The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 11, 1907, Image 10
LOST BIG SUMS~ 1
Dispensary Run on Loose Methods H(
Irregularities Being Common
SO EXPERTS REPORTS. M
Charleston Owes Over Thirteen Hung]
dred Dollars After Adjustment of
Account.?Farnum's Beer Estab- j51
tl
llshement Financed by the State, hi
Which Lost by Unauthorized Ac- 0j
tions.?State Will Lose Heavily. ^
In its report filed with the State 03
disnpnsnrv commission the American ^
"""rr?r w" ' [1(
Audit Company charge chaotic con- ^
ditions of bookkeeping, grofs neglect gj
of duty, misapplication of large funds
?nd loose methods of conducting the c
institution. Startling disclosures are c\
made and the report asserts that the a}
State lost many thousands of dollars. 5,
The company says that with opport
jnity of examining missing books dis- f I
closures dwarfing those just made p]
would result. It submits a bill for $8,- Uj
000 for its services. ft
Many irregularities and criminalities
are charged in the report, which
consists of 250 typewritten pages. fl(
For one year alone arbitrary entries ^
aggregrate $100,000 and one book hi
over $30,000. Illustrating the loose w
methods the report says: 0j
UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES.
"In order to illustrate more fully d<
the extent to which unauthorized entries
were carried, we rrfer in de- s*
tail to two entries in journal 1, folios tf
123 and 124, for $5,000 each, under tr
date of September 30. 1906, made T!
for the purpose of transferring
$10,000 from the account of the Car- P1
olina Glass Company to the account '?
of the Richland Distilling ComDany.
It appears that on April 11, 1904, the
sum of $5,000 was paid over to the ra
Palmetto National Bank of Colum- sh
bia for credit of the Carolina Glass
Company and that on May 12, 1905,
an additianal sum of $5,000 was paid
to the bank cited, for a like purpose, bl
These amounts were erroneously paid a*
by the Palmetto National Bank to the sh
Richland Distilling Company.
''The cash items referred to above dc
were charged on the dispensary
books tc the Carolina Glass Company's
account and the wrong appli- m
cation of the $10,000 was presumab- ?c
Iv discovered by the auditor of the m
Carolina Glass Company during the ra
fill of 1906. A refund from the Rich- cc
1 ind Distilling Company being unot)- w
t ainable, the entries mentioned above
were passed on the dispensary books th
without the authority, so far as we ot
are able to ascertain, of the proper w
officials. to
"The characteristic inattention an- .
notated above shows that the physi- ^
cal condition of the accounts was an m
unknown quantity to the party or "?
parties responsible for their keeping, ec
unresponsible times elapsing before Pr
discovery and adjustment toos in
place."
Many of the original invoices are ^
not on file. The minute book of the J**
board for 1005 has been "misplaced."
In a test of the cash receipts of Com- ec
missioner Crum and Tatum, says the .
report, misapplication is clearly es- r'J
tablished. Many items appear to ~
have been intentionally omitted from Je
the books and the company's representative
asserts that losses reach in- j*1
to tens of thousands. El
AS TO FARNUM'S ACCOUNTS. ^
The pages of the report are devot- 0f\
ed to the account of the Consumers' __
Beer Bottling Establishment and the .
transactions of J. S. Farnum with
the State dispensary. "The account
is badly mixed up." says the report 80
"and it seems that agreements be- ?e
tween this establishment and the le<
board of directors as to the amount 08
of royalty to be paid the State on the
beer sold were changed at intervals ??
without any records of such charges ie<
being made. ye
"A critical observation of the management
of transactions carried on t0
with this company in successive stages
dispels the idea that a fair profit
ever accured to the State out of ru
the sales and repurchases of beer. ow
"Beer supplied bv this company to 49
onH hntolo fnp OPnmmt of co;
UiC^ATli^id UJ1U ItVVViW M..V w wv,
the dispensary was billed to the lat- th
ter institution at prices apparently Br
agreed upon, although at intervals ou
additional invoices were rendered to
the dispensary, rccharging State co
profits on original purchases resold sai
to the State as herein indicated. tr<
That the dispensary officials acquies- ch
ced to a refund of State profits is du
shown bv the credits given for the co
aditional invoices. No trace of the ha
authority room which this acquies- an
enee emanated could be found. $2:
FINANCED BY THE STATE.
"The dispensary having abandon- 0f
ed these profits or royalties placed r)e
the Consumers' Beer Bottling Es- co
tablishment in a p-s;lion to realize
a profit on b?er obtained a; first cost j0
from and financed by th j South Car- an
olha State dispensary. on
4'No agree nent or contract between
the State board of directors
and this company could be located, mj
and it was therefore impossible to <je
verify the correctness of the prices D0
and terms from whhh sales and purchases
originated.
"A thorough investigation of this
account with the means at hand leav- de
es no doubt in our minds that this Ch
company and its predecessor failed $6
to carry out the stipulations and con- wi
ditions governing operations in beer toi
in the State of South Carolina. dif
"We recommend, in the interest of
w, ~ of the State, that the books and ac th:
counts of J. S. Farnum and his sue- se:
cessors, the Consumers' Beer Bot- Sd
tling Establishment, be subjected to dil
nn p.Yamination with a view of dis- co:
closing the extent of transactions un-1 ch;
accounted for in the statements filed 1 pe
with the State dispensary commis- th<
sion." 19<
In the account of the Atlantic '
Beach Hotel, Sullivan's Island, the thi
books showed that a debit balance th<
CAPTURES BURGLAR.
)w a Plucky Little Woman Saved Si
Her Valuables.
rs. Theresa Calona Finds Noted T1
Crook in Her Home, Turns Hini
Over to Police and Faints.
Mrs. Theresa Calono chased a burar
down two flights of stairs in her g,
jme, No. 74 Elder street, Williamsirg,
Wednesday evening and cap- v'
ired him after a struggle. Then she tr
inded him over to a policeman. tl
Admiring neighbors who called to tt
fer congratulations marvelled at U
le pluc'i of the pretty, slender b;
3ung woman. They marvelled the tt
lore when they heard that the man Ij
as a desperate crook and that he rr
ad been released only recently after
>rving a two years' term at Sing
ing Prison. S
Mrs. Calono is the wife of Joseph d
alono, a well-to-do commission mer- o:
lant. She is twenty-eight years of ?
?e, and is much admired for her a:
sauty. 91
When she returned at 6:30 o'clock h
om a shopping trip she was sur- H
rised that her rooms were lighted s<
p. She found every jet burning in it
le dining room. tl
Hearing a rustling in the next room, 0:
le entered. A man, kneeling on the N
aor, was packing articles he had ei
iken from a dresser into a bag. She ir
id not made the least noise, and he tl
ent on with his work, unconscious lj
: her presence. tl
"What are you doing here?" she e:
3manded. tl
oforflo/1 Knrrylor nn ir
-L Ut OVM1 blvu WV4*5IIM twacvv*
>rang to his feet and dashed into e
le parlor. The door leading from n
lat room to the hall was locked. 1,
be man darted back again toward c:
ie dining room. Mrs. Calono had a
-eceded him but, before she could al
ck the dining room door, he had tl
rertook her.
She grappled with him, but the tc
an struck her in the face, and, rr
taking himself loose, ran along the fi
ill to the stairv/ay and down to the pi
ound floor. re
Mrs. Calono, unmindful of the tl
ow she had received, followed close is
; his heels. In the ground floor hall, fi]
ie tripped him by interposing her &i
ot as he was springing for the front
>or. e<
He recovered his balance, and then hi
ie hit him a blow that sent him spin- c<
ng backward. The burglar retreat- S
I to the back end of the hall. Fear- tt
g he would go down to the base- t\
ent and escape, the plucky woman sj
irnered him and again grappled pi
ith him. r<
Then ensiled a struggle that took 8(
lem from one end of the hall to the 7(
;her. The man gradually edged his fi
ay to the front door and managed b
get it open,
He dragged Mrs. Calono through si
to the front step, and was about to bi
ake another effort to jerk himself 1<
ose when the policeman approach- w
I. He relieved Mrs. Calono of her H:
isoner, and she sank, almost faint- c<
g, on the doorstep. G
There she was found by neighbors, si
ho, strange to say, had not heard N
ir cries during the struggle in the a
ill. At least they had not respond- si
I. > , si
Mrs. Calono had a bruise on her M
?ht cheek. The thief had pilled up si
I of the silver and also all the loose qi
welry he could find in the house. ec
At the Ralph avenue police station is
e man gave the name of Matthew ec
idrick. He said he was thirty- fc
?ht years old, and had no home, cc
ie police recognized in him and old bi
fender. dl
IE
$320.95 was closed out on March
, 1905, by transferring same to the s?
count of J. S. Farnum. The sue
ssors to Farnum denied any know- *|V
jge of this account and refused to dl
it. c
"It would appear that this ac- ^
unt, if not settled, had been negfnr
q norinH r?f nparlv thrpp th
ars prior to its being buried by an 1C^
[authorized transfer, resulting in a 9?
tal loss to the State."
DUE FOR CONSTABULARY. Jjj
At the ciose of business on Feb- gr
ary 16, 13 connties in the State e|,
red to the State dispensary $25,- th
0.15 on account of constabulary th
rvice. This amount is based upon jn
e enforcement of section 7 of the W(
ice law in counties which voted e(]
t the dispensary under that act.
According to the report but two
unties have made the levy necces- "(
ry to place funds with the State n
?asurer for the purpose of dis- .
arging their obligations to the ni:
spensary in this particular. The an
unties of Pickens and Newberry les
ve settled their indebtedness, bli
lounting to $2,549.16, leaving tej
2,941.78 due by eleven counties. da
A balance of $6.60 against Jofen se:
ack, former member of the board
directors, represents a charge on
icember 21, 1906, for one ton of ha
al, the collection of which is con- g0
tgent on a counter claim made by
hn Black for mileage and per diem
owance of $4 per day for five days r
a trip to Peoria, 111., in Decern- tic
r, 1906. - wl
"This matter rests with the com- in
ssion for such action as may be th
emed necessary," states the re- w<
rt. rif
CLAIM AGAINST CHARLESTON.
Several pages in the report are
voted to the account of the city of of
i^_i.? If* \ t. : _ i. ? i. u ^ i. on
lanesion.r n is sei iurin uiau
,361.55 is the amount of profits Se
teheld from the city of Charles- 00
n. Against this claim upon the; wi
?pensarv there is a counter claim on
$7,678.68 against the city. Of tic
is latter claim, $5,462.78 reprents
the expenses incurred by the
ate dispensary resulting from the
ftculty between Wieters and State m(
nstables. The remainder of the La
arge, $2,515.90, represents the ex- da
nses of the constabulary force in fla
5 city of Charleston from July 18.
)1, to Octobei 9, 1901.
rhe account as adjusted shows
at the city of Charleston is due v?
2 State dispensary ?1,317.13. *a<
GROWS SECOND.
outh Carolina Next to Massachusetts
in Cotton Manufacture.
lie Cold Statistics of the United
States Census Reveals th? Above
Facts.
The cold statistics of the United
tates census bureau frequently resal
some wonderful things. Among
lese, in a bulletin just issued, is
lat South Carolina ranks second in
le number of cotton spindles in the
nited States, being exceeded only
y Massachusetts, and that during
le past year South Carolina actualr
increased the number of spindles
lore than 150,000.
This interesting bulletin says:
Massachusetts exceeds every other
tate in the number of cotton spinles,
having 9,158,389, or 34 per cent
E the total; South Carolina ranks
icond, with 3,609,969, or 13 per cent,
nd North Carolina third, with 2,31,386,
or 10 per cent, Rhode Island
as fourth place, Georgia fifth, New
[ampshire sixth and Connecticut
>upn th Massachusetts increased
s number of active spindles during
le year by 307,443, or 3.5 per cent
P the total for the State, while in
forth Carolina the increase amounti
to 262,652, or 11 per cent. The
icrease in South Carolina was more
lan 450,000 and in New York nearr
100,000. According to Table 3
lere were 1,141,661 cotton spindles,
occlusive of renewals, added during
le year, thus indicating no cessation
i the progress of the industry. Howler,
the net increase in the total
umber of spindles for the year is
127,734. This apparent discrepan/
is accounted for by the fact that
few plants were dismantled or
bandoned, and to the reduction of
le spindle capacity in others.
In its annual investigation relative
> the cotton industry the bureau
lakes no endeavor to segregate
ame and mule spindles; but if the
roportion between these spindles as
jturned at the census of 1905, when
lis was done, be applied to the stattics
of active spindles in 1907 the
gures would be 20,427,395 frame
id 5,947,896 mule.
In addition to the spindles designi
primarily to spin cotton. 751,251
ave been returned as consuming
)tton mixed with other fibres. The
tates which lead in the manufaclre
of woollen and knit goods nalrally
lead in the number of these
jindles. Of the total number reDrted,
137,190, or 21 per cent, were
'turned from Pennsylvania; 110,32,
or 17 per cent, from New York;
),462 from Massachusetts, 52,630
om Connecticut, and smaller numgrs
from several other States.
Massachusetts leads in the conlmption
of cotton with 1,253.856
ales or 35 per cent of the total for
)07, followed by North Carolina
ith 14 per cent, while South Carona
takes third place with 13 per
int. The fourth position is held by
eorgia with 11 per cent; New Hamplire
takes fifth, Alabama sixth, and
ew York seventh. As stated above,
comparison on the basis of active
)indles gives some of the States a
ightly different rating. Although
[assachusetts increased its cotton
jindles by more than 300,000, the
aantity of cotton consumed increas1
less than 20.000 bales. If the stattics
for South Carolina be examin1
in a similiar manner it will be
>und that the quantity of cotton
>nsumed during the year is 5,705
lies less, while the number of spines
operated increased more than
0,000: This would indicate a sigficant
tendency during the year to
lin finer counts, provided, of course,
tat the conditions prevailing in the
70 years were similiar and the spines
were operated in like manner.
In the mills of the cotton g.-owing
ates 970,039 spindles were report1
as having been idle throughout
e year, which is 66 per cent of the
le spindles returned for the entire
untry. While the scarcity of labor
largely responsible for this condi3n
throughout the country, it apiars
more pronounced in the cotton
owing States However, as stated
sewher6, a considerable number of
e spindles returned as idle from
e cotton growing States were not
fact idle throughout the year, but
are new, and had only been installi
a short time.
The Newberry Observer says
:ol. William Jennings Bryan may
(ver be president, but he has furshed
to the American people an exople
of fidelity to principle, fear- <
ssness in advocating them, and unsmished
private and political in- ;
grity, that is entire too rare noways."
That is a handsome, but derved,
compliment.
Justice Brewer seems sorry to
,ve caused trouble, but he is not
ting to take it back. He said the
esident was playing a game of
lide and seek" with the nomina>n,
and adds that that is exactly
lat he meant. While we think it
bad taste for a judge to criticise
e President as justice Brewar did,
; think he sized up Teddy just about
jht.
Wants to be Judge.
Ex-Senator Robert Aldrich, son
the old judge of that name and
usin of the younger judge, and
nator Batea, both of Barnwell
unty- and C. E. Sawyer of AUen
11 be candidates for the vacancy
the bench caused by the resignain
of Judge James Aldrich. t
t
Burned to Death. j
Thp rathnHf: Cinnvent. academy, t
jnastary and ciiurch in Covington, \
., were destroyed by fire Satur- s
y. The priest lost his life in the
mes. The loss is over $100,000.
Wanted to Lynch Ilim. ^
A negro near Columbus, Ga., came ?
ry near being lynched by bis own f
:e for assaulting a colored woman. c
SOIL SURVEY.
Prof. Bennett is Conducting Experiments
In This State.
Orangeburg, Sumter and Lee Counties
Being Now Looked After by
an Expert.
The farmers of Sumter, Orangeburg
and Lee counties are to be given the
benefit of the soil experimentation
that has been conducted at Washington
by the bureau of soils, depratment
of agriculture, for the past few
years. The bureau has sent out Prof.
Frank Bennett to arrange for the
practical application ot the test and
he will go to work at once in the
counties named, so that the soil may
be gotten into shape by next spring.
The plan that the dapertment is
going to offer to the farmers is In
the interest of better, more economical
and more diversified crops. One
of the chief alms of the experiments
to be conducted is to find out the correct
rotation of crops on a given
piece of land so as to secure the best
results and to point out to the farmers
what is the best method to pursue
ii order to give his land rest and
get therefrom the greatest yield at
the lowest expense.
The work will be conducted by the
representative of the department at
no cost to the farmer and when a
working basis is round run mrormation
will be given out to the farmers
of the State, so that all may reap the
benefit from the proposed plan.
Within the past few years the department
of agriculture has interested
itself in the work of a possible
development of the soil of the Southern
States. It has been realized that
there are latent possibilities here
which if scientifically developed
would be a surprise to many. To this
end a large part of the appropriatinn
given the department has been
expended in the South.
And one of the many important
steps taken for the ultimate benefit
of the Southern farmers is an experiment
survey of lands in the counties
of Sumter, Lee and Orangeburg.
This is the first experiment of the
kind ever undertaken by the department.
Congressman Lever has been instrumental
in bringing this about and
the scheme is outlined below and is
supposed to enlighten the farmer on
the subjeet of the best methods of
planting his farm in order to secure
the best results financially.
The soil surveys of the counties of
Sumter and Orangeburg have just
been completed, while that of Lee
county was completed some time
since. Prof. Frank Bennett of the
unuea oiaies aejja.r'.meiji. ui usuvuiture,
bureau of soils, Is in charge of
these surveys. The chief of the bureau
is Prof. Milton Whitney, at one
time professor of chemistry at the
University of Souuth Carolina.
Mr. Bennett is a Southern man, a
graduate of the University of North
Carolina and a practical farmer. Ho
has the supervision of these maps,
which give contour maps showing
the character of soil, streams, towns,
houses, etc. This is known as a base
map. The character of the .<o>ls 1b
represented by colors, so each farmer
knows what sol) he has upon his individual
farm, and thus he will see
what crops are best adapr^J to his
particular soil after following the
work done by the buroau of soils
in order to make the maps more
practical Mr. Bennett has been put
in charge of the fertilizer and crop
experiments. Samples of these soils
in the three counties have been sent
to Washington and have been carried
through what si known as the "wire
basket test." The test is briefly as
follows:
About one busnei or sou is cnviaea
Into about 25 small baskets and then
In these baskets various seeds are
planted with various kinds of fertilizer.
The object of this Is to see the
result of plant growth and to get a
fertilizer formula. When this formula
is obtained it will be used in
the field whose soil corresponds to
the soil tested. Mr. Bennett Is' here
to put this test in the fields from his
personal observation and experience
In Washington. This test is to be
put to each type of soil encounted in
the three counties named above. j
The plan Mr. Bennett proposes to
pursue is to get a cetrain number of i
farmers in each of the counties nam-!
ed that are willing to cooperate in
these experiments. Two or three
acres are to be taken in and every
knoira fertilizer will be used thereon.
And then new crops, such as the
vetches, clover, grasses, alfalfa, fruit
ffMAllrinfr will Ko rt f 11 Tlllt
aiiU 11 Ul/Alug rt All uv uv* vuuvwmi ?? ?
the staple crops, such as cotton?
particularly the upland, long staple?
iorn, oats and the like, will be given
special attention. The new crops,
the vetches and the like are to be
Introduced as accessories of these
principal crops and as a method of
the introduction of the crop rotation.
These experiments look ultimately
:o the ascertainent of certain fer:ilizer
formulas and crop practices
which will give the largest yield with
i minimum expense with the staple
;rops. It is sought to ascertain what
:rop can be most profitably grown
ipon a given type of soil and what
tind of fertilizer is best abapted to
i given type of soil and what quanti;y
of fertilizer can be economically
lsed upon a given soil with a given
:rop.
Killed by Policemau.
John T. Werner, of Pickens coun;y,
was killed Saturday in Central
>y Policeman Attaway. Werner had
seen arrested the day before by the
)olic:eman and when he got out he
jegan abusing him and a fight relulted.
Killed by Cotton Thieves.
Jethro Jones, an aged farmer of
IVhiteburg, Ga., was assassinated on
Saturday night. He was watching
or cotton thieves and was shot by
me of them. 1
GANG OF CROOKS,
Breaks Two Safes at Mauldln and
Make Stood Haul
I
| MADE THEIR ESCAPE
And No Clue Could Be Obtained of
Them or Where They Went.?
The Same Gang That Recently
Blew Open a Safe In Seneca.?
There Are Four of the TMeres
And They Are Very Bold,
A special dispatch from Mauldin in
this State to The State says safe
crackers struck that place Saturday
aight, making a good haul. While
Mr. J. S. Hill was at supper the gang
forced his front store door, entered
and carried away his cash drawer and
the contents, about 9250. Mr. Hill
organized a small posse and began
a search, but without avail.
About 12 o'clock midnight Sir. W.
3. Bauldwin of the firm of Bauldwln
& Whatley heard a noise about his
store and got up to Investigate. He
was greeted with. "Get back In the
bouse or I will blow your head off."
Haviug no weapons at hand he went
back in the house, while the safecrackers
blew open his safe and carried
off the contents, netting about
$300, making a total of nearly $600
secured Saturday night.
Sheriff Gilreath was notified and
was at Mauldln Sunday investigating
the matter, but no clue could be obtained.
He tracked the parties northward
from the store through a field
a little way, then they turned toward
the depot and into the road, but they
oould be tracked no further.
There Is no doubt that this is the
aame gang that blew a safe in Seneca
some weeks ago and no doubt
has headquarters in Greenville. No
suspicious characters have been seen
around that place recently. There
were about four men in the gang.
Robs Pelzer Postofflce.
A gang of three or four yeggmen
Invaded Pelzer Monday night, and
at 12.44 o'clock Tuesday morning
blew open the safe of the postofflce
and succeeded in getting away with
the contents, which amounted to
about 9100 in cash and $700 in
stamps.
H. L. Padgett, the postmaster
heard the explosion at his room in
the hotel Just across the street from
the office. He hurried out on th?
piazza of the hotel, where he found
Tohn Hindman, a merchant of the
city, who had been attracted by the
explosion.
Hindman caught sight of a man
coming out of the front door of the
postofflce and fired at him twice in
quick succession. The man thm
fired on did not return the fire, bu
several shots were fired by persf
at the rear of the postofflce building.
The yeggmen then gathered toSmyth
street on foot They were
not molested by any one and madi
good their escape. In their hurry
to flee the yeggmen dropped a tin
box on the front steps of the office
containing ten dollars In change.
Two thousand postage stamps of
one and two cents denominationwere
found about fifty yards frov
I the office, having been dropped by
the yeggraen while being fired oa.
Still Another Robbery.
A special dispatch from Willlamston,
S. C-. says that burglars entered
the postofflce at that place Monday
night, blew open the safe and secured
seven hundred dollars in cash
Williamston Is only two miles from
Pelzer, and the two places were robbed
by the same gang.
BRYAN DISCUSSES MEaSAG E.
On Some Important Questioas It
Expresses His Views.
if
Mr. Bryan was reluctant to discus;President
Roosevelt's message to
congress, saying that he had not had
sufficient time to read it through. He
however, commented freely on aev
eral of the most important issues
and gave President Roosevelt oredit
for introducing an original proposition
in suggesting the appropriation
of campaign funds by the government,
"I hope," said he, "that it will be
I enacted into law."
On lmportan questions Mr. Bryan's
ideas coincde with the text of the
message. He is strictly in accord
with the president concerning postal
savings banks and guaranteed banks.
ROBBERS IN FLORIDA.
There Seems to Be Several Gangs of
Safe Blowers.
At Hawthone, Fla., professional
burglars dynamited the large safe in
the store of F. J. Hammond Thursday
night, the explosion setting Are
to the store, destroying the building
and a large stock of goods, only two
boxes of Oranges being saved. The
force of the explosion tore away the
outside door of the safe, but not the
portion where a large amount of
money was held, therefore the burglars
secured nothing. From the
Hammond store, and while citizens
were fighting the fire, the burglars
entered the store of Webb & Bar-)
nett, where they secured a small j
amount of cash.
I I
FRECKLES, As well s Sunbnrn,
Tan, Moth, Pimples and Chaps, ar#
cured with Wilson's Freckle Cure.
| Sold and guaranteed by druggists
: 50c. Wilson's Fair Skin Soap 26
cts. I. R. Wilson & Co., Mf?rre. an**
Pi-op*. 60 and r~ der
Charleston, S. C.WUen ordering di- J ! .
rect mention yotir druggist. } 1 '
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INTERESTING FIGURES
Ceactraiiig th? Methodist Church, j ?
SOUUl, 111 3UUIU varuiutu.
The following are the figures of
membership, property, and such, as t
read near the close of the session: )
Local preachers (not Including \
members of the conference) 77; c
members, 85,084. Total 85,161. <
Infants baptised, 1,886. Adults 1
baptised, 2,072. . 1
Epworth Leagueus, 51; members, ?
1,701.. * f
Sunday schools, 681; teachers, 4,- i
813, scholars, 44,612. i
Raised for worn out preachers, i
their widows and orphans, $10,488,- i
49. ,
Contributed for missions: Foreign, \
$21,818.51; domestic, $16,454.49. 1
For church extension, $5,887.10.
American Bible Society, $680.48.
Paid to presiding elders, $22,582.io.
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Paid to pastors in charge, $174,961.97.
For bishops, $3,069.56.
Number of church societies (organisations)
775; houses of worship,
764.
Value of houses of worship, $1,412,300.
nfi cam* $41 049.
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Number of pastorial charges, 285;
number of parsonages. 190.
Value of parsonages, $362,526. Indebtedness,
$14,219,50.
Number of districts, 12; district
parsonages, 9. Value of parsonages,
$50,000. Indebtedness, $1,800.
Number of churches damaged by
8re or storms, 5. Amount of damage.
$2,113.
Insurance carried, $509,983.50.
which was a very large one, the hag
Number of schools and colleges, 6.
Value, $573,000. Endowment funds,
$115,660.
PIANOS AND ORGANS
FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS and
represent only the best Pianos and
Organs that will last a life time
Write at onee for oar liberal tern;
and Special prices.
MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Colombia, 8. C.
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THE ONI
la Columbia, South Carolina, mat
thine la the Machinery Supply I
Write as for prlees before ph
COLUMBIA SUPPLY
On corner opposite Seaboard A
LOOK FOR THI
It means that we are manufacture
and sales agents for complete P<
Plants, In steam or gasoline, St
ary and Portable Boilers, Sat
! Ktigers Planers, Shingle, Lai
and Corn Mills and anythi
chinery. Our stock is
prices are right and our
anteed. . Write for 1
GIBBK8 MACHINERY COMPANY,
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|\\j^SbSBeK]J I hm bid several ye
\?2^2H5^zZf otjler 0f.veget*
StaKS^<?iv-ljir plants, Collard plants, and
I now have ready for
and Henderson Sacceuioi
S',L,',J,ithousand. We have sped
^ D0*01* All order* wil
money with orders. I wi
will save the charge* for re
kVh Other plants will be i
HI vSffr 11 P*0?^ personal atteo
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j. Wakefield and Succession
UULIfLO*l^^r tnce, aad large type Caulif.oi
'*,t P*Wert i0 ,',e WOr,<l- W<
'CabbAOe^r Mock f*r iO years, and it is safe to:
fkable. They have success.'utly stc
I drouth ud arc relied on by the mpjt pre
L DM South. We guarantee full count and safe
PRICES: Ctbbatt and Lettuce f. e. b. Yoi
per thousand; 9 to 9,tM at SJ.2S per thoui
Cauliflower, per thousand, quantities i
Ba Write your name and express
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fib Floor Oil Cloih, per i
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_JtOLUMBI
BKITALLY MURDERED
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fewly Married Couple Slain by a
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Tramp.
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Lying face downward in pools of
>lood, the bodies of M*. and Mrs.
fanWynkle, a newly married couple,
vere found on the floor of their >
:abin at Fairport, a. small hamlet
iast of Muscatine, Iowa, Thursday.
They were attacked while asleep and
tilled by a heavy rlub. Harry Jones, j
in adventurer and tramp, who was
seen carrying a heavy club on the
ifternoon preceding the murder and
risited the VanWynkle home Tuesday
light, was found guilty of the double
murder at the inquest, and a
posse immediately organized and
made a search of the entire neighborflood.
Han ta Cora Rheomatia*.
The causa of Rheumatlam ami kladred
diseases Is an exeeae of vatla
acid la the blood. To aura this facrlble
disease tha add must be expelled
and the system so regulated tkat Be
more acid will be formed la iron
slve quantities. Rheumatism to aa
Internal disease and requires am tateraal
remedy. Rubbing witk oils aad
liniments will not ecre, affords nff
temporary relief at best( eausec pur-??,
to delay the proper treatment, aai allows
the malady to get a firmer haid
on you. Liniments may ease the fate,
but they will no more cure Rheumatism
than paint will ehange the fibre '
ef rotten wood.Science
has at last discovered a
perfect aad complete euro, which la
ealled Rhenmacide. Tested fa hoa*
dreds of cases, it has effected thee
most marvelous cures; we believe It
will cure yea. Rheumacide "gets at
the Joints from the Inside," swedpa
the poisons out of the system, tenee
up the stomach, regulates the Uver
and kidneys and makes you well &11
over. Rheumacide "strikes the root af
the disease and removes Its oaaaa."
This splendid remedy Is sold by drug- :
gists and dealers generally at Hie. J
and $1 a bottle. In tablet form at
25c. and 50c. a package. Get a bottle
today; delays are generous. a4v
CjfiM OFFERED WORTHY !
YOUNG PEOPLE.
Se matter howlhalted yow meeos ?ee(t? .
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shipment Beet plants and Cibbage plant* u
alrcficlds, Charleston Large Type Wakeflelda,
a*. These Seing the best known reliable vaiiruck
f?rm"s. These plants are grown oat in
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nt*. In let* oI 1,M? to 5,#M at 11.59 per thoo>
.25 per thousand, 1?.0J# and over at }LM per
*1 low Express rttee on vefstabfe plants (rota
J be shipped C P. D. unless you prefer sending
juld advise sending money with orders. To*
turning the C.' O. D"*. I
eady in February. Your orders will have By
tion. When in need of Vegetable plants give as
satisfaction. Address all orders to
MCGGSTT. S. C* /
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Cabbage, Big Boston Letf'er.
Crown from seeds of the
: have worked diligently oa oar BMT
y that to-day tbey are the best ob?od
the most severe tests of cold and ^ JS
>mlneat growers of every section of Hie U9 I
arrival of all goods shipped by expres*. \ i
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ad; If.MO and over at fl.M per tboiuud.
office plainly and mail orders to
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