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Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12.1899. New Series-YoL XVIII. So. 37
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THE DISPENSARY
SHAKE-UP.
Mr. Miles Chairman, Mr.
Donthit Commissioner.
INSPECTOR HILL GSTS LEFT.
There was something of a shake op
in dispensary affairs this morning wheo
the elections for rarioas positions were
held. Mr. Miles was elected chairman
and Mr J. B Doutait commissioner,
while io minor positions other changes
were made.
Wheo the board met aod the eiec
iioas were about to be entered opon
Chairman H ase! deo created some sur
prise by declining to stand for reelestioo
tad in doing so made a brief farewell
address, so to speak. He said that he
had servad a? chairman to the best of
his ability for the pass year aod if
wrong bad been dione and had not been
corrected it was not from any lack of
effort. The board is composed of five
members and he believed it would be
fest for the interest of the dispensary
to have rotation ta the chairmanship
The election -for chairman, as were
ail the others, was taken by a vivavooe
vote. Mr. Miles being the only
candidate received ail of the votes,
ezoept bis owa, which be cast for Mr.
Haseidea. Mr Miles thanked the
board for the honor, sod requested Mr
Hassldea to continue to act as chairman
until the next meeting,
Capt B. C Webb was unanimously
elected to his presea; position as clerk
to the board aod chief bookkeeper.
Bot the election in which most iater
e3t was taken was that for commission
er. There were two candidates. Col.
S. W. Yance, the incumbent, aod Mr.
J. B. Do ut hi fe. Tba result was the
election of Mr Dour bit the following
voting for bim, Messrs, Williams,
Miles aod Boykio. Colonel Vance re- !
wived the vote of Messrs. Haseidea and
Robinson. Both candidates were
very ooafiideat op to the time the eiec*
' ion was held. Colonel Vance, the
retiritg commissiooer, has been an
efficient officer aad is popolar ia Colum
bia. His successor will naturally drop
toto the baroess ia bis aew position, as
he has been for several years aa efficient
member of the board aad is consequent
ly thoroughly familiar wish all the de
tails of the business
Mr. D. G. Oazts was unanimous
ly re-elected der's to the commissioner.
inspector Hill was defeated by Mr.
L. W. Boykia, of Camden. He
received a unanimous vote, Mr.
Hill having withdrawo bis oame this
moraiag. Mr. Boykia is a brother of
the member of the board. Inspector
Moody was re-elected without opposition
ss were Messrs. Charles and Mobley
bookkeepers ; Mr. W. W. Harris,
constabulary derk ; John G. Black,
.hipping derk ; G. B Pettigrew,
watchman.
W. H Bryant was elected superin
tendent vico Dixon who resigned some
time ago
The board theo prooeeded with
regalar routioa work.
The board approved the aotioo of
the county board ia suspetdi ?g
Dispenser Troy, whose accounts shew
discrepancies of over {400. Mr. Troy
says be cao explain it all.
The apparent shortage of Dispenser
Lamar, of Aiken, is $500, but
Inspector Moody investigated and
founds that the negro porter formerly
employed was goTTty'^bT^ eatf g" toe
stock Action against Lamar was
discontinued.
Mr. U X. Gunter put io a claim of
$15 for legal service io prosecuting
violators of the law The olaim was
endorsed cn the back :
"Goveraor Si 1er be bas refused to
allow this claim We think it jost and
ask the board tc consider it
W B Evaos,
Private Secretary.
W W. Harris.
Clerk "
The matter was sent back to the
governor's office
Messrs. Boykio and Robissoo were
appointed to devise some plan whereby
reputable druggists might obtain
alcohol without having to send to.
Columbia for it. A
A beer privilege was grantedi8|
OD, tbs county board being ifl
abie. Toe same board asked that tbe
sale of 80 per oeot. coro be dispensed
with as there was oo profit io it. At
the reqoest of the Spartaoburg board
two more beer privileges wero allowed
io that city. Io the Uoioo case it was
asked whether the beer might not be
drook io aootber room io the same
baildiog. Messrs. Williams aod Boy
kin insisted that saeh could oot be
legally with dooe aod the board agreed
with them.-Colombia Record, April 5
Safeguards Around
The Superintendent.
Directors of tho Penitentiary
Taking Steps.
The penitentiary directors held
their regular monthly meeting yester
day Col W A. Neal, ex superin
tendent, was present to confer with
the board on matters of business
Principally routine business was
transacted, but resolutions introduced
by Mr. Tatum of Orangeburg, and
adopted by the board, tend to show
that the board will n*6k no chances of
running up against a barbed wire in
vestigating committee &
The resolutions restrict the liberties
of the superintendent in financial
transactions Following is the paper
adopted by the board :
Resolved, That the roles and regu
lations be, and are hereby, amended
as follows :
1 That the superintendent shall as
a part of his duties furnish monthly
to the board of directors, prior to the
regular meeting of the^board, an
itemized statement of all financial and
such other transactions as the board
may require, said statement to be
accompanied by a voucher fer each
item involving the expenditure of
money
2. That the boardas a whole or by
a committee of its members shall
check up^said statement item by item
and shall pass no item for which a
voucher is lackiog.
3 The superintendent is forbidden
to discount any paper due the
penitentiary, or to endorse officially
any liability except as specifically
authorized beforehand by the board
4. The board shall designate the
bank or banks with which the busi
ness of the penitentiary shall be
transacted, and the said ban.k or
banks shall in consideration of such
designation, furnish to the board
monthly or at such time as the board
mav indicate an itemized statement
of all transactions with, the superin
tendent, showing particularly depos
its derived from * discounts, if any
have been authorized by the board
Aod the said bank or banks shall be
notified by the secretary of the board
of the role relative to discounts and
endorsements by the superintendent
5 Each contractor shall furnish
to the board at each monthly meeting
and at such other times as the board
may designate, an itemized statement
of authorized expenses incurred for
the benefit of the institution and
shall settle his account monthly in
cash.
6. The commissary business shall
be confined to the actual and Iegiti
mate needs of the institution.
Col Neal was seen at his room at
the Columbia last night. He had
nothing to say regarding the affair
except that neither the State nor his
bondsmen would lose a cent He
will be in Columbia at the next in
vestigation, which begins orr June
i th. "Our side will have some
thing to say then, and we will sit up
with the boys until it is over with,"
is the way he put it Ile
inquired concerning the rumor that
his connection with the building of
Winthrop coil ge would be investi
gated, and said that he courted
inquiry into that affair -The State.
SERIOUS POLITICAL OUT
LOOK IN RUSSIA.
London. April 6.-The St. Peters
burg corretpondent of The Tiaaes
telegraphs ao alarmist statement
regarding the spread of serious labor
troubles aod strikes io the macufaotur
iog districts of Russia. Omin os
rumors, he says, are io circulation io
St. Petersburg-reports of troops sent
to suppress cutbreaks^of the wholesale
destruction of property, of numerous
arrests and of the gagging of the
press-yet not half of what is hap
pening ever reaches the ears of the
capital Towns, mills and factories,
the correspondent declares are literally
inundated with eeoret socialist societies,
and revolutionary proclamations are
issued by agitators who are undoubtedly
assisted from abroad. AU this, together
with thc agitation fostered by the
I studeDts, creates a serions political
I o'utleck
Lula Hurst, the famous young
woman known as the Georgia mag
net, died in London while performing
ber feats in the Baronta & Bailey
|boy. She will be recalled for the
BlfetefcjL which she aroused by with
Hjcd overcoming the strength
"FLOATING COTTON.
A Decision of Importance to
Compressers and Shippers.
Washington, April 5 -The Inter
State Commerce commission to day
in an opinion by Commissioner
Prooty, decided the case against the
Kansas City, Memphis and Binning
ham Railroad company and others
which mainly involved the practice
of "floating cotton '; The commis
sion Ands that the essential transpor
tatioa feature in carrying the cotton
to a compress, receiving it again in
the compressed state, and transport
ing it to its destination al the through
rate in force from the point of origin
The question was whether the ship
ment is to be considered through and
entitled to a through rate, or a local
and caiiiug for application of charges
in efiec^jto and from the compress
point.
The commission holds, first, that
the commissioner may as a part of a
contract for through shipment, allow
the, cotton to be slopped off for the
purpose of grading and compression,
but that the privilege enters into and
becomes part of the service covered
by the rate, and should be specified
io published tariffs ; second, that the
determinative feature of the through
shipment is the contract, and if the
cotton starts and proceeds upon a
contract for through shipment as is.
shown to be the fact in the case it
may be considered as a through ship
ment and be given the benefit of a
through rate
Albany, Ga., April 5.-Walter R.
Jackson, one of the most prominent
young men of Albany, killed his wife
and three-month old child and then shot
himself dead in bis home here last
night. The remains of the family
were buried this afternoon at Oak View
cemetery. The fanerai was directed by
the St. Paul's Episcopal church, of
which Mrs. Jackson was a member
The shocking tragedy startled the
people of Albany and all nay a great
crowd of carious people remained about
the house
Paris, April 5 -In view of the
success of the experiments with the
Maroon! system of wireless telegraphy
across the strait of Dover, the author
ities propose to transmit messages to
England from Paris. The terminal
here will probably be the Eiffel tower,
the distance to South Foreland being
230 miles.
Providence, R. I., April 5 -The
State eleotion today resulted io a Re
publican victory, thcugh the Democrats
made gains in many localities. The
entire Republican State ticket, beaded
by Gov. Dyer, was successful, and the
general assembly will be Republican by
a large majority, through not as large
as last year. The Socialist vote was
large in the cities and manufacturing
towns.
THE FAMOUS $3,000,000.
Havana, April 5 -The dissolution
of the Coban Military Assembly, an
nounced in these dispatches last night,
does cot oause any particular comment
among Cubana or Americans here,
snob a step having been discounted two
weeks ago The American military
authorities, while pleased that an
obstacle to the disposal of tbe Cuban
army has been removed, had been
preparing to disburse the $3,000,000
without the aid of the Assembly's roll
by causing to be drawn up duplicate
rolls.
Ic this work the provincial
Governors were co operating with the
Coban commanders in their provinces
In addition, tbe Assembly rolls are
beiog verified and corrected by
independent inquiries, a task that may
last another month. In spite of this
the distribution of money to the Cuban
soldiers will possibly begin in the
vincinity of Habana within a fortnight.
Tbe general rules controlling the
distribution are to exclude all men who
have enlisted since July 17, 1S98, and
to exclude former soldiers now holding
Government positions or belonging to
the rural guards, first paying each
private and non commissioned officer
$100 Then, if, as ezpected, a balance
remains, 100 will be paid to each
officer. It, after this, there is any
money left it will be disposed of as tbe
President direots.
WAR DEPARTMENT'S
VIEWS.
Washington, April 4.-The war
department officials look upon the
approaching rainy season as likely to
be an important factor in detetmioing
the character of the operations in the
Philippines for the next six months.
The seasDn begins in June general
ly and it is believed that Otis can
complete the present campaign before
the rainy season opens and confine
operations afterwards to holding '.he
ground already won, waiting for the
dry season for another period of active
operations.
AGUINALDO SAID -
TO BE DEPOSED.
He Has Been Supplanted by
Antonio Luna.
Manila, April 5, G.20 p. m -There
are persistent minors to-day that
Aguinaldo, the insurgent' leader, has
been supplanted in the control of
Filipino affairs by Gen Antonia Luna,
commander-in-chief of the Filipino
forces. Luna ls described as being a
typical belligerent.
Tbe proclamation of tbe United
States Philippine commission was
posted in the streets, printed in
Eoglisb, Spanish aod Tagaloga. to day
It was also distributed io the outside
towns as far as Malolos, and bas been
received with marked attention by tbe
natives generally, and bai been
approved by a number of representativa,
Manilians.
English bankers who have been
interviewed on the subject are
optimistic upon the attitude of the
Americans, assuming that it indicates
that tbe decisive policy will undoubtedly
be successful
A Spanish banker who was inter
viewed expressed the fear that tbe
proclamation will cot reach the masses
controlling the rebelllion. beoause, he
explained, the Filipinos at Manila are
mostly domestics and clerks, who bave
no definite opinions, and toe wire
pullers outside of tile oily have
uodoubtly intercepted it
The editor of Oceanic thinks tbe
proclamation is the most politic
document ever published io the Philip
pine islands, and that it is bound to
oonvinoe tbs wavering of tbe folly of
further hostilities.
Ao English merchant says the
first clause, with reference to the
establishment and maintenance of
American sovereignty and warning the
rebels, should settle the question in the
mind of every thinking Filipino.
A Sootoh ship owner thinks it does
not leave any further doubt as to the
policy of the United States, and that,
consequently, Aguinaldo must submit
to the inevitable, as the oootinnanoe of
hostilities is opposed to the best interests
of the Filipioos.
CHARLESTON BOMBARDS
DAGUPHAN.
Manila, April 6. 10 45 a. m.-The
cruiser Charleston, which bas been
cruising along tbe west coast of Luzon,
to the north, sent a boat in shore near
Dagnphao last Saturday to make
soundings Tbe rebels opened fire,
wounding a United States officer
The cruiser thereupon bombarded the
town, the insurgents evacuating it.
PHI LIPPINENE WS
The people of the United States are
kept in a continual stale of doubt as
to the real condition of affairs in the
Philippines.
The reports we get from the
quarter are often conflicting, and
what we are told one day is frequent
ly contradicted within twenty-four
hours
For instance, the dispatches receiv
ed yesterday indicated that the
Filipinos were greatly demoralized ;
that their army was being rapidly
depleted by desertion and that there
was little probability of much further
resistance from them.
To-day we bear from the Philip
pines that the insurgents are massing
in great numbers and that hard
fighting may be expected All the
indications of the disintegration of
Aguinaldo's army which were said
to be so clear yesterday seem to have
disappeared soddenly, and we now
have assurances that a big battle s
imminent
The news we get from the
Philippines reminds us of the reports
that used to come in such a jumble
and conflict from Cuba during the
insurrection.-Atlauta Jouroal.
-:- mm i i -
Projected Railways.
Chicago, April 6 -The Railway
Age io its next issue will publish the
followiog :
There is every indication that not
less than 5,000 miles of new railway
will be built in tbe United States io
1899, representing an investment of
about 150.000.000. At the present
time over 4,000 miles are either under
contract or aotualiy under construction.
The following States now have over
100 miles of line under contract or
under construction : Pennsylvania, 160
miles ; West Virginia, 140 ; Virginia,
100; North Carolina, 182; Georgia,
146; Florida. 153; Alabama, 109;
Louisiana, 144 ; Michigan, 171 ;
Illinois. 185; Minnesota. 135, Iowa,
291 ; Indian and Oklahoma Territories.
204; Arkansas, 216; Texas, 108,
including 82 miles cf grad , most of
which was completed last year) ;
California, 175 ; Idaho, 207 : Oregon,
127 ; Washington, 180
Statistics of the new railroads built
in 1898 sho*3 a total of 3.082 miles of
track laid oo 236 lines in 46 States
and territories.
NEWS FROM HAVANA.
-
Gomez Claims Dissolution of
the Assembly as His Work. !
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Havana, April 6 -The Cuban
military assembly being dead, Gen
Maximo Gomez will take up bis
-programme of solidifying the Cuban
people into a party that shall without
causing, urge the United States to
withdraw (rom tte island.
Gen Gomez considers the dissolu
tion of the assembly as his personal
achievement, aided by the military
administration here and countenanced
at Washington. He believes that he
emerges from the controversy with
the assembly stronger than ever with
the better classes
Yesterday the Cuban Gen. Pedro
Diaz, who commands in the province
of Pinar del Rio. invited several
generals and brigade commanders
who are friendly to Gomez to a
conference regarding the latter's
future course As many who were
invited were at some distance from
Habana and could not arrive here in
time for the meeting, there were
only a few present, but the possibil
Hy of reinstating Gomez as com
mander in chief was informally dis
cussed, with the result that little or
no opposition to the proposal devel
oped. In order to get a more general
expression of opinion it was decided
to defer the formal meeting until
to morrow morning No other can
didate is possible, and, if any such
action is attempted, it will undoubt
edly be camed through
.Gen Gomez, if reinstated, would
be of greater service to the United
States* in the disbursement of the
$3,000,000 ; bot this political pro
gramme means the keeping np of
agitation and disturbance in the
minds of the people and the weaken
ing of American authority by pro
ducing the impression that every
thing done by the Americans is
temporary and may sooner or later
be overturned. .
American observers consider any
such agitation as extrenely harmful
to the iodosttial revival and the
restoration of Cuban credit. Some
who are high is anthority and who
have exceptional opportunities of
knowing the character and ideas of
Gomez, think the United States
government may have trouble with
bim yet. His attitude bas always
been consistent regarding independ
enee for Cuba, and he is still working
for the ssme end His character is j
narrow, resolute, arbitrary, exacting J
and likely to make bim a constant j
disturber.
The national Cuban party and the
Liga Patri tica continue their cam
pavgrns for the formation of the party
of Cuban independence Efforts are
now being made to effect a consolida
tion of the two movements.
A Carolinian's Opinion of the
Cuban Patriots.
W. M V ilson, a member the
Second S C. regiment, has been
writing letters from Coba to his home
paper, the Florence Times. His last
letter contains an account of the
departure from Cuba and the trip to
Tampa. The following is his opinion
of the Cubans that have come under
his observation :
"Many a soldier will go home with
a much more elevated opinion of the
Spaniards than he had when we first
came here, although they do not
proclain the fact from their house
tops. Havana is full of Spaniards
and they are the most civilized
inhabitants of the Isle of Cuba to day.
They are not cut throats, nor bandits
either, as many of us are wont to
believe. As a class the Cubans are a
low set of thieving out laws whose
sole delight is to sit in the saddle,
wield the machete and have it said
that he is the Napoleon of Napoleons
They will accept Uncle Sam's $3,
000.OOO very reluctantly but once in
their hands you will see the most
gorgeously uniformed set of "sassy"
bandits of the age
"If I were asked the question,
'Do you consider the Cubans capable
of self-government ? I would reply
emphatically no ;'
There is a bill before the Massa
chusetts legislature to make it com
pulsory to use wide instead of
narrow tires on vehicles The
statesman who drafted the bill has
become tired of seeing the State
spend money lo fix up the roads and
then have them cut up by these
narrow tires
ALL THREE NATIONS
HAYE AGREED.
Unanimity to Govern in the
Samoan Joint High Com
mission. German Press
Pleased.
Berlia, April 6 -An agreement bas
been reached between the three
powers-the United States, Great
Britain aod Germany-on two propo
sitions, namely : The appointment by
each power of a high cScial to investi
gate aod regulate the conditions
prevailing at Samoa and the making of
unanimity necessary in all decisions of
these high officials.
The newspapers hail the result of toe
negotiations with satisfaction.
A BERLIN STATEMENT.
London, April 7.-The Berlin
correspondent of The Times explains
that "The German government neyer
regarded President McKinley's state
ment as more than a courteous
expression of regret at the turn events
had taken io Samoa,7' and adds that
nothing is known in official quarters io
Berlin regarding rumors that Eerr
Rose, German consul at Apia, has
received instructions to demand com
pensation for losses suffered by
Germans during the bombardment."
SOUTHERN BUILDING.
Atlanta, April 6 -The weekly edi
tion of the Southern Architect, a
monthly publication, will report to-mor
row the proposed construction of two
new cotton factories in Georgia, one in
South Carolina, one in North Carolina,
one in Texas, and one io Alabama ;
three cotton seed oil mills io Texas, a
knitting mil! in Virginia ; two flooring
mills and one rice mill in Texas ; a 12
story office building io New Orleans; a
10-story effioe building in Memphis;
30 new churches and school houses io
the 80Uthero States generally ; 38 new
residences io Atlanta aod Georgia; 14
in Alabama ; 5 in Florida ; 9 in North
Carolina and 21 in South Carolina.
HANK IN THE NAVY.
Something like the naval personnel
bill passed by congress at its recent
session should have been enacted
long ago. One of the reasons which
induced congress to this legislation
after repeated refusals to pass similar
bills was the desire to prevent an
administrative aci of injustice to Ad
miral Schley
When the war with Spain began
Schiey was a commodore and Samp
son was* first on the list of captains.
Sampson was jumped over Schley's
head by the president's order and
Schley was compelled to serve under
an officer who had been his inferior
in rank and was bis junior in age and
length of service.
After the war was over the presi
dent nominated both Sampson and
Schley to be rear admirals, but gave
Sampson the precedence The pres
ident's nom Dation8 were, however,
not confirmed, and the new naval bili
provided for the promotion of a
number of officers to the rank of rear
admiral. The bill required that all
the officers in its list should have
their records scrutinized and approv
ed by a navai board before they Could
secure the rank for which they were
named. The board of experts to
whom this duty was assigoed has
gone over Scbley's record, examined
ail the chargea that were made
against him in connection with the
record of the fteet before Santiago
and made a report in his favor.
Admiral Schley thus obtains the
rank to which he is entitled and
takes h s place on the naval list far
above Sampson, as he was before the
administratioo deprived him of it
No injustice has been done Admi
ral Sampson ; attempted injustice to
Scbley has been defeated.
A Brevet Deacon.
"And you have made Jim Jackson
a deacon in your church ?"
"Yes, sah. Dat is, he's a brevet
deacon, sah "
"And what's a brevet deacon,
George ?"
.'He's a deacon dat don't handle no
money, sah."-Clevelaad Plain Deal
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