The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, October 03, 1902, Image 1

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E*A -;. ~ E" AFI [SE!)186._______ NEWBERRY, S. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 15902. TWICE A WEEK. 1.5 A YA~ SSTATE LIQUOR BUSINESS. QU# ItTRLY SCAE ICNT FOlt JUNE, JULY AND AUOtr'T. 0ontinue, to Oirry t)v.r 600,00 Wurth of Stook-Nut. I'rot.- to. +ehoul Fund of tiL 71-20. [Special to News and Courier.] Columbia, September 29.-The quarterly statement of the dispensary business for the three months of June, July and Augnst has been filed with Governor McSweeney. It shows what a large business the dispensary is doing and how the profit is being added to the "school fund" in the regular reports. The most impor tant phase of the report is that the dispensary continues to carry over $600,000 worth of stock at the State dispensary and throughout the sub. dispensaries. The report shows that for the three months of June, July and August the dispensary reports show a net profit, "passed to the credit of the school fund," of $16, 712.26. The quarterly report will be of intense interest to those who are looking at the dispensary from a financial standpoint. The report reads as follows: Columbia, September 26. To His Excellency, M. B. McSwee ney, Governor, Columbia, S. 0,-Sir: The undersigned joint committee, " appointed to examine the books and financial transactions of the State dispensary, beg leave to report as follows: Stock on hand was taken on Au. nut 29 and 30 by J. A McDermott, ,presenting the committee, and A. '. H. Dukes, representing the board 'of diroctors. Tie stook and supplies were exhibited and valued. We find the books and accounts neatly and accurately kept. We find the various clerks and at. taches of the institution eficient, and they rendered valuable services to the committee in their work. We append herewith statements of s ets and liabilities, profit and loss, cash statement, receipts and disburse ments. All of which is respectfully sub mitted. J. A. McDermott, Senator; Ivy M. Mauldin, E. S. Blease, members of the House of Representatives. SrateL it of profit and loss ac counts for quarter ending August 31, 1902. - PROFITS. Gross profits on merchandise sold during quarter...........$ 91,809 60 Contraband seizures .. ...... 2,456 05 Permit fees............... ..... 1 50 State's share of p)rofits on beer sold by the Germania Brcwing Company, Char leston, during quarter. ......468 70 Total gross profits......94,725 85 LOSSES. Supplies--Bottles, corks, la bels, wire, tin foil, lead seals, boxes, nails sealing wax, etc., etc., used (luring quarter...................$ 33,802 87 Insurance premiums........ 1,060 74 Breakage and leakage......... 92 00 Freight and express charges 16,181 98 Labor (pay rolls)............ 5,113 85 Expense account-Salaries, expense of inspectors, per, diem and mileage of mem bers of State board of di rectors and Legislative ex amining committee, office supplies, lights, telegrams, postage, stock feed, ice, printing, telephone rent, etc 8,263 78 Constabulary .. .............. 13,358 60 Litigation ...................... 10 00 Revenue license.............. 125 00 Twelve pints of worthless beer at G. McC. Honour's dispensary, Charleston, de stroyed..... .. ............... 90 Seven worthless M. T. bar rels in shipment to John McSmyrl, Camden, S. C... 5 25 Worthless merchandise at Lancaster (dispensary deC stroyed by Inspector Stan sell................... ........ 862 Total expenses.... ....$ 78,023 59 Net profit on sales for the quarter, passed to the credit of the school fund .. 16,712 26 Total...................$ 94,735 85 Quarterly statement of State Dispen sary for quarter ending August 31, 1902: ASSETS. Cash in State treasury Au gust 31, 1902............$ 55,799 24 Teams and wagons............ 64 00 Supplies (inventory August 31. 1902).................... 38,193 10 Machinery and office fixtures 6,120 56 Contraband (inventory Au gust 31, 1902)................... 1,000 00 Real estate.......................... 52,860 56 Merchandise in hands of dis penser August 31, 1902...... 300,382 55 Merchandise (inuentory of stock at State dispensary August 31, 1902)... ............ 817,247 96 Suspended accounts............. 2,830 55 Personal accounts due State for tax advanced on bonded spirits, empty barrels, al cohol, etc......................... 5,042 22 Total assets................. $779,540 74 LIABILITIES. School fund.........................$609,010 30 Personal accounts due by State for supplies, whis keys, wines, beer, alcohol, etc ................................... 170,530 44 Total liabilities.............$779,540 74 Cash statement for quarter ending Au gust 31, 1902: Balance in state treasuryMay 31, 1902................ . $ 53,887 08 June receipts......$129,101 89 July receipts...... 141,709 96 August receipts... 139,354 59 Total receipts k, for quarter.... 410,466 43 Total .............................$464,353 52 DISBURSEMENTS. June disbursem'ts $121,816 09 July disbursem'ts 137,373 11 Aug. disb'sm'ts... 149,365 08 Total disburse ments forquar ter ................ $408,554 28 Balance in State treasury Aug'st 31, 1902............ 55,799 24 Total ............ $464,353 52 Hend.4ix'N Mil NEtwa News is very scarce. Most of the cotton crop has been gathered and sold. The crop is short but the price holding up as well as could be expected and has helped us poor farmers out considerably. The corn crdp of this section on a general average is better than for several years, and there is a groat deal planted. The health of our section is very good at present. Our schools will all soon open. Prof. L. S. Sease will teach again at Monticello. Mr. T. 1i. Mills will teach at O'Neall and at present we can't say who will teach at Saluda and Fairview. Messrs. Long Bros. are building Mr. T. M. Mills a home near O'Neall Academy on Mrs. W. H. Long's place. Q .uire WV. H. Long spent Sunday o.irning with the writer, who al ways enjoys the Squire's company. Some of our early farmers are gethering corn and sovAng oats. It has been some time since we attempted to write for a newspaper and it comes somewhat awkwvard, but we are always glad to get The Herald and News and read the other cor respondents' letters. WVe are glad to see that onir friend and ever obliging fellow-citizen, Mr. John WV. Earhardt is a candidate for muayor of the city of Newberry, and we would be proud to see him el,ect. ed, and we feel confident that John nie would make the city a good mayor and discharge his duties as an officer, fearlessly treating all fairly and squarely. WVe learn with regret that Rev. J. A. Sligh has tendered his resigna tion as pastor of Mt. Pilgrin. Church We are also sorry that falsehoods has been circulated on Mr. Sligh, and we hope that the mist will soon clear away arnd that the sunlight and truth may soon reign again. Leon a. Through the medium of the State Fair all t>ranche. of industry, includ. ing live stock, have been greatly im provedl. T1he extensive sale of flue live stock at auctica during Fair wveek will give all an opportunity to im prove their stock. Sales are positive. T1he number and value of the I.re miumis offe,red by the State Fair suir pass those of previous years, as the success of the Fair of '02 -promises to surpass all previons raeords. Hl,W TO sAVI sWUNT POTATOES. Mr. A W n1ratinm Toll.. ow ho Pale Away Potatoes for thu Winter so that they 11o not Unt or Loso One Pound Per Aluehel Inr Weight or sprout -ill Noar Midsummer. V I [News and Courier.] u The time is near at hand when the sweet potato crop will be harvested and, as nsual, put away to spoil. V Perhaps there is no crop that spoils 0 upon the farmerls' hands equal to the potato crop. It is safe to say that a half of all the potatoes put away for winter and spring use spoil, either q by rotting in winter or sprouting t, and drying out too much in spring. p Such heavy losses in this valuable a erop put me to thinking and to ex perimenting. Of course, success did e not come the first year, but it did come, and now I do not lose 1 per S cent. of my potatoes, and I believe I can keep them in an absolutely per fect condition till August. T It was thus that I came to make my discovery: I noticed that when I w put away my potatoes that those si 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. (Y) by straw or other cover ing, and 1 reached a conclusion that i should I put my tubers deep enough into the earth, keep out all rain and sold, that the problem was solved. This I have proved beyond any et doubt. d As soon as the first frost in Octo Q ber nips or bites my potato vines I ti put in ploughs and -band rakes and al iarvest my crop. I dig pits three feet vids, .ix f0nt. long and live feet deep, r< lill in with potatoes to within two a feet of the top. Any kind of clean, H iry stuff, such as hay, fodder, rice, c at or whoat straw may be used to 01 ill .A the remaining space up to the tl 3urface, then a roof of boards is w made to shed off the rain, and upon r< this roof is thrown two or three b nches of earth to ' cp out the cold. tI Potatoes thus put away will not v rot, or lose one pound per bushel in ff veight, or sprout till midsummer. 0 &nd they sweeten and get softer as h they age and mellow in their sepul 3hral-lke receptacle. b Just. here I am led to think that J this method would be an ideal one J for keeping apples, late peaches, 0 pears, grapes; in fact, all kinds of n fruits and vegetables, perfectly fresh tI from one season to another. ti Fruits and conserves were exhumed zr rnly a few years ago at Pompeii and other buried cities of the East just p ESa fresh as they wore when put away h in cans and jars nearly two thousand years ago. And from this discovery k the great canning industry of today c sprung. e In p)uttinIg away potatoes in pits b there are simple rules that must be 5 followed: Dig or harvest potatoes before 0 hard frost. Frost bitten potatoes will not keep and, even could they be kept, they are not edible. Do not dig your pit deeip enough for the water to sip (seep) into the p;. On a high elevation you may dig the pit as deep as you wish, but - on very low lands do not go so deep. I Do not put any straw or any for- c eign substance on the bottom of your s pit. P'at the potatoes on the cool, j damp earth.c Use no "sidings" of anything b against the walls of your pit. Let r the tubers be in contact with the e cool, damp earth. t Do not .Aake your pits too large. C Three feet wide, six feet long and I five feet deep will give good results I on high land. On low lands three feet will be dee.p enough; fill halfi full of p)otatoes whou t he pit is threee feet deep.t If the top filling of straw is not i sound and( (dry, fr'ee from all mould 1 or rot, use no( sitraw at all. Be sure that the roof of the piti does not leaik. UHe hoards free fromt holes or curn cracks. A leaky roofc moans rotten piotattoes, Keep all COldJ wind ont o,f the pit I by pumtig earth npon the roof uand around t he# gable's. Allow no water to get Rnto the pit. By following thes~e simple rules you carn have delicious potatoes on your tabl the yer round. The nger the potatoes stay in the pit kie better they get. Prof. J. S. Newman's plan of dry )g potatoes will not compare at all rith my plan. To use a street slang, 'rof. Newman is not "in it." Why se dried potatoes when you can ave fresh ones all the time? There are great economic agricul iral problems to solve and, like any ther problems, they can be solved; t least all finite questions have an nawer; those infinite have none and 'e have t,ither time nor business in uestioning them. But all the mys. )ries making doubtful the way of regressive man will be cleared up s the sunlight banishea the morning iists and the crooked ways made iraight and the pathway made lain. And the great philosopher, hakespeare, when he said: here are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatic, han are dreampt of in your philoso phy, as divining a truth broader than its irface showed. A. W. Brabliain. Olar, Bamberg County. rAGE (OAOII tEll) Ui, IN HtEAeRr of N KW YORK. ighwayuaon Had to UHo Pistolo Before Driver Wovi nubnit-a,saKU gr, Oonu 1'hrough. Middletown, N. Y., Sept. 30. -The age coach "Pioneer," which makes aily trips between Warwick and oshen, was held up and robbed by iree masked horsemen late this fternoon. The coach was bowling along the )ad two miles from Florida, and at lonely spot. on the road Clinton and :oratio S. Wisner, who own the )ach and were on it, saw the men 1 horseback suddenly emerge from te dense woods which line the high. ay. Clinton was driving. The )bners ordered him to pull up his orees. This he refused to do and te highwaymen opened fire with re >lvers. None of the shots took ef ict, but the shooting had the effect F compelling the whip to bring the orses to a stop. In the coach were Mrs. J. A. Chain srlin, Mrs. Fred Webster, Mrs. ames Fuller, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Ed. ohnson, all of Florida. While two E the highwaymen covered the Wis. er brothers with their revolvers, the iird, using many threats, compelled to passengers to give up all their oney and valuables. After the robbery had been corm leted the robbers spurred up their orses anid escaped. When news of the hold-up became nown this whole section of Orange >unLty was first astonnded and then scited. Posses of armed meon were astily formed aiid at once started a 3arch for the highwaymen. Clifton V. Wisner is president of the village f Warwick. sUICIDEs5 IN UJNITiC) sTATES NAVY. lent. Gottn,nmndier lironaiugh l5)own Out His 4 lrains on liatt,ilsip Kearsago. Expna,&tioni of ana Officor. New York, Sept. 30.-Lieut. Comn. ander William V. Bronaugh of the Jnited States navy, committed sni ide today on the battleship Kear age at the navy yard by blowing out is brains with a revolver. Friends f Commantder Bronaugh believe that *e was very much worried over the rianifold dlut.ies of his position as ox cutive officer which are considered o be more arduous than those of any thor position of rank in the navy. . F. Harrington, captain of the hrooklyn nevy yard, said:. "There is an epidemic of soicides ai the navy as urely as thiere wats vor an epidemic of fever. Such a hmng may occur, and cannot be ox >lainedi. The mant probably had eon thinkin1g of the other suicides rhieb are very sad affairs, and then n an tnguardled moment the dlesire o try it seized himt andl it was all ver in a minte." Commander Bronaugh wats born nt Kentucky anid entePred thme naval ca(demny mi 1873. Th'Ie deimaund for prerniumt ljis or he Sttan Fair cont tins. Write moon for a copy to Thos. WV. Hollo #av. Secret ary, Pomaria S. C. aENATOI 4 RRId' kH1OES. They Were Madte. i, Aaerica and he 1ought. Them in Lnndon for 20 PYr ceuL. lielow the Price Charged the Amertoan t'urbare,r at Home, [Washington Star, Sept. 27.] When Senator Harris, of Kansas, set toot in Washington yesterday, after his trip abroad, he wore a pair of shoes that will becomo an object lesson in the Kansas campaign. "These shoes that I am wearing," said Senator Harris to a representa tive of the Post yesterdyy, "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 WashingtoL." Although he went abroan in the interest of the St. Louis World's Fair, Senator Harris did not forget politics. He remembert d that when he was abroad ten years ago he found that American goods were obtaina. We at a much cheaper price than in this country, and this year, with the trusts and the tariff the leading issue in the campaign, he made some addi tional inquiries. AMERICAN (1G0os CIIEAPEIa ABROAD. "Everything of American make is cheaper abroad than in this coun. try," he said. "My work for the St. Louis Exposition took me to all the great stock farms, and I was particu lar to ask what the Englishmen paid for American farming machinery, pitchforks, hatchets and other neces saries of farm management, and I found that they paid a groat deal less than I am forced to pay in Kausas City for the same articles. It seems a very great injustice and imposition fc American citizens to be forced to pay such high prices hero when foreigners secure the same things at a much lower rate. It is the high tariff that is to blame. The American - manufacturer says that he must be protected against the foreigner. This is not true. He has nothing to fear from the foreign inannfacturer, because he is success fully invaling the foreign arket. Neither is it. true that the American goods which are sold abroad are sur plus products. The Amricanl mann facturer is t;elling his goods at a fair profit abroad and att a tremendous profit at home." "What is the remedy?" "It seems to me that it would be very easy to lower the tariff, which would give the American consumer anU opp)ortunity to puIrchase0 Ameri can goods at a decreased price, and, if necessary, the Americani manuifac turer could raise the p)rice slhghtly ab)road. Sonmet hmg, however, ought to be done. The present condition of affairs is not just to the American consumer, and 1 (10 not believe the American people will stand it much longer. Something is radically wrong wheun I can buy American shoes abroad for less '.hani I pay for them here, notwithstanding the fact that freight for three thousand1 miles has to ba paid upon themi." TRnUsTi issUE APPEALs5 TO' PEOP'LE. Although he has been abroad, Senator Harris has kept in touch with political developments in the Uzit.ed Stsites, and said that lhe was not surp)rised1 that trusts and the tariff as it affects the trusts weret he comning the pricipal issues in the "I said last winter," he remarked, "and still believe, that the Demo. cratic Senators were making a mis take in forcing the Philippine issue to the front. I could see that the po pl1o were' not interested in the P~hilip. pines. So fa&r as the D)omocratic p'omtioni concerniing the archipelatgo is concerned, it is right. There can be no0 doubt of that. But being right is one' thIing andi arouhinig public in terest is another. The fact is that the Philippine (quest1ion dhoes not ap peal to the poputlar mind. T1hme av erage voter, on the other hand, is vastly conc(ernedl ini tIhe price which he is paying for coal andi beef. I am glad that the Democratic (Congres sionaml commnit tee is emphasizing the trust question0!, anad es peciahlly the prices which areo charged abroad fot American goods. This is a mattem that comns home to everybmoy" "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 looke as if we had a chance to carry Ka,lsas. Mr. Craddock, the fusion nominee for Governor, is making a lively can vass, and the fusion between the Democats and Populists is com plate." LAST OROP REPORT. Cotton Cop Not as Mood ias wanS xp tctd. Iloe Crop Very Satinfactory. 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 miminum of 59 degrees at. Bowman and Bennettaville. Sun shine was slightly deficient, with more cloudiness towards the close of the week, when showery conditions prevailed. The rainfall was quite general over the State, although below normal, with a numbt r of localities that had from one to two inches. Tohe rain was needed and benefited late cotton, late corn, peas, gardens, cane, truck, and put the soil in excellent condi tion for sowing outs, and while it in terfered with cotton picking it did not damage the staple to any mate terial extent. Early and mledium corn is being housed, while very late corn is only now ripening. Early cotton is practically all open and picked, except in numnerous lo calities where laborers are scarce. Some fields have been picked out. Late cotton is now opening freely and is mostl1) Op1n, except the nrew fruitage that, in a few localities, is heavy, but will nieed a full month of favorable weat her to re-ach matu rity ; in most fields there is no top crop, or else a very small one. Estimates of yields have been raised by some correspondents and lowered by others, and from the average of these esti. mates it appears that. the yield f.,r tihe State will probably compare fi vorab)ly with last, year. Sean island cotton is ia better crop than usual, and although it opened slowly here tofore is now op)ening rapidly. The linit of both upland anid sien island cotton is of a high grade andl very little has been1 wveathber stained. In general, picking is farther advanced than usual at this (late and will prob. ably he finished (hiring October. Rice harvest made favorable pro gress, with May anid Jumne p)lanitinlgs ripening and( about ready to cut. The rice crop is very satisfactory. Truck crops are doing well. Peas very greatly in condition, but average a fair crop. TIhe saime is true of grass for hay. A moderate crop of both peavine arid other hay has been saved ini fine condition. Oat.s sowing made slow progress, but early sown oats are comning upl to good stands. Mi - nor crops conitinuie to (-> well, but need more rain in places. R(UINEDI IY THEt OAN, STRIKEC. Now York (CoaI Mflreha,nt ries 1 tornnomrn,I suicido. New York, Sept.ember 30.--In iil niancial ditliculty, as a resulIt of t lie coal strike, Hteniry C. SchilesI, a coal merchant of this city, tried to kill himself today by shoot.ing. The doc tor says there is little hope for him. Mr. Schoel is 45 years old1. H-e lives with his wife andi three children in a handsome residenlce and gene rally has been thought to bes prosper ouis. A relative of Mr. Scheel said he had a large sum of mioneiy-about $200,000--tied up in litigation and that his busineus was his source oi revenue. The <dieturban,ce in th< c)al market bad affected his buiniesu sraiously, causuing him to b~cL mn desperate. WHITE ILLI, ERA Y. Uowpulsor Iduesttion the Greattat No.td of the south at Preosent. That there is much to be done be fore white illiteracy in the S>ntbern States can be reduced to a mnore de sirable percentage, says the Macon, Ga., Telegraph, may be seen from the following statement of the per cent. of illiteracy of both racet, take-i from the Federal census of 1900 White. Colored. Alabama...... 14.2 595' Arkansas ..... 10.8 448 Florida.. ..... 8.0 394 Georgia....... 12.1 56 8 Louisiana.. ... 203 01.2 Mississippi .. 8.3 53 2 N. Carolina... 19.0 53.1 S. Carolina .... 12.6 54 7 Tennessee..... 14.5 400 Virginia...... 125 525 Mississippi recartly made libet al appropriation for popular education although it already has the smallest per cent of illiteracy among the white and the negro majority in the State is in the neighborhood of i0, 000. It might be thought. that the percentage of illiteracy among the whites in a "black State" such as Mississippi is due to the fact that in such a State the white employer class is relatively larger and the white la boring class is relatively smaller than in other States. But the figures for South Carolina, another black State, show a larger percentage of white il literacy than is found in Virgit.ia, Georgia, Florida or Arkansas, all of which have considerable white ma jorities. Greater interest in educa tiotn would therefore seem to be t.he main cause of Mississippi's enviable low percentage of white illiteracy. 1IUIttILAiM EN F'RtI MILL KANK. A havIug, Inetilution in York County Town Robbled i - +ii to Tn Tlhouandi Lost,-Th Woak of Iroteeiunan,. [The State ] Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 30.-The Fort Mill Savings bank of Fort Mill, S. C., 18 miles from Charlotte, was dynamited atan early hour this morn ing and it is estimated that between six and ton thousand dollars were sto)len. An eutrane was effected thr )gh t he front door of t he bank and the vault and safe doors sue oessively drilled and dylinaitad. A clock on the wall of the ban:kiug room had stopped at 3:55 this morn. ing, evideutly indicating the time of the explosion. The hanak ollicials refuse to make a statement as to the extent of t heir loss. A large amsount of paper~ money was found torn to shreds by the~ force of that exp)losion. The rob bers aire thought to have beeni pro fossionials T1here is nto clue to the perpI)t rators of the dleed(. ThO WVomeans lomoe Compantion. For October haa a story that will interest hunidreds of thousands of readers. It is a hitherto unpublished final chapter of "Strinagtown on the Pike," which was left out of the book by the author. It ti.lls the fate of ''Cupe"' and "'Dinlah."' T1here are two other niotab)le short stories in the number. Of esupeciail initerest to women will be an article on "'How Mrs. Roosuvelt K(eeps Hcuse." Oth(.r features are "The Childre.n of the Poor in Great Cit ieH" and '"The O1(1 Fiddl(11ers' Contest." The11 double page of pictures sho)wing "What We Have Done for Our New P.sses. sions" tells better than words the admirable work the United States is doing in the WVest Indies and the Philippie. This is a spetial fansh ion number coantaining all tbe latest ideas for fall and winter fashions in dross and millinery. Published by The Crowell Publishing Co., Spring. field, Ohio; onie 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 diversifiedl and intensifiedl agri culture? If so, visit the State Fair, Oct. 28th to 3Jst. Do not miss the opportuntity to take your family to the State Fair. Young and old will be instructed aind entertained All imimoral, garmbling and qu'-stionuable features arte rigidly a zalndedl