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/ 4 * The Press and Banner. byhugh wilson"! ~a hbk11llg, h. c " WATTEBSON IS SAVAGE, SAYS CLEVELAND IS SCHEMING FOR A THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT. Wh?t One of Cltveland's Allies In the Late Presidential Election Thinks ot Him Now?A Fair Estimate of the Man. Recently Ihe Louisville Courier Journal published the following caus tic article from the pen of H<>nry Watterson on Cleveland's speech in New York before the Reform Club: "Forewarned is forearmed. "The first gun of the battle of 1900 is fired somewhat early, but it was fired by the Reform club of New York last Saturday night. The reform club is made up exclusivelv of the personal followers of Mr. Cleveland. It exists ia point of fact to exploit the fame and to advance the interest of the ex President. The names of Fair nnd Hnrnblower and Peckham are a sufficient guarantee that the association has no other source of in spiration, nor any further point of destination. "The dinner, an account of which appeared yesterday, was given to place Mr. Cleveland in the field as a candidate for President, and from this time forward all the appliances of a small but energetic and intelli gent machinery will be put forth to make a campaign of education and a canvass for Mr. Cleveland synonymous terms. 4'It is a grievous feature of public affairs that great issuts are so often complicated by lesser issues, and that the virus of private aim not infrequently percclates the veirs of the fairest policies. CLEVELAND AND A THIRD TERM. "By no possibility c>n Mr. Cleveland affect the cause cf geDuine reform except for ill. He has had his day?a sad one for his party?ard 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 hoai-t "Mr. Cleveland can never again bo President of the United States Under no circumstances ought he to be. That he should contemplate another candidacy affords stiong evider ce of a lack in bim of integrity and virtue. That a club of satellites should conspire to place him again in nomination is not merely proof of the treason of its members to their country and to the party to which they profess allegiance, but of a degrading sacrifice of A w o t? Vi nr rl Nrt T1Q1*. Ui pauiuuom aiiu u.auuuuu. [n.. ty which is -worthy the popular confi dence could or would put him in nomination. Any party seriously contemplating it would be consigned to everlasting infamy. "It was said not along ago aDd very truly that Mr. Cleveland would be a candidate for President every lour years as long as he lived. The circumstandes of his life, in the absence of any elevated principle of cal culation or unselfish rule of action, bear him out in the belief that he is a law unto himself, contradicting all precedents He has impressed this be lief upon the group of persons who immediately surround mm. xney ought to be good Christians, for they seem to have been created for no othpurpose than to serve their creator; and, if assidity and constancy be merits, they are surely meritorious. But they are short sighted. Their notion that Mr. Cleveland is within himself both a party and a platform and that he can command a following strong enough to win an election against the so called Democrats and the so called Republicans, is an illusion. If it could be realized the event would then and there Mexicanize the public administration; for, once again 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 tne overtnrow 01 noeriy, would be the well-nigh universal cry of the nation, so that the very best hope the free silverites can have is the.candidacy of Mr. Cleveland, fatally dividing the elements of sound economics and making a sure highway for the forces of fiscal and other adventures. "But there can be no reason to doubt the fact that Mr. Cleveland is the one man to be reckoned with by those who seek to attain good govern ment as distinguished from the operation of rampant partjism, swinging lhe nendulum from one to the other dizzy height of political excess. From first to last this callous, self-seeking man has been the cause, the sole association of all our undoing. 4 To go back no further than the last internal Democratic conflict. If six months before the nominating period of 1896 Mr. Cleveland had firmly said: 'I will not be a candidate under an circumstances, nor allow my name to be used by anybody,' the elements of order in the pariy could get together end united on some leader equal to the task of meeting and beating the extremists. But Mr. Cleveland could not be induced to make the slightest sign. He was as silent as an oracle, siar ding the while exactly wbere 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 was known to be a covertly candidate, and, handicapped by him, the friends of sound money and revenue reform were overwhelmed by the malcontents, raised up in the first place, by Mr. Cleveland's exasperating temper and incompetency for leadership. "It is discouraging to the friends of reform in the south and west that thus prematurely the movement for honest and sound money should be freighted down by a name which is potent only for evil. But it is still more discouraging to reflect that the man behind this name is as indefatigable as he is mischievous, that he is the author of the lax party discipline of which he complains; that he is the author of the protection gibberish which the national convention in 1892 refused to adopt; that elected on a pledge of tariff reform, he sent the tariff to the rear, and, advancing the money issue to the front, lost both; that he is very much richer than ever he was and much more ambitious than ever he was; that his remov was the first adroit step in his ne plan of campaign; that every day < his iife in that tine effeminate Italia hand, he will write from two to fifl letters, addressed to persons in evei part of the country; that posing ss retired statesman and philosopher, an plavine' upon the credulity of the sir pie minded and easily flattered, 1 will leave no string untouched f< stimulating the activity of the expec ant; and day and night this Eefori club, having in charge the circulatio of Democratic jiterature, will be s lently, surely working to the one en which he, and they, have before thei ?his nomination in 1900. "If Mr. Cleveland were possessed < the faculty for conceiving any publ: affair apart from his own interesteven if he had any real sense of pe sonal dignity?he would rid the grei questions at issue from the embarras ment of a presence which is not help, but a hinderarice. Instead < playing the part of a philosopher an statesman, while exhausting ever artifice to regain the presidency, 1 would perceive the grandeur of bein such in point of fact, and of enjo.vin like a statesman and philosopher, tb repose of his old age and his honor: but he would not be himself if he coi sidered anything else than his ow desire and will. The executive clTlc represents both. He lines the powe: ihe emoluments and the emplojmen He has a taieni for industry. He dominant and experienced. 4,To him the Pjesidency hasfcecomi what he indeed made it while he ha it?a personal affair, held regardlei of party obligations. Destitute < imagination and of svmnathv. t subjected every thing and everybody I his unbounded and unquenchable ego ism. this egotism indeed, became so sii cere that he grew at last to believe thi he did actually know something of tl questions of his time and had som policy otrer than the gratification c hiS love of power and display. It just as well that Democrats who see tho rehabilialion of the party c sound political lines of action an thought should know, to begin will what lies across their path, and thi they should begin to cast about thei how to shake from their shoulde: this veritable Old Man of the Mow tains. He is with us only for what will bring him. Nothing could ha^ induced him to appear in public e: cept to ktep himself before the publi and there is not a word uttered t him to depreciate the idea of anothi candidacy. ''All his life an ofliceseeker and a officehoider, he differs irom the ril raff of hi* class only by his high pr tensions and profound duplicity. I: hopes in the hurly-burly of affairs i fore? himself upon the country as tt representative of clean politics and tl public order. He represents neithe He represents only his own lust f< office. A great an noble princip must not be thus desecrated. A po sible party rehabilation of thegreate moment must not be obstructed t such a death's head at the feast. 'If Mr. Cleveland has not the wi dom to see his duty and the grace to st< down and out, he should be compelle by the opinion of decent people tost* down and out, for the elimination ( hi? ambitions is indispensable to an progress in the direction of reforn which, while he stood as its officii chief, encounted nothing but obloau and defeat." Pleasure In Procpect. President E. H. Aull and Secretar (J.C. Langston have aonounced tl arrangements that have been mac lor a pleasant and profitable meetin of the State Press Association 1 meet in Newberry on May 25th ne^ and spend two days in discussing v rious topics of interest to the profe sion, and incidentaly enjoy Newberry proverbial hospitality, after which visit will be made to the Thornwe Orphanage at Clinton, where lunc will be served by the ladies of tl town, and then to the celebrated Ha ?ic T.ithia Snrinne nrhora on Alcoa) HO JUillJJLll* ?? UV1 V MM banquet will be tendered by the prt prietor. Leaving this place on Frida night, Ma? 28, the Association will g on an excursion to the Tennessee Cei tennial Exposition at Nashville, stoi ping en route at Chattanooga to vis Lookout Mountain and other points < interest. The whole scheme isce tainly highly attractive, and thei will doubtless be a large turn out < the members to enjoy the rare oppo: tunity afforded. Electric Car Causalty. An electric street car filled wil passengers was run into Thurday afte noon by a railroad train on the on skirts of Tampa, Fla., and one passe: ger was killed, two fatally and othe slightly injured. The street csr w: without a conductor and the moto man was taking fares. One Cubs refused to pay and when seized to I put off the car was rescued by thn other Cubans, who assulted the m torman, holding him down on t) rear platform wbile the car ran dow grade to the crossing. The name the man killed is Manul A^cano. T] injured are Antonio Sierra and W liam Forepaugh. The two first nam* are Spaniards. Forepaugh is nropri tor of a circus. "Thou Art the Man.'' A letter was received in New 0 leans directed "To the biggest fool: New Orleans." The postmaster w; absent, and on his return one of tl younger clerks informed him of tl letter. "And what became of it?" i; quired the postmaster. "Why," r plied the clerk, "I did not know wl the biggest fool in New Orleans w so I opened the letter myself." "Ar what did you find in it "Why responded the clerk, "nothing but tl words 'Thout art the man 1" A Confederate Monument. The Confederate monument erect< through the efforts of the Daughte of the Confederacy of Dallas, Texa was unveiled Friday morning. T) Hon. John II. lieagan delivered eulogy on Mr. Davis. Other eulogi were pronounced as follows: C Gen. II E. Lee, by the Hon. Georj N. Aldrige; on Gen. Stonewall Jac son. by Judge H. W. Lightfoot;c Gen. Alberts. Johston, by the Ho Norton G. Kittrell; on "The Private by the Hon. A. T. Walts. Starving Clilnainen Fight. Hong Kong advicfs say letters fro Szchuan province show that 30,01 Chinamen are massed in one army i the city of Kichow to enforce demam for food. Two pitched battles ha1 taken place between the mobs ar government troops in which 120 sc diers were killed and wounded. Tv regiments of regular troops have le Chung Kiang for the seat of trouble x CLEVELAND'S SPEECH w Df in AT THE BANQUET OF THE NEW YORK 'y REFORM CLUB T a j Commented on bv \Y. Jonnltzs Bryan, IU - tl Late Democratic Candidate for the JPreaie Idency?He Is Court eon* bat Crit ical. jY :t- Read What He Say: ^ The Hou. W. J. Bryan .writes as j follows to the New York Journal in , commenting on the recent speech of _ Ex-Pressident Cleveland J?efore the Reform Club of New York: , The presence of Air. Cleveland, two members of his cabinet and such emi_ nent gold Democrats as ex-Congress man Turner, Bynum and Patterson 1 made the banquet an important polit J ical event, and the address delivered ? by Mr. Cleveland may fairly be ac* cepted as setting forth the present ^ views and future purposes of the bolt; iner Democrats. ^ Probably the most unexpected thing " in the address was his reference to the ? Republican administration. He bor* rows 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 Republicans have never shown any dis/ position to abandon x'reme protec is li0QON MKiNLEY DEMOCRATS. Mr. McKinley won political fame as d the apostle of a tariff, and during the 5S late campaign reiterated his devotion ,f to this policy. These Democrats who ie voted for Mr. McEIinley voted with to their eyes open to tariff oossibiJities. t_ Neither have those Democrats reaa. son to complain of McKinley's attitude on the money question. To be sure, ie the President has sent an argosy e abroad in search, not of a golden )f fleece, but of an object equally elusive js namely, an international agreement v for the restoration of bimetallism, but ,n in so doing, he is only carrying out a d pledge contained in his platform. 3 Unless the gold Democrats were in possession of assurances not given 10 m the public generally, or expected the r3 President to abandon his platform, a. they ought to be satisfied with his flit nancial policy. He promised to mainre tain the gold standard until relief x. comes from abroad, and he is doing it c in spite of the continued distress caused by such a policy. ?"r CAN CONDEMN POLICIES. The Democrats who supported the n Chicago platform can consistently j. condemn both the tariff policy and g. the financial policy of the administra [e tion, but those who supported Mr. to McKinley are only receiving what )e they had a right to expect. ie Mr. Cleveland accuses the R9publir cans of a determination "to repay parjr tisan support from the proceeds of inle creased burdens of taxation placed s. upon those already overladen." st He knew that the Republicans had collected a campaign fund larger than ever before known in Ameican polis. tics. Did it ever occur to him that 5p the contributors would expect repay i menl thrcuah legislation friendly to ip their interests. Has not the Dingley bill been drawn exactly upon the ,y plan cf the McKinley bill? It may j differ in its schedules, but it does not differ in its general plan and prepara!y tion. But if those Democrats who supported Mr. McKinley have no reason to criticise his course, what shall we say of those Dcmccrats who sup y ported the Indianapolis ticket? What ie claims have they 10 consideration at [e the hands of the President? lg FROM BOLTING DEMOCRATS, to Mr. Cleveland asserts that when the ct fate of the nation seemed in the bala &nce, deliverance came through the s- bolting Democrats. Does he mean 's through those Democrats who voted a directly for Mr. McKinley. or through 11 those who voted for the Indianapolis :h ticket. The leaders among the gold ie Democrats claim to have voLed for r- Palmer and Buckner. Certainly this it did not entitle them to pose as saviors o- of their country. They knew that y the contest would be close, even Mr. jo Cleveland refers to the campaign as a- one of doubt and fear. p. Was it patriotic for gold Democmts it to throw their votes away upon a ticket which had no chance when their r- support might have decided the conre test? There is a touch of humor in the jf boisterous intentions of those who, r- during the contest, watched the struggle from afar and after the battle was over claimed all credit for the victory. HIS WAR DECLARATION, ih The important part of Mr. Cleve r- land's address, however, is found in it- his declaration of war against those n- who supported the Chicago ticket. In rs this last address he has given more V?io Ar*v\Awonit! flian frv Vita cnn K3 am bU XilO uppuuuuiJ tuau iw uio guj/ r- porters, just as he did by his official 111 acts. His surrender of the executive be branch of the government into the ee hands of the Wall street financiers o- during his last administration did be more than any one thing to arouse the H American people to a knowledge of of the gold standard. be His thinly disguised support of the il- Republican ticket in the campaign did Ed much to drive the silver Republicans e- out of the Republican party, and their loyalty to bimetallism has not been shaken by defeat. In his address Saturday night he aided the silver cause F' still further by removing whatever m danger there might have been of conas cessions from the regular Democrats 16 to the bolters. 16 If he had discussed the fundamental a" principles of Democracy and then e' urged union of force upon a platform 10 composing differences on the money question he might have done us harm in some section, but his dogmatic inv sistence upon a foreign financial poliie cy and his endorsement of the organi zation of the gold Democrats will have a wholesome influence in convincing 3(1 timid Democrats of the folly of any "rs attempt to reunite the Democrats who s are wedded to gold monometallism. ag CONTEST IN ITS INFANCY. a Mr. Cleveland recognizes that the es contest over the money question, in )n stead of being ended, is just beginning; ye he recognizes it as an irrepressible conilict, and in this he reasons rightly. )D The Democratic party will in 1900 n reiterate its demand for free and un? limited coinage at 10 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, m why snould those affiliate now who JO expect to engage in combat so soon in hereafter. ds We now have a harmonious Demote cratic party, and we have a bolting id organization which cliamsto represent >1- another kind of Democracy. Let them co both exist and time will determine ift which is fittest to survive. i. If any birnetallist is converted to the gold standard he can join tl organization; if any gold Demo< repents ao can return to the f< However much we may differ fr Mr. Cleveland we must admit ( .nnrwfl. A less resolute man would hesii to assume the leadership of. a li band of 130,000, many of whom vc the Indianapolis ticket; by mista and then accused 6,500,000 voteri being either designing agitators or dupes of designing agitators. A man with less self-reliance wo re-txamine his own conduct to whether it was his folly or thi which separated them from 5,000, of Democrats who once idolized h but in the lexicon of Mr. Clevelai maturer years there is no such w as "mistake." POWERLESS TO RELIEVE The gold Democracy is impoten bring any real relief to the count it is long on platitudes and short performance, it reaches its maxim at a banquet and its minimum at polls. It is the toy of those financi I A. A. * 1 1 _ | wno prate aoout nauuuai nuuur w* they fatten oa the nation's extremi and is powerless to protect the peo from the extortion of trusts and greed of unrestrained corporations. Those Democrats who believe equality before thv> law will nature gravitate toward the regular Dem racy and those Democrats who beli in. a government by syndicates and syndicates will naturally drift into Republican party, because it ofl them the best prospects of success. Sr.r?p Book and Diary. We wcu'd urge upon our yoi friends of both sexes to use an o< siorial golden hcu.* and a few of brilliant f ragmen ts of Time in devot to the scrap book and diary. TJ will never regret it.. Many mome fly away :n dissipatfd thought ne to return, in which incidents hapj worthy oi record. The world is m ::ng history very rapidly, and th are many things they mav wish to call in the future, should their li be spared. And then their o thoughts, their best thoughts, comi them often, as the birds come, uni den and unlooked for, yet ever ^ come, to auild their nests under eaves, and, if not recorded, may ne return in i;he same connection. "F on is piled upon Ossa" of incidei happenings and data, daily, and \ be buried in oblivion if not nol Tnese exercises will develop an ort ly and disciplined mind, and bi great advantage. "Take this lesson with you, take it, ho' fast, The mill will never grind with the w that is;)ast." CUmnon's Income. The Columbia State says a comp son of the amounts received by Stalls treasurer from the privilege on fertilizers for this and last y shows that the difference is small spite of the alarming report sent by correspondents that never bel had such amounts of guano, beens j.n their neighborhooos. For 1 year the privilege tax up to this t aggregates $55,975.93 while last y it was $51,524 37; a difference of : 451.56 in favor of this jear. ' privilege tax is 25 cents"a ton i fourthnes $1,451.56 gives the nutn of tsns more sold this than last y< which is 5,806 tons. Proportio equally among the counties of Stale the amount of fertilizers usee each this year is 145 toe? in exces thai; used last. All of this tax goe the support of Clemiion. Though amount is $55,975.93,, Clemson ha pay back to the State $10,000 wb was overpaid one year by a cler error. That is to be returned to State this year, and will reduce college's revenue that amount. Six Convlcta Pardoned' The Governor issued the follow pardons Friday on the recommet tion of Dr. Pope, surgeon of the P tentiary: Joseph Boles, convicted in B9aufi 1896, of house breaking and larce and sentenced by Judge Earle eighteen months. Monroe Holland,convicted in Ail 1895, of house breaking and larce and sentenced by Judge Gary to years. Peter Green, CDnvicted in Beaut 1895, of burglary, and sentenced Judge Gary to five years. William Leysoth, convicted of1 attempt to murder by poison" in angeburg, 1896, and sentenced Judge Townsend to five years. Dr. Pope says they are all well vanced in consumption and cad live many weeks longer in prison i aie a constant source of danger to other convicts A Monument to Grant. The tomb of General U. S. Gr was dedicated in New York city, week, with the most imposing c monies of the kind that have been witnessed in this country. I now 12 years since Grant died, ever since, the movement to comp the monument to his memory has t pushed with an earnest pjrsister The amount raised is atout $700,( font n?>no rtp 4 V? O J.L1C ichiuivo ui, tuu v.uit niesi were a great military parade, ] u'cipated iu by the regular ari Grand Army and Confederate Ve ans. and a speech by President Kin ley. Mrs. Grant was present received a great ovation. The visi from all parts of the country ni bered something like half a millioi Soot Water for Plauts. Soot water, made from the soo! wood tires, is said to be an excel) fertilizer of house or outdoor pla: The soot should be brushed down fi the chimneys with a long hand brush, gathered into a quart bag j soaked in rain-water over night. water, black as ink, will be ready use the next morninsr. To use ab house plauts it should be considera diluted. It has a tendency to bake soil and can easily be too strong the little amount of earth in wind box or pot. It is a pefect destroyei insects and worms that sometimes fest house plants and may be usee1 such cases onca or twice a week ui they disappear. Has Only Fifty Wives. The shah has an exceedingly srr harem for an eastern monarch, s the (.Cincinnati Enquirer. There not above sixty ladies, and he I four sons and twenty-threedaughti The only occasion any of the shs wives are to be seen is in the street: Teheran, when they pass in carria*! When the ladies go out driving tl are preceded by a gang of farash who caper ahead on their hor shouting: "Go and hide yourselve And all the men have to scamper side streets or be thrashed. leir "GIVEN TO GARRIS." I )ld. b om MR. GASTON'S OFFICIAL REPORT AS o his TO THAT TRUNK. tate ~ h Important Orders Have Been Itsned by e ted Gov. Ellerbe?What He Says-Questions fl >ko _J. for Mr. Gaston to Answer. _ 3 Of R the The following communication was a tmblisbed in the News and Courier tl uld Wednesday: o see To the Editor of the News and Courier: q ?irs Since the jury who sat on the case of Will- b 000 iam Beckroge vs. The State of South Caroim ' Una the Uunited States Court has given a h id's verdict of $800 damages to the plaintiff, it is tl or(j reasonable to suppose that a return of the d captured trunk and contents goes with the J| verdict. During the trial of the case tho a 1 attorney for the plaintiff propounded the 0 , questions to the Assistant Attorney General: rr ??Where is the trunk?" "Where are the cioa gars?" To both of which, if I am correctly . "P1 informed, he replied, "In Columbia, 1 suppose." ^ iers n0Wi I -wigh to ask, Did he suppose they 0 rile ^ere in Columbia? Had he not the infor- 11 ity, mation to the contrary? pie Now I propose the following question, and ti the call on the named gentlemen to give us all it the knowledge they have in reference there- v; jn to, and I ask each of them directly and seper- o jly ately for this information: tOC- Where is the trunk? We would like for eve Col. \Tilie". Jones,chairman of the State Board p ? of Control, to say what he knows about this. n .. Then we would be glad to have Mr. Seth _ . Scruggs, the chief clerk of the State Board, ? ers totellwhathe knows. Then Col. John T. Gaston, ex-Acting Commissioner, to say, and, lastly, we would be glad to have Mr. C W. ? Garris, a member of the legislative examin- ~ ining committee for the Dispensary, to' say ? '^a what he knows about the trunk. " the Next, where are the cigars? I think, per- 8< l0n haps, all of the members, all five of them, a bey can say something on this subject. Then si !nts let Colonel Gaston, who was in charge of them, ii ver say where they are. Then Mr. Scruggs can i| pen come up and have his little say, and finally, ^ iak- perhaps Mr. Charlie Lynch, who is an em- ri lere ployee in the office, can enlighten the pub- ^ re- he- tl ves Next, where are the wedding shoes? They must have been line shoes to be in keeping = . a_ with the balance of the contents of the trunk. ** urt ii o i J uiivru uro mey: uuiuuei uiwiuu, icua ug, . _ i and let all of the above named gentlemen , give the people of South Carolina an account b ine of their stewardship. The people should n know just how things are being worked and e"' managed at the great moral institution, and, 3ts, if honestly and correctly, then they will ? *ill only have to say so and stop suspicion, and q ied. if not, and they fail to satisfy the public, 4I ler- then they must bear the stigma. Come up, j of gentlemen, an anxious public awaits replies * from each and every one of you, and should ? U there be anything out of place let it rest on ^ the shoulders where it properly belongs. h fttcr Truth Seeker. 1 The Columbia Register says Colo- b nel Jones stated that he had never t seen the trunk or any of its contents, s ari- and certainly had not smoked any of the the cigars. The trunk had been sold n tax to Mr. C. W. Garris. As to the ci- a oot? orarc X-n ho lrnflw Tinthinir hilt W9R II vw* h*""} vv" 1 ?v" -w?? , in having the matter investigated. The t out trunk was sold just as barrels or any J 'ore other old thing is sold from the Dis- t told pensary. The trunk had not teen f this paid for so far as he knew. Mr. Scruggs c ime said the whole thing simply amount- c ear ed to making a big thing out of noth- P SI,- ing. s rhe Governor Ellerbe, in speaking of s ind the matter, seemed to be considerably a iber angered about it. He said Judge 1 ;ar, Townsend wanted to see the marks on r ned the trunk to use as an argument in t: the the case, but reported that he ii 1 in could not find it. Governor Ellerbe, A ? ?n?,i rui^. o a ui i iu iuvcaugakiug/ taucu vwiw s to nel Gaston, who replied by letter and s the sent a similar one to Chairman Jones. C s to This no doubt has some information fi Lich the public would like to get, but the I1 ical Governor did not care to give it out, ii the pending the investigation he is now b the making. He concluded by saying G that as long as he is Governor he will ? not allow such things to go on if he s can prevent them. C ing This, then, is the status of the pres- a ld*' ent case. It must be confessed that it a em" is but one of the others upon which o complaints have been made, but none t< ort> heretofore received such an investiga* q inv 1? t n tr t* ] _ - / f * ? lion. ittr. j. r. a. aryan maue a iur- ?< t0 mai demand for the trunk, and this to brought the matter to a crisis. In t. :en> many of the other cases there have t ?7' been only mutterings and nothing has s "ve come of them, but this one seems to be loaded with a genuine sensation. t The report of ex-Commissioner John t T. Gaston of the State dispensary on i (t the Beckroge trunk and its contents f is as follows: yr" Columbia, S. C., April 14, 1897. U Dy Hon. W. A. Barber, Attorney General of 1 South Carolina: r ad- Sir: Complying with your request con- fc not cerning a certain trunk seized in Charleston j; and by the State constabulary and sent to State the dispensary, I have this to say: A large 0 drummer's trunk was received here by the ? authorities, containing (to the best of my re- ^ collections) three two-gallon jugs of j 'ant whiskey, nine bottles of wine, 10 boxes ci- q last gars, two cans peache3 and I think one doz- , ere- en lemons. The trunk was not to my recol- \ iver lections, marked so that you would know it ^ t is contained whiskey. A card marked glass 0 Hnd Wft3 ?n the trunk in several places. Mr: C- * lete W. (iarris of Colleton told me that Mr. d ?een Scruggs, the bookkeeper, told him that he C 1CU could have the trunk and I let him have it, c )qq ine winsKey nas oeen uumpea, me wines are g mQ* here in my possession; the cigars, ihe I peaches and the lemons are gone. That is q " about the status of the trunk business as I j ? recollect. Yours respectfully, f i*?r' John T. Gaston, j Acting Commissioner. Governor Ellerbe is quite willing to t( tors permit the search light of public opin- r Jm' ion to penetrate into the remotest cor ^ * ner of the dispensary workings. ' \ To a reporter of The State he said . 0f that he only heard of the Beckroge lent trunk for the first time a few days rr nts. ago. It was when the above report om Gaston was referred to him , [jecl from the attorney general's olllce. It ? lncj was a thorough surprise. The gover- . nor continuing, said that he had had for a talk with Clerk Scruggs soon after ? out the report was referred to him. Clerk 5 ui? Scruggs said that he had sold the ho trunk to Mr. C W. Garris. ? for Col. ^Wilie Jones was sent for by ow the governor and to him said that that f, , of was the first time he had heard of the in trunk. J [ Though the governor did not say so, from his talk it was seen that he was surprised when he read in The State of yesterday that Colonel Jones o recalled that the trunk had been put 0 tall in the dispensary und a report made c< ays of its arrival to the board of which he tc are is chairman. p< lias Governor Ellerbe did not mince 0 ers. words in speaking of the trunk inci ti ill's dent. '"They had as well take the dis- w sof pensary liquor that is bought by the fa ;es. State/' said he, "and present it to their pj ley friends." Contraband goods are the K tes, property of the State as much as the h< ies, liquor that is bought, he declared and tr s!"' there was no warrant or excuse for at up them to be considered in any other hi light. The constables are paid by the pi tato to seize contraband goods and be seizures should go as far as possile to pay for the maintenance of the onstabuiary. Dl It is all right for the officials to use tie samples of whiskey, he said, and e could see no harm in an official ven giving a bottle sometimes to a So riend. < "I would not hesitate," declared the overnor, "to go in the sample room nd got a bottle of whiskey if I felt i le need of it, but I.would never think , f taking any of the contraband liuor no matter how choice it might ?* a." en Continuing, Governor Ellerbe said. 01 e had advised tbe board to turn over ae management or tne aetans 01 ine , ispensary to Commissioner Vance, t would be well nigh impossible for pe board meeting once a month to man- we ge everything about the dispensary. w< 'he duties of the board, he thought, tU: rere like those of the board of regents yi; nr the hospital for the insane. It at ras to exercise a general supervision Sa ver all the affairs and leave to the th< lanagement to execute. thi On one point the governor was par- ? cularly emphatic. He did not think p0 , wise to leave the purchasing of esl rhiskey to one man. That the board lo ught not to do. po Returning to the question of contra- da and goods he said that even if the leckroge trunk was sold that it had ot been sold in a businesslike and St roper manner. It should have been aid to the highest bidder, he declared, of I have given Vance order--, howev- th r," he said, "not to let any contra- th and things go out of the dispensary." m; le went on to say that hereafter la runks, cigars and tucn like thiags p] sized with liquor would be advertised nd sold to the highest bidder. The ed sized liquor could not be disposed of m a this way, but after having analyzed to ; could be bottled and sent out if up ai 5 the required standard. Qe has al- an eady given orders that a list of every be runk, pair of shoe3 or anything of tie sort must be kept and that he was to oing to hold the persons in charge of esponsible for everything. Governor Ellerbe in cooclusion said of aat he was going to try and carry out is pledge of a clean and business administration of the dispensary. T1 The Haad Law. su Section 1. Be it enacted by the teneral Assembly of the State of ^ outh Carolina, That an act entitled An Act to provide a sj stem of coun- n? y government for fhe counties of this Itate, so far as it relates to the workog and maintaining the roads and j" lighwaTS in this State," approved larch 23d, 1896, be. and the same is ereby, amended by striking out Sec- ? ion 4 thereof and inserting in lieu of v1 aid Section the following: Section 4. That all able bodied . oal& persons and all male persons f1' ble to perform or causa to be per- U1 ormed the labor herein required, be- co ween the ages of eig iteen and fifty Pr ears, except in Horry and Spartaniurg counties, where the ages shall be ,, rom twenty-one to fifty, and also ex- ? ept ministers of the Gospel in actual . harge of a congregation, and persons 10 srmanently disabled in ihe military er ervice of this State, and persons who erved in the late war, shall be liable ?y nnually to do and perform four days abor on the highways, under the di 0 ection of the Overseer of the road disrict in which he shall reside, except ?l a the in the counties of Spartanburg, Lnderson, Greenville and Darlington, 71 /herein the number of working days L-M - .1 1 1L. Wl uau i>e iiiree, auu mo ivuuuca ui )rangeburg, Pickens, Saluda, Edge m ield, CoJleton, Chester, Barnwell, Tewberry and Williamsburg, where- ** a the number of working days shall e six, and the counties of Charleston, Georgetown, Beaufort and Florence, rheiein the number of working days w hall be eight: Provided that the bounty Board of Commissioners of fr ny county may cause to be levied an j dditional tax, not to exceed one mill, r* n all the taxable property of any "J ownship in their county, when so re uired by a written petition signed by wo thirds of the freeholders of such ownship, such tax to be collected as he other taxes, and to be expended on ?> he roads ana highways of each townhip. Section 2. That the said act be, and j~ he same is hereby, further amended >y striking out Section 27 thereof and . Dserting in lieu of said Section the ? -ii s OJ otiowiug: Section 27. That the County Treas- J irers of the counties of this State are lereby authorized and empowered to eceive from any and all persons lia- q tie to road duties as commutation tax; q n the counties of Abbeville, dolars, to be fixed by the County Board if Commissioners; Aiken, one dollar; Anderson, one dollar; Barnwell, one , iollar; Beaufort, two dollars; Berkeey, one dollar; Chester, two dollars; chesterfield, one dollar; Charleston, o wo dollars; Colleton, two dollars; clarendon, one dollar; Darlington, me dollar: Edgefield, two dollars; nairfield, two dollars; Florence, two ?? Inllmw Aoni>(?otnnm turn HnllarS: . IISJ JCH O ) \JI\/U1^VI.VTTU) W II W J r. Greenville, one dollar; Hampton, one lollar; Horry, two dollars; Kershaw, p, me dollar; Lancaster, one dollars; ^aurens, two dollars; Lexington, g, me dollar; Newberry, one dollar; larlboro, one dollar; Marion, wo dollars; Pickens two dollars; lichland, two dollars; Spartanburg, j me dollar; Saluda, two dollars; Sumar, one dollar; Union, one dollar; * )conee; one dollar; Orangeburg, two ollars; Willismsburg, two dollars; fork, two dollars; and all moneys so aid shall be set apart and known as lie county road fund: Provided, * 'hat such commutation tax be paid for tie fical year 1896 between the first t ay of March and the first day of L.pril, and hereafter said commutation ix shall be paid for the succeeding nc ear when State and county taxes are aid, and that the County Treasurers jQ aall furnish a receipt to the person so UB ay ing the same; Provided,The amend- ju. lents as to Pickens county shall not pply to the present fiscal year. That qj, le amendments to this Section shall ipe ot go into eit'ect until the first day of e<j aly next- ph King KouiJ'l at Lust. (33, John C. King, the long lost heir f his brother, Louis King of New 'rleans, that was supposed to be con- 1 ;aled in Troy by persons who wished Sk > yet possession of the property, ao- sid jared before the district court in New Th rleans on Friday to prove his iden- an ly. An attempt to prove thai he Bii as unfit to control the large fortune ad tiled, and the court ordered King dei it in possession of the property, nej ing acknowledged that he was a rol javy drinker and that he was a an amp, sleeping in the police station the , Troy when he heard of the death of the is brother and his accession to the Co operty. ov< ??al WEATHER AND CROPS. ? RECTOR BAUER'S WEEKLY 8UMMAa dv r?c rr>MniTir?Kic Ill VI VVI1VI I IVMVI me Damage by Froat?Need of Bala Generally Reported?Weather Favorable or Farm Work, bat too Cool and Dry * 'or Growing Crops, The following is the weekly bulletin the condition of the weather and ops in this State issued last week by server Bauer of the State Bureau: temperature. The temperature averaged 5 degrees r day below the normal. The days l jre sufficiently warm, but the nights ire cool. The maximum tempera- ( re was 89 on the 24th at GillIaon^ | lie, and the minimum 28 on the 21st. Saluda, and 32 at Florenesaad ntuc. The mean for the State beintf< e average of 53 stations, was 60 and' e normal approximately 65. The north central and northeastern' rtions of the State reported the low* t average temperatures. Along the wer coast and over the southeastern rtions it was from 1 to 2 degrees per y cooller than usual. rainfall. Ma wm'n fall irt o nt? rtf iiu 10AU iCIi 111 CkUJ pViUVU VA MAW ate during the entire week. All correspondents report the need rain. In the western portions of e State, to soften the baked soil so at plowing,preparation for planting ay be finished, this work being now rgely suspended, and to aid recently anted corn and cotton to germinate. In the eastern portions rain is need- . for growing crops generally, bat ore particularly for transplanting ; bacco; to bring up late planted com ; id cotton; for the trucking interests id gardens and for oats, which are ' ginning to head. Stands of late planted corn and cotn very irregular, owing to the lack moisture. Normal rainfall for the week 0.80 an inch. SUNSHINE AND WINDS. It was practically a cloudless weak r le estimated percentage of possible nshine ranged from 80 to 100 and reraged 94 per cent. The normal is >out 68 per cent. The winds of the week were high? \ >rtheasterly?becoming variable. a FROST. Frost was reported on the 18th, 30th id 21st, quite general over the entire:: ate on the last date, but "injurious er the northeastern counties only, here considerable corn, young cotn, tobacco in beds, peaches ana garns were partially destroyed. Ioe rmed in Chesterfield, Marlboro, Masn and Horry counties on the morn* g of the 21st. Over the western^ unties it is believed the high wind* evented a killing frost on that date. CROPS. The weather was extremely fa vara-" e for farm work, but too cool and 7 for growing crops and for break* g up bottom lands or clay soils gear ally. Corn planting is about completed rer the eastern and central portions; >out half finished over the remainder the State. It is coming up vary . ell in places, in others very poorly, ands are consea uentiv verv irregu r even in the same counties. Worms id crows damaged stands seriously om Hampton and Beaufort north* ard, necessitating replanting in any places. Frost cut corn to tbs ' ound in Horry and Marion, but to* >rts state that it is coming up again. Chinch busrs have attacked corn in < lester and York. From Yorkwest ard, corn planted early in Mandi ill have to be replanted. Cotton planting progressed rapidly id is now about half finished over e western and central counties. In any places, in eastern sections, pljurtg practically completed. Blow gemination and growth owing to cool ghts and want of moisture. Stand* ;ry uneven. Replanting nous*U'J*rer northeastern counties, whom any fields were destroyed by frost ain and warm nights would prove meficial. Sea Island cotton practiilly all planted and good standir ive been secured. Some tobacco has been transplanted it rain is needed to push this work 1 a large scale. Uncovered beds inred by frost; damage immaterial. Rice planting made rapid program id stands generally satisfactory. Wheat continues to look promising, binch bugs have damagea it some in tiester and York counties. Rain ould benefit it Oats stand in need of moisture genally, and are beginning to turn yelw for the want of it in the mo** sterly counties where it it begin* ng to head. In Chesterfield some slds apparently injured by frost Peaches are not as much injured as rpnnris indicated. Some local* es, in same section, re porting a fair | >et" and others that all are silled, pples promise well, a few reports ily indicate any injury to tnem. lums, cherries and apricots plentiful, awberries ripening in Barnwell' iackberries blossoming profusely rer the central and northeastern unties. Canes, melons and pastures making aw growth. Too cool and dry for the coast truck rms. Potatoes, strawberries and ans at a standstill for want of rain. Sweet potatoes in beds not growing ell generally. Irish potatoes coming > and doing well. The national bulletin of April 19 ports the condition of corn and cotn as follows: "No corn has yet been planted north the Ohio river; practically none irth of Maryland; westward of the ississippi, none north of Missouri. the southern states corn has been [favorably affected by low temperare and needs warmer weather." "Some cotton has been planted in clahoma. southern Missouri and nnessee; about half the crop plan?> in Arkansas. In northern Texas mting and growth of cotton have en retarded by cool weather." A Slav Miner Killed. The badly mutilated body of John ilko, a Slav miner, was found bee the Southern Railway tracks ursday morning between Cardiff d Brockside, eighteen miles west of rmingham, Ala. Two theories are vanced as to how he came to his ith?one that he was murdered by groes last night for the purpose of jbery and then laid across the tracks d was run over by a train; the other it while intoxicated he walked on > track and was killed by the train. " roner Barkhalter held an inquest jr the remains.