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THE DISPENSARY.
COMMISSIONER TRAILER SUBMITS
HIS ANNUAL REPORT.

Showing the Condition of the Business at
This Time, and What the Receipts and
Expenditures Have Been.
The report of Commissioner Traxler
for the third quarter of the year, to-
gether with consolidated report of
the three-quarters ending April 81,
when the dispensary operations were
temporarily suspended under the
decision of the Supreme Court
and for the fourth quarter
beginning August 1, and end
ing November 1, has just been made
public. The report outside of the tab
ulated statements it contains, is a brief
document and is as follows:
Governor B. R. Tillman, Chairman,
Gen. o. w. Buchanan, Gen. W. Fl.
Ellerbee, State Board of Control:
Gentlemen: I herewith hand you
my third quarterly report, consoi-
dated report of the three quarters end
ing April 81, when operations were
suspended under decision of the Su-
preme Court, and my fourth quarter.
~ report, beginning August 1st, and
ending November 1st; also report OF
the estimated,,value of seizures of1con-
traband goods and disposition of
same.
I.deem it necessary to mention the
fact that the stock of goods on hand in
the State dispensary was large at the
close of the third quarter, owing to
large purchases having been made in
anticipation of the advance in the rev.
enue tax of the United States govern
ment, and by these timely purchases
$S, 900 or$9, 900 has been saved for the
State. .
The demand for cheaper grade of
liquors necessitated the placing upon
the market our 80 per cent. rye, corn
and bourbon. These goods are reduced
from the standard proof and the
chemical purity by no means impaired
but reduction in prices to the consul
mer of one-ffth. The goods have be-
come formidable opponent of the
illicit whiskey venders all over the
State, because they are purer and bet
ter and at popular prices.
The organization of the dispensary
force, the bottling, casing. and ship
ping out of the goods are as nearly
complete as an establishment of such
magnitude can be. :;
Ihave no suggestions to make at
this time that would improve the man
ner of operating the business.
Respectfully submitted,
D. 81. TRAILER. Commissioner.
The sum total of liquors purchased
for the quarter ending April q, is
given at $121, ,440.3O; for the quarter
ending October 81, as $129, ,611.55.
THE CONSOLIDATED REPORT.
She consolidated report for the three
quarters, ending April q, 1894, shows
the following figures:
Total sales to dispensers. 1878, 539. O1
Total all other accounts. 'S,470.eo
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The Taxes Next Year.

COLUMBIA. s. c., Dec. 19..The sup
ply bill for the fiscal year beginning
November 1, 1894, was reported by
the Ways and Means Committee last
night.
The State levy is placed at Al mills.
I am informed that the committee
thinks this abudantly sufficient. This
is, of course, exclusive of the constitu-
tional 2-mill tax for the schools. The
levy is half mill below this year.
The levy by counties for county pur-
poses is asfol1ows: Abbeville, 24 mills:
Aiken, 81 mills; Anderson, 81 mills;
Berkeley, 5 mills; Chester, 5 7-12 mills,
Chesterfield ST mills; Charleston, 2t
mills; Colleton, 6 mills; Darlington 3
mills; Edgefield, % mills; Ed dgefeld is
authorized to borrow money for coun-
ty purposes and pledge taxes in ad-
vance and also to borrow So, 500 for
bridges, etc.
The same privilegeis given Fairfield,
for which the county levy is placed at
81 mills and one-ffteenth of a mill for
deficiency.
Florence, 81 mills; Georgetown, S
mills, with tax of 8 mills on all live
stock in Townships and 6.
Greenville, ST mills; Hampton A
mills; Horny, 24 mills, in addition five
sixths for poor and thirteen-twenty-
fourths for railroad bonds.
Kershaw. 81 mills; Laurens, 81
mills; Lexington, 8 mills. with, 8 mills
extra in Broad River and 2b mills ex-
ira in Fork and Saluda Townships for
railroad bonds. The county is author
lied to borrow and pledge taxes in ad-
vance.
Marlboro, 4 mills; Newberry, 8
mills; Marion, 21 mills, also allowed
to borrow money.
Richland, A mills; Spartanburg, St
mills; Sumter, mills; Union, 81 mills;
Oconee, 3 Is mills; Orangeburg, 2i
mills; Williamsburg, Al mills and the
county isauthorized to borrow money.
York County, 81 mills, with the fol-
lowing extra in these townships for
interest on railroad bonds: Catawba,
8 mills; Cherokee, 1 mill; Ebenezer, !
mill: York. 5 mills.
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Jumped Into the Ri YER.

KNOXVILLE, Dec. 19.-Some months
ago Calvin McGhee was discharged
from a dry goods store for helping
himself to cash receipts. He was in
dicted in the criminal court and his
trial set for January ia special
from Chattanooga says his body was
found floating in the Tennessee river
below that city this morning. He
went from here to Chattanooga about
the 18th of November, and from there
he wrote his affianced, a young lady
Of Morristown, that he was tired of
life and would jump into the Tennes-
see river at 10 Is o'clock Thanksgiving
night. That morning he paid his
board bill and from that day to this,
nothing has been heard from him un-
til the finding of his body, which was
identified by papers and photographs
in his pockets.
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4c Cotton Makes &c Prices.

Not only on provisions, clothing,
furniture and all the actual necessaries
of living, but as well on things ap-
pertaining to our enjoyment and cul-
ture. This is specially true as to pia-
nos and organs. Wise manufactures
realize that in these close times prices
must be exceedingly low, and terms
of payment made exceptionally easy,
and they are meeting the emergency:
Notice the latest advertisement of
Ludden & Bates Southern Music
House, Savannah, Ca, in this issue,
and write them for their Four Cent
Prices. This is a wide-awake-never-
get-left and thoroughly reliable house,
whose offers always mean just what
they say. 1t costs nothing to write
Ludden & Bates for catalogues, prices
and easy installment terms, which
they send with pleasure.
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Horrible Double Tragedy.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. ia spec
ial from Jamestown, KY, says that
Mrs. Winslow Sherman and her
daughter, Mrs. Clinton Davis, who
lived on farm near that place, were
murdered by unknown persons today.
Mrs. Sherman's husband had gone to
attend the funeral of mis- son and
daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Myron
G. Sherman, who were killed by a
train day or two since. He returned
home about 4 o'clock this afternoon,
and was Mortified to find his wife and
daughter lying dead in the house.
There is no clue to the perpetrator OF
the crime, although it is apparent that
the motive was robbery.
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Fate of a Drunken Woman.

GARDINER, MAINE, Dec. 17.-At an
early hour this morning house in
Randolph, owned by Amos Marson,
and occupied by woman and two
children, was burned. All three of
the inmates were burned to death.
The children were known by the names
of Lille FOLSOM, aged z, and George
Folsom, aged 4. The woman had given
several different names. but in the
Bible found in the house was the name
MRS. VIM McReady." 1t is impossi-
BILE to obtain facts regarding the cause
of the fire, but from what is known of
the woman's habits it is probable she
was intoxicated and tipped over the
lamp.
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The Body Washed,Ashore,

LONDON, Dec. 19.-The body of Capt.
Overguard of the ship Don Juan,
which was wrecked off Lomvig, Den
mark, on December 6, 1893, was wash
ed ashore on Saturday last near the
spot where the vessel was wrecked. The
body, which evidently had been buried
deeply in the sand, and had been un-
covered by the recent storm was well
preserved. Among the papers found
in the clothing were $50, 900 in bank
notes and American securities, which
the authorities are holding for the
proper claimants. The Don Juan was
on voyage from New York to Goth
enburg when she was wrecked.
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Padgett Pays the Freight.

The advertisement of L. F. Padgett,
the well-known furniture dealer of
Augusta, gives some idea of what he
offers in the way of furniture and
house furnishings. In his extensive
establishment may be found well-nigh
all that is needed to make the home
comfortable. This large trade which
Padgett enjoys and the testimonials
which he has from scores of custom
ers, sufficiently shows the character of
his goods, the fairness of his prices,
and his determination to carry out
his guaranty of satisfaction in every
instance. Read his advertisement.
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Lost With All on Board

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17-That the
steam colliers Monteseratt and Kewee-
nav have been lost at sea with all on
board is now considered almost GER
tainty. The Monteseratt from Mani
mo and the Keweenaw from Comox,
are both seven days overdue at this
port. The Monteseratt, Captain Black
burn, carried crew of twenty men
and the Kewenaw, Captain Jenkins,
carried a crew of thirty men. Ankle
ty is also felt for the barks Germania
and Columbia which have been out
fifteen and thirty days respectively
from Port Blakely.
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gallons rum. 900
Porter and ale. ............. 1850 !
210 gallons Osceola rye..... 10000
15gallons Monongahela rye $4,000
1874 gallons xxx rye....... 268.Q0 |
4 gallons peach and honey. 800
232 gallons rye. ......... 4O6.OO
Sundries. s.................. 6.ob
10 gallons rye whiskey.... 1880
45 gallons gin ............. 60.75
As gallons rye whiskey..... $3.50
60 gallons wine. .......... $500
4 cases liquor r.............. 2.00
5 gallons whiskey .......... 6.75
2,040 gallons whiskey ...... 100000
81 gallons whiskey in jugs. $3.50
30 gallons whiskey in kegs. $500
200 gallons corn whiskey. :. $1,000
90 gallons rye whiskey.. 80. 1850
35 gallons wine. 24.50 |
40 gallons wine in TASKS. -. 4S.00
3 cases whiskey. ........... 1900
1 trunk champagne and wine
valued at. at................ $500
IS gallons in kegs. .... 1871
25 gallons whiskey, bbl... $3.50
2valises of whiskey ......... 1000
Rejected and shipped out of
the State, 60 gallons rye. 6o.O0
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burg. It is very probable that Till
man will be severely dealt with when
he is captured in Texas.
Barrett appealed to the United States
Court of Appeals. In the meantime,
he is still confined in the Richland Jail
in Columbia, S. C.-Augl1sta Chroni-
Gle
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The,Pay of Auditors.

COLUMBIA, S. G., Dec. 2O.-The fol-
lowing is the pay of the Auditors of
the different counties as fixed by the
Legislature. The figures in the first
column applying to the old salaries.
from the State; in the second column
to the new salaries from the State and
in the last showing the total amount
of future salaries, including amount
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Beer. 1894. Sc |
81 cases Edgewood rye. $500 |
4 bottles Cleveland Clubrye. 4.O0l
8 dozen Pepper rye......... HOO1
1 case Monogram. m........... 12OO
1 gallon alcohol. ........... 3.0Ol
20 gallons GIN. ........... 25.OOI
8 bottles Taylor rye. cool
6 bottles xxx rye. 600
200 gallons corn whiskey... 350.0Ol
300 gallons rye whiskey.... 525.0Ol
8 bbIs. porter and ale.. 60.0Ol
2 dozen Edgewood rye. 21.6Ol
IA bottles Thurber, Whyland
& Go. rye. ...... H.OO
Cherry bounce and cider... 23.7S
Al dozen blackberry wine... 21.6O
Q dozen Colo Pola cider.... 1851
Port wine, 14.00l
Sherry. 7.20l
Cider. 2.94
Cherry bounce. e............. 6.7Ol
240 gallons Gold Medal rye. 4SO.OO !
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This Certificate is Good
FOR s1.00
IF PROPERLY SIGNED. r..
Our Prop ssiti0n.

Cut this Certificate out and enclose 1t
with Is cents In an envelope With your
name and address pIainIr written. We
will send ,nu one set OF our $l.00 Genuine
silver Plated Tea Spoons FREE by mail
together with our larse illustrated cata,
lolue Of Furniture, Cooking stoves, Crock
cry. Baby Carriages, aewing Machines
Buggies. etc. and will sign this certificate
and return t y0u with catalogue, and We
herewith agree to receive this certificate as
Cne dollar cash on any purchase made
within Is days from the date OF endorse
ment Of ihis certificate, provided that the
amount OF purchase shall not be for lsss
thar $500. and must positively reach us
inside OF Is dsys from date written or
stamped on certificate returned to you.
a.- link win blur.l 4
L. +. PADGETr, &
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STOCK ON HAND.


The stock inventory shows on hand
November 1, 1894, liquors amounting
in the aggregate to $65, 455. SO.
CONTRABAND SEIZURES.
The report also contains statement
of seizures of contraband liquors and
disposition of same to November 1,
1894. The report gives the estimated
value of all seizures as $11, 451.51, and
as the pay of the constabulary is set
down at $40, 696.12, the value of the
seized liquors is not much more than
one-fourth of the sum it cost the State
to pay the men who made the seizures.
The following is the itemized state
ment of the seizures:
Analysed and shipped out to dis
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LIABILITIES.

State appropriation. s
Amount due On merchan-
disc Observation-Disclosures.
Amount to balance, or net
GAIN. n...................
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l., r, PADGET"r,
S46 Broad Street,
Augusta, Ga.

r 4 s
Enclosed find Is cents stamps or silver
for which you will peaie send 10 my ad.
dress one set Of your Sl.oo Genuine Silver
Plated Tea Spoons and your illustrated
Cat:i"eue. fee. by mail; also please en-
dOTse this certificate and date 1t the date
that you mall spoons and catalogue, so that
l may. If l so de,iie. usa this certificate at
YOUR st re for ona dollar cash In a purchase
of not less than $15 90, which is to be made
inside OF 10 days from date stamped or
written on certificate returned 30 me. I
fully understand that this certificate Is Of
nu value unless above conditions are fnlly
complied with,
Ny name Is ..."". ..... ............
T. -. Is
Ste t6
Received at Augusta, Georgia,
and goods mailed
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$5O9,22s.66
ASSETS.

ASSETS.
Stock. Observation-Disclosures 9,6O1 26
Amount due by dispensers. s6, ,232.72
Amount due by others. 49,. 1,20S.SS
Cash balance. ce.............. 10, 1854
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$216,22s.27
$216,22s.27
EXPENSES.

EXPENSES.
The consolidated expense account
from July 1, 1893, to April 81, 1894,
shows total of $17s, 747.66, of which
amount $40,696.12 was paid to the
constabulary, $3,176.66 for commits
sioner's and bookkeeper's salary. S47,-
124. "a for freight, $13, 99S. SO for labor,
$1,O1e.1O for insurance and the re-
mainder for various incidental expen-
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criminal lawyer, organized themselves
into band, and with the aid of Uncle
Sans letter heads robbed the people all
over the country with the greatest
boldness and success.
Postofices were established in out of
the way places, where they were not
needed, through the instrumentality
of Lawyer Barrett, for the express pur-
pose of robbing the Government and
defrauding individuals.
Barrett has been a sort of Demo
cratic Republican, Tillmanite- Third
party" go as-you-please" politician, and
has therefore had the happy faculty of
ingratiating himself with whatever
party happened to be in power. Hence
his success in having postmasters ap-
pointed and postotfices established.
The sharpest inspectors worked on the
case for over three years. During all
that time they were convinced that
Barrett was the moving spirit of the
swindlers, but were unable to get any
proof. During the Harrison admins
tration Barrett managed to be made
referee in matters of Federal appoint
ments, and his term of office was re-
markable for the creation of newfourth
class postoffces. Still the inspectors
detailed on the case were unable to get
much evidence of fraud until Inspect
or Peer went to work and caused the
arrest of Barrett and about twenty five
others. This was followed up with
the trial and conviction of Chief Bar
rett and his gang already mentioned.
Inspector Peer had barrett's law Of
flee seached on search warrant and
found some very damaging evidence
against him, together with enoug h
paraphernalia for full feddged Post
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.,
lar, got the transportion of the pack
age practically for nothing, as he
was allowed 100 per cent. on the
stamps he was supposed to put on these
packages and cancel. Mcdowell was
convicted at Greenville.
The residence of J. w. Owens, who
was postmaster at Owens, was destroy
ed by fire recently by some of the gang
in order to get rid of certain docu-
mentry evidence which he had in his
trunk. Owens turned States evidence
and his life was threatened several
times. The Windsor Hotel at Spartan
burg, it is said, was also burned in the
hope of cremating Postoffice Inspector
Peer and all the forged bonds in his
possession. Peer has since been called
the Phoenix" Lawyer Barrett stood
we'll with the present Cleveland adj
ministration, until his crooked transac-
tions came to light He was in a fair
way of being appointed chief clerk in
the Attorney Generals office.
Judge Brawley sentenced Barrett to
eighteen months in the Government
prison at Columbus, O., in the con-
spiracy case alone, and to pay fine
of $500. Barrett has not been sentenced
yet in the Posey Bragg forgery case.
The maximum punishment for forgery
is fifteen years at hard labor and a fine
of 5000. Owens, McElrath, Hannon
and Lee were sentenced to six months
confinement in the county at Spartan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-23
MR.. HAlNEs' LIST.
He Has Thtrty-Ffve Democrats Pledr-
ed to RecOmmit the Wilson Btil.

ne Has Thtrty-Ffve Democrats Pledr.
ed to RecOmmit the Wilson Btip.
Mr.. Haines Of New York who has been
canvassing for promises of democrats to
vote with him to recommit the Wilson bill
TO the ways and means committee. has
thirty-fve names in his little book. He
expects that the results of the vote on coal
and iron, when IL is taken, will give him
the support of fifteen more This would
be enough to carry his motion IL the repub-
hcans We're to vote with him, but the pres
ent disposition Of the republicans is to vote
the other way. so as to have it passed in
the most Objectionable form.
The republicans in the ways and means
committee pressed to have the income tax
bill made a part Of the Wilson bill. and IL
is their intention to vote that way i'm the
House. If they adhere to this purpose. the
two bills will be united. This will turn a
number OF votes against the BILL but will
hardly be enough to defeat it. But the bill
will be in such a shape that il cannot stand
for a minute in its natural form before
the Senate committee. Some of the things
the Senate committee are almost sure TO
do are: To kill the income tax; to put a
duty on sugar; put a duty on coal, and a
duty on iron cIe.
These are but few of the things likely
to be done by the Senate.
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THE WORLDS FAIR MEDAL.
The Trouble Not Ended Yet by Any
Means.

The trouble over the worlds fair medal is
not ended yet by any means. Secretary
Carlisle has decided that the male figure of
America" on the diverse of the medal
shall be draped, Notwithstanding the asser-
tions of MIR st. Gaudens, the artist who de-
signed the medal, that the figure is perfect
ly modest and proper as it is. The published
threat of Mr.. st. Gaudens to institute legal
proceedings against Page & Brother. betting
manufacturers Of Concord N. H., for hav-
ing circulated an alleged indecent caricature
of the medal, has resulted in the fling at
the Treasury Department Of formal pro-
test by that firm of any change or altera-
ton in the medal pending the hearing of the
proposed suit. They claim that the repre-
sentation of the medal circulated by them Is
a good copy of the original and they ask
the preservation of the latter unchanged
until that fact can be established beyond
question. Work on the medal has been sus-
pended, but yet no arrangements have
been perfected for the draping of the figure
with a loin cloth, proposed. Further pro-
ceedings will depend on the result of the
legal contest between the artist and The
New England manufacturers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-23

Dr. Harris commissioner of education, is
to be continued in his present position dur
ing this administration. provided, of course.
that his present standard of efficiency is
maintained. This decision was made by the
President at the suggestion of Secretary
Smith. DR.. Harris is a republican holdover,
and the decision of the President will give
grief to the dozens of democratic applicants
for the office. The department will not give
the names Of those who have filed applica-
tions and brought pressure to bear with
this desirable position in view. 1t is known
that several Georgians were anxious to be
made commissioner of education, and Secre-
tary Smiths recommendation that DR.. Har-
ris be continued in office Is thought to have
been Influenced to some extent by the wish
of the Secretary to avoid showing prefer
ence for any particular candidate when
there were several with equally meritorious
claims
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Transfers Of TrOOus.

The prospect Of a very general change in
the stations OF regiments during the com.
ing spring is not very encouraging to
troops that have been at undesirable posts
for the usual term Of service Gen Scho.
field favors making these transfers in cases
where regiments have been at one place
for four years and upward, but the present
condition OF the appropriation available for
this purpose precludes the possibility OF
any extensive movements during the pres.
ent fiscal year. The appropriation is smaller
than usual, and will not stand a very heavy
drain. except in an important emergency
In case any changes are made this spring
they will most probably involve the trans
fer Of the fourth infantry and the four
teenth infantry.