ER A ' 1 SABISE 1865 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY r .269 19)0. TiEAWE,$.0AYA In nmMw Di1 D1101U00~ - tli 01Hi au Rlll DU M11Uaa VHAT IT COST AND WHAT IT PRO FITED FOi TIlE YEAR 1800. ,nual Report of the State Board of Con trol-Only Sl 00,000 Paid to the School Fund, Although It Is Credited with 6513.379 o0--It t Said that no Moro thtan 6100,000 has been Asked For-Total Oross Proilts Pa,ring the Year are Stated at 8485,520 75-Total Ex penses 8201,831 30 Net Profits $10:,. 080.40. [News and Courier.] Columbia, January 23.-The board f control has just completed its an ual report. A summary of it shows aat during the year 1899 the net rofits of the counties and towns was 220,492 35; net profits to the State 193,089 49, making a total of 414,181 84. The total gross profits were $485, 20 79. The board has paid to the Super ltendent of Education on account f the school fund for this year 100,000, which is all that was asked >r. Of this sum $30,000 was paid vo weeks ago and $70,000 today. 'ollow are the fiures in full: Comparative statement of assets ad liabilities for the fiscal year end ig December 31, 1899: ASSETS. .sh in State treasury De cember 31, 1899................$143,121 00 [echandise in hands of dis pensers December 31 1899.. 255,025 74 [erchandise (inventory of stock at State dispensary, December 12, 1899)........... 176,927 26 upplics (inventory Decem ber 31, 1899.)..................... 64 00 lachinery and office fixtures (inventory December 31, 1899,)................................ 2,578 64 ontraband (inventory De cember 31,1899).................. 136 98 eal estate.............. 36,319 04 aspended accounts............. 3,399 26 ersonal accounts, due State for tax advanced on bonded spirits, empty barrels and kegs, alcohol, etc.............. 2,127 54 Total assets......................$635,588 13 LIABILITIES. hool fund .......................$514,379 95 ersonal accounts due by State for supplies, whis keys, wines, beer alcohol, ett................................... 121,208 18 Total liabilities.............$635,588 13 Statoment of profits and loss account ir the fiscal year ending December , 1899; PROFITS. ross profits on merchandise sold during year...............$452,074 49 iscounts on purchases........ 11,064 93 ontraband seizures......... ..,395 83 ermit fees ........................ 26 50 tate's (one-half). 'ihare of profits from beer dispen pensaries from. January 1, .1899, to June 12th, 1899. (After June 12th, 1899, profits from beer dispen saries included in gross profits on merchandise, ex 'cep)t the profits on beer sold by the German ia' llBrewing Company, of Charleston, S. C............ 14,177 73 ~ate's (one-half) share of profits on beer sold by the Germania Br.,wing Com pany, from Jlune 30, 1899, to December 31, 1899.......2,297 71 hortage of Ex-IDispenser G. W. Busbee, Wagener, S. C., which has been passed to profit and loss account, collected by solicitor of the 2d circuit, with Interest. 235 63 Ild balance due State by Georgia Brewing Associa tion, which has been pass ed to profit and loss ac count, collected August 31, 1899........................... 248 06 Total gross profits.........485.520 70 LOSSES. Supplies--Bottles, corks, labels, wire, ttin-foll, lead seals, boxes, nails, sealIng wax, etc. used durIng year..$134i,153 80 )epreciated value of teams and wagons................... 80 00 epreeiated value of machin ery and office fixtures... 417 85 1nstabulary................ 42,892 76 [eakage and leakage......... 898 41 ireight and ex press charges.. 69.588 22 Labor.......................... 1659 08 nsurance ..................... 2,030659 icense...................... 125 00 Expense Account--Salar.c3, expenses of inspectors, per di'm and mileage of mem bers of Legislative exam ining committee.ofllce su p plies, lights, telegrams, postage, stock feed, ice, Per diem and mileage of members of State board of control.---- ................... 4,152 00 Litigation ........ .... 503 65 Loss by robbery at Sal kehat chie dispensary, Decen her 30, 1898 ...................... 14 72 Loss by fire at Jacksonboro dispensary, Jan. 6, 1899, $426 86 less insurance on sa me $200......................... 226 86 Worthless wines at W. J. Mett's dispensary, Char leston, destroyed by coun ty board of control............ 59 10 Undercredit in reduction of prices of goods at the Man ning dispensary, August 15, 1895.......---.-............... 100 00 Unpaid license by dispenser at Ulmer's the proflta of that dispensary not being sufficient to bear expenses 50 00 Amount of liquors taken from the Blacksburg dis pensary on April 4, 1899, by soldiers........................ 30 60 Amount of whiskey taken from the Varuville dispen sary on April 11. 1899, by soldiers ............................. 8 37 Worthless ale and porter at Von Santen's dispensary, Charleston, destroyed by county board of control.... 23 65 Loss by robbery at the Bishopville d isp e n e a r y April 28, 1899................... 143 84 Loss by robbery at tihe Winnsboro disp ens a r y, M aly 5, 1899................... 198 98 Amount of empty bottles shipped to D. H. Traxler, C,mmiesioner, in 1894 and 1895, by T. B. Earle, dis penser at Anderson, and not credited on his account until July 1, 1809.............. 109 72 Amount of empty bottles shipped to Commissioner Mixson in February, 1890, by A, M. Rountree, dis penser at Williston, and not credited on his account until July 11, 1899............ 69 00 Loss by robbery at the Jack sonboro dispensary, Sep tem ber 3'99...................... 36 76 Balance due State by P. F. Baxter, beer dispenser at Newberry, for royalty on unsold beer when dispen sary was closed, 6-20, '99, credited his account by or der ofboard..................... 8 10 Worthless malt tonic at W. T. Crew's beer dispensary Laurens, destroyed Octo. ber 2, '99......................... 30 60 Loss by robbery at M. S. Stoppelbein's dispensary, Charleston, December 11, 1899................................. 20 12 Total expenses ................ $291,831 30 Net profits for year passed to the credit of the school fund................................. 193,689 49 Total............................$ 485,520 79 Cash statement for fiscal year ending Decomber 31, 1899: RECEIPTS. Balance in State treasury December 3., 1898......$ 40,073 24 January receipts........... 1'9,740 76 February receipts.......... 117,747 19 March receipts............ 120,116 29 A pril receipts............... 98,945 52 May receipts................ 108,114 71 June receipts .......... ..... 87,311 54 July receipts................ 99,100 72 August receI pts............. 124,492 08 September receipts......... 130,360 0 October receipts........... 82,198 55 November recoipts......... 169,511 86 December receipts......... 215,226 20 Total...................$1,38,939 20 DISIIURSEMENTS January disbursements..$ 151,590 14 February d isbursements. 133,568 95 March disbursements...100,073 48 April disbursements........ 95,868 72 May disbursements......... 112,402 43 June disabursements.......... 55,489 36 July disbursements......... 103.981 70 August dishursements... 78,420 74 September disbursements I47,927 13 October disbursements...126,221 74 November disbursements.. 214,973 93 December disbursements... 109,287 85 *Total disbursements for the year...............$1,495,818 20 Balance in State treasury December 31, 1899.......143,121 00 Total...................$1,638,939 26 Purchases fo; the fiscal year 1899: Jamnuary .........a.$ 71,784 04 February........... 81,509 13 March............... 75,141 56 April............... 88,069 79 May................. 54,044 24 June..,..............72,305 60 July................. 62,685 58 August............. 109,550 29 September......... 8f .43 56 October............. 184,273 15 November.......... 137,345 43 December.......... 134,118 92 Total.............1156081 89 GRANE A Won WE HAVE LEASED IN SUMMER BF BY THE I ...CHEC upeq ;oturi THE llIiIIEST PRICE OF PosidLvely no goods sol Every article a bargain Don't fail to attend the CRANE'S WHAT THE EXAMINERS SAY. 5. TI Following is the report of the joint titled to committee of the Legislature as to the 6. Ea transiactions for the last quarter of titled tc 1399. The figures accompany the re port, but as the quarter is Included in number the yearly report, it is not necessary to The t give the figures: these d( To his Excellency, M. B. McSweeney, be detei Governor, Columbia, S. C.-Sir: The of vario undersigned joint committee of the Genet al Assembly, appointed to exam ine ithe hbooks' and financial transac- every S tions of the State dispensary, beg to orgaizc submit herewith our treport for the gates m rourth quarter, ending December 31, uressior 189D9. the Stat The stock on hand was taken by Mr. th A. C. Lyles, representing this commit- for tha the, and Messrs. L. J. Williams and T. committ C. Rcbinson, representing the board. be detei We are pleased to say that there has O1 'e.in a marked improvement in the con- Wilhian dition of the stock on hand since our last report. Chict We have examined and checked up all invoices for purchases and disburse ments. The books are models of neat ness and correctness, and reflect great credit upon the management. We append hereunto statements: As sets and liabilities; profit and loss, cash A ma stat.ement, receipts and disbursements. $80 a y All of which is respectfully sub- althoug mitted'.ocs Signed: T. W. Stanland, on part of nocot Senate; D. F. Efird, A. C. Lyles, on lack of part of House. farmer stead c NATIONAL PRIOHIIITIONIsTs* home. Cali for a National Convention to he Heldad,u In Chicago, June 27, looo, and be Chicago, January 2.-The fol- and it ii lowing call for the National Prohi- already bitiona Convention was issued today:. to undo The National Convention of the of maki Prohibition party to nominate candi- are gov datos for President and Vice Presi- that of dent of the United States, and trans- has the act such other business as may prop- for sh erly come before it, is hereby calledfosh to meet at the Coliseum, in the city of citiz4 of Chicago, Illinois, at 10~ o'clock great a. im., Wednesday, June 27, 1900, with t The basis of representation has beenla been fixed by the national committee wilrel as follows: wil whon 1. Each State is entitled to four till to delegates at large. d o 2. Each State is also entitled to d o twice as many delegates as the num- price< ber of members of the lower house not ' of Cor.gress to which it is entitled. \V kn< 8. Each State may send one addi- wil me tional delegate for every one thou- ting do sand votes or mnajority fraction there. Thie j of cast for Joshua Levering for Pres- years a ident in 1806. they g< 4. Each Territory is entitled to withoul t.wo deleantes. -make ui OPE ....0F.. lerful ONE HALF OS.' BLOCK, REMIUM DI! .K COMPAN" %ND WILL log Jonu ANY ARTICLE IS d to other merchar and bargains enot grand opening. il 10 c ,e District of Columbia is en two delegates. ch State or Territory is en as many alternates-as its of delegates. ime and manner of selecting legates and alternates will mined by the Prohibitionists is States and Territories, sub r to the provision: That in ;at.o where the party has an d State committee the dolo ust be chosen by such Con. al or State conventions as e central committee may call t purpose, or by the State ee in such a manner as may mined. iver W. Stewart, Chairman. WV. W ardwell, Secretary. go, Ill., Jan. 23, 1900. Fightling a Trust. (Greenville News.) n in town will spend'$20~or aar for having himself shaved Ii he could shave himself at Yet lie will talk about the Foresight and energy in the who buys his fertilizer in f saving and making it at The truth is it is much easier lually, more pleasant to go ihaved than to shave yourself; far easier to buy fertilizer made and compounded than rgo the annoyance anud labor ig it yourself. TIhe two men arned by the same principle saving trouble-and neither right to criticise the other. f barbers doubled the price ring there would be a rush ins for razors and soap and a norease in full beards. So ae fertilizers. Prices have vanced. Therefore many men r on home made fertilizers iver did it before and many without and turt '.atton small grain and iern. We know whether the advance in f fertilizers is necessary o 'he manufacturer says i is, >w, however, that the farmers et it in their own way by cut. wn their use of it. 'armers beat the bagging trust go. They can beat any trunt Sagainst becausn they can do almost anything when the7 p their mindsa tn a. :dNING Store, DF THE STORE OCCUPIED SCOUNT ( ... ury 7th ONLY TEN CENTS. its. igh for all. L $TORE Literary NOteH. The publishers of McCluro's Mag azine say that nothing elso they havt over brought out has attracted suct wide attention and such hearty com mendation as "The Life of the Mas tor," by Dr. John Watson ("Iat Maclaron"). A second inatallmn will appear in the February numbol with five illustrations in color an< many in black and white, all fron special paintings and drawings by C K. Linson. "General Grant's Administration from the Stand-point of a Member o His Cabinet" is a contribution an nounced to appear in McCluro's Mag azine for February that is said to af ford much new light on a number o interesting figures and questions ii recent polit ical history. It is anothe chapter from the personal recollec tions of the Hon. George 8. Bout well. Walter Wellman will relato, ii McClure's Magazine for February the story of some of his hard experi ences and strange adventures in the course of his last year's Arctic expe dition. Mr. Wellmian did not, roach the Pole, but he made importani Arctic discoveries, and his expedi tion had a different experience ii many impo!tant respects from any o its predecessors. Thbe Enghish author, Mr. Tigh< Hopkins, is to begin a novel, and in doeed unique, series of stories in Mc Clure's Magazine with the Februar' number. They are stories depictini prison lire-not prison life from th, rather matter-of-fact stand-point o the social reformer andl the econo mist; but prison life as it affects, ii all their human emotions and reIa tions, specific typical p)eop)le who ar< themselves personally involved in it Each story is entirely complete ii itself; but still the series will hay a certain continuous interest. McCiure's Magazine for Februar' will contain an article by Mr. Alleyn Ireland, the special authority on al matters pertaining to colonizntior exhibiting through statistics and b description the comp)arative strengt. of the leading powers at the preson time in colonial possessions, trade an administration. McClure's Magazine for Februar will contain a character sketch of th new Governor of Cuba, Major-Gen eral Leonard Wood, written by Rta Stannard Baker after a visit to Woo in Cuba, and many free talks wit him and the men who have booe most intimately associated with hit at thme various important periods c his life, LONDON WAS JUBILANT: RiCVICI) AN) HiEMll.VIA) N.WS (OF IAl)Y$MIl' 11I C 1:1.11'1'. Not Conalrnt'd-Oter Rumor. of 111Hens liut Nothing Olnly lInown ito rlee Fron the 1l1iur ide. L-olndon, Jaln. 23.- -lhor(d is g;roat exciteliement andt(1 eintllsiismn horn to (lay causo(l by ia dispatch fron Diur banl saying thatt Lord )nldonald with his flying coluiin of 1,6()0 hut s His atndl light artillery had o(ntorod Iladysminit.h. Though this is not ofli cially conlirnod the public is ready to believo it on account of I )undol ald's dashing success at Acton Homes and tho fact. that nO details havo been received from him sinco his statomonoit that he was fooling his way into Ludysmith. It is roported oni the stock ex chango today that, two bat"t alionls of British troops have boon capturod by the Boors. Berlin, Jan. 23.--Thoro is i ri muor on the bourso today t-hat Buller has suffered t soverO dofettt. Durban, Jan. 23.---G oniral W hlito's weekly report from L4adysmitht shows that tho onteric fever ctses average ton i day. He has .113 serious cases mn camlp. London, Jan. 23.- --Tho war otlice it is positively known, hits received long cablegrams from Go. Roberts bol'oved to contain details of the great battle fought yolstorday in Na tal by General Bullor's forces. No thing was made public at the war oflice and all cablegrams c)It taining news of the operations in N ait l since yesterday morning are held up by the censor at Capo Town. PLEASANT METnODS OF TINE IoElSs. Cape Town, Jan. 23.-J. C. Fra zor, chairman of the Froo State Volks road, hats challonllgo(t P'resident Stoyr to ight a dul. According to lotter fromn Bloomfonteiu, received here Frazer threatened to have a persona reckoning with the president if hit twvo sons wvoro commiiandIred. Both woere impressed. One was killed an the other lost ani oye mn battle. Fra zor was Steyn's opponent at the las election. Moddor R ivor, Jan. 23.-An En glishman just arrived horo fron Bloemfortoin reports that B3ritisi prisoners at the Free State capita are well treated. ie Htavy the Boer admit that a number of the prisoler taken at Magorsfontoin wore m1toi without arms in the act of iillinf their water bottles at the river side The water was f.r their comrade and the men after quenching them thirst intended to return to resum~ f ighting.' A GIIAsTLY FINI) IN TIlEC HvAMP. The Uonies and Clothing of ani Un.knowv Man. Found In Wanteree samp, Near Wed.gefiel-Two Ntottles of Nearby. To the Editor of tile Nows an4 Courier: On last Thursday th bones0 and clothing of a mian wer found ill the Wateree SwVamp, atbou five miles wvest of this p)laco. Th~i hair wvas of light color and1 straight showmng that it was a whlit() mlal The shoes were No. 5 and of fin quality. Th1e diagonal suit was o good material and1( from its size wa ev iden[thy wvorni by aI sma111lllan, an< the ulnderclothes was of good quality Thrie remains were found about on Shundred yards from thio Atlanti -Coast Line Railroad, and nearby tw laudanumn bottles were found. Th decayed condition of the clothinj wVould( indicate that the b)ody hai lain tihere sincO thle early palrt of las suimmer. You will pleiise puIblish tihe abov 3 so thant tihe relatives or friends of thl I dead man may identify thle remauin and givo them decent burial. I hel an inquest and gathered the remain in a b)ox and will keep thiemu a ront sonable time. B. P. Kelly, Magistrate. Woedgefleld, Sumter Co., Jan. 22. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough a Beoars the 'Signaturo of A ONE 0F'lr111 T ilt Y IINE8. The Atui1n1Ie (")ImNt I.in4+' loridA sp1ecil. its si3 i i t %vil l> h. a111t,r hun lI:ver 11115 Seinton. (Nom; and Courior Jan. I 1, IS)'O.) It is now moverial y'ir; sineo the Atlitic Coast Line, worki hg inl Con n10ctionl witht the Platnt Hyitem bo ganll opra1t ing a H1peciali tourist tra'in beteV'l Now York, ('ha1rlestOI and l'loridal, and ats th1o ralilro)ads ko1 t pauco with improved motliods an11d ho filstidiouS travellor tho trains veh y'earl becamiol m oro Comp11leto aund lllmlsuo mo, and tho schodiles quicker. 1This yolr it se'msui 1: though t ho Ii,igh wittor mart11k must hanve boen v'ry nloitrly roached, for it is hard to ialilginlo t 111ore Hledy frip thatn that Which will bo otT'ored south-bound lassoengers oil an1cd after 'u1sday, JamIr11y 16, andi lso a moro colfort ablo and luxuriouH train is wtol 1 nigh imllossibllo to pltn1. Tho it in is coimpoe;l entiroly of 1u'tll Iin cars, 111ad2o for this particular servico and vestibuled, i;o that Ilassongera pass fre1ly fromn on car to alnother, regardless of th apued at which thoy aro travol lin g and uialloeted by wind or woat.her. .lE;aclh cir is a 1110ol of its kind, o10 i dining cia, whoro tho travollor a11irtakes of his me1ia at hours which suit his convonience and whoro left waitors servo th most templting of dishes, plrolparod whilo 11ying along th stool roadway by a competent chief. 'Tho utnd of tho train is always occilpiod by the "ob Hervattion car," 11o uni