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LIV NOs71. NEWBERRY S. C., FRIDAV AUGLTST 2.1907. TWICE A WEEK, 81.50 A Y R E. A. GARLINGTON. Who Has Made His nited States Army of Newberry. mber of the Kappa al contains on interest sketch of Gen. Garlington, the ctor general of the army. In lew of the prominence of Gen. Gatl ington in the Brownsvile affair, and .,M. BRIG. GEN. E. A. GARLINGTON. -wme other recent affairs, and in view of the. fact -that he is a native of South Carolina, this. sketch will be in teresting to the readers of The State. The sketeh was written by J. i. MeKissiek, and is .as follows! "Ernest Albert Garlington, lately created a brigadier general of the United States army, was born in New berry, S. C., on the 20th of February, 1853. His father, Albert Crosswell Garlington, graduated from Franklin college withi the first honors of his Sclass in 1842. A few years later, his \uncle, Robert Garlington, graduated 'from the -South Carolina college with the first honors of his elass. Albert Cresswelil Gea$ington's grandfather, Chiiistopher Garlington, married Ann Conway, who was the daughted of Col. Edwin Conway and Elizabeth Ball, the daughter of Col. Joseph Ball, of Epping Forest, Va.. and a half sister of Mary 'Ball, the mother of that great Virginian, George Wash ingt.on. The earliest record of the Garlington family appears in the land books of Virginia pertaining to Northumberland county in 1654. "On his mother's side, Ernest A. Garlington is descended from John Satterwhite of Ninety-Six district, South Carolina, a member of the pro viucial congress for that state. And so it will be seen that Gen. Garling ton does credit to a distinguished an cestry and that he has a proud right to gall himself in every sense an American. "Young Garlington entered the pri marv department of Newberry college in 1860; attended in a desultory fash n several private schools from '61 l '65. when his preparation for ~e was seriously begun by Capt. Pifer. former -aide-de-eamp on of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Gar entered the sophomore class kin college, University of ,September, 1869, and pursu classical course during the phomore and junior years. In Sep tember, 1871, he entered the depart ment of civil and mining engineering, University of Georgia. In the fall of 1871, upon the recommendation of that departmenlt, he was given a posi tion in the engineering department of the Northeastern railroad. After as sisting in the location of the line of that road. he rejoined his class at the University of Georgia. "It was at the University of Geor eia th-at Garlington joined the frater nity which is proud of his splend,id record. While t-here h-e was one of th foundrs of Theta Prime chouter now extinct, at 0rethi-pe univer sity .-Atlanta Ga. "In March. 1872. he received an 'appointment to the United State Military academy from Hon. W. P. Price of Geoigia and reported at t1, academy on May 27, 1872, and gradu ated therefrom on the 14th of June 1876, and was granted a leave of ab sence for three months. On leaving the academy he visited the centennial exposition at Philadelphia, and the United States Naval academy at An napolis, arriving at his home, Atlan ta, Ga., albout the 1st of July. A fem days after his arrival in Atlanta th( daily press reported that he had beer nominated as second lieutenant of th( Seventh United States cavalry. Or the afternoon of the 7th of July re port of the terrible disaster to th( .Seventh eavalry was received in At. lanta. Lieut. Garlington left Atlant that same afternoon for Wshingtor city and -applied in person to Gen. W T. Sherman, then commanding th< army, for authority to join the regi ment to which he had meen nominat. ed but in which he had not been con firmed. As soon as confirmed by thi senate the necessary authority wa! granted by the war department an( on the 11th of July he left Washing ton to join his regiment wherever i might be in Montana, surrenderint the unexpired portion of his leave o absence. He reached his regimeilt oi the 2d of August, on the Ye}lowstone in the meantime having been promot ed a first lieutenant ;by reason of 'th< large number of casualties among thi commissioned officers in the battle o: June 25. On,Aug. 31 he was assignei to the command of the troop to whiel he has been promoted, namely Capt J. G. Fourtellotte 's Troop G, Seventi cavalry. Capt. Fourtellotte being oi detached service as aide-de-camp t< the general of the army. He servek with the command of Gen. Terr3 during the rest of the summer in tht attempt to capture Sitting Bull an< his band of Sioux Indians and during the winter of 1876-77 at Fort Abra ham Lincoln, Dakota, whi,h post h4 left with the Seventh cavalry, 1st ol May, 1877, for the Yellowstone coun, try to operate against the hostili Sioux Indians. On the 6th of Juni he was appointed adjutant of his re giment, with less than one year's ser vice. He participated in the expedi tion against the Nez Perces Indianm under Chief Joseph, being present ai the engagement on Canyon creek -r Sept. 13, 1877, and was commendet by the commanding officer of the Sev enth cavalry in his report of thai fight. He was in garrison at Fori Abraham Lincoln during the wintei of 1877-78. He participated in the expedition' to the Black Hills in the summer of 1878, and operation against the Northern Cheyennes it Nebraska and Dakota in Septembei and October, and commanded a Beli iece under Maj. C. H. Carlton, Thir cavalry, on Chadron creek, Nebraska in October, 1877, 'when the Nort:herr Cheyenne prisoners of war entrench red themselves and refused to be mov ed to Camp Robinson, Neb. He was i garrison at Fort Abraham Lincoln 187-79 and took station with head quarters, 'Seventh cavalry, at For Meade, S. D., summer of 1879. He 'went to San Domingo in August, 1880 on a year's leave of absence and en gaged in gold mining, rejoining his regiment at Fort Meade in the sprini of 1881. He was in garrison at For Abraham Lincoln, fall of 1881 and resigned as regimental adjutant, is of November, 1881, and was assigne< to the command of Col. M. V. Sheri dan's Troop L, Seventh cavalry. Co] Sheridan heinz on detached servict as aide-de-camnp to the lieutenan general of the army. In the field dur in tN samnmer of 1832 he was pro tetng workmen on the extension o the Northern Pacific railroad throug] Dakota and was in carrison at For Buford. Dakota. from Novembei 1882. umtil be sprinz of 1833. In re sponse to a call for volunteers to com mand an expedition to the Arcti seas he offered his services to th war department and was selected fo that duty and left St. Johns, 'New foundland. June, 1883. in command o the steam sealer Proteus. He wa shipwrecked July 23 near Bache Is land. Smith sound; all hands saved Deachent and crew retreated vi Titeton Tsland to Tpnrnivik. acnonm plishing the distance-about 600 miles -in 30 days without serious accident, e and returned to the United States on b the United States steamship Yantic.3 "He returned to duty and com t mand of troop, spring of 1884. at ti Fort Buford. Dakota. He was in gar- el rison from that time until the spring t< of 1386 when troop was assigned to a duty protecting workmen on the Great E Northern railroad, across Montana. During the summer of 1887 -he march- t ed with troop from Fort Buford, Da- e I kota, to Fort Meade, Dakota, and s ,was in garrison at that post duringla the winter. In the summer of 1888, he marched with squadron of the a Seventh cavalry from Fort Meade v Dakota, t..: Fert Riley, Kansas. Upon o the disbandment of Troop L. Seventh - cavalry. spring of 1890. Garlington was assigned at firs.t lieutenant of t Troop A, and served vth troop at o Rid-e aweney, fall of 1890. He par- o ticipated in the engagement at b Wounded Knee creek, December 29, t 1890. with Biz Foot's band of hostile o Sioux Indians, and was severely wounded in the elbow of the right a arm. as a result of which the right arm is oer:nanently stiffened. He was awarded a congressional medal of honor for vonduct in tis fight. "He was ordered on recruiting du ty. Charleston. S. C., March, 1891. He was in cadet hospital, West Point, N. Y., 1891. for operation on wounded arm. Upon discharge from that hos pital. he returned to duty with his regiment at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he performed the duty of post commissary until promoted captain of the Seventh cavalry, 3rd December, 1891, and was. assigned to command of Troop I, Seventh cavalry. Upon the establishment of the cavalry school at Fort Riley, he was detailed as instructor of hippology, .ad con ) I tinued on that duty until detailed a member of the board to revise the' cavalry drill regulations in use-, by that braneh of service. "He was appointed major and in spector general on the 2nd January, 1895, solely apon his record as shown in the files of the war department, no application having been made by him, or so far as he knows, sby any 1 other person. He reported for duty P as assistant to the inspector general 1 of the army, Washington, D. C., in e May, 1895, and was assigned to duty as inspector general of 'the South f Atlantic district. "Hle accompanied the inspector 0 general of the army to the camp at t Chicamauga park,May,1898,where he ~ was engaged on inspection duty un- 5 til the 5th of June. He reported for V duty to Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, ' commanding the cavalry divsion, as Sinspetor general of that division, at ~ Tampa, Fla., on June 7, and served e Sin that capacity until the conclusion 1 'of the operation against Santiago. He f was at Montauk Point, August, 1898. t SHe was at the Hot Springs of Vir- I giia on account of disease contract- t Ied in Cuba, from September to Nov- I 1ember, 1898, when he resumed duty as assistant to the inspector general -of the army, Washington, D. C. "He acted as inspector general of ~ the eighth army corps, Manila, P. I. E November. 1899, until July, 1901, and was absent on leav'e on account of sickness due to service in the tropics . "from May, 1900, until January, 1901. during which absence he received SItreatment at Carlsbad, Austria. At t tetrination of t?his leave he re turned to duty in the Phillippine Is-C lands and remained there until re Slieved by Gen. Joseph P. Sanger in SJuly, 1901. He was inspector gen -eral, department of the lakes, from th fall of 1901 until the spring of 1 e1902, from 'which date he was in spetor general of the Department of ~ the East and the Atlantic dimsion -until March, 1905, and inspector gen Seral of the Philippines division, Man rila. P. I., fromt May, 1905, until at tacked by bronchial pneumonia Jan uary, 1906, on account of which he -Iwas transferred to the general hospit- E al. Presidio, 'Cal. "He was detailed as a member of < te egeneral staff June 6, 1906, with rstation at Washington, D. C. "Gen. Garlington married 17th of SAuust, 1SP6. 'Miss Anna Bowers Bu Sford, a daughter of Thomas J. Bu ford of Rock Island, Ill., a niece oft [.Brigadier Gen. N. B. Buford, United',1 ta tt9 volunteers, and Maj. Gen.t (Ued Ses voluteers) John Bn-. >rd, U. S. A. (major, inspector gen ,al, United States army), the former aing a graduate of, the United States [ilitary academy of 1827 and the lat ,r a graduate of the same institu on in 1S48. Gen. Garlinoton has two jildren-Cadet Cresswell Garling-. mn. United States Military academy, ad Sally Garlington. A second son, liford, died in infancy. "Such, in brief and bare detail, is ie record of 30 years of distinguish i service' and life. It is one that iffices, however, to give evidence mple that Gen. Garlington has al ays met duty more than half way nd that he hasnot been slow to serve here the kght was. A varied career f varied experiences in many places -Jut a brilliant one. It is not often at a Southerner rises so rapidly in b.e national service. The example f this soldier should inspire those thers of less years and experience, ut in the same service and under ie same flag and who, too, are sons f the old fraternity. "Ilere, indeed, is a knight in rms. The fraternity looks with leasure on his splendid record and dds another eminent name to the 11. And surely we shall all join 2 wishing this Kappa Alpha soldier kn continuance of his brilliant areer and much success to him what ver be his post and whatever his Me of duty. That he will be where he fiht is no one can doutbt. And all Lappa Alphas will hope that to the in-le star that he nnw weprs so well, nother star and yet nnet1,-r may in ood time be added.' '-Washington ispatch to State. MANY MILLIONS LOST. [eavy Financial Loss Will Follow Prohibition Law-Stated That Bajiroads are Offering ta Transport StiMs and Breweries Free of Charge. Augusta, Ga., July 31.-0Ohaos ign in the liquor traffic in this state yy, since it is a foregone eonclu bat the bill providing for absolute rohibition after Jan. 1, next, will e signed by Gov. Smith, before the nd of the week. Dispatches from Savd nnah and other cities tell a story of nancial losg that rurs into many iilions. Augusta will lose $2,500, 00 it property values and license axes. Columbus also will lose al ist treble that of all other whiskey elling places in the state. Bruns rick's loss will run above the million ark. lMfnon will suffer heavily in he loss of revenue from many saloon roperties and one of the finest brew ries in the soutb. It was stated ere today that the railroads have of ered to transport breweries and stills o other states free of freight eharges. 'lorida and Alabama are the states a whieh the whiskey interests will Gove from G-eorgia. Horse Dealing. Two or three generat.ions ago Dr. amuel Reed was one of the promin nt physicians of Boston. His large actice inicluded many patients out ide of the city limits, and these he isited. in his buggy. One day he bought a new horse, rith which he was' much pleased un il he discovered that the animal had n insu-mountable objection to brid es of all kinds and could not be made o eross one. As at this period it was necessary o cross some bridges in order to each any one of the surrounding owns. the doctor decided to sell the Lorse. He did not think it necessary o mention the animal's peculiarity, ut was much too -honest to misrep -esent him and. after some thought, iroduced the following advertisement, v.hieh he inserted in a local paper: "For Sale-A bay horse, warrant d sound and kind. The only reason 'or selling is because the owner is bliged to leave Bloston. ''-Lippin Machine guns and armor-clad to ers containing rapid-fire guns 'on evolving platforms will be tested in he German army meneuvers this fall, nvenion in the cause of wvar seems o,. ouru mnvntm in the eause of LARLGER SCHOOL F'ALL&MM0. IMovement to Build Another School Town Needs Another Building System Successful. A meeting of the citizens was held in the court house on Tuesday morn ing in conformity with the provisions of the act establishing the graded sehools in Newberry, to hear the an nual report of the Board of Trustees, which report is printed in full in this connection. Mr. S. P. Boozer was elected chair man of the meeting, and Dr. Van Smith secretary. The. report was read by Mr. F. N. Martin, chairman of the board. The following resolu tion, introduced by Mr. George B. Cromer. was adopted. Resolved, That the Board of Trus tees be requested to prepare and re port upon the need and feasibility of erecting an additional school build ing, this report to be published in the county papers and submitted to a meeting of .the citizens of the Town of Newberry' to be called by the board, and that this be done: within the next sixty diys. The need of additional school fa cilities was generally 4iscussied by those -present, and every one agreed that the growth of the town demand ed that there should be another schobl buildinz erected in the near future" Mr. W. K. Sligh ealled attention to the importance of having substitute .tea.ehers. yr some :rranement iby which the exercises in any grade would not' be interfered with in the event of sickness or any other tem porary disability of any one of. the teachers, but no action was taken on this matter, as at present the bo*rd hais not sufficieftt means to employ substitute teachers. Very little interest seems to be manifested in these annual meetings. thlough it was said that t&e attend-, anee on Tues%ay was. larger than usual. There were present just- thir teen citizens of this sehool distriet. The following is the report of the trustees: We, the trustees of the Newberry City Schools, pursuant of the recent act of the legislature, do hereby res pectfully submit for your information and careful consideration our annual report for the scholastic year of 1906 1907. We are, we think, a'ble to state that the schools are in a large measure ae complishing, the purpose for which they were est-ablished, namely; that of giving the youth of our city the opportunity for acquiring ~a high school education and for preparing for college those who desire to obtain a liberal education. From the excel lent reports made by tihose who have left our school and entered college, we Ifeel confident that the work done in Iour schools is up to the standard. The increase in enrolment of our schools has kept pace with the in rease of population. Newberry today is not Newberry of a few years past. Our school buildings are not in keep ing with the general progress of our city, .nor with the greatness of our cause. Our school facilities need to be enlarged, or else the educational in terests of our children will be hamp ered. ou . opepr o It is urpurpose t rpr o high school which will refleet credit on the etiv. As a means Thereto, we hope to ha~ve a new high school build ing. And it is our purpose to have the work don,e on the departmental method. We confidently believe that this would increase the efficiency of our high s0hool, and that a school conducted on this plan would in all probability soon draw sufficient pat ronage fro>m beyond the city limits to 'larely offset all increase in expenses incrred in maintainig it. In this endeavor to promote the educational interests of our city, we hope for, and ask, your earnest and intelligent cooperation. While ,the Iwork accomplished by an educational instituion 'canhot be estimated in a Imathematical way, we submit the fol lowing statistics, which are in a meas ure indicative of the general progress of the schools. The school .enrollment has been as follows: Boys 29S. girls 329. a total of 627 in the white school. n the ne'zro school: Boys 218. '-ri 29,A a total of 497. I IIIS I Vt: it LULUL ZUJVLL rollment of 1124, as compared to 1070 last year. The average daily attendance has been as follows: Boys 240, girls 301, a total of 541 in the while schools; and in the negro schools: Boys 165, girls 230, a total of 395. Amount paid to white teach ers ..............$4960 00 Amount - paid to colored teachers .. .. .. ...... 1260 00 $6220 00. Receipts from all sources..$8101 30 Expenditures ... .. .. .... 8381 51 Deficiency .. .. .. .. ....$ 280 21 Bonded Debt. the bonded debt of the district stands as follows: Bonds issued under the. act of 1889 ............$10000 00 Bonds issued under 'the act of 1890 .............5000 00 Total bond issue .. ....$15000 00 Bonds paid off .. ...... 2200 00 Balance outstanding .. ..$12800 00 The resources for the payment of this bond debt consist of a sinking fund now anounting to the sum of $7108.25, and the net proceeds of the interest tax after payment of the an .nual interest until the maturity of the bonds in 1910. These resources from present indications will nearly pay off this bonded debt-lacking perhaps twelve hiindred dollars. Our aeounts with the countytreas urer and the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees are as follows: John L. Epps, County Treasurer in account with Newberry Graded School., to July 1st, 1907. To amount from dispensary $ 371 70 To amount from 3 milltax... 255 42 To amount from special ta. 392578 To ambunt from polls .. 61500 To amount from dogs.... 51 0 To amount, from overpaia.. 396 64 $7919 51 By balanee July 1st, 190..710 69 By claims .paid........ Respeetfully submitted, Jno. L. EppM, County Treasurer. John L. Epps, County Treasurer, in acount with Newberry Graded School, July 1st, 1907. Sinking Fund. To balance July 1st, 1906. .$7421 56 To Int. to Julyl1st,l907 .. 267 80 To Amt. from special levy, (1 mill)......--.-. 1962 89 $9652 25 p~ By amount paid bonds ...$1500 00 By amount interest .... ...1044 00 By balance .. ....--.---.7108 25 $9652 25 Respectfully submitted, Jno. L. Epps, County Treasurer. L. M. Speers, Treasurer, in aceount with Newberry Graded School, July 1st, 1907. To balance forward .. ....$ 62 10 Received from Supt! W. A. Stuekey........-.--.236 00 Received from Prin. oge School..-.-.--.-......8785 Received from County Treas urer .... ..........--.--168 45 Received from rents .. ......24 00 $578 40 'By amount paid out .. ....$461 97 IBy balance on hand .. .....116 43 $578 40 -Respectfully submitted, L. M. Speers, Treas. Board of Trustees. Respectfully submitted, F. N. Martin, 'Chairman. J. M. Davis, Secretary. A Worse Omission. Charlestown News and Courier. The collection of statutes passed Iat the recent session of the 'Texas leg islature outlaws everything except prayer. Lond.n he over 1.000 postofflees, the mail dIeivdry amounts to 727.000, 000 niees per year.