The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 23, 1897, Image 1
: UN IMPORFflNlT CIRCULAR
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Issued by Comptroller-General Nor?
ton to County Treasurers,
THE ANNUAL SETTLEMENTS,
v
?
. ^Instruction* Given m \o How to Pre*
pnro tor Thorn-- Kltoi't to Avoid Ap?
pnrout Shortngoa.
In view of the several shortages with
aocompanyiyg tangles that havo oe*
ourrod in county tv. asm-era' offices in
this Stato, tho Comptrollor-Qononi) Una
preparod a apocial cironlar which is to
bo sont to tho auditors of the several
eoun}iea, the objeotof which i? to pro
vout as far as poBsiblo any complica
tions of this oharaoter in tho future
I3elow is given a copy of tho circular,
whioh will bo instructive to those dtliei
than county oflloialu:
I>ttAK Ht'ft : Tho timo for llio "annual
settlement" for taxos foi'tho lineal yo?u
189J, including November and Pocoin
bor, 18'Ju, is now at hand, and it in nec
essary and of paramount importance to
tho tax department that these mat tors
bo attended lo at tho earliost po:<nii>le
day. It tthouUl bo borne in mind thai
thoso "annual settlements" ave between
tho auditors and tho treasurers and m>t
between the treasurers and tho coinp
trollor general, as is often underst od
and nllogod. Iho law makes tho comp
troller general or some one represent
ing him, foremen ofgraud juries, coun
ty supervisors nud county anperintond
Onto of education witnesses lb theao nu
iinal scttlomonts between auditors ami
treasurers.
Many oi tho auditors and treasurer*
and other officers conncoted ivith those
settlements arc now and to bojuo extent
inoxpevienoed, and I may therefore be
pardoned for suggestions in detail and
instructions simple and commonplace
in their character, under the law pro
viding for and governing those annual
settlement of' our taxos, State, counts
and Bohool, rhu'ti?rd$- < o lotted and dis
bursed by iho treasUror of caoh ccunty
in the State, including all other maLtoi>
of fines, disponsnry profits and fwndt
ooiuiii{? into the hands of county treau
, urors. ? .
It must be romomberod, too, that an
ditors and not treasurers, prepare the
sheets for annual settlements. It is not
tho duty, howevor. of the ad i tor to pro
pare or balan'co tlio treasurer's record
book, State, county or school, nor thin
of tho supervisor or superintendent oi
oducation. These record books are
It opt by each of thobo officers themselvot
independent oaoh of tho other.
Jf those record .books have been
properly kept, they will balance to a
cont; that if., tho troasurer and county
nuporvisor for all county taxes and the
treasurer and county superintendent ol
oducation for all school and poll taxefc,
as well as tho treasurer and comptroller
? goneral for ail Stato taxes. *
it was the duty of the auditor, ami we
naturally suppose ho has so dono, to
furnish troaaurcr, county supervisoi
and county superintendent of oducation
with one copy cach of th# "Abstract ot
tho Duplicate," "Additional Abstract
of Duplicate," and tho "Abstract of the
15 Per Cent Penalty Book."
From those abstracts (a copy for
each officer aud every fiscal year should
bo on file in oaoh county office) the
treasurer, imporvisor and county
superintendent of oducation make up
tho ohargeB for their respective otlices
for county and school taxos aud in ad
dition to these proper veo rds, as public
servftnts. they tjhoivkl demand this uio
order tokeop themselves informed as to
the exact condition of the taxos charged,
collected and disbursed in thoir re
? epoctivo oounticB.
Tho treasurer's "Monthly lloport to
oounty supervisor and county superin
tendent of education ought to furnish
(lata to each of these officers for all oi
<110 reveuuo derived from other sources
in the county, suoh as tho dispensary
fund, flnea and' lic6naes, commutation
lux eto. *
\{'horo thoso officers havo doubts as
to the oxaot facts, comparisons can bo
made with the reoorda in the office oi
the olork pf court as to tbe"flnos or t.io
,? books of magistrates or the roports of
oonnty dispenser^, and froi? these
sources see that each and ovor.y char go.
for each ?. o^irto purpose is properly and
correctly made ... t.
Tho acconnts kopt in the respective
offices of tho auditor, treasurer, county
supervisor and county superintendent
of oducation should bo independent and
not copies one of the other, as we some
times find tho case.
There can bo no irregularities in the
offices of the auditor, and ^treasurer in
these annual ? settlements, without also
involving the offices of oonnty supervi
sor and county superintendent of edu
cation in the. way of criminal negli
gence or carelessness. 1 hew two
county office* are parts each of the
whole machinery of our tax ^system.
Negligence, inefficient accounting or
management in the one affects the
whole system in the dounty . '
Upon auditors, however, rost the
greater responsibility The duties, re
? WM&sibilitie* and work of auditors aro
thsmlst important in the county . and
e*n hefiKt hinder the county' more so
and painstaking care rests tharoouracy
lafi^lrLhodV tttWT unOtowed by
mattuwnrmnwt**
? ?fronfff
_ QWre -
ttorqngh
gsra
Wm .
m
those which nro abaolrttely
? u should bo marto up according to tuo
"Sat'' nllow treeeuvevs no
credit except such a* tho treasui or oau
,?esont in tangible f?>r?? wh^e
l,o cancelled and tttyd in tl o j j
tlio auditor. After thoao sottloinenis
these vouohorBar^loft in tho 0ftl'V|Vl
custody of tho auditors and not tuo
,r?u?ur<>re. The ?uilitw i? t ion ol.o.Ve I
with the- aftfo keeping ot oaucoiiou
vouchors. This does not applpr uudu
U?o present law to "nulla bona oxooil
ions, 'lhouct ?IW
"nulla bona" executions to bo tiled in
tho treasurer's office and J1"}11??.
not safelw thorotovo cancel \outlui.
that thoy nro nut aiiowuu to mo .?? i.u?*?
offices. Auditor a should examine a n
verify these ' 'nulla bona ?xoou on8aml
for tlieir own protection take the tin ?
receipt for State wuaty ? <1
school taxes OB reprpseotoa bj Uiom.
? 'nulla bona" oxeoutiona. i his rocoi t
can thou be tiled with the
?v vouchor ?and 80 'Mate the fact w ith tut
?S bo".'' Horn oa the eettlomoui
Shisootions 80S end 3(14, rovinoJ ?tatuU>?.
tlx tho kind and character of vouehorr.
which auditors shall abow troa?uier?
iu BotUmuout for ell taxe, oUorK?>
un.l ul*o oouator vono .M? l.j em or
visor and anponnteudont o f ediua
Tho?o vouohora consist, primavily^
For all Statu tuxes, the Mate tre^n oi
rcooipt; for all county taxes, ooun \
supervisor's war rani a i aid, foi a ^
school and poll taxes, [! , ^
superintendent of education B wari kuU
I aid. This latter also inolu' lc. ^ wo
t.ixod mid on warrants of the triihteet
under special provisions of tho aw^and
MolKenoral,M and tho tour items ah
rtllowettiu section which loads as
'"Srovldoa, however, that only tho fob
low in" causes shall bo assigned b> the
t?easuror on said delinquent list for
lu t ool looting any tax, penalty or ussobB
Sheriff's return to exocution iV
sued that no sufficient property of the
party charged thorowith cguld bo found
out of which to make tho samo.
"<} That property waa. found, ou
for want of biddors, waa sold and con
veyed to tho sinking fund comimssioi,
by tho Bhoriff, pursuant to law.
Kxocution issuo,^ and in
hfincts of tiio Blicntt.i .
"i 'ihat such t*<?es, assessment
and t onaltics were enjoined a
,)C\v e Viah to impress upon tho auditor,
tho fact that no oxecution is nulla
bona" except upon tho coi tificate ot tin
shenflfas above, on tho J^ntccl form
Htating directly that no profwnty can b,
fouudout of w-hioh taxes can bo made,
iho poucil mark "uullabona. no good,
soinetimes found ou these execution*,
are uot proper credits for tho treasuroi,
where the treasurer presents thom to
the auditor as a credit, auditor ? shouU.
uot allow them until tho ahoiiff aliat,
liavo made tne |)roi>er oertiticate as re
uuired by tho printed form on tho back
of tho exooutions. Tho careful
tion of all tho officers to theso detail'
aud records connected .thorowith will
huvo in tho future many
1UK now in aomo oouutioa of tho btau
from the irrogular accounting in thobt
offloes %V? shall expect in our annual
visitation to these cpuutieaioexamiu
oaoh aud every book in tho auditor a
?r?>aanrer'8 couuty supervisor a aud
county superintendent of education s
offices in connection with theso matter*
of taxes and alao tho delinquent books
thataro or should bo in tho treasurer's
aud in the .herifiTs offices bv having
ihomin auditor's office at settlement. .
Then any discrepancies or irre^ulari
ties in preparing - these records ar
found auch facts will bo promptly ro
ported as required by law to thecourU*
of general eensiouB of tho rcspectivo
counties where fouhd^ '' ( -
Auditors will bear ih mind the faot
that th*? treasurers's oommiseions are
paid for I SOU from tho ''.oUoctiousfor
.itato and oouuty, tho school fundboai
^ 11 A U ?t h'tTi nl ft entoring-into tho settle
weui of l8J4-'y >, suoh as ' 'executioua in
hands of Bherlff" stayed by action of
united States Courts, ca8li>_eto.. of
course are brought toxw^d as proper
charges against treasurer^ for UO.
licspoctfully,
,J A MRS NonTU??,
Comptrollor-Oenoral South Carolina.
OFFICIAL ANN O UN CK3I ISN'T.
the Action or tlio Commission ns to
the Phosphate Itoyalty.
Tho following official promulgation
>f tho action of tho ?>tato phosphate
Commission in Ihc njattor of tho reduc
tion of tho phosphate royalty bus boon
oiado;
"At a meeting of tlio phosphate com
tni?sionerB of bontli Carolina held a
beau fort, fc>. C. , on tho 1st day Apvi.
tbe following resolution war
adopted : ? v
"r.esolvedj^JWJttf oft->nn(l after Apvi
let, 18i>7, tho royaltv to bo paid to tlu
::tate of ^onth Carolina by all 'versons,
eor)>orationA or companios mining
phosphate rock or phosphate* do
poftitfl from tho bods of navigab:> j
streams and waters of the fctato am i
the marshes thor. ot, shall be, amlrtht
same i? hereby, lixert at the iW
of cents per ton of dried rock, h.
long ab the' prico of srtid phosphati
rock freight on bia?d to ftaid miner*.
?t there several mines, nhall be ill pe
ton or under; but in caspthere ah at
be any incroaae in nueh price over -Ah
*bpre $<i per' ton^ J hen and in evev;
inch ~ea?o ttfero shairT/e paid" \o th'
State en additional royally per tou t?
ono-half of such incrcaked price ovo;
*nd abovo 33 P^r ton.
Pro rided. ri hat all phosphate Jroel
dag, rained ami un?biy>ped, on band 01
tb* Ut day of April 18t)7, ftbAtt first t>
aootfWbted for* attne- royalty flygfrfr- '
the act bf theTTciioriil Asterahly entitled
**An Act relating, to tb* phosphate in
i ' approvfd Deoem
Provided, farther. That all com panic
?hall pay into the fitata treasury th<
royally upon all shipments prior to tb?
lai day" W April, 18>>7. , ^
,?llAl i T*
A commission
tlis ^Mntwy cf
Tobaeoo U araLooaa
liaftoft* Jba imrpo?
MHO Mil M.
A Possibility That the Extra Tax
Levy Will Bo a Light Ono,
POSTMASTER GENERAL GARY
On 8* 0? f*o8toff)ccs ? Guarantee
Honda Will be Acecptcd? AtMWidou
eil tho State-? Damagft fur Murdc^
Th? taxpayers of tho Stato will ro?
joloo to know that thero is at loust ?
chance of tho Amount to bo raieod by
special levy for tho supplemental school
tax being only about ^ 1 5, 000 instead of
?t)8, UOO. This will make a big difter*
enoo In tho levy. Comptroller Norton
a few days ago Rent a communication
to the State Board of Control asking for
a dircct report as to tho amount of dis
pousary profits that will bo available
for tho purpoKO of application to tho
school fund. Tho roply indicates the
possibility of tho result suggested
ubovo, but thero in as yet absolutely no
certainty about it. He has askod for a
aioro spocitle report, from the bourd
> hen that is obtained Mr. Norton will
*hU tho- AttU'uey-uonoral to construe
(ho torms ot' tho Constitution as to t-ev
era} nice points involved. Then ho will
uo in a position to go ahead, consider
everything in connoction with tho mat
ter may be some time before this is lin
aily known. All ovor tho otalo tho tax
payers are ta! .in// tho doobost intorost
in this mattor ana aro fxprossing dread
of an extra levy of one half of ono mill,
as itemed likoly ot lirst. -~'i ho Mate.
|J ? -*?$> (t
A Washington special under dato of
tho lith says: "Ntiuiborsof lottcrs have
been coming to tho Sonators aud Con
pressmen from South < arolinu ? demo
crats who want pohtoiiloes. Senator
iillman called on;?i.'ost master General
ary and asked him for a plain stato
mont of kin policy as icgards postofllcos
in .South Carol ma 'liio i'Ostmastor
.enoral replied in substanco as follows:
'So Ueraocrat need apply where there
is a ttcpublican lit for tho ollico. Jn
cumbents will not bo disturbed but will
bo allowed to fill out the.i^ terms, and
us boou as their torm* expire I shall ap
point the best Hepublican in sight. Uf
o^urso, fourth-class po^totlices, in ro
uiote places, whore the pay issuiall will
bo filled by Demoorats, as heretofoio,
but even in those places il a competent
republican wants to bo appointed he
will get tho place.* "
A special to tho State from I3amborg,
of April 10, says: "It has dovolopcd
lately that tho people of our neighbor
ing rival, Denmark, in thoir etlorts to
overthrow tho act creating tho new
couuty of Batnborg, liavo Uot yet lost
iheir animosity and have omploved a
eorgia lawyer named G. \V. M.'Wil
liamB to push tho can? and appear bo
tore tho Unitod Statos Supremo Court
for an injunction restraining tho opora
tion of tho now apt establishing tho
county. Just what huccoss he will meet
with is hard to say, * but at tho samo
timo tho peoplo of Bamberg aro not
abashed at Mr. ' Williams' new move
and are going right ahead with tho
business of building the court house
irrespective of tho anticipated injunc
tion." ?:
State Treasurer Timmerman saye
that after a eareful con idcration of tho
leq'uiromenta of the now insurance de
l>osit act, he had rcachod the conclusion
that he oould accept fiom insurance
companitft, in lieu of ? canh deposit to
tho amount of S10, 000 approved surety
? >onds in that amount i?sued by guar
antee companies doing business in this
tate. H? is of tho opiniou that this
vviil fully oarry out the intention of tho
uct in that it will afford ample protection
to tho poljoy holdcjca?._.
The State I>nilroad Commissioners
have issued the statemont showing tho
earnings of the railroads doing business
in this atate for the mouth of Decem
ber last as compared with the earnings
of tho same mouth of the preceding
year. The total earnin/<arfer tho mouth
woro 8717,017.60, &gaiust?767, 429.41 for
Jecember '04, Tho net decrease was
$>o,4 11. 91, or 0.60 per cent. There
was an increase of 20,050 tons in the
rounage, but tho passenger earnings
showed a decrease of $02,ool.88.
? ??? ? ? ?
At Yorkvillo tho jury in tho damn;*
cnso of tho administrator of "WtUjyns
suing in bohnlf of Mrs. Williams and
ner son, Edward, tho wifo and child of
the murdered man, Williams, n^ftinnt
?farion it. Keoso, returned u verdict in
the sum of 3(1,600. Reese's estate is
amply able to pay the judgment, it be
ing estimated that Keene at the time of
the murder was worth About $l.jf0iM).
An appeal will be taken to tho Supreme
Jourt. ]
Tho State railroad oonimiftsion has re?
ceived from the citizens of St. Louis.
To., a most cordial invitation to attend
he annual oonveutiou of tho railroad
commissioners of all the States to be
ield in thai city on May 11. Tho meet
ing wtl) be an important ono. All three
of the members of the board will go. aa
?ill also Secretary Duncan, wbo is like*
wine invited.
The Old Dominion Fire Tniarnnce
"om'paoy, of Alexandria, Va, haa noti*
fled the oomptrol ler-general that it had
decided to withdraw from the State of
fouth Carolina. The company jtfves
as ita reason lor abandoning this State
the recent legislation on the gabject of
insurance. '1 hie company is the secood
thns for to abandon thia State on ac*
ooaat of the ttainsford act
. Tho fkmth Carolina Society at Wash*
ington. D. C., will give a banquet On
tho Sffa o t May at either the Shoreham
or Ebbitt-hotel Mr. Wn. Aiken, Mr.
O. A. Ponglaoukl Judge Rocker hare
beet* WvfKmgtwfr a comBBittee to mako
arrangements for tho banquet /
_th? anrot:cDTmpfpnrrjieirteTgr<Hyce
of Cladia Usirmitj, tha colored cd'
|ef# al OrmngiUnH, will take place d?r
tills KDUK|nttM> TUAUKPV.
Thurmond TMlet ihuU r Oath Why lt?
Killed llarrla.
Thoro la no oftso that is attracting
more attention ju:>t now than that ol
tho killing of Mr. NVill Harris by
iioitor Thurmond at Edgefield. i>olow
is tiio fail evidence as to tho killing by
j Solicitor Thurmond:
Personally camo beforo mo, J. >\ m.
Thurmond, who, being duly
sworn, say a that Into in iho afternoon
of tho 2-ith iuHt ho loft hia oftlce lot
tho purpose of going to tho onlce of Alt.
Padgett, with tho viow of spending the
irst of the evening at target shouliugt
an ho and Mr. i'julgott had often doue
before. , ..
'1 hat on tho way to tho office of Mr.
Paogott he ruet Mr \Villi? H avris,
shook hands with him cordially, ox
ohanjiod pleasant words with him ana
passed on his way. not having the
hunt oat or most romoto auspioion that
any trouble would ariso. 1 caving . Jr.
Harris ho wont on to tho ofllco of Mr.
Padgett; findiug Mr. Padgett too much
engaged to no out, deponent went to
tho poatoftice to sco if ho had any tiiatl.
"1 horeupon deponent left the post
oil tee with the view of returning to hia
oiiico. ,
In going back to his ofllco he stopped
at tho >tore of Mr. I.ynoh.and walked
in, without knowing that Air. Harris was
inthostoro, if indeed he was in the
etoro, !o' the doponont does not recall
whether Air. Harris was then in tho
store or camo in afterwards, but if de
ponent hac known that Air. Harris was
then in tho store he would not have
hesitated to stop, for thon or thereto
fore nothing had occurred to excite his
apprehension that anything unpleasant
would arise. ?
When Mr. Harris camo into the storo
? if lio was not then in tho storo? ho
nddrosaod deponent and said, "Ion bo
long to iho Tillmamto partv."
Doponont cannot recall all that was
said, but Mr. Hants said further, "lou
?<ot on your belly and orawled liko
,i . dog for ofllco, nud pledged your
self to support Tillman and uis party
under all oiroumstancea, aud, you,
ho will kick yon out when you fail to do
it." Deponent replied quietly, "That s
falno. " Thereupon Mr. Harris quickly
jerked out a largo kuifo and opened it.
Ueponont stepped baok. Mr. Harris
walked to wliero another drummer sat
and said, "I havoa good knife anil
a Colt's pistol in my pocket," and camo
back towards the front door and out on
tho pavement, whero ho had a short
talk with another drninmor. Mr. Har
ris came back into the dtore to a barrel,
by, which deponent was^standing, ami
llourishod his knife in the face of do*
I ouoi t. s -tt _?
With llio view of onding the inik, m
ordqiv that no difficulty or unploasant
ness, might i>rise, deponent walked out
of the' store and wont direct to lus of
flee. * , . |
In less than five minutes aftor dopo
nont reached hiB oftico Mr. Harris and
( apt. DuUosecaine down tho sidewalk
which passes deponent's door, and H ar
ris said to the deponent: "You evaded
tho question up yonder." Deponent
asked, "What question ?" He answer
ed, "i'ho question about the lil
inanite party, aud ? ? -- you, yoxt ran
away from there, so that I did not tell
you." Deponent said: "Will, what is
tho matter with you V" Hp baid, "You
aoted tho ? scoundrel ' and stinking
dog to my father.
simultaneous with theno words, imh
his knifo in his hond, he sprang as ir to
rush into the door and assault dopo
uont, and deponent knocked nim>
backwards from tho door. Immedi
ately, and quick as thought, Mr. Har
ris throw his /ight hand under his
coat and to .his hip pocket, With the
purpose, as deponent did not doubt, of
drawing his pistol and instantly depo
nent lired, Mr. Han i's threw his hand
lo his breast. Thero being no pistol iu
his hand doponont lired no more.
Mr. Harris' movomont of his right
hand to his hip pocket was distinct ami
unmistakeable, and doponont did not
doubt that ho would draw and lire in
Btantly, lienco deponont flrod as quick
ly as poasiblo.
Doponeut did not doubt that lio was
in imminent peril of his life and that
tho promptest action oh his part
was a uecossity in.grder to save his own
^Deponent solemnly assures tho Court
that he fired under unquestioning con
viction that instant action was neceaea
ry for his protection.
(signed) J. Wm. Tiiwpmond.
Starch <J6, 1807.
The trial will not come off for some
time, as thoro is no session of the
Court iu JEdgefleld at an earl^ date.
TEACIIKRS' EXAMINATIONS.
Circulars About Thom's^nt to the
County Superintendents.
Rtate Superintendent of Education
May field has sent to the sovoral county
superintendents of educatidn the fol
lowing important circular lottor in re
gard to the examination to be held on
the 2<3d inst.
"I oncloso herewith a oopy of rnlcs
adopted by the State board relating t<
county ozaminutions and tcachers' cer
tificates. An the board did not *a.v
when theflo rule.s should go into effect
and a<- that board will meet again on
the 1th of May, in ail cane* where tho
applicants pass satisfactory examina
tion* and are not aected by the rule* at
all, grant them certificates: bat wbeu
the parties are aected by the rule# let
all each oa*e? stand over until after the
meeting of the titato board. Admit all
applicant* to this examination regard
loflvoi age, .but hold the papers of thp*e
under age. and of those not making the
required average or a first , or second
i (Trade certificate, object to the ttUte
board, first grado certificates maybe
ronew^d. bnt hold the other# until
after the meeting of the State beard."
Crisp and New.
? A much cleaner tot of paper m?j Ik
lu circulation now than -formerly, a
bank casbter states. The banks do* j
?end their soiled note# tp the United
State* Treasury to b# 4e#ffttyed as soon
aa a euffident quantity accumulate# to
Juatlfy It, and new notes are issued In
tbeir place. < This baa been rendered
not only poe#46li,<ha> advisable, ?wf?
t? tbe Increased factittle# for printing
bajikaetea. One Wrer ?#en_*-abUei^
banknote in f/wton* fbej are ?|I|4rrte
hfM wMtSSitd new, simply bcrao## tht
' Beak of England never let# a note r
not a ##cvn<S time. Tbe nte??i*:itf*jW
. * Baafc ef Kaftan* net# la aatt tn t*
,\7~"
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rit
Pu oiilont McKinloy Sends A Mes-"
sage to Congress Urging
AN APPROPRIATION FOR A
??
Uppi'tMonlmlou My tlio Unltotl 8tntc(i<
Micriiian TlitnK9 the $.||ui ghouliLlJo
$jjao,noo?
Tho Prosidont has sent the following
moHsagO to Cotigroaa, urging it to make
?uitablo provision for adequate repre
sentation of tho Unitod Stales At tho
l'aria ttxppaition;
"To tho Senate and Houae of Bepre*
sontativos: I transmit herewith for the
oonaidoration of tho reapeotive hound
of tlie Congroas, a report of the Beero*
t*ry. of Stato, representing the appro*
priatonoBB of early action In order that
tho government of tho United State*
may oe enabled to accept the invitation
of the Freuoh Republic, to participate
in tho UniveiHal hxpoaition to bo hold
in l'aria iu lyuo. Tho recommendation#
of this report have my most cordial ap
proval, and I urge upon tho Congress
audi timely proviaiou for this groat
international enterprise an will fittingly
roapond to tho testified wish and exj oc
tationa of our invontora and protluoora,
that tlioy may liavo adequate op'portu*
nity again, aa in tho oast, to fortify the
important poationa luoy have won in
,the world'a competitive Hold of diaOov
ery and industry. Nor aro tho tiadi
tional friendships of tho United States
and Franco and tho mutual advan
tages to aocruo from their onlarg
ed oommorcial iutorcourao, lesa im
portant factors than tho individual
interests to bo fo.storod by ronowod
participation in thin exposition, on
pecially vhon it. in remembored that
tho proaont project will bo complete
and on a acalo of magnificence equal to
tho Columbian Exposition in our own
cou ntry.
(.Signed) "\Vm. MoKixt.et. "
Sooietary Sherman, arnbng other
things in hia report, urges that if tho
United States ia to bo fittingly ropro
rcflentod, steps should bo taken to iti
euro aueh representation by making tho
necessary appropriation, and rocom
monds an appropriation of $6b\)> OOJ.
VfrlA* JX^A FAINT.
When 11c Know Ills Gigantic Insur
C!!!CT I'S.'tliH Wore IVJ?C'?VOrccl.
At 1'ittsburg, Pa., 0. Lin wood
Woods, of C. T. "Woods & Co. , bank
oVp, Una been arrested, charged with
attempt ut iusuraucu swindling. When
Woods was confronted by tho arresting
oftieor ho foil in a dead faint. His
niodo of procodnro was to insort ad*
vorlii'omonts in tho local ~panofn
for old men to act aa collectors./ Ho
would ask tho applicant for bond; but
kindly waived the bond if tho np|Uicunt
would sign an application for insurance
( on his life. This was generally seen red
and thou Woods would got uomo irre
sponsible man to sign a l>rouji?ory
note to tho 0. T. "Woods BankhiK Com
pany, filled with amounts ranging from
810, (Hjp.to 'Sift, 000, so that consideration
for tlfft Insurance policy at death con Id
bo etrtWied to bo tho dobt established
by tho no to. v.
In Wood's dosk were found sixty*
flvo policios with himself as beneficiary,
aggregating 82U0.000. Chief Harper,
chief of tho rovision department of the
Mutual Hosorve Fund Lifo Insurance
Association, of Now York, charged
Woods with procuring policies with in*
tent to defraud.
TjIMITKI) TO OAK WIFE.
Tlio A. M. t<;. ciuu rh simkoa Up tho
Ministers for Their Several 81ns.
Tho Virginia con for once of tho Afri
can M. E. church, which has boon in
session at Wythovillo for some days,
and thoso ministers who have not con
ducted themselves properly aro tremb
ling, Resolutions wore passed con
demning ministers for getting divorces
from their wives. Bishop Handy de
olarod that no man in the (Connection in
tho district would rocoivo an appoint
ment who had more than one wife. They
also condomnod tho use of whiskoy and
seeral mon who woro found guilty of
using intoxioating drink woro left with
out appointment. Rev. Jas. Mintor
was expolled from tho connection for
having two vrives. 7 ho ruling bishop,
Handy, regards this as a progressive
stop for tho olovation of the negro race.
Koports Not l<*neourrtf(!ng.
The river continues to rise slowly at
Vieksbnrg, Miss., and at alt points
south, and the situation1 along the
Louisiana systont of levies is acute.
Several thousand mon are working and
watching night and day to bold the
embankments intact. Reports from tho
overflowed MississITtpt^oelta are not
encouraging. Many cabins are sub
merged to their very roofs, whilo several
havo beon carried away -by the swift
enrrent. At Ureenvillp the river stands
stationary.
Nominations Confirmed.
The United Stated Senate hat con
firmed the foRftwlrtg nominations: At
A 1?. PiiAtf a# /lAAffflA Ia Ka mtn(i?
AN IMPORTANT OUtCUl?A1*
Utter in Al<l of tUtTlhiltoil OOnfedef' j
arte Vctoruns' He-Colon. ^ I
Polow can bo found an important on'
etilar lot I i*i* from tho hoadquarlers of
the United Conforforato Veterans, is- |
sued April 1Mb, ?l? connootioU to the
vo union which is to takoplaeo ot Nash*
villo, Tenn., on Tuesday, Wednesday
ftncl Thursday, May ?VU(i, ?U<t ?n<l
Vlth, ISO? : . .
U'wlllba Ihe largest and most im
portant I'. (J. V. re union ever bold.
Tho Personnel o( the Nashville ieunion
committee under leadership ot ?w>
chairman Col. J. (J*. O'iiryan, ?? *
gnaranteo that everything will be dono
f,.>r the comfort and convumouoo or vne
old veterans and all visitors
in the power of man; it is a splendid
body of very able and rtisU.*mshert
comrades. who am tnlly ub\e * *4 , .
magnitude of the. *ork enlrus/l to
them in ontortaining and eaitfig tor
tlioli old conn uiIch. tint! it will '
prido to make it the moot nioinorttb e
reunion upon record; and tho cituens
of Nashville are aglow with enthusiasm,
and natrlotism, at the nrospoc n dw
pensmg their far fatuod hospitably to
bo surviving heroes of the. los? wuco
AIbo to Urge ex-Confederate ?oU w?
and railovs everywhere to form local ai
relations, and send applications . to
those headquarters for papoifc loorhftn
i/.o Camps immediately no as to e
timo to participate in tho gieat
reunion at Nashville, and thus tin e
with their eomradoB In carrying out the
laudable and philanthropic object* of
tho organization; as only N ot^rru\,s ?
belomr to organized l . t. \..va>np*
can participate iu tlio husineas wooUug
fttBuRii\OKB of the greatest iuM^vtanoe
to tho survivors of the , A\util\",iI n (lui)
will demand careful ooneidoi ation dm
iuu the session of tuO -event h Ai
Convention, at Nashville. Aenn.; 9l^h
lis tho best methods of seoui ?ng im
partial history, and to enhst each
-tate in tho compilation aud pi osoi va
tiou of U>? Of bo.- CltlM.1 .01.
diery ; tho benevolent eaio throngb
Htat'o aid or otherwise of
destitute, or aged vetorans aud the
widows and orphans of pnr f dlou
brothers in arms; to consult a^ to tuo
feasibility of tho formation of a V.
V benevolent Aid Assooiation; tho Cart
of tho graves of our known <md un
known dead buried at GeUysburg. L oit
\Varron, Camps Morton, Chase, Doug
las, Oak wood Comotery at C
.Johnson's Inland, CaSro and all othe?
points, to seo that they are annually
doeorat od , the. boadstonen preserved and
protected and e<>niplote lists of the names
of our dead heroes with the location of
their 1?M n-sting places in: mis he< d to
their friends ami relaiivou through he
medium of our camps, thus reselling
their names from oblivion and haiuiiK
them down in history; the consider a;
tion ot the different movements, plans
and means to erect a nHmunien to tht
memory of Jefferson Davis. mosidant
! of tho Oonfedorato Mates ot America,
also to aid in buildinKmonmnenstu
other groat leaders, soldiers "^Bailors
of tho Sonth; also to assist in the pio
I motion andfpoin plot ion of the Pr^?60ti
"Hat tie Abbey;" to voto upon the pro
posed change of tbo name of the Asso
! oiation from U. C. V., to 0. W. A. , a
to change tho present badge or button
wWol" l?not rntonlilblo for
proponed which is; and to make , suoh
changes in the constitution and
ns experience may suggest, and ofhei
matters of general interest.
Total number of camps now admitted
0v.'O, with ajM'li^ation in .or ^OU:l .-'il
hundred and fifty more, following ??
number of camps by Htfttes: w t
Northeast Texas Division 81 , Wert
Texas Division r> 5; Southwest rexae
Division 0?; Bou tboast To* as ^vision
81 ^.Northwest 1 exixs Division I7,t0tal
Texas?17. Alabama gj; Bouih Caioh
nn Si ; ^lissonri 71 ; MieaiaaippJ 03, Ar
kansas fiy; Georgia 68; Louisiana,. ,
Kentucky 80; Tennessee. , , \ ^mia
84; 'Florida .80; North C arolina 2j, In
dian Territory 12; ost J '?
Oklahoma 0; Maryland <?; Now Mexioo
8; Illinois 2; Montana 2; Indiana 1,
Districl of Columbia I ; < alifornia 1.
Very respootfully,
Geo Moobmak,
Adjutant General and Onief of Staff,
' J. B. Gokdon,
Gonoral Commanding, 824 Common
strcot (upstairs), New Orleans, Lai
' No Troops Withdrawn from Cuba,
Tho tSpanish minister at Washington
has received a telegram from the Presi
dent of the Council of Ministers, 8en?r
Canovas, Raying that tho report of the
recall of 80.000 men from Cub* has no
more fouiulatiou than tho fact of its
publication in an opposition paner at
Madrid. Midler do Lome fays no
eoldiers will -be withdrawn from Cuba,
Captain General Weyler ban tele
f-raphed that ho does not need more re
nforcements to terminate the war and
that ho will soon end it.
He Sinella a .House.
At Washington Senator PotUgrew In
troduced a resolution directing tho
I'ostmastor-Gonoral to inform tho Eon
ate of the amouut he paid out to rail-,
loads for carrying the mail from Wash
ington to Atlanta and to New Orlcaua
eaoh year since 18M; alsok whether at
the latil weighing on that toad an un
usual amount of advertisements woio
carried, and what Meps were takeuat
that timo to prevent fraudulent praV*
tices on the part of the raiirooJ effl
cUU.
Skinner and Whit* Cleeh.
A Wwhinjfton special ee/e: MReprt*
aentetive Bkinne* and KepreeeotatW*
White, colored, of North t'*roiin*, are
clashing over the cottfcnlehip to Vic
tori*, B. 0. The former is eapportiac
?i. B. Beepeee *iu! tha Utter John P,
i I.eech. Leech he* Beuator PriteharA'a
: endoreemeni "
? Wmrfmknrtnmf* ^
Fierce battle- ar? reported betwee* I
Greeks aodi Tarka, No gmt adraa
Ugabaa MMgrniaedby either *td%
botthe Greeks
?an< frb?',3
laraftbm ofwwr. TW
tbrlrtdii
' from Jftnieter Terrell
t
NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED.
Koutlicru Pencil I'ointora.
W, W. Ittdd, of Marshall county,
A Ja , Jinn decamped. / Xiis shortage is
$40,000. v *'
Two Italians, working t!i oir way to
wards Charleston, i\. C. , wpre mnruorod
ot Suitor's, ll fiy-nine miles from that
city.
Wm. ,7. firyan made an addroea ba?
fore a crowd of > bout 1,000 peoi lo in
tho Kentucky legislature, repvofontin#
every faction in that LUte.
At UarboufAvllhi, W. V a , "Mrs,^,
Amos O. lleynolds was hilled by her y
daughtor?in?faw dnring a family rowJ-V
Her head wan covered from har body
with an am.
James J. Willi*, of Florida, tho dep
uty auditor of tha !>tato Department
has been removed. It in Minted that *,
I dining tho past year Mr. Willis ban'
been absent from his deal; duya
wiili \ny.
lmuva JDramloit, tho most noted
moonshiner in Georgia, ban boon oui>?
turod an ft jailed at Atlanta.
The Konluoky linilding and T. oan
Association law hai boon dcohued con*
fttiiutiutiul by iHidgo fckott at Ula*
cheBtw. >
Ninotv-eight oaaea cf liquor bought
in -"nn i ranoi.sco for personal Uiie by
citizens who clubbed together, waa
Boized immediately upou its arrival ii\
J Charleston, >S. U.
Saturday in the Criminal Court at
Clm\ lotto, N. C. , L. J. Kirk was found
guilty of shooting lake and sentenced
to two yearn on the chain gang. An
appeal watt entered upon the ground of
excessive puuitfhuiout for a new trial.
Judge Marian haw allowed a writ of
error m the case of I lisjubeth Noblos, .
of Georgia, who ia under eenteuco of
(tenth on the char#*) of murder, and,
who was to have boon hanged Friday,
it was represented by Mrs. Noblest
counsol that alio u. ineauo.
OoYernor Bloxham, of Florida, has
issued a call to a national Usheriea
congress lo bo hold at Tampa in Janu
ary, ldi'8.
Forty-live thousand acres of the moat
valuable ooal and oil lauds in West \ ir
gjnia have been purchased by a com
pany of New 1'ork and Pittsburg cap
italists. Tho price paid aggregates.
ftoU0,U00. '
' ' o
Up to tho present tho eftbrt to cloct a.
United States IsCtiAtor in Kentucky baa
cor>t about $7.% Oi.'O.
j' At JTouston, Tex. , . tho cylindrical
i process of buliug cotton ii anrain cxvit
ing disouaaiun in cotion tradci circloa.
'J lio lofiscs of insurance companion Rt
Knoxyillt, Tonn. , foot up &'>0M,i4<10.
In tho case of "Cap" Hatfield a jury
at Williamson. W. Va. , haa roturnod a.
verdict of involuntary inanalauglitor for
tho killing of Ivan liutherford.
Tho lat??t developments in tbSs Knox
villo, Tonn., lire aro that at ki^t six
poisons lost their lives in thovilotel
Knox. Tho botol register bus not bean
found. ?' <>
In the Criminal Court at Charlotte,
N. C. , Friday, Cha3. Jllackburn, charg
ed with originating tho Hie which par
tially destroyed tho Charlotto Observer
building on January i'd last, was ac
quitted. j I
Tho dead body of Charles Hoffman, cL
well-known and respected citizen, was
found in a chaps), about four nniloa
from Hrunswick, O a. Ho had ahot
himself through the hoad. He . bad _
evidently gone into the building fop^h?
piu poao of committing suicide.
AH About tho North
Chicago enooulators lnako 'M, tXX),0QQ
>n the wheat riso of last Saturday.
Tlio body of Gen. Grant was moved ?
last fcaturaay to its permanent resting:
l>laoe. ?
Tho business portion of tho town of /
Boca, O. , has been burned. Tho total'
loss will reach l<80,000. The causa of
tho fire wan attributed to tramp's.
Elizabeth R. Tilton, the wife of
Ifonry Ward tfeeoher's accuoer, died.
du Tuesday last at her homo in iifook
[yn.
A party of Ot chinamen have arrivarf
in Montreal by the Canadian' Pad ft?
Kailroad, from China via Vancouver.
They are to work on tho sugar frtauta
tiouft of Cuba, ao' sadly neglected <0bu>
iug tho' past two years.
The Burgeons at the Presbyterini^
Hospital in New' York are bending alii
their energies to save the life of ??ias)C:?./
Hastings, a uewnpaper man, who ior
eight days has hiccoughed at the rate>
of 8,640 times a day. Ice cioam ia
being used to cure him.
At Chicago, 111., Matthias Ouster. 83
yearn old, was shot and instantly killed
by John Formiller, his father-in-law,
at the breakfast table. -
A ooinpany capitalized at $2,000,000
has been formed at Minneapolis, Minn., '
to manufacture sugar from boots ana'"
fight tho Sugar Trust,
. Tho largest flsg that ever flow from a
pole will be flung to the breeze oh tbb
#Hh from a staff near the Graut Jkioniu.,
ment, In New 1'ork,
Governor Jones, "of "Arltartpas, fca*~~
-oalled an extra session of the JLogiala*
ture to meet on. the 38th.
A cyclone destroyed the toWu of Chand
ler, Ok!a , eaat of Gfitbrie. A
MYseeUeoeoqk*
The Kfng of Sleni wfll tiilttUs
oountry next beptsotber. ? ? ? rr-r-^r*
Carter s L