The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 01, 1896, Image 1
VOLUME. VII.
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VETERANS' . 1
RE-UNION.
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I'll MY <iATIIKICKI> UNl>Klt THM
SHADOW OF KOI IT 8UMTKK. j
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Uumlreils of IjJx.Confedorates Visit
tho the Sea."
?Tho following is a brief sj nopaia of
the proceedings of tho Confederate re
union, whioh was hold in Charleatou
* last week.
If thoro is o#o spot undor tho blue
"""' OAtiopy of Heaven in whioh Confeder
ato soldiers should fool at homo, that
spot is Charleston. Not only was
Charleston the oradlo of tho oause for
which they fought, but above all other
eitics who has kopt tho faith of tho
Lost Cause sacred, Sho has not fal
tered in her dovotiou to the nation to
which she gave birth .when tho first
gun was Hrod at Sumter, and sho has
never failed to do honor to tho men
* who boro a gullout part in tho great
struggle. ' ? .
The veterans wcro tendored a lunoh
at the German Artillery hall, which
, was attended \>y several hundred.
Later they wcro taken on an ex^uraiou
?*+ to Fort Suuiter and around tho
harbor. *v
Tho sefieiou was held in the
? -German Artillery hall, about COO old
soldiers beiug present. Gon. 0. I.
Walker, commoudor of the South Oar
o ina division United Confederate Vet
erans, presiding. Reports of oftloer
wore read.
In respeufio to calls, Goneral Johu
bou llagood mudo a brief rpoeeh. He
was given,, a great ovation, tho assem
blage rising to its feet.
Captain Dick Cantey, of Camden,
presented, for his camp, touching res
olutions in honor of tho lato General
Kershaw, ita commando^. Tlioy were
seconded by various delegates, includ
ingvCapt. It. S. DesPortos of Camp
Wado Hampton.
Rev. Mr. Thompson dolivorod the
opeuing prayer, and ho touched th#
hearts of tho veterans, and at tho con
clusion of Chaplain Thompson's prayer
vJommander Brodio took occasion to
say:
y Camp Sumter sends you greeting
" and bids me welcome you to her ortnrp
iiro, which is kindled ,in youi
behalf. True it is t.hat . tho war
& is over. Thirty years ago Wo sheathed
the sword. Wo havo lost All bjit-trtir
' honor. Wo look bac,k an<f"fhsre i?
nothing to shamo us but our conquest;
nothing but our failurer. We fought
for our rights and property, and we
submit us gracefully as, we may to the
arbitrament of battle. No more law
abiding citizons are to be found than
the Confederate vetrans, and we are
here in no spirit of dissatisfaction to
tho constituted authority, but solely
? with a feeling of fraternal regard, and
in too hope of reviving the memory ot
that "touch of nature whioh makee
thjo world akin." Brothers of the
??Jjost Cause," wo offer you the hand
of fellowship and welcome you to all
that Camp Sumter affords.
Gen. Hagood in a short talk to hie
old soldier 'Mends had this to say in
brief:
"I thank you for your kindly greet
ing. . It is a lonfc time since we have
^ met, since we have looked into oaoh
other's eyes and grasped each other's
hands. In?,the long ago we .together
toiled in the weary march and lookod
upon "battle's magnificent stern
array." together wo have felt the
mad excitement of tho chargd, the glo
rious enthusiasm of victory, the sullen
anger oJF defeat. - And harder, sterner
duties hare been our lot. Together
wo have passed through the valley and
_ Iho shadow of political reconstruction.
\Ve havo seen oivil rights, saored from
tradition and baptized in the blood of
a patriot ancestry, trampled in the
dust. Wo have seen the accumulations
of two* centuries of thrift and industry
swept away, and iho State plundered
as a ship by a pirate crew. But ' 'Qod
fulfills Himself in mapy ways."
To-day our fair Southland, thanks
to the indomitable energies of her
blood, and tho abounding resources of
her graotous endowment, with her
wounds cicatrized and her plumago ro
newed, is moving like tlie eagle's flight,
upward an(TT>ttjrard.
You havo met these varied fortunes
as they came, and in the pastyou bore,
you believed then and ydn knoV now
you were right.
Old friends, welcome ? and, perhaps,
good-bye I am with you to-day, as I
havo been in tho past, body and heart
chd soul. Onr sen ice is nearly over.
Most of those we know and loved are
Jone. They aro pairing now.' Even
dhile tho drums wer? (gating Iho as
sembly for this reuni??t the youngest
but ono of your brigidiers answered
the last roll-call on caiilh. J ohn Ken
nedy, patriot, soldier, knightly gentle
man, is dead. His honored place in
your midst is vacant. The peace of
God is on his brow.
Younger men, as they should, are
filling the ranks. The/, too, are ready
to live or die "for th? aahes of their
aires and the aUars?f K|?ir godf." For
us there is little mors t than to pre
pare for the fi?U inspection and
review. ? ? -
Let as humbly tiKt that we will
tberef meet the appcornl of the Great
Command* r ? beyond ike river.
After Gen. Hagooi's speech Mr.
Trantham, of Oavdao, too If the floor
and read the follof'ivt set of regolu
- ' tiona, whioh his ^>nL bad delegated
hiac^to preaent in koiifrr of Gen. Sea*
nedy, recently deceased: s/<~
.1 Whareaa, Gen. John D. Kennedy,
oomfeonder of Caaap Richard Kirk
and Whereas, we wish to plaaa on rso
ord am eatissate Sf tba MtoM ia
tMflh owr itsnasiil oonn4t ??M4
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by us: Therefore, bo it resolved by the j
Bouth Carolina Division of United
Confederate Veterans:
t l; That in tho death of Oeu. Ken
nedy our division has lost one of its
most distinguished, zealous aud useful
members, ami his surviving ooinradew
a warm aUTfvaluod personal frieud.
That as a goldior Gen. Kennedy
was conspicuous for his activity, abil*
ity and courage, going always to the
front whore the battle rang loudest,
and so bearing hirasolf as $0 oxoito tho
admiration of his suporior oillpers, aud
to doservo to bo regarded aj? tho com
rade and friend ?f Anderson, Kershaw,
Grotfff." Jonkina aud Conner. ^
8. That aa a oitizen Gen. Kennedy
lpved hla State with a devotion that
know no bounds, and waa prepared, at
all times, with his meaijs and his life,
if neooesary, to promotes and defond
hor ^interests.
4. That the sympathy of tho Con
federate Veterans of South Carolina ia
hereby tendered to tho family of our
dooeasod friend and comrado.
Capt. Iredell Jones, of Hock Hill,
then olTerod tho following resolutions,
whioh wero unanimously adopted:
Whoroas, tho recent Constitutional
Convention of South Carolina provided
for auoquatoiiud liboral appropriations
for needy %Tonfederato soldiora ol
South Carolina; and whoroas, tho
General Assembly has in accordanco
thorewith ^appropriated tho sum of
$100,000 for said purpose, whioh is as
liberal as tho condition of our peoplo
would ftt this time justify.
Rcsolvad, That- tho thauks of tho
South Carolina Division, U. C. V. As
sociation aro here tendered to tho mem
bers of tho' Constitutional Convention
and General Assemby and through
thom to tho peoplo of South Carolina
for 1 this recognition of tho sor vices
rendered by the Confodorato soldiers
to tho State and oountry."
Mr. R. , Heber Sorovou, of Charles
ton, offered tho following resolution
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That tho commanding
general bo requested to issue an order
to tho Various oamps composing tho
SoutlS^ Carolina Division, United Con
federate Veterans, to send in a report
to his headquarters at a dato to bo
fixed by him of the number of indigent
Ex-Confederato soldiors in their camp
or vicinity, who would accept, if erect
ed tho hospitality of a soldiors' homo.
Maj. Canvile, of Edgefield, offered
Uhe following resolutions on tlio histor
ies in tho sohools of tho Stato:
Resolved, That the genoral com
manding appoint a comraitteo of live
to appear before the Stato bpard of
education and urgo the adoption of
such histories as givo fair and truthful
accounts of the South's part in tho
late war and exclude those that aro in
correct, and t , use suoh othqr, efforts
as they may deom proper to^seouro
such results.
The next annual rc-union will be
held in Greenville.
Gen. C. I. Walker was ro-electod,
"" " * the work, and each
tilled to tho fact that'
I'U VUV AUUV iunv,
bettor time in their)
4 JsTATR MRDIOAL SOCJKTY.
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Spartanburg Gave Them a Koyal Ke
ceptlon. v v
TJie Forty-^ixth annual -meefeing of
the South Carolina Medical Society
convened in Spartanburg la?t Wednes
day, m the tJthican Hall. The follow
ing was Che order of business which
was transacted:
Constituted Committee on Creden*
tials Appointed. Beport of Committee
on Credentials. Boll Call by Secreta
ry. President's Address. Reports ol
Special Committees. Communications
from County Sooieties.
Treatment of Stricture of tho Acso
phagus, by^I'l L. Patterson, M. D.
The Uses of Mercury in Diseases
,and Injuries of tho Kyes,H?y\C. W.
Kollook, M. D. / '
Management of Posterior Displace
ments, by Jos. Price, M. D.
Cases from practice, by Geo. R.
Dean, M. D.
Rare Cases from Surgery, by I?. C.
Stephens, M. D. ?. -
Vaginal Hysterectoumy and Cysto.
tomy, by II. B. Black, M. D.
Cases from practioe, by R. B. Rhett,
M. D.
Rqmoyfl of Calcuins from Urethea,
Henftrrhagio or Swamp Yellow Fever,
by M. J. D. Dantzler, M. D.
Microscopic Sections of Exoiscd Eyes
? Deafness in Children-? Its Cause and
Care, by E. F. Parker, M. D.
Septic Endo-metutis, C. M. Rces,
M. D.
Penile Hypospodiasis Second Form,
by W. J. Garner, M. D.
Food: Its Uses and Abuecs, by F.
W. P. Butler, M. D.
J'upra Publio Litpolomy, By W. M.
Lester, M. D.
Case of Extensive Burn, by W. E.
Sparkman, M. D.
The banquet was given at the Spar
tanburg Inn. It was a grand occasion
wherein mingled wit, wisdeift, fellow
ship and eloquence* At the table Dr.
G. B. Dean presi<||}?^tfnd Dr. J. S.
Watkins invoked the blessing.
Dr. Stephens,' the newly elected
president made a splendid talk.' Capt.
Petty, J. C. Garlington and Gantt re
sponded in behalf of the press:
The Confederate Surgeons' Surviv
ors Association elected the following-,
officers:
President, Dr. Morrall, - reelected.
Vice-Presidents, Drs. Doyle, A. A.
Moore aod W. T. Russell
. Secretary, Dr. Rhett.
,The next annual meeting will be
held in Union* .
Mark sf gailsfectloa.
Tbs mayor of Vila*, Kkh., porfoiBM tfei
daUesof hi* olfee without roip? a>los
other than the saUefyta* ssass of kMn
doaaMsdatv. ftot t*e stayer wko lattrsd
Ma air*?M/aM affair? or t&? ww? so wm
ouaacti oasnhn 0?*
_ ? void to make aa ap>
pmpilstiim fochtas, as aa a^?d>l sMsk o
DISPENSARY '
Report.
Tltfc QUARTERLY KKPOIiVSllOW
IN(1 I I S KARNINliS.
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A Circular letter Sent Out by the
Sluto Hoard of Control.
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N The legislative investigating com
mittee ou the dispensary lins at last
finished its work aud submitted its re
port in full to the Board of Control.
It iij as follows;
To the State JioarU // Control: ? AVo
herewith sqbmit our ropoit of our ex
amination of the books and linancial
transactions of the State Dispensary
for tho quartor ending March 1, 1890.
Mr. 0. W. Qarris, of vtho committee,
with representatives both of tho State
Board aud tho State Commissioner,
took stock at tho closo of tho quarter.
On tho. 20th of April, the coiumittco
assembled at tho ofHoe ol tho Btato
Board of Control, aud aftor a careful
examination of the books and vouchers
of tho?8tato Commissioner, wo find tho
following:
assets.
Merchandise in hands of
dispensers ? State's profit
addod , 8145,088.20
Less State's unearned profit
? added at time of shipmont 41,153.77
Cost price of abovo mer
chnndiso .,#108,6154,43
Amounts duo by ox-dispeu
sers and in process of
settlement. '
1'orsonal accounts duo tho
Btato
Cash balance in State treas
ury
Teams and wagons
Machinery, apd oflico fix
tures. . .)
Merchaudifeo at St,ato dis
pensary 73,067.19
Supplies at Btato dispensary 47,741.51
$241,212.57
O I/I A MIMTIUN.
Personal accouuts duo by
State ?....$ 4,065.30
Duo tho general fund of tho
Btato from former earn
' tugs . . . ? 102.847.89
Net accruod profit for pre
sent quarter passod to
tho credit of Btato school
fund. . . . . , 44,299.32
4,516.44
4,408.06
3,021.22
1,257.25
2,656.47
- ' $241,212.57
Qf the total acoruod profits for this
quarter ($44,299.32 as above), thd
amount of $31,300.84 roprt'BOuts an
uumcaHured profit on goods iu the
bauds of county dispensers on Decem
ber 31,189t^additio*il to an iucrcaMj j
in valuation olf^oods in consequenco
cf an advance in price* of goods in thee
month of .January by order of the
chairman of tho State board of con
trol. Tbo remainder, $12,998.48, is
an accruod profit "on sales for thia
quarter.
PROFITS.
City of Columbia1^ one-half
profit for quarter ending
^ Oc$. 31, withheld by or
der of State board of
control :. $ 5G5.12
City of Columbia's one-half
profit for quarterjending <>?
Deo. 31, withheld by or
der of State board of
control 1,000.00
Groua profit on merchan- v
diso for present quarter.. 105,507.50
Contraband seizures 2,870.75.
Frofite from beer dispensers 4,754.00
Discounts, abatements on
whiBkey purchases , 5,207.22
Total gross profits $119,954.05
~ LOSSES.
Loss by flro on Florence dis
pensary.-. . . . '. $ 188.58
Loss by flro on Bamberg
dispensary TV 802.56
Supplies used dnring quar
ter ;..... 18,027.42
Breakage and leakage during
auarter.. . .' 182.95
IuBiiranco 390.29
Constabulary cost for quar
ter.... 15,523.50
Freights and express charges 21,048.79
Elpcnso (stationery, print
ing, salaries, postage, etc. 4,593.78
Labor... ^ / 4*734.53
Net profits on sales for this
. quartor 54,452.25
Total ... $119,954.65
Of the net profit of $54,452.25 on
sales Tor this quarter, the amount of
$12,998.48 is an accrued profit; the
remainder, $4 1,453. 97, Is an unearned
| profit on goods in Hands of county dis
[ pfnscm at the ?nd of this quarter.
S. W. So HUGOS,
Chief Clerk.
Quarterly cash statement for the
quarter ending March 81, 1896:
BKCETPT8.
Balance in State
treasury Dec.
31, 1896 $ 54,107.03
'Jan. teceipis. .$ 96,614.40
Pel', receipts.. 93,891.70
Mob. receipts. . 113,680.65 303,636.81
To account for this qnarter.$357, 743.84
PTBBURSEM SWTS.
January disbursements f 116, 686. 79
February disbursements. . . 116,708.97
March disbursements 120,427,86
I^otal f or this quarter $353,822.62
ice io State treasury .
' i$l, 1896.., \ 3,921. 22
W7,7?.li|
S. W. Soauoos,
Chief Clsrk.
mnunnip ?propit aooovijt.
Unearned profit on goods is .
haads of oonaty disfi users
.'*V .
1)00. 31..,./:' 39,671.85
Advance ii^' sprieea on Above
made iu Ja unary by order
ofStato board of control. . 5,728.1)0
$11,300. 84
Your oominitteo beg left vo to ?ay that
they have taken every precaution to do
their work properly. Th< v have care
fully cheeked every voucher on the
books of original entry and theuee to
the difloreut postiuga to a gouorul
lodger, from wheuoo this statement is
made up.- A comparison of this with
former reports will show that the State
(tisponsary is in a very hoalthy con
dition. Our work was very much fa
cilitated by Mr. 8. W. Scruggs' com
prohensive style Of book keeping. We
are indebted to him for ' courteous as
sistance also. Respectfully,
4 T. 8. ;Brice,
C. W. Harris,
Committee.
The Ctyipmittco ofjfhe Stato Board
of Coutroi has issuc^r this lottcr to the
County Boards of Control:
Dkah Hirs^ ? On May Gth the Stato
Board of Control will appoint nsw
County Boards of Control. Thos*
wishing appoiutmouts to thoso places
in u at send in their applications prop
erly oudoraod. No one holding any
county or Btato oflicc, or elork or con
stable to auy county or State oflioer,
will bo cligiblo to appointment, as the
new constitution provides against dual
olllce holding.'
Whilst the pay of tho members of
tho' Couuly boards is nominal, their
duties are very important, and it is tho
iutontion of tho State Board to appoint
no one who will not givo tho accounts
of their county dispensaries their elos
cst scrutiny, and assist tho State Board
in its efforts to seo that tho dispensary
law is carried out to tho letter by tho
county dispensaries.
WUKKIA Itl'A lKW Ol^ TltADK.
A UctU>r Fooling in t/ommcnce and
.. Industry Generally.
Duu <1 Co., ami liradstroot, of Now York,
lii their wcokly rovltnv of trado say: Failures
for tho wook ltavo been 238 in tho United
States against 280 lust year find 44 in Canada
against 37 last year.
Business has been favored by seasonable
woathor, and tho distribution of products
? has made fair progress, not yet redueinK re
tail or wholosalo stocks far enough, however,
to materially impruvo tho position of indus
tries. Money markets have grown more fa
vorable, as well as tho state of foreign ooiu
meroe. Prices of commodities are on tho
whole lower than ever before, having de
clined 2 per cent; sinco April 1st, and 17 nor
eeut. eluoo Only, 18'JO, or October, 1892. Tho
fall In manufactured products i? u iiiiiw l?as
than it was April 1st, but In furin products
greater, - v
Neither pig iron nor mnunfactured pry
ducts hive improved in demand as vet.
though further combinations have ralnlx!
prices of rods nud of bur Iron to 1.20, while
steel bars sell at 1.16 dud nuijs aro to bo 15
per cent, blithcf' after' May 1st. Brokers at
Pittsburg an* still selling stoel billets GO cents
below tho pool t 'price, though it was fixed
moro than thruC weeks ago, and Bus^cuior
pig has declined there to ^1 J, with gray forgo
stronger. Hlructur.il unglcs are n shade
lower, though some good contracts arc ex
pected. ?' s
More favorable reports from commcrcial
travelers are from t'.oeo representing Pitts
burg, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and
Milwaukee houses. Moderate improvement
is shown at a few other Western ceutres but
at most of tho '*r?o distributing points
throughout tho coulftr'y the movement of
morchaudlso, on tho wholo, shows no mate
rial change.
While seeding is progressing rapidly in the
Northwest, country trade there Is unfavora
ble. Luck of rain In Florida is the cause of
scarcity of early vegetables and ut almost all
cities mercantile collections contlnuo slow.
Tho tendency of prices is the reverse of
that for several preceding weeks with a large
number of decreases. Iu addition to those
mentioned, wheat flour, Indian corn, oats,
sugar, leather, petroloum and lard are lower,
while wool, lumber, cdul, pork and prlut
oloths remain nominally unchanged. Cotton,
and tin plates have advnncod, tho latter duo
to a combination by nutltcrH.
DKSTRL'CTIVK CYOhONK.
1'ropcrty "Worth Thousands Destroyed
? Houses and Llvo Stock Gone.
A cyclone of tremendous forco sped
through Clay county, Kaunas, Saturday,
dealing death and /destruction on every
haud. Tho dead are:! Frank Peterson. Mrs.
Frank Peterson, child tho Petersons, Mrs.
Olo Navorson and granddhild of Peter Ander
son. A largo number of ?fiorses and cattle
were killed, and tho damage to farm proper
ty la Immense.
Tho cyclone started about six miles South
of Clifton and went iu a northeasterly direc
tion for twelve or fifteen miles and then lost
Us force by spreading. It passed about half
way between Clifton and Morganville. Its
track varies from 160 yards to a quarter of a
mile in width. It tore through a farming
community and nothing is left standing.
Houses and barns wore wrecked, trees torn
up or brokenyfences leveled and hay stacks
blown in bvvfry direction. The cyclone was
followed by fetorms which lasted lor sevoral
hours, flooding the devasted district. Thero
had been indications of a heavy rain all day
with local Vbuapirs, the victims of the cyclone
were In theirnousert and, most of them had
retirod. ?
In several instances persons wero lifted In
to the air by the cyclone and carried for a
dlstnnco and then suddenly dropped. Build
ings also were lifted up and hurled to tbe
ground with terriflo force. The wife and
daughter of John Morria-were reading when
tho shock camo. The ihdlcs managed to get
out, when tbe wind picked them up, earned
them 200 yards and dropped them on a pile
of straw.
The track of tho storm resembled a piece
of ground leveled with a roller. It Is believed
that much damagtvwlm done In tho vicinity
?f Palmer, WashTIWton county.
Exploring Lookout Mountain Cave
Professor Mercer, eurator of the Museum
of America and Prehistoric Archeaology of
the University of Pennsylvania, Is explori?|
tbe great caves of Tennessee, and has bad ?
force of men at work In Lookout care Is
Lookout Mountain and baa made several dis
coveries of great value to science. He found I
tbe jaw of a mylodoo, or gigantic sloth; 4Jm|
bones of a peccary and tbe jaw of a fosAj
tapir, besides numerous relics In tbe two
culture layer* on tbe surfaoa Hia work bat
extended down to tbe bed of roek, la foui
sections, six feet wide. The bone* will N
examined -by Professor Ed D. Cope before I
tbe significance of the completed work tor
determined. Pro feasor Mercer will oxkanfaa j
several ether caves In Tseaeeeee and Ala*
bama. .
' ^WseMf B*ak a?arlaf%
Tbe total bank clearings at prtaelpal etttea |
Cor tbe week eading April M, wlU laeraa
or lasi aaoo?p?K?d w*ltba*Ollli|l<M 1
W( deereaeafLL
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WITHHOLDS . ?
THE RENT.
CDMI'IK^IKI.U HOWMCU IlKI' IKS
CONOltlCSS.
Says (ho Venc/.uleiui Commission Can't
Speml Any of ll? $ll)(>,0(>0.
Flr*t Comptroller ot (ho Treasury Holxwt
It. llowlor, who withhold from (ho sugar
planters of Louisiana mo) tho West tho
bounty vototl to thorn hy Conu**** has now
decided that (ho Voiiosueliv lto.undury Com
mission Iiqh uo power to uso arty portion of
(ho $ 100,000 appropriated by Congress for Its
uso In tho pnymoid of rent for tho oftlces
which it ooouptoa. llocauao of this decision
Boualor Allison, Chairman of tho Committee
on Appropriations, Is compelled to ask for
further legislation to moot tho Comptroller's
opposition.
Senator Gorman orltlolsod thd Administra
tion's Venezuelan policy a little, and in the
Senate they caused the subject of tho appro
priation to go over until they could consider
It fully. Mr. Qormnn is quo of the Senators
who t liljuk that Congress did a very foolish
thing in upholding tho handvs ol President
Cleveland iu his so-called war policy against
Kngland in tho bouudary dispute, and in the
brief and sarcastic remarks which ho made
in tho Bonato ho volood the hostility id him
self and many of his colleagues, chielly on
tho Democratic side of tho chamber.
When tho item iu tho Sundry Civil Appro
priation bill to pay the rent of tho olllees ol
tho Venezuelan Commission was reached
Mr, Gorman expressed his surprise at tho ne
cessity of such au item, and at the fact that
trto Comptroller did not, without further
legislation, audit and paw? tho voucher# for
rent of the otllccK oooueled by tin* Commis
uloii. The law appropriating ?10,000 for tho
expenses of tho commission had been passed,
ho said, under groat popular exoitemont, nt
tho suggestion '.of tho President; and It
was then supposed to bo broad enough to
j permit tho commission to go abroad,
I collect maps, gain information, and take
| all the steps necessary to settle that
grout 'conflict. Hut hero the ilrst Comp
troller Hopped in with a ruling that that
momentous Commission could not pay its
rent.
Mr. Allison admitted that It was a very
ridiculous condition of affairs, but yet, he
said, it existed, and had to bo met. Ij.
Mr. Gorman added that tho re was a feeling
throughout tho country that t ho emergency
out of which that Commission had originated
had passed, if Indeed it had ever existed. Ho
was glad that it had dwindled down to a
more matter ot ofllco rent.
The Supremo court oi tho United States
heard tho concluding arguments of counsel
upon tho sugar bounty cases ? by Mr. Joseph
It. Choato in behalf of the claimants and by
Solloltor-OenOrul Holmes Conrad for the
Government. In tho course of his speech
Mr. Choato briefly paid his respects to Comp
troller liowlor, whose action necessitatod the
litigation, and who woh au auditor of the
I argument throughout. He was speaking ol
tho power of congress to make the npprnprl
atlon that hud hocn withheld from the claim
ants, contending that tho courts had no
jurisdiction to review tho action.
!? "Why," ho tald. "the cbscs arc here merely
by aceideut. A big pobblo was found in the
cO&b of the Government, and tho%o claimants
wore compelled to come hero to get it re
moved so that tho wheels might bo allowed
lo go round." v
I At Anothor pc^Jod of his address Mr. Choato
? reforrod to tho appropriation of money made
by Congress fo Lafayette.
I "That was made, he continued, "to partly
discharge what they believed to I avo been a
dobt of gratltudo for great and valuable ser
vices rendered to the United States in the
Itovolutlonary war, and yot," with a signifi
cant look nt Mr. Dowler, "if some persons
had been In the Government at that timo La
fayette would not have received that money
ofi tho grouud that Congress had no power
^ t* make tho appropriation."
SIIA' ICR COIN AG K COUNT.
Opinions From Many States Sliow An
IrrcslBtablo TrcucVTowmd Free
Silver at Chicago.
The Journal of New York, bus received
from tho Democratic leaders In nearly evory
Btato In the Union opinions as to (lie proba
ble strength of sUvcr or gold in tholr dele
gations to tho nutlonnlz-Domoorntlc conven
tion nt Chicago. Manywoltlmm also discuss
tho probability of1hoadoptin(*?<?4u unit rule
by tnclr delegations.
This canvass seems to show that tho wost
and soulU will Uu trum iy for sliver, whlR? tho
east ?nid middle States will declare for gold,
or at any rato against free silver.
That tho results foreshadowed by this can
vass are most important in politics cannot
(>e gainsaid. These opinions from tholr
character clearly Indicate that a crista in
financial matters will be reached when the
Democratic convention assembles and that
the silver men will very likely control tho
jonventlon.
Tho deductions from all these reports can
x> aeon by a gl^yico nt tho following table:
HII.VKn
Southern State? West Virginia, Virginia,
Sorth i urolinu, South Carolina, Georgia,
renneaje, Arkansas, Mississippi, TOxus.
Westers States? I (Uhois, Missouri, Kai sas.
Sew Mexico, Colorado, Montana, ' Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Culifor
iia, Oklahoma (Ter).
ooi.n.
Now England States? Maine (divided). New
Hnmshlro, Massachusetts, llhode Island.
Middle states? New York, Pennsylvania,
Sew Jersey, Delaware, Maryland.
Western States? Wisconsin, Iowa, Mlnn
MOtA.
Southern States? Kentucky.
Dotbtful Statea? Indiana, (divided,) Ohio,
llabama. Fl'> H do.
WRATHRU IN TIl^C'hirTON I1KLT.
Weekly Report of tho United State*
Department of Agriculture.
Virginia ? Klchmond: Warm weathor ^o)
past week has been of great benefit to fail
and spring seeding, grosses and gardens:
winter wheat has improved; corn planting li
being pushed In central J and eastern
soctions; tobacco plants flourishing; iruit
blooms abundantly.
North Carolina ? Raleigh: Extromoty
warm, bright weather, wUh drought, l ot
yet serious, but. delayln??f$fmloatlon; re
Krts not so discouraging aa anticipated;
a work made much progress and rrong
are doing fairly well: odton up in South
and tobacco nearly lar/o enough to trans
plant! shipment of truck and strawberries
Continue.
~ njth Carolina? Columbia: Hot .and dry;
:orn up; late corn and cjp^ton do not
well; grain/looking fairly woli
. spring oats, wlileb t* -dying out
work adTance&and minor arops largch
planted; pastures genially Improved; cottol
planting slackens, being too dry.
Oeorgiai- Atlanta: Wea lifer continue* in
tensely hot and dry; faro* work well up and
balk Mall crops planted, but germination
and growth at a standstill for want of raois*
tQM;?ora generally very good stand and
?ease Aside being cuHi rated; wheat aad oau
* for rain: fruits very promising.
Nasartile: Wees very favor
er ifrowlng vegeta
I eii growing crops 1
irsa prospect* ucviifcu i^ootl ntos la
?iMoa ISUif nJ much needed,
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THK FIM k- /OI KTII CO\(iKKSH..
A Svymi|)kla of the PrOOCCdlogs llotli
Houses*
T1IK SKNATK.
ffKOMKIPAT,
'I ho senate on Wednesday dUcusjod tho
uostion oC sectarian schools for Indian chil
dren. It ended in thoadoptlott of an aiueinV
ment offered l?y Mr. (Jock roll. Tho bill as it
came from tho House appropriated $1,835,000
? increase by tho tJenato to j? 1,310, 000 -for
tho support of day ami industrial schools for
children/ This appropriation was tU'OoiUPfl
nied by a provision absolutely prohibiting
future payment for tho educatlott of Indian
children in sectarian sohools.
THURSDAY, /
Unanimous consent was asked by Mr,
Call to have tho joint resolution, heretofore
ottered by him, requesting tho President to
Komi ships of war to Cuba for tho protec
tion of American cltiisons takon up for con
sideration ami nation; but on tin* appeal of
Mr. Piatt, Kopublioan. of Connecticut, not to
press tho request at this iituo, Mr. Call said
ho wouhl withhold tils request for tho pres
ent, but ho gave notioo that as aoon as tho
Indian appropriation bill shall bo disposed
of, ho will move to'havQ his joint resolution
taken up and actod on,
KUIDAY.
In the Senate on Friday Mr. llacon, l>em
oorat, of Ueorgla, offered an amendment for
tho payment to tho Cotton States ami Inter
national Kx position Company of Atlanta,
(la., of tho unoxponded bahyico
(about 10,000) of tho appropriation
heretofore inado for tho ' govern
mont oxhlblt tbei;o as agreed to.
Tho following bills wore passed: Senate bill to
??250,000 to Hlchmond t olloge, Richmond,
Vn., for uso and occupation and injury of
building by tho United States troops for
eight months beginning April, lsoij Senate
bill appropriating t20,f>00 f<.? r a lighthouse at
St. Joseph's Hay, Pin.
SATURDAY.
The Senate Haturday mado brief work ol
the Sundry civil bill, Wb(Q it pMSOd tho
House it carried appropriations aggregating
*:i0, 000,000. The Honato appropriation eotn
i.,itioo reported It back with an addition of
$(i,000, 000 largely mado up huids necessary
to earry on work on public buildings and
river and harbor Improvements and courts
for tho whole twelve, months, instead of for
six or nine month*.- Tho committee also
added 000, 000 more, so the bill as it passed
appropriates in round llgures ^.'17,000,000.
Among the amendments adojdoa were: In
creasing the, limit of cost ol the public build ?
lug at Savannah, Go.. from $400,000 to i&OO,
000. Appropriating 1 5,000 for a post oflleo
building at Fortress Monroe, Va., and also
*2.05S for the purchase of additional land
for the military cemetery at Key West, Pla,
MONDAY.
The Senate committee Monday completed
tho river and harbor appropriation bill and
it was reported to tho Senate. Tho com
mittee reduced or struck out Items to tin ag
gregto ol >tU!)1,858, and increased or luscrtcd
item* Aggregating ij^GCl/ilM) -making a net
increase of iji2,02y,f48J. the bill now carrying
a total of ??12, 114,5t<?.
I IM.SDAY.
Tuesday the most of the time was occupied
in the itfinsidenitlon of tho naval appropria
tion bifTr
Senator Butler inlroduced a bill appropri
ating ?'25,000 for additions to tho public
building at Groohsboro. Ho Hied a copy of
tho grand jury's indictment ol 1|>e present
inadequate accommodations. Senator Priteh
ard presented a petition of Nowl>ern citizens
praying for a clock tower, clock and illumi
nated dial. f
THK HO.l/sE.
; WKD.NKSOAY.
In the House ou Wedntoday two pension
bills wero returned to tho Senate by tho Pres
ident without Ills signature. Green fvywUy*
Texas, was transferred to tho Terfuory of
Oklahoma, in aeoordaneo with the rceont de
cIhIou of tho Hupremo Court declaring It not
a part of tho State of Texas.
THURSDAY.
fly a vole of six ayes to two nays, the
House oommittco on Territories agrood to
I ho report favoring a bill admitting Okla
homa to statehood, lleyond passing ft few
private bills" tho Houfco transacted no busi
ness, except In the discussion of general pon
J'tiou bills.
FRIDAY.
The general deflcloncy illl, as it passo<l the
House, contains tho following Horn of inter
est: To refund to the collector' of customs,
HeaufoitS. O., for repayment by him to tho
persons entitled thereto tho sum Imposed
and Imposed ajid collected In tho case of the
schoonor Phantom for a violation of It. S.
4!)30, since remitted by tho Secretary of tho
Treasury fl00.
SATURDAY.
The House Saturday discussed the advisa
bility of (Jioslng the uebato on tho pension
bill, but it was decided to continue the samo
for a few days. So sion as tho pension bill
la out of tho way tho Lnnkruptcy bill will bo
taken up. The bill hy which C'onfedorato
soldiers, who lator eeJved in tho Union ftrmy,
may bo pensioned, .'was' criticised by Mr.
Grosvenor, but he s?<Ud he would support tho
bill however, for )Go good things there wero
in it. /
/ MONDAY. y
The House ?ni Monday passed a f^W peu
?Ion bill#, and others local to tho Uistrlct of
Coumbla. Representatives __?#?rnon and
Tnibert spoke brlefly'^OIPTfio pension bill.
The hitter defended Southern re-unions.
tuksday;
The ll rst business In order In tho House
Tuesday was tho voto on the passing of tho
ponsion bill, which was taken by yeas and
Q a ys, at the demand of Mr. Crowtucr, Re
publican, of Mhsouri. It resulted: Yeas 187,
aays Hi. t ho Republicans and Populists sup
porting tho bill and the Dumocratyopposlng
It. Six I) emocrats, however, vojd'd for tho
till. v '
TUB SOUTH'* PIUMiltKSS.
Kutcrprlses Projected, an Roportcd lo
ino Manufacturer's Itocord.
Reports to the Manufacturer's Record
show that the Industrial enterprises projected
in the' South cover a wide number of indus
tries, indicating an increasing diversity of
manufacturing in this section ; and while the
number of new enterprises la not larger than
for previous . weoks, it shows that n very
hen lib v and ' substantial progress is taring
made In nil parts of the Houth.
In Florida contracts have been let tof a
M'J,000 water works nowbr liouso At Jack
sonville, and aa (electric light plant is to bo
built at Key WTat.
In Georgia, sulphuric acid plant at Atlan
tu; tin ware factory in Attunta* a bicycle
manufacturing company, the 11 r?t sQnth of
Maryland, with a capital of #15,000 organized ?
in Atlanta; a cotton seed oil mill In Augu.itn; ,
a ? 10,000 canning factory at Bremen; gold
mining operations at Canton; an electric
light plant and water works system at Dub
lin; a soap factory at Macon and ? 9600, 000
quarrying company.
North Carolina reports the nececsary capi
tal raised foV putting into bloat the Greens
l>oro furnace, built several years ago, but
never in operational cotton mill waste fac
f lory at Salisbury. V t
8o?Jh Carolina, 9 saah add door factory at
Ait en; the doubling of the capacity of a cot
ton mill el Bamberfc; a #1,000 knitting mill at
the same place,- and a 910,000 lumber com
pany at Charleston. .
Virginia reports Iron ore property to be
developed at Boena Vista; a vegetable dye
factory at Lynehburf ; a 920,090 medicine
company at Norfolk; a brick factory at Bad'
ford, and the establishment of exteosiv*
u<? and planing mills in southwest Virginia
by western people.
A PiwmIIp Trs^sdy.
At Boseda). Bw <11 eouaty: Va,.- a ohu
~byll?e^6 or DaHoa an^hiii aoi, q SrT
wllsd oTwt a mo? y iiiaiwn The tetter
Brad m^nD tb&MU Mi W, IHIJ a W1
took, effect la the Ma'*KM(i At few Ml be
dwt fete tether thsow* tMhaMChtdtef blm
las^pUy. The ?oa?^ bjfmtmm. -'r*
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
UJjKANINOS FKOJf MANY POINTS
Important Happenings, lipth Home
un<l Foreign, lllcHy ToUI.
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Southern News Notes.
Two murderers has boon lynched by
a inol> in Tennessee.
Au old eliop adjoining the npw shops
of tho Southern at Atlanta has been
burned. Twenty earn wero lost. Tho
ohh iH under $10,000
Mary A bornethy, charged with kill
ing Mrs. Pollard, iu Virginia, fouml
guilty o?, mnvder in tho llrnt degreo
Monday aj^Farmvillo, Vu.
In Huntington, VW. Ya. tj John Lovo
shoots hiH wifo and lather- in-law, Jos.
Mayn, and then hlioots hiniBolf. Cause,
separation of Lovo and his wifo.
]>r. Din/, will attend tho Houthorn
Iluj4i?t Convention at Chattanooga,1
Tonn., May Mb, and apeak o,n tho
condition of affairs in Cuba. ^
Tho melon crop in Florida 1ms been
damaged to Eoiyo extent by a terrific
bail Ptorni. Near Dado City tho hall
foil to a depth, j^f three inches.
A young man at Doniavillo, Ky.,
who wan in love With lii.s step-Binter,
became, i una nely jealous and lulled oi^o
of her girl frit ihIh and then trl.edu>
commit suicide. /
At tho blcyclo races Savannnlv^a.,/
Charles Murthy paced by ^Harry
Wheeler mado a half mile in tifty-nino
and tlireo tifllis seconds, establishing a
now record for that distance.
Northern News Hems.
FirO, in Central Thoatp.e, at Cripplo
('reek, Col., has destroyed ?1,000,000
worth of property.
Tho battleship Massachusetts, at"
J3or.ton, averaged 10.15 knots on hor
trial, and her builders will rcooivo u
bomiH of SI 00,000.
Governor Morton, of Now York, has
feigned tho I ill permitting racing ae
Hociations to build cneJouuroB on their
tracks where betting may bo conduoted
and perfecting tho racing law in
various ways.
Evidence for tho defense iji tho oase
of tho American Tobacco Company,
charged with infringing tho anti-trust
law of Now Jersey, bau boon concluded.'
Vioo-Chiuioellor Reed decided that tho
firgnmnnt would bo heard in Trent$>u
on Juuo 20, 21, 25 and 20.
Tho Governor of New York has
feigned tho bill lessening tho hourB of
working women #to 00 honrs per week
in mcrcautilo establishments." Chairs
nro to bo provided for tho clerks, and
tho sanitary, arrangements aro to he
approved by tho board Of health, and
tho workshops inspocted.
At Burlington, N. J., the immense
shoo plant- of the Wm, B. Hunting ?
cstato wa? completely destroyed by
fire, entailing a loss of 875,000 with'
insurance of $40,000. ' The concern
did a big business in the manufacture
of children's shoos and employed KW
bands.
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Washington* /
Prominent Southern , men met 1?
Washington Friday an<fcformcd an as* ~
eociutiojji to study Sonihern history.
Undo Sam'B Fish Commission will
distributo during tho comirg season,
#37,112,000 adult fish, fry and egge
for re-stocking tho waters of tho differ* -
ernt B t ai**sT Thm?i 1 1 exceed tly# distri
bution of last yeqrDy^7^00, 000.
)The marriago o\ MffiflT&lia Steven
son, elder daughter Nof .Vice-President
Stevenson and Rev. Ma?in 1). Hardin,
son of Hon. P^Wat. JJJrdin, occurred
at New York Avonu^ Pr^foyterian
Church, Washington,
It is tho goncml undersfea^dij^ Ah?t
the Venezulcan Commission, which
wero appointed by tho* President to
bring about arbitration between the
United States and Great Britian, will
not mako its report until December
next.
Foreign. .
Telegraphic commtinidhtion with <
Buluwayo lias again been opened. ?
The French Senate unanimously
voted tho Madagascar credits which
they had refused to graut to the Bour
geois ministry. ^
Tljo German government bsspe*
ceivod information that war hasbroiea y.
out in German Southwest Africa be
tween the Germans and the Gabaisand
Hottentots. " '?
The recent census of Germ?py_tl
'shows that tho population has inereaaed1
moro rapidly than in any Ave years' ,'i
period sineo the foundation oi the Em- ?
pire, being one %nd thirteen bun- ;
dredths per cent, per jeer.
;'iy
Rev. Geo. Knapp, the Amerioes
Missionary, who was ^spelled frmb
Bitlis, Constantinople, by the Torkhli
authoritiea witho^ta^irial on aharge J
of having meitecTthe Armenians to
rebel against the Turkish ' tale, has
been delivered to the United State*
Oonsa). at Alsxandrette.
At Attack Bicycle** '?
The Bsv. Dr. Hayda, of the "Old '
Church" in Cleveland, be* made
lack oa Moyclioff,' bnt explaiaaU
lodaojp to do so by the fart that
pie who esed to ?e to chereT -
(tee to wbesUnr. The^Bev,
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