The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 25, 1894, Image 1
l VOL. IX
| SEIZURE OF BONDED WHISKEY.
JTHK ltESUI/T OF HIS VISIT.
il Governor Tillman Tolls About His lie*
I J coot Trip to Washington.
I Tho dispensary law has raised a
J question iu which thero seems to bo a
( conflict between Federal aud State authority.
Under tho law in tl'La State
dlstillod spirits in tho custody of the
United States iu bonded warehouses
I belonging to parties who violated tho
provisions of tho dispensary law by
soiling thom within tho Stato aro declared
to bo a nulstywc, and on conviction
the Stato aro authorized
to scizo and contiroato such liquors.
Governor Tillman has proposed in such
cases to pay tho tax to tho government
and seize the spirits, which was not
agreed to by tho revenue authorities in
South Carolina. Tho Governor inado
u visit last week to Washington in regard
to this matter, and on his return
lie gavo tho following account of tho
trip and its results :
"I accomplished all I went for, and
that wus to prevont any conflict of
authority or friction botween tho Fedoral
and State authorities. I found
Commissioner Miller vory anxious of
co-operating with me in the matter.
There is somo doubt in his mind as to
whether ho has authority to allow tho
State to soizo liquor in a distillory
warehouse and pay tho tax on it. The
quostiou lias never boon raised boforo
and thero is no judicial decision along :
this line. The no have been cases of
shorifTs att?ny#i.ng to soi/.o liquors and i
imported gooos in bondod warehouses
unuer warrants for tho collection of
debts and tho courts have held that
this was not permissible. Until the
passage of the last revenue law, tho
Wilson act as amended by the Sonato,
liquor in warehouses was held under
certificates, which wore used in tho
markets and any one holding the cor- j
titicato was considered tho owner and I
could pay tho tax and remove it. Congress,
for some reason, changed tho
phraseology and tho law now provides
that the tax must be paid by tho distiller,
and under a strict construction
k no ono else is allowed to do it, not oven
I an administrator or executor.
"I contended that the government
% only hold tho liquor for the purpose of
securing the tax ; that tho State's right
to polico liquor within its bordors,
whether manufactured or imported,
was unquestioned. Tho Supremo Court
in any number of decisions, concedes
this in tho most emphatic lauguago,
and tho Wilson act of 1890. tho last
legislation by Congress on the subject,
also concedes it.
"Tho commissioner will submit tho
kp matter to tho Attorney General, whose
* "opiuiou will govern of course until the
Legislature and Congress meet. Tho
whiskey in question will bo proceeded
against and judgment obtained, if the
evidence will warrant, and it will not
bo allowed to be removed from the
warehouso until the matter is finally
determined. I have no doubt that the
polico power of tho State, which differs
from tho attompt to seize for tho
purpose of collecting a debt, will reV
coivo recognition at tho hands of the
Federal authorities, and if the law is
(f at present defectivo so as 1o permit
this, it will be amended when Congross
moots. It may become necessary for
tho Legislature to pass an act to provide
for tho licensing of stills in this
State and the control of tho output by
tho State officers. Ono thing is very
certain, the illicit salo of liquor at disE^MMtilleries
will bo stopped."
liquor in question was seized at
in Edgefield County, and Gov-1
jPTillman expects to got it and
it sent to tho dispensary.
.'ig0 THE VIEWS OF COMMISSIONER j
MILLER.
A Clear and Strong Statement of the
Government's Posit ion?An Early
Decision Desired by Dot It Parties.
Tho following is the letter of Commissioner
Miller concerning tho question
at issue betweon the State and
p Foderal governments as to the jurisdic
. , uon 01 eacn in tna^niorcomont or the
l ' ^ftouth Carolina djRynsary law. Soc1?etary
Carlislo hajfcrorwarded thie let*pr
to the Attorney General and ro^^ruostod
his opinion :
^ Washington, D. C., Oct. 16, 1804.
Hon. John G. Carlisle, Secretary of
the Treasury : '
Sir: I onoloso herewith a letter
,? from Governor Tillman of South Carolina,
and a printed copy forwarded by
him of the State dispensary law, and
I have tho honor to request that the
same may bo submitted to tho honorable
Attorney General for his opinion
as to the course which should be taken
by this office in tho event of seizures
by Stato officers for confiscation, under
Ptno dispensary law, of distilled spirits
depositoi in distillery bonded warehouses
under tho internal revenue
laws.
It is proper to stato that the natural
effect of acquie^hnce by this office in
tho courso propfwxl to bo taken would
bo the probable complete destruction
of tho bonded warehouse system within
the State; the consequent cessation of
the business of manufacturing distilled
spirits under tho internal revenue
laws, and the loss to the United Statos
of further income from that source.
^ Tho dispensary law, it appears, has
been construed by tho Stato Supreme
Court as not absolutely prohibiting tho
iiuiuuutcburu utin Httiu in umi/iuuu ?|>irits.
But it appears also that under
the law a distiller in the State cannot
sell his product to private persons within
the State, nor, if I rightly apprem
u hend tho provisions of tho third seclion,
to pi ivato persons to ho shipped
out of the State, hut only to the State
cominlssionQ^tt^ to persons outside of
the State arjK^ier regulations which
would seriously inconvenience the shipper.
Undor such restrictions there
would hardly bo any further lawful
production of distilled spirits within
tho State. No distiller would be willing
to produce an article to bo sold
only on compulsion to a single purchaser
and at the pHoe fixed by him.
Tho question is broadly presented
whether a State can so legislate as incidentally
to deprive the United States
of one of its declared sources of reve
P sue, and it appears to rao a proper
matter for tho. consideration of the
highest law officer of the governroonj^
The Suprome Court in McCullouglpf^:
Maryland, 4, Wheat, 316., deo*1 ^
that 44 the Statos havo no dp^ j * *
taxation or otherwise, tox
podo, burden, or in any manner control
the operations of the Constitutional
laws enacted by Congress to carry into
effect tho powers vosted in the national
government."
In Hannibal and St. J. R. It. Co., vs.
Ilusen, 95, U. S., 465, it was hold that
" noithor tho unlimited powers of a
Stato to tax, nor any of its largo police
powers, can bo exorcised so as to work
a practical assumption of tho powers
conferred by tho Constitution upon
Congress."
And in numerous other cases it lias
beon held to tho same effect.
On tho other hand, in such cases as
tho Boston Boer Co. vs Massachusetts,
97, U. S., 25, tho right of tho Stato to
absolutely prohibit tho manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors was
u phold.
Applying what appears to bo tho established
law to the present case, it
would sooni that whilo tho State of
South Carolina has tho right, in tho
exercise of its police power, to prohibit
tho manufacture of and traillc in
distilled spirits within tho Stato, it
is doubtful if it has a right, without
prohibiting tho manufacture or traffic,
to practically take possession of tho
business in all its details and carry it
on, and through its own agencies, for
its own profits, thus perhaps forc'ug
tho United States to surrondor tho income
derived by the source heretofore
rolied upon. It follows, of course, that
if one State may do this, all muy, and
tho police power of the States will have
boon "so exorcised as to work a practical
assumption of tho powers of Congress,"
and, to "impede, burden and
control tho operation of its laws."
You will note that tho Governor proposes
to recognizo tho lien of tho United
Statos upon tho spirits in tho
warehouses for tho taxes duo thereon,
and to pay tho same. Tho law (sec-1
tions 48 and 50 of tho act of Congress, |
August 28, 1894) limits tho rignt of
withdrawal of spirits from tho warehouse
to tho distiller himself. Tho
State now proposes to personate tho
distiller. Such authority has boon denied
by United States courts to State
| officers. Seo McCullough, Jr., vs Henry
Largo, U. S. Circuit Court, Western
district of Pennsylvania, at tho May
term, 1884?Justieo Bradley of tho Supremo
Court concurring.
It is to bo observed also that it frequently
happens that a distiller is indebted
to the government in a sum
j greater than the tax upon tho spirits
thomsolves then in warehouse. Such
indebtedness is, by section 3,251 of tho
j Revised Statutes, doclared to bo a lien
(.upon the property and rights to prop]
erty of tho distiller. Taking spirits by
I tho Stato in the manner proposed
might easily impair, if not destroy,
the ability of the government to eollect
| itH debt.
For my own guidance I wish to be
[ particularly advised whether or not I
nuiy lawfully consent to permit the
withdrawal of spirits in bonded warehouses
in tho State of South Carolina
upon seizure therein by the State and
tender of tax to tho collector, or upon
judgment of forfeiture by tho State
court.
Governor Till man peisonally requested
yesterday an early reply to his inquiry.
U.o was told, however, that
the matter is under consideration and
will be disposed of us soon us possible.
Respectfully yours,
Jos. S. Miller, Com.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. ,
A Brother'# Bullet Caused the Tragic
Death of a Good Matt.
The doath in Charleston last week
of Capt. B.. F. McCabo marks tho end
of estrange double tragedy the first aot
oT which occurred about four weeks'
ago at MeClellanville, a small settlement
in Borkoloy County.
Capt. McCabp was a bright, pushing,
energetic and public spirited capitalist.
Very few peoplo outside of his inimtateB
l:new that ho had a brother, George
McCabo, who had been living in Texas
lor yearn, ana sun iowor Know oi his
return to this State. As a mattor of
fact, ho did roturn some months ago,
and was placed in charge of the plantations
of the Borkeloy Land Company,
of which his brother Frank was the
president, and which owns vast tracts
of land in Berkeley County, much of it
purchasod from the State at delinquent
tax sales.
The first act of the tragedy occurred
during tho latter part of September.
It seems that Captain McCabe
went out to tho stock farm, and
upon approaching tho house occupied
by his brother, Mr. Goorgo W. McCabo,
was greeted by tho report of a gun,
and a load of shot tore his coat on tho
right side. A second shot was fired,
and Captain McCabo received several
buckshot in his loft arm. Ho then retreated
and hid behind a cabin. His
brother wus about to follow him, but
was turned back by a colored mun who
lived in tho cabin. Mr. Georgo McCabe
then went into his house again, and
when nextseenwas dead having taken
a dose of strychino, probably rightaftor
the shooting. Nothing more is known
of tho incident of tho death of Georgo
McCabo.
Frank McCabo, after a very painful
journey, was taken to the city, and for
sorno time it was thought that his
wounds were not of a serious charactor.
Within a day or two of his death however,
blood poison developed and mortification
of the arm sot in, when it
was too lato to perform an amputation.
Thero are rumors that Georgo McCabo
was at one timo confined in an
insane asylum, but ho had been living
in Texas for a number of years, and
came to suporintond the stock farm in
Borkolov onlv a fow month* slcm It.
had been feared boforo this last sad occurrence
that his mind was affected,
and his conduct would seem to bo convincing
that ho was totally unaccountable
for his actions.
Prank McCabe was vcr^ popular.
Ho was a graduato of tlio Citadel Academy
and served in the war with the
cadet corps. After the war ho was
captain of the Irish volunteers and at
one timo president of the Hibernian
society. Ho was a large investor in
all the industrial enterprises started
in the city and was very gonorous in
nis contributions to charitablo purposes.
His age was forty-sevon years.
W. A. Neal, Superintendent
I Vtr CcKooitentiary, i9 making his annuo
berlui'ii OP the fa ns and rook quarn
\ yt?to w^loh employ conNoXii-'
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CONWAY, S. C.
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RESCUED FROM THE MOB.
BLOODY ltlOT IN AN OHIO TOWN.
Three M(>ii Killed niul Others Woundcd
in Saving a Worth loss Wretch ?
The Negro tlrute Taken Away Under
lleuvy Military Kscort.
Washington, c. 11., Ohio, October
IS.?Jasper Dolby, the negro who assaulted
Mrs. Mary C. Bird noar here
several days ago, eonfessod the deed
yesterday, and was tried during the
day and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.
Last night a mob of 2,(HK). infuriated
citizens advanced on the jail and were
fired on by the troops guarding the
structure. Three mombors of tho
mob fell dead at tho first fire and
eight or ton were wounded. The dead
are Smith "Welsh, aged 18 ; Jess July,
aged 25, and Mack Johnson.
Tho encountor between tho mob and
tho troops seemed only to inconso tho
populuco, ar.d for several hours
pandemonium ragod in the little town,
and it looked as if tho enraged people
would overcome the soldiers, and eapturo
tho prisoner. Uoiri force merits
were hurried horo from Columbus and
Cincinnati, and quiet was linally restored.
The first regiment of Cincinnati
and three additional companies of the
furtecnth regiment, 125 men and two
Gatling guns, arrived here at .'1:15
o'clock this morning The men wore
formed at the depot and marched to
the court house where the Columbus
companies and the one from this place
woro already formed. The train,
which was a special, was hold and the
troops escorted Dolby to the train.
Thnrw no mnt.ni'iat ilmtinnut mi l i/m
.. ?U.?V.JUW.UW,UU,
the crowd having thinned out.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OK T11E TKACJKDY.
Anothor account from Washington
C. II. aaya : " The special grand jury
was impaneled, the negro indicted,
and ho was taken from the jail to the
court house, tried and sentenced to
twenty yours imprisonment in the pontentiary
about as quick as it takes to
write it. The militia companies formed
at the west sido of the court house,
whilo the sheriff and deputy James
Busiek, went to the jail for the prisoner.
The wost ontranco to the court
houso is about forty feet from a rear
sido door of the jail, and there are high
stops loading to tho former. A thousand
pcoplo had gathered in tho court
house yard to angrily protest against
thoicoursojof leaden-heeled justice. A
thousand people witli curses and imprecations
vowed that Dolby should
never bo taken past thorn up tho high
steps to the hall. The sheritf and his
deputies dind already emerged from
the jail door, when tho acknowledged
leader of tho crowd, Henry Kirk, who
married Mrs. Bird's sister, rushed
toward the trembling wretch, protected
by the sworn officer of tho law,
and breaking through tho thin ranks
of the stalwart guards, seized the
culprit with a hand of iron, (^nlck as
a iiash the musket of a soldier was
swung with great force and Mr. Kirk
was dealt a blow in tho faco. Tho
angry crowd surged madly forward
and in the rush swept one soldier boy
around tho corner and away from his
company, but he quickly returned, to
his post. The curses and imprecations
of tho thoroughly maddened
crowd grew in volume and?the wrotched
prisoner trembled like an aspen.
The prisoner weakened visibly and he
had to bo supported. Co}! Coit rallied
jjis mcq for a supreme ell'ort and (he
prisoner was almost, carried -up >?c
stc.DM And iritn oniii?th<?iun Vh.-,,..,
was then a scencc of intense oxcitement.
Men, armed with .&t,avos and
every form of woapon, rushed blindly
almost into the bayonets of tho soldiers,
and some eo far forgot themselves as
to rush almost on tho troops. Deputy
Busick and Detective Caldwell held
tho prisoner between tjiom, and noither
forgot his nerve. Henry Kirk, frantic
with rage, rushed down an alley;for
surgical aid, presently returning wit.li
a hugo 'nsier over' his face. His
friends, dressed farmers, and even
business i.. n of this city, rallied at
his approach, and there wore hoarse
erics or " Wo will got him yet!" "It's
a long wuy to tho depot!"
Col. Colt, commanding tho troops,
stopped on the steps of tho court houso
and warned tho excited people to disperse.
His words fell on deaf ears.
Turning to his men, ho shouted,
"Load . Thore was a uniform clicking
of hammers, and every soldier prepared
his woapon for trouble. The
startled crowd foil back a few stops,
and several of tho moro timid rushed
for tho corqors. They rallied almost
immediately and closed in, but tho
soldiers held thorn back. Once up to
tho third floor of the court houso and
Into tho room whore tho trials are
hold, Dolby was soon legally declarod
a criminal. At exactly 3:52 o'clock ho
was led into tho court room, und in three
minutes he was sentenced to twenty
year's imprisonment, ten days in each
year in solitary confinement.
f4hDPt.lt/ m'ulnirrhl A /I *?* #* ?*
-?? ??v.j mi wt lujuiitk ii u ivujuiauu
Genoral Howesecurod telephonic communication
with Major JohnC. Speaks,
of the Fourteenth regiment, surrounded
in the court house at Washington
C. H. by the mob. Major Speaks said
the mob about the court house and jail
seemed to bo as largo as over, but not
so noisy and defiant. lie was informed
that anothor largo crowd had collected
at tho railway station evidently
awaiting the arrival of more troops.
The wisdom of arranging it so that all
the detachmonts should arrivo at tho
satno time was now apparent and
orders were sent to tho officers of tho
different commands to effoct a meeting
at some distance from town. Major
Sneaks said tho troops at the court
House would he able to hold it against
tho mob, notwithstanding that it was
known that an attempt would bo made
by a volloy of musketry. The mob
seemed to bo without leaders of courage
or it would bo equal to almost anything.
Fayotte County is settlod by farmors
and tho region is distinctively rural.
Thoro are no largo cities in it, Farming
and stock raising is almost the only
occupation. That a mob so bold and
per sistent should be mettherois a surprise
to the Stato millitary officers.
Nover have tho mining rogien?( which
we.'o supposed to contain all tho worst
olomonts of the State's population, produced
a mob that equaled this onoin
dogged tenacity of purpose and boldness.
J-gS -SVIIIIIVAL AT OOLUMltUS.
KB 10 reus, Ohio, October 18.?Tho
wlfVwRrain bearing 8horiff Cook |
vrp
, THURSDAY, OCTOI
and Deputy Sheriff Dostwlok, of
Fayette County, with tho negro rapist
prisoner, William Dolby, alias Jasper,
In custody, arrived hero at 7 o'clock
this morning. Tho train boro also six
companies of tho fourteenth rogUnbnt
?all IocaI companies?tho remainder
of tho troops being left at Washington.
Tho train was stopped near tho
State prison and tho shorilT and his
deputy, with tho prison in custody,
walked hurriedly and unguarded to
tho .main cutruuco, and in a fow
moments Dolby was behind tho great
stone wall of tho penitentiary, where
ho will spend tho next twenty years
of his life at hard labor.
(Juito a largo crowd was collected at
the oontral station to see tho prisoner
and wOro diKitnm?intoil In ?n? inilu
soldiers when the train drow in. The
crowd was a curious ono, however, and
noviolonbo to the prisoner would have
boeii attempted if ho had boon brought
to the station in the train
Tho trip from Washington C. II.
was without incident. Tho mob was
easily controlled when tho roinforcomcnts
of the military arrived at 11:30 a.
in. They gathered In little knots, but
olTcrcd no resistance. Tho prisoner
was at once taken from tho jail and
placed upon the train and the journey
was begun. Col. Colt did not order
tho cartridges taken from the rides
until a coal flchuto two ratios north of
Washington C. II. was passed, as
ShorilT Cook feared an attack on tho
train plight bo made, but tho train was
jiot molested.
Governor McKinlev arrived from
Cincinnati at 8 o'clock this morning,
and after a consultation with ShorilT
Cook, of Kay otto County, and rocoiving
a nuinbor of telegram from prominent
citizens of Fagotto County, ordered all
the troops remaining on duty at Washington
C. II. to their homos. lie says
he is assured that thero will be no
further lawlessness.
l'OPK'S wgikcy budget.
Governor Tillman's Alleged Usurpnnation
of'Powei?The way a Cun<liduto
Sees It.
Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry,
lias established hcadquurtors in Columbia,
whore he proposes to remain
until after the election. He is confident
of success and thinks he is steadily
gaining votes. lie issued tho following
manifesto last week in regard
to tho dispensary :
"I have recently read tho dispensary
act of 18SK1 closely. Section li of tho
act roads as follows : 'The Governor,
the Attorney General and tho Comptroller
General, shall, ox ofllcio, constitute
a State hoard of control to carry
out tho provisions of tliisact.' Section
3 gives tho Governor authority to
appoint at tho expiration of tho term
or the present commissioner (seo the
connection between tho acts of 185)2
and 185)2) and every two years thereafter
a commissioner, etc.,' tho appointment
to 1)0 approved by tho Sonato.
Tho same section gives to tho
commissioner tho right to purchase all
supplies, etc., subject to such rules and
regulations us may bo made by the
State board of control ; makes him
subject to removal by tho State board
of control, and makes him a Suite
otlicor. All rules and regulations governing
said commissioner in the performance
of any of tho duties of his
otlleo shall be prescribed by the State
board of control, etc. I fail to lind in
reading said act, any duty devolving
specifically upon the Governor, more
than any other law carries witli it.
TbtvGovernor is a member ex officio of
several boards?tho penitentiary, the
asylum, etc. His duties as such are
simply those of any other member of
them. Tho majority controls and
what is done is executed by tho
proper olllcers and not by tho (Jovor
nor. 1 no Buperintonuent or tno ponltontiary
carries them out for that inittitution,
tho superintendent of tho
asylum for that institution, and by
parity of reasoning, Mr. Traxlcr should
do so for tire dispensary.
"If tho law had intended that tho
Governor alone siiould manage tho dispensary
it would huvo said so, but it
doos not say so, for it puts two others
on tho board with him, all of them ex
otlicio members. It means that a majority
of the board shall govern ; shall
say v/hat Mr. Traxler shall do. The
Governor has usuroed power which
does not belong to him. lie admitted
during tho canvass that ho did so
when lie said that ho did not consult
tho other members about reopening
the dispensary.
" Ho has no more right to issue orders
with regard to tho disponsarv
than ho has with regard to the nenitontiary
and tho asylum; ho is but a
simplo mombor of all those boards, and
has only the authority that any othor
member has. Tho board, I suspect,
has not had a meeting until last week
in many months. All that has been
done of his own motion then is illegal,
unlawful, and is a usurpation of powor
that does not belong to him. South
Carolina has never had but one lawful
dictator, John Iiutlodge, and the powor
was given him during tho revolutionary
war when the State was overrun
Vjy an enomy, and when it was impossible
from tlio vory nature of things to
call the Legislature togothor. Governor
Tillman has as much right, and it
is as muohhis duty, to issue a proclamation
or an order, .carrying out the
provisions of any other law, as ho has
as to the dispensary.
" Has ho (iono It? Then why does
ho single out this law to bo enforced
at this time? Is it to destroy the
peace and harmony of our pooplo for
political effect? Ts it an attempt to
bring back thoso Koformors who hnvo
left the fold becauso of rings9 He
has sworn to oxccutjo the laws in mercy,
not in a torrorl/.ing, vindictive
manner, calculated to frenxv the men
and frighten the women anu children.
Let it bo remembered that when tho
dispensary was closed many of tho constabulary
went home, under instruct.ons,
it was said, to opon illicit barrooms
for the purpose of proving that
prohibition did not prohibit. Whnn
tho Suprome Court decided the act of
1802 unconstitutional, was it not as
much tho Governor's duty to issuo a
proclamation to prevent tho sale of
whiskoy, as it is now to carry out tho
dispensary? Thon why is it that ho
failed to do anything thon, and now
i usurps authority that doos not belong
to him ?"
?South Carolina now has twelve
daily papers?Ave morning and seven
afternoon publications.
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jer 25, 1894
THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.
ANNUAL llKl'OllTOKTllKSUlMJU.
1NTENDKNT.
H ow Muoh Monev Is Spout for the
Free SohOolH?Valuable Information i
tor the People.
Special to the Nowh and Courier. 1
CoIjUMIJIA, October 17.?The report
of the Superintendent of Kducation <
this year will bo particularly Interest- <
ing in view of the possible Constltu- 1
tlonalConvention. If a convention is (
hold it is avowed that there will be I
some important changes in the school I
laws of the State. Mr. May Held has I
written to the census bureau to got I
such statistics as will facilitate him in
showing the relative amount that goes ,
to the colored school children. Until ]
these tables are made up it will be interesting
to note that the returns show j
how much has been paid by the various ,
counties for the salaries of teachers, j
The public school account for HRlnrl. u
has been :
Abbeville $13,902 48
Anderson 13,027 27
Harnwell 13,545 00
Beaufort 7.102 00
Charleston 00,021 00
Chester 10,212 00
Chesterfield 3,920 32
Clarendon 0,224 00
Colleton 11,187 30
Darlington 8,220 71
Edgefield 14,130 03
Fairfield 10,014 05
Florence 0,598 oi
Georgetown 2,.">^i 13
(Ireenville 21,122 43
Hampton 0,493 88
LCersnaw 8,440 17
Lancaster 0,950 51
Laurens 17,293 53
Lexington 7,.">n; 24
Marion 10,101 08
Marlboro 0,510 92
Newberry 11,250 34
Oconee 4,972 27
Orangeburg 22,720 98
Pickens 3,409 42
Kichland 20,920 20
Sumter 15,990 81
Union 0,082 25
York 21,837 51
Another table shows the wretchedly
poor salaries that are paid tho touch- ^
era in thin State. How some of the ^
teachers manage to get along 1b re- 1
markable. In many oases they got ad- 3
ditional support from tho parents of '
tho children. The reports hIiow tho '
average salaries per month to be :
Male. Female
Abbovillo $25 00 $15 00 (
Anderson 20 00 20 00
Barnwoll 35 00 25 00 *
Beaufort 30 02 30 02 '
Charleston 02 33 41 00 *
Chester 20 00 10 15 J
Chestorfield 25 50 22 00 j
Manning 10 <>,'> Hi 05 '
Walterhoro 25 60 25 50 |
Darlington 30 (K) 20 00 *
Fair Held 23 83 25 12 '
Florence 20 00 20 00
Ceorgetown 20 00 18 00 i
Greenville 23 oo 24 oo i
Hampton 10 50 10 50 t
Kershaw 21 50 10 21 t
Lancaster 24 00 20 00 t
Lexington 23 (Ml 10 75 t
Marion 27 00 22 00 1
Marlboro 24 07 24 07 s
Newberry 25 50 17 08 t
Oconee 10 25 10 25 1
Orangeburg 20 25 21 12 v
Dickons 20 30 22 34 1
Columbia 22 58 10 13 r
Sumter 30 00 30 00 r
Williamsburg 17 50 17 50 t.
Yorkville....!. 14 .r?U 18 00
It will bo ?oen that in only three
counties do tho fomalo teachers gel
more salary than tho tnalo teachers,
while in eleven countlos they both got
the same, in olovon men got more and
nix counties aro not reported.
Tho following tablo shows the total
number of teachers employed in tho
Stato :
Mule. Fomalo
Abbovillo 77 135
\nderson 72 96
Hern well 49 80
Beaufort 41 43
Charleston 11 102
Chester 54 77
Che?terfleld 33 16
Clarendon 41 68
Colloton 55 59
Darlington 34 49
Edgefield 84 166
Fairfield 40 62
Florence 30 .32
Georgetown 53 32
Greenville 9-4 127
Hampton 34 60
Kershaw 31 50
Lancaster... 54 38
Laurons 98 84
Lexington 65 29
Marion 106 49
(viariooro c>t> 26
Newberry 61 71
Oconee 41 (12
Orangeburg 120 75
Pickens 50 41
Kichland 42 56
Sumter 48 80
Union 87 26
Williamsburg 55 50
York 80 09
Ono of the tables that will be used In
the report will show how many children
are instructed in the various
branches. It is particularly noticeablo
how few children in some of the countios
are studying tho history of South
Carolina. The table shows that branch
to bo studied by the following number
of ehildron in each of tho counties :
Abbeville, 580; Anderson, 278 ; Burnwoll,
442; Beaufort, 200; Charleston,
86; Choster, 458; Chesterfield, 9; Clarondon,
601; Colleton, 200; Darlington,
947 ; Edgefield, 1,022; Fairfield, 250;
Florence, 648; Georgetown, 245 ; Groonvillo,
680; Hampton, 50; Kershaw, 225;
Lancaster, J213; Laurens, 242; Lexington,
593 ; Marion, 288 ; Newberry, 457 ;
Oconee, 147 ; Orangeburg, 917; Pickens,
74; Kichland, 695; Sumter, 1,109; Union,
382; York, 534.
?Sho had mot him for tho first time ]
that ovoning at a function, and half <
an hour or so later, when somo one of the <
party rathor doubted a story he had >
told, ho appoalod to her. 44 You don4t <
think I'd tell a lie do you?" ho askod .
in a somewhat tender strain. 44 Woll," j
she replied, cautiously, 441 don't know)
What business aro you in ?" i
?44 Woll, Kdith, how do you like go- <
ing to school ? Is your teacher nice V" i
44No, I don't liko hor one bit! She ;
put mo in a ohalr, and told me to sit <
tbero for the presont; and I sat and i
sat and sat, and she never gave me a <
prosont."
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HTATM NKWS IN RKIKF.
Interesting Not oh from Various HourCOM.
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?Govornor Tillman has purchased a
plantation in a mile of Kido Spring,
On tho Churlotto, Columbia and An- ll
gusta Uailroad, whore ho will make s
his future houio.
?Constable McLendon, who was a 0
central Uguro in tho Darlington (11111jultv,
was in Columbia one day last
week and spent most of his time in the a
Sovernor's ollleo. Ho is looking very k
badly, and has suffered a groat deal y
from tho wounds ho received at Darlington.
His case will soon come up (,i
for trial. v,
?Col. .las. G. (liblKJS, State land It
igont, will conduct a largo sale of State
ands at Charloflon on the J.'lrd inst. g
Arrangements have boon made with -f1
die railroads for cheap tickets for all j,
who wish to attend tho sale. The
State will offer from 00,000 to 100,000
lores of land. The land will bo sold J*
it very low prices.
?Tlioso who contemplate making tI1
exhibits at tho State Fair should send
n their entries by November 1st, so
'.hat there will lie no trouble about. 111
?ing thorn on tho books. If Is not notossary
that tho things on to rod should jl
io sont to Columbia at this tlino, but
.he entries can bo sont to Col. T. W.
Elolloway of Poniaria, S. C. O
?Capt. Harvey Drummond, living a H)
nilo or two from Switzor's, had his (
mtton gin, corn mill, wlioat mill and .V
aw mill all burned last weok. There
vas very little insuranoo on tho property
destroyed. The lire is supposed
-o iiavo origintcd in tho cotton giu.
rho loss outside of tho cotton and cot- 011
.on seed burned amounted to $2,500 or
CJ,000. Hi
?Secretary Carlisle has asked Atorney
General Oluoy for an opinion on
lie constitutional question involved in
tarrying out tho dispensary law in l"
South Carolina in cases of dispute bo- M
ween tho United States and the State m
UHniulu .... ?." ' " 1 ' '
....v.o.a uu ?..V, UVbllDIUII 1>: ll(|lllir 11(31(1
ii United States bonded warehouses M
icing seized for violation of the State vt
lolice ordinances. fo
?Mrs. Ella Robinson, tho wife of T.
J Robinson, who is editor of the of
'ooplo's Journal, died at her homo b?
lear Pickens on the 15th inst., aged .'lb
rears. She bad boon in feeble health tr
or some time. Mrs. Hobinsou was a t<
oving wife, a fond mother, and bad pi
iron a consistent and devoted member ai
if the Methodisteburcb since the early le
lays of young womanhood. w
?The Greenwood correspondent of
.ho Newberry Voice writes as follows: hi
1 Miss Susie Davenport, of Groonvillo
"Jounty, is visiting her sister, Mrs. el
\lonzo ller, of Greenwood. Miss g?
davenport bears the distinction of be- hi
ng the smallest woman in tho State, it:
she is a grown woman, .'i ft. and <1 m
indies high, and weighs 7ti pounds. C
iho wears a No. 12 child's shoe." U
?Tho Hampton and Hranchvillo U
mil road runs from Hampton court
louse, a distance of fourteen miles, in- hi
o the linest farming and timber eoun- ri
ry in tho State, and it is intended to to
ininplete it to Hranchvillo about six- in
eon miles from the present terminus, w
Ivory mile of the road has been built w
o far by Senator Mauldin, of (lamp- ti<
on, who has the largest planing mill )
n South "Carolina along tho line. V i
vus originally intended simply for i ^ |?
muling of timber to Hampton fori 1J 11
nent over the Port Royal RoadJA. J i, tj]
low hauling not only timber, h i'p
y of cotton. ^lt" fi
?Tho Columbia State says there are w
irovislons in tho Dispensary law of $1
vbicb but few seein to know and that tli
Jovernor Tillman is making prepara- or
ions to enforce them rigid I v. These fr
irovislons, it is believed, will make it Tl
intirely possible for him to enforce
he law against overy man caught
lolling liquor, for man once caught U1
ellling liquor can be placed in'suona ,,,
xisition ttiut he will oitber have to
ton or else serve a term in tho county m
ail or the State Penitentiary, from p(
vhich punishment no amount of mo- Ul
icy will bo able to save him. It will w
mt bo a matter for a jury, but any ^
:irouit judge can put him behind the ]a
iars. Vl
?Governor Tillman has accepted an
nvitation to uddress tho Reformers of
'airlield County at a mass mooting to .
ie hold at Ridgeway. As is known .
.hero will bo two tickets in the field in !r
.hat county at tho ooming oloction,
ind Governor Tillman has boon called (.:<
ipon to urge tho Reformers to
itand to their guns. It is said that 111
Senator Irhy has also boon invited and
or Homo reason it has boon suggosted
.hat Dr. Sampson Popo will lie there .M
A) have a word or two to say. Tho '
neoting will be hold at Ridgeway on
,ho 27th of this month and overy efort
is being made to got out a? large a|
i crowd as possible. ei
?Tho case against Dispensary Con- Y
itablo E. G. Mussey for the murder of hi
Jiawford Hallow near Wolford was Si
,ried last week at Spartanburg. At qi
.he conclusion of the State's testimony, ti
ipon motion of tho defendant's eoun- S
lol, Judge Eraser ruled out tho evi- b;
lonco of J. H. Moore, who testified that 1?
Vlassoy had acknowledged to him tho S
iring of tho fatal shot, and refused to c<
illow tho Solicitor to introduce any hi
urthor ovidence to identify Musaey as r<
,ho party who committed tho offense
iharged. After this ruling no evidonco
omained to connect Massey with tho
diooting, and the jury were instructed
A) return a verdict of not guiltv. .
?The case Against Thos. B. Valines hl
'or killing William Bishop nearly a
/our uko was tried at Spartanburg last y1,
vook. This homicide took place at a
talo near Gowonsville. and there was
t large crowd present. Some of them '{.
irrlved drunk and othors soon l>ecame '
n similar condition. There was a free V
piarrol going on during tho day and
pistols were drawn now and then, it
was late in the afternoon before tho
tilling began. Two men, i'arrls and w
Fisher, wero killed. Caimos was accused
of killing i'arris. Be loft the ^
country and was arrested in Texjis litst I*
ipring. Ahlo arguments wero miule
jn behalf of tho defendant by Capt. J. b
A. M<K>noy, Mr. A. H. Dean, Mr. Stan- h
varno Wilson and Gen. Joseph H. b
Karlo, and Solicitor Sehumbert closed a
the case with an eloquent presentation ??
>f facts for the State. Tho jury return- 1
ad a vordict of manslaughter with a tl
recommendation to tho mercy of tho r<
court. The motion for a now trial was A
refused, and Caimos was then sontenc- p
ed to two years imprisonment at hard w
labor in tho State penitentiary. b
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NO 14
QF..1Klt.\Ii NKWS SUMMARY.
latest Items and (hirious Notes tVoin
Our Kic'limiKt'H.
?The Georgia Legislature will ensr
upon the ejection for United states
onator on tho flth of November.
?i'rofossor Clarke, who fills tho
hair of botany in the University of
hicago, is not yot 21 years of ago.
?A Japanese gontloraun can live
nd dress well, have a nieo homo and
eop a couple of servants on $o(X> a
ear.
?Tho Knglish income tax has been
hanged eighteen times slneo 1842,
arying from 2 ponce to tho pound to
1 pence.
?Queen Victoria has twonty-two
randehildron and the rheumatism,
ho two complaints scorn to increase
i like proportions.
?Now Orleans has tho honor of hav?g
a first-class orchestra composed
atiroly of women, and their services
ro in groat demand for entortainiciits
and parties.
?Several years ago a West Virginia
3gro was made totally blind by a
gotning Hash. Recently ho received
shock from an electric battery, when
is sight was miraculously restored.
?There arc two nogro women near
wonsboro, Ky., aged 102 years, relectivoly,
who havo never known a
.??^i. ?> ?i -
?j d oiviviiura UUU w nil 11 TO HIil11 Ul)lO
? perforin a full clay's work in tho
jld.
?Tho ourront statomoot that the
opuhliciin national committee has not
sot money to North Carolina for thin
impaign in now positively denied,
i Ih Haid money in being freely furshed.
?It is Htatod that tho governor of
pria luiH refused to give a native of
amaseurt a license to eHtahlirth a brow y
in Jerurtalem, on the ground that
to Jowirth and Christian rosldonts do
it want it.
?Tho Waldotirtian colonirtts near
organton, N. C., are Haid to be in a
ry destitute condition, not having
oil to eat. Homo charitably disposed
dies have started a fund for their benit,
and a considerable amount has
jen realized.
? Mr. Georgo W. Vandorbllt has
ansplantod several immense palinct>
trees from South Carolinu to his
xlatial homo near Asheville, N. C.,
id when ho hiks finished his palm eolctlon
tho young bachelor millionaire
111 doubtless bo able to boast of postssing
tho tlnoat private conservatory
i tho United States.
?Tho steamer Moyuno, recently our
uised in Fngland by tho Japanese
)vorninont, Iiuh arrived at Yokohoma,
living made tho passage from Cardiff
i thirty-throo days, steaming H,iMX)
liloH without stopping. Although
hlnoso war ships were on the look out
>r her she hud no difficulty in eluding
tern.
?When the Hteumer Gaelic sailed
,st week from Sao Francisco she carod
about $750,000 in silver consigned
t China, where it will he used in payig
off the army. Most of tho cargo
as for Japan. The hold was tilled
ith canned meats, and the supposit?n
is that it meant for supplies for
Japanese army in Corea.
A largo part of the extensive plant
tho famous Tredegar iron works in
lchmond, Va., was burned last week.
10 lire originating in the car shops,
he horse shoe, blacksmith, pattern
1(1 car shoos Jinil nnmnwinu uVwwlu
oro consumed. The loss in ul>out
f>0,000. Thin company mudo most of
iO cannons for tho Southern Confod acy,
und since tho war has mudo
eight cars, railroad axles and such,
ho loss is fully covered by insurance.
? It isostimutcd that only about H7,M)
people will have to pay Income tax
lder trie recent law exacted by Conress.
Tho people who will bo beno;ed
by tho tax number considerably
mr (K),000,000. It will oppress no>dy,
for tho persons whom it affects
o amply able to pay tho tribute
lileh the Government doinunds of
loin. Tho law cannot prove unpopur
with the masses, because it is admtagoous
to a vast majority of tho
jo plo.
-~-Rov. J. 11. Jones, who took au aeve
part in defeating W. C. P. Brookiridgo
for ro-olection to Congress, has
jen discharged by tho Providence
'.urch, noar Lexington, Ky.. of which
d was pastor. In tho church were a
umber of strong Breckinridge men,
:ul the recont election of church olHjrs
nut them in tho majority on tho
>ara employing tho pastor, when
)nes was asked to sever his connocon.
?A prominent treasury official, who
frees with Secretary Carlisle that
;ery Cleveland Democrat in Now
ork should give Senator Hill loyal
ipport, says President Cleveland und
onator Hill stand by side on tho tariff
nestion and also on the financial auosou.
In tho tight for tho repeal of tho
h(?.rmun nilvni* Kill IK.. -? 1
u. ui.i miu nvuni/UI HbUUU
y tho President when many of tho
itter's most devoted followers in the
Himte went olT and signed thoGormun
impromiso agroement. Senator Hill
eld out and by so doing obtained tho
ipeal of the obnoxious measure.
?Tho first consolidated mortgage
oed of the Southern Hallway Comany
vas filed in Knoxvillo, Tonu.,
ist week. It includes all tho roadad,
buildings and equipment of the
>ad, in Virginia, North Carolina,
outh Carolina, Tennesson, Alabama,
oorgia, and tho District of Columbia. .-,v
ho mortgage is for $120,000,000, In
ivor of the Central Trust Company,
f Now York. Gold bonds to run one
unil red years, at 5 por cent., are to bo
auod. Tho mortgage will bo roglsired
in 170 counties through which
io road runs. It contains over 50,000
ords.
? A uniquo and remarkable transit
ostein 10 in operation at Bellport, L.
It is a bicycle railroad, with cars
sating forty or fifty persons?the cars
oing run on a single rail and oonnootlg
with a guide overhead, supported
y upright poles. The motor and caiv.
ro propelled, heated, and lighJU'd by
leotrloity obtained from this guide.
'he trains are noiseless whan moving,
boy cannot leave the track, ahd have
oachod volocity of a mllo a minute.
l superb automatic block system to
revent collision will bo Introduced,
rhloh shuts off the power In the olu
look when ontering the new ono,
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