The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, May 05, 1897, Image 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.