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THE LAST QUARTER Thi REPORT OF THE DISPENSARY FOR THAT PERIOD. l on financial Showing?A Net Profit of Over ill ne 833,000 Hu Been Made?Figures of Interest to tbe People. OVi Below is given in complete form the quarterly report of the State dispen- y sary which was prepared by the legislative examining committee and pre- ?at sented to Governor Ellerbe for trans- ^ mission to the general assembly at its we next session. wa The letter of transmissal reads as iouows: pn, Columbia, April 27, 1897. co, To His Excellency, W. II. Ellerbe, baj Governor: fr0 Sir: We have met persuant to act of an( the general assembly and have made ^ an examination of the books and t^e vouchers of the State dispensary for yu the quarter ending 31st of March, ma 1897. We found the books written i?p we to date and neatly and correctly kept. _ei We checked off all the accounts and vouchers and found them correct ac- s^0 cording to the books of the original jai entry. We found vouchers for all payments made and invoices for ail goods pur- me chased. We also examined the rec st0 ords of sales made to dispensers and ^ checked off the statements showing ma the remittances made by county dis- ^ pensers to State treasurer. We append hereto the balance sheet showing ^a( balances on March 31st, 1897, also the infi following statements: the 1. Statement of assets and 1 labilities. tht " -n?m. J l C. jrruui ?uu iuaa a'xuuuts. 3. Cash. abc 4. Unearned profit. jn, The difference between the State ^W( treasurer's cash balance and the cash Drc balance upon the dispensary books is gy( $2 29.08, the former be ng greater I ^ than the latter by that amount. This an( differance is within $16.04 of the an( amount of outstanding warrants drawn prior to April 1, and unpaid tka by the State treasurer at that date. j The above statements are correct, according to the books, vouchers and records. Respectfully submitted, fuj Altamont Moses, Vu John P. Thomas, Jr., Th O.K. D Burns, ^ Legislative Committee. The report reads as follows: Comparative statement for quarter at. ending March 31, 1897: 17t assets. ma Cash in State treasury.....$ 73,234 53 dis Supplies (inventorj) 54,528.25 ofi Merchandise..... 98,653.93 pei Machinery and office fix- fro tures 2,857.47 Sal Teams and wagons........ 1,294.19 tin Personal accounts........ 3,281.23 the Unexpired insurance 504 93 fro Ex-dispensers'balances.... 7,513.96 an Merchiwdisa in hands of tbe county dispensers....... 221,449.54 W< the Total assets ..$163,318.03 at LIABILITIES. St0 Personal accounts due by * KQ 9SS 7K , Unearned profits on $221,- cej 449.54, amount of goods L in hands of county dis- ay pensers end oI this quarter 44,289 91 ZZ School fund 269,580.00 ?TC General fund... 90,159.37 ^ hei Total liabilities $463,318.03 ou. Statement of profit and loss account res" for quarter ending March 31st, 1897: PROFITS- nie Rebates $ 13,676.88 arJ; Profits from beer dispensa- sur ries...... 6,042.34 ;n Contraband.. 2,355.55 ( Permit fees40.50 Glross profit on merchandise sales 78,721.11 ST' Total gross profits $100,836.38 losses. ne' breakage and leakage 380.07 wa Constabulary 12,923.80 mo freight and express ,. 19,174 85 mc labor 4,258.56 tio Expense 3,930.64 we license............. 18 75 Supplies 26,867.74 an; cul Total expenses 67,554.41 tat profit on sales of this quarter 33,281.97 , 1 lar Total $100,836.38 Cash statement for quarter ending tfarch 31st, 1897: rls< receipts. balance in State Th treasury end cai of last quarter. $ 78,265.11 SP{ Fanuary receipts.$118,257.47 Teb. receipts.... 102,100.48 iarch receipts.. 111,997.05 gkotal receipts for tm |?g quarter., 332,355.00 IBM IWi Kotal to account for quarter$410,620.41 ^ ib disbursements t0 ^ an disbursements $150,003.07 ? gB'eb disbursements 89,061.96 IHlarch disburse89 ments. 98,320.85 ei? ; sui Bgotal disbursements w.e EBB for quarter $337,385.88 ?, Balance in State ?r M treasury March 31 73,234.53 U Total $410,620.53 ha! Sffl STATEMENT OF UNEARNED PROFIT. *X. Mfrnearned profit Dec- 31....$57,650.63 SBet accrued profit for the H present quarter 46,642.69 au EBB e ' see |Balance unearned last quarg9 ter $11,007.94 E^Het profit on sales for pres- i WM ent quarter 33,281 97 ^ as? p. ^ otal unearned profit this quarter $44,289.19 JJJ Bgfe A Clear Case. Mc jfifl President McKinley is said to have ho Helped out a youcig friend who was sec j^fturting a girl he knew by telling Km to tell the young lady that if she P01 SBould like a European bridal trip he am BHould appoint the young man to a an< HBmsulate as a wedding present. This *ve |Hxed the business, for the President C0T Hs been notified that the wedding der gHill take place in June. This is a Je? ^Hear case of bribery, but. everything 'us fair inflove and war. cre mBBs Victim of a Feud. MWest Oliver went into Martin Rath- 1 H'sfield near DonaldsvilJe.Ga, Friday tesi I^Horning, armed with a Winchester las Be, and shot Rathiel to death. Both ha1 Sorties are wbite, and were near stri HBighbors, residing only a short dis- lin nBnce from Donaldsville. The feud "d; existed between them for a lang wa FORECASTS FOR MAY. b llov. Irl L. Hltiks Predicts Groat Atmospheric Disturbances. 1 rectionary storm period is central the 1st and 2d of May, with moon orvnoca on/1 >ionr rui tflA 1nt. f)n and i xt to these dales look for general rm conditions to pass castwardly er the country. All should undernd when we use the word ''storm'' do not always mean to convey the & tbat danger is to be apprehended. l ordinary rain, with higher tempo- 1 ure and moderate depression of the < rometer, meteorologically speaking, i call a ''storm/' A ?ery warm j ve is apt to attend the disturbances s 5 two or three first days of May, 1 line: in some rapid sforms. Much < >ler nights wiU follow the disturnces, being attended by possible sts in maoy parts between the 3d 1 6th. Mercury equinox i8 central on i 7th, the same day as the regular lean storm period. There will be rked tendency to cloudy, unsettled ather much of the time of Mercury's iod, which runs from tbe 3d to 12th, t the time of greatest and heaviest rm probabilities will be about Frijr, the 7th, to Tuesday, the 11th. If i temperature is high, air sultry, ads easterly to southerly and baroter low and falling, dangerous rms should not surprise any section the same time, the disturbances ,y be harmless and gentle. Ample le and unmistakable indications 11 1 j - ?1_ i -1- It * t: oe given mose who waiuu, n iur- > lie and dangerous storms are brew- 1 We again remind the public of 1 i fact that storms about this time of i i year are much inclined to repeat i imselves in cycles, or intervals, of i )ut 12 and 24 hours for several days 1 succession, the hours in which the I 5 periods culminate gradually ap- s aching each other until the two 1 ;les come together and the general s turbance breaks up in a great and 1 3 violent storm. Very cool nights i i some heavy frosts to the north 1 follow with the high barometer < it succeeds these disturbances. < ^bout the 13th begins a reactionary s iod of change and storm that will ( re than likely continue over the 1 moon on the lGth, and into the i ptean period central on the 18th. 1 ere are several reasons to believe i it storms of much violence may ap- I ir between the 14th and 21st. The < ?on is at perigee on the 16 th, and i extreme South declination on the 1 h, all of which are favorable to a i irked degree for great atmospheric i turbances. This is also at the centre 1 abnormal electrical and atmospheric i turbations almost sure to result ' m the opposition of the planets, : ;urn and Uranus. It is also the i le of year when the central path of 1 sun's magnetic power, in its swing < m the equator Northward, lies in < East and West direction through ] ) central parts of our continent. 1 e therefore admonish the people that ' sy should be watchful and cautious i the approach of all threatening i rm clouds through all the central J rts of May. Do not worry or suffer i rm, however?no danger may re- < t, but if it should go quietly to your icll ui uuici oaio ivi ugu* U such thnes as this a perfectly relie barometer is of incalculable value, irm clouds may be appalling in apirance and at the same time be per tly harmless. If the barometer 3s not fall decidedly there may be ivy rain and thunder, but danger3 wind or tornadic storms will not ulL In Northerly sections it will prudent to anticipate frosts during :hts following the passage of storm :as. Earthquake shocks need not prise or alarm any one, especially this country, during this month. )n and about the 24th and 25th, reionary storm conditions will apir with rain and bluster in many tions. The month goes out in a relar storm period with the moon at ew" on the 31st, being the second w moon in May. A very warm ve will be in progress with storms ?ving from Western extremes as the rath goes out. But for the opposins of Saturn and Uranus in May, should expect a month of placid>s. Look for much fine weather y way and push your belated agritural work. Plunged Through a Bridge. in electric car in the city of Portid, Ore., left the track Friday mor ig and plunged through a bridge iich spans the slough on East Mor an street. Three people were drown- I and fifteen more or less injured." i ere were thirty-four people in the I *. It was running down hill at a i sed of fifteen miles an hour, and on j iching a curve fifty feet from the j dge left the track. The momentum > car had gained carried it about ^ ) feet upon the bridge, when the ? ibers of the structure gave way and ? icipitated the car into the lagoon t enty feet below. The conductor, t 10 was on the rear platform,shouted i jump, but only a few were able to 1 ; out. The motorman jumped when c saw he could not stop the car. The I ,ier wnere me car shuck was omy i ht feet deep, and the car was not t emerged. In the fall the trucks re broken from the superstructure the car, -which fact saved a number lives, as the upper portion soon ated and allowed those who had not ;n stunned to escape. After the car cl been raised it was found that an le had been broken, which was pro bly the cause of the accident. Mo man Keifer left the wreck soon er it occurred and has not been in since. He vrill be arrested. A Policeman a Burglar. 1 queer complication in burglaries ^eloped in "Washington, D. CM reltly, when Policeman James E. jrce of the metropolitan force was ested for robbing two houses on his it. The sufferers were Mrs. Fannie Millan and Mrs. M. Cooke. Both uses are in the fashionable residence tion. The families were away at > time and Pierce improved the op ' ftunity to carry away a large ount of glass, clothing, porcelain i other portable valuables. Detects searched his house and today rerered about $1,5UU worth of plunPierce has been on the force four irs. He confessed his guilt, but reed to say where his booty was seted. Tlie Coast Line Wins. ['he Atlantic Coast Line Raiiroau t case was up in Columbia one day t week. The case was brought to ve the charter of the system conned to determine whether certain es controlled by that system were arallel and competing lines" and s decided in favor of the Coast Line the circuit court. A DEATH DEALING FLOOD A nTV CVA/JTDT RV WiTPR RtlSHINI LIKE A TIDAL WAVE. Over One Hundred Lives Lout and Tw Thousand People I>It?de Homeless?Cot ton Wood River Suddenly Swelled by Cloud Buret. Where at daylight Wednesdamorning stood the most beautiful res! Jence portion of Guthrie, 0. T., nov is a Hood devastated, stricken and de molished district. The houses tha ire left are toppled about like card board bcxes after wind storm an< ceaseless waves of resistless water roll through or over half a thousam lesertcd and wrecked homes. Twi thousand homeless people are gather id shivarinff on the bluffs west of th :ity or housed iu the homes of th< Dart of the city which lie3, high an< Iry on the hills. A hundred or mor iave gone down to watery graves an* liousands have lost their all. Fiom noon Tuesday till midnigh here was an incessant downpour ii md about this citv, and it was feare< ,hat the Cotton Wood river, whicl was already very high, would d? nuch damage. But the watchers a ,he bridges were surprised to see.th* 'iver go down and by daylight it ha< 'alien 10 feet. Just as they were about to go of Juty at 6 o'clock, they were startlei ay a terrific roar from the top of th< iver valiey and were soon convincet ,hat a terrific flood was coming. The ire alarm was given and policemei ind others rode all over town nearthi iver, rousing families and warning hem to flee for their lives. Som( hought the roar was a cyclone an< .ought their caves, only to perish i 'ew moments later; others stopped ti iave things until it was too late, an* ^ery few would at first believe tha iny great aanger was tnreaieueu With a mighty roar the flood cam< iown the valley a mile wide, 20 fee leep in the channel and four fee icross the entire valley. It struck tfr :ity at 6:30 in the extreme southwest where the negroes mostly live, and ii i few moments hundreds of their lit ;le homes were carried away an< many lives were lost. The railroa< racks are on the east bank of the riv jr for three quarters of a mile. Acrosi ;s the valley running through th< western part of the city, and in it ii much of the finest residence portioi md a small business section, when ;here were about 20 stores, severa mills, warehouses, etc. In less thai iO minutes from the time the floo< struck the city the entire section wa inundated, and within an hour tin water was 10 feet deep and hundred: jf buildings were floating away. No Dnly the meaner structures, but fine residences, store buildings, a large cot ton gin and other large structure went into ruins' or floated down th stream. On many buildings weri men, women and children. Fron hundreds of trees came piteous calL for help. With the first rush wen ivery bridge in tbe city. The few boats were crushed or car ried away and nothing could be don< to help many who fell or were swep from places of refuge and wen irowned before the eyes of the horri led but powerless spectators. By ! :?'clock the water was 30 feet above th normal level of the river, and thi jnce placid stream was a raging tor rent across the entire valley. It seemed soon that people in tree md on roofs would be swept away an< lesperate measures were taken to hel] them. George Willis and H. A. Piatt ooth prominent business men, strippe< *nd leaping into the torrent swam th( main channel of the river and secure< in old flat boat which was moored t< \ tree. With this boat they savec 3ver 30 people. Eugene Grill and Walter Olds at tempted to save a family on a raft dui were carried away anu Dareiy es laped with their lives. George Owen i butcher, headed a rescue party in j nastily constructed flatboat. Thi x?at capsized in the current and h< iied a hero's death. Scores of mei were at work at the lumber yards con structing boats, and by 10 o'clock sh scows were launched. Severel cap sized and were cerried away, and it i: aelieved that two of the men man ling them perished. At 10 o'clock the flood was at a stand still, a half hour it was beginning: t( ecede and by dark it had gone dowr > feet. Early in the day the telephone wires went down, and as none of th< >oats which crossed tne main chan lei were able to get back, it was im jossible to get any facts as to who hac jerished. This evening a line was shot across with a rocket and a cable drawn icross; boats are being ferried back md forth, and food is being taker ,o the hundreds of famished people or he blulfs and the 200 or 300 negroes n the large rrick school house, whc lave bad nothing to eat since yester lay. Fully a score of boats have >een constructed and every part ol he flooded district is being patrolled ind all the people taken from places )f danger. It is impossible to correct y estimate the number of drowned, it is generally conceded that the death ist will reach 100. A number of bodies were seen going lown the river and tonight calls can )e heard for help. The property loss will be fully $100,000 in the city and will reach hundreds of thousands ir he coudtry. Up and down the Cot onwood valley for miles everything s swept away and it is believed manji nore people perished in the country, Che railway tracks are swept awaj iouth of here and badly damaged lortb, and there have been no trains iince yesterday. In the city all busiless was suspended today. The home ess are all being housed as well as >ossible and the city and county are eeding all free at hotels and restau ants, where over a thousand dollars lave been subscribed by business men, Che Cameron river, two miles north, s higher than ever before and is ris ng rapidly tonight and il is feared the ailroad bridges will go. While this ise is due to the general rise of the Cottonwood, a cloudburst at 1 o'clock his morning near Seward, southwes! >f here, caused tne great tleod. Blake Home Happy. This is an injunction that will b( leeded by ail who look to the promo ion of the pleasures of others. A lappy home is indeed the happiest ol jlaces. One source of happiness ic he home circle is good music. A ;ure source of goou music is a good )iano?such as may bo had from M, Malone, Columbia, S. C. liead what be has to say in his new adver.isement. SPANIARD3 DONE UP. _ 4.">0 Troops Killed by IoBarfients Under j Garcia. A dispatch from Ha van mi says Gen. Nicolas del Rey has been j-ecalled to o Habana frora Santiago de Cuba by order of Gen. Weyler. The cause of his recall is the great victory obtained a over G?n. Rey by Gen. CalixtoGarica near Guamo, a report of which was published last week. tr Further details concerning the bati tie received from Manzanillo under 7 date of April 19, have created a sensai lion in Havanna. They show that ,t the Spanish column of 8,000 men was |- utterly put to rout by the dynamita d bombs that exploded, and instead of s 10 soldiers being killed as Ihe official 3 report declared 200 were blown up by 9 the bombs and 250 were slain by the insurgents during the confusion and e excitement of the panic stricken cole umn. The bombs were planted in the i road on which the Spauish were e marching. They did not explode prei maturely as was declared last week. The six bombs exploded simultaneoust ly in the centre of Gen. Key s column, i A Spanish officer writes the follow1 ing description of the battle to his i family m Habana: 3 4'Tne explosion was so terrible as to t curdle the blood of the bravest men. a From the centre of our column a sud1 den shock came whi?h threw us to the ground. We remained deaf and F blind for a few seconds. The cries of I our wounded soldiers were awful, a When I waii able to stand, I saw 1 arouDd me heads entirely cut off 5 from bodies, pieces of human limbs i scattered here and there, and men b without arms or legs crying xi heaven r in the gasp of death- It was perfectly s easy a few seconds later for our sue1 cessful enemies to rout us and disperse i our column, in 'which nothing of mili' 3 tary oider and discipline reoc ained. i "As soon as the first shots of the int surgents were heard after the explo, sion, our general, followed by his staff a and some other officers and soldiers, t fled to Guamo. Our panic-stricken t crowd followed the general's party, e closely harrassed by the Cuban caval, ry, which made havoc in our ranks." i The writer of the letter adds that ; the Spaniards left on the field nearly 1 all their arms and ammunitions be1 sides a considerable convoy of provi* sions they were carrying tn Guamo. 3 From other letters it is learned that b General Garcia in person led the Cu3 bans and that since the landing of i General Roloff's expedition in Cuba, 0 the use of dynamite by the Cubans is 1 incessant in Oriente. This has put i the Spanish soldiers into a. state of ter X rur. me ^ptiuiarua piuicat a^aiuot s the use of dynamite in the "war as a barbarous, notwithstahding the fact s that they have also tried to employ it, t but unsuccessfully, on account of r the swift military movements of the - insurgents. s The Diarlo del Ejercito, which is 9 the newspaper organ of the Spanish b army, publishes official figures show1 ing that the number of armecl men on 3 the Spanish side during the two years t of war in Cuba has been 272,282. Four Persons Burnt to Death. " Four persons lost their lives in a t fire at 1278 Third avenue, Brooklyn, Thursday. The dead are: Mrs. John Newell and her two children, aged 8 a and 5 years, and Mi's. Celia Barnett, aged 38 years. The flames began in Via lnwpr hnll and snrpnrl with rrrpat. rapidity through the building, completely cutting off the escape of the Newell family, which occupied the j top floor. When Mrs. Newell found the stairway burning and the hall filled with smokrt, she threw her chil\ dren, Louis aged 8, and John aged 5, from a window to the street below, j where four men hesld a blanket to catch them. The children bounded j from the blanket and were killed by falling on the sidewalk. Mrs. Newell was afraid to attempt the leap and was found suffocated later in her ' apartments. Her husband escaped with slight burns. On the floor below ' lived Mr. and Mrs. Barnett. They a reached the street in safety, but MrsI Barneit ran back into the burning " building to secure some jewelry she had left behind. She was subsequent ly founa la an alcove room dead and slightly burned* The loss is estima* ted at $25,000. The fire, it is said,was of incendiary origin. That many more lives were not lost is only due to the prompt action of police. 5 Backlog up McLanrln. 1 Governor Atkinson of Georgia 5 takes the same view of the tariff ques - tion as does Congressman McLaurin of this State. He believes that if protec tion is to be the policy of this govern1 ment its alleged benefits should be shared by all sections In the course 5 of a speech delivered by him a few L days ago Gov. Atkinson said: "The : South should have her proportionate l sham nf Tirntectinn pven thmich hftr 1 statesmen would not inaugurate it as > ' a policy of government, and it would i ) be a gross wrong for Congress to dis- j criminate againgt Southern manufac| turers because our people believe the 1 best general policy is a tariff as low as ! the needs of the government will per ! mit. When the majority decides for protection, then all should s.iaro alike, i It is a olunder in our public men j 1 to permit one section to have i protection and refuse it for the l ' South. If protection is the banner, I 1 hoisted by the majority, it should 1 | float over all sections without discrim- ] I ination. We must meet conditions as ' L we find them. We pay our share of I the taxes; we are entitled to protection ' > if it is given to other sections." < A Police ODlcer Killed. < r Lieutenant of Police W. E. Gruber j I was found lying in a patch of brush , 5 in th? northern part of Jacksonville, ( Fla, Friday morning foully murdered. } He was on day duty yesterday and } i left the police station about. 8:30 last ( i night and that was the last heard of ] . him until his bady was found cold in s death by a negro about 10 o'clock this , forenoon. Near by was a woman's , belt and a handkerchief, leading to < . the belief that Gruber was murdered J s either by a woman or by a jealous j i lover or husband. Gruber's skull was J > crushed in, giving evidence of having ? : been bit by a club. vVhen found he i I was lying on his face. His pistol was t gone, but otherwise nothing had been < disturbed. An investigation will be ' made by the coroner's jury tomorrow < morning. Tortured with liot Lxonj. Threa masked men entered the Ilew- 1 itt House, a small tavern near Sharon, 1 Pa., and committed a brutal assault ' on Lambert Hewitt, the proprietor, t They heated iro.as over a lamp and, { applying them to him, compelled him i to tell where his money was hidden. 1 They stole $300 and escaped. [t # What aro ''Farmers Insiltutes?" The following answer of President Craighead of Clem son College to the to question "What are Farmers' Insti- \ tutes?" should be of considerable inter- o est to our readers: "Our object is to n bring the practical results of science ii within reach of the people. We are E aiming to givo to the farmer the ad- ii vantage of expert knowledge, espe?- v ially in those departments of science t; which are closely related to agricul- h ture. we wisn to oring to nis aiatne o work of the chemist, the geologist, tl the botanist, the veterinary surgeon? a in short, of the vnst army of 'workers v in all lands who are toiliug to subdue b the earth and to make it minister to human needs and comforts. What s. the farmer needs?as we all need?is n knowledge. Better methods of culti b vating and improving the soil, the b best and most improved form of imple- il ments, the kind of fertilizer best adapt- h ed to each variety of soil, the best 1< breeds of domestic animals, the cultiva- e tion of farm.crops, the results of experi- ii ments with now varieties of fruits'and vegetables?these are subjects in which d all intelligent farmers are interested, ti Our institutes are perfectly imformal. C We hope both to give and to receive d information. We invite inquiry, a We pass around the "question box," n and thus give every man an opportu- n nity to find out just what is of special a interest to him. At every institute we S' gather information that proves to be y valuable at succeeding institutes. C Thus in time we hope to so systemize t< our work as to make each man's special b knowledge the property of all. The c institutes has a still higher purpose, a It brings the people together. It d awakens the powers of investigation, tl It ought in time raise up an army of li investigators. It does something to d relieve the dull monotony, which v more than aught else is making farm b life distasteful to the rising generation, c It can be made an immense factor in v the life of the Southern farmer." a Woman Suffrage. ? Miss Phoebe Couzens, who fortwen- ]j ty years has been going from one end a of the country to the other preaching q female suffrage, has suddenly changed her opinion. "The movement is g bound to fail. Three times I have s seen women under fire, and as many ? times I have seen them fall, and that f ignominiously. I presume this will Q be looked upon as treason, but the conclusion is reached from long ex perience, close observation and rare opportunities such as have been ac- t< corded to few women. Moreover, ti I look upon the outside life, impelled p by necessity, as in a majority of cases A to be simply experimental. It cannot n be conclusive, for the vast majority of n women prefer the quiet domestic life, s: while man by nature seeks the con- d flicts of the outer world and its theo- d ries and grows therein. Woman in u public life will never prove satisfac- n tory. She is naturally a housekeeper. tJ I would advise all young women to a marry and become housekeepers. Af- t] tei twenty years of close observation u and experience, I have come to the b conclusion that women are no better e, than men. I find that they are about b equally balanced; that there are- as c many good women as good men in the & world, and no more. This true, not c alone in regard to the relation of the f sexes, but in integrity of word, in un- *' yielding adherence to principles they P believe to be right, and" loyalty to the highest in man." G eorgia^ Cotton King. I. Hon. James M. Smith, of Ogle- a thorpe, Georgia's greatest farmer, has a -IHO+ Rwilram oil tunniufo nf onttnn oa 1 PC J juov uiuavu w. from a single plantation, by selling to ? Macon cotton buyers, in one lot, over P 2,000 bsilest of cotton of his own raising, h says The Augusta Chronicle. The cot- P ton was scld on a basis of 7 cents for e middling, and when it is all weighed tl and shipped, Mr. Smith will receive a i' check for about $70,000. This would a be a tremendous crop, even if Mr. Smith raised nothing but cotton, but when it is remembered that he grows , large crop 3 of grain and hay, and that cotton is his surplus money crop, af- . ter producing all the provision crops he needs, then one can grasp some (l idea of the scale on which Col. Smith farms, and iiee the justice of calling him Georgia's cotton king. ' A Tale o t Horror. ; The French fishing vessel Vaillant, Captain Pierre, bound from St. Mig uel, struct: an iceberg on the Grand ^? 4 Ua iwolonf onrl Q I rv> ACf JL>auna uu IUO xuiu maiauu uuu unuuuu immediately foundered. She had seventy-three fishermen on board and all took to the boats; but only one of these boats has thus far been heard H from. When she left the vessel her , complement was seven men. Three of them perished from exposure and 3( hunger. Tha bodies of the first two h were thrown overboard, but the survi vors, in their desperation, were driven to cannibalism and ate the third. The & boat was picked up Thursday by the * schooner Victor Eugene, which ar- . rived at St. Pierre. The survivors are in a shocking condition and are so A badly frost bitten that their arms must f be amputated. - * X Iibb'a New Scheme. Eugene V. Debs is out with a brand ^ Dew scheme for abolishing poverty and bringing happiness andpienty. The * i/Jna ilcalf ic nnf imnr V?1lf t h? ncnnSfll tr> flf luun lUJbli AQ UV/V UV IT| vv.iv MUV .v ,. out it into practice is. The idea seems tl to be to begin by getting control of the machinery of a State and estab x lishing there a ':o-operative commonwealth. Having gotten control of a State by popular vote, he says: " We will then establish the ca-operative commonwealth and the State govern- / ment will be in harmony with them. ? The idea forces itself that Mr. Debs ias been studying the rebate and commission feature of the South Carolina * lispensary law. As a scheme for I ibolishing poverty so far as those who ire believed to have "pulls" are cancerned, the plan is bound to be a . io?rling succea. * For a New Trial. Notice has been served upon Gov- a. ;rnor Ellerbe's attorneys that Maj. B. B. Evans would move before Judge lldrich to set aside the verdict in the suit for the possession of Sally, the sorrel mare, on the ground that it was llegal and irregular, and failing in hat, to move for a new trial upon exceptions to the minutes of the court. This is all preliminary to the intend:d appeal to the State supremo court. l>ea.th of Gen. Harlee. A special from Florence, S. C., to , he Columbia State says Gen. Wm. W. tlarlee died at half-past 7 o'clock Thursday night at the ripe old age of r $4 years. His health had not been a jood for some lime, but for only a ffeek had he been confined to his bed. 3e sank rapidly during the day, and he end was painless. Tried to End His Life. A dispatch from Lake City, S. CM 3 the Columbia State says that Mr. Vm. D. Shaw, editor of The Times, J f that place, attempted suicide Wed.esday morniBg. Mr. Shaw was roomng over Dr. Williams, drug store, le got up as usual Wednesday morn- ^ ac. talked with some friends and rent in The Times office and wrote he letter below. He then went into is room, drank two or three ounces f laudanum and then shot himself, hflhall Denetratincthe bodv iust above nd to the right of the left nipple and ras cut out by Dr. T. B. Hinnant just elow the shoulder blade. When approached by a friend, he aid he was only sorry he did not T lake an end of it; that being dazed y the laudanum he had the pistol in is left hand when he thought he had t in his right hand, thereby shooting imself in the right instead of in the eft breast. At tnis writing there is ai very chance for his recovery. Below 3 the letter: "Must I do the deed? Oh, Godsend own thine angel of mercy to bear my roubled soul away. Can it be a sin? )hl spare me, forgive me, Father, to T o away a life that is failed with pain nd misenry. Is there anything for lie to live for? All is dark and disnal. I have no hope. Is there rest nd peace in the grave? In a world o large, beautiful and wealthy, and et 1 must starve?no money, no worn, i Jheerless and cold seems every heart 3 me. 1 cannot stand this strain. I iave strained every brain nerve, musle and vein in thinking of what to do nd all I can see before me is dismal istress. Death does away with all H bis. I have some friends here, I beieve. I have endeavored to co my uty towards them. I hope that they rill be kiud enough to dispose of my ody. Place it in "any old place," I u are not where. My trunk aod clothes rill go to my two brothers and sister, ly watch at Columbia will go to Mrs. I. A. Emlyn, 1107 Pendleton street, Vtlnmhio SI in nnnciHnraf inn nf KJ% Vl) 4U VV/UUiUWHMUU Vft indnesses extended to me by herself ~n ud family. William David Shaw. _[ ), tempora; 0, mores." Mr. Shaw is a son of J. Duncan >haw, who was killed in Bishopville averal years ago by the well known J [elly brothers. Mr. Shaw has been or several years connected with the Jolumbia Register. Just as CsoaL Mr. Randall's letter from WashingDn in the Augusta Chronicle states bat the usual antagonisms are croping out in the Democratic party. Ir. Randall says: "Personal antagoisms, on political lines, have become manifest among the house Democrats, k ince my last letter, but I trust that all ifferences will be headed to such a egree at least as not to impair the sefulness of what should be a united ainority. Some people seem to think cl hat the several prominent men who y< spire to leadership are preparing for T be next congress, but this is counting nhatched chickens and crossing a ^ ridge before coming to it Mr. Bail- ^ y is a little wanting in tact, perhaps, ut his position is a delicate and dim- L ultone. With a more dexterous mangement, he might have gained his hief point and created no particular riction in either quarters. I am hope-1 il -i II ii ? ill til mat an mailers or amerence wm resently adjust themselves." The Naval Mailtla. The secretary of the navy has made he annual allotment fund of $50,000 " ppropriated by congress for the nav1 militia of the states. Deducting 3,000 reserved for the purchase of ext books, the remainder of the ap- N ropriation is alotted among the states laving naval militia organizations in roportion to the number of uniform- 0 d petit officers and men they had on heir rolls on January 1, last The result a this state is as follows: 165 officers nd men, alotment $1,814. Ci Indigestion. From which springs, directly or in- la irectly, nearly every form of head- tl che, and sick headache never sepera- H ad therefrom, is surely and speedily lo elieved and cured by the use of ^ 'Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kid ieys." One 25c bottle will convince N f its merit. Try it. Sold by dealers enerally. si' m i x. _ tut . ?i it aavice 10 uiouers. ; &i Wc take pleasure in calling your atten 01 on to a remedy so long needed In carry, ig children safely through the critical |! age of teething. It is an Incalculable | ? leasing to mother and child. If you are I ieturbed at night with a sick, fretful, | >ething child, use Pitts' Carminative, it | 111 give Instant relief, and regulate tl e | owela, and make teething safe and e?sy. | [ will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea, | r" Itts Carminative Is an Instant -ellef for I | )Uc of Infanta. It will promote digestion, | .ye tone and energy to the stomach and | Dwels. The sick, puny, suffering child I 111 soon become the fat and frolicking Joy | ' tho household. It is very pleasant to ^ ie taste and only ccst 25 cents p( r tcttlei 1 )id by druggists and by THE MURRAY DRUG CO., | Columbia, 8. 0. *EH I IERE. j | S YOUR LIVER ALL RlG i."? f I re your Kidneys Ij a'iiealthy condition If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver acd Kidneys will keep them so. if not, Hilton's Life for the Liver rj and Kidneys will make them so, A 25c bottle will convince you of this fact. aken regularly after ro -i'h !t Is an aid to digestion, cures habitue constipation, and thus refreshes and clous both body and mind. ? BOLD WHOLESALE lii' 'he Murray Drag Cc O JLUMEJA, B. 0., E AMD Dr. H, BAEK, Oharlerton, 8. C. IAPPY HOME ' 4 i TunDr a i\ rpw t?r\ i? v nnnn ) in imi k \j?ju i vj v/viy MUSIC. [ake the most of life by proctulng a gocd PIANO or ORGAN. Music has a refining Influence and keeps your children at home. REMEMBER ou only invest once in a life time provided you select a good instrument I CHALLENGE ly house to beat my prices?QUALITY and BESl'ONSIBILITY considered. TERMS: \ o th036 not prepared to piy cish I will \ give reasonable time at a slight dlfTeerence In price. WARRANTY. fully guarantee Pianos and Organs as represented, placing them on test trial. I Tlnnnnnnni flin TIii'I^am i ncpsciii lug miners ence CAN and WILL save joa troney. Prices Bante as follows: rgans from 143.00 up. Plaros from 9185.00 up. DON'T FaIL to write for catalogue. Yours for Pianos and Organs, VL A M ALONE, columbia, s. c. ffiachinery and Supplies. ngines, Boilers; Saw Mills, Corn Mllla, Wheat Mills, Planers, Brick Machines, Moulders, Gang Edgera. And all kinds of Wood Working Ma llnery. No one In the Sooth can offer >u higher grade goods, or at lower prices. aiixnt, .luuuuu auu yyawnown n.njiiue8. re are only a few hours ride from yon, rrlte for prices. Ight, Variable Feed Plant atlon Saw Mills a Specialty. V. C. Ba&ham, General Agent, , COLUMBIA, s. c. MOT MISLEADING. 0 o Danqbr, in Curing One Habit, op Fobvma Another. PIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Etc., Gnu in from Four to Six Weeks. LIQUOR DISEASE ured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Tobaeeo Habit and Nervous Diseases The Cure has been endorsed by the Legis ture of six States and one Territory; by ie National Government in the Soldiers' omes and in the regular army; by many cal authorities in the cure of indigent runkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss allard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murphy, eal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by prominent en all over the land; by 300,000 cured paents, more than 20,000 of these being phycians. The Leslie E. Keeley Company and the eeley Institute of S. C. are responsible cor )rations which could not afford to put forth ly claim that the; are unable to prove. For printed matter and terms, address, THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, Drawer 27. Columbia, S? C. Mention this paper. MATHUSHEK The Piano for a Lifetime, The Piano of tne South, The Piano Sold Most Seasonably. The old, original Mathushek, sold by as for over u quarter of a century and the delight of thousands ofSouthern homes. More Mathusheks used South than of any other one make. ? Lovely New Styles at Reduced Prices, cheaper than ever before known. Styles once $435, now $325. $100 saved every buyer, How, because we are now Interested In ; the great Mathushek factory, supply purchasers direct, and save them all intermediate profits. White us. LUDDEN ?fc BATES, Savannah, Ga-, and New York City. I OTINE87 BOILERS, AW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, AT 'ACTORY PRICES. ]. W. SCREVEN, COLUMBIA, S. C.