Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UGLY RUMORS ABOUT COL NEAL. Large Shortage Reported, But His Friends Deny lt. Rumors were rife yesterday io reference to an alleged shortage io toe accounts of Col W. A. Neal as superintendent of the penitentiary, and it was reported at the state boase last night that the shortage was more Iban $25,000. . The troth about the matter is said to be thai Gol. Neal has sot tamed ;. over an amount of stoney received H for Sae lease of convicts to Messrs Fowler, Hammond and Cooley of -Anderson county Tba sum amounts to over $1,000, but it Is not thought lo be as mocil aa $1,500, and his friends believe that tte matter will be satisfactorily settled as soon as it brought to Col Neal's attention. ?oi. Nea) is expected to return to day from Anderson* where he has been . since last week.. lt is stated upon good authority that the books and accounts when examined by the board of directors were found to be correct io every particular. None of xhe directors were in town yesterday, ont the president of the board is expected <;o be here to day Coi Neal's commission is dated April ? tb, but it is thought he will turn the oSce over io bis successor, Senator D. J. Griffith, by the first of naxt month, and his fneads are con* isdent that at that time everything connected with his administration rill be shown to be io excellent con dition ' It is stated that the rumors which were flying around yesterday were greatly exaggerated and that the only foundation for them is the mat ter which oas been mentioned and which will, io he opinion of his friends, be adjusted within the proper time. Messrs Fowler and Hammond are Oei Neal's bondsmen,, and Mr Cooley doec business in connection WUG Mr Fowler, all of them being substantial and well to-do farmers and business men -The State, Feb. H. What Mr. Cunningham Says. Col T. J. Cunningham, of Chester, chairman of the board of directors of the penitentiary, is in the city. Be said last night that he did not -eare to say much about the reported shortages. Indeed there was little that could be said. Toe board of directors was satis sed that there was no de&ciency at all. At the last meeting of the board thara were som unpaid claims for onviet hire outstanding against the parties m Andenos. Cel. Nea! ia there BOW arranging these mattera, sad CoL Cunningham is satisfied that everything will be made clear opon Col Neal's return.-The State. Senator Tillman Thicks the Bil! Will Fass. The prospecta seem shearing that <5 v. Ellerbe will soon have returned to f bia une money expended in raising the First Regiment. In reply to a telegram fron Private Secretary W. Boyd Evans asking if he thought the bil! paying war claims would be gotten tbrosgb before the legislature adjourned, Senator Tillman wired : **I am doing all I caa to get legislation that will enable the government to pay the claims and in siy opinion will succeed. "B.R Tillman." if this telegram bad not been so reassuring it was the intention of the j governor to ask the legislature to do j something about it. Io the boase to-day a resolution was adopted which bas reference to the claim. It provides that the governor and tee attorney general shall appoint ac agent to prosecute the claim before tba government and that hs shall receive fifteen per cent, of what he saseeecs io gettiog. It does away with any other agent that may have been appointed. Io view of the report from Senator Tillman it will hardly be nocet sar y to appoint sash agent, for the senators and representatives will look aster the bill which, if pasted, wilLpay all that ts dee. The claim of this State amount to a sam to the neighborhood of $8,000 -Colombia Record. Dr. McCracken, chancellor of the New York University, io speaking at tbe recent military convention in Tam pa of the value of a military education, ranked Sooth Carolina and Maaaaobn sstts highest among the States in giving military instruction to their sons. The Ciudel Academy is the West Point of the South, and the military feature of the Clemson College coarse ie espe cially good. Io addition, various private academies pay much attention $o military instruction. ANY PERSON "Wishing to know the troth ia regard to theil fc alfh should not fail to send for a valuable cd new Qypago Booklet which will be sent FREE or a short timo to these who mention this paper, book is published by the celebrated physi and specialists-Dr. Hathaway a. d ( Jo. ot Broad St. Atlanta, Ga., whom you should . Write to-day. _ ' " * _?-jm . II - Paper nereis, new paper oorels at H. G. j Osteea s Co's. j FOR A GIRL AND $5,000 T. Allen McQuary, a YOUD g Mis sourisn, Has Circled The World For a Wife, and is Kow Known the World Ov8r as the ARK ANS AW TRAVELER, Jr. (From Mountain Grove Plain Dealer.) "T Allen McQuary, who left Moontaia Grove. Joly 4, '97, on bis trip round tbe world for an Arkansas Girl and 5 vc tbonsand dollars, returned be re Thursday, Nov. 17, bovine successfully trade the trip and con formed with ali tbe requirements under which be undertook it, arming two days ahead of time Saturday evening be delivered an interesting lecture oa tbe trials and incidents of bis 28,000 mile journey, to a large and ap preciative audience. Be met with anmerons difficulties and dangars, but says tbat tbe knowledge of the world thus obtained was i self a sufficient recompense for tbe hard ships endured. He possesses many creden tials, relics, etc , which are conclusive evidence that he actually made the trip, and as he will be here for sometime, anyone may see these articles which are well worth examination Among the most interesting of them are tbe signatures of postmasters from M tn. Grove to the Atlantic coast, of the governors of* Missouri, Illinois, etc., a special passport signed by John Sher in, & letter of recom mendation end certificate of passage from Capt. Tbeopbolis Trotter, of Liverpool, on whose ship, the Indrani, McQuary wes carried through all tbe foreign countries of note; letters and souvenirs from the English gov ernor of Borneo; postmarks of Spanish, Egyptian. Japanese and other foreign ports where he went on land a week or two to view historic placeso f note, and study the customs and conditions of the natives ; ft certificate signed by tbe ship's crew ; a letter of recom mendation from tbe English foreman of the Japan Gazette office, in Yokohama, where MtQaaiy set type alongside tbe tiny-fingered little Japs ; a certificate of date of arrival and departure from Japan, . signed hy our consul-general at that place; and finally the signatures of postmasters from the Pacific coast back to Mountain Grove. : Af i pr resting himself a few days, Mr. McQuary proceeded on down to the old plantation in Arkansaw where be first met the little girl wbo was afterwards tbe cause of bis peculiar and perilous journey round this big old world. Just what took place upon the yooog traveler's faithful return is known only to a few intimate friends of the two families concerned in this modern ro mance in real life; but the publisher of McQuary's own story of his trip round the world, a book of over 200 pages, fully illus trated, io bis advertisement now being placed- before the reading world, announces that tbe book will not only tell what occur red at the dose of the trip, but will also pub lish to the world the whole inside story of bis engagement to tbs girl, ber name, residence, family relations, character, accomplishments, southern peculiarities, etc, etc ; and certain things of interest about the contract, tbe dogs, and tbe $5,000, wbieh have never been told yet. However, all these little secrete, as interesting as they are bound to be to a public that bas heard so much about this affair during, the last 18 to 20 months, are but a drop in tbe backet compared to the real history of the trip ; not that others bave not made just aa long journeys over tbe world, bot never bas the globe beeo circled by ac American youth under such trying and pecu liar ci ree ma ran CM-consequently, it is a metter of interest to all patriotic citizens of America to know bow be was received by the loading na ti on al ties of the world ; and tbe more interesting yet because McQaary is a highly educated, refined and practical writer, knowing bow to tell his story ia a sensible and pleasant style vf signing all these poioU io tbe proper light, we most acknowl. edge tthat the book will prove not only eo in terest iug story of love and romance, but e truthful compendium of historical informa tion oo various subjects and places all over tbe world. The book is being pat oo tbe market by Michael S. Glenn, a popular and responsible publisher of Mountain Grove, Mo. And wails the regular subscription price will eventually be $1 50 per copy, be ts ma\iog a ran on tbe first edition at 50 cents per xpy, by mail, postpaid, direct to pur chasers. It is predicted tbat 100,000 copies will be sold during tbe oezt six months, ow ing to the grout interest already shown. [It' will pay you to order a copy at once in order to get in on the 50c deal. Simply address as above, and enclose the proper amount.] Constipation prevents the body from rid ding itself of waste matter. De Witt's Lit tle Early Risers will remove tbe trouble and cure Sick Headache, Biliousness, Inactivo Liver and clear tbe Complexion. Small, sogar coated, don't gripe or canse nansea. Hngbson-Ligon Co. Corn at Paris Exposition. Spriofield, III., Feb. 14 -The house and senate committees have agreed upon a bill anthorizing the governor to appoint an American maize commis sion to collect and display an exhibit of Illinois corn at tbe Paris exposition, and appropriating $40,000 for the parp se. Other corn-producing States are invited to oo operate with Illinois by making appropriations and appoint ing commissioners to extend the uses of Indian corn. The Monroe Journal says : ''An other eminent physician bas come to the front. Ile says that appendicitis, the dreaded disease that so often occurs now, is produced by the habit men have of sitting cross legged This, be says, restricts the action of the digestive apparatus, nd especial ly the lower intestine, causing stag nation and the stretching of the opening of the appenuix. As proof he cites the fact that women seldom have the disease." The mach fought and talked of dispensary law has been passed in Alabama We are sorry for the peo ple of that State if they have to go thrcngh with the same experiences that the people of South Carolina has had to undergo since the dispensary law bas been in force in this State There is no doubt but that the dis- j pensary is far superior to the old barroom in many respects, and is one ; step nearer prohibition -Pee Dee Advocate. -->. - Overcome evil with good. Overcome your coughs r d colds with One Minute Cough j Cure. It is SO good that children cry for ir. ! It cures croup, bronchitis, poeumouia, grippe'and all throat and lung diseases -j Hugbson Ligon Co, j CANTEEN ABOLISHED. An Order Issued Forbidding Sale of Liquor Aboard Snip. Washington, Feb. 17-The can teen aboard shU is a thing of the past It never obtained a strong bold in the service, of late the only vesspl in the navy permitting the s*if* of even beer aboard being the N^w York and the Indiana. It cannot be gathered that the operation of the canteen aboard these ships bas been the sobject of any ill report, bot eveo there tbe sales of beer bave been stopped in the following order, dated Feb. 3. bat jost published : General Order No 508 Navy Department. Washington. Feb 3, 1899 After matare deliberation the de partaient bas decided that it is for the Dept interest of the service tbat the sale or issue to enlisted men of malt or other alcoholic liquors on board ships of the navy, or within the limits of naval stations, be pro Whited Therefore, after the receipt of this order, commanding officers and com mandants are forbidden to allow any malt or any other alcoholic liquor to be sold to or issued to enlisted men, either on board ship or within the limits of navy yards, naval stations, or marine barracks, except in the medical department John D Loog, Secretary. Faithful Service. The following circular bas been issued from the office of the general manager of the Atlantic Coast Line at Wilmington, N. G , under date of Feb 16 : . To the Officers and Employes of the Atlantic Coast Line On behalf of the management I wish to thank you for the service performed during the recent storm. Never before in the history of this line were you called upon to encoun ter such severe weather as prevailed on the 12th, 13th and 14th of this month, and I am sore no men ever performed such arduous service with greater loyalty, efficiency and self sacrifice. J. R Kenty, General Manager. Fertilizing Strawberries Old beds of strawberries which bad prodooed but a moderate crop were made to yield 7.000 quarts pere acre the next year with 300 pounds of nitrate of soda early io the spring To ase 300 pounds of nitrate of soda per aere is costly, as 100 pounds is considered sufficient by many fruit growers bat the cost is not even a matter of con sideration if the larger crop pays fer it, and gives an additional profit. Nitrate of soda alone ie not sufficient, unless the soil is fertile There should be se many pounds of moriste of potash as of nitrate of soda, with half as mach acidulated bone or phosphate rook. A Wonderful Timepiece. Ont Brussels correspondent says : A truly wonderful timepiece is now on view B Brasseis. The inventor, M. Noll, spent five years io its construction, and has beaten all previous records in clock making. Thia structure, which stands fifteen feet high, reproduces the faoade of a building of the early Re nois6acioe period. Tbe dook, in addition to its ordinary functions, marks the four seasons, e.= wei! as the chief Church festivals, fixed and movable, all of which are heralded ic to the minute by automaton figures, choral services, church mosio, or the song of birds, according to the season. A feature of the mechanism is the hourly procession of twelve apostles before the figure of Christ, and the morning and 'ening chant of monks, who are summoned from the cloister by the monastery bell, .tolled by the sexton in view of the public. A representative of the earth's course round the sun, and of the moon round the earth, furnishes an object leeson io the seasons, eclipses and other celestial phenomena The dock will be exhibited at Paris io 1900, and will be probably offered for sale, being val oed at $15.000. Its movements are regulated by the calendar for the next 100 years -Louden Chronic e. When an Arab woman intends marrying again after the death of her husband, she goes the night before the ceremony to pay a visit to his grave. There she kneels and prays bim not to be offended, not to be jealous. As, however, she feels be will be offended or jealous, the widow brings with her a donkey laden with two goats' skin of water. The prayer ended, she proceeds to pour the water upon the grave to keep the first husband cool under the irritating cir cumstances about to take place, and having well saturated him, she then departs. ?? i 'i .??.- -- Atlanta, Feb. 15-State Etomolo gist Scott lo-day said that the peach j crop had been utterly destroyed and io al< probability the growers would be so discouraged they would abandon the bu-ioess. Lait year's crop was valued at gi.000.000. but there will be none at | all this year and probably none for three years to come m I I -I'IIHI. - If j ou want a nice organ an easy terms see Randie. i Most of tbe orange trees in Louisi ana have been kided by the severe cold, and it is thought the crop this year will be A total failure Nearly every body smokes io Manila. Ic is a euramoo sight, airer sundown, to see a father out for a stroll with his wife aod obildreo and every one of tbem over tbe age of 5 years smoking a cigarette We fear (be boys oow io amp here will never look at the picture of "Washington at Valley Forge" without tbinki g of Camp Wetherill. We rhought that name was a boodoo wheo it was first bestowed and direoted atten tion to the omioous fact that it was pitched and christened io ill weather. It bas been here 87 days now and bas bad seventeen days of snnshioe. It has bad rain, mod, (bree sleets, two thunder storms and bas now brought the per formaooe to a climax with & zeroed thermometer and a big snow -Green ville News. Good Flour and Good Soda Make Good Cookery. Poor soda will spoil good flour while good soda will make poor flour better. ANVIL BRAND SODA is a pood soda. Not lite the ordinary kinds, some times good and the next time poor, but GOOD EVERY TIME. TAX REMS !0R 1899. OFFICE OP COUNTY "AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTES, S. C., Nov. 30, 1898. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will attend, in person or bj depo ty, at the following places on tbe days indicated re ppectivelj. for tbe parp se of receiving re torne of Personal Property, and Poll Taxes for the fiscal year commencing Jaonary let, 1899 : At office Sumter, S. C., at all other times up to Feb. 20 tb, 1899. in cl ns ive. Tiodals, Toesday, Janoary 3. Privateer, (Jenkins Store,) Wed nesday, January 4. Manchester, (R I. Mannings,) Thursday, January 5. Wedgefield, Friday, Janoary 6. Statesborg, Satorday, January 7 Hagood, Monday, Janoary 9. Remberts Store, Toesday, Janoary 10 Gaillards X Roads, Wednesday Jan uary ll. Bo8sards, Thursday, January 12. Gordon's Mill, Satorday, Janoary 14. Mayesville, Monday, Janoary 16. Scottsville, (J. M. McElveeo,) Toes* day, Janoary 17. Shiloh, Wednesday, Janoary 18. Norwood's X Roads, Thursday, January 19. Lynchburg, Friday, Jaonary 20. Magnolia, Satorday* January 21. Reid's Mill, Monday, Janoary 23. Bishopvilie,Tuesday aod Wednesday, January 24 tod 25. Mannvilie, Thursday, January 26. Smithville, Friday, Janoary 27. Tbe law requires that all persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trastee, executor, administrator, etc , return tbe same ander oath to tbe 2t tor, wbo requests all persons to be prom*,, in making their returns and save tbe 50 per cent, penalty wbicb will be added to the property valuation of all persons wbo fail to make returns within tbe time prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what they own on tbe j first day of Janoary, 1899. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of tbe taxpayer in full, also make a separate retnrn for eacb Township where tbe property is located and also in each and every case tbe No. of the School District most he given. Every male citizen between the age of twenty-one and tixty years on tbe first day of Janus ry, 1899, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed or from other causes, are deemed taxable Pells, and except Confederate Soldiers 60 years of age, on Janoary 1st, 1899. All returns must be made oo or before the 20tb day of February next. I canoot take returns after that date and all retorcs made after the 20th day of February are surj?ct to a penalty of 50 per cent. The appointments hereby made f.r points ia Lee Conaty will be filled by the Auditor of that County if be bas qualified at the time indicated, otherwise, by myself Qr my deputy. J DIGGS WILDER, Dec 7 Auditor Sumter County OSBORNE'S Angosta, Ga. Aanal Business. No Text Books. Short time. Cheap board. Send for Catalogue. Probably you use ii Nearly everyone docs, and iff so you know all about how far superior it is to either baking soda or baking powder. Leaven is the lates1: advance in baking prepara tions, and if you don't use it you should. lt Is Better Than Soda because it will make biscuit just right every time. No more yellow spots or Soda Laste. It Is Better Than Baking Powder 1) .(..aii<c it i . half as strong again and one heaping teaspoonful will do the woik <>r two rounded teaspoonfuls o the bu st baking powder ever made. Ti Don't S pa il but i- so prepared that with ordinary care it will retain its full strength for \-<_-ars. We do not have to pack it in IVA erins like baking powder, and this sa ing enable*; t<> give you better va ue for your money than yon ever had before. .. ; li; th troven leaveneth thc who lt' I uv:p." ?> ." ?<! for tr: con's. -6 canees for five cents. SOUTH CAROLINA ASH GEORGIA R. R. CO. TIME TABLE NO. 15. In effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday October 2d, 1898. Weet-First Class Daily. Leaves, am 7 10 Leaves, ara 6 20 Leaves, ara 9 20 Leaves, ara 10 10 Charleston, Augusta, Colombia, Ringville Ea t-Firet Glass Dairy 8 00 arrives p m 10 45 arrives p ia 5 20 arrives p jur 28 arrives p m West. North CaroliLa Division. East si 7 40 8 00 8 10 9 00 9 3 9 48 10 10 10 35 11 00 11 45 12 10 12 35 75 77 2d j 1st Class I Ciasa A. MJ A.M 8 20 8 50 9 05 10 10 10 30 10 40 11 50 12 15 1 50 3 10 3 tO 4 40 5 IO 5 30 5 45 6 20 P.M. 11 40 12 00 12 12 12 40 12 55 1 00 1 20 1 35 1 50 2 15 2 35 248 3 03 3 18 3 30 3 55 4 10 4 15 4 25 4 45 4 52 6 02 19 5 34 5 59 6 14 6 30 P. M. STATION?. Leave. Camden DeKalb Westville, Kershaw Heath Springs Pleasant Hill Lancaster Riverside Catawba Jonction Rock Hill Tirzah Yorkville Sharon Hickory Grove Smyrna Blackaburg Earles Patterson Springs Shelby Lattimore Mooresboro f Henrietta Forest City Rmberfordton Thermal City Glenwood Marion Arrive. 78 1st Class P M. 74 1 05 12 60 12 25 12 05 ll 52 ll 37 ll 22 ll 10 10 45 10 30 10 25 10 15 55 48 38 21 9 06 8 41 8 24 8 10 A.M. 2d Clase P.M 12 15 ll 20 9 60 8 16 7 CO 7 15 6 50 6 30 6 00 A.M. WEST. GAFFNEY BRANCH. EAST. 35 83 Qi 86 * Mixed. Mixed. STATIONS. Mixed. Mixed. P.M. A.M. Leave Arrive A.M. P.M. 4 10 5 30 Biaeksbnrg 7 30 6 30 4 35 5 50 Cherokee Falls 7 05 6 05 5 00 6 20 Gaffney 6 40 5 40 Train No. 77, going west rr afc es daylight connection at Lancaster with tbe L. A C. B. R., at Rock Hill with tbe Sontbern R. R. goiog north, at Biaeksbnrg with the Sooth ero. Train No. 78, goieg east makes connection at Marion, N. C., with tbe Southern R. R , at Biaeksbnrg with Soothers and at Lancaster with L. A C. R. R. Train No. 81. going east makes connection at Shelby, N. C. with the S. A. L. R. R , going east. Alt local freight trains will carry passengers if provided with tickets. S. B. LTJMPKIN, Division Passenger Agent. L. A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. J. U. ROBSON & SON, Commission Merchants, And dealers in HAY, GRAIN AND GOW FEED. Consignments of Eggs, Poultry and Farm Produce Solicited. Weights and Goods Guaranteed. J. m. Robson & SOD, Charleston, S. C. Feb 16-x mili.iiBiiwwiniwrrn liai.II i rmi Till ri.un ii mn mw.II.HM.IIMIIIIIIII.??.?.??mii-wn Walsh's Shoe Store HAS MOVED NOW XJxidLer Opera House. Keep your eye on the city clock wben you are coming in town and stop there if you want Shoes. TWO SHOEMAKERS EMPLOYED. Those who want to keep their Shoes in Bice condition, buy from me and get FREE SHINES. Ba rta w Walsh Sep 21-x THE COLUMBIAN CYCLOPEDIA, 35 Volumes 7,500 Illustrations 28,600 Pases, Complete and Up to Date. 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