The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 14, 1897, Image 1
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
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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 ' * - - *
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* 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
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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
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\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 ? ' ?