The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 20, 1899, Image 1

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Till? NEAL INVESTIGATION. KKPOKT OF J?>INT COM$I.TT.<-B. Tii? Attorney General'* Conolee ru?i Gomproheuslvo s.mrj of ihe Besults? Tho report of the joint committee " to ? nvi < tif ? ? tb< * Hairs of the biete penitentiary," appointed at tho last session of the gcnc-al ?-?Hembly, has just beeu ifeutvl fiouj tho pre?a.:s, of tho 'State printer*, and le b?ilug seat to the members ol the general assembly, who arc asked to prcrr rve> tholr capias. Tho volume contatus 458 pages. Pre limlnary to the report of the com ml tue, which has already been pubnshed In The State, aud tho transcript of the voluminous testimony is a message from tho Governor transmitting the whole to tho general assembly. In this message the governor quotes tho rcBohitlou, all correspondence between his effloe and tho attorney general's ofllce. Then the message concludes thus : Tho whole matter was then placed outiroly ij the bauds of tho attoracj gonera!, with full power to act, and protect, as far as possible, the in terests of the Stato. Ho set to woi k diligently to ascertain the liability of tho bondsmen of tho late superintend ent ol > tho penitentiary and to oollect tho several amounts duo tho State. Criminal actlou ?as also brought ogalunt tho defaulting superintendent in tho B06eions court, for Kehlend county, under three separate Indict ments. These cases will come up for trial at tho spring term, 11)00, of tot criminal court for ltichland oounty. As Boon as tho attornoy general de termined tho;lifa.jlllty of the bondamen of tho lato superintendent, they came forward and paid tho amounts for which they wore liable, as will be seen from tho following communication from tho aUorney eoaeral: Executive Department, O?ice of tho Attornoy General. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 'id, 1899. To Ills Excellency, tho Goveraor, Co lumbia, S. C. Sir : Upon tho coming In o.' tk? re port of tho committee of the geaar&l assembly uppolnted 10 invoetigaia the alTaird of tLo penitentiary, your excel lency referred the same to me, to take such action as would protect tho latar ests of tho State, and I at once pro ceeded to give tho mntior attention. Tho committee has divided the late superintendent's liabilities Into two classes, viz: First, as shortage ad mitted by himself, items aggregating 83,584.41; and, second, liabilities ?' con tested by him," composed of "convict hire on the Watson contract for the years 1896, 1*97 and 1898, ?7,400, and stable runt, $740, AggregAtlng 18,140." 1 beg to call your attention, first, to tho second clais of liabilities, so-called. Upon investigation 1 f?ud that Neal, aa superintendent, for the year* 18U8 and 1897, accepted in payment for coi-vlct hlro two notes, which he (Uncounted at tho Carolina National banc and placed tho proceeds to the credit of tha penl tontiary. The State received tha money arising from these discounts, aud, consequently, cannot count this as a loss. The bank must suffer on this account, unleas the general Assembly gives it relief. For the payment of tha biro of con victs for tho year 1898, J. B. Watsoa, the contractor, gave to tha board of dl- ' rectors of the penitentiary his ohack or an Anderson bank for $2,600, which check was transferred to tha Carolina National bank, and on* of tha notes above mentioned (for 1887) was there with taken up, and la now in the pos session of the penitentiary authorities. Inasmuch as this chack was credited to the penitentiary account, being ax changed for the note taken up, it fol lows that this cannot be alleged as a loss chargoable against Neal's official bond. As to the last Item, 8740, referred to as " .stable rent," It seams that it was allowed by the board of directors aa an itom of expense, and is not charge able- as a broaoh of the official bond. I am, therefore, of the opinion that at tho present time none of tha charges contained In the second class of habl litic. could be made the basis of a salt against the bondsman of the late super- i lntendent of the penitentiary. It will i be noticed that on the account of the lease of convicts for the three years mentioned, the Stato has lost $2,000 ; hut I know of no legal steps whioh oao be takon to rocoves this amount. Among the first items of the first i class of liabilities ($3,584.41), there are two whlob were deducted when de mand was made upon the bondsmen. The report charged up "check unpaid and carried by Burrlaa, $172." Upon investigation I find this paid before the report was referred to this office. Thoro is also charged, "W. W. Kussel 1, note for $600," for whieh the peniten tiary received the money, whioh it kzn never returned to the bank, discount ing tho note. As long as tha State holds the proceeds of this discounted note it cannot demand ,of the bonds men reimbursement on that account. Therefore, deducting these items, $172 and $600, from the $3,584.41, we have, ah the amount chargeable against the bondsmen at the date of the report the sum of $2,812.41. I notified the bondsmen, Messrs. Wille Jones, W. 8. Pope and P. H. Haiti stauger, of tho claim of the State, and it gives me pleasure to say that they have promptly met the demand upon them, each paying the sum of $937.47. I now hold the Stato treas urer's receipt for the amount paid on the bond. Senator TlllmAn, upon the presenta tion of his bill, as reported by the committee, paid the amount due the State. ? I doBiro to Acknowledge valuable As sistance rendered me by the Hon. W. V. StovonBon, ohalrman of the com mittee of Investigation. Respectfully G. Duncan Bellinoek, n Attorney General. Tho attorney general has discharged I his duties in this matter faithfully, , and I commend his itiligenoe. I h?ve thus given you In detail the course taken on this repert, so thet you might be in full possession of the facts in the cese and be able to take intelligent notion, if you should deem Any further proceedings necessary. I have not felt it my duty la this con nection to do more than to ley before you plainly, and ae briefly as possible, the facts In the case and tho action taken by me. inasmuch as you have the report of the committee and the testimony. Tmatlnf this will meet your Approval, it is rospectfully sub mitted. M. B. Mc.-JVfK.iNaT, Goveraor. ?Senator Mason, of Illlno'.s, has In troduced into the United S .ales Sen Ate a resolution of sympathy with the South African republics in their strug gle against cruelty and oppression and offerlrg them " our best bor es for the full success of their determined con test for liberty." ANOTHER BRITISH DEFEAT HNGIiAM) MUST SKNI) UUiiK MEN Gotl. Met hum Uhcokcd in Mb Ad vanoe mirt Thrown Hack?A DJs tiitftUlshed Ofllwr Killed. Each Importiini battle boeros to bring a wora-j roverso for the L.itlsh, and tho London newspapers sorrowfully udtnit that Lord Metbuen'e check at Magersfontein is the most Bcriou? event the war has yet produced. Tho Morning I'ost says : " Wo bavo had our day of humiliation appointed for ua. Let us accept ll humbly and sobor ly and be tho better aud stronger for the lesson It has taught us. This last reverse will make us a fresh butt of Europe. There never was a more apt occasion to provo to Europe what wo nro worth." Tho position Lord Methuen assaulted is thus described by a correcpoadont. " Magersfontein range terminates on tho east with an abrupt saddlo rock, some ISO feet high. Boor entrench ments run around tho whole frost. The poBition is some two miles long, due east and west. Tho western ends of the trenches follow the contour of the kopjes nod afford a retreat." It ie estimated that Lord Metbuen's forces amount! d to 11,000 men and per haps more. No rellablu estimate of his losses has yet been received. All tho papers coiumeut upon tho extreme gravity of the situation and upon tho momentous decision Lord Methuen i ns now to make?whether t) remain at Modd?.r river or to retire on Orange river. The Times nays : " At least 30,000 addltionnl men must bo sent oat. The entire available reserve must bo called up aud tho militia and volun teers turned to account. Efforts must be in&Uo to increase tho local colonial forces, and further offera of troops from Canada and other colonies must bo sought aud accepted." ThoStnndard, which comments upon the "seemingly astonishing numbers of Boers," is driven to tho conjecture that a substantial portion of tho Boer commandoes has been recruited from tho Capo Dutch. All eyes are now turning hopefully to Gen. Bullcr, who taking into ac count tho troops with Gen Whlto at Lady smith, has altogether 30,000 men. Tho Standard says : "At this moment there must t o few mon in her majesty's nonunions having great a weight of care upon them u Gnu. Buller carries on his shoulders." Tho spocial correspondent of Tho Dally Mall at Modder river, describ ing the fighting says : "Tho Doer trecobes extended far beyond the kopjo into tho open plain. Those on the plain were hidden by screens of leaves. Those near the kopje were guarded by a double line of barbod wlro. Evidently they foared our storming and bayonet attack. " We teked the kopjs and trenches with an Intense, well directed tire, of various guns, including a n?\vnl gun and a Bowitzor battery, both using lyddite. I believe they suffered severe damage. The Boer prisoners report that one lyddite ahull fell among forty men, only five of whom escaped un hurt. Other shells burst in the enemy's laager, causing its complete destruc tion. " The Boarc are In still larger force than we found them at Modder river, outnumbering us by almost** to 1. The Transvnalers aro apparently dominat ing in their military councils, although in a minority." The British casualties included the Marquis of Winchester, major of the Seoond battalion Coldstream Guards, who was killed, and Col. Djwnhnaa of the Gordon Highlanders, wit* nai mortally wound*!. When the Highlander! saetth* mur derous point-blank lr* ef the Boars about 200 war* mown down. Tho Black Watch regiment on reform leg was nb.e to muster only Kit men. The Boers lost heavily in the tronehes and also in th* wire entanglements when they enma Into the open in an attempt bo make a flank attack on tho British. The terrific British artillery Ire pro voked no response except from the Boer rifles until nearly 4 o'elook In tho aftornoon when the Gordon Highland ers formed to ren*w tho attack on the entrenohed kepje. Thdy advanced with tho utmost gallantry to attack th* Boers, olose to the place whore lay their dead and wounded comrades of the Highland brigade. The enemy opened with a heavy shrapnel fire as the British advanced, and it was found physically Impossible to tako the Boer trenches. Th* British got within 200 yards, but could nob got nearer. It was her* than Cel. Down ham fell. This morning (Tuesday) both shies occupied the positions they held before the haul*. The greatest bravery was displayed by both officer' aid men. The wounded include Lieut, Col. A. E. Codrlngton and Capt. Sterling* bot*, of the First battalion ef th* Coldstreant Guards. A detachment of Boers, posted among some thick bushes to th* east maintain ed a most destructive lr* on our right. With the remarkable talent for taking cover whleh the Boer always displays they were generally speaking Invinci ble, and, although th* enemy's artille ry was practically silenced, his rll* fir* wts BO persistent and concentrated, as well as usually well aimed, that It was absolutely impossible for tho British Infantry to take the position by assault. At the first advance of th* Highland ers the Boer shooting was somewhat high, probably owing to the darkness. Otherwise the British losses would have been still henvie. London, Dec. 14.?The British have met with disastrous defeat In.South Af rica. Tho Boers have overwhelmed the qucon's army In Capo Colony, and two generals, Gatacre and Methuen, have tasted tbe bitterness of Boor vic tory. Their armies havo boon forced backward, and the long boasted ad vance of tho British through the Or ange Free State and tho Transvaal, by way of Klmberloy, has beon checked. While In the eud It Is confidently ex pected tho British will march through the enemy's country, the fact Is now that they have been whipped and whip r>ed badly. Nothing short of great re nforcemente and that at once will save the invading army from practical an nihilation. It turns out that the battle of Monday at Magersfontein was thi greatest Boer victory of tbe war. Lord Mo thuen'e forces were not only driven back in dismay, but thoy left a total of 832 offlcors and men either dead, wound ed or oaptured on the field of battle. In this number were many of the flower and pick of the British army, and to day there la sorrow and mourning in hundreds of English households. Even the boasting British Tory pa pers and the war Apartment officials admit temporary defoat, and England is now humiliated as she has not boor la doaens of years. . ?It is not easy to make a womar show the white feather unless it hap pens to be in fashion. THIO SOUJTHKKN NATIONAL l'AHK The ; i i;;iM ol the Proposed Park In iho Mountain* ol' Wcaterii North Carolina. The moveiiiOnt to establish * South ern national park, whioh now jrlves such tine promise of succcrp, had Its origin in a hunting and fishing trip through a portion of tho northwest country, taken last May bv Judge William U. Day, McKinley'? former Secretary of State ; Dr. C. P. Ambler anil Goorgo 11. Smathcrn, of AsheTillo The party was riding through the Sap phire country on horseback. One morn ing while passing near the White Falls, Judgo Day stopped, enraptured by the scenery. The other two mem bers of the party rode on without no ticing him. Presently Dr. Ambler turned back and found the judge still motionless under the inluence of his majestic surroundings. " Do you know what I was thinking about?" finally asked tho judge. "No, but I would like to," replied the. doctor. " Well, I was just thinking that something ought to be doao to preserve ail this "-?sweeping his hand over the country. "Somotbing should be done , to save it from spoliation." The ex secretary was lost in admiration of the j scene. " Why shouldn't It be made a na tional park ?" suggested the doctor. Juti^e Day thought the idea magnif icent and tho doctor thought so, too. From that time Dr. Ambler began to j agitate tho establishment of a national park. II" worked hard and alone all first, hut soon secured the co-operation of others and presently there was & | call for a convention supported by pro minent men in all of the States of the Southeast. Th? conrmtion was hold on November 22, and was *> brilliant suc cess. There was a good attendance and a well directed effort to secure the park was Inaugurated. The necessary com mittees wero formed aud as expressing the sens .) of the convention and the ob ject of the movement, the following resolution was passed : " Whereas, the West has tho Yollow stone national park and there Is anoth er on Maekinac island, and the South has none, and lumbermen are gaining control of the virgin forests, game is becoming extlnet andcouid bo restored by a park, mountain trout are dying out, several hundred thousand acres could be gotten hero cheaply, all of which is unrivaled for sconory and Is centrally located ; thore is a most salu brious climate; this would be a suitable place for tho national snnltorium for sick soldiers, and tho head waters of our streams should bo preserved therefore bo it " Unsolved, That Congress bo asked to set aside a forust preserve for tbo park." I had a very interesting talk with Dr. Ambler, who as I have said, was tho original mover In the eaterprlss. I naked him what were considered the best locations for the park, and ho re piled : "The several gentlemen here in Ashfivllle who have during the past few months promoted the movement toward the establishment of a national park in the Southern Appalachian mountains, have not proposed and do not now propose to advocate any one spot la particular. Personally, It has been my good fortune during tb* past 10 years, to have beoa pretty well over the wild and unfrequented portions of western North Carolina, northern Georgia, oast Tennosseo aod Virginia, and I do not hesitate at all to say that the most beautiful parts of this Appa lachian range are located In western North Carolina. " I believe that If we can get Con gress to appoint a commission to In vestigate this movement western North Carolina will have several sites presented to them ss poaslble locations. Of course, the location of a large tract of land as forest preserve and national park Is a difficult thing to do, particu larly for the reason that It must be si tuated away from the thtokly Inhabited districts. It should have the virgin forests ; it should have some natural advantages and attractions as regards scenery, and there should he some lo cations where agriculture could be pursued en a small scale if desired. 11 If the government investigated the practicability of this project their at tention first will undoubtedly bo at tracted to the Cherokee Indian reser vation In the extreme western part of j the State. This seotlon, indeed, has! many Advantages in its favor. Adja ccat to this reservation, whioh pos sesses about 3,000 Acres, there is a j tract ef lend between the Little Ten nessee end the Plgoon river,About 40 by 00 miles In extent, whioh Is practically An unbroken wilderness covered by for ests In their natural state. Tbls seo tlon has upwards of GO mountains of over 5,500 feet in elevation, And SO of | over 0,000 feet, including the famous CilngmAn's Dome. The country is well wAtered And from a scenic point of ] view there is nothing which I have seen in tho heart of the Rockies through ColorAdo, or Wyoming, that caii begin to compere with it in beauty. " Another tract of great beauty And possibilities is what is now known as the HighlAnd section. A perk could undoubtedly be sltuetod in this region, including the 2,300 eores of the Tox ar/ay company, of unlimited possibili ties to its eastward. Indeed, perhaps the most feasible end most deslrAble thing oi ell would be to establish the park At both of these points, Acquiring a small strip of land Along the railroad west of WAynesville, end join these two sections in this way. 11 The third point to be consh ered is whet is known as Blacks, extending from the Crnggy mountains to the f .In vl 11? end embrAclng the region already well known for its beauty And timber. This region hns in it the famous Mt. Mitchell, on altitude of 0,707 feet?the highest point this s'.ao of the Uockles. The country radlAtlng from Mt. Mitch ell towArd the Too river and then off1 in tho Linvillo region would lndeod mako a most deslrAble location for the national park And forest ressrration. Tho fAtnous Murchlson foundry is lo cated in this region." -The Louisville and Nashville rail road has sold all its 'ends In Western Florida, AggregAtlng 500,000 acres, to A Michigan syndicate at one dollar An Acre. The largest and bsst bodies of theso lands will ho bold by the syndl cete for its own uses, And an Immense milling end turpontlne business will soon be established. The smaller detached tracts will be sold to home i soekcrs. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tho Kind You Han Always Bought Bears the Signature of A GOOD DJ?rEOTIVH BTOKY. ,jA RliHDliiK Gold Certtlloaie W*t , I Recovered i in cue1' a WomanV I Dream. lloro la a good detective story from , tho Now York World. It may furnish a valuable pointer to detectives else where. Mrs. Mary Colemau bad juet received insurance money on her hus band'* life and secreted it In a bureau drawer in her room in Jersey Olty. $>u Monday morning she hurried to pollee headquarters and reported the loss of a $1,000 gold certificate, litre Is the reraalndor of the story as related In the New York World : Detective Doyle was put on the case. Alter searching Mrs. Co,email's apart ai-tita he closely questioned the wo rm ?) and au idea came to him. " Havo jou dreamed of the money cither before or since you missed It f" ho asked. Mrs. Colmnau said that in a dream she had seen a man take the money from tho bureau drawer and disappear through an open window. " Aro you a somnambulist?" queried tbo detective. Mrs. Coleman had no recollection of ever having walked in her sleep. "The less is agitating you," said tho detective, and hs advised Mrs. Cole man to lie down and sleep. "You might perhaps dream of the money again," be continued. " You might theu secure another clue." Doyle went back to police he.ad4.1iAr ttra and ensured Chief Murphy that tho money would probably be recover ed. He was about to atart for Mrs. Coleman's house yesterday morning, when the widow entered headquarters her face learning. Gleefully she exhibited the $1,000 certificate. She had followed Detec tive Doyle's instructions. During tho night she got out of bed and found the missing certificate in a corner of tho room under the carpet. She was asleep at the time, and did uot awake until late In the morning. Sho was lying on tho lloor with the cortiUeato in one hand and tho other holding an upturnod cornor of a strip of carpet. FEET a Uli Lauoek ?Shoemakers and haberdashers who eater to the wants of the elite assert that their pa trous this year demand huslcry and shoes averaging from one-half to one and a half sizes larger than they did flvo years ago. The majority of the dealers believe that the average length and breadth of men's feet havo been steadily Increasing since the wane of the fashion which demanded a pointed toe and tight fitting shoes. This they explain by saying that the effect of tho style In vogue six years ago was to cramp and distort the natural develop ment of tho feot. When the style change* and comfort became the crite rion of fashion nature again exerted Its If. Feet which had become dis torted during the reign of the narrow shoe and pointed toe slowly bogen to broaden and adapt themselves to their new surroundings. The change, being gialual, went for a long time unnotic ed, and not nntil tho merchants re cently began to compare tholr sales of Ive years ago with those of today was It found that the average increase has been approximately one size. Several well kaown shoo dealers said that when they first began to no tice tho apparent change thoy became Interested and studied tho problem. They found that when fashion de manded the use of narrow shoos feot woro closely confined and by degrees became small. As styles changed and an easy It was alone desired the foet seemed to expand and grow steadily larger until tho fashion again required a small, neat foot, when the process would be repeated. One morohant, versed In ancient and Oriental h'story, pointed out to m'e the fact that in coun tries where the sandal or other loose foot covering Is generally worn tho foot of tho inhabitants are compara tively largo, and In countries where a big shoo is in poor tasto small feet arc In tho majority.?Cincinnati Enqulror. Washington Centennial.?Thurs day, December 14, will be generally ob served throughout the country as tho centennial anniversary of the death of the Father of His Country at Mount Vernon. Nowhere will the day be more solemnly celebrated and with as many appropriate oeremonles as at the national capital, whioh bears his name. Men In every class of oMcial and civilian service are joining hands, regardless of seot ?nd party, in a united effort to do proper reverenoe to the day. Exer cises or the most solemn character will be hold during tho afternoon at Mount Ternon, where rest the remains of the Illustrious patriot end warrior ; in the ?plphany churoh at 4 o'clock la the afternoon, and In Convention Hall and tLe Lafayette Square Opera Uouse at night, each under ihe auspice* of some patriotic organization. The Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of Columbia and Virginia will celebrate at Mount Vernon. A preli minary meeting will occur under their auspices In the Alexandria opera house on the eve of the centennial. The pro f;ram of the Masonic celebration on the ollowlng day Is to include a parade of local and visiting Mason'.o bodies from the Ebblt House, by way of Pennsyl vania avenue and Seventh street to the Mount Ternon boat. They will steam to Mount Vernon and disembark there, to march over the exact route followed by the funeral cortege of Washington a century ago. President McKinley and cabinet will travel to the tomb by electric cars, and the President will deliver an oration. The Masons will give a reception at Wllllard's hotel, boglnning at 0 o'clock at night. A Nbw industbt.? ' Photograph ing tombstones," says the Philadelphia Record, "Is a novel Industry which has been instlUtuted by a colored man of this city, who was at one tlmo hoy of all work in a photograph gellory. He has recently branched out for him self, and has already established a re munerative business which promises to open up even a wider field In tho fnture. He visits the various oeme teriei wltk his camera, And when tho day is fair he takes plotures of mAny I of tbe imposing monuments. After he k?s develeped nls plains he tekes the proofs around among the reletlves of the deceased, end usually finds a reedy sale for his pictures. Of course, he hes to take ohenoes, for he works en tirely without orders, trusting to senti ment fer his sales. Still, he says, it is very seldom that he doesn't get an or der. He also hes a hAblt of haunting the marble works where tombstones are made, and by striking while tbe Iron is hot he takes a picture before even the bereaved relatives have seen the stone. This is alweys a ten strike." ?3 -A. *3 T fr? 3=1 !t JSl. - Bean the _/f TN Nnd Vou Have Always Boujjil Qgnetaxe HOW TOWNS ?.KT THEIR N A >i K: Hill Arp Takes a. Tour ami Observe! Many Things?Dull Towns nut! Progressive 1'iaoen. How ephemeral is fame. This word is of Qreok origin aid literally mean: "for siivy " and was applied to the lives of certain iusecta. its meaning lias broadened and now it Is applied tc liloor fumo or wealth or happiness or anything that is of brief or uncertain duration. 1 vub ruminating about thle because 1 have boen down to liarneiville and Thomaston, two pros perous towns, one la Hike-ami the othor In Upson county. 1 Inquired of several good cltlzjns rrho Mr. Upson was aud they could uot loll. Finally an old gentleman said that ho was a member of the legltdnturo from O^lo thoipe county and was a very great and good man aud died nu<*ly, and the Legislature of which he was a member mado a new county and nsme.l it for hisn. But uow there is not one man in a hundred in that county that knows anything about him. 1 did uot lind Anybody who knew what Mr. Thomas tho town was named for. Just so I did not fiud anyone at Baruesvtllo who know what Mr. 1'lko that county was named for. So I had to wait till I got home and oxamined my books aud 1 learned that Zebulon i'lXo was a groat eoldier In the war of 1812?that before tnat he explorod the far west, and was tho first ninn to discover and ascend that very high mountain which has ever sluco been called '?Pike's l'oak.' Tho town of 1 jbulon took hie Chrit tian name or rather his Jewish name, for Zabulon was the sixth son of JacoI) and hl6 descendants became Bailors, Nobody could toll mo who Barnesvillle was named for. Nobody cares very much wiio any town or county was named for. The present seems to be all that coucerns us, and the historic part will soon'pass into oblivion for the old men are nearly all dead. Not long ago 1 road how au Eugllehmnn was walking About tho boautlful couietcry of Gettysburg and met a Confederate veteran there and said to hltn s "These grand monuments and grave stones will forever perpetuate tho mem ories of the bravo men who fell, but I fear your Con federate dead will kooi; p?6s iuto oblivion uniisa you give them cemeteries aud monuments like these." " No," said the vote ran, " Oars will last as long as those, for overy stranger who comes here will naturally ask the same question that you did : "Who killed an these people who tiro burled hero V" As I travel over tho South I can toll a prosperous town from a stagnant one by the wheels that aro turning, the smoke stneks and tho hum of machi nery, or tho absence of all those? Barnesville is forging ahead and isu Is Thomaston, for both hnvo cotton mills already and are building more. Tnomaston can boast of having the oldest cotton factory in Georgia for it was built lu 18*13, aud has been added to In later years, and now Is erecting another with a capital of $10U,000. Everywhere aro vlslblo the signs of progress and businoss activity. Tho new hotel recently built by Mro. Sand wich Is a gem of beauty and reminds tho traveler of Florida and the tropics. All around are to bo aeon new re sidences of modorn architecture. Toe auditorium nearly completed is a mar vel of Groclan beauty. An electric plant lights the new hotol <nd many homes and will soon light the streets of the little city. Mrs. Sandwich established this plant and owns it. Just ponder It a moment. a woman is the foremost factor In the advancing progress of a newborn city. Now If they will let her tear down tho oid ante-bcllurn courthouse and erect a new one she will do it. But sho can't vote?when Is this fosslllfcrous relic of a past ago to he reformed. Tho dirt iest negro In this town has a vote in selecting Its ruler, whilo a widow who nays tho blghost tax is excluded. All but one of tho toaehorn in our public schools are women, hut they havo no voice In anything except the privllcgo of teaching our children. Tho Uard wlok bill Is dead, and tho maxim is to speak no ill of tho dead, but a bettor bill would havo been to place the bal lot box just whero tho jury box Is now. In overy county thero is a commission of honorable men who select tho men who aro tit to servo on tho jury and their names only are placed In tho jury box. Mon of bad moral character or exceeding ignorance aro oxcludod. Wo have known instances whore men of considerable wealth woro oxclude** because of their notorious vlcos. Tho right to sit upon a jury and try cases Involving life and liberty or property is of far more Importance than the privilege of voting. Then why not urge the ballot box as well at the jury box. Many good negroes would be put In an J some had white men left out. I am not afraid of being left out. Itesdor are you? Tho ballot has got to he nurgod In some way. Thero are only twonty counties that local option has not succeedod in driving out whisky and saloons and In nearly all of these twenty the white vote would expel thom, but negroes and vagabonds and saloon owners override the will of a large majority o' the pooplo. In Bpald lng county It was admlttod that no groos carried the day and klllod the much wanted reform. If the mothers and wives and sisters could havo voted, the majority for prohibition would have been ovorwholmlng. Who doubts It. If it 1b not considered proper for womon to vote In political matters surely they oan he trusted in moral measures that affect the welfare of their husbands aid sous and brothers, and also In all educational organiza tions?why does not tome tnemoor of the L' glslature with a great big hoart and brain champion this reform V Tho people are ready for It anil will say a| Daniel has corno to judgment. Our Thanksgiving I? over?wo had a turkey that had been stall-fed, but my wlfo and I were Invited to a good kind neighbor's and tho girls to another nolghbor's, and our turkey has boon roBpltuu. Uo has boon gobbling all tho day, but hears no rosponso from neighboring coops. I would be sorry for turkoys If thoy wore sorry for them selves. We had a union Thanksgiving service in our town and a large con gregation listened to Mr. Healer's elo quent discourse from the 147th Psalm : " God hath not dealt so with any other nation." Be sketched our country from Columbus down and showed us that blessing and love had followed us for 400 yoars. It was a grand sermon. Bill a up. Senator Hoar Intends to keep on trying to change the date of the Federal Inauguration day until he suc ceeds. He wants to make It the last Wednesday in April, instead of the 4th of Maroh, and he has Introduced a proposition for a constitutional amend ment wbloh would extend President McKlnley's term and that of the (jtth Congress until the last Wednesday ol April, 1901, and would make tho Con gresslonal and Presidential terms ex pire on that day of April in the future DBATU OP OAPT. G. W. SHELL A iiilicn of the I -minus Manifesto In 1HUU and Member ot Congress lot Four Years. C*i?t. G. W. Shell died suddoniy on the 15:n lest. At hit home oaar l.au i';<rv aftur a very brief l.lness, in the 00th year of hin age. He was buried tbe next day at Chestnut It Id 16 Baptist eliurch, uf which he h?d been a mem ber from eArly youth. The foilowiug sketch of his life Is copied from The State : G?orge Washington Shell, the author of the famous Shall manifesto that marked tho InaugurAtlon of the) Till man revolution, was boru In Lauraoe County Nov. 13, 1831. He obtained his early education lu the ccmmcin schools and lite Lnurens academy, attending the latter one year. At 10 years of Aga he came to Columbia, And for two years was a clark to Andrew Crawford. Ilo roturned to Laurcns and farmed for a year, losing his wife At the end of that year?1855. The next two years he engaged in mercantile business In the Iowa of Laurone. Then he became supLrintendent of the Laurcns rAilroad and held it for a yoar And a half, re signing and going to New York. He took a position a" a collector And re mained for about six mouths, return* lng to bis home just prior to tho break ing out of the war. He was among tbe first to enter the Confederate army, euiistiDg as a pri vate in C>. A of the Third South Caro lina. Tho first year of his service he was private secretary to Gen. lioaham, who commanded the brigade. Then he boeame second lieutenant of his company. The day after his promo tion ho was made quartermaster of his regiment then commauded by Cob Nance. He was in tliis positiou for a ycAr and then became division quar termaster, serving about the same length of time. Then he was Assigned to duty with tho chief quartermaster of tbe Army of Northern Virginia, at Gen. lt. E. Luc's headquarters, serv ing there from Septembor, 18?4, until tho surrender. He was entitled to the rank of major, but never received that renk. After tho war Cupt. Shell returned to Laurons Aud went ou tho (Arm which has always been his homo. In 1882 ho was elected cleric ot the court of bis county, holding the oflioe for olght years. Then came along the po litica1 revolution of 1890 in South Ca rolina. Capt. Shell was B. R. Tillmau's chief lieutenant in the light, and he it was who penned tho famous "Skell Manifesto of 18b9, a document that will ever remain prominent in tho po litical history of the State. Prior to issuing tbss document CApt. Shell had boon a member of the State Democrat ic executive committee?1880-87. in 1888 he was chosen president of the Farmers' Association of South Caro lina, And a little later tired tho open ing gun ef the Tlllman campaign in the shape of tho manifesto. The po litical revolution landed Capt. Snell In Congress from tho Fourth district In 1800, and whon his term ended ho was given another, Aftor which ho retired to prlvAte lifo. Capt. Shell was twice auarriod, lirst, In 1851, to Miss Mary Dial of Laurcns County. They had one sou, who died. Mrs. Sholl died in 1855. Cart. Sholl marrlod again, lu I860, his second wife being Miss Ellen Watts IP.il of Abbe ville County. Tho fru'? of this mar riago was 10 chlldrou, two of whom died this fall. Mr. Sholl was tho old ost child of bis parents. He loaves a sister, Mrs. W. .). Catbcart., of Colum bia, and a brothor, Warreu, who Is now very 111, PRIVILEG!? Of SKNATORfl. Luxurlce Knjoyed By Them at Che K.xpenso of the Government Members of tho House frequently have their envy aroused when con sidering the privileges enjoyed by mombers of the Senate, as shown by tno expenditures from the contingent fund of tho Sonate. A fow of the more Interesting Items In the report just submitted by Secretary Cox aro hore presented : Senator CafTory 1b charged with a yoar's subscription to A newspaper, while Senator 0? D. Clark hAd five magazines. Among tho Items for fur nlturo Are forty-eight oak chairs, $132; one brass polo, with standards and double curtains, for tho committee on privileges and olcctlons, $145 ; two pairs of curtains for oloakrooms, $140 ; antique mahogany desk And book case for Vice President's room, all hand work, $325; desk for committee on post-offices And postroAds, $275 ; brass pole and curtain for committee on the revision of the laws of the United States, $95; one Imported silk mohair khedlve carpet for the Vice President's room, $405. Fourteen mahogany chairs for the committee on finance cost $337 ; two mahogAny tables for tho Vico Presi dent's room, $150, And one sofa for name room, $130 ; hrASs poles And portieres for tho committee on Indian nlTalrs, $170; a carpet for committee on rules, $410, or about $2 por square foot. Two specially designed manogany desks for tbo Sonate chamber cost $250 ; a per forated rubber mat, $110. The carpet In the sergoant-at-arm's oflfico cost $334, while that In the room of the committee on the District of Columble cost $372. Right Flemish OAk benches for tho reception room eo.t $505 ; two pAlre Brussels point lAce curtains for the Vlca-Presldent's room, $300. A carpet rug for the President's room was purchased for $300, and two rugs for tho Vice President's room for $120 and $02, respectively. A cerpot In the Senate lobby, imported, was laid At A COSt of $020, while A rug for the Senate postoDlje cost $20C. The committee on privileges And elections got a book case for $325. One bill for 1 1 1 revolving chairs amounted to $1, 296. Tho Grand Pacific Hotel, ChtcA go, was paid $57 for ontertalnlng a soloot committee on manufactures while $0,700 was paid tho Wostorn Union Telegraph Company for telo Hrams to and from Senators. The amount spent for quiniue, bro mo-soltzer, camphor, soap And sponges was $432. Exact Infokmation.?" I hAva noticed," said the Hev. Dr. Goodman, pausing in his discourse, " thet two or three of the brethren hnva looked At their watches several times In the lest few ruinutss. For fuar their time pieces niAy not agree. I will say thAt the correct time is 11.45. I swt my ersteh by tho regulator at the jeweler's last night. The sermon will be over At 12 01. It would hAve cloced prompt ly At 12 hut for this dlgiesslon. Let us proceed to consider now what the apostle moans when he says : ' I press towards the mark.' "?Chicago Tri bune. O J\. T <3 XI. X A. . Boars the lha ^ind YoiJ ,,av9 ?,w,'1),s 1%?%^JL powder ~ Absolutely Pure Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome _ro>?i o >kino powDEn co.. new york. Till". Y SWORE TO KUiLi LOO AW. How an Infuratoil OfBoor Oainrtl ihn i'.lifo.- Resentment of HI* Soldler?. The rumor (hat Major John A. Lo fan, nho was killed is a battle in tbe 'hlilpplnes Home time ago, wan mur dered by American soldiers, has had confirmation from two sources of late. A dispatch from San Frauclsco says that the officer* of th* transport Sher idan which conveyed the Thirty-Third United States volunteers to Manila, alleges that the soldiers said that they would kill Logan at tlie first opportu nity. Tbe trouble between Major Logan and the men arose over th* alleged drowning of a dog which wan tho mas cot of Company E of th* regiment. Ac cording to tbe statements of several of the ship's officers ?od cr*w, Logan bad a. blr brisdl* bull dog, aud one day It attacaod the matcot of Company A This dog wae highly prised, as ho had been all through the Spanish*Ameri can wnr with the regiment, and had been dubbed " Snn Antonio Sain." The mnfcot's good luck stuck to him, for he succeeded iu whipping Logan's dog. The fight Is said to have occurred on tho forward part of the upper dock in tko presence of a large crowd of sol diers and sailors. So lncoased did Major Logan become that he ordered-a sentry to throw Sen* overboard and the order was executed. From that timo the animosity which had been felt toward Major Logan, whose manner was thought by some to have been overbearing, grew i*to the bitterest resentment. Friends of Lo gan assert positively that no such in cident occurred It was made out of whole cloth, they asseri, and was noth ing but an Idle yarn of a crowd of men. This contention is not corroborated by the statements of the ship's plumber, tho first assistant ongiueer, or tho quartermasters. Furth*r confirmation of a direct na ture comes from > letter received by a Bridgeport, Conn., man withlu u fow days from his son, who was a member of the regiment. Tho writer of the letter says : "The little spaniel was such a pot that many of the soldiers cried ovor his los?. Tho captain of Company E lost all control of himself and called Major Logan a vile namo. Whereupon he was at onco placed under arrest. Some timo after the little spaniel was drowned Its owner came on deck and was told what had occurred. In tho meantime Major Logan became aware of the feeling among the men, so ho walked up to the sergeant of Company E and offered him one hundred dollars for Ms lost dog. Th* sergeant flatly refuted the money and said : ' Money will not bring back try spaniel. If I had boan hero at tbe time, i would havo gone over the sido with him.' "So strongly did the soldiers resent Major Logan's order to drown their pet that mutteringi and growlinga among them Anally led to the agreoment among them that In the first action In which their regiment partlcpated aftor landing Major Logan was to bo shot." Tho writer of tho letter containing this Information remarks: "I would not give two cents for his life after we got into action." The letter was writ ten Oct. 27. The Wrong Credit for a Notaul* Saving.?" Millions for dofenso, but not a cent for tribute " Is th* famous sentiment that for a hnndred years , has been linked with the name of Gen eral Ckerles C. Finokney. It Is en gravon on a marble tablet to General Pinckney't memory In St. Miehaol's church In Charleston. But at the close of the century a story Is going the rounds to the effect tkat General Pinokney ?over used such.a phas* and nover claimed to have done so. Tho late Hjn. Alfred Ilueor, of Charleston, wrote a lotter In 1871, In which he quoted a conversation between Thomas S. Grlinke and Genoral Charles Cotc-i wortb l'incknoy as follows : " 'General,' said Grlinke, 'we would like to know if tho Froren directory ever actually proposed anything like tribute from tho ?nltod States to you, when minister.' " 'Thoy did sir,' ho answered ; 'tho question was : What will tho United States pay for cortaln political pur posos ? etc' " 'What was your answer, General ?' askod Grlinke, " 'Not u sixpence, sir, answered Gon oral Pinokney. "'Did yousivy anything else, Gonor al V " 'Not a word, sir.' "'Was there nothing about mil lions for defence, but not a **nt for tribute V" " 'I never used any such expression, sir; Mr. Robert Goodloe Harper did at a public meeting ; I never did.' " 'Did you ever correct the report of narp-j.''s speech, General V " 'Wo, sir. The nation adopted the expression, and I always thought there would have boon more ostentation in denying than submitting to the re port.' " One Moit? DmaY Stobt.?Bef*re the Dewey fever subsides entirely ouo more story o* the Admiral should b* permuted. It appears that th* Admi ral has bee* deluged by applications from friends and former acquaintances to use his iafluenoe in their behalf to secure them *lth*r appointment* or promotion* 1* th* gov*r*moat aervlee. A f*w days ago an old naval friend called upon Admiral Dswey to InToke his aid In eeourlng a promotion for a member of his family, who had origi nally entered the service through the loflnenoe of the Admiral. After ex changing the usual courtesies of a o*ll, the business proposition was Introduc ed. The Admiral expressed his regrets at not being a'lo to grant th* request and remarked with a perceptible ols piay of annoyance that h^t.ad no in fluence with the administration and If ho had ho would not uso It for a> yon*. He added that he had made an excep tion In behalf of tho Grldley family, but would oxert hlmsolf for no ono else, as ho was heartily sick of so maoh Ingratitude. mmm ?> ?It 1* said that an express balloon Is being constructed In Germany, at u cost of ?2(JO,000, which Is expected to attain a speed of 22 miles an hour. 1 This is probably tho most expensive 1 experiment that has been made wltb an airship. 8I0NATOK APPELTV*) UILL. A Substitute for the Dispi-imnr.v LiSW ? Local Option Tor tue Counties. Senator Appell, of Clarendon, baa prepared a bill to prorldo a eubstitute for the dispensary law, which has been printed In some of the dally newspapers and has attracted considerable atten tion. The following Is a summary of tho bill: It forbids tho manufacture, sale, etc, of liquors of all forms except as pro vided in the bill. It providoa that at tho next general election the voters of oach county shall declaro for strict prohibition, dispensary under county coutrol, or license as provided for under the constitution. Baoh county has the system that suits Its people best. If ttaw voto is for prohibition thoy shall have it puro and simple and in its moAt stringent form ; If for county dispensary then a board of control is provided for in the county supervisor, tho foreman of the grand jury, and a citizen to be appointed by a mayor or tho Intendant of tho county soat. The moral character feature Is inslt-ted upon by the bill for tho appolnloe. The board receives $:t a day for their services, but are not to bo allowed more than throe days In each mouth. Tho county board pnrchases the liquors ana tho machinery is practically the earno as is now in elTout for the State board. They are required to publish all of their purchases, bo that tho public oau seo as to the matter of tho " influences " brought to hear on them. All of their meetings shall be open to the public. Liquors may he tested by the chemist of tho Blato University. Dispensaries may bo opened or closed by tho board, and in any part ol tho county, even iu an unincorporated town. Tho applicant for dispenser must till tho ?amo requirements as uro now exacted. The profits of the sale of liquor goes, as now, to tho county school fund and to tho town. Tho same restrictions as now observed In the matter of tho sales and the hours aro preserved. In such counties as vote for llcouso under tho constitution, a license hoard, of the same constitution as the board of control, is provided for, and the fame rules apply to them except rs to the matter of buying liquor and electing dispensers. These are established on petition and llconso given to the man who has a par.er signed as the requoft from a majority ol the froohold voters of the town, It under live thousand in habitants ; if over that of tho voters of tho ward In which tho business Is to ho carried on. The fee for Lioenso Is to DC no loss thau six hundred nor moro than twelve hundred dollars, ;.s tho board may see tit. The. same regulations as to the hour? of sales and the restrictions as are . e quired in the dlsponsary aro main tained for licensed bar. The board may have any liquor tosted by the State chemist, and shall exact a $.'1,000 bond p.nd prosecute for viola tions of It. They shall publish their proceedings and their meetings sh^ll bo public. The affairs of the present State board and dispensary shall bo wound up and the assets turned over to a board con sisting of a legislative committee and tho Stato treasurer. Playing DOCTOR.?-Children ere quick at Imitation, and have a talent lor making up games In which ti'oy cleverly burlotquo thoir elden. One day two bright iittlo children wore found playing "doctor." Tho youngest child was the patient, with head wrap ped In a towol, and tbe older, tho phy sician, with a silk hat and oaae, Tne mother, unseen by the little ones, listened at tho doorway. " l fool awful bad,'' said the pationt. " We'll fix all that," said the doctor, briskly. " Lommesee your tongue." Out came the Uttlo red Indicator. " Hum 1 Hum ! Coated 1" said tho doctor, looking very grave iniload. Thon, without a word of warning, tho skilled physician hauled off and gavo tho pationt a smart slap In the region of the ribs. " Ouch !" cried tho sufTcr. "Peol any pain there?" inquired tho doctor. " Yes," said tho pationt. " 1 thought so," said the hoalor. " How's the other side ?" "It's all right," said the pationt, edging away. Thereupon tho doctor produced a small bottle filled with what looked like either bread or mud pills, and placed it on tho table. " Tato ono of these pollots," tho physician said, "dissolved In water, ovory 17 minutes?al-tor-mlt-ly." "How long inns' I tako 'em"?" groaned tho pationt. " Till you die," said the doctor. "Good morning, sir 1" ?Ha1 tlinoru Methodist. ?There is a spring that is a froak In Centre county, Penn. It is near Marsh creea, In Hoggs town-hit), op. " the Robert Gunsallus farm. There arc two springs within 00 foot of each other. One is an ordinary spring Bonding forth a flow of water that never varlos. its neighbor, however, overy morning at 0 o'clock stops flow ing, and not a drop of water conies from It until 1 <' duck In the afternoon. At thf.t hour It again starts running, and a steady strouin of water pours forth to continuo until 9 o'clock tho njxt morning. Tho water from this spring Is limestone water. Tho spring has been exhibiting this froaklshuesB now for a num.'or of years, and Its cause has never boon explained. ?Some ldoa of the Incroaso of educa tion in our country ib furnished In CorarnlsBlonor Harris's statement for tho yoar just Issued. Tho aggregate enrolment In tho common school* for 1807-98 excoeds that of the previous year by 390.841. Tho grand total ol all schools, olotuentary, secondary and higher, public and private, wa3 10, 697,643, which is an Incrcaso for tho year of 4'J2,5f>0. A Iittlo moro than one-fifth of the on'ire population is, therefore, enrolled In school. Tho average amount of schooling per in dividual of tho whole United Statos is five yoars of two hundred days each. An lncroase of attendance In col legos and universities of nearly 4,000 is re , ported. i ?Prunes afford tho highest norvo or brain food, supply heat and waste, hut i aro not musclo feeding. Thov should b"? avoided by ttioso who suffir from the liver.