The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 24, 1912, Image 4
PwAftsatoe?! Wednesday and Saturday.
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WHAT ABOl'T STOTIIART?
Oov. Blease answers some of the
damaging charges made against him
by flat dentals, others by denounc?
ing those who make them as cow?
ards and Mars, still others by produc?
ing affidavits from Hub Kvans. John
Bell Towell. J m Farnum. U W. Boy
kin Jos. B. Wylle. Jodie Hawllnson.
John Black and others whose con?
nection with the old dispensary is a
matter of record. His explanations
are specious and do not get down to
the meat of the matter. A denial Is
not proof of the falsity of a charge;
abuse <>f a wl.ness docs not disprove
bis testimony; affidavits by men charg?
ed with being accessories to the al?
leged crime are not accepted in any
court as adequate defense. Governor
please has not produced evidence to
sorrtradict the charges against him,
and bt-iore an intereeted and honest
Jury his defense would fail. Tbeie is
one charge that be dodges altogether,
for his own boon companion. Stotbart.
does n<>t deny the charges and Bleusc
oannot In this case manufacture a
defense by getting Stotbart to make
an affidavit to suit the exigencies of
the case. Stothart admits that if be
says .. -> thing he will incriminate
himself, yet Blease stands by bis
friend and gives him a free hand to
eontlnne bis course of grafting on the
Charleston Min I tiger*. Judge Jones
tn his speech at ('heater stated the
Stotbart mattei ery forcibly as fol?
lows: ?
"Judge Jones said he hoped, from
th* .bottom of his heart, that the gov?
ernor, for he h >n?>r <*t his great office
and the good name of his great State.
Would ultimately be shown to be clean
and innocent oi graft. "I have not
charged him with graft." Judge Jones
declared; "I do not now charge him
with graft. 1 have not referred to
the Investigation at Augusta, though
he Usttmated yetderday and again to?
day that I had. But I have spoken
of the situation developed at Charles?
ton, where witnesses ha\e sworn to
?he payment, statedly, of graft to the
shlef constable of the governor for
protection of 'blind tigern* against the
law; and this chief constable himself
Stotbart. when asked as to bis con?
nection with, such graft, deellned to
testify, on the ground that It would
tend to Incriminate him?this being
a practical admission of his SOTA"
pile it y. If I were governor, and as
Saucb evidence had been prodm ? d
against mv appointee ns lias been pro?
duced against Stothart I tfOuM Sus?
pend him. or remove him: 1 would
not tolerate swell IS Ogtcer. I would
not let blm SSPVt IBOthei minute.
I would not permit the meat name of
my State to rest und? r mi< h .1 -tain.
Ther.- h>?* been made out against the
eblef ? onstahle n prlma facie case of
Cysten .itie grafting. and h. r.fu
even PS denv it. So long an he is kept 1
in asset be t* eaeessraged in this po8i
*ior.. .1 ti? 1 >o 1 m\ feih.w elttseast) beat
the she)SSI *4i?l humiliation of it."
Ami Meant sodget the Issue while
Stet hart rerantaa stleat for feat of in
erlmin.-itlng lit 11 s. It and others.
The pardon Indllst'v \\.,* unite
prom.tide to the accredited friends of
??... Wieste* This fact ht< ???en es
course to
furnish* d
e.\. d the
.1 dollars
ther? four
aaslred Is
moms In"
p.it Igf iph.
Ai o. mens |">mi"ii ??? ??..??!t SWoat
with snaag ntoodj oaths that they kept
It all and gdffSt gSVt Blease a cent,
they are swift wltne-ses fo they
Saas di\idina with Bteaet before the)
sre charged with iOlag BO, I? 1- Big?
sSjSjsaaa he* ever. Ihnt Bass J. Mloh
>,|4 Km<i . of S|? irtan' ui _; .? InilfteU
th?it he SwHsj out of hil own pochet, a
.*>art of gaessnVM enmpatgn espennes
:wo \. i:s .two ;?n I i\|?- ? t?d to do llo
uniiii' thing this year, A arge in
eotif from the pardon industry comes
In handy In the thWUSAStanees, and it
serves Mleas? '.?< put |. 1-1 is v\? ||as
if 'there bad been I bu-iio HNllht Sl?
i.inn of the S iHh>S spoils,
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practica* Tfcoeghss for r>m**cel
(fondnoted by B. W. Deb be. Pree
ldrnt *? C Fanners Uniaa.)
Some llandoni Thoughts.
It Ii Just as I predicted about the
warehouse law. "It can not be given
effect la its present form by reason
of Its failure in certain respects to
comply with the requirements of thi
ConMti.ui'on. " and not on the prin?
ciple involved. Nowhere in the de?
cision do the Justices even suggest
that the underlying Idea Is repug?
nant to the Constitution or to .a sound
governmental policy. That the State
Union will be able to make the next
bill constitutional there can be no
reason to doubt. Already resolutions
are being drafted, and plans formu
lted to remove the defects, and sug?
gest a safe, practical, and constitu?
tional measure.
* s a
In the next issue we will print m
article on Sumter County's School
day. The wide circulation of the
Progressive Farmer from Texas ro
Virginia makes this g splendid adver?
tisement Of Sumter County and City.
Light Prom the Dark Corner.
Dark Corner. July IS.?Well, as my
last letter slipped into tb.at large
mouthed roceptiele just at the edi?
tor's right hand. I will write a few
dots more from this corner.
We are having tine rains for the
crops which have improved since
the rains set in on the 28th of June.
Lut corn is surely small and. If we
make any, It will have \o grow on
small stalks.
Mr. H, W. Pritchard. near Kamsey
has the best acre of corn that I have
seen and Mr. J. M. Kolb the best Held
of cotton.
There |s a tine crop of peaches, bill
they are rotting v? : v rapidly. Whole
trees will rot In a night.
Politics Is still cool here as yet, n ?
one finding fault with his neighbor
about who he intends to vote f?r,
which 1 think is right. No man his
any business to say who another
should vote for. I have heard that a
man said a few days ago that no
gentleman would vote for Please.
Don't you think. Mr. Editor, that Is
going t??o far? There are good men
who will vote for Please as well as
bad ones who will vote for Jones.
Both have got good and bad sup?
porters. 1 learned a verse when I
was a boy that I think all should
read and remember:
"Speak gently; it is better far
"To rule by love than fear;
"IsH not harsh words mar,
"The good we might do here."
And 1 have learned a man may b i
coaxed and persuaded, but you will
fail most every time you try to drive
or scold him Into your way of think?
ing. As 1 have said, every man that
don't vote as I do is a scoundrel?I
expect to vote as 1 please. 1 haV"
seen none of the candidates here ns
ret
Mr. Ian White ( ailed On nie but 1
was not at home when he ?arm
through her.- sharpening his scraping
knife preparing to scalp Mr. p. m.
Plttl Og the supervisor's Job, Hurrah
for the one thai beats as they are
both m\ tri?ml-.
Rev. Marion w. Gordon at Bummer
tog and Mr. B, i\ Broadwa) of Pino
woodi dined with m. J. Ardls lasi
gutui day and Bundaj
Hard Times,
New- Mites From Wlancky,
Wisacky. Jul) -0.--?Farmers are
verj bus) with the cotton crop, ha -
Ing ilnlshed with the corn crops and
with tin- peui ami tin potato crops,
They have been greatly hampered In
their work by the heavy rains whi h
began In this section the lirsl day of
this month.
The health of the community
moderately good at tins time.
Mr. M. 1.. W illi uns |s in proving
slowl) from severe trouble with hi*
right eye. The sight has not been
restored yet, i ? u t Dr. Wilton of Bum
lei gi\e.j him great encouragement.
Mrs, K. J, Williams has been ver\
slek for several month-, a part of
the time sn< \\a^ extremely III, und
bei eyesight has been greatly in -
paired. Hhe nun rallied and li gain?
ing "-In i h slOW I) .
'i \\f young folks are ha\ ing ?
merr) time, There w 111 <>? a lea,
part) el Mr. M. U William*' horn?
next week. There a. ill elan be h parly
it Ait-. Willi? Ol lipon*? Monday even?
ing
.\11. W. ? \ William? ot tin miner ton
\ i-Hi ii re In' vv? her< i , -1 week.
Monday morning n box ? i was
overturned "ii one of tie trad
near the cotton mill and it w i
time bef. ?!.? track was ? l< ?? ? d.
No uns wan Injured, but tin
NICHOLS BLAMES BOOZE.
KNTURS UKXERAL DENIAL OP
DICTAGRAPH RECORD.
spartanburg Pardon Speculator say*
II? Was Drunk W lion Talking to
Burns* Detect Ivo and Was Not Re?
sponsible lor Statements?Testi
wnaj Bafore investigating; Com
nii toe Explanatory But Not Satis?
factory?lira ft Collection Proved
on Stothart. Hlease's Charleston
Friend.
Columbia, July IS.?Senator Car?
lisle, the chairman of the investigat?
ing committee, did not arrive here
from Spartanburg until noon and the
proceedings began at that hour.
Samuel J. Nichols, the Spartanburg
attorr ey. went on the stand then and
told of his side of the alleged deal,
which Detective Heed claimed to
have made with him to buy the par?
don of James Johnson, the notorious
yeggir.an. Nichols, with an array of
prominent attorneys, was here to go
OH th? stand. Several people from
different parts of the State are pres?
ent.
The library at the State house was
well tiled with spectators when the
dispensary investigating committee
assembled today at noon to hear the
testimony of Sam J. Nichols, who was
charged in Detective Reed's testi?
mony with having been employed by
him iti the alleged scheme to buy a
pardon for James Johnson. alias
cracker.
Gus DeFord. the notorious safe
Mr. Nichols was present with his
attorneys, his father. Judge Geo. W.
Nichols and Ralph K. <'arson, C. P.
Sanders. W. M. Jones. C. P. Sims,
Robert T. Gatitt of Spartanburg. J.
G. Hughes of Tnlon. W. B. Nelson of
Columbia and ('. C. Wyehe of Spar
tanburi:.
All of the Investigating commit?
tee were present except W. L. Daniel
of Salu ia.
Prioi t,. opening the public ses?
sion, the investigating committee
held a short executive session. They
tiled in the library at 12.20 and took
their seats.
Carlisle called the meeting to order
at &I.SG and announced that it was
culled chiefly to hear the testimony
of S. J. Nichols. Mr. Nichols gave the
names of C, P. Sanders and W. M.
Jones as counsel, who would appear
for hirr today.
Chairman Carlisle read into, the
record he statement that he had at
the request of Mr. Nichols requested
Felder to have K. S. Reed, the detec
ti\e, present at the hearing today. He
also read into the record Felder's
reply that Reed had left Atlanta for
Chicago, but that if he were there he
would rot come into South Carolina
to testily.
W. M Jones, of counsel for Nichols,
asked questions of Nichols to show
that Reed, the detective had come to
Spartanburg posing as a Chicago law?
yer. wh< wanted to represent the man
Dt'Ford in the South Carolina peni?
tentiary.
Reedi Nichols said, had been sent
to him by a Spartanburg hackman.
"Mr. Porter" was referred to C. P.
Sims of Spartanburg. Nichols went
into the details of certain arrange
no nta as made between "Porter,"
sims an 1 himself as to representing
lh l ord, and accounts of Which have
already -eeii published.
Nichols related certain thingi about
his conversation with ? porter"' in
the Hotel Finch. Niche's corrobor?
ated certain testimony that had been
taken by the dictagraph. He ex?
plained that in- went into the "lnter
urban" case ami said he had told
lUtd it had been reported that he
hud '"cen paid 130,000 for tin- sign
lug of the Incorporating act. He *al.d
he had toid Reed this was a "damn
He."' He said he had told the gOV
ernor his refusal to sign 'in- t ill
would hurt the Piedmont section,
but bo ha?l paid Hie governor noth?
ing, and in- had net even received a
tee ti ?in the Southern Power com?
pany, which he represented '.or hit
werk in connection wi lt the Interur
1 . n franchise.
Nichols corroborated tin- testimony*
taken by the dletngrnph that he said
lit was a li.- lhal Blense had receh d
"graft."
Nichols --aid he had borne Ii u 'h
of the governor's campaign expenses
tu tain, and he propoied to do i?is
ai.ain. Nichols slid uhtt, he we'i>
Into Heed's ioom at the ilotel Fin it
there w?r.- t\\.. quarts of scotch whls
luv on the dresser; that he got drun
'ant' ih.it now he can't say what to i
plm-e; tint whiskey has a pecullv
. ? tii < i oVe* hi m ..ml that lie d > t
Igraph te?timon> does not represen
his "sane moments" oi the facts h
the case.
; ii,- v. .o isk< i ii In it.ght i h?
IwhUkej was drugged. Me ?tibi hi
couldn't say, Nichols said to- did no
know he was on hi* waj to Haiti
more utit I ? hi w c?ke up on ihe I't i !
ptnn In company with friends, T 1
tv i . . i.. J. Jennings md ? ii -. I
; graph he was a delegate to Baltimore.
I iru^tru ted for Harmon, he must cer?
tainly have been drunk, for he was
no delegate at all. There was laugh
I ter on the part of all present wh n
this statement was made.
Nichols denied that he had ever
j represented one Green in securing a
pardon. Nichols told of joining the
campaign party in Harnwell and said
he went there with the intention of
asking the governor if he would con?
sider any pardons before the election.
He said, however, that when he found
the trovernor so busy, he did not men?
tion the matter.
The witness said when he saw the
newspaper story that Felder had said
Nichols had wired Reed to come to
Byartanburg and get the pardon, he
went to the Blackville office and Wir?
ed Heed:
"Things do not look good. Come
to Spartanburg at once." and he said
he? was then "cold sober."
He Introduced the original message
in evidence, and said he had not
wired Heed anything else.
Mr. Nichols said he spent last Sun
da\ here with Governor Blease. and
the first he knew of any reported
"er okedness." he read it in the Sun?
day morning papers. He said when
he got to Spartanburg he found Por?
ter's answer from Chicago to the
Blackville message.
"Though. in truth." he said.
"Porter was in Augusta." This wire
was introduced and is as follows:
"Chicago, July 13, 1912.
'Sam J. Nichols. Spartanburg, S. C.
"Your wire received today. Take
it for grant, d papers ready. Am
mailing New York draft twenty thous?
and as agreed. Wire immediately if
paper is issued today.
"Henry N. Porter."
The witness said he had been told
the Stenographer who took the rec?
ords of the dictagraph was Tom Fol?
der's stenographer.
"<'an m>t a stenographer easily
changing the notes so a? to misreport
statements?" asked Attorney Jones.
Mr. Nichols replied he thought he
could. Chairman Carlisle stated, for
Mr. J >nes that the stenographer had
newr sworn to his notes as submitted
to the committee. The witness said
the name of a man Who is alleged
to have had a fight with Mr. Hearon,
editor -a' the Spartanburg Herald, as
mentioned in the testimony. was
wrongly reported, as were other
names "f Spartanburg people men?
tioned in the dictagraph records. At
one place hi the dictagraph record
Nichois had referred to the governor
as necessarily sharing in the "prof?
its" of the pardon, but the witness
said he evidently was re-ferring to
Sims ami not to the governor. Mr.
Jones said the stenographer had
here and in other places put in the
word "governor" to make the record
miscarry.
Mr. Nichols read from a magazine,
the American Federation, a statement
from George W. Wickersham. attor?
ney general of the I'nited States to
show that W. J. Burns "stacked the
cards." using Burn's own words, and
had used "Improper methods in the
investigation of certain cases in the
country. The attorney general, this
article said, had reported on Bums'
work, haraeter Ising certain of Burns'
repoi Is in a government investigation
as "evasive."
Xr. Jones said he had a letter to
?how that the dictagraph, as used in
the Lorlmer ease, was unreliable, and
he said this will be introduced if the
wiii.! of the letter, an official in
Washington and a friend of Nichols*.
Would give consent for its use. This
Will I <? introduced later, if at all.
t'n a question of C, i'. Banders of
his ??? unsel, Mr. Nichols said he never
made any ugreeinent to receive any
m??ney tor Governor Blease and he
did not think the governor would
have received any stub bribe, if it
should be offered. In all this testi?
mony Mr. Nichols was questioned by
w. M .1 in-, of Spartanburg, one
I of his attorneys,
Nichols Paid he had made tn> ftate
! merit to his knowledge, and "if he
did it was when he was under the
influence of whiskey." that in- would
!accent un\ mone) t o- use in connec
th?n with Uov. r.lt-ase g campaign,
i Niched* dented In- had don, "much
Ipa d i. business," as alleged by Keed,
land when asked lo explain the fees
I that tie uttorm > h aould receh ?? f >r
; ?ecuring pardons, lo- hrought forth
Uiughtei from tin- er"\\d when iie
paid to Commltteemnn Carey:
? it ;, Miat, ol your standing were
111 , >ii mit murdi r, we d charge more
t,i _. t i pardon for you than for a
poot man who had no money."
M r \ii luds .-aid W. 'l*. Jones, of
["j h oi offered him mono) to so
eure pardon and >h:it a friend
... .xiien Kmuiers-in of Anderson bad
i,.',i him that Mr. tleer. of Charles
! ton. v ould pu> ;i big fee ror Kmmer
|i irdon. I le had been told he
fonId |ret > ..??? ?. for the tlrsl pardon,
l ,lt i.. .'- f.t these, nn v\ - It as othei -.
hi had ? efusi d to eonshh r.
\ . hol? ?ii Id h. Im 'i< \ - d he h ul
, i intluonc o\ er the n**\ ern ?r, and
thai his < Nichols'? Intim in e Wonle*
him ? ? v\ i luhl w Ith Ihe >-;o\,a nor
throu
.?:-1-:
friendship in securing the large num?
ber bf pardons and parobj since he
has been governor of South Caro?
lina?" asked Commissioner Carey.
i am not familiar e/lth ttu ele?
ments of the other cases, but in the
few i was connected with he was ?01
imposed upon, and if the others were
as meritorious as mine, in none has
he been Imposed upon," replied Nich?
ols.
Asked as to the statement reported
in the dictagraph record that if
Blease were elected to the United
States senate, he (Nichols) would in
two years he elected governor, the
witness laughed and said:
"That shows 1 was drunk, for If 1
should he elected governor in two
years. I could not qualify, for I am
too young." There was considerable
laughter.
Mr. Nichols said he knew little of
the DeFord case, except what he
got from Reed, the detective.
He said, that on investigation he
had found that C, P. Sims did not
represent DeFord, the prisoner repre?
senting himself, not being aide to pay
for an attorney.
Et, K. ('arson, an attorney of
Spartanburg, was the next witness.
He testified of the trial and physical
condition of DeFord and said, from
his knowledge, and il his condition
now is as it was when he last had
a report on it. he thought he needed
a pardon, and he said under the Cir?
cumstances he thought there was
nothing unprofessional in laying a
petition for DeFord's pardon before
the governor. Several witnesses tes?
tified that DeFord was suffering from
tuberculosis and had other infirmi?
ties.
Magistrate R, J. Gantt was the
next witness. He testified that on the
day of the interview Mr. Nichols was
"fighting drunk." He gave as his
opinion that there was nothing un
professlonal in laying the pardon pe?
tition before the governor.
Affidavits from ('has P. Calveit
and Ii. B. Paslay were introduced to
show that Nichols was drunk on the
trip to Baltimore.
Mr. Nichols testified that he want?
ed Keed. the detective, here today
to appear that he might contradict
him in case the detective said Nichols
was not drunk during the testimony
recorded In the dictagraph, and he
also wanted to contradict his state?
ment, as reported in an Atlanta pa?
per, that a telegram had been sent
to Chicago by Nichols telling Reed
to come to Spartanburg and. close the
"deal."
Judge Oeo. \V. Nichols, father of
the first witness, was the second wit?
ness. He testified that on the day
of the interview in the Hotel Finch
had taken place he saw his son more
drunk than ever before.
C. P. Sims, of Spartanburg. was
the third witness. He told of cir?
culating the petition for the pardon
Of DeFord, and said he thought the
prisoner in such a bad physical condi?
tion that he should be pardoned. He
offered to get an affidavit to show
DeFord had been wrongfully con?
victed.
Sims testified of Sam J. Nichols'
drunken condition on the day of the
interview, and of having been suspi?
cious as to the doing of "Porter." He
spoke of his high esteem of Govern?
or Blease and said he knew of no
wrongful acts on the part of the gov-'
ernor. lb- said he doubled that
"Porter" was honest, but he was WiU
Ing to "risk" the Job for a good fee.
The direct charge of graft in con?
nection With the Charleston whiskey
Situation and the defense as put up
Si-.ni .1. Nichols, the Spartanburg at?
torney, to the charge of a pardon
deal were the features of the session
yesterday of the committee of the
general assembly of South Carolina
that is Investigating the affairs of
t! e old state dispensary.
The committee made a ruling yes?
terday th;it will have an Important
bearing on all witnesses to be -vim
moned In the future with reference
to the alleged system of collecting a
"protection fund" from the "blind
tigers" of ?'hariestoii. Witnesses in
tia tutu in- will be required to give
testimony or he ruled in contempt.
The testimony under the ruling of the
committee will not be used in crim?
inal cases against the witnesses.
As a result of the testimony yes?
terday Ben H. Stothart, chief consta?
ble of Charleston county, is charged
[with receiving h monthly sum from
J. P. It. tVXelll, a confessed whole?
sale and retall whiskey dealer. O'Neill
made the direct charge that he paid
this fund for "protection" from tl. >
[eon.-1.ibles. He charged that he ?*ol
I leeted th> fund from several retail
dealers and thai the> were given
I the necessary protection. The method
l>> which this fund went to Stothart
l.j shown iu the verbatim testimony
! ol ? CXetll.
The committee, whth not making
an official statement, ha* Indicated
that ever> wholesale whl?ke> dealer
in Charleston, charged with accept?
ing tia- protection fund from the re
t,ii dealers, will be summoned and
Ifol-eed t. give teStltm l.> or they will
[he hehl !!, contempt. No witness
] will be allow ed t<. r. fuse to e te<
tmiony the gr< tti d that "!< n Ight
B?ASE A LIAR! SAYS GRACE.
CHAKI.l slO* MAY OK DIRECTM
Vl ltONC LANOt A(.K \T (i()V
FKNOK.
I .mpiiatically Dealea Statement Thai
II?* ISmtBBlored to Control Ap
poftntanenl of Constables.
Charleston, July ?Mayor Grace
declared that the statement of Guv.
Bleaae that he endeavored to control
the dispensary constabulary appoint?
ments is ";.ri absolute, unuualined lie
and Blease knows it is a lie." Mayor
Grace said that he protested against
the appointment of constables Cor
Charleston from the very lirst, as h.s
letters, which have been printed.
' have shown. Mayor Grace said that
Gov. Blease attended the conference
at the German artillery hall and he
jwas pressed to say what he proposed
to do about the placing of constabu?
lary forces in Charleston. At first he
denied that he was going to appoint
constables for Charleston and then
he admitted that he was thinking
about appointing Btothardt to the of?
fice of chief constable. Mayor Grace
i nd others protested against it and
la the presence of the party, num?
bering about 15, Mayor Grace said,
that Blease turned to L. C. A. Roess
K*r and offered him the position. Mr.
?
Roessler refused to have it and de?
clared also his opposition to a con?
stabulary force in Charleston.
After the announcement of the ap?
pointment of Chief Btothart, Gov.
Blease asked Mayor Grace if he
would name the appointees for the
force, the mayor stated that he in
jdignantly told him that he srou'd
have nothing to do with the
constables, that he w
the appointment
kind, even if he
of the men.
B?KS PRIZE FIGHT PICTURES.
Huus Pashas Senate Bill Prohibiting
Transportation of Such Films in
Interstate Commerce.
Washington. July 10.?Prize fight
moving pictures today became a thing
of the past in the United States when
the house passed a senate bill pro?
hibiting the transportation of such,
moving picture films between the va?
rious States and territories or from
foreign countries. Heavy fines for
violation of the proposed law are
feed by the bUL
ARMY WORMS APPKAR.
Much Damage Heilig I)
Forage Cro
The at my worm ha
large numbers in varh
the State within the past week and
much damage is being done to corn,
mass and forage crops. The situation
li serious and fears are entertained -
that the corn crop may be destroyed
in some sections. Until Saturday no
worms were reported in Sumter Coun?
ty, but that day reports began to come
in from widely separated sections of
this and Lee county that the worms
had made their appearance and were
doing great damage to corn, peas
and sweet potatoes as well as mak?
ing a clean sweep of grass. Thus far
t
cotton has not been attacked by the
worms. Borne of the farmers whose
crops are being destroyed by the
worms were buying Paris given Sat?
urday and will make an effort to ex- ?
terminate the pest before their corn
crops are a total loss. There was
only a limited supply of Paris green
t<? be had in town and unless the sup?
ply of poison Ls* replenished quickly)
the W?rme Will do great damage I l -
fore the light against them can be -
Started.
Comptroller General A. w. Jones
completed his Inspection ol the audi?
tor's l.ks and reports Thursday in
about two hours. When he had com*
pleted his inspection he made some
very complimentary statements i 0U
cemlng the auditor snd the manner
In which he kept the bo d;s and he ex?
pressed himself as very much pie
ed with the results of his examlna
Itlon.
WWiri)?To sell half Interest In my
mercantile business at New Eton,
s. C Want purchaser to man*
age business. My managers will
assist him and look after other In*
h rest. Terms right to i ight man.
Stock about |1,700. Two S0-aaw
gins, been used about y. tr,
ami elevator. never has been put
up, at reduced prices. I >. C. Shaw,
Sumter.
Ft HI KAU:?\. w seed rye foi plant?
ing in cotton, corn, etc.. wen laying
by. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co.
\v with?M. n, w..m. n si d -
denta to sell patented specialtte?, or
popular publications. Guaranteed
salary $i.Tr- per day. Address
Box 11< >yk in. s. I'.
\\ \\ rKIl?You to km w 1 11 n
sell you Nitrate ? f Sods :'? r
prompt shipment fi >m any p? rt.
Write ... phoi e me for prl ea