The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, February 10, 1905, Image 6
PR?VILEf^TAX
i_ rv?..? j_ J rik. i
and Winthrop Colleges.
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HOW MEMBERS VOTED.
Hew Much Winthrop Will Oct Is a Mat?
ter for'Conjecture as the Tax
is Comlag ta Com*
parativelv Slow
this Year.
After one of?the hardest fights in
the last dozen years in the general as
semhly the house Tuesday passed the
bill '.o let Winthrop participate in the
privilege tax on fertilizers, all of
which revenue now is paid to Clem
son. The opposition to tho bill
gained considerable strength Tuesday;
and the hill was passed by but Ave
moj >rlty on a test vote.
lt was an lasue In which the align
ments were not well defined and every
member appeared to he voting just as
bis convictions dictated. Leaders of
the uouse divided and many forceful
arguments were advanced by both
sides, all thc speakers seeming to be
anxious to vote Intelligently and hon
estly. There was l^s small practice
in the tight than any other which has
beer made In a long time.
Following ls the way the house di
vided on Mr. Lyons' motion to s'rlke
out tho enacting clause-or to kill the
bill.
Ayes-Speaker Smith and Repre
sentatives Ashley, Baker, Banks,
Bass, Boyd, Brant, Bruce, Calllson,
Clifton, Cole, ck, Cothran, Culler, Des
Champs, Doar, Dukes, Edwards.
Faust, Fisbburne, Ford, Graham, L>.
L. Green, Haskell, J. E. Herbert,
Heyward, Irby, Klrven, Lester, Lit
tle, Lomax, McColl, McFaddin, Mo
Master. T. J. Mauldln, Miller, Moses
Nance, Nicholson, Prince, Pyatt,
Rawlinson, Richards, Riley, Sea
brook, Sheldon, Stoll, Trlbble, M. W.
Walker. J. M. Walker, J. B. Watson.
Totai, 50.
Nays-Messrs. Ardroy, Arnold, Bal
lentino, Beam guard, Bradham, Brant
ley, Brice, Browning, Cloy, De Yore,
Eaihardt. Ept'rg, E. J. Etherer!ge,
L. B. Elheredge, Foster, Fiaser,
Frost, Gaston, Gause, J. P. Gibson,
Gray, W. McD. G teen, Gyles, Hall,
Harrison, Harley, Hemphlll, D. O.
Herbert, Higgins, Keenan, Kirby,
LaFitte, Laney. Lawson, MeCants,
Massey, Laban M luidin, Otts, Par
ker, Pat terser, Pittman, Pollock
'tost?n, R aves, Sunders, Saye, Soll
ys, Slnkler, Splvey, Strong, Taylor,
/cole, Turner, Verser, Wlmberly
Total, 55.
After the house had decided to kill
the bill lt accepted Mr. Hemphill's
amendmeut. which modified the ef
f'.-ot of tho bill \ery much. The orig
inal bill in sectioi :i provided that
8)0,000 should bc given to Winthrop.
As amended at the suggestion of the
cimmittee, this dt?nlto amouut was
c isnged to 40 per tent. Subsequent
h the entire section was knocked out
a ad thc following was inserted in lieu
tlercof :
"Section 3. That from and after
t te approval of this act tho treasurer
c f this State shall first pay from the
find arising from the p-lvi!ege tax on
fertilizers sixteen thousand six hun
dred and seventy-one and G4 100
(310,071.64) dollars cn tho order of
tao board of trustees of Clemson Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College of
South Carolina, and ^tf'ppi'i'iTrTrrT1
annually "pon^|PJ*?7o77ald heard
cf trusteeship! Aaid iunrt tne sum
cf ^sIxty^Q thousand (865.000,000)
and shall pay cut annually
Eny balance remaining in his hands
i n the order of the b ard of trustees
of Wirthrop Normal and Industrial
College of South Carolina."
On rrotita of Mr. Price this was
fur .her amended so that the 805,000
for operating expenses was increased
to i;75.000.
The bill was taken up first thing
Tu'JSday unrlor the head of until 'shed
business. The mo:lon made by Mr.
Lyon Monday was to .strike ou; the
enacting words.
Mr. Lyon explained bis opposition
to nbc privilege tax being divided in
the rallo of 2 to 1 between Clemson
ant. Winthrop. DHe showed that the.
pri/liege tax collected in Jat.uary,
10C4, was *.)5,000 und hut $16.coo In
Jatuary, 1905. If 40 per cent, of
thlj be paid to Winthrop, Clemson
would get hut S?O?O this month. Fur
thermore, the constitutionality of the
wbjle tax would be jeopardized by
thit diversion.
Mr. Laban Maul tdd favored tho hill,
ne ls a farmer and helps to pay tho
tax, but Winthrop ls also a hr mers'
college and the farmers will av;ree to
give Winthrop part of that privilege
tax. If lt hurts demsou financially,
the money can be returned by appro
priation next year.
Mr. Vernor declared this to be au
old hobby of his to place, some limit on
Clemson's expenditures-and Clemson
is in his county. He. argued in favor
of the bil!. Even if tho privilege tax
be decreased this year, there wi 1 be
no 842,000 buildidg to pay for. He de
clared that prudence, economy and
toil should bo taught, and not ex
travagance. He had always taken this
stand, and would cont inue to do so,
although Iiis personal Interests lie
otherwise. He thlnxs lt is a shame for
one college to get unlimited Income
and another hut miserly $30,000. Ile
had boen opposed hy Clemson college
in his race because he had alwavs ar
gued tims.
Mr. Bp ting of Lexington declared
that the pt opie of his county think
there ls i xtravagai ce at Clemson, ile
spoke of the cia.ms the common
schools have on the State and the
claims that other colleges have. Ev
ery col lei*, e crios that lt is getting too
little. The people of his county can't
understand why it ld necessary to
spend f.'iOO on evciy boy at Clemson.
Mr. Gibson of Marlboro also spoke
11 favor of the bill. This was this first
appearance on tin-floor and he was
j,Ivon closo attention. He did not
upctk at length, bi t, quite pointedly.
Mr. Prince expressed lils firm belief
t.iat the farmers this year will stick
t J their determination to retluco the
i it'.on acreage, ard this will reduce
t ne uso. of fertilizers 25 to 4o p;r cent.
'. 'his will bo a dangerous timo to make
t ny changes. In reply to Mr. De Vere
1 3 admitted that thc $42,000 spent
1 jr permanent Improvements last year
vould not he spent this year but the
income would he reduced an equiva
lent figure, no doubt in 1005. The
t.grlcultural hall had bren built by an
l.ggregate of surplus. Teohnioal
beaching costa more than literary
braining. He declared himself a de*
nominatlonal oollege supporter, and
the higher the State colleges are
raised the higher will tho denomina
tional colleges bo forced tu raise them
selves. ' He wanted to keep Winthrop
under the guidance of the legislature,
and this proposition would make
Winthrop responsible to nobody, as
Clemson now ls.
Mr. J. A. Banks of Orangeburg de
clared that he had.listened to the dis
suasion with a mind open to convic
tion. Ho bad been studying the mat
ter and at first had favored the prop
osition when mr. Pollick introduced
bis bill. But Mr. Richards had raised
an objection which was insurmounta
ble. Clemson ls looked upon by the
farmers os their college, and this tax
whloh they pay goes to their college.
Ho would prefer to see the privilege
tax reduced rather than a part of lt
diverted to. Winthrop.
Mr. Hemphlll of Chester in speak
ing In favor of the bill declared that
tho friends of different colleges should
not be suspicious of each other. His
own interest In the colleges is uni
form. This matter should be
settled by taking the information
peaced officially before the legislature.
Referring to the report of the legisla
tive committee, ho showed the annual
necessary expenditure out nf the direct
tax to be about 885,000. He proposed
an amendment to give Clemson 816,
OOO to pay the indebtedness on tin
agricultural hal), and then to give
Clemson 805,000 and the residue tc
go to Wlntl. ~ He does not wanl
to cripple C?emson, but ho is verj
much in favor of putting a check or
extravagance. There would be othe:
sources of Income In addition to thli
805,000 which would give Clemson th
necessary $85,000.
Capt. John C. Sellers as a farm?
favored diverting a part ot this ta:
to the college where farmers' dangh
ters are taught. We are confronte!
by a fact, not a theory. Tho State ha
a deficit, and this is thc first bill h
has seen to reduce expenditures. 1
Clemson should have a deticlt sh<
could come before the legislature an
get an appropriation by exhibiting he
financial statements. He believes tha
the management of Clemson ein b
wonderfully lmprovod. He believe
that no State college should be i
competition with the graded icbooh
and it is his opinion that Clemso
takes too many little boys who shoul
be at home lu the graded schools.
Mr. Nicholson of Edge?eld had bee
in favor of this bill at first, but no
he is opposed to it on principle. Il
had thought that lt would reduce e:
pendltures, but he has changed h
views and thinks that it ls not a
equitable principle to make a cl'.ss <
peop'e pay a tax to support moro tba
one college.
Mr. Poll, ck, tn reply ta Mr. Pr! c
dec'ared that there would bo LO a<
of bad faith to take pan, of this ta
tax from Clemson. Ha read the ai
of 1890 providing for thi.s tax to go fi
the erection and maintr.nanc3 of tl
college. One of the purposes of th)
act has been accomplished-thc woi
of en ction. Ile showed the receipts i
privilege tax in former years and d
ciar, d that if th's was enough I
build, equip and run the ollege,
ought to be enough to run lt now.
Mr. Richards was mote thorough
convinced that this is an unreaso
able request. Mr. Pollock wanted
know should the privilege tex fall
830,000 would Mr. Rtohards vote
make an appropriation sufficient
bring up their revenue to the enc
mous expenditure of la?t year. M
Richards replied that ho would vo
for every dollar asked for by the ma
agement uf Clemson as be would vo
for tlie appropriations asked for 1
Sonth Carolina college trustees, Wi
throp trustees or the Citadel tru ter
ile read an Itemized invoice of fertl
?era, shov.ing that there is eviden
6';?o-rfT? ifi?fcPr pays.this tax.
Mr. Brain il ..inquired ii the farm
pays any m?Te f?r fertilisera in tl
State than they "?O ln other States.
Mr. Richards thought not. He cu
eluded by deridlug the"measure ai
declaring that he would vol?.for ft
all the State colleges should bi ma
beneficiaries of the fend-and t
farmer would support them all. 1
also made light of Mr. Hemphll
amendment.
Mr. Moses opposed th e bill. This
not a bill to help Winthrop. The St?
will always provide for Winthrop ai
way. Clemson did get along with
smaller Income once, bil? lt was
smaller Institution then. Mr. Mo
qu' tod merchants to show that th
ls no demand for fertilizers and tl
proba ly loss than 80 per crnb. of 1
year's sales will be bandied this ye
Ile recited the history of leglslat
adverse to thc South Carolina colic
and warned the legislature of I
danger of crippling Clenson. If Cle
son is extravagant lt ls proper to
prima'd the board, but not to t
down the institution.
By a voto of 55 to 50 the house
fused to strike out the enact!
words.
The question then wa9 the adopt
of thc committee amendment lo g
Winthrop 40 per cent, instead of Sf
000. Col. D. O. Herbert moved
amend by inserting 33 1-3 per ce
This was accepted and the commit
amendment as amended was adopt
Mr. Ashley's amendment to give
overplus to the common schools ^
killed by a vote of 52 to 16.
Mr. HemphlU'a amendment tl
lame up. Mr. Prince offered to ami
the amendment to give Clemson 8"
300 for maintenance beforo anyth
be deducted for Winthrop.
Mr. Haskell asked Mr. PoVocl
number of searching questions as
the finances of Clemson. Mr. Poll
replied with some asperity. 1
Haskell In a spirit of pleasantry t
something about Mr. Pollock cost
i small shaduw. To thia Mr. Poll
countered by saying tba; Mr. Has
was a very large, empty substanc?
Mr. Haskell wanted tc kno v if
Pollock wouldn't accjpt the staterr
at the president of Clemson colli
made with almost tho solemnity o
;>ath. Mr. Pollock replied that ho
received his Information from tho
ports of the State treasurer, the St
luperintendent of education and
committee from tho legislature. Cl
ion is hard to shake off from the t
it has been getting the pap so lc
ind lt ls not to be marveled at t
Lhe president will make this app
Mr. Pollock was trying to show I
?65.000 annually would bo enough
Jlemson instead of thc 815,000 pro
;d by Mr. Prince. Being lnterrui
it times by Maj. Haskell, he ir
.iorae caustic reference which 1
Haskell received in good nature,
inference between them was who
jr not the money paid by tho gov
neut for the experiment statlo
used in part for salaries and who
Lhe Interest from the Olemson beq
ls 83,500 or 85,000.
Mr. Prince, io a concluding ap]
ileclared that Clemson cannot
along, with less than 875,000,
Clemson must expand. Do not cul
deep at first. He denied that he would
pursue roundabout practico to defeat
tbe will of the majority of the house,
and his amendment la offered In all
sincerity.
Mr. Ii sake li statru io tue house
that ho bad just been Informed by the
president or the hoard of trustees (Gol.
B. Vf. Simpson) that the coll?ge gets
no benefit from the funds from the
United States government for the ex
periential station. Mr. Pollock replied
that this is disproved by the annual
report, which shows that about $7,
eco is paid for salaries out of this
fund.
Mr. Prince's Amendment was adopt
ed and then Mr. Hempbill's amend
ment aa thus amended. This knocks
out of the original bill seotlon 8 and
inserts tho paragraph printed above.
The bill as thus amended passed sec
ond reading._
A BRUTAL NSOBO
Attempts Outrace on ft Lady in tho
Augnsta Cemetary.
The following account of the brutal
attack of a negro on a whit? lady in
the Augusta Cemetery is tiken from
the Augusta Herald:
?While engaged at about half-past 12
o'cl< ck Monday in paying that devo
tion to ber dead loved ones by placing
dowers on their last resting place In
the city cemetery of Augusta, and
with her tender bands dearing away
the weeds and grasses that threaten
ed to creep over and cover the shafts
that marked the last restlDg placa of
her relatives, Mrs. Percy Spellman
was approached and seized by a burly
negro, who ls as cowardly as he is
vile.
The screams of Mrs. Spellman
qulokly brought the cemerory autho
ri tl rs to ber rescue, and when they
arrived tho black brute had speeded
away and scaled the wall of the city
of the dead. M uch agitated this good
lady told in broken sentences to the
cemetery r ffl ;ia1s bow she had been
seized by the negro and had screamed
for help.
A search was at once instituted for
the negro, but he bad taken leg bill
with a good long start on the authori
ties. However, a vigorous effort was
made to apprehend tho assailant of
Mrs. Spellman, but with no result so
far as the authorities information
given the Herald goes.
The assault was kept very quiet and
only this morning did the reporters
get wind of the occurretcs. After a
deal of trouble reliable authority was
found-a friend of Mrs. Spellman's
who told of the occurrence as Mrs.
Spellman had r slated lt to her.
The negro assailant ls named
J UM ph Brown, and Wednesday was
employed by a coal marble yard todo
some tombstone cleaning at the cem
etery.
Ho happened to be near the section
which Mrs. Spellman visited. Seeing
her alone he ciutlously crept up to
and seized her. Fortunattly the spot
where the assault occurred was not in
a remote part e.f tho cemetery, so the
screams o'. Mrs. Spellman soon brought
the cemetery t Ulcers to t .o spot.
Meanwhile Brown had rushed to
wards the south wall and climbed
over._
Too Biblo.
The Bible is r,ho "bestselling book"
In the world. One would be inolined
to doubt the statement when he reads
about the enormous editions of popu
lar novels. And there Isa widespread
feeling that the Bible and religious
literature is going out of fashion.
Rut the figures tell a different story.
Never before has there been such a
demand for the Christian Scriptures.
The recent report of the British Bible
society shows that since its establish
ment it has distributed 180,000,000
copies of the Bible. Tae American
society bas distributed 70,000,000.
Aud both societies say they printed
more copies last year than In any pre
vious year. While presses are being
pushed to supply a passing demand
for current fiotion they are running
the year around to suply the call for
the Old and New Testament. The
Bible ls now printed in 450 languages
and dialects. Translators are con
stantly employed In putting lt in new
. tongues. No, the Bible it^flSt going
I out of fashion. R&Hgton'ls a part cf
inan't* naturoT Whilo he will always
busy himself with science and art and
literature, religion will always engage
his thought. It is the thing that
Ulis his supremest need. Religion of
some kind will always have Its place
In human life. And the religion of
the Bible is tiie best brand extant.
A Foolish Boy,
The navy department bas instituted
a search for Midshipman Milton W.
Arrowood, who has been absent seve
ral weeks without leave from his sta
tion on the battleship Kearsarge. The
department hus applied to the young
man's father, who lives In North
Carolina, for information on the sub
ject. The oase ls a most unusual one.
For private reasons the young man
desires to leave the uavy and tender
ed his resignation a short time ago,
but the department refused to enter
tain lt on the ground that the gov
ernment, having educated him, is
entitled to the benefit of his services
for a few years at least. It is inti
mated now that when the young
man found ho could not get out of the
navy in tho regular way he returned
to his homo lu North Carolina, where
he is now Bald to be. Midshipman
Arrowood passed the requisito acade
mic course and has nearly completed
the regulation two years service at
sea prior to bis final graduation. In
case be falls to return to his station
he will bo dropped as a deserter.
Sensational Charges.
Sensational disclosures lu relation
to the alleged uso of Indian trust
fuuds for the support of sectarian
schools wore made Wednesday by
Senator Bard u a statement to the
United States Senate Committee on
Indian affairs. In addition to the
charge that Riman Catholic schools
have received 113 per cont, of the mon
ey expended ur der contracts made by
the Indian cor ?missioner, tho senator
said he had been approached by rep
resentativo of a Catholic association
with thc promise of carrying certain
number of districts In California for
him in return for his Influence In
bringing about a continuance of such
favorable contract?. Senator Bard
quoted a circular issuod by M. K.
Sniff .n, secretary of tho Indian Rights
association, otmrglng that discrimina
tion in favor ol Roman Catholics was
by direction of tbe president.
Out on Bail.
W. B. Rowell, the State constable
who shot and killed Jonas C. Blount,
the A thu tlc Coast Line detective In
Florence In Docembor last. and who
has beer, con ?hied in the Florence
County prison ever since, was released
Wednesday night. Judge Purdy hav
ing granted him ball in tho Bum nf
84,000. Dr. William Ildorton and J.
M. Humphroy, of that county, are hts
bondsmen.
FARMERS CAN WIN. ;
Ibo Cotton Problem Di s CUE sn a by
Ur. Sh; pporaoij, of Bolton.
Adviiteo Farmer? to Hold Tb. ;ir Cot
tell LUc> Stonewall Did tbo
Lillies at Bull Run. .?
Mr. Aifrei! Ii. Shopperauu, ot Boo
ton, Masa., who ls aa authority OD
tbe cottoD question advises the farm
ers to hold their oottton and they will
win the fight. Here ls what he says.
Read it:
The farmers and merchants ot tho
sou til who now hold cotton are con
fronted with the fact that the yield
ot the present orop has been more
than the world's requirements of
American cotton for this season. The
prioa ls now somewhat less than one
balf of the quotations of a year ago.
?When there is an oversupply of any
commodity and a serious deoline in
price from that cause, the first sug
gestion of common senBe is to ourtail
production and ther?by reduce the
supply to proportion of the demand
and thus restore the price to an equit
able basis. This simple plan bas al
ways succeeded with cotton.
Mr. John L. Mclaurin, formerly a
senator from South Carolina, in a let
ter lu the New York Sun of 17th in
stant, sc outs tbe idea of a reduction
of acreago and urges tbat tbe grant
lng of subsidies to Halted States ves
sel? would, in Rome way, so vastly in
crease our exports of cotton goods
that the resulting greater demand for
the raw material wou'd take at full
prices all the cotton our country oould
produce. He tells us tbat "trade fol
lows the fUg," and says a great op
portunity is open to us in the intro
ductlon of our cotton goods into
Cblna and tbat "a market ls waiting
there which will enable us to Bell 20,
0CO.000 instead of 10,000,000 bales of
cotton above ten couts per pound, as
it should not be difficult to teach a
thrifty people the advantage of cot
ton goods."
As a matter of fact, cotton cloth
was manufactured in China as early
as A. D. 1200 from cotton grown in
that country, and IP now the only
clothing for all seasons of the year of
the great majority of the ObiDese
population. Cotton cloth was not
made in the Unite! State? until more
than 600 years later. Ih the year
ending /une 30, 1903, more than
one-half of our exports of cotton cloth
were to China, and In the previous
yea" the quantity was over three
fiftlis. Our exports to China are
principally ot ooaree, unbleached oot
ton cloth, ol whioh the chief element
of cost is tho cotton Itself.
jY.r. McLaurln says that "the ob
sta le to trade with Ohina ls laok of
transportation" and high freights.
There are actually greater shipping
facilities between the United States
and China and lower rates 'cf freight
thai ever before. There are now
pro lably more vessels, and certainly
a greater carrying capacity, for the
world's commerce than at any previ
ous time. Ojoan freights a<e exceed
ingly low and far below the rates of a
few years ago.
"Thc flag" or the nationality of the
vessel bas nothing whatever to do
wit i the selling of commodities any
whe rc. Ti e only faotors in the mat
ter are the suitability of the articles
and the re. .sonableness pf the prices
den anded. If the commodities o?
not suit tl e markets . \ ?..!; i*h they
are offered ,hey cannot be sold to any
ext? nt evoi at a very low prie?.. Our
commodltli s cannot bc sold IQ foreign
markets for any more than similar
articles from other countries.
Our Hag has entered tho Philippines
and is now the Hag of that country,
but trade has followed lt at so low a
pace that during the last fiscal year
the imports of cotton goods from tho
United States were only 6 1-2 per
cent, of tho total quantity, while
Great Britain furnished 45 per cent.,
Sapin 16 per cent, and little Switzer
land 7 14 pjrjggat?*5 _
.TiiO ?f?iof obstacle to the increase
of cur exports of cotton manufactures
is tile high tariff on textile machinery
and on the che nlcals, dyes, etc , useu
in the manufacture of bleaohed, dyed
and printed goods. Oa account of
these tariff taxes, the equipment of a
cotton mill hero oo**ts about 50 per
cent, more than in England, and the
cobt of the manufactured product ls
f-:o greatly increased that wo cannot
successfully competo with European
mills anywhere outside of tho proteo
tlon walls surrounding our own coun
try.
Our cotton mills, if worked to their
full capacity would produce vastly
more goods than could be used in the
United Statesaudan expansion of
foreign trade is greatly needed to
take the surplus production.
During the past season the world's
spinnen; consumed only 10,100,000
bales of American cotton owling to
the high price and limited supply,
while 11,000,000 bales were consumed
In the season of 1899-1900, when the
number of spindles was 7,350,000 less
A cablegram on the 20th Instant
from Moats. Ellison & Oompiny of
Liverpjol estimates the world's con
Bumpllonof American otton this sea
son at ll 327,000 bales, and says that
European mills may tako 300,000 to
400,000 more to add to their stocks.
It may bs safely assumed that the
world's mills will consume fully ll,:
350,000 bales of American cottou.
Should thoy buy an average of only
four weeks' supply beyond their ac
tual requirements, iii would make
their entlro purchase for tho season
about 12,220.000 bales.
If our "'commercial crop" should b ?
aa much as 500,000 bales more than
thin, the addltl n to the stocks in
An orican and European markets
should not unfavorably affect prices.
1 think cotton la too low and that
the great deollno has been largely duo
to speculative influences. flurely tho
spinners did not expect so great a de
olire or they would not have bought
sotreely earlier In the Reiaon when
prii es wero several cents y er pound
dearer. An alvarco of a cont and a
hal' per pound would unloubtedly
pro note tho Interests of a rx ajorlty of
tho spinners as lt would eau? e a stead
ier market and larger domand 'or cot
ton goods. At tho advai.ee there
would bc a botter demand 'or cotton
for spinning and for Investment than
there ls today.
Thcc-ourso of the market for the
neil few iiontha rests entirely wltn
the present holders of cotton in the
South. Ii they will markei. it slowly
anc only a they actually r< quire the
mo icy fro-1 its sale, it ia likely a re
act on to >ettor prices would .occur.
In thoseaf m of 1?9? 99 ful y 400,000
bal \; wurt held back in tho interior
until the following season and the
Un; "cial condition of tho South ls in
finitely better now than nt that time.
Let the south; rn owners of cotton
bold it with the "Stonewall" tenaotfiy
with whloh Jackson's brigade held
tho line of battle at Bull Bun, and In
this flgi.t over the price tboy will gain
the viotory they deserve.
A substantial reduction of acreage,
however, is essential to a peimcnent
Improve meat in price, and such ro
c u;tlon can be safely left lo the goo 1
judgme it and self-interest of each
Southe) n farmer.
mt WAirxEo TO KKOW? *
Why kUtrangor Reoently Viol ted tbe
Btate Dispensary.
"I want to know," said a visitor at
the state dispensary last week. His
card' announced him to be Frank J.
Sheridan, of Washington, speoial
agent of the United States bureau of
labor, a branob of commerce and labor.
He was a very pleasant gentleman,
of a most Inquiring turn of mind. He
has traveled far and wide throughout
the United States and observed close
ly wherever he went.
While Mr. Sheridan's official home
ls Washington, he Isa native of Iowa,
a state where the prohibition farce is
more than a law-it is an integral
part of tbe commonwealth's constitu
tion. Mr. Sheridan explained bis
visit to the Bt^te dispensary by say
ing bis cuiloslty had been aroused. It
had forolbly stru.:k his attention that
the liquor evil was m re conspicuous
ly ab eut f.om Columbia than from
any olty of similar s'ze he bad ever
visited. He saw no signs of drunken
ness and no place where drinking was
made attractive. He Is from a pro
hibition state, but nowhere in the
cities of hi* stat?* had he o' served
such satisfactory conditions. And be
wanted to know what was the law
that produced such results..
As a result of the answer that
South Carolina had the dispensary law
and that thc headquarters of the .dis
pensary system was In Columbia," he
went to dispensary headquarter8 for
further Information. Ho wasT wer
comed by Commissioner Tatum and
spent several hours at tbe dispensary,
asking most pertinent questions as to
the dispensary law and lbs operations.
He very freely expressed the opinion
that the dispensary law, judged by
what ho bad seen of Its workings,
was the best solution of the liquor
problem that had ever come under his
observation. Judged by practical re
sults for sobriety and order, ho pro
nounced lt far better than the pro
hibition law of bis own state.
According to Mr. Sheridan, the
prohibition law of Iowa has become
such a farce In the cities and towns
of that state that no attempt is made
to enforce it there. Prohibition be
ing constitutional in Iowa, the bar
rooms are not licensed, but c. com
promise system has been worke d out
under which the "virtuous" p .ohibi
tlon law rennins on the statute books
while tho ba i keepers continue busi
ness, being periodically arrested anc?
fined. These arrests and fines are so
manipulated that a barkeeper pays in
tines in the course of a year about
what he wo aid havo to pay for a
license in a license state. The r : ult
ts nothing like as satisfactory as fiat
ohtalned by the dispensary law ac
cording to Mr. Sheridan, who ls an
unprejudiced observer. The Impres
sion rr ade upon Mr. Sheridan ls that
made upon practically all visitor* to
South Carolina, particularly ladies,
who a:e delighted tb be where they
can walk upon city streets without
having to pass barrooms.-Columbia
Record.
Murder and Suicido.
A tragey in which four men lost
their lives occurred In N gales Ari
zona. Friday. William Walten, a
gambler, entered the Palace saloon
owned by M. M. Conn, walked to a
poker table, and without a word of
warning drew a revolver and opened
Oro on the dealer, known as "Cow
boy" JobnBon, firing two shots
through his head. Walters then
turned on Conn, the proprietor, who
was making bis way toward the door,
shooting bim through the head and
heart. The murderer then turned
?frhr-weapon toward the monte dealer,
bhoot??g^Wnr through the back of the
head. He lirpd a shot at George
Beedie, a cattleman, which grazed
the latter's face, and then turned the
revolver on himself and sent a bullet
through bis own brain. All of the
victims died before being able to
make statements. Walters bad been
employed by Conn, but bad been dls
cha' ged a few days before
Attacked by a Cat.
Mr. J. W. P. Hope, of Yorkvllle, j
was badly bitten and clawed by an
infuriated cat at bis residence on
Thursday afternoon. Mr. Hope was
sitting on a chair with his right hand
hanging down when the cat, which
was lying under the chair, sprang at
bis hand in a savage manner, biting
and scratching lt quite severely. In
trying to draw hiB hand away from
the aulnaal lt was pubed through the
rounds of the chair and Mr. Hope bad
t? choke it ctT. Miss Lucy Smarr, a|
young lady boarding with the farailyT
was also severely bitten and scratched
by the cat In her efforts to r slsts
Mr. Hope. Tho cat has been i.\ the
family for a good number of yearn and
was looked upon as a pot, Mr. il ope
attending mostly to its feeding.
Balo Cracker?.
Burglars broke into the storo of
Millar Bros. at Stone station on tho
Glenn Springs railroad Wednesday
night, and after blowing open the safe
with dynamite they rifled Its con
tents, securing 838 in money belong
ing to tho Messrs. Stone and about
$18 balonging to the postollice, which
is located at the store. Alovg with
the money 200 two cent stamps, 1,000
one ojnt stamps and 400 ono cent
pieces were taken. A batch of notes
and mortgages taken from the safe
were found in a woodland about half
a mlle from tho store. This worl: of the
safo craoker! was successfully planed
and carried out, and the authorities
do not bohevi that lt was participat
ed in by novices.
A tr.?ld of Smallpox.
Representative Etheridge intro
duced a resolution in the House on
Thursday to exclude all visitors from
tho tlcVr of tho nouse on account of
an epidemic of smallpox in Columbia.
The resolution failed, as it was
thougat to hive been luspired less by
foar o'small|K)x than by a desire to
get rid of visitors on aocount of tho
noise of conversation. Rlobland mem
bers of the House protested that the
Bmalliox situation was no worse there
than nlsewhere In the State.
fatally Injured.
The man struck by a Southern rail
way t*ain near Trenton on January 31
died Thursday morning at 2 o'clock.
He has been Identified i.s Milton J.
Palmer of Augusta, Ga. He has a
wlfo a id one ohlld residing In AugiiBta.
Aotln.i Coroner Brunsou held the In
quest. His remains were taken to
Augusta for burial.
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A BUBBLE PRICKED, I
Tcial Valne of Crura'i Potato Lei*
Than Fovxtcon Thousand Dollar*.
Exact Figuren of Appraleoment Given
U odor deal ol Dtmbe rg Gonn*
tjVPsrobiite Jade?.
\ The late H. H. Orum, of Bamberg,
came into political prominence in the
nineties. A farmer himself and the
son of a farmer, it was raturai that
he took a lively interest in the farm
ers' movement and his work and in
liueDCe contribute! largely to the suc
cess of that movement in his section
of the state. One result of this was
that for several years he was a mem
ber of the bouse ftom Barnwell coun
ty and afterward from Bamberg
when that county was created. In
the legislature he was regarded as a
safe and conservative mau and a good
committee worker. His strength in
thc legislature was s'iown by the large
vote he received when he was a candi
dato for the position of state dispen
sary commissioner. After serving two
years in that oflloe he was re-elected
and served another term. His admin
istration was considered conservative
and business like.
Before go:ng info office he had
farmed seme fertile land ??von him by
his father and bad purchased addi
tional T.aatP. WhHe in efflce he con
tlnued his farming operations and the
four years he was in office were four
of thc best years the far me/a bave had
lp a generation. They v/ure years cf
a high prlco for cotton*. With the
start giver him by his father and hl6
own planting operations, together
with four years in.? off. e at a good
salary, lt was natural tbat he should
?atticx together something of an
estate.
But when he died, last year, amaz
ing stories were immediately set afloat
as to the large value of the estate he '
left. No father for these stories other
than the hoary-headed "They Say"
ever appeared. No one vjuobed for
them. No one would he responsible
for them or would vouch for their ao
cureoy. But they were circulated
with a persistency and system v.hlch
Indicated a purpose behind them and
led to a suspicion that some organisa
tion was using thom for political pur
poses.
Whenever a friend of the dispen
sary would say anything in defense of
the honesty of its officials, he would
he asked how Crum gathered to
gether such a bu go* ?c?ate. Accord
ing to tho rumors, Crum Uft an es
tate variously valued at. from $150,
OOO to 8250,000. One man would say
ho had 1 eard from some one who
ought to ?mow t hat Cru n had $30,
000 in bank and ow nee l ouses and
lards and s...ck wo'th m'.re then
8100.000. There wiro 7ar??Mons >f
th's story, but the only t iffern ice was
in c'io il vares, which by maj/ were
plac. d higher.
OJO ol Crum's warm personal
friends in Columbia, whu had repeat
edly heard these stories investigated
Mr. Crum's affairs and f mud that at
the time be died he hac an estate of
about 813,000, including 81,800 in
bank, and that he owed sb jut 83,000
Ile asked that this statement be pub
lished in justice to tho memory of
Mr. dum and to oflde: the attacks
being made on the dlspcrssxy over his
dead b'dy.
As his statement was ex parto and
unofflc'a', Tbe R.cord d ismed It bB3t
to obtain a signed and mealed state
ment of Mr. Crum's est.ite from the
judge of probate of Bamoerg county,
through whose office the estate had
to be settled. This statement ls now
in The Record office and can be ex
amined by anybody who cares to
see it.
Mr. Crum left ro will, r.o an admin
istrator was appointed for his estate.
J The appraisers of the estate were J.
1 D. Baxter, James A. WUker Elward
P. Sojourner, C. S. Folk and A. H.
j Ne.dy, all prominent cit .zens of Ham
berg. Their appraisement, as certified
under seal by Geo. P. Harmon, judge
of probate of Bamberg county, made
the total value of Mr. Crum'H estate,
Including both personalty and realty,
$13,829 87-by r o means a large for
tuno when all the facts ic the ease
are considered.-Columbia Record.
Accidentally Killed Himself.
On last Wednesday a colored man
by the name of Jim .Tonus, while play
ing with a pistol in the engine ro mi
of the Orangeburg Cotton Seed Oil
Company, accidentally siiot himself in
the head, fn ra the effeo'.s of which he
tiled almost immediately. The shoot
ing is supposed to have been accident
al, but it is not pasitiVi ly known as
the man may have committed suicide.
If it was an acoldent, tho unfortunate
man certainly paid dear for his own
carelessness. Jones was one of the
hands at the mill, and was well
thought of by his en ilo;/eir Ileoame
tr ? )rangcburg last fall fro a Rowes
Wl'tf, r-.here his folks now live, ne
was ab"ut twenty-four years of age.
Killed by a Train.
A dispatch from Green Pond (o Tho
State fays Mr. M. A. Brawdy, whose
home was In Beaufort county, was
killed there Wednesday by the fast
mall. Mr. Brawdy and his wife had
been to Walterboro to attend the fun
oral of their daughter and were re
turning to their home at Dale, in
Beaufort county. While waiting at
the station hera for tho local train
Mr. Brawdy went across the track for
a few minutes, and hearing a train
ocmng, supposod lt waa tho train he
was to take and attempted to oross
the track. The fast mall flying along
the Uno stretch of track, struck the
man, killing him almost inotantly.
Mr. Brawdy was not nangled, but
ne^er bpote after tho r.nglne ?truck
him. Mr. Brawdy was about 63 years
old._
Postmasters Musi 't Pay.
The aol ion of Postm ister General
Wyuno lt notifying R. publican Na
tional Committeeman C;.persof South
Carolina that postmasrers wilt be dis
missed from service if In future they
pay expenses of dclegaUs to political
c inventions was approved by the
President and cabinot Wednesday.
Thb decision grew out o ' a complaint
that lt was the custom for postmast
ers in South Carolina to pay railroad
and ol her ex'penses of delegates to
political conventions. In the com
plaint two postmasters were named,
C. J. Mulley, of Westminster, and J.
M. Stewart, of Lancaster.
Waylaid And hut.
At 10 o'clook Saturday night Mr.
W,. R. Hubbard was wajlaid and seri
ously shot in Hardeevllli. He was on
the way home from his store. It is
thought he will recover. No clue to
the perpetrator.
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Br the Hon no After a Very Short Dc*
usu o on rnnndty.
The house by a decisive vote Thurs
day killed tho compulsory education
bill. While boura bave been spent in
debate on other matters o' far lens
serious Import, the members of . the
house seemed unwilling to discuss
this measure. In less than an hour it
was numbered among the good whlc'i
lie buried in the archives of the house.
Those who voted in favor of strik
ing out tb? enacting clause-and thus
to kill the bill-were: Speaker Smith
and Representatives Ardrev, Ashley,
Baker, Ballentine, Banks, Bearrguard,
Bradham, Brant, Brantley, Browning,
Callison, Clifton, Cloy, CoJcock, Coth
ran. Doar, Dukes, Earhardt, Ep'irg,
L. B. Etheredge, Faust, Ford, Foster,
Fraser, Qause, Graham, D. L. Green,
Hamlin, Harrison, Harley, Hemphill,
J. E. Herbert, Higgins, Kirven, La
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rison, Nanoe, Parker, Prince, Pyatt,
Rawlinson, Richards, Seabrook, Shel
don, Stoll, Strong, Tribble, Verner,
J. J. Watson, Webb, Whatley and
Wimberly.
Those who favored the bill and
voted nay on the motion were: Messrs
Arnold, Bass, Brice, Bruce, Culler,
Davis, DesOhamps, DeVore, Edwards,
Frost, Gaston, J. P. Gibson,
W. J. Gibson, Gray, W. MoD. Green,
Gyles, Hall, D. O. Herbert, Heyward,
Hutto, Keenan, Kirby, Little, Lyon,
McColl, MoFaddln, MoMaster, Laban
Mftuldln, T. J. Mauldln, Moses, Nich
olson, Olts, Patterson, Pittman, Pol
it ok, Poston, Koley, Sanders, Seller,
SinkUr, Spivey, Taylor, Toole, Tur
ner, M. W. Walker, J. M. Walker,
and Yoldell.
Col. D. O. Herbert made a splen
did spree i in favor of the bill, but it
availed nothing.
Gtva Him Fifty D Ulara
A dispatch from Bethune to The
State says several hundred cro?stief
were burned about two miles webt ol
that town last Sunday night and
while they were burning the Sea
board's Florida limited train, to which
was attached Vanderbilt's spcoial car,
was compelled to atop on account ol
the Are. Most of the ties belonged
to John McQougan, a white man whe
was out beside the railroad trying tc
put out the fire. Mr. Vanderbilt,
who saw that the Oro would mean a
heavy loss to McGougan, walked ur.
and presented him with fifty dollar*
in cash.
ConBUS Cotton Crop Figures.
The census rcporb issued Wednes
day shows 895 counties reported
9,717,603 bales ginned to January
10 this year, counting round bales,
as half bale? ocimpared with
7,168,381 in the same oountlei
last year. Four hundred and aav
enty-seven (?Inners refusod reports
aud the quantities previously render
ed by them were brought forward for
this report without addition. The
total.amount thus brought forward is
134,111 bal??._
A. G. Hayes, a well known young
business man of Greenwood, shot and
killed Nathaniel Burkett, a young
negro, on tho street!, of Greenwood on
Saturday night.
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A special dispatch fron Washing
ton to tae Columbia R oord says it is
probablly that the Winthrop Tralnin
school, at Rock lilli, will c ome in fo
a large share of thc Peabody fund,
I wnlch ls to be distributed by the
' trustees within a short time. As is
known the trustees have decided to
close the trust and to do so they will
permanently distribute the fund. Half
of the 12,000,000 trustee fund has
! been given to the Peabody Training
J school at Nashville and tho other Sl,
000,000 is to be distributed among a
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'? 000,000 thin any other Institution in
1, the country.
11 Wi,nc Ruacum,
I A dispatch from Manila says lead
> crs of tho hand of Labronefc, which re?
> ceotly attacked the town of San Fran
i de Malaban, and captured tho wife
and two children of ox-Gov. Trias,
now demand ransom for th 3 release of
their captives
\ Yoting Victim
A dispatch from Chicago vtyB Ellzi
beth,McCormick, only daughter of
Cyrus II. McCormick", ls e'ead, iged
12 years. Th3 death of th) hires', ot
the millionaires family wa; caused bj
append loti).
NOUFOLK hivs a philosophical regro
nun who H IV ni his pereonal apparel
G ie other clay at the Baorliloe of two
odored women who wore burner* to
death In an adjoining room. When
nike! why ho had uot?gb'n?i to tho re
lief of tho victima of tho /Ire he an
swered that ho ''had to work too hard
to buy his olothes to lose, thom saving
women."
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