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COUNTY BOARD MEETING. l ?gislation ^?commended, Charges Agaiast Cham Gang Guarda. Routmo Matters The County Botrd of Commissioners met io regalar session Monda? at 12 o'clock with a majority of tbe members present. Toe minc tes of tba October meeting were sead and confira ed Mr. B. D. Mitchell, Superintendent of Poor fiasse, made a statement that a Mr. Kin law bad brought bis child fjar years old, to the Poor Hou? for the car? of ooe of the pan? ders, Mr*. Denn ij Kia ian bad married again, child was not well treated end Kin law had. tefl tbe count/. Mr Mitchell asked the direction cf *he Beard as to disposition of tba child. it was d -ciaed that the child contd he admitted to the Poor House only on re ga Jar petition. . Committee appointed to meet delegation to GeneralAssembly from S o ai ?er county re parted as follows, and the report was adopt ed : Specisl committee of County Board to re commend legislation to delegation met and make tbe following suggestions. That hills feeintrodaced and pushed. 1. To empower Township Boards .to ap paint or discharge road overseers as their augment dictates 2 To increase Road or Commutation Tax ; to $2 or to work 6 days. 3. To provide that where ?ny person owns aad uses wagons, with tires 4 iuebes wide or over lb refond road tar to such persoQ cr to exempt such person from road doty oe presentation to County Treasurer of certifi? cate stating that such person does own or use such tires. 4. To redsce members of County Board to one for each Magisterial District. 5. To empower Supervisor to appoint or discharge overseer and guards of chain gang. 6. To empower Towoship Boards o t take tax rotaras instead of Coanty Auditor. . 7. To require Township Boards to enforce Sib laws and game law. 8. That the press?t law as to makin? it mandatory that the Township Boards shall employ three (3) overseers for each township be emended so as to leave the matter to the eonattes ta be acted upon as they may deem best. / . 9 J That the Coroner be paid a salary of $250 per year instead of fees aa now. Respectfully submitted. E. I. MaXBZBG, Chairman. The Building committee reported that the duties assigned them had been completed aad asked to ne discharged. The report was adopted aad the committee was discharged. Commissioner Ryttenberg stated that as a committee of one be reported the pave ment ia front of the Court House completed at aboot $127 to the county. On motion the account wes approved and committee dis charged. The Clerk of Board gave information that ia recess of Board he had registered the cooa ty hoads held by E. P. Bicker. Tba Clerk of Coan served notice as to Bamber ol jurors for year 1898, and on mo tien u was decided to meeton January 28th to prepare jury lists as directed by law. Tbe County Treasurer reported aa follows: Nov. 3,1897, costs ?nd fines $106.35, dispen? sary $?41.34; Dec. 15, 1897, 3-mill tax $3,3(4.05. dispensary $143.56, 1 icen ?es, cost and fanes $109.90; Nov. 17, 1897, dispensary $m.i6, 3-mili tax $3,638;7I. ^Communication w*? read from J. P. Thom? as, President of Good Roads Association hiking for contribution of $10 from e?cb coan <y to assist i o the work of the associa? tion. ' Oa motion $10 was appropriated for the purpose. * Roll of jurors, bai i ifs sod witnesses of Octo4?r term of court, amounting to $1103.40 waa read aad received as informa lion. Oa motion the Supervisor was instructed to harrow front slaking fund commission for ordinary county expenses as mach as they will loan oa account of taxes for 1898. A. D. Moses, Coroner, was before tbe Board as to' bis claim for $10.72 for holding iaqaest oa dead body of Miss May Hammond, said aceden: having beep refused approval by County Supervisor. On motion matter was postponed until next meeting. 8u ocr visor Dorn made a statement aa toi the ezards of* the chain gang, J. S, Folk and A. K. Burrows, leaviag the chain gang, fie -said ttrsy left on tbeir own volittoo and that be had two guards ia their places, bot they were not employed for aoy particular time. Attorney Jennings, with Mr. J. S. Folk was before the Board asking for a copy of soca charges as were against Mr. Folk as guard of chain geog io order that be mig bi rebut them He was informed that his re? quest would be complied with sad on Janu? ary 28tb he could have a hearing. On motion it was decided to pay the guards of tba chain gang $20 per month, they should board themselves, aad that the said chain gang shall work especially on br! ages aad causeways. Commissioner N. S. McLeod, of Swimming Pens.^tated that s ditch near Bette! Church was bein? cleaned oat ?by certain parties Dr. DnBose, Dr. Fraser,' Miss McKinney aad X. S- McLeod-aad that they would bear one-half ibo expenses if the coanty would pay the balance. Tbe Board, agreed to ac? cept the proposition on condition that Mr. McLeod would direct the work. A anus ber of accounts were audited aad ordesed paid. The remainder of the accounts that were not reached were turned over to the Supervisor for approval. Bank Statement. The fourth quarterly statement for the year 1897 ot the Bank, of Sumter is publia ben to? day. The statement shows tbe condition and business at tbs close of the quarter end? ing December 31st, 1897. The Bask of Sum? ter bas bad a prosp?rons year aad the state? ment shows that tbs cooditioo at the dose of the lu*i quarter was satisfactory io many re? spects. The asnal dividends were paid and the Bank begins the year with large resources aad ample facilities. The deposit account is large and the loans and discounts, whian really represent the business and earning power of the hank, amono; to the large sam of $209, 737 35. The rediscount* hare bee a reduced to tb? ?mall som of $16,003, and the cash on hand amounts to more than seventy thousand dollars. Since the statement was made tbe deposits have increased to a considerable ex? tent.* . Scrofala is the advertisement of foul blood. It may be entirely driven from the system by the faithful nee of Hood's Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly purifies the blood. Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to ope? rate. Core indigestion, biliousness. 25c. The Greatest Discovery Yet. W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, 111., "Chief." says : "Wa won't keep house without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Experimented with maoy ethers but neva" get the true remedy until we ased Br. King's Se? Discovery. No other remedy can take its place in our home, as in it we have a certain and sore cure for Coughs, rColds, Whooping Cough, etc." It is "nile to experiment with other remedies, even if they are urged on you as just as good as Dr. King's Sew Discovery. They are rot a? good, be? cause this remedy bas a record of cures and besides is guaranteed. It never foils to satisfy Trial bottles free at Dr. J. F. W. DeLorroe's Drug Store, 3 PYTHIAN INSTALLATION. Eloquent Address by Grand Chancellor D. C. Heyward. Tbe cS.?ers elect of Game Cock, Lodge No. 17, K. of P., were installed Monday night with public ceremonies which were witnessed by a large audience composed of ladies and otners cot members of the order, as weil as the man j members of the Lodge The installation wak followed by an ad? dress from Grand Chancellor D C. Hayward. Tbe address dealt with tbe origin, history, achievements and the future of Pythianism, and waa an exposition of the benefits tbat the order has conferred upon mankind in the comparatively brief pe?iod it bas been io existence. The speaker was thoroughly fami? liar with his subject, in foll sympathy with the theme, and, oom bio i og earnestness with eloquence, made an address that was praised by bis hearers for its bean ty of diction and happy delivery. When the exercises of the evening were concluded the officers of the Lodge aod Grand Chancellor Herward' were invited to the resi? dence of Col."D'. J. Auld, Grand K of R. & S. of the Grand Lodge of Sooth Carolina, where a spread was laid ia their honor. The evening was altogether au event in Pythian annuals that will be loog remembered by the members of Game Coes Lodge. Emancipation Celebration. A Noteworthy Addrts* by Btv. Rithard ?f Carro?. The emancipation celebration held on Mon? day was attended by a large crowd of ne? groes who cams oat only from the immediate vicinity of this city bm from all parts of Sumter conn ty. The most important fea? tures of the celebration were the addresses of Ex-Congressman Georgs W. Murray, and Rev. Richard Carroll, of Colombia. The speech of the former was not particularly noteworthy as it was along the usual line and differed not materially from speeches delivered on previous occasions hy bim. The address of Rev. Richard Carroll was a noteworthy deliverance in more ways than one, so much so that it is given io full io order that it may be read and its excellence appreciated by those who did not bear it and would other wie eremain onscquainted with it. .The address speaks for itself and it is to be sincerely hoped that its truth will carry con? viction to those to whom it was addressed the negroes of Sontb Carolina, who have been so grievously misled in the past and ba7e suffered so seriously for their errors. The speech was well received by the large concourse of negroes and tte celebration passed off without an unpleasant ioeideot. Prof. Edward Dennis. The friends cf Mr. Ed. Den? is, and of hie father, Dr. R. fi. Dennis, of Bishopvilie, will read with pleasure the following from the Edgefield Chronicle : Sdgefield's Klondike just now is in her Ene school. At the sud of three months and a half-and while teachers and pupils are en? joying a brief aod well earned v- cauoo trustees, patrons and ocr whole commuoity will join BS enthusiastically in saying that Edgefield was and is fortunate in the selection of Professor Edward Dennis, for as an ac? complished, well-equipped teacher and a wise and firm disciplinarian, youngtbough he he, be bas few *?als. Professor Dennis, we note with satisfaction, is highly esteemed by the older toys of bis school. This is a high good sign. Young girls and little boys are generally all right any how. Iris with tbs big boys, heart, head aod band, the teacher must reign. Not only the welfare of the home but tbe future of our country rests upon the character of the noys growing up. A good boy is worth his weight io gold to any community, but the devil never pnt a worse thing off on a community than a bad boy. Professor Dennis and bis accomplished and popular assistants, Misses Carwile and Davis, will resume their work on the coming Mon? day.; Let every mao and woman io Edgefield stand by them bravely and conscientiously for the coming six mcotbs-and watch aod work and pray that out of tbe present Edge field Institute n>*yxome, ia the near future, a great and broad swarding school that shall rival the bee; in the land. Let us, one and all, press forward lo the high prize of seeing the twentieth century dawn upon such a school in Edgefield as shall be worthy of Sdgefield's earlier aod brighter history, -a ? ? -i Fire Near Wedgefield. WBSGIV?ILD, 8. C., January 3, 1895. The barn, stables, one mule and a horse, together with three hundred bushels of coro, belonging to Mr. John H. Burgess of State? borg section were destroyed by fire this morn? ing- at 5 o'clock, supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, althoogb every one is at a loss to.know how such could be, as Ur. Burgess is a man well koown all over the county, aod well liked by ali who know him, and he ts very peaceable and quiet. Mr. Burgess does business in Wedgefield, and was sent for this morning soon, by his son, P. P. Burgess, who *aid be was waked up by the noise of the animals confined. -Hs succeeded in catting out the cow and an old mole, but a nice male and the boree perished in the flames. Those who first got to the fire said they smelt keroseoe. Th? dwelling, only aboot one hundred feet away, waa saved by work of the neighbors. There was no insu? rance. Privateer News. Ramsy, S. C, Jan 1 .-Tbe Privateer Agreement Club, met at Miss Callie Wells' last night, quite a number were present. Several on the programme were absent. Tbe exercises were as follows : Readiog, Miss Lizzie Wbildeo, Music, Miss Una Wells ; Readiog, Miss Rene Ramsey. After a pleas? ant social hour, the club adjourned to meet at the residence of Mr. H. G. Ramsey. Several of the bicycle riders of this com? munity, met yesterday near Mr. j. S. Dwight*, to prepare the ground for a bicycle tournament. A race track is also beiog built, which when completed will measure one half mils ia circumference, s touroRmeo; ?iii be held at thia place when the track is completed, which will be io the near future. Mr. Leroy Wells, who is attending the Orangeborg Classical Institute is spending the holidays at home. Mr. S B. W. Courtney, who has been visit? ing io the community, returned to Willistoo, tb is norning. OCCASIONAL Public Sales. There was but one sale by the sheriff Monday, and none by iha Master. Tbe oth? er sales tbat were made were under foreclos? ure of chattel mortgage? and bills of sale. Tbe sale by the Sheriff was, crops or H. T. A S Edens on the place known as the J. R Phillips plantation, sold under attachment for rent ty the First National Bank. Tbe arti? cles were purchased by various parties. Fire at St. Charles Tbe gin hoo?e, grist mill, saw mill, two eins and a cotton press of Mr R. E. L. Kirvin, of St. Charles, were burned last Wednesday morning aboot 2 o'clock. Tbere was no insurance on buildings or machinery, and the loss exceeds Si .COO. The Sn? wts of incendiary origin, tbere haviogbeen ao fite in the engine room for a week or ?nore. HAPPY N?W YEAR ! . HEZ. IV. XV. I - iltt-.r thousand toogoej bave used this trite greeting since day dawn tbis 1st day of Janu? ary, 1S98. Tbe greeting is apposite to tbs day ; bot considering tbe times, it would seem to savor somewhat of ireoy. Happy new year. The synonyms of happy are "prosperous," "successful," "fortunate," and cotton at 5c. per lb. O, dog-gon. There are times when we don't care to think. We like to have spells wheo we are not thinking. What's the use of wearing ourselves into a young and early grave? but there ure times wheo we can't help thinking, and we've been endeavoring to bri ag the force of our ponderous mental machinery to bear opon the problem, wby, before the holi? days aod after tbe holidays should be so dis? tantly related-in fact they ain't oo kin. On the approach of the blessed yule-tide we I exert ourselves to cast off for the nonce, the burden of carking cares and perplexing anxieties; yet, try as ws may, we don't feel all tbe Christmas emotions we think we ought to feel; but still we are prone to sur? round the holiday era with a balo of majestic glory, (the halo is mostly traditional now,) and to expect in a sort af superstitious way,' that with the dawa of a new year a great change would steal over tbe earth, the son shine brighter, fate smile more benignly, and the political, social, religious and financial ideas of men would undergo some transforma? tion ; and it is rather disheartening to find, on this side the mystic line, tbat we are en? vironed by the same old ham-drum, common? place, every-day world, tbe same cid selfish? ness, the same old wrongs and the some old difficulties, the present does not encourage such bloomin' hopes of felicity, and the greet? ing, therefore, possesses a soft suspicion of irooy. But you may "Talk about your troubles and 'stringency: and all, The Sumter nigger's happy from Christmas time to fall : - Sellin' of his cotton, killin' of bis bogs, Wakein' up the country with his yelpin' pos? sum dogs; Davin' of a wagoo, teaehin ' of a school, Freachio' cf'the gospel aod dnvin' of a mule. Any way you take him-don't care how they [ squall, The Sumter darkey's happy from Christmas time to fall. Talk about your "race wars" and yonr fire- ? arms and sich, ? The Sumter nigger's happy, and he's half a mile from rich. Happy in the corn fields-every where you ] go, Pickin' of a banjo or fitngin' of a hoe, Sappy when the melon's gettin ripe enough , to pull, i Sappy when be's huugry, and happy when he's full. I Any way you take him, any time yon call, rbe Sumter darkey's happy from Christmas i time to fall. ; Sometimes, sometimes, about Christmas, [ ?re almost entertain a sort of soeakin' wish that we were a nigger. Ah well, we older ones have experienced OUT full share of Xmas joys and pleasures in ' the halcyon days of yore when we lived in,a world free from the rapid mah and whirl and 1 struggle of to-day, aod there was no fioancia! 1 Juggernaut to crush ns. We should only regret that the late generations have never enjoyed the blissful, care-free, merry-making af the old-time Yul?. Money-making, we reckon, will suit the modern gizzards better. Ger. An Interesting Colored Marriage. Mr. Editor-On Thursday afternoon your correspondent was present, as a spectator at an interesting negro marriage on Mrs. Vir? ginia Brown's place in this township. The contracting parties were both of this town? ship and were Eddie Durant and a daughter of Henry Smoot. There were a good many white people presentas spectators, and a large number of colored people. There were two striking features about this marriage-one was that it occurred on a part of the esme place where the bride's father was a slave, and the other was that among the white's present were the children of his former owners, j The marriage took place in Smoot's yard ; tbe decorum of the negroes was admirable and tbe white people were treated with utmost civility. MCDONALD F?RICAN. Privateer Township, Jan. 1, 1898. WHOSE COW ? The Queer Case of a Cow Pur? chased by E. Hogan. A cow was purchased last Friday morning by Sugene Hogan, the botcher, from a negro . who gave bis nama as Nelson White, and , claimed to live near Wedgefield. Later in the day the cow was butchered and shortly 1 afterwards Paul White, a brother of Nelson 1 White, put io bin appearance and made claim to tbe cow, which be identified by tbe hide. , At first Mr. Hogan refused to pay Paul White for the cow as be did not care to pay twice for the same beef, but finally agreed to settle 1 the matter by paying Pani Wbite ?8. < Soon after this settlement was effected Nelson Wbite returned to Mr. Bogan and stated that be bad beard aboot tbe claim made by P-tn'. Wbite. He persisted in claim- | ing that the cow was his property and be bad the right to dispose of lt as he saw fit as ( Paul White his brother, had oo interest in the o^oerbiiip of the cow and no claim on it ( whatever. Mr. Hogan was puzzled, and was I at a loss to know wbat to do, but be bad pa:d ] twice for the cow and be told Nelson White that as be was charged with stealing the cow he would have to explain tbe puzzle to 1 the Sheiiff. White agreed to accompany Mr. i Hogan to the Sheriff's off ce and declared hts j abili;j to prove his ownership of tbe cow he j had sold. On the way to the Sheriff s effice they uet Paul Wbite on tne street Nelson White asked Lim why he hfi.d lied about the I :ow to Mr. Hogan and told bim to give back l the money be bad received Pani White maintained that the cow was bis and Nel?on * had stolen it, and refused to give up the $8. * Nelson While was turned over to the t Sheriff and is in j iii Mr Hogan fortunately t Jid not give Paul Wbite cash but a check for {8 and be ha* stopped tbe payment of tbis S .heck until it is lally decided who really jwned the cow. Senator Tillman Makes Some More Statements. United States Senate, WASHINGTON, Deo. 31, 1897. Dear Sir : The enclosed statement bas boen forwarded to ail the morniog papers io Sooth Carolina by this mail and yon can print it if yon desire. Respectfully, B. R. TILLMAN I bave nearly always ignored the slanders and falsehoods which have from time to time appeared io the pa? pers in Sooth Carolina which have op? posed me since I bare been in public life. I cannot correct all of the state? ments or notice them, beoanse it is a waste of time and most of my friends know them to be false. As for my enemies, they believe them because they oan see Dothing good in me and love to feed their hatred on any food rhat keeps it alive. I depart from this tole in the present instance because it involves a personal and family matter. In the Columbia* "State" of yester? day the following editorial appeared : "SELFISH, NOT FIENDISH." "Senator Tillman is reported to be a very sick man, but it is said tfeafc when the possibility of his brother, George, becoming a candidate for governor, was suggested be managed to say that he would take the field against him if bis health permitted. The evident ha? tred 6. R. Tillman bears bis elder brother, a hatred which led bim to op? pose, if not defeat him for congress, is something fiendish A campaign with the two Tillmans as star actors would be a record-breaker for ferocity.-Spar tanburg Herald. "The Herald is unjust to Senator Tillman. He does not bate bis brother George, and it was not hatred that in? fluenced his course in the congressional campaign of J892. It was merely self? ishness. He was afraid that Talbert would run against bim for governor and cause bis defeat, so he turned bim into George's preserve-not to defeat George, but to get him out of his own way. .'So now when be threatens to ruo against his brother for the governor? ship next year it does not imply hatred. It means that he considers the perpet? uity of the dispensary necessary to keep alive tho factional issue, cn which be relies for re-election to the senate in 1900. He would not object to George's election if it did not ioterfere with bis own plans. But as it surely would do this, he is prepared to sacrifice Brother George as be did before. "Of course he has no notion of run oing for governor himself, for he will Dot let go the senatorship on any chance whatever. He only means that be will put up a proxy for the office if be cannot otherwise disturb the peace. We are not at all sure that the success of Ellerbe on a quasi prohibition and unity platform would not be quite as offensive to him as that of his brother on a straight license platform. "Watch !" Both of these editorials are the double-distilled esseose of falsehood and ''fiendish" malignity. I have not seen Mr. J. B Hussey, the correspondent for The State in this city, dering my illness or since my re? covery, except to pass him os the street and bow, aod I have said noth? ing to him about South Carolina af fairs, and I have not said to him or any other person a word about opposing Geo. D. Tillman for governor. What I have said, I will repeat, that I will stump the State, if need be, next sum? mer in behalf of the dispensary law, sud that without regard to who may bo in the race as candidates ? pro? pose to stand by the law in the senate and in the State; not to "keepalive the factional issue," but because I be? lieve it is the best solution ot the liquor problem. I don't "rely on factional? ism" to re-elect me, should I offer for re-election. 1 did not create factional? ism in South Carolina. N. G. Gon? zales and J. C. Hemphill are its au? thors, and they fanned the embers of the fight of 1890 into flames in 1892, and their undying hatred for me comes from their retirement as rulers in our State affairs. Now, in regard to my "hatred of my brother, George," and my "aiding Mr. Talbert to beat bim for congress i 1892." Every leading Reformer in the Sec? ond congressional district knows it (is untrue. Not ? scintilla of evidence, oral or written, exists or ever existed to show that I assisted Mr Talbert. I eras absolutely * 'hands off." and that ac ?ny brother^ request. Mr. Talbert ran for congress, as he had a rigbt to do, ind was elected. He received no ad? vice or help from me. Every well posted man in the State knows why S-eorge Tillman was defeated, except possibly himself. The treacherous Spaniard wno makes ;he obarge of betrayal and uobrotherly jpDduct against me, only advertises lis own depravity and blackness of leart. Talbert could no more have beaten De for governor than Sheppard did, iud no one knows it better than tbe nan who makes the assertion to prove ny "selfishness." If these editorial 'pacificators" really want "peace" in south Carolina they had better leave ne and my family relations alone and )ur&ue the policy of bamboozlemeot, vbich is their last tack io State poli ?es. If my retirement ts the only con iition of ''peace" it cannot be brought ibout by lying. B R. TILLMAN. Washington, Deo. 31, 1897. The Smallpox in ;Greenville. Special to The State. Greenville, Dec. 31.-There are four new oases of smallpox, bot this fact cannot be said to be a spread of the disease Two of the cases are mem? bers of the Stenhouse family, all of whom have been in the pest house since Monday. Two who bad not pre? viously been sick were taken Wednes? day and to-day Dr. Wallace pronounced their illness smallpox They are in the pest boose The other two cases are a negro wo? man and her grandchild in the old fur? niture factory where two of thc first oases appeared. These will be taken to the pest boase to-night. The in? mates of this house have been kept in close quarantine sod have not come in contact with outsiders, so that there is little possibility of further spread. There Ja no more danger now than there was before these cases developed, and it is not thought that any addition? al cases will appear. The health authorities are in a position to deal with the matter quiokly and effectively, and no apprehension is felt here at ail. Winthrops Water Found to be Pure. Finding of the Expert to Whom It Was Sent. Columbia, Jan 2.-The drinking water at the Winthrop college has been examined by an expert of so me note and has been pro? nounced ? absolutely pure. This will be gratifying- not only to hose who have daughters at the college, bat to all the citizens of the State. Governor Ellerbe yesterday after? noon made public the following etate ment in regard to the matter : "In accordance wita the recom? mendation of the medical com? mission which recently inspected the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college, samples of the drinking water were sent to Dr. Wm. Royal Stokes of Johns Hopkins university for examination, chemically and bacteriogically. His report has just been received and his conclusions are as follows : " 'Bacteriological-The small num? ber of bacteria present and the ab? sence of the intestinal bacteria show that the water is very pure and fit for drinking purposes. " 'Chemically-Chemically the sam? ples represent water of exceptional tional purity.' f "These are the conclusions made by Dr. Stokes." Johnson's Chill and Fe* ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever ia 24 Hours. That Colored Constable. - Governor Ellerbek appointment of a negro dispensary constable has been the subject of much- comment since the fact was accidentally dis covered by the misdeeds of the aforesaid constable, causing bis in? carceration in the city prison and the searching of the person that always follows arrest. Joe Jenkins is a ne gro of no very pronounced virtues, who baa been a hanger-on about po lice headquarters, sometimes assist ing the officers ic catching negro criminals. While the governor ex? pressed himself as reposing "special trust and confidence" in Constable Jenkins' ability, etc , the acts of this officer do not drive an ordinary ob? server to the fcsame conclusion and warrants the belief that Governor El? lerbe does not care much where he places his confidence. heT appointment of any negro to the really delicate post of a dispen? sary constable, with power to call out poeses to assist him in enforcing the law, according to his judgment, was an act calculated to cause trou? ble, but to appoint a negro with lit? tle standing, even among his fellows, and less education and knowledge of the law, was extremely dangerous to he peace of the State The governor's attempt to explain the matter by the statement that Jen kins was to work only among ne? groes iswell enough as far as it goes, bot the following commission taken from Jenkins' person shows that he was as fully commissioned as any white man in the service, with full power to act in any case that might attract his fancy : "To Joe. Jenkins, colored : I, repos? ing special trust and confidence in your ability, etc., do appoiut the said Joe Jenkins, a special State detective under and by virtue of an act known f.s the dispensary act, approved March 5, 1897, with authority to call out a posse if needed and to enforce the law, and to receive remuneration at the rate of two dollars per day while on actual duty This appointment to continue in force until revok? ed " With all due respect to the gov? ernor, the Register is of the opinion that the appointment was the result of poor judgment and should not be repeated in the future -Columbia Register. Johnson Hagood is Deai General of the Confederacy, Governor of South Caro? lina, Patriot In War and Peace. Special to tbe State. BaroweU, Jan. 4 -Geo. Johnson. Hagood died today at 12:40 p.m. He was 69 years old aod had been confio od to his bed since the week preceding1 Christmas. His death was due to Bright's disease. Gen. Hagood has not beeo strong for the past year. Jost before Christen aa he was confined to his bed and his con? dition became serious. Ho had a long aod alarming faintiog attack aod ha grew weaker daily, refusiog nourish? ment. He was attended by Drs. Bel? linger and Todd. Dr! Taylor of'Co? lumbia was called in consultation. Gen. Hagood was impressed from the incipiency of the attack witb the idea of its fatality. He bore his sufferings with rare patience. He was un con ? scions for 48 boors preceding his death? Tbe interment will take place at the Episcopal cemetery Thursday at 12 m. Bishop Capers, will officiate if be cac be communicated with io time. At it Again. . lo bis letter which we printed oo Sunday, Senator Tillman said : I have not seen Mr. J. B, Hussey, the correspondent for The State io this city, doring my illness or since my recovery, except to pass him on the street and bow, and I have said nothing to him about South Carolina affairs, and 1 have not said to him or any other person a word about op? posing Geo. D. Tillman for governor. Our Washington correspondent saw this denial yesterday morning and last evening telegraphed ns : The conversation between Senator Tillman and The State correspondent, so recklessly denied by him in The State under date of Dec 31, occurred at bis residence, 1006 East Capitol street, Friday morning, Dec. 24, and was correctly reported. The exact language was not given because ii was rather "bot stuff" for the Christ? mas holidays. There you are ! As we had occa? sion to quote before, when dealing with the periodic denials of Benja? min, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive!" We have never known Ben at? tempt to purge himself of one lie without batching half a dozen others. The cotton caterpillar dosen't ap? proach him in fecundity -State. Meteorological Eecord. Tbe following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past week, ending Jan. 2, 1898 : Temperature, ] ^ ss M cu SJ Condition. 27 28 27 30 31 1 2 48 74 52 62 61 38 35 35 32 30 41 38 27 18 41 5 39 5 41. 51.5 49.5 32.C 36 5 w E 8W 8W W MW W .00 .00 .00 00 Trace 00 .00 ?Cloudy Clear. Clear. Clear. .Cloudr Clear. Clear. ?Partly cloudy. The second day of the new year waa ?he coldest d&y of the present wioter up to chis tims. To Whcm it May Concern. MAYES vi LL 3 S. C , Dec. 18, 1837*. Received *or Sanders D. Cain everything due or belonging to me during our transac? tions of the past twenty years, and we this day part in friendship and peace, boping Ged n iii bless bim in all things. Jan. 5-lt. F. P. COOPER. QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND BUSINESS OP Tie m of Suter," ?er, S.C. At the clo9e of the quarter ending December 31, "1897. published in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts, $209,737 35 Furniture Fixtures and Vault, 1,976 91 Bills Recsivable, 615 67 Bonds, 8,500 00 Cash oo band and in otber Banks and Bankers, and cash items, 70,489 91 Total, S291,318 84 LIABILITIES. Capital slock paid' in, S 75,C00 00 Deposits, 130,301 55 Due to other Backs, SO 82 Rediscounts, 16,003 0? Dividends unpaid, 8 OS Dividends payabie on and after Jan. 1, 1898, 3.00Q 0C< Undivided surplus, , 16.915 37 Total, $291.318 84. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, \ gg SUMTER COUNTY. J I, WILLIAM F. REAME, Cashier of f,Tne Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. F. RH AME, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me thia 5th day of Januarv, 1898. A". C. PHELPS, [L S.J a Notary Public for S. C. Correct-Attest. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, ] President * T? MARION MOISE, [Directors. R L. COOPER J Jan. 5.