Hixson to HubbelL
He Blakes a Statement About
the Rebate Matter.
from The St??e.
In The State yesterday morning
there was published a card from Mr
Hubbell, who had been charged with
offering Col. Mixson ?562 bi) a car?
load in whiskey7 rebates fer purchas?
ing his XXX goods Mr Ilubbeifs
card was full of plain English and
was a flat denial pf the charge
Now Col Mixson comps to the
front and make a statement in regard
to the matter in which he throws
some more light on the inside work
ings of the dispensary He inti
mates, too, that Mr. Hubbell is "a
r liar" if he means what he says He
tells of a good deal of money that
was wasted before he took charge
and states that nearly all the whis
key used before his advent was pur
chased from the Mill Creek people
But here is Col. Mixson's card to
speak for itself :
COLUMBIA, S C , Aug 6, 1896.
To the Editor of The State : In
your issue oi^to day you have a card
signed Mill Creek Distilling Co.,
Geo. Hubbell, secret iv. in which he
concludes as follows . * If Commis
sioner Mixson says I ever offered
him. directly or indirectly, a dollar
in any shape whatever he states what
is absolutely false."
I have been drawn into this very
reluctantly and had hoped that the
matter had blown over aird I would
not be required to say anything, but
-? as a man who is jealous of his honor
and one who is not afraid to resent
an insult, I am forced to make the
follow statement of facts :
I have been connected with the
dispensary since the first conception ,
of the scheme and was in charge
under Senator Tillman's directiou !
when the building wa3 being put in j
fix for bottling, Mr. Traxler, then the j
commissioner, being at his home in j
Tirnmonsville, quite ill with typhoid j
fever. After Mr Trailer's recovery I
and return, 1 was retained in the j
capacity of superintendent, which I
position I held until Mr. Traxler te j
signed, and I was honozed with the
appointment
During my term as superintendent
I naturally discovered that the bulk j
of the whiskies bottled by us was
purchased from Mill Creek through !
Mr Geo. Habbell? who was frequent?
ly down here I also discovered
that in making these purchases Mr
Hubbell, or Mill Creek, I should say,
was requiring and being paid an in-1
terest on them after 30 days, each 30
days .ailing for more or bigger in?
terest
On being appointed commissioner
in January, 1S95 and being in pos- j
session of these facts of interest- j
bearing accounts, and not intending
relieving Mr. Traxler ti-1 Feb 1st, I
commenced to look around and see
if I could not do something better
for the State and save, at least, the
thousands and thousands of dollars
being paid in interest to Mill Creek
About Jan 20, some 10 days or per- j
haps more before I took charge, Mr. j
Hnbbell showed up and was anxious
to ascertain if I intended to continue ?
the trade willi him. My reply was, :
' That depends.r He asked, "De-j
'pends on what?'" I replied "On
you ; I want the same whiskies or
better, at the same prices or less I
with 5 per cent off as discount or j
rebate " He seemed to be utterly ?
dumbfounded and exeiaia>e<? : ' Do !
you want the earth V 1 replied,
.'No. but this I want, and this ? in
tend to have.'7 He went on to say
that my proposition was one that he ?
iior noone else could entertain and j
wanted to know if I had calculated j
the 5 per cent off Ile inquired i
when I would be in the market for j
purchases, and upon being told that :
it wouid take several days after Feb j
1st to make the transfer, he asked me ?
again for the purchases, if I should
need anything before he returned in
February. I told him, -'Only on my i
terms "
On assuming the duties, Feb 1,1'
very soon discovered that I needed i
some Bourbon whiskies and wired j
him : "Same whiskey, same price, 5 ?
off ; send me X and XX Burbon." I ?
received a wire in reply : "Will ship I
at once " A few days after this I j
received a letter saying : "Your tele- j
gram ordering Bourbon received, ;
and knowing from its being a wire j
that yon wore in need, we hasten to j
make shipment, but we cannot give j
you the terms, &c." I immediately j
wired him : "Order cars back ; won't
receive them only on my terms." In j
a few hours I received a wire : ' Cars ;
too far advanced to order back ; re !
ceive them cn your terms " In due j
course the cars arrived and were re- j
ceived. Bill for same came in with !
5 per cent, off aud was paid.
I do not recollect when nor how
often Mr. Hubbell came to see me in j
the few months that followed before1
the following occurred :
He asked me to take him into the
sample room and show him the XXX
rye that I was purchasing 1 did so.
and while in there alone, he and I,
he offered me his XXX rye at the
same price he had formerly sold it to
the dispensary with thc interest on,
for the same price per gallon IO per
cent discount ; and, ii my memory '
serves me correctly, he made the
following calculation there and then :
Cost ?2.25 per g*l ; 10 per cent, off,
makes 22| ceuts per gai-; 50 gal?
lons to a barrel makes ?11 25 and 50
barrels to a car makes ?562 50 I
j said, "Will you put this discount
: on the invoices and let it show up
I regularly ?" He replied that he could
j not do so ; that he was a member of
! the trust, but for me to pay the in?
voices at the regularly price of $2 25
per galllon and he would return me
.the 10 per cent off in cash. This I
refused to do and no purchase has
been made from him by me
There are the facts in the case and
includes all I have said as to Mr.
f HubbeH's offer to tne If he says
any part of it is untrue he is a liar
F M. Mixson.
ASKING FOR LIGHT
The following: card from a Reform
j member of the lecent consuitutional
convention appeared in the Register
yesterday morning :
Editor Register : At the campaign
meeting in Barnwell I saw that Mr
Duncan stated that Mr Mixson had
said that Tillman, or that Governor
Evans said he had 'filled his pockets
with rebates " I am a Reformer and
was among the first to espouse the
Reform cause and'accept B R Till
man as its leader. It am a Reformer
j from principle. I wa6 actuated from
a law of justice to step over on the
side of the masses and demand their
! rights I wanted to see bv the votes
! oflhe people that any man could get
I office if he was honest and intel
J iigent enough to fill the position,
j Prior to 1890 it had almost reached
that point where pedigree was the
only passport toofEce and positions
of 'tust ?t is the love of country j
I that actuates me now to ask, yes, to
j demand of Mr. Mixson, who is him
j self a receipient of wages from the
people of our State1, to answer in
full if the charges against Governor
I Evans recited and preferred by Mr
! Duncan at Barnwell are false in toto
or whether any patt of the .charges j
be true. ? believe Mr Mixson will
gire the answer without faltering und I
without any attempt to evade, and j
such an answer the people demand j
This is no time for men in public
trust to hide crime, if crime exists,
committed by others, when we have
plenty of Reformers in the State who
are pure enough and sufficiently com
petent to fill any position. We are
not dependent on any men for party
Rake If the charges ate without
foundation then Mr Mixson has al
ready waited too long and should be
glad of an opportunity to give his
pun?c denial I'would not ask this
question but for the fact that it has
been published that "Mr. Mixson was
on the stand" when they were prefer?
red 8nd did not deny them then and
there Besides they bear on the
pride of our party when it is charged
that' Tillman filled his pockets with
rebates "
I, as a Reformer and citizen, have
a right to ask these questions and j
the people of this State have a right j
to know if Governor Evans made ?
such statements We take them as
an insult and if they are false Mr
Duncan should be made to hold up.
R. F Stackhouse.
Oswego, S. 0 , Aug. 4, 1896
When the above was shown to
Gol Mixson iie declined to say any?
thing in regard to it
Chances at Clemson.
Provision Made for a Long !
Summer Vacation.
Special io ice ?Stt?t-.
Fort Hill, Aug 7-The board of j -
visitors of Clemson college to day I
submitted the following report to the ,
trustees :
To the Board ot Trustees o? tbs !
Clemson Agricultural College of j
South Carolina : ! (
Wethe undersigned members of
the board of visitors after instituting:
inquiry into the working condition of j
the college would suggest to your j
board the changes which may be I}
necessary for its improvement. ! 1
1 The two gian-i divisions of the jc
soils and climates of the State are j *
divided by a line drawn from Au-!c
gusta to Columbia, thence to Cam- I ;
den and Cheraw. There is nov/ only . ^
one agricultural experiment station j 1
for tlie whole State, xia : At Clem \L
son, and in ord"r that all the people jc
of the State should receive the bene \1
fit of the fund granted by the United ? 1
States we would recommend that ii'!1
practicable another agricultural ex : *
p?riment station be established south ! *
of the above line under the charge : *
and supervision of the college ! 1
2. We would suggest that some conj ? 1
staut and pregnant experiment be ?
made by the expenment station in j I
crops and plants and the results there-11
of be brought to the notice of the 1
farmers by bulletins jc
3. That at some p ri od of each 1
year a short practical course of;l
lectures in agriculture bc given at j '
each counly seat to tne .farmers of 1
the county upon the plan commonly : (
known as university extension lee f
lures 1
4 That the military feature be ?
strictly limited to what is necessary
for proper discipline and tactics in *
ordei that more time and attention 1
be given to the purposes for which c
the college was founded.
5. That the college be supplied and *
equipped with the best cleciaic ap- j '
pa rat us and especial attention bo : 1
given to a complete and through
course in the science of electricity
The enormous increase of all manu
facting industries in the State and
the necessity of motive power furn?
ished by electricity require that we
should have the best electrical as
well as mechanical experts to supply
our needs.
6. In order to avoid the expense of
fuel for creating moi ve power for the j
college we would urge the necessity j
of at once making arrangements to
generate electricity by water and
transmit the power to the college
necessary to run its machinery.
7 That the library of the college
be placed in the building by itself
away from the noise of its present
location and avoiding the risk of loss
by fire.
8. That the road to Cherry's cros?
sing be made on a better grade and
more suitable for an enterance to the
college*
9. That the telegraph station at
Calhoun be connected at once with
the college by telephone
10 That the bath room in the
hospital be better fitted up and an
additional bath tub on rollers be
furnished
11 The term of the college should
be nine months beginning with the
first of October and ending on the
30th of June giving three months
vacation during the hot months, thus
saving the health of thc students and
the expense of travel caused by the
present system of holidays.
12 That nine affirmative votes in |
the board of trustees should be j
necessary to elect or remove a pro j
fessor and such votes shall be re- \
quired to appropriate money in any i
case.
13. that such manual labor, farm {
woik, work in the experiment sta- j
lion, be done by the students as is j
consistent with the proper intellec- j
tual training required by an agiicul |
tm al and mechanical college.
14 That in order to properly carry j
ont the intention of the article of the !
laws requiring a "rigid examination'' '
by the board of visitors and a report jc
to the board of trustees al its annual
meeting more time should be allowed !
the board
Tiij board of visitors are charged j
with the duty.of visiting the college
the last Wednesday in August the
same day as we are informed the
board of trustees hold their annual
meeting to which we are to report
lt ?6 impossible to make even a j
proper inquiry into the working con?
dition of an institution of such mag?
nitude and doing such a large and
splendid wotk and conferring auch
inestimable benefits on our people in
the short time of only one day.
Respectfully submitted,
G I). Tillman, chairman ; J. B i
Watson, B F. Miller, Julian Mitch-;
ell, Jas. M Moss.
Attest : Ja6 M. Moss, Secretary.
At the meeting of the trustees
to-day the first matter considered
was that of promoting Mr F S
Shiver, assistant instructor in the
chemical department and increasing j
his salary. This was agreed to.
The vacation matter, touched on
in my special of the 5th, was then
taken up, and it was finaiiy decided
to limit the term to nine months in
stead ef 10 as heretofore provided,
the session to last from October 1 to
June 30, in accordance witj? the j
board of visitors' suggestion It
was decided also to erect an electric ;
laboratory ; and to strengthen the I
agricultural department by the eiec-1 :
tion of two assistant instructors
Mr. George D. Tillman's address;
on '-Winter Grasses and Forage j i
Fiants for the South*' was the most : i
interesting, instructive and eloquent j i
address on agriculture I evr-r heard. ; j
Ile spoke for more than an hour. ! ;
Contracts for uniforms were let to I \
Dehen & Co., of Baltimore, who had i ?
!ho contract a year ago.
3rder a Court-Martial. Gov
ernor.
lt has been publicly charged by Gen. |
ftichbourg at nearly every mass meet- j 1
ng ia the State during ihe present j !
tanapaign that Adjutant and Inspector j <
General John Gary Waits has been ! '
Iruok whiie wearing the uniform of the . <
?tate and he has not denied ?he charge, j ;
indeed, he has admitted the charge as 1 .
iublic'y as it hus been made. By way j 1
;f reply Gen Watts has denounced his ; }
opponent in the most bitter and vicious!
erma and has charged Richbourg in J <
urn with all sorts of offences against ! 1
he moral law. The contest between j
hese two men has been most disgrace- ; I
ul. It is clear that neither one of :
hem is fit for the office to which he as- 1
:?ires and both of them should bs re- j <
ired from thc course The Democratic ; 1
S'ate Executive Committee should not j <
)t?rmit their names to appear on the 1
icketa to be voted at the primary eiec- ; i
ion this mouth and ?bould call for new '<
candidates for the (ff.ee cf Adjutant.
ind Inspector General. We doubt that j
he Committee will t?ke such action.
)ut whatever the Committee shall do : ,
he duty of the Governor aud Cominan
1er in-Chief is clear. He should :
jlaee Gen. Watts io arrest without !
lelay and order a court-martial lo try 1
lim for the offences which he has cou- i
'essedlj committed against. gocJ older
md military discipline The lav; \> ?
>Iain and thc duty of .'be Governor is ;
:icar .
It is made i bc duty of [he Governor ,
0 institute Courts cf inquiry foi the
>arpo?c of cx-?i;ini:;g into thc conduct .
>f any tfficer, a&d it iu P7jr>rc*plv ?om- i*
?sanded that every commissioned officer
for .'conduct unbecoming an officer and
a gentleman, or prejudicial to good or?
der and military dicipline. shall be cash?
iered, disqualified Irom holding any
military commission, fined to an amount
nor exceeding one hundred dollars, or
reprimanded.etc etc. it is further
proviied that "any officer who is found
drunk on his guard, party or other duty
shall be dismissed from the srvice."
It is ?he Governor's duty, aa Com?
mander- in-Chief to institute a Court of
inquiry, into the conduct ef Gen Watts
-be should have instituted such a
Court long ago ; and he should uot
neglect any longer so obvious a duty
which ia also an opportunity. But if
be should fail to do his duty it would
be compliant fur the commaudirig officer
of a division or a brigade to institute
such an inquiry as is contemplated by
law.
South Carolina has had reason to be
proud of its militia r od there is not a
soldier in the State who should not in?
sist avon a full investigation of Geo
Watt-.' conduct. No soldier who has
been guilty of unsoldicriy behavior
should be permitted to hold any mili?
tary office in the State The law is
clear, the offences charged against
Gen. Waits have been admitted by bim
what will the Commander-in-Chief do
about ii?-News and Courier.
Bacillen'* Arnica Salve.
Tbs Best Salve in thc world for Cutd, Sruiees
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fevor Soros, Tetter
Chapped . Chilblains, Ceras ?ac s I
D Emption*., :?.-? punitively curas ??cs
pty rso-.tired. lt >? ?rssratt-jo-l to give per
'? ? satisfaction, or money refunded. .nrie?
52 ?sis par ?M tv Dr J. F W Dc
Good News for McKinley.
Gold Standard Democrats
Meet and Decide to Cali a
Convention to Put
Out a third
Ticket.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 7 -The con?
ference of the sound money Demo?
crats fully met the expecations of its
promoters There were 33 States
represented and about 200 Democrats
from all over th inntry were in at?
tendance. Tho ??i the most famous
polrticans of the party were absent,
this fact did not dampen the ardor or
determination of those present to-go
ahead and put in the field a ticket
and platform that would represent
what they believe to be the real tenets
of the Democratic party of the coun?
try. The conference reflected in a
large measure the ciass of Democrats
it represented ; that is, the business
element. They did not come here to
make great speeches or to play at
politics and went at their work in a
business like way without wastt of
time in contests for honor or prelim?
inary manceuvreing An informal
conference was held at noon, which
was not open to the public, the pur
pose of which was to bring into line
the members from Texas, Georgia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Maine,
who came here with the, impression
that a third ticket would probably
do more harm than good by dividing
he sound money forces o? the con?
ference At this conference speeches
were made by Gen. Buckner of Ken?
tucky, Mr Unthwaite of Ohio, Mr.
Wilson of" Indiana and Mr. Ewing of
of Illinois, demonstrating the fact
that in their Stales a third ticket was
necessary in order that the Sv.-und
money Democrats might have some
rallying point, semething to fight for
?nd to nuke a campaign for They
declared that in their section of coun?
try, where every inch of political
ground has been fought over year by
year, there is more ia apolitical name
than in a political principle with the ;
average voter, and large numbers of j
Democrats who would be inclined to i
vole for a sound money Democratic !
ticket would swallow Bryan and \
ihe Chicago platform eventually
rather than vote the Republican
licket j
Before the conference anded at j
noon, all opposition to the calling of j
another Convention was withdrawn j
and it was agreed tiiat the meeting of |
the committee in the afternoon and i
evening should be public. It was
?Iso formally agreed that Gen. John j
M Palmer, of Illinois, should be
nade permanent chairman of tho pro-,
visional committee.
Talks among the delegates exhibit- j
?d much confidence in the success of |
:he sound money movement.
The action of the committee was j
larmonious and was quickly taken, j
The afternoon session which was '
presided over by W. D Bynum, last- ?
i? but an hour, but in that time was ?
t determined to call a convention and
mose Indianapolis as the place.
At the evening session the formal ?
;all for the convention was adopted !
md the date fixed at September 2
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The State ol' South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
- COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
SUMMONS FOE RELIEF.
Complain Nwt Served
Sebastian *TF. James and William J. Janes,
plaintiffs, agaimt Martha A. Ferguson,
lilith. Hogue, Hortense Hill, Ethel Jone",
Carrie Panknin, Gertrude Panknin and
Mattie Ji Panknin, Defendants.
T > tl e Defendants above named :
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action, which
has ?>een tl. is day filed in the office o? the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for *he
Siid County, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the sub?
scribers at heir office in the City of Sumter,
in said County and iStnte, within twenty days
after the service hfretf, exclusive of the day
of such servie*- ; and if you fi il to answer
the complaint within the time aforesaid. th&
plaintiff in this action wili apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the com?
plaint.
Dated at Sumter, vS C , July li, A. D..
189G.
HAYNSWORTH & HAYNSWORTH,
plaintiffs Attorneys.
July 15-6t.
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^ I have got in stock a fall line of Buggies, Ladies' Phaetons, Surreys, Car?
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j Office at Epperson s Livery Stables
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FOR
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Also entire Stock of Toys.
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The Peerless Oil Cooking Stove the latest iuo:iei and t<e^ manufactured. The
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Stove Piping and Tobacco Flues manufacturen to order uf the very bcA mate?
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to be in position to sell the public generally the best buggy,
carriage or wagon in the market for the money. We have now
in stock a pretty line of ali styles of vehicles and harness, and
don't propose to allow anybody to undersell ns for CASH.
Ali we ask you to do, if you need a buggy, carriage,
wagon, or set of harness, is to look at our stock before buying.
Also on hand a car load
Spiral Spring Cortland Carts,
and a car load
Auburn Wagons,
which will also go at lowest ligures for CASH. Come and see
before buying, and we will show you the
Best Assorted Stock
in the city, and charge nothing unless you buy,
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