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More Rascality Exposed. guilty parties are and so do those members of the iepislaiure who wrr*? io Columbia and heard the reports and evidence. I may have made a mistake in not giving this expose sooner, but I have been deceived by these people aud advised by my friends, who assured me that the public took no stock in their statements I may be criticised for not replying sooner, . but ? have injured no one save myself It is with great reluctance that -I do thia now, because I know how it will be used by the enemies of the dispensary law and the Reform move ment. But in justice to my friends who requested, and the public who are attempted to be deceived, I make this statement The parties connected with this matter are not interested in this pri mary but have another tribunal to which they can and must appeal John Gary Evans Accompanying the card is a com? parative statement giving the prices of liquor as paid for by the dispen? sary and the prices that were quoted by Hubbeli for the same brands : Purchases for quarter ending April 30,1895: Corn, 20,615 75 gallons, per gallon, ?1 21, value. ?25,080 24; X bourbon, 5,932 63 gallons, at ?1.40. value, $8,221.60; XX bour? bon* 5,834.03 gallons at ?1 57. val ne, ?9,160.20, X rye, 14,0S5 50 gal? lons at $1.45. value, ?20,423 99: XX rye, 10,606 45 gallons at $1.66, val? ue, ?17,619.24; XXX rve, 5,533 gallons at $2 20. value ?12,143.06; Thompson old rye, 1.S52.76 gallons at $3 25, value, ?6,021 47; gin, 1,403 42 gallons at ?1.34 2-3, value, $1,838.62. Total, $100.558 48. WHAT MIXSON SAYS. A Brief Statement Obtained E??iy Sunday Morning. Co!. Mixson was called out cf bed at 3 o'clock this morning, shown a copy of the card of Governor Evans and asked for a statement of what he had to s?*y at that early hour. Of course it was impossible to give any? thing like a rpply in so brief a space of time. Ooh Mixson, however, penned the following reply : To the Public: lam writing this at 3 25 a m , having just been awak? ened and shown a copy of John Gary Evans' very late exposure ; in fact he thinks, too late to have a re? ply before the election on Tuesday. Be that as it may, and should it be so, I will promise the people to have a reply as soon as it can be prepared This.hotvever, will be too late. In the mean time, I have only time to state the following, as ?he papers are waiting to go to press, it being al? ready after their hour I was appointed and tooK charge of the dispensary on February 1,1895 Soon after this I was in Governor Evan's office.and in talking about pur? chasing whiskies he said to rae^'Don't you buy from Mill Creek for the peo? ple are saying that Tillman and Trax? ler received rebates from them and it must be so else how could Tillman meet his expenses with one daughter in Virginia at school, a son at Clem? son, and living as he does." This occurred only a few days after my appointment, when we all were certainly in a good fellowship I went immediately to VV. D. May field's office and told him of Evans' charge against Tillman and thence to D H. Tompkins. Affidavits from both of these gentlemen will follow ; they now are out of town Were they here I have no time to secure them to-night I am being pressed by the papers, as they must go to press, hence I must stop, but I will go further and say that after that charge against Tillman, things went on smoothly for some time until Hubbell made me the sample room offer, which I re? ported to Governor Evans immedi? ately, and he agreed fully with me in ray construction placed on it. Last fall, and not June as he says, he 6ent for me and peremptorily or? dered me to buy from Mill Creek. This I refused to do and told him I would suffer removal first. Why he should change his mind and order so and why he should cousider Hubbel! such a gentleman ia one of his speech? es may come to light later. I must, before I close or be stopped, say that I have been approached by a great many people and asked to make this statement. I* refused to do so fr?ra the fact that I was present when Duncan made the charge at Barnwell, being opposite Governor Evans on the stand. He did not see lit to deny it then nor call on me to answer it and I have since kept mum on the subject. On Saturday morning, the 29th Aug., while the State Democrat? ic executive committee was in ses? sion, Hon. S. G.i Mayfield called me aside and said that he was just from a conference composed of Senator Till? man, Governor Evans, Senator Efird and I think sheriff Bradham; that it was agreed to ask me to submit to an interview: on being asked what kind of an interview, he said I could say that in that conversation with Evans : he, Evans, twld me Butler made that charge in his campaign against Tillman. I said : "and stop there," he re? plied "yes.'' I refused, ile, (S. G. Mayfield) then went to Hon. Tom? pkins and pulled out the same in writing and begged him to endeavor to get me to sign it. This dont.' seem to be such a surprise as his excellency claims. The* other maners will be taken np ltf*r??aft*?r Th? pressman ?top* mn This is hurriedly Winten und not ie vised. F. M. Mixson. In addition to the above articles. Secretary of State Tompkins, and Mr Duncan Monday gave to the public open letters in reference to the Dispensary scandal and the Sena? torial muddle Dispensary Commis? sioner Misson gives a full statement of his side of the issue raised by Gov Evans Mr. Tompkins goes for Evans with gloves ofl He says that.Evans, as. chairman of the Dispensary board, ran the institution to suit himself, calling no meetings, and thus he (Tompkins) knew nothing whatever about the manner in which the busi? ness was managed, and that, in con? sequence, if there was any rascality, Evans was and is responsible In reference to the rebates received by Mixson's son he differs considerably from the statements made by Evans as the to circumstances surrounding and succeeding the discovery of young Mixson's complicity in the deal. Mr. Misson tells the whole story in detail and gives copies of letters from his sons and letters he li ad writ? ten to the whiskey men. Ile does not spare his sons but at the same time he makes out a black care against Evans and Tillman, charging the latter with having known of the ; rascality and the charges against him j for months and had never challenged I them. ? There is much more yet to come in connection with the dispensary scan ! dal. unless ali. signs fail, and it is i difficult lo predict who will next be j implicated. A Tripp?e Execution. j Paris, Tex , Sept. . 4- -Geo. L j Wheeler, white, and Silas Lee and I Hickman Freeman, colored, convict j ed in the Federal court for the east? ern district of Texas for crimes in the Indian Territory, were hanged this morning. At the request of Wheeler, he was hanged alone, and mounted the gallows fi tr? ly. The trip was sprung at 11:16 and he was pro? nounced dead at 11:38 The negroes mounted the gallows at 12:0b. The trap was sprung at 12:12, and they were cut down. 15 minutes later All three necks were broken Freeman was remarkably cool while Lee nearly broke down What Bradstreet Says. New York, Sept. 4-Bradstreet's to morrow will say : There is a somewhat better feeling among wholesal merchants as to the pros? pects for autumn trade in seasonable goods This extends to some in? dustrial lines, notably iron and steel. The demand for shoes from western jobbers is more active than at the east, and the dry goods trade regard the result of the auction sale of spring goods at New York as fairly satisfactory. Notwithstanding a continuation of high rates for money, with restricted discounts and fewer time loans, there is a better feeling in financial cir? cles. The most notable increase of sales of seasonable goods has been at Chicago, mostly among dry goods ai jardware jobbers. c Louis aleo reports a moderate gain in demand, as does St. Paul, where a State fair has attracted visit? ors baltimore's wholesale trade is checked by restricted bank credits, but is still larger than one year ago At the south relatively the mest ac? tive demand is at Charleston, Augus? ta, Birmingham, Nashville and New j Orleans The more encouraging fea I ture as to the movement of prices j lies in advances of quotations for i wheat, higher prices for iron and I steel at Pittsburg and Chicago, and j a further appreciation in quotations j for cotton on renewed reports of j damage to the crop. Petroleum and I leather are also higher. ! Lower quotations are reported for I oom, oats, lard, sugar and coffee, i Further damage to the Texas cotton j crop is reported, and the outlook for j business in that State is less at I tractive. At Detroit, Cleveland, ! Cincinnati, Kansas City, Omaha, j Milwaukee, Duluth and Minneapolis j there is no chauge from the dullness and conservatism which has marked preceding weeks. Trade on the ; Pacific coast, except in certain ex ? port lines, is of small volume. There were 336 failures througk I out the United States reported to j I Bradstreet's this week-16 more than last week. The total one year \ ago was 184. Bank clearings show no marked change, the total being ?827,000,000 ! this week for thc United States, an increase of 10 per cent* over last ! year, but a decrease of 10 per cent, from the like week one year ago. - i- -- Ayer's Hair Vigor tones up the weak hair- 1 roots, stimulates the vesselsaod tissues which ; supply the Mair with nutrition, strengthens ! the hair itself, and adds the oil which keeps j the shafts soft, !u.strou?,and silky. The most : poular aad raiuable toilet preparation ir: the world. j In going to get a drink slop and think ? what bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing ; Machioes are to be had at the Sumter Music House, in the Masonic Temple building. IS i- o o ~- *r JO-?-'-' ?L- 2 - Z ~ rl ? ? ? * X "* "3 - ? " ? S - M ? ~ S 2 2 o ?- TO r- Ci ?ft M - i M r. 3 .-. :A co i -r cv. x"cs o ^. - rr t. x j; c. ?. ? ?T S X, X: i- co - CM TI T - co - ~ co co ci ra CJ CO ** rr CM -^ co w ?-? c? c**0 ^ " ^5 ? o "H. - o ~ CD co -a ra CO CC X co ?TcW ? ~ ^ c STcTcT?? ? o ~ g- -g *53 ?.aS;B'2!2g2w 3 S ^ ? ~ ^ ? ?n^?r- co - o = ? ?-? o o r- ? s g - o o -o ? -r c. z - i3 T N ? CO -Cl -' ~ - k J w i- - r) ? - N PI o - ?no ci o - -rocior-O--r-co - rr* r- o cs cs ?2 ^- - - co-?.-. - C --O CO <-? C3 CJ JOHN GARV EVANS, THE COR? RUPTEST, WIPED OUT. Earle's Majority About 10,000. The Reform Movement Net Dead, But Alive and Standing on Its Feet AFTER KICKING THE STUFF? ING OUT OF BEN TILL? MAN'S YOUNG MAN. The Head Devil of Commission Takers and Relate Stripers Cast Out-Nov; for the Rest of the Rascals. From ihe State, Sept. 9th. At 2 o'clock this morning sufficient returns have been received from the second primary election held through? out the State to-day to show that Gov? ernor Evans has been beaten by Judge Joseph H. Earle for the Unite5 States senate and will never represent South Carolina in that body. The political revolution that began wttk the first pri? mary a fortnight ago, is a complete surprise to the whole State and particu? larly to the Conservatives who did not turn out and vote in the first primary at all. Although Senator Tillman came to Gov. Evans' rescue and stated in his manifesto to the Reformara of the State that John Gary Evans' election was a political necessity; that he must be elected or the Reform movement would be destreyed, the voters evident? ly thought that Evans had not satisfac? torily explained the charges that have been made against him in the bond matter and other things and they have not only repudiated him. but have j seemingly resented the interference of j Tillman in the race. Governor Evans' 1 friends have waged the hottest cam? paign ever known in the State during the past 10 days, but it seems to have reacted rather than helped him out of his trouble. At this hour a total vote in the State of 56,933 has been reported, of which Evans has received 22,658 aud Earle 34,275, giving Karie a clear majority of 11,617 votes. Assuming that the total vote will be over 80,000,while the vote io the first primary was but 78,231,and considered a very largo vote at that, and allowing him two-thirds of the vote that bas not yet been heard from, he cannot reduced Judge Earle's majority to les? than 3,000, and that is placing it at a minimum figure. Here is the vote so far a.* it has bec-n reported: Evans. Karie. Abbeville (3 missing), 1,173 1,7?i0 ! Aiken (7 ?hort), 1,243 1,120 j Anderson (23 out of 38), \,4'j:; 1,911 Barnwell (12 boxes), 633 841 ?-au?ort (city 5 boxes). 403 berkeley (9 ot ol 19), 131 376 Charit'3ioc (al! but 5), C04 2,641 Chester (14 oat of 17), 781 691 Chesterfield (city and 1), 67 . 123 Clarendon (12 bcres), 407 466 Colleton (5 missing), 200 423 Darlington (all but 3), 93! 75S Edgefic-ld (town and 10)5 32S 54S Fairceld (14outof 19), 536 042 Florance (city and 6), 270 643 Georgetown (city) 30 150 Greenville (28 cut ot 36) 1,346 2.850 Hampton (S out cf 24), 309 320 Kerry (4 boxes), *240 Kershaw (town Hud 103 "60 Lancaster (complete), 05 J 1,035 j Laurens (town and 12). 324 922 ! Lexington (town and 9), 545 615 Marion (13 out of IS), 1,065 1,174 Marlboro (complete), S49 754 Newberry (1 short), 992 1.033 Oconee (19 outof 29), 319 1,095 j ?rangeburg(partial) 401 983 I Pickeos (5 out of 14), 409 581 Richland (1 short), 683 1,388 Saluda (3 boxes), 50 165 Spartanburg (36 outof 64), 2,072 2,316 Sumter (37 out of 40) 691 1,390 Union (town and 6) 707 497 Williamsburg (14 boxes), 566 536 York (Il noxes), 747 1,238 22,658 34,275 Many of the counties have sent in as will be seen above practically, complete returns. Governor Evans was not ssen i last night, but it is understood that be is pretty blue over the election. Last night most of bis friends as the returns came in gave up all hopes for bim. The 8tatment was made yesterday that if Governor Evans was defeated revelations in \ regard to the dispensary scandal of a far more interesting char? ter than any that have yet developed will be forthcoming. What truth there is in this no one can tell as yet. At Senator Tillman's box which the senator is supposed to have worked in Evans' interest, the latter only received one vote. At the last election he got i two. In Abbeville where Governor Evans offered to get the people to vote for him by sending an emissary to offer them his support of their new county scheme which is very dear to them, he was badly beaten. Spartanburg county j gave him the biggest surprise, beiog j one of his most trusted countios, yet at i i the same time his majority was most j materially reduced there. The Conservative vote came out in j yesterdays election, but not to the ex tent that was expected. The interest j in the election was at fever heat all day and last night the newspaper offices where the returns were being received were jammed. The bulletin boards have rarely if ever, in the last decade been watched by so many people and so keenly. ?Many were those who re remained until the early hours of the morniog. General Earle is down in j Beaufort holdiDg court. He was wired ? I the figures in the course of the night. \ JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 7.-The j youngest and smallest convict ever re- | ceived at Jackson is Hattie Record, a : Holly Springs negress nine years old. . who arrived at the penitentiary this morning. She was nursing for her sister lind had charge of two babies The eider, two years old, kept crying, when Hattie picked up an axe and split , its head wide open. She is utterly in - ! different and doe? not seem to appro- j ciate her situation. ? Telegraph Briefs. RALEIGH, N. C., Sept. 7.-The itin? erary of J. W. Bryan's tour of North Carolioa was prepared to-nigh1; at Dem? ocratic headquarters. Tie will make his first speech at Asheville on the after? noon of Sept. IG and the iast-at Rocky Mount on the afternoon of the 18th. The other principal ppeeches will at Hickory, Charlotte, Greensboro, Ra? leigh and Goldsboro. There wili be three minute speeches at sis places. The Populist State chairman has issued an invitation to his party no turn out to hear Bryan. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-The follow? ing telegram was received at Democratic headquarters to-day from Montana : "Silver Bow Republican Convention split on the United States senatorship. Both Conventions repudiated the St. Louis platform and endorsed Bryan and Sewall. NASHVILLE, Sept. 7.-The Tennes? see legislature met to-day in response to a call of Governor Turney to make provisions for sufficient revenue to tid*. the State over until January. Treas? urer Craig declares there will be a de? ficit of ?300,000 ; Comptroller Har? ris says that after all expenses are paid there will be a surplus of ?72,000. The situation is rather grave. A message from the governor was resd After arranging for appointment of committees of investigation, both houses adjourned, the national holiday pre? venting the introduction of bills. CHARLESTON, W. Ya., Sept. 7.-De? tective Hanson Ash and Constable Eli Farrall to-day weot after Bob McQeery, who was wanted for robbiog the store of M. P. Davis & Co., on Morris Creek last Saturday. He had been previously arrested, but escaped by holding up the officers with a revolver. He was found on the road going up to the Gaocy Fork of Davis creek and was called on to surrender. He drew a revolver and was shot by the officers with a Winches? ter and died about five minutes later. He was left with bis relatives and the officers returned to the eity. The stolen goods from Davis' store were found on McQueery's person. McQueery had declared that be would not be taken alive. Expose the Fraud. A few days since we handed a negro boy a SILVER DOLLAR in payment of a debt He hesitated and returned it, saying it was only worth 75 cents. We laughingly asked him if he was a gold bug. and he replied, "No, sar, but up at de store of Mr.-, in de village, be ooly takes ?em dollars for 75 cents." We told the boy we thought Mr was liberal to give him 75 cents for a 53 cents dollar. The boy still hesi? tated, atid wa saw ho was io dead earn? est. We then thought it necessary to explain that the SILVER DOLLAR was as good as a gold dollar, and then asked him what be meant by refusing to take Uncle Sam's legal tender money. He knew nothing of legal tender-but he did know, he 6aid, and explained tous, that "be and his brother went to one of the vilage stores and bought some goods, tendering in payment (he affirms, and sa^s he will swear to it) a dollar of our daddies, which the merchant, a Repub? lican, declined to accept except for 75 cents. The boy says he had to take 75 eents for the dollar as that was all he could get. The charge is of so serious a charac? ter that we propose investigating fur? ther before we use the name of the party, who in this case is a respectable and thrifty merchant, but this profitable scheme may be being worked to the benefit of the Republican party and the pockets of some infernal scoundrels, whose imposition 3nd frauds should be run down, exposed, and the perpetrators properly punished.-Washington Na? tional Intelligencer. Tobacco Haskett, cheap as the cheapest or sale hy Levi Bros. July 1. Pianos, Orgaos and Sewing Machines sold on easy terms, and exchanged for old ones at the S u rn ter Music Hous* in Masonic Temple. Headache Destroys Healttf Resulting in poor memory, irritability, ner? vousness and intellectunl exhaustion. It induces other forms of disease, such as epi? lepsy, heart disease, apoplexy, Insanity, etc. Dr. Miles' Nervine Cures. Mrs. Chas. A. Myers, 201 Hanna St., Fort j Wayne, Ind., writes Oct. 7.1894: "I suffered ! terribly with severe headaches, dizziness, j backache and nervousness, gradually grow? ing worse until ir.y life was despaired cf. . and try what we would, I four:;] no relief I until I co:::menced usin<: Pr. Miles' Nervine. ; I have taken five bottles and believe 1 am :>. ? well \Yon:u.n, and I h:-.vv tnken c;re:it cern J fort in recommending al! cr my friends td : use Nervine. You may publish this letter . if you wish, and I hope it may bc thc means of saving some other sick mother's life, as It j did mine."_ ! On -"ile by ail druggists. Kook on Heart i and Nerves sent FREE. Dr. Miles Medical ! Co., Elkhart, I:id. i Br. Hiles' Kemc?ies Restore Health. Notice! AFTER aa pxnerier.'^ of ".-enty-eight years in the Cabinet shop of Mr. J. D. Craicr, the undersignp-l have crone into the hu?'r.ess of repairing and eleanin? furniture, on their own account, and beling confident of their ability to give perfect; satisfaction, respectfully solicit the patronage of the peo? ple of Sumter and vicinity. The preparing and nressicg of dead bodies for burial will be promptly ned cirefully at? tended to. Shop opposite the Episcopal church. PETERSON ? CUTHBERT. Sept. 1st. 1896. Sumter, S. C. .A ' ?fl -J STANTON HOUSE. D. J. JONES, Proprietor. Rates $2.00 Per Day. SPECIAL TERMS TO FAMILIES. ; Two Minutes "Walk From Central' Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn,. July 29. To YOB Who Bur i t I i i i Schcol Boob: Why should you' pay unreasonable prices for books, when you can get tbetu from H. G. USTE EN & CO. At WHOLESALE PBICES. By a special arrangement we are selling all books used in the Public School and other schools of this city at prices quoted in the wholesale list. We have a full line of Tablets, Pens, Pencil?. Erasers, Inks, and everything Leedc-d by school children. BIGSTilM * LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. sea? sec a ?bee ?ea .osa? Cfi ? up > . GUARANTEED IN WRITING. Stu? dents complete in HALF the tirnp ar HALK the expense required elsewhere. Ten to thirty placed monthly. Actual Business Depart? ment equipped with genuine commercial bank and office fixture*-, superior to the equipments of any other college hi America. Purely practical instruction and daily drill ir. real bank and cilice transaction. Penmanship bv the only graduate pen-artis; in Georgia. The only Souihern College fa!!\ abreast with the spirit ot progress and teaching Electric Shorthand, the lightning system of the cen? tury. The only college which ii is cheaoer tc attend than to remain idle. Premiums from Four Expositions. Enrollment 700 per vear. Address at once GEORGIA BUSI? NESS COLLEGE, Macon (ia. Nov. 6.-o