The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, June 15, 1898, Image 4

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; : / W--:yr r' DISPENSARY AFFAIRS: j CHAIRMAN HASElDEN'S REPORTj MAKES EVERY THING PUBLIC. After Thorough Be Beads a L- c are to County Dirpcca. js- Gcti Right Befciud Dlepeiera ard Esys Tfa?re la Too SLaclx B? stage. The board of control met in Columbia on last Wednesday. The mcst important matter ?ras the rjprr. o: Chairman Haseldtn. This paper ds monstrates close attention to the conduct of the dispenrary and bodes vreil for its future conduct. The report is as follows: Columbia, S. C., June 7,189S. To the Honorable the Staie Board oI Control. ri ? a] . a? /I'nsirrvieTi it crciiuciiicit. JUUI has been my duty and pleasure to spend a large part of the past month here in looking into and studjing the large business of which we have the control. Various matters of interest have come under my observation, to which I wish to draw yqur attention, and in doing so my report will :o a certain extent be disconnected. I will first give jou a statement of our financial standing: Cash on hand ....... $44,119. Oi Total incebtedness.......... 33.617. Co Cash balance on hand......$10,501.96 We can s&ieiy reiy upon luc c?au receipts amounting to $2C,CC0 per week. By referring to the repcrt of the Commissioner yoa will see that we have a large stock of liquor on hand. With, tins statement of our finances I would recommend that the Commis sioner be instructed to pay $10,000 to the school fund. Mr. Milady, the ccntr^c':or, has given bond for the second contract awarded him. He is making fine progress . with his work, and ha3 been "paid $2,158.30. I have made contract with him to "* ^ '?? x? Av.+%ioY\rt^ nf enlarge uoor mo ifum ciiuiuvg w the new dispensary building which I hope will meet with your approval. 1 would suggest thai there be bu : at some convenient point?near Co_imissioner Vance's office?a fire proof ' vault to hold the present steel sale, books and papers, lha vault can be about 10x10 and about 3 ieet high inside, with hollow space 'or air be tween a steel fire proof door. The cost of such vault properly built would not exceed $70C. The contract with Mr. Ssnn for the rent of a part of the vacant lot has been agreed upon, and signed by him and myself. This contract I herewith J submit for your inspection. ^ I would suggest that y ou employ **u f expert to examine carefully tne whis- ] key tanks now in use. I am 01 me opinion that it will be shown that it will b3 better to purchase new tanks; if so, then I would recommend thai you buy three tanks of 50 barrels capacity each and one tank of 25 barrels capacity* Two of the large tanks . to be used exclusively for corn whiskey and the other for rye whiskey. The 25 barrel tank being used only for dumping the higher grades af rje whiskey. In moving from our present quarters to the new dispensary building we will certainly lose one week, possibly two. In yiew of this fact I tnink it ... advisable to make purchases of enough liquor to cover this period in excess of me ordinary purcnases, ?uu mauuvt. % . all the dispensers to increase their orders. so as to have a stock sufficient to carry them until work is resumed. A DISPEKSEE SHOBT. Dispenser J. W. Henry,,.Laurens, ^ who was summoned liere atr'the las: meeting of the board,. was checked up soon after our adjournment and was found ia arrears $526.25. 1 suspended him at ence, and visited Laureis the following week and collected from him the above amount and turned the same over to the clerk of ihe Siate board of control. I have just received information -* * ? TTlj ?- ? ?*??- a irom i nspwitiir xuu wjtruis iv ? ? age of $308- 91 against Dispenser J. K. McMillan at Tcxldviile, S. C. Mr. Edwards writes me that this dispenser acknowledges that he has been short for three years; jet his reports at this office have been made to conform with accounts here against him, and the same being approved by the county board of control Owing to your meeting here tonight 1 did not lake action against him, leaving the matter in your naads. i Since the last meeting of our board I have made enquiry into the looting of the dispensaries at Timmonsviiit and Florence during the Darlington riot, and find that two cases were placed in the hands of the circuit Solicitor for suit covering the amounts of $285.75 and $915.51 respectively. These cases were removed from Florence county to Georgetown counMl * AiiA/lAPffllllTT jr emu Slut wxuugut rtiiU. maintained in one case to the amount of $285.75. The other case amounting to $915.51 has never been tried. The judgment obtained in Georgetown, a transcript of which should have been filed with Clerk of Court of Florence county, has never been entered up. I call this matter to your attention, so you can take such action as may be deemed best. TOO MUCH BSEAKAGE, I desire to call your attention to breakage sustained in the shipments of whiskey to the sub-dispensaries. I submit a report on eight dispensaries, which is a fair index to the others, as I have taken four of those who report { the largest amount cf breakage and j the four who report the lowest. Mr. W. J. Motte of Charleston leads 5 the list with the highest amount. He! started in easiness in September, 1S97, j and purchased $362.23 and reports} breakage $6.65?2 per cent. In April his purchases were $197.70,and breakage $12.97?6 per cent.?which is ? per cent, greater in April, 1S3S, than in September, 1897, when he assumed charge of the sub-disuensarv. This is cut of all reason ana there j must be something radically wrong if J his management from a business standpoint. I next call your attention to the Mt. Pleasant dispensary, which is near Charleston, and to which the goods are shipped by way of Charleston and oyer the same railroad, and in addition to this these goods have to be unloaded upon the steamship wharfs and reloaded upon steam boats and unloaded upon the wharfs in Mt. Pleasant again, which requires one more hadling than Mr. Motte's goods does in the city; with this additional handling tJie Mt. Pleasant dispensary breakage is not as great as Mr Motte's. The figures are: May purchases, 1S97, $933.49; breakage, $3.44; 1-3 per cent. April pur> ion o sni r\e . z fx O K . cnases, i.cco, ou j 114 percent: which is 7S per centi greater in April, 1898, than in May, 1897, when the present dispenser assumed charge. But his breakage is increasing instead of decreasing as it should with experience and proper management. I believe if the records were searched it will be found that the Chester dispensary would have the largest breakage accounts of any in the State. I have taken this as I have the others, the first report of the brer.kage of the present dispenser's management and the last report. which is April of 'his . flgmgwant B? - - " '? -v-^- -? year, i In Julj, 1SS0. the Chester uispfEser j purchased $2,1 ?2 20; breaks??, $1G 151 ?34 percent. K!s Aprii, 18P3, uur f chases vrcre $329 18; bre^kge, ?30 u9? j 3 1-2 per cent: which s 2 3 1 per cent, i r?voc*a>. ivi An?ii 1 fiQS t};9,1 in Jjiv. i JiL -'I- ) ""? 1896, when be resumed cbarg-\ Breakages growirg snd yet he haohad nearly two years of txrerieice, and his breakage should u^der ordinary clrcurcstanccs have betn kepi, down to 3-4 per cent., if rci recuceu. The next and last one of the high ones is Kisgstree. In September. 1697, purchases $1,291.77; oreika^e, $7.95?? 8 p'.r cent AprL', 1898, pu:chasss $353.07;* bst&ksge, $15.30?1 1-2 prr cent, which is 7 8 per cent. greater ir. April, 1898, than in September, 1897, when he sssumea chsr^e. A small increase, wh.'c>> prompt bus iness raansge^ntn: would have kept down to the gocd record he commsre ed with. TO BE EXPECTED. No;v fcr tfce fcur lowest cn? s in their breakage acccunts. There are three of them which run about even in the breakage. Marion in April ifiCR miMKoccrf hrp.atra'ye. ?>*> 58. Very near one per c^nt. In April, 1S9S, the purchases were $l,07i: 9D, breakege, $9.38, which is the same? very near cne per cent. This amount of nearly one per cent, of breaksge is true Lancaster of dispensary also of J. S. Hiil.of Greenville. Aiken is the mcdei in tiie line cf breakage of the entire Str.te. Ia April IS9G, his breakage .s 12 per cent, which is 1-i per cen\ less in Apjil, 189S, than in April, 1S96. He evi den?ly conducts his dispensary in a businesslike way, as all the rest should do. Under ordinary circumstances the breakages should never be ever 1 per rent." Now I ask that you give this subject of breakage ycur attention ar;d sea if we cannot devise some plan to reduce these ^mounts very materially, anu surest that if i? is not done otherwise, we will try new dispensers, wiich 1 think would have the dtsired effect, juagiogfrom tne ds.ta we have frcm inelTiorencedispensary. Ex dispenser Williamson, wno was removed by you, his breakage account, isikiog the first six months of a year, amount td to an average of $38.41 per month; and the newly elected ciispssser, Hr. Davis, managing thesama dispensary, has a oreakag3 account oi less than $10.00 per mcntix. COUNTY BOARDS. A very serious matter requires cur attention in the management of tne various dispensaries tnrough&uS the State as regards tne duties of t^e county boards. Many of them give such iittle attention to their duties as to be ab30 iu'.ely worthless ana in many instances are a hinderanca instead of a help in the dispensary management. Many of them keep no account of the stock of goods charged against th8 dispensers at consumers'prices, and do not know whether the county dispenser makes a correct showing or not. In nearly every instance wtgre ??e have found dispensers short to us at our invoice prices, the county boards have been and are unable to find the amount cf the dispessers shortage io the county. This shows ihat they keep no ac count against the dispsnsers at consumers' prices, a,, they should dj in order to determine the dispensers shortage to the county and to pro perly know at any time just how he stands in regards to the city and county's profits. As an example of the slack and unbusiness like management, I refer to the Beaufort dispenser who has not even as much as a request book showing account of sales eacit day and whooa I have ordered before tnis board to show cause why 1 -1 ' J A 1 A - -> fko lie 5UUU.1U UUu LTw iUfiiCU UVCX attorney general for prosecution for violating the law. This loop hols given the dispensers by the county boards not doing their duty, per mils them to rob the county and city of their profits. When the State fines them short they can pay up shortages to the Stale at our invoice prices, the county boards huving nothing charged against them at consumers' prices; they profit at the expense of the ccuaty and city. This gives the business entirely to the dispenser and not the county, wemust try to find a remedy to check this dereliction of duty, and get the county boards to keep their dispensers straignt, ana tnus save tne county and cities their profits. I suggest that we require our bookkeepers to charge eacn dispenser, in addition to our invoice price to dispensers, the dispensers' price to con sumers, so when we send our inspectors to check up a dispenser we arm him with the consumers' price and he check the dispenser ancl holds him accountable Tor every cent received and dislSured to county, city ana State. One o? the great hindsrances to the successful management o? the dis pscs&ry system is meiauuin^cieiu;/ ua some of the county dispensers who are elected by the County Boards of Control, while it is true he cannot be confirmed until this board approves ihe aciicn of county board, jet we fail to inquire into his qualification or competency. I suggest that before a a dispenser is allowed to take charge of a dispensary h9 be required tojrepori at this office to be examined as to his qualification and com patency. If this is done, good men, though incompetent, may never be placed in a pcsi tion they cannot fill wi'.h credit to themseves and families and an honor to their counties As it is now, they are placed in positions in which they cannot sustain themselves, ard families. In reporting these matters for con sideraiion. I do not mean to ba understood as.having refeic-cce to all county boards and^county dispensers, but there are too many to gire them singly, and while my language may seem harsh, my interest in the welfare and success of the dispensary de mands thai i speak plainly and j make an 'effort to eradicate existing evils that lie in the path cf the successful management of the dispensary. In conclusion, perasit me to say that under the splendid business manage ment of Commissioner Vance, assisted fay efficient and willing clerks and superintendent, each and evsry one knowing his duty, and doing it, ana woiking in perfect harmony, the success of the dispensary is an assured fact. It affords me pleasure to especially mention the ease and correctness with which Messrs. Ouzls and Black manage their respective departments " "? *?- ' * T 1 J 4-^ 1 01 WHICH mcy caves ii&u ccxiirui. iux onlv one rconth, and to also command our icspecrors for the very satisfactory m inner in which they hive disch&r^eci their duties. Capt. B. 0. WehD and his efficient corps of assistants are all that ccuid ce desired and they hare no superiors in the service o! tiie Sisie. Ail of which is respectfully submitted. Very respectfully. J. Dudley Haselden, IlCii.UJ Ol IJ.Jr. u.iai.. - era Wir'iie-H.w tie 35&lne Hotojt Vy&s Terrlbiy Avji-rciI. Mail advi^s brought from Ho ng Kong by tie steamer Express of Jap^n Friday j>re full of interesting dafci-s of the battle of Manila. One report-, ccmmentirg on Dewey's well timed arrival, si\s: The great victory of the United States Asiatic squadron is. of course, due in a great measure to the splendid xr.arkmanship of the American gunners, but mere partici~.ariy to ir.e tact snd stra'ezy c? Commodore Devrey. L*;e en Saturdsy night, April 30, his ships entered the channel leading !o Manila bay. Several shots ^ere fired at ihem from the batteries at the en trance, but none cf them struck the ships. The who'e squadron got safely into I?,-. ^t Xfovtila onrl wVipn fVlfi S11T1 I ILU XJ J* ^ U1 iJULCeX. HMM ? rose over the city the American ships were cruising arourd in front, when tfcey were discovered, the Masiia bat teries opened a fusilad* on the ships at a racfja of about five miles, and as several shots had been falling aroucd the Boston, she opened fire, but the order to cesse firing was hoisted by Commodore Dewey en the flagship, ana the erratic firing of the two b?l teries proceeded, without interruption. A krse number of British mercantile vessels were Ijing in the harbor, but no traces were visible of the Spanish ihet. Tne American rquadron proceeded in line ahead of the naval station in Cavite. ana there found the Spanish fleas lying in four or five | .'alhorns of water. The Spaniards were drawn up in line, the wcoden hulk Caslilla being moored fore and sfi. This is the strongeef pcssible position ihe fleet could h&ve occupied in the bay. They were supported by the forts of Cavite and the very shallow water around Cavite rendered it impossible for the American ships to ap p;:oach them closely. At a range of 6,000 yards the Spanish ships and forts opened fire on the United Stales fljet, but the shells fell far cut of the lange of the United States boat,. The United States fleet drew slowly near tr to the Spanishsquadron, undetered by the tremendoin fusilada of the Spaniards. When the range had been lessened from 6,COO to 5,000 yards, the flagship Olympia opsred fire, and as the Baltimore and other ships filed past they maintained a steady fire fy>r,m thft fi-irr;h &r.d 8 inch euns. The American ships maneuvered in lire and sent broadside after broadside ia- , to the Spanish float. About 7:30 o'clock the fire from Spaniards baring been very considerably quieted, the order was hoisted to stop firing. From about 9:30 o'clock the previ otfs evening till then the men had been on duty at the guns and had ie ceived no refreshments but ci^s ci ccfce. At 11 o'clock the American fleet renewed the attack, and in about an hour and a half a white er sign was hoisted at Uavite. The lighter draught vessels and pinnaces of the American fleet and a large number o! the tug " 1 J 1- _ i 1 boa's and launcne- m car our steamed into Cavity harbor shortly after the surrender, and the wounded men who were left behind in ships and others picked up cut of the water were conveyed to the hospital at Cavite and also to Manila city.- The Spanish had taken away most o? their dead and buried some of them, tut next day while parties wers searching around the naval arsenal at Cavite their attention was drawn by the dreadful stench to a large heap of putrifjing bodies, some of which had bien horribly mangled by American shelis. TheOlympia had a narrow escape from torpedo attack. Two torpeac launches which lay in waiting off Ca vite attempted to run in with torpedoc against the Olympia, and there wars seme trjingjnoments for the crew c:! that ship. The shells ircm lae Dig gurs were unable to reach such smalJ objects, as they rapidly approached. When within 60 j yards ofthe flagship the secondary batteries of the Olym pia sent in a perfect haii of 6 pounc shells, smashing up the leading itunct ar.d killing all on board and driving the secord launch back on the bsaci: w.th twelve shot hole through her. - The Petrel and the Concord, being o1 a lighter draught than the remain der of the fleet sailed into shallow water and sunk or destroyed all the smaller gunboats which remained o! the Spanish fleet. There were eleyer Spanish war vessels and two torpedc boats sunk or destroj ei at Cavite, anc the loss of life is variously stated. As.far as can be learned, a lair estimate puts the Spanish losses at 400 dead and about 600 wounded. Alter the American shio3 had re tired from the action, ringing cheers were raised from each of the shi?s. Notwithstanding the notoriously bid gunnery of the Spaniards, there musi hava been in any shots 111 the vigorciu cannonade which got pretty nearthi mark, and re any stories are told re gardiag the number of shelis that struck the different vessels. The aim of the Spaniards1 smaller guns was more wi'.tia range than the guns of heavier calibre. The flagship CKym pia was pierced by numerous 7 pound more withiu range had the guas been as accurate as that cf the United States ships, which ?re noi armoreci yeiseis, they would have fared rather badly. Ihe wardroom of the Olympia was turned into a sick bay and the chaplain and some others vho were there on duly bad a narrow escape. They were matching the progress of the fight through large poriholes, when a 7poucd shot, fired at 3,000 yards range, exploded against tne side ci tne snip, Tiae chaplain received a few scratches. At a range cf 2,000 yards this shell would have exploded in the wardroom and done tremendous damage. The day of the fight was a perfect'y beautiful Sunday, an ideal" first o: May. The sky was clear, the sun was pouring do??n its scoiching rays, and the bay was like a large blue lagoon. As the sun went down in the west it showed up ibe poor battered hulls and withered fjnnels and masts of Span ish shii-s far away on Bacoor shore: The 1:1 i dd Mmdado, destroyed Dy the Concord, sect up a large column cf smoke, broken from time to time by myriads cf sparks and longiongu;scf flame;, as bulkhead alter tu knead collapsed and the fire spread frcm stem to stern. At Cavits the wooden hull c! the old Costilla burnt and 1 Anfho r!?o'nt. cs T, rl icg up into the midnight air a lurid glare, besides which aii other corfugrations, -with lie exception cf the a::?enel, seemed puny rushlights. Tie gradual destruction of the arseeel was a long drawn out series cf pyrotechnics. About 3 o'clock a tre mencons explosion occurred, the J llames shooting up into the air about ICO feet and for many minutes after a leud thunderous report traveled across tte bay. It was a See spectacle, terrible in its exemplification of the disastrous eneeis 01 mcaera wariare. The Maine disaster had been terribly : avenged. The Spanish sdmira?, when thej Heirs, Criiiicfe cr.'r.bL fir?, transferred j b's Sii? to the Xs;a ds Cuba. Findir? ; ArreiVan li^s ?ro hot cm^c) I frtd it tireless to farther expose :he ji^es of h's me?. zr<i the ''Seattle and fcoaneon." Nor-eo lie Spanish v(sseis struck their colors. All went ('own wiih the proud fi;g of Casiil-e Cying he mmn. Ccmmo core Daweyhad zoievez the ?atis"ac tion of capturing his brive adrersary. Admiral i?on:e;j ) in the arsenal when the bora bard a: en t of Cavlie cc curred. Wiih =he remainder of hb officers and irer*. i\ e tatr.j;ah *.vho had been slightly w ?u?,c*d ir? thr Isfi tb?gh by an i."on spHurr. ivcs.pt d bv ihe read ic il*: iia. The naval &?s'*r.*l at Cavil-*, contrarv to j-r.vious reports, well equipped with the latest it pes of muni tions of war aod iha stores are well ailed with ccai. T_e mining oi the channels into Manila harbor was eorsidered by officers a regular farce. O^e of the channels was nve miles wide and too deep for any mines cr torpedoes to 'os laid. After the cassation of hostilities, the Baltimore ? ad Tlile i^-Ii sailed dc wn the channel between Corregidcr Bay and the mainland, and the officers were afterwards tcid that the Spaniards in the forts, which had ceased to molest the Americans, had bean holding up their hands ia hcrror and fear of the li. ki7r 4 u ~ ! 1 J i reiUit. J.I Lii" cua&aei aau ueea mined," said one of the officers. "I; had not been mined by experts " The sight of another man of-war in the citting raised the prospects of an other %ht, but she was discovered to be a French man of-war, which had zone to Manila to lock after the welfare c? the French nation. A Spanish revenue cruiser sailed right fnto the jiws of the ecemy after the battle. For several morths she had been on du'yin the South, and she was ignorant o' the events of the last few months. .She knew nothing about the war or about the Americans being in possession of the bay, and came on unconcernedly, fljiog the Spanish 11 ig and asking for the admiral of the Spanish flaet. Several sh'-t from American ships she at first thought had been fired by Spaniards at practico. As they began to come aViIv rifar1 rVip 'sn*vn fnunfl her mistake, and discovering that the enemy was in strong force, she hauled down the Spanish fligand hoisted a white one. whereupon a boat's crew from the Riieigh boarded her and in formed her of the state of affairs and to2k possession of the vessel, the crew being landed on parole. Shortly afrer- 1 wards, flying O.d Glory and in company with the Concord, she was paraded in front of the city, so that the 1 Spaniards could learn her fate. When Consul Williams landed in Cavite he had a most enthusiastic reception. The shore was crowded wi'.h Pnilippineis, who mada the welkin ; ring with their cries cf 4'Vive Los Americancsl" as he made nis way through two long lines of people. Men, wcpien and children struggled to shake him by the hand. The captain of tha British ship Es meralda, when in Hong Kong on May 16,ridiculed the idea that he piloted the 1 fleet into Manila bay. uAs a matter of fact." he said, i;i;h2 American needed no one to show them the way 1 into the bay; it was all plain sailing i for them. When we leff Manila all was quiet. Fo? two or tb v:e days after the fight the Spaniards in the city were very much down id the mouth, and in the evenings ail thoroughfares ! were in darkness, but by the time we left they had picked up somewhat and in the evening the electric lights was in full blast. We had no contact with i the shore. We simply complied with thpr,?>.-?prsnf t.bpi American admiral and the commander of the Immortalite and were guided by them.'' No infarmation can be obtained with referent to the re-establishment of communication between Hong Kong and Manila. The cables is of course a neutral enterprise, and therefore the company owing it cannot repair it ior the exclusive uso of one of ;he com batsnts only. Admiral Dewsy de dines its us3 fcy the Spanish government, and thus a deadlock is set up. The inj iry of business caused by the existing state of things i?, of course, a mere incident of war, ?s to which there is nothing to be said; bit there is another aspect of the interruption of telegraphic communication which is worthy of mention, and that is the lji airman. "President McKinlej," saj.s ihe Washington Post "has given another opportunity for 75,0(50 of these chaps who have *ce:i hanging about the bulletin beards and telling how they irould run the w*r,' i THE BATTLE AT MANILA.| I A FiJLs. ACCOUNT CF THE OK?*!CED j CO.*? r L1CT? I AFiteSpec iCIt, Trrribl-tR lis Ez-xbs U-i - . r.T H-r7- I danger a snipping caused oy tee cessation of storm warning from Manila. A ^~a Pe<t A few dajs sgo The Atlanta Journal discussed the effect 0/ war upon literature. The position it took that war quickens the intellectual energies of a nation and almost invariably enriches its literature is being more fully sustained by facts every day. The present war has had an especially stirring influence on the po6tic genius of our country. Enough war poetry has been produced ii\ the United States during the past sis. weeks to ?11 sever al volumes as large as an unabridged dictionary and there is no sign of a decrease m me supply, uur war posts have just fairly begun; they are loaded and we may expec; to hear from them right along. A'.knta, never bihind the other cities of the country in anything, has, of coursa, her fail quota of war poets. We hesitate to discriminate among these, but we cannot resist the temptation to give cur readers the following gem, which has been kindly contributed to Tne Atlanta Journal: The llyin' squadron's lit Down on dany Dago bay, And. it's et the Spinach up, Or so the papers say. It has knocked old FortSocipper jtugnt liny a, uuu&eu uai; It's kuocked Fort Tomorrow into next day Or day after that. For Winfield Scott i? "Jeylish Schelcy," On Sandy Dago bay, And he's eat the Spinach up, Dowa in C:abeb; so they say. Uea Rodgees. The author c? these lines modestly refrains fro21 telliog us anj thing about himself. We are not able to sty whether he is a confirmed poet of long standing or has broken loose for the first time under the inspiration cf the vrar. However, this uncertainty makes no dif?;renc5. We must take this post as we find him ;his poem as the thing, not bis personality or past, and m spoem spsiK?, or rather siags, i ur is. seif. "Wiia.t it cost the newspapers to reparuhe jcexs of Admiral Dewey's great victory at Manila may be judged from one illustration. Oj. May 7 sad S me Chicago R?cDrd received two spec i*l dispatches from Hong Kong, aggregating 2 SS6 word?, fortbe trans mission of which the telegraph company was paid $1,759.20.* Under ordinary circumstances, if cr,uld not be said that talk was che;-p at that rate, but i: the telegraphic tolls had seen ten times as high the pipers would willingly have paid tie rate for such a glorious story as was that which came from Manila. Miss Jessie Parker, the lately elected mayor of Kendrick, Idaho, says that the cily council and she are in harmony or\ the general policy of her administration, ai;d she anticipates no J t-ouble. ''The disreputable element," J she says, emphatically, "cannot run | this city while I am in office; there s nc question about that.'' She is 22 years of age. { fOWTOW OF CROPS. I j I RFGULV< WE' KLY WEATHER AND j CRCPBUH.E !N S J ED. Wii?- V uL-c r--^r. sr< D^l::g- H'n t tbs Ob*e ie-H Ail Ov-T .-'tie B* p^vt to Feu;q :5jif r t -i he I - f "iir at'c n Coneol!dat'd. . The umpera'ure remained high cur irg ;he ?reek, but gracuaUy decre?s:-a f,*cm the extreme .maximum of ibc c;ics2 of ibe previous \<e?k. The high ezi temperafu-e reported for the vreek V7ss 98 degrees cn 3 i ai Poverty Hill. The day temperatures ranged between 93 degrees and 81 degrees, the latter on :he last day. The rights zere slightly cooler tha*a daring the "previous weekwnha minimum o.' 56 degrees on tbe 1st at Chera*-. Tbe mean temperature :er the week ?>ras 79 degrees, while the normal for ;hes?-me period is about rrr to The rain'aii for the week was peneraily light and came in the foim of scattered showers; although not confined to any section of the State, the showers were n.ost numerous ana heaviest in the east central, southeas Urn, and northeastern counties. Six places reported measurements "of 0.50 inch, or more, with a maximum fall o? 1.01 inches at Gillisonville; 28 places rsporteu amounts less than 0 50 inch; ice average of all reports was 0.24 inch and the normal for the same period is approximately 1.12 inches. The continued absence of a general, heavy rain wili soon entail sfctFering. Small streams are dried up in Barnwell and all streams are getting very low; on-.a I ]c o re* failiriflr in rronTr inctaYiroo n U1W IMillUg MUU/U iAj J J. XJ *J bUU\.UJ have been sunk from 10 to 15 feet deep, er to get water. The drought has in plains existed for from 30 to -10 days wiin a high ternperaiure prevailing, andgentrally bright sunshine and des sickling winds. Since January 1st, 1893, only about 50 per ceat of tiie normal amount of rain has fallen in the Slate whil9 in places tne percentage is much less. There was an aoundance of bright sunshine, estimated at S8 per cent, of the possible. Tnere was a wind storm in Greenville, and one in Orangeburg during the week, doing alight damage to fruit trees in each instance. Hail storms occurred in Hampton on May 31st and in Georgetown J une 2d doing some damage over their respective paths of progress. The crop situation is but little r.h&ri 7P.ri since last rftnnrt f=-srnf?rit, that. _ ? ? i=J tne need of rain is greater. Farm work made rapid advance except where the ground is too hard and dry to plow.. Fields are easily iept free irom grass, aad are exceptionally well culiiraU.d, with the crops and ground in the best of condition to be benefited by the rain when it comes. Tne condition of the corn crop is not perfectly satisfactory; stands are not perfect and on bottom lands still being damaged by worms. Corn has a good color but is small. Tne heat causes it to wilt during the day. On many bet toms the stand is poor as there is not encugh moisture to germinate all the seed La'finr bv of corn h?sh?onm in the eastern counties although corn has! mads slow growth generally. It is now in that stage, ia the eastern counties, where it must have rain to make proper growth. 1'nere was a slight improvement in the condition of cotton over the entire Stale, daring the week. Where the stands have neretofore b:en defective, no improvement ia that respect is to be noted, bat cotton m&de some growth and is in a healthy condition general ly, ih.8 exception being that lice are apparently damaging the plant in Barnwell, Aiken, Orangeburg and to a less extent in a few otner counties. In Greenwood it is deteriorating for want of rain. It is below average growth. Some patching being done to better stands which average considerably bei.3,7 perfect. CoUon has generally received its 3t.lsW.JJkU. JT lUg A LIU. li UilUppCU fcU stands, cxscp'; iu ilia extreme weaiem counties. la many localities cotton is in fins condition. Fiel-'s are clean and well cultivate!. Cotton is putting on squares in the southeastern counties. On the same date in 1897, squares were generalovtr eastern haJfofthe State. Sea Lland cotton is not doing wall for want of moisture. ?l.6 Wcatlier nas Uccii all lh*t CuU d ba desired for harvesting oats. Nearly all early oaishave been cat and housed m excellent condition. Yields were generally above an average, bat in a few placts the yield is above an average, m some the beat yields for years, wmle in portions o Oconee and Spartan bure tne \ield fails bslow last year's. Tobacco k in gocd condition generally, but needs rain badJy except where ihswers fell during tne week. Worms less numerous than last week. Rice doing finely and growing well. Planters on tte Ucoper river are annoyed by silty water owing to low stage of wa'.er in the river. Too dry for setting our, sweet potato slips; few have as yet been transplanted. borne being s it ana watered oy na.nd. Sets drying up in beds. Ir;:>h potatoes are very poor, and in most places a failure, the drought having ruined them. Apples are dropping badly; there will oe none at ail in portions of Florence. Pcacbes late ii ripening and *re smail in E Jgefield; they are ripenifltr in the soutneasiern counties. Ghrapss doing weJl. tPear trees dying from blight ia Sumter. Blackberries pientifal ana promis ing in places, while elsewhere the berries are dy ing on ih3 vines. Piums plentiful. Peas are being extensively planted on?tubbie lands ana in corn iiaids. Tae acreage of peas will apparently be larger than usual. Too dry to plant peas over large areas. Sugar cane is generally doing well but >:ke all other miaor crops, stands in need of rain to enable it to mase proper growth. Gardens are parched and ia places entirely diisd up; fail ing everywhere, except upper DarliDgton where vegetables of best qaaiity are abundant. Pastures are fast failing cr are entirely parched, especially ia the upper counties, exsspt on moist bottom lands. The heat and scwit pastures are hard on farm animals. Chinch bugs are numerous in York. A eummcw nf n. CULLipiDUCliano auuiutwij V I weather and crop conditions, would indicate that they were favorable over about one third of the state and unfavorable elsewhere. J. W. Bauer, Section Director, Columbia, S. C. .The 3enate has adopted the 3" rint resolution, proposing a constitutional amendment changing the date for the inauguration of President and Vice President and for expiration of the terms of Senators and Representatives from March 4:h jo May 4th, to take effect in 1901. This is an ail around good amendment, and it ought to be put into effect. Besides insuring pleasanter weather for Inauguration day, it would gire Congress an opportunity to do something more at the short sessions than to pass the appropriation bills. / J THr STATE FIR? M? N, z t i. 0" Lr- C Vtilor.tut* K?-Pftt"? '? -imcrUilon. Thf Co UTi.-'-'i.-i Eveiir ? lv?e^rd ?a; t: The movement s vt ca fool last August in Greenville, at a meeting of rrcmineiit firemen of the State during the veteran's reunion ia that city. tocrgan'ze s. fi if men's a-seciation for this State, such as :s hid in North Csro lis?,, Gcor?5a. Yi/cinia as a ctn*r { Staffs, tcck (it finite Tc-rm Friday in , the sraa'iing by the secretary of Scale i of com mission to the "South Csrolica i Vo!urte?r Firemen's Ass ociattoa." * The r eed o? .<uea an art:sn'ziticn j has beer; frit Ij the lir-: m-;n for sveral ( years, bat on acecunt of riisagr.exent < cf a persona: nature smona lHa leaders , as to the best manner to proceed to < effect an organization the matter-was * delayed. The firemen of the State arc ( those interested in their viel'are will c be glad to learn that these obstructions ^ have been removed and that all indica j tions point to the formation of a , strong association thai will be of ;ast < ing benefit to the firemen of the Slate, x and indirectly a benefit to property j holders and insurance concerns. Il is the intention of ;he projectors < net onlv to hold annual conventions. J but to fraternize with other iiosilar ( associations ana have ihis Slate, which j can beast of tee btsi volunteer fire- f men ia the United States, represented in interstate conventions. j The corporators c' the association j are; ; ( J. 0. Cauble, Gr'eeaviile. Daniel E. Dukes, Orangeburg. , L. H. Peebles, Greenville. j B. J. Qaattlebaum, Wisnsboro. ? J. K Haynes, Greenville. Samuel A Dukes, Orangeburg. j _ Chas. A. Brichheit, Florence. L. M.. Sullivan, Greenviile. < W. F. Martin, Greenville. j Wm, Goldsmith, Greenville. c Ildertcn W. Bowman, Orangeburg. These are veteran fire fighters, and j are recognized as beicg amoDg the ( very best in the South. , That Greenville and Orangeburg j are more numerously represented in i the list of corporators is due to the ] fact that the. last two conventions t were keid in those towns. The intentians of the projectors is s best told in the paragraphs wnich fol ) low; . . t 9. That their rmnrinal nlsr.ft nf l business will bs in the c;ty of Gresn- j viile, S. C., with branch offices at . Orangeburg, Columbia, Win&sboro t and other cities and towns of this j State. j 4. That the general purpose and * nature of the business of the. South s Carolina Volunteer Fireman's Asjo ( ciations is to effect an organization to promote the efficiency of our firemen, c to insure prosperity and success, to ] provide for the best interests of the ? firemen of this State to complete sta* c tistics of information concerning the . practical workings of the various sjs tems and meriis of the various ap pa?atus in use for the extinguishing of fire, and to form closer fellowship between the different fire departments. - YtLLOW FEVdR BREAKS OUT. Th? G^verEmeat JDeclaras Vigorcus War On IC. * There is some apprehension. at Washington over the outbreak of s? 7en cases of yellow fiver at McHenry, Miss., and steps have been taken no; only to check the spread of the fever at McHenry, but with a vie?? to pre venting any possibility of an epidemic ia the south. Sargeon General Way man of the Marine Hospital service has received a dispatch from Sargeon Murray, of that service, confirming the Associated Press report. Dr. R. D. Gsddings of the Marine Hospital service, now stationed at Tampa, was ordered today to proceed directly to Camp McHenry and iake charge of Camp Fontainebleau, the yellow fever j camp put in operation during iiie fever ] last jeer and which is now in readiness for the present cases. Surgeon Murray telegraphed that he had gone to McHenry*and confirmed the diagnosis made by the State authorities. The town is now guarded and Marine Hospital Surgeon Carter is already j there with Surgeon Murray and the j Federal and State authorities are co- , operating. ( The danger is not so much feare 1 at i McHenry as ;n the prjDabiliiy o: ib i breaking cui a'c other pDiats. Mc ] Henry is a small place, isolated, and ihirs is little danger o* its spreading j outside the limits there. Bui; tte fever j cases are cfficsially believed to be due , to germs that have hibarnated at Mc j Henry from the last ssason when the /ever was much in ths evidence in . that section. While in that hib^rnat* j ing stage germs may have been car- j ried to various points, and though the ( probabilities of a general spread from ? there may he lessened by the compar < ative isolation of the little hamlet, J other points in the South possible of j infection are being watched with the ? utmost concern. Throughout the * spring officials have b:en keeping a j lookout for the first signs o? fever and j in 10 dajs more the hospital surgeons ? wo-aid have fel: warranted in the bs- ( lief that practically all danger of a . spread of fever was past. Surgeon Weyman said Friday: ?] "(jraiairiiy n we naa nos oaea oa uie s lookout these cases might have been . progressing for a long poriod without being recognized and the diagnosis might have been disputed. But there is hope now in view of their prompt discovery that the spread will ba pre j vented. In several piaces last sum mer the fever was q iickiy recognized and it did not spread, attributable to the prompt preventative measures adopted. We are keeping a closa watch not only at McHenry but elsewhere." Sometimes it seems to weary woman th.it she must certainly give up. The simplest and easiest work bacomes f.n almost insurmountable task. Nervousness,. sleeplessness and pain harrass her and life seems, hardly worth 1 iving. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was made for her. Dr. Pierc6'a Gold en Medica.1 Discovery was made forher. The former is for ills distinctly feminine, the other for her general system. Together they supply a scientihc and successful course o? treatment. The "Favorite Prescription" restores heal- ? thy, regular action to the organs dis tiactlv feminine. It forces out all impuriiies, strengthens the iissue3, al lays inJlamation. The "Golcbn Med ' ical Discovery" makes appetite, helps c digestion, promotes assimilation, fills c out the hollows in cheeks and neck < with good solid llssh and brings back j the gladsome glow of girlhood. Send 21 cents in one cent stamps tc 1 World's Dispeasarv Medicil Associa- ] tion, Biffalo, N. Y., and receive Dr. 1 Pierce's 1003 pa?e Common Sens? j Liedical Adviser. ] FROii all information yet ofcUina- j bio, it .appears that Captain Sigsbee j h?.s credit for definitelv 'etetermin- j ii?g thai the Spanish fleet vfss in the ] harbor jf Santiago. It was a danger- j ous thing to ds; but Bigibee ran ihe \ St Paui far enough into the passage * o actually see ihe ships o! ihe Span- 5 j ards j : - ' ... :; v TES FORTS SILENCED. TEPR BlE OESTPUC'IOM WROUGHT OY tMihKfcU*" 1Mb Mtt!, [Twit iic?:l< r; jRecdortd C?el sa forFa'ter Eft'ec'Jvtf *ork Cailsg he War' No a ree lcac tliijf W?a Hit and no Ameilc*T3 I<jiredby ttie Ear my, A 'uH jfccccuiit of the bombardment )f the Spanish, batteries defending the :E;rarcs to the Harbor of Santipgo aras ncfpr&Hfec in the daily' papers intil Wednesday morning although ;te bombardment tcok place on Mon-' iay mcrnin?. The fleet formed in kuble c;Iumi3, six miles cff Korro Dastle. at 6 o'clock in the moraine, md steamed slowly 3,000 yards oft ihore, ihe Brooklyn leading, followed >y Ihe Marb^ehead, Texas and Massaihusetts. atd turned westward. The v-A lir-A 41>A r* )COUL!U ilUCf fc-UO 11 w TT XViA iViUMUigj jrith the New Orleans, Yankee, Iowa md O.eson following, turned west vard. The Vixen and Suwanee were ar out cn the left flank, watching the iflemen cn shore. Trie Dolphin and ?orterdid similar duty on the right lank. The lice, headed by the New fork, attacked the new earthworks lear Morro Castle. The Brooklyn so i u mn took up a station opposite the istrella and Gitalin a batteriea and he new earthworks along the shore. The Spanish batteries remained sient. I; is doufct'ul whetherthe Spanards were able to determined the ;haracter of the movement, owing to he dense fog and heavy rain, which sere tfce weather features this mowing Suddenly the Iowa fired a 12-inch ;he'.], which struck the base of Estrela bat'erj and tore up the works. Instantly ffrisg b?gan from both Rear ^.d&iral Sampson's and Commodore Schley's columns, and a torrent c f .hellsfrom the slips fell"upon the Spanish wcrk?. The Spaniards replied promptly, but heir ariillery work was of & very poor luaiity, and most of their shots went ride. Smoke settled around the ships n .dense clouds, rendering accurate liming difficult. There was no malotuvering of theflset, the ships re raining at insir original stations ana jjing steadily. The .squadrons were :o close in shore that it was difficult or the. American gunners to reach he batteries on the hilltops but their iring was excellent. Previous to the jombardment, orders were issued to >revent firing on Morro Castle, as the American admiral had been informed hat Lieutenant Hobson and the other )risoners of the Merrimac are confinid there. In spite of this, however, several stray shots damaged Morro 3asile somewhat. Cojamodore 8chley's line moved ;ioser in store, firing at siorter range. Che Brooklyn and Texas causad havoc imong the Spanish shore batterits, luickly sil6nceing.them.. While the arger ships were engaging the heavy jaueries, the Suwanee and Vixen dosed with the small in shore battery )ppcsite them raining rapid fire shots, lpon it and quickly placing the battery i )ut of the fig'it. The Brooklyn closed ] a 800 yards, ana men tne destruction caused by her guns and those o! the tfarblehead and Texas was really aw'uL In a few minutes the weodwork if Eslrella fort was burning and the mattery was silenc2d, fixing no * tore luring the engagement Eastward, the New York and New Drleacs silenced the Cave battery in l'i:ck order, and then shelled the iarthworks located higher up. Liter, ;he practice was not so accurate, owing ;o the elevation of the guns. Many jf the shells, however, c landed, and aJLO OJJiftULia-g unucia wmv*?aj ifter 9 the firing ceased, the warships ;uriied in order to permit the use of ;he port batteries. The firing then be ;ame a long reverberating crash of iiunder and shells racked the Spanish catteries with terrible effect. Fire Droke out in the Catalina fort and sienced the Spanish guns. The Spaniards admit that tie bombardment from the American fiset was nost destructive. About sixteen hunired proj ectiles are said to hare bsen sired by the American warships, and it seems that the responsive fire from ;he Spanish forts and ships was scarcely feit at all by the Americans.- The fortifications near the entrance of the larbor are described as being riddled with solid shot and shattered by the ixplosion of tbeim-nens9 shells fired by ihe American battleships. The Spanish batterie3 are understood to aave been virtually silenced and Ei Morro and the fortifications at Socapa ind Punta Gorda are reported to have seen demolished by the three hours minterrupted hammering of the Amer .can fleet. The military commander of Santiago de Cuba acknowledges the follow .ug were severely wounaea among ;he land forces: Colonel Ordonez, Captain Sancht z, Lieut Yrizir of the irtiilery, and Perez and Garcia, both Spanish officers, whose rank is nol neationed. Tbe Spaniards also admit ,helos3 cf twenty-one infantry soldiers :e7erely wounded. and says one sollier was killed. Bat it is believed the osses cf the Spaniars were much more leavy. Ia the naval force the Spaniirds say that the cflijer who was sec)nd in command of the partly dismanled Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes ive sailors and an ensign were killed. Che Spanish Sailors wou tided, it is a? ierted, number 16 men. Ff--?Tra1 Vi<rilance. " !>.?r>.; .-rrtri s the price of liberty." [t i.- .>i ci 4.-*-"-t!singr worth having*. anr.--..^ / It is the price ||j?V r v-, life itself. A IbL 1 win needn't be (fc: always looking g?T? qSSSgglr ) I for danger, /\ afraid that "i-v. / 1}\ something will JV hap]>- n to him; , - s/^j?? but a wise man ^ tvil! form a habit Edijgj&^ vf^'^y ?f care about the important tli^n?s ?f gfc^fag I J It isn't half so much tr??uMc to take y 'kr^T# care of yourself as it ?4 plyv^^ is not to. 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