The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, August 03, 1906, Image 2
BBNNETTSVIIXE, S. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1006.
NO. 32.
MAKIIOONEY.
That Is What Commissioner Ta
tum Says About the
STATE DISPENSARY,
Which Is Vouched (or by deo. Wilie
Jones. According to the Figures
the Dispensary Assets Are
Nearly Double that of
Its Liabilities.
Mr. W. O. Tatum, state dispensary
commissioner has given out the fol?
lowing statement:
"lteoeutly a nu auber of papers, and
Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, oandidate for at
torney general, asserted that'th? dis
pensary was insolvent: that if it
woro put in liquidation lt could not
pay its dobts. At tbs time thia state
ment was mada 1 came out in a card
asking a suspension of judgmont and
asserting that tho dispensary was per
fectly solvent. 1 said I oould pto
duce the figures to prove that the dis
pensary was amply sole to pay every
dollar lt owed. I hive the figures to
moro than sustain my contention and
will submit them in this statement,
lt took much time and lots of work to
go through tho great mass of accounts
at the state dispensary and prepare a
condensed statement showing exaotly
the condition of the institution. I
could not expeot the newspapers to
publish all the flgutes in their col
umns, but I invite any citizen, par
ticularly Mr. Lyon and tho editors of
the paper? which questioned the solv
ency of thc dispensary, to oall at the
state dispensary and examine for
themselves the books and accounts,
and so verify tho statement I have
prepared. Now hore are the figures,
condensed to the point whore any
mind oan grasp them and any memo
ry retain them:
''On June 1, 11)00, the state dispen
sary owed for wniskey, beer, etc., a
total of 8735,880 04, Since June 1,
and up to and Including July 21, 1000,
there has been paid on the above ac
counts a total of 8461,005.01, leaving
a balance of 8284.881.33. But of this
balance 8107 388 07 is not yet due,
which leaves th? amount due on old
accounts 887,402 71, and the state
dispensary had on hand at the oloso
of business July 21, a cash balanoe of
800,518.70, O? 80,0110 05 more than
enough to pay all acuouuta then due.
However, when tho new board of
directors were restrained by order of
; tho dispensary investigating oommit
tee from paying old accounts of the
dispensary Instead of lotting the dis
pensary f multi Ue idle, they discount
ed a .ru-oioor of new aocounts ny this
course making an extra profit for the
state of 83.008 32. Of the aooounts
so discounted, an aggregate of 879,
119 70 would not have been due on or
before July 21, and so had not those
aooounts been discounted the cash
balance on that day would haye boen
8175,037 52, or 887,145 81 more than
enough to tiave paid all aooounts due
at that time.
"On July 21 the State dispensary
owed for whiokey, beor, supplies, etc.,
8448,225.34, though only 87,402 71 of
this amount, as stated above, was
due on that date. Any assertion that
the dispensary ls not solvent and could
not pay out every dollar it owes If lt
owes If lt owes if it went intol'quida
tion seems ridiculous, when the as
Bets of thc institution are compared
with that total of Its debts.
THU ACTAL FIGURES,
"On July 21, tue total of Its debt
was 84 13,225 14, to meet willoh lt had
easily aeacts ~f 8000 000 in round fig
ures, mado up of 81)0,518 70 cash on
hand, about 8005,000 of stook in the
state and county dispensaries, real es
tate which cost 850.300.50, supplies
of bottles, seals, corks, etc., machin
ery and ( id ce supplies. If all of its
assets wcro sold at Qf ty cents on the
dollar they would be more than suffi
cient to pay its indebtedness. In the
above 1 have given tho value of tho
real eBtate at its cost price, but lt
joust be remembered that it was
bought bofore the tremendous boom
of recent years in the price of Colum
bia real eBtate. Ttie opinion of real
estate men, archlteots and tho county
auditor of Richland county ls that a
^very conservativo estlmatoof the pres
ent value of the dispensary real estate
would be 8150,000. Accepting that
figure would make the dispensary's
as8et3 a million dollars with whloh to
meot debts of less than 8450,000.
Far from being insolvent, if the dis
ponsary were dosed out lt oould pay
every cent it owes and hundreds of
thousands of dollars Into tho aohool
fund, te) which it has contributed In
tho last ten years 81,361,007.05, be
sides paying 83,901,325.49 to thc
towns and counties in that same po
rted, a total of 85,348,023.12.
"That 1B tho condition of the dis
pensary today. Tho facta given
above auBtaln my contention that the
dispensary 1B In bettor condition to
day than evor before. When I took
charge, of the dispensary in March,
1904, tho dispensary'a condition was
shown by tho following statement
compiled on February 20, 1004:
C?narterly statemont of State dis
ponsary for quarter ending February
* 29, 1904:
?E8BTS,
Cash In state treasury
Feb 29, 1904. 8 17.680.2E
Teams and wagon?.... 04.0C
Supplies (Inventory Feb
28, 1904). 34.828.0?
Maoblnory andotlloo lix
tures. 0,310.01
Contraband (inventory
Feb 29, 1001). 1,472 4'
Iteal estate. 62.860.5<
Merchandise In hands
of dispensers Feb 29,
1004 . 400.668.81
Merchandise (inventory
of stock at Stato dis
pensary, Feb 21), 1904 490.03? 61
Suspended aooounts.... 2,890.2'
Personal accounts due
state for empty bar
rels, alcohol, eto.... 6.830 7)
Total assets
$1,012,687.91
LIAUILITIBS.
9 619.064 12
492,873 86
Total liabilities.$1,012 637 98
"It will bo notloed bow little oaah
was on band at tbat time. The
amount of stock was 9890,000 in
round figures or 9226,000 more than
July 21, 1906. Or that stook 9?60,
000 WAS represented by an acoumula- 1
dion of hard stook which had not been
worked off slnoe the institution began
boslness. This has bben worked off 1
during my administration, and the
present stock contains hardly 929,
000 worth of anything except new,
fresh salable goods. This alono rep
resents a tremendous improvement of
condition in the last two years.
"Besides, in the liabilities a? repre '
sented in th? statement of Feb 29 ,h, 1
1904, there was over 9100,000 Of ac- '
oounte past due, some of them as j
muoh as six months overdue. Thin
condition compared to tho statement 1
for the presont day ought to bo con- j
vlnoing to any reasonable mind of thc
improvement of the financial condi
tion of the dispensary.
"The school fund ls not a debt of 1
the dispensary, but Its profit ?nd loss ,
account. It ls less understood than
any other feature of the dispensary. '
This artiole is too long to permit me 1
to stretch lt further by adding an ex- ?
plantation of the school fund. I will 1
give Buoh an explanation later in (
another article."
WIMH JONK8' BT?TKMJ?NT.
General Wilie Jones also gave out J
tho following statement: \
"After reading Commissioner Ta
turn's statement, and after having ox 1
amined the balanoo shoot of tho books
of tho institution I say without he?l- '
tatton that I regard the present con
dition of the fl nan oos of the instltu- <
tlon as in better shape than at any 1
blmo during the last ten joars. I 1
was chairman of the board from April 1
1st, 1896 to April 1st, 1897, and also a -
member of tho board by appointment
of Governor Heyward about ?Ix ]
months in 1903, and I feel that I am ?
thoroughly familiar with the affairs
of the dispensary."
(Signed) WILIK JONES.
TO PKKVEWT LYNCHING.
A Negro to Bu Hanged on Board An J
Oyester Bout.
A dlspatoh from Baltlmoro, Md., ?
says with the greaest possible seorcoy, !
William Leo, the negro who has hoon
held In the olty Jail undor sontonce of 1
death for assaulting two womon in 1
Somerset county, somo wooka ago, was
On Wednesday plaood aboard the
steamer Governor It M. MoLano of
the Maryland Oyster navy and started 1
for Somerset oounty to be executed '
for his orlmo.
Lee's case has been one ol great 1
difficulty to the authorities owing to 1
the indignation the crime aroused on ?
the eastern shore of Maryland, lt
has been repeatedly declared that the
citizens of that locality will never j
allow the negro to be legally oxeouted
and throats of burning at tho stake ?
have boon freely made. Aftor the i
crime Lee fled to the eastern shoro of *
Virginia, and to protoot him from <
Maryland pursuers he was taken to 1
Norfolk under guard of Virginia State 1
troops, thence he was broughb back to 1
tho city, tried and oonvlotod prompt- 1
ly. The law gives a oonvloted mur
derer 20 days between tho day of con- 1
vlction and his exeoution. This '
period expired Wednesday. <
On board tho Governor McLane the
offloors having Lee in charge took a 1
I gallows, coffin and all other necessary I
things, and, it ls said that tho execu
tion will take place on board thc 1
j steamer as soon as possible after thc ;
waters of Somerset oounty aro reaoh- 1
ed. This probably will not be until 1
early Friday morning, lt ls hoped .
thus to circumvent those who swore 1
to lynch Lee.
Beauties ot Diyore>4, (
A ipeolal dlspatoh to the Aguata
Herald from Savannah says a mar
riage that will attraot attention all
ovor the state, if not throughout the
south was that of Judge II. D. D. 1
Twlggs to Mrs Lucie IC. Twlggs.
They are now both residents of Sa
vannah. It was a remarriage which 1
WM attended by the daughter of the 1
contracting parties. Judge Twlggs
was married to the lady who ls now
again his wife about thirty fivo years
ago in Augusta. About ten or fifteen
years ago there came an estrange
mont. Judge Twlggs moved to Da
kota and seeurod a divoroe after a six
months' r?sidence there. Ile oame
baok to Georgia and married another
lady, who had been a olient of his in
Augusta. Since then he has scoured
a divorce from her. Not long since
his love for his first wife was rekin
dled and there came a reconciliation.
The result was the marriage.
Alr?l(l ot Toxaway Dom,
TS?. A. Patterson, a brother of Oon
grtssman Jas. A. Patterson, of Ham
well, writes to Governor Hey ward
from Arden, N. G., calling attention
to what he considers the danger to
i Anderton and other South Carolina
counties from the big dam at Lake
: Toxaway. He says the lake is a con
stant monaco and that residents below
i lt will some day have a Johnstown
i flood to go through with. Mr. Pat
terson also wishes a commissioner of
doods for South Carolina appolned in
Asheville. Ho says notarial fees there
are just double their amount in this
?tate. m_
Clunked Again.
1 'President Roosevelt announces that
1 he ls pleased with tho campaign plans
of the ropublioan congressional o un
1 mlttee which mot the presidont and lt
was decided that a "stand pat" pro
I gram was tho proper one. Messrs.
Taft, Shaw, Cannon and Beveridge
' were agreed upon the big guns for
'the stump. The oom mlttee 7/111 op
on headquarters In N. Y. By agreo
, I lng to stand pat on the tariff quea
' tlon the President flunks again, a? li
lias been passing as a tariff reformer.
[) I Another Battle.
i A dispatch from Manila says anoth
er battle has occured between the
Twonty-fourbh Infantry and oonstab
8 ulary against tho bandits in the ls
- and of Leyte. Fifty bandits were
Si I killed and puty wounded.
School fund.
Personal accounts due
by stat? for supplies,
whiskies, wines, beer
alcohol, etc.
TWENTY TWO-KILLED
IN A OOJUlilBlON ON 'UH1! BK\
DOAHI> AIllhlNK.
?moog the Number Aro Two Colored
People From the Town of
Bennettsville.
A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C.,
says the head-on collision between
Rockingham and Hamlet on the Sea
board Air Line resulted In the death
ot 22 persons; and tho injury of 23.
Tue rog ular local passenger brafp
was an hour late and instruoMons were
wired from the train dispatchers of
?oe hire tu bold it thero for an extra
freight going west, but for some rea
ion the order was not delivered. Tho
aperator at Rockingham is W. E. Lu
ther. Tho distance between Hamlet
..nd Rockingham is six miles, and En
lister Bandy of the freight, Booing
.".ho approaching passongor train when
ihreo miles from Hamlet, stopped his
train and Jumpod before the collision,
rue doad :
White. Frank B. Lewis, cnglneor,
Hamlet); H. S. Byrd, baggage master,
Rockingham.
Colored: Thomas HUI, fireman;
57ato Bogan, porter, Adesboroj Rc7
Thomas Jones, Rockingham; (J il hen,
VtoFadden, Hamlet; Sandy Cap?es and
wife, Laurlnhurg; G.rt. Harrington's
?by; EUtor DuPreo, BennetUvlllo, S
J.; Mary Land, Bonuettsville, S. C.;
Mary Bell and child, Rockingham;
Hannibal McNalr and child, Laurin
Durg; Georgo MoLaurin, Hoffman, N.
1; Jane Russell, Hoffman, N. C.;
I?rinker Russell, Hoflman; two un
mown men.
TWJ othor unknown mou died on
onto to Charlotte on speolal train.
Tho white injured are: J. D Bowden
)f Wilmington, N. O , conductor pas
longer train; G. S. Birmingham,
Rockingham, NC; E. A. Carter,
Rockingham; E. S. Saudcfore of
Rockingham.
The colorod injured arc: Goorge
Morgan, Rockingham, N. (J ; (Jioeru
Thomas, Laurlnhurg, N. C.. Ojoar
kee, Hamlet, N. (J ; Gert Henton,
Hamlet, N. O ; O.oar Flov?ors, Liles
ville, N. 0. ; Rich Douglass, Bennetts'
ville, S. C.; May Douglass, Bennetts*
ville, S. C.; IvleOxiudlne, Lumborton,
N. O.j urank Scott,-; Jim Odom,
GlibBon, N. C.; Lizzie Bowman, Ham
let, N. C.; Perry (Jlark, Lauriuburg,
N. C., Mannie Lee, Hamlet, N. C.;
Dotavla Jackson, Hamlen, N. C ; Jane
Stewart, Lauriuburg; James Stewart,
Rockingham; Carry McNalr, Lauriu
burg; E. A. Radley; Rockingham;
June Radley, Rockingham.
The freight train was au extra and
wasaouthbound from Raleigh to Mon
roe. Conduotor Hunter ls nob report
ad hurt and Engineer Bundy is very
slightly injured.
The mall train was No. 44, running
from Oharlobbe. N. C., to Wilming
ton. This train was In charge of Con
Juotor John D. Bowen, formorly of
Raleigh, and a brother of Capt. J. J.
Kowen of tho Southern Express comp
\ny hore. Ho was slightly injured.
Engineer Frank Liwis of Hamlet,
Fireman Thomas Hill of Hamlet, bag
j;agemaster H. S. Byrd of Wilming
ton and Porter Bjgan of Wadesbom
)f theorow of this ill-fated train were
ill killed. Tho baggage oar and eight '
jars of the freight were derailed and
lome of them piled upon other cars
ind orushed to pieces.
Why thc order was not given to thc
pauenger train at Rockingham is not
known, and will he Investigated by the
mperlntendent of the road, lt is salo
that the operator at Rockingham is an
axperlenced man and liss been a faith
ful and oaref ul employe of tho company
tor several years. When news of thc
disaster readied Raleigh Monday night
Superintendent Jenks went Immedia
tely to the scone. A train was made
up and the Injured takon to Charlotte
ia soon as they could he gotten from
tho wreck. Caskets were sent from
Raleigh and othor points to H runlet
Mid Rookington to rooeivo tho bodies
Ot the dead.
Tho Kennon Woy.
Backgammon hoards arc made to
look like books baoanse Eu les, bishop
ot Slolly tried to stamp out backgam
mon in the fifteenth century. Eudes
deolded in 1407 that his clergy devot
ed moro Hmo to backgammon and
ohosB than waa good for their splrtu
rd welfaro, and therefore ordered that
all brckgammon and chess boards In
the Slotllan monasteries should be
destroyed. Tue wily monks only pre
tonted to obey. They hound their
boards in calf, put pious titles on
their backs, and put them on thc
book shelves along with tho monastic
works. Thus lOndcs wassatlslijd and
tho monks nut deprived of their inno
cent gamos, and thus arose the cus
tom of constructing backgammon and
ohoas boards to resemble folios.
I io VD Crn/.oil,
At New York a love lorn Italian,
Salavtor Dovo, ran amuck in West
100th street Wednesday morning and
in trying to shoot ids sweetheart sent
bullets into tho bodies of throe podes,
trlans, two of whom were norlously In
jured. Dove, who was badly In love
with Tharesa Lodito, because she ac
cepted attentions from another man,
Wednesday morning he waylaid her
and llrod shots resulting as stated
above. _
Alliance DlMhandH.
Pursuant to a call Issued by State
.Secretary J. B, Nesbitt of the South
Carolina Warmers Alliance, a meeting
of that organization was held In Co
lumbia Wednesday night, thero hoing
about 16 present. Thc alllanoj ex
change fund having beon distributed
according to an order cf the -supreme
oourt, tho members decided to formal
ly disband, thus ending an organisa
tion that was at one time one of the
most powerful in tim South.
Fatal /V mi oil II i.
A speolal to The Macon Telegraph
from La Grange, CA., says; "This
aftornoon while young Willie Stowart,
in tho employ of tho King Hardware
company, wat1 showing a customer a
ohlsel, he dropped lb in a caso of dyna
mite, oauslng an explosion. Stewart
was killed and sovoral Other men In
bhosboro woro badly hu rb. The stook
of goods valued ab 425,000, was badly
damaged and thu storohouso, Masonic
hall and the Elm Ciby dub rooms, all
overhead, aro badly damaged.
WHERE IS IT?
Ninety-Six Sailors On a Myster
ious Island That
NO ONE CAN LOCATE.
On This Island May bc Living Command*
er ?liinl and the Crew o? the
United State? Man-of-War
That Disappeared Long
Ago.
Hardly a year passes that tho Presi
dent, of tho United States ls not lm
portunod to send forth a naval exped
ition to solve tho most fascinating sea
mystery that cvor oxlstcd-and this
ono has bafilad all inquiry for nearly
half a oontury.
If "Robinson Orusoc" is tho most
absorbing pleoo of sea llotion over
w ribbon, hov/ EUUOh mme interesting
would be tho authentic record of ad
ventures of no less than ninety-six
Robinson Orusoes all oast away on the
same unohartcd island In tho North
Pacifia forty six years ago.
Whenever sea-faring voterans con
gregate to exchango experiences and
reminiscences tho probable fate of
this wholo ship's orew of Ctujoea is a
favorito subj ct for speculation.
"Aye, ayo, Captain," ?ays a griz
zled old second officer of a tramp
steamor, "I remember thu Levant as
well as If I'd Been her oomlu' up the
Hay only yestorday. In those days she
was a mau o' war to bo proud of. The
United States had few staunoher. Tho
wholo crow lost, you say, Bill? Not a
blt of lt. Pitcairn's not the only un
charted Island to show upjuft in time
to save a shipwrecked crew."
"Hight you arc, Mate," saya thc
Captain, "and there's still a patch out
in the Paoitio bouth of 20 north-lati
tude and cast of longitude MC as big
as tho State of Maine that nobody
knows any more about than they do
of the North Polo. You all know
that's about where the Lovant got
caught by thc typhoon back In !(5G."
"That's tho idea, Captain, lt there's
no island in that patch, Bays I, why
hasiuobody ever run aoross the wooden
hull of the. old Levaut, or any of her
fiwatln' Junk?"
T11K T1CL.L-TAL.IC MAINMAST.
"Except nor mainmast thatBtrand
ed on Kaalualu in the Hawaiians,"
says Rill, making a historical oorreo
tion.
"That stranded spar proojr to prove*
what I'm tellln' yo," says tba old
tramp seoond officer. Why was noth
ln' but the mainmast of tho Livant
ever been afterwards? Well, I'll toll
yo. The mainmast wont overboard
whoo tho ty poon fust struck her, an'
laid a clear cmrse for Hawaii. Rut
the officers mangged to keep tho Le
vant'8 nose p'lnted sou' sou'east for
Panama till this here undiscovered ls
land bobbed up, caught her fast on a
ooral reef an' made R ?hlnsou Orusoes
Of everybody aboard."
Snob, in a nutshell, are the possl
bllltles-perhaps, eveu, tho possibili
ties-regarding the fate of the officers
and orew of tho Levant.
Commander William E, Hunt, with
ninety-live officers and men, startod
with the sloop of-war Levr.ut from
lilla, Hawaiian Islands, on Septem
ber 18, 1800, bound for Panama via
the California coast. These wera the
officers under Commander Hunt:
Lieutenants -MoB. S. Porter, E O
Stout, Colville .lorrett and R T. Ho
well. Surgeons-J. S. Gilliam and
William Bradley; Purser, Andrew J
Watson; Master, James C. Mosely;
First Lieutenant of M irlnes, P. L
Browning; Acting Boatswain, Harri
son Edmonstou; Gunner, Ulbert S.
King; Carpenter, John Jarvis; Sail
maker, Charles S Frost.
The official early records of the Le
vant's disappearance are brief, but lu
terestlng and significant. Command
er J. H. Mougomery, United States
Flagship Lancaster at Panama. The
following arc from Montgomery's re
ports to Washington from his flag
ship walting In the Bay of Pinama:
' Nov. 20, 18(50 -1 have recently re
ceived letters from William E. Munt
that thc Levant ls now ready and on
Its way to this port."
"January 31, 18(51-The Saranao
and Wyoming will proceed In search
of the Levant, Lo Hilo and Honolulu
Tho unusual length of time since sail
ing produces serious apprehension for
her safety."
"February 13, 18(51- No word yet.
Hurrlcano last September dismasted
an American clipper, and H. B. M.
linc of battleship G unges had her salis
blown from the yards.
"A letter from Commander Hunt,
dfcted September 3 l.siio, stated he
would start from Hilo In lon or twelve
days, lt ls now known that he sailed
from Hilo September 18, without
chango of purpose to return to this
port."
"February 14, 18(51 Commander
J. K. Mitohell, of tho Wyoming, at
Hilo, report8 his cruise from Panama.
No word, except that Hunt intended
to take thc usual Northern route to
Panama, via the coast to California,
to get thc record of his work bofore
(Jong ress."
"Juno 8, 1801 Thomas Miller, U
S. Consul at Hilo, reports a mast
washed ashore sevonty-Uvo miles from
there, supposed to bo tho main mai t
of the Levan ii. Charles Spencer, Isaac
Nichols and Christopher Baker ex
amlned this mast of yellow pina and
pronounced lt to ho that of tho Le
vant. Part of a lower yard live feet in
clrcumferoi.co at thc slings wav. found
near the mast. Consul Miller and W.
C. Parks, Marshall at Hilo, confirm
this opinion. Baker waB tho pilot who
piloted the Levant In and out of Hilo
harbor, and he had the dimensions of
her masts and sptrs."
A(;T OK UON0U1C88 JULY 24, 18(11,
"Juno il j, 1801, shall bo doomed and
taken to bo the day on which tho
sloop of war Lovant foundered at sea."
This aot of Congress, implying that
tho Levant, having "founelored," waB
irreparably loss with all her orew, fail
ed to draw any curtain of oblivion over
i
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i
tho Incident. The mystery took too
doep*a hold on the Imagination for it
to b- Allowed to sleep, forgotten. Every
natipn whose flag floated over tho
highways of tho North Paol?o saw its
ship:; monaood by tho unknown. Here
was a) \ast area of ocean into wbiob
thelrahlps wore liable to be blown by
swines' which waa absolutoly unknown,
lyinh>Woll oil tho heaton traok of nav
igatt?Jji, and possibly made hazardous
by ti.;t> proRonoo of oharaoterlstlo coral
rcofa abd Island which in tho Pad Ile
are generally so low as not to be visi
ble until a ship is almost upon them.
Th?Vgreater part of this unknown
area exists. It ls to tho south
and c..-.tj of the routo from San Kran
otsco to Australia, and to the south of
all the routes from tho Hawaiian Is
lands t$> Panama and to Callao. Wha
lers b ul explored it only tentatively,
noting Certain islands, some of which
romain>mytbioal to expeditions which
made aystematio soaroh for them.
Theil fr?os t absoluto silero.-, and mys
tory about the disappearance of the
Levanp! especially, as tho years rolled
on, tho fact that no trace of thc
wreofc1 Appeared, beyond tho stranded
mainmast and yard, inspired every
sabina: master traversing those waters
with a' firm belief that the Lovant had
oast hf r crew upon some land, herself
ollnglKg.. fast upon ibo rocks willoh
caught, hor.
Between 1827 and 1830 this un
known vc?lon had been somowhat nar
rowed hy cruises of three British and
ono Anwrloan expeditions. All of these
expeditions reported indications of
shoal water and urged tho need of fur
ther investigations. During sixty
years, '^however, no further progress
was m&je. In 1899 the Fish Commis
sion steamship Albatross traversed
part ofethe doubtful region and re
ported Sobing several lowly lng Islands,
cv.dsntjhjtthe Bamo that exist in wba
ling annals.
One y?iar before tho loss of thc Le
vant Cifttaln John de Greaves, sailing
from Honolulu to Callao, reported the
dhoovcry of au Island at longitude
13.0 and north latitude 17, whicti was
about ilfty feot high and two miles
long. <Tbis island was so near thc
routo of the Levant that if she had
reached that neighborhood lu thc
night she ml?ht easily have beer
w,recke<?,-upon lt.
Tho 'latest effort of the Unltec
States government to dispel the mys
tery o/ V,he Levant was made In 1903
whon President Roosevelt dispatcher,
tho Tacoma out on au expedition o:
diecovjiy, All that the Tacoma dh
was t?j narrow tho unknown regloi
down ?Q an area of about the exten
of the State of Maine. It discovers
no isUud whore there were vls.bl
signs o' a wreok, or which were inbab
Ited. '.'he Tacoma negatively dispos
od <jC -? av?rai island theories, but no
of tL^e -possibility of the exlstonce o
one \ . n whioh tho aged Roblnsoi
Or!' <..'"> Levant rn?? n o** ! b
living: -
O .e of the groat oharaotors of iii
tlon ls popularly supposed to be arnon
these castaways-Phillp Nolan, th
path?tlo hero of Edward Evoret
Hale'f. "Man Without a Country,
whom tho author disposed of aboar
tho Levant. Captain Lawless, 1
writing of his cruiso, mentioned rt
celvlng a letter from thc aged anthe
of that masterpiece in which he sah
"If you have found dear Phil N(
ian, bring him at once to this house
1 will adopt him as my grandfather.
Thc great historical analogy for tl
theory that members of thc crew c
the Lovant are Btill alive on son:
unknown iBland is thc distance i
tlie colony on Pitcairn Island, in tl
South Paollio, these people being d
sccmdantB of the crew of the Bount
which mutinied moro than a centui
ago and were wrecked on that Islan
there to exist for eighteen years b
fore their fate waa discovered ai
made known to the world.
These Bounty mutincss for nearly
score of years were genuino lt )blns<
Crusoes, subsisting wholly upon li
and tho other sea food, the birds ai
animals aud tho fruits whloh the
land afforded.
The Lsvanters were, perhaps, al
to save part of tho wreck of their si!
from which to build buts, and soi
of thc stores, including clothing.
If these old men are now clothed
all must bo with the skins and featlu
of birds, or even woven grasses, or p
haps the woven libre of the outer lu;
of tho oocoanut. lt ls poss!ole th
there wore sccdB aboard the Lova
and that this colony of Crusoes 1
been ablo to cultivate tho soil as
means cf varying their supply of il
birds, eggs, turtles and so on. V
sinly the salvage of the ship's ebro;
meter may stol give timm the tl
of day. As at least a soorc of tb
must have been men of cducatt
doubtless they have kopt diarios wli
contain records of their strange
perleuoes from day to day.
But the mystery of the lost Lev
and lils orow, and also of the great
explored region, ls too fascinating
attempts to solve lt to cease u
every square mlle of those lat!tu
lias boen scrutinized. Even ton yt
from now, If thc fatal Island Is fe
lt is within the possibilities thats?
broken, half savage old men may
rescued to tell civilization tho i
story of tho loss of the Lovant i
of their long and wonderful exile.
Caught Up with.
Anna N dan, a negress, omployoi
Lauderdale Springs hotel, forty rr
from Meridian, Miss., was arrei
Wednesday morning cnarged with
attempt at wholcsalo poisoning ( f
proprietor, attaches and guests of
hotel by placing a quantity of lt )
on Rita lu tho coffee servid Thun
Tho woman had a grievance aga
thc proprietor. Two of tho guost*
reported vory ill from the tt? et
the poison._
bJlopod Willi VVlilto Girl,
Henry Claytcr, tho negro arre
lu Chicago where bo was ahou
marry a white girl with whom
had olopod from Irvington, Ky.,
placed lu the county Jail at Lau rs
for safe keeping. Word was rec?
by tho polloo that a mob was fori
at Irvington to lynch Claytcr.
ORVO lt Up,
Jerry Miller a saloonkeeper of
toi, Tenn., upon recolvlng WOK!
he had fallen hoir to mining p-oi
worth $2.000,000,000 gave lils si
to his barkeeper and announced
ho wot.idnevor soil another drop
intoxicating boverage.
DENATURE ALCOHOL.
Ml I KIM,li!! KIMI H'M AND V130B
TABLiKS AND WASTE STUFF
Can Re Made Into Material for Heat
ing, lighting and Running
Engines.
"The passage of tho denature alco*
hoi bill by Congress at its recent ses
sion is one of the best and most help
ful measures ever gotten through that
body. Many persons do not fully un
derstand tho real help tbat ls to come
from this bill, but when they learn
that denaturod alcohol oan bo used
for the same purpose that gasoline is,
they will understand in a measuro the
great benefits tbat we may reasonably
expect to derivo from it," says Mr.
Sigo Meyers, of Savannah, Ga., who
has glvon tho mattor a great deal of
thought ana his viows on the subject
are of more than ordinary Interest
"I am reliably informed that dena
tured alcohol oan be produoed at a
cost of from 0 to 10 cents per gallon,
and I know that tho processes of mak
lng lt aro not vory ditlioult, and in
faot are in reach of any farmer of or
dinary means. Tnough every farmer
has not Butlloiont quantities of raw
material for making suoh an enter
prise profitable yet in oaoh neighbor
hood there ls a plonty of material
that is wasted every year to make
these plants paying from the veiy
start. Denatured alcohol can bo made
from any fruits, corn and all grain,
sugar cane, potatoes, beets and a doz
en other vegetables.
"It has occured to mo that the best
thing to do with the large surplus
fruit and vegetable orops of the state
would be to convert them into dena
turod alcohol. When this is done we
have at hand the fuel for running our
automobiles, our small power plants,
and instead of burning coal or wood
at high prloo we oan uso our cheap
and inexpensive alcohol for cooking
and lightning, heating purposes and
for many other USOB. 1 should not go
further with this interview before
stating thc faot that denatured alco
hol is poison and oanuot be used as a
beverage any more so than gasoline oi
kcrosoue-In fact, a very small quan
tity taken internally produces r^ath;
hence lt is that no one, no ttor
how religious, could obj'?otto ltb -ian
ufacture as lt positively cannot bc
used as a boversge.
"The passage of this bill was a dl
reot thrust at tho Standard 0.1, which
fought Its enaotment into law with
all of the powerful forces at Its cjm
mand. Tho farmers of tho oountry
\vo*e ti, ':iud the b!ii-4*ud wuw '?hese
horneyhandod sons of toll gavo the
word it went on tho statute books.
Denatured alcohol, you soo, is destin
ed to rob the Standard Oil of a goo ",
deal of the prollts it ls now making
on gasoline. Denatured alcohol will
be used in a thousand different lines
of art, with which chemists and skill
ed artisans are familiar and with
which tho goncral publlo bavo little
idea. Even I know of only a few uses
lt can be put to, even these few de
monstrate thc fact that its uso will
become general In the United States
In a short time.
"1 am of the opinion that it will he
nearly a year before the government I
will bo able to permit thc oponlng of
these plants. In the meantime the
real benefits that may bo expected
from the passage of this bill will he
come tho subject of favorable com
mcut In overy section of tho country,
and when tho govornment ls ready
for opening of theso plants there will
bo a thousand of them ready to begin
business. Commissioner John W.
Yerkes of thc Internal It^vouue Dc
partmcnt, has gone abroad where he
will Btudy tho methods of handling
theso plants by othor governments.
Most, If not all of tho Important for
eign governments do not tax denatur
ed alcohol, and it is said that In Ger
many, for Instance, that lt has been
of great benefit to the small manu
facturer, and that lt lias done a great
deal towards making Germany ono of
the loading manufacturing countries
of the world. I look for lt to have
much tho Bame elloot in tho Uuited
States, and 1 am certain that no seo
tlon of country will be bencllted so
muob from tho ohcap power thus
made possible as will the South.
"lt may bo generally understood
but at this time thc regular alcohol
now In uso ls taxed at tho rate of
about $2 a gallon. Under the bill Just
passed this tax ls entirely removed.
As 1 have stated lt will admit of the
farmer utilizing every sparc ounce of
the fruit and vegetable produces of
tits farm which under tho old law wa?
not permissible, as BO few oould afford
lo pay thc tax to manufacture. In
addition the demand for denatured
alcohol at tho price it liad to bc sold
was BO Inst g (loan t that no ono cared
to manufacture lt. It ls now worth
In tho opon market about $2 60 poi
gallon. When the present bill becom
es of force, nay a year hence, lt will be
.lold at retail around 20 oents per gal
lon and by the barrol at a much small
er price. I look for a new and more
prosperous era of industrial activity
all through tho country, and tho man
who is going tobo the recipient of
the greatest bonellts ls tho sturdy and
hard headed farmor, lu ovory seotlon
of thc country."
Doth ?hot.
Mrs. II. A. Leaptrot was shot and
instantly killed and her husband
probably fatally wounded Thursday
night while sitting on the porch of
their residence near Cherry Valley,
Ark. Tiio shouting wa8 done by
tinco mounted mon who ll red from
the front gato. Tho llvo Woolbright
brothers woio arrostod on tho charge
of complicity. Two yoars ago Leapt
rot killed a member of tho Woolbright
family.
Douhlo . ;i? KOO...
At Marlon, OJ lo, O. G. Johnston,
aged 24, was found doad Wodnosday.
Ten days beforo Johnston quarrolod
with lils sweetheart, Cora White,
as tho rcBult of willoh sho oom mittori
suloldo by taking carhollo add. John
ston also took carbolic acid, and to
make tho end sure turned on the gas,
MANY ABE RUINED
BY BUY INO INI) SELLING COT j ON
How It Buincd a Strong Man Who
Was Immune Against Other
Bad Habits,
A few years ago a certain oapable
lawyer living In a well.known Georgia
town, might well have been selected
as tho one oltlzsn most likely to dis
tinguish himself and reflect honor up
on his oo m rm m tty. He was thirty
live years of ago, happily married, and
modestly boasted that ho did not
know tho taste of whiskey nor tobac
co He owned Din home, and some
good farmB, made a good inoome from
his praotloo, published a county paper,
and discharged efficiently the duties
of couuty school commissioner. Hav
ing b?en a member of the State Sen*
ate, he had had his little fling In poli
ties. As ho had made a good record
in the legislature, and retired with
uncorrupted habits, one might have
conoluded him staunch and safe. Big
of body, he was otherwise big of brain
and big hearted. It seemed to glvo
him pleasure to help tho needy; he
gavo cordially to the support of his
church.
Today that man ls a fugitive from
Justice. Several Ind lot monta oharg
lug embezzlement, oheatlng and swin
dling, forgery and other kindred
crimea yawn as an opon prison door
on the dooket book of his county,
ile dares not face the court where
onoo his eic q lenoe and logic shared
uonors with oho keenest criminal ad
vocate in the state. A strong man
caught in the our rent of tho under
iov?l He was a strong man;
he was a good man; at
the age of thirty-five he did not pos
sess the elements evan of villainy.
Ho had been roared on a farm, and
had wrought his way to prominence
by sheer merit. He was worthy of
all tho confidenoo the people reposed
in him.
What oaused his ruin? Tho mania
to sell and buy ootton futures in a
bucket shop of his town. The same
insidious, strong right arm of the
oe vii which ls blasting more homes
and blackening moro souls in our
South today than tho rum-shops. Ho
knew this current was dangorous.
Others embarking weaker than ho, he
?new must faint, but .-surely with hlB
exp?rience, his lei. al learning, his
sober lifo, ho could trust hlmseh to
steer safely through treacherous
shoals. Serene in his confidence, he
began to play the game. In a small
way at first. The habit grew on him
rapidly.
When losses came larger than his
own fuudB could obver, he could bar
row from tho trust funds In his hands
and no ono should ever know-if he
won and replaced it. Then, lost
again. The game grew desperate.
To g. itt now meant poverty and soae
humiliation. The luok must turn; he
felt the hour had struok to recoup his
loases. Did ho have "nerve" enough
bo aot on his judgment? Yds, he had
nerve; why throw away the golden op
portunity when only a few "conven
tionalities" stood between him and
tho monoy for the stake. Confident
that his time to win had oouao, he
gathered every dollar that he could
borrow by prooos? fair or fou', staked
lt on tho game-and lost. Honor,
reputation, charaotor,-all lostl Per
haps his eternal soul loni I
There remained to him obeloe of
only three sources. Suicide? The
weakling's refuge 1 He v/as young
yet, and a mental collossus. Nu, he
was weakling; he would live. Sur
render? The honest oourse, to be
sure, but he could not make restitu
tion, and without restitution, surren
der meant long and weary years in
prison, and a fag end of lifo beyond
aoaioaly worth while. Plight? Oh,
yes; if he fly far enough and hido
safely he might live as a free man,
perhaps repent, succeed in business
undor a new name, and by and by re
turn what ho had stolen. He fled,
may ho repent, prosper and restore.
Hut why speak of the sad oaso?
Thore'B reason enough when one sees
tho lnoroaslcg numbor of buokot
shops opening up in our cities and
and towns.
Homo Uoud advloo.
At J, ff arson City, Mo., Gov. Jos
eph W. Folk, In addressing tho rotall
merchants of Missouri at their con
vention time, spoke against the mail
order business and favored advertis
ing in town papors. He said, in part:
"We are proud of our splendid oitios,
and wc w*nt them to inoroase in
wealth and population, and we also
want our country towns to grow. We
wish tho city merchants to build up,
but wo also desire tho country mer
chants to prosper. I do not believe In
the mail order citizen. If a plaoe is
good enough for a man to live in and
Lo make his monoy in, it ls good
enough for him to spend his money
In. No merchant oan suooeed with
out advertising in one way or anoth
er. Patronlzo your town papers,
build thom up, and they will build
tho town up and build yon up lnoroas
od trado and greator oppurtunities.
Do not bo afraid that business ls go
ing to bo hurt by rocont exposures ol
wrong doing in thc oommoroial world,
NJ man who ls doing an Inmost busi
ness can bo injured by tho light. All
ousiness will be better for tho oloans
lng procccs it is going thrrugh ant
for tho stamping out of evil."
Tl my Must (io.
At Atlanta ire lower house of tl c
Georgia legislature Wednesday pass
ed what is known as tho Iloykin An
tl Buoketshop bill by a vote of 132 tx
16, af tor the longest debate of thc
present session. The bill prohibit!
all dealings in futures on margin anc
will oloso all bueketshops, oxohanges
eto, in tho state The bill goes tc
tho senate whore it is oxpeoted lt wll
pass?
Foll Overboard,
Waltor Ormond; a prominent law
yor of Atlanta, Ga., foll overboard
from tho Kansas City off the eoast o
North Carolina, on Thursday nigh
on his return from New York to Sa
? vannah, and was drowned, He wa
36 years of age.
TOUGHS FAILED
In an Effort to Make Governor
Qlenn Pardon
i BOWEEY SWINDLER
Who Wan Serving a Sentence In the
North Carolina Penitentiary for
, Working His Rascally Schemes
on Some Citizens of the
Old North State.
A dispatch from Atlantic City,
N. J., says: Govornor Robert P.
Glenn, of North Carolina, discussed ?
guardedly Friday night the report of
his having been held up by a gang of
Tammany men in Now York City and
threatened with injury lt he refused
to Bign a pardon for a Bowery swind
ler, who was serving a sentence In the
North Carolina penitentiary.
The faot that a Governor had been
subjected to suob an outrage has been
suppressed carefully for a year for
fear of oreatlng undesired political
prejudices.
The hold-up episode, as related by
those close to the Governor, oocurred
whllb he was the guest of Tammany
Hall as one of tho orators at the
Fourth of July celebration last Sum?
mer. Governor Glenn and Lieuten-'
ant-Governor Sanders, of Louisiana
anothor guoat, at tho conclusion o
the ceremonies were lu vi ted to Join a
party going to Coney Island.
There was a deliberate effort, ac
cording to the Governor, to get him
drunk, several of tho party being in
toxicated. Tue Governor, however,
had boon diaoreot and was unaffected.
They stopped at Henderson's restaur
ant and wine was ordered.
Soarooly had they seated themselv
es wnen one of the men-a dlstrlot
leador, lt is said-drew rrom his nook
et a legally drafted pardon in favor
of a gold-brlok artist named Halsey
or Halstead, tuen doing time In
Raleigh, North Carolina, but whose
headquarters were between the But
tery and Fourteenth streob.
Thinking tbe Governor was suffi
ciently jovial to sign anything by that
time, the leader remarked:
"Just a favor, Governor. Wo would
like you to sign tnis and let that man
come back to New York."
G J vernor Glenn told the leader that
a petition had been presented to him
last' before ho left homo for that
man's pardon; that he had looked
Into the oose, aud had decided In the
negative. He was sorry, but he could
not reverso himiolf then, evan to
oblige his hosts. The man la reportad
bo havo beoomo ugly, and shouted
that the Governor would nob get out
alive If the pardon was not signed.
Soxie allege tbab a revolver was oraa
d taned,
The Governor rose from the table
and said;
'If I have any friends In this
crowd, 1 wlsu they would oome on this
side of tho table, for there's likely to
bo somotniug doing hero pretty soon."
"I'll standby you Governor," re
sponded Lieutonant-Govornor Sanders.
The remainder of tno party assumed
an attitude of holploss Intoxication.
"Now, gentlemen, do your worst,"
ls tho reportod ohallengo ny Governor
Glenn. "I'll aeo you In noll before I'll
sign that pardon," (
The politicians refused to carry out
the bluff of keeping tho Govornor as a
hostage for tho convict, and he strode
out of the building unmolested.
He returned to his hotel and paid
his own expenses.
Toe gold-brlox swindler died in
prijon a few weeks ago and his wife
applied to the Govornor for parmlssion
td take the body from tho State for
luterment. In recounting her efforts
bo obtain freedom for her Husband she
oonfessed she had arranged to have
the Governor Invited to New York and
so overwuelmod with kindness tnathe
could not deny her a pardon.
"Tho truth of tho matter was this,"
that tho Governor Thursday
night. "After making au address ab
the Tammany meeblng, I went out
with a party of men to soo the town.
They wore not Tammany men so far
as 1 know, bub they did bry to gob mo
drunk.
"Aftorward, I loamed that thoso
men had boen engaged by thc wife
of tho man in our penitentiary to get
me drunk so that I could bo induood
bo sign a pardon.
'Instead of bogging or requesting
me to sign a pardon, they made an
Immediate demand, and thoy were
downright Insolent about it, too.
'Woii, slr, 1 lust ploked up my
hat, turned on my heel aud walkod
?out. I oannot toll you who they
were.".
A Murry lng (Url.
Nob yet 17 years old, but a bride
for tho third time, was tho record
which Clara Minor Duezor Ologg, of
Charlestown, li d , made Thursday
when she became tho wife of II,
Coley, of Louisville, Ky. The girl,
who is wealthy, obtained a divoroo
from William Clogg several days ago
and ber friends wore surprised when
. they learned that she and Coley were
11 married. Mrs. Coley was 14 years old
when she married Charles Dmz jr In
Jefforsonvlllo, Ind., On Novembor 17
1004, sho obtained a divorco from her
husband and a weok lator she beoamo
the wife of Clogg. The couple lived
, I together for about a year, whan they
separated. Mrs. Clogg sued her hus
for dlvoroo and several days ago a do
oree In her favor was issued. Taen
she marled Coley.
? I THO A'rWftllgo TAX,
'j Tho amount of money going to
OUuusou oolloga tnis year from the
privilege tax has broken all previous
records, Up to date it amounts to
. 1140 000.04. This is a muon larger sum
11 than has ever before been collected
from tho privilege tax. Of course itdoes
b I not represent all the income for Clem
son oolloge, as that institution ia ter
B j unate In having other sources ot la*
oome.