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The Sales in the Sub Dispensaries. The Annual Report of the State Liquor Commissioner Mixson. State, Jau. 31. The annual report of the State liquor commissioner was issued yes terday and it is a most interesting document, full of information of value to the public. In the report the commissioner says : "It is gratifying to me to be ena? bled to state that the operations of the dispensary have been profitable yt for the period of my incumbency in office; a net profit of ?133 467 77 having accrued from the sales of the past eleven months, whilst the un? earned profit outstanding. December 31st. is $25,571 85, making a toia[ earned and unearned profit for eleven months of ?159,039 62, on ?903,055 - 63, total sales -by me for the corre? sponding period. I have saved the State on my purchase of merchan? dise for the past eleven months the 6um of $20,939 67 in discounts. "I would state, that there have been on an average, 84 sub dispensa ries in operation in the State for the past year. The sales from these dis? pensaries for the past eleven months aggregate ?1,076,963 65, at a net profit of ?106,131 28 to the towns and counties Some of these dispen? saries located in the smaller towns have been operated through the dull season at a loss to the counties in which they are located, and I would respectfully suggest that your hon orable board take such steps as are necessary to prevent a recurrence of these undesirable results during the coming summer. I am impressed with the necessity of an adoption by yoar honorable board of stringent rules and regulations for the govern? ment of the sub-dispensaries and a rigid enforcement thereof. 1 would respectfully suggest that the county dispensers be required to sign their monthly inventories under oath or affirmation, as well as all other monthly and quarterly repoits. "I would respectfully call the at? tention of your honorable board to the fact that divers complaints have been made by various dispensers on account of my inability to fill their or? ders ip several instances Your hon? orable board will, doubtless, remem? ber that I foresaw this annoyance early in the past spring, and to pro? vide against this contingency, I sug? gested the immediate erection of a suitable building on the line of the railroads, that an increase in the working force might be made, advan? tageously, and handling of goods greatly facilitated. And as a pro? vision against the impracticability of the immediate adoption of the above suggestion, I also suggested, ?as an alternative, that your honorable board empower the commissioner to purchase in sufficient quantities to stow away a large stock through the dull summer months.to meet the heavy demands of the fall and winter trade. But at the time litigation was of such a nature (and for other causes, of which your honorable board is fully advised) it was not deemed expedi? ent to carry into execution either of my suggestions ; and, as a conse? quence, I was forced to meet the heavy demands made upon me as best I could. Stationed as I was in inade? quate quarters, with a stock on hand far short of the demands of the in creasing trade, it was a physical im? possibility to keep abreast of the de? mands, although I had a full force at work night and day, and every foot of available floor space was utilized for storage purposes That I may tide against a recurrence of these difficulties next winter. I would sug? gest that your honorable board take some steps looking to the construc? tion of a larger building near the railroad line, and that the commis? sioner be vested with the power to purchase supplies and merchandise in quantities sufficient to meet the fall trade, lt is absolutely necessary to provide increased facilities to meet the requirements of this growing trade, and if the suggestions thrown out by me are not adopted, it will be impossible to measure up to the ex? pectations of the public. "Your attention is also respectfu y called to the beer sale privilege granted certain parties. I am un? alterably of the opinion that it is a fruitful source of illicit traffic and would respectfully recommend that your honorable board withdraw all privileges thus granted. "The 'personal accounts' item of this report represents ?4,526.43, shortages due by county dispensers. Part of this deficit is in process of settlement, whilst the other part is now in the courts. $212.30 of this amount is due by the penal and charitable institutions of the State and Clemson and Winthrop colleges for alcohol, whiskey and wined. The asylum owing the amount of $183 50 j for goods purchased by order of the | board of regents. $900 is owing by the suspended bank of Chester, and Snow & Co., of Kiogstree. These suspensions transpired before 1 as- j sumed the duties of commissioner. | The remainder represents advances j made by me to pay the government | tax on whiskey at local distilleries, i in order to remove it from the I bonded warehouses, and amounts due by distillers and wholesale liquor dealers for empty barrels reshipped them. These accounts must, of necessity, appear in each j report issued from this office, ^ as i outgoing shipments and incoming payments for same are almost daily occurrences Therefore, it is not lo be assumed that these 'personal ac I counts' wholly represent a contrac lion of worthless debts, or a wanton disregard of the law in the contrac? tion of any class of debts. But I am plainly within the pale of the law in the opening of these particular accounts, and I think the correctness of my position will lodge itself in the minds of your honorable board at fir6t thought, when I state that these accounts are absolutely necessary to a proper and satisfactory manage? ment of the rapidly increasing busi? ness of this institution." The following is the summarized statement of sales, gross and net profits of sub-dispensaries for eleven months, ending December 31st, 1895, at the end of the report : Sales by couDty dispensers for eleven months to Decemher 21, (consumers price).$1,076,963 63 Cost of counties above mer? chandise. . 875,080 20 Gross profit on above. $201,383 45 Total expenses tor eieven months. ?. 95,252 17 Total net profits lor eleven months. $106,131 28 j This Boy was a Hero. Stood in Blinding Smoke and Beat His Drum While 500 Schoolmates Marched Out. i OMAHA, Neb, January 30.-Offie Downs, the drummer boy in the Dodge street school, calmed a panic and prevented a terrible calamity among five hundred children. He is less than fourteen years old, but the moment he heard the hall gong sound the alarm of fire, l>e did not forget that he had important business on hand it has been his duty twice a day to stand at the bottom of the stairs and march out the scholars to the step of au array rattle. This exercise was called the fire drill and the pupils from the infant class were told they must never hesi? tate when the drum should sound. He saw smoke coming through the register and rapidly passed up the aisles, went down two flights of stairs on the run, into Principal Allen's room He pulled the drum down from the hook, slung the strap over his shoulder and plunged into the hall The smoke was now so dense he could barely see his way, and on the floor above he heard the teachers shouting to the children to remain in order. There were fire engines rattling outside. He picked his way to the bottom of the 6tairs just as the five hundred pupils^ appeared in a herd at the top. He pounded that drum for dear life. The very first sound from it acted like magic. Mr. Allen pulled three little girls and one boy from under the feet of the rushing children and commanded them to keep step to the music. The little ones then remembered their lessons, and to the music camly came down the long flight as they had done a thousand times before. Smoke filled the entire building, but a minute from the time the "band" began to play there was not a child in it The boy waited until Principal Allen told him everybody was safe, and then came down the front 6teps, still. rattling away at his fire call. The crowd cheered, the teachers hugged him and last night five hundred families sang the praises of his young courage. He was the sole cause of the rescue of the children, several having fainted and fallen dur? ing the first moments of the stam? pede The fire started from an overheated furnace stack and was easily extin? guished by the department despite the fact that the flames had consumed one floor. The Great Oil Monopoly. PITTSBURG, Pa., January 31.-The Leader publishes a statement to the effect that the Standard Oil Company is about to reorganize as a corpora? tion and go out of the trust business. The capital of the new company is tobe $200,000,000, just twice the capitalization of the original trust, and so much of the watered stock as is not wanted by those on the inside will be open for purchase by the general public and at prices as high as the Standard brokers can put them. The Editors in Charleston. CAAKLESTON, Jan. 31.-Over au hundred delegates to the National Edi torial association, which has been meet- | ing in St. Augustine, together with j their wives and daughters, 6pent to-day j in Charlesston. The visitors were met ? and welcomed to the city hy Mayor Smythe and a large delegation of prom- ; inent citizens, and after having lunch- : eon at the Charleston hotel, they were ' driven over the city. Dinnerwas 1 served at *J:?0, at which Mayor Symthe ! spoke for the city, and responses were j made by some of the visitors. The New Judges. Judge Y. J. Pope and HOD. Ira B. Jones Elected Asso? ciate Justices of the Su? preme Court. COLUMBIA, January 30 -The Gen? eral Assembly today elected the Hon. Y. J. Pope to be his own suc? cessor as a member of the reorgan? ized Supreme Court of the State, and elected the Hon. Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster County, to the six year term on the Supreme Court Bench There was no opposition whatever to either of the nominees for Associate Justice The General Assembly has been hanging fire on these elections for some little time, and to-day the bill reorganizing the Court was finally ratified and approved by Gov? ernor Evans, the first Act ratified during the session The two houses agreed to have the election at 1 o'clock, and foi lunately everything was in readiness for the important election. President Tim merman announced the election of the successor of Associate Justice Pope to be the fiist in order, and upon his call for nominations Mr. Floyd, who is quite an orator, took the floor and placed Mr. Pope in nomination There were about twenty-five members who seconded the nomina tion of Mr Pope for reelection. They came by counties and sections. After a while the nominations were closed and the required roll call was entered upon Tellers? were ap? pointed on the part of the House and Senate and votes recorded as an? nounced by the members. After the vote was taken President Timmer man aunounced that out of the 145 votes cast the Hon Y. J. Pope had received 145, and he announced his election for the eight-year term from the time of the expiration of his present term. Then nominations were called for the third Associate Justice under the new Act, as required by the Con? stitution. Mr. Thurmond, of Edge field delegation, took the floor and placed in nomination the lion Ira B. Jones. From every side of the House came the flood of seconds to the nomination, and some of them in quite complimentary terms to the favorite of the House. The vote was duly taken and resulted as in the case of Justice Pope, There were 145 votes cast, all for the Hon Ira B. Jones. So the two Associate Justices have been elected. They are both known very well to the State in their official and personal capacities It was not long after the announce ment that Mr. Jones had been elected Associate Justice for the term of six years that he came into the hall. Mt. Breazeale had been acting in his place. Mr. Jones said that he had just heard of his election to the Supreme Court Bench, and wished to resign from the Speakership, and that the resig? nation take effect immediately. The resignation was duly accepted. Mr. Johnston proposed as a resolution that the thanks of the House be tendered Mr. Jones for the able, im? partial and thoroughly competent performance of his duties as Speaker cf the House, and that the House tender him a hearty well done The resolution was adopted with a hearty and rising vote. Then Mr. Thurmond wanted the election of Speaker to take place at once, and moved to that effect. There was no objection to this pro? ceeding and the election was ordered to take place at once. Mr Earle placed in nomination for Speaker Mr. Frauk B. Gary, of Abbeville, and Mr Bowman, of Oiangeburg, placed in nomination, Mr. M. R Cooper, of Colleton. A number of speeches were made in behalf of each of the candidates placed before the House for the position. Mr Earle spoke in eulogistic terms of Mr. Gary's fam? ily, of his record as a member for fourteen years, and of his fine voice and experience as a presiding officer. Mr Bowman spoke in the highest terms of Mr Cooper's devotion to the Democracy, and his work for the white men, and how he had as a farmer made his reputation as a presi? ding officer. The seconds came from almost every county for their favorities, and tho vote being finally called for re? sulted as follows : Gary 60, Cooper 44. Mr. Cooper wished to make the vote unanimous befere it was announced,but, it was ruled that the vote had to be taken and recorded in the Journal and j that such a motion could not be well ; made. A committee was sent out to inform : Mr Gary of his election to the position of Speaker, and upon bia ascension to the rostrum Mr. Breazeale announced to bim that he had just been elected ?peaker, and it gave him great pleasure to hand him the gavel as the presiding officer of thc House of Representatives. ; Mr. Gary said that he could hardly I express his thanks for the high honor j that had just Leen conferred on bim. Ile know full well that the position of Speaker of thc House had always been filled by men of ability and those learned in parliamentary law, and that ' the consciousness of bis youth and in? experience made him all the more de? sirous of doing his full duty, ile felt I ! however, that as Speaker he was but | j the mouthpiece cf the House, aod that j j he would have the hearty co-operation i of the members in carrying out the j work with unanimity and smoothness. | j He assured the members that be would I recognize no faction or parties while ? Speaker of the House of Representa- ; ; rives of the people of the State, but ; that if he, as a human being, erred in I ; his ruling it would not be thought an ? .s ry ; error <?f the heart. fie hoped most . sincerely that, thc ptea.*ant relationship ; that has existed in the House would ; continue and that the members would ! co-operate with him in doing the work : : of the State. Mr Gray's speech was ! ? well received and he goes into his po- ? j sition with the well wishes of every j i member and of the pre^s. The ColJeton Affair. State Detective Newbold Re? turns Prom the Scene. AU who read the accounts of the brutal and uncalled for murder of two negroes in Colleton county last Decem? ber will call to mind that seven white meo and 0De negro man have beeo ar? rested accused of the murder Tba State told of the affair at the fime and it sent a thrilling note of sympathy to ! the hearts of law-abiding citizens of the State. Ic is true that the murdered parties were negroes, but at tbe same time the butchery of them was con? sidered so uncalled for that the matter was immediately taken in hand by the chief executive of the State. State Detective \V. H. Newbold was put to work on the case and it was not long before he had secured considerable evideoce agiiast hilf adczeu white men and arrested them, accusing them of the crime. These white men, to gether with 0De colored man, will stand trial in Colleton two weeks from Monday. The men arrested are : Dr. W. B. Ackerman, Frank Jenney, Frank Brant, Wyman Kearse, Jake Fo^k, Frank Stanley, Press Hiers and Sa?dy Campbell, the last named being colored. Detective Newbold was in the city yesterday, he having come here for the purpose of making a report of the case to Solicitor Bellinger, who is the official solicitor of that ctrcuit. Mr. Newbold had in his possession a good deal of testimony gathered io connec? tion with the murder aod turned it over to Solicitor Bellinger. Io speaking of the matter Mr. New? bold said he had given considerable time to it aod had fully investigated the case from beginning to end. He said be considered that he ?ad a strong case against the parties who now staod ac? cused of the horrible murder and that he bas every assurance of a conviction. He said there was no excuse for the murder of the oegroes and that this could be proven. Mr. Newbold said he thought that Colleton County had been done an in? justice, because after a careful investi? gation he had found out that that coun? ty did not counte?anoe the lynching of the parties. Th? murdered parties were Isbam Kearse aud Hannah Walker and the deed was dooe at Broxtoo Bridge io Colleton County. All of the accused are in jail. They have secured tho services of Col. Robt. Aldrich, of Barnwell, Messrs. Gruber and Howell,, and Messrs. Griffin and Padgett, of Waltcrboro, to represent them at their trial. The case will be heard before Judge Aldrich two weeks from Monday next. Solicitor Bellinger will very likely have Attorney General Barber to assist him in the prosecution of the parties. .-Columbia State, Feb. 1. SALISBURY SPEAKS. LOXDX. Jan. 31 -Prime Minister Salisbury delivered a speech here to- j night in course of which he rebutted the statement made Tburstay night by Mr. John Morely to the electors at Arbroth, concerning the Monroe doc? trine. Mr. Morley said that Lord Salisbury bad blundered in seeming to question the Monroe doctrine, and that if there ever was a question that should be arbitrated, it was the Venezuela boundary question. Lord Salisbury said to-night that although the doctrine formed no part of international law hit? dispatch to Secretary of State Ooley supported it as a ruie of policy as strongly aod distinctly as possible, but in the form in which President Monroe himself understood it. The prime minister expressed sym? pathy with the ArmeD?aDs, but denied that Great Britain was under an obliga? tion to declare war against the sultan of Turkey in order to compel bim to govern justly and cited the treaties in proof of his contention. He believed that the sultan's government was wretched and important, buc there was no ground for imagining that the sultan ! had instigated the massacres. It might ; he asked why Europe did not interfere. He could only answer for England. ? She had lacked the power to do the only thing necessary to end the j troubles, namely, to militarily occupy j Turkish proviences. None of the I powers wished so to occupy them. Lord .Salisbury said he concurred in j thc policy that the only policy albeit' was an evil one, in that country, was the prestige of the sultan's name, patience must bc exercised and his majesty must be given time to enforce the reforms he had promised. lie remarked \ upon the gradual return of order in Antoli ! during thc last few weeks, although he ? admitted that these signs should Dot be trusted too muob He concluded by declaring that if Great Britain did not co operate wir h the other powers, she must act against them, which would lead to clamiMes. far moro awful than the Armenian massacres. How She Won Him. At the Cattle Show of 1885, I think it was, there began a romance which recently ended. In the Alderney class was a beautiful youog cow iu milk. Oue evening a young man wagered his heart and hand with a Western belle that she dared not play the milkmaid. I He had known her for years, and was her escort OD this occasion. She was eleirautly dressed. *'l will win," she cried. "Get me a pail." A crowd gathered around, an attendant went for a pail and she made preparations for milkiog. The cow was gentle as a doo;, and anxious to be milked. Miss Betty pinned the hem of her silk dress to her waist, took off her gloves, and in less than len minutes had a gal lou and a half of milk io the pail. The owner himself brought a basin for her to wash her hands in, and the crowd applauded lustily as she walked away. She and her escort of that night were married a few mootbs after? ward, and recently were divorced. -New York Press. Blairs pen and pencil tablets.stationery of all kinds, mk, pens, pencils, blank books, typewriter supplies, etc., at H. G. Osteen ? Co's., Liberty Street, next to Watchman and Southron office. 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PECIAL -tot To the Farmers of Sumter and Clarendon Counties : We will give one ton of Berkley 2 3 per cent. Soluble Guano for the best yield per acre of Cotton produced by the use of said Berkley Guano. One ton for the best yield per acre of Corn. And for the best 1,000 lbs. tobacco raised by the use of the Berkley Gold Basis Tobacco Compound, to be sold on the Sumter market, we will give one ton of the Berkley Gold Basis Tobacco Compound, the analysis of which is 9 per cent. Avail? able, 3 per cent. Ammonia and 5 per cent. Potash. All the above fertilizers to be purchased from us, and con? test to be decided Dec. 31st. Respectfully, J. RYTTENHERG & SONS, Sumter, S. C. P. S.-Rules and regulations for contest will be published later. orses _A.3STD ONE CAR MULES Jan. 27, 1896.