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No Dispensary Profits. Columbia Robbed of $1,000, Clear and Clean. Columbia bas not received her portico of the dispensary profits for some time, and she evidently will not get them for the months of November and December of last year, owing to the fact, it is said, that the State authorities are dis? satisfied and vexed over the action in regard to Morehead's dismissal from the police force of this city. Chairman E. C. Harlin of the county board of con? trol yesterday received the following self-explanatory letter pertaining to the disposition of the profits for Novem? ber and December last, which amount to exactly $1,000. The letter is as follows : Columbia, S. 0 . March 12, 1896. Mr. E C. Harlin, Chairman County Board of Cootrol : Sir-You are hereby authorized and required to pay over to Coi. F. M. MixsoD, state commissioner, the moneys which bave accrued as profits io the city of Columbia from the dispeosary, and take his receipt for the same. By order of state board of control. W. W. Harris, clerk. As this money will not be given the ? city as her share of the dispensary pro? fits it will have io be used io paying the liquor constables as required by law. Mr. Harlin, ic whose hands the mooey has been placed, will deliver the thaine to Col. Misson to-day as the letter io structs him to do. THIS LOOKS BULLISH. New Orleans, March 10 -The New Orleans cotton exchange has ju6t issued a statement distributing the movement of the cotton crop by groups of States for the first six months of the present season, from September 1st, 1895, to the close of February, 1896, compared with the previous three years The statement shows that the actual delivery from the State of Texas has been 1,669, ,279 bales against 2.922,196 last year and 1,795,279 for the year be? fore last. The amount brought into sight which includes interior towns, stock in excess of September 1st, as shown by railroad returns, etc., in each of the three groups of the States has been 1,691,396 bales in Texas, 1,625,236 in the other gulf States and 2,435,370 in the Atlantic States -a deficit in Texas, compared with ilie last year of 269,324 bales ; witt? the year before last, 120,145 bales, and with 1893 (the 6,700.000 ?rop year) of 202,566 ; a deficit in .other" gulf states of 547,820 under last year and 14.123 the year before last and a gain over 1S93 of 369, -529 ; a deficit in the Atlantic States -of 717,766 under last year; 430,339 the year before last, and a gain of .110,963 over 1S93 After February, the movement in sight in three groups in the past threeyeajs was a follows: Texas, last year, 315/238 ; year before last, 247 520 and in the year before the latter, 214,561 ; other Gulf Slates last year, 527 12.7 ; year before last, ' 279.913, and in the year before the j latter. 308,S59 ; Atlantic States last j year, 471.974 ; the year before last, ? 408,676, and the year before the lat- j ter. 402,602 The three groups as above set lort consist (if Texas, in? cluding indian Territory ; the second o? other Gulf States, embracing Ar? kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, and the third, the Atlan? tic States, embracing North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, etc The amount contri? buted, by each group a? above to the past three groups were in round figures as follows : Texas, 1894-95, 3,276,000; 1893 94, 2,059,000 ; 1892-93, 2,108,000 ; Atlantic States, 3,625.000 ; 3,235, 000, and 2.727,000. The total crops were as follows : Texas, 9,901,000 ; other Gulf States. 7,550,000, and Atlantic States. 6,700,000 . An interesting feature of the state? ment is that i he amount brought into sight daring February this year in the group of Atlantic States was 5,199 bales larger than last year, the en?ire decrease for the monta having been in the Gulf States and Texas, the former of which fell behind 12, 128 bales and the latter 63,510 bales Compared with February, 1894, the Tsxa8 crop brought into sight was 36,667 bales more ; other Gulf States, 62,526 more, and Atlantic States 60,044 bales more ; and com? pared with February, 1893, the Texas crop brought ioto sight was 20,565 bales less ; other Gulf States, 7,978 bales more, and Atlantic States, 95,857 bales more. Another interesting point is that decrease in the movement for the 6i*x months from September, 1895, to the close of February. Under the last 50 per cent, was in Texas ; 22 Jper cent, in other Gulf States, and 28 per cent, in the Atlantic States. DEFINITION OP A DAM PHOOL. A damfool is not a fool under the sun, but one who has crawled into a hole and left his heels yet in evidence. A fool is a harmless idiot ; bui a dam fool is au idiot io the way of civiliza? tion, a fool, in fine, who dams civiliza? tion. Most folks have had spells oi damfoolishness, bat some people never get over it. Chicago Will Grin. New York's "Blue and Gray Parade Scheme Pails. ! New York, March 12 -The com { mittee of citizens headed by the Hon ! Chas. A. Dana, associated to make ar ! rangements fora reunion of Union and ! Confederate war veterans which was t.o j have been held in this city on July 4, i and a parade of tne boys in blue and j gray which was intended to be a fea j ture of the celebration to emphasize the I disappearance of sectional feelings be ? tween the north and soutb, has finally determined to allow the project to die a natural death. The opinion of Ivan N. Walker, commander-in-chief of the ! Grand Army of thc Republic put a j quietus on the movement so far as the ? Grand Army of the Republic as a body I was ooocerned. The committee theb considered the advisability of askiog the war veterans of the north, irrespec? tive of their affiliations with the Grand Army to take part io the parade, and some correspondence ensued, but the re? sult was not satisfactory for, although ! m?ny favorable replies were received | from individuals, expressing approval of the projec and their intention to take part in the parade as individuals, there were so few responses from organiza? tions of veterans that it was apparent that the demonstration would not be of a sufficiently representative character,so the matter has been dropped. Col John J. Garnett, an ex Con? federate soldier who was secretary of the committee, when spoken to to-day about the abandonment of the project said : "I regret very muoh that the commit? tee has been compelled to drop the mat? ter. It was intended to he a fraternal and patriotic demonstration which would have been of lasting benefit to this city and the country at large. But in the face of the'violent opposition expressed by the commander-in-chief of the grand army and his prohibition to the posts to take part in the parade, it could not be carried to a successful issue. The Confederate veterans felt themselves io- ? suited by the attitude and words of the commander-in-chief of the grand army and, under the circumstances, they would not come north to take part as a body in a parade such as was projected It is a most unfortunate outcome of a weli-meant and entirely laudrble pro? ject. The date of the annual reunion cf the Confederate veterans which was originally fixed for May 22, 28 and 24, was changed to June 30, July ? aud 2, so as to give the veterans an opportu? nity to come north from Richmond to take part io the parade of the blue and gray, which was scheduled for July 4, ? but now maoy Confederate veteran camps throughout the south Have adopted resolutions asking Geo. Gor? don, the commander of ?he organisa? tion, to again change the date so ?hat the reunion may be held at the ori?/i J nai dates in May So the eomjjkree determined that the best thing r..,be done was to let the whole matter dr>?>>.*' SHE HAS GONE, Tho litt'e alleged filibusterer, i\mi- j modore. which ha?? been exercising ? the pubiic of Charleston for sume j weoks past by her prolonged stay in j this port, steamed ont of the harbor at twelve minutes after 6 o'clock yes terday morning Application had | been made the evening before to the ! pilot's office for "? piiot to take the i little steamer down to the sea. and Pilot Peters was assigned to do so The theories as to why the Corn modore remained so long at Charles- ! ton are a6 numerous as the sands in f the sea Everyone of those 6omi- j amphibious beings who haunt the wharves has a different one, and each knows his to be the only truo and correct one of the lot. All the rest characterized as "bosh/' The consensus of opinion ?S, how? ever that the Commodore will not go to Cuba at all, but will transfer her cargo There was a rumor in the city yesterday to the effect that a number of prominent Cuban leaders who have been in the United States went on board the Commodore late night before last, and are r?ow on their way back to the "Ever Faithful j Isle" at the rate of thirteen knots an hour. The Commodore ie "no slouch on speed," as ber handsome captain (Hughes) remarked to a re porter for the Newe and Courier just after her arrival here, and can dis? tance any revenue cutter in service on this coast. The friends of Capt. Hughes in this city will be relieved to hear that it is believed that he has really gone to Liberia with his ship load of negro colonists and is not mixed up with any filibustering business just now. -IVeics and Courier, March 12. ! "E" 's All Right, After Ail. i An exchange says "e" is the most I unfortunate letter in the English al ? phabet, because it is never io cash, ! never out of debt, and never out of j danger. The aforesaid exchange for ! gets that the letter <4c" is uever in war, ! but always in peace. It is thc begin . ning of existeoce, the commencement of ease and the end of trouble. With? out it there would be no bread, no meat no meal, no water, no beer, no gospel, DO hell, BO heaven, no newspapers and no advertising. It is always in mar? riage, and yet remains in single bless? edness. A HEROINE. In 1864 Cornelius Horn and his wife Lucinda were living in Edge field county, near Kirksey's. They had only one son, VV. F. Horn, who was grown up. Both men enlisted in Co. K., I4t?i S. C., regiment They were poor, had no home of their own, and as these three composed the family, the mother relnsed to re? main alone in her loneliness, with no j means of support, while her son and I husband went to the front She ac j cordingly accompanied them, was j enlisted, and remained with them until near the close of the war. The j son was very severely wounded, and j she brought him back from Virginia ? and nursed him at the home of some | relatives She met bravely all the hardships incident to Confederate camp life. She did all in her power in nursing the sick and wounded in camp, on the march, on the battle? field, and everywhere that she could help a suffering soldier. Uer son died a few years ago of wounds re? ceived in battle. Last Satujday she passed to her reward at the home of her grandson in Augusta Her re- I mains passed through Greenwood on I Sunday, and she was buried at Chest nut Hill, beside the son she followed | so faithfully throughout the entire war. She was 82 years old, and has left her husband behind to mourn her loss.-Greenwood Journal. A Giant Fraud. New York, March 10.-Detectives of j the district, attorney's of?;ce this after- j noon arrested Graham McAdams, who I was indicted several days ago for lar ceny in connection with the Lloyds fire insurance companies. McAdams is charged with issuiog bogus charters for Lloyds fire int-urauce companies and selling them. Indictments were also found against two other men, hui these have not yet been arrested. It is said that the premiums of the fraudulent companies ?D one year amounted to $5. 000,000 and that there were 120'bogus companies organized. The attorneys declare that McAdam is interested' in 15 or 20 of them. The specific charges which have been incorporated into- t'be two indictment!? were both charges- of, grand larceny in the second degree ia selling bogus Lloyds charters. The j methods adopted by the conspirators in< ; issuing the bogue charters was to ante date them so that it would appear that i they were issued prior to 1892. This .; would relieve the bogus company from paying the deposits of $10,000 as re- j quired roto the state department of ia-: surance and of the necessity of having j $25,0{M?> of subscribed stock. Late j this afternoon, the prisoner was taken [ before Judge Newbnrger in general [ sessions chambers and committed to ; the Tomb.*. Mobile, AU., March II -Fire this! afternoon ?estroyed the fertilizer ware- ! house and elevator and upper wharf cotton shed belonging to the Mobile j & Ohio railroad company, and 3,680! bales of cotton stored in the>h?d await-? ing shipment to Liverpool. The fire ? started in tbs midst of the cotton ?cd ! spread from end to esd of the shed in- j stan tly. With great dimculty the . British steamship Corso, lying in the ? slip-siongdsid-e was moved out into the ; ricer. Sh'! h;id 24,000 pounds of pow- : der and 300" barrels of pot roi ea tn or- ! board. The British ;-bip Van Loo and ; the British burl: Ivitly and the Ameri- : can schooner C D. Hall were rescued i from tho slip adjoin in ?j thc fir?t slip on j the south. The Hali was slightly dam-j aged. Lo.^s On bandings and wharf is ? about ?21,9'0O, and on the cotton ? about $100,000 ; covered by insurance, j blanket policies. Paints, Lamps and a large stock of Feue j Powder, also Stamps and Postal Cards at j cost. China's drug store. Mr. J. W. Hindmam Fort Lawn, 8. C Best For the Blood Hood's Proved Its Merit-Eczema Cured. "I have used Hood's Sarsaparilla and know it is the best medicine for the blood I have ever taken. Two years ago I had a sore on one of my limbs below the knee. I Spent Many Dollars for medical attendance and treatment but all in vain. At last a friend urged me to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. 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