Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i. tIAeSE em5 NElli tIs. E ~ I~ALlSHED18(~5.NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1902. *__ TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEA STATE LIQUOR BUSINESS. ~ QUARTERLY STATElENT FOK JfNE, Re JULY AND AUGU%T. Me Continues to Carry Over 8600,000 Worth of Stock-Net Profit.. to School Me Fund of 816 712-26. S I [Special to News and Courier.] Su. Columbia, September 29.-The Pe quarterly statement of the dispensary s business for the three months of e June, July and Angast has been filed with Governor McSweeney. It shows what a large business the dispensary is doing and how the profit is being Pel added to the "school fund" in the regular reports. The most impor- k tant phase of the report is that the e dispensary contiques to carry over $600,000 worth of stock at the State C dispensary and throughout the sub- gu dispensaries. The report shows that Bal for the three months of June, July t3 and August the dispensary reports 1' show a net profit, "passed to the Ju credit of the school fund," of $16,- Aul 712.26. The quarterly report will be of intense, interest to those who T are looking at the dispensary from a financial standpoint. The report T reads as follows: Columbia, September 26. To His Excellency, M. B. McSwee- Jul, ney, Governor, Columbia, S. C.-Sir: Au The undersigned joint committee, appointed to examine the books and T financial transactions of the State dispensary, beg leave to report as Bal follows: t3 Stock on hand was taken on An. 3] gust 29 and 30 by J. A McDermott, representing the committee, and A. F. H. Dukes, representing the board of directors. The stock and supplies were exhibited and valued. We find 1 the books and accounts neatly and I accurately kept. gat We find the various clerks and at. but taches of the institution efficient, and cou they rendered valuable services to poo the committee in their work. 1 We append herewith statements of a g ~assets and liabilities, profit and loss, sev cash.statement, receipts and disburse- dea mants. .1 All of which is respectfully sub- go mitted.C J. A. McDermott, Senator; Ivy M. Prc Mauldin, E. S. Blesse, members of Moa the House of Representatives. tea< ~Statement of profit and loss ao. can counts for quarter ending August 31, and 1902. PROFIs. Mr. Gross profits on inerchandise A sold during quarter..... .$ 91,809 60 pla Contraband seizures ....... 2,456 05 E Permit fees.... .........--.--- ----mo SMate's share of profits on beer sold by the Germania Brewing Company, Char-E leston, during quarter. ..... 468 70 get Total gross profits.... 94,72585 atti 'LOSSES. anc Supplies-Bottles, corks, la- we bels, wire, tin foil, lead anc seals, boxes, nails sealing wax, etc., etc., used during res) quarter......-----------. $ 33,82 87 1 Insrace reium.........1,060 74 and Breakage and leakage-.... 9200 Freight and express charges 16,181 98 Labor (pay rolls)......---- 5,113 85 ma Expense account-Salaries,' we expense of inspectors, per ed, -diem and mileage of mem- nie bers of State board of di- ma rectors and Legislative ex amining committee, office of supplies, lights, telegrams, an postage, stock feed, ice,1 printing, telephone rent,etc 8,263 78 Costabuary .........---3-------8" 60 o Litigation ....-.----------------- W Reeue license...... Twelve pints of worthless hai beer at G. McC. Honour's an< dispensary, Charleston, de- elei stroyed........------...90.... tu Seven worthless M. T. bar rels in shipment to John McSmyrl, Camden, S. C. 5 25 Worthless merchandise at Lancaster dispensary de- F stroyed by Inspector Stan- i sell............... 8 62 Total expenses........ $ 78,023 59 Net profit on sales for the quarter, passed to the g credit of the school fund .. 16,712 26st - Total......-.---------. $ 94,3 85 pr< Quarterly statement of State Dispen sary for quarter ending August 31, 1902: ASSETS. Cash in State treasury Au- n gust 31,1902...........$$55,799 24 pa Teams and wagons..-..---- 4 o Supplies (inventory August . to 1, 1902..... . ... 38,193 10 chinery and office fixtures 6,120 56 ntraband (inventory Au ust 31, 1902)................... 1,000 00 al estate.......................... 52,860 56 rchandise in hands of dis enser August 31, 1902...... 300,382 55 rchandise (inuentory of tock at State dispensary Lugust 31, 1902).. ............ 317,247 96 pended accounts............. 2,830 55 sonal accounts due State Dr tax advanced on bonded pirits, empty barrels, al Dhol, etc......................... 5,042 22 Total assets................. $779,540 74 LIABILITIES. 001 fund........................$609,010 30 sonal accounts due by tate for supplies, whis eys, wines, beer, alcohol, t ................................. 170,530 44 Total liabilities.............$779,540 74 ash statement for quarter ending Au t 31, 1902: ance in state easuryMay 31, )02................ $ 53,887 08 e receipts......$129,401 89 r receipts...... 141,709 96 rust receipts... 139,354 59 otal receipts *for quarter.... 410,466 43 otal...............................$464,353,52 DISBURSEMENTS. e disbursem'ts$121,816 09 tdiabursem'ts 137,373 11 . disb'sm'ts... 149,365 08 otal disburse nentsforquar er ................. $408,554 28 ae in State easury Aug'st 1902............ 55,799 24 Total ............ $464,353 52 Hend.ix's Mill News " [ews is very scarce. [ost of the cotton crop has been iered and sold. The crop is short the price holding up as well as Id be expected and has helped us r farmers out considerably. he corn crop of this section on meral average is better than for ral years, and there is a great I planted. 'he health of our section is very d at present. ur schools will all soon open. f. L. S. Sease will teach again at ticello. Mr. T. M. Mills will h at O'Neall and at present we t say who will teach at Saluda~ Fairview. esars. Long Bros. are building T. M. Mills a home near O'Neall demy on Mrs. W. H. Long's quire W. H. Long spent Sanday ming with the writer, who al rs enjoys the Squire's company. oioe of our early' farmeis are hering corn and sowing oats. t has beein some time since we npted to write for a newspaper i it comes somewhat awkward, but are always glad to get The Herald iNews and read the other cor :ondents! letters. We are glad tb see that our friend ever obliging fellow-citizen, Mr. in W. Earhardt is a candidate for yor of the city of Newberry, and would be proud to see him elect and we feel confident that John would make the city a good yor and discharge his duties as an cer, fearlessly treating all fairly I squarely. Ve learn with regret that Rev. .. Sligh has tendered his resigna 1 as pastor of Mt. Pilgrin Church. are also sorry that falsehoods been circulated on Mr. Sligb, we hope that the mist will soon r away and that the sunlight and th may soon reign again. Leona. hrogh the medinD of the State iz al t>ranches of industry, includ live stock, have been greatly im >Ved. L'he extensive sale of fine live k at auction during Fair week give all an opportunity to im >O their stock. Sales are positive. Lhe number and value of the pre Lus offereid by the State Fair sur is tose of previous years, as the cess of the Fair of '02 promises sur.as all previous records. H W TO SAVE SWEET POTATOES. Mr. A W Brabham Tells How he Puts Away Potatoes for the Winter so that they do not Rot or Lose One Pound Per .Bushel in Weight or &=prout Till Near Midsummer. [News and Courier.] The time is near at hand when the sweet potato crop will be harvested and, as nsual, put away to spoil. Perhaps there is no crop that spoils upon the farmers' hands equal to the potato crop. It is safe to say that half of all the potatoes put away for winter and spring use spoil, either by rotting in winter or sprouting and drying out tou much in spring. Such heavy losses in this valuable crop put me to thinking and to ex perimenting. Of course, success did not come the first year, but it did come, and now I do not lose 1 per cent. of my potatoes, and I believe I can keep them in an absolutely per feet condition till August. It was thus that I came to make my discovery: I noticed that when I put away my potatoes that those nearest the bottom of the pit, lying on the damp earth, in contact with no straw or other foreign matter, kept better than those that were pro tected (?) by straw or other cover ing, and I reached a conclusion that should I put my tubers deep enough into the earth, keep out all rain and cold, that the problem was Solved. .This I have proved beyond any doubt. As soon as the first frost in Octo ber nips or bites my potato vines I put in ploughs and hand rakes and harvest my crop. I dig pits three feet wide, six feet long and five feet deep, fill in with potatoes to within two feet of the top. Any kind of clean, dry stuff, such as hay, fodder, rice, oat or wheat straw may be used to fill in the remaining space up to the I surface, then a roof of boards is made to shed off the rain, and upon I this roof is thrown two or three I inches of earth to keep out the cold. 1 Potatoes thus put away will not rot, or lose one pound per bushel in weight, or sprout till midsummer. And they sweeten and get softer as they age and mellowi in their sepul chral-like receptacle. Just here I am led to think that this method would be an ideal one for keeping apples, late peaches, pears, grapes; in* fact, all kinds of I fruits and vegetables, perfectly fresh I from one season to another. I Fruits and conserves were exhumed only a few years ago at Pompeii and other buried cities of the East just as fresh as they were when put away I in cans and jars nearly two thousand years agb. And from this discovery the great canning industry of today sprung. In putting away potatoes in pits there are simple rules that must be followed: Dig or harvest potatoes before hard frost. Frost.bitten potatoes will not keep and, even could they be kept, they are not edible. 1 It not, dig .your pit deep enough for the water to sip (seep) into the pit. On a high elevation you may dig the pit as deep as you wish, but on very low lands do not go so deep. Do not put any straw or any for eign substance on the bottom of your pit. Put the potatoes on the cool,j damp earth. Use no "sidings" of anything against the walls of your pit. Let the tubers be in contact with the cool, damp earth. Do not make your pits too large. Three feet wide, six feet long and five feet deep will give good results on high land. On low lands three feet will be deep enough; fill half full of potatoes when the pit is three feet deep. If the top filling of straw is not sound and dry, fr'ee from all mould or rot, use no straw at all. Be sure that the roof of the pit does not leak. Use boards free from oles or sua cracks. A leaky roof means rotten potatoes. Keep all cold wiud out of the pit y putting earth upon the roof and around t be gables. Allow no water to get into thbe pit. By following these simple rul'es you can have delicious potatoes on nyu table the year round. Th longer the potatoes stay in the pit the better they get. Prof. J. S. Newman's plan of dry ing potatoes will not compare at all with my plan. To use a street slang, Prof. Newman is not "in it." Why use dried potatoes when you can have fresh ones all the time? There are great economic agricul tural problems to solve and, like any other problems, they can be solved; at least all finite questions have an answer; those infinite have none and we have neither time nor business in questioning them. But all the mys. teries making doubtful the way of progressive man will be cleared up as the sunlight banishes the morning mists and the crooked ways made straight and the pathway made plain. And the great philosopher, Shakespeare, when he said: here are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreampt of in your philoso phy, was divining a truth broader than its 3rface showed. A. W. Brabham. Olar, Bamberg County. 3TAGE COACH HELD UP IN HEART OF NEW YORK. E11ghwaymen Had to Use Pistols Before Driver Wovid Submit-Passengers Gone Through. Middletown, N. Y., Sept. 30.-The stage coach "Pioneer," which makes aily trips between Warwick and Joshen, was held up and robbed by hree masked horsemen- late this tfternoon. The coach was bowling along the -oad two miles from Florida, and at lonely spot on the road Clinton and oratio S. Wisner, who own the oach and were on it, saw the men >n horseback suddenly emerge from he dense woods which line the high vay. Clinton was driving. The -oboers ordered him to pull up his iorses. This he refused to do and he highwaymen opened fire with re rolvers. None of the shots took ef et, but the shooting had the effect f compellhng the whip to bring the ~orses to a stop. In the coach were Mrs. J. A. Chain erlin, Mrs. Fred Webster, Mrs. ames Fuller, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Ed. fohnson, all of Florida. While two f the highwaymen covered the Wis ier brothers with thei.r revolvers, the hird, using many threats, compelled he passengers to give up all their noney and valuables. After the robbery bad been com leted the robbers spurred up their orses and escaped. When news of the hold-up became mown this whole section of Orange ounty was first astounded and then xeited. Posses of armed men were astily formed and at once started a earch for the highwaymen. -Clifton WV. Wisner is president of the village >f Warwick SUICIDES IN UNITED STATEs NAVY. Met. oommander Bronaugh Blows Out His Brains on Battleship Kearsage. Explanation of an Officer. New York, Sept. 30.-Lieut. Coin nander William V. Bronaugh of the United States navy, committed sni ide today on the battleship Kear sage at the navy yard by blowing out as brains with a revolver. Friends >f Commander Bronaugh believe that' de was very much worried over the nanifold duties of his position as ex cutive officer which are considered to be more arduous than those of any ther position of rank in the navy. P. F. Harrington, captain of the Brooklyn navy yard, said: "There is an epidemic of soicides in the navy as surely as there was aver an epidemic of fever. Such a bhung may occur, and caunot be ex plained. The man probably had been thinking of the other suicides which are very sad affairs, and then in an unguarded moment the desire to try it seized him and it was all over m a nut. Commander Br onaugh was born in Kentucky and e3ntered the naval academy in 18~73. The demnd for premium lists~ of the State Fair continues. Write soon fur a copy to Thos. W. Hollo way, Secrear, Pomaria S. C. SENATOR HARRIS' SHOES. They Were Made in America and he Bought Them in Loudon for 20 P.-r Cent Below the Price Charged the American purcha.er at Home. [Washington Star, Sept. 27.] When Senator Harris, of Kansas, set ioot in Washington yesterday, after his trip abroad, he wore a pair of shoes that will become an object lesson in the Kansas campaign. "These shoes that I am wearing," said Senator Harris to a representa tive of the Post yesterday, "are of American manufacture. I bought them in London and paid for them 20 per cent. less than is charged for the same make of shoes on Pennsyl vania avenue, in Washingtor.." Although he went abroaa in the interest of the St. Louis World's Fair, Senator Harris did not forget politics. He remembered that when he was abroad ten years ago he found that American goods were obtaina ble at a much cheaper price than in his country, and this year, with the trusts and the tariff the leading issue in the campaign, he made some addi ional inquiries. AMERICAN GOODS CHEAPER ABROAD. "Everything of American make is eheaper abroad than in this coun try," he said. "My work for the St. Louis Exposition took me to all the reat stock farms, and I was particu ar to ask what the Englishmen paid Por American farming machinery, >itchforks, hatchets and other neces 3aries of farm management, and I ound that they paid a great deal Less than I am forced to pay in Kansas City for the same articles. :t seems a very great injustice and .mposition for American citizens to >e forccd to pay such high prices iere when foreigners secure the ;ame things at a much lower rate. It is the high tariff that is to blame. [he American manufacturer says hat he must be protected against he foreigner. This is not true. He as nothing to fear from the foreign nanufacturer, because he 1s success ally invading the foreign market. ~either is it true that the American oods which are sold abroad are sur lus products. The American mann ~acturer is selling his goods at a fair rofit abroad and at a tremendous roit at home.'' "What is the remedy?" "It seems to me that it would be very easy to lower the tariff, which ould give the American consumer n opportunity to purchase Ameri an goods at a decreased price, and, f necessary, the American manufac arer could raise the price slightly broad. Somethimg, however, ought o be done. The present condition f affairs is not just to the American onsumer, and I do not believe the toeican people will stand it much [onger. Something is radically rong when I can buy American 3hoes abroad for less than I pay for bhem here, notwithstanding the fact bhat freight for three thousand miles has to be paid upon them." TRUST ISSUE APPEALS TO PEOPLE. Although he has been abroad, Senator Harris has kept in touch with political developments in the United States, and said that he was not surprised that trusts and the Lariff as it affects the trusts were be oming the principal issues in the ampaign "I said last winter," he remarked, "and still believe, that the Demo cratic Senators were making a mis akein forcing the Philippine issue to he front. I could see that the peo pe were not interested in the Philip pines. So far as the Democratic position concerning the archip..lago s concerned, it is.-right. There can be no doubt of that. But being right s one thing and arousing public in terest is another. The fact is that the Philippine~ question does not ap peal to the popular mind. The av erage voter, on the other hand, is vastly concerned in the price which he is paying for coal and beef. I am glad that the Democratic Congres sional committee is emphasizing the trust question, andi( especially the prices which are charged abroad for American goods. This is a matter that come home to evterybody." "When will you enter the Kansas campaign ?" "Immediately, I leave to-morrow for Kansas, and I will go at once upon the stump. I suppose I will make at least two speeches a day un til the campaign is over. It looks as if we had a chance to carry KaLisas. Mr. Craddock, the fasion nominee for Governor, is making a lively can vass, and the fusion between the Democats and Populists is com plete." LAST OROP BEPORT. Cotton Crop Not as Good as was Ecspected. Bice Crop t ery Satisfactory. Columbia, September 30.-The last of the crop reports issued under the auspices of the department of agriculture for this season was sent out today. The report indicates that the cotton crop is not as good as was to be expected. It reads as follows: The week ending Monday Septem ber 29, was slightly warmer than usual, with a mean temperature of about 76 degrees, a maximum of 93 degrees at Darlington on the 27th and a mimimum of 59 degrees at Bowman and Bennettsville. Sun 3hine was slightly deficient, with uiore cloudiness towards the close of he week, when showery conditions prevailed. The rainfall was quite general over ,he State, although below normal, with a numbk r of localities that had rom one to two inches. The rain was needed and benefited late cotton, ate corn, peas, gardens, cane, truck, nd put the soil ih excellent condi ion for sowing oats, and while it in. :erfered with cotton picking it did iot damage the staple to any mate .erial extent. Early and medium corn is being ioused, while very late corn is only iow ripening. Early cotton is practically all open nd picked, except in numerous lo alities where laborers are scarce. 'ome fields have been picked out. [ate cotton is now opening freely mnd is mostly open, except the new ruitage that, in a few localities, is eavy, but will need a full month of ~avorable weather to reach maturity; n most fields there is no top crop, r else a very small one. Estimates f yields have been raised by some ~orrespondents and lowered by others, md from tbe average of these esti nates it appears that the yield for .he State will probably compare fa orably with last year. Sea island ,otton is a better crop thau usual, md although it opened slowly here ofore is now opening rapidly. The it of both upland and sea island ~otton is of a high grade and very ittle has been -weather stained. In ~eneral, picking is farther advanced han usual at this date and will prob. tbly be finished during October. Rice harvest made favorable pro ~ress, with May and June plantings ripening and about ready to cut. The rice crop is very satisfactory. Truck rops are doing well. Peas very greatly in condition, but average a Eair crop. The same is true of grass !or hay. A moderate crop of both peavine and other hay has been saved n fine condition. Oats sowing made slow progress, but early sown oats are coming up to good stands. Mi aor crops continue to do well, but aieed more rain in places. UINED BY THE COAL sTIrJKE. New York Coal Merchant Tries to Commit suicide. New York, September 30.-In fi cancial difficulty, as a result of the oal strike, Henry C. Schleel, a coal merchant of this city, tried to kill himself today by shooting. The doc tor says there is little bope for him. Mr. Scheel is 45 years old. He jives with bis wife and three children in a handsome residence and gene rally has been thought to be prosper ous. A relative of Mr. Scheel said he had a large sum of money-about $200,000-tied up in litigation and that his business was his source of revenue. The disturbance in the coal market bad affe'cted bis business seriously, causing him to became deanrate. WHITE ILLI mI ZfanA X. Compulsory Educatton the Great.-est Netd of the 'outh at Present. That there is much to be dotie be fore white illiteracy in the S>uthern States can be reduced to a nore de sirable pereentage, says the Macon, Ga., Telegraph, may be seen from the following statement of the per cent. of illiteracy of both races taken from the Federal census of 1900 White. Colored. Alabama...... 14.2 59.5 Arkansas ..... 10.8 448 Florida.. .... 8.0 394 Georgia....... 12.1 56 3 Louisiana.. .. . 203 61 2 Mississippi .. 8.3 53 2 N. Carolina... 19.0 53.1 S. Carolina.... 12.6 54 7 Tennessee..... 14.5 466 Virginia...... 125 52.5 Mississippi recently made libei al appropriation for popular education although it already has the smallest per cent of illiteracy among the whites and the negro majority in the State is in the nt~ghborbood of 10, D00. It might be thought that the percentage of illiteracy among the whites in a "black State" such as 1issisippi is due to the fact that in uch a State the white employer class s relatively larger and the white la boring class is relatively smaller than in other States. But. the figures for outh Carolina, another black State, show a larger percentage of white il literacy than is found in Virginia, eorgia, Florida or Arkansas, all of which have considerable white ma jorities. Greater interest in educa :ion would therefore seem to be the :nain cause of Mississippi's enviable low percentage of white illiteracy. BURGLARS IN F4;Rr MILL BANK. L bavings Institution in York County Town Robbtd-SIx to Ken Thousand Lost-The Woik of ProfessIontaL. [The State ] Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 30.--The Eort Mill Savings bank of Fort Mill, S. C., 18 miles from Charlotte, was yuamited ttan early hour this morn - ng and it is estimated that between six and ten thousand dollars were stolen. An entrance was effected Lbrngh the front door of tbe bank and the vault and safe doors suc essively drilled and dynamited. A lock on the wall of the banking room had stopped at 3:55 this morn ing, evidently indicating the time of the explosion. The bank officials refuse to make a statement as to the extent of their loss. A large amount of paper money was found torn to shreds by the force of the explosion. The rob bers are thought to have been pro fessionals There is no clue to the perpetrators of the deed. The Womanw's Home Companion. For October has a story that will interest hundreds of thousands of readers. It is a hitherto unpublished fnal chapter of "Stringtown on the Pike," which was left out of the book by the author. It tells the fate :f "Cupe" and "Dinab." There are bwo other notable short stories in the cumber. Of especial interest to women will be an article on "How Mrs. Roosvelt Keeps Heuse." Other eatures are "The Children of the Poor in Great Cities" and "The Old Fiddlers' Contest." The double page of pictures showing "What We Hlave Done for Our New Posses. ions" tells better than words the3 admirable work the United States is doing in the West Indies and the Philippines. This is a special fash ion number containing all the latest ideas for fall and winter fashions in dress and millinery. Published by The Crowell Publishing Co., Spring feld, Ohio; one dollar a year; ten cents a copy; sample copy free. Do you wish to see the progress the farmers of the State are making in diversified and intensified egri cultare? If so, visit the State Fair, Oct. 28th to 31st. Do not miss the opportunity to take your family to tbe State Fair. Young and okd will be instructed and entertained All immoral, gamribling and questioniale features are rigidly xclded.