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PROPOSED HUMILIATION OP SOUTH CAROLINA. _ An Interesting Fight.. _. Washington, Oot. 15.-Thomas Jef? ferson Mackey arrived 1?re a week |p*?0 and is quartered at the Metropoli? tan. Eogene Alonzo Webster came a few days later, and is stopping at? the Si. James, which is diagonally across Pennsylvania avenas from the Metro? politan. Judge Mackey's mission is to see that tho white people of his na? tive state are oot farther humiliated bj the appointment of negro postmas? ters. While that of Mr. Webster is to farther that very scheme. The issue is squarely made and the future will disclose the result. Mr. Webster de livered 18 votes to- Hanna and Mo* Kinley in two St. Louis convention, and desires the patrcoage with which not only to pay pre -con veotion debts, bot to enable him to duplicate that feat three years hence, while Judge Mackey says that it is the very acme of folly as well as disadvantageous to the "brother in black," for the republican party to recognise that crowd of ad? venturers, technically known as car? pet-baggers. Judge Mackey, in speaking of his devotion to> Sooth Carolina, says that it s on the principle which osases the firet born to love their mother best those who knew her in ber yoathfal beauty, before age ?ad dimmed the laster of her eye and sorrow bad marred the comeliness of ber cheek. He says that he knew her in her palmiest days, and shed bis blood for* her when only fifteen years of age, in Mexico, and also in the "late unpleasantness," and that he assisted in releasing ber from tbe carpetbag thralldom io 1S76. Anent the Webster combination to appoint negro postmasters in Sooth Carolina, there is ? well authenticated ?rory afloat here to this effect : Col. Janus E Boyd, of Greensboro,' N. C., once district attorney for West era, N. C., and now assistant attorney general, resident here, a life-long re? publican, was appealed to by a etti- 1 sen of Timmoosviile, 8. C., a repobli- 1 can of character and respectability, & son ' of a life long republican in North Caro- 1 lina, who had long been a staunch re- ' publican, to aid him in securing the i poe&mast?rship there. Accordingly, ! CoL Boyd called . at the postoffioe de? partment and there learned that he had 1 better see Mr. Webster He did so, 1 bat ascertained from him that he had 1 alloiied that part cf his territory to 1 Ediaaod Deas, a sorrel-colored mao 1 from Bar lin g ton, but who stays here ' now in the interest of hts candidacy I for the eoileetorship of the Charleston 1 port-. CoL*Boyd was referred by Web- 1 star to him,, {only tot realize that he . bsd promised the place to a sable fei? low there who was a small ?'merchant," ] which inquiry disclosed was a "blind ' tiger" man. As ? consequence, Col. j Boyd said : 1 "I want no Sooth Carolina politics 1 ta mme. * . . 1 The most potent argument which ; Judge Mackey has used to tba presi- 1 dent and postmaster general against J appointing negro postmasters io the 1 sooth, and which be says has bad the { (ired effect, ia that in the states of lio, New York aod Massachusetts there are from 20,000 to 30,000 negro voters, and yet none ot them are ap? pointed te these offices ; that if it were done it would defeat the republicans io 1 those oow republican-.ates, in state as 1 * well as national elections. ' Crew of the Competitor. JVso Spanishf Cabinet Considers ^the ] Case. ! Madrid, Oct. 15 -The Spanish cab- < inet to-day discussed the case of the American sohoooer Competitor, which < was captured in Coban waters on April 25.1896, consideration of which, ow- i log to the fear whiob Premier Canovas dei Castillo bad of stirring op action i opon the part of tbe congress of the ! United States, was postponed by tbe late government. Tbe cabinet to-day ordered the ministers of foreign affairs, the navy and the colonies to examine the documents io the case, with the view of its eventful settlement by tbe courts. Madrid, Oct. 15-Senor Gimerga, a promioeot leader of the Cuban autono? mists, has arrived here, incognito, and has had a conference with the minis? ter for the colonies, Senor More t, atwbiob the former recommended candidates for posts under tbe proposed Cuban reform administration Among tbe names suggested by Senor Gimerga for an ap? pointment was that of Seoor Bruson, a distinguished lawyer of Havana. Objects to Monroe Doctrine. Berlin, Oct. 18.-The Neuste Nachrichton of Leipsic publishes a report of a conversation which Prince Bismarck is said to have bad with a recent visitor, daring the course of which the ex-chancellor is quoted as saying that the Monroe doctrine is "uncommon insolence toward the rest of the world, and does violence to the other American and European 8 tates with A cae rican interests " It wonld be analogous the prince is said to have added, if Russia and France combined to disallow frontier changes in Europe, or the preponderating powers in Asia, Kussia and Great Britain arrogated the right not to change the political status without their consent. Negro Lynched by Negroes. Little Rock, Ark, October 15.-It is ja? learned that Tom Parker, a negro, was lynched Tuesday by a mob near Kendall, io Cleveland Conoty. Park? er was one of tbe negroes arrested for participating in the riot at a negro picnic near Kendall, on August 23, in which Mr J. J. Johnson, a white man of Pine Bluff,, was killed and a compan? ion badly cut and bruised There was littfe if any ?evidence against Parker, and he was released. Recently a band of supposed negro White Caps attempted to run Parker out of the community. Io tbe melee Parker shot and killed one of the White Caps. He was then arrest? ed and after a preliminary hearing was folly exonerated and discharged. He was rearrested 30 Wednesday and taken to Kendall, where be was he'd ander guard until Tbarsday, when be was taken out and lynched. It is said that the lynching was done by friends of the negro White Capper killed bj Parker. Review of Business by Dann. j --- New York, Oct. l? -R. G. Dunn ? Co 's Weekiy Review of .Trade i will say to-morrow : Foreign trade in September, the heavy increase in iron production and coo8omptioo and the largest payments through clearings ever known in Octo? ber, are indications which outweigh hesitation in some markets. The in? crease in employment of labor has con? tinued, with further acoounts daily of works opening, increasing foroe of baods, or raising wages, and at every poi ot where actual production can be tested it appears greater than ever be? fore Efforts by tbe Bank of Eoglaod have delayed further gold exports, but with a cotton movement- rising large, shipments to this side are deemed cer? tain and not distant. More gold, how? ever, means less just now than more iron. The output of pig iron October 1 was 200,128 tons weekly, against 112,782 a year ago, the increase since July 1 haveing been 22 per cent. Unsold stocka have been reduced at tbe rate of 10,271 tons weekly in September, in- _ (Hosting a consumption exceeding 232, OOO weekly, which is about 20,000 greater than ever before and 40 per cent, greater than three months ago. Prices of pig iron bolds steady, though the production has been further in? creased since Ootober 1. and prices of [hushed products gradually rise, with especially heavy demands for plates, rods, bars, while another contract has been taken by the Illinois Steel com? pany to deliver 30.000 tons steel rails for Japan, and the Pennsylvania com? pany bas bought 35,000 tons. Ore shipments on the lakes surpass all records. The Rockefeller company bas contracted for another stea? mer with two consorts to carry 20,* Q00 tons, the largest ever built for the lakes. Makers of black sheets have raised the price for No. 28 to $2 10 ind wire nails are 5 cents higher, the average of iron and steel products ris? ing 6 per cent, for the week to tbe highest points since April 8th. Tin plates ate cheaper at $3 10, with enormous production and oopper at ll 12 cents for lake, with lead at 4.10, but tin is' fairly strong. The cotton mills report producing as largely &a cheap cotton invites, and with moderate demand print cloths are lower at 2 44 cents and some grades of atber goods are slightly reduced. Sales of wool for speculation have largely decreased, but manufacturers io not f??d tbat current prices are war? ranted by their market for goods, though ic is strong and advancing. Sales of wool for two weeks have beeo 24,331.600 pounds at the three chief markets, of which 15,397,390 were domestic and while quotations are maintained, large lots previously with? drawn are now offered. The de? mand for spring goods is limited but the prices of some qualities have ad? vanced a shade further There is also some quiet contracting already for heavy weights. Wheat bas been fairly steady, but moving more largely than last year from the farms and from tbe country. Western receipts were 15,160,054 bushels io two weeks of Oe tobe.-, against 14.235,0i6 last year, and At? lantic exports 6,463.401 bushels, Sour included, against 4,747,854 last year, while corn exports were 3,262,387 against 3,309,925 last year, Septem? ber exports of wheat surpass all rec ords, amounting to 25,868,838 bushels, against 17,646.815 last year, owing to high prices tho value being over 100 per cent, larger for all breadistuffs. The price of wheat has declined 3-4 of a cent and of corn 1 per cent , with the gov? ernment repcrt of a yield exceeding 1,800,000,000 bushels. Cotton has declined 3-16, to 6 31 cents for spot, some authorities of repute baviog pub? lished estimates that the jeld would be 9,500,000 bales, but the movement is yet retarded by the fever. Failures for the week have been 223 in the United States against 328 last year, and 36 in Canada against 40 last year. A dispatch from Baku, on the pe ninusula of Apsheron on the west coast of the Caspian sea, a centre of the great oil producing regions in European Russia, says that a petro? leum spring at Romany, suburb of Baku, caught fire last night. The fire spread quickly to other springs in the vicinity until ?je whole valley was a sea of flames. The fires are still burning. The losses are enor? mous. Col. W. A. Neal Tells Why He Went to Keeley for Treatment. Columbia, Oct 15.-Col. W. A. Neal, superintendent of the State penitentiary, who was charged by ex-Gov. Evans, during the campaign with drunkenness, has come back at bis accuser and proves him to be a slanderer if not wor?e In addition to his card published herewith, Col Neal produces a number of affidavits from prominent and reputable menin substantiation of his assertions. Only two of these letters are reproduced here, as no others are needed to show the nature of the case made out by Col. Neal His card1 is as follows : 00 the 26th day of August last, ex Gov. Jobo Gary Evans io his campaign speech at Kiogstree made use of the following language: "Lase year while I was governor I had to send Neal to the Keeley lostitute because he became incapable of attending to bis business Instead of beiog the saperioteodent of the peoitentairy be should be dressed in stripe? acd put to work as a con? viet.'* He also said at Chester aod elsewhere all over South Carolina last sommer during the campaign, on the street corners, railway trains aad hotel lobbies, that he sent Bill Neal to the Keeley Institute for druokeness aod telegraphed T. J. Cunoioghaoi to come to Columbia and put him in charge of the penitentiary for.one month." 1 very much dislike to make public my private home affairs, bat maoy of my friends insist that I should do so io justice to myself and family. I have delayed taakiog public this statement, that the smoke of political battle may clear away, with the hope of a-calm, cool, deliberate consideration of what I may say. 1 deny that Mr Evatts sent me to the Keeley Institute or that he koew any? thing about my entering or necessity for going, until the evening before. I sent for him and told him- of my pur? pose, as the governor of the state I felt it my duty to inform him. I did take treatment at the Keeley Institute for morphine babit, contracted io 1891, at the earnest solicitation of my wife aod physicians, Drs. Duckett, Orr and Pope. I did not take treat? ment for the whiskey babit ; am glad to say that I have never .used whiskey to excess in ' my life and have oever been drank since I arrived at the age of maturity. I fought the morphine habit for more than four years with all the manhood and will power possible to command, but at las: was forced to take scientific treatment to save myself from utter ruin and destruction. I was thorough? ly cured in thirty days and have no de? sire for the dreg, nor have I bad any bad effects left and am now a sound man mentally and physically. The ex-governor and would-be Uoited States senator states publicly that I should be wearing con? vict stripes. I could, Mr. Editor, make the same statement as to his excellency, and could doubtless get many hundred men in South Carolina to agree with me, bot. that would be unmanly to slan? der him without proof. I defy bis excellency to place bis finger upon ooe aot of mine, either publie or private that would warrant tbe use of the vile slanderous remarks. He was governor of the state for two years, I am sorry to say, while I was superintendent of the state peniten? tiary, aod as governor he waa ex offi oio chairman under the law of the peni? tentiary, aod if he koew anything thal was wrong connected with my public duties be should have said so then, and I demand that he specify now, or be branded a? a slanderous liar by tbe good people of the State. Below please publish the affidavits of a few of my friends to substantiate what I nave stated above. Let thc people be tbe judges as to who has spoken falsely. W. A. NEAL. DOUGLASS, Oct 14,1897. Col. \V. A. Neal, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir : Gov. Evans during the last senatorial campaign, having cir cuiated the report at Chester that he sent you to the Keeley Institute for drunkenness and telegraphed me to come to Columbia and tate charge of the penitentiary for one month, and doubtless the same report was circu? lated in other portions of the State. I want to say in justice to you that al no time did Gov. Evans telegraph or write me to come to Columbia or place me in charge of the peniten? tiary business The penitentiary was in good shape at the time of your un? fortunate trouble and needed no su? pervision on my part I make this statement as chairman of the bord of directors during your entire admin? istration. T J. CUNNINGHAM. ANDERSON, S. C , Sept. 14, 1897. This is to certify that about May 10, 1891, I was called to prescribe for Col. W A Neal, whom I found to be suffering intesely from a severe attack of sciatica Mr. Neal soon became as helpless as an infant ; his left leg wasted away, and for more than two months he could not be moved from hiis bed. After using all the remedies usually prescribed in such cases, and his case being so critical. Dr. S M Orr was called itt. and upon consultation wo decided that it was an absolute necessity to resort to morphine, by injection hy podermically large doses over and as near the nerve as possible During Mr. Neal's long confinement he had to be attended constantly by a skill ed nurse, who was instructed to use the morphine on Mr. Neal as often as was necessary. The severity of the attack, and the length of time. Mr. Neal was under the necssity of taking morphine, left him under what is commonly known as the morphine habit. Mr. Neal was notified of the consequences of its use, and was then advised that he would be under the necessity of resorting to medical treatment for the habit, before he wouU be able to quit it. As soon as he recovered from his disease, late in the fall of 1891 he was then advised to take tratment for the morphine habit, as we knew, that he would not be able of his own volition to quit ita use That is the history of his case, and it is wei! un* jerstood by the medical profession that men addicted to the use of mor? phine cannot of their own will leave >ff the habit. It was not of Mr Neal's choice he began the use, but under he necessity of his case, and pre? scription of bis attending physicians. J. P. DUCKETT, M. D. COMPTROLLER GENERAL MAKES FINAL DECI? SION ON SUPPLE? MENTAL SCHOOL TAX. The supplemental school taz, for vbich provision was made in the Coo titution and which has been discussed requentiy, has at last been disposed of or the present, at lea?t by Comptroller reneral Norton. Io tbe last issue of he Independent Republic, of florry, lon. Jeremiah Smith addressed an pen letter to Gen. Norton in reference o tbe extra tax, and to this letter Gen. borton bas replied in the following ard, in which he discusses the extra chool tax at some length aod aonoun es his final determination in the mat? er, t An. article in your last issue over the tame of * Jeremiah Smith demands oine notice from me. Mr. Smith has he reputation of fair intelligence, honor nd fairness. He was a member of the oovention which made tbe constitution f South Carolina as it now stands Ie should be familiar with its require oent8 and mandates If so, prejudices r o;her oauses have so warped his uowledge that be is not fair Mr. Smith says: "Obedience to the onstitotion on bis (comptroller general) tart, would have increased the present chool fund in Horry between ?7,000 nd $8,000 each year, 1896 and 1897." 'Horry lacks ?15,000 of having her oostitutional rights." If this is true t results from the weakness of such nembere of the cons ti rational cooven ion as Mr. Smith The idea of Mr. Smith was to tax the richer counties ike Charleston and Richland, etc., so s to give Horry $7,500 per aonum of heir (tbe richer counties) money. The aembers from these oouoties were too barp for Mr. Smith, as I think tbe eat facts demonstrate. Mr. Smith ow. blames the comptroller general for iis owo fanlts as a member of the oon titutional convention. Let's see bow the facts are and who 3 to blame. Mr. Jeremiah Smith or be comptroller general, or who, if any >ody. If Mr Smith will show where the iresent comptroller general bas failed, n any duty whereby Horry has lost ?7.500 for 1896 and 1897. I will pay ; 100 cash to the most needy school in he county aod if he cannot, be pay the >1U0 cash. The constitution article XI, section ? reads: "The comptroller general shall or aforesaid three next ensuing fiscal 'ears, on the first day of each of said ears, levy such an annnal tax, no thc axable property of the state as he may ietermioe to be necessary to make such lefi-ieocica. etc." Section 12 of the ame article reads : "All the net in? ou?e to be derived from thc sale or icense for the sale of spirituous, malt, >inous and intoxicating liquors and leverages shall be applied annually in id of the supplementary taxes provid d for in the sixth section of this article, >rovidedhowever. that the said supple? mentary taxes shall only be levied wheo be net income aforesaid from the sale r license of alcoholic liquors and bev rages is not sufficient to meet and qualize the deficiencv for which the aid supplementary taxes arc provided." Here, Mr .Smith, section 12 with iis iroviso knocks section 6 into smitber ens, until you koow what this net in ome is. Mr. Smith, it appears, would ?ave the comptroller general to consider eotion 6 only, disregarding sec ion 12 and its proviso entirely. Is his selfishness or prejudice, buppose he comptroller general had disregarded ectiou 12, article Xt, and levied a tax f tbree-fiftha of one mill ot? tho tax b!e property of the State? Taeo sup tose. Mr Su-itb, that Charleston and he other counties taxed to meet defi iencies. had paid their taxes under iratest because illegally levied aod re overed mooey ? Where would Kor? y's ?7,500 per yer.r ootne from then ? Vould the comptroller general have teen (he cause of Horry's IOSJ, or of a oss against nine or ten ot tho county reaauiers? The authority of the i/tupiroller gent-ra! to levy this supple? mental tax for schools rest absolutely ? m the facts made requisite in secttoo .2 -r.d its proviso. Thu comptroller geueral mu-t know j L*t ihe net income therein provided \ or is sufficient to meet the deficiencies. would be obliged to Mr. Smith for the j lurrect meaning of thc conveotiou m this natter. Does net income mean C?UJ ?ly the net cash paid into the state treasury OD this account, or does il mean rbe income while yet io liquor* aod noe cash, yet above the ordinary expenses of the business ? For Mr. Smith's ioformatioo I will state here that tbe comptroller general took the assess rr. euc of tbe taxable Droperty aod school aod poll taxes levied tbereoo for the fiscal year ol 1896 aod^uade tbe required estimates for the deficiencies, aod the levy for 1897 with the end io view of instruot iog auditors to place the levy oo coun? ty duplicates On this basie tbe es? timated deficiency for ali the couoties in the State was about $70,000 aod being about two-fifths of one mill on au assessment of $170,000,000. The net iocome questioo confrooted the comptroller geoeral for 1897, tbe fiscal year under consideration. The state board of control was asked for tbe ioformatioo. Tbcy said it would be at least $70,000 aod $70,000 would be paid into the state treasury on this ac? count during the year 1897. These facts aod figures were submitted to the attorney for bis opinion. He ad? vised the comptroller geoeral that with these conditions, under the laws aod tbe constitution, he could oot make the levy. Mr. Smith may be a better law? yer than tbe attorney general. The comptrollergeoeral does not think so and acted accordingly. Now, Mr. Smith, there are other diffi? culties in doe way of the proper execu? tion of your constitutional mandates. Tbe constitution went into effect oo January 1, 1896. This same ooostitu tioo requires the levy to be made on tbe first day of the fiscal year on the taxable property of the state. All taxes are leveied each fiscal year on assessments made that year. Now, Mr. Smith, did the convention meao the assessment for the preceediog year 1894-95, or those for 1896? if 1894-95, why did it not so state ? If 1896, don't you see it impossible? The assessments for no fiscal year can be known to the comptroller geoeral until June 30. To use the precediog fiscal years assessments would be to make a levy oo estimated assess? ment. The constitution nowhere mee tisns such requirements as estimates. The house of representatives tackled tbis same question last winter, but dropped it without doing anything. Mr. Smith assumes to understand these matters better than the bouse of rep? resentatives, tbe attorney general or the comptroller general. Mr Smith charges the comptroller geoeral of dereliction of duties io tbis matter. F must prove, pay the $100 above, or stand convicted of puttiog a loog lip into matters be knows ootbing about, aod thus deceiv? ing the people of Horry county. If Mr. Smith had been the man he would have the good people of Horry to believe, there could have beeo oo complications in the supplementary sobool tax. He would have prevented doubts by avoiding ambiguous condi? tions and conflicting sections. If Mr. Smith was really a friend to public schools and Horry county why did he noe make a system of public schools for tbe state and not for the counties, as it now stands ? If the three mills had been levied on the taxable property of the state and paid to tbe schools on tbe basis of scholastic ppulatioo nothing would have been heard of tbis supplementary school tax Jeremiah Smith and men vested with authority as he was, made sections 6 and 12, article Xl, and imposed condi tioos therein named, are responsible to the people for aoy failures thereby. If florry has lost $7,500 or $15.000 in this supplementary school tax matter. Jeremiah Smith wbo blundered a* a delegate from Horry county in Dot watching Horry'j interest in the con? stitutional oooveotioo, is above all others responsible therefor. Respectfully, JAMES NORTON, Comptroller General. Yellow Fever Record. New Orleao8. Oat. 18.-Before 7 o'clock this eveoing tbe 100 mark of deaths during the present period of yellow fever prevalence had been reached Wheo the beard of health closed its books last night there bad been 93 fatal cases. Between last night and nightfall to-day. seven deaths were re ported. This century of deaths has occurred from less than 900 oases tba have been reported to the board since early in September, when the first case made its appearance in New Orleans. As usual, however, to-day's record had been swelled by the oriminal neg? lect of the poorer classes. Heretofore the greatest cumber of deaths on a single day has beeo nine. The eases, as on other days, have bobbed up in all directions. The quarantine system is still in effect, but it does not seem to restrain the spread of the infection, and the opinion seems to be borne out that yellow fever is not at all contagious but atmospherically infectious. There were 37 new oases and 7 deaths to-day. Two lives might have been saved if - any attempt bad been made to give the patients attention. Early this morning Coroner Lemmennier found the body of Pepino Gorolafo in a room io a boase on Burgundy street. The body was lying on the floor and those in the place said that the man bad gone to bed and rolled out upon the floor in a stupor. It took Dr Lemmoonier about two minutes to decide that the man had died from a case of yellow fever and a Subsequent autopsy confirm? ed the doctor's hasty diagnosis. The body was immediately buried. Later on during the day the coroner was call? ed to view the body of Antonio Bar roone. The coroner at once diagnosed the case as one of yellow fever. Both of these cases bad been concealed from the authorities and the patients had died without a doctor being called in to give relief. The first case of yellow fever at Baton Rouge, the eapral of the State, was reported to-day. FEVER IN MONTGOMERY. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 18.-The board of health to-night issued this bulletin : "The board of health of Montgom? ery county, with the concurrence of the State health officer, report the existence of two cases of yellow fever io the city of Montgomery-Mr. Pat White, 461 Clayton street and Thomas Graydon, corner of Martha and Dickerson streets. There are a few suspicious cases now nader observation 99 No trains have left Montgomery north or west since the decision by the board of health. Quite a number of citizens will leave in the morning, but no one expects anything like a panic. The feeling is oo more intense now that a decision bas been reached than when people were in suspense over a decision. A cold rain is falling to? night, and the thermometer has drop? ped 20 degrees within the last 24 hours. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, SHEPPARD NASH, C. C. C. P. for said Couti tv. made suit to me to grant bim Lettrrs of ?d ministration of tbe Estate of and effects of Hasten Cato, deceased, These are therefore;to citea^d admonish all an<3 st nen Ur the ki?/8red nod creditors of ?he said Hasten Cato, late of satd Cocoty HI?-: Slate, deceased, that they t-e and appear before m-, i?? the Cour: of Probate, to t - neld at Sumter C. H., on November 30ib, 1897, next, after publication thereof at ll o'clock io the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my band, this 20th day of October, Anno Domini, 1897. THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate. Oct. 20-6t. ^^^^ ^ g WI a fe .SK BtBl 3 # lu addition to a large line of Boy's Staple Suits we also have quite an extensive assortment of Fancy Suits for the little fellows, including K:lts, Juniors, Vesiees, Sailors, Wauregans, Keefers, &c, with suitable Caps and. Tams to wear with them. D. J. CHANDLER, THE CLOTHIER.