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VOL. E3 - ) VO. .--O T E PEPE'S JOURNA VO .-N.4. P'ICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 189. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Tillman Prods cleveland HE USES THE FAMOUS PITCHFORK, Cleveland a " Beoned Tyfant " amd Cal lisle the " Jud.; born Ke;ntucky "--Ropeal of the Shuninan Law a " Daronalo P1t." Senator Tilil man. of South Carolina, made his first speech in the United States Senato on the 29th ult. ie took the loor on the pending silver bond bill, and as it was known that he would speak on that day, the galleries were quickly filled and lie was accorded the closest attention. He went down tile aisle from his seat in the rear to one in the front row, imiediately in front of the presiding ollicer. He was provided with manuscript, but spoke extemporaneously ait the beginning. " Mr. Prosident," the Senator hogan "it is not saying too much and I feel warranted In cbarging that the de rangement in our finances and all this cry about sound money and maintain ing the honor and credit of the United States are all part and parcel of a damfnabio scheme of robbory, which had for its object, first, the Ltter' destructiowof silver as a money metal; second, the increascof the publi debt, the issue of bonds payable in gold, t and third, the surrender to corpora tions of the power to issue all paper money and give them a monopoly of that function." Senator Tilliman referred to the t Sherman silver law of 1890, and in this connection said : "The silver Republicans of the West who had leserted the silver Democrats t of the South and accel)ted the coiu promise offered by Sonator Sherman, 1 may take warning as to what faith or trust they can put in the utterances or actions of the Senator from Ohio as to legislation in regard to our finances. Tho time for another Presidential 4 election approaches. They must un derstand that the election of any man to the ['residency who would veto a free coinage bill means defeat. It means more ; It imeans continued disaster to our industries aid increased poverty to the masses of our people." " Under the Sherman law," he Conl tinlLd, " there Wais a diminution of the amount of free gold in a gradually decreasing scale, but not enough to t cause any alarm. luring the entire year of 1891 and the entire year of 1892, there was approximately as much gold as there was during 18S and 1885. W'AL[L4 STRizi-' int ATi) NOMINA TIO NS. "If the secret history of the year 1892 shall ever be writtun it will dis close the fact, which cannot be proven now, but of which I have not the slightest doubt, that the gold ring of New York, which embraces nearly all the bankers in the castern andiniddle States and the stock g amblers of Wall street, controlled tile I 'residential nominations of both the Democratic and Republican partles and had an understanding with the managers or with both the candidates themselves in regard to what policy should be pursued towards our finances. They contributed money for the booming of Mr. Cleveland, as the only availablo Democratic candidate and they abused and ridiculed every other Denmocratic aspirant. " There was plain evidence to show that the P'reident himself had weaken ed on the qiestion of tarif reform, and the financial pilank wats cunnii ngly' drafted so as to satify hothi gold and silver men, with the intention that it should be initerpreted1, if Clevoland wia elected, ats mfeaitiing the iessa~tion , of silver coinage and the forcing of a a gold standard upon01 the' peole. Wh' etheor the seceme was agreed to by the P resident, in person or not, and whether he bounI himsel f in plain terms ori not will, paerhaps, never ho kntown. Ils course h as been unswerv Ing In the absolu tt con liradiction of his public p)rofesioni~s iand let ter of at celptance." Thero had beeni no trouble wv itlh the gold reserve, the Senator assorted, and no hinmt of any loss of confidence in~ ,he national credit unitilI about, the timte of the last ['residential eleetion. Tihen for the first timne we got, a gl impsea of the conspi racy whih hliie hadi referm ed to before. On1tIN (ii.' THE~l COlA) SCA.. Secretary ["oster gave thme holders of greenbacks and treast-uy notes the~ opition) of havingr goernntpa cashelid in goldl or silver anid ats they all demanded gol, the gold in the treasury raplid1ly ran downa. I lie finan~I clal papiers took u p the cry of the country going to a silver basis, and( thlei first promnonitory bireezes (If the pan11ic. of 189:3 swept ever the latnd amnd the conspilrators fomonted it, by e verny posib hlo means. Tlho Seonator q uoted from P rcesident Cleveland's response to the coniiinittee1 that notified him of hIis noomination the last timoii and declared there was nothing in it to wairant one to expect that the leader (of the Demmocratic par'ty nuld ignore the plitform-a and treat w -h contcnmht the trumstedl lieu tenants w homn the peophle 11ad( sent to the national ecapital to assist in shiap ing legislation. The language would lead us to expect the ve-ry reverso. How many, he askedl, of these reoasonl able expectations have been met Y "Whose iadvice hafs ho (thme P resi dent) i-eognized ? None but that of the hoot-. ickn and sycophants, whoi have craw led (on their knees for the crmibs of patronage andh betrayed their c(usti tuents for the oflices in hiis gift. In the entire history of this country the high 01lico of Prosident has never boon so prostituited, andi never ha.s the ap~pointing power hoon so abused. Claiming te be the apoesthe of civil service reform, he has do bauched the civIl service by making applointments only of those whose sponsors would sur-rendoer their man hood, and with bated breath walk with sub1mnissive head in his presence. CLIELtA ND A "HlESOTTlED T1YRIANTI." "' With relentless purpose ho has ignored his oath of ol1ice, to uphold and obey the law, and has paid out gold instead of coin, and issued bonds -o buy moro gold, by both actk iverriding the law, and giving ioed to the interests of any but mont -d frinas-i might say his own pa mors. "While to this besotteli tyrant c( Iias conio to mean gold alone, he ct iot by his mere 'ipso dixit' chan Ohe law of this land and pervert t )Iain meaning of the English langual "The repeal of the Shorman law, was asserted, which was the first pol >f attack, of this 'unholy allianci was only accomplished through t Lid and in conjunction with a major uf the Republican Senators. " This 'Domocratic' Presidont i -omplished what was not possible I my Republican executive under t .ircumstances to have brought abol A change of the party in power h cft a large number of oflices in I ift with which to buy votes." In discussing the " honest moaning Af parity of gold and silver in t Sherman law. he said : " The object was to have them ass 'ech other, to hold silvor up by ho) ing gold down, and an honest sec t-ary of the treasury who should ha ecslgned his Oleo rather than subn 'o the dictation of a besotted chi, vo.dld havo paid out silver to prott the treasury from the gold gambl< tnd hond gamolers as the law and 1 >ath of ollico rectuired. No wond ,ie Senator from Massachusetts fe< varranted in twitting us with ti Iceay of Southern statesmanship Ia -harging us with dishonesty. I hargcs, however, in another conn< ion and as aiding and abetting tl ludas from Kentucky, who, afte >rilliant career of twenty years ia nore, as leader and champion.-f t Ilver forces, has in his old age cot o this pitiful pass. "And then to think that the ind I< nont thus brought against a whc oction should have so much color ruth and of fact to back it up in t po~stucy from their principles of t wo other secretaries from the Sou n the cabinet of a President who has lisgraced the name of Democracy. " Tihe South bows its head in shar it this exhibition of moral cowardi .nd despises the renegados." SIREN SON(; OP TARIFF4 REF4.1ORMh. Tho Senator contended that If the )as been one idea more persistent md prominently presented to ti kimerican peopio by President Clo and than any other, it had boon ti niquitics of the tariff and the dema or its revision. In season and out cason with " damnable iteration " ind sung his siron sung in the oars ,he farmers. In this connection t ionator quoted from messages of t 'resident of 1887 and 1888, and said lid it for "'tile purpose of pointing c ,he evolution of a tyrant and showi ,he transition from a consciontio1 law-abiding chief magistrate to irrogant and obstinate ruler w gnores the law and issues the bon At will, and issues them under a statt hat is 'subjout to the suspicion' ti it was intended to be ' temporary a limited in its application instead conferring a discretionary authoril He not only issues them but does secretly, with his law partner as witness to the contract, and has ereat the suspicion in tho minds of millic )f his countrymon that a President the United States cal use his hi t1iCo for private gain. "lo differs with tile Ropublic party only in the one particular of t warily, and on that lie has biown hi tud cold, and will go down in histo is the most gigantic failure of al 1nn who over occupied the Whil House, all because of his vanity a Ibstinacey." To make good " this charge," X i'iin man argued that when Preside 31eveluand camto to plower' in Marc I8189, and could have called the Sena ind House (botht Demuocratic for tl ir'st time siceo the war), to) carry o i is policy, he did not call an ext ession to give taiif refom, to epc ,le, but insteadc called Congress toget w to stop) the coinage of silver'. S1I ERM AN [LA WV iI'PA [L. Discussing the repeal of tihe purchti nlg clause of thle Sherman law wiv i ollowed, he said: "lDemoerats and I tapublicans vi' vith each othter in the furtherance Ito policy whlicht had been formnulati itd steadily pmiinsuedi by the 'Sronat rom Ohio,. When the Senato ml ,b oro. was an ack nowledged mnajori )f mcin openl and ouLtsp)oken in thmc ietermlination to stand by5 theo whi not14a4, and who were elected on th ~sue. IHut tihe process of (debauche >egan, and slowly the Senate yielde ni ninety (lays tbe (ded wvas done, ai ,he chlains were rivotedi on the wvris ,f the toil ing mltlions. Did tme ra mu the treasury stop) ?" Discussing tapuim the tatrilIl' hill whi< >atssed ini the regular' 808sion followin 10 said: "it is truo 1he (the I 'resident) d lot sign it, andl alilowodl it to heCcomel aw without approval. But, htore a~ga ye have am spectacle of charianti'y al iyplocritical ass5umt)ion 0f 81uperIIOri o his party whtich has alwaiys umarki lis caroer.. The tarillf la~w whlich t 'epud(i atod as unworthly, involvim party p)erlidiy and party dishlonor,' ,hte sheet anchor to which ho clingl And agin referring to the P'res lent, " if he wvas honest, at the st4a and I am willing to grant that, mic 1 is associationt with Wall stroet, al uis connlcitionl wvith wealthy meon ha lobauched his conlscionco andi desire Md all sympathly wvith the masses." wimY iS ( 'JEVELA ND NOTi I M l'EACIIEL "TheO reCsponsibility (If plrovidil 'evenuei andl lookinag after the 8s1lven~ >f thte treasury wivch ol rests iith Cc .ress, hats been usturped by the Pr'o lent,. Why is hie noet imupoehed y "1 Te eneroacmteilnts of the F~edem judiciary, anduc the supiineonoss aL veuality----orrmupmtion I may say theo represenltativo branches of t govermen~tmt ar'e causes of deep1 cc cor'n to all thinkICinlg and~ patriotic mc We uar' fast diriftinig into governme by injunction in the ii icrest of muor policts and corporaltionls, andl~ the 6 pr'ome Court, by one~ corrlupti vote, a nuls an act of Congress loolking to t taxation of the ich~. ' ThIe struagg from 184il1 to I8(15V whiich d renched tI fair land in blood wais to emnanicipt1 four million black slaves. WVe are fa appr~moaching a condition whicht i place the collar of Industrial bonda around the necks of teni times i many whit sae. A\ ,1I- of r,.k no Ing will, come unlss there is no longer a no just God in heaven, and when It does ty- come, woo be unto those who havo boon rt- among the oppressors of the peoplo. The present struggle is unfortunately in too like that which procedod the late in- civil war, inasmuch as it is sectional. go The creditor and the manufacturing he States of the North and Ist, those re. which have grown inordinatoly woalthy it at the expense of the prodlucing classes ntt of the South and West, are urging this " policy with the bosotted blindness of hle Bolshazzar.." ty It was easy to see, the Senator said In conclusion, that the struggle for the c- new emancipation had begun. There or were millions now on the march and bo they tramp, tramp, tramp; tramp the it sidewalks hunting work and the high ad ways bogging bread, and unloss relief Iis comes they will some day take a notion to come to Washington with rillos In i" their hand to regain the libertio lie stolen from them or which their re presentatives have sold. d- A LOSS TO THE STATI. 'e ve A Prominent Citizen ofNewherry Who tit Was a n I napiration to Young Menl. 3f, Col. Robert L. McCaughrin, of Now Lct berry, (lied on the 27th of January, of rs Bright's disease aftor a long and pain is ful illness. le was president of the or National Bank and of the Newberry ,18 cotton mills, from the organization of 10 these corporations. -2 h.a'th haci Id been failing for a year, and he had 10 not aetivoly discharged any of his c0- public duties for soveral months. llo ds was born in Columbia Sept. :, 1834, a and was therefore just a little muore Ad than 61 years old. He attended the tIC schools of Columbia, but when a mere uIC boy entered the world of business, and after clerking for a timo in Columbia 6- he went to Charleston, where he was l$ engaged in the mercantile business. of In that city Mr. MeCaughrin, at 14 to years of age, took employment in the 1e mercantile house of Cald well, Blakoly th & Co. In 1854 he wis appointed book s0 keeper in the Bank of N ewberry, from which position lie rose to that of 10 cashier. In 1859 he left tho bank and ue ongagcdin mercantile business in New berry, in the firm of Carwile & Mc Caughrin. Iarly in the war he enllisted eo in the 14th regiment, S. C. V., and was ly selected by Quartermastor C. 11. Suber 10 for his clerk. On the transfer of Major 0- Suber early in 1863, Mr. McCaughrin le was mado quartermastor of the regi id ment. In 1864 his services were d of ianded in the treasury department 2( of the Confederato States. At the or oponing of the campaign in 1865 lie . c resigned from the treasury, and was tI appointed adjutant of the 14th rogi to mont, S. C. V., McGowan's brigade, ut and was on duty at the surrender at ag Appomattox. i, After the war he engaged first in an mercantile business at Newberry. In ho 1871, on the organization of the Na ds tional Bank of Newberry, he was elet to ed president, which oflice he held' to at the day of his death. In 1883 he was nd largely instrumental in establishing of the Newborry Cotton Mills, of which Y. has been president over since, being it also treasurer for a number of years. a He was for years before his death an ed elder in the Presbyterian Church of ns Newberry. of In his youth he laid the foundationis h of his success in life. He was not yet 21 years of age when he was elected to an the position in the Stato Bank in 1856, 11 yet he then showed that he was well ot fitted and capable as a financier. The ry prosperity of the National Bank of y Newberry and the Newborry Cotton c- Mills is due to him, and on all sides d wherever we look in his community can be seen the influence of his power r. as a safo adviser in business alrairs. nt le possessed a wonderful mind and an h, excellent heart, and he used(1 both for to the good of the people of his town and io the county at large, and no one has ut ever done as much ais he to advanco Lea their material prosperity. He was o- twice mnarried1, first to Miss Kirkpat h- rick, wvho dlied in 18617, and thon later to Miss Ilaura Nance, daughter of ( ol. Drayton Nance, who died several years ago. Several cild (ren or each union 3- surv ive h im. ST'-:s:r, HOA l)wA is.--New .Jcracy has 3d been one of thte active' States in the of good( roads iminprovieent, and yearly 3d aplpropriatus *1010,000 from the State sir funds for roadi impuhrov'emcht. The et atmount is t.'ivial, and the applicat ions Ly for State aid for roads in vatriouis por ir' tions of the Staleo cannot, be met for. to year's to come. TVhe State aid system ibt is only tentLiativye, butt its populIarity a)p 'y pearsto5 beO1 growing, andl Governor' ii. Werts urtges upon the iLegislaiture~ the d( care~(ful consi~ideraiiti of t.hu qunestion di heC maide for~ tis liurooy.e. T'1l' R~oad Coittimiionler, amonmu oth eri msges hi tions on this subhject, irommeinnds a g, system of State steol roadl-i for experi menittta lt urpoe. TIo 111cost olf a g.ood idl lM andami rondh way 16i feet wide is about, a $7,000 p)er mil o, wh ii i the co).t of a in, single track sto.i road~ is (niy $:3.000f iii pCer mil,1 andl it is claim I for th e steel t.y r'oad~way~ tha~t aL htorse car,. 'an ove 'ivi ad twenty times as mutch as un a (lilt o road1 and live times10 as inuich as oni a iMNIacadam.-P h iladel phia Ledgmr. " --The rabbit in Aust raili, has dev3 i. loped fromii being a scriouts i nconvei- i rt ecI~(o to~ a (question of grravo innportance. hi) In New South Wales nlone ovetr 7,000(, id 000 acres of land have boon nhandoned tgl because of tihe impotisibility of keeping y-. down these rapidly increasing hpests. TIhmie colony has spent over *5,000,000 .in vwaging war against the rabtbits, 'andl In one year paid for :37,000,000 rab igbit skins. Fifteen thousand miles of ay' wire netting have boon erected, an.] n' thus far tothing else has been invented - that scomns to (1o any good. l 'olsor, wvhiolesalo slaughter and inoculaition anl have all been0 unaiblo to kchee the in-. id creaso. The importation of thc dlotmcs of tic cat, who, it is gratifying to learn, te did good scirvice,.proved another pal a n- tive of the evil. n. -When ox-Senator I4 ansom was ip ni. pointedl minIster to Mexicom, an old I'- color'ed tman in North Cairolin'a who u- knew hitm sad :'" And so deay has ,n- p'inted Mars Matt a minister, hmw 'oy ' ho Well, i'so 'stonished at dat. Oh cose ~lo do gen'ral atm a good man. and I ain't is got nothin' to say against him, but to still it hoats tme to think he'd tuirn 1st p)reacher in his ole days. But lhe's ai ill powerful talke", Mars Matt is, and I'll go bet all do cottone f raise dis year dat at he'll convert a wangotn load of sinners m.- nhbo, tumn lie git htan do m)ita " The Metropolitan POic CHARLESTON UNDER THE BAN, Governor Evans Has Appointed Commis. sionors to Direct the Police Department How Charleston Roceivod the News. Charleston is under the metropoli tan police. Governor Evans has ap pointed a board of police commission. era, and the commissioners have mi and a ppointed J. ELmoro Martin chiel of polico. No other changes have beet made is yet. By an act of the Leiis, lature passed in 1894, the Governor el the State was empowered to place an3 city under metropolitan police when over it was deomed n-ccssary to thf enforcement of the dispensary law b3 a State board of commIssioners, con sisting of himself, the Secretary of State and the Comptroller General. The people of Charleston are bitterly opposed to the metropolitan system and they bolievo that Governor Evans Is prompted in his action simply by the determination to keop a personal friend and follower in oflice. In De coiher a noe municipal administra tion went Into oflice. When the timo for appointing a chief o police caime. Mayor Snyth appoin; InAlaun 1Hasell, who had been uipposca Lo him politically, but a man it) wihomn every one had great contidorwe. .1. Illinoro Martin, who had bet cbief (01 poucoa t under the previous adiistra Mon, ,: a persona friend and fe!!ower of Gov. 10vans an' one of the vor, fc w Tiilman itus in Charleston. His opponents claimed that lie had been a hibtor par tisan and for that, reason he was un qualified to hold offico. Martin has made a good police officer outside of political consideratione, and he had strong friends in the city. Two of the aldermen selected with Mayor Snyth being sick when he appointed Iasell, his opponents had a majority of one in council and refused to confiridi the ap pointmont. It was aftor this that Governor 1Evans began to threaten that unless Martin was reappo'nted he would )ut the metropolitan bill in force. This ho did by appointing J. M. Eason, T. S. Wilbur and Edwaird Anderson as tho local board of commissioners. This board met and organized, and their only action besides the transaction of routine business was to appoint .1. El more Martin, the man whom Governor 1Evans is accused of trying to freep in a job, marshal or chief of police of the city. The city council met and Mayor Smyth again appointed Hasoll chief of police. The appointment was at once confirmed, a Smyth alderman having recovered from his illness and one of the oplponents of the administration voting with the mayor. Mr. James M. Eason, the president of the board, was asked about the situ ation. He said that Capt. Martin had been appointed chief, and further thar this nothing had been done at the po lice station. The other eflicers and memn bers of the force would romain as they worc for the present. The board, he said, had full power to remove any or all members of the force, but had not made any removals or appoint. ments as yet, except as stated in the appointment of a chief. Chief Martin had taken charge, and at coimunica tion to that effect had boon addressed to the Mayor and city council by the board. At the meeting of the city council, after Mr. Hasoll had been re-appointed and confirmed, and oflicial notices had been read from the board of police commissioners and the chief of police, Mayor Smyth aaid that he had somoc correspondence that lhe would like to lay before council, and requestedl the clerk to roa:1 the following letters. IIe saId he would call particular attention to the dates of the letters: Ca H A LST'ON, S. C., ,l an, l , I8ti. lon. .Iohn Gaiy 10vans. Chai rmniu State Boanrd of P olie Comhmist~in'-rs. Columb i,. S. C..-i ir: I t camne to my knowledge yestem day evening, through a telegrami received by Gen. Ei~waru cot, that it was ini your contem:pia tioni, or thatt, of the Statu b)oardu of po lice comimissioners, to so f ar i nsist upon the appointment b~y the Mayor of Charleston of M r. J. Iimore Martin as chief of poli1co of that city that in the event of his non-apploinitmaent the law providing for a miotropolitamn poli1co would be put into ciot against the city of Charleston. I wats, of course, natu'raliy quite sur prisedl and concerned att thle grave atnd i ought u pon W. cenr y e - e donl y, ane thercesore o p. 2:atn Mcrady to telegraph at once to Mr. .Ha&cot, asking the bul... to say thha. p".rtic.; hore wero nr.',' e: at, ' sugge.-ti ng tbat an:, a- .in h' I P .e- uiI n til you ,ul I : lo -Om' muiinl''at'o with upon tm- ubiject.. I''ully i -.prseted wnimA ,'il graeniiy of I could, wvith your neren ir in, hiave ant interview wvith you some tirue to-day or' tomorrow oni the subljec(t, but unfor tunately I am this morning ill in bed at home, with every apparecnt likeli hood of being so for one 0or two days If not, longer. Under these circumstances I deom it best at onceC to writo aind see whether yourself and the gentlemen of the board of poli1co c:>mmiissionetr.; are willing to accord to mie a. cntornce, either as an Individual, omr as the Mayor ini hIs ofliclal capacity, so t~hat we could freely talk over what seems to he a threatening and certainl~y is a most unexpected condition of alTairs. Tf you and the gentlemen of the board desire .this Interview, then I shall ask a favor at, yotir hands, name ly, that you will (10 mc thme court~ey to Ipermit this Interview to be made ai, a somewhat deferred date, to he arr'ang etd with you as soon as the improve mont in my health will enable mec to make an engagement with ccrtainty. This, I hope, will be in the course of the next day or two. In the meantime, of course, the situ ation here in Charmlestoni would remain uintihanged, or if there wats any neces sity Or purpi)0o to change it you will be duly notified in advance. I can not hut feel that an interview w ith you an 1 the genitlomon composing tihe boatrd of pihce coitmmissioners eould not fail tn be nrodtcive nf good resnltsa [to h he Dpensary Reports !> ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE COMMISSIONER Lly ho lo " l "' d " I IuI na Deux( U.'2 Net P. 'fts chl I--,-t- wn M nM-io F u eW nt., uin t Staltu kiior Momm III i(0 sioneril IMIXSon's I. annu:d report. of the South1, Carollint Statoe dispenor for1111v(t the:( ytear ending I. Ireiber 310t., has jet been pubish 'or, Vd. It 'tonttain a1 fit uill acclnitt of al l un ii to work done by the dIispensary and ntlt shows lthat it has beent dro- i a o406 Si- u1Sin. T!'iv - eport, is as follows: beg To Ili,% Jhen.g tivm- h asr n l!"1n. i0. it. omt ko1111111 e-and lionl. .James Norton;' State ILlamil - a of ('onit.ol. art Gentleimn : -lierow iLh I have the t I honor to presint to your ionor-iti ulid body my firist an nuial port, of thre con ver' ditioni an1d Operations of tho Stiate dis Pelsary. do As the constitution recently tlopteI dI if fiXS .1aniatiry the Iirst ats the beginning to ')f tie 1iscal your, this rtl) stL (l tan Recessity comprise only eleveon monthls 3 of -fromn tie first of list ''eh llary, tho ito, day I assumed charg-o ias Stat.e Com' I Of mvii , to and inclItusive of D eet nl het' the 31st. WO BY refereniico to ity qiuarterly Ieport out, 1Md'.3 to .ol' htonorIabIc botdy for- the to qiuari'te' 'ndin g A pril '30Lt, you iowll but t he remin! rd that I valled Your aut,un to Lill to the ,nat isfacivwy sysLemi of Oul bmOkkee-ping hih dimeo-Ired hadi on- e Arne'or'1zed tI'll fornweowna1n", dOf the business,, and for Owh purpor.e of relniJ mliotion I have (12ied it best, as to include in this report tie intLroidiie ,he tory of my lirst (uar1Lttelty Iept(I'L. I ,Id also include In this report the four quarterly sta2temlients of the amsots antd r-8, liabilitios and)(] profits and losses which I IIIaV frontA time to timg prevscntCl to youl honorable boaurd, and also the )1- purchas-3es and saLles ma11de by mle, and nd tho 8aIes tmado by the COutty di )It- pensers, and tihe profits:rccruing thr'e ay fromi. ks oi assumling the duties of Coinuntis iis sioner otn uehrtuary lt, (e.x Commt itis sioner Traxier- turined over' t~o mle a ed statomOnt of the as9Sets atd lIailties to of the Statio dlispentaii y to JILaLnuar'Iy L)s- 31st, 189-5. In that statemttt it, whic i or is inclided it this rLe)ot., ex-Commlit Is is- sioner TIaxler piacOd his ntL pi'litis it- ait $1.51,295.-50, whenl, ats a, matter (of vs, faet, his nlet profits to Decemtttbet' :lst ho is only $110,348.00-$ iO, I 1t.7 1 less than ist lie claimed. Thle _rorwa made by w'- ex-Commissloner Traxlor comptitingi In ite State's proillt On gVOds r'etmiaitning we(,- utsold in the hands of the cuIty di he pensor's at the expirati'n of his tertil of oflico, ttid his faillure to) schedule all ti- litilities contraclted by h1 I Ld out uild standing agaitist tlo dhipensitrY Ont ato January 31st. Candor and a sen.se Of tor fairness imul)ih ine to stato that I do by not holieve this misleading and er'on etit cous statement wias intenttinal On thet ,ias part, of ex-Comillllssionri' Traxler, it)It ill Was clearly tle tesuilt of his systemt of ver bookkoeping. a1s The balance shet, which he tu rtted yor' over to tne at the Close of his terim of 'tin ollico continilled the followitg (ntrv e(d under the bead of " Assts : '" "Stoek his as pot' inventory, $62,2-116." lin the con his nection it which the word " stock itte wIs Used, it wIS 0it3n to aL false (on L1d- struetion. as the 0ver'ag ' idr wa-s 3 it most likely t. con tistrte it as Itan1,1 ig ent a reprosentation of tht, amounot (of it whiskccy, wino and malt goods int hand Iat th Stato (iispenpary. But from )ei, dissection it wits shown that only on $15,199.17, inclusive of tie $2,171.23 of contralbtnd goods in hand at the time, he wv itOs and( mal.t goods "' as. per11 intven a lt t~try."' An t~lh i amoun1(111t represen'('ited( Oil the' g~oods ILL aL greaIL.t' Li tan no1t (3ost Let .t pic, as. ite addu i Iity centl per~' gali loll to tuuL or~ l ou ct..L tof at 1case( i'r the ltae. My bjcto' t o(L.~t VI lf IthLis ILePthodi of Ltkin s'ilt't 'n5 were inaI2l. e son iu:y the1 fot loing on-:~ t sl tat IsIrt'.' s,"'heichj ' tst '-uiMi'ks ad t Iapat of t' ,h2i 'L 10. It2\ reo , . o rmanner .to o the$62.t46.i:i eiwesente5 tho valutet~ of'C~t ' bot1t1Ies,11.e 'orkt, machinery Itnd Lit show by"!11Ii I)o the e following : ~ lL 2h fo W i s, n'r andti" mlts goods.'. $j: i:,,10!.27 A1 an, ot her 1 LIsliplie, ..........t IS it 01. 7 21)9 tt~.iI~tC0 woud ICLVO IL 015118$1'?,l its.o Treasury fndin sag LTh11'LIe renuldo "'thett~t L ilh'.e Conitct ee'os ofeami 40pin showe hat111 itrwi t',l tot'.2 te hne p'ltof $15:1.:6.77bv Iig hai(l'it fot her pm'ales -trt: pu:st.286.0 , foa~I~ing a toal lialti-e 11( 'ot arned Lo y )-u him, theei amtoum, of $1 :1.:ll .62. thed uct-resi: t( amt itI . iI haaite ' s revisedt to dtate, fom ii, lt(is of cs ins in'isao gratiforn th e tobet eahied tn ouldate that thrtonsof ithe b)ee 40.' pnsaryi~ hav bitn prtftab for'tu theS "from' te saleis font the pse Iiev tt mon'ths, whil the unearned0(1 itoiti out-' o srtand$ng,(t711 cember lt it $.2t,57'.l ins, of $01 ,5.81 to te towns by1( me11or .~ thes coresondn of eriod, I havcn ol'o Io-'aed to th Sate towmy prhaes bof m opercandise fbtor the past1 e~LSleven rn, monBtho the umft of wit0,9:5t.ey in s Ino catedsn. ol QSt2ti13 i rd Is would stte thoaitloroave been '0( or oprton itn tho et'tofr the pave Poh ya r.Thone oafe those ti~hso)lOpin lay saies durin thes cloveng mnthra. opae thprougdwih the nuessseaso a urdogtionhat yourt honorabl board tk or if not of that, at loust of a dlotin and clear-cut understauding of our spcctivo positions, and I trust that 3 will find it In your power to accord i same to me. Of course, however, If you and I gentlemon composing the board do desire any Interview, (which I scare apprehend will be the caso under 1 circumstances), we siall submit that decision, although I should im regrot it.. Awaiting a prompt reply, I t om with very great respect your ob,-di servant, J. AixDaGit SM v'ui COLUMBIA, Janauary 21. 1891 lon. J. Adger bmyth, Ma3 Charleston, S. C.-Slr: Your Commin lcation adresHed to ime, a, chn!rr of the State board of oli(en ('"1 sioners. has had my at.t.4ntion. I leave to state that, the State board had no meeting to consider this <it tion meontionmcd by you, and so fal Insisting uj)on any action oi your I as Mayor of Charleston, I feel thil can assurO you that the board wo not be so presumptuous, whatc might bo Its feelings or desires. We have nothing whatever to with the Mayor's appointmonts, an the board soos fit In its wisdom place into operation the motropoli police law, it will do so from a sens duty as contemplated by the stat and not to protect tne oflicial hoaw any indivIdual. I certainly, aw an individual, Il no ohjection to a conference with y cit'tor as an individual or Ollicial freely discuss the pubilic wEe, you must pardon mne for iciusing call the buard together to IeILr upon, as you stat.e. a throntonin g e dition of affairs, oi.o: which thL bo has no jurisdiction. I shall be glad to confer with you an individual, and I fol sure I other gentlemen composing tihe bu would likewise be. With great respect., I am truly you JoS CAA RY ''VANS In connection with this corrospI dence the Mayor saild tuat council at the comm unity were aware of his tinued sickness, and that yesterd was the first time fo nu arly two wc that he had been ahle to leave I homo or attend to any businos. It had boon his purplo'e, as Indieat in his letter to Goernor Evans, have gone to Columbia as boon as p sibl and conferred with the Goverr and the State board of polico coimn sioners In reference to this mW ter and the onforconemwt of the Ia and he had felt con'idcnt that t board would take no r~ction at lei until they had accored ' him an oppl tunity of appcaring beforo themi. this he had been disappointed, as th< had been no commut.icautiona from i board to him whatsoever. Governor Evans in his letter pra< cally states that no ituch action wo be caused by the fatiu.'e to nomin Capt. J. Elmoro Mar-An. On the ot. hand, it could not have been caused any failure on the part of the pr!e administration to carry out tile law Capt. J. Elmore Martin had beer chargo of the police department e since the election. Bealdes this, soon as he assumed control, the Na. had given Instructiotes to Capt. Mai that all the laws shou'd b enfor without fear or favor, and it wias purpose to execute in'partially 1 and all other laws upon tile stat books. He had expt eted that his ministration would be tested befor Was condemned, and that judgm would not have boon passod upon and this community unieard. He placed the paper.- now bef' council and asked wlat disIosit they desired to make of them. Upon m-otion of Alderman Gads the entire matter wais referred to I Mayor, with the .ur:dostanldingp ti coumncil should( be cal ed( L~ogethler w I lie should desire to be ing l~hae mat, again before it. A Otreuar beter 'gard:ing NMr. I'. l''. W h i ldenI, ol thne oC hm Lon Society o) f Chi istian hueb-a has issueILd 1.hI( following,, cirenbua h'.~ ini regardl to4 the Statec Convention be held ini March: ''The Southi Carolina Stato Conmv tion of Christian Endleoivorers wvill hel3d, this year from tie 10th toi I 21,hu of March at the Congregatio (Circular) Church, ini Chlarleston. large anid enthusiastic attendanco expeted and desired. Keuep a g. loo)kout ahead for slinmfcial antttractie and!4 red uic.d railrnoa.' ratos. Cho . fim 1 l delegatIins earmly. En)tertainin1 m ill be~ providedi for dc' gates to Convention. "The first Chri stiani Endecn Society. tuosignied to 'MainI .. 44:. p pios in', C ti na lw IV4 ac tii i Y, -, 1,,.4 WVil liston Churiic.., l 'om and, 1. d b1.g its z/oalouis youtI., ;,,e or*, 1.v . V2 uiatrk. 1.1 is niw kno.wn the: wo over as 'l'athbr EnvYavor Clark.' 'i h ''wthu of the. ;novemnent his tt unelqta."' ' he Christiaon End.ca Societies of the ivorld now numi11 42.174, inucluding 9,-149 junior societi with a total mom ncrehlip of 2,531,4. As comnpared with repnorts of last y, the gain in the Lot.!inmemnbershij over 500,0)00. O)rganiztationas exist every English-speaking andi in neia every foreign couantry I b roughmou t world, and they embrace sociotica5 young people, mother, parents in sailors, besides junior-, i ntermeoo and senior societies. " ' The formation of a world's Chi tian Endeavor Union. thIs year, a at closor fellowship of Christian deavorcrb every where, andt its1 classes of membership, general I crtlticato, embrace pmvt and pres Chribtian Endeavore"s, and younmt old members of any evangelical chu wvho desire to be enrollecd. Trienm conventions will be heli in connect with the annual national conventih the furst being in, 189h, in Washingt 1). C." Editor Holigious Opinion, Baltim< MdI., writes: We take pleasure saying th-at your Japanese Pile C has been used in our faily with g results, and wve will do all in our po to pr'omote your interests by hle rocommending your medicine to f rienda and enaders. stringent rules and regulations for the A government of the sub-DIspensaries and a rigid enforcement thireof. I would respectfully suggest that the county Dispensors be required to sign their monthly inventories under oath or allirmation, us well as all other motithly aid quarterly reports. I would respectfully cal the atten tion of your honorable board to the fact that divers complaints have been miiade by various Di1pensers on account of my inability to fill their orders in several instinceos. Your honorable boar'l wil , doubtless. remeiomber that I foresaw this annoyance early in the past sprine, and to provide egainst thLi contiigreney, I sugfebted the im meditl, rel.'tion of iea su1table bidiIng on thc line of the railroads, that a. IincroUe: .i tod worklin force might hN" mle dvantaL.Asly, and hand'Ing of good -- ;:eatly facilitated. And as a Provision ag-ainst the Ipracticabili ty of the immeilato adoption of the above sugges;tion, I also suggestod, as an alteIrnative, that your honorable board em power tie Commissioners to lurca Ilseo in sillielent quantities to .tow away a large stock through the dull sinmer months, to meet the heavy (eimiands of the fall and winter trade. litit at the time .itigation was of such a nature (and for other causes, of which your honorable board is fully ad vised), it wits not (eemed expedient to (arv into euxeution eithetr of my o uggest.ioins aid, its a consequonco, I was force I to tunet the heavy demands made on me as best I could. Statlonod :a1 I WaI Li il iet1to quirtai, with a sti'k or ,n hand 1ar short of the do. ianids of 1h itnereasinog torail.h it was a physictal i.")kility 'okeep abrast of the doindh, a!tliouglh I had a fill force at w.>rk night and day, and every foot of availablo iloorP sipeoO wits utiliz od for storago puirposos. That I may tidt. againSL a recurrcnco of fhoso dillr vulties inext wintor, I would suggest that your1) lioiorahlo board take some steps looking to the. construction of a larger building near the railroad line and that the Commi lssloner be vestea with the power to purchaso supplies and miierchailise in quaintie sufliclent to mootl, hie fail trade. It is absolutely 1oeu-ssaty LI)tiOVprovide 1iicretsed faellHf ,ies to meet the requiromonts of this arowin g trade, and if the suggestions tirlown ont by me aro not adoptod, it will be i .pid bie to measuro up to the oxpect 4tiollt of the public. Your Attention also is respectfully cal b-d to the boor saltl privIloge grant el certain parties. I am unalterably of the opinion that it is a fruitful soui roe Of illicit tralic, and would respectfuIlly retomnm mad that your hon ornble hoard withdraw all privileges bius granted. ( )n accountof a railroad wI'eek. a shipment of tin foil was do layed in transit iuoro than two weeks, amil for Lwo days I was forced to send out case goods w ithout the foil, or leave many of the county Dispensaries with out stock in the busiosL season of the :/car. I would rcommond to your hon OrabIle hoard that you recommend to the tGenial Assembly that the b-ok koepter's salary he raised. Ills duties are very intriceto and exacting, and lie is requi red to do an immense amount of work. I wou Id also suggest that the -alaries of the Commissioner, book keeper and clerk of the State board of Control he paid on warrants issued by thle Commissioner, as othber liabilities are paid. The adoption of this aug gostion would obviati the necessity of Sdeenoldiig oil the books of the Comp trol Ir (eneral aiid SwLitO Treasurer for tbese plrticiatr items of expense. I also wouhi recoiiond that the Coin in issioner be required to furnish the State Bloard of Control a qiuatrterly statemmt of the assets and liabilities and p-rofit and loss accounts of the Dis liensary, and that the same be furnish ed the press for pullication along with the I :gisltive Comminittee's rclport of its investigations, anid that theo Corn issioner also ho requtired to publisha anii anaua repo hsilrt of the tranfsactions of the ipnary. T1' e " p"Mernal aucunta" item of th is re:pvrt. 'anment: $ i,.~2d..i-, shortages du- by. : coumty Disponers. P'art of this Idelicit 01 iin prco I o4tl f setttleomenti whis a.o u 1,0r pat, is now in the ' .r1 .30es ni amounlit Is (du0 by .h- ,,.-.Ai atrd chairlt-A"le institu 4ion ofi: Stato andl CJlemson andi \Vit1h1op(ColoeCn for aIteOho)i, wvhis key, andt ines). The Asysum owing the amout (if $l83.50) for goods pur chiased by ordel r oif the Iloard of R.e geniits. $1000 is oin g by the suspended banks of (hestor, and Snow & Co., of K inigstr'ee. TJhese1 steipenisions trans piredl before I assumed the duties of C2o~ammissioner. Tiho remna idor rep rosentIs ad(1vances maide by me) to paty t,boe goiveruiment tax on whiskeys at local d i silh-ries, in order to remove it from the blondedl warehousesi, aned ammoount duo lby d istillors and whlo sial 0 hiqtuor mleni e's for nimo ty har/e-s resh ipped them. TIhese accounts,mnust, (of nlIO('ity. aIpperar in each repiort is sued' fronir this "llic, as (iutgoing1 ship) are ah..ist ul y ocr nes Thero fore, it isno OL Lible assu11red that thoso " personail accoun wts " wholly represon t the conitractlon of worthloss debts, or a wanton disregard of the law in the (coui iraction of aay class of debts. Bult I amn plainly withian the palo of 1,he law in the opening of these particular ac. counts, and I think the correctness of miy po~sitionl will lodge itacif in the min(JS oif your honorable board at flirst thought, when I state that these ac - counts aire abmllutely necessary to a piropor and sati factory matnagemnont of thei rapiodly ineaosing busi1ness of this minstituLion. All of which is respectfully sub miLted, I'. M\. M IXSON, Commissioner. Statemensi of sales, gross and not profit, of sub~-Dispensa~ries for eleven months, ending December 31st, 1895: S-ales by thec County IDispensors for cloven months to D~ecem ber 31st (consumers' prices).$1 ,0.76,903 65 Cost t) countics of above mer chianise.....................875,580 20 (Oross piroitit on aboive..........$207,883 45 T[otal ex penises for 11 months. . 95,252 17 TJotal net pirolits for 11 months.$ 106,131 28 nglish Spavin Liniment removes 3 Bleihos fr'om horses, Blood Spavins, t, Curbhs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring-Bone, - Stifles, Sprains, all Swollen Throats, t Coughs, etc. Save *50 by use of one nbt.Warr'anted the most wonder if ful Blemish Cunre ever kenon.n