The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 05, 1896, Image 7
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.
One Pound of superior Writing
Paper, with Envelopes to match, sold
by E. G. Osteenfc Co., for 25 cent?.
Order Your
PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES
FROM
GEO. f. STEFFENS & SON,
Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C
-Agents for
MOTT'S CIDER
BED SEAL CIGARS,
AND DOVE HAMS.
MEALS TO OEDER AT ALL HOURS
OYSTERS AND GAME IN SEASON.
Special attention to Lunches for Ladies.
Prices moderate*
Your patronage solicited. Liberty Street
near Watchman and Southron Office.
Oct. 2.
A TREATISE
ON THE
GuliiYation, Curina & HarvestiDff of
TOBACCO
From the Fen of li. E. Pittman, a
North Carolina Planter,
Who has never made a failure and realized on
his tobacco farm over $300.00 per acre last
year.
A valuable guide and well worth its price
to all Planters of Tobacco, especially those
with little experience, or who expect to cul?
tivate Tobacco lu the future.
Send 25c. in stamps or otherwise, to
H. G. OSTEEN & CO.,
Sumter, S. C., or
R. H. PITTMAN,
Bishopviile, S. C.,
And procure a copy.
Jany 1.
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.