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VOLUME X. CAMDEN, H. FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 18W. < NO. 15.
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Gen. Lawton'i ' Expedition Returns
to Manila from Santa Cruz.
REBELS CONCENT RATING A1
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Paih;?American ScmiIn Report Several
thousand lliore Already-A New Custom
order Issued?Spamj.li [lection Riots.
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Manila, Special.-- Maj>r General
IiuwIou'h nxi edition to tho Laguun do
Pay district 10 em bulked Sunday ovou
ing, anchored toi tiio night at tho hoad
of tlio rivei Pu.dy aud reached Manila
Monday morning. ,biingiug all tho men
aud tlio captuiod fiisurgoiil hoAti. Its
uft'mol.v, ii>j capture <d tho in
nn^fouts' l?.?<ds and the distribution of
tlio proclamation, emphasized by a loa
eon of Amoiieau power, throughout the
Itiko region, have boon attained.
I >ui int,' tho absence of Maj. Cien,
'Ijawtou '^expedition to tho .Santa (,'rua
district. un tho southeastern Bide of
I abulia do lJa>, tlio insurgents have
beou concentrating at tlio northorn
end of tho hike, near tho Panig, and
tho Amerioau scouts report that sovoral
thousand aro already there.
A New Custom Order issued.
Washinoto.v, J*', t'., Special.? l)y
direction of tho president, Acting
Secretary ol War Meikcljolin has issued
tho following instructit>na to tho mili
tary au'.horitios in Cuba, Puerto Pico
and tho Philippines:
s, First. Tho president directs that
(iminion fihail bo made a sub-port of
Puerto Pico.
Second, 1 ho Provident directs that ar
ticles td growth, produce and-hiatiufact
ure of the islands exported to a foreign
country tuul returned without having
boon advanced in valuo or improvod in
condition I>y any process of umnufact
uro or oi her mean?, and on which no
drawback or bounty has boon allowed,
shall l?o ndtujtied tree of iluty.
Third, Any mcrchandiso found on
nnj vessel entering a Cuban port
tvHIoli is not found on tho vessel's man
!?<:-bt shall forfeit an amount equal in
valuo to tho merchandise not maui
tented.
Fourth. Piicks, glazed aud un
r;lazed, fui building purpoaos, as ivell
at undressed common pi no lumber,
Khali bo admitted into a!.' Cuban porta
duty free. Aiticlo3 of lino clay iutro
diieOil in tho island shall pay only ,HQ
routs pea 100 kilos. This ia to encour
nu'o (he oreetion of residoncoa by the
('ubnus.
Filth. Tho duty on crude salt shall
bo 20 cents and on mauufnetured Rait
.10 cants per 100 Kilos.
Sixth. Investor* and owners of pat
ents shall Imvo tho sumo protection in
the several isiand? uiuier the militarj*
government, of tho United Statos as
tliey reeoivo under the lawn of tho
Fuitod State.*.
I lection Rials in Spjin.
Madiup, Spain, Spociul.?During
election riots at 15iJboa,5<} persons woro
wounded. Popular fooling runs high in
Valencia auU the ?orro??nding district.
There was a scriuu j ntl'uir in tho town
cf Portoa, proviuco of Tarragoua,
where, tho oOicial candidato being
beaten, tho municipal, officials fired
guns at tho crowd, injuring a number
?f persona. Tho Socialists aro prepar
ing to mako a demonstration at Bilboa
as a protest against liio defeat of thoir
candidato, which, they allege, was due
to tho "scandalous conduct of police
provocateurs in instigating disorders. "
Tho latest indications as to the result
of tho olectious aro that
tho Ministerialists will havo a largo
majority. Sonor Morof, who was Min
' ister of tho Colonies in tho Sagasta
cabinet, has beon olectod at Saganso.
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Cj-evei<avi>, O., Special.?Almost
half the block of business houses sur
rounded by Ijake, Hank, Academy aud
Ht. Clair streets, was wiped out by
fire, "the dainst'o dono amounting to
nearly 91,000,000. Nino persons weie
injured, but uono was fatally hurt.
Quay's Trial in Progress.
Puilauemmua, Pa., Special. ~Me3 or
Goldsmith, tho Comulonwoaltli's ex
pert accountant, was on tho stand all
day in tho trial of Sonalor Qua/, mak
ing statements of fact that aro appar
ently damaging to tho detondanl'a sido
of tbo caso. (Joldsmith is tho main
wituosa for tho prosecution and it is
through him that all of tho document
ary evidence ia to bo presented.
Indictments for Bribery Recommended.
Hariu&jiuiui, Pa., Spoclal.?The
bribery inventication committee has
recommonded to tho Houso that crim
inal proceedings bo instituted in the
oourte against nine persona (named)
for corrupt solicitation in connection
with the balloting for United States
Senator and the consideration of the
McCarreM jury bill
SalHaf of the Cralter Moetf ornery.
Norfolk, Ya., SpeoiaU?The little
cruiser Montgomery, which haa recent*
Ij been thoroughly overhauled at the
waoj yard hero. haa sailed for Santa
Lucia, West India Islands,
will go from there to the S
can coast
? xmunmn
New YQim. BptciaL
Raleigh, battle-scarred and grim,
given a royal but wet welcome to New
. Joeh Sunday. Rata nemo 36*7* almoet
UMMMtlyryet the excrciece were car
ried out to tho letter, aud thousoads
braved tfee elemeuta to share iu tho
Ou lbo shore*, throoga or
ST ATISTICS Of TIIK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
T c Comptroller ij.neral Needs Tliein ai
Once to Base ljis Calculations.
Tho comptroller general is haviug
Bomo trouble iu Kottiug statistics upoo
which (o hereafter apportion dispen
sary profits iu making) up delioianoies
in bohogl districts. '1 no law us uuieud?
ed uI tho last session of tho legislature
provides for a threo mouths' term for
all public fcoliools, and for that pur
pose tho school fi\nd composed of tho
three mill t??x ami the poll tax must
in oiu'h school distiict aggregate at
least ?75. Should the regular nohool
fund fall below that amount tho defi
ciency is to bu made up from dispen
sary protltH. In order to make up
these delicieucit-s it in noOOS&ary that
the comptroller general know exactly
how each school district fared liuau*
cially during tho seboluhtio year from
July 1 IS.i7, to duly 1st, .1 80S, lor
that ia the basis upon which tho defi
ciencies will bo made.
lien. L>crham has issued tho follow
ing circular letter tu the couuty super
intendent 4 of odueatiou to hnrry them
up with their re ports:
Dear Sir: Homo time ago I seut you
a circular letter asking for informa
tion (iii which to baso tho distribution
of tlu< disUcn-Sfiry school fund, as pro
vided for m au$ passed in 1600, which
is as follows; \
"Section J. Thai tho hoc public
schools ol tho State shall be kept open
and tho cxercbea thereof continued in
each nohool district in tho Statu for u
peiiud of nt le:nd three months iu each
aud every \ ear.
"Sec. 2. That tho comptroller gen
eral in determining whether any do-,
tk'iency exists in any school district,
for tUo purpyso of tho distribution of j
tho Kind mentioned iu tho next, pro- t
ceding section, shall mako his esti
mulca upon tho baeia of the allowance
to oich school in every school district,
out ol tho throe-mill constitutional tux
and poll tax,tho sum of $7?,for the ex
penses of such term of threo months,
for each school existing during tho
scholastic year 1897 and 1808. ''
Thin act fixes the school term at ''at
least throo months in each auJl every
year." ll is importaut that J'ou fur
nish this oflijo at unco with tho follow
ing information:
I. Tho name of such school. If any,
in wliioh the school term lias boon les-4
than tlirro months for tho scholastic
year beginning July 1st 1807 and end
ing .1 uly 1 st, 1 SU'S.
\J.. The amount of money apportion
ed to I'-teli of these schools Irom tho
constitutional t'ree mill school and
poll tax for the fiscal year 1808, so as
[ tosliow how much, i. any, such school
is entitled to from tho dispensary
fund
j Whenever a school receives $75
from the coiistitutiounl three-mill and
! poll tax the linv does not coutamplato
that any apportionment shall bo mado
to that school for any delleicncy on ac
j count of tho length of the school term,
the receipt of S7obeiDg equivalent to a
three-months' term, but it is to receive
its apportionment under the general
d'stritmtiou of tho dispensary prolils
provided by law.
You will please report to me if thero
are no schools which run for a shorter
period than threo mouths and which
do not receive 87i>, as it is imperative
that every couuty be heard from prior
to tho distribution of tho dispousary
profits available for tho schools of tho
State. Yours truly,
.T. J?. Dkhtiam, Compt. Gen.
kmi Down By a Train.
A serious ttud what ctiwo near beinK a
falsi nccidcnt occurred at St. Charles,
near Sumter. Several wagon* belonging
t<? Mr. J". J. JdcCutchen wero sent to
the depot and were compelled to eronn
the railroad to do ho. Ah tho front
wsgou got ou tho track tho' driver flaw
tho down passenger train appronching
only a short distance from tho cross
ing. He cleared the track with his
team and signalled (ho driver of tho
second team to stop, which ho en
deavored to do, hut. iu ppito of hia ef
forts the mules peemcd determined to
follow the lending wfcgQii, and caino
upon the track just iu tfuio to cateh
(he full forco of tho running train.
In iho twinkling of an eye tho mul?-fl
wero cut loose from tho wagon and
hurled headlong into u ditch and the
wagon smashed to splinters ou the
otlnir side, while tho driver wa>j
thrown homo distanco and horribly
cut about tho heud ami face. ilo was
picked upiuan uneonsciouH condition.
Dr. J. Walter Choyne was summoned
and did ull that could be done to alle
viato his fcUlYoringn.. Ho was llnally
restored to consciousness and at labt
nccohnts was resting easy.
Trend of the l.akc City Testimony.
A great, mass of testimony h:is boon
givon to the jury in tho Lake City giro
at Charleston. defense has devot
ed itself to proving alibis for various
prisoners and incidentally to breaking
down the character of Joseph P. New
ham, the defondant who turned Stats's
evidence, and whoso testimony is the
central featuro of government's case.
There has been considerable talk oc?
caaioned bj a report that the Seaboard
it preparing to operato the Columbia,
Newberry and Lanrcns road, and
world use this aa its connecting link
t with the Florida Central afld ronfn
anlar instead of building from Chora w
to Colombia.
... JtMflMLyfftlng of Mill Mffl
it meeti
An important meeting of mill men
was held it'SpntubATg'TaiT week.
The object wa* to fora an association
ler the purpose of controlling the price _
of Soathern made goods of eertaia -
grades. F. DUIing, of King's Mono
taia. N, O.* was made preeideal ?f the
aieftieg and J.,0. Wardlaw.ofGattaer, .
eecratarj. j
?Ths LilhwjiM Sat ml a ai> ae
luting fee tviliiag lets fat a kaasa.
?f j
FIRST OF DEWEY'S SHIPS TO ARRivt HOME.
tNITED STATES CKl'ISEtl HALT.ICS 17 AND liliU COM MAXPIJU.
Tho Ttaleigli is a protectod cruiser, i. o., u eruiaor with a oompltytb cm veil
armored (look. Sho ia of tho typo of. o many of tho smaller vowels that weio
hnilt when tho foundations of tho uow tmvv wero laid, earl** in tho'ninotioe.
Hoi liuol wan laid in 1800, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and fdio was ianuchod two
years later, in ISO?, ller displacement ih 0,1toua; hor length on tho \va
ter lino, IJOO fool; her beam, 1J feot, and moan draught, IS foci, ^Sho
has 10,000 horse-power, and a speod of nineteen knot a maximum. ller
coal radius of action at ton knots is S.tiOO kuots; nt twelve knots, abt?nt (?,(?'m?.
ller coal oaf acity is about 550 tons. Sho cmiioa a torpedo tube, and has ouok.x
inch gun :?nd ton tivo-inch eune. Her secondary battery iscmnpojod of ?? i,*!?t
six-pounders, four one-poundera and two (iatltngs. Ilor contract price wm
jM, luO,000. Tho Naval Hoard on Construction has cloeidod (iti tho ropam to ln?
made on tho Ibiloij?'h. The veesel will bo fittod oompmtoly with now tnackinuiv,
water tnlv> boilorawlll bo installed, now docks aro tou>o put in aud ?h<> tmiser
eiihjoctod to a coujplote overhauling. Tho repairs toMho vessel will post ahoul
33b0,UO0 aud will take two years to complete. Tho Halcf^h will prar.lionlly ho :?
new vessel wlaon tho work is finished. Tho ohip will ho repaired at I'orlamouth,
X. H. Tho pioturo in tho upper loft bund corner ia that of tho cruiser's
captain, Joseph B. Coghlan.
Lieut. Gilmoro and 13 Sailors in
the Hands of the Rebels,
SENT 10 RESCUE SPANISH.
Prisoners?They Were Swrroundcd by a
Crowd of Natives and Carried Off?Mem*
urinl from trie (iennan L'mpcror.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Tho
Navy Dopnrtuiont has given ouf tho
following dispatch from Admiral
Dewov:
Maui In, April It*.
"Seoretavy of tho Navy, Washington:
"The Yorktown visitod Baler, on tho
east cost cf Luzon, P. I., April 12, for
tlio purpose of reRCiling and bringing
away tho Spanish forces, consisting of
eighty soldiers, throe oflienrs and two
priests, who woro surrounded by 400
iusurgonts. Soiuo of the insurgents woro
urmod with Mauser riilcs * * ? by na
tives. Lieut. ,1. C. Oil more, whilo making
? * * ambushed woro firod upon and rap
tured. His fato is unkuown, as tho in
surgents rofusod'to cominunicoto after
wards. Tho following aro missing
Tho otticor previously rofoirod to,
Chief Quai tormastor W. Walton, Cox
swain J. JJllmvorth, Gunner's Mato ii.
?I. Jfygard, Sailmakor'a Mato Vondgii,
Seamen W. H. Ityndera and C. W.
Woodbury, Approutioo J. I'eterson,
Ordinary Seamen F. firisolose, O. 33.
McDonald, Landsmen L. T. Edwards,
b\ Anderson. .1. Dillon and C. A. Mor
risaey. "Dewey."
Tho dispatch from Admiral Dewey
caused much excitemout in naval cir
olos, as soon an its contents became
known. It was received Into in tho
day and cousidorablo dolay was occa
sioned by the blindness of eomo of tho
ciphcr words. It was impossible to
completely decipher it, and tho
asterisks indicate the unintelligible
words.
A Memorial From the Emperor.
Wastttnoton, I). C., Spooial. ?Pro<?
idont McKinloy has received tho fol-i
lowing from Emperor William, of i
Germany:
"threat and Good Friend: lu com-!
nYxjinoi ation of the cou.secratiou of tho !
Church of the Savior at Jerusalem, j
which took place ou the 31?t of October
Jast, which was bo important an oveut ;
for evangelical portiou of Christendom, j
and in which, to my joy, a represent* -
tivo of the Evaugelioal Synod of North J
"Amcrica took part, 1 have caused n \
number of copics of the artiatical!y ex- j
ecuted memorial to bo prepared, and
take tho liberty herewith to aoud yon a
copy of this moraorial, with tho re
quest that you will kindly accept it.
Accept the assuratico of my distin
guished consideration.
William I. 15.
"X3orlin, Caatlo, February 12, 1890. "
The momorial is beautifully engross
ed and hears the autographs of Ftp per
or and Empress Augusta Victoria. Tho
memorial is a condensed history of
Christianity from the birth of Christ.
The President ha*, forwarded a suit
able answer.
To Erect New Capitol.
A bill baa been paased by tho Arkan
sas Legislature providing for the erec.
lion-oi a new State eapltol at a cost not
to.exeee&'fUMO.OOO, end now awaits
the Gorernor'e aignatnrtf.
All tef liHWCt i?
Charlmto*, fi. O.,"Special. ?The
taking of teatiaaony is the Lake CJIy
case was concluded here Tuesday
mornioif. The government plaeed ilk
atidence tbfbooke kipt (a the eftee of
I)t. A. H. WUllatoa, alleging (hat the
entriee ia then bad bhen tampered
with. A number ef witaeseee awore iu
RAl.riGM'S CIPS PPI SINTLP.
I he Presenilation Spocctt Made l!\ Colonel
Bo> d.
Xeh York, i3pooial.-?Tho proseuta
tion of nilvor cups to tho cruisor
Italoigh touk place Tuesday. Tho on pa
voro givou by Mra A. W. Haywood,
of Kaloi;;h, X. C., who christened tlio
slni>. Mrs. Haywood was not prosent,
j owing to tho illnoss of iior ?intor. Tlio
j prosontation took place in tlu>
I ward room of tho liuloigh. A. W.
llaywood, tho husband of tho donor <<1
tho cups; C'has. K. McDonald, chair
man of tho roocptiou com mil too, ct
! llaloi^h, N. C.; Commissioner of C'har
i jtios John W. Kellor; John W. Ilny
: \Vi>od, of tho Marino c.>rps; Mrs. IIny
i wood, Mrs. C iiKtor, widow of Gonoral
| C'usfor, and Mr.<. Captain Cochlan
woro among thoso proHent at tho pre
sentation, which was nir.do by Assist*
ant United Stntoa Attorney General
JJoyd, who in a native of North Caro
lina. Gonoral Boyd said in part:
"Mere words do not ex pros* our
! gratitudo for what tho Ituloi^h. hoi
j oflleors and men havo dono. When
tho ship was christonod, ono of North
! Carolina^?fififcit accomplished and
i beautiful daughters was assigned to
| this tasBt.^ Jty tho sarno woman who
chrintcuoiT this vessel, I am doputizcd
to presunt thoso rilver cups. In pro
sontiug those ou,is wo wish that the
oiiicers and crow of tho lialoigh, whor
cvor they may bo whon thoy tip thoso
j cups, may fe?l that old North Carolina
i fnols proud of the ship, hor ofllcersand
crow."
I ce's Last (icneral Order.
Havana, Special,?Tho last coucrpi
order issued by Major General JKitz
hugh Leo, to bin tfommand, tho Sev
enth Army Corps, i?, lu part, as fol
lows; "Au order has boeu rocoivod
which moves tho last rogimout of tho
>Sevontb Army Corps across tho Hoa, to
ho mustorod out of tho florvico of tho
I'niled States and tho rauks of its or
ganization will bo forovor broken. Tho
rccord mado by tho cfllcors aud mou,
however, will bo forever preserved <jn
tho paxes of tho military history in
which tboir country will insoribe their
deeds. No troops have woo a greater
reputation for discipline, drill, manly
dischargo of duty, Bcddierly conduct
and chcorfui obodionco to all ordors
Tbo Prosldout'a assurance that had
tho war with Spain ooutiuued, tho Sov
until Army Corps would havo boon bo
looted to load tiio assault ou tho Ha
vana lino?, proves that tho corps pos
sessed-the coulidouca of tuo command
or-in-chief of tho army and uuvy, a
confldouco shared in by his follow
countrymen." ^
Diplomatic Changes.
Washing ion, 1). C., Special.?Tho
following important diplomatic change*
havo boon announced as tho result of
tho cabinet meeting Tuesday: W. W.
liockhill, now minister to Grooco, has
resigned that position. Arthur S.
lfaudy, of Xow Hampshire, now min
ister to Persia, has boon promoted to
hiicceed Mr. Rockhill. Win. P. Lloyd,
ox-Governor of Orogon, hai beon ap
pointed minister to Persia. Hon. John
N. Irwin, of Iowa, formerly Governor
of Jdnho, has boen appointed minister
to Portugal to suooeed 1vi\wrcnco
TowuMCud, trausforaad to Bclginm in
pi fee of Bolhnuiy Storor, who goes to
Madrid.
fourteen Men Killed
i'onrteeu men were killed by a pre
maturo explosion in blasting operation*
on the railway from Biltxfe, Spain, to
Santandor.
-DferTwo Tbousaad Dropped,
Havana, Cnba, Sp?W,-Tti# C**ban
army liataara being examioad by name
by a large ataff of dark* Dot of ??
total of 4*. 173 priratM and non cam
missioned officerf, 2,242 have been
eltmlUtlK), i;979 of tbeaa aa ihtmbi
a bo bare en listened siaca th? surrender
of Haotiago, and 699 aa. jroTarnnaeet
employe* at praaaat Qf-4ba reiaaia
der, $01030, Captain For rear, a Cnbaft,
who direetad tba
roll#' faftrrar* Hi?
caarlj all aa* UrslMetU
iStgiCS 9itk9 mmr*
(MIWIII IK IllilS
An Important Opinion by tho At
tornoy Gonoral
VEHY INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
1 }?crc i> No Difference lU-tween Salary
?inJ Compciisaii'in in Hie Uls Creating
tiie Of lie C.
Within tho last few week* tho attor
ney gonoral a ullioo has issued opinions
on aomo very impoiiaLt question j.
I ho o opinion-, have lioou MibuiiUed in
an swot to im-diiie* f.oin tho various
ilyj m imouts 11 tho iStato fjovovuiuout. i
(ion Uoliuijior has filod au opinion j
n hi eh will bo of ^ciicval uitoi otft, ailocl- :
iiik ovorv county iu tho Slato. It was ;
nubinittod iu answer loan inquiry from ?
(!oinptrolh)r (.Son oral Dorlinm relative
to tho salurion of tho eoiinly amluom. j
L oUpwiu;: is hie letter to (Son. Derham: j
Dear ^ir: In numerous inquiries |
through your ollleo anil dt recital to ?
this by county nuditoia, tho opinion ;
i? naked upon tho !oi tow lny :
l or what in tho amount to ho pant j
by tho roHpoelivo counties, to audilois i
intended, a* supplement ins; Hu
amoiiut paid by tho fttato, ami colleti- ,
tutin^ in part their Halanoi, or is it i
i.pocificiilly nppr opi iatod as compels a- j
tieu for taking rolurus ami making as- j
tsessmonta only '!
A bnof review <>f Ihohiatory of lo^ria- ,
latiou, relating to tho ollleo of eouniy
amlitor ami its milary ami compouau*
tiou, will torn! to make cloar tho opiu*
ion which i liall bo given.
This oftieo waa created by tho legis
lature of is; t l>y act approved IMarch |
1 Dili (page Wo Ibid at i ago ?7l?
in bocIion 15.W: 1 ?'! ho following uliali
bo tho ounipoiiHation of county audit
ors (fixing tho amounts for euoh vespro
tivoly) to bo paid quartorly by war
rauta on tho Stnto treasurer drawn by
tho comptroller gonoral; prowlod, thai
t!io comptroller gonoral shall not ih*uo
to any county auditor any warrant for
talary until imid amlitor shall lilo iu
the otfice of the comptroller femoral all
abstracts and reports duo from or by
?aid auditor."
This fichodulo of salaries romniucd
uncharged until tho act approved
March 'Jotb, 187(1, pago 1WJ, vol. XA 1.,
was pa?aod( wheloiu it ih proVidod in
to'olioti " tho county auditors of tho
i ovornl countioi ahull receive tbo annual
Kuiiuies hereinafter mentioned respect
ively, to wit (Peltint; forth schedule of
salarios): provided, that tho comp
troller gonoral shall not isuuo to any
county auditor any warrant for salary
until tho paid auditor shall lllo in tho
ollico of tho comptroller general all ab
stracts and roporta duo from and by tho
said auditor, and in addition to tho
salaries of tho couuty auditors, as here
inafter provided, tho county auditor
shall recoivo, to defray tlio expense of
assessments of properly, such sums
as may bo necessary but not to
exceed ttio following, to wit (betting i
forth compensation tor respective au
ditors') and tho couuty commissioners
of tho several counties, as nforesaid,
shall upon tbo application of tho county
auditors, draw thoir chocks on tho
county treaaurorfoi th? several amounts
to which tyo auditors may bo ontitlod
under Iho* provisions of this section
and tho county treasurer shall pay tlie
6aul chocks from iho first collection
of couutv funds for the lineal your in
which Iho work shall bo preformed, but
no such chock or order shall be paid by
tho county treasurer until tho auditor
r.hall havo tiled with tho county 00111
mis^iotlers an itemized staloinout of tlio
sorvico rendered by his assistants, the
number of days each assiidniit was em
ployed and tho compensation tboy woio
sovorally to receive, which said etatc
mont shall bo examined und approved
dy tho said boatd of county commis
Bioncrs." - . .
Up to this point it seems too clear for
argument that the amount to bo haul by
tho state was fixod as to cnch auditor
was an annual salary not in auy sense
depending upon tho amount of work
oontemtdated to bo donoj and that
tho amount to be paid by oach county
v/aa iu ofloct a continpont expense uc
colint not to bo exceeded iu any ovout
but not to bo entirely ex ponded except
iu tho pavnient of iiHsintont auditor em
ployed upon a stnto basis of compensa
tion to tin previously acrcfld upon, and
in no souse 011 ox'ra compoosatiou (o
the county uudiior. %
Tho amount roceivod from each
county, respectively, was intended to
bo a trust fund in tho hands of its au
ditor to be accouutcd for iu strict com
pliance with tho carelull.v worded pro
visions of tbo act.
This law, as to tho mode of payment
was incorporated iu tho^oncral statutes
of 1882 aud remained unchanged until
18^3 (pago 080), when it was stricken
out and tho following, making radical
cbangcs, aubstituled: "Iho county
auditors of tho sovoral countios sliall
reccivo from tho HUto treftsnrer thenn
nuil salarios lioroinaftor mentionod,
respectively (naming tho counties -,
provided, that tho comptroller gonerai
shall uot issue to any county auditor
any warrant for salary until saul audi
tor shall fiio in tho ofllco of the comp
(roller gouaral ill abslr^ot^ andrcports
duo hy-Mid anditor; apd In addition to
the salaries of tho auditors, oa is horo
inbefor? inrovWrnl, the oounty
shall reccivo from tbo funds 0/ their
respective countie? additionol compen
sation, as follows (naming
and tho county commissiooora of the
several conn tie. as ?foreaaid "hall npon
(ha application of tha couoty auditors
draw their cheek upon the oonnty
treasurera for the
which the aeveral anditora may been*
titled freaa tke foods of their reapeo
lifer Mf<t be Boaffcf Treefk State Biari
The beer pririJege question baa pvz?
sled the diepeeeery peeple bo litlU.
How to ettebiieh dlepeieeriee lev 4W
?ale of beer, fer the take ef |ht tm*
royally, ?|4 ettll k##j? 0??fc ?K
UblhluteaU within the pale ef tfceiie*
penesrj lew, IH bNI *
?MUter. The Stole Iwl
THTiTWl
Uebet tetto *
!?
tive counties, aa^ioroiuboforo provided,
and (ho county treasurer# shall pay the
I said chocks front't bo tirnt collodion of
I 111o county funds for tho tlscal year,
currant." /
Sjnoo tho act just referred to thoro
does" not acorn to bavo boou made any
I change in tIso law effecting tho ootin
: bos of tho State in general. It will bo
. seen that thi act of l-;>f made ft murk
i od ohaiiyeus to tho uao to which tho
? fund payable by tho conutv was to bo
| put. It i>< an additional compensation
' to tho amhtors os ; uch and not givou
to them a? di'dmraitig otlloors to bo
paid to thopo w ho under thoir diroi'tiou
I performed cot tain dut ios. Llio assist
I it141 auditor 13 uowtiero mentioned,
j Tho purpose fin* which tho fund is up
I preprinted is onlv stated gonorally as
; extra compensation for tho county au
! itilor.
j Thut no uiturnout cau bo bar-od upon
; tho distinction between tho moaning of
tho word salary and that of cuuiponaa
? lu.u in hIi<?wm by mo tact that tho not of
j W-l fpfui.1' of the amount p:tnl be tho
i State to tho county auditors as "coni
! j'onhutii.n," and tlio not of ISiisnbsti
i\tutos tho word evidently bv way of bo
! kig a *vnouym, "sabinea" in j>iaoo of
two word compensation, whou Breaking
of tho Kiunu lund,
An enumeration of all tho conutios,
being a urcat inajovlty of tho same,
mouttouod in tho sections of tho vari
oi!" act.-i wouid uuuocoKsardy enoumbor
this opinion. 11 once it must bo loft to
oaoh olio nitoroilod to refer to tho acta
to ascertain if woy particular county is
included in tho IK* n oral list.
i am dourly of jtho opiuion that tho
amount called th<j annua) salary tt) t>o
paid by tho Stnt/o Treasurer and tho
until referred to <ta additional compen
sation to bo paVl ' bT tno county
treasurer arc mtondevT (o bo m tho
airyroRato tho annual ftalnry of tho
county auditor, and are only separately
named in order to apportion as near as
liifiv bo eipiitubly botwoou tho Stato
and tin* county tho burdon of paying
tho auditor hi* aiiuuul salary.
inasmuch us our tisoal year bogius
ou tho tirst day of January and con
sists of 113 calendar mouths, this salary
must bo paid pro, rata in any ouo year
to tho incoming and tho outgoing au
ditor. it iu fallacious to contend that
the sum to ho t>ai<l by tho county shall
bo puul in lump for tho short period of
timo cousnniod iu tukitit; loturns and
making asaossiqonts, for if thoro bo
reason for this contention, thou that
paid by tho State should bo appro
tioned in the sumo way, inasmuch a?
tho work attending tho taking of re
turns and making nssosamouts ia as
much for tho biato ah for tho county.
In eouatming a statuto, it is always
proper, if not noccsaary to attribute
; meaning to ovory word aud uxproaaicu,
I and It is equally proper to take nolo of
tho substitution of words, tho striking
out of soiitonoos and sections and tho
substitution of now onos conflicting
with thoso romovod, and in this way
attempt to aseortein the moaning and
intention of tho law-making power.
While tho acta quoted aro gonoral
and tho opinion based on tho same ia
intended to bo of equal scope, there
aro, iu this instance^ in many others,
special acts which for cortain counties
must bo construed as not boing of
footed.
For Che8t?rfiold county the acts of
1887, page ODD, it is providod in addi
tion to tlio salary of tho couuty ooditor
aforesaid ho shall reooive from the
county tho sum of $100 to assist lnin in
tlofrayin^yhe exiioUfO* of ascuufcing
property.
For tho county of l'loronco it was
provided in tho arts of pa?o -r> 1 'J,
that "in addition to the annual salajy
to bo received from tho Htnto tho
county auditor shell bo paid out of the
county treasury aa additional cumpeu
nation taking rottirne and making
ansessmenta of real and porsonal prop
erty of said county" tho sum oj $JtUD.
Jn tho acta creating tho new oountioa
of Hamburg, Dorcliostor, Oroonwood
and tho spooial act rolativo to tho new
county of ftalluda fix the compensation
ot tho auditors in tho ro?pect;vo coun
ties. JtoBpoctful ly,
(r. DfNCAJT HCI^TNOEB,
Atto.vney Cloueral.
??V- -V
Alcctzc Refused Ball.
Ilia honor Judge B. C. Watts ia Co
lumbia, refused bail to Willi* H. MeeOce.
The motion for bail was resisted by
Solicitor Thurmond and Col. Qeorge
Johnstone, and tbero was a lively ar
gument. The hearing was held in
Richland court house. Col. P. II.
Nelson submitted no affidavits, relying
upon the evidence as already producod.
The prosecution producod two affida
vits which hcv?u very damaging against
Mcetzo,. Both are from white mon,
D. M./jeftcoat, an eyo witnoHs, and D.
Powell, who, it may bo remembered,
was a ujcmbor of tho coroner'? jury,
j.'he solicitor explained that ho had
boon endoavoriug to find Joflcoat, but
was unablo to do so. Thuvf he wit
ness wan not put ti^on theyfflfnd. Both
aidos aro potting no# audJvfonger ?v?
idoncc, and tho trial in Jane may be
oven more sensational that tho last.
Palmetto Notes.
The presbytery of South Carolina
mot in spring session at Lebanon
church about five mil** from Abbeville,
last wook. Dr. James Woedrow wee
eleoted moderator and W. P. Anderson
assistant olerk. Tho presbytery was
weU attended, there being present it
ministers end S3 ruling elders.
Tho Union Knitting mill is oonsUa*
ly being enlarged end improved. A
dyeing room wee reeealy added., end
now Another Addition is being made In
e threading room. *Tbis enterprise ie
in a thriving condition, and to steadily
growing in important*.
Tbere ere Miwlena over
9M the olurgi of ulwslii|^lekMri|A
el Oronvilte sswt.
Comptroller General Has Appor
tioned the Supplementary Fund
DISPENSARY PROFITS DIVIDED.
Sixty Thousand Dollars to be Turned Out
to the Counties Showing a Ucfioj
There Were 2V Such Couu^j
J ho oomptrollor Gouorfl will iu a
day or two issuo warrants disbursing
tho 300,000 placed i?i i1j|d "State troas
dry by t^o dispousaryJu> tho crodit of
tho school fund. Th? wouoy would
hnvo boou paid iu Pfceiaher, but np
pot tioumout waa im/i>euilod ou account
of mandamus proceedings in tho Stat*
Supremo Court, ' iu
Tho comptroller general would have
itpportiouod the fund among thpso
couutios in which the poll tax^Rbd
throe-mill school tax did not %grega^e
throo dollars por capita. Thoro were
i'j ruoh couutios. 'IJho other j.couotiea
naturally wanted part of tho fund if it
wore possible to obtain it. Tho Ilich
laud oouut.y boaid of education on
deavorod to havo tho> $00,000 appor
tu/Tunl among nil tho couuties iu tho
State, regardless of any deficit, for
370,000 had already boou set anido by
a resolution of tho General Assombly
to tmpplemont the detloieuoy iu certain
counties.
i ho BUpromo court decided against
tho llichland county board, and ruled
that tho jiUO,000 win to bo apportioned
among tho couutios which received a
proportion of the formor appropriation
from tho dispensary profits. The dis
bursement has boon unavoidably de
tained, an tho apportionment was .to bo
based upou the population of Itt?,)5, and
formation of new counticn mado thoBd*,
statistics har<l to obtain, but tho oalcu
lationn havo at last boon finished. In
addition to the 800,000 thoro ia a sur
plus of $7,108.31 to theoreditof tho
school fuud which will also bo appor
tioned,
Following ui o iho countics which will
obtaiu a share of (ho fund:
Abbevillo $ 1,260 81
Borkeley 2.209 13
| Choster 2,510 81
1 Chester field 3,280 03 1
| Colleton 035 -11
Darlington GOO St
Edgefield 1,180 80
Fairfield 4,410 03
Florence 2,4-17 43
Georgetown 2,174 50 .
(iroonvilto 8,500 0?
Horry 8,071 &i)
Kershaw 707 01
Lancaster 5,224 43
Lexington 2,842 45
Marion 3,018 20
Marlboro 717.68
Nowberry 275 83
Ooonee 1,280 43
Orangeburg 7,180 73
J'ickons 8,450 05
Saluda 2,004 88
Spartanburg 024
Sumtor . 746 06
Union 121 41
Williamsburg 8,188 84
York f 8,550 62
Total...... ? 07,105 85
^llorry gets more than any other
county, $8,071.80; ' Orangeburg over
37,000 and Lancaster $->,224.48. Union's
share is bat $121.41,
The apportionment hereafter will be
made upon an entirely different basis. -
This matter was one of the moat hotly
contested in the legislature, bat ?
measure was adopted which ia expected
to comply with the oonstitatiooal re
quirement*.
As the average salary of * publio
school teacher ie $95 per month, ead ae
the school term ie to be three months,
the legislature adopted as a baeia thai
eaoh school district must from its three
mill sohool tax and its poll tax rait*
$75 per annum. Should there be* de
ficiency in any school district, the said
deficieucy is to be made up from the
supplementary school fund derivod
from dispensary profits. After each
sohool distriot ia the State is raised 4o
the baeia of 870, the remaindor of the
school fund is to be apportioned amousr
all the counties ia the State in propor
tion to sohool enrollment.
Bad for Stata Farms.
Hnperintandent Griffith, of the Stata
Penitentiary, haareturned to Columbia
hom tha Stata farm. Ha ia aomewhat
demoralized over tha oonditione, ob ac
count of tha heavy raina and inability to
do maoh farm work up to tha praaant
time. Ha ia vary maoh afraid that on
aooeuot of thaheavy raine,tha breaking
of a dam and tha general ooa&itioa#,
that ha will ba nnabl* to make *e fine
a oorn crop aa ha wpfllddeilre. Ha ia,
bowerer, loaiag no time whataver, and
ia making mry hoar, ooant.
Claawat M?'iW Ku.
ProL ' Jt, T. Bawmta, of ?Cimns
?ollaf?,4M at tha h^meof kta brother,
naar OharlottaaWlla. Va.. laat
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