will naturally drifiiato the Republican party, because it otfsrs J them the best 'Drospects of success. The Koad Law. Section 1. Be it enact'd by the J General Assembly of the State of j South Carolina, That an set entitled j 4 An Act to provide a system of coun ty government for the counties of this i Slate, so far as it relates to the working and maintaining the roads and j highways in this State," approved: March 23d, lS9t>; be. and the same is J hereby, amended by striking out Sec- j tion 4 thereof and inserting in lieu of j said Section the following: Section 4. That all able bodied l male persons and all male persons able to perform or causs to be per- j I formed the labor herein required, be- j tween the ages of eig teen and fifty: years, except in Horry snd Spartan-! i burg counties, where the ages sttall be i | from twenty-one to fifty, and also exj cept ministers; of the Gospel in actual charge of a congregation, and persons j 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, under the di i rection of the Overseer of the road dis trict in which he shall reside, except j ! in the in the counties of SDartanburg, Anderson, Greenville snd Darlington, j wherein the number of workir-g clays j shall be thrt:p, and the couutifs of; Orangeburg, Pickens. Saluda, Else- i field, CoJleton, Chester, Barnwell, Newberry and Williamsburg, wherein the number of working clays shall be six, and the counties of Charleston, Georgetown, Beaufort and Florence, wheiein the number of working days shall be eight: Provided that tbe.j j County Board of Commissioners ?jI j j any county may cause to be levied an j i additional tax, not to exceed one mill. j | on all the taxable property of any j | township in their county, when so re : j quired by a written petition signed by j t.to thirds of the freeholders of such j i townsnip, sucn tax to oe conec:ea as : the other taxes, and to be expanded on j the roads and highways of each town- j ship. Section 2 That the said act be, and the same is hereby, further amended bv striking out Section 27 thereof and inserting in lieu of said Section the following: Section 27. That the County Treas- j urers of the counties of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to \ receive from any and ail persons liable to road duties as commutation tax; Sin the counties of Abbeville. dol-! lars, to be fixed by the County Board j of Commissioners; Aiken, one dollar; j Anderson, one doiiar; B-irnwell, one j dollar; Beaufort, two dollars; Berke- ] ley, one dollar; Chester, two dollars; i Onesterfield, one dollar; Charleston,! two dollars; Colleton, two dollars;! Clarendon, one dollar; Darlington, j lone dollar: Edgefield, two dollars;' Fairfield, two dollars; Florence, two i dollars; Georgetown, two dollars;! Greenville, one dollar; Hampton, one] dollar; Horry, two dollars; Kershaw, j one dollar; Lancaster, one*dollars; i Laurens, two dollars; Lexington, j one doiiar; Xew'oerry, one dollar;! Marlboro, one doiiar; Marion,! < * u -l I jiwo aoiiars; ricseos ivvo auuars;] | Richland, two dollars; Spartanburg, I | one dollar; Saluda, two dollars; Sum-1 {ter, one dollar; Union, one dollar;! Oconee; one dollar; Orangeburg, two! dollars; Willismsburg, tvvo dollars;! York, two dollars; and all monejs ?0 j paid shall be set apart and known as j the county road fund: Provided, j That such commu*aii -n lax be paid for] the Seal year ISyC between the first j day of March acd the first day of j April, and hereafter said commutation I tax shall be paid for the succeeding! year when State and county taxes are! paid, and that the County Treasurers: | shall furnish a receipt to the person so | j paying the same; Provided,Tfieameridj rnents as to Picktns county shall not j I i r\ the. r?Y?oo/*-nt i rPOy That. I the amendments to this Section shall i not go into effect until the first day of July next. Sis C^nvJcta Pardoned. The Governor issued the following pardons Friday on the recommeodition of Dr. Pope, surgeon of the Peni- j teatiary: Joseph Boles, convicted in Beaufort, j 18%, of hcuic breaking and larceny, j and senter.ced by Judge Earle to j eighteen months. Monroe Holland.convicted in Aiken, j 1895, of house-breaking and larceny, j and sentenced by Judge Gary to five! years. Peter Green, c evicted in Beaufort, j ! 1S95, of burglary, aad sentenced by | | Judge Gary to five years. j William Leysoth, convicted of "an j J attempt to murder by poison" in Or- i j angeburg, 1S06, and sentenced cy I Judge Townsend to live years. Dr. Pope says they are all well ad- j {vanced in consumption and cannot | j live many ^eeks longer in prison ana | j are a constant source of danger to the j j other convicts SfHT-viDg Chinamen Fi ht. Hong Kong advices say letters from j Szchuan province sbow ihat 30.000 j Chinamen are massed in one armv in j ^ t'_- _i r j^ ? i ^ ! j me city 01 ivicnu^ eaiuri;:; ueaiauus ; for food. Two pircbed battles have] taken place between the mobs and! J government troops in which 120 soljdiers were killed and wounded. Two; ; regiments of regular troops have left j I Chu.n? Kiarg for the seat oi trouble, j [ "MEN TO GARRIS." j J MR. GASTON'S OFFICIAL REPORT AS 70 THAT TRUNK. i Important Orders Have Been Issued ;>y J Gov. JEHerbs?'What He Saya- Question* J for Kr. Gaston to Answer. The following communication was published in the News and Courier Wednrsday: To the Editor of the News and Courier: Since the jury who sat on the case of WillI iam Beckroge vs. The State of South Carolina in the Uunited States Court has given a j verdict of $SOO damages to the plaintiff, it is j reasonable to suppose that a return of the i cantured trunk and contents croes with the i * ,. . , . . , . vcruic:. i>unng trie trial 01 tne case the ! attorney for the plaintiff propounded the ; questions to the Assistant Attorney General: I "Where is t.he trunk?" "Where arc the ciI gars?" Tc both of which, it' 1 am correctly | informed, he replied, "In Columbia, 1 supj pose." ! Now, I wish to ask. Did he suppose they ; were in Columbia? Ilad he not the inforj rnation 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 therei to, and I ask each of them directly and seperj ately for this information: Where is the trunk? We would like for ! Col. Wilie Jones,chairman of the State Hoard ! of Control, to say what he knows about this. ! Then we would be glad to have Mr. Seth i Scruggs, tse 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. Garris, a member of the legislative exarninining committee for the Dispensary, to say what he kuows about the trunk. Next, where are the cigars? I think, perhaps, all of the members, all five of them, can say something on this subject. Then let Colonel Gaston,who was in charge of them, say where they are. Then Mr. Scruggs can come up and have his little say, and finally, perhaps Mr. Charlie Lynch, who is an employee in the office, can enlighten the public. 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 are they? Colonel Gaston, tells us, and let all of the above named gentlemen give the people of South Carolina an account of their stewardship. The people should know just how things are being worked and managed at the great moral institution, and, if honestly and correctly, then they will only have to say so and stop suspicion, and it not, ami tney iau to satisiy me puouc, then they mu^t bear the stigoia. Come up, gentlemen, an anxious public awaits replies from each and every one of you, and should there be anything out of place let it rest on the shoulders where it properly belongs. Truth Seeker. The Columbia Register says Colonel Jones stated that he had never seen the trunk or any of its contents, and certainly had not smoked any of the cigars. The trunk had been sold to Mr. C. W. G-arris. As to the cigars, &c., he knew nothing, but -was i : ; i.: ilSVIIlg IXir: ma.UCi 111 veaiigiueu, iUC trunk was sold just as barrels or any other old thing is sold from the Dispensary. The trunk had not been paid for ?o far as he knew. Mr. Scruggs said the whola thing simply amounted to making a big thing out of nothing. Governor Sllerbe, in speaking of the matter, seemed to be considerably angered about it. He said Judge Tnwisend wanted to see the marks on the trun'vto use as a:i argument in the case, but reported that he could not find it. Governor Ellerbe. in investigating, called upon Colonel Gaston, who replied by letter and sent a similar one to Chairman Jones. This no doubt has some information the* tviKIt/* nrAt" Knt. tViP I Vi'V T? VVA?U J1 Ok\-? to 7 VVA* V" w | 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, then, is the sts.tus of the pres: ent case. It must be confessed tbat it : is but one of the others upon which | complaints have been made, but none i heretofore received such an investigation. Mr. J. P. K. Bryan made a forI mal demand for the trunk, and this I brought the matter to a crisis. In I many of the other cases there have I been only matterings and nothing has I come of then, but "th is one seems to i be loaded with a genuine sensation. The report of ex Commissioner John T. Gaston oi the State dispensary on the Beckrogii trunk and its contents lis as follows: Columbia, S. C., April 14, 1S07. Hon. W. A. Barber, Attorney General of South Carolina: Sir: Complying with your request concerning 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 of my re-1 collections) three two-gallon jugs of whiskey, nine bottles of wine, 10 boxes cigars. two cans peaches and 1 think one dozen lemons. The trunk was not to my recollections, marked so that you would know it contained whiskey. A card marked glass was on the trunk in several places. Mr: C \V. Garris of Colleton told rae,. that Mr. N/-?TM?rrrrc a n L- L* ?* a r\ rn* tnlrl liirn fViof V? r* could have the trunk and 1 let him have it. The whiskey has been dumped, the wines are | here in my possession: the cigars, the j peaches and the lemons are gone. That is j about the status of the trunk business aa I recollect. Yours respectfully, .John T. Gaston, Acting Commissioner. Governor Eilerbe is quite wi'iing 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 tnat ne only iieara 01 the ceczroge I trunk for the first time a few 'Uys j ago It waj when the above report of Mr. Gaston was referred to him ! from the attorney general's office. It I was a thorough surprise. The goveri nor continuing:, said that he had had a talk wit& Cierk Scruggs soon after the report was referred to him. Cierk Serusgs said that he had sud the trunk t> Mr. C. W. G Arris. T- * : vyvx. .wiixc was iCiiu iui uj \ ! the governor and to him said that that | j was the first time he had heard of the j j trunk. | Though the governor did not say [so, from bis talk it was seen that he | was surprised when he read in The | State of yesterday that Colonel Jones | recalled that the trunk had been put [ in the dispensary ana a report made ! r.f ir? flrfivfli tr? tr.Q Iiasw r*f ixrhi^h hp ; is chairman. j Governor EHerbe did not mince ! words in speaking of the trunk incii deal. "They had as well take the dis: pessary liquor that is bought by the ! full! U ' ?A m /I vkMAfNAVi Irt tin ?.1 V OW?!.C, 3U1U <JLU UlCOwiit XI LV LJUCaI I friends." Contraband goods are the ! property of *he State as much as the [ liquor that is bought, he declared ai;d j there vras no warrant or excuse f.c | them to be cce sidered in any oih-;r The constables are paid by the State 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 think of taking any of the contraband liquor no matter ho w choice it might bo." Confirming, Governor Ellerbs said he had advised the b^ard to turn over th'i management of the details of the dispensarv to Commissioner Yance. it would, be wen mgn impossible ior a board meeting once a month to manage everything about the dispensary. The duties of the board, he thought, were like those of the board of regents for the hospital for the irsane. It was to exercise a general supervision over all the atfairs and leave to the management to execute. On one point the governor was particularly emphatic. He did not think it wise to leas'e the purchasing of whiskey to one man. That the board ought not to do. T?&+ni*rcin ct tnfVio nnoctinn r-f ^nntrQ band goods he said that even if the Beckroge 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. ikI have given Vance order , however," he said, "not to let any contra band things go cut of the dispensary." He went on to say that hereafter trunks, cigars and su2h like tbiags seized with liquor would be advertised and sold to the highest bidder. The seized liquor could not be disposed of in this way, but after having analyzed itcouia be bottled ana sent out it up to the required standard. He has already given orders that a list of every j trunk, pair of shoes or anything of the sort must be kept and thV. he was going to hold the persons in charge responsible for everything. Governor Eilerbe in conclusion said that he was going to try and carry out his pledge of a clean and business administration ot' the dispensary. Scrap Book and Diary. We wculd urge upon our young friends of both sexes to use an occa-: sional golden hcur 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 them often, as tJie birds come, unoiaden and unlocked for, yet ever wel come, to build their nests under the eaves, and, if not recorded, may never return in the same'connection. "Peli- < on is piled upon Ossa" of incidents, happeaiogs and data, daily, and will be buried in oblivion if not noted. Tnese exercises will develop an orderly ana disciplined mind, and be of j great advantage. "lake this lesson -with you, take it, hold it i fast, i The mill will never grind with the water that is past." Clexnson's Income. The Columbia Stare says a compari- j son of the amounts received by the i State treasurer from ihe privilege tax ? 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 j had such amounts of guano, been sold j in tneir neighborhoods. For this j year the privilege tax up to this time i aggregates $55,975.93 while last year | it was $54,524: 37; a difference of ?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 I of tons more sold this than last year, which is 5. SO6 tons. Proportioned j equally among tee counties of the j State the. amount of fertilizers used in j each this year is 145 too? in excess of j that used last. All of this tax goes to j the support of Clemson. Though the j amount is $55,975.93, Clemson has to! pay back to tbe State $10,000 which I was overpaid one year by a clerical j error. That is to be returned to the State this year, and will reduce the college's revenue that amount. A Tale of Horror. The French fishing vessel Vaillant, Captain Pierre, bound from St. Miguel, 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 heard i from. When she left the vessel her j complement was seven men. Three j of them perished from exposure and j hunger. The bodies of the first two ' were thrown overboard, but tbe survivors, in their desperation, were driven to cannibalism and ate the third. The boat was p;eked up Thursday by the j schooner Victor Eugene, which ar- j rived at St. Pierre. The survivors are j in a shocking condition and are so badly frost bitten that taeir arms roust be.amputated. A Monument to Grant. The tomb of General U. S. Grant was dedicated in New York city, last week, with the most imposing cere| monies of the kind that have ever j been witnessed in this country. It is j now 12 years since Grant died, and j ever since, the movement to complete j the monument to his memory has been pushed with an earnest persistence, j The amount raised is about $700,01)0. j The principal features of the ceremo j ! nies were a great military parade, par- j ticipated in by the regular army, Grand Army and Confederate Veter ans, and a speech, by President Ale tZinley. Mrs. Grant was present and rtceived a great ovation. The visitors from all parts of the country numbered something iike half a million. Soot Water for Plants. Soot water, msde from the scot of wood tires, is said to be an excellent fertilizer Oi nouse or outaoor pianis. j The soct should be brushed do wn from j the chisaaeys with a long bandied! brush, gathered iuto a quart bag and j soaked in rain-water over night. The water, black as ink, will be ready for j use the next morning. Tc use about j | souse plauts it should be considerably j ! diluted. It h?\s a tendency to bake the | soil and can easily be too strong for j j the little amount of earih in window ! I box or pot. It is a pefect destroyer of j J insects and worms that sometimes in- j i fest house plants and ru^y be used in i j such cases ones or twice a week until 1 | they disappear. j SPANIARDS DONE UP. 150 Troops Killed by Insurgents Under Garcia. A dispatch from Havannasays Gen. Nicolas del R^y has been recalled to TTabana from Sqnlifltfn rip Dn'nn hv nv ^ %__/ o v der 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 Manzanillo under date cf April 19, have created a sensation in Havanna. Tbev show that the Spanish column of 2,000 men was utterly put to rout by the aynaniits bombs ibat exploded, and instead of in xu sviuicis Jiuicu as me u-mciai 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 in'-the road on which the Spanish were marching. They did not explode prematurely as was declared last week. The six bombs exploded simultaneously in the centre of Gen. Rey's column. A Spanish officer writes the following description of the battle to his family in Habana: '"Tne 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 deaf and blind /or a few seconds. The cries of our wounded soldiers were awful. When I was able to stand, I saw around me heads entirely cut off 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 easy a iew seconds later lor our successful enemies to rout us and disperse our column, in which nothing of military oider and discipline remained. 4 "As soon as ihe 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 crowd followed the general's party, closely harrassed by the Cuban cavalry, v-7hich made havoc in our ranks." The writer of the letter adds that the Spaniards left on the field nearly ail their arms and ammunitions besides a considerable convoy-of provisions they were 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 Ofiente. 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 they have also tried to employ it, but unsuccessfully, or. account of the swift military movements of the insurgents. The Diarlo del Ejercito, which is the newspaper organ of the Spanish army, publish?s clfisial figures showing that the number of armed men on the Spanish side during the two years of war in Cuba has been 272,282. Four Persons Burnt to Death. Four persons lost their lives in a are at 127S Third avenue, Brooklyn. j Thursday. The dead are: Mrs. John I Newell and her two children, aged 8 I and 5 years, and Mrs. Celia Barnett, aged 33 years. The flames began in the lower hall, and spread with great rapidity through the building, completely cutting off the escape of the j Newell family, which occupied the! top floor. When Mrs. Newell found the stairway burning and the hall filled with smoke, she threw her children, Louis aged S, and John aged 5, from a window to the street below, where four men held a blanket, to catch them. The children bounded from the blanket and were killed by falling on the sidewalk. Mrs. Newell was afrsid to attempt the leap and was found suffocated later in her apartments. Her husband escaped with slight burns. On the floor below lived Mr. and Mrs. Barnett. They reached the street in safety, but MrsBarneit ran back into tbe burning building to secure some jewelry she had left behind. She was subsequently founu in 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. Backing up McLaarla. Governor Atkinson of Georgia takes the same view of the tariff ques tion as does Congressman McLaurin of this State. He believes that if protection is to be the policy of this govern rnent its alleged benefits should be shared by ail sections In the course of a speech delivered by him a few days ago Gov. Atkinson said: "The South should have her proportionate share of protection even though her statesmen would not inaugurate it as a policy of government, and it would be a gross wrong for Congress to discriminate againgt Southern manufacturers because our people believe the best general policy is a tariff as low as the needs of the government will per mit. When tne majority decides for Drotection, then all should share alike. 1 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 by the majority, it should float over all sections without discrimioation. 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 thv? northern part of Jacksonville, Fla, Friday morning foully murdered. He was 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 forenoon. Near by was a woman's belt and a handserchief, leading to ice Dsiiex tnat L-ruoer was murdered either by a -woman or by a jealous lever cr husband. Gruber's skull was crushed in, giving evidence of having been hit by a club. vVhen found he was Ivin^ on his face. His nistol was gone, but otherwise nothing had bsen disturbed. An investigation will be made by the coroner's jury tomorrow morning. Tortured wltli Hoi Irons. Tares masked men entered the Hewitt House, a small tavern near Sharon, Fa., and committed a brutal assault cn Lambert Hewitt, the proprietor. The? heated irons over a lamp and, arm!\nnir t.hom Tn him rnrriripl !^r5 him to tell where his money was hidden, j They stole $300 and escaped. ' LEATHER AND CROPS. DIRECTOR BAUER'S WEEKLY SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS. Some Damage by Frost?Jfeed of Bain Generally Reported?Weather Favorable ior isarai worn, out 100 uooi ana ury for Growing Crops, The folio wing is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in this State issued last week by Observer Bauer of the State Bureau: TEMPEBATUBE. The temperature averaged 5 degrees per day below the normal. The days were sufficiently warm, but the nights were cool. The maximum temperature was 83 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 portions it was from 1 to 2 degrees per day cooiier than usual. RAINFALL. No rain fell in any portion of the State during the entire week. All correspondents report the need of rain. In the western portions of the State, to soften the baked soil so that plowing,preparation for planting may be finished, this work being now largely suspended, and to aid recently planted corn and cotton to germinate. JLLL LUC C<WICI11 lO-LLL io UOTU." ed for growing crops generally, but more particularly for transplanting tobacco: to bring up late planted corn 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. errvem vl"? * xrrv crrvT\o 1U1J/ TYJUIX/O* It was practically a cloudless wesk. The estimated percentage of possible suashine raised 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. FEOST. Frost was reported on the 18th, 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, tobs.r>oo 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. CEOPS. The weather was extremely favorable for farm work, but too cool and dry ior growing crops ana lor Dreading up bottom lands or clay soils generally. Corn planting is about completed over the eastern and central portions; about half finished over the remainder 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 ana 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 reports state that it is coming up again. Chinch bu?s have attached corn in Chester and York. From York west ward, corn planted early in March will 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. Replanting necessary over northeastern counties, where many fields were destroyed by 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 _ 1 7. TT 1 ^ on a large scaie. u ncovsrea Deas injured by frost; damage immateriaL Rice planting made rapid progress, and stands generally satisfactory. Wheat continues to look promising. Chinch bugs 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 the more easterly counties where it is begin- ' nicg to head. In Chesterfield some fields apparently injured by frost Peaches are not as much injured as earlier reports indicated. Some local lties, m same section, reporting a lair "set" and others that all are killed. Apples promise well, a few reports only indicate any injury to thorn. Plums, cherries and apricots plentiful Dewberries ripening in Barnwell. Blackberries blossoming profusely over the central and northeastern counties. Canes, melons and pastures making 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 iin and dm'tvo" well_ The national bulletin of April 19 reports the condition of corn and cotton as follows: "No corn has yei 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 temperatare and needs warmer weather." "Some cotton has been planted in Oklahoma, southern Missouri and Tennessee; about half the crop planned in Arkansas. In northern Texas planting and growth of cotton have been retarded by cool weather." A Slav 2Iiner Killed. The badly mutilated body of John Skilko, a Slav miner, was found beside 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 robbery and then laid across the tracks and was run over by a train; the other that while intoxicated he walked on the track and was killed by the train. t-1 T> T 1 J - - coroner oariiiiiiiLer uciu aa luqucai over the remains.