The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, June 26, 1895, Image 1

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r 4/ 1f $ __ KE _ VOL. X. MANNING, S. C,, WEDNESDAY. .JUNE 26. 18% O 8 \INSON'S MONOPOLY PREVIOUS MANAGERIAL METHODS MUCH MIXED According to the New Commissioner's Quarterly Report.-The Text of the Rather Interesting Report Which Was Issued Yestcrday. COixnCIa, S. C., June 21.-Below is given the Quarterly report of State Liquor Commissioner Mixson to the State Board of Control, minus the tab ulated statements. The report will be found of interest to the reading public. The report has not yet been issued in pamphlet form: Columbia. S. C.. April S0. 1895. To His Excellency, Gov. John Gary Evans, and Hon. D. If. Tompkins, and Hon. James Norton, State Board of Control: Gentlemen :-Herewith I have the honor to present your honorable body my first quarterly statement of the conditions and operations of the State dispensary. covering the period from February the 2nd to April :k0th, inclu sive. On February the 1st, the day I as sumed charge as State Commissioner, my predecessor. ex-commissionerTrax ler, turned over to me the following goods on hand at the State dispensary: Wines, liquors and malt g- --s. -------$45,199.67 Bottles, barrels, demijohns, boxes, corks, sealing wax and other supplies. - - - 14,406.79 Machinery and oflice fix tures, - - - - - - - 2,589.97 Horse and wagon, - - - 50.00 Making a total of - - 862,246.43 This amount of $62,246.43 appears in ex-Commissioner Traxler's last quar terly statement-under the head of as sets-as stock on hand. The termi "stock." as used in this connection, is misleading. It is calculated to mis lead some to the erroneous conclusion that there was on hand at the time I took charge, wines, liquors and malt goods to the amount of $62,246.43, when, as a matter of fact, the wines, liquors and malt goods which he turned over to me amounted to only $45,199.67, inclusive of the $2,671 23 o contraband goods which merged into his merchandise at the time of his last stock taking. The difference between the $62,246.43 "stock" and the $45, 199.67 merchandise on hand represents the value of the bottles, corks, ma chinery, horse and wagon, etc.. as in dicated in the above itemized state ment. The greater portion of the $45 199.67 (fully three-fourths), as stock on land, represented case goods, with 50 cents per gallon added to the origi nal cost of the liquors, to cover cost of bottling, boxing, labor and other ex penses incident to preparing it for mar ket. This was an improper and un business-like method of taking the stook; but as my predecessor kept no supply nor other representative ac counts into which to charge his pur chases of bottles, corks and other sup plies, nor profit and loss account, into which-to carry all losses arising from this source, I withdrew my objections, -and accepted stock as thus taken. Of. the $45,548.40, cash in State Treasury and in safe on February 1st, per Mr. Traxler's report, upon an ex amination of the legislative commit tee, appointed to examine the accounts, it was ascertained that the State Treas urer's books showed $105.22 less than Mr. Trailer claimed. The amount due for merchandise purchased by him prior to the expiration of his term of' office, and falhing due about the time of my induction into office and short afterwards, was $34,286.02. After pay ing these accounts, as well as his addi tional liabilities of $1,703.79, his cash balance was reduced to $9,453.37. * Quite a discrepancy exists in the ap -parent net profit which he claims to yhave accrued since the beginning of operations in July, 1893, to the close of his last quarter. By reference to his last quarterly re ort, which is hereto attached, you 'wobserve the claim is set up that a >profitof $151,295.51has accrued. Such is a manifest error. The net profit on1 January 31st was $111,959.82-$39, 335.69 less than claimed. This latter profit ($111,959.82) is subject to a still further revision and reduction, from the fact that the county dispensers' books show nearly $14,000 less than the amount which'Mr. Traxler claimed was due by them on January 31st. These differences are being rapidly ad justed, and I am giving them that zealous attention which the exigencies of the case demands. I would impress you with the fact that, in bringing down this profit to $111,959.82, I have made no reduction on account of the increased price which Mr. Traxler placed on the $45,199.67, merchandise on hand February 1st. Had I done so, the net profit would be still further reduced to the amount of $10,000. The error in arriving at the profit was made by computing the State's profit on goods remaining unsold in the hands of the various county dis pensers. A vast and almost inconceivable amount of work, in the shape of over hauling the books of the State dispen sary from the beginning of operations to the close of the last quarter was ne cessary, in order to present an intelli gible, comprehensive and business like report to your honorable board at the close of this quarter. And when you take into consideration the fact that I had the undivided time of my present chief bookkeeper for only the last month of the quarter in the prose cution of this work, I feel contident that you will conclude that tihe amount of work accomplished is immense. As before stated, I am now turning my attention to an adjustment of the dis puted balances which my nredecessor claimed was due by the various coun ty dispensers when he turned over the business to me on February 1st, and hope to be in a position by the close of the summer to report a complete and satisfactory adjustment of the same. It is a work that requires accuracy and painstaking care; and you can gather an adequate idea of the large ness of the field to be covered in order to reach this adjustment, when you are reminded that every item in detail of each county dispenser must be ex amined into since the beginning of operations of the dispensary. I would respectfully ask your espec ial attention to the report of the legis lative committee, as a result of their examination of the books and accounts of the dispensary for the present quar ter. and which is incorporated in this report. I am pleased to say they gave every transaction their closest scruti ny, and as a result of their labors found the accounts to be accurately kept and the business conducted upon a sond business basis. One of the committee personally supervised the taking of the stock, without my assist ance or that of my bookkeeper, and it is gratifying to me to know that the result of the committee's investigation is such as to justify their commenda tion of my business course in the con duct of this immense and rapidly in creasing business. That you may more easily and speedily grasp with comprehension and satisfaction the detailed report as herein set forth. I shall precede my statement of assets and liabilities and profit and loss with Mr. Traxler's re port of assets and liabilities for the quarter ending January 31st, immedi iately following it with the same re port as revised by me, in conformity with the true status of the case. In conclusion, I would state that, despite the fierce and resentless war fare so constantly and vigorously waged against the dispensary law by its implacable enemies, it has with stood the ordeal well, and has com forth from each con flict stronger and more vigorous. It is rapidly gaining in financial strength and by the close of my first year's service as commis sioner. I hope to see every obligation incurred liquidated, the legislative ap propriation of $50,000 refunded to the State and es ery future financial trans action conducted upon a spot cash basis. After paving all indebtedness incur red from the beginning of operations to the close of the quarter ending 31st January last, (18 months), the balance of cash to the credit of the dispensary was $9.453.37. The total indebtedness unpaid from the beginning of opera tions to the close of my first quarter (April 30th) is $44,033.95. The cash in State treasury to the credit of the dis pensary, *75,52:.75: making a balance of rash on band. after paying all in curred indebtedness, of $31,469.80. All of which is respectfully submitted. F. M. Mixson. Commissioner. The tabulated statements which fol lowed this portion of the commission er's report, have already been publish ed, being practically the same as the tables contained in the report of the legislative committee recently publish ed. The statement of the value of the contraband liquor seized during the quarter-the months of February, March and April-places the total value of all such liquor at $8,459.50. CRUSHING WHITE CAPPING. Will Purvis Must Die An Iteresting Chap ter on M ississippi Crime. JACKsoN, Miss., June 20.-Will Pur vis, the Marion county white capper, has been resentenced to hang, and that euds an interesting chapter of Missis sippi history. Two years ago the life of the average negro farm laborer in South Mississippi was made miserable, if not uncertain, by outrages of murderous white cap organizations in the county (Pike). These midnight riders vented their spite on Jews who owned farrms by whipping and driving off the ne groes, and in many instances burning their cabins and corn cribs. In Lin coln county they became so bold that when a score of them were jailed they rode into Brookhaven two hundred strong and demanded their release while Judge Chrisman was holding court, and the national guard was called out to disperse them, the men under arrest being sent to the State prison. In Marion numerous crimes had been. charged to the whitecappers and a young inan who had beconme offend ed at one of their acts of villiany sev ered his connection with the band and turned State's evidence. On his way home from the court house he was killed from ambush. Circumstantial evidence was strong against Will Pur vis. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to hang. The day for the execution came and thousands assem bled at Purvis to witness the hanging, but the sheriff was not equal to the emergency or else had been bribed to let Purvis live. The rope was tied so that when he fell the rope slipped and Purvis went to the ground like a lump of lead instead of swmnging in mid air. The sheriff was surrounded by the crowd and urged not to rehang Purvis so the condemned man was taken back to jail, where he has since remained. He still protests his innocence and his lawyer got the case before the Supreme Court again and urged that Purvis had been hanged once and the law vindicated. The court held otherwise and ordered him resentenced which was done yesterday by Judge Terril, July 31, being fixed as the date. Mean while whitecapping is one of the lost arts in Mississippi. The courts have been so prompt in bringing offenders to justice that what was two years ago a frightful menace to people and the dignity of the State is now extinct, or will be when Purvis has paid the pen altv. Served Him Right. BIRMINGHA3M, Ala.. June 20.-A spe cial from Meridian, Miss., to the Age Herald says: Kemper is the scene of a sensation. Reports of an outrage com mitted on a young lady and the subse quent pursuit and shooting of the rav isher by a brother of the young lady have just reached this city. Miss Sal lie Hammack, daughter of W. L. Hammack, who lives six miles north east of Dekalb, while dr-awing water at the well, was seized and pagged, it is said, by a young man named WV. F. Hoy, and carriedl some distance from the house where she was criminally assaulted. The mother of the roung lady came upon the scene and Hoy promised to marry her daughter if the matter was kept quiet. As soon as the male members of the famnily,however, heard of what had occurred they armed themselves and went in pursuit of Hloy. The latter secreted himself in a neighbor's house and when the pursuing party appeared lie seized a gun and attempted to escape. He was overtaken and shot down by Cliff Hammack, as he was passing t'hrough a field, several buckshot lodg~ing. in his back. Hov was conveyed to De kalb where lie lies in a critical condi tion. The young lady had made an alidavit against him' charging him with rape. The parties are all promi nent and well-to-do citizens. A Horror. JACKsoN, Miss., June 19.-About U o'clock on Saturday morning Mike Finnegan, of Jasper County, ate his breakfast and went to work, leaving his pretty young wife and two-year old baby at the house. At noon he came to dinner and found his wife ly ing dead at the back door, the child playing by the body. The woman's brains had been mashed out with a maul. The murderer robbed the house of a shotgun and all valuable contents. The people are huntiug for the mur derer and are determined to burn him THE PRESS GANG. A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT EXCURSION. The City of Richmond Receised the Pii grims With OpeP Arms-A Human Brute in Charge of an Important Post. The last of the editional pilgrims who participated in the pilgrimage to Richmond and Washington has prob ably reached home, cooled off from the journey and will be in a fit state of mind to read this veracious chronicle of a most memorable and delightful junket, which The Sunday News will spread for their delectation and that of its readers. 1 may state, by way of introduction that there has rarely occured a junket of the kind which has been so smooth ly managed as this pilgrimage of the editors of the State. While a good many people not immediately connect ed with the press had occasion to con tribute to the comfort and pleasure of the pilgrims, it might just as well be stated at the outset that there are three men to whose intelligent and indefati gable efforts is due most of the success that attended this delightful episode. These men are Mr. L. H Aull, the president of the South Carolina state Press Association; Mr. C. C. Lan gston, its efficient and zealous secretary, and Mr. J. W. Morris, the affable and genial division superintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line. Of the devoted. painstaking and unselfish personal supervision which was exercised over the pilgrims by Mr. Morris I have al ready written. Mr. Aull and Mr. Langston were equally indefatigable and untiring in looking after the come fort of the ladies and gentlemen who composed the party. No personally conducted "tour" ever arranged by "Cook," was ever so successfullyv carried out as was this tour of the South Carolina editors. No mean or woman of the party had the slightest trouble of any kind which the careful forethought of these gentlemen could prevent. Mr. Morris arranged all the transporation matters and landed his charges in Washington without hitch or delay. The arrangements for board, street transportation, etc, .vere all made by President Aull and Secretary Langston, and finally the party were set on theirhomeward journey by Mr. Aull, who attended personally to all the arrangements for the return trip by other routes than the one over which the journey to washington was made. This was THE ITINERARY. Leaving Sumter on the afternoon of Friday, May 31, the editorial excur sionists in a special Pullman car pro ceeded to Richmond. Supper at Flor ance. The train reached Richmond at 3 A. M. on Saturday and the press special was detached there-from and placed at the depot. At 7 o'clock the excursionists were awakened and found omnibusses in attendance, in which they were driven to Ford's Hotel. Two days were spent in Rich mond, Saturday and Sunday. On Monday morning the press special was switched on to the flyer on the Rich mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, and at 11 A. M. the tourists were in Washington. On Wednesday night the party was pretty well brok en up and on their way home. Of some of the things that were done and said I have already written. Of the incidents that have not yet been relat ed something will be said in these chronicles. IN RICHMOND. Something more should be said of the experience of the South Carolina pilgrims in Richmond than the brief telegraphic mention heretofore pub lished in the News and Courier. These were unique and interesting. The special Pu'llman sleeper whicht bore the editorial pilgrims from Sumter was switched off from the Coast Line fast mail at Richmond at 3 A. M. on Saturday and left at the depot. At 7 o'clock the pilgrims were all up and ready for the fray; ten minutes later they were chasing the squirrels in Capital Park and taking hurried views of the Capital on the hill. Excellent quarters were had at Ford's Ho.ol. Later in the morning the citizens and dignitaries of Richmond began to put in an appearance, and a programme of entertainment was mapped out. It is somewhat curious that among the first prsons to greet the Tisitors were two Carolinians who had been driven out of the State by the odious dispensary law. One of those was Mr. D. Rosen dorif, formerly a prosperous merchant of Sumter, and the other Major Kers ten, who will be remembered as the partner of Cramer & Kersten, the owners of the Palmetto Brewery. Both are living in Richmond, and are doing well, Mr. Kersten being the manager of the Richmond Brewery. A visit was made to the Richmond PAPER MANU'FACTURING COMPANY. which, it appears, furnishes the paper to a good many of the Carolina week lies. The visit was a very -pleasant and instructive one. The editors were shown all the details of the manufac ture of paper from the washing vats up to the long rollers through which the pulp passes. After the exhibiton the editor's were invited into the ollice, and it was here that they realized for the first timie the fact that they were out of the reach of the dispensary. I am not attempting to fling dispensary stones at anyone. The members of the State Press Asso ciation are all jolly good fellows to travel with and to chum with. I think they are all fast friends to Charleston. and it is hoped that Charleston will cement the friendship next spring. But the fact remains that they had been so accustomed to have their nmor als guarded by the peculiar laws of their native State that one may be pardoned for watching their conduct when they once got beyond the con fines of South Carolina. I mention no names and violate no con fidence when I say that the effect was very marked. I saw a young~ editor whom I had been take "a blind tiger beer" in Sumter and another who had absorbed a dis pensary XXX jag in the same city. These two men took their to~ddy in. Richmond in an entirely different manner. The blind tiger man swal lowed his beer withiout looking over his shoulder to see if a whiskey spy was not around, and the dispensary man took his toddy without looking. as if he felt ashamed of doing it. They have all gotten over this new feeling now, but the first experience was unique and interesting. It is safe to say that the editors were all most favorably impressed -vith what they saw of Richmond. \~ery few of th'em, my-self among them, had an idea of the size and growth of the Capital of the late Confederacy. Those ern city were astonished at what met their view. Ri-hmond is more of a Northern city than is Atlanta. It is a section of Chicago or New York. A drive through the residence streets shows miles and miles of new build ings, none of them over three or four Years old and all built of brick and stone and in solid blocks. Brownstone fronts are as common as one gabled houses in Charleston or Savannah, and the hay-burner has passed out of existence. A city hall, which cost several million dollars, and in which the law Courts meet, stands,beside the beautiful Capitol Square in which the squirrels and sparrows gambol, and the infants of the Ex-Confederate Cap ital leave their perambulations and play with the squirrels all day long without the fear of the police. There are no sparrow cops in Richlond, at least they were not in existence. The name to conjure with in Rich mond is Ginter. Mr. Ginter is a very rich man. who is accustomed to devel op the city of his adoption and to spend his millions freely in the work -a process which, of course, has caus ed his millions to multiply. The name of Ginter is associated in the public mind with cigarettes. He makes pretty much all the cigarettes that the dudes of America use and em ploys many thousands of persons, mostly young girls. in the mnaking of them. Recalling the product'n o "Carmen" in Charleston several sum mers ago. by the Herr 3a -tro Ilirsch field. smne fth y; on : t Carolina editors h::+a. ia - w.* tl ( of the features of t'h e:t.i:..t mlannled out for their delcta' ion w. l partake of t he ch aractir of a " arial horus of cigarette, irls. but tliy ver' tiformed that it was only in ' i\ that the eigarette rirls':.moke .heir rwn cigarettes. As to Mr Ginter. there is no denyin gI the fact that lie is in Lreat neasmi:. reator of tie nev. I ihmond. E vey thing in the way of development may be traced to his inspiration. He is building a hotel to cost over a million md a half dollars. and it is said will mdow with a working capital that will mable its managers to lose forty thous md dollars a year for twenty years in >rder to Jinsure its success. Ie has purclased vast tracts of land in the su burbs. and has laid them out in bou levards and sells lots to persons who vill build on them. lie will not sell a lot of less than 2u0 feet front and 300 Feet deep. the object being to prevent he erection of shanties, but it is said that the enterprising young man who ;ees a future before him and wants to build himself a comfortable home. ill be able to purchase one of these lots on pretty much such terms as lie nay choose to indicate. In this sec tion there is a drive of over ten miles 1hrough a boulevard lied,:ed the entire Length by ha- suckkl, and the liwns are white with tield daisits. which ,row all about this place in great con Fusion. and of a size that would put to blush the "Marguerites," to the culti vation of which some Charleston am iteur gardeners bestow so much at ~ention and care. CHE RECEPTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Most of the details of the reeeption >f pilgrims at the White House have been given in the telegraphic columns >f The News and Courier. Mr. Aull and his charming and estimable wife lid the honors of presenting the ladies and gentlemen to the President with aatural ease and affability and the President-had a word or two to say to ach visitor. The presentations were eade in the following order by Mr. and Mrs. Aull: Mr. W. A. Houseale, of the Luther an Visitor, and MIrs. Houseale, and iiss Sallic Jones, of Laurens. Gen. R. R. Hemnphill and Mrs.G. A. Neuffer, of the Abbeville Medium, and SmIiss Gertrude Hemphill. Mr. H. G. Osteen, of the Sumter [tern, and Miss Beth Duval. of Sumter. Mr. J. J. Dargan, Miss Ethel Dar an, and Miss Gene Dargan, all of the lumter Freeman. Mr. James T. Bacon and Miss Angel Cheatham and Mr. Wigfall Cheath am and Miss Marie Cheatham, of the Edgefield Chronicle. Mr. G. P. Browne, of the Edgefield SIonitor, and Miss Lela Browne. Mr. T. C. Robertson, of the Pickens 'imes, and Miss Mary Robertson. Mr. James T. Parks, of the Orange urg Patriot. Mr. C. W. Birchm2ore, of the Wa teree Messenger, Cam den. Mr. C. C. Langston, of the Ander son Intelligencer, secretary of the tate Press Association. Mr. M. Stackhouse, of the Marion tar. Mr. L. C. Branyon. of the Hlonea Path News. Mr. Otis Brabianm, of th~e Bamberg Eerald. Mr. J. E. Britt, of the McCormick N~ews. Mr. Franz Melchers. of the Charles ton Zeitung. Mr. Irving IRyttenberr o.f Snnaer. respondent of The News anidC,,:t4 r Mr. Robert Lide. Oranxgeburg e.'. respondent of The News aiid Courier. Mr. John A. Moroso. After the presentation Mrs. Auli stopped long enough to enquire ai ictr Mrs. Cleveland and the babies and the party was then taken in charge by Messr-s. D)ubois anmd D~exter, bout ilue looking elderly g.utezmien who aire the ushers of the WVhite House, and who explained that as a special mark of the President's good w iii th e visiting South Carolinians wer~e to be shown thrugh the b~wer floors of the White Hase. This was done, Mr-. Duboisac rompanying the visitors anzd e-xplaini ing everything to them. They were conducted successfully through the spacious Fast room and all the other parlors and were pointed out the places where the President and Mrs. Cleve land stood while the marriage cere monv wvas taking place. Then thle ed itors wvere takeni through the hand some corridor and linally departed, while Messrs. Dextrr and D ubois re turned to their onerous work in tihe White Ihouse, looking as if -:hey were very glad to have got rid of that fuinc tion, ioi' it was an intersely hot day. A VIRGIlNIA SNoU. That the *Iusuler.ee of oilice" f inds :ts higiest dev-e lopmnit amiong the ho .el clerks of Ne x york anzd the place - holders of Washington no0 one will dev who h;:s e'er visited these twvo places: but tiag this peCculiarly Ameri an trait should ind its highitest ex pression at the tomb) of Washmingtonm was left to thme South Carolina Press Association to find out. The story that Ilam about to relate is not exagger ated : it is not wvritten in nmalice or an ger. Every word stated heire will be! corroborated by time thirty-one ladies and gentlemen who toolC part in the incident. The Press Association reached *Washington at 11 o'clock on Monday morning. Col. John G. Ca pe- who had i nl actedi as cicermne for the visitors, hastily arranged as the introductory number on the pro gramme a visit to Mount Vernon, the tomb of the Father of his Country. The time was necessarilyshort and the party, taking a cable car, were landed at the ferry. where they embarked on the steamer for Alexandria. From Alexandria, a trolley line runs to the gate of Mount Verion. To wait for the regular schedule of the car line would have been to reach Mount Ver non too late for admission, the gates being closed to visitors at 5 p. in. Col. Capers however, found the spper intendent of the road and made him acquainted with the situation, and that estimable gentleman at once placed a special car at the disposal of the party. He not only did this cheer fully, but also accompanied the edito rial excursion, and on the return trip to Alexandria ran the car himself, re lieving the motorman, who was sent to a station on the line to telephone the ferry boat, asking that it be held a few moments for the excursionists. For the truth of history I may men tion that this genticman's name is D. W. Lolden, and it will be seen that he is a Virgin an1 of an altogether dif ferent t.:yl, from the Virginian of whom I am about to say something. The trip vwas a more~st delightful one in ninny respects. The road ran along the banks of the Po6tomac. which Col. BaCou, of the Edgefield Chronicle, de serihes as a very permeating stream of watrz' .iroulr shady groves and bos kv dIa a distance of eight or ten -ii. a. a the speed attained along L - a Iild. places on tv.e track was u c -::f forty miles an hour. m M,'ount Vernon was reached . we t mcinutes past 5 o'clock : tiw :es were closed. Two men wee Utnig in the office. but they were 11' rely V ininons: their duty was plain, ll could not admit the excur siniss. Co!. Capers had a parley with tier . anrd after awhile Col. Ba con, of Ldaetild. tried his persuasive powers, which, as everybody in South Carolina knows. are very fetching. Thre mxe!,, however, were firm: they refused to be pursuaded; unlike the angel at "the beautiful gates," they refused to let them ajar. They were asked to take one of tie visitors to t-he commandant or super intendent. who was within the enclos ure. ana allow him to explain the sit uation and seek admission. They re fused to do this, but one of them final ly consented to go to the superintend it and. ask for further instructions. hi about fifteen minutes lie returned, accompanied by the superintendent, and the Carolinians. especially the la dies, indulged the hope that they would not be disappointed after all. The superintendent, who is a rather good-looking dude of the elderly va riety, had evidently left his good man ners in the kitchen of Mount Vernon, or what is more probable, had never had any. Gazing at the Carolinians very much like the King of the Can nibal Isles might be supposed to look over a lot of fresh young missionaries intended for his table, he remarked: "Its a very fortunate thing for you that I am here. If I hadn't been here you w ould never have got in. I'll let you in, however,~it revolts me,but I'll lo it this time if you will promise to behave yourselves and not carry off any of the portable property with you when you go. You will understand that this is a great bit of condescension on my part. I dare say you are a lot of jays, only fit to be kicked and cuff ed, but I'll overlook it this time. Open the gate"-- this to the minions who had stood quaking in fear and tremblino, while the great Panjan drum of a Iount Vernon was speaking, and who looked very much as if their cue was to shout "Salute" like the town crier in 'The Chimes of Nor mandy," when the servant's fair is opened by the "bailey." The speech was an ungracious and an ungraceful one. It struck the visitors like a dish of ice water thrown in their faces, and quite a number of them turned to go away. They, however, joined the others and entered the sacred precincts of the home of Washington, feeling very much like a dog would feel who had a bone flung at his head. Then this satr'ap called to an old ne gro man-a black Virginian of the old Virginia type-and told him to "take these people down to the tomb." The old negro who says he has been the keeper of tnre tomb for over forty years, went'Through his "piece," but did it like a gentleman addressing la dies and gentlemen. Alongside of Satrap Dodge hie was a Chesterfield in ebony ; the insolence of office had not contaminated him: his old Virginia breeding was as Iresh~ and as hearty as it was when he nae a slave, and if Satrap Dodge ird been there it miust have brought a blush of shame to hris heek. Buit the superintendent was no; there. Hie was up at the house locking up things and nursing his au toe."'e wrath. The - .hr -uns did not have time to iier :.. e tomb of the Father of his .o .taough the kiind and cour t. a ' .u *rs of the old V irginia darky i..eayetertainring. They climbed au er sito the pleate'au on 'which the housre stanrds to ind the supeirn tdt~li~r q'tmtting and fuming ou the veramb i . 'dge waited until most of the pilr i haLd ar rivedi and until one of themr had started to look into one of the rooms. The-n he again poured out thre tihenrder of his iinsolenrt wrath. "Cm hiere," said he. "Don't any: of you ente- the house until I aim reatl to go with you. You xmiay eit im those chairs son the v-eranida) if you have a mind to, and with this gra cious instruction he began to say his piece, the- piece for the delivery of which it is probable that the goo'd women who made Mount Vernon a reality pay himn handsomely. The piece was recited with a good deal of v'enomm ini it. The impression it made on tile persons to whom it was addressed miight be likened to that conveyed to Nanki Poo by Pooh Bah, he of i'rotoplasmnal ancestry, wvhen he is informed that this per'soiiage'accepts everything that is ogrered him and asks hlis famrily pride: "How do you like that, my bov: After get ting ~through thre outside piece this Virginia Pooh Balh then in formied the pilgrims that he would enter f irst the banquet room and that they must follow himu sei'vilely. like the slaves they were and listen to him. The visitors, by this time thor oughly disgusted anri half terrified, obeed. Pooh Bahi went through his lines ini the same sarly tone and then proceeded to the next' room. Finally ie r-eaehied the South Carolina room and tire visitors at once began to show a little life and interest. Tihe portraits of Mcultrie and Sumter and Marion and Rutledge arnd DeKalb and that of Miss Pamella C uniinghlam provoked involuntary exc pressions of admiration. UNDER TWO FLAGS. A STRADDLE TO PUT THE COLOS SUS TO SHAME. Republicans Will Attempt to Hnist the White and the Yellow Standards Over Their Camp-The National League Clubs. CLEVELAND, June 19.-Whether there will be discord or harmony in the national convention of Republi can League clubs, depends altogether on whicTi of the two factions wins the fight that is now being quietly, but none the less earnestly waged outside the convention hall.' That the main battle will not be made while the del egates are assembled for business now seems to be assured. The two parties into which the convention is divided are each determined and each anxious to carry its point. One of the parties consists of the conservative members of the representatives, who do not be lieve it would be wise for any declara tion of principles in the shape of a platform to be made. This faction de precates any action which might be construed as a dictation to the Repub lican national convention of 1896 and declares it would be the worst possible taste for a committee to lay out a course for the party to follow, whether fin..encial, tariff or any other kind. The other element is n armly urging the adoption of sone srt of platform. Those composing it ae-g;s that should the convention go o recurd before the country as lhavi rt a ti en:ly avoided any issue of inportatic.. but I::ore es pecially the money q'ues;i->u. it would be accused of cowardice- awl of b'-ing afraid to let the people know whetl'r it stood on the side of the white or the yellow metals. Meantime, the leaders are puzzled and tonight are in a quandary. There is rio :middl course and to adopt either of th-- oe- proposed would call forth a certain am... nc of cae sure It is be lieved. however, that the coriserva tives are gaining ground and that they will dominate before an adjournment is taken. Of those who want a platform adopted, all are not silver men, but all the silver mlen are in their ranks. The committee on resolution is the place where the battle is to be fought. The committee organized this after ncon by electing Congressman John B. Robinson, of Pennsylvania, chair man, and Horace G. Knowles, of Del aware, secretary. It was a very close fight for Congressman Robinson and it is a significant fact that the man who came near beating him for the chairmanship was a silver man, Con oressman Tawney, of Minnesota. On the first ballot the vote was a tie; on the second, the Keystone statesman won by three votes, the ballot being 17 to 14 A motion. which was finally adopted, to appoint a sub-committee of nine who should formulate a platform to be submitted to the full committee was presented and debated at length. It was during the debate on this reso lution that facts already stated as to a division of sentiment on the platform question became apparent. Senator Thurston, of Nebraska of fered the following resolution which, needless to say, providing as it does for a suppression of all sentiment of whatever kind on the political con vention, created a profound sensation. "We approve the declaration of the Republican National convention that: The American people by tradition and interest favor bimetallism and the Re publican party demands the use of both gold and silver as a standard money with such restrictions and un der such provisions to be determined by legislation. as will sustain the maintenance of a parity of values of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be, at all times, equal. And we refer the matter of more specific declara tions to the next National Republican convention which alone has the power to bind the party or make a platform and declare principles." This resolution was declared out of order because the motion to appoint a sub-committee of nine was already be fore the committee. It was therefore not acted upon. In presenting the res olution Senator Thurston said: "We cannot be too careful what we do in this convention. We must not stand in the role of dictators to the national convention, nor on the other hand must we let it be said of us that we were afraid to assert ourselves be fore the country. Yet on the whole]I do not think it ~wvould be well for us at this time to commit ourselves, to any policy, which would be better conserv ed by tihe National Republican conven tion. Today's convention was carried out entirely accordin~re programme. The speakers were D. D. WVoodmansee, chairman K. the Ohieo dele-gation, who made tile add:ess of n e/'.ene: 31ayor 31cKission, who preM-Uted to th:- dee gates the freedomnz or the car'. and President WV. WJ. Tracyv. for thee - a-ue. 0.:er two thousaind 'e.tte< from' every State in the Uui.'n but Ei New"Hampshire and North (>uouie were in their se-ats whien the g-n dropped for order. besides a nuiune of vitiLrs of botLh se~xes who came with, te d Ieaa es and be-pe-d up tb- full e s, dII..s an teem es'-'ii we- Aeiudat *y p-e' ie-d iend the arr.eeo-nrents we e erfe~ct. L dh d1eh ge e ii nd pr. reprtentantive was furmsheld WmiL a1 prgrasnmie which servedu also as a ticket of admission to various places 01 amusemenits. In addition,. exeursion banquet, and street car tickets were prvi(aed. The surface lines were free to every visitor. In the afternoon the delegates went to Forest Par-k and li-s tened to a concert by the Iowa State Band. Tomorrow two lake excursions are to be given, and the day will wind up with a banquet. The address of President Win. W. Tracy, of the National League was de voted to congratulating Republicans upon their victories last fall extolling the virtues of protection. The organization then began by slips being passed to each State to till out with the names of members of con mittees. While this was being done, the coming fight on the silver question was foreshadowed by a motion made by HI. Clay Evans. of Tennessee. that all resolutions be referred to the com mittee on resolutions without debate This was adopted and the convention: adjourned un14 tomorrow gt 10 o'clock. There will be a mass meeting tonight and tomor-row evening. The silver will probably be ina-ugurated as the session is to be a sort of free for all where everybody can speak whic wishes to do so and on whatever sub ject he pleases. The convntio ratified tihe choice of Milwaukee as the next meeting place of the league. The vice president of the respective States were announced and the convention proceeded to elect a new president. Gen. 3IcAlpine, of New York, was nominated and elected without opposition. The convention adjourned until tomorrow, without reaching a vote on the choice of a secretary. A few minutes after the convention adjourned on resolutions completed its labors and was ready to report. The report was not a surprise. As was predicted, it leaves everything to the next national convention. Neither the money question nor the tariff question are even remotely re ferred to. The report is based on an old article of the National League of Republican Clubs which provides that the league shall not meddle in any way with affairs which come propely within the province of the party con vention. Charleston in Rebelliou. CHARLESTON, S. C., June 1S.-The dispen.ary lav bounded up in the court o sessions today. Diring the mornin: the g'rand j y:i" were given a btf!ci of Es by the solicitor. ,Lh::;; idienl there were x .ia:z parti.s for vio lation o0 this dispe,-:Nary law. On these Judge Buchaan delivered afew remarks, the substance of which were that the jurors should carefully con sider the evidence against the accused and render a presentment according to the evidence. They should not per mit their prejudice, if they held any against the law, to influence their verdict. If the law was an obnoxious one, the strict enforcement of it would be the surest means of enlisting public sentiment, and thereby causing its re peal. While on the contrary if they permit:-d their prejudice to influence their pr. s.tment it would redown in favor of the law. In a short while "Le jury returned and reported that they had been unable to find indict mLeits against the following parties, against whom true bills had been giv en them: Fritz Mollenhauer, Henry Hemme, Geo. F. Stenickere: M. L. Clark, W. J. Bowen and Barney Lo vatt. Assistant Attorney General Townsend. who is here to conduct the dispensary cases, there are several hun dred pending) said that lie was totally surprised at the action of the grand jury, as the evidence in the cases gir en to them, in his opinion, preponder ated against the accused, but he did not care to have anything to say on this score and as to what action he would take he could not say until to morrow morning. He would have a conference this evening with Attorney General Townsend and Barber agree upon some line of action. Governor Evans says that since the action of the grand jury in throwing out the liquor cases, he intends in the future to ask the court for a change of venue of all Charleston cases to the county of Or angeburg. He is pretty severe in talk ing about Charleston juries. A Remarkably Accident. HUsTON; Tex., June 20.-The Mis souri, Kansas and Texas passenger trian, which left here a: 9:50 last night, ran into a floating bridge across a ravine about seven miles north of this city. The train reached the bridge at 1:12 o'clock, and when within twen ty feet Engineer Henry Garrett saw a "swag" in the bridge and immediatly put on the brakes, but not in time to stop the train, and as the locomotive went upon the floating bridg'e the eng-i neer felt it was going. He stuck to his post, and was not injured. The fireman was shoveling coal, and after crossing the bridge, when the tender fell to the left, he fell to the right down an embankment, but was only siightly brused. The engine and bag gage car were shoved across the ravine by the momentum of the train and were piled in a wreck on the opposite bank. The smoker was jammed across the track with both ends torn out. The second class coach spanned the ravine, taking the place of the bridge, and two chairs and the sleeper kept the track this side of the washout. There were passengers in both the smoker and second class coach, and how they escaped death and more seri ous injuries is a mystery. No one was Ikilled. A Family Murder. ST. THOMAS, Ont., June 1.-John Hendershott and W. B. Waltter. con victed at the last atssies of th e murder of William Hendersh~ott. were hiansd this morniug. 'Tie drop' f~ at 8:1 o'clock. Jh ee -Sh-'t was the. uncle alii ~\ *!:r w' seeui of William Hesa u.:-'I'Lu. t 7'e m- for whose isio i,- osa two x w-- ':gd The cime. wa:s connased D~ecemnber 14, 189J4, tfe IjctA being to realize uipon insuran~ce which the uncle had placed upon the life of his nephew. John Hlendershlott is alleged to have plained the murder which Walter committed while he and his cousin '.ere along felling trees. The evidenmce upon which conviction was obtained was pur-elyv circumnstanItial. Every elfort was made to secure a reprieve for tLhe condimne men. legal briefs beiing- ~z thrud to tn- do:mi io>n cabi net. l.. Hendershiot%' dughlit.er per -,niialle m ;aded in vail beforei' the mii''e.njstice for- her' fa' her andl c' uI iL. -to whm'n she was betrothed. Iller-ding KanII$s Callied onl. Tom)PEA. kan.. June 18.-In~ his tel Iegramn regr-ettinig his iability to attend today'ssiIver- confer-ence S-nator' ' . M4. Stewart savs: "Amn enlisted in Ketuckyv silver light, cantf be with you lstorationsilvri the only Ihope to stop falling prices and destruc tion of Aimerican homes. No other issue of importance compares with the necessity of breaking gold corner. One more gold president will down the Americans to servitude perhaps for all time. Four-fifths of the American people are opposed to any being of money, the purchas ing power of which gr-ows .im a safe. The growing purchasing power of money must be stopped. W e can do it with silver and nothmig else. The government is in the hands of the enemy. Give it no more rest until thle people secure control. Let Kansas lead and enough will follow to reetore the governmenWit to the pecople. - out or..aiI. ANl)E:s'N. Ju tne 18. --T'.wo white im-sonlers escaped fr'omi jail here Sun Idar morn-iing'. They were Stiles Smith an'd Will Chapman, the former charged with lareeny. the latter with violation of tile dispenisary Lw. They made a wreinch out of a piece of iron that had been used as a poker and with it took oil the nuts which se cured a piece of iron over a hole in the floor and made their way into the Iparlor below and then got outth Iwindow. They have not yet been re captured. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. MURRAY, WILSON, LATIMER AND JOHNSTON OPEN TESTIMONY. A Gathering of Politicians In Washington --The Notorious Dudley, Representing all Except Murray, will Attack the State Registration Law. WSsHINGTON, D. C., June 15. There was a gathering of South Caro lina politicans to-day in the office of the clerk of the House of Representa tives to witness the opening of the tes timony in the contested election cases in four of the Congressional districts. The cases under consideration were the contests of Murray against Elliott; the Rev. Josh Wilson against Mc Lauren: Moorman against Latimer and Johnston against Stokes. All of the parties were represented by coun sel or in person. The first case taken up was that of Murray against Col. Elliott. Murray was present with his attorney, Thomas H. Wheeler, colored. Murray present ed a mass of testimony nearly a foot thick, containing alleged affidavits to show that hundreds of colored voters were deprived of an opportunity to cast their votes for Murray. Many of the affidavits were written in pencil and almost unintelligable. A number of newspaper clipings were thrown out because there appeared to be state ments accompanying them to indicate why they were introduced or who was resronsible for them. Col. Elliott, who was present, objected to the intro duction of a poll list of Ward 10, Pre cinct 2, from the City Charleston, be cause it appeared upon its face that it was not presented with the orignal testimony taken before a magistrate. It was also noted that Murray's origi nal notice of contest served upon Col. Elliott, which contained so many sen sational and remarkable assertions, had been revised and much of the "slush" eliminated. It is probable that a considerable portion of the testimony submitted in this case will be cut down and revised. Representative McLaurin was pre sent to look after his own interests and Wilson was represented by alaw yer named Bousher. There was one Latch of testimony in Mr. McLaurin's case that was missing. It was explain ed that one of the notaries had failed to send to Washington the testimony taken before him. It was agreed by both parties that the testimony should go into the record when it arrived. In all of the cases excepting that of CoL Elliott, W. W. Dudley, of "Blocks of five" notoriety, has been engaged to conduct the contest on behalf of the Republicans. In all of these cases the constitutionality of the registration laws of South Carolina will be made the principal issue and the fight on that line will be made at the sugges tion of the Republican lerders outside of the State. Ex Representative Butterworth, of Ohio, is also retained in the case of Johnson against Stokes. There were no sensational disclosures, and as soon -' as the clerk has time to edit the testi mony submitted in the various cases the record will be made up and sent to the printer. Then copies will be fur nished to the parties interested, and each side will have thirty days in which to prepare and file their briefs. The printing bills in these cases threaten to be very large.-News and Courier. Sprung a Sensation. AirEN, June 19.-The grn ury sprung a sensation yestera by teir report of the condition of tecounty offices. For several weeks a commit tee of the jury have been at work in an examination of the books of the county. Yesterday they reported that the county commissioners are guilty of carelessness, extravagance and fraud. To substantiate this accusation they cite the following instances of the improper expenditures of public money: First. Bills have been paid which have not been sworn to, as the law requires. Second. A number of ' bridges have been built on - private roads, and these were not advertised and let to the lowest bidder, as re quired by the law. Third. Two trial justices have been overpaid. - Fourth. The clerk of the board has been paid for thirteen months' service during the last year instead of twelve. Fifth. The ~county court house has been painted and stables built at a very ex travagant price. Under the new administration, with Mr. J. W. Sawyer as supervisor, the jury report the same reckless extrava ance and fraudulent appropriatior of "money has gone on unchecked. In fact M1r. Sawyer has gone so far be yond bound of right and justice as to pay a private bill for harware out of' the money of the county. Judge Richard Watts aptly summed up the situation by saying that the affairs of Aiken county are in a most deplorable coudition. The Judge stat ed further, to the jury that proper seps would be taken in the matter im mediately. The commissioners may be idicted ~-Sate. A Deplorable Accident. B1IRMJxNIIA, Ala.. June 18.-A spe cial to the Age-Herald from Opeli'ka says: One of the miost terrible acci dents that has ever occurred in this county happened this morning at Per ry's mill pond, just south of Auburn. Mr. Lewis Cox, a drummer from Tus keegee, Ala., and Miss Cornelia Tor rence, aged 19 years, the belle of her neiohborhood and a remarkably beau tiful girl, were out boat riding on the pond when unexpectedly the boat overturned, drowning them both. The children plavino near the scene of the accident heard tlieir screams for help, but were powerless to aid them. The The pond is very deep at the point where the accident occurred and their bodies have not been recovered. The whole community is overcome with grief at the untimely end of the pop ular young couple. Costly Human Shield. NEw YoRK, June 18.-The Laidlaw Sage jury returned to court this even ing. having found a verdict of $40, 00 for the plaintiff. The verdict was received with applause. Mr. Taggart, for the defendent, moved for a new trial. A stay of judgement was grant ed by judge Graham until September next. William R. Laidlaw brought suit against Russell Sage for $50,000 damages for injuries received by the explosion of a bomb in Mr. Sage's of fice in 1891. Mr. Laidlaw claimed that Mr. Sage caught hold of him and held him (Laidlaw) between Norcross, the bombthrower, and himself. Laidlaw has been premianently injured, while Mr. Sage escaped comparatively un