The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 22, 1902, Image 4

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THE DISPENSARY. The Amount of Business Bone During the Past Year AS SHOWN BY ANNUAL REPORT 01 the [e;.i-tive committtee Ap pointed to Examine the Books and Vouchers of Those Who Manage the Busine~s. The largest and most ini)(rtUt business in which the State is inter ested is the dispensary. 'Th sines for the year ending Novemrt :")" shows that the arvegte busIns.l the dispensa ry ha. bn er - millions of doars. 0 1 t s 'uIl all has been paid out u-iih 'e eXcep tion of 824.174.,:. and the report for the year shows that. t he dispensary ha on hand $6170H worth of' liquo. This 5647.700 worth of liquor is about equally divided between the State dis pensary and the couty dispensaries. The report furth shows that the school fund has ! credit of $611.0 all of which is eviliently in st-oek. dis tributed thr u.: t the State and at the State dispet.;ary. The dispensary owed on December 1. according to tie annual report. 8196,000. There is a great deal in the annual report that will be of interest. The report is made by the special Legislative com mittee. which consists of Senator Sharpe. and Messrs. A. Z. Stroman and Thomas B. Butler. THE ANNUAL REPORT. The comparative statement of as sets and liabilities for the tiscal year ending November 30. 1901. reads thus: ASSETS. Cash in State treasury No vember 30,1901................... 24-174.,3 Teams and wagons (invent ory November 30. 1901...... 64.00 Supplies (inventory Novem ber 30, 1901).................... . 7.1.622.40 Machinery and otfice fixtures (inventory Nov. 30. 1901).... 4.529.53 Contraband (inventory No vember 30, 1901). ......... 272.50 Real estate.............51.747.42 Merchandise in hands of dis pensers November 30, 1901.. 342.152.83 Merchandise (inventory of stock at State dispensary, 11-30, 1901)...... ...... 305,589.20 Suspended accounts............. 2,901.37 Personal accounts due State for tax advanced on bond ed spirits, empty barrels. alcohol, etc........................ 5,290.52 Total assets......................808,344.60 IA ILITIES. Schoolfund............$611,354.38 Personal accounts due by State for supplies, whis keys, wines, beer, alcohol. etc.................................... 196,990.22 Total liabilities. ......$808,344.60 The statement of profit and loss ac count for the fiscal year ending Novemn ber 30, 1901. reads thus: PROFITs. Gross profits on merchandise sold during year..........480490.60 Contraband seizures........ 6,085.91 Permit fees................... 7.50 State's share of profits on beer sold by the Germania Brewing Company,Charles- 1694 ton, during year.........1694 Amount recovered on bond R. F. Z. Holtzclaw, ex-dis penser at Greenville, S. C... 250.00. Amount collected from W. J. Brown, e-x-dispenser at - Cheraw, S. C................ 4119 Amount collected from C. Sartor, ex-dispenser at Union, S. C............... 109.13 .Amount collected from M. T. Pitts, ex-dispenser, 'Salu da, S. C.................. 250 Total gross profits........488,688.77 LOSSES. Supplies-Bottles, corks, l1a bels, wire, tin-foil, lead seals, boxes, nails, sealing . wax, etc., etc., used durmgj year .......................191,406.05 Insurance premium......... 2,843.22 Breakage and leakage....... 377.71 Freight :nd express charges.. 80,117.74 Labor (pay rolls)............20.585.11 Expense Account-Salaries, expenses of inspectors, per diem and mileage of mem bers of State board of di rectors and Legislative ex amining committee, ofiice supplies, lights, telegrams, postage, stock feed, ice, printing, revenue stamps, telephone rent,. etc.......29,348.56 Constabulary $45,127.22, less profi ts withheld from the Ciyof Charleston, to pay expenses of constabulary forces for services in said CW :s July 18, 1901, to October~ 9. 1901. inclusive, as per resoltZ ion adopted by the State board of di rectors October 9th, 1901, $2,515.90..........:..... 42,611.32 Loss by robbery at Williston dispensary on the night of November 9, 1900........... 12.90 Loss by robbery at Seneca. dispensary Oct.22, 1900... 23.75 Loss by robbery at Fairfax dispensary December 12, 1900, $32.41, less amount of goods recovered, $2.48.... 29.93 Loss by robbery at Williston dispensary Jan. 7,1901.... 60.92 Stale beer at Kershaw dis pensary destroyed by order of commissioner............ 34.00 Worthless wine at Summer ville dispe~nsary destroyed by N. H. Stansell, inspector 5.40 Worthless liquors at Laurens dispensary condemned and destroyed by county board of control.................. 32.8 Loss by robbery at the Dar lington dispensary A pril 6, 1901......................... 23.11 Revenue license.............. 125.00 Loss by robbery at Fairfax dispensary on the night of August 14, 1901............. 34.06 Loss by robbery at Adams Run dispensary September 19, 1901.................... 44.29 Loss by robbery at Danville dispensary on the night of September 29, 1901......... 10.77 Total expenses........$..367726.52 Net profits for year passed-to the credit of the school fund .........................120.962.25 The cash statements for the fiscalI year ending November 30. 1901. is as follows: RECEIPTS. Balance in State treasury Nov. 30, 1901.......$ -'143,820.86 Dec. receipts....820.96.72 Jan. receipts... 21.593141 Feb. receipts... 157.33.77 March receipts.... 154,927.29 April receipts.. 157.743.77 May receipts... 134,409.16 June receipts.. 116,34.S3 July receipts... 13.06.55 August receipts.. 126.568.63, Sept. receipts..17,82.21 October receipts 210.799).79 Nov. receipts.. 179,826.17 Total receipts for year 1,952,080.30 Totlr ..1 ..... 2095.901.16 .an arv ............ 3S5,407.11 iebruary ........... 141,5.7S.45 Mlarch ............... 109.218.54 riil................. 133.73.50 lav . 15,86.... 0 ......... ........ 144,61L.54 . .................. 119 .804 .6 Z) August .............. 49 Sept ember......... 95.t42.t October ...... ...... 237.519.(' November ......... 2_11.7n;.46 Total disb)urs-. mients for y'Calr 2.~1 .~2t.-3 Balance in Sinaie. tre'asu rv Nov. -r tht yari pe1,nnanenit il improve nnems have bOeen !u01 de as follows: )i'e bul i(lilg cost ing . ........... ,171. .Xddii ion to main building.... 4.166.81 Vaul di xtures....................... 1.650.00 E!-:vtto .................. 1.540.0) E., alting . 430.(H) Ware house No. 2.................. 535.0) T ota I ................................. 14.494.1 AN OLD TIKE RELIC Of Ain old T m Governor oir the sz-z e oVrsouth' Carolina. Tihe miemirial exercises relative to the ohlicial reopt io:i of t he tablet from t'' grave :f Colonial Governor Wen were held i-i the hali of the House of l'epresentat ives at Columbia Wednes day night. There was a large crowd present. including ladies and gent le men of the city. as well as a number of outsiders. The Governor and Sena tor Marshall and Representative Ba cot entered the House at the head of a number of Legislators and other of icials and prominent citizens. Sena tor Marshall. chairman of the com mittee appointed by the Legislature to prepare arrangements. presided in opening the exercises. He referred to the fact that a tablet from the cotiln of Governor ~Glen had been presented to the State by Mr. John B. Cleveland. who had reserved it from the grave of Governor Glen. who is buried in Scot land. Senator Marshall, in giving a brief historical statement of reasons for this celebration, introduced Prof. R. Means Davis, who delivered an in teresting historical address. Prof. Davis's address was listened to with rapt attention. His closing remarks were most eloquently delivered and his address was most enthusiastically applauded. In accepting the tablet for the State Governor McSweeney said: Ir. Chairman: It gives me great pleasure in behalf of the State and as its representative on this occasion to accept this tablet of Governor Glen. It has already been placed alongside other memorials which stand as the repre sentatives of the valor and the patriot ism of the sons of Carolina. The State has made wonderful progress since the days when Governor Glen stood at the helm and made peace and opened trade relations with the Indians. And yet in that which goes to make a great State South Carolina has always been wealthy. Board acres and~ fast expanse of territory, crowded cities and costly structures do not make a great State, but it takes men, broad-minded men. and these we have ever had. This in cident revives the memories of the past and recalls the sacrifices made and the hardships endured by those who laid the foundations of the Re public. it is a beautiful spirit which prompts the presentation of this mcamorial to the State. and a spirit which should be encouraged, it is an evidence of pataiot ism ana a love of State and a regard for the memories of the past, with their trials and their triumphs, their successes and their failures, which in itself is altogether lovely and com mands commendation. Apart from the tribute we now pay to the memory of one of the Colonial Governors it arouses an inquiry into the history of those times which can not but be'beneticial. It is helpful for the present and means much for our welfare in the future, if we will stop occasionally and study the past and its history. In this purely commercial age we are living too much in the pres ent and not only, apparently at least, care too little for the study of the glorious history we have made as a State, but we are and have been some what indifferent and careless of its preservation. We need to encourage sentiment and a reverence for the men of the past, who have made the history of the Commonwealth great in the sisterhood of States, for by so doing we encourage patriotism and love of country in the boys and girls, and the meri and women of to-day. This presentation has given us a les son in our own history. which many of us did not know, but which we will re member and which will be helpful: To Col. John B. Cleveland. the patriotic son of the Piedmont. I desire to say in behalf of the State, that this memorial tablet is accepted with a high apprecia tion of the noble sentiment and pa triotic spirit which prompted its presentat ion, not so much for the value of the tablet, but for the opportunity it has given to teach a lesson on the Colonial history of our State. Religious Torpor. According to the New York Ob server, this is a period of general religious torpor: "There is no doubt but that v's live in a period of general religious torpor. Some people are in consequence tempted to imagine that. therefore, religion is out o1f date. and will finally pass entirely from the thought and practice of men. Not at all. The religious instinct in humani t~ will reassert itself in time. Per haps. indeed. there are cycles of re igious feeling. Statistics seem to bear that opinion now. It may be that we are now between two flood tides of religious enthusiasm. It is now slack water, but it may be that presently the tide will begin to run flood again. High water may come again in a few years. At any rate, that is a hopeful view to take of the case and if we are to accomplish any thing at all as Christian wcrkers we will need to be inspired by the optimis tic spirit. So long as God is Ive must believe that things will get on, final ly. by His help, and with a little hu man help mixed in. too." A Noted Woman Dead. Miss Mary S. Hill. "the Nightiu gale of the Confederacy," was buried in New Orleans on Sunday, by the Confederate Veterans. She was a na tive of Ireland, but went to Louisiana as a child. During the civil war she enrolled herself as a voluntary nurse~ and was matron of the Louisiana Hlos pital in Richmond. She wa~s sent by Jefferson D)avis on three confidential missions to Europe. Returning to New Orleans while General Butler was in charge. she was arrested and sent to prison. but was released on. the in tercession of the British Consul. When the Louisiana Soldiers' Home was erected Miss Ilill was chosen as its matron but resigned when it was on a firm footing and moved to Brook lyn. where she died on ,Jan. 7. At the request of the Confederate Veterans the~ body was sent from Brooklyn to New Orleans. wher~ it was placed in the tomb) of the A my of Northern CONFEDEATE ROLLS. The General Assembly is Asked to Complete Them by the VETERANS, SONS, DAUGHTERS. They All Ask That the Work be I1o;!e Bel'ore It is Too .ate. The Present Rolls in Bad Shape. The effort to do somethinig now be fore it is too late to perfect the Con federate rolls of South Carolina and preserve them is being pushed before the general assemlbly. There is a great deal to be accomplished and if it is to be accomplished at all it must be done at once. The general plan that the Confederate veterans and the daughters and sons have determined upon will necessitate somile expenses and the legislature is asked to appro priate the money necessary. Again the present rolls are in constant use and are in danger of being ahsolutely worn out from daily tingering. The attention iif the gcneral assembly has been called to this by the custodian who has made the suggestion that they be printed in book form and adds that the sale of the books will proba bly pay for the expense incurred. The printing (if those rolls in this way will of course greatly facilitate the work that the veterans' organization wishes to undertake. The memorial on the subject was presented to the general assembly Thursday and reads as fol lows: To the General Assemly of South Carolina: Your memorialists. constituting a joint, committee of the South Carolina division of United Confederate Veter ans and Sons of \eterans. respectfully represent: [The text '6f the resolution is quot ed. as is also the text (of the resolu tions adopted by the sons.] Your memorialists. in this appeal to the general assembly of their State. holding that there has never been a worthier human cause better incarnat ed than in the Confederate soldier. deem it unnecessary to say more than to emphasize the absolute necessity for legislative action, in order that the men who fought for their count-y shall live in their country's history. The plan proposed by the Veterans, endorsed by the Sons of Veterans. em bodied in thu foregoing resolutions, seems to be the most practicable yet suggested for the complete enrollment of the soldiers of the Confederacy en listed from this State. The Hon. John P. Thomas and his worthy predecessors (all honor to them) undertook this work. but for want of financial aid were of necessity com pelled to abandon it. The Confeder ate Veterans and Sons of Veterans have succeeded to their labors. The proposed plan, briefly stated, is to secure the name of every Con feder ate soldier, by means of a committee1 in each count y of the State. operating through a committee of committees in each township of every county: so that there shall not be omitted from the official confederate rolls of the State the name (if a~ single man who respond ed to the "call to ar'ms." The work will be considered a privilege, ~as well as a sacred duty by those to whom it < shall be entrusted. It is -believed that this method of t enrollment will also he an important 1 aid to the proper officials in the deter mination of claims for pensions, as it 1 is now sometimes difficult for meritor ious, but needy veterans, to obtain i the requisite certificates to entitlec their claims to the favorable consider ation of the pension boards.t Necessarily' there will be required 1 an expenditure of money for the pur chase of county and township enroll-s ment books. whereiht to record names, I and for stationery and stamps. Tos meet this expense, it is estimated that l eight hundred dollars will he required. Your memorialists appeal. with confi-a dence, to the patriotism of the legisla-e tors of the State to make~ the neces-r sary appropriation.t South Carolina should remember her sons, "who, in the (lark hours of im prisonment. in the hopelessness of the hospital, and in t he short. sharp agony of the field, f'oundi support and consola~ tion in the belief that at home they I would not be forgotten." Your memorialists feel that this ao peal to the general assembly would be incomplete without appending theretoa the action of the South Carolina di-t vision of the Daughters of the Confed- T racy, at their annual convention held t Sumter. S. C.. in November. 1901. O s follows: "Resolved, That the South Carolina :ivision of the Daughters of the Con- ' federacy hereby pledges its hearty co peration with the Veterans and Sons I f Veterans in their efforts to comn- I plete and perfect the enrollment of all ~ veterans of South Carolina who ren- Ia ered military and naval service to 1 he Confederate States from 1861 to s 865. and that the president be re uested to 1ppoint one or more mem bers from each chapter in the State to ct with th(e committee appointed by the Veterans and Sons of Vterans. "And inasmuch as this enrollment - C f veterans 'jy counties and townships , will involve considerable expense in the matters of p)ostage and the prepara tion of the proper books and station ry, be it further "Resolvec, That the State division f the Daughters of the Confederacy,t in convention assembled. do most_ eartily endorse and commend toi the favorable action of the legislature the remorial cf the joint committee of Veterans and Sons (if Veterans. for the approp:iation of eight hundred ollars for these purposes."~ The memorial is signed by C. Irvine Walker. commanding South Carolina division. Unlitedl Confederate veterans: I. Butler Jiagood, commanding South u Carolina division. U~nited Sons oif Con-1 federate veterans: Zimmerman Davis. ri :ommanding First, brigade. South f Carolna division. United Confederate a veterans, chairman of joint coimmit- I tee. J. IH. Steinmneyer. WV. HI. Ed- I wards, R. R. Hlemphill. J. L. Coker ( James A. Hoyt. Theodore Kohin. corn r mittee on the part of United Confed- I rate veterans. D. H. MIeans. M. L. d Bonham, E. HI. Au'. Francis HI. Wes- I ton, August Kohn, R. M. D~avis. W. A. t Kelly. J. E. Norment. Henry W. Con- r nr. D). A. Spivey, Charles G. Dantz- c er, E. .J. Watson. cimmit tee on 1 he part, of United Sons if Con federate ete-rns. The Governor's Chaplain. Th'le Rev. W. J1. Copelanmd of Ain rerson. a Baptist minister who has e charge of a numbcr of churches in f; Anderson, has been appimntedl by the f; governor chaplainm on his stail' with ( the rank of lieutenant colonel. The i stall has heretofore been without a t rhanlain. CLAIMS UNI5AID SALARY. rhe state said to Owe the Late Seua tor Earle a Balance. The Columnbia State says 'the claim ,f the estate of the late Senator Earle 'or balance due on his salary as circuit. udge will no doubt occasion some sll' )rise. The alildaNits accoipa nying he claii which is in the hands of Ion. lH. A. .Morgan state that in his ast illness *senator Earle spoke of the act that the Stre of South Carolina >wed hin over a thousand dollars. but lid not state in what way and. on ac :ouint of his critical condition, he was !orbidden to speak of business mat :ers again. '"Within the last twelve months SIrs. Earle received some intimation :at such an amount was due herself is the adininistratrix of the estate. 4he caused an investigation to be nade by Capt. J. A. Mooney and her ;on. Maj. Jno. 11. Earle. As Capt. )iooney himself died suddenly within :he past few mow;nths. MIaj. Earle has aken charge of the matter. Capt. .io(oney had been Senator Earle's part ier in the practice of law. 'The athidavits and other exhibits ;how that Gen. Earle was commis sioned judge on T.he 13th of December. l[94, and served continuously in that :apacity until the ist of January. i897. a little over two years. All the n1oley that he received (uring that :ime was ,G.325. "The legislature had passed an act )n )ec. 22. !893. reducing the salary >f circuit judges to S3.000. bu the reneral appropriations act of 1894 re tored the salary to 13.500. For this %eason there occurred the discrepancy >f $1.066.(;6 which is claimed to be iue the heirs of Gen. Earle. $500 a ear for 1wo years and . for the lilference in time between the 1ath of l)ecemher. 1894. and the 31st of .lanu try. 1897. at the rate of $20,4.25 per -inth instead of ,250 the rate at vhich he was actually paid." A Slick Swindle. A short time ago a. well dressed tranger wa.s arrested in Columbia for rying to beat Mr. S. B. McMaster out f a tine gun. The stranger repre ented himself to be the son of Mr. W. k. Clark, and the plan was a pretend d lease of two guns for a hunt. The uns were sent to Wright's hotel. Mr. IcMaster suspicioned that the fellow vas a fraud, and followed the guns to he hotel. When he got. there he ound the fellow getting ready to cave on a train with the guns. Mr. IfcMaster had the fellow arrested and ocked up. It now appears that the ame is being worked in several South rn cities, and the Charlotte police are ooking for a man who worked the ame suo:--ssfully in that city. The Vashington police have written the >olice of Charlotte and say that the tame was also worked in Washington. Che following description is given of )me of the swindlers by the Washing on police: "About 25 years old, 5 et 93 inches tall, medium build, fair 'omplexion, smooth face, clear add ress, ears a silk hat, dark or black suit. lack overcoat, light silk scarf with luster pin, and of v.ery stylish appear me." Dealers in line guns had bet er look out for these rascals. Tillman's Neat Thritst. In discussing a hilt in the Senate br. Hoar, referring to the training of alors in civil life, said there was an ther l'act not generally known. Our ndependence in the war of the revolu ion had been won at sea. It was not he French alliance. but the rate of naritime insurance which compelled he unwilling moaarch to come to eace. The rate of insurance on Eng ish comnmercial ships then was 2$ per ent in the Mediterranean. After r. Bac . had protested that it was he valor of our soldiers and sailors hat enabled the colonies to gain their ndependence and not the rates of in urance on English ships. Mr. Tillman nsisted that Mr. Hoar should give omne of the credit of achieving inde endence to the ether colonies than few England. Amid laughter and ,pplause, he fleclared: "There's glory nough to go round, as our great ad niral in command at the batte of San iago said." The Rurat Free Delivery. The Spartanburg .Journal says the ural free postal deliver. system prom s to give congress some trouble, articularly in regard to the amount if compensation which shall be given be rural carriers. When the service c'as started, compensation was placed t $300 a year, and it was expected h t a sufliient number of ca rriers rould be glad to obtain the positions .t that figure. The trouble is that n some routes the pay is sufficient, rhile on others it is entirely inade uate, and several proposals have been aade as to the exact sum that would est cover all locations. The post aster general has increased the comn 'ensation from $300 to $400 and then rom $400 to $500 a year. but even the itter tigure was not satisfactory, and te has asked to -be relieved of the re ponsibility of fixing the salary, turn ag the question over to congress. Two Children Killed. The Augusta Herald says the train n the Coast Line which left Augusta hursday afternoon killed two negro hidren just below Biarnwell. one ten ars and the other three years old. t seems that tile children were play ag along the side of the track and hen the train neared they tried to ross. but the engine struck them be ore they got across. The death of he little children was real pitiful. The der one had the baby on his back laying horse when the engine strucs hem. killing them both. Enginer ~erge Wilson was driving the engine, ut did not see the children in time to top. ______________ A Public Beneuit. An illustration of how new money rought in circullates and helps build p a townl is to be scene in Charleston. 'he government bought a sit~e for a aval station there. The parties r(.mf whlom the land was acquired used part of the money for buying, re .uilding and refitting the 0old Millsj Iuse. at tile corner (if Meeting andi ueen streets, making of it one of the! ust modern and desirable hotels in~ he state. it was opened the other v under the name of the SL. .ohn's Ilotel. Old Charlestonians and old ime visit ors to that city will be rather eretful that the name has been hanged. _______ MIust Run On Time. A new railroad law went into etTeet aTexas on the first instant. It re uies trains toi r'un in accordlance with heir pub~lished schedules unless delay i by unavoidable accidents. If they i to run on time without suchi satis ctory encse they incur the penalty tile law. This new law is giving .nmense satisfaction to the many raveling people who have to wait and -ai and wait on belatedl train. THE HOUSE MEETS. [CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.] will do what is right. 'I he S1 ate will not permit itself to be overrun by 1he scum of the earth. le favors the dis pensary. though not as at present managed. The constitution merely provides that liquor shall not be sold by the drink. Ie is eternally opposed to the drenching of the State in blind tiger liquor, and this bill would not d that. Dr. K inard stated that he did not mean to retlect on Charleston in an op probrious way. merely to cite Charles ton as a county opposed to the dispen sarv. 3Mr. Dorroh 'favored the bill. Each county is best litted to settle the mat ter for itself. Mr. Izlar of Barnwell had seen bar rooms, prohibition and dispensary in his county at different times. le be lieves in the dispensary. Baleful influ ences will be brought to bear when the question is taken to the polls and pro hibition may. nominally, triumph. lie declared that the prohibition era iII Barnwell was tle most demoralizing in its history. 1r. Morgan of Greenville spoke in favor of the bill. The closing argument for the bill was made by Mr. Sanders. the author of the bill. If there is "o be disintegra tion. at whose hands will it be disinte grated-e With all of the machinery of th'e dispensary in operation, if it be voted out hy the people, then is that not evidence that it is objectionable to them? If it is not objectionable, why be afraid of this bill? If the peo ple of a county oppose a dispensary they have no way in the world to get rid of it now. Mr. Gunter of Aiken and Mr. M. L. Smith of Kershaw opposed the bill. The latter admifted that the measure is founded upon true and good Demo cratic doctrines, yet it would not be wise to have this whole matter opened and the State thrown into turmoil. The vote torecommitwas taken and the bill was recommitted, or virtually killed, by the following vote: Yeas-Speaker Stevenson. All. Aus tin. Banks. Beamguard, Bivens, Blease. Brooks, Butler, Carter, Coggeshall, Crum, Dean. DeBruhl, Dominick, Efird, Elder. Estridge, Gaston, Gour din. Gunter, Haile, Bardin, Hollis, Hough, Humphrey, Izar, James, Jarni gan. 0. L. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, eels, Kibler, Kinard, Lide, Little, Lomax -Lyles, McCall, McLaughlin, McLeoA, McGowan, Mishoe, Morrison, Moss. Nichols,.Rainesford. Richardson. Robertson, Seigler, M. L.~Smith, Stro man, Tatum, Theus, J.P. Thomas.Jr., Thompson, Towill, Wolling, Webb, Wells, West, Williams, Wilson, Woods, Woodward-66. Nays-Ashley, Bacot, Bolts. Brown, Bryan, Colcock, Cooper, Dennis, Dodd, Dorroh, Dunbar, Durant, Fox, Fraser. Freeman. Galluchat Hill, Kirx-y, Lockwood. Lofton, Kogan, Mauhin, Mayson, DeGraw, F. H. MIcMaster, Jno. McMaster, Morgan, Murchison. Nesbitt, W. L. Parker, Prince, Pyatt, Rankin, C. E. Robinson, Rucker. Stackhouse, Sanders. Seabrook. Sink 1cr, J. B. 'Smith, Vincent, Weston. Whaley. Wingo-45. THEsE PASsED. Mrs. Sander's bill to regulate the manner of.paying to towns and cities their share- of dispensary profits pass ed second reading. The bill provides that the county treasurers of the severral counties of this State shall not pay to the authorities of the several cities and towns entitled to dispensary profits their share of such profits except upon the warrants of the county supervisor. It shall be the duty of the county supervisor of each county wherein dispensaries are located, upon a proper showing to issue warants to the authorities of the cities and towns for thcir respec tive share of the dispensary profits in the same manner as other warrants are issued by-the county supervisor. The house gave second reading with out discussion to Mr. Dodd's bill to require electric street railway com panies to affix vestibules to their cars for the protection of motormen. The bill provides that electric street rail way companies shall affix to their cars or coaches suitable vestibules for the protection of the motormen. That corporations running and operating electric street railway cars or coaches who fails to comply with the provi sions of this act within six months shall be subject to a penaity of $10 per day, to be recovered by any itizen in the city or town where such corporation does business for the bene fiet of the State. TIIE STATUS OF DOGs. A measure of some importance which passed second reading was Mr. J. C. .obertsons bill to declare all dogs and hitches returned and listed for taxa tion to be personal property, with all the remedies and rights incident to the wnership of other personal property. Section 1. That all dogs and bitches, which are now returned and listed for taxation or shall hereafter be returned by the owners thereof and listed on the tax books of the county auditor of this State for taxation, are hereby declarefs personal prope-ty, and the owners thereof shall have the remedies for amages and other causes of action for the enforcement of their rights to. -ogs and bitches which are now inci ent to the ownership of all other per sonal property: provided, no dog or bitch not so returned for taxation shall be considered or held to be per sonal property by the courts of the State. Section 2. That all acts or parts of ats ideconsistent with this act be, and re hereby, repealed. De mocracy's Gain. The State says in one day the Demo ratic contingent in the United States senate gains two valuable members by the election of Gorman in Maryland nd McCreary in Kentucky. Mr. Gor ans ability as a politician may at times have been exaggerated, but here can be no doubt that he is in hat respect the equal of any D~emo rat in the senate, and if he applies imself .to the formulation of the par y policy along lines with which the ank and file are in sympathy his re urn to active participation in nation l politics will be a real gain to the Democracy. The election of "Jeems" cCeary .completes the restoration of Kentucky to her normal status as a D emocratic commonwealth represent d by D)emocratic officials. McCreary as Eerved as governor of his State and for several terms as congressman, he ossesses abitity as well as experience nd has always been a staunch party an. With Blackburn and McCreary s her senators, Kentucky's represen tat ion in the upper house compares ost favorably with that of any other State and surpasses the present aver age of southern States. LCvE as an anti-fat seems to have >en very effective in the case of t he Wisconsin woman who sued a man for ~5.00 damages because she lost thirty our.ds of flesh when he married an her woman. A BOLD ROBBERY. Seven Mask Men Hold Up and Rob a Mail Train. I' sooutilounCd K1alnsas Cit y South ern, passenger t rain was held up Thur: - day night at 1 'ock. half a mile noli of Spir, 1. T.. bY seven naa.ked miien. The express and imail car were entered. The local safe in the ex press car was opened. but net -hing secured from it. The robbers tried to open the through safe. but failed. Then they ritled the mail car. and its said secured a quantity (f register ed ma if. The scene of the robbery is 15 miles from Fort Smith. A report from there says that Unit ed States marshals are scouring the country in search of therobbers. Three suspects. miners. have been arrested and taken to Potiau. 1. T. Railrod and express otlicials decline to state how much booty was taken. It is said. -however. that the rbberr, got away with $2.000. Te rol))ers Ia gg ed the i rain bet ween Spiro and iled land. While two of the seven men covered tile engineer and fireman with revolvers others forced a porter who had appeared on the steps Cof the for ward coach to uncouple the baggage car from the train. John Ploc:k. tra velinug salesman from Fort Smith. alghted from the train and was about to fire unenol( one of the robbers when he was prevented by Conducter Sullivan who feared that the men would fire into the passenger couches. The baggage car uncou pied the engineer was compelled to pull up the road a distance of one mile. There the robbers, after disarming the mes senger. went through the baggage and mail car. Their work finished. one of the robbers handed the messenger the revolver taken from him and all made for the timber. Postoflice o(liciali deny that any registered mail was tAken. anti the ex press ofticials say that one package containing :5 covers their loss. Spiro is a small station near the Arkansas river in Indian territory. It is a desolate place in the timber. which affords good cover fOr a robbery. Pu teau. the second station south from Spiro, was the scene of a former train hold-up. A FUN1Y CASE. A Thief Accuses the Man He Robs of Being a Thief. George I. Kline. of St. Louis. and Robert L. West. of Cincinnati. were arrested across the river from New Or leans Wednesday morning, charged with robbing the trunk of T. E. Mlan ners of Chicago, of about $2.500 worth of jewelry. They are alleged to have represented themselves on last night as Manners and another guest, at the St. Charles. paid the bills and left with the b)aggage. They crossed the river in a skiff and were caught before the train came, on which they expect ed to leave, through the watchfulness of a news boy. who had read the story in the iewspapers. Later in the day Mannmers wvent over to identify the property and Kline accused him of being a thief under an alias. As the whole affair had a suspicious appcarance. MIanners was also arrested. The police believe he may be Kerns, the New York jew elry thief. and Chief of Detective Titus. of New York. sent a telegram here which strengthens the idea. Manners claims that he is with his f'ather in the lpawn brokerage business at Chicago. and that the jewvelry taken was unredeemed pledges he was trying to dispsofFit daodpins. a odwatch, a dia mond brooch and some pearls are in the lot. A dispatch from New York says Capt. Titus. of the detective bureau. of that city said that he had received disnatches from New Orleans. which said that a man believed to be the missing valet. Kerns. who is accused of having robbed Paul G. Thebaud of $50.000 worth of jewelry here. was un der arrest there. He added that~he had received a detailed description of the man under arrest and that he be lieved him to be Kerns. lie said the description tallied very closely. event to the gold tooth Kerns had. Ste-ps are to be taken looking towards the complete identification of the arrested man. If this is established requisi tion p:spers will be applied for ~if neC A BRAVE FIGET. A High Sheriff and a Deputy Sheriff Killed by Highwayman. A dispatch from Guthrie Oklahoma. says Sheriff Frank Smith and his de pkuty George Beck, were killed by high waymen early Wednesday morning in thle vicinity of Anadarko. Oklahomna. the home of the ottieers. A posse of 100 men started immediately on the trail (of the murderers but no arrests have been reported. The posse expects a tierce fight be tore the men shall be taken and it i known that the noiorious highway - men Bob1 McCune Cravens and Bob Sims. are at the head of the gang, in that region. SheritT Smith was appoilnt ed from Nornian. Okla.. where he had been on the sherifis and marshal's forces for a number of years. A num ber of murders and robberies arc charg-i ed to the gang that murdered the of ticers. and efforts to capture them have been made by all the ollcers in that vicinity. Sheriti Smith and D)eputy fleck met death while storming an Indian hut eight miles west of Anadarko. High waymen on Sumday night had held up and robbed persons going home from church and Smith and Beck. accom panied 0y Deputy Briggs, located the robbers early Wednesday mlorning in the hut. in attemp~ting to enter Srnith was shot through the breast and died in a few minutes. Bcck also was shot through the breast and his left aria was shattered. Briggs was not injured. The highway men robboed the dead bodies of the of ticers and then lied. Sheriff Smith made .a (lying effort to arrest the rob bers and shot several times through the dloor and walls after being wo4und ed. Beck continued the light until kiiled. A Fatal Cave In. Ini a cave-in at the Ada mine at (ar terville, 310.. four miners I st the ir I lives. another was inj ured~ fatally andi I seversi others were seriously hurt The action was causedl by tihe prema ture explosion oCf dynami tc. w hic blocked the entrance to the mine. IL took several hours' work by the men from adjoining mines before the im-C priennned miners were reached. A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE. An Earthquake Shock Brings Wreck and luhin to a Mxican Towti. One of the most terrihie catas t rop. : *xr recorded in t he st ates of Guerrerl Mlexico. is reprted to have occUrre( late Friday afternoon when an extremeiy violent eart lhquake shick was ft at Chilpair-ngo. c.musing a great .s ife an.i nji:4g in:uiy persons. letails froin the stricken district are very meagre but scatter ing reports received here Frid:y ni;iht indicate that probably :09 persns were killed and as many more injured. It is knowii that the state capitol. the parish church and nia::y business houses and residences are in ruins. and there is much sufferiUn; as a re result of the awful seismic dibtur hance. One of the edifces that suf fered'most was the federal telegraph olice. which explains the paucity of news that has so far reacnedl this city. Later meagre details began to arrive here. The telegraph lines and appara tus at Chilpancingo were badly dam aged. but the employes. all of whom were uninjured. quickly proceeded to erect an improvised telegraph Ocliec on the outskirts of the city. The number of deaths was g -eater in the parish church than ir any single place, as a crowd of wors'ippers were gathered there for the afternoon service. The solid masonry-walled room came toppling down on the wor shippers as if it had been wrenched from its bearings by a thousand strung hands. Several people were k1illed there. The war department has or dered the troops in the neighborhood to co-operate in the work of rescue. Until this work is completed it will be impossible to accurately learn the number of victims. It is believed however, that this is one of the most destructive seismic phenomena that has occurred in Mexico. The German part of the population of Chilpancingo are camping out under tents around the town, which is tive days' journey from the national capital. Earthquake shocks were felt in many other cities and towns. In Mexico City the earthquake took place at 5:I7 Friday after'oon and was of such violence as to shake the most substantial buildings. The pan American congress was in session at the time and many of the delegates were greatly alarmed. The first move ment was one of trepidation and was very sharp. It was followed by an easier oscillatory movement north northeast to south-southwest. The duration was fifty-fiye seconds. The damage in this city was only slight. The state of Guerrero has always been the focus of seismic disturbances. Reports received here Friday night state that the shock was very severe at Chilapa. No casualties are so far reported from here. In duration the Chilpancingo shock was less prolonged than that in Mexico City. having lasted fifty seconds against fiftyv-five seconds at the capital. st. Peter'. Chair. The actual material chair of St. Po ter is now venerated in his basilica ini Rome, and enshrined in the splendid -ronze throne supported by colossal1 Sgures of four doctors of the church, SS. Ambrose,'Augustine, Athanasius and Chrosostom, the whole weighing 2I3,000 Rloman pounds. The actual seat is a simple oak-chair, which only in the ninth century was adorned in fron t with ivory plates. Until the time1 of Alexander VIII. the position of the -elic frequently chaned. In the old at church of St. Peter, built by Con- I et antine between 320 and 350, the chani ' la d a place of honor at one of the sides in the bnpisisal chapel ercetedi by Pcpe Dama~isens. In those days the Roman pontifis used to seat them re!ves upon this-chair in order to ad- ] mnnister confirma~tion to the neo phytes just baptised. In the cighith 2enturyv con temporary pitrsrep resented the chair as kept in the ora tory of St. Leo. Archaeologists like De Rlossi and Maruechi have proved the existence of this venerable reli as far back as the 'second centur3I Even at that time it was looked upos vith the highest veneration as a ma terial proof of the apostolic succes sion. In the sixth century A bbot Johr,. is recorded as having carried some o01 the oil from the lamp ever burning be fore the a postolic throne to the Loin ard Queen Theodolinda.--Tablet. I Sr:nlnm: of the Sutu Treaty. S The sutan. of Suiu was persuadedt to r;. the treaty with this country byv me:ns of a phonograph. The sultan ~ n-1 his suite were assembled on the dTh-.i of the man of war Charleston. rn d prelimidnary negotiations were ompleted and terms agreed upon, but ~ the sultan would not sign. Every-et fort to put hin1 in good humor had t failed when Gen. Bates had a phono- I grap)h set up on deck. When it began g to pour forth th. words of "There'l' ea Uot Time in the Old Town, To U~, the rrnnm'ers of the sultan's ~ite were variously strickeu with t fear and delight. The sultan was arma-ed. and on being permitted to t tpekl into the machine and hear his y s-u voice reproduced, his suspicions r -f the Americans vanished. Hie rompi' ty andc in great -good humor zr.e-d Ihe tr-saty.-Goldcn Days. a snedish Lannd Arrangremei't. t in Sweden they have a laad arrange. a neat of this kind. The farmer wiil u give a tenant so mrsny acres of ground, ( >rovided the tenant will give him so nany days' labor for so many years, he labor to be paid as wanted.-N. Y. sun. Warned in Time. Tired Treadwell-lHIold on; don't gog o dat house fer grub. Samiterind Sim-Why not? "I seen a delivery boy takin' a snowa hovel in dere 'yistady."-Chicagoe Limes-erad Familiar Phenomenon, c The "bloody rain" reported in Italy s1 s a phenomenon familiar to natural- i' sts. The microscope has demon- d trated that the redness of the Red3 ea, of rare snow and occasional rain n s due to living organisms transportedh >y abnormal atmospheric conditions. .f ometimes lurid ashes and scoriae rom active volcanoes produce the ame effects. The "fata morgana" is mirage of the Straits of Messina and r4 s not rare.-~rhicago Chronicle-. But, Oh the Fun,.i Phil Ossifer-Young man, a rollirg tone gathers no moss. Mr. Flitabout-Oh, I know, Phil, 'I >ut think what a deuced lively time a t has rolling!-Ohio State Journal. t< C Put Him to sleep. si Poet-Did you get my book of son- p; iets that I sent you? His Friend--Oh, yes-dedightful! I L :ouldn't sleep till I'd read 'em"-Tid- it The Governor's Meisa. The annual message of Gov. Mc ;weenev was sent to f-he General As ;embly on Tuesdyiv of last week. It is ciirmikaly dra r ;md si rong paper. rhe goverior takes U decide(d position every inportant (uestion now be "ore the peple of South Carolina, and while some may not agree with him in ;one of his recommendations, .still here will be none to say that hestands lot squarly for what Ie belives tobe for the best interests of the people and the material advancement of South "aarlina, and does not hesitate to say vhat course he thinks best to pursue. The governor, after a brief introduc Lion gives a review of the financial con :lition of the State and calls attention to the fact that in order to meet the expenses of the State government it became necessary for the State Trea surer to borrow $70,000, and in order to meet the interest on the State dept. to borrow $100,000 additional. "Thi i-etion was made necessary by the fact that a very small proportion of the taxes had been paid at.he close of the year." He thinks it is best that the time for the payment of taxes without penalty should be fiixed, and it should be understood that there will-'be no xtension. This year it becameneces ary again to extend the time untif March, 1902. In discussing the subject >f taxation. the governor thinks "there is no subject in which there is MaM coom for reform." and makes sevez. .ecommendations in regard to the luties of the township and countr boards of assessors, which if carrle' >ut would no doubt secure a more !quiptable assessment of property., The governor strongly recommends that the legisltature take somt actioi looking to the bettermentof the-pub bighways of the State.- He cals itten- - Lion to the great influx of people-for, - the past few years into our towns and :ities and the fact that these halI.: rapidly been built up at the eipense& >f th9 surrounding country. One of' the p ime causes of the abnormallfio f population into the cities is te be found in the public highay3i which in- most counties at certa, ieasons of the 'yeer are impasse ible. This is an evil, which if possible' ;hould be remedied. Bu't laying aside. vils of this character, the g6.e. o irgues that good roads are paying Ind vestment and gives figures to provehis Lssertion3. In regard to child labor,the governo recommends that "no child naer. ,welve years of- age be pernitedtoKa.; bor in the manufactoriesof this $tt tnless it be necessaryfor the spppor f a widowed mother." Fotbis pas bioi he gives two main reasons: in "there is no doubt that to keepk-.W ;mall child confined at labor'Indbe nills is-injurious to the child aysDa mnd mentally." Second, ThefltaberiaL >rosperity of the South wilIbeijded? y the labor of children in themuill.: Compulsory education in Sout~iOui ina, between the ages :of eightand :hirteen, for at least twelve, weeks of she schooliterm, is recommended. Thea governor points to the fact- thatnalli ~he civillized' countries of the worldd mnd two-thirds of the'statesoaf(hur ownd Jnion have compulsory educationlaws'y mnd strongly argues in favor of hesy em in this State. A brief rg.vew ef! 1ll the State institutions, commendig heir work, is given. Veiy little is said about the dispen; ary. The- governor thinksth aw is more strongly than everen renched in the State and that as the2 entiment of all the people grows~oe Lud more in favor of the efreet >f the law, as it has done withinth ast few years the constabulary feature hould be abolished altogether. The work of the State boardofhealdli luring the year, and the recoime , ions of, the board. are called to thir .ttention 'of the legislature. 'Ei rovernor thinks that in recent yeaifft uts been the custom of the Stateto five too much power to corporations oing business within its bodnds. *H ~ives a review of the work of the a to ey general in fighting the trust and 'ommonds him in his efforts. County government and Ioaflegisla-' ion are briefly touch-ed upon and thie ttention of the general 'as- 1 emo!ly especially called to th'e jury law nd to th~e laws in regard to the 'cof. rol of coporations. The work during' he year of the State Hospital and the tate penitentiary is revieved. Both astitutions have prospered and are nder excellent management. The governor strongly recommends hat the State bye redistricted. '"There no longer any use for ths shoe-string istricts which we have in this State," nd the- State should be redistricted without regard to the political for unes or interest of any individual." The most important recommenda-. ions made are those in regard to the rohibit-ion of child labor . rin the 1anufactories of the State and comn ulsory education. The position of the overnor on these questions cannot be listaken, and his recommendations on liese questions if carried out will ad vance a long way both the intellect al and matterial interests of South. arolina. Explosion in a Postoffiee. J. W. Martin. a Knoxville postofle erk, was injured Friday by the ex losion of a package of powder, nitro lycerine or an infernal machine. chile stamping letters and packages 'ith the "received'' stamp. a package idressed to a local hardware house dploded when struck with the stamp. xamination showed on it the name a New York smokeless powder con ~rn. The interior of the package iowed a tin box in which the explos -e had been packed. The~local firm isclaim having ordered such apak te or having been notified of its ship Lent. The postal aiuthorities have agan an investigation. Arrests may >llow. .Joy Over a Libel Suit. The Times. of Philips, Wis., has cently been sue~d for libel, Instead of seping the case out of its columris le paper comes out with the follow ig matter in two-column headlines: A Red Letter Day for the Times. he Preliminary Papers are served4d, Suit for Libel in which the damages' >be claimed may be $50.000. 'i 'victed Where shall we get the :11'." 1Delinquent Subscribers, please ty up. We can give a check on the rv Mountnain Marine Bank of the ist A tlantic. to save a suit, but will be acceptedy We know it cannot casnherl."