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Charleston. Aug. n?At the regu?
lar meeting of the city council today
ail minor matter? were forgot by the
l^^^rge crowd of spectator* in the. read?
ing of the reports from the board of
park commissioners, from the com?
mittee on city affairs and the supple
? mentary report of the committee on
city affaire. City council moved that
the repou of ths park board be re
?carved as Information and published
without the affidavits attached; that
too statements of Chairman Lapham
and Secretary Jeffords be published
ana" that the report of ths committee
on city affairs be adopted and publish'
od The supplementary report was
?Vet as Information and ordered
In adopting the report of the spe?
cial committee on city affairs the re
ittons contain kI were given
toroe. They are. In brief, that
?it* council require that the park
^-ooerd Immediately d Ism lese see secre
m\ tnry. air. W. O. Jeffords, and that the
committee bo authorised to employ
an expert bookkeeper. If they require
It to ascertain the shortage In park
board flnancee which the committee
feels exists: that the park board be'
required to cooperate with the special
hEcommlttee in further Investigation,
and that all questions put be answered
by the park board member*, upon
pain of a request by city council for
their Individual resignations.
There was little discussion of the
pw, various reports presented and read.
keeynr Rhett presided. After the read
Bwng of the mlnutea of previous meet?
ing In Jnly. the report of the park
board was read. In kesplng with the
regular order. It was moved and
carried that the report he received
and published wlthont affidavits.
Alderman Ptnckney, chairman of
the special committee, then read the
delayed report of ths committee on
ally affairs. It was adopted and or?
dered published, after jome discus?
sion about publishing the teetlmony.
The supplementary report of the
mlttee wae then read by Alder
aeon Ptnckney. It was received as In?
formation and ordered published.
The statements of Messrs. Lapham
and Jeffords were not read, but were
ordered published.
At a special meeting of city council
|fc*in Jnly an attempt was made by the
uoa>inlttee*on city affaire to preaent a
report which contained some II
charges of irregularities in the man?
agement of" the parka of Charleston.
City council refused to received the
report, but had It died and made ac
h,. cesnible to the members of the park
board commission la order that they
might prepare a reply.
This afternoon the reports were
made public. A summary of the re?
port of the special committee on city
affaire la aa follows:
"The Honorable the Mayor and AI?
r dermen of the City Council of Char?
leston, f. C:
"The committee on city affaire, ap?
pointed by council to Investigate the
various city Institutions, boards and
commissions, commenced their work
by Investigating the board of park
com mission era, there having been cer?
tain affidavits placed In the hands of
the committee setting forth Irregular
ittee In the management of the parks.
The Irregularities set forth In these
affidavit* when summoned up are as
follows:
The padding of pay rolls.
"The nee of employee paid by the
city on private property.
"The purchasing of farm Imple?
ments and hardware for private use.
bills for same being paid by the city.
"Purchase of horse by the city, used
exclusively for farm purposes on pri?
vate farm.
"Large quantities of manure bought
for nee on private farm paid for
by'city.
"Lumber owned by city taken and
resold to city, also to outside parties,
city not receiving any money there?
for.
"Lumber owned by city taken from
auditorium, hauled to Hampton park,
city paying for hauling, and lumber
aold t - outside parties, city never re?
ceiving any money therefor.
"irregularities In sale of dirt at
Chlcora park, money due to city for
dirt collected and deposited to pri?
vate accounts, when ordinance re?
quires all money shall be turned over
to the city treasurer as noon a* col?
lected.
"Voucher made In name of laborer
for painting bench**, who in paid
regular wages on pay roll each IVCab
na laborer.
"Laborer signs receipts on voucher,
thinking he was acting ss witness;
does not endorse check and receive*
none of the money.
Horse stabled, cared for and fed
at city's eapense.
"Hay plsnted at city's expense and
atacked by laborers hired and paid
for by city, afterward sold to the
city and also to outside Individuals,
city not receiving, money thereft*.
"Land of city plante l In truck for
proi.t. WlUsbtU city redalrtng any rev?
enue.
"Your committee has not been able
|0 ascertain bj dollars and cents the
mount that the city has lost by these
inrregularitles. . . . Your com
mllttee have teen Instances them?
selves of checks that W< re pal?l the
representative of the park board for
dirt in 1907, amounting to $700,
which have not been paid to the city
treasurer, of which the city treasur?
er has no record and which have
been deposited to the credit of pri?
vate account?, and from the testi?
mony given, your committee is forced
to the belief that these irregularities
seem to have existed with the knowl?
edge, If not the approval, of the chair?
man of the park board.
"Your committee have reached
the conclusion and beg to report, only
after careful consideration, and with
reluctance, that the park board has
been negligent In Its duty In com?
mitting to the chairman the entire
management of Hampton and Chlcora
parks, where the irregularities chiefly
exist, as It apepais from the testi?
mony that these matters have been
going on for some time, and from the
tatlmony of the secretary no member
of the park board, with the exception
of the chairman, either had knowl?
edge of or aproval of any of these
irregularities.
"Your committee would recommend
that city council require the board of
park commissioners to Immediately
dismiss the secretary of the board of
park commissioners, and that the
committee on city affairs be author?
ised to employ an expert bookkeeper,
if they desire It, to assist them in as?
certaining the amount of shortage
which your committee feels exists.
"That the board of park commis?
sioners be directed to respond to the
Invitation of the committee on city
affairs to meet with them In further
pursuance of this Investigation and
that upon failure of said board to do
so. that the mayor be and here?
by Is directed to request the resigna?
tion of the said board of park com?
missioners upon report to him by this
committee.
"Furthermore, should any member
of the said board of park commission
era refuse to answer any questions
relative to this examination put them
by this committee, that the mayor be
and Is hereby directed to request the
resignation of said member upon re?
port to him by this committee.
"All of which la respectfully sub?
mitted:
"Lawrence M. Plnckney,
(Signed) "Chairman;
"Riehard J. Morris,
"Wilson O. Harvey."
In reply the park board com mist
sloners only treated of the matters of
padded pay rolls, of Irregularity In
handling dirt contracts and of the
withholding of olty funds by the sec?
retary of the board from the city
treasurer. Their conclusions wer?
that the secretary was not censurable
In the matter of dirt contracts, that
they did not have sufficient testimony
at hand to come to conclusions In re?
gard to pay roll padding, and that the
secretary acted improperly In not pay?
ing into the olty treasury at once cer?
tain money received Jot the sale of
dirt. Furthermore, the park board
committee, appointed to Investigate
the charges of the special committee,
declared that In the future they could
do no more than give Information to
the special committee of city council,
as the task of straightening out the
charges preferred was too large for
their accomplishment.
Statements from Messrs. Lapham,
the chairman of the park board, and
Jeffords, secretary, contain denials to
the specific charges preferred against
them, and many affidavits are Intro?
duced to sustain their denials.
The charges of Irregularities
against the park board and the secre?
tary have created a lot of excitement
In Charleston. Just what will be the
outcome of the matter has not been
settled as yet.
Much Said In a Small Space.
Mayor Rhett, of Charleston, Is sim?
ply a shining mark for the perspiring
malevolence of certain of his oppon?
ents In the senatorial race. And with
this frantic and perspiring malvo
lence they make bold to entertain
generous and intelligent people by
the hour. Their frenzied attacks upon
the democracy of Rhett; and upon hin
good faith to his own race, roll off g|
that gentleman as rain drops roll off
of cabbage leaves. And this Is pretty
much all we choose to say about tho
senutorlul, congressional and senator
ship meeting In our town on Thurs?
day of laut week. It was a lively an 1
highly entertaining meeting. There
were brains in It. and education, and
high mental cultivation, and oratory,
and eloquence, and wisdom, and wit,
und humor, and satire, and ginger,
and red pepper, and Tabasco-nance,
and what we primitive Kdgerleld peo?
ple call "hell-fire and poOOOOfl root."
And Mill it was but a wretched and
pitiful manifestation of human self
seeking?Fdgefield Chronicle.
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JKFFOlins dismissed.
Park Hoard El n presses Confidence in
Chairman Lapham.
Charleston) Aug. 12.?At a meeting
<?f th?? board of park commissioners,
held at noon today in the city hall,
W. G. Jeff or.Is. secretary of the board,
was formally dismissed, upon the re?
quest of cky council, sont to the board
by the acting clerk, and Dr. A. A.
Kroeg was apolnted acting secretary
of the board.
A resolution of confidence in Chair?
man Lapham was passed by the board
of commissioners and Air. Lapham
was urged to continue in charge and
management of Hampton and Chicora
parks.
The committee on city affairs, of
which Alderman l. m. Pinckr.ey is
chairman, has not yet held a meeting
to consider the question of procuring
the services of an expert bookkeeper
to examine the accounts of the park
board, but It seems probable that an
expert may be retained by the com?
mittee.
Active cooperation of the board of
park commissioners with the Investi?
gations of the committee on city af?
fairs was assured yesterday in the re?
port of the park board to the city
council, so that the only recommen?
dation that remains to be taken up by
the special committee is the question
of hiring an expert to assist In further
probing.
MILEAGE BOOK RULES.
Will Not be Changed by Railroad Com?
mission?The Commission, After
Hearing Protests From Traveling
Men, Decides Nothing Can Re
Done.
Columbia, Aug. 12.?The railroad
corr.mlsslon has decided not to attempt
to interfere with the new mileage
books regulations, which will there?
fore continue indefinitely, unless the
traveling men find some other means
of blocking the roads, which is not
likely.
It Is understood that Mr. Caughman
who a few months ago, when the
traveling men first had the commission
to review the situation, sided against
the roads, will sign the majority re?
port, although It Is understood that
he favors the Central Passenger As?
sociation's method of handling the sit?
uation, which Is to sell mileage at the
oir? rate? and give a rebate equivalent
to the difference when the book has
been used up.
Messrs. Earle and Sullivan, consti?
tuting a majority of the commission,
It Is understood, are not Inclined In
the first place to interfere with the
present arrangemet, which they con
slier necessary to protect the reve?
nues of the roads, and in the sec?
ond place they do not consider that
the commission has the power to
fcrce a change back to the old system.
As pointed out previously In the news
papers, It Is felt that In case the com?
mission did order a change the roads
would be in position to either retaliate
t!ils . .loaoheshslcddeemhlmhmhmmm
by withdrawing the new rates from
this State, which would be greatly
against the interest of the traveling
public generally, or they might con?
test the order In the courts with the
almost certainty of securing a favor?
able outcome.
But all the. members of the com?
mission are agreed that the commls
ulon has the power to demand adequate
fccllltles for handling the business
under the new regulations and the
roads will be ordered to provide these
facilities. The traveling men have
been complaining that they were
frequently delayed on this account.
Memorable Impressions.
The French sailors In town didn't'
understand English, and the English
didn't understand French. But there
were times of tense emotion when
both nationalities broke out into the
universal language, the natural Es?
peranto signs, and then they all un?
derstood.
On the terrace the other day stood
a group of French tars from the
Gambetta in company with one or
two English jacks from the Alber
marle. All were looking glum.
Suddenly one of the Britishers lift?
ed his hand to his mouth as though
raising a glass, threw back his head
and gurgled suggestively.
Then he brought it down, shook
his head sadly to intimate that there
was none to be had, and said express?
ively:
"Bloomln' town! Rotten dry!"
And tho Frenchman nodded in
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BRYAN'S NOTIFICATION HELD.
Dcimututic Standard-Hearer Accepts
Nomination.
Lincoln, Neb.. August 12.?Under
the burning rays ..I an almost tropical
;un, and in the presence of a va.st
assemblage, which cheered him to the
echo, William J. Bryan today received
from Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama,
formal notification of his nomination
for the Presidency of the United
States.
of the United States.
Thrice honored by the Democratic
party as its standard-bearer, Mr.Bry
an plainly exhibited the pleasure it
gave him once again to proclaim the
principles for which he stood. His
nomination lor a third time, he declar?
ed in his speech of acceptance, could
only be explained by a substantial and
undisputed growth in the principles
and policies for which he, with a
multitude of others, had contended.
"As- these principles and policies," he
said, "have given me whatever politi?
cal strength I possess, the action of
the Convention not only renews my
faith in them, but strengthens my at
tachment for them."
The ovation accorded Mr. Bryan as
he rode through the streets of Lincoln
on his way to the State House, where
the exercises were held, were non-part?
isan. It was the homage of the citi?
zens of the Western city of the plains
to a distinguished neighbor. Almost
the entire Republican Administration
was represented, Governor Geo. L.
Sheldon and many State officers lend?
ing their presence both In the parade
and on the platform.
Before coming to Lincoln from
Fairview?four miles distant?Mr.
Bryan received 1,500 visitors. To all
he extended a cordial greeting. His
arrival shortly after noon at the Hotel
Lincoln, where he and John W. Kern,
the Vice Presidential candidate, were
the guests of honor at a luncheon to
the committee on notification was the
signal for an outburst of cheers and
applause. He was immediately sur?
rounded by a great crowd, and was
kept busy for some time shaking
hands.
Never before had Lincoln's streets
and buildings presented such a gala
appearance. O street was a riot of
color. Around the mutilated Taft
banner a crowd of curious4 visitors
was always clustered. With a national
notoriety the banner was almost the
first point of Interest visited. The pa?
rade carried Mr. Bryan directly un?
der the banner.
Not an Untoward Incident,
The State House grounds were a
mass of humanity and Mr. Bryan's ap?
pearance on the latform was greeted
with vociferous cheers and hand-clap?
ping. The ceremony of notification
was conducted on the north front of
the Capitol. The balconies and every
window were jammed to overflowing.
Not a single Incident occurred to mar
the proceedings. The police arrange?
ments were excellent. Realizing that
the regular police force was not suffi?
cient to cope with the great crowd,
the Adjutant General cf the State, at
the request of Mayor Frank Brown,
ordered out the 2d Nebraska regiment,
and with their assistance, perfect or*
der was maintained.
Before the notification and accept?
ance speeches were delivered, Norman
E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, who acted as pre?
siding officer, called on John W. Kern,
the Vice Presidential nominee, to
make a speech. Mr. Kern responded
In a few felicitous remarks, In which
he gave unstinted praise to the non
partisan character of the exercises.
The speech of Mr. Bryan concluded
the ceremonies and he and Mr. Kern
retired to the Capitol, where they held
a public reception.
To Fit the Occasion.
Senator Elkins was congratulated
at a Washington dinner on his fine
new yacht, the Marietta. From
yachts to yachting clothes the transi?
tion was easy, and Senator Elkins told
a story.
?'An old fellow," he said, "sat in a
seaside cafe. He had finished lunch?
eon; he was now drinking champagne.
The sun shone on the white sand, the
sea sparkled, and every little while
the old fellow ordered another cold
half bottle. With the third order he
said uneasily to the waiter:
"Waiter, is my nose getting red?"
" 'Yes, sir,' the waiter answered, 'tis,
sir; I' sorry to say, sir.'
" 'That won't do,' said the old fel?
low. 'That won't do at all. Waiter,
send out and get me a yachting cap.' "
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to the use of Dr. King's New Dis?
covery. His lungs were so severely
affected that cop umption seemed In?
evitable, whom a friend recommended
New Discovery. We tried it and its
use restored him to perfect health."
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BUMPER CROPS PREDICTED.
Latest Government Report Very Op.
tlmlottc.
Washington, August IS.?Unless all
signs fail the people of the United
States will this year set- the btgg< it
crops in the country's history. The
year has been free from prolonged
droughts and the rainfall has been al?
most normal with few Hood periods.
In the great grain growing States of
the West the crops have been made
and housed, and in some parts of the
South King Cotton is coming again
into power.
The latest report of the department
of agriculture is optimistic with re?
gard to the year's productions and is
as follows:
On August 1 crop conditions in the
United States were In the aggregate
somewhat better (2 per cent.) than a
year ago, but slightly (1 per cent.)
below a ten-year average condition on
that date. Of the crops that area
bove the average may be mentioned
winter wheat, hay, cotton and tobac?
co. Corn, barley, rye, buckwheat, ap?
ples and flax are slightly below the
average; potatoes above 5 per cent,
below and oats nearly 10 per cent be?
low the average.
The conditions vary, however, in the
different sections of the United States.
In the North Atlantic States general
conditions are slightly better (1 per
cent) than a year ago, and slightly
below (:: per cent.) than the to \
year average condition on August L
Corn, wheat and apples are slightly
to moderately above the average con?
dition, while hay, potatoes, oats, rye,
buckwheat and barley are below; the
deficiency in condition of potatoes is
about 10 per cent, and of hay about 4
per cent.
In the North Central States, which
are east of the Mississippi River, gen?
eral crop conditions are above 4 per
cent, below the average. Corn is
about 7 per cent, below, oats 18 per
cent below, potatoes 4 per cent, below,
arples 20 per cent, below and tobacco
6 per cent below the average. Hay is
good, being about 10 per cent, above
the average, wheat, barley, rye and
grapes are slightly above, and peaches
are about 50 per cent, above the ave?
rage.
In the North Central States, west
of the Mississippi River crop condi?
tions In the aggregate are practically
the same as the ten-year average and
nearly 3 per cent, better than a year
ago. Hay alone of the Important crops
Is materially above (14 per cent.) the
average; rye Is slightly better and
peaches abou,t 40 per cent, better than
the average. Practically all the other
Important crops show a more or less
lower condition than the average,
corn being about 2 per cent, wheat 2
to 3 per cent, oats 5 per cent, flax S
per cent, barley 3 per cent, and ap?
ples 20 per cent, respectively, below.
The condition of potatoes Is about the
average.
In the South Atlantic States crop
conditions are favorable, being about
4 per cent better than a year ago and
nearly 5 per cent, above the average.
Rice and potatoes are the only ones
of the Important crops which are be?
low their ten-year averages. The re?
lative betterment of the other Impor?
tant crops above their average Is, cot?
ton 6 per cent, corn 5 per cent, hay
10 per cent, wheat 4 per cent, tobacco
t per cent, sweet potatoes nearly 1 per
cent, apples 25 per cent, peaches 40
per cent, and oats 4 per cent.
In the South Central States, also,
conditions are favorable, being .shout
8 per cent, better than a year ago. and
2 per cent better than the average.
Cotton, the most important crop, has
the same condition as the ten-year
average. Corn is 3 per cent, above the
average, hay 8 per cent, wheat 6 per
cent, tobacco 5 per cent, sweet pota?
toes, oats and rice, each 4 per cent,
and peaches 10 per cent, respctively,
above their average condition. Apples
are 12 per cent below, and potatoes,
sorghum and sugar cane are each
slightly below the average condition.
In the far Western States conditions
are not as favorable, being about 5
per cent, below a year ago and nearly
5 per cent, below the ten-year average
condition. Nearly all the important
crops are below the average. Peach?
es, however, are about 15 per cent bet?
ter and grapes slightly better. The
approximate extent of deficiency in
the condition of other crops is, hay 8
per cent, wheat 6 per cent, barley 8
per cent, oats 4 per cent, potatoes 5
per cent, and apples 1 per cent.
TELEPHONE WAR IN OCONEE.
County ami Southern Reil Linos no
Longer Connected.
Anderson. Aug. 12.?On account of
a business disagreement the Oeonee
County Telephone Company and the
Southern Bell Company have severed
connection. This will work a hard?
ship upon the people in the territory of
both the lines in this section. Ander?
son will have connection with Pendle*
ton only, through B toll station Com?
munication with Clemeon Collen .
Walhalla, etc.. has been cut off. It Is
said that the subscribers of the Oeonee
County will demand that the former
service be restored immediately.
METHODISTS AGAINST GANDOH
CHURCH MEMBERS WILL rltatr
His KFELRCTIOX AS SPFAK
ER.
Denomination Declares That Hw At**
titutt- Toward Trmgirmmo EtfgladaH
tion should Defeat ihm
Baltimore, Aug. 12.?The Method fcs%
Episcopal church has begun an nt'i\*>
cruaade for the election of a speaker
"who will allow congress to vote ort?
the interstate liquor shipment bill.**
The church, which has over 3,000,000?
communicants, has created the Tem?
perance Society of the Methodist Epi?x
copal church, with authority to repre-.
sent the denomination in all temper-*
ance matters. This society is man?
aged by a board composed of ahoo>
615 members named by the bishop,
and elected by the general conference^
The board of managers has organised!
and directed its chairman to take*
steps to begin an active campaign. An?
official address has been issued to al^
members of the denomination, asking*,
their cooperation. The "shipment
bill," which has been pending in con*
gress for at least five years, does not
seek to Impose prohibition upon an>
locality, but provides that liquor ship
ped from one State to another steak
immediately upon the boundary be?
come subject to the laws of the State>
into which it is consigened.
"The speaker of the national house,
of representatives," says the address^
"absolutely controls its procedure. H<?
is opposed to this legislation. He ha*
used the power of his office to hold It
in the judiciary committee appointed*
by him on the alleged ground that It
is unconstiutional. Our church,
action of the recent general confer?
ence, insists that cogressional doubt
as to the constiutionality of such leg?
islation be resolved in the interest et
the people and the public morals and>
that the general conference unani?
mously accepted the report of Gov,
Hanley's special committee appointed;
to wait upon Speaker Connon, which*
closes with the following words: 'We
submit to our people and to all goodi
citizens the wisdom of electing men.
as members of congress who believe
in its validity and who are willing ta
enact it/
"At least one member of the house
judiciary committee has been defeat?
ed for the nomination on his record)
on this question and we believe that
the time has come when our people*,
who want to help secure this legisla?
tion must support for congress candi?
dates who will rot only vote for. thle
measure If they get a chance, but wil^
themselves support for speal.er $\
man who will allow it to be voted*
upon, and that its passage Is improba?
ble until Christian members recognize
this situation and cast their ballots
accordingly." -
STIRRED UP HORNETS NEST: I
Charleston Dime and Cement Com?
pany Has Cabinet Officers Knjion*
Washington, Aug. 13.?A Charles?
ton firm has stirred up a hornets' nest
here, and never before, perhaps, have
so many Cabinet officers and high Gov?
ernment officials been summoned to*
Court at one time as was done today,
On request of the Southeastern!
Lime and Cement Company, ot*
Charleston, Justice Barnard, of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co*,
lumbia. today cited Secretary CerteK
you, of the treasury, Secretary Met
calf, of the navy, Treas. Treat, of the
treasury, and the Rockwell Engineer*,
ing Company, of New York, to appear
before\him on September 1, and show
cause why an injunction should not bt>
granted restraining the payment by
the Gvernment to the Rockwell En*
gineering Company of $1,775.50 to*
work done for the treasury depart*
ment.
It is declared by the Charleston flrn\
that as sub-contractors on Govern*,
ment work at Charleston they furnish-,
ed the materials used in some of the
work have failed to receive pay?
ment. The further make the allega?
tion that the engineering company,
above mentioned is insolvent and that
such payment as is due them will not
be made unless the Court interferes.
The filing of this case has caused a
considerable amount of talk here. l\
sometimes happetns that the Secretary
of Treasury or the Treasurer of the>
United States arc restrained from maa>
ing payments because of the large,
amount of money handled by them
but it is must unusual for two Cabinet
officers, a high tieasury official and
the defendant all to be enjoined at on%
time.
lYutl Settled With a Shotgun.
Florence, August 13.?News reach*
ed the city last night of a shooting
scrape, which occurred near the home
of Mr. w. B. Ganse, In the coward's,
section, on Tuesday afternoon, ii\
which it is reported that l^wis 1/??^
a well known resident of that section,
had shot and probably wounded Rhett
Matthews, of Cov ardV T*u shooting
was done with a ? -able bairelied
shotgun.