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TH* SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established AprU, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's "_^_ THE TKPE SOI?TH*<>*. BWaMiahed Jane, 15? . - ? -'- " - . ; > SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1893. New Series-Vol. XII. So. 40. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 t?jje S&airjmaii w? jlaii? jpn. Published every Wednesday, BT N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKRMS : Two Dollars per annum-tn advanoe. A.DVCKTI8S MINTS. One Square, first insertion.$1 00 ?rery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communication- which subserve private Bterests wiU be charged for ?3 advertisements. O ...tu'uies and tributee of respect will be charged for. AN MPORTM mi SUMTER-NEW YORK ! Real Estate Bank Or? ganized in seven days BY THE EASTERN BUILD? ING AND LOAN ASSO? CIATION, o/Si/raense. ^ New York, on April 28, 1893. With $100,000 Capital. Valuable to Sumter. It has now direct communica? tion with the surplus moue j of the North to upbuild it and provide private needs. Depositors Guaran? teed SX per cent per annum. toy ?m? fir (?- Years. Intered 5 9-10 Per Gent Per Annum. AU Deposits Secured hy First Mortgage Upon 66 per cent, of ike Value of Real Estate (finished property) and for Building Purposes, Appraised hy Directors Elected hy De? positors. All Deposits Made Here are Loaned Here, Bal? ance of Mon-y for Loans Forwarded from tlte North, heing a HOME ENTERPRISE backed hy Foreign Capital. America's . Mi Bili Association. SYRACUSE, N. Y. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $50,000,000.00 CASH ASSETS. APRIL 1, 1893, $924,055.00 PROFITS .3141,757 49 SURPLUS OVER 21 PER CENT GUARANTEE.".$11,923 00 A NATIONAL INVESTMENT AND SAVINS INSTITUTION. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SUBJECT TO STATS INSPECTION. Accountable for its acts strictly as Savings and other. Banks. Officers and Directors Personally Lia? ble nnder the law for any frauda- ^ lent use, dispositiDu or invest? ment of any money or Property. Officers, Aeents fa i-. rv npm For protection Board of Directors ' Power Limited by (barter and Law. NO LOOP HOLES! Charter limite expenses lo \ per cent per year of maturity values of stock. NO LAPSES, NO FORFEITURE NO AUCTION SYSTEM. NOTHING LSPI ?0 H0N03. Stringent law compels Honest Economical Administration. EVERY CONTRACT ISSUED BY THE Eastern IS DEFINITE, All Stocks and Loans Guaranteed to Mature in 61- Years. Motbing will promote development of this city more or make larger profits for its members, than establishment cf Beal Estate Bank of r ? $1.00 Admission Fee on $100.00. instalment share. 75 cents monthly payment on each share. Instalment stocJc matures in 7? months TOTAL COST, (including admission fee,) f $59.50: YOU GET $100.00, YOUR PROFIT, $40.50, bein* 21 percent per annum, MONEY LOANED 6? YEARS. 5 910 per cent, interest payable mo:.thly. Withdrawal Monthly Deposits Without Loss or Expenses. No other Association Defi? nitely Matures Stock or allows Withdrawal on Demand. "PAID UP", ?Yields 15 38-00 per Share $50 Par j cent. Value j Annual profit. "Fully Paid $100 7 per cent. di?i Certificates" $100 j dend. ?Parable quarterly. ! NO SAFER INVESTMENT. OBJECTS. ! FIRST-To provide Sa?: and Remunerative ' Investment for Capitalists and Others who ; may purchase it? stock. SECOND-To enable its members to sore and accumulate money, and obtain largest possible interest on same, guaranteed to ; be not less than 21 per cent per annum. THIRD-To enable members to pechase, buUd and secure bornes, upon plans less burdensome than paying ordinary notes, i getting isis "Il'XUK' for Beni otherwise thrown aiooy. i FOURTH-To (lire every City and Town in the Untied States, the advantages of a LOCAL BUILDING. LOAN and IM? PROVEMENT COMPANY, through or? ganization of Branch Of?ces. with addi' tional advantages of safe and accitraula ; tive investment for those who may avail \ tJtemselces of the Skiving, bank privil?ges. While this Association is purely co-opera? tive, yet the business of such institutions has been reduced to a pefection and science, whic? enables the management to make definite contracts with Us members as to results. The "EASl'ERN'' has proven its plan and system, as on January 1st, 1^92. it placed $$l,890.7S fa surplus fund in excess: of earnings necessan/ to mature its stock at 21 PER CENT., AT END OF 6 J-2 Years, and on JAN. 1ST-, '93. the excess surphis over 21 P67" cent guarantee was over 810,000. April 1st, 93, $11,923. The life and vitality of Building Asso? ciations is Compound Interest, and though local institutions, from official reports of 1890, show assets in the United States aggre? gating ?436,000,000; still tbere are very few National Budding Associations in America able to supply the demand on its Treasury for all the loans applied for. Even in England, where there is a sur? plus of capital and money cheap, building and saving societies are prosperous and make money, because there is no other system of investment so free from loss anil so advantageous to all classes, either rich or poor, capitalist, wage-earner or borrower, each stockholder having his proportionate rate in all the mortgages held by trustee. The official report of "House of Com? mons/' 18S9, shows 2.S79 Societies with combined assets of $320 000-000 ; while the "BIRKBECK" alone organized 1S51- principal office, LONDON. England, in its 33th annual statement, shows 53,229 Depositors and. Shareholders, owning assets over $25,000,000- it received in 1890, $55,000,000, and Since its Organization has received in cash $500,000,000, every cent being faithfully accounted for. The "Birk aeci:" ranks to-day with the gxeatest nnanoial institutions in the world. Our-ourpose and system is same as the "Birkbeck," with greater advan? tages, owing to greater scope in purpose and wider field of operation. 0UT profits are greater, as interest is higher, and the demand of borrowers loithoutp^aciical limit. There are over 20.000 Depositors in the Eastern at this time. A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR. ' As the future upbuilding cf thisl City largely depends upon Building and Loan Societies, their importance cannot he underrated, because the principal has stood the test of 97 years in England and 60 years in America, with S,S7S Societies having over ?756,000,000 in 1S90, without even one failure of an honest LI snaged Association. And as Sumter is des? tined to become a city of considerable importance, severai hundred houses may be built in the next few vears, the subject of Building and Loan and the different plans, laws unde^ which' they are organized to protect the stockholders, and powers granted them under the Directory of the vari? ous Associations seeking patronage here, should be carefully understood, by the Investor and Borrower exam? ining the prospectus and contract of each association (upon which he only can depend) thereby avoiding disappointments or misunderstandings in the future as have been experienced in the past, then he can decide WHICH ASSO? CIATION PRESENTS THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, SAFEST, LARGEST RESULTS FOR THE IN? VESTOR. AND CHEAPEST FuR TUE BORR?*VVER. . The Eastern Building and Loan ?Ls sociationof Syracuse, 2T. T. (authorized .capital $00,000,000), is^natio>i?J!y popaiai, because it is tue only Association in the world Guaranteeing all Steeles and Loans to Mature in 75 months, and allowing the Investerto withdraw all 2?onthly deposits on Demand with? out Loss or Sspense. Every Contract is Definite. Be/ore you go in you know to a cent kow muck you pay, kow long> and when you come out. "Ko Estimates", "2To Guess "STork." The date of maturity of the Stock and Loan is stated in the contract. The Eastern allows WITHDRAWAL of all MONTHLY INSTALMENTS AT ANY TI?:E WITHOUT LOSS OR EXPENSE, making it similar lo banking. l O?r taMon teiiis. Some require 12 to 24 monthly in? stalments, with 60 days' notice, before withdrawal be allowed ; and when withdrawn, only the "loan fund7' will j be returned ;. some others charge $5 withdrawal fee, ou 10 shares, being but $82 to ?88 on each $100 paid kt. The amo?int returned by the "-Eastern71 for each ?100 dt-posited on 10 shares would be $103, being ?15 to $"20 ON EACH $100 IN ITS FAVOR, making the "Eastern" STOCK AL? WAYS AT I'AR, or at a premium, while other Associations' Stock ?6 ?12 to $17 I DISCOUNT ON THE $100. Some allow 6 per cent interest on the "loan fund" for the avernge time, making ?2 G4, and aegregating but $90 Ol, a DIS? COUNT OF ?9 .% If only one monthly instalment he made to the "Eastern" it will be REPAID IN* FULL UPON DEMAND. ?fo other Association Does This. If 6 instalments be made, they will atao be returned in full. After ? mon'b.8, up to 2. years, 6 per cent dividend per annum allowed ; after 2. years, 7 per cent; after 3 years, & per cent, until maturity, with 2?3L PFR CENT ANNUALLY guaranteed ai, end of 6i years. " ILLUSTRATIGH ** Pro ik to the monthly investor or depositor ; take, for example, ten shares of stock or certificate of deposit of ?lt?U each, j You pay a membcrohip ftc uf j^l per share, making ?lU, an,i receive a ? certificate of deposit ?1000. On the j last Saturday of each month you deposit ?1.50 with A. C. PHELPS, beiog provided with deposit slips and book similar to bank3. In 78 months you deposit $585, with membership fee, $595 at which time you receive ?1,000 cash upon the surrender of your certificate. You have received back your ?595, and made $405 profit in six and one-half years, equal to 21 Per Cent per annum, no "ifs or ands''about * POSITIVELY GUARANTEED. After paying the $10 membership fee, and depositing three ?7*50 monthly iu sialmciits, t-acb member '& entitled to a ; j loan of $900 cash on each 10 shares, j or $1,000 stock, he holds. He pays j $15 84 monthly for 78 mouths aggre? gating gi.245-52 : (including the $10 fee,) he has paid off the ?900 loan and ] ?3-15 52 interest in fix and one-half years His interest is ?53.14 yearly on ?900, being 5 9-10 per cent per annum. Had he built a house with the $900, the mortgage is now cancelled, but WERE HE A RENTER paid $15.84 monthly for 78 months he would have paid $1,235 52 still a renter-NOTH? ING TO SHOW BUT RENT RE? CEIPTS. IS IT WISDOM TO TRADE RENT RECEIPTS FOR A HOME ? The Eastern Guarantees to the monthly depositor 21 PER CENT PROFIT PER ANNUM, at the same time it Guar? antees the Borrower on his ten shares 21 PER CENT PROFIT PER ANNUM, as though he were an investor, and it i Grataos lim Fri Loss, because he signs 78 notes of ?15.84 payable monthly for ?900 cash loan aggregating in six and a half years $1 235. 52, when his loan and interest are both paid and his mortgage released, he having paid for six and a half years but 5 9-10 per cent interest per annum. So oiler Asso&iation Boes This. Hints to Borrowers. i Require the Association to give you a DEFINITE contract, stating the monthly amount and number of MONTHS YOU PAY before you pay ? a cent or allow a mortgage to cover your property. would your property be held bound to mike nj) the difference and all your tides encumbered thereby, and could you sell any part of lt before this lien were removed. Go to tlic Recorder's Office ?nd Examine some Mortgages and see? Meas af Investing on Hom DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WHERE IT IS -- - PROTECTED BY STRINGENT LAW, NO DISAPPOINTMENT IF YOU BUY EASTERN STOCK, you will get your loan promptly, for 6? years at 5 9 10 per cent interest per annum, while as an INVESTOR you are ALLOWED to WITHDRAW ALL MONTHLY INSTALMENTS ON DEMAND AT AND ABOVE PAR Io some As? sociations doing business io this city you are compelled to pay 12 months before you can get out. losing ?9 36 ?23 to $17 on each $100 paid, then you will realize that No other Association equals the Eastern. DON'T BE SCEPTICAL. YOUR MONEY BEING UNQUESTIONABLY SAFE, irieht it not be to your interest to AVAIL YOURSELF OF THI&'OPPOR?UMITY and de nosit some of vour menev in the Local Real Estate* Bank inTBIS CITY, and secure the large profits which will result ? If You Deposit far 78 Months monthly, Total, roo get, your Profit 75 c's. "" S 58.50; " S KK> "$ 41.50 $7 50 <{ $585 00; " 1,000 " 415.00 $37.50 2925 00; " 5,000 " 2075 00 $75 00 " 5850 00; "10.000 " 4150 00 Notice $58,50 invested but 3J? years yields $41,50. Can any Investment without Bisk ex eel this. Real Estate Bank. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. W.M. GP A HAM, President ; President and Treas. ?Sumter Land and Improvement Company. R. P. MONAGHAN, Vice President ; Direc? tor /Sank of S ?mier and merchant. A. I!. PHELPS, Sec'y and Treaa.; Gen'l iusurance Agent. W. F. RH A ME, Director; Cashier Bank of Sumter. DR. A. J. CHINA. Director ; Vice pr?sident Simond? National Bank. NEIL O'BONN ELL, Director; Director Si monds National Bank and merchant.. J. A. MOOD, Director; Physician. J. B. CA RB, Director ; Contractor, Builder and Proprietor of Planing Mill. E. E. REM BER!', Director ; Merchant. MARION MOISE, Attorney; Attorney at Daw, and Vice President ot Bank o'. Sum? ter. 1?UY EASTERN STOCK, Stock Subcriptions received by A. C. Phelps, Secretary and Treasurer. SUPERIOR to all other medicines for purifying the blood and restoring the health and strength, Sarsaparilla is the standard specific for Scrofula, Catarrh Rheumatism, and Debility. Cures Others will cure you. Office and Mills at Junction of W. THE SlfflONDS NATIONAL BANE, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Capital.$75,000 00 3urplus Fund. 11,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first daja of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. CARSON, Au?. 7 Cashier. H. A. HOYT, MA?N STREET, SUMTER. S. C. Gold and Silver Watches FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacle^ MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &o. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1_ 1. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies-: LIVERPOOL & LONDON * GLOBE NORTH BRITISH & MERGA-NTiLS. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $^-5,000,000. Feb.12 OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER And Liquor Dealer. OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S'< C. Nov. 7 o BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED Estimates furnished by return Mail. LAUGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. (IO. li. TOALS & CIL MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN DOORS, ?I? BL?, MOULDING-, GENEEAL 3UILMNG MATEHIAL Office and Salesrooms, lu anti 12 Hayne St. CHARLESTON, S. C. Jnn 25 O D. JOHNSTON, . SUMTER, S. G., -Til E Practical Carpenter, Contractor AND BUILDER, W TOB LD RESPECTFULLY inform the l l citizens of Sumter und surrounding country that he is prepared to furnish plans, and estimates ot: brick ?nd wooden buildings. All work entrusted to him will be done first class. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Aug 19 o Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gcv't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE TOS BIM (I SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY* DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking bcsmesa. Also ha s A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, luterest calculated at tho rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. H A Y NS W O RTH, W. F. EHAMS, President. Cashier. Aug 21. J. S? Cy A.MM9 Contractor and Builder, Sumter, S, C, DEALER IN Rough and Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds, I Sash, Laths, Cjpress Shingles, Lime, Glass and General Building Supplies. Mill Work of all kinda- made to order, such as MANTLES, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, STORE FRONTS, MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. CAA, and C. S. & N. R. Rs. GINS! INSURE YOUR GINS -IN THE I Ptionix j Assurance Company, I OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etcr apply ta ALTAMONT HOSES, . AGENT. P. S.-We cfo also a Gene? ral Fire Insurance Business,-! and represent the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE? ^j9?^^w^York, tST" largest m the world. Aug. 17. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR, Desires to inform the public that be is fully equipped and prepared to do j TIN ROOFING, PLUMBING, REMKIM PUMPS,, and anything usually done io a first-class plumbing and tinning shop. -Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS AND GRATES. Make3 a speedily of putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, Speaking tubes, &c. RO?T. T. CARR. Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill. Communications left at Walsn &Co.'s Shoe Store or through post office will receiTe prompt attention. Oct 26-o THE Scouter Institute. THE INSTITUTE has opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances. Tue boarding department is well Appointed ? j and the rooms are rapidly filling nj). Those I desiring rooms should apply at an early cay !: The Art room has bean enlarged and refitted, j affording ample light, and all necessary fae:Ii-j j ties for good work. Special lessons in Painting and Drawing, each $15 a term ; in Book-keeping, Steno- j t gniphy, Typewriting and Penmanship, each j $10 a term; Instrumental and Vocal Music ^ euee S'iu a term, with S53 for use. of instuuient j , for practice. Elocution $7.58*a term. Students will be received for any of these Special courses at any time during the year, s and we sui it i t patronage of thc young ladies J of the city not regularly entered in the school. For further information apply to ? H. FRANK WILSON, ? \ President, i ? it > If I t S I t M. B. WIS i LIM;?*, WEST END CALHOUN ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. General A^ent for South Carolina, RELAY BICYCLES. Self-healing or oilier Pneumatic Tyres", j i PRICES Si 10.00 and S125.00. ' j Exclusive agencies given at unoccupied points Correspondence solicited. Feb. 15 -v. THE COLUMBIA PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST, Offers Special Inducement to all who have never had a good picture. Old pictures copied and enlarged. Nov 1G-x t Serious Charges. Maj. S. P. Hamilton of Chest* Mtomey of the liquor dealers of th place, makes thc following answer the return in the case. The answ aootains serious charges against speak Ira. B. Jones, as will be seen by perusal of it. TUB STATE OF SOUTI? CARCASA.-In tl Supreme Court-The State e: relatione W. H. Hoover vs, Ti Town Council of Chester. The relator replying to the return Town Council of Chester hereto filed c the 18th of April, 1S93, says. 1. That it cot true as averred in tl return of the respondent that the tow council of Chester bad any right of di: cretion to graut or refuse a license whe the relator had complied with ail th requirements of the special aet of I881 regulating and granting of license b the town council of Chester or undi chapter LT of the general statutes. 2. Because if said town council ha any discretionary power to grant or rt fuse licenses to sell spirituous or ierox eating liquors uuder the act of 188S the said town council of Chester neve exercised their discretion. 3 Because the act of 1888 an chapter LV of the general statute was Bot repealed by "An act to prc hibit the manufacture and sale of intoxi eating liquors as a beverage within th State except aa herein permitted/ approved December 24, 1S92. 4. That said bill never acquired tb force of law in this State because th original bill which passed both bouses was altered and changed by Ira B Jones, Speaker of Bouse -of Repre sentatives, at the time or after it passei the House, and amended as he saw fit when it appears in the journal of th House of date of 23rd December, 1883 that no such changes, alterations oi amendments were ever sanctioned by th House of Representatives. 5. That the original bill substitei for the Roper bill was a bill pure anc simple to raise a revenue for the Stat af South Carolina, and originated it the Senate contrary to the constitution o this State. 6. Becau-e the original bill was on^ whose object was to raise a revenue fo the State, and such object was not ex pressed in its title. 7. Because said bill, not being ai amendment to the Roper bill, never re seived three readings in the House uever became an act, and is void, 8- Because no power was eve? givet to the Legislature by the people o South Carolina to create for the State i monopoly in a lawful mercantile busi? ness to the exclusion of her owr, citizens. S. P. HAMILTON. Attorney for the Relator.^ Speaker Jones, as soon as acquaintec with the Dature of Jiaj. Hamilton': shargc3- wrote the following letter: COLUMBIA, April 21. Major S. P. Hamilton, Columbia, S G Sir : Regarding your charges con? cerning my actions of Speaker of tbs House of Representatives in reference bo the dispensary bill, which- charges I have already pronounced false, i make you-this proposition; Meet me to-day at any hour you may name, at the Sec? retary of State's office. Bring with pou a representative of each of the daily papers-of the State, ora? many of them? as you choose. I also suggest, and would be pleased, that you bring with you Col. John T. Sloan, Sr., and his >on MT. W. MeB. Sloan, who are experienced in such matters, together wiith any other experts that you may 3?10GS3, and we will carefully inspect :he original papers counc3ted with the dispensary bill, in connection with the ournal of the House and Senate, and ? ivili undertake to so convince you of pour egregious errors in your charges igaiast me that, as an honorable man,. ?ou will be forced to retract them incosditi^iially. I am stopping at the Elate] Jerome. Yours truly, TUA B. JONES. Mr. Jones also gave to the press thc Allowing. Major Hamilton, while saying that he lid not mean to charge mc with intend ug. to act corruptly with regard to the iispc:s:>ary bill, specifies his charge in The newspaper as follows : That the bill is a mass of confusion ind contradiction ; that he found a great nany entries ou the margin of thc )rigi:>al bill iu Mr. Jones jandwriting, in red ink, that ? under ook, un my own motion, to strike out Section 18 of said bill while no mention >f this is found iu the House journal ; hat I c: anged the numbering of a rreat many seotioos ; that io thc mgrossod or original bill Ssciion 'i was itricken out altogether, this section )eing the most important in thc bill; hat thole wa.s au amendment to t ti o ubsti'ute known as thc Evans bill ?u he House, but that it doe> uot uprear hat it was ever sent back to the Seu .te for its concurrence. These are his hardes. Whether the bill is "a mass of coll? usion and contradiction" is uo concern f mine :ss Speaker, lt is my duty tu ^corporate such amendments as the ? louse orders, no matter how much : on fusion and contradiction is produced. I ['bat. is the Legislature's business, lt | s quite true that there are many entries i o red ink in my handwriting on the j nargin of the bill. It is my duty to uakc such entries I me red j uk tv catch the eye of the . Resident of i he Senate. I would ? ardly use such ink to commit a forgery. . ie says I undertook of my own mot iou 0 strike out, Seetion lb', whereas the louse journal shows no authority fer !".. This is unequivocally false, i e., hat I took out tL.? of my own motiou. ! It was stricken out on motion of ? Nettles and the vote of the House, may not appear in the journal. Ii not usual to put io the journal a rece of an amendment unless the yeas a cays arc demanded. The yeas a nays were not demanded, hence t Clerk made no entry in the journal, think if, is the practice rn the Sen for the journal to show all amendmen In the House it is not. Interview C Joh n T. SI oan, Sr , an honorable a experienced clerk on this subject. The charge that I changed the nu bering of the sections is -puerile, one section is stricken out, course other numbers muse changed to make the nambi consecutive. The Speaker, the engn sing department, the printer, may ma the change with perfect propriety wit out an order of the House. In tl case, however, the House ordered t change to be made and it KO entered me on the margro of the bill. The charge that Section 6 was strick out in the engrossed bill is not trc An examination of the engrossed bi which was ratified, shows that Secti 6 is in the bilf. The engrossii department omitted to put the numb ? opposite that section, hence sectio 5 and 6 appear simply as Se tion 5. This, however, is no conce of mine, I have nothing to do with tl engrossing department. The charge thst there was an amen ment to the substitute known a?- tl Evans bili that was not sent to tl Senate for concurrence displays den ignorance on the part of Maj Hamiltoi There was and there could be no sut amendment. The HoCFse cannot amer a Senate amendment to a House bil The only question put in such casi ts, **Wiil the House agree to the Sei ate amendment ?" The entries on ti bill and the House journal both sbo j that the House agreed to all the Senai amendments. The Senate propose but two amendments, one to- the tit! and one striking oat all of the Hons bill after the enacting words and inser ing the Evans bill, to which the HOUJ agreed, whereupon the, bill became a act. Major Hamilton, as reported in th News and Courier to day, says:- *'Th bill came from the Senate a mass < confusion sad contradictions and he (I tried to straighten it for ratificatiot The conclusion is irresistible that th alt?ration? were made after the bi passed thc House." This is false, never put pen to the bill after it wa returned from the Senate, except t endorse that the "House agrees to a! the Senate amendments." It is true that on page 16 of th House manuscript bill I made the fol lowing endorsements: "Pages crosse by mistake. This and subsequent page were crossed by me supposing their? t be parts of original bill stricken out whereas they are parts of the substitut bill agreed to'7also on last page of th bill (House)-the following : "This an' foregoing sheets crossed with red line by me by mistake. Should net hav been done. Ira B Jones, Speaker." This was done before the bili went t Senate, it happened in th-is way : Tb first bill introduced was known as th Roper bill. Then Mr. Nettles offered i substitute, known as the Nettles amend ment, which, with certain amendments were adopted by the House. All, o: Bgjffjv.all, of the Roper bill was stricket cut anT7rjT"feH?es" ?TJr?n?SSilU^ adopted. In endeavoring to show wha was stricken cut, I by mistake ran mj pen through sections in the Nettle.' amendment instead of the Roper bill Discovering my error immediately aftei it was made, the above entries pa the ta-argin were mad?. This shows mj care to be right rather than any iuten I tion to do wrong. Major HamHtoa will ha*e to try again. My actions in tho dispensary bill matter were not only entirely conscien? tious and in accord with the order of the House, but an inspection of the records will fail to develop amy want of care on my part, or any irregularity even, that could in any way affect the perfect legality of the dispensary Act. I court the faiiest investigation. Throw on the light. I have no fear. ? will come out unscathed. Mr. Jones said last night that he had received no communication from Major Hamilton in reference to his "open letter." Maj. Hamilton has gone to Chester and his only reply can be made through the newspapers, some? thing that Mr. Jones does uot want, and unless it is absolutely necessary for him to reply he will not do so. "I gave my letter to Mr. Clayton yes? terday to be promptly delivered to Major Hamilicn. I was informed by him that he could not be found at any of the hotels or his boarding house, and-there? fore I have uothing more io say.'' Mr. Jones said that after examina? tion of the bill he found nothing wrong with it, and it certainly was duly and legally passed by both houses. Speaker Jones seems to have the best side of the case, and he leaves the city thoroughly viudicatou from the serious charge against him. MAJOR HAMILTON'S REEPLY. [Special to News aad Courier.] COLUMBIA. April lio-The Ilamilton Jonos controversy about the dispensary bill has come to a Si-)>c, and tho scene j of dispute removed from the newspapers ; to the court ronni. M:r. Hamilton de? nies any intention of making a crimi? nal charge against Speaker Jones. In responso to a telegram from nie Major Hamilton has sent the following copy j of his reply tn Speaker Jones's open j letter courting au examination of the bili. CHESTER, S. 0., April 2Z\ 1893. Thc Hon. Ira 15 Jones, Speaker of thc House-Dear Sir : Your letter of j yesterday was handed to me at the j Union depot st Columbia as I was about j to take the train forborne. In your communication you propose that I meet yon in the oil! to of the Secretary of State, accompanied by Mr. John T. Sloan, formerly clerk of thc House, aud his son, Mr. Mac Sioau, his deputy for many years, and that then aud there upon an inspection of the origma! bill vou will so convince ? me of m\ error that I will voluntarily wit hdraw all the charges I made against you, as ^p akor, io my reply recently j Sled in the mandamus ?roceedings iu thc j Supreme Court. . i You seem to have overlooked thafc j what you term "charges against me" j occur ina pleading in mandamus, and. ;n no way slhges any criminal cet or intent on your part. I claim the right, which ali citizens have to criticise the., acts of an cScer of the State Grovern-., ment, whether he holds as high a place as you do, or if he happens to be some? one hoidir.g one of the minor offices and especially ia matters. which are to undergo judicial scrutiny. ; if ? bacV received your ietter in time I should OGS have gone to the Secretary of. State's office to meet yon in any such errand,^ as the very grave matter alleged has to be decided very shortly in the. highes^ judicial tribunal of the State. I car*, infer from your letter that what I have alleged in my pleadings as charges and alteration? which do not appear in the< Journal of the House were amendments to the bill under the sanction of and old. but very dangerous practice in the*. House, (uot known in the Senate) thai* that where amendment are adopted without a division in the House or a call of the yeas and nays, such amend-' ments never appear in the Journal of the House next day or ever. + I will be very well satisfied if that solution of the m-atter is arrived at, asr it will relieve you of the appearance of all intentional wrong in making the entries on the margin of the original, bill, but it" will also serve a most excel? lent purpose for me in showing that, growing out of said amendments the bril to prohibit the manufacture ffo.c? sale of intoxicating liquors as .a beve-_ rage in this State ?-xeept as herein per? mitted, approved December 24,1893?, never became a law. 1 remain yours very truly. , ; S. P. H??ILTO:?. This evidently settles the matte?, until rt is brougkt up before th? cocir& in May. *?he True Inwardness of ?? Henry Clews has been doing som& talking in regard to the situation, ancl a part of what bj says bears aptly on^ the conspiracy wh?ch some of the Walt street banks are engaged in to force ss,, new issue of bonds. We quote frontf the report of an interview: .?? Mr. Clews thought the $100,000,000. reserve would be broken roto within the: coming week. He hoped secretary; Carlisle would trnd time to .visit Jtfew:.. York and confer with the bank presi-. dents, with whom be would fiad it aa. ea*y matter to effect negotiations for^ any amount of gold op to ?50,000,000. 4'The plan to adopt," he continued," "is to sell to the banks, to start with, ?25,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds," which are the only bonds which can be,. issued under the present law, and to. place a premium on cn them, so as to make the rate of interest to be paid by. \ the government 3 per cent. The bonds, thus sold to the banks would be made, over to the government as security for the deposits, and as fast as the secretary, drew out the geld the bonds would be, [returned to the banks. The banks, would then turn the bonds over . to the. comptroller of the currency and take out national banknotes against them.. ?Through this simple process the gov> ierament. wouid get " .$25,COO",000 cf. .gold and the banks would really not b?: out a dollar.. c.The publh; .would _be_ benefited in the end by getting into cir-^ culation the new issne of bank bills,. ?^otjich money is the best and most legit-_,0 imate the country has evert?aSS*ttf^"" culation." ... * This gives in brief rora the true in-, wardness of the frantic attempts, cf the. conspirators to force a bond issue. The. banks would pocket the profits of hand-^ ling the bonds and would net be oat a. dollar in .the whole .transaction.. We. ;ha?e ne?er seen a scheme more thor-, ougMy turned inside out so ^that tfce^ public coo?d, as it were, gase oa ks entrails. , ....... ~. The banks would make a large profit,-, perpetuate their system, of controlling! the currency, perpetuate the national, debt, and saddle additional taxes on the people. : -. ... We commend Mr. Ciews's brief, but. clear outline of the bond-issue scheme^ to those who are interested in this, latest attempt to commit the.d?mocratio. administration to the financial policy that has enriched the bankers and mon?, ey lenuers of thc northeast and impover-. ished millions of people ia other sec? tions.-Atlanta Constitution. . _ The Washington ?vening News pots; it this wise: "The Populist idea of. reform is to make aa egg cost more than a hen." > There have been but eight Chief. Justices cf the Supreme Courir of the4 United States. Here they are: John Jay, Jehu Rutledge, Oliver Ellsworth,. John Marshall, Roger B. Taney, Sal? mond P. Chase, Marrisoa R. 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