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V3L. XVIII. N T C 4. DARLINGTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1891. WnULi, NO 839 LOO A-t. itsjvts. • otton is brincint As will be seen from his card in another column, R. K. Charles, Esq., resumes the prac tice of law at this place. Muntion was made in the last issue of The News of. the death from hydrophobia of a horse and calf, the property of Dr. S. <). MeCown, of Ebenezer. On Friday Dr. MeCown lost another calf by death from the same disease. Middling 81 cents. • Hon. 0. W. Dare an returned to Washington on Tuesday. Work has commenced on the wall'of Mr. A. Nachman's store. Mr. C. M. Ward has re-enter ed the South Carolina Univer sity. Judge C. E. Dargan has been in Charlestan on a brief business trip. Mrs. Sohn Swygert will not re-open her millinery store in Darlington. The Darlington Building and Loan Association meets on Mon day night. The Darlington Guards will hold an important meeting on Monday night. Judge H. E. P. Sanders is confined to his home from an attack of sickness. Mr. E. B. Turner, of Lamar, is teaching school at Effingham, Florence County. Repairs are being made upon da> night. Nearly the the building occupied as a bar I contents of the house by Mr. J. AL James. Father W. J. Wright, of Sullivan’s Island, celebrated mass in Darlington on Satur day. An important meeting of Dar lington Sub-Alliance will be held on the first Friday in Feb ruary. The residence which Dr. J. S. Garner is erecting opposite Mrs. A Profitabl'i Investnent. A citizen of the County a,’ver tised last week for a lost mule, and “kicked” because we charged him a dollar for the no tice. The paper was sent out Thursday on the early morning train, and by the mail train which came up that night, we received a letter from a gentle man residing in Florence Coun- i ty stating that he had found the mule and held it subject to the owner’s orders. The latter now thinks that the dollar which he | spent in advertising in The News was the best investment j of his life. Aloral: If you have The grading oii the C. S. & N. Railroad, coming from Sumter. 1 has reached the neighborhood i of Lamar. The track has been ; laid from Sumter to Lynche’s Fiver and trains arc now run-1 anvthing t0 advertise, use these mug over that section of the j co , u|nn ^ whicll are read by roau ' from five to ten thousand per- AIk. C. W. Hewitt has pur- sons every week, chased from Mr. C. S. AtcCul —♦— lough the lot 011 the North side 1 A Child Burned to Death, of the Square adjoining AIcCall On Tuesday afternoon W. T. & Burch's store. The lot fronts Pawley, colored, who lives in twenty-four feet. Air. Hewitt will erect a brick building on this lot immediately. Kellytown, went to Hartsville to purchase fertilizers, leaving his wife and six-year old child The residence of Mr J F at home . While Pawley was Hill, on the old Carter place in ; U ^s absent Hie mother went off the Swift Creek section, was totally destroyed by tire on Fri- entire were burned. There was no insurance and the loss to Air. Hill is very severe. The Barnwell correspondent of the News and Courier says : “The people of Barnwell are very much pleased with Rev. R. W. Lide, the new pastor of the Baptist Church, and his congregations are increasing in size.” ! aml the little child remained alone in the house. Before eith er parent returned the house, from some unknown cause, was burned to the ground and the child perished iu the flames. Everything in the house was destroyed ami of the home, that was intact at the parents' departure, there was nothing left but a smoldering heap of ruins and the ashes of their child to greet them on their re turn. A Reasonable Request. As already stated we have a n ; T,, 1 i • “The Story of a Mine”, the - A Y*i L , u ,, 1 y nearmg serial which *we are now publish- fou »'l tlmtdpuys better to hold COUlDuJtlon. . . . . „ mir siihsnrint.mn nt n rlul- 'ing, is receiving favorable com- our subscription prica at a ® - - - - - lara year in advance than completion. Aliss Julia E. Joy, of Lamar, I mendation on all sides, and to has been appointed assistant judge from the way it is being teacher in the Newman Swamp read throughout the county, it High School. AIk. R. W. Boyd’s three ten ant houses on Orange Street, in the rear of his residence, are very near completion. The law requiring a license of <1200 u year for the sale of pistols and pistol cartridges goes into effect on June 2'i, 1891. The grip is very prevalent throughout the county and the disease is said to be more severe now than it was last year. The iron bridge of the C. S. & N. Railroad over the Pee Dee dol- at two dollars a year on a credit. uui.it iu this was our sole reason for is decidedly the best continued re< ^ uc * n S the price by one-half, storv we have yet had. “My nmst rf >™?t that Heart's Delight”, by Louise all our subscribers pay in ad- Stockton will be begun at an '' aace ^ s . ma11 sum nece88ar / early day i to kee P their names on our list, a sum which is very little more The Bank of Timmonsville | than the actual cost of printing has been organized with the the paper—that is less than two following Directors: John Ale - cents a copy ! We make no Sween, E. A. Willcox, Chas. A. exceptions whatsoever from this Smith. D. H. Traxler and Geo. rule, and most earnestly urge W. Williams, Jr. The Directors all our patrons to act in accor- elected John MoSween. Pres- dance with it. Wo are giving ident; Geo. \\ . Williams, Jr., them a good piper, and they Vice President and F. C. Lech- must help us bear some of tlie nor, Cashier. expense of getting it out. The well known and popular. Arm of J. F. Early is making River has been completed. The finishing touches were put upon a specialty this winter of heavy the bridge on Monday. groceries, and invites its many Gen. W. E. James and Mr. i patrons to inspect its stock and Geo. H. AtcKee assisted last I ,n , < 1 ' e8 ' fe ® lin K confident that it week in the organization of a 'Y 1 , ,l ,e a ^ e convince them Lodge of the Knights of Pythias * ult ^ C T C011 ' , ( ^° a . s . we ^. ^ in Orangeburg. purchasing such articles right here at home as they could by At a special meeting of the Town Council held last week, a license to sell liq.ior was grant ed to Mr. W. Witcover, making a total of ten bars for the town. Read McCall & Burch's ad vertisement which this issue. sending away for them. As will be seen from the an- The Enterprise Hotel. Messrs. Parker Bros., the pres ent proprietors of the Enter prise Hotel, have leased the hotel for another year. They have also leased for a term of four years the famous summer resort, the Paris Alountain Hotel, near Greenville S. C. and propose to manage both hotels. Mr. R. W. Parker will remain in Darlington and have charge es- nouncement which Mr. R. L-'j of the Enterprise Hotel, while Dargan makes in another col-jjj r p. fy p ar k er will manage umn, he has recovered from his ,j 1( , p ari8 Mountain Hotel. They recent misfortunes by fire, and w ill also embark in another which appears in has just opened a large stock of enterprise, namely, a fashion- w offering new books stationery, toys and able millinery and dress mak- bargams for the next sixty days. | fancy goods at the stand form- ing establishment, which they Charlie Law, colored, was! or ‘y occu I u , [)r. J. A. Boyd w in 0 j )ea ver y shortly in this kicked by a mule on Monday at an * le nor *“ ern . 81( l e the Pub- town. Mrs. R. W. Parker will McCullough, Blackwell & Co's lc Square, and is now prepared supervise the work in this stables, but no very serious in- tl) * imn «h his customers with tablishment. jury was inflicted. all the choicest articles in his —--— hue. The law firm of Dudley & , . Newton, of Bennettsville, of , Mr. C. S. McCullough returned which ex-Solicitor Newton was a f t wet ’^ D-oni his trip to the the junior member, has been i XVe8t \ . ,,rm »!'*- 25 . hni : ,uules dissolved. with him. the animals were j brought up from the depot be- Right Rev. W. B. W. Howe, [tweon nine and ten o’clock, il of the by four noon nine- | teen of them had been sold. Of 1 course a second car load had to be ordered at once, and the new supply is expected in a few days. At a regular convention of Palmetto Lodge, No. 11, at Lydia held on the 14th inst. the following officers were elected of the Board of Health, requests i n8ta 'h‘d by 1C. R. C. that any unsanitary condition Callowav, who had been mv I missioned for that purpose: r. OI any 'C., A. S. Harrell; C. C.. W. AL Huggins;V.C.,IraN. Clements;! Prelate, A. J. A. Perritt; K. of The following transfers of real R. &S., T. P. King;M. at A., J. estate were recorded in the Au- C. Register; M. of E., VV. F. ditor’s office for the week end- Boykin ; M. of F., G. B. Howie';! ing Saturday, January 17,1891 : I. G., C. S. Parnell; O. G., C. E. A. Hill to Allison Williams B. Pate. W. M. Huggins was 44 acres in Philadelphia town- elected representative to the 8 ^ip ^ or $200; J. Wilson Gandy Grand. Lodge which meets in to R. E. L. Kirven 100 acres in Spartanburg on February 19th 1 next. iiiGHT nev. w. d. vv. nowe, tween nine and ten Bishop of the Episcopal Church shortly after the arriva of South Carolina, will visit the j freight train, and ! Episcopal Chapel at this place o’clock in the aftenux on 'Ihursday, February 19. teen of them had been s on 'ihursday, February The new schedule on the f heraw & Darlington Railroad does not make any changes for Darlington. The arrival and departure of trains are the same as heretofore. Dr. W. J. Garner, chairman ird of Heali any unsanitary of private premises or of any portion of tne town be promptly reported to him. Since the trial justices have received their commissions they have been kept exceedingly busy issuing warrants in cases that had to lie over until they were commissioned. AIr. J. H. Sanders, of. the firm of Joye & Sanders, has just returned from a pleasure trip of two weeks through seve ral of the lower counties of the State. Att: ntion is called to the no tice of T. H. Spain, Esq., Judge of Probate, which appears in this issue. It is of special inter est to executors, administrators, guardians and trustees. Mr. C. W. Hewitt rapidly disposed of the lot of mules he received some time since and has procured another lot of as fine mules as have ever been in Darlington and will sell them at reasonable terms. Maj. J. J. Lucas, who was appointed a delegate to the Direct Trade Convention, which met in Atlanta lad; week, was prevented from attending by sickness in his family. The tajor is thoroughly in eymp* with “direct trade” and it i a source of regret to him it he could not attend. A Valuable Volume. Air. F. E. Norment has come into the possession of a very valuable book which his uncle, Mr. John W. Harrington, found on the battle field of Gettys burg. It is a copy of Virgil’s Aenid and Bucolics, printed in 1050, in the old English style. The book is profusely illustra ted and the illustrations and print are perfectly preserved, although the book is nearly two hundred and fifty years old. The volume is quite a curiosity and is doubtless of great value. Mr. Norment has forwarded the book to a house at the North, which deals largely in old works of value, with a view to ascer- coia ' j taining its worth. «• Real Estate Transfers. The County Commissioners. Leavensworth township for $1,500; C. S. Nettles to McC. Willis one lot in the town of Darlington for $250; S. Marco to J. J. Ward 74 acres in High The Board of County Com- Hill township for $1,400; AL missioners met on Thursday Alarco to S. Carrie Hicks 109 last and decided to enclose the acres in Cypress township for jail with a fence, which is to be $1,500; S. Carrie Hicks to B. A. of up-right boards twelve feet Howell 27 acres in Cjmress high, on the of which a township for $500; AlonzaBacot wire addition will be run. Ar- e t. al. to Central Carolina Land rangements have also been and Improvement Company the made for other improvements right of way in Darlington on the jail lot, looking towards township for $15; J. C. Lamp- the bettering of its sanitary ley to Central Carolina Land and condition. The members of the Improvement Company right of Board are now busy canvassing way in Society Hill township for the County andappointingover- $495; F. A. Taylor to Central seers of the roads in the various Carolina Land and Improvement sections. The weather for the Company 80 acres in Lisbon last few weeks has been very township for $80; W. A. Par- unfavorable for the working of the roads, but as soon as we have more propitious weather the Board proposes to push for ward the work, so that our neighbors who have to travel over bad reals will Bjj^u ,s,ye rott, C. C. P., to B. F. Gandy 105 acres in Leavensworth town ship for $525; McC. Willis to C. S. Nettles one lot in the town of Darlington for $5 ; C. B. Ed wards et. al., Executors, to J. L. Coker 103 acres in Leavens worth township for $1,200. Death of Mr. E. L. Murray. Mr. E. L. Murray, who re moved to Darlington about two (years ago and resided here something over a year, died on Wednesday of last week in Florence, where he had remov ed about six months since. He was sixty-three years of age at the time of his {death He was an architect, but ill health'from which he had been a sufferer for nearly ten years, prevented him from following actively his chosen profession. The sympathy of the community is extended to his wife, who made many friends during her brief resid- (encein Darlington. His remains were interred on Thursday hut at Stateburg, Sumter County, the place of his nativity. The Board of Pensions. The County Examining Board of Pensions met on Monday last, but as the the Board of Pension Commissioners was not present to act in conjunction with the Examining Board, as required by law, the latter had to adjourn without transacting any busi ness. The law requires that the Board of Pension Commission ers shall be elected by the sur vivors of the county at a meet ing on salesday in October or November of the previous year, but the survivors failed to have a meeting on either of the dates i mentioned, hence there is no | Board of Pension Commission ers. The members of the Exam ining Board, who hold office by virtue of their appointment by j the Gove nor. have notified the Comptroller General of the trouble and now await further instructions. Duo notice of the date of the next meeting of the Board will be given later. Try our Roasted Coffee at 30c lb ; West & Honour. A Suspicious Fire. About twelve o’clock ATonday night the Russoil house, on jCashua Street, occupied by Air. W. H. Talley, was discovered to be on fire on the inside. The flames were extinguished, how-, ever, before a general alarm, was given The fire was burn-| ing in three different rooms and a pile of paper saturated with kerosene was found under the house. Kerosene had also been poured upon some of the beams beneath the first floor. There can be hardly a doubt but that the fire was the work of an in cendiary. The flames were ex tinguished so quickly that only slight damage was done. Some clothing and window shades were destroyed. The would-be murderer chose his time well, as Mr. Talley was away and the only persons in the house were Mrs. Talley, who was sick in bed, her two little children, and the nurse. As will be seen from the notice published in an other column, the town auth >r- itiss have offered a $150 re ward for any information which will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the guilty party. Fruit Puddine, assorted fla vors ; West & Honour. A Serious Matter. The law in regard to the drawing of jurors requires the Jury Commissioner, the Audi tor, and the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners to fill the jury box during the month of January in each year. From this box is drawn, twenty days before the first court, the grand jury which serves during the year, and twenty days before each court the petit jury to serve during the coming court is also drawn from this box. This brings forward a serious ques tion in regard to the jurors of ! Darlington County. There is hut one more week in which the jury box can be filled and, as yet, no Jury Commissioner has been commissioned. The papers have published that Air. T. P. King has been appointed Jury Commissioner for Darlington County, but Mr. King has never received his commission or even notification of his appointment. Unless the Jury Commissioner is commissioned before the month of January expires no juries can be drawn and, there fore. there can be no court for Darlington during the present year. The trouble must be the result of an oversight and the attention of the proper authori ties should be called to it imme- !diately. ASHLAND. —Farmers are hauling up a large amount of fertilizers. —Mr. R. M. Smith had the misfortune to get his thigh bro ken some days ago. —Alessrs. Clyde and Wait hold services every Sunday af ternoon at Pleasant Grove. —The Hessian flies have done some damage to small grain, but the prospect is pretty fair yet. --Mr. Ramsey, of Virginia, is stopping here with a large drove of mules and horses. This is the fifth drove that has stopped here, for the last few weeks. The “Fedora,” a 10 cents ci gar, made by the well known tobacco house, Vetterlein Bros., Philadelphia, can always be found at Boyd's drug store. CYPRESS. —A few of our people were in Charleston last week on busi ness. —We are still having lots of cold bracing weather and al most everybody complains of having a cold. —The farmers are still haul ing fertilizers in large quanti ties and it seems, from the way they have started out, that they intend to make a crop this year such as was never grown in the memory of man. • ••- -*• • CLYDE. —Mrs Manning Goodson is dangerously ill. —Alessrs. D. F. and A. J. Mor rison are on a visit to Chester field. —Mr. R. E. Parnell is erect ing a new tenant house on his place. —Air. I). D. Johnson^ who has been quite unwell, is now much better. —We are very sorry to learn that Air. Steve Parnell lost his house by fire on Sunday last. —Air. Daniel Campbell is in this vicinity selling cotton stalk cutters for Air. W. M. Breeden, of Alarlboro. —Air. M. J. Outlaw, with a good number of others from our community, spent several days in Charleston last week. LAMAR. —Sam Keith, of Darlington, is in town moving some build- ings/or Mr. T. F. Wilson. —The recent little swell in the cotton market caused some of the staple to change hands at this place. —Air. Whitfield, of the Charleston, Sumter and North ern Railroad, has removed with his family into the Wright resi dence. —The contractors Alessrs. Somerset & Mansill have com pleted the new dwelling of Air. Hamer Reynolds, and Air. Rey nolds has moved in. —By mutual consent Alessrs. Cole & Reynolds have dissolved copartnership, and Air. J. Al. Spears is running a merchairtile business at their former stand. • ••- -• • JASPER. —Rev. W. P. Smith, of Spar tanburg, preached at Lake Swamp on last Sunday. —Mr. S. G. Spires, among other improvements, is erecting a small but neat cotton house on his place. —Auditor Lawrence came to Jasper last Friday to receive tax returns. He received sev enty-seven. —A colored girl, aged be tween 12 and 14 years, the daughter of Silvia Johnson, was burned so severely about ten days ago that she died on Friday last. —Air. T. T. Salisbury lost a bale of cotton on last Thursday night. Some uokown thief came to Mr. Salisbury’s premises some time during the night with a one horse wagon and carried off the bale of cotton. Air. Salis bury is making every effort to capture the scamp or scamps but without success. GREEN PLAINS. —Our school opened on the 19th, with Mr. Charles Hum phries as principal. —Farm hands are a little scarce and wages are a shade higher than last year. —We are busy hauling fertil izersand judging from the out look there will be a great deal used in this section this year. —Air. R. H. Boswell killed a pig last week, eighteen months old, that weighed 385 pounds. Mr. J. W. Moore killed one at the same time, which was a lit tle over two years old, that turned the scales at 455. —There seems to be consider able building and repairing go ing on in our neighborhood. Air. W.H. Huggins has repaired his dwelling: Airs. C. D. Chap man is rebuilding; Air. K. A. Byrd is finishing his new house and Air. J. W. Aloore is erecting a new residence. —Air. L. G. Byrd was pain fully, but not seriously hurt last week at the mill at the place where he lives. While Mr. Frank Howie was shutiing down the flood gate the lever flew up, striking Air. Byrd in the face and inflicting a severe wound. He is now getting on well, however. —Air. C. E. Huggins and Aliss M. E. Melton were married at the residence of the bride’s fath- er, Mr. J. C. Melton, on last Thursday evening, Rev. F. M. white officiating. Only ;; j ar relatives of the con tracting parties were present at the ceremony. The young ; couple have our best wishes as they go forth on the sea of life. Gilt Edge Creamery Butter ; West & Honour. Go to Boyd’s drug store and invest in the “Saboroso" and “Fedora” cigars. MT. ELON. —Air. H. L. Lloyd has moved to Aliss Bettie Huggins’ place. —Air. It. AL Josey has moved to the Alatchell Fields’ place and I Air. T. J. Price has removed to ! his former home. —Rev. AV. P. Smith of Strib- ling, Spartanburg County, is ex pected to preach on Sunday ! evening next at this place. —Air. S. Kelly, of Kell) town, | has moved to the old home stead of the Witherspoon tract. We welcome Air. and Airs. Kelly in our midst and wish for them that he was prepared to meet a prosperous future. everyone of them, with other \j,. q 1 a Hicks of Louis- explanations as to the custom of iana, has been visiting relatives P a )’’ n K these churns in the past, and friends in this community. ' nder. the circumstance 1 His visit certainly gave us much deemed it my duty to consult quota of Ntate appropiiation to Aewf and Courier's representa- tne Hagood Guards, and asking:; tive, and the columns of the I‘Will you kindly look into the paper offered him to make any matter and write Capt. Haves statements he might desire. He it Appleton?' On receipt of was found in bed, and said he ‘his letter I at once went to the was suffering from the grip, ’arolina National Bank to find When told that the Governor < if any other check had been had given the statements out protested, and found from the tat nient of the cashier that om ■ eight or ten checks, aver- igh.g about $150 each, had been r st ilted from various parties md had gone to protest from non-payment, no funds being on iiand to meet them. I again went to Gen. Bonham and told him of the receipt of Al letter and the contents, and ■ ilso of the facts learned at the| National Bank. He again in formed me that these checks for publication he seemed very much surprised. He thanked the Reporter for calling, but said he had nothing more to say. Columbia, January 10.—1 ha publication of the statement of Gen Farley of the non-payment x, . of checks drawn by Gen Ai. L. nu ^nnii ^ on * uu n while Adjutant General n s of the State was the general I topic of talk to-day. It is the belief of Gen Bonham’s friends , , , , , , . . . i that the trouble was caused by had been presented during his (ieu Bonham’s miscalculation of absence in Georgetown, and h[s re80urce . s . Gen. Bonham is still confined to his bed and is quite ill with a severe attack of “la grippe,” which is rendered worse by his condition of extreme nervous ✓ o --i w* n 1 1, . prostration brought on by the pleasure and we trust that he Wlth Attorney General 1 ope and exc j tement 0 f t he last few days, will come to see us oftener in yourself in regard to the matter, wa8 too m to soe newspaper the future, as his last visit was as I did on yesterday evening, the first in twenty-one years. i Early this morning, after some _ , , , | conference with Col AVilie Airs. Draper, formerly of Jones, cashier of the Carolina t heraw, the accomplished teach- National Bank, as to the amount j er of the Oats school for some protested, I again approached time past, has taken charge of (j en _ Bonham on the subject, the school at tins place. She an( j ln y suggestion we came lias now about forty pupils and, t 0 tj le office of Attorney General no doubt, the number will be in- i> op ,. am i had another statement creased. I he selection of a of the matter. General Bonham teacher was a good one and we reiterated his former statement 1 hope her stay in our midst will ( 0 effect that checks had be pleasant to her and profitable heen presented during his t0 U8 - absence, and that he was pre- —We regret to chronicle the 1 pared to meet them when pre- departure of Air. J. Boyd With- sen ted again, erspoon and family from our i t After this conversation with neighborhood. They have re-(Gen. Pope, by agreement, Gen. moved to Kershaw, Lancaster! Bonham and 1 went to the Na- County. Our friend carried tional Bank to see Col. AV illie with him the verv best wishes Jones, the cashier, and it was there arranged, at the instance [of our community and we com mend him to the people of Ker shaw, for our loss is their gain. Air. Witherspoon has been Su perintendent of the Sunday School at this place for many years and it is with reluctance that we gave him up. • •»- —• • — Finest Teas and Coffees; West dfc Honour. A Bombshell in Columbia. [From the News and Courier.) Columbia, January 15.—Yes terday Adjt. Gen. Farley handed of Gen. Bonham, that Col. Jones should recall the protest ed checks or drafts for payment, and Gen Bonham then drew and left with Col. Jones a draft on the general manager of the Union Central Life Insurance Company, which he represents here, for $2,000, which, it was spapei men to day. Col. Aldrich has assumed the control o f his side of the case, and Governor Tillman said to-day that he would now have no further connection with the matter, unless Gen. Bonham should fail to make good his protested checks. In that case he would take steps to see that the interests of the State were preserved. lie referred the paper representative to G°h Aldrich for the promised state ment of Gen Bonham and any subsequent events. Gen. Farley was also seen, and he said substantially the same things as the Governor. The News and Courier repre sentative then visited Gen Bonham’s residence and was informed that ho could not be seen. One of his family, how ever, gave the following brief and concise statement: “Gen. Bonham is too unwell to prepare his statement for the public to-day. For the present lie desires it to be known that the shortage in his accounts will estimated, would cover all of the ! )U mad f. 8 oodand the Stute wil1 . . 1 1 ostt nothintr. protested paper. lose nothing. r - - - - - 1 It was learned the At Gen. money himself and Bonham's request the ! 11 . 1 "l as draft is to be forwarded to the would be P aid *’/ .. ... general manager for his on- members of his family and his dorsement, and then sent to the f , riend8 ' v 1 ou ' d have , f 1< ' hm « general office in for pay- do with that portion of the mat- ment, Gen Bonhmn stating ter ‘ Tins has been arranged for the Governor the following state- t] . j 11 a i rea( i v ar ramred and the payment will be made ment, and last night copies were a ndJ®n bond and LcurftXr a8 8001 ‘ a8 1’oBsible. it is also given to the press. Later the J ‘i 1 , 1 ,! ^ LUIlt - vto, learned that Gen. Bonham had * uS^sibKt th« time for a , ‘tT tn flip PYnpf n SeVCnxl thousand dollcl giv Governor decided to withhold it “Y t is impossffile ITthis time for, beeu Promised a large loan of at the earnest piea of Gem me t() .‘ S( . t . rtain tho exact a- 8ev f r al .thousand dollars by a Bonham. To-day permission mount covere - d by the prote8ted certain institution but that the was g.veu topubhsh it Govern- or the amo J unt J uow recent depression of the money or Tillman saving that he con- an) , in arruars to the troops,‘market caused it to fail him. si< eml it h.s duty to do so: ' us al , (jf the recei ts have not Columbia S C. Jan. 14 1891. | yet come into this office, and His fciXct ' n< y >• • ‘ some of them represent checks Governor of btate of couth ^ *, , , Carolina, Columbia, S. C.*—Dear ! Sir: Having informally commu- returned to the which have not been honored, but it can be approximated as , . . - ,, “U soon as the protested drafts are located to your Excellency and r ^ lirm , (1 to ‘, ul National Bank. 1 also tiie Hon Attorney General Such is the situation at present Pone on yesterday certain facts . T ... , V;. x Tr and I will make no comments thefapproprikition^for* ISIlO^for m.til further developments. 1 Tho correspondent of the Augusta Chroncile last night sent out a part of a statement that Gen Bonham had prepared but asked to be withheld. It is no longer a private matter, and here it is: To his Excellency B. R. Till man, Governor of South Caro- lino—Sir: Through the kindness , ■ - , • . f would say, in conclusion, how-; °^ Gen Parley 1 have been shown he support and maintenance of tht i t as thi g is neither a a copy of a letter addressed by the nnht.a of tins State, 1 deem it bon( | ed nor a disbursing office,' b '»‘*.<> A'™ u P on tbe object <>i my duty to submit the following , sncikintr T see „o the disbursement by me of the statement of the whole matter ^d in aul of the militia for with accompanying letters a d custom whi [. h 8eems heretofore th <‘ year 1890 If it is the pur- then to await farther mstruc- tQ have pre vailed should con- pose of your Excellency to make tions from your Excellency as to t . uue ^ amounts due the , the same public I beg that you the course to be pursued. troops from year to year can be permit the publication ot tins On Januarj . ■ , '' . ' drawn from the .treasury on statement along with it. e enclosed letter from the Hon wan . ant b the and si ned It has been the custom m the AI Youmans, of Hampton tho __ in favor of and t() Adjutant General s office to inty, to the effect that Capt <41,,.,,,.,^^ ..f.. companies draw this fund from the treas- Inch the A. County R. A. Brunson, regiment S nson, Iroop A, 1st whom the mon ey is due with- ury and deposit it in bank am C cavalry, had out h through this office, lssue checks against it wlucl om Gen. M L Bon- which j do not think the law custom was followed in this in Columbia. The! postoffice in cheek has been received, and is '"^tuT leH unpaiT made payable ‘to order.’ Capt. th ° tr ™P 8 8 re 8r) ictfuUv v' Rrnnson pndorsed the check, it t *“’,. V ®. ry re8 PCCttUlly, Brunson endorsed the cheek, it has been presented to the bank for payment, refused by the bank, and the cheek gone to recall them these upon received from uen. ji. u do.i- j do “ think the law custom was followed in this in- jacheckontheCarolina National contem latoB Possibly if this bailee. Frequently, as you Bank of Columbia, b. C.. tor had been done heretofore the ", la v perhaps know these sL.i., being the amount of the nt trouble now confront- checks are held back by the appropriation for Ins company ing U8 might have been avoided.! companies to whom they are or 1890; that the notice to him f t neC e 88 aiy or well to s< ’ nt f ' jr months but when pre- l.y Gen Bonham that he had add that a n that has been done sented are paid by the Adjutant drawn and sent the check is so far hag been done wit h as and Inspector General. dated Govern ter ., ■ , kindly a spirit fts possible and Under the stress of circum- 1 postmarked December - atjthe | with a vif , w to th( . j m p 0rta , R . e stances of a nature both painful of securing the money due to d^ ca * e > an< l there- the troous still left unpaid. 1 fore. I beg not to refer to here, l had overdrawn my account at obedient servant, its bank, but had made arrange- II. L. Farley ments to meet these cheeks as Adjutant and Inspector General. Ahey were presented; but during The notice of protest for the m y absence a number of them protest, as snow n oy me notice check for | 148> in f aV or of Capt. unexpectedly came in and were of b. N. AV alker, notary public. H u a )pe nded, as also are protested for non-payment. As Now what we desire you to do th e letters from Alessrs Butler Gen Farley states in his cora- ,s to look into the matter at Ha d aud A M . Youmans. mumcation to you I went with once for us, and write ate your The fonner hears the date of him to the bank and there made earliest convemance the cause j anuary i 0a nd the latter that of arrangements to oHhe trouble, as it is creating j anuary 7 : checks and to pay excitement and unfavorable G ell . Bonham telegraphed for th c ir .roturn. comment here. . Col. Aldrich, his brother in-law, J ins is a frank statement of Gen Bonham coming into this and h e arrived on the night tbe ca8 e> and is not made by office next morning, the 9th, I train frora Barnwell. He was wa A r of confession and avoid- im.nediately brought the matter i t at the depot by Gen. Farley ance, but that if it is your pur- to his attention by handing him and taken at o nco t 0 th e Execu- P ose t0 T “'akc, publm these the letter received. He said: tj Mansion whoro hulH -i matters I desired that the state- “1 have been away in George- con f eren ce with the Governor, ment should appear also 1 know town for some time and I will After the consultation Col. fl111 wel1 tha t } must bear the attend to the matter at once, A i dri ch called at the Bureau and consequences of my act at t he as “there is some mistake. I 8nted that 0en Bonham would ha nds of the public, but I desire answered the letter from Mr to . morrow give to the pr088 a to meet every one of these out- \ oumans, telling him what { f u n statement of his side of the standing obligations, and to that had done and repeating what jcase H e-will no doubt make a end I trust my efforts will not Gen. Bonham said. frank acknow ie d g me nt of the heembarmssed by any present Trusting that the matter was U8e of the money and assume the publication of these matters. 1 all right, I said and did nothing conseuuence8 . jam, sir, respectfully yours, until January 12, w hen I re- in an official wav tin'above is j M. L. Bonham, ceived the enclosed letter from | a comp lete statement of the Col. Aldrich to-night said that Mr. Butler Hagood, of Barnwell,. w hole case., and there was little 110 further statement would be dated January 10, stating as more to add The niatter in ma de for the present. follows: 1 imve been requested* BOmeway b ecame known among - — -- 1 by Capt. J. A. Hayes to enclose many citizens this afternoon, Patti was only 7 when she I you notice of protest issued b) and it waa f re ely discussed in first went on tlie'stage to siny. CarohnaNat.onal Bank ofCo-. ^ its hearings. ( Her initial appearance was at a lumbia fora iheck for $148, G en Bonham was visited at concert i 1 Niblo’s Garden, N <1 by lien. Buuham for th^^iB 1 ^®idencel^n[ght by the! York, December 3, 1851. issued ew