The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 03, 1893, Image 1
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?
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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
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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." >
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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. Waite,*
Melville W. Puller. , r
The Kansas Times thinks the collapse
of the Weaver gang is complete. It.
says : "The utter incapacity of the
populists to deal with serious practical
ailairs have been demonstrated so abun-:
dautly that the healthy minds have ali.
abandoned the new fad for good and.
al!. The sensible farmers sve that the..
Populist leaders are no better morally,
and very inferior in ability to the^okT
political leaders.Look at the N^rth;,
Carolina gang and you wilt ses how,
true is this incident. JiiCapabSc and.
and mean and unworthy can be applied,
to thc deceivers.-Wilmington Mes?
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