The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 21, 1897, Image 1
VOLUME VI! I.
? HEME BOND SCRIPT. I
Nearly $2,000,000 ? Blue liidgo
Bonds Involved.
A BOND SCRIPT STATEMENT.
<5 f
? Wesley's Claim ami' tho Important
ldtlgation Which Slay <irow Out
of Uio Agricultural Hall Case,
Tho Nawhu unci Courier of a recent i
* date says while tho VjinMorcook case
may bo attracting a groat deal of atten
tion, tho Agricultural llall oaso, which
may in time nettle the validity of tho
Bhto liidgo bonds, involves nearly two
" millions of dollars,
? In this, day very littlo is known about
j theso bon'dfc for whioh Mr. W'esloy is
tilling, Mr. Wesley claims that ho is
legally ami morally duo tho money on
lus bonds, and tho Unitod States Su
preme, Court will, no doubt, in tiino
iiavo to sottlo tho issuo.
In view of the vast importance of tho
?questioning of tho validity of tho bonds
that havo been held to bo illegal, tho
following statomont,- prepared in the
State Treasurer's otllco, will bo road
with speoiul interest :
??On tho loth of September, 18(58, an
/.?1 WUM passod authorizing additional
<uid to tho Jiluo Ridge Kadroad Com
pany. This company, which was to
?oonnoct with the Uoorgiaand Kast Ton
nos.seo Railroad,' had beei^, granted aid
in 1854, to tho amount of $1,000,000,
upon certain conditions, whioli, it would
appear l>3r the Act of 18(13, ^woro not
complied with. This Act authorized
tho guarantee by tho State of $1,000,000
?of tho bonds of tho company, and tho
further guarantee of $J, 000, 000 from I
tfimo to tnno as tho company made con
tacts for the completion of tho road.
I'lie Act provided that as soon as any
bonds of the road wore ondorsod by the
comptroller then tho estate proporty
and funds of tho roads in South Caro
lina, Ncu'th Carolina, Georgia and Ten
nessee should stand pledged to tho
State for the prompt payment of the
bond'd and intoro&t. This condition
way subsequently repealed, uud tho
Stato had no security.
Thoso bonds woro delivered to tho
com puny, and tho financial agont of
tho State was authorized by the Aot to
udvaiice monoy from time to time on
these bonds, which he did?'
Jt soon bocanie apparent that tho.
?company would not be able to pay in
"? lerost or principal, and that tbo State
you Id becomo liable, and thoroupon an
Act was paused directing tho financial
aged (with the coQBQntof the company)
l(? transfer tho bonds guaranteed by
tho State in his luiuds, as collaterals for
?ho advances made, to tho State treas
urer for cancellation, and that thoro
upon tho company should bo discharg
ed from oil liability to tho State on ac
wunt of the advances made, and that
?whenever tho said company should sur
rejidor tho remainder of tho .$4,000,000
"bonds, then the treasurer was to issue
to thoAi $1,800,000 in revenue bond
scrip, or to give thom a pro rata amount
of this scrip for such of tbo bonds
as might from time to time bo surren
dered.
The sciyip was receivable for all Stato
taxes, except taxes for interest on tho
public debt.
The revenue bond scrip does not ap
*|?eer in any- official statement of the
recognized debt of the Stato either un
der the Into Republican or present
Democrat io administration.
There is not even in oxistonco any
ipBIoial statement or showing of the
Amount of scrip that may, from timo to
time, have been issued or put upon tho
market, ajud tho only entry relating to
the nnvtUr that can bo found on the
l>ooktfof tlta^reasjtf'y Is tho following,
liamnfly, ISIS^Xflly, in which the Stato
is dolled for amount of revenue bond
weeip issued in accordance with pro
?^^yisionH of A ct of the General Assembly,
approved March 2, 1872: Amount of
bonds surrendered $8,805 at $1,000.
$1,707,352.94.
The Supreme Court has twice decid
ed that the issuo of this scrip was in
valid and illegal. The scrip is not in
cluded in tho provisions of tho Con
solidation Act of 1878, nor any of tho
Funding Acts of the Slate, no provision
has evei been made for tho pnymont of
Hamey*- (principal' or interest) nor is
therA'tfro remotest probability that tho
? scrip will ever bo recognized as a valid
obligation of this State. Tho account
itself, if tho brief ontry referred to
uliovo mny bo^aliedan Act. was form
ally and finally charged oft' the books f5f
the treasury and olosed by direotion of
a joint resolution of the General As
vembly, pnssod 24th of December, 1878.
The scrip must be regarded as worth
loss, and since the deoieion of the Su
premo Court the issue has been classed
among the fraudulent transaetiomi of
the agents of the Republican govem
mo<)t., whioh was In power from 1808 to
1870. / _ ?
WWa't THEY OKT.
(Jouutita . I>ou't Kccclvo All Thoy
-Ask' For.
The sub-committo of the sinking fund
- havo just comploted their investigation
. of what amount eaoh /df the counties
? applying for loans may get Under tho
law. This based on tho amount of taxes
col looted in eaoh county and whioH may
bo pledged for the ropayment of loan*.
In almost every instance the county did
not get what they a?ke<l for, but tho
. ~ amounts will go a long way in helping
thetk.to meet their, current expenses
wh?u Imy bec-ome doe.
. ..Tha following anfluuaU hare bean al
lowed: Sumter, $6,287: Cheater, $#,078;
but' it is understood .that Die appljca
^V^wJrSAipa were
7H;Ooonee,
5;Hamp
1 coob^t ^MNt?an
the* formation of -the
mnation of the
all topiao**,
_id is not prepared todecideex
IIAOHULOKS OF DIVINITY.
The Annual Commencement of tho
l'roal>ytorluu Theological Semi
nary. . ,
The commencement of tho Prosby
torian Theological Seminary occurred |
in Columbia last week, and tnoprooood- 1
iilgs woro of tlio greatest interest to tho
friends of tho graduates its well as of
tho institution,
l)r. Staoy proven tod tho diplomas in a
vyry interesting talk, and as each grad
uate got hid diploma it carried along
with it the right to \vrito Bachelor of.
Divinity after his name. This an
innovation in the history of tint institu
tion and, i(js customs. ij'loretoforo grad
uates simply received tlteir diplomas
which carried with them no honorary
degroo. Tho graduates weleoined the
ehango and think the hoard of trustees
in right. and that it wan something that
should itave been done beforo.
Following is a list of the graduates:
W. R. llnfnor, York, W. R. M in tor,
Laurfj*; II. R. Murohison, Abbeville;1
F. K.*nimfl, Choator; H. L.JtogerH.
Tho following received lc($vtilicatos,
having takon special courses:
.J\ A. Dorritteo, of Maryland; 0, A,
MoPhootors. of Missouri: C. B. Kateh
ford, of York County. W. W. Saddler,
of Anderson, and I j. C. Yass of .Sa
vannah.
Rev. Dr. lloyt, of F.lborton, (in. ,
in ado the parting remarks to tho stu
dents and graduates.
Tho Seminary has had a very success
ful year and it is gratifying to know
that tho proHpeetu for next year aro
most encouraging.
Th? ho.ird of trustoo ro-oloctod Dr. .1.
D. Tad look for tho present, but appoint
ed a committee to get some suitable
men to 1111 tho chairs of "Church (lov
crnniont and History" and "Natural
Soienoes in Conduction with llovola
tion. " positions will bo tilled at
tho noxt inebtthg.
'Tho following trustees were oleetod:
Synod of South Carolina - liov. J. ( I.
Richards, Blonhoim; Rov. 0. W. Hum
phroys, D. D. , Doncnstor; Rov. W. \Y.
Mills,- Camden; Mr. W. A. ??Clark, Co
lumbia; Roy. \Y. M. MoPheeters, D.
D., Columbia; Rev. A. A. Jamos, Paco
let.
Svnod'of Georgia? Rov. II. F. lloyt,
L). 1)., Flbertou; Mr. W. C. Sibley,
Augusta; Col. M. A. Candler, Atlanta;
Rev. Jamos Stacy, D. I),, Nowiuru.
Synod of Alabama? Rev, R. Cecil, D.
D., Selma; Rev. J.L. Brotfnleo, Union
Springs; John 'II. Millor. Birmingham.
Synod of Florida - Roy. \V. ID. Moll
waino, Pensacola; Rev. \V. W. Elwang,
Orlando.
THIS STATK LOSES.
The Agricultural Hall Caso Decided
Hy the Supreme Court.
Tho Stato has lost tlio Agricultural
Hall case and tho State Dispensary will
havo to move out sooner or later and
seek other quarters, Tho following
dispatch explains itself:
Washington, May II. ? Tho llnitod
States Supremo Court has affirmed tho
decision of tho Circuit Court for tho
Circuit of South Carolina in tho ''Ag
ricultural Hall" ease, involving tho
title to the agricultural Hall in Colum
bia, *S. C. Edward B. Wosloy, of Now
York, bought the property of tho Com
missioners of tho Stato Sinking Fund,
but there were alleged irregularities in
the purchase and he brmlght suit
against J. 10. Tindnl, tho Secretary of
the State and J. R. Boyles, who had
been omployod by tho Soorrotary of tho
State to guard the property to secure
possession. Tindal and Boylos, in tho
lower courts, contofided that thoy woro
more custodians of tho property arid
tJbat tho Stato could not bo sued, but
tho possession , of the. . property was
given to Wosley. The judgment was
affirmed by tho Supremo Court in an
opinion by Justice Uarlau, who ...held
that tho Stato was not necessarily a
jr.artv to the suit.
Tlio Columbia Stato says: Tho de
cision complicates matters very, much
and has tho authorities worried a Initio.
If tho dispensary has to sock, othov
quarters it will ho at no small cost to
tho Stato. In tho mcantimo the Van
dercook case Is pendi.ig; if tho de
cision in that enso is against tho Stato
it cannot, bo denied that the dispensary
business will be practically destroyed.
Thus it is said that tho dispensary sys
tem may ho changcd frym a source of
profit to a Kreat expeifso/N
Behind it all is tuo great dinger to
tho Stato of haviug tho 'Bhro Ridgp
scrip declared va|i<t. Mr. Wesley hrts
other payments to mako on tlio' prop
erty wlion they fall duo and he will
doubtless tonder this scrip, being now
in possession of tho premisos.
If tho disponsnry has to vacate, tho
authoities havo two places in view. One
is the old Congareo cotton mill, near
the union depot and the other is the
Standard warohouso, owned by Mr.
Caldwell Robertson, on Gorvais street.
This lattor place will bo most Ijfeely
soleoted. It is a very long ono-story
brick building, used during tho war
for printing Confederate monoy. ' It
will take a considerable amount of
monoy to establish tho dispensary
thoroin.
SIMON COOPKft'S /SINS.
HI* Crimes 8tflt lharlnff Deplorttble
8eed--Two jMore Victims.
A special to the State from Buinter
Bftys: As a sequol to tbo hellish deorts
of the human tiger, Hhnon Cooper,
whose muuo wiSl go down in history na
the most brutal anfterucl murderer that
this Country ever produced, two more
?rictim* have been added to his list, And
ive
Jesflo
Baker lived almost in front of the Wil
son honse anO^Vith his wife aud eon,
witnessed the flendish acts of Copper,
who, After ooraptetfairhis bloody work,
came out of the house and deliberately
.raised bU Winchester and fired at the
Bakers while they were (Minding on
U??ir'pi*stA. . ^
Bince the comtnisftion of the appalling
crime the nervous strain has been too
aa4 Hrsc Baker, j
TliarWB cuuauuitty Inrnftr? d of- being I
mnrderad Aid Mrs. BAker ha* "been de
clared insane and will be taken to the
asylaca. Mr. BAker to said Id b# in ?
woroA condition tbAn his wifey as kAbAe
***** m +** <*??*<? ?^kA
? r x-ir- j_V2~'A
STORY OF II Hll;
. /
His Name \4 John Starnes and He
Lives In a Crib,
A HERO 9/ TWO WARS.
Generally IIo l>oes Not Liko to Ao
ccpt Money or Other Help? IIo Does
Not Mice t'oinpauy, Kit her.
"F, 0. >V. "in a couununication to
tho Columbia State discusses tho lifo of
u hermit, John Starnes, noar Blarks
burg, as follows:
"When Ohorokoo county took from
York tho township containing Blacks
burg, hor people wero probably not
awjuo that thoy wore depriving York
of what not many counties in this
civilized land can boast of a hermit.
"About four and a half milos from
Blaeksburg and two milos from the
North Carolina lino, lives, or rather
subsists John Starnes.4 lie is now an
old man, not many mile posts from liis
three score years and ton. If tho
loader were a travolor along tho road
that leads by this old man's abiding
place he would probably pasB on with
out once thinking that a human being
i.s living in such a "crib," as 1 hoard it
called. Hut a being of tho gonna homo
does eke out ru oxistenco there that,
seems to satisfy his wants. If, how
ever, the occupant of this shanty were
to bo in sight as you passed, you would
surely gazo in surprise and want to
stop. Von would seo a decrepit old
man, with his rags that, ho calls
clot-lies hanging from his body lis if they
might fall oil' at any minute. Vet de
spite his miserable appearance, it his
pictures are a Iruo likeness, he bears a
striking resemblance to a distinguished
living Carolinan, wlio is well known as
a hero of two wars.'
"Hut this John Starnes is anything
but a war horo, if reports do not do
him an injustice. Jt is not known how
long he has been living as a hermit, but
for many years past he lias lived a
secluded lifo in York county. In tho
dark days of tho war for southern indo
pendenco, when so many of his coun
trymen had given their lifo blood for
their States and so many others were
still battling against an overpowering
ononiy, tho conscription oflicer is said
to have gotton on tho track of John
Starnes, then in his vigorous youth, but
his vigorous youth did not want to
battle for his country, and still suppos
ing rumor does not slaudor him, deter
mined to outwit aiul escape that con
scription ofllcor. Luckily for him such
a t iling as a dry goods box was then 111
his neighborhood, and undor tho box
John went. "Who would have suspect
ed that tliero wan a man under that
box? Not tho c. nscriptipn oftlcer at
any rato, and Job 1 Starnes escaped the
duty of bearing 1 rms against tho 111
vuders of his com. try. He, of courso,
w as tlion compelled to keep himself 111
hiding and It is supposed that ko took
to tho woods then and lias lived his
lonolv life ever since that timo.
"Ho owns about two acres of land
wlioro ho livos, but does very little to
wards cultivating it. It is not kuown
how I10 lives, though occassionally ho
doos go to a neighbor to borrow cofleo
or something olso when I10 is without
such nrticlos.
"His hut is a miserable atTair, with
an ontranco so Lgw*tliat I10 lias to crawl
in. Hois said to sloop in a box. Per
haps I10 has a fondness for boxes, as
ouo possibly savodhim from a Yankee h
bullet.
"JL'hd hermit doos not liko company,
and isquitiocpiarrolsomowben inquiries
aro made About himBolf. Ho will talk,
however, if questions aro asked about
general subjects ob if information wero
roally sought of him.
"Tho neighbors call blip "Wild John
Starnes," but I10 says ho is not so damn
wild as yon might suppose." Homo
years ago a neighbor bought his land in
order to get him to move away. Hut
after the purcliaso money had boon paid
ho gavo it back and refused to rnovo.
Ho has been at his present homoj?)
(what is honwwithov^t a woman?) lor
at least 1 Or years, auiT'iu tho woods
probably /vor sinco tho war.
"Of recent years photographs havo
beon taken of him, but much against
iiia wish. A photographer, of Hiaeks
burg, has .<ta??M*r~difteront pictures of
iiim and has sold many of them in dis
tant oitios and to passengers at tbo sta
tion horo on through trains.
"Generally ho doos not liko to ac
cept monoy or othor liolp. Ho pos
. sosses a vory old musket, probably one
that was used in tho war. Ho has 110
fircplaco or stove in Jiis hut, but in very
cold woathor ho builds a flro outsido.
"He lias relatives -who hnvo ollered
him a homo, but ho always refuses.
Very oceasionolly ho hires himself out
Yor a day's work," but as a rule he lives
in a mysterious way. "
C1IUUCII PROTESTS
Aflfrttnst th? Awful <irimo of Killing
, People.
At Anderson Inst week tho fo'IVdVing
resolutions were pi\8Hod by tho Episco*
pal Dio^ofiftu convention:
Whereas, tho growing disregard of
human life has canned tho crime of
homicide to bttrfftne more a&d moro pre
valent end flagrant in our land until the"
blood gniltinoes of our people baa be
come an offense and crying shame to
the sonsibilities of the oliurch and State
and believing that public opinion
ahould ba greatly influenced and omi be
moat safely formed upon the principle
of Christian morality.
Beaolved, That this council do ex
press their solemn condemnation of
thu terrible ?vil, and in order to arouae
wholesome publio sentiment upon
? ' ' '/ '
Jie bishop f>e
U?V* KH '?ddre?r piling
r of tfcia counoil, the co
tkeslvyy of all churches
"~'MfeottinatioBi in thia
eetrare* ipoa ont %tr
r iv jnudi|r'ijp0& M4
NEWS ITEMS.
Southern Poind! Pointers.
Tho Governor of Georgia docidoabi
sell tho Northern Railroad of GeoiM*.
Near Randolph, Ky.. ft
boiler exploded and tilled Km*1 1
Dons, /
Tho biennial Council of tho Catholic
K? i "hU > f An erica, which ii> in
utlKwio.Alu., ).w ? roo.?bwd.?l> ?t
83,600.
? Tho condition of tho vivoi ut Now
Orleans ia unchanged; tho.wato J ? J1 J
standstill; work is nt ill being
the weak spots in the levees.
\ irantr of train robbora, supposod to
bo from Mexico, held .up a
Pacific train just owt"wl Virt MO by
Texan, Friday, and 80Cure l ?K OUO W^
dynamiting the Wolls-lui^o
Company's' safe. The oxpresH ca i was
badly wrecked by tho force of tho o\
pU>?ion.
Vri.liiv Ex-Congressman Stephen i\.
Mallory, of Pensacola. a dark horse, was
elw!?V United StntoB U,
worn IC all and Stockton.
Rain for thirty-nix hours ^
flooded tho country near Middle"! mo,
Ky., and thousands of aoiesof j,io\wn?
corn are undor water.
U i? rumored that cioven.or '''".v'"1';
or Tennessee. is to rosiijn U s oilitts
October to resume bin lectin e touts.
Governor bradloy, of Kentucky,
granted a pardon to a
guilty of forgory, and is "*^"8
form school for juvenile olleudois.
Elijah Morton, colored, will bo
liaugod at MoHao, Ga. , on May ?}1 for
tho murder of threo persons.
Tho National nankc?fCiatYnoy,S.<^,
has boon authorized to begin bnsin< . ,
with a capital of $.">0,000.
Tho Mississippi Cottonwood Associa
tion at. St. Louis, Mo., 1ms decided to
advance the prices of al ?{
cottonwood lumber pel
foot.
J* 11. "Woslbury was shot at l"abo.11'.l;>
(la by K. A. Nisbct. a real ostab.
agont. Cause, an nnpaid store account..
! Nosbitisin jail and it is thought V* ost
! berry's wounds may prote fatal.
, Tho "Florida joint legislative opto'
i mittco lmvo found ^tato 1 vcasuier C ^
lilts' shortage, to ho {$-.>0,081. that
missing. The connniUco cliaigcs that
J N, C. Stockton, a candidate foi tho
United States Senate, owos io State
$15,000, for which no sccuiitj is holil.
Tho annual conference of tho ^lor^
mon Church or Latter Pay ^?f,or
South Carolina, was bold at A\ 'dj'^.? -
Chester field county, South [^lol"Vv0
Forty traveling Mormon oldors wbo
aro at work in that htato woro m at
tendance. -
All Ahout'ilio North.
J E. Doeliring, ex-city t treasurer of
Belleville 111., commits suiculo bocauso
ho had overdrawn his Halary $500.
At Dallas, Tex., throe women > have
a light in which two are fatal I > and tho
other slightly wounded.
Ex-Teller Jones, of tho Illinois Na
tional Hank, has fcoon found guil jy of
ombezzlemeiit at Chicago, foi which tho
lowest penalty is five years in pnson.
Manufacturers of the Indiana gas bolt
at Anderson aro organizing to preserve
tho natural gas fields.
Otto Tileguard, of New York city,
died from lockjaw after having pierced
his foot with a rusty nail.
Tho annual meeting of 'tho American
Traot Society, was hold in Now Voik.
Tho treasurer's report showed recoipts
for tho year of $51)1,802.
The Johnstown Flood Correspondents'
Association will hold its annual meeting
and dinner at tho "Waldorf Hotel, No v
York, May 81.
Tho Young Women's Christian Asso
ciation convention, of Omaha Neb,, has
ajrreod to exclude Catholics, Unitarians
aud Salvation Army workers.
Tho Humphrey's bill, extend iug the
franchises of allstroot Hallways m Illi
nois fifty years, has bcoft boon i.cfcat
od in the Illinois legislature
At Chicago Judge Gibbons dooides
tho American Tobacqo Company to bo
an illegal corporation and prohibib* it
doing business in tho State of llli
nois.
The South and West Grain and Trade
Congress at Kansas City, Mo., lias
changed itshiame to tho Southwestoin
CommoroiaF Congress, and will moot
npxt February in Tampa, Fla.
A call has been issued for a conven
tion of free silver Republicans of Ohio
in Cincinnati, June 1, to oloc-t dele
gates to tho national free silvor convon
tion, June 8th.
It is possiblo that Miss Clara Harton
may ?o to Greece in the Service of thp.
Red Cross Society. Mr Pemetr^s
Vasto, the Bccrotary of the Amerwan
fund in aid of tho Greek Rod Cross, fto
contlv summoned Miss Harton fo* a
conference in Now York in regard to
her possible journey.
Miscellaneous.
Comptroller of the Currency has de
clared a 6 per cent, dividend in favor of
the creditors of the iuRolvent Firnt Na
tional Dank oj Ocala, Fin.
England is becoming alarmed at tho
strides the United State* is making in
the ateel-tfrade and is beginning to look
HyOu uor rivalry wiiii lonr,
^The SnpremeConncil of fhe American J
Protective* A asociatipn, in session at
Washington, elected John W. Echols,
of Atlanta, Ga., president.
It in reported from London, England,
tliat seventeen miners have lost their
lives ifc afe explosion on the I ale of
HsA in tbwfchaefell lead mine. j
, _ _ ? . . ^ .
On the 10th the Brassells exposition
was formerly opened in the presence of
-themini&tera, the diplomatic corpeaml
the civil and mil iter j authori tie*. Im
mense orowdsof people were present.
The Inatigaral centals were executed
pf ?chofrof 1,800 rok^.
Tl?* wpwffle tfct A.P.A.
?4 Waekiegiw has eodoreed Benstor
jCtt?aait|M^P?Uai4oodUaM
BsMftst' That's declaration tint Cstbotioi
faiill fiil rapsrior to tie bfrokea]
wf?P laUflBfe^j
R, G, Dun's Wookly Review of Trade |
for the Past Woek.
^ALFS IN COTTON PRODUCTS,
I'll? (ioveriimciit'rt ltcpoi t u Sl\ l*or
Coiil, I Kerens? la Col ton Aci'oug?
< 'ouxUIitimI I'uvurahlo.
H.'d, Dun's wookly roviow of trudo
for t l*o Wook ending May 14th, says in
part: "Speculators havo enjoyed un
advnnco in wheat, oofn, cotton and
some other products, though obliged to
sell wool and sugar at lower prices in
order to realize. Stocks have ad
vanced T cents portion, and trust otocks
lost 88 cents without enough demand
to constituto u mm Lot. Imports of
merchandise, SI8,082,010 for tho wcok
nt Now York alone, arc ??>l per cont.
I than a year ago, making
the increase 4? por cont. for tlio
past six weoka, and have af
fected the oxchango markets and
helped fnrthor shipments of gold,
which amount for the wook to S2, WO, -
I'd", hut are practically balanced by re
ceipts from lli?* interior, and causo no
serious apprehension of financial dis
turbance. Men feci that present con
ditions are only temporary, although
they tend to prevent immediate im
provement in funeral trade, and hin
der immediate improvements.
"Tho government crop report esti
mates the cot .on aoroago at fi per cent,
loss than last year, and is considered
encouraging beenuso so alight a do
croaso from the floodv maybe easily
made up. Prices havo advanced an
eighth on Liverpool speculation, with
nothing here to warrant the rise.
"Tlu> wilder wheat report, which is
supposed to indicate a yield of 207,000,
000 1 mshols is contrasted with State re
ports much bettor or muchi worse, but
is mainly distrusted because all Depart
ment estimates of acroago for years have
been widely erroneous. Wostorn ro
coipts continue larger than last year,
being 2, tOD, 128 bushels, as against I, -
870v8|!7 a year ago; and Atlantic exports
also increased, amounting for two
weeks in May to 8, 10)1,000 bushels,
Hour included, against 2, 088, ?t 1-1 last
year. Exports of corn aro still large,'
r>,r><WJ,8.V) husholsfor two weeks, against
8,004, 181 la^t year, and in part accounts
for tho small demand for wheat.
"Tho output of pig iron for tlio wook
onding May I was 10,528 tons, against
178,870 April 2, and tho stocks Unsold,
exclusive of those held by tho groat
stool-making companies, increased only
8,808,000 tons. Sovoral furnaces, espe
cially those producing foundry iron,
havo stopped production for this month,
but no important ohangos appear in pig
iron.
"Nothing now can bo/fcaid of tho cot
ton manufacture, whichl.stiil lacks de
mand enough to lift print cloths above
tho lowest point ever knhjvn, and pricos
of other grades of cotton\<)o^not. jm
provo. in general tho sal 6s of cotton
products aro but moderate. Woolen
gOods are doing hotter than for aoino
weeks past, and yet there is not enough
demand to create enthusiasm or to
raiso pricos, whilo there is great uncer
tainty regarding tho . future of
tho market. Sales of wool
havo sharply decreased and for
the wook lmvo barely exceoded a week's
consumption, while pricos aro weaker
in Eastern markets, according to some
reports, nearly 1 por cont. i>?r pound
at i'liilndelpluA; and at the West tho
heavy buyers for speculation have bo
gun to sell at Homo concessions, with
.jfoyd reason. ' \
'The failures for tho wook \yero 204
in tho United States, against. 224 last
year, and 81 in Canada, against 88 last
year* " _ {
IIow lidrge l'i-oflis Are Made.
Jf first-class bim-clos can be manu
factured in largo quantities for (wontj'
Jivo dollars cach, hW much. less does
it cost to build typewriting machines?
Is tlioro any reason why such machines
should sell for 8100 each? Is there any
reason why purchasers should pay
even fifty dollars for such? What
makes it possible for tho manufacturers
to secure tivo or six times tho original
cost? Persistent and judicious auvor
tising.
(Ji; IS A N- A >1 K It I <J A N SUFFK K IS Its .
Tho President May .Semi a Npcclnl
Message to Congress.
Prosidont MoKinloy has undor earn
est consideration tho advisability of
stnding a mossago to Congress on tho
,')uban question, but has not yet como
to nTtTecision in tho matter, though ho
is at present inclined to sond to tho
logislativo branch a communication sug
gesting that mcasuros bo adopted to re
lievo distress among Americans in
Cuba. If it goes in, it will bo entirely
poeillo in tone and it can bp stated oh
good authority, will not be of a warlike
or sensational tonor. The meeting of
tho. Cabinet last ^>iday Avas devoted
almost efitiroly to the consideration oL
tho Cuban situation. Judge Day, tl*?
AssisfAiit Sooretary, says that thoi?
will be no objection to aid being .ren-'
dAr^d American- *n Cuba. - Senator
Morgan will mntione to -press his reso
lution for s recognition of s of
war ia Cuba.
AVlns m Ilonus of $00,000.
The United States gunboat Noah vi lie
covered the 00-mile course of her offi
cial trial trip in 8 hours, 8T> minutes and
21) seconds, averaging 10.7 knot* an
winning ft . bontlfl Of about $00,000
her builders
ind
"i
m
'v Klectlon of Medical Officers.
The AoMrioM Medico- Psycho logical
Association^ i?sioa ot-Baitafrore, Md ,
elected the following officers: Dr. R.
M. Buckle, of Ixmdon, On t. , presided!;
W.
IOK S< HOI. AIMIII'S.
TI?o State Hoard Fixes (ho Keyuta
t tons.
At tin adjourned mooting of tho State
Hoard of Fducation, hold in Mr. May
Hold's ollioo in Columbia last week, tho
following ib tho official report of tho
liroooodmns: Members of tho county
hoard of education woro appointed as
follows:
Merkeloy County II. K. Jenkins,
Georgetown County T. It, Itamhy,
A. <f. Stokes.
Hampton County .lohnT, Morrison.
Fairfield County \V. S. Hall, .1 r.
and J. (J. Mot 'ants.
Aiken County -.1. Funnun Fames,
Islington.
Sootion y of tho rules atul regulations
woro amended bo as to roml as follows;
"Should ft vacancy occur in the ofllco
of county superintendent of oductdioti
it shall bo tilled by tho chairman and
secretary of tho hoard, subject to 1 1 h
approval at it? next mooting. "
Soot ion li'> waa amondod wi as to road
as follows; "There hhall ho l>ut two
grades of teachers' county certificates,
a th at grade and a second grado, tho
latter being divide*) into ( lass 'A' and
ClftKS 'It. ' ,l
Soetiou >1 was amended as to road
as follows: "No teacher hhall l>o em
ployed by a board of trustees who is re
lated by consanguinity or allinily with
in the second degree ton member ol the
hoard of trustees or to a piificipal of a
school without tint written approval of
tho count v hoard of education, nor
shall they employ a toucher holding a
certificate issued by a countv hoard of
another county until tho certificate has
been duly registered in tho office of tho
county superintendent of education of
t heir own county. "
Hoist ion 1 1 was amended so as to read
as followa: "All scholarships for tho
Stato institutions to be awarded during
tho year tun? for tho scholastic year
IHU?-'i)8, Hhall bo awarded on competi
tive examination# to be held on the
second Friday in August, 18!>7, under
tho rulon and regulations of tho re
spective institutions. If \ for any
reason the scholarships bo not nwnrdcif,
or accepted, or the beneficiaries not
attend, the scholarship final to which
thoy are entitled shall remain to tho
credit of tho county."
The many propositions made to the
board for tho fumbling of charts and
supplies woro duly considered i\nd ro
an I tod in tho lispng of Kvans' arith
metical chart and the Franklin Pub
lishing Compauy'n Language chart;
permission was given to F. M. Sheridan
to soil certain other supplier.
Much other important work whh *1 i?
oussed by tho board and referred to tho
proper committees with instruction to
report- thereon at the next mooting of
the board.
Governor Kllorbo, as chairman of tho
board, made teo following report: "I
beg to report that I have appointed
standing committees as follows:
"Commit-too on Hides ami Hogula
tions .Julian Mitchell, A. it. Ihiuks,
W. N. iMarchant, W. F. Clayton and
J. J. McCain.
"Committee on Examinations and
Certificates ? H. T. Cook, J. I. Mc
Cain, A. M. ltakin, and A. It, Faults.
"Committee on Text-hooks and
Courses of Btudy? J. I. McCain, It. T.
Cook, W. N. Merchant and Julian
Miteholl."
"Committee on School Supplies,
Charts, Maps. oto. ? A. It. Funks, A.
M. ltaijkin, II, T. . Cook and W. N.
March ant.
"Committoo on Hchohvr?hips? W. F,
Clayton, Julian Miteholl and A. M.
nankin. " _
AT A la It 10 AT KXPlSNMlfi.
riio Cliurlentoii Nuvul Reserves Coin,
plain of tliclr 'rroatmont
As has boon stated hoforo, tho imvy
dopartmont lins decided to have tho
naval roeorv?3 of South Carolina, Geor
gia and North Carolina hold a joint en
campment at Port Iloyal dfiring the
month of Juno or July. Tho depart
ment lian communicated with tho mili
lary,?nlhoyitos of each of tho States and
secured jfhoir approval of the plan and
Itrtfl'inore than probable that tho en
campment will bo hold. Libutonaut
Gibbons, of tho navy will bo in chnrgo
of the encampment.
It in by no moans cortain that tho
Charleston companios will attond tho
oncampinent. Commandor Pincknoy
Bays that ho has opened corroHpondoneo
with tho navy department, and ltnloHH
cortain of bis donmndH wore accoodod
to, ho would not take bin men 'to Port
Hoyal. Jio nnid that the lo^al com
panies of tb<? naval rosorvo have bcon
ircatod .iatfior shabbdy bj" tho State an
well as tho navy department. Their
wantp' had not boon aupplied and tho
companios had been left to take care of
thomsolves. Commander i'inkney says
that the companies wero at a great ox
ponso to maintain their armories, otc. ,
and woro financially unablo topurchaso
yiiiforms appropriate for their sorvico.
fio sayq that tho government has boon
requested to supply uniforms, and un
less they were given the Charleston
navfd rosorvos would certainly not go
to Port Hoyal. Commandor Pinknoy
states also that tho Stato or navy do?
partmont would havo to pay for tho
sustenance of his mbn during thoir ou
eampmont. Cotitfrtandor Pinunoy pays
that tho men sacrificed ' Enough when
they forfaited ten or fourteen daytt'
salary to attend and thoy should not bo
compel led to pay also for their rations.
Not only tho rations huiv tho culinary
articlos would also have to bo furnished
his men or tho encampmont would tako
place without the' Charleston con
tingent. ' "
IliKfi (JOUNTV.
The Old Salem Behemo ITudor a Now
Nam*.
Mr. O. F. Parrott was in. Columbia
last week and made application for the
holding of an election fftr Lee oonnty:;
?u* ia tho dldSalem.couaty ideatindejL
% new name. It ia proposed to take
seventy square miles more from Suoiter
than under the old arrangement; thirty -
five less from Darlington and fifty leee
from Kerahaw. Th<) ^finty, if *s6ted
will oonlefn 419 sqftare miles, eightj
three being in Darlington, serenty
ftr? to Kershaw- and g&*.in. ftumUr,
All the paper* in the eaae bare been
submitted to the Attorney Gsnewl aag
iUfcey are fttOttd 1 fcrUvwtfMr
wiii-rder the election aUme*. Th*
V&pUtartiunfarptmd nmiuupnam
stated .to be in fayyjoflhtiflhiiUyjt
to nbcmt l3Sn23lMAl
ssstisa^-'ssas 2>ih>",r
. ?: ??.-arrs.oe
" - - " * - and n MWMH
N'llfn RELIEF MESSAGE
Ho Asks Congress to Appropriate
$!>0,()00 til Aid of
DESTITUTE AMERICANS IN CUBA
( onsul (ioilCrnl I.100 Says Thai There
Arc Krom IIOO to MOO of 1 tiein l>oo
<1 ill <* .
The 1'renident on tho IHU 'scat tho
following message to Congress:
To I lio Senate and House of Uopro
sontativos of tho United Slates:
OOlcial i ii f i u* in ut i u ii from our consul.'*
ni Cuhu establishes tho fact that a largo
number of American citizens in tho
inland are destitute, ami sufloring for
want of food ami moilieinos. 'I hin ap
plies particularly to the rural districts
of the central ami eastern parte.
'the agricultural classes havo boon
forced from their farina into tho towns,
where Ihe.v are without work or money.
The local' authorities of the several
towns, however kindly disponed, are
unable to relieve the needs of their own /
people, and powerless to help our citi
zen M.
The latest report of Consul General
Leo estimates t hat six or eight hundred
Americans ate w ithout means of hup
port. I have assured him that provis
ions would bo made at once to rolioyo
them. To that end I rocommor.d that
( 'engross make an appropriatiohof ?pr?0,
000 to 1)0 immediately available for use
under direction of the Secretary of
State.
It is desired that a part, of tho sum
w hich may lie appropriated by Congress
should, in the discretion of the Secre
tary of State, also be used for tho traua
portationof American citizens who de
sire to return to the United Statos, and
are without means to do so.
William Mi.'Kinlkv.
Executive' Mansion, May 17, '1)7.
urn*
C It A N I > MC ITS li KT T10K.
The Mass .Meeting in Washington lu
Itehalfof Cuba Libre.
A mass meeting was held in tho in
terest of Cuba in tho Columbian Thea
tro in Washington, I). C. , on tho 10th.
Senator Qnllingor presided, and Sena
tor Allen, ox-Senator M. C. JJutler, of
South Carolina, and other jkrominent
men, participated. A loiter wan read
from Senator Chandler in which ho do
olared unequivocally that, tho United
States ought to rocognitffc Cuban bol
ligeroncy, and uond a Moot and army to
Cuba to protect American interests,
ile said:
"In advocating nil thoso measures, I*
am conscious of no passionate hostility
to Spain. In 18(31 ehc rocognizod the
Southern Confederacy within less than
throo months . after its mili
tary struggle began; and sitre
ly if /fthc cannot hold Cuba
without- making one vast" desert a riff ? 1
gravevard by driving the inhabitants
into tup cities to starve, and by hang-,
ing, shooting and garroting Cuban ofll
ccrs and soldiers for robollion and
cendiarisin, she ought to lose the island.
Between IHtll and 1805 had ono Confed
erate general boon thus put to death, alt
tho powers of Europe, with ono accord,
would fWyo flont their fleets and nrmieFl
8,000 miles afffops tho occan ttrond euch
barbarous warfafe and to establish and ?"
^maintain tho Southern Confederacy, ?
Yet (ion. Kobort K. Leo and all'of his ?
fjouorala were as truly guilty of- rebel? - ?
ion and incendiarism as was Theodore.,
iWenondez Gonzales, who was shot for
that ofTenco at Cabanas fortress in Ha
vana, on Monday last, "
WILli WOT (JKA^T DEMANDS ?
Turkey Drives a Hard Iltirguln With
Orecoo In tho Annexation ofThes
Hitly.
Constantinople, May 17. ? (13 y Cable.)
?Turkey declines tt> agreo to an ?r<
mistitffc until tho following- conditions
aro accepted :
Tho annexation of Thossaly, au in
demnity of ?10, 000, 000 Turkish and tho
abolition of the capitulations. The
porto proposes that plenipotentiaries of . ..
tho powers meet at l'harsala to discuss
the terms of peaeo and declares that ii
theso conditions aro declined the Turk- ....
ish army will con tinno to advance.
Tho demand for the annexation of
Thossaly is based upon ' tho fact that
tho proVinco was originally ceded to
Greece on tho advieoot the powers with
the object of omling brigandage and '
Oreok incursions into tho Ottoman
territory, the porto bolieving at that
timo cession would attain tAo objects,
but tho recent incursion ofureek bands '
and tho ovents immediately prccoding
tlie war have proved tj the contrary.
This. is the substance of the reply.,
fit. k Petersburg, May; 17.;? (By "
Cablo) ?Tho nowspapors of -this city
protest vigorously against the excessive
and unacceptable conditions which ? ^
Turkov demands as tho price of peace - .
with Greece. They declare if .Turkej^''
i n a^ts ; J'hiropo
obliged 4o abrtjin^n mediation. __
ev^rit of Turkish insistance un?m tho
terms she has presented, the /Powers -
will havo to tako practical nuMSUtesto .
.preserve Greece, from tho ^retoutioa*.-^
threatening heri^tjeiirtl.- ~~
- Athena, 5 fay/ 17? (By
Greek goy&nxuunt ho* in
motion announcing thftt if do*?v-_ . ^ ^
eire any farther rOTmitoer%- explaining:-;
that there are already mmvS
at Athens, for whom ii ie *mt>oe??>Ie to
juuu cmpiojrmenbJ.
London May 18? (ByCabl
patch fco the Mj. Mw .fr
eaysitisr^portedrthere
murder King George ttt?
crcd at Athens, and many