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atchman I TJSS SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kstablished April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. THE TR CE SOUTHRON, Established Jane,1366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 Sew Series-Vol. XV. No 30 Published Every "Wednesday, .N". Car. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per annum-io advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.SI 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. IO Handsome 2-Horse Farm "Wagons GIVEN AWAY. To induce farmers to keep a record of the re? sults they get from the use of "HOME tfEBTILIZESS." and to impress upon them the advantage it is to compost their fertilizers at home, we have decided to give as prizes Five Handsome Two Horse Wagons, Which retail for $65 each, to the 5ve farm? ers in the States of North Carolina, South ??Carolina aod Georgia who make the largest yield of COTTON per acre exclusively from the use of "Home Fertilizer," composted by either formula printed in our Aooual Circu? lar; and 5 Handsome 2-Horse Wagons, To the five farmers who make the largest yield of CORN per acre exclusively from the use of "Home Fertilizer," composted by either formula printed in our Annual Circular. This offer is open to all farmers, no matter what quantity they buy.? RV LES FOR THE CONTEST. The laud to be measured and crops weighed bj two disinterested parties, who are to report in full to the dealer from whom the goods were bought; he to forward the reports to us on or before December 1st, 1896. The wagons will be distributed as soon as the reports are in and it can be ascertained which ones have made the five largest yields per acre. No reports will be considered which reach our office after December 5tb, 1896. Boy kin, Canner & Co., BALTIMORE, MD. FOR SALE BY DUCKER & BULTMAN. SUMTER, S. C. Dispensary and Schools. The Politicians Smarter Than the Educationalists. Colombia, Feb. 10.-There seems to be very mach of a tangle about the .dispensary profits going to the State fand. To-day a member of the Con? vention gave some "inside" history about the fand, and how Mr. Scruggs, of the dispensary, is the discoverer of the fand for general purposes. Said the member of the Convention ; "The most serions objection to the scheme of giving the dispensary profits to the school fand was that it was ne? cessary to have the benefit of every dol? lar that the dispensary would pay into the State treasury this year io order to keep down the State levy to a point where widespread dissatisfaction would not arise. Satisfied of the correctness of their position the gentleman said that after it passed its first reading the opposition determined to kill it when it again came up. <4I called on Chief Bookkeeper Scruggs, at the dispensary," he con? tinued, "to obtain what information I could from him as to the status of the dispensary, at the ssme time telling him my intention to fight the provision for turning over the profits to the schools when it again carno up. Mr. Scruggs agreed with me thai: it would be unwise to give the dispensary profits to any specific fund until two years hence, or until we could get rid of the increased expenses of the Convention without a higher tax levy. "After reading the clause which I had handed him Mr. Scruggs advised against reopening the questioo m the Convention, stating that my opponents, with Senator Tillman in the lead, were too powerful, and farther advising me to let the clause pass in its present shape, as there was nothing in it retro? active, and that the general fund of the State would get nearly ?250,000, be? fore the school fund would get a cent. Relying upon his judgment as a busi? ness man, I took his advice and allowed the matter to pass in its present shape without further objection from me, and I am now satisfied that Mr. Scruggs j was eminently correct io the premises." I Your correspondent asked Mr. Scruggs I about the matter to-day, bat he posi? tively refused to discuss it, but Drcmptly consented to elucidate the unearned profit feature of thc- dispen? sary that seems to confuse so many. So as to get ii succinct, and clear statement of the history of this fund, that it is intended to put in the general food, I asked Mr. S. W. Scruggs u review ihe mattr. and he said : ''The contention is that the genera fund a D d not the school fund is e o r i tl ec to the ?243,816 57 net profit, whicl has accrued to December 31, and no the school fudd as provided by the nev Constitution. No part of this amoun is an unearned profit, as has been pub? lished, but, on the contrary, it is at 'earned* profit. On. December 31 there was aa 'unearned' profit of ?25, 571 85, which is all the main profit ex? isting outstanding, which repr?sent?e the State's profit (added at the time ol shipment) on goods unsold in hands ol county dispensers on December 31. This 'unearned' profit will not go tc the general State fund, but will go tc the school (und wheo it shall have accrued, as it will have accrued aftet the new Constitution becomes operative. "The new Constitution provides thal the net earnings of the State dispen? sary shall go to the school fund from January 1. As that clause of the Con? stitution making this specific provision is not retroactive and only makes pro? vision for a specific application of the net earnings of the State dispensary from January 1, then it is reasonable to assume that all net income to the State, from any source, not set apart bj statutory enactment or constitutional ordination for a sp?cifie fund goes to the general (or unspecific) fund of the State. Well, a net profit to the State to the amount of ?243,816 57 had accrued to the State to December 31, and before the new Constitution bad be? come a thing of life. On January the 1st I closed my profit and loss account and passed this amount to the credit of the State treasury-general fund-and it stands to-day on the books as a lia? bility due the general fund. In No? vember a loan was made to the treas? ury of $50,000 from the surplus fund of the dispensary. This amount was charged to State treasury, general fund, and the diff?rence between the two sides of this particular ledger ac? count is $193,816 57 in favor of the State. This balance is a net earned profit-not an unearned profit, as has been erroneously stated-and my con? tention is that tbe school fund cannot become the beneficiary of any part of the cash surplus of the State dispen? sary hereafter to accumulate until this liability of ?193,816 57 has been paid into the general fund of the State, which will be eighteen mooth or two years. Of course all net profit accru? ing from the State dispensary from Jan? uary 1 will bf entered to the credit of the school fund from time to time as the profit arises, and when the general fund account, which stands on the dis? pensary ledger as a liability, shall have beeo liquidated, then it will be in j order to turn over to the school fund all I ca?h surplus as rapidly as it accumu? lates. "It must be remembered that the net accrued profit of ?243,816 57 to De? cember 31 does Bot represent that amount of profit io cash, but only cash in part. It represents that amount io assets io excess of the total liabilities of the dispensary. Those assets con? sist of cash, merchandise, supplies and other quick assets, and are as much of a net earned profit as if every dollar was io cash. So you will readily see that probably there will be to the credit of the school food of the State as pro* vided by the new Constitution two hun? dred thousand dollars before a dollar of actual cash is paid into the sohool fund." LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT. There is always a tangle about the j time a levy takes place OD account of the differences in the time of making j appropriations and levies. Comptroller General Norton has given me an in? teresting statement on the present situ? ation. "The real condition which con? fronts the State is this, he said : "The appropriation for 1896 will amount in round numbers to ?950,000. The General Assembly is now appropriating moneys collected from 1894 and 1895, and from such other revenues as the State may have during 1896, which will not be over ?15,000. The total revenues from all sources at present are $775,000, which it cao be seen at a glance, will leave a deficit of $175,000. They propose to meet that by using the unearned dis? pensary profits, which they report to be $193,000, which would, of couse, put the State on a firm basis for 1896. But we have no assurance that the same conditions will not exist in 1897, and the question arises as to bow the matter must be dealt with then. A tax levy of 5 1-2 mills, or thereabouts, will raise it, as you can see, by estimat? ing the taxable property of the State at $170,000,000, and then there is a proposition tc make a levy of 4}, mills and raise the other ?150,000 or"?200, 000 necessary by imposing a graduated occupation license, as provided for in thc new Constitution, which will do no material damage to anyone. To put the thing in a nut shell, they have ? j cither to make: a levy of 5?, rriii?? or ; have a deficiency of one hundred and j fifty or two hundred thousand dollars. : I or to supply the deficiency from r.cw : j sources.n The Legislature is now to consider a . ? levy for S'.ute purposes for 1S97, while j the appropriation bill is for money to be paid from the moneys derived from the levy of 1894-1895, plus the insur? ance and Secretary cf State fees dur? ing 1896 and plus the dispensary fund of ?193.000 that has been fixed for 1896. The levy and appropriation are distinct. The levy is for future pur popes, while the appropriation bill is for money already collected or available. A. K. Dillon's Denunciation. London, Feb. 12.-In tbe course of the debate in the house of com? mons to-day on the address in reply to the queen's speech John Dillon, Nationalist, demanded that a state? ment be published showing the allot? ment of shares of the chartered com? panies, especially those of the Brit? ish South African company. He said hp made this demand because tuc was a widespread convic? tion that members of the press and men of prominence in the financial world and in parliament were not free from suspicion. Mr. Dillon protested against an increased expenditure of money for naval purposes unless a just propor? tion of the surplus from the budget should be handed over to Irelaud. Referring to the Venezuelan diffi? culty, Mr. Dillon said that England had accepted the principle of arbi? tration after menacing the United States. It would have been much more decent, and a great deal wiser, he said, if England had ac? cepted arbitration six months ago, and it would also be better for Eng? land if she adopted toward weak and unarmed nations the bame meas nre of civility which she had shown to America. Mr. Dillon concluded by moving an amendment to the address de? claring that the absence of a bill providing for the 6elfgovernment of Ireland had aroused discontent among the Irish and increased the excepting in foreign affairs The motion was seconded by Mr. John Redmond, the leader of the Parnell ite section of the Irish party. Sir Frederick Pollock, professor of jurisprudence in Oxford univer? sity, who has for some time been engaged upon the preparation of Great Britain's case in the Venezue? lan dispute, lias completed his task, and the result of his work will be submitted to parliament next week, when concurrent statements intended to define the procedure for a settle? ment of the Venezuelan dispute will be presented in the house of lords by Lord Salisbury and in the house of commons by George N. Curzon, par? liamentary secretary for foreign af? fairs. Honesty in Elections. The bill introduced in the House at Columbia by Mr Manning, of Sumter, "to "promote the independence of elec? tors and "to esforc? the secrecy of the ballot'7 will doubtless fail to pass. It is not a factional or political measure, and is only designed to reduoe fraudu? lent practices in the conduct of all elec? tions in this State to the minimum. This is reason enough why such a bill should receive scant favor in the pres? ent State Legislature. The purpose of that body apparently is not to promote the independence of electors and hon? esty in elections, but to dodge, shift and evade any and every step which would lead to these worthy and desirable ends. The public conscience of South Carolina has become so degraded in all matters touching the suffrage that the popular measure seems to be the meas? ure that offers the greatest opportunity for fraud. Under the circumstances it is a well-nigh hopeless undertaking in which Mr Manning has engaged, but we trust that he will press his bill and make the reasons for its passage so plain that, refusing to provide for "a free ballot and "a fair count." tba Legis? lature will have to declare in effect for fraud in elections as the vital principle of government in South Carolina. Mr Manning's bill provides for the adoption of the Australian ballot sys? tem, a system which has been tested with good results in about thirty Skates and in other countries. It will be objectionable, of course, to the Legislature because among other things it provides that the the commissioners and managers of election shall not be confined to one party or faction. At the last session of the General Assem? bly one of the Senators from Charleston proposed that the election officers should not be chosen altogether from one fao tion or party, but he was voted down, and so will Mr Manning be voted down unou this proposition at the present session. The spirit, the intention, the whole purpose of the present State Ad? ministration is to perpetuate itself by j the very methods which Mr Manning's t bi!! i> designed to remove. Honesty in ' elections i.-; thc last thing that would ; meet witt] approval from the present . Administration and tur; Legislature , which was cno3en to do its will.- 1 News au;i Courier. Some Spanish Stories. Singular Uniformity in the Results of Battles. Weyler Still Talking. Staff Correspondent of the United Press. Habana, Feb. 12. Yesterday morning a party of rebels under command of the insurgent leader Castillo attacked the town of Managua, in the Habana pro? vince. A detachment cf volunteers who were stationed in the tovtn sur? rendered to the rebels, after having made a weak resistance, and joined the insurgents, taking with them all the arms and ammunition ?B their possession. A force of Spanish regulars made a strong defense, repulsing the enemy, who, according to the official report of the engagement, lost four killed and many wounded, including the leader Castillo. The Spanish troops report that they sustained no loss. Bands of insurgents under Perez and Martinez attacked a detatchment of 40 Spanish soldiers in the vicinity of San Nicholas, in the province of Ma? tanzas yesterday. The Spaniards re? treated to Chicao Chico, where they were reinforced by the Cuenca battalion of volunteers, with whose aid they suc? ceeded in defeating the rebels. The official report of this battle says that the government force lost five killed. General Prats reports an encounter between the troops under his command and rebels at Jesus Maria, province of Mataozae, resulting in the defeat of the insurgents, four of whom were killed The rebels fled and the Spanish troops pursued them so closely that they were again obliged to give battle, this en? gagement taking place on the Eugenia estate. Here the rebel lost 15 killed and 6 prisoners were captured by the government troops. The Spanish loss was one killed and one wounded. GRACIOUS GENERAL WEYLER. General Weyler, the new captain general and commander-in-chief of the Spanish army in Cuba, received the American newspaper correspondents in a body to-day. He greeted the press representatives in a cordial manner, and offered to aid them in every possible way in obtaining reliable news of the war. General Weyler said that no interference with cabling of reports would be made except when the matter contained in them was grossly false or of such a character as might tend to excite public alarm. THE "ENEMY OF PUBLICATION." When asked to define his programme for the suppression of the insurrection, the captain general said : "Notwithstanding the reputation which has been built up for me by the filibusters, I can assert beforehand that my conduct will surely be more deserv? ing ; that whatever I may do the Unit? ed States would do under similar cir? cumstances." Wheo asked to give an expression of bis views oo the situation of affairs io the island be replied : "I am ao eoemy of publication. I prefer to act rather than to talk." HANDICAPPING THE REPORTERS. Madrid, Feb. 12.-A dispatch to The Imparcial from Habana says Cap? tain General Weyler has announced that he will issue no permits to re? porters or correspondents of foreign newspapers to accompany the operating columns of the Spanish army. General Pando, tho dispatch says, will probably be assigned to the com? mand of operations in Eastern Cuba. The Spanish in Mexico have offered the captain general 1,000 horses and 200 mules for the use of the Spanish array in Cuba, and General Weyler has accepted the offer. Risks m Bicyle Riding. Boston Feb. 12.-The conference of mutual accident insurance companies of the United States, which sssembled here ?-o discuss the bicycle rider as an accident risk, has finished its delibera? tions. The companies have unani? mously resolved that bicycling is a hazardous occupation, which they can? not insure against at the present rates of premium and that in the future, the cycler, will pay double for his in surance or receive less indemnity, or give up cycling, so far as his accident iosurance is concerned. The following resolution was unanimously passed : Resolved, That the use of toe bycicle should be covered by additional cost or reduction of deaih and indemnity bene? fits ; and that it is recommended that this be provided for by either of thc following methods : The adequate in- ! crease of premiums to cover the added ! risk, or the classification as an occupa- ! (ion of bicycle riders in ii class twice | :>.s hazardous as the "preferred*7 risk : j and i h a benefits in accidents by bicycle ; riding i-:; specifically reduced. ? ?'?-.?? ? ? . n - - <>;.] P?anos t?ken in exchange r'or nev ones at il." Sumter Music iious.*. The General Assembly. Adjournment Not Yet in Sight, Columbia, Feb. 12.-The house of representatives had a dull and un? eventful day session yesterday. The members were given a test as to their desire to adjourn and go home in a fortnight from Saturday next, but as yet the day for the final ad? journment is hanging on the distant calendar of time, without even a number upon it to provide for its identification. And what is more no further effort will be made to num? ber it until one week from to-day, when the house will talk about the matter again. When this conclusion had been reached the registration bill was taken up and after the house had voted down an amend? ment offered by Mr. Patton to pre? vent the possibility of fraud in the issuing of registration certificates, and an endless variety of committee amendments were made. Then Mr. Bacot, acting as editor in-chief for the house, took his blue pencil and an hour or more elapsed while he made verbal amendments one after another, changing a word here and there and every now and then put? ting in a comma or a semicolon all without even a dash of general interest THE SENATE This was calendar day in the sen? ate, and as the calendar was a small one, with the excpption of the spe? cial orders, which were passed over, the session was a short one The only matter of any interest whatever was the bill to repeal the law in re? lation to exemption to road duty, over which there was a somewhat lengthy debate, which was seasoned with humor of au unconscious nature and interspersed with amendments of various sorts and kinds, some of which were offered twice in succes? sion. The great object of the would be amenders seemed to be to exempt boys and ministers from road duty, the idea seeming to prevail that the company kept while road working would te damaging to the minds of; those classes. But Mr. Moses solved the whole question at one lick by making a neat little motion that killed the whole bill and left matters in statu quo. The home? stead bill with the ?300 exemption for bachelors was the only matter of any general interest considered. Mr. Harrison presided during the greater part of the session and the calendar had dwindled down wonder? fully when the welcome motion to adjourn until ll o'clock to-morrow prevailed. American Tobacco Com? pany. Newark, N. J., Feb. 12 -The anDual meeting of the American Tobacco com? pany was held there this afternoon. Out of a total of 447,000 shares, 370, 000 were represented. The report of Georgia Agents, treasurer, gave total assets $40,782,607; liabilities $32, 182,235, which includes ?342.340, as quarterly dividends, payable February 5; 1896. Surplus, per statement De? cember 31, 1894, ?7. 198.290 ; net in? crease for 1895, $1,402,081 ; total ?8,600,371 The meeting approved the reports of the treasurer and th? board of managers. Paying up the Bids. Boston, Feb. 12.-To-day was "yel? low" day at the Boston sub-treasury,and at the close of the ofiSce at 2 o'clock ?1,700,000 in gold and gold certifi? cates bad been received from bidders on the United States bonds recently of? fered by the government. It was the second day upon which the banks and bidders could make the first payment of 20 per cent, Every State in New England, with the exception of Con? necticut, which is connected with the New York sub-treasury, was represent? ed in the gold that came to Mr. O'Neil It came from banks and bidders far in Maine and from adjacent toWDS of Bos? ton. This city, too, contributed a large, amount, but it is expected that on Thursday, the banks in this city will turn in their first payment. One con? cern alone will deposit $500,000 in gold io payment of the bonds it person? ally bid for and also for its customers, j T"'^~ ** - j Jackson, Miss, Feb. 12.-Mr. Jacob j Kansler, a native of Maryland, but a resident of Jaokson since 1841, died to-day. He was the oldest landmark of Jackson. The Cabinet Killed. Another Bloody Revolt m Seoul, Korea. Yokohama, Feb. 13.-Dispatches from Seoul, capital of Corea, say that a re? volt took place there on February ll, during which the prime minister and seven other officials were murdered. The king and crown prince were com? pelled to take refuge in the Russian legation where they are now being sheltered. The king had ordered that ail of the Corean ministers be killed. The Russian legation is being guard? ed by a force of 200 Russian soldiers and marines. The Cotton Exposition. Governor Evans has received a letter from the provisional committee of the Chicago and Southern States exposition as follows : .'At a meeting of the executive com? mittee held Feb, 8, the following was unanimously adopted : " 'Resolved, That in addition to the delegates provided for from the south* ern cities as suggested and agreed upon by the mayor and council of Chicago, the governors of the Southern States be authorized to appointed 10 delegates at large from each State to represent the agricultural, manufacturing, com? mercial and railroad interest of the south in the convention called to meet at Chicago on the 19th instant and that the governor of each State to accom? pany bis delegation. "In accordance with this resolution you are requested to appoint delegates on behalf of you State." Governor Evans appointed the follow? ing as representatives from this State to attend the convention on the 19th inst.: E. L. Roche, M. B. McSweeney D H. Russsell, W. A. Clark. J. C. Wilborn, W. D. Evans, G, B. Kittrell ; at large, W. A. Courteney and T. H. Remmie. Free transportation to Chicago and return will be supplied to delegates by the principal railroads. Mr. Howard H. Stafferd is the secre? tary of the provisional committee with headquarters at Augusta, Ga. All de? sired information can be obtained by corresponding with b.'m. Jackson, Miss , Fer. 12-A party of Western men, woo recently pur? chased lOjOOOj acrer of land in this county, are here to-o^y to inspect the same. They wili divide the land into tracts of twenty acres, and colonize with truckers and fruit growers. Thousands of westerners have located in this State during the past six months and all declare their old neighbors would come if they could. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 12.-A ter? rible wreck occurred oo the Central at midnight, io which three men were killed and three severely injured. Aa eastbound stock train of 23 cars col? lided with a westbound train of 17 cars. The dead are: Fred Hasford; fireman; Thomas Welch, engineert Charles Wood, fireman. San Francisco, Feb. 12.-Theodore Durant has been given another respite.. His counsel appeared in court yester? day with an application for a 10 days*' stay of the proceedings in order to allow the time to prepare their bill of exceptions on ?be appeal from the or-* der deny'cg a new trial. They were granted 20 days. The little daughter of Mr. Fred Webber, Holland, MHSS , hud a very bad cold and cough which he had not been nble to cure with any thing. I gave him a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, says W. P. Holden, merchant and postmaster at West Brimfield, and the next time J saw bim he said it worked ?ike a charm. This remedy is intended especially for Heute throat and lung diseases such as colds, croup and whooping cough, and it is famous for its cures. There is no danger in giving it to children for it contains nothing injurious. For ea!e by Dr. A J. China. - - ---- ni.? - How To Prevent Croup. Some reading that will prove interesting to young mothers. How to guard against the disease. Croup is a terror to young mothers and to post them concerning the cause, first symp? toms and treatment is the object of this ?tera ? Thfe origin of croup is ft common c< id. Children who are subject to it take culd very easily and croup is ?lmost sure "o follow. The first symptom is hoarseness; mis is si.on followed by a peculiar rough cough, which is easily recognized and w?l never Le forgo IUD by one who has heard it. The time TO act i9 when the child first becomes hoarse. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is i.-eely givi fill tendency to croup will soon uL-appe^r. Even after the croupy cou^rh has develope< ir will prevent the attack. There is no dao^r in giving this remedy for u contains notb pg injurious. For sale "by Dr. A. J. China. Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896. New Series-Yol. XV. No 27