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C. E N s ..Y I- NE -N~~~~ ~ 11 NINA BUTLER ON REBATES. A LETTER FROM THE EX SENATOF ON THE CiSPENSARY. He Refers to she Senatorial Camapag Three Yeas A go-Ccm m enrts on Z he Stat Government. The Columbia State publishes th< following: To the Editor of The State. I ob serve in the "me-Adiied statement" 0 B. R. Tillman pubbLshed in The Stat of the 23d instant he lugs my nam mnto his labored effort s't vindication The statement from beginning to en is more in the nature of a "confessior and avoidance" than a vindication Expletives and slanders, his favorit< weapons of controversy, will not sat isfy an inquisitive pubic,. which is getting down to a more serious jorn of inquiry. He says "when these staple slander. about rebates under my administra tion were put i, to circulation by the newspapers and taken up by Genera. Butler in the canvass three years ago, I met them promptly and vigorously at Union and else where, and last win ter I joined with Governor Evans in asking that the legislature should appoint a committee to look into the aispensary 's management and set the charges of corruption at rest forever. This is very general, evasive and erroneous. .In the first place the "stale slanders" were not "taken uy by General Butler" by anything de rived from "the newspapers." HerE is what occurred at Union. I had re ceived a communication from a gen tleman in Charleston, not a newspa per man, informing me that by the terms of the whiskey trust agree ment, every member of the trust was bound to pay a rebate of seven cents a- gallon to all who pur chased a thousand gallons or upward, that is to say, was bound under the trust agreement to pay back seven cents on every gallon thus bought; that the Mill Creek distillery of Ohic was a member of the trust, and there fore bound to return this rebate that as Governor Tillman, as chairman of the board of control, and understood to be the sole responsible head, had purchased large quantities of liquor from the Mil Greek distillery, he ought to have received large sums from the Mill Creek distillery, run ning up into the thousands of'dollars. This is substantially the information I received from an entirely reliable, ex perienced source. This communication got into The News and Courier and can be found in the files of that paper of that date, before I ha. an opportunity to use i1 on the stump, in this way. At a meeting preceding the one al Union, I do not now remember where, Mr. Kohn, the correspondent o The News and Courier, asked me if I had any manuscript I expected to use, I would let him have it in advance, so that he could make acopy at his leisure, and thereby save him~he laboi when sending off nis dispatches. I give him the memorandum furn ished me as above stated, enjoining him not to publish it until I had em braced it in some subsequent speech. Mr. :Kohn, through inadvertence, I suppose, forwarded it to his paper, and it was published before I had an opportunity to refer to it. Mr. Kohn afterwards told me h had informed Governor Tillman il had been published without my authority. Notwithstanding this information, Governor Tillman having the open ing speech at Union, made this puoiica tion the text for a violent, coarse, vut gar attack on me, stirring up the pas sions of a few ruffians and black guards in the audience, and then when I got up to reply, the ruffians attemoted to browbeat and howl me down.' When the excitement was at its height and trouble seemed immnin ent, Governor Tilrman, as usual, left the stand and sought a place of safe ty. In the course of his ribaldry and vituperation he denied having col lected the rebates and endeavored tc take refuge from the awkward dilem ma in which he found himself by rais ing other and false issues, having no relevance to the rebate question. When I replied, I said, among other things, that there were but two alterna tives, either Governor Tillman had collected the thousands of dollars oj rebates from the Mill Creek distillery and not accounted for them, er hac been guilty of a grave and censurable dereliction of official duty in not col jecting, the rebates and turning Lhemr into the State treasury for the benefit of the taxpayers. No charges were made, but a simple enquiry which any taxpayer had rignt to make, and any honest mar would have invited and answered dis passionately and frankly. There wa no occasion for such an outburst o coarse ribaldry and unseemly passion. Tne controversy stands today wher< it was lef t off at Union nearly three years ago, except that the suspicion oj crookedness in regard to the rebate has been intensined by a remarn which Governor Evans, his friend anc colaborer in the dispensary business, is charged with having made to ir. Mixson, late chief dispenser, to the ef fect that "Ben Tiliman had lined hi. pockets with rebates." And further, by recent intimations and suggestions on the same line from some of Gover nor Tillman's closest, and. as is gen erally suppose d, most contidential per sonai and political friendr. Now, t a simple and only question as to ti branch of the dispensary managemen involving hundreds of thousands o dollars to the taxpayers, is, were th rebates of seven cents per gallon col lected from the Mill Creek distillery and other whiskey aealers, and if not why not? Gov. Tillman cannot sidetrack thi momentous issue by tirades of abus against newspapers and any anc everybody who choose to exercis their rights as free and unterrinied cit izens. It is the duty and business of news papers to inform the public of curren events, and it is the business and dt of liberty loving ci izens to hold ever' public otticial to the strictest account ability for his oilicial acts. The news papers have never, and can never impair the oilicial intezrnty of an: honest official. The o:ial himsei may becloud and besmirch his ow reputation by evasion, irritability arn passion under legitimate criticism an inquiry. The stench from tne dispensar: scandals have reacne d the acute stag and its founders and promoters owe:i to themselves and to the people of th State generally to probe it to the bot hush." That Is what Gcv. Tilirman Ks rtertly advised the United States Senate to do. Legislative committees are very good things in their way, when they are in earnest, out when men have said tlhe horse was sixteen feet high" they will scarcely turn round, eat their words, and admit the horse was oulv sixteen hands high. if the whis keydealers who have sold whiskey to the State could be brought into court ard forced to testify, some reputations would be much better or wore off. It is sbout time the people in the State i ere tiliag matters in their own hands. stop listening to tiwaddle and nonsense and have a general o,-er hauling of their affairs. Prejudice and passion and resentments may be very tiandy weapons for charlatans and 1 demagogues to boost themselves into I office, but they are getting to be very expensiv: Iuuries Taxes which were promised a few years ago to be re duced have been increased. and are j likely to be still farther increased if a halt is not called, and the taxpayers nave to pay the piper while the dema ogues dance. Puolic offices were promistd to be i reduced, but they have increased in numbers and the taxpayers have to pay the salaries while the increased oticeholders dance. This, I say, is getting to be a pretty expensive luxu ry, especially when considered in the light of the falling off of revenue from the phosphate royalty, and other sources which helped to meet public expenditures. It was promised that the dispensary would pay a half million a year into the State treasury, and ought to have done so under honest, proper manage ment. What a pitiful showing has oeen made. M. C. BUTLER. Washington, D. C., May 26, iS97. AFTER BURIED TREASURE. A, Kansas City 3an Writes to Charleston for Information. Capt. George R. Collins of Kansas City, Mo., wants to get rich easily. Ia this particular he is like many other individuals in Kansas City and in fact everywhere else in the world. Capt. Collins (he signs himself as eaptain,) is possessed of the idea that there is a treasure buried somewhere on the western coast of Florida and he very naturally would like to be inform ed of its exact location, that he might out his hands on it. How long this idea has had hold of the captain he does not say. He also fails to en ighten the curious public as to how hie came by this important piece of in ormation that a treasure was hidden in Florida. He modestly says that he "is interested in the finding of the t-easure" in question, and he doubt less thinks tnat this is information sufficient for the Dublic. Capt. Col. lins savs that he has "investigated the tground," but the "investigation" failed to materialize any thing and for this reason he wants wore light and he is not at all slow about using paper, ink and stamps in hopes of getting at the e-rezt location of the hidden treasure. Capt Collins is the president of the 'National Benevolent Society" or Kansas City, the insignia of which is a red maltese cross, bearing in black the letters N. B. S. U. S. O the letter head of the above named society, Capt. Collins has writ ten a letter to a well-known physician of this city, which has been given to The Post asking for information that osy lea .i to the discovery of a certain aane-, .oy the use of which he may dr'd lt desired treasure. He states in his Vetter, th~a; he is -in possession of a chart, which teaken in connection with the paper iie :s looking for, he will be able to' go to the spot and put his hands upon the treasure. This paper, Capt. Collins says, was formerly in possession of a Dr. Wil liams whose Christian name he has forgotten. The letter speaks for itself and for the captain as welL It reads as fol lows: Dear Sir: The writer is interested in a project concerning the finding of a buried treasure, hidden on the wes tern coast of Florida and which lie hsinvestigated on the ground. About 1832 the captain of the party that buried the money was sick with fever and died at Charleston, and he gave one of the two charts to the phy sician who attended him. I have the otber chart in my possession. In 1877 the son of the a bove named doctor went to the coast of Florida with a large party of men and they searched for six weeks without find ing the exact location, as it is neces sary that the two charts be used to gether in order to secure the desired results. My object in writing to you is to~ ask you if you know of the doctor or his son, who'se names were Williams, provided the son gave his true name. I do not kno w whether or not his son was also a doctor, or do you know of the expedition which went from Charleston in 1877? Trusting I may have the pleasure of hearing from you and enclosing a stamped reply envelope, I am very truly yours, To the George R. Collins. Toteknowledge of the renorter, there have been but two doctors Wil liams resident in Charleston. One was Dr. David Ramsey Williams, the father of T.- J.- Williams, of the Sulli van's Island Ferry Company. The other was Dr. Williams, of the United States Marine Hospital Service, who was stationed here a few years ago. Mr. T. J. Williams was seen today and asked abouit the matter. He con fessed that he knew nothing about this modern would-be Monte Cristo. He said that his father did visit Florida on several occasions, but as f ar -as he rknew, his father never spoke of any hidden treasure in Florida. Mr. Wil liams was inclined to look upon the ..matter as a myth, but he said that he would at his convenience, review his father's papers and enu.eavor to find the paper in question. IMr. Williams said that if there was any fortune to be gotten out of the Ischeme, he would certainly try to get ia on the ground floor. "Fortunes Mr. Williams, "and I shall certainly do what I can to assist Capt. Collins tc locatet the treasure.'' As far as can be learned, no one knows any thing here about the ex peiti'Jon which is alleged to have gone I rom Unaries ton in 1877.- Charleston Tous of silver ExporL~d. 7 T'eeday C ~s oauces of silver. e Tae exoarts of general merchandise t fom aleport for the weeik ending to e day were valued at $tO, 127, 16.against ;- $9,676,676 ast wee ad year. 1th THE MADSTONE. Lthe Claims of Medicinai Qcualltios for it Shown to be Without Foundation. P In numerous State papers, recently, he so-called "madstone" has been dis .ussed and some editors have had the emerity to doubt the elli::acy of this ioarv headed old superstition. It akes a rather bold man to "beard the ion in his den." or to tackle a time ionored old fraud like the madstoue. It seems to be a part of human na- A ure t > believe the marvelous any ho x, n -ather than the reasonable and coi- 0 nonplace things of life. Sharp quacks 1 nake fortunes out of this weakuess of L nankind, in the sale of their worth- C ess nostrums or appliances, with long Is mnd scientific names. If they can get C ,he confdence of a buyer in the vir- P aes of their medicines or electric iumbug, then half the battle will be c von. a For most of the ordinary ills of life, 1 .ature has a remedy, and if let alone. A he "accommodatiou" of the system S vill throw it off or adjust itself. h If the buyer of a nostrum realiy be ieves in it and allows the good advice a he dealer ttirows in without charge, - loing nothing rash in the meanwhile, G n a majority of cases,he will improve. r< ature cures him, but the remedy or % pplitnee gets all the credit. It is a r :ase of "post hoc. propter hoc," and p s the sheet anchor of most all sucn st lumbugs. d Most of the so-called "madstones' zamined are bits ot porous fossil imestone. They have a strong alli- 2 ty for water or liqids, absorbing a arge quantity, waicn afterwards vaporames, leaving it ready to sack ip more. If applied to a fresh bite of a dog, it will undoubtedly absorb ome of the water, olood or virus 6 Vhich may come in contact with it, nl n the same way that any dry and po- t -us substance, like bltting paper, a. vould do. Further than that, the I nadstone has no effect, except ori the A ierves and imagination of the patient. t is through the imagination tne tone does its work, for not one dog : n a thousand, which snaps at some- J ody, is "mad" or affected with ra- - >ies, some times called bydrophooia. - But the person bitten is not apt to A hink so. To him an angry dog is a eC 'mad dog," and if bitten, is likely to c< uffer through his nervous fear. He A 6pplies the stone,usually twelve hours )r more after tne bite, as he may be d! ome distance from the person own- N ng it. He gets well, and, behold, a e vonderful cure is made. When we retlect that the virus or a >oison of the rabies will get into the :ircalation, sufficient to inoculate a erson bitten, within a very fe v mi- - Ltes, of wha. effect, then, can the 4 madstone" be if he has to sead a lozen miles for one, except through j: he imagination? An immediate ani si horough washing of the wound wit a vater follo wing by the application of * pirits of turpedtine, will be worth a on of madstones. Indeed, tne genumeu -abies, in the human being, is so rarc 9 hat tue etiology of the disease is not " vell known and many reputable phy- 6 icians even doubt its exis:ence. t In the neighborhood of Kinston, N. r 1, there is a bed of such limestone, dentical with the "madstone." It is ound in the marl beds and aoundant : nough to furnish every body in the A Jnited States with a generoas piece. i If some enterprising s mindler could a et possession of one of these quarries nd advertise generously, what a har rest he could reap out of the credu. ous!t But he would have to rival the ~enius of Munchausen to invent the c cock and bull" stories which always a orm an importsa~t regiisite in every p ~enuine "madstone." For the Encampment. The Rock Hill Herald gives the fol owing information about the coming 9 Lnual Allirnce encampment at Tir- - ;ah: Tne committee of arrangements for ~ he York County Alliance encamp nent met at Tirzah last Saturday, the, 2d inst., with J. Robinson Cook in he chair and W. H. E lwards secreta- ~ -y. After the reading and con firma- C ion of the minutes of a former meet- C ng, the following committees were Lppointed: On Letting the Grounads to Sell Re- S reshments-J. M. Tnomasson, C. A. ~ Jarroll, J. F. Wingate. On Finance--J. B. Barron, W. E. lettys and J. F. Ashe. On Music-J. A. McFadden, T. M. 9 )ates, L. W. Louthian. On Preparation of Grounds-J. B. Barron, C. A. Carroll, R. F. Carroll. - On Invitation to Speakers-W. N. Ider, W. H. Edwards, J. C. Wilborn. A committee was also appointed l :omposed of one man from every sub uliance and neighborhood in the sounty, to raise the funds necssary to P efray the expenses of the meeting. ? he committee will meet again on the ' ist Saturday in July at 3 p. in., at which meeting all sub committees are ~xpeeted to report. The Hon. J. C. sibley of Pennsylvania has accepted g he invitation to be present and make m address at the meeting. Senator s ilman, Governor Ellerbe and other L rominent men in our own State have a romised to attend the meeting. The c aople of Tirzah are preparing the a ~rove on the left side of tue railroad o or the meeting and will give all the tssistance which they have rendered c a the past. The meeting this year r, romses to be larger and of more in- i rest than usual. Being an off year c n politics, there will be no ditliculty n securing good speakers. The Citadel Encampment. The Anderson Intelligencer says: Col. Coward and Capt. White of the ? outh Carolina Citadel, Charleston, pent two days in the city last week 2mpleting arrangements for the an aal encampment of the cadets of that institution. The cadets will come to anderson on June 15 and spread their tents on the campus of the Patr:ek c ilitary Institute. They will remnaia bere about two weeks, during which time the commencement exercises wili be held. Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson wiu i leliver the annual address. The cadetsa will march from here to Clemson Col lege and spend a day. The cadets will S be warmly welcomed to Anderson and royally entertained." Queen Victoria. Last Mtonday Victoria, the gee?n o! -reat Britain and Ireian~d ana ELn press of India celebrated her sennxiy j eighth birthday and next month w: 1. Ia be celebraited the sixtieth anniversary v of her accession to the throne and tihej ::ompletion of the longest reigr i iop Eaglish history. Her reign has ben fofglories and the congratulaticns of the whole world must be heartly I iven to the venerable sovereign who is loved by her people and who is re apectA by the people of all nations. j, T H1 E'm P ES U 1 &S_-U0_' ROCEED'NGSOF THEANNU L MEiT iNG A- NEWBERRY. Fine Attendance of Editors-The Pro e 'idhinai of Unuual Interestr- Newb)3 ry's Handsome Hospitality. NEwPERRY. MaV 25.--The P' ,ssccia io.i inet .. te haetndom ew Optr i House!, and in the presenc: f a crowded audience was welcomlet the city by Uavcr Evaus, CoL NN L. Hantl o~fthe Bar, and Presideo romer, Cf Newberrv College. Rt sonses were made by \ee P1side' 'Leen, of Samter, and tne Rev. W . Jacjbs for the Association. "'he welco-e is the heartiest ac. >rded the Association in many year. 11 the citizeuS vying with eacai othe, i -reeting the editors. Presideni .ull presided toright, and the Rev idi H. Brown, theAssociatioa's nap il, olfered prayer. Tuirty editors are ia attendance and i many nire are expected to mor >w. The Hv. A. J. S. Thomas, o: reenville, will read a paper to-mor >w on the newspaper as an educator ad Editor Jaynes, of Waihalia, wil :ad a paper on tie law of li-jei as ap lied to newspapers. At the nigh :ssion the HMn. Patrick Walsh wil. eliver twe annual address. Newberry, May 26.-".ne ovation tc ie editors stili progresses with nr irinution of vigor and with s 'armthl unexcelled in the past experi ace of the editors. The most i-por tt featares of to-day's proceeeding 'ere the introd ictin of the eloquen :slutions of regret fir 1ne death o enator Earle by Mr. A opt, o Man ing, John Gary Evan's most ardeni itorial supp.rter. R asolutions were [so introdiced protesting against thi -a of bloodsaed in Souta Oarolia: .;so resolations urging the SiULI arolina delegatioa to pasa the Cas e Pnckney sanitarium matt:r and cellent papers were read oy Mr. aynes, of Walhalia,on the la w of libe ; applitd to ne.vspapers, and thi e wspaper as an educator by the R sv. .. J. S. Thomas, of the Baptist Couri , and on tue State printing and yunty advertising muddle by Mr. .ppdlt. Tae last was the subj et of thiAlong ;t and warmest discunion yet had, iL hin sevea of the tifty editors pres t participated. Mr. Yates Snowden, with a few re arks, introduced the followng reso Itions: Resxlved, Toat the Press Associa on of South Cariha hails with tni most saisfaction this movement it ie Church to arouse the conscienct , te people upon the subject of th teredness of human life, and to same :tive movement for the suppressioL i the crime of homicide. Resolved, That ia Lne opinion o s Association it wsas emmendyi repar that this mioveme nt snu ave begua in a rangicus as eanoi a be c~autenanctd oj the cle.4y U it State, lor tury out CI rene i c nk :Iigioas sinsionuties of Zu p le, dien it is ncesst-r to a waen. Resoived, Tna uis .assama re )gaiLzes tat it is nut the unrorua mdividaals who bacome iovolved i_ e fatal aIf cays so C a:non Vno are > much to b.:aie as p oni oiciOL icl not oniy sancuns acts of viu mcbat is in a s-eat meawe re miable for tiaeir coaaiission. RCsolved, Tiaat the Associatiot ldges~ the Episcopal Cnureh and a thers who wili joim in tais edfen It at away bloodisett lromn cur peopit ie hearty support of the press of im ate, and in order to atiord tne same litc~rs are regaested, as soon as core eniently may ne af ter the Sauidk pont which tae sermons on the suC tt shall be preacoed to fon~ow up tnd une witn eniL'rials in relation ntiire >, especially cominemalming tne ha bit o rryng conceranu weapons. It was secondeJ. by Mir. Koliock, o: theraw, and Lile Rev. Mr. Tnuumas. f '.reenviie, who spoke warmly aou loquently in its favor, it was adogt :i unaminol'O~y. Co. C:ews. of L surens, introducec a followinng resnuuiOns, wrica wen scanded oy ;zJr. Us-een, o. $ucater nd asopted unanimously : Wnereas, toe 8;ut a Carolina Pres .ssociation has seen informied of th ropiion to the Federal Govern ent to establish a samttarm a asle Pinckney, in tae haroor o: harleston, tue nest site on the Souti ~tiantc coast for such an institution Be it resoived, Ta'at this Associatio: rges the memb ers~ of tue Souto Umar na delegation in the United Sidet enate and Hocuse of RIresentative: > iutner by every means in the1i ower the establisament of suen nitarium for Unmted States soidier; i hrlest on harb Ar. Rslvea. Inst a copy of these res luuous be sent to tae south CaroL~n elegatoa in tne U aited States 00'n The Hon. Patrickz Waloh is no; Paking at the C)n-ra House, whici ; jammed to t.?. a uors, dIelI'ring th< agnuai addr-:s be i J. Lim P:ass AIS i outh " He opened with a brie ut ftavorable presentation of the alh ;ry of tne Souta Garoli..a Pres~s Asso tation and tue scope of ias wori:. Ut: eferences to ante oeiun j aurnaiisa a harestoa and its .voseri ac onpthsaeats nroght nearty ap~ lause fromn all sides. Couig do 3 > ater times ne em phasized espmcciali t splendid work of Iue News aat ourer inits series of s at cli ar ticle aowing the resources of the Stite ais o people were developing themn e commended this special ieid u fore to every newspaper man whP ales the progress and reputauiou 0 is tate, and said taat suca wora a; tnis ma~kes our State more thau .ere geograpmecat imit. Ii shu vs. as an b done in no ciner way. wna he true wealth and resources 01;e Late are. Lie otheves so uLni it Le on ward and progressive Souiu a: nave no dosot t~t rar best a U iircules fo'r hepO sud p~m~ Oi'ur.o :aoders to Ii wauci. laiecur i hIs reference tu TheL N am lurze~r :Mr, Walsh~ pai datia a ~ ousacr, anl.ia ~athee o fP ad ras4' rete aga Ae r was depl t4au .,u pacu. e a amaM ne Afr Mr. Walih's speech the ed: tors were ont-rr aired at a grand bar q!et at the Nererrv Hotel. Thursday was another field day fo the knights of the quill. Tue norr inz spssion opened at 10 o'clock. Cot siderable miscellaiieou's business wa - trans'ctEd and seeral ne v member were electe. Officers for the ensuin, year were unanimcusly re elected, a ollows: President, E H Aull e7berry Herald aud News; first vic - Icresient, H. G. Osteen, Sumter Dai! LtW: second vice president, Dr. W. 1, Jacoes, Oar Montliy, Clinton; secrf tarv. 0. C. Lin-ston. Audersonl latei liger cr: treasurer, Major F. Melet ers, Ieutsche Z:-tung, CUnarieston, E C. ; chIaplain, the Rev. Sidi B Browne, Christian Neighbor. CoIum bia, 6. C.; executive committee, W W, Bail, Greenville Daily News Lui3 Appelt, Manning Times; M. E 5IL:eSveney, Hampton Guardian. A resolution was adopted looking t the formation of a cenal bureau fo nandling foreign adveAL-ements. ser -rate and distinct from fne State Pres Association. An entirely new feature in Stat Press entertainments was the barb( cue tendered the Asscciation to-day b; the Hon. George S. Mower, who als invited as his guests the county otE cers and the various local entertaiv ment committees, about two hundre in all. carriagej were in waiting a he Newberry Hotel. and the part; .vere c nveyed to a beautiful grove a the Licyclie Park, and they sat dow) to an elegant diuner in good old ba becue style, for which N w berry ha been noted for half a century, bu improved in style by James Dunbar orince of cooks. Tile speec i-making was spontane !)us. Lieutenant UGoverner McSvee aey voiced the sentiments of the fra ernity in besto sing praise u pon th viaole-souled generority of Newbez ry's large-hearted ciLzms, whos guests they were on this special occa sion, and als) commendea Presiden Aall for his able administration ani ais wtri for the Association, and con ciuded by presentmn an elegant silve vater service to Mr. Aul on bebalf o the editors. Tis took Mt. Aull en tirely by surprise, and he could scarce ty fiad words to express his thanks. Editors Knight, Hemphill and Jay nes sade happy reznarks, appreziativ of Newberry's glorious hospitality vith spe;ial allusion to the kindly e: tertainmient afforded the Associatioi oy the Hnm. Geotrge S. Mower. MI Cole L. Blease came to the rescue o President Aull, and made a happy rE spoae, flattering to the sentiment expressed, Mr. AMo.er was loudl; calle:1 for and made an admirable rf sponse, and exp:essetl great pleasar ma having tle editors in Ne *aberry At 6 o'clock the aiembers of tae Assc eiatnon were given a drive about ta e'y, e idin WitU a visit of an bal hour to tae Ne .voerry Collieze. wner - resident.Cromer and Prof. Voigt too caulige of ..the pa ty, and showeJ tnea arough tie iust.tutiOn. Lhurmda- night an eiegant ball is wa given te m noers u !.e Associatioi n IheOpera Eouv, which w-s a.tende a 'ge ;arty o La' b.:aux tann belle .aid tuer cities. tU eff'rts (f tL, citizens of Ne:A to pr unome tne eajyimerL c e Iuss twere conUatued and e ve acrtasea daritg the day, extendin, r n the o!eatabt at 7.3) to tn i o' tne nign. Tae towvnspeopi n to forget ;mneir ovn business al s n their soJ titude for tne comr rt and pleasure of the newspape en,-L who unauimously vote thei reeption the warmlest andmost charnl ig enltrtaia1en in the long record At the woming session Greenville Spartanburg andi G~ltfaey were pr e)Odt as tac piace io~r tile next annua ime'tuag. ThLe vote resulted: Greer vid 25, S;:r:.anurg 11, and Gatl acoy 12. The assijation is promise :andsome entertaianmenL in Greer v~iairan on L'aris Moatntain. Suppiies in Abandance. O onsul Genecral Lee has cabled th - tate Department fromn Havana thun t he a-nount of supplies he uas no~ 0 aand thlere for tne relief of America citzns in distress is abandant an wiul las: for some time. Presumabi ihis statement applies generally to a *e e ;asuiates, for tne consul generi uas been in consu'tationl with his st 0ord.?te consais oa this matter, b Sdirec ion of the Stmeretary of State. A Ia.uy rate, the department will no' pause before moving f urther in the d r ection of distribution of relief. Stei Lad already oeen begun to hurry fo. t"ard su pplies froai this countryi Cuoa just as soon as General Lee a Ineard from. G-eneral Sullivan, cotr Sssary general, Las selected ca ~ihis most experienced assistant: Capt. Davis, w'ao rendered such goc service at Memphis in tue relief o: th i loodi sutierers, to go to Cuba svith tc Isupphies, if necessary, and distribut - aea. u:der tae general piauss or (Ger Ierail Lee. The New York~ commissar diepu.. wats to undertage the purcha1 ofin supphies. 'Then Mr. R. 3 S wtsi, a director in one of the steat ,ni lines plying between New Yor aLd Larana, had ofiered tree trail porta. Lon to Cu ya of the supplies, an everystinngm was in trim to Degin t :nijc' as saan as word came froai Ger cal L-e. No w, no-sever the depart aueat will wait antil iGeneral Lee no uis it that tuere is further need fi relief beore putting' its plan into of crauion. A Eevarend iKascal. Rev. A. G. Harrison, pastor of th People's Tabera :!e2 Wasnington, an a?s ia-iuy disappearea from the: - nme here Tuesday and it is reporte that the reverend. gentleman is $, U sacri in hibsee.suts. He was give ennre charg.e of the enurch fund, anc acuraiug to the cuarg~es, failed. to pa oo f ore f urniture. carpats auc a chure ~or;gau, for wine-uhLie money was give aiand alsu norro wed :arge son te bOie et citu tanernacle, is a lost 'e ex:.enCt o'f "700 Wu'en M. Sarrso 'earuedi taa anfvsgauio .as in' .'-. ~ie by ite cauiren he ut parte d eastily, ie&.m ns no!fuseuCoI ar\. s'... yearxs a'o eagd ed ~ tewrkadgouc oar. I' N do.o: :m'r~~i .~ a ua'uer c dciU e~L ta ma te race. DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR. r AN INEPECTION BREAKS UP IN A BLOODY FIGHT. s Both Sides Make St-atementf. Though Gen erai Watta', Who Was Present. Refuses to S Say Anything-Professor Devis Ir.jured , Badly in the Ro1e of Peacemaker. I The usually brilliant splendid and imposing inspection exercises in Co lumbia were deprived of their peace fulness and general good military dis cipline Friday by a series of fracases on the inspection ground, in which a policeman was badly beaten u by college students and Professor Davis received a severe contusion on the head while attempting to prevent fur ther trouble. The Register says: About how it all started there is a r difference of opinion, but the fact is r that there was a baseball game going on on the collhge grounds between the South Carolina students and the Inde a pendents of Columbia, when the mili tary, consisting of the Governor's Guards and the Richland Volunteers marched on the college green for in spection, the place they have been in spected for years. They were under the command of Col. Wilie Jones with Adjutant Michael Brennen, Gen. t Watts and his staff, consisting of Lieut. Stokes of the United States army t and Maj B. B. Evans were present for purposes of inspecting the troops. The usual inspection was made and nothing happened to indicate that anything unusual was going to take place. The boys went on playing oall, unmindful of the inspection, be ing much more interested in the game. 3 After the inspection was all over, Col. Jones took charge of the troops and there was a drill. Some order brought the troops near the third base t and their further progress was pre I vented by the ball players and specta . tors blocking up the way. Generai r Watts ordered them to move away but f they refused. He then ordered Col. Jon-s to advan-te his troops, which he did. Previously, General Watts had or - dered the policeman there, officer e D.wie, to disperse the crowd. He started to do so, but as soon as it was seen that one policeman could not i move them, Gen. Watts ordered Col. .Jones to advance. The crowd broke f away considerably, but sone of tnem were in a belligerant attitude. They s oroke into the ranks, but so strong .vas the impetus that they were practi cally swept away. 3 Tne next thing the officers of the military knew there was a fight in their rear and the greatest excitment a prevailel among the spectitors and f militiamen. Even some of the men broke ranas, not being able to with r stand the temptation and excitement. i They were soon quieted, ho rever. It developed tnat the ro.v was be s tween a number of Suth Carolina 1 College boys and Policsmiu Dowie. I Phey were bzatiag nina all over the s head with baseball bats and pummeil in)g him generally. -le blew his whistle and his fellow f policeman iled to his rescu-. There i Kas a blooay fight between the two ) and the students. Bats and police t clubs 11:w tnick and fast through the e air, and it was evident that the pi - licemen must soonsuccumb by reason .of superior numbers. In the mean r time Prof. Sloan, acting president of r the college, Prof. Davis and others, -military and civilians, were rus ning s in te pr'event further bloodsned, for there were bloody heads and faces ,without number. In trying to quiet the students Prof. I1 Davis received a severe blow~ across the head cy a bat or something else. -In the general melee it is impossible to d tell who struck him, but, however, it - was not intended for him. Nevei the lees the blood streamed lrom the wound all over his face, and it was at first thought that he was most serious e ly wounued. t Poli;eman Dowie, in the meantime a was one mass of clottedi blood about a hris hair and face. Fmnally he pulled I his pis'.ol and shot to the ground, not y mishing to wound anyone. Tnis with .1 the effort of others, had a desirable .1 efect and the row ended. Policeman - Dowie displayed a bravery in the face y of over wnelming odds that was truly . commendable and heroic. As soon as y all was quieted he went to the police -station, where he had his wounds dress s ed. It was found that the skin of his -skull had been split from the forehead o to the cro wn. It was a dee p and pain s l wound but is not fatal. - Prof. Davis is the only other one e seriously hurt. As already stated, he , was hit in the head and went to the d cliege infirmary last night, but his e- phys.cians stated that his injuries a were more painful than serious. e Tnere were a number of students Sbunged up, but none of them so far as y can be ?earnaed are seriously injured. e As soon as the row was quelled the .troops mnarchied back to ther araiories Sand were dismissed. GiENERAL wATTS. About the raw there cain be no dourbt, but how it all occurred is a o0 qoestion about which there are some LuOts. Gen. Watts was asked to make a statement Fr-iday night, but he de rcined to say anything further than that he was right in all his orders and acions. He said that a military com aiander should not go into explana a tins especially as tne whole thing LI ugut result in a court martial. Br r vond that he would express no opin i on or make any statement. CoL. JONEs STATEMENT. SCol. Wiltne Jones made the foI lowing statement Friday night: Dr. Jas. Woodrow, president of the South Carolina College, gave me writ ten permission to parade on the col lekge grounds last Wednesday, May 26 Gjeneral Watts nad an alill.enon in his lEmily and tue parade was postponed Iuntil inis evening out of respect to is. I old nor think it ncessary t., e et further permission from Dr-. Woodrow, so I did not write to him agm but I supposed the ti>s permir sin w:ould sulice. He asadt me~ to I e the Ea-te-ra part of 'ne oroundsa 1r>ughin th p art spi..y usecd by the Uan play ers. I m2.rched on t aa Eastnu potono t::couud c Oase~ I uch ar oile and kezt 01 ta roud whicr tas goen, mooth sat'c tc cO(. .~L r d ra pads wehe ocerl W2. Smarch forivard, as I muarched for warsi. jfnlinweA by my hatainn the crowd recsded srd -r us no formidable resiVtaV- When the commatud reached a po n r the stand (bsseball,; I halted It, a lTa, that time a row took place in ou- rear, and I saw only one man frcrr. my commatd who took any part :n tne row. My men stood in line 0s I Oc dred them to do and used no violerc ? on anyone that I saw." Prof. Sloan, who is acting -orsidert in the absence of Dr. Wo:drow, was on the scene, but notwithtacding e - forts to see him he could not be found. Dr. Fiinn, who was also present, and familiar with all the circumstances, made the following statement: "Dr. Wood row being absent, Prof. Sloan is acting in his stead as presi 'dent. A few days ago permission was I given the military to have their in- u spection on the athletic field of the t college. Acting President Sloan did not know that such permission haa been given and pending a match game I of baseball between the Independents t and the college team, the military in- I spection was ordered on the field. ' When the troops came up. Prof. Sloan had an interview wit' Genera" Watts, informing him of the match game. General Watts intimated that the grounds belonged to the State and the troops had a right to use any portion of them they wished. Prof. Sloan replied: 'Yes, they be long to the State but are for the uss t of the college," but that the grounds were ample. General Watts renlied that he did not wish to interfere but would take the troops to the eastern portion of the grounds. "After this amiable arrangement and interview, Prof. Sloan thought the whole thing settled, but the troo ps were later formed on the South side of the field, in line with the ball grounds, about third base. 'General Watts and staff took posi tion near the third base, and while the inspection and game were in progress a ball struck Maj Evans' hors . Tne students immediately apoloeiz d, as suring the officers that it was all acci dental. While this explanation was being made, Gen. Watts angrily or dered the policeman in front to clear the way. He then ordered the milita ry to advance, which they did and the crowd got back. Then came the row with the policeman in the rear, with which you are familiar." OTHER FACTS. These are te facts from either side, but it must be said that whoever is at fault, the affair was a most disgrace ,ul one to the State. Prof. Sloan called at the police sta tion last night and had a short con versation with Acting Mayor B:en nen. He expressed the depest regret at the occurrence. Mr. Brennen said that the probabili ties were that no trial would take place Saturday, as it was certain that pjliceman Dowie would not oe able to be present for several days yet. No arrests had been made Friday I iiht but the Chief of Police was I orking on the case and arrests will ollow. Typewriter in Chinese. The Rev. Mr. Sheflield. a Presby erian missionary at Tang Chov, has invented a Chinese type writer, which is said to be a very remarkable ma chine, and is exciting a great deal of comment over there. He made the model himself, b-t sent the parts to a faictory at Hsartford, were made in met al and put together. It turns out to oe a great success and will relievre both the foreigners and the native ChineseI from the necessity of ucing a paint brush and a pot of ink in conducting their correspondence. As near as can be undersiood from the descriotion published in the Chi nese papers. the characters about 4,000 in nun ber, are on the edges of wheels about oine fo'ot in diameter. It re quires 20 0: 30 wheels to carry all the letters, and 'he operator must strike t wo keys to make an impression. The first key turns the wheel and the sec ond stops it at the letter wanted, which is brought down upon the paper by an ingenious device. Althoug'h the machine is compiicated, it showvs a re markable degree of irngeuuity and skill and D:. Sneffield nopes to make many improvements in the way of. simplicity.I The diflculty of his task and theI wonder of his invention ma~y be re cognized when it is known that there are 18,000 characters in the Chinese language, each one of them represent ing a distinct word. There are be t ween 4,000 and 5,000 in commoa use. which he has selected and placed upon I his typewriter. The newspaper voca btiiary of China involves fully that number of characters, but the peasants do not make use of more taan 500 characters. Had to shut Down. IThe Slate dispensary, so Commis sioner Vance says, has been forced to shut down for a week owing to the fact that it has all of its space ta'.en up with stock. The bmxs are p.led up and have left no room for the opera tives. This is due to the delay in the j several dispensers in not sending in' their orders until the end of the mont h. Mr. Vance foand the same troubale last, month. The commissi mner states that he has received complaints from many pints in the State that tne counity dis J pensaries cannot sup ply certain brands of liquors when calledi for, lie says this trouble is likewise due to the fact that the dispensers held back their or-I ders till the end of the monta ann then rush them in, instead of keeping their stocks up by filing ordtrs along darme the monta as they should do. The State dispensary has a comp)lete stock of all the brands of iiquors wanted and is able to furnish them as soon as ordered. Free Thinker Finea.[ Rev. James Hoskirs a preachr o0 the Free Tninker faith, who~ hadi bee ioldmng fort~n or the stre t ofe a1 ta for :30 nig hts, we tried in t'epoe court today and iaed. dis a:- I -as caused by the viciou tem .. emenic he c*aracte-rredCrse nouncing hi' as :prt a n tat hetw urerrso tuf. z.anL kiied wvhi distrbtuu i r au relief fundis near iTh.a Iurke have ee sentencedt to 13 ye.ns atI WEA.TH1ER AND CROPS. HE CONDITION OF SOUTH CAROLI NA3 FARM!NG INTERESTS. lie Regular Weekly BuUetin of the Weath-r Pureau Tsued Monday by Di rector 2aner-The General Outlook. The fo lowing is the weekly bulletin if the condition of the weather and rops in this State issuea last week by )tate Observer Bauer of the South ,arolina section of the United States 7ea.her bureau: During the first portion of the past veekr the tempuerature ranged decided y below the normal with the nights musually cool: during the latter por ion the tmperature rose to slightly bove the normal. The average for the week deduced ron 52 weekly means was 69, and he normal for the same period is ap >roximately 72. The highest temperature was 97 on he 21st at Gillisonville: the lowest 7as 46 on the 18:h at Florence and antuc. Frost heavy enough to nip young orn was observed at Boiling Spring, ipartanbug, on the 17th and traces of rcst in Horry on the morning of the 8:n. There was very little rain during he week, only light scattered showers >n Friday over the northern and vestern counties. Eleven measure nents are repor:ed for the week, rang ne from .03 to .50, and averaging ).17 of an inch. The approximate iormal for the week is 0 88. Rain is ieeded over the entire State, and for dicrops. A destructive wind, rain and hail torm passed over Woodward, Fair ield, on Friday, doing a great deal of lamage to cotton, fruit and gardens. njury was confined to a comparative v limited area. Tne week was nearly cloulless, and Lt many places entirely so. The av rage estimated percentage of the pos ible was 91; the lowest 63 at O.ange )urg. Bat little change was noticed in the ondition of staple crops during the veek except a slight improvement ,enerally in the clor of corn and .tton, towards the close. Earlyin he week the nights were too cool, and he ground is too dry, for rapid growth )f vegetation, but with the rise in emperature and showers in places, vhich occurred on Friday and Sun lay, a better condition has developed. The general tenor of all reports in licates about a good average condi ion of all crcps and this holds good 'or the entire State, with a few local xceptions. Tne prevalence, in inja ious numbers, of cut and bd norms on bottom land corn has been ;he worst adverse condition on any rop to date, and that is abating. Rain is generally needed and would ?ro.e very beneficial. The condition of corn remains prac icaijv th sme as heretofore, it being mal i fo: t. season but with a healthy olor. It is better on uplands than )n bottoms, owing to the poor prepa ration the latter lands received gener iilv. and to the damage by worms mnd crows, necessitating much re lanting and gerally poor stands. Jora nearly all planted and replanted. Is being worked out. The fields are gener-iily clean and in fne tilth. Coton has improved somewhat and no complaints are received of poor :tands, except from Abbeville, Green wood, Edgefield, Barnwell and Salu ia, whtere on certain lands the plant sdying. The iants, while small, are healthy; mnd altnough somewhat irregular as .o sie stands are otherwise nearly perfect, and required very little "patching" by replanting over the state generally. "Chopping out" is progressing rapidly and is nearing ~ompletion in the more easterly coun .es, while in the north western couin ~es is only well begun, as cotton is act all up yet. The plant is in asatis actory condition and in excellent taelo respond to more favrorable weather for growth. Sea Island cot ,n made slow gro wth and stands in 1eed of rain. Oats harvest has begun in the east rmn half of the State, where the crop s not generally as good as it promises .0 be over the western portion. Spring own oats a total failure-they are act generally over three or four inches atgn. Wheat has developed considerable -ust, but not enough to affect the rid. It is ripening and continues >romising, but with many poor fields. Jhinch bugs damaged wheat in Ches ;er and L incaster. Water melons improving but still >ack ward in Barnwell, beginning to .ook well and blossoming in Abbeville Lad Richland. Not doing well and on. sands in Lexington and Hamp o.Setpotato draws plentiful but he weather has not favored trans >anting. Irish p.otatoes needing rain. avorable weather for gathering and hpping truck. Commercial peach crop will be mall, but seedlings Will be quite'plen ;if ul. insects injuring apple trees in Pick. ms. Many complaints of fruit droD yig too freeiy. Grapes are very >roaliinZ over entire State. A large :rop of blackberries being gathered ut rain would do them and other erries very much good. Plums rip ning in eastern counties. Labor in air supply. From the national bulletin ot May .7: *Corn pianting is now in prog 'ss in thae most northerly section, tarmng boegun during the week in North )skota and Minnesota. As aresult of mana' stab ds, considerable replanting i enecssary in \issxiri,Kentucky ind Tesessese. in the southern -aes earir corn is being laid by. ton 'i ored in the Carolinas, a--or a, Ala.bamna and Texas. in the as: oe ate some damage result d :r .exessive rains and insects. ou'gas fare proved unfavorable ' r'asa and Louisiana where aa is are poor and where insects arecauseaZ 'nJary. R'uckefelIdsr Good 31ove. Iis announcedi ia John D. Rock. 'i;er has "ssued -:.a ediet against Sun ta o e :he men e.npioye~I on his "" dee~ -0 1 thte upper and lower aus. n ithe men are expected reao Is to load or unload we ia r of the day or umt intos "sked to work5 a. t .aday and mid a elwuah ter put b 00112 atde surface," - La. "D cork on de e cce aroun' rn' 'tracks a