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tad. Japan fgtimi
Ita poaltlOB on tb« mainland of Asia;
Korea and Manchuria will be rapidljr
taught Weateren metboda, and under
the tutelage of Japan tlie Ohlneae
Goopire rlU bo opened up to com*
'* -
Sltutlofl Says McUm
HAVING LITTLE FAITH
ef v Acreage, He Coo*
leads that all the Cottartbe Sooth
Prodoce
Sold
' || the Solatiofl of the Cotton aaewe heiierer before.
. With Alaska, Ouam, Hawaii and
the Philippines we have huge atepplog
atones to the Orient, friendly ports
under our own flwg, depote, baaee of
supply, aud If need be, for our protec
tion, arsenaK
Nearly fifty years ago a secretary of
State predicted that large as was our
trade with Europe-, greater aa It
might become, It would in the ful-
uess of the time, be dwarfed in
comparison with tbe Inevitable
development acnaa tbe Pacific.
I believe that Mr. Seward wa }
right and that la China there is a
market waiting, which will enable us
to sell 20,000,000 instead of 10,000,000
bales above ten oenta the pc.und.
li wc oouid with so little effort d»-
vt lop a market in a locality in North
China, it seems to me tt at it oould
be done in all accessible portions of
the Empire.
It ought not to be difficult to teach
a thrifty p K)ple the superiority of cot
ton over silk us an article of general
wear. It is cbetp'ir, and the fact that
tt will wash commends it to a people
so olesnly in their habits. Then the
old saylug^ "Chinamen never wash
their clothes and Japs never wash
their bodies,” would be more honored
in the breach than tbe tbmrvance.
All businfes Is done in Ohio* under
a system of guilds conducted on siml-
deed Prices by Eaisrg-
iog Oar Trade.
To the E liter of Tbe News ahd
Oourier: The drop in the price of
•otton is exciting all over the South,
and a Ooovenlon has been called in
New Orleans to consldtr questions re
lating to tbe cotton industry. 1 have
Men many remedies pn posed for over
production, but have heard nothing
about under oonsumpt on, and herein
lies (in my opinion) tbe only perman
ent solution of the problem.
With proper methods of dtstribu-
tioo, there Is room for a larger crop
of cotton than has yet been produced
tn the South. It Is painfully appar
sot that burping cotton, reduction of
aereoge, etc, are only temporary tx
pedlents, and will afford no per man
ent relief.
Oan we find newer and wider mar-
kstl for our staple product?
That this would be a complete
remedy none can doubt, aud that
each markets exist none familiar with
the qusetion will deny.
Facing us on the other side of the
and it was among them that
we found a market for our surplus
when tbe large crops of the late '90s
glutted all other markets.
Five-cent cotton proved a great
Jtfmulue to manufacturing and led to
tbe mervellouedevelopment from; 1890
to 1900, when there was an increase
In the United States of 32 per oent,
while In South Carolina the output
from «u mills ran up from tea to lor*
ty million dollare, finding a ready mar
ket in China.
Indeed demand far outstripped pro
<notion, and there wes a steady ad
vanoe in the price of spjt cotton un
til tbe China market was practically
eloeed by troubles in the East, ano
•peculation advanced prices alnotm
ally, and, instead of an expanding
market with advancing prices, we are
In the period of a contracting market,
with falling prices. It is evident ttut
we are facing anotner era of low
priced cotton.
Oan we take advantage of the situa
tion and create such a widespread de
mand for cotton gojds that low prices
and over-production will never be
heard of again?
Cotton is now below the c st of pro
ductloo, lower by comparison than it
has ever been before. Its natural ad
vantages are such tbst if we do noth
ing It will take care of itself, as it
has in tbe past, lutby wisdom we
can hasten the day when, the king
shall oome to his own again, and this,
I apprehend, is tbe great purpose of a
Convention of the cotton grower*.
China is an old country, with tbe
stored wealth of centuries; her people
need our cotton, particularly the
obeaper fabrics.
of the Orient.
lar lines to toe Federation of Labor In
this country, and this fitct properly
handled has proven a help rather than
a hindrance to tbe Introduction of
American goods in China. You deal
witty an organization Instead of indi
viduals. If tbe cotton burned during
the past weeks had been made into
cloth and sent Into portions of China,
where American goods are unknown,
It would be a far more sensible plan of
reducing the surplus and making cus
turners of these shk clad millions ip
fiut i.ooo mllM of ocean "roTT
tween us and these maikets, it must
be traversed by ships and each day
the dlfil^ulties in that respect multi
ply. -
Our carrylrg trade is In the hands,
not only rf our commerciai rtva’s, but
of tbe nations who consume our raw
cotton and are therefore^bitterly op
pised to assisting any movement
where the ultimate affect must be to
advance the price of cotton. If the
market for go ds Is to be extended
they will^see to is ttiat it Is done
under their auspices and then not on
such an extensive scale as to make
tU Mtipie tc&rce and high. The
a merman m< rch&ut Hug is a stranger
i n the high seas, and will be until
Congress taxes some action which
will enable cbe American built and
operated sh>p to o >mpeto with its sub
sidiz d for* L n rival. Fur years meas
ures to tha. end have been before
Congress, but the demand has never
ooire up~Troin the people, because the
develi pace t of this continent has
heretofore afforded ample so pe, but
the days of our national Infancy are
gone atd we must go out into the
markets of the world upon a footing
of equality with the other nations.
Upon the Atlantic our currying
tr&le is monopolized by enormous
foreign steamship lines that are now
circling the globe with their ships
that 1 e ve Emperors, Kings and nobles
for Uulf-ttdvooates and sttcaholders
The nations of Europe rejoice In the
concentration of the wealth Of their
people in their shamahip lines, they
are sustained by subsidies from tbeir
Ooveauicut and through their con
trol of transportation they levy trib
At Greenwood the coroner’s jury
which adjourned Monday Jan. 10, to
meet again Wednesday to finish hear
ing tbe evidence in tbe matter of
Scott Clegg, whose death was reported
Monday Jan. 16, brought in n verdict
Wednesday afternoon that he came to
his death from a gun shot wound at
the nands of his own father, John
Ciegg. Tbe verdict was expected in
view of developments after Monday’s
bearing. The unfortunate tragedy
his been the topic of conversation
•vex since it. happened. By stm^
T Btarri Minister Wu aay f nee that ute upon all tbe peoples of the earth,
iind upon none does it rest more heav
ily than the cotton grower.
Lets than three per cent of our
carrying trade with Europe Is in
American ships, a trade totally a bll
lion and a half annually, two-thirds
of our trade with the entire world.
The first step in extending and en
larging dur COttOD market must be
transportation facilities. It its asking
too much of human nature to expect
those nations which are looking for
cheap cotton to develop new markets
Cotton manufacturing has been Intro
duced into Japan,but hia not fourish
ed, so 1 am Informed, because of the
impo'-sfbility of getting theraw cot
ton. Butrfor ibis I have no doubt that
by this tl&e Japan's cotton factories
would be important purchasers, pf
spot cotton. .
’The New'OrTeans coavehllon corr-'
aider no question In which the South
is more vitally interested than ship
ping. ‘ About 35 per cent of the total
exports of the nation are shipped from
Southern ports, while only about six
per cent of the imports enter at
Southern pjrts. The great bulk of
our exports originate in the South or
in tbe Mississippi Valley that drains
ip to the gulf. New Orleans and the
gulf ports are the natural exit, but
tbe great Hues of railways ruif ease
and west and Ido not suppess any
one doubts that there is a ccmmunity
of interest between these transcon
tlnental Hues and the sabsidlzed
foreign steamship companies. That.is
tbe combination which has always de
fe&ted every effort in Congress to pass
ar bill for tbe development of an
American merchant marine.
tite'question of olothing was one of
tbe greatest problems tbat c •nfront- d
his people, but little cotton is grown
and tbe methods of manufacture
primitive. They depend largely upon
allk, and he laughingly added that, so
great was the population, tbat if cot
ton were used as in ptber portions of
tbe world, and you oculd get "each
Chinaman to add one Inch to the
length of tbe tail of his shirt, It
_ would consume the cotton crop of the
South."
v— So far we have otly touched with
our cotton trade one small section ia
_ , North China, the exports never ex
eeeding twenty-five million dollars in
one year.
It may ,*seem strange that a profit
or loss on an industry amounting to
•310,000,000 annually should be af-
fected by tfe* loss of an export de ‘
mand of 118,000,000 or 920,000,000,
but the sceptical have only to refer to
tbe history of the cotton trade for
1901, during the Brxer troubles, when
experts to China almost ceased tube
convinced of the value of our at pres
ent comparatively sipall Eastern
trade.
Tbe year 1904 has demonstrated be
yond doubt tbat in spite ofjtbe boll
weevil tbe South can produce a crop
of cotton far In excess of the demands
from present markets, henoe necessi
ty forces either tbe curtailment of
the erop or finding newer and wider
. markets.
No one familiar with present condi
tions believes that without s( me prov
idential disaster the crop of 1905 will
be materially reduced. If the acre
age is curtailed better cultivation and
tbs increased use of fertilizer will The sam^lhtorMte boatooiied for a-
mate np the deficiency. We have the quarter of. a century the oopatmciloa
large profits of two well sold crops in - ■ ■ ~ - - v --u
oor banks and as long as we oan buy
mules and guano we will make cotton.
The South npw has a practical mo-
nopoly In the production of cotton.
This she should keep at all
Ind new markets, and make
cotton to supply tbe world
hazird,
enough
at fair
Bed action of acreage may do to
talk, bat resolutions will not reduce
tt, and I believe tin t there will be
man In the Cotton Growers 1 Gonven'
tlon who will take a more comprehen
sive view of tbe situation.
Considering tbat In China alone
a population of 400,000,000
trade with us per capita is now
‘ compared with what H
ft booed to develop in the years to
come, who will undertake to place a
tbe quantity of ootton
Orient will consume?
follows tbe flag." Undcubt-
■S never more favor-
markets; the
of tbe Isthmian Canal, but under the
present v gercus Federal admihistra
tlon this is in sight, and then natural
laws can no longer be defied. God bas
so fashioned this country that the
natural direction for its export pro
ducts to move is north and south, not
east and west New Orleans should be
and some day will be onei f the great
est. if not Die greatest distributing
point in tbe world.
At present about 20 per cent of the
ships enterinrNorth Atlantic ports
oome In ballast, while over 60 per oent
entering Southern ports ot me in bal
last. This is a serious handicap to tbs
ootton grower, for his is an txport
product. It means tbat every ship
coming in ballast for cotton charges
enough freight one way to pay the ex
penses of the round voyage, which ex
pense comes from tbe profits of the
maker of that ootton.
About 6b per oent of the cotton
goods, made in South Carolina go to
China, but under this combination of
transcontinental railways and foreign
r n Jinor 4
but go north mote than a
mlks by tall and find exit,
them over tbe Canadian Pacific
way. The cotton grower "he pays tbe
freight." . ^ J
V'hen It comes to our cext door
□eitAbors 11 South Ameoia, we are in
a still wore- plight. Our ootton goods
go to South America via Europe. ;i
A vsasel loads in South America,
con ss to Charleston, or New Orleans,
discharges a cargo, takes a consign
ment of goods for South America, but
sails direct to Europe and from thence
to South America, thus completing
the circuit of the triangle, and hold
ing at a disadvantage by this double
voyage across the Atlantic the Amer
ican exporter. Here again "Jones, be
pays the freight.’’ "
Tbe foreigner intends to control by
bis ships the foreign markets and Jie
Is bound by self Interest not to enlarge
the cotton market to where he will be
forced to pay high prices for spot cot
ton- Oar consular reports record in
s’at oes where American goods con
igned to South American ports have
been held in Europe and foreign made
duplicates sect forward until tbe
South American purchaser in despair
accepts the European substitutes.
Is it good sense for us to continue
to allow Europe to buy our cotton,
carry it across tbe Atlantic, manu
facture it and then send It back acroes
the Atlantic and sell It at a profit
right at our door? They will do so
just as long as they control transport
ation.
1 believe it was Grady who said
"cotton is a fool," and I add has no
friends. '
Jno Lowndes McLaurix.
Bennettsvllle, January 13.
XU&DGBED HIS BON.
T, * ftm
Be port of Ixpert Accountant* Who| g 3m t o Ir
- Txamiaed the looks ,
r
The Awful Deed Wua
the Father Wm
Done While
Drunk.
Total
«c?
December, ’03..
January, ’04...
February, ’04..
March, ’04
April, ’04
May, ’04
June, ’04
July, '04
August, ’04
September. ’04.
October, ’04....
November, ’04..
Balance in State treas
ury Nov, 30th, ’04.
e-er wnca it uappenea. uy -
sympathy is expressed for the father, * ’ u '
b cause of the fact tbat it has been
shown clearly that he wan drunk at
tlie time. In fact, he seemed, as
pnrased by some, to be "perfectly
C'azy." Whether be caused tbe death
Of ills s-n by drunken carelessness or
by tbe Impulse of a suddei blind way
0’drunken passion will be for a jury
t) decide. # .*
John C egg was at once t.rrested and
h. now in the county jail to be tried
f >r Die murder of bis own son. The
tistimony heard by tbe jury Monday,
given by Clegg and bis son, was to
t re < ff> ct tbat the boy was shot while
t rey were on their way to Greenwood,
and that they did not kniw who did
Is*- The Jury beard from other wit-
otsses that tbe little boy said Sunday
eight, after they bad arrived here,
that bis father had shot bis brother,
and that this was aald In Die presence
of the fa .her. Tbe little boy’s changed
testimony Wednesday was in sub
stance Li at bis father pulled out the
l istoltc shoot at someUilng on the
road an 1 they (his dead brother sod
himself) caught hold of the pistol and
in st me way his brother was shot.
Witneisos living along the road
testified that they saw Clegg and
heard bis awful cursing. One man
W. F. Rhodes, repeated some of his
vile oaths, but could not swear
whether they were directed at the
boy or at the horse. All of tbe test!
raony showed that John Ciegg was as
wild and frenzied as a man ecu d be
made by whiskey, and that as a result
of this awful state he caused tbe
death of one of his own children. Tbe
boy's mother has been dead for several
years. Clegg was a pol ceman at
Greenwood. There is no dispensary
lb the county, and he wks drunk or
made crazy by drinking 'blind Uger
whiskey, which must have been of
Lbe vilest sort, as Clegg seemed and
acted like a crazy man while under
the influence of it.
BjtatlrJcai Information Regarding
Um> State’s Liquor Business V
tbat is Into—ting.
Means. D. Zimmerman and J. W.
Jones, tbe accountants appointed to
examine the bocks and touchers at
tba State dispensary Wednesday re
ported tbat they had completed tbeir
work. The rollowlog statLticsg. In
formation wm given In tbeir reports:
ASSETS.
Cash in Stats treasury
Nov/SOtb, ’04 41,208.96
Teams and wagons 64.00
Supplies’(toventory Nov
30th,’04 7,043.76
Machinery and office fix- *
turea 6 328 66
Contraband (Inventory
Nov. 3001, ’04 1,498.20
Real estate (inventory
Not. JOtli,’04....... 62 800 56
Merchandise In bands of
dispensers Nov 30, ’04 494,338.26
Merchandise (inventory
of stock at State dis
pensary J..... r 403,669 21
Suspended accoimts 2,896 24
Personal accounts due '
State for alcohol ami
empty barrels, etc.-. 19 479 31
Total assets 91,029,397.05
LIABILITIES.
School fund 9 518,675 77
Personal accounts due
by State for supplies,
whiskies, wines, beer,
etc... 510,72128
Total liabilities...... 91,029,397 06
Cash statement for fiscal year ending
Nov. 30th, 1904:
- W- ’ RECEIPTS.
Balance in, State treas
ury, Nov. 30th, *03.
oCeTDDCr, tr
January, ’04, receipt*..
February,4’04, receipts..
March, ’04. receipts....
April, ’04, receipts
May, ’04, receipts ....
June. ’04, receipts., .-tt
July, ’04, receipts
August, ’04, receipts...
September, ’04, receipts
O.telber.^tt receipts..'
9 20,989 92
—866.688.^6-1^9
248 604
237.570 63
233 449 40
189J)39 75
219 018 73
180,452.31
178,181.02
•enaTorlal Bpokaemeu for Members
el tbe Board Declare Tbeir
Wllllncneee to be Look,
ed Alter.
Tbe moat Important transaction of
the Senate Wedneeday was the pas
sage of the concurrent resolution to
Investigate the State dispensary
rhera-.-waS vno fight made and the
amendment suggested were embodied
without discussion. Had anyone
anticipated a spicy debate they would
have been mistaken, for the chamber
did not for any time loee Its wonted
air of dignity and newspapers seemed
to engage m much attention u the
resolution. The resolution wap a
special order and therefore wm taken
up first on tbe calendar.
Senator Me Ivor’s amendment that
tbe Ov mmlttee be increased from two
senators sad three members of the
bouse to three senators wm accepted
He also offered an amendment tbat
instead of having the committee sit
now and report before February 1st
(is provided in the resolution) it
should meet soon after adjournment
and report to tbe next session. Tbe
committee is to receive 94 per diem
and rnileage. Another amendment
submitted by Senator Raysor wm a
provision that "statements made by
witnesses should not be used against
them in any criminal proceeding" be
stricken out. This was done. Sena
tors McLeod and Brice submitted
amendments omnibus in character
and giving.the committee the right to
find out everything possible about the
dispensary-and through any means,
its pMt and present history (pelud
ed . , » - ' * *
Tbe resolution as it now stand*
provides that the committee wl.l re
port to the next general assembly on
affairs of the dispensary. They
twin mbs ftMtouyi
request a copy of toy M-pwe 1
nervous debility. Impotency,
nlarcement of the prooUte.JM
ex diseases resulting from the 1
-y'. 'wntK-
simple leniruuffe all that you went to know. It is
mtemlaln* end laetruotlvo aniTwlll open your erpsi f
. _“:nTL ..„V.. A < n «. muita the names of hundred
after they Rad Writ
for the book.
In these *5 year* f have developed'a ofeuns that Ut *
, Dew and original and differ* widely from the oldjnetbods
to eure men in half the tlm*, la a simple yet effective way.
With It I*m<
„ _ . Write me and I will a how you the
MSk /our vitalitr and strength, your manhood ard health. j»Q ■awer hewMjte
>u are, sad so thoroughly that you will atay cured forever. If too will meotlop.how you f
..cted I will eneloae besides the M-nsure book * Self Eaarolnatton
that 1 can make aatudy cf your case *nd report to you frecofehan-e. I have elyh t ot her medloa |
book* that I wliraendtomen free on roceiot of name and aUUrest, in a olain unmarked envelop*
Write me today sure or. J. Nf*uinroN HkTHAW^V,
88 lomao Building 22 1-2 South Broad street, At.rnta, Qa.
receipts
219.619.80
241 437 78
290.528 06
92 945,298
DISBURSEMENTS
3'.6,410.00
236.797 07
252 J31 87
236,042 53
193,447.42
194.066.00
201.672 33
162.383.96
195,132.51
225 584 82
229.721.86
390,038 84
92,904,029 21
41 268 96
Total 92,945.298.17
Purchases for fiscal year ending No
vember 30th, 1904:
Whiskies, Bottles,
wines, corks,
beer, labels,
etc. etc.
303,518 *9) 9 25 771.97
62 128.32 21.708 61
287,532 01 23 412 88
179 408 56 14”314 95
86 292 55 16,150.04
I66 k 207 59 6,006.41
98 177 33 - 8,589.60
Will Loee III* Job.
Charles J. Mulky, postmaster at
Westminster, S. C., is tbe postmaster
wire has-gotten into trouble by mak
ing aud soliciting contributions for
paying the expenses of negro and
other delegates to state and county
conventions. Mulky will lose his
position, which he has held only since
April 19, 1904 The investigation of
Inspectors of the postefflee depart
ment showed that he had not only
made contributions for this purpose
himeein but had solicited and ob
tained contributions from other post
masters, and It was some of those
who had complained to the depart
ment, as told in this correspondence
a day or two ago. In the future all
postmasters who either pay money to
politicians for traveling or other ex
pen sen or solicit money from other
federal employM for the same thing
will lose their positions. Several
other postmMters are likely to lose
their positions, ss others are reported
10 bavE done the same thing.
Gall* Tbem Liar*.
With dramatic fervor, Senator John
H. Mitchell, of Oregon, on the flx>r
of the United States Senate Wednes
day afternoon denounced his accusers
and publicly branded tbem as "mali
cious and atrocious liars.” In a heart
oo heart talk with bis fellow mem-
’yen, he proclaimed his innocence of
>he charges upon which te, with Rep-
esentatlve Hermann, of Oregon, wm
acently indicted at Port And and ex
pressed confidence in hla ultimate vin-
licatlon.
W bo Gan Answer?
The Columbia State says: "We
wsnt to know. Wm ther<> ever a post-
office robbery In one of our South Ca r -
olina towns where the rubbers failed
to gain ingress by means of a hammer
*ecured from "a neighboring black
smith shop?” It is only i coincidence
or do ail Sooth Carolina postoffl Ms do
Dei ember,
January..
Fel rnary.
March
April ....
May
June.....
July
AugUatu . .
Sept
Ootober..
November
Totals..
158 286.08 15,464 01
167,561 52 22,905 86
184 346 0J .18 104 06
297,044.33 .21,966 87
325 839 78 24 717 38
92 316,242 58 9211,903 55
PROKITS.
Gross, profits on mer
chandise sold during
year 9
Contraband seizures
State's share of profits
on bet r sold by Ger-
mahTa Brewing Co .-*—■■
Received on H. T. El
en’s account .
652,118 76
7,146.97
719,75
54 03
Total profits..:
LOSSES.
Supplies used-.
Insurance premiums...
Breakage and leakage..
Freight and express
charges
Labor (pay rolls).......
Expanse account
Constabulary
Litigation..
Revenue license
Robbery Of dispensary,
June 6th, :03.v..
Robbery of dispj
May 13th, '04
Ltes by fire
Refunded by State board
to dispenser, Aiken ..
State’s net profit passed
to credit school fund..
iensary,
9 660,039 50
- r
$2.11,477.('ll
10,116.93
—- 661,51
’ 99.524.16
33,873 69
43,372 87
66,412.12
1,627 64
125.00
9 32
72.36
980.98
408.14
.171,377.73
Total losses. 9 660,039 50
Juat Like Tbem.
A special to the Chicago Tribune
declares that tbe.Colurado .Damecrata.
have discovered sufficient evidence to
prove tbat recent frauds charged to
the Democratic party in that State
were the work of the Republicans
themselves. Detectives employed by
the Democratic leaders allege tbat
they have developed a chain of evi
dence which will show that tbe boxes
which revealed fradulent Democratic
votes had previously been stuffed by
the Republicans, with tbe purpose ef
making out cases of fraud by the
Democrat* and then having the boxes
thrown out of tbe count.
A Fatal Fall.
An investigation into tha sudden
death of Mr. W. C. Putsch, in Char
leston, wm held by the coroner, butt
verdict wm rendered that it wm due
to an accident, falling down the steps
of his residence. He wm found dead
tn tbe hallway of his house on Sunday
night, and It wm thought that there
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accountants and have access to the
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There are special questions for them
to investigate, particularly the follow
ing: ' ■ - '
Whether ’or not it is a fact that
houses represented by agent* who are
near relatives of the members of the
t f directors receive large orders
at each purchase.
Is ita fact that members of the
board of directors are, or have been,
agents for certain wholesale bouses
from which .large purchases are
made?
Is it a fact that parties to whom
large orders ate given are not whole
sale dealers, but brokers and tbat the
orders are filled by tbi -J persona, thus
making, the State pay tbe commission
of the middle man?
Was It necessary to purchase tbe
large quantity or liquor ordered in
December, 1904, to fin demands, and
especially the new and fancy goods
purchased which is unknown to tbe
trade?
Ars the extraordim.ry heavy pur
chases made neceasa ry to the best
business interests of the dispensary
system?
What is tbe financial standing of
tbe business, and is it run on the beet
principles for the interest of tbe
law as originally paastd and amend
ed?
Is it a fact tbat tbe State, through
tbe dhpersaries, is vhlating the con
stitution of 1895, in hat it is selling
whiskey in less quantities than one
hiif 6f one pint?
Is4t a fact that tbs State is selling
5’s in case goods to its customers and
charging tHsm for one quart ?
Is it a fact tbat certain agents are
traveling over the State and offering
special inducements to county die-
pansers to ^push" certain brands of
liquor, and, If so, Is it a fact known to
tbe members of the State board of
director^ V
Is it a fact tbat certain require
ments of tbe law are dispensed with
by the county dispensers by order of,
or by the consent of the mt mbers of
the State b ard of directors?
Has the whiskey which bM been
recently purchased been ordered out
from tl.e dealer or is it held in reserve
for future Seiiv.rj ?
What is tbe ludfb’edne 1 * of the
dispensary for liquors whloi have
been bought but not delivered?
Tbe committM can call to ita aid
any Df tire employes or officers of tfae
institution and can apply to tbe gen
eral assembly for additional powers.
Authority to punish for contempt is
given by the resolution, and witnesses
shall be paid at tbe regular rate for
witneses in Richland county. The
meetings shall be public. The ex
penses are to be coarged to the dis
pensary.
Immediately after tbe resolution
bad been passed the senator from
Lexington, Mr. Efird, announced for
tbe member of the board of directors
from that county, Mr. John Bell To
will, that he "’Courted Investigation.
A similar announcement for tbs mem-
ber frbin Newberry. Mr. H. H.
Evans, but more detailed in character
wm made by tbe senator from that
county,
Dynamite Exploded.\
By an explosion of dynamite one
mUs-«a&t ol Radford Ind., gadnaa
men'
blaoksmithing "on the side?" We are had been foul play. Mr. Pstsoh
T«
anxious to secure exact information
concerning IheM points.” We pass.
clerked in a dry goods store end
;inu»rrie<l
evening, two ifien were killed and four
others lojured. The dead: _ ~
William 8. Jenkins, Bedford.
William Garrett, Oolltie.
The men who were employes of tbe
Central Union Telephone company,
had been working on tbe line eMt of
tbat city. They #ere returning to
town in a wagon m whjch they bad
thrown the dynamite, explosion cap
and tools. The jarring of the'wagon
caused the explosion of tbe caps. The
wagon wm blown to pieces and one of
tbe horses wm injured. - . -^,' r
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Tbe Railroad Agent at Perry Arreet-
ed Charged With Fraud.
Tbe Columbia State of Wennesday
says W..J. Pooser, agent of tbe South
ern Railway company at Perry, was
arrested in Columbia Wednesday cn
the charge of forgery and fraiil. He
is quite a young man, and his father,
who conducts a business at Swansea,
wm in Columbia vainly tryieg to get
together tbe tangled ends of tbe
young man’s business affairs. Pooser
seems to have lived beyond his means.
Having bad some misgivings as to
the way things were being conducted
in the off)* at Perry, Mr. Geo. F
Zealy, the traveling auditor, checked
up the books of tbat office on tbe 13tii
of January and discovered a shortage
of 9300. An investigation of this
shortage led to tbe discovery tbat
Pooser bad beeu manipulating claim
receipts aod had forged the signatures
of claimaiits wbc’ had been paid by
the rallroagl company. He bad
misappropriated tbe money for his
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Home Happy.
hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. ol Sunday’s
own use and had made fraudulent en-]8a. m. to 2 p. m.
tries on the books.
The American Surety company is on
‘ Pooser'a Load and the la.*p ctor Jn
this territory was notified at once
He caused a warrant to be sworn out
Tuesday before Magistrate Moorman,
and when Pooser went to Columbia ai
the d.mand* of the railroad people,
he was arreste d.
This is not the only shortage charg
ed against Pooser. He was the agent
of the Southern Express company At
Perry and is Indebted to tbem in tbe
sum of 9471.-' He had obtained this
latter sum of money by manipulating
collection* °n packages sent "C. O.
D.” Tmt part of bis shortages and
shortcomings wa* Invest'gited by Mr.
F. D Fant, route agentof the South
ern Express eumpaby^ v
P-joaer win be arraigned before
Magistrate Moorman aod after
U meoarj .heMlflK __
Istrate J. H. Eidson,
Mag
ate
whose juriadiotion is nearest to Perry.
While the inspector of the surety
company expresses regret, he feels
tbat be must push tbe matter, as
his company is largely represented
on the sureties of people in public
service in this State and shortcomings
cannot be overlooked.
Eaten by Cannibal*
The Rev. M. L. Stimson, South
Sea missionary, who arrived recently
at San Francisco on tbe steamer
Doric, brings the first details of the
murder of five Catholic priests and
five nuns of New Britain, last Octo
ber. After the murders the savages
ate the bodies of the victims within
sight of tbe German igea residence.
Mr. Stimson is settled at Penapi,
Caroline Islands, and begot the de
tails from the vice-governor of New
Brlstain. He said tbe nuns and
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Killed to a Hi at.
At N York the custom of an
Italian bake?tiHWffe“Bis heavy de
livery basket in a dark btitway of an
East Side tenement wbil>: be delivered
his wares through tbe he use resulted
in a quarrel in which Ptsquale Toto-
rlello, aged 45, was kll ed and his
niece, Mrs Maria Tutorlello, aged 30
years, probably fatally wounded.
Bitb victims
_ were stabfcel. Mr*,
that Totuikilo ideutifi^d the oakef, Salva-
will be taken to Salley wheke the Ih9r|tore Ferrartjis tbe man who did the
etabbin
ed~an<
for identificatioh
their prisoner were
angry mob and the
fi^ht their way out
When Ferrari wm capture
bTback to i be tenement
the dffi jui hm
surrounded by an
poii .iemen had to
Good 11 Time.
In tbe oity of New York It is an
nounoed that open gambling bM been
wholly stopped. Irdeed, gamblers,
open or under cover, seem to have
been put entirely out of business. It
wm g vest undertaking tbat District
Attorney Jerome entered upon and tt
sbemed almost impossible for bias to
scooted, but he bM again illustrated
the truth of tbe My ng tbat when
there to a trill there is e way.
natives whose fanaticism had been
aroused. Tbe priests fought for their
live*, but all were soon killed. Then
the cannibals, proceeded to hold a
feMt on the bodies of the victims
near the residence of Dr. Hahl, the
governor. He hM organized a puni
tive expedition. —
National Good Road* Meeting.
Gov. Heyward Wedneeday appoint
ed the fuUowlng delegates to the
meeting of the National Good Rmds
convention which met In Jacksonville
iMt week. - Mr. F. H. Hyatt of Co
lumbia, president of the South Caro
lina Good Road* convention; Mr. J. B.
MoBrydeof Florence, OoL Richard
bmgleton of Acton, Supervisor D. M.
Miles of Spartanburg, Hoc. John A.
Banks of St. Matthews and Mr. F. H.
Weston of Columbia. In conoeetton
with this meeting objtet lessons in
road building-wm given under the
auspice* of tha Jackaonvllle board of
trade. "'/•
Two Were Kilted.
Two persons were killed and two
more very-^seriously hurt Wednesday
as a result of a boiler explosi jo which
occurred Wednesday morning about
10 o’clock at Graves Mountain, ia
Lincoln county Ga. The dead are-
William Martin, Jr., white, son of
William Martin, who owned the uw
mill. •• '
—"Willie Johnson, colored a uw min
hand.
W illtam C. Martin was badly scald
ed about the face, but not seriously
hurt. Another negro whose name Is
not known is badly burned about tbe
body, and arm broken. He will prob
ably die. Two other negroes wbo
eels werersufrtmfidtfrtjy rmoirof -were standing near ttw engme At tba
# — l '‘' , time of the explosion, were blown
ovir a rail fence, a distance of twenty
feet, but not hurt, with tbe exception
of a slight bruise ab ut their bodies.
Still Figuring;
Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff
received a cable message from Gen!
Corbin, commanding the Philippines
division at Manilla, saying that he
bss receivad the following dispatch
from Brig. Gen. Carter, commanding
the department of the Visayas dated
Tacloban, January 14: "Ltomt!
Avery, one Poilippine scout aod twp
native employees were wounded in
action at liolores R ver, en Janoarv
10. Private' Austin, hospital corns
wm wounded, and nine of the oon-
near Maslog, Samar, 0J January 8.
Lieut. Avery and Private Austin ar
rived here today.” Tbe officer re
ferred to in the above dispatch 1*
First Lieut Morton L. Avery ot
Philippine doouta