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NO ill IS III. T1IJC W'ilOLl^ MATTISIl GOISS TO TIHO f-ihUilSTjATt/ K. **'7 ? ? * ^Ie.r?>iM. Williams and Wcslmi Mul(o a Ifeport us lo Their Trip (.? Clncln uat i-Soino Interost In;; Letters Givon the I'll bile. As lifts boon pi ( dieted tho mission til Messrs. Willi. n..> mid Weston to Cincinnati ainourted I > naught. Their report hlioxvH liint fuel Tho whiskey ?no n wouldn't toll them anything and they oiiino hack :;uil i^1i (be Legisla ture to take tho matter in hand, roaliz ? ii/? that tho IJoar I ih powerless. Tlioir report settles i>!l further investigation by tho Hoard. It hin dono nil it donlil nnd in nut give tho whole matter over to tho Legislature. TUB KKt'OllT. Tho follow in<> is their ruport made to I ho Board: / CoM-'MMA, H. Cj^ct. 7, 1800. 'J'o 1hr, Stufo Hutivd nf/l\>ntrol\ \\ o, .your committee appointed nt your hint mooting to go to Atlanta and Cincinnati to collect evidence against Dispensary olficials, if any thoro is, tending to Khow that rebates wore im properly received, report: That wo wont to Atlanta, Ha., and thero found that it was impossible to recover a damaging telegram said to havo t)eon pent from thorn to fJowmis ?ionor Mixaon by bin son in July, '95, as under tho rules of tho company which in that all matter over six months *>?d had been destroyed if ever in ex istence. Wo then proceeded to Cincinnati and as a result pioMcnt herewith aslatemout. from the Peebles and Live Oak-Com pntiioB who have been charged with pay ing reljntea which dcscrvca but little comment at our hands. Tho officers and employes of those companies refuso to diMMiwi any t?f those matters with us, rxoc} 1 'hrough their attoruoyB ? ^efu?? to a! v a stenographic report of our intei ?? witli them and ruJ\?'so to be bouti y any verbal stateinctit they might inako. ' 'lb ir written statement amounts to little vise than in advertisement lor themselves, and without charging any body with wrong-doing, wo respectfully suggest that tho Legislature is the only power in this State with sufficient au thority to grapple with this matter and ox pose damaging facta in any exist. While in Cincinnati we approached? other parties who had dealing with tho' Dispeufcsuty, but with iinsulisfuetory re Blllts, L. J. Wlt/MAMS, For tho lJoar.l of Control. Fiiancih II. Wk.ston, For the Legislative Committee. Tho Board adopted the following: This Hoard of Control, on account of the many rumors afiocting tho in tegrity of the management of the bus inese of tho State Dispensary before the prcsont board took charge of its affairs, deemed it proper lo enter upon an investigation of tho truth of such rumors as far as they affect employes of tho institution. This investigation has been made as thorough and ax searching ns possible, in view of tin? limited extent of tho power and au thority of thia board. During tho investigation, the board has received statements, under oath, of all persons and all officials who ap peared boforo it. A joint committee, composed of one member of the h?nr<l and ouo inomber of tho Legislative Executive Committee, was sont to the city of Atlanta and tho city of Cin cinnati, to investigate tho business /ransactioiiB betwoeii firms who havo sold liquors to tho State nnd tho ofii oials oT the Slate Dispensary unoor the former Act of tho Legislature. Tho re port of this joint committee lias been made. Tho hearing boforo this board was hold with open dooi'H, and tho testimony has boon published in tho daily newspapers for tho informa tion of tho public. It is tho soneo of this board that at the proper time the v General Assembly shall bo fully ap prised of the disadvimtugeB under which this investigation won made, that they may take such steps as iriay be deemed advisable. The evidence that has been taken i*. in tho opinion of tliia board, insuffi cient to show thot any office or em ploye of the State Dispensary has re ceived rebates or couimisdiuus on tales to tho Dispensary, or to trace any money so received to the personal pos oession of any such officer or employe, or to prove that any such ofliee'- or employo has participated in such re bates or commissions. Whiskey Men1* Tho letters refccrod to in tho report aro rts foil own: Cincinnati, O., $fcpL2J)th, AfcasrA. William * and Weston, Com. mitten of Investigation, Columbia, S. C. Gentumrn; Ah *?o hnvo mrn^o you nssuranro tbnt tvn would investigate all tho nmttf>r? you Iinvc inado a trip to Cincinnati to louk into,. ?'c nnw pro* f>oflc to piiiin w^y u# tho r0""'4 ?f uur nvi-atigutlons concerning thu alVttirn ir?T tho two. undorfigiMyj companion uith tho ytute of (South Carolina. WY ?r? promoted to dp t hi?? with a 'till airrre elation of tho iiijportaqco of yonr vi*jt aud with full knowledge 4hnt ibe t>?'o p'e of South Carolina, through their, properly constituted officials, r?re n??w invvHigating tho conduct of #ocut> oL tho 8ta!o ofUciale, .wi'lyfc view of got -t exact jueticc/Viand righl And frih . ~y p Wo trWWment with the hope that you will fully understand the position c' oui two con) panics for fair dealing and honesty. Tho Jo^ph lt. j ?ebleiT Son* .Co, (undersigned) h*? bosiiisi* fc? flfty-fiis yc.r*. I? ftfw grown to n largo prtvntc eorpor ; atior., with u rnpiinl nook as largo a< most of I ho Ix.'ijju ban k h, 'iihI its ntY<iir? are managed Ky a board of <1 i roo t? ?r~> '1 ho Lp o Oak Distill 'ry Company if a similar privau corporation, operated I und ?? tli? atn.gcmcnl of a board of director*, all of whom aro r*ent lemen of integn'y ?u 1 high business r< puta tion in thin community. Holh v. f those oo'icfi' no have an aggregate capital of four ' nnlred thousand dollars (5100, ? COO) j-ftld in, jinl havo in their employ, over ono hu> (' cd and twonty-llvo poo p'e. (X th's number of peoplo, mort than o.. ? half arc anles people. Out on.sini.K3 lel.ttioiiH witli I n; t e i J i ??? ponsary of South Carolina has passed through tho hands of a numUtr of theao people. Now, gentlemen, wo propose to say to you, and through you to tho people of South Carolina, that if anything that in oven slightly dishonest, or tainted with corruption, has boon in dulged in, hy any oonnivnnoa of any employe and any ofticiul of tin Statu of South Carolina, wo only wish to know who it in, ac wo CADtrH tolerato any such oonduot on tho part of any ono connootod with our business, wliethor iri your State or any other Stato. Wo arc aware of tho fact that tho Southern Stiitea liave boon industri ously drummed l>y a lino of commer cial travelers, somo of whom are irres ponsible. We an: fully convinced of thi<? fact; that no responsible estab lish inent can do a largo business through traveling salesmen without having imitators, and without having their reputation assailed, at sip.* time or other. Tho undersigned , two companies have both been suoocjssfnl, and have so hi aiv4-,$(el iver ?1 to the Slato of South Carolina lar^e quantities of high grade goods, uniformly at the lowest prices, consistent with quality. Wo .claiui, without execution, that wo have sold tho State of South Carolina at tho j very lowest margin at which wo could uObrd tO sell. If, in connection with this business, and tho desire to retain \ it, any ono of tho salesmen or em ployes, of commissioned ngviiin ,oj- ' '?j okers of tho undersigned companies ; ?mve made any mistakes, wo w ish you ?gentlemen to consider that we liavo to bo a btilo charitable with our employes, and that we do not charge our em ployes, who are pushing thesaleofour good, with as high a degree of respon sibility, provided they net honorably in all their dealings with our custom ers, and do not misrepresent tho quiil ity?of our poods. A committee of our board has now I advifiod that ono of the members or the [company, who is also a lawyer, give a thorough investigation to a great many of tho matters wo havo from time to time learned from the South Carolina newspapers. <? A We havo ascertained tho fact that Mr. Yost, who is ono of tho Southern managers of the Livo Oak Distillery company, did have personal interviews <>n one or two occasions with James W. Mixeon at Cincinnati, Ohio. You havo isked us personally to secure any let ters Mr, Yost is ablo to furnish. Wo now furnish and attach hereto the two b-ttersthat Mr. Yost lias boon ablo to liti'tj ono dated April 20th, 1805, from James W. Mixson to our Mr. Yost; and the other dated May 10th, 1895, to Mr. Yost, and signed J. W. Mixson. Mr, Yost has also furnished us a loiter from W. T, Mixson, dated December 10th, 18^6. Both of our two companies want to havo it distinctly understood that these letters were not known of by tho other agent* of tho otisinces, and that Mr. Yost distinctly ?dates that, it nevor occurred to him that any friendly relations that might ue established with J. W. Mixson and \V. T. Mixson might be construed un avoraldy bv anybody in tho Stale of iJouth Carolina. You two gentlemen, ns a committee, iinvo requested iih j?e rf-o u a I ly to ask Mr. YoBt about any interviews ho ever tnyl with cither of tho sons of F. M. Wixson. Wo have tlie statement from Mr. Yost, and now givo it to you ? That lie saw ono of the gentlemen ou two or threo occasions at Cincinnati, Ohio, and tho olher ono possibly as many tiineB at Cincinnati, Ohio. That, without any thought an to any possible .'onetruetion thnt might ho placed upon it, and in entiro innocence an to any improper suggestions, ho did consent tv> give n "mall brokerage commission to said two gentlomon. Tliat each of mid gentlemen approached him. We have tho accurnneo of Mr. Yoht that in neither of tho interviews with either jf tho hour of F. M. Mixson did they promise or nssnro .him that they would lolioit business for their father. Mr. Yobt also states that he was led to bejievo from conversations with others whoso names ho cannot rccnll, ( ihftt the business as conducted in the ritatJNJ South Carolina enabled the iliOoronl*?Ufi)onBorB to call for tht par. ticnlar brannlNjf goods"* they wontod, or that there was a demand for; that j these demands of the various county Dispensaries controlled tho or<tjers by the roaiu Dippenssry. 'therefore, as tho Live Oak Distillery Company and the Joseph K. Peebles' Nona Company had already established thu scale of prices at which they wero willing to sell the goods, snd as the suggestion made by W. Miieon and J. W. Mixson had/ nothing to do \vith a change of ?the?e priccB, Mr. Yost thonght that by having brokers in thi field to assist creating a demand fm i\yb liquori* or popularising ccrttu brands, there would bo no injustice *to the StAto of 8outh Caio!ina, even if ratd bTokcniVere related to the com roistiontf. ? Upon the above theory. .both of tho. undersigned companies feel very well awured tW we are rn;ht in i-xonerat-. iug Mr. Yost, ono of oilr represent atives, frojn any wrorg jct ntton or it 1 ttmr toiriml tlw? w*?lfi?yj of tho Stale of $onth Carolina, or from any ? attempted corruption or bribery. Wo now at u to U? you genllenifu tho fart, ami unsure yen of itfl accuracy, that tbo prices at which olir goods were sold tn tho State df South Caro lina woro from.1) to -0 per cent. Una t'ol tliil HIllllO gmdCH US Sold by us to other largo buyorrt thitiugh tho United States. Your coinmittco ban asked these companies llio question in categorical turni, us to whether .cither oC tho un dersigned companies has directly or indirectly made to any oflieor of tho State of South Carolina Disponimry any rebates, premiums, commissions, ilraw-bai k.or other valuable considera tions, sinco tliLHn companies havo dealt with tin* Slate of South Carolina ifp to tho present lime. Now, with the exception of pocket knives, ami other little advertising do vices, which wo send froely to any cus tomers, anywhere in tho country, wo answer No. Wo regret tho absenoo from Cuiein nati, oil account t> f UlnosB, of our Mr. JoHcph S. PoobleB. Wo oannoi di? (iu h Mr. Teobbs during his illness, luit. if there are any other poiutn which you desire to ha\o covered in corrcfl pondouce, if yon will audress a letter to either of the undersigned cjmpaniea ai Cincinnati, you will receive trunk, full and completo answers. Boforo dosing this letter wc wish to to you, and through you to the gentle men in ofilco in South Carolina whom you roprcBont, that wo appreciate < h ? foroo of the request which you made, v i v. : that you bo furnished with n stenographer and that you bo iillnwiil to question ami tako down in vhort hand tho oouvorsation, questions and answorn mado on your present vicil and investigation at Cinoinuati, Ohio. Variouo members of tho undersigned companion. and in fact all tho gentle men you havo personally mot, were quito willing to do this. lint wo havt an attorney who is UHHoeiated .with tuis ineefi of both companies, and it ib upon his advico that wo prefer to auswei these quoBtionu as wo have. As the reputation of both companioH i? bigl , and wo deeiro to keep it bo, wo do i.ot desiro to havo our two companies mad< responsible for any uptake* in lan guago or nceidentiil blundern of the stenographers on mntteiK that lire ol the greatest importauoo to n*. Besides an investigation that would bo i n <j d ini torial in iintnro and louc-iing upoi points entirely dill* lent f?" othe mnl tor under discussion, would run rn, to great length, an<l would involve the time of Bomo of our most valuable people. In truth, wo feel a great sympathy for tho people of South Carolina if they havo really been injured by any dishonest oflicers; and wo fool willing and free to help ferret it out to the bottom. Now wo sincerely hope that justice will bo dono to all. Wo cannot liolp any irrogular iuvestigaton or ono car ried on in Cincinnati that is really without strict authority of law. We hopo that our letter written jointly by both companies, will bo re ceived in tho fair spirit in which it is offered. jRespectfully submitted, Tho L/ive Oak I)iBtillory Co., Scott Lissbnden, Sec. Tho Joseph It. Peoples' Sons Co., II. Z. PiiEBJiEH, Sec. aud Troas, Tho Mlxsons* Tjettcrs. . Columbia, S. C. Dec. 10th, 1805. Mr. John C. Yost, Louisville , A'y. Dear. Sin: My father, Col. F. M. Mixson, received ft lot of those "Liivo Oak" pockot-kuivefi from tbo Ti. (). Distillery Company and distributed them among tbo member** of tbo Con stitutional Convention, but I not bo inff a member, failed Vo get one, find write to ask if you will not send me about half a dozen. I will keep one mysolf and distribute ?the balance judiciously. Very truly yourn. (Signed) W . T. Mixoon. Copy. Columbia, S. C., May 10th. 1895. Mr. John C. Yost, J\ O. Box, 304, Cin cinnati, O. Dkar Sin: Your favor of tho 30th of April, Also package containing "the small token," bos boon received, l'lease accopt many thankn for pnrne. It ia highly appreciated by mo. I would bftvo acknowledged receipt enrlicr, but waited until nfter the de cision in the Dinnonsarv c.ano was ron ucreti. 1 Knew unit yon wero )ulerc?i ed in tho matter. ^ Tho injunction referred to in my letter to yon was permanent, though as stated in that letter, it doeH not af fect the operation of thn law in tbo re motest manner. Of course, it may to a certain extent .affect tho sales of ibejdispensers, though I have no idea it in an bad as Rome of tho oitizouH Of thin State are inclined (and who would do anything to injure the law, no mat ter what?) to beliovo. It ia probable that a case will be made out ftnd taken to the Unite'l Suites Supreme Court on habeas corpus prooeodingw, and Jiavo that section of tho law finally disposed ^>f. Will let yen hear from meineasc anything new arises. Again thanking yop, and boxing that I may reciprocate yonr kindnefs, I am, Very trnly yonra, (Signed) J. T. Mixson. Copy. Columbia, 8. 0., April 20lh, 1896. Mr. John C. Yost . P. O. JIox 304, Cin cinnati, O. Dkar Sir: Yonr favor of the 23d inet. baa been received. Referring to tho injunction of Judge &o1f re?tr?io itrgtbe State Board of Qonirol and the Statd CommiMiioner frbm interfering with Ihjugmi in transit. I beg to aay that it doea not affect the, law at all. The return will be made on ibe8dprox. SI>onT<t anjfhtng "t-irn tip" I WiTi tflVo plcasnre in advising yon, aa I aball be hole for tho next ten daja or there about* I moan, of conrae, iu tho I mrtttOl ul Alt'OCtlMg "10 hlW, l',ut '* i tlocH n fleet I In' law tt-clf, No m?y : i mako tho injunction permanent, but that will not alVeot the oper?tiou of i j tin* law in tho remotest degree. i I inn indeed very glad llmt 3 on en- j j joyed your visit to our "Capital City," ; .and hojio (o see yon over again vvliot) you can find it convenient to come. I j am ftlho glad to know that your busi' neaa relations will bo what you dosjre. 1 think my father regards \ our tlrm a< 0110 of tho bent, Mini for thai reason I believe lio will do what ho c?ii for you. If at any tiino I can bo of any sorvied to you, address mo or Mr. K. M. Mix son, Co! u m bin, S. C. Ho will forward to mo should I not ho in tho oitv. Al low mo to thank .von for tho token men tioned in tho first paragraph of yonr letter. I apprceiato any favor, but really I never had any idea that you would do anything of that kind, nor did I I expect it. Again thanking you 1 am Very truly yours. (Signed) i'. W. Mixhon, That Telegram. Concerning tho telegram Mr. .1, W. < Mixtion is alleged to liavo sent his father from Atlanta, tho following was sub mitted, being a message to Manager (5 ray of tho Western Union at Colnm- | bia: lhcii.MONP, Va. , Sept. 17. ( frui /, Columbia, South Carolina : Thoro in no possible ehanco to got the message you refer to. All of our busi ness for up to and including first seven months of this year i? destroyed in accordance with tho telegraph com pany's i ules. J. Ik Tkbk, Supoi intendont, i'.yn> tiik wkonc; man. The Colorod Industrial College Out $12,800 ? rcesUlcdt Miller Much Perturbed. President Tom Miller of tho Colorod Normal and Industrial College was in Columbia ono day last week and he made a discovery that shocked him from centre to circumference. Somo money that he had fondly thought was locked up in the State Treasury was gone ? it had been paid out to the wrong party and great was the aston ishment and disappointment of the professor ! When tho Act establishing the Colored Normal College was adopted it provided that any of the Land Script fund, which had been going to Cloiliu, which should become due, should go to the Normal Collego after May, when the separation of tho two inatitu tions took place, it so happened that on duly 1, $'2,H0() of this fund becaino available for tho educational unee of tho State. President Miller naturally thought tho best place for it was in the treasury whore it could uafoly stay until it was needed, lie didn't, there fore, take any Bteps about securing it. JIo proceeded with tho work of erecting tho necessary buihliugH and making other improvement^ and ex pected to pay for thonj and other ex penses out of the fttndv While in Columbia ho went to the Treasurer's ofiico for tho purpose of drawing some of tho money. Ho teas dumbfounded when lie was told that $2,000 of it had already been drawn. Mr. Miller was paralyzed, an tho slang hath it, and immediately enquired with great fear who had gottou it. JIo was informed that Captain, Moans, treasurer of the Hoard of Trustoea of tho South Carolina University, Lai drawn tho money regularly and as ro quired by hnv. Mr. Miller rushed right away to see Captain Means and his discomfiture was mado worse when ho got. tho in formation that tho mouoy had boon paid to Dr. Dunton, president of Cla ilin University. There is no doubt that a mistake was made. The hnv expressly pro vided that the money should go to the Industrial College. How tho error was mado has not exactly been ex plained, but it is a serious ono. Dr. Duntor, ns proiident of Clallin, ha* been getting this monoy regularly and tho facts are that the aiithoritieu bo lieviiiL' that tho Industrial Collego had m t yet actually begun operations paid the uioiit-y over as had Ulcu regularly done. President Miller e.mtertds, however, that tho college was legally aiid ac tually in operation and ho will Irftld Treasurer Hates responsible for tin money. Governor Kvans will have the rnnttei looked into and will take hteps to have the error corrected. I.AM) SCKII* FlIN I). I>r. J Infos K\|)liilii8 IIIh- 1'osKloa In Treasurer Bates h&B liade a statc fnont in reference to that 82,800 which President Tom Miller thought ought to go to his college. Dr. Hates said that fund wi?h divided into two parts, one going to Clomwm nnd the other to Chi/lin University. It wns subject to tho order of the trustees of the South Carolina University And whon they made tho proper requisition for it, Dr. Hates was bound to givo it to thorn. Henco ho couhl not in anyway beheld responsible for it. He said that ho had not given tho subject ranch study, but on the fa ee of things it would look as if Claflin wan entitled to some of the money at least. Tho amount was tho ^interest for six month*, and Claflin University, that part in which tho State' was inter' ested was certainly iu existence np to the last of May. Henco it wonld ap* pear regular that thoy shonld receive I the interest for five months. That, however, is only Dr; Dates'* personal view of tho matter. Ho has nothing whatever to do with Uje diaptfeifti^n of the motifj after he had legally turned it over to the irusiees. | If ihe money i has been wrongfully appropriated the trttttecft will have to bo held scroti nt | able. ~ ? lie Mutter. Governor Evans aft it hank. 111'. HAS ( lv\SK?> TO l)K STACK 1.1 <,>!'<> K < "OM >1 ISS ION K If . ? ? ? ' * * The State ltour<l Promptly Aeeri>ts j t Iw* IvCNlgllilt U?li; TlHMl It liOfUfiCR to i (toy Liquor From I'ocMos hihI l.lvo Oak. I The Columbia State of last Friday says that alter all there have boon two j very surprising things to develop front i t)a? rooont dispensary investigotion, | and tho notion of the Statu Hoard of Control. In t ho Ih'Nt place State Com missioner Mixson inn resigned his po sition it nil his dutirs ceased 1 ont Satur day. It vvoh ik complete surprise to ovon Col. Mixaon's friends. The other matter is tlio doteru-inntion of tlio Sfito Hoard of Control to leave tlio Mill Crook and Peebles oonooruH out of it when it oomrH to purchasing liquors for tho dispensary. It luul boon noised around tl>at Com missioner Mixtion loid dotonnSnod to hand in bis resignation, inasmuch as tlio board's resolution bml oloarcd him ot nil wrong-dating. No amount of questioning oonld bring any to boar tin tho matter. Sovoral memboiH of tlin board, wlion questioned, denied llatly that tlio board bad requested tin* resignation, and C'ol. Mixson himself, wlion asked if thin wero truo, denied it almost emphatically. llo declined to iay say whotlior l.e would resign or not. I'hnisday ('.<?!. Mixson was summoned befolo tho board of control and found Clovornor Fvuns alroaily present. From what cm i bo ascertained thin was duo to tho consideration by tho board of Iho matter of getting Governor Evans to stop tho seizures of impor toil liquors by tho constabulary . Mixson, it Seems, was called in to innko a state ment an to tho oxtout <tf suoli seizures by the constables, but what tho upshot id tlio matter was is of course un known. It w u8 about C:!10 o'clock in tho af ternoon when Col. Mixson scut to tlio board his resignation in tlio shape of tho following letter, which gives his reasons for his action: Coi.omhia, S. C. , Oct. 8, IKUfi. To (/ 14 : Xttilc Jtoard <>/ Controt: It has been my desire for somo months to resign my position as Stato commissioner, but on account of tho tnauy rutMor.s "and slanderous reports in circulation I could not afford to do so, preferring to wait an investigation by your honorable board. You liavo conducted this investigation and have oxoncrntod mo fully from my wrong doing, and I now tender you this my resignation, to take effect as soon na yon gentlemen can name my successor, or in auy other manner relieve mo of tho duties. J would bo glad to have you act at as early a timu us you pos sibly can, but I do not wish, to embar rass you nor tho business in causing you to act hastily . Srery Renpcotfnlly, (Signed.) F. M. Mixhon. Shortly afterwards tho State board of control took n reoess until tho nt^xt morning. After tho doors wore oponod it was ascertained that tho board had accepted the resignation of Commis sioner Mixson, to take effect III r o'clock tho noxt evoning. One oi tho members of tho board, when asked what tho board would do nbout elect ing Col. ' Mixson's succetBor, stated ;hat tho board had not aotcd in regard to tho matter an yet, ?but that it wonld aiako propor provision for tho conduct the businosH of tho dispensary until the placo could bo filled. How the board will ovoreomo the reaturoa of tho law nffocti ;g the con J net of tho business in oaso of tho jommissioner's resignation, which were pointed out in Tho Stato i few days ago, remains to bo seen. Phoso features of tho law were called to tho attention of Tho Stato by an attornoy of somo noto. It is un derstood that tho attorney gonoral's -jfllco holds different views, liowevor, and is of tho i pinion that tho pro visions of tlio law quoted do not apply to tho matter in tho way pointed out. Tho board, it is K?i'l, conuidfent itself free to go ahead and select a successor to Col. Mixson. Tho board was busy yesterday with its monthly purchases of whiskey. Most of the purchases were made, but no information in rognrd thereto was givon for tho public, except that no orders wero given to the Peebles and liiVe Oak companies. Tho board has determined not to make publio honcc forth the names of tho parties from whom liquors wero purchased aDd tho amounts that woro purchased. This information will bo withheld in the <utnrc, ItlCPAIKINO A WRONG. Mr. N. M. .Johnson Trie* to Help De luded Policy Holders. Mr. N. M. <Tol?neonrl>iit -recently the president of tho defunct Citizen*' Fire Inguranco Company, is doing all ho con to nrotect policy holders .and ropaity as tar as possible, what losses they sns 2aiu?d. . | Ho has issued the following circular letter to agents and polioy holders: Comjmbia, 8. C., Oct. 0, 1800. Dkab Sir: I write to notify yon that the Citizens' Fire Insurance Company of Columbia has failed* If yon owe the company on a policy issued in yonr fa vor, of conrae yon will not remit. If yon, as agsnt, hare collected monoy for the company, please return it to the parties from whom yon Collected It I am informed that Frank W. Anthony has not paid the company any feoney "coITeHedT b^hlm: If yon hirr paid i hii* any prsmlnmi demand yonrmoaay baek from Mm. --'..V. i ? ^ Yomeirwly, N. If. Jottxaox. ' BILL ARTS I.KTTKU. AN OM> IN liOMlC MAKK9 111 M IC ICTK^SI'Kr n V i?j, ' ll? Written I n l front I ug ly of Aaron Iturr, Hamilton's Slayer. | | I ace that my ol>l friend, Sum Oar* | nochan, of Homo, hurt recently oelo j bralod hi? eighty fci \ t )k birthday. Ho j i is still lir\ln and hourly and loves to j (n I k to hi;? friends about tho good old j times, Ho i* a hiu no* a maker by j trade, ami porches on 'his stool ami tulkrt w hib* ho works and feeiH iho loci- j ing of an honest, industrious man, | Apprenticed to tho trado when lie was ; fourteen years oi l, lie has o nitinimus- j ly pursued his culling for si vonty . yearn, ami in all that tiino 1 tlo not uippono that ho ever defrauded any j nom. 1 have never heard him coin plain of his lot or i f haul turns, 1 never hoard him ahnso anybody moro than to say, "llo hIiouM nol havo dono that. It is wrong, What a I'ily ; ! what a pity," And yet ho in a man of . opinions and convictions and dot s not hcsitato to express tin in. How pnnin old Father Curnochnn to bo so industrious and work so hard ! and live Bo long and et joy life and havo good heallh? Ho rays Ik* reckons it just happened ho, but my <?j inion is that his early habits had much to do with it. For hoveii y? aris h?> was "bound out," as wo used to o?dl il. Bound to a mi idler and harness mailer in New York city to leiirn tho tnulo. That used to bo common at tho north, and I have known tsotnu cases of tho south in tho long ago, but not many, My father ha 1 an orphan boy bt uml to him for seven years, a ?! the covenant was board and eloll ing and two months schooling every year and $2')() in money at tho end < t his time, llo jvas smart, liaudsomn and willing, and mutlo a good meiohant ami married well. Mr. Onrnochan pays ho had to work diligently, ami by the tiino his term wiui out, tho habit of work was fixed upon him and kept him out of mis chief. There is the secret. But few of our boys havo formed a lot bit of work. If they donny at all, they look upon it i.k a hardship. The old man says that Aaron Hurr traded at their shop, and he remt mbi is him well, a handsome, courtly old gen tleman dressed in tip top fashion ami with manners like Lord Chcstci field. Yearn bt/furo ho hud been forced to leave the country and lived in exile, but ho came back when tho storm blew over and he was Biich a great lawyer that ho noon got lots of practice- uml made lots of money. llo drove finpi horsen ami wan a high born aristocrat and never lust a minute's sleep about killing Hamilton. 1 was ruminating about that, for thoro iu no story like it in America/) biography. Tho young people ought to read it. 1 1 it* ful her 'a nnmo wn? [ Aaron Burr, find lie wan a very learned and pious preacher nnd trocher. Ho wan foiftiddr arid first prepidont of Princeton college, ami in I uriid thoro, and nix other presidents arc buried o .r liitn, llo married Esther, tho only daughter of Jonathan Edwards, tho great preacher ami profound thinker. A man whoflo Rormoim made tho pooplo tremble and ory out and beg for mercy. Tho young Aaron had a water named Esther, nnd tl.euo two wero loft orphans at un mrly ago. Thoy had a good eutulo and tho beat guardians, and recoiled a good edu cation. Aaron was Kent to Prinro ton, where ho graduated with dis tinction. It was expected that lie, too, would bn a preacher, but ho And donly astounded his friends by do nouncing ChriBtianity uh a humbug, and deolared his admiration for Lord "ChoBterflold, whom, ho ??aid, "was tho finest gentleman in tho world. Then ho studied law and noon becamo tho top of tho profession, When tho rev olutionary war who impending ho was given a high position and becamo an intimato of Qoneral Washington's family; but lie did not like Washing ton's steady habits ami religion i prin ciples and left htm. At, tho close of the war he married a wealthy widow? \ Mr?. Prevost, an accomplished and pions Christian w< nun. Hho beenmo tho mother of Theodo*ia, celebrated in her day for her beauty and her t>rac. s <>f mind and heart, and univers ally hunenlcl for her Bad and tnysteri ons fate. ' 1 1 ? r only child, a fon, died when ho wus hirleen years old, and *b*? J?urBClf '"~as loht ot f.ea but (\ few weeks after, and po ono ever beard ot the ve**? 1 after it sailed from Charles ton. There aro many stories about it it. having boon seized by pirates *nl rin odonia, with other pa?sen'gors, be ing mode to walk tho fatal plauk that Jroppcd.them into tho rip. Noflong before this nnd event Burr bad forced Hamilton to fight ? duel with biro, and killed him, not.. only without regret, but with unfeigned satisfaction. This put him under tho ban, and be had to fly to avoid arrest. He" fled to Carolina, where bis daughter lived, Hho had married Joseph AI-k ton, ono of Houtfi Carolina'* beet citi B?i?8, and who afterwards becamo gov ernor of tho state. -"T Burr was tho vice president of tho United 8 la tea when be killed Hamil ton. After tbla bo jonceired ? great political ecb'.mo to fannd * limited monarchy in the aouthwcatWiib New Orleans S3 tho a<r*t of governkyent.and he wa? to bo tho monarch. fTfirijea toDkblo <UaJgb*w6y3dl*06wred,and ho *m ?rreat?d *t>d tried ?nd b*reIV ??* raped conviction. ThQodo?j<u*?ed biro tbrcusft hwr p\**&tvgrtner devotion end bcr /Moinatinf beauty. Bat euohwsa Uie publio tamper ?b?l Le lukl to fTito bimaflf ? Bd?M*p?d to Farla. wharab* i ved for MTerftl yeara under the aa .omed namo of Arnot* Wban he dar<x to return ho roattmod the prM'Uoo <>t law in Ni-w York, and ??>?" "VCft*^ tangled in many pcnmlnis and intr ignos, iy tujn ho XT lift Hovonty years ohi im tttll'liamlmuno Hint en??RinR, ..m > ?? cofiuilo.1 a From* counter ot groat ?vmlth (hat nho mnrriod hum ?? n-nHtcil her money ?<> lavishly that tho "jmnit.d frvltr I..,., i.. ? Hl.ort bit W HH lift pelltult'Vfl. llw ?v? ' ilmmloned him ivimI ho t,u i / ' ^ ^ , ^ ? i . i 1 1. a (i 1 1' ji of i oil n o r c? itid (ils?itio?ui at ilio "Kn , .. J.",,. I? hi. I??t 'l,.y? M rc?a Iho I'.ililo anew ? road ami p>i.iderow villi sadnesH mil coi.yition bhUI. . J h,., o m Iho most |.?>rf?-ot HVMtt 111 vl I, nlli tllO M'i'l III 1MB I vcr KfMMl. . ' What a li f. , what a reoord, what ft wreck of urtml talents, ail Wcu!?o l|? forsook tho teachings ??f Iiih mildo (JliriKliai. aucoatora and booiuno a wo - fer, an infidel, a Chesti^ttchl. " h bitter memories ? what nngmnli ')f mnM havo foil in bin hist clnyH-- h>s b??J hours, svlu n hi' begged to bo bitrie.i ? I'nuci ton by tho grave of hin fat 1uh\ Verily, it HiMMiiH liko Provulenoo fol low,., i him with an avenging hand and licnpoil miwrv upon him all hui-lifo. Ami my ohl friend Catnochan ww that man ami hi aril him talk and i mm/ not i ?/.?? I by hin pn-Bcnco-aml bo wan ol'.l enough to voto for Jaokfion for p1( p <i,'ii t ami hinco then linn \ dml loi ntri-i. jM.-shh-i.tH. What a world .1 HH-im.i ies t-.io < hi mail hiiK. lou . ,,,'t alarm him with iVnia of Win na ; "ii going to ruin through this eurn n .?\ iiii.-Ktii>n. Il<* has board the cry of f'iMii too long and loo oft,, n. It makes , f;mj|? to hear tho hoya tn k ? ht,w. It in tho wim1 ohl lot-sin that i " n h??l tho iihirni h .l..cU-.on'.i . d ?.v, when tho United ??tn!i?s bank whs ih monet I'/.eil, ami ho ,,iber* that. I' whm a leg-*'1, fuss 'him this, ho mi.VH, though there wasn't , ? in ii in pi-oplo nor ?o many newspa ,.,s to inako it. I'll" ?'hl man ciuno <outh iti hin rarl.v n\anhoo,l nii? rmlo :,m tin' tirnt ami only nulroiul of any IniRth 1 h*i t IiimI hft'li I'llllt. H" lH 11 ' 'oin!i.rilrtii(!i', a vhi oi!olo|?v, an nntit|iyi ty. 'I'luro i?rn Homo older men, but ninny w'hoaro in In if.ht, as^iM.'^, ik ooiiti nt?:d. 1! i 4 Ion}; life ^f i?.diiht. ^ i-, an u! j M-t h .-M.n to tho r Bonorn : ion, and I hoi>n they will ?;eo it and lm.1; ,,f it. i .t.< Iiiih done no hig tiling ;o f.'ivj liiin famo i>r foflunr, tint ho pa', fought n pood light and not a fiood \ inn 1 ? 1 IN"iuo to yon, my old Inulid. May you koi'p ?"i living nntd yon aro ir.'a'and then . I. part in poiuie. ? 1*1 M. \ iu' in At hint i (,'oimt 1 1 u Lion. I 1110 "lil'ilJKIi VKIili." VtrKlnta < 'oiifiMlcralo Vetoraos Visit .Major .Me tiki ley. Of nit tli" eiittm.-IflStto rtomonntrnt.ionn I hIiioo llio Ht. liMiii.s convention, Cnnloii ha? novor rioon l!i? liko of last I'lhtay. Hi? "rubol yoU" was liuaril for Iho llihl ttmo 0U hurHtruotfl 'i'ti?;.vlMt ??l tliooM (v'onfoilornto wurrlora rroai tli<? Shcnamloah Vall"*y liron^lit tliousanOs of jmoplo to town. 1 ho etRlitenn tiun.tre.l VlrKlntnns wcro cx pcotoil ??arly in tho morning, lraln on lays Uopt tlioni oil tho roiul until J JO ,.',:loek. Then tliuy woro mot l>y tho Union vctorniis of (Jimton, BOVoral inm driul strong, 'l lioy <'iuno with i I?ii<]k?i In HiTlhcl "No North, No rtoiith, No l.ast, No West; tlio Union forever." Ann In arm Willi llio ohl tioys In blno, the voteinns In li'J'J'y were eHcorte<l to tho Tahcrna.Mo. whoro tlio (I, A. H. mill tho Wnnian'H Ileltof Cor|?f soned them d Inner. They had a now ver sion of an <ilo soiiK.aml sang "WoiirOOOiaiiiKj Kallinr Mi-Klnley, two hnndrcil tliongnnil HtronK." From tlio Tahernaelo lo tho^? Kinloy homo tho Btieoln wore lined with ox peoiantrtpcoplo. Three hundred vetoranB jolnod In tho cseorl. Alio hnnds i, laved "Dixie," "Amertca" and "Marelitiii, Throiieh <}?orKbi." The thrones of i>eo|?)o on the way Joined In the yellu of theuuireherH ns tn'st thov eon Id. Major Mi'Ktnley spoke from asinnll toinpo rarv rovlewlng stand eoverod with tho nn tlonal colors, (ienernl john vj;. K''lh;r spoke on l>?'lialf of tho soldiers. After Major Sl?' Klnlev had ro-ponded t<? tlio addresses, ex* Mayor it. A. ('nssady of Onntou preHonU'd i ho visitors a Imuiior -<y whleh to roinmn n'l their visit there. Upon one side is ropreaent ?.? clasped han.lw, HidieatliiK tho union of nil th? soldiers. Aliyv.i tlitfso nro Iho wonls "United." with "MoJClnley Cluh in largo gold letters. On tho reverse side 13 a large Aineflean eagle In gold resting upon a large shield# This side hears the Inscription: 'I re Hented to l|io nx .('onfederato Veioraon of tlio KhendndOHh Valley. Virginia, by tho ?x-Uo fon Veterans of Canton, Ohio, October J, ... After tho presentation, Capt. \V. S. f.nrty ^ added tho ns? urnnce of support in a few in formal remarks, . . Major MeKla'.ey ther. j.ersonally groetcil all his visitors, standing on his porch whlio tlie.y tiled past him. Other delegations visiting Major MeKlnloy toilav wero tho Wum/m'n Ilepiibllean Club at Warre:\ Pa. ?, th run <uir loads Iroux KftSt i9'J nemee who cnmo to (tedleato thoslprtip pre sented Major ftKKinley from that Suite; a delegation from MoiioiiM?hcla City, I'a.i ftnil another from Clinton, Ohio. To all of these Majjr MeKlnley spoke briefly In response to the greetings o! their spokesman. SLAIN JJY A LUNATIC. A Man (Joes Crnzy, Makes IIIh Kk eapo an<l Kliouta Down an Ujisus pcclinK Man. At Atlanta, On., IobI Friday, I'. II. Oaborne, n lunatic, escaped from his homo and shot nnd killo<l Theodore Bbrader on tlio corner of Lloyd nnd Alabama slrcets. Blirndor wa.v foreman of a lithograph company, Ho had loft his work nnd wn? on his way homo. Oa? . liornn mot him, nnd without n warning drew h plMol mid shot hltn flvo times, killing him a 1 mo. st ln&taMly, Tlio men did nov itnnw each other. . O^horno was it. the asylum once nnd was violently Jnnauo. A year ago ho was reloaded, tho doctors tbluklng (bat ho b("l recovered. On Monday ho was married nnd ft day or two later his family noted that ho was ?row li>K violent again. HIii fathor had arranged for a Judicial Investigation, in order that the young man eould bo returned to tbo BUito . asylum. Wbllo tho father was Absent 0? bornu oscAped from bis homo, harfngiroenred a pifctol. Ho had declared that ho intended to kill Komo one, And officers were sent ojul to loo* for blnr. Osborne w??* to ?h* ueloa (^Monger station acd spent an hour ojyooro tbere. About 4. o'clock be walked off rapid ly and aftsr pissing a hundred ? *"lk - _1 ? A Shrader on th* inaane * ? "* Mood still and rested bins. Tbe ? ? wmny; Stirader fnrrrgyi - IbodUpai?iv?J[ bring no^oftfce ^ the Wc*t Indian rtornv*Mofc bm bee* raj log far the paatfgw <J?ja &fi tWeeot tl>w"Tr<Hr tt> Wo?fo>kT-tau Tbui i IsWMMrtpwrccfca heoM.JieiE ??? duroago t<> shipping Is ' ftrat an place fR?t damage ba? been 4oi u re rwm, ?