The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, February 06, 1896, Image 1
VOL. E3
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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