Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 12, 1907, Image 4
LOST BIG SUMS.
Dispensary Run on Loose Methods
'Irregularities Being Common
SO EXPERTS REPORTS.
Charleston Owes Over Thirteen Hundred
Dollars After Adjustment of
Account.?Farnum's Beer Kstabllshemeut
Financed by the State,
Which liOM by I'nuuthoriicd Actions.?State
Will Lose Heavily.
in its report tiled with the State
dispensary commission the American
Audit. Company charge chaotic conditions
of bookkeeping, gro?s neglect
of duty, misapplication of large funds
nd loose methods of conducting the
i.istitution. Startling disclosures are
made and the report asserts that the
State lost many thousands of dollars.
The company says that with opport
inity of ^xamin:ng missing books disclosures
dwarfing those just made
would result. It submits a bill for $8,000
for its services.
Many irregularities and criminalities
are charged in the report, which
consists of 250 typewritten pages.
For one year alone arbitrary entries
aggregrate $100,000 and one book
over $30,000. Illustrating the loose
methods the report says:
UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES.
"In order to illustrate more fully
the extent to which unauthorized entries
were carried, we rrfer in detail
to two entries in journal 1, folios
123 and 124, for $5,000 each, under
date of September 30. 1906, made
for the purpose of transferring
$10 ,000 from the account of the Carolina
Glass Company to the account
of the Richland Distilling Company.
It appears that on April 11, 1904, the
sum of $5,000 was paid over to the
^Mtefalinctto National Bank of Columjfg
nrfor credit of the Carolina G'ass
^SP^^^ppany and that on May 12, 1905,
|e|i|lj^padditianal sum of $5,000 was paid
raflnHpthe bank cited, for a like purpose
H^^vhese amounts were erroneously paid
^fj^r by the Palmetto National Bank to the
Richland ^Distilling Company.
' Tk? ?i . . -i
Mff in iJfl'W*"11'..! *cicucu i?i nu^ve
i urere charged on the dispensary
I books to the Carolina Glass CompI
any's account and the wrong applia
cation of the $10,000 was presumabB
ly discovered by the auditor of th->
S ' Carolina Ccass Company during the
H ?ill of 1906. A refund from the KicV
1 tnd Distilling Company being unobIgraHtdnable,
the entries mentioned above I
Eg Bwere passed on the dispensary books
Bvrilhbut the authority, so far as we
BSjjHareable to ascertain, of the proper
UjUHIp^dala.
O [ f'The characteristic inattention anH&HjaBot&ted
above shows that the physiS
Bkl condition of the accounts was.an
ftknown quantity to the party or
B&j&tiArties responsible for their keeping,
responsible times elapsing before
9S9^Bcovery and adjustment too*
Huny of the original invoices are
HnBa^Ron tile. The minute book of the
H B;d for 1005 has been "misp'aced. "
RSnOB^Ktest of the cash receipts of Comm
loner Crum and Tatum, says the
misapplication is clearly espj
H|ed. Many items appear to
^^ga^^^Ben intentionally omitted from
3 Hks and the company's reprereach
in
devot.me
rs'
t and ihe
with
a^ho account
the report
3j?H||^H^^ffMnrgreements bei$||P!^Bs
vstablisnnu nt and the
raptors as to the amount
to Jhe Pa'^ ^e Srate on the
H^Kaoid weip changed at inierva.s
jjSnit any ivcords of such charges
& critical on^ervation of the manHHHfetnt
of transactions carried on
with this company in successive stages
dSipels the id^a that a fair profit
over aceured to* the State out of
j the and repurchases of beer.
* "B?reupplitd bv this company to
digjSfliors and hotels for account of
tht^Keosary was billed to the latter
fhautution at prices apparently
agrSN&upon. although at interva u
additional invoices were rendered to
the tflfcensary, recharging Suite
proflttf*3n original purchases resold
to the State as herein indicated.
That tbc dispensary officials acquiesced
to a refund of State profits is
shown bv the credit? given for the
adition al invoices. No trace of the
authdra@fc.room which this aequiesence
emanated could be found.
FINA.NCED ?gjBj?^AT?.
"The abandon*
P! 1 1 >ifted firotcost
olina h? tl ' 8outh Car"
"No a^roe nent or contract between^fHHpate
board of directors
and this company could be located,
and it *hin?$herpfore impossible to !
verify the correctness of the prices
and term* from whi.-h sales and on .
chases originated.
"A thorourfHf.nvesti^atica of this
acc?^ X\u means a'< haod leav- (
ej no doubt JA ?ar minds that this <
*2Pred<**3S?r failed !
?J$5?Npulations and con- 1
in the in beer 1
of the SUte|!jS& the books and ac i
counts of J. an(j hj8 8UC. t
tU^Estabhshh^i'" ???rt Bot" J
loatat? the exft^Hpf transactions un- c
with*the ij |
books khowea \
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CAPTURES BURGLAR.
How a Plucky Little Woman Saved !
Her Valuables.
Mrs. Theresa Calona Finds Noted '
Crook in Her Home, Turns Hini
Over to Police and Faints.
Mrs. Theresa Calono chased a burglar
down two flights of stairs in her ;
home, No. 74 Elder street, Williams- '
burg, Wednesday evening and cap
tured him after a struggle. Then she 1
handed him over to a policeman. 1
Admiring neighbors who called to
oiler congratulations marvelled at
the pluck of the pretty, slender
young woman. They marvelled the
more when they heard that the man
was a desperate crook and that he
nad been released only recently after
-<erving a two years' term at Sing
Sing Prison.
Mrs. Calono is the wife of Joseph
Calono, a well-to-do commission merchant.
She is twenty-eight years of
age, and is much admired for her
beauty.
When she returned at 6:30 o'clock
from a shopping trip she was surprised
that her rooms were lighted
up. She found every jet burning in
the dining room.
Hearing a rustling in the next room,
she entered. A man, kneeling on the
floor, was packing articles he had
taken from a dresser into a bag. She
had not made the least noise, and he
went on with his work, unconscious
of her presence.
"What are you doing here?" she
demanded.
The startled burglar looked up,
sprang to his feet and dashed into
the parlor. The door leading from
that room to the hall was locked.
The man darted back again toward
the dining room. Mrs. Calono had
preceded him but, before she could
lock the dining room door, he had
overtook her.
She grappled with him, but the
man struck her in the face, and,
shaking himself loose, ran along the
hail to the stairway and down to the
ground floor.
Mrs. Calono, unmindful of the
blow she had received, followed close
at his heels. In the ground floor hall,
she tripped him by interposing her
foot as he was springing for the front
door.
He recovered his balance, and then
she hit him a blow that sent him spinning
backward. The burglar retreated
to the back end of the hall. Fearing
he would go down to the basement
and escape, the plucky woman
1 L.' 1
cwrnereu nun ana again grappled ]
with him. 1
Then ensued a struggle that took J
them from one end of the hall to the '
other. The man gradually edged his ]
way to the front door and managed 1
to get it open.
He dragged Mrs. Calono through ?
it to the front step, and was about tc 1
make another effort to jerk himself
loose when the policeman approach- i
ed. He relieved Mrs. Calono of her |
prisoner, and she sank, almost fainting.
on the doorstep.
There she was found by neighbors,
who, strange to say, had not heard
her cries during the struggle in the
hall. At least they had not responded.
Mrs. Calono had a bruise on her
right cheek. The thief had pilled up
all of the silver and also all the loose
jewelry he could find in the house.
At the Ralph avenue police station
the man gave the name of Matthew
Endrick. He said he was thirtveight
years old, and had no home.
The police recognized in him and old
offender.
of $320.95 was closed out on March
31, 1905, by transferring same to the
account of J. S. Farnum. The successors
to Farnum denied any knowledge
of this account and refused to
nay it.
"It would appear that this account,
if not settled, had been neglected
for a period of nearly three
years prior to its being buried by an
unauthorized transfer, resulting in a
touii toss to tne state."
DUE FOR CONSTABULARY. 1
At the close of business on Feb- ^
ruary 16. 13 connties in the State t
owed to the State dispensary $25, t
490.15 on account of constabulary t
service. This amount is based upon j
the enforcement of section 7 of the v
Brice law in counties which voted e
out the dispensary under that act.
According to the report but two
counties have made the levy necces- '
sary to place funds with the State r
treasurer for the purpose of discharging
their obligations to the r
dispensary in this particular. The 3
counties of Pickens and Newberry !i
have settled their indebtedness, t
amounting to $2,549.16, leaving t
$22,941.78 due by eleven counties. d
A balance of $6.60 against John 3
Black, former member of the board
of directors, represents a charge on
December 21, 1906, for one ton of | n
coal, the collection of which is con-' g
tingent on a counter claim made by
John Black for mileage and per diem ;
allowance of $4 per day for five days
on a trip to Peoria, III., in Decern- t
ber. 1906. v
"This matter rests with the com- ii
mission for such action as may be t
deemed necessary," states the re- ?
port. r
CLAIM AGAINST CHARLESTON.
Several pages in the report are
.1 1 - 1 ? -
revoiecn.o inn account or the city of ' ?
Iharleston. It is set forth that c
56,361.65 is the amount of profits s
iviteheld from the city of Charles- c
;on. Against this claim upon the *
iispeosary there is a counter clai n o
>f $7,678.68 against the city. Of t
:his latter claim, $5,462.78 repre-!
jents the expenses incurred by the
Sdate dispensary resulting from the
lifficulty between Wieters and State ?
sonstables. The remainder of the L
sharge, $2,515.90, represents the ex- d
senses of the constabulary force in n
he city of Charleston from July 18.
[901, to Octobet 9, 1901.
The account as adjusted shows
hat the city of Charleston is due v
1* State dispensary $1,317.13. jr<
GROWS SECOND.
South Carolina Next to Massachu- I
setts in Cotton Manufacture.
Hie Cold Statistics* of IIhj United
States Census Reveals the Above
Facts.
The cold statistics of the United
States census bureau frequently repeal
some wonderful things. Among
these, in a bulletin just issued, is
that South Carolina ranks second in
tne number of cotton spindles in the
United States, being exceeded only
1 If 1 ** ' * - 1
uy massacnuseiis, ana cnac during
Lhe past year South Carolina actually
increased the number of spindles
more than 150,000.
This interesting bulletin says:
Massachusetts exceeds every other
State in the number of cotton spiniles,
having 9,158,389, or 34 percent
of the total; South Carolina ranks
second, with 3.609,969, or 13 per cent,
and Nortn Carolina third, with 2,J)81,386,
or 10 per cent, Rhode Island
has fourth place, Georgia fifth, New
Hampshire sixth and Connecticut
seventh. Massachusetts increased
its number of active spindles during
the year by 307,443, or 3.5 per cent
pf the total for the State, while in
North Carolina the increase amounted
to 262,652, or 11 per cent. The
increase in South Carolina was more
than 450,000 and in New York nearly
100,000. According to Table 3
there were 1,141,661 cotton spindles,
exclusive of renewals, added during
the year, thus indicating no cessation
nthe progressof the industry. However,
the net increase in the total
lumber of spindles for the year is
1,127,734. This apparent discrepancy
is accounted for by the fact that
i few plants were dismantled or
ibandoned, and to the reduction of
the spindle capacity in others.
In its annual investigation relative
to the cotton industry the bureau
makes no endeavor to segregate
frame and mule spindles; but if the
proportion between these spindles as
returned at the census of 1905, when
this was done, be applied to the statistics
of active spindles in 1907 the
ligures would be 20.427,395 frame
wd 5,947,8% mule.
In addition to the spindles designed
primarily to spin cotton. 751/251
lave been returned as consuming
cotton mixed with other fibres. The
Q fuu wKinU lnn/I 1 -? ? *
^VMWW VTiilUI IVttU ill Hit" IIlciMUiaCLure
of woollen and knit goods naturally
lead in the number of these
jpindles. Of the total number reported,
137,190, or 21 per cent, were
returned from Pennsylvania; 110,362,
or 17 per cent, from New York;
70,462 from Massachusetts, 52,630
from Connecticut, and smaller numbers
from several other States.
Massachusetts leads in the consumption
of cotton with 1,253,856
bales or 35 per cent of the total for
1907, followed by North Carolina
vith 14 per cent, while South Carolina
takes third place with 13 per
:ent. The fourth position is held by
Georgia with 11 percent; New Hampshire
takes fifth. Alabama sixth, and
Mew York seventh. As slated above,
i comparison on the basis of active
mindles gives some of the States a
slightly different rating. Although
Massachusetts increased its cotton
spindles by more than 300,000, the
quantity of cotton consumed increasid
less than 20.000 bales. If the statstics
for South Carolina be examinjd
in a similiar manner it will be
found that the quantity of cotton
;onsumed during the year is 5,705
>ales less, while the number of spinlies
operated increased more than
150,000. This would indicate a siglificant
tendency during the year to
spin finer counts, provided, of course,
hat the conditions prevailing in the
wo years were similiar and the spinlies
were operated in like manner.
In the mills of the cotton g -owing
states 970,039 spindles were reported
as having been idle throughout
he year, which is 66 per cent of the
die spindles returned for the entire
:ountry. While the scarcity of labor
s largely responsible for this condiion
throughout the country, it ap>ears
more pronounced in the cotton
growing States However, as stated
>lsewhere. a considerable number of
he spindles returned as idle from
he cotton growing States were not
n fact idle throughout the year, but
vere new, and had only been install:d
a short time.
The Newberry Observer says
'Col. William Jennings Bryan may
lever be president, but he has furtished
to the American people an example
of fidelity to principle, fearessness
in advocating them, and un lemished
private and political inegrity,
that is entire too rare nowalays."
That is a handsome, but deerved,
compliment.
Justice Brewer seems sorry to ,
iave caused trouble, but he is not
;oing to take it back. He said the I
resident was playing a game of
'hide and seek" with the nominaion,
and adds that that is exactly
/hat he meant. While we think it
n bad taste for a judge to criticise
he President a^ justice Brewer did,
/e think he sized up Teddy just about
ight.
Wants to Ik? Judge.
Ex-Senator Robert Aldrlch, son
f the old judge of that name
ousln of the younger Judge, and <
Senator Bates, both of Barnwell <
ounty and C. Pi. Sawyer of Al.;on
rill be candidates for the vacancy
n the bench caused by the resignalon
of Judge James Aldrich. t
Burned to Death. ,
The Catholic Convent, academy, j
lonastary and cuurch in Covington. \
,a., were destroyed by Are Satur- ^
ay. The priest lost his life in the
antes. The loss is over $100,000.
Wanted to Lynch Him. ^
A negro n< ar Columbus. Ga., came <
ery near being lynched by bis own (
xtv for aasuultiug a colored wouiuu. c
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SOIL SURVEY. |
Prof. Bennett is Conducting Ex- |
periments in This State.
Orangeburg, Sumter and Lee Counties
Being Now Looked After by
an Kxpert.
The farmers of Sumter, Orangeburg
and Lee counties are to be giveu the
benefit of the soil experimentation
that has been conducted at Washington
by the bureau of soils, depratment
of agriculture, for the past fenyears.
The bureau has sent out Prof
Frank Bennett to arrunge for the
practical application ot the test and
he will go to work at once in the
counties named, so that the soil may
be gotten into shape by next spring.
The plan that the dapertment is
going to offer to the farmers is in
the interest of better, more economical
and more diversified crops. One
of the chief aims of the experiments
to be conducted is to find out the correct
rotation of crops on a given
piece of land so as to secure the best
results and to point out to the farmers
what is the best method to pursue
in order to give his land?rest and
get therefrom the greatest yield at
the lowest expense.
The work will be conducted by the
representative of the department at
no cost to the farmer and when u
working basis is found full information
will be given out to the farmers
of the State, so that all may reap the
benefit from the proposed plun.
Within the past few years the department
of agriculture has Interested
Itself in the work of a possible
development of the soil of the Southern
States. It has been reallxed that
there are latent possibilities here
which if scientifically developed
would be a surprise to many. To this
end a large part of the appropriation
given the department has been
PYBAnrlpH In tHo QjnttK
And one of the many important
steps taken for the ultimate benefit
of the Southern furmers is an experiment
survey of lands in the counties
of Sumter. Lee and Orangeburg.
This is the first experiment of the
kind ever undertaken by the department.
Congressman Lever has been instrumental
in bringing this about and
the scheme is outlined below and is
supposed to enlighten the farmer on
the subject of the best methods of
planting his farm in order to secure
the best results financially.
The soil surveys of the counties of
Sumter and Orangeburg have just
been completed, while that of Lee
county was completed some time
since. Prof. Frank Bennett of the
United States department of agrlcul
ture, bureau of soils, is in charge of
these surveys. The chief of the bureau
is Prof. Milton Whitney, at one
time professor of chemistry at the
University of Souuth Carolina.
Mr. Bennett is a Southern man, a
graduate of the University ot N'orth
Carolina and a practical farmer. He
has the supervision of these maps,
which give contour maps showing
the character of soil, streams, towns,
houses, etc. This is known as a base
map. The character of the ,?oils is
represented by colors, so each farmer
knows what soil he has upon hit; individual
farm, and thus he wi!" see
what crops are best adap'.uJ to his
particular soil after following the
work done by the bureau of soils
In order to make the maps inure
practical Mr. Bennett has been put
in charge of the fertilizer and crop
experiments. Samples of these soils
in the three counties have been sent
to Washington and have been carried
through what si known as the "wire
basket test. The test is brie'J-y as
follows:
About one bushel of soil is divided
into about 25 small baskets and then
in these baskets various seeds are
planted with various kinds of fertilizer.
The object of this is to see the
result of plant growth and to get a
fertilizer formula. When this formula
is obtained it will be used in
the held whose soil corresponds to
the soil tested. Mr. Heunett is here
to put this test in the fields from his
personal observation and experience
in Washington. This test is to be 1
put to each type of soil encounted in !
the three counties named above.
The plan Mr. Hennett proposes to *
pursue is to get u cetrain number of 1
farmers in each of the counties named
that are willing to cooperate in 1
these experiments. Two or three '
acres are to be taken in and every 1
knowjt fertilizer will be used thereon.
And then new crops, such as the '
vetches, clover, grasses, alfalfa, fruit
and trucking will be ntroduced. Hut 1
the staple crops, such as cotton-? 1
particularly the uplnnd, long staple? 1
corn, oats and the like, will be given !
special attention. The new crops,
the vetches and the like are to be
Introduced as accessories of these -j
principal crops and as a method of
Ikn I ? . J > * 1
uiitt iiuuuiiuiiuii oi me crop rotation, i
These experiments look ultimately 1
to the ascertalnent of certain fer- I
tllizer formulas and crop practice* J'
which will give the largest yield -with 1
i minimum expense with the staple '
srops. It is sought to ascertain what ;1
;rop can be most profitably grown 15
upon a given type of soil nnd what '
<ind of fertilizer is best ahapted to f
? given type of soil and what quanti- c
:y .'of fertilizer can be economically I
used upon a given soil with a given i1
:rop.
! I
Killed by Policeman. *
John T Werner, of Pickens conn- p
y, was killed Saturday in Central u
>y Policeman Attaway. Werner had 3
leen arrested the day before by the .
>olieeman and when he got out he (,
legan abusing him and a fight re- j
inlted.
Killed by Cotton Thieves.
Jethro Jones, an aged farmer of
Vhlieburg. Ga.. was assassinated on
laturday night. He was watching
or cotton thieves and was shot by I
>ae of them- u
SANG OF CROOKS
iroaks Two Safes at Mauldin and
Make Good Haul.
MADE THEIR ESCAPE
Uxl No Clue Could lie Obtained of
th?m ?. ?
...vw vi it ucit i ncjf Went.-?I
The Same (iang That Recently I
Blew Open n Safe in Seneca.?
There Are Four of the Thieves
And They Are Very Bold.
A special dispatch from Mauldia iu
this State to The State says safe
crackers struck that place Saturday
light, making a good haul. While
Mr. J. S. Hill was at supper the gang
.'Orced his front store door, entered
md carried away his cash drawer and
che contents, about $250. Mr. Hill
organized a small poese and begun
* search, but without avail.
About 12 o'olock midnight Mr. W.
A Buuldwin of the firm of Bauldwin
& Whatley heard a noise abont hit
store and got up to Investigate. He
was greeted with, "Get back in the
house or I will blow your head off."
Having no weapons at hand he went
hack in the house, while the. safe:raekers
blew open his safe and carried
off the contents, uetting about
$300, making a total of nearly $00u
secured Saturday night.
Sheriff Gilreath was notified and
was at Mauldiu Sunday investigating
the nintter, but no clue could be obtained.
He tracked the parties northward
from the store through a field
i little way. then they turned toward
the depot and Into the road, but they
rould be tracked no further.
There is no doubt that this Is the
same gang that blew a safe in Sen
ica some weeks ago and no doubt
has headquarters in Greenville. Nc
suspicious characters have been seen
around that place recently. There
were about four men in the gung
llobs lVlwr Postoflice.
A gnng of three or four yeggmen
Invaded Pelzer .Monday night, and
at 12.44 o'clock Tuesday morning
blew open the safe of the postofflce
and succeeded in getting away with
the contents, which amounted to
about $100 in cash and $7 00 in
stamps.
H. L. Padgett, the postmaster
heard the explosion at his room in
the hotel just across the street from
the ofllce. He hurried out on th<
piazza of the hotel, where he found
John Hindihan, a merchant of th<
ity, who hud been attracted by tin
explosion.
Hindman caught sight of a man
coming out of the front door of tin
postoffice and fired at him twice ir
-juick succession. The man tliu
fired on did not return the fire, bu
several shots were fired by pors<
at the rear of the postoffice building
The yeggmen then gathered toSmyth
street on foot. They wennot
molested by any one und modgood
their escape. In their hurrj
to fiee the yeggmen dropped a tin
box on the front steps of the oflioe
containing ten dollurs in change
I Un thniiuunH
. ?? V V.?w uu.mu puom^o Pliuupa \1
one and two cents denomination
were found nhout fifty yards froi
'he office, having been dropped by
the yeggmon while being fired on.
Still Another Robbery.
A special dispatch from Williatuston.
S. C., says that burglars entered
the postoffice at that place Monda> i
night, blew open the safe and se
cured seven hundred dollars in cash :
Williamston is only two miles fron
Pelzer, and the two places were rob J
bed by the same gang.
BRYAN DISCUSS8* MKSSAtiB.
On Some Importunt truest ions It |
Krprcsttes His Views.
Mr. Bryan was reluctant to discus?
President Roosevelt's message tc
congress, saying that he had not hue'
sufficient time to read it through, lie
however, commented freely on several
of the most important issues
?nd gave President Roosevelt credit ,
for introducing an original proposi- j
lion in suggesting the appropriation
if campaign funds by the government,
"I hope." said he, "that it will be
enacted into law."
On importan questions Mr. Bryan's
Ideas eolnede with the text of the
message. lie is strictly in accord
*-ith the president concerning postal
savings banks and guaranteed banks, t
KOIUIKRS IN FLORIDA.
I'k... ?!.. " ? />? -1
i ut iv nrrmn ??*- mmm ?vnn^.^ *?i
I
Sufo Mowers.
At Hawthone. Fla., professional
itirglars dynamited the large safe in
he store of F. J. Hammond Thurslay
night, the explosion setting fire
o the store, destroying the building '
uid a large stock of goods, only two .
>oxes of Oranges being saved. The 1
orce of the explosion tore away the
mtside door of the safe, hut not the
lortion where a large amount of
noney was held, therefore the burg-1
ars secured nothing. From the
iammond store, and .while citizens
rere fighting the fire, the burglars
ntered the store of Webb & Bar- j
lett, where they secured a small (
mount of cash.
:
FRECKLES, As well a Sunburn.
Tan, Moth, Pimplea and Chaps, ar?
:ured with Wilson's Freckle Cure.
Sold and guaranteed by druggists i
fiOr. Wilson's Fair Skin Soap 26
cts. I. K. Wilson & Co., Mfers. sn?'
Props. fia and *"? t'exa det str?i*
Charleston, S. C.VVhen ordering dl- '
rect mention your druggist.
INTERESTING FIGURES
L'uwfiHing the Mfthodint Church,
South, lu South Carolina.
The following are the figures of
membership, property, and such, as
read near the close of the session:
Local preachers (not including
members of the conference! 77; i
members. 85,084. Total 85.1 til. i
Infants baptised. 1.880. Adults 1
baptised. 2,072.
Epworth I.eagueus, 51; members,
1,701..
Sunday schools, (381; teachers, 4,813,
scholars, 44,612.
Raised for worn out preachers,
their widows and orphans. $ 10,4 88.49.
Contributed for missions: Foreign.
$21,818.51; domestic, $16,454.49.
For church extousion. $5,887.10.
American Bible Society. $630.48.
Paid to oresidine elders l-,*> F.sv -
10.
Paid to pastors iu charge, $174.<161.97.
For bishops. $3,069.56.
Number of church societies (organizations)
775; houses of worship,
764.
Value of houses of worship. $ 1 .41
2.300.
Indebtedness on same. $4 1,049.
Number of pastorial charges, 23 5;
number of parsonages, 19 0.
Value of parsonages. $362,525. lnlebtedness,
$14,219,50.
Number of districts. 12; district
parsonages. 9. Value of parsonages.
$50,000. Indebtedness. $1,800.
Number of churches damaged by
Sre or storms, 5. Amount of damige.
$2,113.
Insurance carried. $509,983.50.
which was a very large one. the hag
Number of schools and colleges, 6.
Value, $573,000. Endowment funds,
$113.560.
PIANOS AND ORGANS
FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS and
represent only the best Pianos and
Organs, that will last a life time
Write at once for our liberal terrnr
ind Special prices.
MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Columbia, S. C.
I
THE ONI
in Columbia. South Carolina, mal
thing In the Machinery Supply 1
| Write us for prices before pli
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On corner opposite Seaboard A
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Plants, in steam or Kusolinc, Si
ary and Portable Boilers, Sju
lidgers Planers, Sliingle, Lui
and Corn Mills and unytlii
chlnery. Our stock is
prices are right and our
auteed. . Write for 1
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>11 other kinds of vcgeta
plants. Collard plants, and
I now have ready for
Hr/j^ and Henderson Successio
Bf/ 'ftltiiMp )l\ eties to all experienced t
II II the open air near salt w
8\' /I Prices: $1.00 for 500 pla
yj "nd- 5>WW) 10 <>-000 ? *'
- ...thousand. We have spec'
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will save the charges for re
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p Wakefield and Succession
^AULlf-0*f^^ luce, and large type Cauli'.ot
^y,Q-uttt^^r best grower* in ihe world. W
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*5* tamable. They have success'ully st<
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South. We guarantee full count and safe
V PRICES: Cabbage and Lettuce f. o. b. Yo
per thousand; 5 to 9,t00 at S1.2S per thou
Cauliflower, $.V#0 per thousand, quantities i
Write your name and express
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References. Enterprise Bank, Charles
CATALOG!
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t6 Inches hi
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Bill TALLY MCR]>HRKI>
Newlr MuitImI ??- -
Tramp.
Lying face downward in pools of
blood, the bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
VunWynHe, a newly married couple,
were found on tlie tloor of their
cabin at Falrport. a small hamlet
east ot Muscatine, Iowa, Thursday.
They w< - o attacked while asleep and
killed by a heavy club. Harry Jones,
an adventurer and tramp, who was
seen currvlng a heavy club on the
afterneru preceding the murder and
visited the VauWynkle home Tuesday
night. w?s found guilty of the double
murder at the inquest, and a
posse 1 immediately organized and
made a search of the entire neighborhood
Ku? to Cure Kheumatlsia.
The cause of Rheumatism and kindred
diseases is an excess of orlc
acid In the blood. To eure this terrible
disease the acid must be expelled
ind the system so regulated that ne
more acid will be formed in excessive
quantities. Rheumatism is an
intern:') disease and requires an inernal
teinedy. Rubbing with oils and
liuiments will not cure, affords nly
temporary relief at best( causes yeu
to dela> the proper treatment, and allows
the malady to get a firmer hold
on you. Liniments may ease the pain,
but they will no more cure Rheumatism
than paint will change the fibre
of rotten wood.
Scien e has at lust discovered a
perfect and complete cure, which is
called Rheumacide. Tested in hundreds
of cases, it lins effected the
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will cure you. Rheumacide "gets at
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the poisons out of the system, tones
up the stomach, regulates the liver
and kidneys and makes you well all
over. Rheumacide "strikes the root of
the disease and removes its cause."
This splendid remedy is sold by druggists
and deulers generally at BOc.
and $1 a bottle. In tablet form at
25c. and ">0c. a package. Get a bottle
today: delays are generous. adv
c5/y//, offered worthy
vsuf/t young people.
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?nd r<>?d position, write tor our
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ilng h i-peclalty of handling er?r7-ine.
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?cln'g ordor elsewhere.
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Ir Lino Passenger Station.
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: Box HO. Coluniliia. S. C.
J By J 1 || ^ Jj m a | ?JV a flB
ars experience in growini; Cabbage plant, .nd
blc plains lor the trade, viz: Beet plunts, OniOn
I Tomato , ,nts.
shipment Meet plants and Cabbage plants as
akcfields. I turlgaton Large Type Wakefielda,
ns. These >eing the best known reliable variruck
farmers. These plants arc grown out in
atcr and will stand severe cold without injury,
nta. In I..t? of 1,000 to 5,000 at SI.50 per thou.25
per thi.usand, 10,(180 and over nt $1.00 per
ial low Es-.-ress ratea on vegetable plants Irom
II be shipped C. O. D. unless you prefer sending
ould advise sending money with orders. You
turning the O. l>'?ready
in February. Your orders will have my
tlon. When in need of Vegetable plants give me
satisfaction. Address all orders to
MEGOETT. f. C*
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R THE
Cabbage, Big Boston Letwei
Grown Irom seeds of the "4HEp|fiJP
e have worked diligently tin our ftF^ST
say thai to-day thr> are the best ot?sod
the most severe tests of cold and \
inninent growerso( every section ol the I
i arrival of all goods shipped by express.
ling's Island, son for $100. I to 5.000 at $1.50 V|
sand; 10,000 and over at $1.00 per thousand.
office plainly and mail orders to
ton. S. C.; Postmaster, Enterprise. S. C.
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?n Palm. Alarm Clock, large atxa.
gh .. oic nickel b&o
Cocoa Door Max, 14x24, upectvl m
iqun ii- yard.. 40e
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