The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-04

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the capital Of a lofty column tell grind
ing itself to powder among the rocks
and responding, Dust 20 DUST
.NHUMAN scOUNDREL.
re S:arves and Maltreats Orohanass
C:ildren.
DUBLIN, Oct. 2S.-Some startling tes
timony was given to-day st tins trial ot
Rev. Samuel Cotton, . rector at Car
nogh, County Kildare, charged witt
criminal neglect and iii treatment ot
children in the Carnogh orphanage
Rev. Samuel Cotton, who has conducted
the affairs of the orphanaSe for many
years, has made many appeals to tnt
public for financial aid anu has received
large sums OF money by subscription
for the maintenance of the orphanage
Owing to numerous complaints which
have been made against that lnstltu
ton, the Society Tor the Protection Of
Children recently made an inVestiga
tion into the manner in which the CT
phanage was conducted and thereby
horrible state Of Affairs was revealed
The agents of the Children's Society
during their investigation. found that
the children of the orDhanage were il
an eracisteG, filthy and ragged conGl
ton and that they were covered with
parasites. The toes Of one Of the chill
GreE. it was testified to, had rottsd off
Another. a girl, had been chained BY
the legs to 4 log. The rooms o. the or
phanase were also found to be IN the
iilthiest possible condition.
In the kitchen of the orphanage was
found {: baby, six weeks old, covered
with dirty rags and dying Of cold anC
inattentiun. Other children were founC
in the same apartment crouched around
a small fire almost frozen and half
starved. All were weak and slckly anc
their growth had been Stunted by the
treatment received under Rev. G1r. Cot
tons management.
The sanitary condition Of the whole
establishment was found to be perfect.
ly horrible The walls and floors were
IN beastly condition and some OF the
beds used by the unfortunate children
were merely old boxes and packing
CtScS llliCO VIII SU01C Ia J.
Il was shown that all the children
were kept IN perpetual state OF terror
by Rev. Mr.. Cotton and that it would
be difficult even to imagine more de-
plorable or blamable state Of things.
Cotton was committed for trial, bail
however, being allowed ic order to en-
able him to attend the Synod of the
diocese. of which body he is a member
4 Eascslly Treasurer.
BEAUFORT, S. c., Oct. "a mas;
meeting OF the citizens of Beaufort was
held at the hall Of the Washington
Steam Fire Eogine Company to con
slider the report Of the committee ap'
pointed to investigate the indebtedness
Of the town and the deficit IN the &C
counts OF the absconding ex-treasurer
Major w. II. Lockwood was called tc
the chair. Mr.. Z. ". Bailey, OF the
committee, read their report.
The tota! bonded debt of the town
was stated to be $1,000. The total def.
cit caused by the operations Of the late
treasurer amounted to 1892 32; OF this
$1,36l 50 is based on orders for pay en-.
dorsed by him and received and held
by the merchants OF the town in pay.
ment of accounts. It ssems that al.
checks for salaries have to be signed by
the intendant according to the ordl'
nance, so that these orders are probab
" worthless. The rest Of this deficit
consists partly of false balances. A
cash balance of Sis. reported to be on
hand at the time Of his leaving, was
found wanting. The total amount OF
the floating debt Of the town IS ;s1o,
O1265.
Mr. Thos 7. Walsh, of The commit
tee. stated thata check for 1913. ia favor
Of :'E. A. Scheper or order" had been
issued by the intendant and had been
altered by Taylor to be payable to "E
A. Scheper or bearer" and been casned
Mr.. E. A. Scheper stated that the inter.
est on his bonds which the check was
supposed to have represented had never
been paid It was stated by the com
mittee that their investigation CT the
deficit had not extended back more
than thirteen months, ana that the lE-
dications were that an investigation
covering the time previous to that
period would disclose much larger de-
fcit. Mr.. W. H. Mcleod offered mo.
tion to request the intendant to offer a
reward of $500 on behalf OF the town
for the apprehension of s. E. Taylor
After considerable discussion the mo-
tion was rejected.
Taylor is reported to be row in Phil
adelphia, his old home. $. J. Bamp'
field the noiGraG clerk Of Court read an
ordinance which shows that all checks
for disbursements Of the town funds
must be signed by the 1ntendant, OF
which he said the !ntendant seemed to
be in total ignorance.
The responsibility for this deficit may
rest either on the intendant or the indi-
vidual members of council, as Taylor
did not give bond rs required by law,
and ne was elected by the ccuEcii
This may relieve the taxpayers from
the burden.
Can Hamilton on tho Alliance.