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1 ffitilffl HEARING. Col. Gaston and Mr. Scruggs Givo a Bond of $400 Each, 1 HUS ENDS THE SCANDAL, # # . Vov t lio Time,, at locust ? Tlio AtTUJav ^ Us Attached to t ho WarA'anta SpeuM'y -- tho Instances. Ad will bo scon, by roforonco to another column, Mossrs. Gaston and Scruggs woro arreted Friday, but at that timo tlio affidavits could ? not bo givon ju tho ease, bo the following from tho Columbia Uo'^istor .of tho 8th explains itself in tho tuaUbr of tho Boekrogo trunk sean ?/il) Tho wallah? against Colonel Gaston %nd Mr. Bcrugg.i wore sworn out yes terday morning boforo Magistrate Smith by Mr. b, .T. Williams. Uolli nro charged with official misconduct un der tlio common law. Tho warrants woro put in the hands of Constable Martin tosoVvo, but before lie could do so Colonel Gaston appeared atJudgo Smith's office and was admit 4<iu to bail iu tho sum jfof $400. Major U<. B. Kvans and Gen. John Gary Watts ijMgned tho bond. There wa<? no prolimi 'tinry hearing. Colonel Gaston had gono to the oil! eo early in tho morning ex pecting the warrant to bo there, but it was not, and .ho waited. About f> .O'clock in tlio af tor. noon 2\tr. Scrugg/ e?mo in and was roleased on a bond of #100, signod by Jumcs JO. I'avuo W. G. Scruggs, of Green vijle.y'' 'I'he warrant in the caso of Mr. /^oiMggs chargos that "on or about tho r-""' "first (lay pf March, 1807, one Seth W. Sojmggs aid commit official misconduct by taking and carrying away from the Contraband room iu the State Dispen sary four boxos. of cigars and four cans <of p'eaohes and otlior artiolos, tho prop* erty of tho Stato, while engaged iu the discharge of his duties as clerk and bookkeeper of the State Board of Con trol in said Stato Dispensary, with in tent to defraud the State of South Caro lina, p.s fully set forth in tho affidavit bcr'jto attached. " Jt'lio affidavit was made boforo Magis trate Smittt j&y Mr. L. J. "Williams, and is aHfolIowa: Personally appeared before me L. J, Williams, who. after boing duly sworn, eays: That ho Is a member of tho Stato Hoard of Control; that Seth W. Soruggs of tho county and Stato aiorosaid, was duly eleoted clerk of the State Bojtrd of Control on tho day of April, 1800, and at that timo ontorod upon the ctu tios of said ofllco and continued in tho discharge of tho same until tho 7th day of May, .1807, when his successor, was <bOy elected; that during the timo ho "was clerk of tho said board, hits duties woro dclmed and proscribed by said board, which were to act as bookkeeper of said board, to liavo tlio oustody and > control of the bookB and all papors in tho control of the said boar<t, to keop tho minutes of tho board and to dis charge all other dirties appertaining to clerk of tho Board. That ho is informed by a number of Eersons who Wave made affidavits, and olioves that; Seth W. Scruggs, whilo bo acting as bookkeeper and clerk of tlio oai<t Board of Contrpl did, on or m1 unit tho lirst of March' A. J). 1897, i>roeure a key for a room in tho State Jisponsary, in which all liquors and other property seized and forfeited to tho State aro kopt, and which was in keeping and contfbl of tlio State Com inissionor, but under tho general con trol of tho Board, and with the said key did outer the said room, without tho knowledge or consent of tho State Com missioner and flit) Stato Board of Con trol, and take thorofrom and carry away four boxos of cigars and four cans of p'eaohes, property of tho State of South Carolina, which had boon forfeit ed to it, of;ilio value of 81, and did ap propriate tho saino to his own use, with intent thereby to defraud tho Stato and dam ago tho public and in grave viola tion of his said dutios as clerk and bookkcopor. Thai lio is iuformod by the persons whoinade aftidnvits ns aforosaid that tho said Hotli W. Hcrtiggs, whilo acting as such bookkeeper and olerk of tho Board of Control as aforesaid, did, on divers occasions, betwcon tho day of April, 18IHJ, ?vd tho 7th day of May, 1807, entor tho said contraband room with a koy thon in his possession, otlior than tho ono in the possession of tho Btato Commissioner, claiming' that tho \ said key was Ouo provided for tho use ?of tho Btato Board of Control, when, in fact, so far as he knows, the board had .bo such key, and had not authorized him to provide such a key for the said board, and that with suoh false key tho said Both W. Buggs did open and enter tho contraband room aforesaid and did take therefrotii one box of oigars and four cans of peaches of the value of $4, the property of tho Btateof Bouth Carolina, 1th tholnteht to dofratid the State of ? wit Bouth Carolina, by appropriating the said articles to his owh m in gross violation of his duties as suoh olerk and bookkeeiwr to the damage, of tbo.pnblio and to the evil example of all others in like chscb offending. ? That is he informed by the persons aforesaid that Beth W. 8er uggs, while acting as sneh clerk 'and bookkeeper and. holding said, office, - between tha - ? day of April A. D". 1896, and the 6th day of Mur 169?, on diver* oooa ?ions procured a key and entered tb*j ?aid contraband room, whioh was under control of tfc$rCommUsJ obetvstibieei to J the general control of the StaUt Board, i take and carry away then eff OUT and other article* of paraooal Of f?00, theprop- , Btato of WomthOt^2*a with | nw to ni* o _ the of the ! of March, 1?07, one John ^ commit official misconduct "X t(\ and oavvying Away from tho contraband room in tho State Dispensary ono y>aii of shoes, nart box of oWfl ftnil othgr artioleB, tho property of tho State, while aotiutf as State Commissioner, and n tho onarge of ?ald room, an<l while in the dUohargo of tho > dnt\oH of sab affloe, with tho intent to dofraud ho Mate of Houth Carolina, aa fully ?ot foith in tho affidavit horoto attaohed. This affidavit ia also made by Mr. WillUms btoforo maglBtrAto Smith, and , ^Tfiat John T. Gaston was reduirad by the State Boavd of Oontrt> i to aotas Stato Commissioner in the Btato ni? peAsary, botwoon tlio ? botobor, A. 1). 181H1, an^b? mh dav of April) A. 1>. 1807, in tho plaoo of 1. M. Mixon, who had rosigned. That on information and holioi ha says that during tho tnno ho was aotiiig as State Commission or, nndor tho authority ami d roottou of tho Stato Hoard of Control, tho Baid John T. (laston. who jvaa, us ?uoh Commissioner, in ohargp of tho room in tho Stato dispensary ?? whion were placed for safe keeping aU tho liquors and othov persomd pioporty Hol/od by tho State Constables and fo feitod to tho State, or in i process of ft? fr>,t nrn did on or about the mat any oT M ft r'c h , A .1 > . 1897 ?k. awav from tho said l'oom one pair ol JKftndpart of a bo, ot?K??,tti. moDortv of tho State of South Carolina, and entrusted to his oaro and fX^tJo of tho value of with th ) defraud tho, State propnato tho said property to us ? use which was in gross violation of his HTbfttCr&,n,,Uou . and belief ho further wvyn that a\,i;0s of ton. whilo discharging the dutio? Btalo Commissioner, by diroclion o State Board of Control and vhilo chartro of the said contraband room aforesaid, did, on divers oeone.oM, bo luveeuthisMh day ofOotober A. V. 18U0 and tho 15th day of Api it. I8i)7* tako from tho oaid room si ? ? iiglrs ooffoo end other erUe o< , o h^j eonal property belonging to tlie Stateoi South Carolina, of ^he value of ?50, with t intent to defraud tho State an id t< o ap propriato the said ortlcl^,,t?i( 8of i3 uao which was in gross violation ol ms 8 ThatGall?the80 acts were done iu land county, in tlio State of South ?ThatS.W. Ywico^Yilio Jones, IL K AVatts Ij. J. W illiams and O. A. iMer ia. -tnoeeeB^to^o^id There has boon much discussion as to what oliargo should bo brought aga tho two men. Official misconduct un dor tho common law was finally egreoJ noon. The punishment in ?u?b cases roats with tho discretion of the judge. It evidently was tl.o' intent on to bring ss&^m onli^femfeal lino by a Trial Justice. Jt Xs a knotty point , all "juid cidevjybat oliargo to ma o, fo ^ committed fiaiuat whioh ihoro is no ?.o?lTbe?|^ ??: oial misconduct under the?statute ne Site that only am.liey o ?m riftla It is oven doubtful wneiner iu ?lio liighor court the charge/will tmt thin it's no use to cross a bridge hll you oome to it, and the court will ha to decide the question. .v. (laston Bays lio will not bother so . 'Z 21S, and Attorney-General fibber says tho case will be P ?^l t< tho end. The next term of the con for Richland county meets iii June. ABBEVIIjI-'K anxious To Ho tho Huso of Au Imporiaut Sea board Air L/tno Spur. A special to Tho State from Abbe villo under dato of tho (5th sayaj For some time past thero has beon a K<?od ileal of talk concorning the constrno tion of a new railroad from Piedmont aud Pel/.or to uotno point on the Sea board Air Lino. Tho Seaboard Air Line peoplo nro tho promoters and of course as thoir shops aro located here it would bo advantageous to bring the now road hero, but surveys have neon made to other town?, small ones all of them, Calhoun Falls and Watts, but this town is pretty sure of gotting it. At least, judging from tho meeting held hero yestorday afternoon, the business men aro thoroughly alivo to tho situa tion and aro going'to do all thoy cAn in a financial way to have tho road. The sentiment expressed at thifc ^loe&tinfr went to show that tho eitizons mean to do tho right thing and so bring tho road horo, . Tho road as survoyed to Abbeville by Belton and Duo West from Piedmont aud Pelzer will bo 41 miles aud will eosfc $W45fOOO. Ab surveyed via Antre villeitwill bo 44.1-2 miles and will cos>, $300,000. Ah surveyed to Watts via Antrevillo it will bo 45 1-2 miles and will cost 3:140, 000, Ab surveyed to Cal horin Falls it will bo~47 1-2 miles long and will cost $351,000. Tho differ - enso in the cost in briuging the road here and faking it to Watts is 95,000 in favor oMVatta, but the advan 30? A W>eviU?-. aro .. worth #20,000 more to tho promoters of the enterprise. The Seaboard Air Line shops are here, and since they are to operaftrthe new road it would certainly be a gre*t advantage to hare4t come to their shops. Then the Southern touches Abbeville aodtbi?-t*ew road; therefore, by comijojf heifi. JviJlbein.. connection witb~tb? two, greatest roads doing bnaineia in South Carolina, There was a food, deal of favorable disease km at* the meeting * ? ?' ?ffH fbe ?I*V fit tW taprsertii that be ?n?M do odd Jobe eremd tW - r-5 j ^;ry.Mav; _ _ i. ,1 ' I*'":: The May Returns of the Department of Agriculture. PROGRESSOFCOTTON PLANTING Percentage u( Contemplated Acreage Thus, Pnr "Planted Above the Aver ago fov Dip Past SoVen Yours. Tho May roturna of tho Department of Agriculture, at Washington, show ft decline from tho April condition of 1.2 points? 80. 2 against 81.4 last mouth and 83.7 May 1st, 1800. Tho averagos of tho winter wheat Statos aro: Ohio, 83; Michigan, 81; Indiana, 01; Illinois, 07; Missouri, .VI, Kansas, 78; California, 07: Pennsyl vania, 00. Tho averages in thov Southern Statos aro higher, rang ing from 85 in Mississippi to 08 in Texas, and in tho minor Statos, Now .Jorfioy, Delawaro, Maryi land iukI Virginia, from UH in Now Jer sey to 102 in Maryland. As roported in April, tho worst injuries from frooziug and deficient snow are in Illinois, though tho bordering Statos, Indiana, 'Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri, report sovoro winter injury, and States border ing these, Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska and Kansas, show reduced condition figures. Over tho country olsowhoro tho condition is nnusuallv good, being practically normal oast of the Alleghany mountains and quite high also on the Pacific slope. Tho average condition of spring pas ture is 00.4, against 03.2 a year ago; and that of meadows, 08.4, ngainst 5)1.8 in lHINi, tho wot sprjner having been favorablo particularly in tho rogtons of deficient rainfall. ? . Tho per cent ago of spring plowing finished May 1 is 01.0, the usual por centngo being 78, only tho extreme Northern and Southern Statos showing tho customary proportion. '-'JVverywhoro olso delay resulted from tho late season and lioavy rains. lieports from Europe aro gonorally favorable as to tho condition of crops, but in France t here is a reduced aroa of wintor wheat and tho orop is expooted to fall short of last year's at least Hi, - 000,000 bushels. In parts of Prussia the spring showings have boon retarded by rain. Tho Viceroy of India tele graphs that there will bo no wheat for export from that oountry this year. The cotton roport for tho month of May, as consolidated by the statistician Of the Department of Agriculture, ro lates to tho progress of eottou planting and tho contemplated acroago. Tho ox ton t of tho proposed breadth already planted on the first day of May was 81.0 against 87. 0. per cent, last year. This llguro is several points below the amount usually planted at this dato. Tho estimates for the sovdral Statos aro as follows; Virginia 81, Florida 00, Ala bama 80, North Carolina 74, South Car olina 80, Georgia 82, Mississippi 80, Douisiuna 80, Texas 88, Arkansas 75, Tennessee 58, Missouri 45. Tho returns of correspondents in re lation to contemplated acreage as com pared with tho aeroago last year, which are simply indicative of correspondents' views as to intentions of planters in ro spoot of area to be planted, nre sum marized as follows: General average, 105.4 oar cent. of last year's broailtli, apportioned to Stato as follows: North Caroline 108, South Carolina 108, Georgia 108, Florida 101, Alabama 104, Mississippi 102, Louisiana 102, Texas 100, Arkansas 104, Tcnnesso 105. In tho northern part of tho cotton belt planting has boon greatly retarded by iho lah) season and heavy rains. Thfs is less tho case toward tho Gulf, while jn Texas planting is further a Ivanood this year than usual. Methodist Hoard of Kducat Ion. Tho Board of Education of tho Motl/ odist Episcopal Church, South, met in 'Nnshville, Tonn. AV. B. Hill, of Ma con, On., and T. B. Anderson, of Cali fornia, were the only absentee**, Tho. report of the secretary was read and adopted. The committee appointed at the last- meeting of tho boom to formu late u system for improying the condi tion of Methodist Behoofs reported. Tho recommendations refer chiefly to rais ing the standards of preparatory schools and colleges. With slignt amendments, the report was adopted. Bishop Dun can made a successful appeal for help for I'aine Institute, at Augusta, (la. C. C. Goodrich, of Augusta, (la., was elected a member of the board, vice' W. B. Hill, resigned. The Exposition Now Open. According to previous announcement the Womon's Exposition of the Caro-.i linas was opened at Charlotte, N.~' 0. , 1 on tho night of tho 11th, and was a brilliant success in every way. The attondanco nnmborod over f>00 and the* building won beautifully decorated for tho occasion. Mrs. Ilobert Cotton, of Falkland, N. O., delivered tho oponing address. A Monument fo Southern Women. ? At Biohniond, Va. , on tho 10th, Me morial Day was tho most imposing in recent years. Senator John W. Daniel -was the orator. /He paid a bcnutifnl -tribute to the Confederate Holriidv wd made an earnest plea for a monument to the women of the South./ The crtfWd was; estimated at jl0,000. / Practically Accomplished. ^ The l*U?t new* from Athene, Greece, says that the surrender of Greece has 1>een practically accomplished an<Tth*t the powvfli are now acting upon the f#rmal aco^ptanoe of the troops 1 earing I HI , " TOJII* &MtXMUuBL A dispatch from Washington says that Col. Jaa. tL Boyd, of Greensboro, Wr O., !? fo ips4 the place of Aeeieian* Attemy-Ge*eral in the Department of jm- - ?'? -? - m rm at.fl m ' * - - * 1 IV t A 11 * mixki> in JAW Jaw. \of\.ouU tlio lilted States oi Mux loo and It was (ho I'alitietio .UtLngltliut II el il (ho l'luco of Honor. \xy '^>o Atlautu\ .Constitution ^voftfT three columns iu a rocttot is?u(f$o writ ing up the wire grass region of Georuia, whioh 1h described us a land of plentiful promise. It in said that immigrauta are pouring in and that agriculture and horticulture flourish. At the Atlanta Kxposition wo saw a sign iu the Gooi'gia building whioh read us follows: "Cedartown welcomes Northern settlors. " We presume no Southern or Western men are wanted in that Root ion. Poulan; tho now sot tlemont, does not Roein to bo so exclu sive aw Cedartown, for we woe that Col. John (J. McPhaul, a gonuino Tar Heel, figured conspicuously in the cere monies attending the laying of the corner stono of th?R new enterprise, which is in Worth county. The Tar Heel raised tho stars and stripos and, according to the correspondent, hia "place as tho dovolopor of this eootion must now become a matter of history. " ^ Speaking of this (lag business tho correspondent sayfl; j "A signilloftnt part of tho days pro /coodings was tho unfurling} of the old flag to tho broeico. It was titling that in a couuty named for tho gallant man under whom tho American army outer ed Mexico, and ,who carried that Hag to its tlrst vitifory in a foreign war, should assemble hor poo pi o undor its folds as tho protection under which it is possible for individualism to accom plish Its boat ro/mlts. While there wore in tho assomblago many\.now citizens from north of tne Ohio, who may havo felt that it was tVtho'tvj tl>nt this not was duo, yot, when lhey\ looked around thorn and saw some of tlift j^opffeal vet erans who had followod tho stars and s tripos all tho way down until it ftoatod oVor tho fthapultopoc, must liav6 abat od somewhat their sense of proprietor ship and yielded tho prior olaim to tho men who fought undor Worth in Mexico and gavo his uamo to their home upon their 10 ihrn. Tho Georgians Kot their historical faots mixed. Gou. Worth did not load an American army into Mexico. Just before hostilities commeucod, in 1840, lie becamo mi flod about some point of military etiquette, handed in hiB resig nation and wont to Washington. While he was there tho viotorleB of Palo Alto and Itesaca-do-la-Palrtia wore gained. Ab soon as ho heard tho news in Wusht tygton ho withdro\r his resignation, but diet not got to tliesaat of war until tliose two battlos wero gained and the oity of Matamoros was taken. From that time on Worth did good sorvioe, but th? flag that floatod over Chapultepeo ana Mexico was a Palmetto standard. Gen. Worth was a morobaut's olerk when lit entored the army aud was not a Wool Pointer. ? Abbeville Medium. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGKKSS. Report of the Proceedings from I>ny to Day. SENATE. Whdnksday. ? Tho Senate by a voto of 4? to80 refuRort to ratify tho general arbitration treaty between tho ^United States and Great Britain, negotiated by Seoretary Olnoy and Ambassador Ju lian Pauncefoto. Thorules.of the Sen- , aterjfrniro a majority of two-thirds for tho ratilicatiou of treatieH. Honco, four more affirmativo votes would have been required to soouro* a favorable result. The Senato refused to authorizo tho publioation of the details. Thursday. ? In tho Senate an agree ment was roaolied on the sundry civil biirand passed. carries an aggro gate of 868,000,000. Bacon, of Georgia, introduced a joint resolution on peace p,nd arbitration wliioh was roforrod- to tho comnrittoo on foreign relations. Tho Sona*o then adjourned until Mon oay. / Monday. ? Mr. Morgan's Cuban res olution was discussed at considerable length in the Senato. For tho first time since tho dobato began opposition sen timent exnrossod itself, Halo, of Maine, and White, of California, speaking against it, whilo Turpio of Indiana, supported it. Chander, Hepublican, of New Hampshire, from tho coin mittoo on census, reported a bill for taking tho twolfth census. Hale, in his long argument against Morgan's resolution, said its object was to prevent Spain from makiug a loan and thus provont her from putting down tho insurrec tion. Tuesday. ? Tho Cuban question oc cupied tho entire attention of tho Sen ato, the debato taking a largo range, and at times becoming spirited, when Komparisons were inado betweon the ttitudo of the former administration and tho present on the subject of Cuba. The debate wont over until Wednesday. During/the day SonatorKylo, Populist, of South Dakota, rising to a question of privileges, disclaimed having sought committee places fr^in Hepublicans. A partial ^onferelujwm the Indian np? propriatioir wwjflgreed to. HOUSE. Thursday. ?The House adopted a resolution for bi-weekly sessions to be hold on Mondays and Thursdays until furthor action. The Domocrat# and Populists allied against it, and JBailey, of Texas, says that its only aim was to prevent the consideration of. tho bank ruptcy bill. The House adjourned until Monday, after King (Dem.)# of Utah, read a Hawaiian resolution. Monday. ? The Honse resumed tho transaction of publio business, and entered upon the consideration of the amendments of the civil appropriation bill. The general debate, and most of the debate under the flye minute rule, was confined to the- diaoosaion of the Senate amendment to restore tho. l*nds reserved ma forest reservations under President Cleveland's order of Febru ITf 22, to " the public domain. T?e Western members generally supported mm Fjfniwj propoBTTinn. Tu-awpar ?The nv* tovsrwtmtt dfr* bate waa A the appropriation of $30, - 900 to imte Paarj Harbor, intbe Hawaiian Island*, whieh; wae rejected A'Wonderful Incroasoln tho Amount of Trado in April, R. G, DUN & CO.'S REPORT. Dporvnnn In the NuinbOfi AlllOUMt AM<t Avithbo MuMlltloH of Failures 15 very lirmioli) IC.\ooj>t Cotton^ Messrs. H. O. Dun A itiru woekly trudo review for tho week Jpnding Mfty ?th. in part, says: "Noam all will bo astonished to 1 cur n that ftjftuwl sales in April by leading houses A\ each linbof busiuo.^ in tbo prluoiphl eitios oast of Iho Hooky Mountains /average only about 10 per oont. lessAiian in April, 1802, the "year oflurgosl /ubiuosa hitliOV to, ami were 11. 1 per coyt. more than in tho same month-last yOar. \ el tUia? in the muumur v of 857 reports, each lifK"1' sules of loading merchants in a liuoa>f business in ono of tho fo\trt0vn oilios. They are especially encouraging in view of the great, tulj of* prices with in Iho live years, and with ex ceptional JIoocIh and other retarding intluonoos this yo'ar. \Vlnlo spoou lativo business in nearly all lines i? small, and does not swoJI clearing house returns as in provi^uft years, l^o voluino of legit imato trndeVhows no correspond ing decrease, and tho fact is one of tho highOst importance in all business cal culations. .Moreover returns of failures for April by brauchos of buainoss, given only by the mercantile agouoy, show a doorcase in number, amount and avor ago of liabilities in almost every branch of trade and in nearly all brunches of niannfacturo exoont cotton, although failure of five Now Bedford mills for S7. 1)1)0, 784 mako tho total defaulted lia bilities, for tho month 40 per oont. larger than last year, (10 per cent, larger than in 1805, and 82 per cent, largor than in 1804. The value of reports trac ing failures to particular linea of busi ness is impressively illustrated. "Crop prospects uro a little hotter for cotton because of tho passing of floods and for spring wheat because tho cue tomary accounts of injury to wlntor wheat begin to appear and stimulato larger sowing of spring wheat than usual. Western receipts crtntinuo larger than last year, 2*848,005 bushels, against a, 208, 07a, and Atlantic exports also jincroaso, amounting to 1,408,107 bushels, flour included, againt 1,040,107 last year. Tho wook's exports of corn, , 2,725,018 bushols, aro smaller than inp other recent weoks. The whoat market declined 2 conts until Tuesday, then ro8o H conts. Liverpool Bpeoulations lifted "cotton to 7.7ft cents, but it btffl loot a sixteonth, atyd the consumption in manufacture does not appear to be inoreasing. "Tho demand for cotton goods has not mot expectations, and neither tho prolonged ourtailmentjof prpduotlon by many mills, the large distribution of gooefs since November, nor the great unction sales have yet suftlcod to reduce the surplus of goods. Print clotliH aro again lower at 2.44 conts, tbo lowest point over reached iu previous years, nnd though some kinds of goods have found sulllcient demand to advance pricos ft littlo, the expeoUtion of better prioes and larger consumption in futuro Btill seehifc to push the mills to excoed present wants. The same is true of wool manufacture in many branches, for orders and Bales thus Jar do not call for as largo proauotion as appears, though it is yet much below the maximum, but tho increasing demand has been encour aging. Sal o? of wool at prices Arm but no longer rising, fall much below ro cont rooords, indicating that specula tors are growing less euro of early prof its in view of .enormous supplies on hand. At the three chiof markets tho fifties were 8,025,200 pounds, of which 5,744,000 were foreign, and in flvo weeks tho sales have beon 40,787,850 pounds, against 28,827,100 in (he same wooks of 1802, whon tho mills were well employed. "Failures for tho week have been 221 in tho United Btfttos. against 288 last yo'ar, and 80 in Canada, against 24 last year. TURKS nUKN VJ5LKSTINO. Circrkli Routed and Demornlizcil Forclgncra IIuvo Vacated Volo. . AthonB, May 8. ? (By Cable.) ? The Turks havo completely occupied arid ' burned Velestino. At 7;30 Thursday evening, the defeat of tho Greeks was complete and tho pans to Volo open to the Turku. Tho Hoaroh lights of tho warships in tho bay flashing up tho mountain sides wcro of great assistance to tho retreating Greeks, showing the road through tho intousjb darkness. Ov^r a doeen cannon were abandoned," and captured by tho Turks. Two hun dred wounded Soldiors were brought to Volo. The correspondent of the As sociated Press is of tho opinion that many of the Greek wounded soldiers were left on tho field. It is im possible to estimate the number of the killed. ? Advices received from the frontior about 8 o'clock this afternoon. s?y that General Smolensk i's shalAroa . army Was out in too. The left wing re tired to Almiro. What was lef> of the right wing came toward Volo, broken demoralized. The retreat across the mountains waa almost as bad as the Eanio which resulted in the change of a'se from the Tunavos to Volo. scene of, the more recent panic was wi._ and almost indescribable. On Thurs day and Friday, the populaee ailed the streets of Volo with their household w4?r BrigatMlag* be^aude Vommc Five steamers were completely fl" with refugees. 0eoree of~?KtaVM ried fugitives to the islands. cfteataem ts Iscettllsylftr. It is understood that O. H.J. Taylor, of Kansas, Beeistasr of Deeds for the District of Columbia, has placed his 'rcai?aailo((i&tfce fcasdeeftte jPreei ???? Wm*# 1 the alaea. <;<><>!> !<().vi>m Why Nut (live This I mport ant Matter full Consideration at (ho Next Hes bit* u of tho legislature'/ A 1000 ut issue of tho National Advo onto, a journal devoted to agricultural interests, contains a paper on "The Iso lation of (lood Koads to Kural Life" tluttt is very timely. Apart from tho im po/arit considerations of oominoroiul ai/l industrial welfare, a nutional aiul .Snato system of wood roads in impora XI vol v hooded tio nuild up country com munities, for tho country is tho store house from which tho nation drawn its strength, I Cood roails also moans tho drawing nearer of neighbors to ono another in the enjoyment of social pleasures, ami at no distant day tho establishment of a rural mail delivery wntoh. in itsolf, would do much for the country, besides Indirectly helping to chock tho alarm ing tendency towards emigration to tho citioa ono of tho most disquieting foa-. tures of the social condition of tho day. Speaking of this, the National Advo cate says: "l-'irst, and as tho noco^sity without which nothing cun be done, we must have good roaus roads oyer winch ve hicle or bicycle may glide rapidly and smoothly, and even now, with such roads, with good horses, or tho swift bioyolo, are neighbors and families in the country, in closely settled commu nities, practically brought as near to ! uetheijcfor all social ihtorconrso and en joyment and ad vantrgos ol education ns residents of a city, Small holtlingu, well tilled, bringing thickly populated rural communities will support, in near by towns, good schools, churches, pub lic libraries, gymnasiums, halls formu nical and theatrical entertainments, and social enjoyments of all kinds, and all within easy reach of the entire commu nity. Under those conditions nothing which tho city has to oiler may not bo , had in tho village, and within tho roach of tho moans of every thrifty farmor. " Tho Columbia Register, diverging a | little from this phase of tho subjoot, nays it may be well to consider the practicability of establishing a road system in Mouth Carolina that shall rneot all requirements, and yot relievo the iiard-workod fftrmer of a burden tnat would otherwise fall most heavily on/him were legislative action taken, In tho dint-tor. . ; At' the very season when tho making of good roads in a task that can best bo porformedj the average farmer is bus jest on his farm, and to ask him at such times to work out his road tax means to ask him to neglect his crops. Besides, to insure good roads? roads tlyht will wear and last~H is necessary t/ do more than a ilttlo eoraping and .plowing now ami then. OooA roods, /moan grading, draining oud maoada mi/iing, and this it iB impracticable to ask 'tho farmer to porform. It is just hero that tl\o advantago of conviot labor becomes svidont. Tho inmates of tho penitentiary havo no othor dutios but thoso at wb\0p thoy may bo sot and their labor is Available at all seasons of tno year. Why, thon, to acooinplish a work of suoh vast im portance to tho Siato should not tho muscle and brawn of the conviots bo I brought into play? In no other way Amid thoso men bo employed so use Oilly^and in no other way could the n q unfortunates h*> won roceivo tho benefit of wholesome, invigorating exercise. , lloadbuildlng is, after all, the best solution of tho problom how to iqako the State convicts pay for th#ir main tenance, and at tho sarno tirno c^ntri-/ buto something to tho wolfaro of tpo oommunity wjiose privileges they havo abusod. South Carolina sorely needs good roads, and the effect of them 611 the value of agricultural lands and upon the jndtal well-being of tho Btato can haraly oe overestimated. Why not give this important matter full consideration at the next ?eanfeu of the T>egislaturo? ""It would be better for the taxpayers of the State, the 0011 vioUl." and society n\ largo if we should employ tho penitentiary population to build and repair public roads instead of keeping tuem employed at tasks, the product of whioli ooinpetes with free labor, and results in no abiding good to the oommunity. OIIIICKIII, I'KOSFKCTS For Port Koyul--i<,xpnn?lon of Gov ernment Interests ICxpoctcd. Tho desiro on tho part of the govern ment. to acquiro additional t?rritory id iacent to tho naval station in thin har bor in a self-evident fact that oxtonsive additions will ho mado to tlio magnifi cent plant now owned and oporatod by tho navy department horo. The final issuo, to onr way of thinking, will bo tho completion of an extensive and per fectly appointed navy yard commonsur ftto with tho present and fntnro noods of tho government. "When it must bo re memberod that tho largo vessels of the navy aro now or very recontlv construot od, and mav stand in little need of present overhauling and repair, that in a fow years thev will all, more or less, stand in need of repaira of tome kind, and hence a large and com modious dry dock and its adjunots of a oomplote machino and re pertinent, knowing this, is setting its house in order in good tiino. The wis* dom of tlie government in choojtm#tms site in our harbor for a publio work of this oharacter is recognized more and morfc bv those in authority in Washing ton. Possessing, as we do, a most de lightful *nd healthful climaW, deep water approaches and close communi cation by rail and eteam -with fTerj part of the world, we might My, we are noaitiva in the iustneee of our assertion aattoPoet - ? . ? \V KKK I'Y CHOI* I1UIjT.i1CTIN Of the South Carolina Cliinuto uiut Crop Scrvloo. Tho Climate i)iid Crop Ho r vice Bulle tin for tho wool^ouding on lUo 8th, aa issued by Pireotor liauor, in in part as v follows: ' ? 'Tho wook averaged llvo dogrooa por lay cooler than "usual. The avorago of ">l reports gives iv weekly moan tompor* Atiiro of it i. Tho normal is ftpproxi m ut ply mr; "Tho nights wore unusually cold up In tho 7th, Tho days woro moderately warm. Two places reported ft minimum of .'IS, two of 40, one of It, threo of 41), thoso occurred from tho sfd to tho fith, iirnl ovor tho western and northorn counties. Tho maximum was 08 on tho ?^t I ? at- ( lillisonville. I dght frost was roportod from vari ous points in York, Newberry, Groon villo, Spartanburg, I. aureus, Union, Chester, and from ono place in Ornugo burg on tho 2d, !id, 1th' or Mb. Gener ally thoso frosts woro too light to nip vegetation but young cotton was soimv wluit < I turnip I. "There was no rain during tho wook except light showers in 1 lorry and .Marion on tho Mh. "( ?orrospondonts' reports nourly all refer to tho past wook as an unfavorablo ono on staple crops owing to the wont of moisture, cool .?v4' its ami tho pro valoncoof destructiv? insocts, ospeoinlly worms, cinch bngn, Colorado beetles ? dnd grasshoppors. Tho latter least de structive. (hows also damaged corn, "Tho condition of corn is not satis factory in regard to stand or oolor. l'lio late planting not coming up woll, and much of thai that is up in of poor rolor and small size, aseribod to tho prevailing cool nights. A great doal of corn yot to plant, and to replant, made necessary by tho ravages of tho wfynna which are reported unusually dofitruct ivo ovor tho ontiro State, especially on, bottom lands. Corn is in better con dition ii\^tho eastern countioa whore it has rccoiWnl its first, working gonorally,' than iu the western portion whoro much of that plantod is not yot up. "Tho condition of cotton lias im proved but littlo in tho most favored sections, and in many places has deteri orated. Tho cool woatlior caused t)ie plant to look sickly and on cortain lands todio out. Much of that plantod boforo the rains of the provious wook will, in tho western counties, havo to bo ro* ^ planted which is now boing done. Fir^tt planting practically ftniinoa, Chop ping to stands oonflnod to eastern and central counties. Stands lrrogular, but on tho wholo not satisfactory. Hoa I slaml cotton all plantod, stands fair though damaged to soino oxtont by cut worms. "Tobacco transplanting is noarly all. (lnishod. The plants aro doing woll in most districts but would be bonefltod by groato warmth and tnoro moisture. "Melons aro baokward and muoli of tho uood has not germinated. Sor* ghum cano growing woll gonorally. "J1 each ob are reported dropping bad ly ovor in tho Bouthern countioa, but doing woll olsewhore. Trees as a ritta not overloaded but with a fair "set, "V AppIob and pears still rogarded prom is- ' ing. ?> "Gardens growing woll in some lo calities and failing in others. More moisturo would provo bonoilolal. "Truok products doing well except Jrish potatoes of which tnero is pros poot of a short orop. Hwoet potato . draws coming up,|dowly*aud not setting out has yet been done. ' "Pastures beooming Bcant in many places, necessitating feeding of "Btook ;;ir with dry forago. " A BUi OIS1M Alt Y NCI'iV W. A. Vamlorcook Itrlngs'Aii Info no- ? ---1 tlon Suit Against the South Carolina Dlspentmry OfllccfB. A suit has 'boon begun 111 Charleston in the United States circuit court which - may rosult seriously for the dispensary law i>f {South Carolina, Tho suit is brought by W. A. Vandercook & of California, against Dispensary Com missioner Vance, a number of State liquor constables and all constables or..?. ^ State oflloials acting under tho dispen sary law. A perpetual injunction against them is asked by the company, } rohib i ting?the 111 from interfering with tho l^muoaatof- tho company which may -be ? ~ lransaote<! with any and all individuaWof Houth Carolina who may be its prftrone. The bill of compLaint tiled is the result of a recont seizure of a carload of wine shippod by Voider cook A Co. to Mr. ,T. (3. Siiuonds, of the above city- Mr. -- Bimonds is the cashier of tne First ' National Dank of Charleston, and while all of thto liquor was oonsigned to him, the real persons for wham it is in tended wero a score or more of private citizens. Those persons were to're- _ - oolvo orders from Mr. Bimonds for their. ...... 1 respective share of the car-load of wine,- - depositing at the same time in the bank tho purchase money, subjeot to the or der of Vandorcook Sc Co.. Shortlyefter the arrival of tho liquor it was seized o - by theoonsteWee and irenttoCdltttiibift. * The bill fllod cites all tho facts in the caso and asks for t, $6, 000 damage#.' Judge- Simon ton has- appointed May 1 7th aa the day ./or hearing argument on the case. Assistant Attorney General Towneend?_ . .. 1 % is now hard at work proparing the en ewer of the State to the complaint in tho Vandeoook case in the Unitecl States. Court, which is a proceeding to Insecure a perpdftial injunction agawat the State interfering with any -ahippefl into tKe HUte State in the original package*. It ia by long odd* the most Important case against the dispensary Uw that the State has ever had to fight ? ? Thf yir^wt hftS twb engageoi$ptf [^taati^oft^ meats* 1 ? ' ?