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riTBSHD 1 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1897EK 5 c*. ~AR ItO1ISR1T 1IEMAN WRIIlT. 'Tribute to is Melmory Adopted by Jaunes 1). Nance Vanup and WrIton by Justlee . Y J. Pope. Robork-X-PMA Wright was born on to 80th day of July 1828, in the nluty bf Newberry, South Carolina. Ho died on the 11th day of March 180, aged nearly 68 years. His parents wore Zacheus Wright and Mary Glasgow, his wife. It is not only interesting but high 1y instractivo to consider what the early surroundings of any particular porson have been in detormining what factors entered into the forma tion of his character. With this end in view it- may be stated that the subject of this notice spent his life, from his birth to about the 20th year of his ago, on his father's farm; he attended the schools in the neighbor h>od. His father though not a wea),. thy man, had enough and_ tBsfare; from the crops grownby'im he was always solf sinpoting, and all his earnings beyo'nd his needs were put at interest. By the services exacted Cof y'igsons in the difTeront em monts about a farm, habits of stry, carefulness and self roli eo woro taught them. Then, too, being b:-nght lip under the eyes of the parents, freed from interorence from the outside world, there L9 no doubt that the moral character of a boy could be moulded on safe princi ples. Zachous Wright was a man of the purest Christian character. Ho and his wife early adopted the view that it was their duty to love and fear God and keep His command monts, and so they taught their chil dran. It was naturally to be expect el that Mr. Wright, tho son, should havo acquired the virtue of reverence for religion, as wel as habits of in. dustry, self reliance and right living. So it proved. Robert H. Wright was careful as to his contracts, economi cal, upright, patient, truthful and filled with that charity that thinketh no evil. His was a transparent na tre-not showy, but Folid. While fixed as a rock in hi.; f:ih yet abso 1:tely free from cant. While a do vout Methodist, yet, so broad woro his sympathies, you might easily have taken him for a Baptist, a Presbyterian or Lutheran. Hte was vory coin panionablo---loved conver ste ot and possossed a flow of gan ilo- humor. His games were back. gammon and chess. Courage with, and in, him was always a fixed qual ity. -. ~ ~~L'Vien about the age of 20 years he left his father's farm and camo to the towvn of Newberry to learn to he a morcihant. lie entered the moer eantilo establishmoent of Stewart and Coats, as a clerk, and there roim-.'ined for more than ten years. No doubt the lessons he learnedl from Mr. Rob ert Stewart wer6 very valuable; Mr. Stewart was close in his application to business; a very exact man; with clear judgment as to bus'Inoss; a man of few word1s, but just and upright. For a short time, from 1859 to the first of the year 1861, Mr. Wright was associated in business with Mr. i'. S. Coppock. In the fall of the year 1860, the first muttorings of the storm that was destined to convulse t.his continent were heard. It is more than probable that young Mr. Wright's ear caught the sound agiongst" the first. The powers in t.J State at that time were all en a4 red with the doctrine, steadily pm ogatod by Mr. Calhoun for the littwenty-five years of his life that there was a set purpose in the minds and wvills of the people living in the Northern, Eastern and West era States to break the compact made by them with the people of the Southern and Southwestern States on the right to hold slave property as guaranteed under the Constitu tion of the Unmited States. The prop erty of the people of the Southern and Southwestern States waes largely concentrated in this species of prop e.ty. When the elections held in all the States of the Unmioni in the fall of 1860, s'mowed that Abraiha~m Lincoln had received a majority of the votes of the Electoral College for Presi it of t nited States, the whole was -wild with excitomont. 1eason seemed to be dothroned and Passion was predominant. It was soon ovident that thi slave-holding States would hotsubinit tamely while the purpose to destroy their proper ty was being crystalized. It is true many denied that any purpose of in terference with the oxistence of the institution of slavery was formed, yet it must be confessed that there wore many-very many indications that the force of public opinion at the North, East and West was grad ually but surely becoming dominant in this direction. Without stopping to discuss these theories, it may be stated that the people of South Car olina were determined not to submit to such a condition. Accordingly the Legislature soon after assem bling, issued a call for a convention 4f the people of the State and that this convention passed the Ordinance of Secession whereby the State of South Carolina declared herself no longer a -art of the Federal Union. There were some people in the State, however, who felt that this step was as hasty as it was unwise, but their number was inconsiderable. Amongst them, however, two of Newberry's most distinguished and devoted sons wore numbored. The writer of this sketch recalls the words of Chief Justice O'Neall, when he saw him wearing the blue cockade on his cap: "Ahl it is dreadful to think of this coining war. * * * The first gun that shall be fired will sound the death knell. to African slavery on this continent. The lives that will bo ,sacrificed and the ruin of property that will follow are appal ling to think of." That was the voice of ago and experience. Judge O'Noall had soon service in the war of 1812-14; he had seen some of 'he young men from Newberry, who had gone into the Seminole Indian war of 1836, never to return to their homes; and he had soon many of tlo sons of NeWberry, who as volunteers had taken part in the war of Mexico with 18M-47, lost to their families and the State. The body of our people woro for war. Our young mon woro, almost as a unit, for war. Some companios were being enrolled. Young Mr. Wright joined the Quit man Riflemen under Capt. James D. Nasnce, and was made a sergeant. What a bevy of fine fellows compos ed that, company! Farmers, law yers, doctors, merchants', clerks, printers, mechanics, 4tudents--near ly all young men with very few mar ried Iimn amongst them. These were to be young Wright's companions th roughout the war. Every spmre mo ment wvas given to drilling at d in all these oil'orts, ho was active and con stant. War was soon declared and at the talp of the drum, on a quiet beautiful Sabbath morning in April 1861 --while we thought the attack on Fort Sumter was still progress ing-the company was marched to the railroad station on its way to the front! Ah!I the heart broken sobs of the mothers, as they held their boys in their arms for the last time, linger in my memory until today, and this grief seemed to be prophetic o'f the fate of many of them: they never saw home again. Amongst them were Thomas- H. Lake, Robert P. Fair, John Harris, Drayton Ramnago, John Mayor, John Wright, Pickens Lang ford, Richard H. Hlaltiwanger, Rich ard iheavell, Jasper Kelly, Jasper A brams, John Johnson, Robert. Wier, Bluford Buzhardt, Thomas J. Har riss, Henry Bernhard, Ben Schum pert, Thomas W. Sligh, Samuel Mc Coy, and others whose names are not now recalled. Sergeant Wright went forwvard, through all these scenes, with a manly composure, though you may be sure he felt deeply. His company became a part of the fa mous Third South Carolina Regi mont of Infantry whose thorough training and disciplineo-acting on a body of men which acknowledged no superior-was to win a reputation for gallantry and( prowess that did honor to the counties where raised and( to the State and Cause that were served. Any one not familiar with the nrenaration for war, ananot - alizeo the amount of labor to be per formed. Drill, drill, drill. - Ten service on guard duty. Then polico duty-which protects the health and comfort. of the ovoldiers. Then pro buring the,food and preparing it to be-eaten.- In,all these duties Ser. geant Wright was faithful. The first battle of the war, for the command of which he wats ai member, was First Manassas; the Third Ilogiment was stationed at Mitchell's Ford, or Bull Run Creek. Here they first heard the sound of Phot and shell and the whiz of the minnic btllot. Although advanced to the point. whore glory was in .sight, through some mysterious law of man's na ture, an opportunity for dealing a staggering blow to the enomy and of a Brigadier General winning his spurs as a Major General were lost by the act of one man! Not long after this Sergeant Wright became a Lieutenant. His deportment was the same. The only change in him was in ihe change of his duties. Dur ing the winter of 1661-62, Lieuten ant Wright was in camp near Con troville. This has always seemed to me a critical time with a soldier. Life is monotonous, and the tompta Lion to drink and cards great. But moral principles woro too deeply planted in his nature for him to suc oumb to such seductions. He took part in the battles of Wil. liamsburg, Seven Pines and in the Seven Days Battles around Rich mond, in May and Juno and July 1862. In the last (Seven Days Bat tles) Lieutenant Wright must have seen that the Ariny of Northern Vir ginia needed very badly that some incompetent Major Generals should have been summarily expelled from their high places, for never was the flower of any army moro recklessly led and handled than wis doo by blunderheads . these Seven Days Battles around Richmond. ie saw General Lee immediately after wards dispenso with the services of some, if not all of them. Then it was that the Poerless Leo organized his matchloss army. The cominmd to which Lieutenant Wright bolong od did not share in the glories of the Second Manassas, but. it was reunit od to the main body of the Army of Northern Virginia in time to partici pato in tho iovemnent across the Po tomac into the State of Maryland when and where Lieutenant Wright, although no doubt singing tihe song of "Maryland, My Maryland," saw few of her sons rally to Loo's stand ard. After a few dlays rest. in anid around Frederick City, thle army was put in motion. Soon it. was as coertainedI that the captureof the gar rison at Harper's Ferry was thme ob ject of the march. B3ut how we can ever understand fthe loss of the copy of the order from Gon. Leo providl ing for the division of h-is army, I am unable to understand. .Thoe order was said to have been found, wrap ping up three cigars, by some one of McClellan's officers, about the 12t,h of September 1802. But howv to ex plain such use of so important a pice of paper is the mystery: it wvas either base perfidity, or criminal carelessness. Be t he explanation what it may, it led to very terrib)lo results. By the terms of this order, Genm. Jackson with his own Divis'oni as well as those of A. P. Hill, WValkor, and another was to invest Harper's Focrry from the Virginia side of the Potomac river, while those ol Mc Law~s and R. H. Anderson were to invest Harper's Ferry from the Maryland side of tihe Potomac river. Lieutenant Wright's command was a part of McLaaws Division-and to Kersthaw's Brigade was assigned the duty of taking the works on tile Maryland Heights. T1h~e Third Roeg iment stormed the works, anld Lieu tenant Wright was at his post of 1u.. ty. This action of this Regiment was very handsomely done. It retiuired nerve and p)luck: they had both, and hence their success. McClellan hav ing a key to every movement of (Gen. Lee, with a full knowledge of his forces at each point, proed( on the heels of our troops very closely and by overwhelming numbers drovo Wof ford's and Cobb's Brigadesn through the Frampton ap. But it soon1 proved that the valor of.truo soldiers can amend the miisfortn ties of their comrades, for such a show of front was made, on this side of tho mountain ,opposite the Frampton (Jap, that. the enemy declined the offer of battle. A funny incident occurred the night of the day that the works on the Maryland Heights were captured. A part of the Quitman Riflemen woro on picquot (tity oil the mountain side and of this detachn't was a very worthy Soldier, Phifip Kearney, anl Irshman by the way. When about one o'clock that night he was re lieved from duty, he went, back to where his company wro sle)inig and seeing one man covered with i a nice now army blanket, he crawlod under and slpt with him the bal ance of the night. On the next morn ing when 1he awoke, ho pushed his partner of the blankot to wako him up, and with surpriso lie discovered that he had- boon sleeping with a dead Yankee soldier. The laugh was on Kenrnoy this time, and no t ou enjoyed it moro' than did Liou- I tenant Wright. After the fall of Harper's Ferry by a forced march McLaw Division was runited with tho army on the battloield of Sharps burg, where, posted on the left, vi int service was done. Lieutenant Wright was with bis company. The t next battle in which ho participated t was that of Fredericksburg on tho 13th daty December, 1862, where (Ion. I Lee won one of his brightest tii umus, driving Burnsido from the comimand of the Federal i-my. I it lthis battle, Lieitenlant, Wright, saw six comnianders of his Re'gimlenit dis abled by wounds or killed while tho batt.lo was being fouight. Ca1pt. 'Jio. K. Nanco being placed in commndillid of the Regiment, as senior oflicer li the field Lieutenat Wriglit was placeed in command of his conipany. He discharged his dtly fully. A laughable circmustameo is reported I as iaving occurred just here. Mr. Simon Pratt, a very brave 1111111 but with little idei or tasto for the di. ties of a soldier, was on the morniig 1 after the battle, along with his coi rades, Ordered to cleanl u) his gun. One of the men, seeing his guli stand - ing cocked, said to him: "Mr. Pratt, look out, y,our, gun is cocked---hand it here and lot il fix it." Mr. Pratt, handed hill) the gun, when the sol dier looked at the gun lie said: "Why thero is 1no cap oil the tubv. Lot me see if it is loaded. Suiting the propr action to the word h without a load in it ho said: "Why Mlr. Prat t, it is not loaded."'In ii stanitly Mr. Pratt spoke upl antd saidl: ] "WVell T thonght I heard the old I ing 1)op on yesterday." it. seemiedl t.htt afteir once firing it ill hattlen he never thought it should be reloaded. To no oneO did this furnish more amiuse-< mont than to Lieutenant Wrighit. lie wvas fond of Mr. Pratt; sang fro-i quen thy "Young Loch in va r" wi th him; and knew that, with all his po0 culiarities, he wvas a fine follow. After this winter quarters and fun. 1 After the heavy snow storms, which would cover thme earth for 1() inches or more, snowv battles wvould he fought, someotimtos betwooen regi - ments, some times between brigades, I and Lieut. Wright was alwvays readly( to hielp) in the fun. With the first of 1 May 1863 came Fighting Joe Hooker I and his Chancollorsvillo campaign which soon caime to grief, causing him to lose command of the army of the Potomac. Of cour-so Lient. WVright wvas at his post of duty. And thent caime Gettysburg: I enteinanit 1 \Vright was with his command in that battle wvhich cost the South so dear-. T1hough Longsl reet never1 fought better yet thin left never carI ried the crest of the hl!. Gen. Lee fell hack into Vir-ginia. lIn Sneom her 1863, Glon. Longstreet withI two of his (divisionis was sent to assist. Gion. Bragg ini North (Go>rgia. The b)attle o,f C2hickamauga was fought.4 Heror it was, after the victory-, Ge. .John C. Brecken ridge is reported to have said, in a spoech to sonio( of Longustreet's troops: "1 woit~ say who was the cause of it,'- but last. night~ I was able to do wvhnt. T neverI did lforo-l slept or a field of bat ti0 that we had won." Lieutenant, Wright colmiandled his company in this hattle. Afterwards ito was pros ont at the attempt to capture Knox. I ville, Tenn., tind( was able to do good E service that hard winter. Shoes for I the troops wore hard to get, and in < their nocessities, shoes had to be im provisod from green beof hides. To 4 remedy this -ovil, Lieutenant Wright I Was placed in chargo of al. the shoo- I makers we could muster who went t Lo tht tanneries and mado shoos for j :imr Iroops. This was inl keeping I vith Lietut0nan11t WNright's natu ire. I Aiy servieo ie could ronder io wist At all tiMes ready to pi)0 foim. His4 practical comm11ton senso vas invali- t iblo and as it froquontly happons i vhorover thoro is a will thoro is I eory apt to be a WIay. In passing it nay be stated that Lioutenanti Wright's comrade, Lioutonant James I 1{owton Martin, was a man after the c 1amo ordor. As Brigado Commis- t ;ary, if thero was anything to be got- I en to food the men, he was suro to I rot it whether it was in East Tennes- v co or in Virginia, and as a conso- t uence tho men wore novor entirely t, mt of something to eat, though it il 11ust be confessed the flour was so t. oarse, to ho eaten it Was takenl hot. c t w,as While in East Tonnossoo that he troops, in pas ing through a set- r lomont, were asked what command it I vas. In reply, some soldier from the i aniks an1swered: "Us aro Long 4treet's horsvs, us eats oats." lin April, 180-1, the corps returited o eeral Lo% in Virginia so as to t wll inl tile approaching campaign to ( >W ma141de against us by (etnelral t 4rant. Liet.. Wright was on dity as ver boforo. In tho hattl'i of the 1 Wilderness when the gallatit (o1. hinis ). Nance fell, Lieut. Wright c vis Itt his post, Itid was able, 10s Ay inl hitr tress of spirit, to witness I lhe pentiro changtre of ()ei. Lee's >lans whenl Liiet. (oln. Longstreet ell. ']']th victory ont tle right had )etn achieved v by Longstreet antid he ist had his coltimnms ready to advance 0 c"Ileto his maginificent work, t Vh1en1, ill riding to the front for a r ast inspection of tle army of the nMy111% before the advance was or lered, he was shot down by some of I )itr o0'n tn me oil the left of the plank ,0ad, atnd after that ovent. (G,eneral ee ordered the advance to be aban- f lotned. 111on oi the 8th1 of May, ] 86 1, 1he battl of 131rock's road was ( ought whlien lie 3d Hegiienit cov ired itself with glory. Such a mag. I ilicent bat tle was fought. that ILieut. I lon. Stowart of the Cavalry camio < -iitng up near- dark accomp)anietd by3 s [ient. Geon. Ewell, anti calling Col. N. D). Hutt hrford to himui, said1: 'Coloniel, J have brought (Gon. Ewv ill (down here to show hinm how you >rave South Carolinians fonght to.. lay," antd tureitng to Geon. Ewvehli e aid: "General, these dead bodies in 'ront of these lines aro their work: witnessed it." Lieut. Wright was t vith his company here also. Then forth Annta Bridge, then Cold1 Har >or--at both of which battles lie was c >resenit actively participating. Then Lt Deep Bottom ont 30th July, 1864. 1 Itn August 18(15, the eommuand to vhich he ivas attached was carried o the Valley of Virginia to help ion. Early--Borryvillo in Septeom- h~ >or, Strasbturg and Cedar Creek bat- e los in October of thant year. It was a it, Strasburg the b)ravo Col. WV. D). htthoerford fell. hits any soldier tore pre.sent ever breathed aloud his hotughts towards the close of the woar 18(1 Y? ,/hire weiro the buoy mnt hopets of success we chieri-hed in lho yoar I 8602 Whaut had happened sinace I hen ? ItecallI Jacks.on's death; I onugstroit shot dbowni and(t diablod, sloewart, the gallant K(night of hlorse, lead, ini battle slaini; EwvellI ret.ired; hodes decad; famnseur slaini, atid I >thoers o)f hight comi: iind. Of the i bl Rleguiient Nance', ( hurlingtonz, Runt herford, M affect, of the field ofli. ters,. (dead. O f thle linoe, Captatins I Daidson 101, I llnce, Summeriit 1, Fost er,t liinnford, Will iamus, ILangotonu, Pitts 45 od Itloeb,uck, dead onm the fiel of aitle. Capt. Walko hr persumanently Iisabled, (Capt. Todd b:adly injiure'd,. if ljiunammt., fongwort.., Iutn, er, Da-1 Maffett, Langford, Halti vangor, O'Neall, Hill, Nunnamaker, Boardon and othors killed in battle. )f the Staff--Sorgt.. Major Garling on killed, Sorgt.. Major Ossian Simp on disablod, Sorgt. Major Ilis dis iblod, and amongst the soldiers hun Ireds had been killed or disabled. Phoro were only loft Uapt. Hudgens, ,apt. Gary, Capt.. Watts, Capt.. Her >ort, Capt. Noill, Capt. Dickert, 3apt. Wofford, and no place on earth 0 supply the vacancies in our ranks. Old what was true of this regiment vas true of all the other Infantry ogimients ill 10's army. low ould thero be aught but, gloom, loom; gloom in t.ho heart, gloom in he homo; gloom overywhere. Ohl iravo Southland whose every dream vas of liberty, when overy aspiration vas for freedom, well might your ons and daughters wondor if all the ives that had been offered onl the Itar of our devoted country, if all he sacrifices, hardships and toils iravoly endured wore to be in vain. To, thanks to the Alnight.y God, we till hopo that, in His mercy, a na on shall arise whoso God shall be lio Lord and whose glory will live I song an11d story--- all basod uponl lio lives of our dead and the hopes f our living-and their doods! 1'he war still went on; the brave oln never faltered. Appomattox, lentonvillo and Avorysl-oro wore unlgl't, and then the great book of hIe eivil war was closed! Our anso weit dowi, anld the Bars and tars waved no more forever! 1ut. he war closed with C1t. Wright hIe becam Captain ill the year 1865) till at. his post of duty! No mur uring, no threats of veigealce, no a1wlessness, but as Knights of old eturned from their futile efforts to apturo 1111d hold the [ely City, so id these bravo mon return to their 1ome1s. With thema came Capt. Vright. Inl the fall of 1865 he began life neow as a merchiauit, in partnership vilh E. S. Coppock 11uder' 11nimo of Vright aid Coppock. It is pleasant o know 1111d to be alible to state t.hat very business ventulre Ie made was uccessful. Ilo iarried on the 23d lay of August 1866, to Miss Mary 'rmnces Bowers with whom ho livml n1 great happiness un11til his death. LH the fruits of his ui1ion thoro wOrO our cllildronl born to him--Zachous 0. Wright w%,ho is the cashior of the onunorcial Bank of Newborry, S. C., allio Wright, who is the wife of Dr. V. GI. I lousi'al, Lucy Wright and Coho'rt I ermnan W right. Thrmough. ou. his life after the war, hie was the am11 palt.ienlt, thought fiui and inudus ri(ous, hot,t truithiful u pright mian io was before and1( during the var. II is membership was svith the fewherry' Methodist clhurch, lie indeavored to do his parit. as a nman .nd as a Christian. Wheni he was aid to rest iln the itosemont Come ery we felt we were justly onititled D say of bun: Hfere rests the ashes *f a brave Christian gentleman. In view of his death we would fier for adoption those resolutions: 1Resolved, 1. That this Camp has >arnled of the death o,fj our late comn iade, Capitaini 1tobet IlermanLu Wright, 2. That the li fe of oiur deceased comi i&de enldeared himi to us aInd t.o the ommutnity in which lie lived and where e died. 3. That our deepest synmpaithy is ex .andedl to his wife and children lin this )>re bueavenment. 4. T1hiat, a -opy of these resolitons e3 publ,1ished in ouri couniity ne0wspapers0P. All Io(f which ia respcOtful1ly submiIt 30. Y. .1. I'Oi'i., 'Imairmanm. .UART.n.....E.'Olt r th nI)~aensary' for th FI~1ir8t (Quarter oft The juarerly report. for thle uounthls of J1anuary, February and1( march of theu Stato dispen iry has '0on iHsued. A\s is usoual it. is a imost t is b)riminll of suggestionis anid ini aresting det ails. The constaubulary Lem it wvilhlibe noted keeps upj aibouit he $1 2,0010 limit, wvhichi is niothimg ike a considerabio re'duct ion1, cortiain. y niot a cut in t wo. TIheni thiort is lie it em of ''ox-d ispensr'r's balanrces 7,51:3 91." Without ani o. ,na ion th at w~ould ho0 construed as5 mean1 - ng ''short ages,'' but1 ''balance of ex lisponIsor8" roads a little better. I10 villI be noted that the "'net pirolit on los for this mmarter" amounts to $33,281 97. The quarterly state ment should be read carefully and considered. It is as follows: Comparative statement for quarter ending March 81, 1897: ASSETS. Cash in State treasury.........$ 73,23m 53 Supplies (inventory)............ 54,628 2b Merchandil3e (inventory)...... 98,653 9 Machinery and ofllice ilxtures 2,857 47 reams and wagolis......... 1,294 19 Personal account...... 3,281 23 Unexpired insurance.......... 504 93 1Ex-disponscra' balances..... 7,513 98 Merchandise in hands of county dispmnsers............. 221,449 64 Total assets.................$43,318 03 LIAILITIES. Petrsotial accouits duc by State....................... ....... 5.9,288 75 Unearned projit, on $221,449 54-ainount of goods in hands of county dispensers at, end ?f this quarter..... 44,289 91 School fund...................... 269,580 Cleneral fund ....................... 90,159 Total liabilities......4063,318 02 Statement, of profit, and loss account for quarter ending March 31, 1807: PROFITS. Iobates ............. ................$ 18,676 W Profits from beer dispen. saries .............................. 6,042 34 Contraband ........................ 2,355 5 Permit fees........................ 40 60 G ross proll ts on merchandise sales ................................78,721 11 Total gross profitg.........100,886 38 LOSSES. Breakage and leakage.........$ 380 07 Const%bulary..................... 12923 80 Freight and express........ 19,174 85 Lahoi ........................ 4,288 6 MXpense ............................. 3,030 64 License ..... ............ ........... 18 75 Supplies.............................. 26,867 74 Total expetisem............ .$ 07,554 41 Net, profit, on sales of this quarter........................... 33,281 97 Total ...............$100,830 38 Cash statement for quarter ending March 31 , 1897: it EEI rs. linalanee in Slate treasury end of lst quarter...........$ 78,205 41 1 arnary recei it.s..$1 18,257 4 T Fr unary recelipts 102,100 48 Mareh receipts... 111,997 05 Total vecci pts for (uart'r 332,355 09 Total to ace'i i, for quarter $410,120 41 DISnURSEMENTS. .Ian'y SWh'Sem4'ts $150,003 07 1 1by disb'sem'ts 89,001 96 Al'ch diisb'sem'ts 98,320 65 Total disbursen't.s for gnar te............................... 303'5 84 1lalance in State treasury a ch ....................... 73,2.T4 i;i Total ............................$410,620 41 .TA'EINT OF UNEAHNNCD PRORIT,. U 'nem.ned prot44)eemibr. 31..57,(V50 43 Net, aicertled profit for the premnit (ttartter............ ..... 40,4- 69 ILI4A1CC unIarIned from last, (11uarte........ ...................$11,001 4 Net profit on sales for present 313,281 9 Total uinearied profit this (Imarter........................$44,289 91 Th1e spoein exalining coMmkite apjpointedi by the General Assembly went over~ the books carefully andI submitted the following letter wi h t he quarterly si ate.uont: Coln, in, S. C., A pr.J 27, 1897. Tlo his Excellency, WV. H. Ellerbo, (Jovernor.-- Sir: We have mot pur suanit to Act of General Assembly, and haIvo maiido an examination et the books and vouchers of the State dispensary for the quarter ending 31st of March, 1897. WVe found the books written up to date, and neatly and correctly kept. We checked off all the accounts and vouchere, and found them 'correct according to the books of original entry. We found vouchers for all pay monts made, and invoices for all goods purchased. Weo also examined the records of sales made to dispen sors, and chocked off the statements showving the remittances made by counity dlisp)ensors to State Treasurer. We append hereto the balance rheot showing balance on March 81, 1897, also the following statement,s: 1. Statement of asseta and liabil ties. 2. Statoment of profit and loss ao u'ou nts. 3. Statement of cash. 4I. Statement of unearned p)rofit. Th dii fl'rence bot,weon State l'reasuiror's cash balance and the oc~th balnn upn the dispensary b)ooks is $.2, 120 (18, the former being greater t hu the latter by that .: amrount. Thie diff'erence is within $ 1( (0 1 of the aimount of outstanding warrants drawn prior to April 1 and unlpaid by the State Treasurer at thaimt datto. Th'le ablove statements are rorret, accordmrg to the books, vouchors and records, Ileectifnlly submitted, A rAMOTow MosEa, *foHN P. Tu'JoiAa, .1a., C. R1. D). Buno s, Legislativo Committee. Mr. Burns, of the committee, ,re qunests the statement that the woak was facilitated by thme bookkeepi.ng of Mr. Scrnug.