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Catching The Rascals. can and took it into the next room where Mr. Sc hggs was, and using a paper opener took one of the peaches | out on it and handed it to Mr. j Scruggs, telling him to try it Ile j ate that and deponent handed him another, which he ate. Deponent \ then went back into the office and 3 T Scruggs went up street. While * ^eating the rest of the peaches depo nent showed Mobley and Charles the peculiar manner :n which Mr. j Scruggs brushed aside his moustache while eating he peaches Deponent then went to Mr. Mobley and said, ''Give me back that box of cigars, j . You don't want it He replied : j "Yes I do." Deponent Hhen said. "There is going to be bell raised about them cigars and you don't want them " Mr. Mobley then said, "If that is the case, I don't want to have anything to do with them." and handed them back to deponent, and I took the box and tocked it up and hid the other two I had. Deponent took the two remaining cans of peaches and hid them in the office as Mr Scruggs had said, "Don't eat all the peaches, as I want some of than." These two cans of peaches % fire now in the office. A few days afterward deponent took the three' boxes of cigars and carried them home for safe keeping, and has them there now ; that several times he has missed things out of his drawer. A few day after this Scrm gs was in the office and said : "Mose, give me a cigar." Mr. Mobley replied, "I haven't any, sir." ile left the office without saying anything more The next day Scruggs came to deponent and said : "Charley, where ar all those cigars V Deponent replied : "All gone, sir." Scruggs said : "The pieces of boxes, too ?" Depo neot replied : "Yes, they are all gone " He then left deponent with out any further remark A day or two afterward Scruggs aked depo sent if bad told Gaston he had taken those cigars Deponent re plied, '"No, sir." Deponent says that at the time he and Scruggs went into the contraband room and while be was taking the** cigar oot of the trank, he remarked : "I'll have this wine before I get through." and be afterwards made a similar remark about tile wine in the office. Depon ent further says Mr. Scruggs asked him a day or two ago if he knew any thing about the shoes, or had Judge Gaston said anything to him about them I \ A -HOCUS POCUS KEY. . Deponent further eays that he -^'omitted to state above that the same day ; the cigars and peaches were ^carried into the office. Mr. Mobley asked the deponent where he got the ^things Deponent replied, "In the "contraband room. He then asked %nm how be got them, as he thought -Judge Gaston was in charge of the room Deponent replied that Mr. Scruggs had a hocus-pocus key. De ponent further states on the same day the cigars and peaches were taken out of the contraband room he went down to the commissioner's oface and Mr. Blakeley asked him if he knew anything about the missing cigars from the contraband room Deponent replied, "Yes ; that is what I have come down to j see you about," and then went on and told him all about the cigars and peaches ; that at the next meeting of the board he reported to Mr Wi! iiams and Mr Douthit; what he has said above as to the taking of cigars and peaches from the contraband room, and has. since that time report ed it to the governor CHAS J. LYNCH j Sworn to and subscribed before j me this first day of May, 1897 C. P TOWNSEND, Notary Public. ARRESTS TO FOLLOW Messrs. Scruggs and Gaston j tbe Defendants. THREE NEW AFFIDAVITS The dispensary scandal was the sensation of the day yesterday. The .public hardly expected to read such j ffidavits H those made by Messrs. Lynch, Biakelf-y and others The j evidence created a great Hensation j and in all quarters the situation and the probable outcome was discussed. The newspaper men heard remarks j about cigars, oranges, one dollar wed j ding shoes and trunks until they weie sick. There were others The j "hocus pocus key" every one seemed I to regard as the most .mportant item ; io the whole series of revelations The first question was as to what Governor Ellerbe and the attorney general would proceed to do about ; the matter. There was much specula- i tion as to who would be arrested, it | having been stated that there would j be arrests made. It was 8 o'clock before anything definite along this line began to ap pear. At that hoar Governor Ellerbe summoned the State board of control, asking them to attend iu bis office at once The members came down ina few minutes and a consultation was held, the attorney general being pres j ent. About 3 o'clock the conference came to an end. One of the members of the board stated that it had been decided that affidavits should be made by Mr. Wil liams of the State board of control and he would swear out at once war rants for the arrest of Messrs. Scruggs, Clark, and Gaston, ex com missioner, charging them with offi cial misconduct under the common law. The State statute covering this offe'nse applies only to county offi cials. Later, Governor EUerbe told a re presentative of The State that the two men named were to be arrested upon the charge named, and the un derstanding was that Mr. Williams was to have the warrants taken out at once In the conference, so a member of the State board said, Mr Miies in sisted that the arrests be made at once, so that were preliminaries held, the members of the brard eou!d be present ; he wanted it done before they left the city. The papers bad not been prepared up to yesterday evening. This was probably due to the ,fact that Mr Williams was in attendance upon the meeting of the board all the afternoon It is expected that the arrests will be me made this morning. MORE AFFIDAVITS. Yesterday morning the attorney general made public tbe affidavits he bad secured from the members of the State board of control denying flatly any knowledge of the existence of a "board key".to the contraband room*, and Mr. Scruggs' statements about the Beckroge cigars. Here are the affidavits: . CONTRADICTION-WN0 HOCUS POCUS KEY." State of South Carolina, Richland County. Personally appeared before me, L J. Williams, who, after being duly sworn, says : \ That he is a member of the State board of control and has been since the organization of the said board in April, 1896. * That he emphatically denies that Mr. Scruggs ever gave him any cigars during th 3 year, or at any other time, and stated at the time they came from the contraband room, but remembers be did give him cigar either at the March or April meeting, and Baid : "Have one of Judge Gaston's fine cigars/' which created the impression upon his mind that Scruggs had come by them in a legitimate way, and that his words and conduct further created the im pression that he was joking-, as has been often done since the rebate scandals. That as long as he bas been a member of the board he bas beard or known nothing of a key to the contraband roora belonging to the board and kept in the board room, or by Scruggs, as clerk of the board. L. J. WILLIAMS. Sworn to and subscribed before me Ibis 5th day of May, A D. 3897. C. P. TOWNSEND, Notary Public. MR. DOUTHTT AGREES State of South Carolina, Richland County. Personally appeared before me, J: B. Douthit, who, after being duly sworn, says : Th*t be has read the above affidavit of L J. Williams and concurs in the statements therein made J. B DOUTHIT. Sworn to and subscribed tc before me this 5th day of May, A D 1897. C P TOWNSEND, Notary Public. NEVER HEARD OF A "BOARD KEY " State of South Carolina, Richland County. Personally appeared before me, D M. Miies, who, after being duly sworn says : That he is a member of the State board of control and has been since Vlareh last. That at the March meet ing Mr C. W. Garris carne into thc b< rd room and asked Mr. cruggs if they had any cheap trunks then ] for sale, as he wanted one Mr. j Scruggs said he thought there was one Mr. Scruggs and Mr Garris went out together to look at the trunk. When they came back Mr Garris said they had found one they thought would do Deponent then left and heard nothing more about it. That since he has been a member of the board he has heard or known noth ing of a key to . the contraband room belonging to the board and kept in the board room, or by Mr Scruggs as clerk of the board I) M MILES Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of May. A D 1897. , C. P TOWNSEND, Notary Public. Larry Gantt Worried. Wants the Dispensary Inves tigated Prom Hell to Holland. The following interview with Col. T. Larry Gantt appeared in the Spar tanburg Herald of Thursday : Thc publication of the ''Dear Clark" letter yesterday and subsequent publi ations were the talk of the town yes terday Col. Gantt was seen by Tbe Herald and talked freely. Ho says they have drawn his name into this dispensary scandal and he now wants the calicutn light turned on the entire party, from Ben Tillman down H says he wants a legislative investigating Qommitt?cj with fall power to seod for persons and papers, and be waots to have x-rays turned oo himself first. "My hands are clean," said Col Gantt, "I have no rebates, but would like to know how it is that the present dispensary management with all its scandals bas gotten the State 41.000 in rebates, while the dispensary under Tillman and Traxler paid from 5,000 to 11.000 per car load more for whis kev and didn't turn in any rebates to th Stare." "I am going to be prosecutor now and I want the light turned on. Let the man who is gailty suffer I have stood by Scruggs, but if bis hands are not clean I will denounce him as quick as anybody. My motto is, 'Let not a guilty mao escape ' *'But here is something you can DU in The Herald. On one occasion Dan Tompkins told me in the presence of others, oot io confidence hut io a crowd, that while Traxler was dispeo ser on ooe occasion the dispensary ran oat of coro liquor, aod they weot out aod made some. He didn't say what they made it of, but that a few days after that a frieod of Goveroor Tillman from Lexington county sent bim in a bottle of that liquor be had bought for medical purposes and made great com plaint. The goveroor put it oo a shelf io his office and some time afterwards a frieod came io aod waoted a drink aod this bottle was giveo him aod be pro nounced it the best be ever tasted Jost how this stood the test of chemi cally pure I don't koow. Major B. B. Evans afterwards told me be beard Dan Tompkins tell me this incident." - "Ye sir, you can pat me dowo as saying I waot ao investigatioo from ell to Holland. I koow a good deal, aod all I -ask is for those who have formed opioions 'oo the 'Dtar Clark' letter to simply wait until this thiog is investigated. I waot the light turned oo and it will pat some men in a mighty bad fix wheo it is finished." Col. Gantt said that be had sent The State a communication aod had tele graph Mr. Scruggs to come op, aod ex pected him here to-day. Chairmanship Board of Con trol. The State Board of on rol has beeo deadlocked for some time on the elec tion of a chairmao. Tbe two candi dates were Col. Wilie Jooos. the incum bent aod Mr. L. J. Williams. Oo Tuesday Col. Jones announced that he would withdraw and would vote for Mr. Williams. At the meeting of the board yesterday, however, Col Jooes annouoced that oo account of the re ceot disclosures, bis frieods felt that his retirement at this juncture would he misconstrued and have the appear ance of retiring uoder pressure, coose queotiy he had decided to reconsider his determination. A ballot was taken aod the deadlock beiog nobrokeo, the election was deferred until the next meeting. S W. Scuggs was not a candidate for re-election as clerk W. H. Law rence, of Darlingtoo. was elected Quinine and otaer fe ver medicines take from S to IO days to cure fever. Johnson's Chili and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS. The Convention at Wilming ton-A Large Attendance. Wilmington, N C May 6 -The j Socthoro Baptist coaventioo will bold is forty second session at 10 a. m to morrow morning in the First Baptist Church of his city Delegues have been arriving all day, and the attend anpe of these and visitors is estima ted at 2.500 Rev. R. A. Vaoable. D. D . of Mis sissiopi, will preach thc convection ser mon The Baptists Yooog People's Unioo I met at 10 o'clock this morning io the j First Baptist Church, L O Dawson, i the president, io the chair. Thc electioo of officers resulted HS follows: .Presideot, L. O. Dawson. Alabama; vice presideots, W. H Smith. Columbus, Ga , and J N Pristeidge, Kentucky; secretary. W W Gaine?, AtlaDta; treasurer, W. R. Phillips, Alabama. The cooveutioo adjourned to meet to- j morrow mornii-.g at 10 o'clock. The Southern Biptist College coofer- j eoce. held morning, afterooeo and oigbt sessions. J F Forbes of Stet soo University, Florida, was choseo presijieot and Charles E. Brewer of Wake Forent College, N. C., secretary. The trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological S^mioary, Joshua Lever 02. Jr , ot Bihimort', chairman, were io sesi n all d y The moroiog aod a part of the afternoon were taken up in btaring reports and in the traosac of routine business. Old People. Old people who require medicine to regulate j the bowels un kidneys wilt find the truo rem- j edy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does Dot gtimulateand contains no whiskey or other j intoxicant, but acts as antonie and alterative. ' It acts mildly on the storcach and bowels, add- j ing strength and giving tone to :hc organ. I thereby aiding nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters ia an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find j it exactly what they need. Price fifty dent j and $1 per bottle at Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. ALL THE PEOPLE WERE ASTONISHED When Prof. Barnard Sailed Away Prom Nashville m His Bicycle-Airship. Nashville. May 6.-An airship, on which Prof. Barnard, professor nf physical training of the Y. M. C A of this city, has been at work for a long lime, made its initial journey to day. Tbe ship which was in pro cess of completion for weeks at a secluded place near the exposition grounds, was brought off this morn ing to the great astonishment of even most of the officials of the exposi tion, as the secret had teen carefully guarded. At 11.15 o'clock, the professor an nounced to the several official pres ent :" Well, I'm off," and mounted a bicycle contrivance attached to a tremendous balloon at the top with sails or propellers at the front and sides* The curious craft arose as gracefully as au eagle. In mute wonderment the assemblage stood gazing at the ship as it rose to a great height, and then justas Prof j Barnard had declared, he made a bee j line over the course of the North western railway at a - speed of about 15 miles an hour "The'wind is rather stiff,'1 said Prof. Barnard, "and would bear me in the direction of Clarksville, ( ut I j don't propose that the wind shall dictate my course, and I shall select my own and go toward Memphis." The last trace of his aerial bicycle visible showed that he was keeping his word, as well as can be judged of the receding object The ship at tained a height of about half a mile and moved westward at about 15 miles an hour. Prof Burnard stated that after reaching an altitude of 500 ! feet he would reverse the ship as evi | dence that he had control of it, and that all was well with him. This he I did. The ship is of water melon shape, 46 feet long and 20 feet in diameter and sails lengthwise. Instead of the basket attachment of a balloon, it has a bicycle frame, and by means of the pedals and the handles the propeller and the side sails are controlled. The propeller extends 10 feet in front of the machine and consists of reversi blc sails about one-twentieth the size of the balloon part overhead. At either side of the machine is a kite shaped sail about three feet long by two feet wide These also are re versicle and are controlled' by.re volving levers The balloon is filled with hydrogen gas, and is made of silk and cotton Prof. Barnard returned to the city to night He had gone about 12 miles when one of the propellers bioke, and he was obliged to de scend, which was easily done He will make another trip in-a few days He is greatly pleased with the suc cess of the trip. Standard Oil stock bas been selling at 301 during the last few days DeSoto has been proclaimed presi dent by the Honduras revolutionists. President Zeglaya of Nicaragua has decided to help put down the revolu tion Bise ball goodsat the Book Store.-H. G Osteen & Co. Oh, My Heart! Palpitation-Weak-Uncon scious at Times-Sleepless - Asthma-Kidney Troubles Recovery Woy Jd Seem Likea Miracle Yet Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured "I had been in very poor health for several years, and two- summers I was so j weak I was obliged to lie in bed 3 months at a time. I was all run down, had Unconscious Spells lasting for an hour at a time. The doctors thought the trouble came from my heart. I used to say that if I could only be up around, I should be so thank ful, and that it would seem like a miracle if I should be well. The neighbors all know of the poor health I had been in, and how much better I am now. I had asthma for many years, and some nights i Could Not Sleep my breathing was attended with so much difficulty. Sometimes I would have to sit bolt upright in bed. As my general health grew poorer, my asthma grew worse. I had kidney and other troubles and seemed to be generally ' out of sorts.' I heard so much of Hood's Sarsaparilla that I decided to try it, and I experienced great benefit from it. I have recom mended it to many people, and I cannot say too much in praise of Hood's Sarsa parilla. I have not been in bed for over a year on account of illness." MRS. S. WATSON, 432 S. Columbia St., Warsaw, Ind. Hood's5 parilla Is the best - in fact the One True Blood Puri fier. Sold by all druggists. Get only Hood's. U/v^/i'^ r>*ll cure l'vcr His: easy t0 fiOOU S r^llIS take, easy to operate."25c. &rea ScnUiern Detective Jpcy, D CHARLOTTE, li. H., <J ALL KIN'D* of legeiimate D?:cctivc Work ul reisonnhle rnips. ARSON, MURDER, DIVORCE SPECIALTY. March i'J-6m* For the We are offering one of the most complete lines, of Summer Clothing eyer brought to Sumter, and they are to be sold at Rock Bottom prices. White duck Pants 75c. Blue Serge Coat and Yest, $3.50. Crash Pants, 85c and $1.00. Crash Suits, $3 to $5. Blue Serge Suits, $8.50. All wool black Clay Worsted Suits, $8.50. All wool Pants in lots of styles at $2. Wash Coats 50c, to $1. Straw Hats in every shade and Negligee Shirts at 50c. Negligee Shirts at 75c. Negligee Shirts at $1. New lot of all Silk Ties at 10c. All of the new shapes in Sum mer Neckwear just received. They sell at popular prices. Remember we handle the best 50c White Shirt made. ? Boy's Knee Pants, ages 4 to 16-price 10c to $1.50. Tycoon Hats, 65c. at any price from 5c to $2 Give us a call and be convinced that we sell as advertised. BROWN, CUTTINO & DELGAR. Sewing Machines. IB The horse season is about over, but I must be doing something. It will nev er do for a man to be idle in this pro gressive age,so I am Going info the Sew J. 9 and will place upon the market an old favorite in this community, THE LIGHT RUNNING New Home, which will be sold either for Cash or upon favorable terms. This branch of my business will be run by Mr. E. W. Vogel, who will try and meet the views of all purchasers. Machines delivered in any part of the County. A full stock of sewing machine supplies on hand. Sauter, S. 0 , April 19. 1S97