The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 12, 1897, Image 6
THE LIQUOR SCANDA
Some. Light on the Stat
Great Moral Institution.
Messrs. Scruggs and Gast
o i Arrested.
From the State, May 8.
As forecasted in the State, t
ii Beckroge trank dispensary scand
which has been the all absorbing toj
all over Sooth Carolina for a we
past, culminated yesterday in the i
rest of ex-Clerk Seth W. Scruggs
- the State board of control, and
Commissioner John T. Gaston, up
the common law charge of effie
misconduct. Both have given bo
for their appearance at the next tei
of court of sessions in this count
and will be free until t,he court mee
5u the summer
Yesterday every one was still tal
jog about the scandal and the affid
vhs that bad been secured, and wo
dering what the State -authoriti
were going to do about it.
It was about noon when Mr. L <
Williams, the member of the Sta
board designated to swear ont tl
f warraBts, went to Magistrate Smith
office and made the affidavits hay ir
the warrants issued.
THE SCRUGGS WARRANT.
The warrant in the case of M
Scruggs charges that "on or abo;
the first day of March. 1897, or
Seth W. Scruggs did commit offici
> misconduct by taking and carryin
away from the contraband roofs i
the State dispensary four boxes <
cigars and four caos of peaches an
: other articles, the property of th
State, while engaged in the discharg
of his daties as clerk and bookkeep?
of the State board of control in sai
State dispensary, with intent to de
^ fraud the State of South Carolina, s
. folly set forth in the affidavit beret
attached."
v MR WILLIAMS* AFFIDAVIT
The affidavit was made befor
Magistrate Smith by Mr. L J. Wi!
Hains, f nd is as follows :
Personally appeared before me, I
J. Williams, who, after being dui;
sworn, says : That he is a membe
of toe State board of control ; tha
Seth W. Scrogg", of the county an<
State aforesaid, was duly electee
clerk of the State board of contro
on the - day' of April, 1896, am
at tie time entered upon the dutiei
of said office and continued in th<
disc s.rge of the same until the Ttl
day of May, 1897, when his success
or was duly elected ; that during the
time he was clerk of the said board
his duties were defined and pre
scribed by said board, which were tc
. act as bookkeeper of said board, tc
have the custody and coutrol of the
books and all papers in the control ol
the said board, to keep the minutes
of the board abd to discharge aij
other duties appertaining to clerk ol
the board
That he is informed by a number
of persons, who have made affidavits,
H-.aad believes that Seth W. Scruggs,
while so acting as bookkeeper and
clerk of the said boord of coutrol,
, did on or about the first day of March,
A D. 1S97, procure a key to a room
in the State dispensary in which al!
liquors and other property seized
and forfeited to the State are kept,
and which was in she keeping and
control of the State commissioner,
but ander the g nerai control of the
board, and with the said key did
enter the said room, without the
knowledge or consent of the State
commissioner and the State board of
control, and take therefrom and carry
away four boxes of cigars and four
cans of peaches, property of the
State of South Carolina which had
been forfeited to lt. of the value of
$4. and did appropriate the same to
bis own use, with intent thereby to
defraud the State and damage the
public and in grave violation of his
said duties as clerk and bookkeeper.
That he is informed by the persons
who made affidavits as aforesaid that
the said Seth W. Scruggs, while act
ing as such bookkeeper and clerk of
the board of control as aforesaid, did
on divers occasions between the -
day of April. 1896. and the 7th day
of May, 1897, enter the said contra
band room with a hey then in his
possession other than the one in the
possession of the State commissioner,
claiming that the said key was one
provided for the use of the State
board of control, when in fact, so far
as he knows, the board had no such
key, and had not authorized him to
provide such a key for the said board,
and that with such false key tho said
Seth W. Scruggs did open and enter
the contraband room aforesaid and
did take therefrom one box of cigars
and four cans of peaches of the
value of $4, the property of the
State of Sooth Carolina, with the in
tent to defraud the State of South
Carolina by appropriating the said !
articles to his own use, in gross vio :
lation of his dutuies as such clerk
and bookkeeper, to the damage of the
public and the evil example of all
others in like cases offending.
That he is informed by the persons
aforesaid that Seth W. Scruggs,
while acting as such clerk and book
keeper and holding said office, be
tween the - day of April, A. D.
1896, and the 8th day of May, 1897,
on divers occassions procured a key
and entered the said contrabnd room,
which was under the control of the
commissioner, subject to the general
A ' - I
control of the State board, atid di
carry away therefrom cigars am
other articles of personal property o
the value of $200, the property o
the State of South Carolina, with it)
tent to defraud the State by appro
psiating them to his own use, and t<
the damage and injury of the pubiic
and by such acts was guilty of gres
official misconduct ; that all the acti
herein charged were committed ii
Richland county of the State of Souti
Carolina.
That Charles J. Lynch, M. H
iMobley, C. H. Charles, Robert E
Blakeley. S W. Yance, W. W Har
ris, C. A. Koon, H. E. Watts, L J
Williams, S H Douthit aud D. M
Miles are material witnesses to prove
6aid charges.
L J. WILLIAMS
AGAINST COL GASTON.
The warrant against Col. Gastor
alleges that ' on or about the 1st da}
of March, 1897, one John T. Gastor.
did commit official misconduct bj
taking and carrying away from th*
contraband room in the State dispen
8ary one pair of shoes; part box o
cigars and other articles, the
property of the State while
acting as State commissionei
in charge of said room and while ir
the discbarge of the duties of said
office, with intent to defraud the
State of South Carolina, as fully set
forth in the affiavit hereto attached.'
THE SPECIFIC CHARGES
This affidavit is also made by Mr
Williams before Magistrate Smith,
and alleges : \
That John T Gaston was required
by the State board of control to act
as State commissioner in the State
dispensary between the 25th day ol
October, A D. 1896. and the 15th
day of April, A D 1897, in the
ptece of F M. Mixson, who had re
signed
Thal on information and belief he
says that during the time he was act
ing as State commissioner under the
authority and direction o the State
board of control the said John T.
Gaston, who was as such
commissioner in charge of the room
in the State dispensary in which
were placed for safe keeping all the
liquors and other personal -property
seized by the State constables and
forfeited to the State, or in process
of forfeiture, did on or about the first
day of March, A. D. 1897, take and
carry away from the said room one
pair of shoes and part of a box of
cigars, the property of the State of
Sooth Carolina, and entrusted to his
care and custody, of the value of
$1 25, with the intent to defraud the
State aforesaid and to appropriate the
8 aid property to his own use, which
was in gross violation of his duty as
acting State commissioner to take
care of the said articles, which had
been entrusted to his keeping by law,
to the great damage of the State of
South Carolina. ,
That on information and belief he
further says that the said John T.
Gaston, while discharging the duties
of State commissioner by direction of
the State board of control and while
rn charge of the said contraband
room aforesaid did on divers occa
sions between the 25tb day of Oe
rober, A D. 18c6 and the 15th day
of April, A D 1897, take from the
said room shoes, cigars, coffee and
other articles of persona! property
belonging to the State of South Caro
lina of the value of $50, with intent
to defraud the State and to appro
priate the said articles to his own
use, which was in gross violation j of
his duty as acting State commissioner
take care of the said articies, which
had been entrusted to his keeping by
law. to the great damage of the State
of South Carolina
That all of these acts were done in
Richland county, in the State of
South Carolina
That S W. Vance Wilie Jones,
H E Watts, L J. Williams and C.
A Koon are material witnesses to
prove said charges
L J. WILLIAMS
BOTH GIVE BOND
lt was about 2:30 o'clock when Mr.
Gaston walked into the office of the
magistrate and surrendered himself,
he having beeu informed by the
magistrate's constable that he was
wanted. He waived a preliminary,
and gave bond for bis appearance at
the sessions court in the sam cf $400
His bondsmen were Gen. John Gary
Watts and Maj. B. B Evans
About 4 o'clock the same proceed
ing was gone through with as to Mr.
Scruggs H came up in response
to a similar notice from the constable,
Mr Hartin His bond was fixed in
the same amount. His bondsmen
were James G. Payne and W. J
Scruggs.
Attorney General Barber says that
the punishment for the offense charged
upon conviction is imprisonment and
fine in the discretion of the judge.
i
the imprisonment not to exceed seven j
years. It is not of necessity in the
State penitentiary
Mr Gaston said yesterday that he
had nothing to fear ; he had done
nothing wrong so far as he knew, and
intimated that Jie did not even think
he would employ counsel to defend j
him.
There has been considerable talk j
as to what offense these two men
6hould be prosecuted for. Breach of
trust, grand larceny, housebreaking
in the case of Scruggs and numerous
other offenses were looked into, but
the attorneys could not find where
any of them would He upon the evi
dence presented. Attorney General
Barber yesterday said : "You eau
just say for rae to the public, that if
there is any other offense for which
these parties can be indicted, then
this office stands ready to prosecute
therefor."
SPMF C*CflAR6ES.
T. Larry Gantt Declares He
Will Make Them.
There were no new developments
in the Beckroge trunk, hocus pocus
key scandal yesterday. Everything
seems to have quieted down at this
end of the line with the arrest of
Messrs. Gaston and Scruggs. Manyi
hereabouts seems to think that the |
matter will die down now. But I
there are some other things behind
the scenes and they are liable to
develop atx any time The other
trunk case is being investigated.
And now comes T. Larry Gantt, j
who promises this week to make j
specific charges of a sensational j
character, giving information as to
where evidence can be secured and j
demanding an investigation ; Larry j
avers that he is "loaded to the gun
wales77 with information and he
wants an investigation from "Hell to
Holland.77
But read what he says in his latest
card to The State :
Tb the Editor of The State :
In your issue of yesterday yon
seem to think that I will be * prevail
ed upon'1 to withhold my demand for
an investigation of the dispensary
management. If you will closely
read the next issue of The Headlight
you will find that I have specified my
charges and showed ju3t where all
the evidence can be secured to con
duct the investigation. Did you
ever know me to back down or flinch
from a task that I had undertaken
until it was accomplished.
Now, in demanding a rigid inves
tigation of the dispensary manage
ment I have no feeling jn the matter
whatever, but am solely prompted by
a desire to purify a most important
department of our State government
from even the suspicion of corrup
tion. There is not a man connected
with the State dispensary but has
treated me with every courtesy, and
I have no known cause for grievance
against any of these officials. And
you will also, Mr. Editor, do me, I
think, the fairness to confess that
this demand for an investigation is no
new found idea brought about by the
publication of the Howell letter, but
as the files of The Headlight will
show, during the last session of the
legislature I wrote columns calling
the attentiou of that body to reports
in circulation about the dispensary
management, and demanded a rigid
investigation. My position has ever
been this ; I brought the dispensary
law to South Carolina, and I intend
to expend my every effort and ener
gy to purify the thing from even the
taint of suspicion, or tear it up root i
and branch.
I am now about convinced that the {
dispensary is entirely too big a thing !
to place ir the hands of five men, j
with unlimited power; and if the |
State continues in the liquor business ?
souse other means should be devised j
to run it. Did it ever occur to you j
that the purchases a.^d receipts of j
the dispensary (if I am not mistaken)
foot up near 2,000,000 about twice j
as much as the entire State tax levy ? j
It presents too inviting a Feld for j
corruption 1 do not charge any j
man connected with the dispensary
witn corruption : but I do recite re ;
ports that have reached my ears, and j
then show just where they can be j
refuted or verified.
My only connection with the dis
pensary has been to work to secure
my friends positions-and men whom
I believed to be honest and had al
ways stood by and assisted me in
every legitimate way. I have fre j
quentiy asked Mr S. W Scruggs if
everything was kept straight in his
department, and he said that it was ;
and as proof of this. I had the reports
of that legislative committee, upon
which was a Conservative and oppo
nent to the dispensary, and these
gentlemen always wound up by com
plimenting Mr Scruggs.
Of course, Mr Editor, it waa
wrong for Mr. Scruggs to take those
cigars and canned goods and divide
the same with other employes ; but
it seems he had preced nt for so do
ing, and the value of the article was
so trifling as to preclude the thought
of intentional venality. Mr. Scruggs
had the handling of thousands of j
dollars of the public money each !
month, for a term of more than two '
years, and it seems that every cent j
has been accounted for and his books
balance to a hair. This is certainly
a strong plea in his favor, and a just j
and fair-minded public will not judge j
him too harshly. Why, sir, I have j
no doubt but if an investigation of I
any public institution was made it
would be f' und that it is nothing un
usual for the heads to appropriate !
small articles to their own use or
present them to their friends
But one thing sure ; the wheels of
this dispensary investigation must
not be blocked by a can of peaches
and a cheap cigar To stop now i
would be like a man who had a
wagon stolen, and after finding its
lynchpin in the road went home :
satisfied The matter cf rebates and j
over-charges reported to have been
paid for liquor under the Traxler
regime are of far greater importance
to the tax paye rs of South Carolina
than air the seizures made by con
stables since the dispensary law was
enacted.
And I see from Mr. Outz's card
that the board raised his salary $10
per month after he had reported the
Bickart proposition to bribe him.
This is the toughest thing I have yet
beard Surely common honesty is
not such a rare jewel at the dispensary
that its practice must be rewarded out
of the people'8 money.
I also see from the Columbia papers
that they now all want agita
tion in regard tb the dispen
sary stopped. It is now
too late. "They may cry peace
peace ! but there willbe no peace"
until the whole business is investiga
ted from Dan to Beersheba, and from
Alpha to Omega. The waters have
been muddied, and they mu^t not be
allowed to settle until thoroughly
filtered, and if corrupt methods have
ever been or are now practiced, let
the people know it The people are
not satisfied with the conduct of the
dispensary, and demand a full and
free investigation.
And when this investigation is had,
not a man connectad in any manner
whatever with the State government
should have aught to do with it.
There is no telling who may be
caught under the deadfall when it
drops, and then it is human nature
for men belonging to the same party7
and administration, and drawing
lucrative salaries, to shield one anoth
er. My proposition would be to let
the majority of that investigation
committee be made up of Conserva
tives and men not favorable to the
dispensary, and who will go to the
very bottom Then let the doors be
thrown wide open and every word of
the testimony taken published to the
world The people will then render
the right verdict.
And I would also suggest that ex
Governor Evans unite with me in de
manding this investigation. His
name has been connected with the
dispensary scandals but I believe,
when the reported Augean stable is
cleared, that John Gary Evans will
come fos,th with clean hands If I
did not think this I would never
have supported him for United States
senator. And I will give .you another
bit of unwritten history, Mr. Editor:
Mr. Evans never received but $800
from Rhind, and it is all he will ever
get He was slaughtered by the
unfortunate advice of reputed friends,
and who made him ignore Mr. John
Duncan and keep sealed lips when
he should have told the people every
thing he knew and made a plain and
straight-forward statement
I am a Reformer, because in South
Carolina reform means the absolute
rule of the white majority. So long
as the minority faction repudiated
their party nominees and appealed to
the negro vote, I stood by my race
and my party. We now have in
South Carolina direct primaries,
where every white voter can repair |
to the polis and cast his ballot for the ?
candidates of his chice The min- {
ority faction has gone into those j
primaries in good faith, and it would j
bc wrong here after a draw lines
Up here in Spartanburg our people
are working together, and a better i
and kindlier feeling exists than
in years This is just as it should be !
all over our State When Reformers]
appeal to the people to support can ;
didates on old factional lines, now I
that we have a primary, it is wrong
and denying to the minority (air ;
treatment. But I am glad to know j
that Factional lines are fast being !
obliterated m the old Palmetto State,
and when a man seeks to revive them
he is an enemy to the upbuilding of
his btate and the peace and happiness
of the people thereof. The Conser
vative party constitute a highly res
pectable and intelligent minority, and
they should be given an equal and j
fair voice in governing their tate
I have written thus at length be- j
cause I desire to set myself right i
before the people If I have erred I
in anything it was in over zeal for my
friends. But ieel that a generous
public will not charge this against
me I have never held any office
with emoluments attached, ordesired
to hold one. And, Mr. Editor, I
don't come from a family of rogues
on either side of the house. I have
lived the greater portion of my life
in Georgia, and I refer to the leading
citizens of any place in that State
where I have ever resided to vouch
for my integrity and honesty I ara
to-day a very poor man, but could
have erinched myself had I seen pro - !
per to sell my principles and turn !
what talent God has given me to the j
accumulation of gain.
In demandinga rigid investigation
of the dispensary, I have no desire
to cast reflections on any man con
nected with the trunks, for I have no
animosity or feeling in the matter.
But I shall each week ring into the
ears of the 6,000 subscribers to the
Piedmont Headlight the demand
"Investigate ! Investigate!! In
vestigate ! ! !'? until the whole busi
ness has been laid before the public
T. L GANTT
Spartanbnrg, S. C , May 6
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL & FEVER !
TONIC
Tariff Bill Reported j
Washiogtoo, May 4 -Tbe uoexpect
ed has happen again. To the surprise I
of everybody except those in the con
fideoce of the senate finance com mitte', j
the tariff bill waa reported to tbe eta
ate to-day When the committee m >t
this morning Senator Jones- sbowe-J
every evidence of complete satisfaction.
The Democrats saw that opposition was
useless. After a glance at the 216
pages of the bill a motion to report the
bill to the seoate at. once was adopted
by a vote of 0 to 5, Jones voting with
the Republicans What he got for his
vote nobody who is authorized to speak
can fell. Whether it was the abroga
tion cf the Hawaiian treaty, or whether
he voted with the Republicans from
preference will remain a part of the
unexploited history cf the bill.
Promptly when the beoate opened Sen
ator Aldrich presented the bill, asked
that ic go on the calendar until May 18
and that 5.000 copies of it be printed
for the use of the senate It was all
over in two minutes and the first battle
was won without firing a un. It is
onfideotly predicted that debate on
the bill will end before anybody knows
it, and that by June 15 it will be in
coofereuce between the houses. As re
ported to the senate ic is not the Diog
ley bill. There have been radical de
partures in making up the schedules
and sweeping reductions in rates ail
along the line. ? '?*
Among the important changes, the
following may be noted : Change of
date when the bill is to take effect, from
May 1 to July 1, the elimination of
the house retroactive clause aod the
provision ^elating to reciprocity. For
! tbe latter's substituted the following :
That whenever any country, depend-^
eocy or colony shall pay or bestow di
rectly or indirectly, any bounty or
grant upoo the exportation of any ar
ticle or merchandise from any country,
dependency or colony and such article
or merchandise is dutiable under the
provisions of this acc. then upon im
portation of any Roch article or mer
chandise into the United States, wheth
er the same shall be imported directly
from the couutry of production or oth
erwise, and whether such article or mer
chandise is imported in the same condi
tion as when exported from the country
of production, or has been changed io
condition by re-muaufacture or other
wise, there shall be levied and paid io
all cases, io addition to the duties
otherwise imposed by this act an addi
tional duty <qual to the net amount of
such bounty or grant, however, the
same be paid or bestowed The net
amount of all such bounties or grants
shall be, from time to time ascertained,
determined and declared by the secre
tary of the treasury who shall make all
needful regulations for the identification
of such articles and merchandise aod
for thc assessment and collection of
such additional duties.
The house provision ic the tariff bill
kecpiog ic force the Hawaiian recipro
city treaty is stricken our, the effect
being indirectly to abrogate the treaty j
ar ii imposing the s-mie duty ^on Ha- !
waiian sugars as ts imposed oo sugars \
from o:her countries.
- Mil) WI"
Bradstreet's Observations. !
New Y..rk. May 7 -Bradstreet'^ to- j
marrow v7 ! say : Favorable business
features this week inclue!:: tije courin- :
aed decline of water in bc flooded dis
r r : o * of tho Mississippi River velicy, :
in a portion of which plas tin g has bc
gun : better demand fer staples at Bal- i
iaiore, St. Louis, Omaha, Milwaukee,
Si. Paul and Sioux Falls, and large
s.iles of iron ore to Western furnaces,
and a revival of activity among coun
try merchants in some centrai Western
Stares. Unfavorable trade features
mci w de the further decline of prices for j
Bessemer pig iron and steel billets,
with production of pig iron .in excess of
consumption and the prospect favorable j
for blowing out a number of stacks j
Cool weather West, has checked the re- j
tail demand, and complaints are re- j
ceived from wholesale dealers in shoes, ;
clothing and dry goods.
Low temperature has retarded the
growth of cotton and corn in Texas,
and in Kentucky, the leaf tobacco crop
will be short. The Lake trade outlook
is not satisfactory ; the movement of
buildiog materials is slow ; mer
cantile collections show no improve
ment and the spring trade in general
continues disappointing.
Exports of wheat, from both coasts of
the United States and Canada this
week (flour included as wheat) amount
to 1.799,322 bushels, as compared with
1.155,000 bushels last week. 1,882 -
000 bushels in the week a year ago,
2,805,000 bushels two years ago, 2 -
S15 000 bushels three years ago, and
as contrasted with 2,712,000 bushels
in the like week of 1893 Exports of
Indian corn amount to 3,127,781 bush- I
els this week, compared with 3,657,
000 bushels last week 1,891,000 bush
cir in the week a year ago, 933,000 j
bu-hels two years ago. 730,01)0 bush-j
els three yoars ago, and as contrasted :
with 1,046,000 bushels in the like!
week of 1893 j
The total number of business failures !
throughout the United States this week |
does not vary materially from what :
maj bc regarded as the average in re
cent years for a corresponding period, ;
amounting lo 22S, against 244 last
week, 207 in the week a year ago, 224
in rho week io 1895, 198 in 1894 and
219 io 1893. There are 39 business j
failure reported from the Dominioo of i
Canada this week, compared with 31 j
last week, 38 io the week one year3go,
27 two years ago and 30 io the like
week of 894.
THE MAN IN GRAY.
FRANK L. STANTON.
Here be is in * wreck ot gray,
With tbe brazen belt of the "C. S. A."
Mea, do jou know him ?
Far away.
Where hattie blackened the face of day,
And 6e r p:o rivers ir; crimson fled,
And God's white roses wer;; reeked io red,
His strength he gave and his t. ood he shed
Followed fearless where Stonewall led,
Or, galloped wild in the wake of Lee,
In toe dashing, mad artillery
Shelled the ranks cf the enemy
For the South that wss and the South to be !
Or bore bis musket with wounded bands
O'er icy rivers nod burrit g s-inds
Leveled straight at '.hp hostile bands
That spread iike death through the ravaged
lands I,
Men, do you knew him ? Grim and gray,
He speaks to you from the Tar away !
There he stands on the prison sod
il statue carved t-y the hand of God ;
And the death be dared and the paths be trod
Plead for him io a voice that seems
Wild and Bad with buttle-dreatrs.
And memory's river backward streams
i With its strange unrest and crimson gleams !
j Tbere be stands like a bero-see I
I He bore bis rags and his wounds for ye !
j He bore the *g cf the warring*South
With red-scarred hands to the cannon's
mouth
. By beaven ! I se? a3 I did that day.
i His red wounds gleam through the rags of
gm !
Men of the South, your heroes stand
j Statue-like in the new-bora land ! .
j Will ye pass them by ? Will your lips coa
de:-cn ?
j The wounds on their brave breasts plead for
them !
Shall the South tha they gave their blood to
save
Give them only a natreless grave?
Nay ! for the men who faced the fray
Are ber's in trust tilr the Judgment Day !
And God Himself io the far sweet-lands
Will ask tbeir blood of their country's
bands !
Soldier ! You io the wreck of gray,
With the brazen belt of the "C. S. A.,"
Take my love and ray tears to-day !
Take them-all that I bave to give.
But by God's grace, while my heart shall
live,
It still shall keep in its faithful way
The camp-fires lit for the man in gray
A\e ! till the trump sounds far away,
And the silver bugles of heaven play,
And tbe roll is called at the Judgment Day !
Traxler is Waiting.
j Ez-Liquor Commissioner Traxler has
i oeeo seen in Greenville by a represen
tative of The News, who writes thus:
"D. H Traxler, who was State
j liquor commissioner under Tillman's
j administration, was seen by a reporter
j yesterday ia reference to the iosioua
I lions made by Editor Gantt. Mr.
I Traxler declined to be interviewed, say
ing he preferred to avoid a controversy
if possible aod chat as co specific
charges were made against him and
that he was not attacked directly and
personally,* be did not feel called upon
to go into print. He said he would
watch the developments and might
have something to say later. He ask
ed that nothing be said for the pres
ent."
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May 8.
Senator (Jail, of Florida, has with
drawn from the race for re-election and
Chipley leads.
The schooner Saucy Las? put io to
Charleston Thursday night leaded with
liquor and toe captain was arrested
when he went ashore.
State Treasurer Collins, of Florida,
bas been found $50,000 shore in his
accounts.
Gov. Atkinson and Judge Turner
spent yesterday in Columbia inspecting
the penitentiary. To-day they are in
specting the State Farm at Haloed.
May 10.
Laurens Tucker, a white man living
in Laurens county went fishing with
his wife on Saturday night, leaving
their four children locked up in the
house. The bouse was burned and all
of thc children were cremated.
N W. Nelson, pre*ideot of the
Metropolitan Baok of Richmond, Va.,
was found dead in his batb room on
Saturday morning He shat himself
in the room and turned on the gas.
He was 77 years old and had been io
ill health for a long period.
Biggs & Fleming's tobacc prize
house in Wiltoo, N. C., w- urned
Saturday. Loss on building 15,000,
on tobacco 70,000.
lt is feared in Montana that the
Cheyenne Indians are meditating an
outbreak.
The German leaders are urging the
rcichhtag to enact realiatory tariff laws
against American goods on account of
the Dingley bill.
The steamer Maisie, of the Wacca
ruaw river line, was burned at Conway
on Saturday night.
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