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VOL. LVINO II. Glerk of Court UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1906. $1.00 A VRAP.
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WE PAY I
ON TIME D
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Win. A. NICHO
Adopt the FoUowln^ Resolutions and
Will Investigate Purchases ol fyrnter/Boat-d.
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The appears th^c there has j
been a *ery large stock of goods ]
shipped to the State dispensary, (
to the amount of several hundred i i
fVirvncon/^ Hr*ll?ro nf ViirrVi I
goods, there being no sufficient \
storage room for same, thus ex- |
^nosing a large amount of such <
'Bfcoods to the weather?goods that
there is very little sale for and
that would probably take years
to dispose of at the price and it {
appearing that there is no legal !
record of the purchase, or that !
same*was not ordered shipped in 1
accordance with law, the clerk (
. * is hereby instructed to notify tht '
members of the old board, '
Messrs. Evans, Boykin and (
Towill, that we, in entering upon -J
the duties of this office, do protest
against locking up in said j
high-priced goods so much money 1
of the State. j
And that it is our intention to [
employ the best legal talent 1
available to look into.the legality 1
4.1, ? i ~?i? I
ux tut; puiciiasniK ami .
* of such goods. And in the event 1
that it was not purchased by the
entire board and ordered in as
the law requires, and if we are j
so advised by our attorney, that
the shippers of these goods be
notified that their goods are here
subject to their orders, and the
same must be removed at once.
v It being the intention of the
present board not to assume the
responsibility of this business in
such shape without entering our
protest;
And the clerk is instructed to
publish the amount of goods,
item by item, the quality and
price of each, and total amount
of each brand so that the people
of the State can and will see the
condition of affairs at the State
dispensary on the 1st of March,
K\m.
Having no knowledge of the
evidence the legislative commit.te$
has in its possession, we
hereby instruct the clerk to ask
the committee through its chairman,
Hon. J. T. Hay, whether
or not there is any evidence in
their possession casting suspicion
on any whiskey dealers or any
other person, or persons, dealing j
with the State dispensary of any
unfair dealings with the State.
If so, to honor us with the names
of such person, or persons, so
that we can hold up their bids J
until they have made a satisfac- i
tory showing to the said com- 1
mittee.
The clerk, in sending out no- .
tices of bids, will ask the bidders '
to submit with their respective (
bids a statement showing to this 1
board that their prices, on case t
goods, beers, wines, etc., are not I
in excess of those sold to whole- I
sale firms in other sections of the
United States. j
The clerk is hereby instructed <
to notify all dispensers and the i
chairman of each and every 1
county board of directors to ap- 1
ply at once to their respective I
county auditors and get blank i
request books; and to use said
request books, and to comply 1
with the law in every respect.
A copy of the law will be fur- j
rushed on application to the State '
board of directors; and in the
event any officer of the law *
whose duty it is to furnish said
request boo"ks fails or refuses to
^furnish same when the demand
'As made for same, that such fact
De reported at once to the State
board of directors, so that they i''
can report, the matter to the!
governor for his consideration, I1
it being the intention of this ,1
NTEREST
'EPOSITS.
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I.SON & SON,J i
board to see so far as is in their j
power that the law is strictly
complied with.
.The commissioner is hereby in- *
structed not to receive any goods
claimed to have been bought by ! c
Dur predecessors in office, or any ^
?oods now in transit; and that ,
no goods whatever shall be ordered
except goods purchased by *
:he present board of directors, j I
And any failure to comply with f
,hese instructions by any dis- q
Denser, said dispenser will be
iealt with as provided bv law." > s
BIDS. 3
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The bids for this quarter are .
idvertised for this morning and i
vill be passed upon on the 20th v
nst. There is not much variance \
n the new circular which is sent s
>ut, except that the "Xs" are .
emitted. and there is a clause
vhich reads: "Competition on ^
quality and price." Formerly, t
competition was asked on quality. 0
This meant that the board had p
i standard price to pay for whis-1
tey ? for instance, there was a j
certain price on, say, "X." The t
bidders were expected to furnish v
,he best quality possible for this a
larticular price. Now the ele- g
nent of pribe being added, the
dea will be to get the best pos- F
iible for the least money, atten- *
.ion being paid to both qualifica- t
dons. ?
The appointments?which are t
lot all yet complete-were taken
lp and those already made by 0
Vlr. W. O. Tatum, the commis- j?
doner, were passed upon and i ^
confirmed. Mr. M. H. Mobley, i }
formerly head bookkeeper, sue- j11
eeds Mr fl T-I P.h qrloo no olovlr 1 C
)f the board, and Mr. J. S. J. c
Faust of Bamberg succeeds Mr. a
VIobley. Mr. W. F. Lamar of v
Tiis city has been appointed an v
nspector and Miss Thraikill of : a
ftichburg succeeds Miss Florence ^
VlcKenzie, resigned, as stenog- P
'apher. "
There-will be no other meeting P
intil the 20th inst. There were
lone of the old board present *
yesterday except Mr. W. W.
Boykin, who turned over the > ?
papers of the retiring board. *
The matter of open or closed *
neetings has not yet been defi- F
litely considered.?The State.
MR. NORMENT IS IN THE RACE. . [
states Positively That He Will be in the |
Race for Secretary of State. I
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Mr. J. E. Norment, private
secretary to Gov. Heyward, an-, ^
lounced yesterday definitely that *
le is in the race for Secretary of c
State. Mr. Norment was men;ioned
some time time ago in thi3 ; i
jonnection and the suggestion I
tias met with such a hearty re- j
monse from his manv friends in n
South Carolina that he feels sure
that he will be elected. ! .
Capt. J. G. Richards, of Ker- *
shaw county, who has been spoken
of in connection with the r.
race, stated yesterday that he .
will hardly go into the campaign
for any State office as his colleague,
Speaker M. L. Smith, is ,
i candidate for governor, and
Kershaw county does not want
to appear greedy. |
Mr. Norment has never been
in politics. He has been a well .
known newspaper correspondent .
for the last 10 years, and, as :
Governor Heyward's personal J
friend, was invited to become J
his private secretary.?The State, j
we sincerely nope tnat Mr. c
Norment or some other equally 1
good man will be elected Secre-- t
tary of State, as the people are c
tired of mysterious fires, lost *
books and misplaced records. ]
UNION COTTON MILLS.
First Meeting ol the Creditors of the
Bankrupt Concern Held Yesterday
in Union.
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Union, March 10.?Special:
The first meeting of the creditors
)f the Union cotton mil|?, recently
adjudged a bankrupt, was
called to order at noon today in
;he mill office by Referee E. W.
dughes. At the outset, the
Pefere?'|?noini<ced that he was
ready to receive and file any
ffplmq thnf tVm navHoa
jresent, and a considerable num>er
of these were presented, the
najority having already been
iled.
The reading of the schedule of
laims against the bankrupt coni>any
was then taken up, these
iabilities ranging all the way
rom a few dollars to tffat of
rleitman & Co., of New York,
or $975,000, reaching a total of
13,244,871. The schedule of asets
was also submitted, showing
,n assessed valuation of $2,554,21.
There are other claims that
vere not submitted today, which
vill increase the liabilities by
everal thousand dollars. Of
hose filed the Union Cotton Mills
Company, recently incorporated
?y the reorganization, committee
wns forty-five, amounting to a
ittie over $3,000,000.
The matter of electing a truspo
to ronrooont tVio
WW WW A V|71 VUV11V tUVy V/lCUltUIO
/as next taken up. The referee
nnounced that all claims pr6ented
would be allowed for the
turpose of enabling the holder
o vote in the choice of a trustee,
>ut that any and all claims were
ubject to attack at a future
ime, by anyone interested.
The first question was whether
ne, or three trustees, should be
ppointed. Mr. Barnwell, of
Charleston, suggested three, but
his proposition was overwhelmngly
defeated, the meeting deiding
in favor of one as more
onducive to satisfactory mangement.
Edwin W. Robertson
/as then nominated. Mr. Barn*
/ell, on behalf of h ?own clients
nd those represented by Mr.
loses Israel, entered an earnest
rotest against the election of
Ir. Robertson, not on personal
:rounds, but for the reasons that
Ir. Robertson was president of
he bankrupt mill, president of
he Buffalo cotton mills, in charge
f the Union and Glenn Springs
tailway and the Neal Shoals
Jower Company, and that the
elationship was such that dealngs
between these concerns and
he bankrupt, and also the dealngs
between the bankrupt and
"leitman & Co. should be closely
crutinized. For these reasons
lr. Barnwell did not think Mr.
tobertson could be an impartial
I ustcc.
The matter was then put to a
allot, and Mr. Robertson was
lected, receiving the vote of all
he creditors but four, whose
laims aggregate $88,000.
Mr. Barnwell announced his
utention of contesting the ap>ointrnent
of Mr. Robertson at
he proper time, before Judge
Crawley. Messrs. Abney and
Cownsend, of Columbia, while
lot entitled to a vote, because
heir claim was in dispute, sided
vith Mr. Barnwell.
Mr. Robertson was notified of
lis appointment and accepted
he trust. His bond was fixed
it $25,000 and has been furnished.
The meeting adjourned subject
o the call of the referee on five
lays' notice to interested attorleys.
The lawyers present from a
listance were: Proctor, of JBoson,
representing the Union Coton
Mills Company; W. D. Melon.
of Columbia, renrpspntino
he bankrupt mills; Messrs. Abley
and Townsend, of Columbia;
Mash, Howard B. Carlisle and
>. T. McCrary, of Spartanburg;
Barnwell and Israel, of Charleson.
It is quite evident from tolay's
developments, that the
itockholders in the Union cotton
nills are out of the reckoning.?
Mews and Courier.
(WHITE STONE SPRINGS "HOTEL j
TOTALLY DESTROYED B\ FIRE. I
Loss Estimated at Thirty Thousand Dollars?Some
of the Furniture and
Personal Effects of the Occupants
Saved?Insurance Only Partial.
Spartanburg, March 11.?Special:
The hotel at White Springs
was totally _ destroyed by fire to- |
night, 'entfciling a loss of about
$30,000, wlih partial insurance. I
Spmo of tlie personal effects of |
the resident* of the hotel were I
saved aniTl"e contents of several 5
^rw^oerweire taken frdTh the burniU2
structure.
i "The hotel and grounds were
purchased three years ago by
Dougan & Sheftall, of Savannah, fftj
i for about $100,000 and the place
was one of the best known resorts
of the South. It had not
open ?d for the season, but preparations
were daily being mac^e .
for the reception of summer j
ivMiiidir*. I
I The flames were discoved about> er;
8 o'clock and had their origin in ! j.ri
the vicinity of the kitchen. The j J
hotel is not equipped with fire 10
fighting apparatus and the flames j ^ G
had full sway for three hours, I 7
j the reflection being plainly visi- ?7
' hie here, a distance of about six
miles. v 0
i The hotel was built about six ai^
years ago and was otw of the;
largest of > its kind in this sec- j "9
tion, having 120 rooms. J. T. IJY1
Harris developed tlie resort and . J
operated it for several years be- 1
fore disposing of it to Sheftall j11G,
& Dougan. Many conventions .
j have been there, among them
I being th^-State Press Association
ancLState Dentists' Associa- fVr'
i tion, th?ist being the Tri-State j_
MedicatSociety Convention, two ,
weeks J
?HE (fNFEOERATE REUNION.
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Gen. Carwile Issues a General Order to
South Carolina Veterans. ]
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The following order has been
issued by the South Carolina division,
United Confederate Veterans:
j.
Comrades: Each annual re- ^ '
union .marks another milestone
passed in our lives. Last we met
at Louisville, Ky., and a glorious Cl}|
gathering it was. On April 25, aG:
267 27, 1906, w ill assemble at
New Orleans, La. The promise ur
is. good for even a larger reunion )Ye
than the last.
| Each camp is urged to meet at r^c
the earliest possible date, to elect ?}
its full quota of delegates and to ?
insist upon their attendance; it j
is a duty we; owe ourselves, it is
a duty we owe each other, it is a
duty we owe to the memory of j :
the heroic absence of our departed
comrades. ^Ya
j At each reunion the absence of
familiar faces, the gaps in the; \\c
line, the thin ranks of the march- j J
ing column, all admonish us that' .
that some day our friends will s,ai
miss us, and we covet the grateful
tear drop of their tender recollection.
sor
| But in the midst of noble sen*
timent we must not forget the J?
demands of busines. We can H1C
not afford t<5~ nepd??fc our <luo?;.
for then are we kept in full fel|
lowship with our friends. The Hh
annual dues of ten cents on each ( ^
member should be forwarded at1 .
once to Gen. Williams E. Mickle, a 1
P. O. box 1197, New Orleans, ? e
La. The dues for the South a^
Carolina .division are five cents , 1
1. 1 A _1 11 1- I
on eacn memoer, ana snouiu oe
forwarded to J. M. Jordan, ad- f
' jutant general, Greenville, S. C. the
No camp will be entitled to either Cot
the general or state reunion un- for
less these dues are paid, and pia
they are necessary to the proper
enforcement of the purposes of ma
our organization. The exaction ear
is wry small, too small to be a as
burden on any one, and we re- am
spectfully press it upon the at-j
tention of all our camps that this
matter can not with safety to poi
the life of our organization, be Wf
neglected. spe
The general commanding takes liei
great pleasure in announcing to Gr<
the comrades the appointment of wit
two of Carolina's loveliest and 1
noblest daughters, Miss Llewlie the
Bamberg, of Bamberg, S. C, and ed
Miss Elizabeth Orr Henry, of
Greenville, S. C., as your spon- Ma
sor and maid of honor respectively,
Also the following staff ap-1
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V. . . \
F. M. FARR, President.
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Merchants and Plai
Successfully Doing Busi
Ivan Is the OI.I?KST Hunk in
Bj lias a capital ami surpin
r 1 is tlm only X -XT ION A I.
nj lias pai'l <livMntnls "in
Ej pays Kuril per com.
B is the only Hank in I * n i?
nj lias llurular-I'mof vanl
Fs pays nuirc taxes than A
WE EARNESTLY SOU
A STARTLING STORY.
nesc Sailors Are Smucjcjlinn Arms and
Ammunition -Causes Great Anxiety.
San Francisco, March 8.?The
>ry is published here this morn.
X that Chinese crews of Pacific
til Steamship Company steam5
are engaged in smuggling
us and ammunition to China.
is stated that twenty-two
xes of modern rifles, which
re purchased in this city, were
ind concealed in the quarters
the Chinese on the steamer
tnchuria. Ten thousand rounds 1
ammunition were also found
d it is possible that many more
es are concealed, as there was
time to search the vessels,
lich was fully loaded before
5 first find was made. The
es were bought by a Chinese
mber of" the engineer force,
t how he got them aboard
.hout being discovered is a
stery. The alleged discovery
s caused some anxiety among
i officials of the company who ;
ye no means of knowing how
g the smuggling has been
ng on. I
lad Dog Causes Great Excitement in
the Colcraine Section.
^.ast week Mr. \V. I. McKissick
this city was called to the
leraine section to do some rer
work on a saw mill. While
his work an alarm was given ;
it a mad dog was approaching i
the party. On looking around |
saw a big, black and white ,
dog was rapidly approaching
ing very strangely. All the
rkmen left their posts and '
1 to places of safety. There
re three or four dogs about t
> works and they went out to <
eive the_stray dog but none j
them would make the initiative ]
X) towards a fitrht anrl cfranrra
say they wouldn't get very (
ir the stray clog. After Mr. ,
Kissick took a second look at ,
! stray dog he noticed his ,
igue was badly swollen and it
s a ghastly sight hanging out (
; dog's mouth. This prevented (
! mad dog from biting the ,
ler dags.
)ne of the men on the works ,
d he had a gun, so it was pro- j
2ed and the dog was slain,
e dog wore a collar and after .
ne difficulty its owner's name
s made out. The dog belonged ,
Mr. P. C. Davis. None of
5 men knew Mr. Davis, so '
. Walker brought the collar to j
vn and ?non inquiry found
it it was Mr. r7C. Davis at ,
march mills. ,
^o one knows how long this ?
mal has been straying about |
;r the country nor what dam- ,
; it has done. However, we ]
ft be too careful.
^lext Monday night at 8 o'clock <
! citizens will assemble at the
jrt house pursuant to a call. 1
the purpose of formulating a;1
n to have the candidates forM
/ officers nominated by pri- 1
ry election. Everybody is 1
nestly requested to be present <
this move is of vital import- *
;e- = . 1
ntments: J. II. Wharton,
larton, Waterloo, S. C., in- i
ictor general with rank of !
itenant colonel; John H. Earle, i
Renville, S. C., aide de camp, 1
h rank of major. i
Notice of the place and date of
! state reunion will be publish- i
later.
Thomas W. Carwile, <
ij. Gen., S. C. Division U. C. V.
J. M. Jordan,
Adj . Gen. and Chief of Staff. \
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J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. 1
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aters National Bank, B
ness at the "Old Stand." |
Union, B
iM?ir$io\nno, R
Hank in Union. foil
111 i air to 400. t,l
ill to rest on iloposits. [']
in inspocti il tiy an ollioo , U
t, niul Snfo with Time l.ook, I.I.
the Mnnks in Union combin"il. P
BUSINESS. 1
LIQUOR SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT,
Marshall Takes 7.000 Gallons Front State
Dispensary?Whiskey From Savannah
GJinpany Improperly Branded and
Qtmnno/I Dnil LVil...?l ?t-u
jtuni|iviu uir.i it'Ui'iui mir.yri HGtU
l!p Packages.
United States Marshal J. Duncan
Adams has taken possession
of 144 packages of whiskey, aggregating
about 7,000 gallons
and worth more than $10,000, at
the State dispensary for violation
of the internal revenue laws.
The seizure was recently made
by the internal revenue department
and later turned over to
the marshal's department, for it
involves a violation of the Federal
statutes which subject the
shipper of the whiskey, the Big
Springs Distillery Company, of
Savannah, to prosecution. The
whiskey was improperly branded
and stamped and there is a question
as to whether the liquor had
not been put in kegs which had
been previously used, thus violating
one of the internal revenue ?-?'
statutes. /
The United States gauger, stationed
at the State dispensary,
had held up a number of packages
of liquor from this distillery
and put them in one corner of
the big rum shop, allowing the
packages to accumulate, and
with the recent seizure, which
was a much laro-pr nnnntihr n
0 ? man
had previously been held up,
formal possession was taken and
the goods turned over to United
States Marshal Adams. It is the
largest seizure of the kind that
has been made at the big rum <..
diop, but the matter has been
quiet until the present time,
when the facts of the seizure
were first gotten from the mardial's
department.
It is understood that the distilling
company pleads a technical
violation, that the improper
marking and branding of the
liquor was the result of an oversight.
The matter has not yet
been acted upon by United States
District Attorney E. F. Cochran,
is it has reached his office only
in a preliminary way,* and he
was not able today to make any
statement about what steps the
government will take in the prosecution.
Marshall Adams will advertise
the whiskey for sale and there
will doubtless be lively bidding.
The liquor has now been correctly
gauged and the purchasers
will know exactly what they are
buying, which, it appears, the
lispensary people did not know
intil the seizure was made by
:he United States official.
The dispensary may purchase
.he entire lot of liquor. Unless
the dispensary buys the liquor,
:he purchasers will have to be
-epresentatives of parties out of
he State, where the liquor will,
}f course, havejjto be shipped, as
the dispensary law does not permit
the carrying of any such
large stock of whiskey within
the State.
An ?
u,. ..id t-unin^ question is
raised in connection with the
seizure, as to whether the commissioners
have paid for this
liquor and the State is to lose
the cost or whether the money f
was held brck from the distilling
company pending proper delivery
of the goods. This is a feature :3
of the situation, however, on
which no information ^an be V . |
had in Charleston.?Charleston
Evening Post.
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