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5 m . 6?a?? mi. ;, ant i IT CARLISLE ELU(MM B STATEWcNi OP HI5 KUliNio Dtront 9 k^J?? THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. 9E Explanation off the Lcsdisg Festcres of . His Plan of Currency Reform?Answers r to Questions From Members cf tlie Cora mittec. I WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.?Standing at PT . the foot of the long tabic in the ways and means committee room of the [ House this morning,Secretary Carlisle explained in detail to the banking and currency committee fhe plan recommended" by him for the new banking law. All of the seventeen rnembess of the committee except four?Black of Illi- j nois, Brosius of Pennsylvania, Haughftf Xv iwrnsln and Elms of Ken-! tucky, were in their scats as early as 10 o'clock, the hour for which the hearing was called. Culberson of Texas, who had been detained at home by reason of illness in his family,hurried to Washington to attend today's meeting. The hearing attracted a large number of representatives in addition to the members of the committee. Among those present were Wilson of West Virginia, Hooker of New York, Snod___ grass of Kentucky, Turner of Georgia, . * J. K. Cowen of Baltimore, memberelect of the next Congress and Senor Remere, the Mexican minister. When the committee was called to order Secretary Carlisle was asked by Chairman Springer to explain what pfc. would be the practical workings of his currency j>lan. In answer, Mr. Carlisle saitl tnat he had come to answer ^ questions of the committee and to .SL, /. make a statement of his plan, but not to indulge in a general argument, as that had~been done already in his annual report. Proceeding to take up his sugges^ tions seriatim, as they appeared in his * report, Mr. Carlisle read the first two, as follows: "1. Repeal all laws requiring or authorizing the deposit of United States bonds as security fox-circulation. u2. Permit national banks to issue notes to an amount not exceeding 75 per cent, of their paid up and unimpaired capital; require each bank before receiving notes to deposit a guarantee fund consisting of United States legal tender notes, including treasury ?? - notes of 1S90, to the amonnt of 30 per ? cent, of the circulating notes applied for?this percentage of deposits upon circulating notes outstanding to be maintained at all times and whenever a bank retires its circulation, in whole or in part, its guarantee fund to be re ? ? - - ^ - - turned to it. in proportion to the v ^ajaormtof notes received." In explanation Mr. Carlisle said it had come to be ganerally believed that that provision of the law requiring the deposit of United States bonds as se curity for circulation was a failure, t . He believed it prevented elasticity of the currency. H|? Passing without further comment to the second suggestions, Mr. Carlisle said he believed that this provision was perfectly safe in guaranteeing security to depositors. The treasury re> . serve, he thought should not exceed more than one-half of the outstanding circulation of national banks. Mr. Springer asked Mr. Carlisle to explain the difference between his plan for retiring circulation and that of the Baltimore bankers; and the Secretary gave a brief sketch of each. The Baltimore plan provided for circulation up to 50 per cent, of the capital stock of banks without any deposit "Knt. to a tax fund raised, from which was to be used in . relieving funds of failed national banks. If this does not become large ?-? enough, the government is to relieve the fund, looking to the banks for repayment. The government plan was that a separate fund of 30 per cent, of the circulation should be held for each bank, and in addition there should be - a safety fund, raised like that of the Baltimore, plan ;but if this fund should not prove large enough, the Treasury Department might assess national banks pro rata on their circulation. The government, through this means, coula lose nothing. In further explanation Mr. Carlisle said that the banks by his plan are called upon to keep the safety fund ' intact; in the Baltimore plan the government was required to do this. "My plan, said the Secretary, ''requires the national banking system to support itself entirely, ana relieves the government of all connection with the sys -tem, except to furnish notes and hold the safety fund. Mr. Carlisle said his plan did away with the present system of redemption of national bank notes. At present national banks could send their mutilated notes to the treasury and receive *"?in turn new notes. By the new plan -fc J the government was divorced entirely from the redemption of these national bank notes. The government was re W,' lieved of all responsibility in the matIn answer to Mr. Johnson of India na, Mr. Carlisle said that the idea of the plan was that the strongest banks should carry the weaker. If a bank I failed so badly that it could not pay __ its notes, the ultimate liability was \ _ placed, by the Baltimore plan, on the F\ . government. By plan proposed by ; - himself the ultimate liability was placed on the banks. Mr. Johnson wanted to know if Mr. Carlisle throusrht the banks would agree to this. 1 he secretary answered that the banks must speak" for themselves: he was looking out for the interests of the government. " To Mr. Johnson (Dem., Ohio.) Mr. Carlisle said that one great advantage of his plan was that it would furnish elastic currency. The entire national X bank deposit would not be filled up to the limit of the plan unless the business of the country required it. Under the present system, if a national bank desire to retire its circulation it must send to the treasury lawful money of the United States, or the requisite amount, but it was not allowed to withdraw this amount for circulation under six months. Under the new plan a bank might retire its circula tion today and increase it tomorrow. Mr. Walker (Rep.) of Massachusetts v wanted to know whether Mr. Carlisle had drawn a bill embodying his views. Mr. Carlisle had a sketch of si'"h a measure and he promised to fu.x-ish Ak the committee with a complete dui as soon as he had perfected the draft he v tad dictated. Mr. Carlisle took up his suggestion that "no national bank note to be of ^ less denomination that ten dollars. and all notes of the same denomination to be uniform in design; but banks desiring to redeem their notes in gold may have them made payable in that coin, the Secretary of* the Treasury to have authority to keep 011 hand, ready for issue upon applica'g'-" tion, a reserve of bank national bank notes for each bankiug association t _ having circulation."' This suggestion, he said, would have the effect of placeing silver certificates of small denominations in circulation. The idea was not to issue national H bank notes of less denominations than This would force the people to *Y>a dK-pr certificates which y^ow piled up in the Treasury. River certificates were, of course, lemable in silver dollars. He bee& that the due notes issued under tv -v.':. j tke new system would be kept on a j i parity wiih gol<3. i To Z\Ir. Suerrv >Dem.) of Connecti-: cut Mr. Carlisle said Lis plan contemplated the ultimate retirement of greenbacks and notes i.ssitcd under the Slier-! man law, and there would then l>c no other paper of the government redeem-' able in gold. "We should then be on a silver basis, " said Mr. Sperry. "No." said Mr. Carlisle, "on a gold basis." Mr. Sperry wanted to know if should the time ever come when there was no paper of the government redeemable in gold, the debts of the government would not be paid in silver. To this Mr. Carlisle said that. there would not be enough silver to do this. Furthermore, the debts of the government were paid in large bills. The silver was needed for small coin. Subsidiary coin was piled up in the banks by tradesmen, bankscouid not pay it, out, and therefore it was sent to Wash-j ington for redemption in large Ueniption in large denominations. The j Treasury Department found it would j be difficult in getting this money into ! circulation again and the Secretary ! thought there would therefore be no . great demand for silver in payment: on government debts. I Taking up his suggestion, that the 1 circulation of State banks be exempt j from federal taxation, under certain I conditions, Mr. Carlisle said that theoj retically he believed that the governj ment had no right to tax State banks, i although the Supreme Court had held | that it was perfectly legal. He thought | that it might be a good thing, however, i to retain the tax, but it was the inten1 ' - " "? x_1T 1_ * 4.^ ? tion oi tne pian suggested oy anu iu lesson government interference with these banks as far as possible. It was contended by Mr. Carlisle in answer I to several questions that it was necessary to give the government authority I as was contemplated in his plan to im! pose a tax on circulation of State banks if they did not comply with the con! aitions imposed by federal law. This was the only way the Treasury Department had of controlling national i banks which refused to comply with , the provisons of law applicable to j them. Mr. Carlisle said that he believed | that the State banks were necessary ' for the needs of the people for local I purposes. He believed that the plan I would give a needed elasticity to the i circulation in the rural districts. Secretary Carlisle said he would rei t/Miinw/Mr mfivnincp flrwl vpnfl to the committee a complete draft of his bill, embodying his currency plan. Carlisle's currency plan. Washington, Dec. 11.?Interest in the second day's appearance of Secretary Carlisle before the banking and currency committee of the House was shown by the promptness with which the members of that committee gathered this morning. With few exceptions all were in their seats at a quarter-past 10 o'clock. Pending the arrival of Secretary Carlisle Horace White, of New York addressed the committee. He said he had drawn a bill which embodies his idea of the Baltimore plan but which had not been adopted by the Baltimore committee. He proceeded to read at i ?*..n spme icng'iii uuireiuuv covering the general subject of" banking. When White had concluded Secretary Carlisle, who had appeared some time previously, addressed the com- j mittee, and read the bill he had prepared to carry out his financial views. When he had finished reading his j bill Mr. Carlisle explained that Section i S repealed Sections 9 and 12 of Act of j July 22, 1SS2 Section 9 of that Act ! authorized deposits of lawful money j by national banks to withdraw their, deposits of circulating notes. It might not be absolutely necessary he said, to repeal that section if the proposed plan adopted, but still the spirit of the section was that no national bank shall retire in the aggregate more than $3,000,000 per month, ^nd, having done so, shall not be allowed to increase its circulation within six months. Section 12 of the Act of 1SS2 referred to gold certificates and their suspension when the gld reserve fell below, a hundred million dollars, and concerning this prevision Mr. Carlisle said it was not good policy for the Government to establish a ware house for the deposit, of gold, and to issue certificates against it, for the reason that this gold, or a large part of it, would come into the treasury and stay there if these certificates were not issued against it. But still the repeal of this section was not an essential part of his scheme. His own. view was that it would be beneficial to the Government not to issue these certificates, but to have the treasuryhold gold and pay it out so as to get it into ciculation. To Mr. Brosius, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carlisle said that his theory concerning national banks was that the Government should be wholly divorced from relations with them, except in so far as it was necessary. to throw safeguards about them in order to insure their stability and reliability. His belief in this connection was based, on both constitutional and practical grounds. the bill introduced in the house. Washington, D. C., Dec. 11.?Mr. Springer, of Illinois, today introduced in the House the financial bill which Secretary Carlisle read to the committee 011 banking and currency. The bill repeals all Acts and parts of Acts which require or authorize the deposit of United States bonds to secure circulating notes issued by national banking associations and such notes hereafter prepared shall not contain the statement that they are so secured. National banks are permitted to - i- .1 .1 _ _ ^ _ i? ! take out circulation to tne extent ox o per cent of paid up capital. Circulation to be a first lien upon assets. A tax of I of 1 per cent per annum on circulation is provided. j A satisfactory safety fund for tliej redemption of notes of failed banks is! provided by a tax of i per cent per annum until the amount reaches 5 per cent of the total circulation. Sections 9 and 10 of the Act of 18S2, relating to -i n_ Uie corporate extensions, ana oecuuu i 31 of the Act of 1S64, providing for a national bank currency, are repealed. Section 9' of the bill is as follows: ] That the Secretary of the Treasury in j his discretion may use from time to time any surplus revenue of the United States in the redemption and retirement of United States legal tender notes, but'the amount of such notes retired shall not in the aggregate exj ceed an amount equal to 70 per cent, of the additional circulation taken out by national banks under the provisions of tlie Act. and hereafter no United States notes or treasury notes authorized by the Act of July 14. 1S90, entitled "An Act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon and for other purposes." for a less denomination | than $10 shall be issued, and as rapid-1 " * "? : i! 1 iy as sucn notes 01 aenouuuuiuunsic&s than $10 shall be received into the treasury thej* shall he cancelled and an equal amount of notes of like character, but in denominations of $10 or multiples thereof shall be issued in their place, but nothing in this Act I shall be so construed as to repeal, or in*any manner affect,, the second sec I tion of said Act of July 14, 1S90. Section 10. That the use of circulating notes issued by a banking corporation, duly organized under the laws of any State, and which transacts -- > . ' . imKt . " ary j not other than a bunking business. 1 shajj be exempt troni taxation unuer > the laws of the United States, when it is shown to the satisfaction of the Sec- j rctary of the Treasury and the comp-j ! troller of the currency: 1. That such bank has at no time had outstanding its circr.lating notes in excess of 75 per cent of its paid up and unimpaired capital. 2. That its stockholders are individ- j uaily liable for the redemption of its j circulating notes trwthe full extent of their ownership of stock, but this shall I not be required in the case of persons j holding stock as cxecutors. administrators. guardians or trustees, if the assetts and funds in their hands are liable in like manner and to the same extent as the testator, intestate, ward or person interested in such funds would be if living and competent to act and hold the stock in his own name. 3. That the circulation notes constitute by law a first lien upon all the assets of the bank. 4. Tliat the bank has at all times kept on deposit with an official of the State authorized by law to receive and hold the same a guarantee fun;! in I United States legal tender in notes, ineluding treasury notes of 1S90, equal to SO ner cent of its outstanding circu ! latin g notes. 5. That it lias promptly redeemed | its notes at par on demand at its prinj cipal office, or at one or more of its branch offices, if it has branches. ; Section 11 permits State banks to use the distinctive paper used in printing United States securities, but no State bank shall print or engrave its notes in similitude of United States notes or certificates or national bank notes. Cleveland's Plan. There is considerable enquiry as to what effect the suggestions of President Cleveland will have on the currency should they be carried out by Congress. A New York Banker, v%*ho has made a study of tlie matter, says that if the President's plan is adopted that it would add something over $300,000,000 to our circulation, and he says that this sum would come in use in iocal circulation to a large measure. At present, the capitalization of the national banks and of the state banks, which might come in as dispensers of circulation is about ?950,000,000. Under the spur of the proposed law, the capital' might rise in the aggregate by the opening of new banks to a round thousand mil lions. This would permit a bamcnore [ circulation of $750,000,000. At pres-1 -oat there are out in paper money $102,000,000 in gold and silver certificates; $49S,OOO.OOOin United States and treasury notes, and $207,000,000 in national j bank notes; in all, $1,107,000,000. The national bank circulation would . be ; retired and the 30 per cent of deposits ! of United States notes required by the I Cleveland plan would absorb $225,I 000,000 from the $49S,000,000 specified | above. This would make a total dis! appearance of $423,000,000, with an appearance of $750,000,000 new money, ! or a net gain of $31S,000,000, provided the banks took full advantage of the opportunity to get money. The Cleveland plan differs from the Baltimore's association plan in tne requirement ox tlie 30 per cent deposit of greenbacks or treasury notes and also in requiring the banks to attend to their own redemption instead of having the work thrown on the government as at present. The redemption of bank circulation is now one of the most onerous and troublesome dutres of the several i subtreasuries and of the treasury de! partment. Under the new plan the j bank would send the notes of other banks to the banks issuing them for redemption, and would thus keep a sharp watch one on another. We do not profess to know* much about the financial questions at issue,- but we are free to say that we are in favor of the adoption of President Cleveland's plan if it will add three hundred million dollars to our circulation. That would be a long step in the right direction, and would lead to still further improvements in our currencv matters. A Night of Terror. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12.?An electric storm prevailed over a large section of Georgia early this morning. It broke in Alabama about 8 o'clock. In the lower part of the State it was at its height between 3 and 4 o'clock. In some sections the storm was accompanied by a destrutive cyclone, which moved in a general direction from south to north. At Reynolds, in Taylor county, the destruction was appalling. A special to The Constitution says that everything in its path was swept away like chaff. Trees were blown in some instances more than a mile. Household and kitchen furniture was blown for many miles, and in some instances, was entirely lost. Ten houses, with household effects, are total wrecks. Eighteen or twenty houses are partially destroyed. All the large trees in one portion of the town are uprooted. The path of the cyclone was over 100 yards wide. In the forest beyond the town huge trees were twisted as if they were straws, r Three negro churches, large frame ! buildings, were wiped from the face of the earth. The timbers were scattered for miles. Mrs. M. A. Powell lost a gin house and seven other farm buildings. The residence of Mr. N. B. Newsome, occupied by his family, was totally demolished. Several members of tne family were pinned down by heavy timbers, but were rescued with j no serious injuries. The house occuI pied by Mr. J. H. Hollis was wrecked. Two tenant houses occupied by Nat i f!lrmst.nnher and Percv Gray were to tally demolished, and their contents were blown away. The occupants of the Gray house were blown into a cotton patch a hundrad yards away. Nearly every member of the family had bones broken. A house owned and occupied by Bud Gray, colored, was blown into the next county, and he was injured. A tenant house of E. A. Goddard. occupied by John Cook, colored, was blown down. The falling timbers caught a negro girl about ten years old, and badly crushed her. The night was one of terror. The I wVinlp town was mnic stricken. A Brutish Act. Guthrie, 0. T., Dec. 12.?R ice | troubles have broken out in the Oakgrove school district. As the children | were returning from school, yesteri day, some youngsters made ' odious j remarks about a colored girl in their company. The girl attacked the j twelve-year-old son of G. W. Great hI house, tearing out his eyes and biting off one ear. She then crushed the boy's skull with a i-ock. producing death. The girl escaped. The negroes trke the girl s part, and this may laid to more trouble. Should Kill tlio L>ruiike3iJHog. Evansville, Ind., Dec. 13.?VVillje Ott, six-year-sold, was scalded to death at a hog-killing on West Franklin sti-eet. The uncle of the boy was intoxicated and held him over the kettle of boiling water when he accidentally dropped him. A lirutal Revenge. Houston. Texas Dec. 13.?The four' 11 T "l - x ? O T ~ I year-OKI aaugiuer 01 cam i^u/a> >? i ! shot this morning while sleeping in I [ her fathers arms supposedly by a negro to whom Lazo refused to grant I credit yesterday. The child is dying. r V _ PERRY* YARNS REFUTED. WHERE 00V. TILLMAN GOT THE MONEY TO BUY HIS FARM. Tiic Ai:cgi';l Liquor uatl Freight Rebates Shown to be Entirely "Without Foundation?At Least this is the Showing Gov. Tillman's Frieml* Make for rlim. Columbia, S. C., Doc. 10.?Yesterday Gov. Tillman's friends published the document below, which refutes the charges made by B. F. Perry. To begin with is tiie charge that Gov. Tillman paid cash for the Jones plantation and liquidated other indebtedness and that he did not get the money honestly. First came the affidavit from Clerk of Court Hill of I'Jdgelieid. wno says: South Carolina, Edgefield County. 1. I, John 13. Hill, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and R. M. C. for Edgefield county, do hereby certify unto whom it may concern, that I have carefully,examined the records of my office and find upon record in book 2'-), page 357, mortgage given by B. R. Tillman to S. S. Tompkins, master, for $900 on 245? acres. 2. Mortgage given by B. R. Tillman to Wilie Jones and W. A. 'Clark for *2,000 03i 245i acres, recorded in book 50, page 15(5. 3. Mortgage given by B. R. Tillman to Carolina National IBank of Columbia, S. C., for $6,105.60 on 211 acres known as the "Jones tract," also 311 acres, also 330 acres, also 212 acres, part of the R. G-. M. Dunovant lands, recorded in book 53. nasre 116. None of the above mortgages" are satisfied. These are all the mortgages ever executed by B. R. Tillman and recorded in this oiiice. John 3. Hill. C. C. C. P. and R. M. C. Yesterday afternoon. President Clark of the Carolina National Bank, was seen, at the suggestion of Governor Tillman, and made the following statement regarding Governor Tillman's loans thrcRigh that bank: "All trari reactions between a bank and its customers are private and confidential and never made public except with the .consent of the latter. This information is therefore only given with the] consent of Governor Tillman. "Governor Tillman has been a borrower of money from the Carolina National Bank ever since the eraly months of the year 1S91. He owes the Carolina National.Bankjiow aboutJjS^OOO in fiie form of two notes; one forthe sum of *2,000, winch lias been running for some time and which will mature at an early day. This note is made by Governor Tillman and endorsed by) two endorsers, who arc secured by a mortgage 011 one of his plantations in Edgefield county: the other is for the sum of *C. 100, which was dated on the 2(5th of November, 1S94, and is endorsed by three endorsers, who are also secured by a mortgage of what is known as the Abraham Jones plantation. near Trenton, and two other plantations in Edgefiled county. This latter sum of money was borrowed by Governor Tillman for the purpose of paying for the plantation near Trenton bought by him from the executors of Abraham Jones. The money woo paid to the executors by checks upon the Carolina National Bank and oy them "* * ' "1 1Y1 4"T"? Ci CiStriUlUUU L(J UIVSU iliLUA m >uv estate. "All of these transactions were had through the bank. The plantation purchased was included in the mortgage given to secure the endorsers. All of these mortgages have been matters of record at Edgefield court house." President Childs of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road, has come to the front with reference to the charge that the road that hauled most of the liquor allowed a rebate on the freight rate. Mr. Childs sent Governor Tillman this statement: ''Hon. B. R Tillman, Columbia, S, C.: ' 'Dear Sir: In his letter to Mr. Josh Ashley, published in today's State, Mr. Ben Perry makes the statement that he has information that you have been allowed a rebate of freight on liquors purchased by' you for the dispensary. "Those liquors have been shipped to Columbia mainly over two lines?the Seaboard Air Line via the Columbia, otic! T,anw>ns Ttailroad and Wli J M.11V* ? the Atlantic Coast Line. As president of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad and representative at Columbia of the Seaboard Air Line, I a..x in a position to know whether any rebate lias been allowed on shipments to the dispensary over these roaas, and in the intererst of justice and fair play I desire to state that no rebate of freight on these shipments has been allowed by these roads to you or to any one else. "As to the Atlantic Coast Line, I have just received a telegram from Mr. T. M. Emerson, traflic manger of that line, emphatically denying that any rebate has been allowed on such shipments over his road. I may add that T w-fls nrfissent at the interviews be tween the traiffic managei'S of those two lines and yourself, at which the freight rates on dispensary shipments were discussed aud fixed and that at these interviews, while you endavored to secure as favorable rates to the State as possible, rebates were neither asked nor offered. ''Very respectfully, "W. G. Childs. President." As to the allegation that Governor Tillman has invested in stocks he authorizes the statement that his entire stock holdings are two shares in an Edgefield bank and one share in the Alliance store here, altoghter $225. There has perhaps been more said about the rebate matter than anything else. Yesterday Mr. Hubbell, who is here looking- after the interests of the Mill Creek Distilling Company made a statement which is given and in which he insists that no rebates were ever allowed or paid any one for the dispensary purchases. When asked what he knew about the rebate matter. "If the Mill Creek Distilling Cora-1 panv had issued rebate vouchers to D. H. Taxler, commissioner, they would have chained 7 cents a proof gallon more for the goods they sold him that were produce by the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company. It was certainly more to the advantage of the State to buy goods without the seven cents voucher than to pay seven cents additional for the whiskey and take a voucher for it payable six months from date. For that reason we never issued a voucher to Mr. Traxler, commissioner, for the State of South Carolina." TTnTVhnT1 fliis is vfrv wpll as far as it goes, but the people of South Carolina do not know very much about the rebate matter and the details of the whiskey business, and I would be very glad if you would give me some general ideas as to the manner of operating this rebate business." "Well, the rebate system was putin force in the summer of 1SSS for the purpose of retaining business and allowing the wholesale merchant a - - A ? ? r* 4-V? AtT* greaitjz* margin ui piuin ?jjji iucu business than they would otherwise have had.v i;IIo*A' could the distilling compaay afford to pay this rebate voucher?" "The company having control of the production of spirits and spirit goods could make the market, temporarily, what they saw fit. The day the * vouchers took effect the market I t J&A III itTTT was. by agreement, put up seven cents and the purchaser paid the seven cents advance at the time of securing the goods, and received a voucher payable in six months subject to a condition printed on the voucher for the seven cents per proof gallon from the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com jJCLl?\ Ui A VV/J. iU? "Tiiis rebate system was discarded on the Sth of August last. During the time that the rebate system was in operation there were a great many wholesale merchants who preferred to do their business upon a cash basis, and if they so desire could secure their liquors from dealers who were not members of the association. "From time to time wholesale dealers, and I might note some in this State, asked for the privilege of buying liquor upon a cash basis without the rebate voucher, and in some instances it had to be done to retain trade. When Governor Tillman saw us with reference to our selling the State, and appreciating that there would be a very heavy business done, we were, "of "niirsa anv'nns to sell him for the State. Governor Tillman insisted that the State did not want any rebate vouchers, as it prefered to do its business upon as nearly a cash basis as possible. "We did not care to pay for liquors sixty days after their purchase and hold rebate vouchers that were not due until six months after the purchase of the goods. Moreover he insisted that there was no reson why the State with its heavy business should be tied down to doing its business with any particular firm. We knew that there were others who could supply the South Carolino trade who were not members of the association, and were making the same class of goods. With this view, the entire case was presented to the association with the request that the Mill ' Creek Company be allowed to sell the State of South Carolina without the rebate vnnc.'hprs and the concession was J granted, and I can positively state that Governor Tillman, Mr, Traxler. nor any one else, in any way, has ever been entitled to or has ever received a rebate voucher or the equival: ent to it from or through the Mill Creek Distilling Company." A MERRY CHRISTMAS. Do Some Act to'Mako It a Happy One For Your Neighbor. Scarcely less wonderful than the mystery of the first Christmas night is -tfaeTffystery of the perpetuation of the festival, says a writer in Once a Week. It is a far cry enough from the shepherds who tended their flocks on the 1 T 1 J Wlia-tT^r.o musiae 01 o uutj?t, uuu. luc kings who followed the star from the east, to let us say, the average American citizen, and the modern rulers of kingdoms. Reverenee and simple faith are not exactly the prevailing characteristics of the former, nor do the latter betray sufficient keenness of interest in things supernal to warrant the supposition that they would leave their kingdoms and go forth laden with treasure to follow a mysterious sign in the heavens. Yet withal Christmas brings its message to these as well as to their widely different prototypes of nearly two thousand years a<*o. The echo of the angelic voices that sang of peace on earth, good will to men, still resounds in the heavens on Christmas night; and brothor is reconciled to brother, old enmities are laid away, past sins forgiven, and the bonds of friendship and family affection drawn tighter over the Christmas board and round the cheerful hearth. The rich and powerfulfstill open their coffers and, with larore-handed liberality, scatter their goods among the poor, thereby imitating the Magi of old; for is it not written: "Whatsoever ye shall do unto the least of My brethren, ye shall do unto Me?'' Thus, in spite of the evil forces with which modern materialism and infidelity are seeking to subvert the influence of Christianity, the Star of Bethlehem is still in the ascendent, and Christmas is the greatest and most joyous festival known to the civilized world. A Merry Christmas, then, let it be to all! A divine religion is not a sad one. It brings peace to the heart, and joy is an exuberance of peace. Therefore let the bells rin^ out, and hang out the mistletoe, and bring on the smoking turkey, *and gather round the fireside, and join m the frolics of the ??r. f* TT+1-* 1 -n rr OTTOmrfll 1T1 CT RA that the day be merry, and all hearts rejoice because Christ the Lord was born. Forget for a time the cares of busines, the pressure of hard times, the threatening future. Lock up the family skeleton and, with it, all frowns and harsh words and petty tyrannies and jealousies of common days. If you can lose the key of the closet, so'much the better. If not, even the brief respite from ugly cares will leave its benediction in your heart, and quicken your longing for the return of the festival of peace. If you have no fireside of your own to enliven, seek out the desolate hearth of some unfortunate brother. There are many forlorn little ones to whom an orange and apicturebook would be a foretaste of Heaven. Play Santa Claus to such, and you will find your Merry Christmas in the reflection of their innocent delight; or carry your greeting and your gift to some a^ed and lonely creature whose last Christmas it will be on earth, and earn a blessing that will repay your efforts a hundredfold. There is, happily, no monopoly of the joys of Christmas. If they do not come "to us, we can go to them, We have but to open our hearts and stretch out our hands, and the messengers of peace will come gladly trooping toward us. It will be our own fault if we have not each and all a Merry Christmas. Shot Her Faithless Lover. Lynn, Mass., Dec. [13.?G-. W. La timer, Jwho was shot this morning by Annie Maude Brewer, because he intended to break off his engagement with her, lies in a very critical condition, and this evening there is little hope of his recovery. His would-be slayer has thus far eluded the officers, although they are convinced that she is still in the city. It has been iearned that after the shooting, the woman went to the office of Dr. Wilkinson on Market street, where she remained until 5 o'clock this afternoon, # when she t lof: co vin or shfi w*ns poin<? to give her ! self up. bhe confessed that she did the shooting to Dr. "Wilkinson, and expressed the hope that it would be fatal. Dr. Wilkinson has been arrested for failing to notify the officers of the woman's presence in his house. Cooked to Death. New Orleans, Dec. 10.?Jos. F. Jaworek was cooked to death in Canal street last night in the presence of a large crowd. A broken electric light wire fell on him. Jaworek -was a large furniture dealer, and was a prominent witness in '-he Fitzpatric case. He lived in New Orleans five vearsand it is thought he came from St. Louis. He was Austrian. Blown to Pieces. Norfolk, Ya., Dec. 10.?InformaI Hon has iust reached the Public Led ger that the boiler of E. M. Short's saw mill at Washington, N. C., exploded at 7 o'clock this morning. The killed are Mr. Short, owner, and four negroe. Several others were injured. TILLMAN ELECTED SEN ATOP. Over'15sii'? r \:y s. Vcrr Large 7.T.irjoritv j ix: S<>!h Houses. | Coli:mblv. S. C.. Doc. 12. ?The cite- J1 lion for United Statin Senator took! place in each house at exactly 12 1 o'clock. There was no joint session j and each body voted en its own hook, j There will be a joint session of the j, two bodies today at noon to tabulate i the vote and declare the result. Ex-Governor B. R Tillman was j elected United States Senator over M. ! C. Butler by a vote of 131 to 21. i . George W. Murray, colored, received i two votes and W. D. Crum, colored, one vote. The IJouse cast 102 votes for Till- , man, 15 for Butler, 4 for Murray and ; 1 for Crum. The Senate cast 29 for . Tillman and six for Butler. Senator i Turner was absent and did not vote, j, 'Hie absentees in the House were Messrs. Barkley, Shuman and Williamson. Two of them would have voted for Butler and one, Mr. Shuman, for Tillman. The Charleston members did not ap- j noQv tn Ha flfnrl stuck on votin?T for ! Butler, as all of them were absent ' when the doors were closed to take ( the vote. They appeared at the door , as the voting- commenced. The Speaker ordered the doors opened for their admission. In the Senate Butler did not <ret the full Conservative vote. Walker of Georgetown voted for Tillman and Turner of Chesterfield managed to j avoid voting. The House vote was a strictly factional one. A rousing cheer was given in the . House gallery when the vote was announced. The House agreed, on motion of Mr. ! Cooper, that it should make nomina- j tions without speeches. j In that body Mr. Thurmoud of | Edgefield nominated B. R Tillman of Edgefield. The nomination was sec-! onded by every Reform county in the j State. " j Mr. Patton of Richland nominated ! "Gen. M. C. Butler of South Caroli- j na," dwelling on the ''South Carolina" in contradistinction to Mr. Thur- J mond's ' 'Edgefield." The Sumter delegation seconded General Butler's nomination. The vote in the House was as follows: ' j Tillman?Ashley, Barry, Blackwell, { Bowman, Breazale, Bre^and, Bram-J lett, Brown, J3ur<r^fCBurils, Carrothers, Caugliman, Conner, 4L. S., ; Conner, J. B., Cooper, Crum, Davis, 1 C. M., Davis, W. C.. Duncan, Eadens, 1 Earle, Edwards, Elder, Ellerbe, Est- j ridge, Finkley, Floyd, Fowler, Garris, Gary, Gaston, Goodwin, Hammett, Hardy, Haprer, Harvev, Haselden, : Hiott Holis, Hclloway, Plough, Hunter, Humphreys, Ilderton, Johnson. B. J., Johnson, W. J., Jones, Kennedy, Kinard, Kirk, Lancaster, Lemmon, Lesesne, Leverett, Love, Magill, Mellard, Miles, Mishoe, Mitchell, T. P, Mitchell, J. W., Moore, Murray, Mcintosh, McKeown. McLaurin, D. W., McLaurin, J. F., McSweeney, Nunnery, Otts, Phillips, Pickens, Pollock, , Price, Prince, Rainsford. Past, Robertson, Rowland, Sanders, John G., Singletary, Skinner, Sturkie, Tatum, Thompson, Todd, Townsend. Thurmond, Tyler, Wallace, Varr, Wat sou. Welsh, Whitmire, Williams, T. S., Williams. L. J.. Williams J. G., Williams, Fred, Winkler, Wolff, Wyche, Wymann?102. Butler?Adams, Bacot, Beveieaux, Dothage, Gadsden, Lofton, Manning, Mehrtens, Mellett. Patton, Pratt, Sanders. A. K.. Thomas, Weston, Wilson ?15. Andei-son and Gregorv, two of the colored members, voted for George W. Murray, making two votes for that renowned black statesman. Miller, the : other colored member, voted for W. D. Crum,-another colored statesman. The Senate permitted brief speeches. Senator Watson of Edgefield nominat- 1 ed Captain Tillman, saying that his name is a household word. He reviewed the history of this great political leader. Senator Norris and others seconded the nomination. Senator Norris made a capital speech. Senator Barnwell placed the name of General Butler in nomination. He 1 said that no politics animated Jum in his support and nomination of Butler. It was a debt of gratitude he owed that "<jrand soldier." _ Senator Mower seconded the nomination. The vote in the Senate resulted: Tillman?Barton, Brice, Brown, Bjrd, Dennis, Derham, Douglass, Du- ' bose, Efird, Finley, Fuller, Harrison, Jordan, Kirkland, Mauldin, Mavneld, ; Miller, McCalla. McDaniel, Is orris, O'Dell, Ragin, Sanders, Stackhouse, Stribbling, Williams, Walker, Wat- ! son, Wilson?29. Butler?Barnwell, Buist, Moses, i Mower, Sloan, Yerdier?6. Neither Butler nor Tillman was present when the vote was being takpn T?f?OrjstPr Sensation in Store. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 13.?The trunk of President Whipple of the broken Crawford Banking Company, of Crawford has been found at Cheyenne, Wyo. It is thought to contain $1,300 worth of jewelry, bought just before he absconded. It seems certain that Whipple intended escaping to Cheyenne, where he has a wealthy uncle, but the officers were watcliing Cheyenne too closely. The trunk will be brought back to Crawford. Those who have investigated the affairs of the bank say that there is a sensation in store which will expose many prominent people in Dawes county as aiding Whipple to escape. a Startling Statement. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 12.?A special , to the Uiironicie irom ivmien, ua., says a, sensation was created in Sylva- ; ilia. Screven county today by the*confession of seven negroes charged with ' incendiarism. They charge that F. M. Puford. the populist candidate for sheriff, advised them to organize a band of burners and burn out all prominent Democrats. They were : sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary. Shot by Ills Sweetheart*.1* Side. Henderson. Ky., D>c. 11.?Farmer Clayton shot Thomas Driver, dead in the road near his house, two miles from Dixon, Webster county. Clayton had forbidden youn<sr Driver from : paying attenions to his daughter, and < ascertaining that the lovers were together the old man seized his riiie. sought out Driver and shot him dead ! by the side of his daughter. Clayton surrendered immediately. Killed Without Provocation. ] Charleston, S. C.. Dec. 13.?W. M. Norton, a white man and ex-police man, today shot and killed James ( Middleton without apparent provocation. It is believed that the cause of . the shooting- was that Middleton has reported that Norton was dealing in contraband whiskey, in violation of the Dispensary law. Norton refuses to make any statement. Killed by a Lion. London, Dec. 11.?Advices received from South Africa announce that Ellrington S. Mackey, a surgeon attached to H. M. S. Teoner, on Lake Nyass, was killed recently by a lion while out shooting. A few years a<*o Surgeon Mackey was ths champion 50mile bicycle rider of Ireland. \:(i X/ / \ " ' 'v "'* ' * vV '*' ; "OtV Z>X * **-w. ^ 1-V.wfV ?'/ COLLECTiVfi THE MONEY. [CONTINUED FRA3I PAUlC ONK. j s\f ?\rn\ >?A? 1 It i ; \ ?v? i / %i atVAJiV v'l iuuuo iiit> AAI/U iui? u.t iiui-u bencficiaries of the exemption. Collectors are required to examine the articles of incorporation and business methods of corporations claiming exemption, and where such are not within the class specifically exempt to cause return to be made for taxation as in the case of other corporations. The tax due from salaries of officers and from pay of employes of the United States'is to be deducted from the first excess payment over $4,000 by paymasters and disbursing officers. It is provided that no part of the salary, fees or emoluments of any State, county or municipal officers shall be subject to income tax and no return thereof shall be made of the salary or fees of such officers. Salary received by government officials in 1S94 shall be included in the first annual return to be made on or before the first Monday in March, 1S95. Appeals in the first instance are to be made by dissatisfied taxpayers to any judge and if dissatisfied with his decision" the appellant may have the entire cause with all papers and evidence relating thereto transferred to the commissioner of internal revenue for his decision. Severe penalties are imposed upon all officers and other persons who make known in any manner, any fact or particular contained in or relating to an annual return of any taxpayer or any information as to the sources or amount of the income of any such person. Collectors are strictly directed by the regulations to rigidly enforce this provision. The tax on incomes for the year 1894 will be due and payable on or before the first day of July next, and if not paid at the time, the penalties will attach for non-payment. The full text of the regulations contain about 75,000 words and will not be p.-mted for distribution for. a week or more. Caged in Columbus. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 12.?Yesterday was doomsday in the United States Court and the' Barrett conspirators got their sentences. When court met yesterday morning with Judge Brawley on the bench. Attorney Blythe for C. P. Barrett arose to make a motion for a new trial. Before he proceeded to argue-the motion ftscflsTSttorney Murphy made the point that Attorney Blythe had not complied with rule 35 of the district court, applying to motions for new trial and that therefore no i uon could be entertained. Judge ^ iwley said that under a strict construction of the rule he would have to dismiss the motion, but taking all things intoconsid&i?o+T/vn >>0 "irvmlrl A mntion Tlie hearing was fixed for some later day and will be heard in Charleston. In the case against Jackson Counts, ex-postmaster, Jud^e Brawley dismissed the motion of Messrs. Alston & Patton in arrest of judgment on the ground of improper drawing of the jury. Judge Brawley held that the juries were properly drawn. Mr. Alston gave notice of filing an exception to the ruling of Judge Brawley and the case will go up. Judge Brawley then called on Jackson Counts "to stand up," and asking him how long he had been in jail, and Counts replying nearly seven weeks, Judge Brawley sentenced him to two months imprisonment in Richland county jail and- the payment of a fine, of ?100, for illegally disposing of stamps. TnSrr/i "Rwcrlov fVlPTl mllpfl UTKVJl """sy ? ~c Chas. P. Barrett, J. Wesley Owens, John T. Tillman, Robt. J. McElwraith, Thomas J. Hanon and Clarence Lee to stand up. Owens was at home sick in bed. Tillman is a fugitive, somewhere in Texas. All but Tillman and Barrett and two others, wl o are still fugitives, Thompson and Hatcher, will ftkelv be pardoned by the President, having turned State's evidence. 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