(Beer Privileges Again.
No Decisions Made by Magistrate
Smith Yesterday.
The State, Sept. 18.
Mr. LaMotie appeared before Magis?
trate Smith yesterday afternoon, accord?
ing to appointment, to learn bis decision
as to issuing a warrant for the beer
dispensers. Mr. John P. Thomas was
present to represent Messrs. Narey and
Seegers, acd As?istant Attorney Gene?
ral Townsend to represent the State
board of control
Magistrate Smith stated that he bad
consulte] the attorney general in regard
to tho matter, bat before anooaooing
his parp?se respecting the proceedings
he desired the parties present to express
their views on certain points in the
case.
Judge Townsend said be was there
representing the State board of control.
It desired that the question of its au?
thority to issue such licenses should be
judicially settled, and that he was pre?
pared to agree to any proceediog that
would accomplish that end.
Mr. Thomas suggested that the pro?
ceedings under the twenty-second sec?
tion of the act as against the common
nuisance would subject bis clients to
the closing up of their business, the
seizure of their property and' conse?
quent losses which might be avoided
and thc purpose of the prosecution
gained, to wi\ the settlement of the j
question ol the authority under which
his clients were doing busicess by pro?
ceeding under some other sections of
the act. He thought this ought to be
done to relieve his clients of unneces?
sary los-es under the proceeding. In
bis opinion an afSdavit made under the
first section of the act charging the de?
fendants with selling liquors in viola?
tion of the law would have the effect of
bringing the authority claimed by them
under review cf i he court.
Mr. LaMotre insisted that be had
made affidavit to meet the exact requir?
ements of the section against nuisances,
which furnished a direct and speedy
method of determining the issue raised;
that no other proceeding, in his jadg
men?, would accomplish tb is end, and
that be should insist that if the magis?
trate proceeded at all in the case, it
must be in that manner ; that so |
far as he was concerned, his main pur?
pose was to test the authority of the
Sfate board of control in authorizing
persons to sell intoxicating liquors in a
manner not prescribed by the dispen?
sary law. AB to what the magistrate
should do with his application was to
be determined by that officer himself.
He might issue the warrant or uot, but
the responsibility belonged to him
alone, if he did issue the warrant
.?oder section 22, whioh was mandatory, j
.ho would be bound to proceed acoord- j
jog to the directions contained in that
-section in every particular.
After hearing the suggestions from
'the different parties. Magistrate Smith
said be felt bound to consult the attor?
ney general fu-tber; that at 10:30 this
.-morning he would render his decision.
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Gen. Roloff Arrested.
NBW YORK, Sept. 18 -General Ro?
loff was arrested lase evening and taken
to Ludlow street j til, where he was
bocked up The cba-ge made against
t&ttf? on which a warr?<ir. for his arrest
*a? issued was that >.> aiding and abet?
ting an expedition to Cuba. He was
arraigned before United States Com- ?
missioner Alexander this foreuoon and '
held in $2.500 bail for examination.
General Roloff is a veteran of the
Ten Years' wrr in Cuba ard is a ma?
jor-general :n rho present Cuban army,
fie came to the country from Cuba
about two montos ago, upon a pr?v.ite
mission in behalf of the Cuban err?
and siuce his arrival, it is stated i:o ji?
been watched by detectives put up-},,
hi* track by the Spanish consul.
The charges against General Rolt ft
are b-ised upon his alleged connection ?
with an expedition sent from this port ?
to Cuba on the steamship Laurada on
Augus: O h. last
Gener? Roloff. it is alleged, eluded
the detectives shovly afrer the expedi?
tion sailed and has been travelling
through the country for several weeks.
H-i returned to this city yesterday and
as the ( ?k'e.-? were informed that he
W??S about to leave for Cuba, they made
ti e arrest.
General Roloff is secretary of war of
the Cuban provisional government.
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South African Demand for
Lumber.
A correspondent of the Canadian
Lum berman; writing from Cape Town,
South Africa, "states thar the total
imports of rough and dressed lumber
int-? that, colony during 1895 amounted
toa valuation of ?1,475 369, of which
pine ?mounted to a valuation of $721.
258; sraves, ?48,322. and hard woods,
.g own tn Canada, $28.625. Largo
quantities also weat to the Transvaal
Republic, the Orange Free State and
Nita!. Tue correspondent referred to
thinks that the imports of lumber into
South South Africa are to greatly in?
crease, and that Canadian producers
should bestir themselves in order to se?
cure a larger shae of it. Lumber from
the eastern as well as western coast of
the United States went to the South
African colonies in large quantities last
year."
Dr. H. B. Horibeck, of Charleston,
has been elected President of the Amer
iaan Health Association.
Discrimination Against
Greenville.
GREENVILLE, Sept. 17.-Greenville
is stirred and the businesse part of the
city is red hot. The Southern railway
has issued a schedule, io which this
citv ie discriminated agaiost io favor of
nearly all pointe between here and
Atlanta, and also towns inland, at
greater cietancee than Greenville from
Boston, Providence, New York, Phila?
delphia and Baltimore. The rates
agaiost. Greenville ruo from 15 to 35
ceots a hundred. The merchants are
worked up, and will make a test before
the railroad commission, and, failing
there will probably try the injunction.
Efforts have been made to ascertain the
animus of the Southern, but oothiog
cao be learned The Southern may be
whipped with irs own rod in an injunc?
tion test, as that corporation fought to
sustain the jurisdiction of the court io
the recent cut rate coDteet.
To Prosecute Dispensers.
The State board of cootrol has at last
shown that it is ifs desire to nave the
dispensers or their clerks punched for
shortages. There have been many
cases in different counties cf the Stare
where the accounts of the dispensers
were found short, but no attempt was
ever made to punish such parties.
The board, before irs adjournment,
passed the following resolution :
**Be it Resolved, That tho ^late
hoard of control earnestly neueste the
governor ?r.d attorney goner*! t-> use
all means ar their command to bnug to
speedy trial all dispensers or their
clerks who may be found short io their
acuouots, or who ma? he violating the
law."-Tbs State.
--MOO -<?mt^
The Winthrop College
The following from tbs last issue of
the Rock Hill Herald will he of interest
to -he friends of Winthrop:
"Winthrop college, which will soon
Oe inhabited by hundred^ of happy
school girl tenants, is being fixed op I
preparatory io the opening of the school ?
The dormitory is being ventilated \
and the maio buildiog scoured out [
wherever necessary and everything put
in "spick and span" order. H. A.
Brown, rhe aritst, wbosp work io the
commencement hall has been mocb ad- .
mired, is now wieldiog the brush in j
and arouod the building. Mr. Buist, [
the landscape gardeoer. is carrying oo [
the work of beautifying the grounds
Prof. Wade R. Browo aod Prof. W. !
E. Brezeal have retnroed from their
summer vacation, and the teachers, ma?
tron and housekeeper will return to
their posts next week.
The Seaboard's Condition
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NEW YORK. Sepf 17-Pres H ff
ma" of the Seaboard Air Line ha? i*surd
a statement in the form of a circular
to stockholders, urging them not ro he
alarmed at the recent attacks made on
the company. The 'e?ter contains a
statement of thd results for the year
ended June 30, for the entire sj*fpm
It is as follow:
Receipt from all sources. $4,528 639;
operating expenses. $2,596,510; grose .
income, ?932.129; deductions for inter
est on founded debt, leases, charge?? and
losses of ??very nature, inoluding io*? on
subscription to A'lanta exposition,
$749.760, net income $182.423; divi?
dend on Durham and Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad company, preferrpd
stock. ?24,346; inoual surplus, ?158.
076.
President- Hoffoian say-: "K^erv ex
pense, iocluding the building of 28 new
cars, rebuilding of 22 to rptdaco the
one's destroyed, and ?ebuilding five
engines, has been included io the year's
spouses
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Tillman Howled Down.
REAPING, Pa., Sept. 18.-Senator!
Tillman, of South Carolina, arrived
! in Reading this afternoon from Pitts
ton and after a brief rest was driven
to tho Burke County Agricultural So?
ciety's ground A platform had j
? been especially erected from which I
: he was to speak, but he insisted on |
I going into the judges' static! in front j
i of the main pavilion After he had |
got started he denounced President
Cleveland, and the large audience
, took exceptions to it and hooted and
I yelled. He was then conducted to
another stand, some distance away,
where he completed his address in I
the presence of about 500 people
I He left here to-night for Philadel
; phi?
Anderson in War Paint.
! ANDK?::?OX, Sept. 18-Anderson's
busines men have on war paint for
the Southern Railroad cotnoany on
account of discriminations against
us in freight rates. Tho hoard of
trade met this afternoon and adopted
strong resolutions authorizing a spe?
cial committee consisting of.J. M.
Sullivan, R. S. Ligon and J. J.
Fretwell to confer with business men
i of Greenville and Spartanburg as to
joint action before the State railroad
commissioners and the railroad com?
pany, and if necessary carry the mat?
ter into court. A copy of the reso?
lution will bc sent to railroad offi?
cials. Our business men are deter?
mined to have redress if they have
to go to the interstate commerce
commission, or into the United States
court.
PURSUE THE
INVESTIGATION.
People Cry for "More" Ligbt
on the Dispensary.
The present status of the dispen?
sary investigation does not seem to
be satisfactory to any of the parties
concerned nor to the people of the
State The clamor for a searching
investigation of ali the affairs of the
institution jjeems greater now than
ever. In consequence, it is thought
likely that when the State board re?
sumes the investigation on the first
Tuesday in October the further pro
ceedings will be of the greatest de?
gree of public interest.
While it is not a time for predic
tions, several things have occurred
since the board took its recess which
wouk! indicate that considerable new
matter will be brought out. Some of
these matters can be mentiond and
some of them cannot Commissioner
Misson, in the first place, has asked
all the whiskey houses that offered
him rebates io send their men here * *
testify as to what they did. Tf ai I
thing is behind they can be qiu .J- j
ed Another thing is that Governor j
Evans yesterday declared that he
was by no mentis satisfied with the
investigation as it stood, and further
declared his determination to have
the mutter sifted to the bul torn.
In fact, it is rumored that Governor j
Evany is thinking seriously about j
calling the retiring legislature to-1
gether in extra session to take nome j
action in regard lo the matter Of
course nothing definite is known of
this, btu if the governor is really
considering such a matter he will
hardly do anything before the State
board reassembles and taken final ac
tion in regard to the matter.
In the meantime the country press j
is clamoring for a searching legisla?
tive investigation before the matter
is ended finally.
Yesterday Commission Mixson
made public the following letter
which he has forwarded :
COLUMBIA. S C., Sept. 18, 189b*
Mr. J C Yo-i, Live Oak Distilling
Company. Cincinnati.
Dear Slr : No doubt you have seen
fruin the papers that an investigation
is being had here by the State board
of control in reference to employees
of the State dispensary receiving re?
bates from whiskey men In my tes- j
timony the papers make it appear
that I 6aid "Live Oak had offered me
a rebate" in justice to both your
house and myself, I wish to correct
this I said, "Mr. White, who was
selling for the Live Oak company on
commissions, had told me that one
half of hin commissions he would
give to me " That I also stated : 'I
refused " Instead ot making the
statement that Live Oak had offered
rae rebates. 1 emphatically stated j
that Live Oak had never done any
such thing, no had any mention been
made to me verbally or in writing in
reference to the rebates or commis?
sions (except the 5 per cent, dis?
count which is accounted for) to my?
self or anyone else, f*ave old man
White, who did offer me one half of
his commissions With this offer to
me I cannot see that your house had
anything to do, as he had a perfect
right to dispose of them as he saw ?
fit
Now, sir, thia investigation is con?
tinued to the regular meeting on
October, which will be on Tuesday,
thu Oth I think in justice to not
only me, but to your house, you
should come forward and state these
facts and show the people of my
State that I am clean of the charge
of receiving rebates from your house,
and while you did give my son a
con)mission, that you never verbally
or in writing mentioned this fact to j
me, nor I to you; that I never knew |
< f this through you, nor that you j
through me knew that I was cogni-?
zant of the fact. That is a very im?
portant matter to me as my good j
name is dependent on whether I re- ;
ceived the rebates or not, and under
these circumstances I cannot but feel j
that you will come forward at the,
timo and testify, which testimony I
will clean me of such stain and save;
th? reputation of your house. I dui
hope, my dear sir, that you will be !
present. I will add that I will write:
each and every party who approach j
! ed me to sell, similar letters as to my i
being approached by them and ask ?
j their presence al; that meeting I \
am, Very respe ct lui ly,
F M. MTXSOX
AX IMPORTANT MATTER
Below wi!! bc lound an extract!
. from :i leading 'ditoiia! in the Pied-!
?mont Headlight of tins week, which ?
j blinds t<> th?.' front a rumor that Com- j
\ mission* r Traxler's books were doo
? tored in order to make then: balance j
! before, that official turned over the
I dispensary lo Commissioner Mixson
I Tho rumor is something new about
I Colutnbi:?, though Mr (iraut says it.
, has been goin?( about this city; but
J be that ;?s ii may, it seems to bo a
I matter for tho searching investiga
i tion to oral wtth:
"When tho legislature convenes in
January tho first and most important
duty of that body wi il be to investi
gate the management <>? our State dis?
pensary from top to bottom, and from
thc day that it was first opened t<>
present time
"Serions charges have been nonie
against the management ot this
branch of the public service, and last
week the people, by their votes, ex?
pressed dissatisfaction over the dis
closures made.
*4It is charged, and the fact is con?
fessed, that certain parties have
been receiving commission? from
liquor dealers, and there is a
strong suspicion of general crook?
edness in the management of
the dispensary The State has lost
large sums by the defalcation of coun?
ty dispensers and no effort has been
made so far as is known, to collect
the money from securities. It is also
whispered in Columbia that the books
of ex Commissioner Traxler either
failed to balance or had to be 'doc?
tored' to make them balance."-The
State. Sep. 17
WILL PUSH THE FIGHT.
Republican Committee and
the Registration Law.
The Republicans of the Melton fac?
tion, better known perhaps as the Union
Republican party, are determined to
carry on the Sgbt. against the South
Carolina registration laws, which was
inaugurated hy Congressman George
Washington Murray in the convention
OD Thrusday nigh? They are going
to do all that .-?y can rn nave the
reg'SJraticn laws overthrown
Yesterday mnrniug thc newly-elect?
ed State executive otwntai'tee met at 9
o'clock and continued io session for sev?
er?;! hours When an adjournment
v;-!s reached, Coaiimau Clayton an
n ou nerd fha* rbe committee had em?
ployed the firm of Me!f??n & Melton and
bad given (hem a retainer, to institute
proceedings in ?he proper coori to se?
cure the setting aside of the neve regis?
tration laws of the S aie uiider the act
of congress known as the "enabling
act/' Tho chairman sta*ed that such a
fight bad never been mad;-; oo this par?
ticular act. It. had nor heeo used in
the Mississippi cases because that. S?ate
was not mentioned the?ein He stated
further ihat the proper stops m fte
matter would be taken af ote-. f?e
said the committee desired to call atten?
tion to the ac!, that they bad taken up
this fijrht for the welfare ot tho masses
and wore not locking only to the matter
of the federal patronage, a.< was the
other fuetinn. They were raking a
higher view of th . 0)atfer, and expec?
ted to win
The com mit tee decided rn conduct a i
vigorous State campaign, but has not
yet, arranged any schedule of campaign
meetings or anything of that, kind
lt was decided to put out congres
sional candidates in each of the districts
of rhe State. Th? committee endorsed
thc candidacy of Mr. Jon F. Jones of
B'ock?hurg, who is already io the field
in thc Fifth district. He was nomina?
ted under a call issued by the Webster
faction, hut. the committee considers
bim a i on factional candidate
The committee alno decided to issue
an address to the voters of the State
and appointed a sub committee which
is charged with the preparation of that
address;. It will bc issued within a
week's time
Wheo Attorney General Barher was
seen about the matter yesterday, he
said that he had no statement io make,
but H was quite certain that he felt oo
uneasiness ai all about the result -The
State.
It seems to us Gen. Earle went ont
of his wav to compliment the peopie for
electing Mr. Ellerbe. Mr Ellerbe is 3
i?ood man and we believe will make a
go??d Governor, but what, has the elec?
tions of General Karlo to do with the
election of a Governor for South Caro- j
lina -Newberry Observer.
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The readers of this paper wil! r>e pleased to
learn thtit there is at least one dreaded disease
th?t seience has been ?h'e to cure in all i'i
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Gun1 is the-only positive core known to the
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treatment. Hall's Catarrh Core ls taken
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the constitution ar:d assist i n y nnture in doi'.;r
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Pianos, Organs and Sewing M achines ?
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We have some rare bargains in :
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Corn sacked at 45c per bushel,
in lots of one sack or upwards,
at Harby & Co's Warehouse.
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July 21
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Jas. H. Carlisle, L. L. D., President.
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DuPre, A. M., and the Matron HT? io the
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