The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 05, 1893, Image 1
?f BK SUMTER WANMAN, KstablirtieJ April, IS?K).
Consolidated Au?, 2, 188t.]
"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy C??d's and Truth's
THE TRUE SOUTHKO>, Established Jane, 126^
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1893.
New Series-Yoi. XII. So. 36T;
Published every Wednesday,
BY
N. Gk OSTEEN,
SUMTER, S. C.
TERMS :
Two Dollars per annum-in advance.
IDV?STISSM?5TS.
OP* 3$*are, first insertion. .$1 00
?ffery subsequen t insertion. - 50
Contracts for three months, or loo% - viii
Vs made at reduced ratee.
All communication- which subserve private
ftterests w??? Ss changed for as advertisements.
Obituaries aud tfibutes of respect will be
charged for.
THE SIMOXDS RATIONAL BASK,
OF SUMTER.
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI?
TORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Pnid np Capital.$75,000 00
Surplus Fund. 11.500 00
Transacts a General Sta&'ra? Business.
Careful attention given ta collections.
SAYING? DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In?
terest allowed at the r*:e of 4 per cent, per
ancusa. Pav*i?le quarterly, on first days of
January, ApT:l, July ana October.
R. M. WA LL A CR
President.
h. 3. CARSON,
Aog- 7 Cashier. _
NEW LUMBER YARD.
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS A?D
th* public generally that my Saw Mill
located on th* C. S. & N. R. R., just back of
my residence, is now io full Operation, and I
am prepared to furnish ali grades of Yellow
Pine Lamber from unbled timber, at prices
according Po- arad ns.
Yard accessrbie oa North side of residence.
J-. B. ROACH.
Feb 18_
NEW
MARBLE WORKS.
COMMANDER & RICHARDSON;
LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C.
WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP
JOT the purpose of working Marble
and Granite, manufacturing
Jmw?, Menes, Etc.,
A nd doing a General Business in that line.
A complete work-shop has been fitted up on
LIBERTY STREET, ?EAR POST OFFICE
And we are new rsady to execute with
promptness ?ll wders consigned to us. Satis
jkction guaranteed Obtain our price before
placing an order elsewhere.
W H. COMMANDER,
G. E. RICHARDSON.
June 16
FOR
-FULL ASSORTMENT
BEST NEW GARDEN SEED,
?FULL LINS
Purest Drip ai? tart,
CALL ON
J. S. HUGKSGN & CO.,
Mouaghan Block. MAIN STREET,
Feb 8. SUMTER, S. C.
liberty Street Next to P. O.
( SPECIAL ATTENTION
Given io GOoapoandieg Prescriptions
If you want
A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RID?NG
Road Cari9
ATA REASONABLE PRICE,
GET A
Genesco,
GEO. I. STEFFENS & SON,
Wnelesale Agents, Charleston, S. C.
FERTILIZERS !
FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS !
Haring bought largely, roa CASH, a full as?
sortment ?f,
Fertilizers, Acids aiJ other taos
We are prepared to fill orders for
such at low fignres and on reasonable
tienes.
C. WULBERN & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers,
171 and ?73 East iiav,
Nor. 19._Charleston. S. C
NOTICE.
THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA?
TION will be in his office oo Salesdav of
each month, for the purpose of issuing certif?
i?tes of Registration to ali persons who have
become twenty-one year3 of a^e si.jce the last
General election Also transfers to those who
hav9 changed alace of residence.
W. S JAMES.
Supervisor of Registraron.
Dec. 7. 2-r.
30S. F. RHAME. WM. C. DAVIS.
RHAME & DAVIS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
manning, S. C,
Attend to business in any part of the
State. Practice in U. S. Courts.
Sept. 21-x.
G. WTDICK, D. D. S.
Office over Bogin's New Store,
ISTRANCK ON MAIN STRKKT
SUMTER, S. C.
Office-Hours.-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5.
Sept 8
ft E. ALTA
DENTIST.
Office
OYER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE.
Entrance on Main Street,
Between Browns &? Purdy and Durant & Son
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock.
Somier, S. C., April 29.
Lv/ravi Lire
is> pasible only wW?rt the blood is
pure and vigorous To expel Scrof?
ula and other ?t?$5fts from the cir?
culation, the superior-* medicine is>
ATER'S Sarsaparilla. It imparts
permanent strength and etficiency to
every organ of the body. Restora?
tion to perfect health and strength
Results from Using
AYER'S Sarsaparilla. Mary Schu?
bert, Kansas City, Ks., writes:
"I ara convinced that after having
been sick a whoyear from liver com?
plaint, AVer's Sarsaparilla saved my
life. The besf physicians "bevo*; ?*abte
to help me, and ?i?ving tried three other
proprietary medicines without Ixmefir. I
at last took Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Tho
result was a completo cure. Since then
J have recommended this medicine SO
Others, and always with success "
rs
Sarsaparilla
Prepared by T>r. J. C. .Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maas.
Cures ethers, will cu re you
Office and Mills at Junction of W. I
H. A. HOYT,
MAIN STREET,
SU3JTKR. S. C.
Gold and Silver Watches,
FWiE DIAMONDS.
docks, Jewelry, Spectacles,
MAIDEN BRITA NU SILVERWARE, &c.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
Feb 1_
A. WHITE & SON,
Fire Insurance Agency
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, among oihsr- Gompanies :
LIVERPOOL & LONDON & (JLOBE
NORTH B-R4T1SH & MERCANTILE.
HOME, of New York.
ITSD ER W R4T ERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO1.
Capital represented, $75,000,000.
Feb. 12
OTTO F, WEITERS,
WHOLESALE
GROCER
And Liquor Dealer.
OFFICE AND SALESROOM:
183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. ?
Nov. 7 o
?EST A .ND CHEAPEST.
ALL GOODS GUARANTEED
Estimates furnished by return Mail.
LARGE SfCCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS.
em i mm & ea,
MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
mt, SASH, BLIPS,
MOULDING,
-AND
GENEBAL BUILDING MATERIAL
Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 HayneSt.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 25 O
WILLIAM KENNEDY7
Fashionable Barber.
MAIN STREET,
Next door to Earle & Purdy's Law Office.
SUMTER, S. C.
IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of
Sumterand vicinity that I hav*? opened j
business on roy own accou I int tbe above old
Stand, Hud that with competent and polite
assistants, I will be pleased to serve them ?D ;
any branch of my business ir. the best style
of the ?rt.
Give me a cali
WM. KENNEDY.
Oct. 19._
VALUABLE 1
Suburban Property
For Sale.
\Af\ ACRES-WITH RESIDENCE aDd !
J.TL\/ all necessary outbuildings-30 nc?es
under cultivation, on the suburbs of the city I
of Sumter, suitable for Truck Farra, Poultry j
or Dair) P'nrra. Price low and terras reason- \
abl<? to approred purchaser.
Apply at the .Watchman und Southron office. |
Highest of all ?n tea^e??ng Power.-Latest ?. S. Gov't&?port
ABSOU/FELY PURE
SUMTER, S C.
CUY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
Transacts a general Banking business.
Also bas
A Savings Bank" Department,
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, j
Interest calculated at the rate of 4 percent.-j
per annum, payable quarterly.
W. F. B. HAYNSWOKTff,
W. F. R?A?fls, President.
Cashier.
A? 21.
i
XBTCARR,)
Contracted and Bttil?er,
Sumter, S, O,
DEALER IN |
Bough and Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds,
Sash, Laths,
Cypress Shingles,
Lim?, Glass aod General Building Supplies.
Hill Work
of ali kinds made to order, such as
MANTLES,
DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES,
STORE FRONTS,
MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK,
&9 E-TERY' DESCRIPTION. ?
C. k ? , ar.d C. S. k N. R. Rs.
INSUME YOUR
GINS
-IN THE
?^lioiiix
<
Assurance Company,
OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY
IN THE WORLD
That takes i?re r?ks on Gins.
For particulars, etc., apply to
ALTAMONT MOSES,
AGENT. !
F. S.-We do also a Gene?
ral Fire Insurance Business,
and represent the
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
of New York,
the largest in the world.
Aug. ir.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ROBERT T. CARR,
Desires to inform the public that he is fully
equipped and prppared to do
m ROOFING, PLUMBING, REPAIRIN6 PUMPS,
and anything usually done in a first-class
plumbing and tinning shop.
-Also
SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE
MANTLES, Tili? HEARTHS,
FACINGS AND GRATES.
Makes a special ry of putting in Electric
Bells, Annunciators, Speaking tubes, kc.
ROBT. T. CARR,
Shop at J'. B. Carr's Mill.
Communications left at Walsn k Co.'s Shoe
Store or through post office will receive |
prompt attention Oct 26-o j
THE I
Sumter Institute.
rpHE INSTITUTE has opened its sessions j
I under very auspicious circumstances.
1 tie boarding department is well appointed
?nd' the rooms ?ie rapidly filling up. Those
desiring rooms should apply at KO early day.
The AYt room has been enlarged and refitted,
ai?brding ample i i g h t, and all necessary facili?
ties for good work.
Special lessons in Painting and Drawing,
each Sl5a term; ia Book-keeping, Steno?
graphy, Ty pf writing ard Penmanship, each
S'-Oaterm; Instrumental and Vocal Music
eace S2U a term, with $3 for use of instumeot
for practice. Elocution $7-.50 a term.
Students will be received lor any of these
special courses at any time during the year,
and we solicit patronage of the young ladies
of the city not regularly entered':n the school.
For further information apply to
ti. FRANK WILSON,
President.
WEST END CALHOUN ST.,
CHARLESTON. S. G.
General ?/?f,nt for South Caiolina, '
RELAY BICYCLES.
Self-healing or otho/ Pneumatic Tyres.
PRICES $110.00 pod $125.00.
Exclusive agnetes c?ven a* uiioccapfcd points
Correspondence solicited.
Feb. 15 -v.
E RECKLING E
THE COLUMBIA
PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST,
Offers Special Inducement to ari
who have never had a good picture.
Old pictures copied and enlarged.
Nov 16-x
The Camden Junction Blatter
Settled.
[News and Courier March 29 ]'
The railroad commission and the South
Carolina Ry. have settled the trouble
over the Camden Junction. The con?
struction of Receiver Chamberlain has
been accepted, although he does not
appear to agree with the commission,
aod says that he "ought not voluntari?
ly comply with the present requirements
of the railroad ceta mission." The
board, however, says' that all that is
asked for is granted'. Tho matter has
given rise to a- great deal of corres?
pondence and1 talk, and at one time it
looked as if a suit would be the result.
Col. Duncan says that Mr. Chamber?
lain bas virtually done what the board
desired and that the case will be
withdrawn, fie pays that the board is
satisfied as it has been agreed to trans
fer in carib a d'lots where so desired.
Receiver Chamberlain's statement is
as follows :'
Mr. M. T. Bartlett, Secretary Board
of Railroad Commissioners-IDear Sir :
Your favor of the 14rh inst, was duly
received at this office, and since my
return here on the 20th inst. I have
made it the subject of careful examina?
tion.
If the matter in question-freight
interchanges at Camden Junction with
the Coast Line Railroad-were a matter
which was not of grave pecuniary im?
portance to the South Carolina Railway
I should not now hesitate, and should
not heretofore have hesitated to comply
with the wishes of the board of rail?
road crm-missioters. Rut the estab?
lishment of. general freight exchanges
by me at that point involves a consider?
able immediate cash expenditure of
money, there being at present neither
station house, track facilities or yard
room, or agent suitable for that pur?
pose at that point, and in addition to
this the matter involves the ODening up
of a large territory to the competici?n
of the Coast Liue Railroad, which must
be highly prejudical to the interests of
the South Carolina Railway.
It is ?very easy to sec why the Coast
Line Railroad is willing, and ranch
more than willing, to accede to the
wishes of the railroad commis?
sioners in this matter, for it is clear to
me that the Coast Line Railroad is
really the moving spirit in the demand
now made upon rae as receiver. By
this I mean oui y that the private indi?
viduals, copies of whose letters and
requests- to the railroad commissioners
have been furnished me by you, have,
in my belief, been inspired to -their
persistent action by the rivalry of the
great competitor in that region of the
South Carolina Railway, namely, the
Coast Lioe Railroad. The railroad
commissioners, however, are ^ctiug
wholly upon public considerations and
from public motives.
Involving then, as this matter does,
a considerable immediate cash expendi?
ture and a large loss of business, it
becomes my duty to consider with some
eare whether thc request made upon me
by the railroad commissioners is one
which the law of the State warrants aud
requires me to comply with.
In your letter of the 14th inst, you
call my attention to Sections 1,455, 1,
456'and 1,45-7 of the General Statues
of the State.
I have examined these sections and
especially the language which you
quot? from Section 1,457, as follows :
..Reasonable and expedient, in order to
promote the security, convenience and
accommodation of the public " I Sod
upon examination, as you will find upon
more careful examination, that the
words quoted are not an independent
and substantive statement of a power
given to the railroad commissioners,
but they are the qualifying words
which explain and limit the precediog
expression of the section. lu other
words the section in my judgment, does
not confer on the railroad commission?
ers power to make any requirement
which they may deem "reasonable and
expedient, in order to promote the
security, convenience and accommo?
dation of the public," but these quoted'
words are applicable only to cases
where it shall appear to the railroad
commissioners (1) that repairs are
necessary upon a railroad, or (2) some
addition of'rolHog stock or enlargement
of or improvement io statious or station
houses, or (*3) some modi?cation in the
rates of fares for transporting freight
and passengers, or (4) some change in
the mode of operating the road or
conducting'its business, is "reasonable
and expedient iu order to promote/' etc,
etc.
Thc circumstances here stated as
warranting the railroad commissioners
in making their present requireoi?nt
which come nearest to the present case
are some "change in the mod? of
operating the road or conducting its
business." But I do not think that it I
can be well maintained thc requirement
of general freight exchange at Camden
Junction is, & eliauge in "tho nu de of
oporating thc roadjor conducting it* busi?
ness." The "mode of operating the
rond- or conducting business ' has
reference, I think, not to thc establish?
ment of new stations ami agencies, etc,
eic, which would be required in the pre?
sent instance, but these words appear to
have reference to the mode of operating
thc road and of couducting its business
by the agencies and through thc
instrumentalities which it has heretofore
aud ta now employing. So far as V can
observe, it has been the policy of thc
railroad law of this State, when addi?
tions are to bc rt quired to the structures
aud appliances ot a railroad, such as
sta'ion bouses, switches and connect?
ions at crossings to specify such matters
distinctly, and I do not think that the
general words 'changes in the mode of
operating its road and conducting its
business'' can properly be made' to
cover the present requirements of the
railroad com missioners.
I an? also referred by you to the Act
of December 23> 188?. entitled "An
Act to prevent monopolies in the trans?
portation of freight, and to secure free
competition in the same and for other
purposes," 19 vol*. Statutes of S. C.,
page 822.
I have examined this Act with care;
and fiod that it requires all railroads in
this State af their terminal aud stations
to switch and deliver to connecting
roads all "cars containing goods.or
freight consigned by amy route at the
option of the shipper to any point over
or beyond such connecting roads.
What is here required to be done iso the
switching off aud delivering of "all j
cars containing goods or freight by any
route at the option of lae shipper."
? freely concede thfet the South Caro?
lina Railway is by this Act required to
receive and deliver "cars containing
goods" and to forward the same "by
any route at the option'of the shipper,"
but I cannot regard this as a require?
ment that the South' karolina Railway
shall make a general interchange of
freight with the Coast Line at Camden
Junction. I stand ready to receive and
deliver to the Coast Line Railroad' at
Camden Junction "all cars containing
goods to be forwarded by any route, at
?the option of the shipper; but, of
course, this means the transfer and de?
ll ivery of cars themselves-, and not of
goods which may constitute only a
j fraction of a carload. It certainly does
mot appear to me to cover the require?
ment of the interchange of freights gen?
erally at Camden Junction. I think it
means only a requirement that we shall
transfer and deliver carloads of goods
'which the shipper may direct to be
sent via Camden Juuctioo over th,e Coast
Line Railroad?.
I am aware that X might have saved
you some pos ible weariness by a briefer
response to your last letter, but I
thought it more becoming to state to
you the reason why I reach the conclu?
sion that I ought not voluntarily to
comply with the preseut requirement of
the railroad commissioner. I have only
to add that the above letter is in accord?
ance with the views and advice of my
counsel, though the expression of rea?
son here given is my own.
Yours very truly.
Eh H. Chamberlain, Receiver.
Aa Extraordinary Case.
Washington dispatches state that the
Republican Senators will insist upon an
investigation of the charges which have
appeared in the public prints against
Senator Roach, who was elected by the
last Legislature of Nnrth Dakota, and
who is now holding his seat as Senator.
His case is a novel and interesting
one. In 1878 and 1879 Mr. Roach
was Cashier of the Citizens National
Bank of Washington, of which Hon.
John A. Creswell, then Postmaster
General, wa9 president In August of
1879" Mr. Creswell, according to the
published statements, discovered that
Cashier Roach had been secretly appro?
priating the funds of the bank to his
own uses and falsifying the books to
cover his thefts. Wheo the discovery
was made the amount of the defalcation
was put at ?64,000. The bank recov?
ered ?16,0U0 from- property io Roach's
possession at the time and $25,000
from his bondsmen. According to the
report of the Comptroller of the Curren
cy, based on- the sworn statements of
officers of the bank, the "defalcation
was $18.485.54," which probably
means what remained after the amounts
recovered. He remained? in Washing?
ton for a month after the discovery of
his defalcation, but was meither arrest?
ed, indicted uor prosecuted, and then
left for Dakota, without any effort to
conceal his going or his destination.
H?s first engagement in his new field
was a6 a star route mail contractor in a
small way, for the department over
which the .president of the bank in
which hs defaulted was Postmaster
Genetal. This gave him a start. Hie
prospered in everything he undertook,
amassed wealth', led- an irreproachable
life, and commanded- the crcoiMence and
respect of his fellow citizens to such an
exteuf tfcat he was once nominated by
the Democrats for Congress andtvrice for
Governor. He was the leader of the
North' Dakota delegation in the last
Democratic National Convention, and
although there was a Republican ma?
jority in the legislature, was elected U.
S. Seuator.
This is his history io brief, and with
this history before bim, he returns to
Washington, the sceue of his defalcation
fourteeu years r.]n>, to take a seat in
the Sjnate with a full knowledge that
this chapter of his life would be heralded
to the world as it has been since
his return. He does not deny it,
and seems to be totally unconcerned
about the sensation it has created.
The coolness with which he takes it
loads to the impression that there were
others whose names were to be protected
involved in it, which may account for
tho failure to arrest . indict, or prose?
cute, although the bank officers knew
where he was all the time aud could
have roached him at. any time.
He says nothing himself, but friends
who say they know his history,
assert in his behalf, that, he voluntari?
ly became a victim and-bore this burden
to shield a relative who would have
! been ruined had if not been for this self
sacrifice of the man now under tire.
! Ile is ( :?hrr an extraordinary hero, or '
I au extraordinarily callous man, as either
j of these stories may prove true.
Hiing a Democrat the Republicans
will try to oust him. on the ground that
with a history of such moral turpitude,
if true he should not bc allowed to hold
a scat io thc Senate, but cveu if this
story bc true, thc man having, by a life
of' fourteen years of rectitude, wou the
respect and confidence of his fellow cit?
izens, can tho Senate draw the line and
declare that a stoner once a sinner for?
ever, and that trie Senate is a holy of
holies into which a man once smirched
can never enter ? This opens up a pretty
broad field of inquiry to fee just where
the moral line is to be drawn, and what
violations of thc moral code will disbar
a man from thc Senate and what will
Dot.-Wilmington Star.
Does- not Want OiSce
The following from a reoent issue of
the News and' Cort'?er shows that' the
reports of ?Mitor Hemphill applying to
President Cleveland for an' office were
unfounded :.
"The editor of The News awd: Courter
has no desire to obtrude his personality
upou the public and refrains, ay far
as possible, devoting the columns of
The News and Courier to a discussion
of his personal affairs ; but so much
Has been said about his alleged candidacy
for appointment to-a1 diplomatic position
by Mr. Cleveland, a*><? so much that
was purely malicious, that he takes this
opportunity to say that he is not a can?
didate for any position within tho gift
of Mr. Cleveland, and that he has not
been, is not, and will not be an
applicant for any office "
- ????? - --
Q&e State Liquor Business.
Whether the dispensary is going- iato
j operation or not does not, appear to1
stand" in-the way of making preparations
for the opening of the establishment on
the 1st of J'uly. One thing is very
certain, and it is that the State authori?
ties in charge of the dispensary have a
most gigantic undertaking ofc- their
bands.
To-day I talked with several experi?
enced reen who are in the city, in- view
of the establishment cf the big bar room,
and they are all of the-opinion? that her?
culean efforts will be necessary to have
the place ready for business. For
instance, it will take a great deal of
time to get the bottling machinery here
and in position. Then if the State is
going to use its own bottles it will take
some time to get the supply here.
Most of the glass factories close doWo
about the 1st of June and it is said that
it will hardly pay the manufacturers to
take a contract from the State at this
time. Even if the contract is now giv?
en the authorities say that if two
moulds are put in operation their capa?
city would only be about eight gross a
day. So it will be seen that the State
will have plenty of trouble in getting
its bottles, as it will use carloads and
carloads of flasks. Similar trouble will
( no doubt be experienced in a great many
other departments of the equipment of
the big establishment.
To get anything like an even start
' with the business, one of the talkers
said that the bottling ought to begin at
least by the 1st of June. He says that
;the authorities will be greatly surprised
at the amount of space that will be requi?
site to conduct the business* properly.
H'e suggested that girls be employed iu
the labelling department, as they will
do the best and neatest work. This, he
said, was the experience of all classes of
bottlers.
There are a number of men hire who
have a pretty good idea of the quantity
of goods that will be necessary to start
the dispensary on a business footing, and
they all agree that almost nothing can
be done with ?50,000 towards getting
the place ready for busioes, and getting
the requisite stock of liquors. One of
the calculators-said4 that at the very low
cst estimate it would take, say:' 100 bar?
rels of nye at ?55 a barrel, and the
better grade at ?1 LO a barrel ; then in
corn liquor 500* barrels wotrid be but a
"drop in the bucket."
It will he seen that if tfrese estimates
are in any way* correct the ?50'i00?
would be more than expended in the
purchase of these few brands. It is
the purpose of the dispensary to handle
<every class of goods for which there is
any demand. Now if these liquor man
know anything about their owu business,
for I do not, then it is evident that the
State W& have to start out on a-credit
business.
, Here is the way one of the party puC
this feature of the business: "I have
no idea that the business can be started
ou the $50,00^' that the .State has
appropriated, and I would not like to do
any credit business with the State as it
eau not be sued? for any indebtedness.
The'debt may be very good and' there
will no doubt be plenty of houses that
will give the dispensary ail the credit if
desire?*, but it is not the class of busi?
ness that our firm would care to do."
The men then got to talking about
the matter of profit's, and the way they
figured it out the cost to the consumer
will be more than- u*nder the present
system, that is if the State exercises its
privileges. Under the law the State
and'trbe couuty dispensaries are each
allowed a'profH of 50 per cent. If the
limit of profit is charged the cost will
,be heavier than at present. For in?
stance1, rfrj -fery poorest class of liquor
would cost ?1 25 a gallon, with the 50
per cent to tue State it would be run up
to ?1 87-, and with the 50 per cent
to the county to 3*2'80 ; add to this the
cost of the bottles and the bottling and
the cost will be $3 50 or, if sold in
half-pint fias!?, at the rate of 22 cents
per half pint. J-?vcn if the cost of
the bottling is taken out of the profits
.the State will not sell as cheap as the
deniers if the 50 per cent is added.
Goods that cost ?2 25 are sold by all
the local dealers at L\V cents per half
pint- Corn whiskey that costs $1 25
to ?li.>5 a gallon is sold here
at 15 cents per half pint or 25 cents per j
pint. If tho S ate is going to do the j
class of business it expects to, it canuot j
t ?jual the present prices. Perhaps it is j
the purpose of the Prohibitionists to
raise thc price of the goods and iu that j
way minimize the consumption. But
those who have advocated the law as
a money making scheme will,do doubt,
bc ;u favor of the business principle of
'"quick sales and small profits."
Although thc lavr contemplates {jiv?
ing the preferences to all State breweries
and distilleries it would perhaps be as
well for them to look to their laurels
There are already ib the city sevetal
UK o who are interested in tho sale of
beer to the State, and if the Palmetto
or any other corporation wants to get
in on the ground floor it will have lo
?enter thc raco -News and Courier. *
j The church paper stylo of "obitua?
ries11 needs a sweeping reformation.
I Why so much valuable space .should be
j consumed with some pastor's long-dra?**n
I portraiture of the genealogical tree aud
i inconsequential incidental biography of
j a translated saint is one of the mysteries
! of religious journalism,-Atlanta Con
! StitUtioD.
School Book Question.
The State board of examiners wi!]
meet next week, and among the most
important q,uestioos which will come
before them will be tbe adoption of a
series of school books for use in the public
schools. The law requires the board of
eraminers to revise the list every five
years',-and in the regular order of events
this duty must be performed at the
ooming session of the board, oras soon
tlier?after as may be convenient. There
are two courses open* tb the board in the
discharge of this duty, and as all the
people are* vitally interested in the
result, We deem it proper to cali espe?
cial attention to the matter. The main
question2 to" Be decided' is whether the
j board will agree to adopt a single list of
books or put forth a multiple list from
which selections can be made. It is
argued that the multiple bas its ad?
vantages,, because it affords an oppor?
tunity for a wider range of choice aud
does not create a* monopoly by tbe
State. Ordioarly these points are con?
clusive, bot wc do not consider that
thtey are entirely applicable to the case
undoer consideration.
The public school system is or eu"gr;T
to be consistent as a whole, not frag?
mentary or disjointed. By using a
single list of books ail over the State,
the system becomes to that extent uni?
form and regular, so that pupils- can
go from one couoty to another without
being required to buy new books a#
every turu. Thc present plan* gives tc
the counties- tbe right to-adopt either
list of books, or any of them, as- the
board of examiners ki a county may
prefer. The State board has furnished
2? double list, aod from this combina
trott the county is to choose, taking
from one or the other. A mere glance
I will be sufficient to show that uni?
formity has been sacrificed and that ihe
variety of books may be almost endless
The practicable objection to this plan
lies in tho fact that the large majority
of people, whose children are taught in
the public schools, need to exercise a
strict economy in thc- purchase of book's
no less than in other directions. They
cannot afford to buy many books, and
it is a real hardship to require them
to change, if they happen to move from
one county to another. The adoption-'
of a single list would cause uuifor uity
in the State, and would not entail est ra
expense upon the poorer classes, who
often compelled to change their homes.
The State board as now organized is
composed of college professors and
teachers, and we are glad to say that
they are- fully competent to look after
the interests of the public schools, but
in. the nature of things they cannot de?
vote much time just now to the exami?
nation of text books, which will be sub?
mitted in an endless variety. Would it
not be well to postpone a final decision
of the matter until the summer vaca?
tion, so* that the members of the board
can have a fair opportunity of investigat?
ing every side of this question, and
reach a conclusion that will bring the
greatest good to the greatest number ?
We ha?s every confidence io tbe wis?
dom and prudence of the State board,
but this happens to be their first meet?
ing, and it occurs to us thai no * harm
can couse ftcur a leisurely examination
of the* whole subject of book supplies,
including the methods and dealings of
the publishers. No one feature of the
puolic school system is* of greater mo?
ment tb?ra the selection of the books from "
which1 the children of the State are to
receive instruction, unless it be the
character and capacity of the men and
Women? who are to teach them. The
soundest" policy requires a careful
investigation not only of the books, but
of the business methods pursued by the
publishers, who are furnishing school
supplies for the money tb ere ii" rfc it. ?
The State board of examiners is the ,
chief bulwark against fraud and imposi?
tion,, aod> to them-will the people loot*
for' a wise and judicious arrangement,
in order that the effifcieucy cf the schools
may b? promoted, and the patrons fully
protected as to quality and prices cf the
books to be U9ed for the next ?ve years~
-Greenvillle Mountaineer.
Why Gonzales Does'riot* Want
to go to H-ll.
Th regard to thfe probability of Presi?
dent Cleveland naming Mt. N. G. Goo
ziles, the bold, brilliant and inimitable
editor of The State, to some important
foreign mission, Senator irby, the great
typical Tillman coat-tail swinger, says :
If international relations were estab?
lished between the United States and
h-ll I would warmly endorse the ap
plicatibu of Gocziles as envoy extraor?
dinary and minister plenipotentiary to
that place, but I am or?r>os2d to him
holding any other position/' To this
The State, with, irs usual pith,
replies as follows:-It is hardly
necessary to say, io response
to Senator Irby's kind effjr of support
for the mission to Hades, that Mr. N G
Gonzales would- respectfully decline
appointment to a domain in which the
Senator's friends must necessarily con?
stitute the "dominant element."
Edgcfitld Chronicle.
i i-? .?*> ? -
That Slate Will not do,
LANCASTER, March lo The following
correspondence speaks for its If :
WASHINGTON-, IV C , March 30, 1893.
John V. Hunter, Lancaster, S. C.:
Geographical considerations prevent
your endorsement as marshal. The
unanimous endorsement for collector
can be secured. Will you accept it V
Answer. T. J. Strait.
John L. McLiurin.
LANCASTER. S C . March 31, >m
Congressmen T J. Strait and J -hn
L. McLaurin, Washington, 1). C. :
Individually I prefer seiving my country
as sheriff, but many of my friends,
I without solicitation on my part signed a
j strong petition asking for my appoint
! mont to the office of 15. S marshal for
J the district of South Carolina. I- was
i also strongly endorsed by mosC of the
I Judges of the S'aTe for said office. If
; this petition and these endorsements are
' to be ignored I will not accept any
! office tendered me unasked for by my
'. friends, it matters not what the con
1 siderstions, geographical or otherwise,
may be. John P. Hanter.
1 News and Courier. ;
Will it Ever End ?:
Will South Carolina ever recover
from the folly of its legislative
work last wTrtter? Every day' 6ome- "
thing turns up which reflects on' that
bod j-not on the integrity of its "mem?
bers, but rather on the members surren- "
dering to the vindictive d?t??Vfclf ' cf *
Governor Tillman.
It so hapj>?ned that the president of ar*
cotton mill was on the ticket wfiicfi Oj5
posed the re-election of Governor" Tiil
mW. That president dealt some* tefl i rig '
blows in* tile canvass, abd " Tillman '
winced under* the logro of" Colonel*
Orr.
Strange that the legislature which *
went in with Tillman should quickly'
jump into the management of cotton *
mills and undertake to dictate to the *
owners'of private' property the t^t?tf'
and seasons and hours fdr work*.
Doubtless the Governor had '-some- *
thiog to dc*' with all this-for'mill'
owners moist bs punished."
The mill law gocsirito effect on the"
1st of April. By this act of the"
legislature, mills can work their hands "
only eleven hours a d~y or sixty six"
hours a weeli; We all remember the!
eloquent appeals for'the poor wom?h a?t?T
children-"to be rescued frosV ii slavery"
worse than Siberian tyranny," abd a1
great mass of such stuff flung into the*
feces of the patriotic legislators. It
must not? be forgotten that the "poor
women and children'" were bitterly
opposed io the whole scheme cf inter-"
fering with their hours cf work. The*
cry of the "poor women abd children"*
was ignored and the law was enacted.
There is a little milk in the cocoa*
nut which- uiiglit be shown to'adVac^"
tage. The members of the legislature*
had some little interest '12 this. Tc'"
illustrate : A family working on aA
farm, rnude about two hudred'and fifty'
dollars a year. This family moved to
one of the mills aud the father states'"
that he and his children now maW
about seven hundred and Shy (""ollarsa2*"
year and the you~g children have ten '
months schooling without any ch?rgeop'
expense. Now the milk is just this:*.
The factories drain the country' of'
intelligent and valuable renters."
But look at the figures as given b?'
our Spartanburg" correspondent, ni*
that county the operatives will lose, by
the sixty-six hour law,. ?65.000, and'
the mitt owners $2?O,'U*O0. Is this;
"slavery worse than Siberian cruelty ^
A mill in this county has..an annual'
pay roll of S220 000' By the new'
law', the. operatives o' that mill will'
lose ?15 -fOO-, about 7 per cent., and
the factory will los? even a larger per*
cen tage.
This is a serious matter, bototo own?
ers and operatives, and thinking' men*
have food for thought. Will it ever**
end.-Greenville Netcs'.
"We mentioned the other day* the"
growth of the canning iodustry of the
South and how much profit it had?
brought to this section. In Mississippi'
the industry is in great favor with the
farmers' in consequence of the success*
met with at several poiuts.
At Crystal Springs, for instance, tbs*
canuery started the farmers to raising**
vegetables y- and now" that town has*
become ou? of the great frtttt . and*
vegetable raising" centers of the South,"
shipping some ten carloads a day,' be-"
sides- what is used by the. cannery,"
Tb? farm?rs there are uOKig^as'w?i?r
as io any portion of the South.
It is ao easy matter to understand'
how great an encouragement like this
gave to other Mississippi towns to do'
likewise. Macon . will have a cannery*
ih operation by J?oe 1st, wnen it will1
be able to take all the fruits and v?ge-"
tables'" that caribe brought io. It is"
now making contracts for tomatoes and
beans, ancV'o&ring such terras that the
farmers can make ?47.50 an. acre by
growing r?getabies, which' is a great*
deal better than they can do with cot-"
ton-. Ii is tb' be boped that tfc??e'
canneries, increasing as th?y" do the'
acreage* in fruits and Vegetables"! will*
have zr disposition to check the "ail-"
cotton" idea, so prevalent in Mississippi-'
and cfher cotton States of the South, by'
showing how much better .the farm?rs*
can do with other crop's.-New Orleans'*
Times Democr?.!.
Senator Irby has secured.' an ajK
poiotmcnf for ex-Judge C; P". Town?
send in the Treasury' D?pannent at
Washington." Judge Townsend ir a>
Republican and was a Judge during*"
the radical rule in this State. It is*
said that probably* the appointment1"
will qc wiihdrawn. It does look** to us'
that. Seoator Irby could have found-'
a Democrat upon whom to bestow h?3**
favors. But We'must rcmemoer these
are recorcTbrcaking times and we never
know what to expect next.-N?wberry
News and Herald.
Mr. Asbury Bethea, one of the most
promiueut planters of Hat ta, Marion*
County, while in company with Mri'
Clarence Kore, fishing at Roger's Lake,
on, the Great Pee-Dee, iu Marlboro
County, was attacked and buten on*
the hand and arms by'a mad dog.. Tb?'
dog was shot twice by Mr. Clarence
(Fore and killed. Mr. B? b?a is ctoiogf
very Well.
- - . ? ? . -mmm--?>
5-lievinjcn Ca*??." f
S. II; Cliff-rd, N'ew Cassel, Wis., was troubled
with Ncr fa! ?j.j 11 un>l Rhcumatisn, his Stomach
wis disordered, his Liver was iflVcted to an
?lat ming deg ee. appetite fell away, and h?;Was
terribly rclueed in flesh and strength: Titree
fl'?t??cs i>f EWtri'j Bitters curv.i'hiiu.
Kdward Shepherd, Harrisburg. Ul, had a
runni' ^'sore .".n his leg "t* eight years' stand-,
ing. l's?d three hot rle? of KI-<-trie Bitters and
?oven boxes of Buck'en'J Arnica Salve, and bis
leg is soumi and well. John Speaker, Catawba, *
0 .hnd five laige Fever s.-res <>n his leg, doctHM
said he was incurable. One, bottle Electric
Hitters and one box l.ueki-n's Arnica Salve cured ?
him entirely. Sold by J. F. W. DoLormeV
Dt ag store. 3
. . - mt
> full stock-of Trial Justice blanks kept oa*
ii.H?id at this office.
Buck?en'i* A mica salve.
The Rest Salve in the world for Cuts, Br??scs
Sores. Ulcers, Salt Khe^m. Fever Sores, Tatter,.
Chapped Hands Chilblains, C>ms a?d ali
Skin Irruptions, and positively cures Pijes, or
no pay requ red- It is guaranteed to give per?.
feet satisfaction, or money refunded. ,Pric.f ^
25cent8 per box. For sale by J. F. W. D?
Iiorme. ^_
B?iiny Person** ste broten,1
flowr tcom overwork or household cares.
Brown's Iron Bitters -Rebuildsth*;
system aids diction, removesexcess of bite,'
?nd c lires malaria, act thc jpnuiac "
1 j ir?pan* TM'?;;les <-\\tP thr*MrtC5*.v ?