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The Southern Exposition.
What Walsh Says About the
Expositon Situation,
Augusta, May 26.-To the People
of the South :
On account of the great interest
manifested in the reported postpone?
ment of the Southern States' expo?
sition of Chicago and in respnse to
numerous telegraphic inquiries, 1
make the following statement :
The announcement of the postpone?
ment of the Southern States' exposi?
tion at Chicago on account of the
Tennessee Centennial was totally
unauthorized by the advisory board.
Neither the chairman nor the sec?
retary of the board authorized any
such statemeut. The dispatch sent
out from Chicago last night by the
Associated Press that the secretary of
the board at Augusta made such a pro?
position in the interest of the Ten?
nessee Centennial is wholly unfound?
ed. Before my departure for
Washington last week in the interest
of the exposition, I wrote a letter to
Major J. W. Thomas, president of
the Tennessee Centenial, who was i
until recently the Tennessee member I
of the advisory board, deprecating
the inaction of Tennessee. In this
letter, I informed Major Thomas that
if Tennessee was hostile or indiffer?
ent to the Southern States exposition, j
1 would resign my position as chair- :
man forthwith The answer to this j
letter confirmed me in the belief that
nothing had been done in Tennessee,
and Major Thomas informed me that
it would be impossible to prepare
Tennessee's exhibit in three months
I was in Washington when Major
Thomas' reply to my letter reached |
Augusta. On its receipt, General j
Manager Debarard and Mr. Thomas j
K. Scott, who had taken an active i
interest in the exposition, visited !
Major Thomas in Nashville The re- !
suit of their visit is briefly summed j
up in the statement that Major I
Thomas went with the Augusta dele- i
gation before the Tennessee commis- j
stoners, advocated the Southern ex- !
position, and agreed to subscribe $1,- j
OOO to the fund
"Mr. Debarard came on to Wash- j
ington and explained the situation i? i
Tennessee.
"I returned to Augusta last
Wednesday to find that ll appoint?
ments had been made for me in
Georgia by President Nesbitt of the
Georgia Exposition company. I was
not satisfied with the general situa?
tion, and my appointments were
postponed. On my return from
Washington, I found an official notice
from the chairman of the Chicago
committee that the south must have
exhib? bi ts from nine States This
was the agreement entered into at
Chicago A prominent citizen of
Chicago wrote me confidentially that
he thought the Chicago management
would be satisfied with exhibits from
seven State ? could onlv see in
sight exhibits from four States, sup
plemented by exhibits from the
Southern railway, the Mobile and
Ohio and the Georgia railway.
Under these circumstances, with a
notification from Chicago that the
management there would have to be
definitely informed of the south's
action by the 25tn, I issued a call for a
meetting of the southern advisory
committee to be held in Augusta on
Thursday next. I wired the Chicago
management of the Augusta meeting
and invited Chairman Lawrence to
be present, or to send a delegation,
as the meeting was important. In
response to this, Chairman Lawrence
wires today: "The committee
deem it unnecessary to be represent
ed on Thursday. Have written "
I have not been officially?uotified
of the postponement of the exposi?
tion by the Chicago exposition com- j
pany. If the Southern Exposition
is a failure, it would be a perversion
of the truth to place the blame on i
the merchants of Chicago, who have
made the most public spirited and
most liberal offer ever made to ad?
vertise the products and resources of
the south. If the proposed south
ern exposition fails, let us place the
responsibility where ' it belongs, on !
the citizens of the States who have !
failed to avail themselves of Chicago's !
unexampled opportunity to advertise j
the varied products and unrivalled |
natural bounties of the Southern j
States.
I have given three months' time to
the Southern States exposition of
Chicago, and I feel that the work has
not been in vain.
Patrick Walsh,
Chairman. !
Struck By Lighting.
NEWBERRY. May, 26.-Ebenezer P. |
Chalmers, a respectable farmer of Jala
pa, was found dead in bis wagon under
a tree at J. G. Rikards' half mile from
town, this afternoon after a thunder-;
storm had passed along. It is supposed
that ho took refuge from the storm on his
way home, and was struck by lightning
He was a good citizen and was a mern
ber of the legislature in 18^6, and af?
terwards clerk of court of this county
John S. Mosby lil,
SAX FRANCISCO, May 26 -Col. John
S. Mosby, the famous guerrilla chief, is
critically ill here. He is suffering from
appendicitis.
Cleveland For Economy.
Vetoes the River and Harbor
Appropriation Bili.
WASHINGTON, Maj 29 -The follow?
ing message was sent to the house
President Cleveland this afternoon ve?
toing the river anti harbor biil:
To the H"use of Representatives:
I return herewith approval house
bill No 7 977. entitled "an act making
appropriations for construction, repair
and preservation nf certain public works
on rivers and harbors and for other pur?
poses."
There are 417 items of appropriation
contained in this bili and every part, of
the country is represented in the distri?
bution of its favors It directly appro?
priates or provides for the immediate
expenditure of nearly $14.000.000 for
river and harbor work. This sum is
in addition to appropriations contained
in another bili for similar purposes
amounting to litt!? more than ?3,000,
000 which have already been favorably
considered at the present sps?ioo of
congress The result is that the con?
templated immediate expenditures for
the objects mentioned amount to about
?17.000 000.
A more s?a<"tling feature of this bill,
is its authorization of contracts for river
and harbor work, amounting to more j
rhan $62.000;000. though- the pay. j
ments on these contracts are in most
cases so distributed, that they are not j
to be met by future appropriations. I
More than ?3,000.000 on their account j
are included in direct appropriations j
above mentioned Of the remainder,
nearly ?20.000.000 will fall due dub?
ing the fiscal year ending June 30,
1S9S, and amounts somewhat less in
the years immediately succeeding. A
few contracts of a like character, au?
thorized under previous statutes, are
still outstanding, and to meet payments
on these more than ?4.000 000 must
be appropriated in the immediate fu?
ture.
If. therefore, this bill becomes a law,
the obligations which wili be imposed
on the government, together with the
appropriations made for immediate ex?
penditure on account, of rivers and har?
bors, will amount above $80,000.000.
Nor is this ali. The bill directs numer?
ous purveys and examinations which
contemplate new work "and further con- J
tracts, and which portend largely ir.- j
creased expenditures and obligations |
There is no ground to hope that io the
face of pere-istent and growing de?
mands, the aggregate of appropriations
for the smaller schemes not covered by
contracts will be reduced or even re?
main stationary.
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1898, such appropriations, together
with the installments on con?
tracts which wili fall due in that year,
can hardly be less than thirty millions
of dollars ; and it may reasonably be
apprehended that the prevalent tendency
toward increased expenditures of this
sort and the concealment which post?
poned payments afford for extravagance,
will increase the burdens chargeable to
thif* account in succeeding years.
In view of the obligation imposed
upon me by the Constitution, it seems
to me quite clear that I only diecbarga
a duty to our people when I interpose
my disapproval of the legislation pro?
posed
Many of the objects for which it ap?
propriates public money are not related
to the public welfare, and many of
them are palpably for the benefit of
limited localities or in aid of individual
interests. On the face of the bill, it
appears that not a few of these alleged
improvements have been so improvi?
dently planned and prosecuted that
after an unwise expenditure of millions
of dollars, new experiments for their
accomplishment have been entered
upon.
While those entrusted with the man?
agement of public funds in the interest
of all the peple can hardly justify ques?
tionable expenditures for public work
by pleading the opinions of engineers
or others as to the practicability of
such work, it appears that some of the
projects for which appropriations are
proposed in this bill have been entered
upon without the approval or against j
objections made by them after examin- i
ing the gronnds.
I learn from official sources that there
are appropriations contained in the bill
to pay for work which private parties
have actually agreed with the govern?
ment to do in consideration of their oc?
cupancy of public property.
Whatever items of doubtful propriety
may have escape observation or may j
have been tolerated in previous execu- !
tive approvals of similar bills, I am con?
vinced that the bill now under consid?
eration opens the way to insidious and
increasing abuses and is in itself so ex?
travagant as to be especially unsuited
to these times of depressed business
and resulting disappointment in govern- ?
ment revenue. Thin consideration is ?
emphasized by the prospect that the |
public treasury will be confronted with i
other appropriations made at the pres- j
ont session of congress amounting to !
more than ?500.000,000.
Individual economy and careful ex- j
penditure are sterling virtues which lead
to thrift and comfort. Economy and
and exaction of clear justification for j
the appropriation nf public moneys by
the servants of the people are net only,
virtues but solemn obligations. To the
extent that, appropriations contained in
this bill are instigated by private inter?
ests and promote local or individual :
projects, their allowance cannot fail to !
stimulate a vicious paternalism and en- j
courage a sentiment among our people |
already too prevalent that their attach- J
ment to our government may properly '
rest upon the hope and expectation of
direct and especial favors, and that ?he
extent to which they are realized may
furni>h an estimate oi the value of gov?
ernmental care.
I believe no greater danger confronts
us as a nation than the uuhappy deca?
dence among our people of gen?- ?e
and trustworthy love and aff; ",;,%ns ">r
our government and the emt. ,ent
of highest ano best aspirations of hu?
manity and not as the giver of gif;e,
and because its mission is the enforce?
ment of exacf justice and uot the allo?
wance of uniair favoritism
I hope I may bcj permitted to surest
at a time when the insue of government
bonds to maintain ?he credit and finan?
cial standing ol the country is a sub?
ject of criticism, th at the contrefs
provided (or in this bill would create
obligations of the United States amount-,
ing to S62.000.000, no less binding;
than its bond- for that sum
Grover'Cleveland
Executive Mansion, May 29. 139G
Weyler Takes Water.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-The protest
made by Secretary Olney agaiost Gap
tain General Weyler's prohibition of to?
bacco exports from Habana bas been sue* j
cessful. He has officially been informed
that all contracts for Cuban leaf to- ?
bacco entered in time before the publi
cation of the order prohibiting its ex
portatiou will be respected ' and that!
citizens of the United State? proviog I
themselves to be bona fide owners of I
such tobacco prior to the promulgation |
of the order, will be permitted to ex- I
port the same as heretofore.
The removal of the prohibition will j
preveLfc further friction between the j
governments of Spai? and the United
States The word "protest" has beeo
used in reference to the representation
made to Spain on the subject by Secre?
tary Olney, but the expression is a lit- j
tie too rad.cal. Mr. Omey having con- I
fined fein statements to the ordinary :
diplomatic language employed in mak
ing a request for a redress of alleged
grievances. It is clear, however, that
the Spanish government intends to
allow the prohibition to stand, and that 1
contracts for leaf tabacco made by
American citizens after the captain i
general's order will not avail to secure
the shipment of the tobacco from Cuba. |
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Charleston's Chance.
She Seems About to Grasp an
Opportunity.
CHARLESTON. May 29.-Representa?
tives of the Security Construction Com?
pany returned to the city from New
York this morning, having drawn up
contracts there for the building of a
line of road from Charleston to Allen?
dale at once, and for the ultimate con?
struction of 175 miles of road further
west. The enterprise is a big one, and
only wants the endorsement of the con?
struction company's directors, which is
oertain to be given, to be put into ope
ratioo. The deal means much more
than the mere building of the road to
Allendale. The Port Royal and Au?
gusta and the Port Royal and Western
Carolina roads, owned by Messrs.
Thomas aod Ryan, and the Greenwood,
Anderson and Western, with its exten?
sion now in course of construction, are
to be consolidated -with the new line.
Wheo the new system is completed it
w'lll own a?d operate together in the i
interest of Charleston over 600 miles of i
rails. It is proposed to have the road I
to Allendale completed before the firsf :
of November, the contract fer construc?
tion, which has beeD given to Messrs. j
Strong & Co , of New York, calling for
ic to be finished in 120 days. The j
Charleston Construction company. Gen.
Sam Thomas and Mr. Ryan, Sol. Haas, ;
Coi. Mike Brown and other prominent1
railroad men, will all be interested in
the new system,. The people of the
city are enthusiastically io favor of the
enterprise, and it is considered to be
the biggest thing that has happened for j
Charleston in a quarter of a century.
BOUGHT T1IK PORT ROYAL.
NEW YORK, May 99.-Gen. Samuel I
Thomas said that be and Thomas F I
Rayan, as individuals, had purchased
the better part of the first mortgage
bonds of the Port Royal and Augusta ;
railroad, and would reorganize the i
property. The road would not be
leased to the Ceotral Railroad of Geor- j
gia ; it could not be under the Consti
tutioD of the State of South Carolina.
It would be operated ia the South Caro
lina system. . !
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our display of up to date jew?
elry.
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Machinery.
MW OR SECOND HAND.
Parties having second hand machinery for sale will do well to confer with us.
We have several bargains on haod now in this line for those who wiso to buy.
The Cheraw Machine Works
In addition to making machinery manufacture about the best Tobacco Barn
Flues to be bad anywhere, at very low prices.
H. B. Bloom.
We have a Pisstoo Saw Gummer for sale at a sacrifice.
NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Probably the last chance of
the season. One car load
Horses and Mules will ar?
rive about March 23d.
!
j Sumtrr, S. C., March 20, 1S96.
The Sumter
Music House,
NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE.
I
; Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines
j of the befit grade sold cheap for cash
j or on easy terms. Old ones taken in
exchange for new ones.
!
CLEANING AND REPAIRING
DONE PROMPTLY.
We also keep
NEEDLES, OILS,
And pirts of every Sewing Machine.
We have some rare bargains in
Pianos, Organs andiSewing Machines.
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Jan 8. Manager.
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October 16-o