es
TRIS M?xTOR'S ?OUHT.
Oas Disorderly Oondact Ca*e and
Seven Lie sase Dodgers
There w*9 no' a Terr large a?i;*>oce pr??
seos Monday morning wheo the Viator's Court
WAS called, neither was it enthusiastic, but
there was BO lack of iaterest. It was a some?
what moreen touc session, for the first sfciru?isb
ia the Uceuse t*x hc^MUtiea was beld and
though no oicK'd w** urawn on either side
?he dvive!opo?er.?5 were worth* of considera?
tion a3 the opposed for.t-3 beg&n uianocrering
ior position
The follow:'JJJ ptrdes who had beec sum?
moned to appear ?.e?ore the Mayo- to undergo
inquisition i? reference ;o their business for
th? purpose cf obtaining informst-ion todeter
m:me the amount ?J {?cense tax they are doe
the city, were present : A Be itizer, R. W.
? Iradbam, Jacob Brad^eli, W. R. Delgar, C.
\ F.~ fi Balimaa, R. T. Carr, W. T. Andrews,
fir Bjlittz?r w*8 first arraigned and
- sworn. Maror Bossard conducting the
examination *iked :
"What is 'he char cter of jour business ?"
Answer-;*Oea?er io furniture."
Q3?3tk>B-"What is the amount of your
he??n?83 per year ?'*
Answer-11 cannot state exactly, bet it is
a o on i cine to ten thousand dollars."
Q usti?n-"Could yoo not state tn case
le?at proceedings were taken !
Answer-"I could do so, bot it would be
?oder protest "
This eoaciuded the categorical examination.
Mayer Bossard informed Mr. Belitter that
entering a pr o teat weald make BO difference.
Tbe Mayor theo directed Clerk Boret to e?a
suit the license tax schedule and state what;
licease tax Mr. Belitzer would he required to
pay
Clerk Horst stated that the license was $10.
Major Boasard theo said : "Er. Belitser yon j
are liable for a license tax of $10 with 20 per
.est peoalty added, bat I will recommend" to 1
the City Connell that the pesait j ba abated,
provided you pay the license within tao days.
Tea have the right, however, to appeal from
thia decision to tb? ?ooncil within a period
. af Eve days."
Jacob Brad well, batcher,, was next sworn.
His license is fixed at $10 per year, without
reference to volume of business. The ?ayer
. ratormed bim that be most pay the tax ?y th
penalty, bathe would maka the recommenda
; tum that tba penalty be remit ted t if tbe tax
wa? paid within ten days.
Ur. Brad well stated that ha bad been io
aoeinesa on?v six weeks, and bad never bean
asked to pay the license before be was sum?
moned to appear before the Mayor, bat that
IM had never objected to paying the license
? when ir, business several years ago
R. W. Brad ham, wheelwright and black?
smith was sworn andr examined. His license
was $10. Mayor Bossard made a similar
statement to bim in r?f?rence to the penalty
as to the others.
W. R Delger, of the firm of Brown, Cut
tioo k Delf ar was pat OB the stand, sworn
and questioned. Ha stated that his firm was
angaged in the clothing business, and that
bis sale? aannally were about $15,000 The
license tax waa fixed at $1250 and peoalty,
with the same conditions aa to peoalty in
ease of payment within ten day a.
C. F. H. Beltman of the firm of Baltman
k Bro., stated that the firm dealt in shoes
and the average sato aggregated about
$12,000. He was directed to pay a license
m of $11.
B~ T. Corr, plumber aod tinner, was ex?
amined and bia f?cense waa found to be $10.
IF. T, Andrews, of the firm of W. T. An?
drews k Co., merchants and dealers in fish,
oysters, ic?, etc, was examined. He replied
that he could not stats exactly the amount of
easiness done anneal ly without making np a
statement, he also brought to the Mayor's
attention that be had paid in October last
- abe spacial license tax imposed apon dealers
ia fish and oysters, aod that he felt that the
city should refond tba. amocot, as other par?
ties bad been permitted to sell fish and oysters
without payment of license. He waa 'reform?
ed that the clerk bad authority to adj oat this
matter, bet that his firm mast pay the license
tax on their boawfess aa merchants, and that
tbs conditions would be tbe same as stated
to Gibers in case of payment within ten days.
This concluded the examination of the
license tax delinquents, aa only ten bad been
summoned, of which number two-W. B
Soros aod D. J Cbnndler-bad paid the tax
saost'ooent to the service of the sommons,
and ose-Dr. A. J. China-was absent from
the city.
; Major Bossard announced that nnleas the
. license tax should bt paid with ten days exe?
cutions for the fall amount with penalty
added would be placed io tb? banda of tba
Sheriff, tn accordance with the provisions of
the law.
Ferry Yan Borea, colored, was before tbs
Mayor for disorderly eondoct aod resisting
aa officer. Tb? arrest was mada by police?
man Seymour who mada a statement. Van
Baren'a statement differed . materially from
that of Policeman Seymour, aod aa bia wit
aesses were not present be wac granted antil
to-morrow morning to obtain tb*m and make
bis deieose.
SIC05D DAT
Mayor Bossard beid court again yesterday
morotog to cat?chise soother block of license
tax delinquents who had been summoned to
appear before his mbuua!.
The following lin?ense delinquents were
summoned yesterday to appear tbis morning.
Or. Archie China, A. W. CroseweH, of
Croeswell k Co , Mrs. H. M. Cnsick. J. F. W.
OeLorme, A. H. Dibble, A. B Dicks, The
Ducker k Bekman Co., Dr. Geo W. Dick,
Dr. A. C. Dick, H. B. Curtis and W. J.
Dawsey.
All of thsm, with the exception of A. H.
Dibble, were present or represented.'
They were examined as were those before
the coort yesterday, and they were given ten
days within which to make settlement.
Dr. Archie China and Dr. A J. China
stated that they had entered into an agree?
ment to fight the collection of the license and
that they woold not pay their license unless
tbe coolest waa abandoned by consent of all
parties to the compact
Dr. Geo. W. Dick, Dr. A C. Dick and H.
B Curtis have paid their licenses. W. J.
Dawsey informed the clerk that be woold pay
within a few days. Mrs. H. M. Casick enter?
ed a plea that she is not liable, having prac?
tically retired from hoei-ess. The others did
cot declare their io ten tic o
The following merebatus and professional
meo bare paid the license tax :
Dr Geo W Dick. Dr A C Dick, H B Corlis,
Levy k Moses, W B Burns, D J Chandler,
Frasers k Cooper, Sumter Telephone Co,
Harby k Co, Moses Green, H Barby, Levi
Bros, L B Durant, Bossard k Baker, Jobo
Reid, W B Boyle k Co, B J Barnett, Max
Fromberg.
Paid in January : I C Strauss, Les k
Moise.
Paid in Noremac r : C W Kingman, Agt:
Ernst A. Baltman
Will pay in a few da>s without sommons,
Craig Furniture Co, Wm Graham, J Rrt
teaberg k Sons, Purdy k Reynolds, W J
Dawsey.
Kipling and De Koven Unite.
Reginald de Koren and Sir Arthur Sulli?
van have both t,een commissioned by The
Ladies' Home Journal to give a musical set?
ting to Rudyard Ktppliog's great "Reces?
sional" poem written for the Queen's Jubilee.
De Koven bas finished bis setting of the poem
as a hymn with choros and solo, aod the
composition will be poblisbel in its entirety
in a forthcoming issue of The Ladies' Borne
Journal.
Oswego Scribblings
Kr*. Kd?To.* : rbe common introduction to
asaoj of :Q<- iet-rj wrui???, i ? t;i*t mere :??
00 cews nr.d rois not true e:gbt i'tue? out of
teo, for we all kbow 6omethia 5 somebody
else d<;n't know aod would like to know. I
csa never decide wbat tbs folk? over ib?
swamp ou tbe hills would like to hear ar?ou:,
and ofttimes I speak of things that are a week
old around the fireside, t?nd it taro* out ih?t
they have never beard of it. Some folks
have not beard of tbe Spanish-American war
yet and where tbe Maine was blown U^J and
why ibe Spaniards are io Cooa. It does look
like people might know of important events
?md places when geographies are !n every
house and newspapers are as cheap as match?
es and postofBces as thick as churches, and
news wires stretched along our public roads.
Some folks don't get their paper io two weeks
and don't read it because it is too old.
It has appeared all along since the war
like we old survivors didn't want any more
war in ours, hot the intimation that our ship
was treacboroosly blown up and our men
murdered has kindled the fire of patriotism in
hearts that seem to have none.
Preparations for another crop is ahead of
other years. I don't koow of any increase in
cotton acreage but some have decreased a little
No iocrease of fertilizers. More attentioo will
be paid to corn. Hog raising is losing im?
petus with many. A few for lard and sau?
sages is all that we can afford to keep in pens.
AU of our woods have burnt over again
and we have lost no booses, as others have.
Bow mach better those unfortunate ones
woold feel if there was mora of brotherhood
am?ogest us; a little from a great many
woold set them np again, otherwise some of
them will never recover from it.
Toa old time houses are nearly all gone to
ashes. It is sad to look upon the naked
chimneys of the old LaCbste boose which bas
been a monoment so many years to the late
Col. LaCoste.
Mr. W. J. Andrews has bsen in his oew
dwelling about a month, ard bas moved the
las; of tbs old residence on which be has
been paying insurance for 20 years without a
single fire notil the oew hoose was raised,
and then he had four fires 00 top in three
months.
In passing over the Bishopville road from
Bossards down, I was very much pleased
with tbe work: oor supervisor aod his over
Mr. Lea White, have done, especially
the dam at DesChamps' mill It has been
my opinion for some time that that kind of
work pays better, if we had to pay more
taxes to get it done. Bot the cry is too much
taxes now, and too mach paid for public
jobs that coald be done for lass money, if the
public bad a chance to bid on them. For ex?
ample, Rembert's Church has been nicely
ceiled overhead and coned and two windows
pot in the sides for $39. The county woold
have paid, probably, $100. Now then, they
are going tc take out the old gallery and
build a recess for th? pulpit, and have a hand?
some church ont of old Rembert's.
I am delighted to know that we are soon
to have white folk's cars on our railroads so
that we can ride like we live.
Our preacher Rev. J. F. Andersen bas
treated himself to a 0ice Jersey, aod now
churns two gallons a day aod is only out
twenty dollars to Mr Arcbey Brearley for the
same. CONSCIENTIOUS.
Wedgefield Items.
Oor farmers were glad to welcome the re?
cent raina and ail will be ready for the plant?
ing season which is near at hand. Judging
from the quanti ty of fertilizers being shipped
here, ii looks like Wedgefield will do har
part in raising a big crop for 1898.
Tbs recent drought cid not tend to check
the matrimonial fever, which became an epi?
demic here last fall. Tw<? marriages are re?
ported-one for April and one for May,
Wedgefield is toN> be congratulated on ber
present corps of preachers. Revs. Edwards,
Bailey and Spears, Baptist, Presbyterian and
Methodist, respectively., Shepherds never
have wandered into pastoree where they were
liked better by their flock tbao these.
AU Sooth Carolinians were glad to sea the
article in Monday's papers from the our hon?
ored citizen, Gsa. Wade Bampton, saying be
was misunderstood by the reporters of The
State io an interview published last week,
and which ceased so much com meo t from the
press of the country. We all know he has
too mach patriotism about him to shirk from
doty when the honor of his country is at
stake.
Miss Laura Hammond, of Charlotte, NC,
is spending sometime with her aunt, Mrs.
Albert E. Aycock.
Miss Lizzie Whilden and Rene Ramsey, o f
Privateer, are visiting relatives in towo.
If war should ensue with Spain, the writer
bas been a member of a ?ompauy for two
years and is ready to go bat not to Coba.
It is called the three mioote company, two
to get to tbe swamp and one to find a hollow
in case of war. RKISDBIB.
Meteorological Becord.
The following is a report of observations
of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the past week, ending
March 6, 1898 :
Temperature.
M
EC
B
3
73
Condition.
28
1
2
2
4
43
50
64
51
42
5j 54
6> 57
35
21
39
39
3:
34
38
Cloudy
.Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
.Cloudy
.Partly cloudy.
More rain fell during the past week tban
during tbe whole of the previous month, and
bas thoroughly moistened the earth, prepar?
atory to putting in the first plantiog of corn,
which no doubt will soon begin.
A Man Loaded With Whiskey
Shoots at Dr. Earle.
Greenville, March 7.-John Mercer,
a white mao who works at the Mills
mill, became bellicose yesterday after?
noon and loaded for bear wi'.h XX
whiskey. He was armed with a pistol
which he fired indiscriminately at differ?
ent persoBs in tbs mill settlement just
without the oily limits Dr. Baylis
H. Earle w&s visiting some patients io
the settlement end Mercer undertook
to shoot the young physician, but his
j gun by this time was empty, and when
i it came to a band to hand encounter,
j the doughty little doctor wa* too much
for bim. After raising considerable
disturbance bc succumbed to the io
fiueoee of the whiskey, and wheo Dep?
uties Gilreath aud Poole reached the
sceoe Mercer was dead drank and had
to be lifted into the boggy io which be
was taken to jail.
OFFICIAL REPORT
ON LAKE CITY CASE.
The Outrage Formally Re?
ported to the Cabinet.
Washington, March 4-Today's
cabinet meeting occupied about three
hours and at i;s conclusion it was
announced that nothing of an important
natcrc bod occurred No information
of any character, it is stated, had been
reoeived, ?-iiher from Genera! Lee or
the oourfc cf inquiry.
An hcur or more of the time of thc
cabinet, session was occupied in the
reading of a long report from the spe?
cial agent of tbe postofnee department
oo the kl?ing of Baker, the colored
postmaster at Lake City. S. 0. io
view of the peculiar circumstances con
oeoted with the murder and tbe enor?
mity of tbs crimes, it was decided to
increase the government's reward to
11,500 ia each case. Every effort will
be made by the federal authorities to
bring the |;uility parties to justice.
The report oa tho oase was presented
by Po3tm8.8ter Geoeral Gary and the
action taken by tbe cabinet io tbe offer?
ing of rewards for tbe apprehension
and coovic'ioD of the guilty persons is
said to be the most energetic ever
agreed oo by any administration io a
similar ease. It is probable that the
postoffice department will detail other
inspectors to assist those oew oo the
field in ferreting oat the murderers aod
the large a?nouot of reward offered, it is
thought will induce private detectives
to work io the case'.
It is said that Attorney Geoeral
Griggs bo dB to the opinion that tbs
federal government will have jurisdic?
tion over tbe murderers wheo eaptored
^unless they are first takeo by tbe State
authorities. Baker, it is held, was an
offioer of tbe government io the dis?
charge of his doty aod the attack on
him was similar to ao attack oo a deputy
marshal or other official.
Postmaster General Gary expresses
the d?termination to do everything io
his power to ascertain the identity of
the guilty parties. Io rsepoose to to -
quiries he made public the following
statement io regard to the case :
"The department is io possession of
a preliminary report from its representa?
tives io regard to this sad tragedy,
from which a few details may be given.
The widow of the murdered postmaster
has been interviewed and her story in
brief ia about as follows.
"They were awakened some time
in the early morning by the smell of
fire and smoke and upon rising found
that tbe house was in flames. Baker
attempted to extinguished the fire,
but soon discovered that this would
be impossible. Ile then told bis
wife be would go to the door and
call for help. Aa soon as be opened
the door the firing began and a storm
of bullets etrack the door and house.
Mrs. Baker said that ber husband
then fell on bis knees and prayed for
protection The beat and smoke be?
came so unbearable at length that
I they could no longer remain in the
boose. . On again appearing at the
door they were greeted with another
volley of bullets.
"The first one of the family to be
killed wan the baby in its mother's
arms, a bullet striking it in the side
Mrs. Baker saw the wound and told
her husband that the baby was killed.
A second later he fell back against
ber dear.. She and the other chil?
dren were struck at this time or
just as they escaped from the build
tug. Mrs. Baker had the younger
girls with ber when they got out.
They ran until they were exhausted
and fell down. Tba older girls went
into a neighboring field and remained
there until they heard no more sounds
from the vicinity of their old dwell?
ing Liite at night all found shelter
at the house of some of their colored
friends
"The mother and children say they
saw men standing about the trees
and bushes near the house, but were
unable to recognize any one.
Mrs Baker is reported to be a
small, frail woman, about 35 years of
age She has a gunshot wound in
the left forearm and the bones are
fractured Rosa, the oldest daughter,
aged about 16 years, received a gun?
shot wound which broke the bones
about the left elbow. Cora, the next
girl, was shot in the right hand and
wrist A son, / about ll years of
age, bas one serious wound in the
abdomen and another in the right
forearm, both bones of the arm be
ing broken and badly shattered He
is not expected to live. Two very
young girls, completiog the family,
escaped unhurt
It is needless for me to add that
tbe administration, together with all
good citizens of the country in what?
ever section they may reside, fully
appreciates the enormity of the crime
which has been committed not only
against this unoffending man and his
family, but against the government
as represented by the postmaster,
and 1 assure you that the postoffice
department, in co operation with the
department of justice, will, do every
thing in its power to apprehend and
convict the men who committed this
terrible outrage Both of the de?
partments mentioned are using every
means in their power to the end that
justice may be meted out to the crim?
inals."
Be Sure Yon Are Right *od then go ahead.
Be sore von get Hood's Sarsaparilla and you
may confidently expect it will purify your
appetite and strength.
Hood's Pills act easily and promptly oo the
liver and bowels. Cure sick headache.
Wade Hampton Unchanged.
Fr-jai Tr.s ?\u.-, Mareil 7
In our comment on Gen. Hamp
ton's interview we said last Thurs
day :
From Gen Hampton's past record
we are induced to think that he ex?
pressed himself the other day with?
out due consideration We believe
that if war should be declared his
good right hand would burn for the
sabre hilt.
Yesterday we received the follow
I ing letter from him :
Washington, D. 0 , March?, 1898.
N G. Gonzales, E?q. :
My Dear Sir : Your editorial in
The State of the 3d inst induces
me to ask that you will allow me to
correct seme portions of my interview
reported by your clever young gen
tleman some days since He took
no notes of oar conversation, and he
naturally could not recall it ali cor
rectly
When asked my opinion as to the
destruction of the Maine, I replied
that I hoped it was an accident, for,
deplorable as that catstrophe was, it
would be less so than if designed
But if it was proved that it was
caused by treachery war would be
inevitable
It was in this connection that he
asked what course the sooth should
pursue in that even, and to this I re?
plied that our southern States bad
been desolated by the recent war,
that they were only now recovering
from its effects, and that I thought
they should not rush madly into an?
other war ; but that of course every
citizen would be called on to defend
his country should war unhappily oe
eur.
Il was in reference to what I con?
sidered the sensational, if not bys
terical, rush of offers of service that
I advised our people to keep quiet,
leaving such volunteering to the
north. It never for a moment enter?
ed into my mind that we of the south
should refuse our aid to the govern?
ment of the country should a foreign
war take place On mora than one
public occasion I have said that "this
was now our country, we have no
other and it is the duty of every pa
triot to make that country the f?t
abode of freemen for all time to
come." This sentiment was honestly
expressed and it is still honestly en?
tertained.
I make no criticism of your report?
er, but he misapprehended some
parts of my conversation, and bad I
seen tbe report in time before leaving
home I should have corrected it.
While in Lynchburg a reporter
asked me about it and I said that
portions of it were incorrect On his
offering to let me make correction I
told him that I supposed it would be
forgotten in a day or two and that I
was averse to public explanations.
But since the matter bas obtained
some publicity and as yonr editorial,
though kindly expressed, does not
represent my views. I desire to set
myself right on my own account and
on that of my friends. I took it for
granted that those of the latter who
know me know what my course
would be should war occur.
I may perhaps be regarded too old
to participate io a war, bat it is prob
able that my old comrades of the re
cent conflict would find me in the
future, as in the past, standing shoul?
der to shoulder with them in defense
of the country.
I am respectfully and truly yours,
WADE HAMPTON.
THE YOUTHFUL REFORM?
ATORY.
Gov. Ellerbe Appoints Com?
mission Authorized by the
Legislature.
Governor Ellerbe yesterday ap?
pointed the commission authorized by
the joint resolution to look thoroughly
into the matter of the establishment
of a reformatory for youthful criminals
ia this State and report at the next
session. The governor was very
careful in making the selection of
?he personnel of the commission,
even going so far as to appoint a
well-known colored minister as one
of the commissioners. Here are the
appointees : Capt. L D. Childs of
Columbia, the Rev C. C Brown of
Sumter, the Rev. John Kershaw of
Charleston. Prof R. Means Davis of
the South Carolina college, and the
Rev. Richard Carrol (colored) of
Orangeburg -The State.
The principal paper manufacturers
of the United Stafes have formed
into a trust, with ?55,000,000 capital
Their purpose is to monopolize the
business, raise the price of paper $3
a ton and lev3* upon the newspaper
and bookreaders of the land a tax of
lees than ?4,000,000 a year
There are seventeen mills in
the tru6t, and they propose
to drive al! the other mills out of ex?
istence, so that they may charge
what price they please for the paper
on which newspapers are printed.
This ia a conspiracy to tax knowledge,
to levy tribute upon education, to
blackmail intelligence itself Unfor?
tunately the tariff duties aid the con?
spiracy They not only prevent
Canadian and other loreign competi?
tion in the sale of paper, but they
excluded Canadian wood-pulp. The
free admission of wood-pulp and pa
per would go far to crush the cen
?piracy.
Some War Effects.
A war would undoubtedly for the
; time quicken busiuess along certain
I lines, but there is no escaping the fact
I that war is waste In time, this couti
j try would feel an added burden from
j a war with Spain, no matter what the
! immediate result might be. Should
Spain be defeated, as she certainly
would be, the annexation of (Juba by
the conquerers would, in our opin?
ion, become imperative from a busi?
ness standpoint. It would be the
only way out of enormous financial
loss Ultimately, we doubt if the
annexation of Cuba would pay The
Cuban population is not desirable as
an addition to the citizenship of the
United States anymore than are the
populations of Mexico and the Cen?
tral American republics. Of course
we hope that the Cubans will win
their independence and we believe,
too, that as an independent State,
Cuba would have commercial value
to this country, but annexation would
scarcely be advisable save as a war
measure.
One of the serious objections to a
war with Spain is that it would prob*
ably result in a large permanent in?
crease of our standing army. The
tendency of public sentiment is al?
ready in that direction. We believe
that the time is not very distant when
a standing army far larger than the
present must be maintained in the
United States, bot we wish that the
time may be postponed as long as
possible and that no event may hap?
pen to hasten it.-Greenville News
A Suicide Decision.
An important decision bas been ren?
dered by the United Stains Supreme
Court in regard to the liability of insur?
ance companies to pay upon policies in
case of suicide. The Court rules that
the heirs of a person who commits sui?
cide when in sound mind cannot recover
on an insurance policy. The opinion
was delivered by Justice Harlan, at
? Washington, January 18th, in what is
known as the Rook Case. The judg?
ment is understood to be the first author*
itative one on this poiot delivered io
this country. The first delivered by
any court was one handed down by the
Illinois Court of Appeals on the day
that the argument on this case was
beard in \? ashing ton-. The Illinois de?
cision was eubmitteed to the Federal
Court by the insurance company's law?
yers. Justice Harlan's decision is said
to pat the United Slates in line with most
of tbe countries of Europe, where the
prinoiple the Amerioan judge here lays
down is, sod has long been, established
law -Knights of Honor Reporter.
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, is one
of the Congressional party now on a
tour of observation in Cuba, and be
seems to be running bis own sched?
ule and doing a good deal of observ?
ing on his own account and in bis
own way. It is reported that he has
been amazed at the amount of desti?
tution and suffering that he bas wit
nessed and as a result will, when he
returns to Washington, make "a
strong 8peech.n This is somewhat
significant inasmuch as Senator
Proctor has not heretofore had mncb
to say on the Coban question ; and
therefore what be does say may com?
mand more attention and have more
influence than if he was in the habit
of talking much. In addition to the
evidences of destitution and suffering
which we witnessed, he also learned
that General Gomez is practically
master of all Eastern Cuba, and can.
be so easily reached that a resident
of Matanzas offered to send him any
letters that Mr. Proctor might write
and bring prompt answers. This
illustrates the methods of communi?
cation that the insurgents have es?
tablished for keeping themselves in?
formed as to what is going on. It
also disposes of the oft-repeated as?
sertion of the Spaniards that the
backbone of the insurrection had been
broken. Gen. Weyler had it broken
and the island "pacified" several
times during his stay, but Wey 1er
was a great pacifier-with a type?
writer We shall await with interest
the speech of Senator Proctor, as it
may possibly foreshadow the course
which the administration may pursue
to bring the war to an end.-Wil
mington Star
1898.
Cbainless Columbia, $125
Standard Columbia. [?75
Models 7 & 8, Hartford. $50
Models 15 & 16, Vedett, $40
2d hand Columbias, ?25 to ?50
Satisfaction guaranteed on every
wheel sold by me.
D. JAS. WINN,
Dec 10 SUMTER, S. C.
A PROFITABLE ENTER?
PRISE.
Mr Editor : .Go away from home
to get news is a trite saying often cor?
rect, as in the following case, which
I take from The Courier Journal, and
which ? think will interest many of
your readers I therefore clip it oct
and send it to you for publication if
you see fit.
B O D.
The American Wool and Cotton
Reporter in its last number gives an
instance of the profits made in South?
ern cotton factories. Fifteen months
ago the mill at Sumter, S. C.,
was closed on account of debt. Ex?
actly a year ago the mill company
was reorganized and operations re?
sumed on money borrowed at a heavy
rate of interest. The results were
astonishing, for during a year of re?
markable distress in the cotton spin*
ning industry all expenses, including
interest on the borrowed capital, were
paid promptly and net earnings of
12} per cent were turned over to
the stockholders. The capitalization
was ?45,000 and the mill employs
100 operatives Moreover it has
bought ail the raw cotton it needs
for this and the next season ; has
contracts enough to run on full time
for seven months and expects to de?
clare a 15 per cent, dividend for 1898.
The Sumter mill was not an excep?
tional earner according to the state*
ment of one of its officers, who said :
"You think we did something re?
markable to earn 12} per cent, dur?
ing last year, do you ? Well, so we
did, considering the condition of the
mill's finances and conditions a year
ago. But let me tell you, this was not
the only mill in Scntb Carolina or
North Carolina that earned 12} per
cent and more during the 1397" sea?
son. Some, most of them, have not
'declared* such a dividend, but they
have 'earned' it, and the owners
know it all the same. And the mills
this year being in better condition
than for the last seven years, expect
to earn more net money than ever."
The contrast shown by this state?
ment to the etrikes and the reduced
dividends of the New England mills
is an impressive proof of Southern
advantages. Manufacturers with
such opportunities as this before them
have no need to engage in trusts -
Newberry Herald and News.
Ex-Secretary Wm. M. Bvarts, who
passed hts 80th birthday a week or so
ago, is totally blind and never leaves
his residence. Thus goes ont in dark?
ness the life of one of this country's
brightest mee and most famous and
successful lawyers.
Chester, March 7-Just one month
ago to-day the murder of Capt. J. K.
Marshall ?as reported from this place.
Another, net quite so foul, however, bas
been committed here to-day. This
morning about 8 o'clock Henry H.
Marcos shot McDufSe Estes three times
with a 38-oalibre Smith & Wesson
once through the abdomen, then above
the hip, and lastly in the throat.
Estes lingered until 5 30 o'clock this
afternoon and died.
Winbmrm3
-TBE
People's,
opular,
ashing,
rogressive
hotographer.
Doing the 6oest np
tc-date photography
Jun 25-tf.
A27-TJP-TO-D?TE SHEPHERD
never herded a primer lot of choice
mutton on the hoof than you will find
in our fine stock. Succulent, sweet
and tender mutton and lamb is one of
our specialties, and our fine juicy
roasts of beef and steaks is what we
bank our reputation on, as expert
judges of fine meats.
Manufacturer and shipper of Sau?
sage, orders by mail or wire promptly
attended to
E. HOGAN,
Telephone No. 26.
IU0 ME Y -BLOCS',
Oct 25
i. WHITE i SM,
Fire Insurance Agency,
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, among other Companies :
LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE,
NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE
HOME, of New York.
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented $75,000,000.
Feb 2S