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VOL. XVIII. MIXSON’S MONOPOLY’ . BARNWELL, S. G., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895. \ \ Na 42. PREVIOUS MANAGERIAL Much mixed ness of the field to be covered in order to reach this adjustment, when you are reminded that every item in detail METHODS I of each county dispenser must be ex- I nminp<l ainrn lh> hnpjnninff of ' x v. Accor«lli>K ^*** New CammlMioncr’it iJuerterly Report.—The Text of the Kather Intereetlng Report Which Wax Ixaued Yexterday. ColumCIa, S. C-, June 21.—Below is given the quarterly report of State Liquor Commissioner Mixson to the Stat-e Board of Control, minus the tab ulated statements. The report will be found or interest to the reading public. The report has not yet been issued in pamphlet lonn: . ... Columbia, S. C..»April o(), 1895. To His Excellency, Gov. John Gary Evans, and Hon. D. H. Tompkins, and Hon. James Norton, State Board of Control: 1 GentlemenHerewith I have the honor to present yourTionbrable bbdy my tirst quarterly statement of the conditions and operations of Uie State dispensary, coyering the period from February the 2nd to April 30th, inclu sive. * On February the 1st, the day I as sumed charge as State Commissioner, my predecessor, ex-commissionerTrax- ler, turned over to me the following goods on hand at the State dispensary i Wines, liquors and mplt goods, |I5,199J57 Bottles, barrels, demijohns, ■ boxes, corks, sealing wax and other supplies, - - - 14,406.79 Machinery ana olhce fix tures, ' 2,589.97 Horse and wagon, - - - 50.00 THE PRESS GANG. A POLL ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT '^4ali iking a total of ♦62,246.43 c Tliis amount of ♦62,246.43 appears in 'ex Commissioner Traxler’s last quar terly statement—under the head of as sets—as stock on hand. The term “stock,” as used in this connection, is misleading. It is calculated to mis lead some to the erroneous conclusion that there was on hand at the time I took charge, wines, liquors and malt goods to the amount of ♦62,246.43, when, as a matter of fact, the wines, liquors and malt goods which he turned over to me amounted to only operations of the dispensary. I would respectfully ask your espec ial attention to the report of the legis lative committee, as a result of their examination of the books and accounts of the dispensary for the present quar ter, and which is incorporated in this report. I am pleased to say they gave every transaction their closest scruti ny, and as a result of their labors found the accounts to be accurately kept and the business conducted upon a sound business basis. One of the committee personally supervised the taking of the stock, without my assist ance or that of my bookkeeper, and it is gratifying to me to know that the result of the committee’s investigation is such as to justify their commenda tion of my business course in the con duct of tliis immense and rapidly in- crcaaipg business.— ~ . ■ ’ ' That you may more easily and speedily grasp with comprehension and satisfaction the detailed report as herein set forth. .1 shall precede my statement of assets and liabilities Rnd profit and loss with Mr. Trailers re port of assets and liabilities for the quarter ending January 31st, iuitnedi- iately following it with the same re port as revised by me, in conformity with the true status of the case. In conclusion, I would state that, despite the tierce and rcsentless war fare so constantly and vigorously waged against the dispensary law by its implacable enemies, it has with stood the ordeal well, and has com- forth from each conflict stronger and more vigorous. It is rapidly gaining in financial strength and by the. close of my first year’s service as commis sioner, I hope to see every obligation incurred liquidated, the legislative ap propriation of ♦50,000 refunded to the.| State and every future financial trans action conducted upon a spot cash basis. After paving all indebtedness incur red from the beginning of operations to the close of the quarter ending 31st January last, (18 months), the balance of cash to the credit of the dispensary was ♦9,453.37. The total indebtedness unpaid from the beginning of opera- EXCURSION. pin The City of Richmond Received the grtma With Oper Arms—A Human Unite In Charge of an Important Pbkt. penaary XXX jag in the same city. These two .men took their today in Richmond in an entirely diiferent manner. The blind tiger man awaL Towed his beer without looking over his shoulder to see if a whiskey spy was not around, and the dispensary man tdok his toddy without looking The last of the editional pilgrims who participated in the pilgrimage to Richmond and Washington has prob ably reached home, cooled off from the journey and will be in a fit state of mind to read this veracious of a most memorable and delightful junket, which The Sunday News will spread for their delectation and that of its readers. . .——- I may state, by way of introduction that there has rarely occured a junket of the kind which has been so smooth ly managed as this pilgrimage of the editors of the State. White a good many people not immediately connect ed with the press had occasion to con tribute to the com fort and pleasure of the pilgrims, it might just as well be stated at the outset that there are three men to whose intelligent and indefati gable efforts is due most of the' success that attended this delightful episode. These men are Mr. E. H Auil, th# president of the South Carolina State Press Association; Mrr-CYC. Langston, its efficient and zealous secretary, and Mr. J. W. Morris, the affable and genial division superintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line. Of the deVoted. painstaking and unselfish personal supervision which was exercised over the pilgrims by Mr. Morris I have al ready written. Mr. Aull and Mr. Langston were equally indefatigable and untiring in looking after the com fort of the ladies and gentlemen who composed the party. No personally conducted “tour” ever arranged by “Cook,” was ever so successfully carried out as was this tour of the South Carolina editors. No man or woman of the party had the slightest trouble of any kind which the careful forethought of these gentlemen could prevent. Mr. Morris arranged all the. transporation matters and landed his charges in Washington without hitch or delay. The arraugemeuts for board, street transportation, etc, vere all through the lower iloorsof the White House. This was done, Mr. Dubois ac companying the visitors and explain ing <■ very thing to them. -They were ♦45,199.67, inclusive of the |2,671 23 of tions to the close of my first quarter ma( i e by President Aull and Secretary « 1* 1 / A I no*] OR TU,„ T A J contraband goods which merged into his merchandise at the time of nis last stock taking. i The difference between the ^62,246.43 “stock'’ and the $45,- 199.67 merchandise on hand represents the value of the bottles, corks, ma chinery, horse and wagon, etc., as in dicated in the above itemized state- (April JOth) is ♦44,033.95. The cash in I Langston, and finallv the State treasury to the credit of the dis | get on their homeward pensary, $75,523.75; making a balance of cash on hand, after paying all in curred indebtedness, of ♦31,489.80. All of which is respectfully submitted. F. M. Mixson, Commissioner. The tabulated statements which fol- were y Mr. party journey Aull, who attended personally to all the arrangemeqts for the return trip by other routes than the one over which the journey to Washington was made. This was greater poruon oi me lowed this portion of the commi&sion- ♦45,199.67(fully three-fourths), asstock | er’s report, have already been publish ment. The greater portion of the| on hand, represented case goods, with 50 cents per gallon added to the origi nal coat of the liquors, to cover cost of bottling, boxing, labor and other ex- E enses incident to preparing it for mar- et. This was an improper and un- businees-hke method of taking the stock; but as my predecessor kept no supply nor "other representative ac counts into wbi«h to charge his pur chases of bottles, corks and other sup an— ed, being practically the same as tables contained in the report of t ntly pi THE ITINERARY. Leaving Sumter on the afternoon of u»»- nn ? the I Friday] May 31, the editorial excur lei islative committee recently publish- “71 The statement of the value of the contraband liquor seized during the quarter—the months of February. March and April—places the total value of all such liquor at $8,459.50. . Or Coune the Girl* Woo. Fountain Inn, 8.C., June 18.—Pro- plies, nor profit and loss account, into ^ e ®®° r ^as taught the High which to carry all losses arising from I** 0 ? 18 a t th, »P 1 , ace for th .« y^ 1 ! e 4 nd - this source, 1 withdraw my objections, -W? June thel4th, gave quite an mter- and accepted stock as thus taken. “ting exhibition last * nday night Of the $15,548.40, cash in State ^ exercises were varied to suit all Treasury and in safe tm February 1st, classes and tastes. The pupils acquit* per Mr. Traxter’s report, upon an ex- . amination of the legislative commit- , l ?* 0 £ ues ’ speeches, recitations and a debate were in Uie program. Clarence Cannon and Boyd Cox were the neg ative contestants, and Misses Nannie Hitch and Lilian Childress the affirm ative, on the question: “Shall Wom en be Allowed to Vote.” The commit- ’ ted themselves with credit. Personal # tee, appointed to examine the accounts, it was ascertained that the State Treas urer’s books showed $105.22 less than Mr. Traxler claimed. The amount due for fherchandise purchased by him prior Jo the expiration of his term of office, and falling due about the time of my induction into office and short afterwards, was $34,286.02. After pav ing these accounts, as well as his addi tional liabilities of $1,703.79, his cash balance was reduced to $9,453.37. tjuite a discrepancy exists in the ap- E arent net profit which he claims to ave accrued since the beginning of operations in July, 1893, to the close of his last quarter. By reference to his last r .quarterly report, which is hereto attached, you wwobserve the rtahn is set tip that 1 profit of $151,295.51 has accrued. Such is amanifest error. rri '“ January 31st tee of umpires courteously awarded the victory of the young Radies. Sev eral hundred people were present, and the opinion of all is that the occasion was not only pleasant and entertain ing. but that it afforded evidence that Professor Cox had discharged his du ties, always difficult, efficiently, and to the entire satisfaction of his pat rons. A Deplorable Accident. m a-special Pullman car pro ceeded to Richmond. Supper at Flor- ance. The train reached Richmond at 3 A. M. on Saturday and the press special was detached there from and placed at the depot At 7 o'clock the excursionists were awakened and found omnibusses in attendance, in which they were driven to Ford’s Hotel. Two days were spen^ in Rich mond, Saturday and Sunday. On Monday morning the press special was switched on to-the flyer on "the Rich mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, and at 11 A. M. the tourists were in Washington. On Wednesday night the party was pretty well brok en up and on their way home. Of some of the things that were done and said I have already written. Of the incidents that have not yet been relat ed something will be said in these chronicles. IN RICHMOND. Something more should be said of j the experience of the South Carolina pilgrims in Richmond than the brief telegraphic mention heretofore pub lished in the News and Courier. Tnese were unique and interesting. The special Pullman sleeper which bore the ^editorial pilgrims from Sumter was switched off from the Coast Line fast mail at Richmond at 3 A. M. on Saturday and left at the depot. At 7 o’clock thb pilgrims were all up and as if he felt ashamed of doing it. They have all gotten over this new feeling now. but the first experience was unique and interesting. - . It is safe to say that the editors were all most favorably impressed with what they saw of Richmond. Very few of them, myself among them, had an idea of the sue and growth of the Capital of the late Confederacy. Those who expected to sec a typical South ern city were astonished, at what met their view. Richmond h more of a Northern city than is Atlanta. It is a section of Chicago or New York. A drive through the residence streets shows miles and miles of new 1 build ings, none of them over three or four years old and all built of brick and stone and in solid blocks; Brownstone fronts are as common as one gabled houses in Charleston or Savannah, and the hay-burner has passed out of existence. A city hall, which cost several million dollars, and in which the law Courts meet, stands.beside the beautiful Capitol Square in which the squirrels and sparrows gambol, and the infants of the Ex-Confederate t ital leave their perambulations and .play with the squirrels all day long without the fear of the police. There are no sparrow cops in Richmond, at least they were not in existence. The name to conjure with in Rich mond is Ointer. Mr. Ginter is a very rich man, who is accustomed to devel op the city of his adoption and to spend his millions freely in the work — a process which, of cdurse. has cans ed his millions to multiply. The name of Ginter is associated in the public mind with cigarettes. He makes pretty much all the cigarettes that the dudes of America use and em ploys many thousands of persons, mostly young girls, in the making of them. Recalling the production of ‘^Carmen’’ in Charleston several sum mers ago. by the Herr Maestro Max Hirschfield, some of the young South Carolina editors had an idea that one of the features of the entertainment mapped out for their delectation would partake of the character of a grand chorus of cigarette girls, but they were informed thatit was only in “Seville” that the cigarette girls smoke their own cigarettes. As to Mr. Ginter, there is no denying the fact that he is in great measure the creator of the new Richmond. Every thing in the way of development may* be traced to bis inspiration. He is building a hotel to cost over a million « v -* • VT 1 'Ti • • 1 >11 A CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTED. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Th* PUpry emm IHfPr* Jndr* Bnrh. conducted successfully through the spacious Fast toom and all the other parlors and were pointed out the places whereJhq Rresident and Mrs. Cleve land stood while the marriage cere mony'was taking place. Then the ed itors were taken through the hand some corridor -and finally departed, while Messrs. Dextrr and Duoois re turned to their onerous work in the White House, looking as if they were very glad to have got rid of that func- ti<Jw, for it was an intensely hot day. A VIRGINIA SNOB. That the “insolence of office” finds its higliestdevelophient among the ho tel clerks of New lock ami the place holders of Washington no one will deny who has ever visited these two places ; but that this peculiarly Ameri can trait should fiiid its hightest ex pression at the tomb of Washington was left to the South Carolina Tress Association to find out." The story that I am about to relate is not exagger ated ; it is not written in malice or an ger. Every word stated here will be corroborated by the thirty-one liuli and gentlemen who took part in the incident The Press Association reached Washington at 11 o'clock on Monday morning. Col. John G. Ca- pers, who hail kitidly acted as cicerone for the visitors, hastily arranged as the introductory number on the pro grammes visit to Mount Vernon, the tomb of the Father of his Country. The time was necessarHy short and the party, taking a cable car, were landed at the ferry, where they embarked on the steamer for Alexandria. 1 From Alexandria, a trolley line runs to the S te of Mount Vernon. To wait for e regular schedule of the car line would have been to reach Mount Ver non too late for admission, the gates being closed to visitors at 5 p. in Col. Capers however, found the su intendent of the road and acquainted with the situation that estimable gentleman at once placed a special car at the disposal of the party. He not only did this cheer fully, but also accompanied the edito rial excursion, and on the return trip to Alexandria ran the car himself, re lieving the motorman, who was sent to a station on the line to telephone the ferry boat, asking that it be held a few moments for the excursionists. For the truth of history I may men tion that this gentleman's name is D. W. Holden, and it will be seen that he is a Virgin an of an altogether dif ferent type from the Virginian of whom 1 am about to say something.. The trip was a most delightful one in many respects. The road ran along the banks of the Potomac, which CoT mm la CharlMton, Cliarlkhton, S. C., June 21.- In the Court of General Sessions yester day, Judge Buchanan presiding, the qhief matter of interest was a motion made by Assistant Attorney General Townsend to remove the venue of the six cases for violation against the dis pensary law, which were ignored by the grand jury on Tuesday. The mo tion was made under Section 45 of the dispensrry law, which provides: “That when any bill of indictment shall have been given out by the solicitor, or by the Attorney General, or an assistant Attorney General, to sny grand jury in any county of this Stalest any term of the Court of General Sessions there in, charging any person or persons with any violation of apy of th»jpro- MUBRAY, WILSON, .LATIMER AND JOHNSTON OPEN TESTIMONY. ^ A GsiheHag of PolttlclMa la —Tho Notorious Radi*?, oil Bxropt Murrsjr, will Attack th* KogUtrotloo Law. Washington, D.- Or, Jane !»,— There was a gathering of South Caro lina politicans.today m the office at the clerk of the House of lives to witness the opening < timony in the contested elec in four of the Congressional districtSL The cases under consideration were the contests of Murray against Elliott; the Rev. Josh Wilson against Mc- Lauren; Moorman against Latimer and Johnston against Stokes. All of the tee- visions of the Statute* of this State re- the pirtle* were represented by coun- lating to spirituous, alcoholic, malt or ael or in person, intoxicating liquors, and such grand The first case taken up was that of jury shall,in the opinion of such pros Murray against Col. Elliott Murray ecuting officer, from prejudice,caprice, waS present with his attorney, Thomas undue influence or otper improper H. Wheeler, colored. Hurra] trtw present er improper cause, refuse to find a triie bill there on, it shall be then and there compe tent for such prosecuting officer to move for, and for the presiding. Judge to grant, at his discretion, a change of venue and place of hearing and trial at such stage of the proceedings when such Judge is satisfied with the show ing of such prosecuting officer, to be made on the minutes of the Court or upon affidavit that a fair and impar tial consideration cannot be had be fore such grand jury.” J * Messrs. Murphy, Farrow & Legare, who represented one of the defendants in the cases named, throygh Mr. Far row, resisted the motion for change of vep,ue. Mr. Farrow first made the I>oint that the State could not intro duce affidavits of witnesses as to facts alleged to have occurred before the aa the proceedings of the were secret and inviolate, uchanan held that the affi davits of what the witnesses had testi fied to before the grand jury were ad missible, but that nothing said by the grand jufors by way of question or otherwise could be introduced. Assistant Attorney General Town send then made a number of affidavits from the witnesses who had appeared before the grand jury, stating what they had testified to in each case. The witnesses were all members of the po lice force, who had acted in the canac ity of detectives, and testified that tney had obtained and paid for alcoholic drinks at the saloons of the parties in dicted, or had seized alcoholip liquors stored on the premises. The assistant [five” notoriety, has been Attorney General alao introduced an [ conduct the contest on behalf of affidavit of his 'own in which be stated i> p. m. ai(,egeu to I the super grand jury, made nim grand jury tion, and Judge Bu ULail\4ill£ AJvri*?! nr V/WOV c* iiiiiiiv/ii vixv- LfBbXAxaa vta gajvs a oswaxaMv/. AAto wv as w uiv-as iiv pmavs?** _ and a half dollars, and it is said will Bacon, of the Edgefield Chronicle, de- that in his opinion the testimony sub-1 constitutionality of the endow with a working capital that will enable its managers to lose forty thous and dollars a year for twenty years in order to linsure its successr Ho has purchased vast tracts of land in the su burbs. and has laid them out. in bou levards and sells lots to. persons who will build on them. He will not sell a lot of less than 200 feet front and 300 feet deep, the object being to prevent }le to scribes as a very permeating stream oi nutted to the grand jury was ampl water, through shady groves and bos- warrant the finding of true bills in ky dells, a distance of eight qr-twL each of thortxeaseaselected »ndiub- miles, and the'SPSed attained along milled to them. the straight places on tbe track was Mr. FarroW resisted the motion on upwards of forty miles an hour. the ground that a motion for change When Mount Vernon was reached of-venue could not be made by the it was three minutes past 5 o'clock State until issue was joined. That the and the gates were closed. Tito men inquisition of the grand jury was no were standing in the office, hut they the erectipiLfiL snanties. but iLis said | were merely minions; their duty was Thai the enterprising young man who | plain, they could not admit the excur- sees a future before nim and wants to build himself a comfortable home, will be able-to purchase one of these lots on pTetty much such terms as he may choose to indicate. In this sec tion there is a drive of over ten miles through a boulevard hedged the entire length by honeysuckle, and the lawns are white with field daisies, which grow all about this place in great con fusion, and of a size that would put to blush the “Marguerites,” to the culti vation of which some Charleston am ateur gardeners bestow so much at tention and care. THE RECEITtON AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Most of the details of the reception of pilgrims at the White House have been given in the telegraphic columns of The News and Courier. Mr. Aull and his charming and estimable wife did the honors of presenting the ladies and gentlemen to the President with unable to find* uni where a State or the sionists. Col. Capers liad a parley with them, and after awhile Col. Ba con, of Edgefield, tried his persuasive S Wers, which, as everybody in South irolina knows, are very fetching. The men, however, were firm; they refused to be pursuaded; unlike the angel at “the beautiful gates,” they refused to let them ajar. They were asked to take one of the visitors to the commandant or super intendent, who \vas within the enclos ure, and allow him to explain the sit uation and seek admission. They re fused to do this, but one of them final- ly consented to go to the superintend-1 and the State ent and ask for further instructions. 1 - • - • In about fifteen minutes he returned, accompanied by the superintendent, and the Carolinians especially the la dies, indulged the hope that they would not be disappointed, after all. The superintendent, who is a rather ft of the trial of a citizen, and that he Constitution provided fora change of venue only where it was made to appear that a fair trial could not be obtained. He said that he had been ingle e Cro ease either town had come aa* *▼ aawmwso -i*AUAJ AolV ed a mass of testimony nearfr'a foot thick, containing alleged affidavits to show that hundreds of colored voters were deprived of an opportunity to cast their votes for Murray. Many of the affidavits were written in pencil and almost unintelligable. A number of newspaper clipings were thrown out because there appeared to be state ments accompanying them to indicate jVhy they were introduced or who was responsible for them. Col. Elliott, ^ who was present, objected to the intro duction of a poll list oi Ward 10, Pre cinct 2, from the City Charleston, be- , cause it appeared upon its face that it was not presented with the orignal . testimony taken before a magistrate. It was also noted that Murrays origi nal notice of contest served upon Col. Elliott, which contained so many sen sational' and remarkable assertions, had been revised and much of the “slush” eliminated. It is probable that a considerable portion of the testimony submitted in this case will be cut down and revised. ~ Representative McLaurin was pre sent to look after his own intereete and Wilson was represented by a law yer named Bo usher. There was one batch of testimony in Mr. McLaurin’s case that was missing. It was explain ed that one of the notaries had failed to send to Washington the testimony taken before him. It was agreed by both parties that the testimony should go into the record when it arrived. In' all of the cases excepting that of CoL Elliott, W. W. Dudley, of “Blocks of ‘to the Republicans. In all of these cases the Jy of the registration laws of South Carolina will be made the principal issue and the fight on line will be made at tbe sugges tion of the Republican lerders outride of the State. Ex Representative Butter worth, of Ohio, is also retained in the case at Johnson against Stokes. There were no sensational disclosures, and as soon as the clerk has time to edit the mony submitted in the various the record will be made up and sent to the printer. Then copies will be fur nished to the parties interested, and each side will have thirty days in which to prepare and file tneir briefs. into Court and impeached tbe action The printing bills in _.* 4a ~ : 'M r! a 2. _ I iVt A 4 s-v Vjr* 1 M these of its own grand jury, except in one case in the dark days of Radical rule in South Carolina, when such a pro ceeding was had before Judge Moses, andeven then the motion was retused ,. vew • * * threaten to be very large.—News and Courier. . Sorrod Him Bight. Birmingham, Ala., June20.—A spe cial from Meridian, Miss., to the Ag*- iof a tion. The grand jury had ever stood mitted on a outrage com subee- j ,, i/ .— T . have just reached this city. Mise I Judge Buchanan, in ruling upon the ij g Hammack, daughter of-W gal points made, expressed great iLunmack, who lives six mUee no 4 a 4 Va n 4 4 «a I 1 • aa4 A# a v*. a aa a .a a Birmingham, Ala., June 18.—A spe-■ o ciock we pilgrims were an up tmui—~ , i—. , r , . . . •« .a n— r cial tothe Age-Herald from Opelika ready for the rray;ifin_.minutea iater natural ease and affability and g ttode of the elderly va - — of ~*■ ’7* J T A i • IVT 71 I PrAftulent. haH j*. worn or two to to I ri4»tv hsu\ evifltMitlv left his (rood TMan says: TTne oT lhe nioef Terrible acci- they were chasing the squirrels in dents that has . ever occurred in this Capital Park and taking hurried views « ! a. T"Y * 1 lT*ll 17* .l — l 1 A was 335.69 less than claimed. Thislatter| profit ($111,959.82) is subject to a still further revision and reduction, from the fact that the county dispensers’ books show nearly ♦14,000 less than the amount which Mr. Traxler claim«d due by them on January 31st The net profit on county happened this morning at Per- $111,959.82—♦39,• ry’s mill pond, just south of Auburn. was These differences are being rapidly ad- children playing near th justed, and I aid giving them that accident hcaj-d their screams for zealous attention which the exigencies but were powerless to ai r. Lewis Cox, a drummer from Tus- keegee, Ala., and Miss Cornelia Tor rence, agted 19 years, the belle of her neighborhood and a remarkably beau tiful girl, were out boat riding on the pond when unexpectedly the boat overturned, drowning them both. The ’ ' near the scene of the help, of the Capital on the Sill. Excellent quarters were had at Ford’s Hotel. Laterjn the morning the citizens and dignitaries uf Richmond began to put ip an appearance, and a programme of entertainment was mapped out. It is somewhat curious that among the first persons to greet the visitors were two Carolinians who had been driven out of the State by the odious dispensary law. One of those was Mr. D. Rosen President had a word or two to say to each visitor. The presentations were made in the following _order by Mr. and Mrs. Aull: J . . Mr. W. A. Houseale, of tin* Luther- riety, had evidently left his good man ners in the kitchrn of Mount Vernon, or what is more probable, had never had any. Gazing at the Carolinians very much likefthe King of the Can- look an Visitor, and Mrs. Houseale,, and | pibal Isles miglil be supposed to , Miss Sallie Jones, of Laurens: /_ | over a lot of fresh young missionaries | dared that he was guided by the well Gen. R. R. Hemphill and Mrs.G. A. Neuffer, of the Abbeville Medium, and Miss Gertrude Hemphill. Mr. 'H. G. Osteen, of the Sumter Item, and Miss Beth Duval, of Sumter. Mr. J. J. Dargan, Miss Ethel Dar- zealous attention which the exigencies but Were powerless to aid them. The dorff, formerly a prosperous merchant ? an < an d Miss Gene Dargan, all of the of the case demands. I would impress The poiid is very deep at the point of Sumter, and the other Major Kers- Sumter Freeman. bringing where the accident occurred and their fen, who’will be remembered as the _ Mr. James T. Bacon and Mias Angel J ou with the fact tliat, in brin own this profit to ♦111,959.82, I ave made no reduction on account of the increased price which Mr. Traxler placed on the 145,199.67, merchandise on, hand February 1st. Had I done so, the net profit would be still further reduced to the amount of ♦!() 000. The error in .arriving at the - was made by computing the profit on goods remaining unsold in the hands of the various county dis pensers. A vast and almost inconceivable amount of work, in the shape of over bodies have not lieen recovered. The whole community is overcome with grief at the untimely end of the pop ular young couple. Coatly Human Shield. New York, June 18.—The Laidlaw- nrofit ^ age j ur y returned to court this even-1 ing, having found a verdict of $40,'-'] 000 for the plaintiff. The verdict was received with applause. Mr. Taggart, for the defendeut, moved for a new trial. A stay of judgement was grant ed by judge Graham until September William R. Laid law bi hauling the books of the State dispen-1V ““.Y" Winnmo. of nr**rations I s . ult a £ ai ° st Hussell Sage for $50,000 next. sary from the beginning oi operauons - • j . to the close of the last quarter was ne- damages for miunes received by tin cessary, in order to present an intelli- M pl d«on of a bomb m Mr Sage s of .'.gible, comprehensive and business- fee in mi. Mr. Lmdlaw claimed that uke report to your honorable board at Sage caught hold of^hi^^nd held the close of this quarter. And when you take into consideration the fact that I had the undivided time of my f iresent chief bookkeeper for only the ast month of the quarter in the prose cution of tliis work, I feel confident that you will conclude that the amount work accomplished is immense. As ^^efore stated, I am now tur&uag' my ^S"ttention to an adjustment of the dis puted-balances which my predecessor claimed was due by the various coun ty dispensers when he turned over the business to me on February Isk and hope to be in a position by the close of the summer to report a complete and satisfactory adjustment of tne same. It is a work- that requires accuracy and painstaking care; and you can gather an adequate idea of the large- or Kers as the partner of Cramer & Kersten, the owners of the Palmetto Brewery. Both are living in Richmond, and are doing well, Mr. Kersten being the manager of the Richmond Brewery. A visit was made to the Richmond PAPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, which, it appears, furnishes the paper to a good many of the Carolina week lies. The visit was a very pleasant and instructive one. The editors wei shown all the details of- the manufac ture of paper from the washing"vats up to the long roltera through which the pulp passes. After the exhibiton the editors were invited into the office, and it was here that they realized for the first time the fact that they were out of the reach of the dispensary. I am not attempting to fling dispensary stones at anyone. The members of the State Press' Asso ciation are all jolly good fellows to travel with and toenum with. I think they are all fast friends to Charleston, ana it irf hoped that Charleston will cement " the friendship next spring. But the fact remains that they had the former [been so accustomed to have their mor- charged with larceny, the latter with als guarded by the peculiar laws of violation of the dispensary law. They their native State that one may be made a wrench out of a piece of iron pardoned for watching their conduct him (Laidlaw) between Norcross, the bombthrower, and himself. Laidlaw has been premanently injured, while Mr. Sage escaped comparatively un hurt. Out of Jolt. , Anderson, June 18.—Two white prisoners escaped from jail here Sun day morning. They were Stiles Smith and Will Chapman, Cheatham and Mr. Wigfall Cheath am and Miss^arie Cheatham, of the Edgefield Chronicle. Mr. G. P. Browne, of the Edgefield Monitor, and Miss Ijela Browne. Mr. T. C. Robertson, of the Pickens Times, and Miss Mary Robertson. Mr. James T. Parks, of the Orange burg Patriot. Mr. C. W. Birchmore, o^-the Wa- teree Messenger, Camden. Mr. C. C. ijangston, of the' Ander son t Intelligencer, secretary of the State Preps Association. Mr. M. Stackhouse, of the Marion Star. Mr. L. C. Branyon, of the Honea Path News. Mr. Otis Brabham, of the Bamberg Herald. Mr. J. E. Britt, of the McCormick News. Mr. Franz Mplehers, of the Charles ton Zeitung. - V Mr. Irving Ryttenberg, of Sumter, Mr. J. E. Norment, travelling cor respondent of The News and Courier. Mr. Robert Lide, Orangeburg cor respondent of The News and Courier. Mr. John A. Moroso. After the presentation Mrs. Aull intended for h!s table, he remarked: “Its a very fortunate thing for you that I am here. If I hadn't been here you would never have got in. I’ll let you in, however, it revolts me^but I’ll do it this time if you will promise to behaye yourselves and not carry off any of the portable property with you when you go. You will understand that this is a great bit of condescension on my part. I dare say you are a lot of jays, only fit to be kicked and cuff ed, but III overlook it this time. . . young lady and the st as a bulwark between the aubject and q Uen ( pursuit and shooting of the rav- the Crown and between the citizen jgher by a brother of the young lady i. • • • * * —” L. north east of Dekalb, while drawing water at the well, was seiz d and gagged, it is said, by a young man riamedw. F. oy, a ud carried some distance from e house where she was criminally assaulted. The mother of the young lady came upon the seene ana Hoy promised to marry her daughter if the matter was kept quiet Aa soon as the male members of the family, however, heard of what had occurred they armed themselves and went in pursuit of Hoy. The latter secreted himself in a neighbor’s house and when the pursuing party appeared he seized a gun and attempted to escape. He was overtaken and shot down bv Cliff Hammack, as he was passing through " ‘ * t lodging in legal satisfactio’n that there was a Court of review before whom all such questions could be taken on appeal, and he ex- presbed the hope that in a question of au much importance as the presen one an appeal would be Jaken and decision by the Supreme Court ob tained as soon as practicable. This would be better for the State and bet ter for the citizen. In all cases where the Circuit Court was asked to declare an Act unconstitutional the Judge de established rule that.no Circuit Court will lightly declare an Act unconsti- tutioual, but will rather hold it con stitutional in order that an early and explicit declaration cat! be obtained from the highest Court. He therefore from ttie Highest uourt. lie ttrerelore „ . -- overruled demotion to declare an L wic H™ k hot A^» ..nnon.iitnimriol «nH n«^««iA,t Hoy was conveyed to De- Act unconstitutional and proceeded to hear the argument and tbe facts. After hearing argument from Mr. ! Townsend in support of the motion for change of venue on the facts presented and from Mr. Farrow in re » ■ • -O' * % kalb wh^re he'lies in a critical condi tion. The young lady had made an affidavit against him charging him with rape. The parties are all promi nent and well-to-do citizens. Open the gate ’— this to the minions piy t toe Judge granted the motidn tor who had stood quaking in fear and | change of venue of the six cases.nam- ed and an order was taken transferring trembling, while the great Panjan drum of Mount Vernon was speaking, and who looked very much as if their cue was to shout “Salute” like the town crier in “The Chimes of Nor mandy,” when the servant’s fair is opened by the “bailey.” The speech was an ungracious and an ungraceful one. It struck the visitors like a dish of ice water thrown in their faces, and quite a number of them turned to go away. They, "however, joined the others and entered toe sacred precincts of the home of Washington, feeling K much like a dog would ,feel who a bone flung at his head. Then this satrap called to an old ne- mah—aY black Virginian of the old Virginia type—and told him to “take these people down to the tomb.” The old negro who saya he has been the keeper of tne tomb for over forty years, went through his “piece,” but did it like a gentleman addressing la dies and gentlemen. Alongside of stopped long enough to enquire after | Satrap Dodge he *raa a Chesterfield in Mrs. Cleveland and the babies' and 1 ebony; the insolence of office had not -* --4t.-i.-A_1 j , ,— | , a »_i_ t.i_ its them to Orangeburg County. A Horror. Tackso.n, Miss., June 19.—About 6 o'clock on Saturday morning Mike Finnegan, of Jasper County, ate his breakfast and went to work, leaving his pretty young wife and two-year- old baby at the house. At noon he came to dinner and found Blooding ToukkA, Kan., June 18.—In his tel egram regretting his inability to attend today’s silver conference Senator W. M. Stewart saya: “Am enlisted in Kentucky silver fight, can’t bo with issue of importance compares with the necessity of breaking gold comer. One more gold president will down nd found his wife Iv- the Americans to servitude perhaps for ing dead at the back door, the child all time. Four-fifths of the that \ad been used~as a poker and when they once got beyond the cOn- the party was then, taken in charge by | contaminated him ; his old Virginia ySu nuts which se- fines of South Carolina. I mention no Messrs. D cured a piece of iron over the floor and made their way into the parlor below and then got out the window. They have not yet been re captured. « ling wi is whei with it took off the nuts which se- fines of South Carolina. I mention no Messrs. Dubpis and Dexter both tine a hole m | names and violate no confidpnce when looking elderly gentlemen who ire the ♦ aay that the effect was ver^toarked. usher, the ^ saw a young editor whom I had seen explained that as a special mark of the £ i U.. “.bua ui.r !*,,'• U Sumter p£j<te»r. ^ 2Sl ’ ' ’ *- r^__ breeding was as fresh and as heart; ty aa d if I I take n he was a slave, an Satrap Dodge had been there it must fht a blush of shame to his playing by brains had the body. The woman’s people are opposed rams had been mashed out with a being of money the maul. The murderer robbed the house ing power of which ofa shotgun and all valuable contents. ~ The people are huntiug for the mur derer and are determined to burn him at the stake if caught. - and another who had absorbed a dis-1 South Carolinians were to be shown |. • fcontinued on page FOUR. ] | profi Die* by th* Roadside. Spartanburg, June 18.—On Satur day night during the heavy rain a stranger sought shelter in Mr. Cook- a ’s wini, four miles from this city. r. Cooksy found him there, and seeing that ne suffered from'asthma car ried him food and bed clothing. But he was too far gone, and on Sunday night he died. Coroner Pollard held an inquest, which developed the fact that the dead man's name was Prof. Edwan^ Patnoat of Savannah, Ga., a Seasonal m i musician and piano tuner a iafe. The growing to any purebap- grows in _ purchasing power of money must he utopped. Wo can do it with silver and notlung else. The government is in the hands of the enemy. Give it no more rest until the >le secure control. Let Kansas teed and enough will follow to restore the government to the people.” Inapoottac tko ] Charleston, 8. C., listen t Secretary of the) accompanied by Nav Neblock, inspected the company el naval reeenres at this port today. Tho dther detachments from Georj Beaufort) preeent at the pronounced very < r