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Believes It To Bs A Since Thc Republican Party vision-Corporation ^Washington, Special.-President Tait Thursday gave out a statement embodying his views of the hew tariff -act, which he designates officially as h. the "P?yne bill," in accordance with past custom of giving . first recogni tion to theVframer of the measure in i the House W Representatives. The statement in full follows: "I have signed the Payne tariff bill because I believe it to be the re ,; ?ult of a sincere effort on the part of the Republican party to make a . downward revision, and to comply I with the promises of the platforto as they have been generally understood, and as I interpreted them in the cam } paign before election. I , "The bill is not a perfect tariff bill, * or a complete compliance with the I promises made, strictly interpreted. I but a fulfillment, free from criticism I* in respect to a subject matter in \% volving many schedules and thou sands of articles, could not be expect ed. It suffices to say that except with regard to whiskey, liquors and wines, and in regard to silks and as to some high class cottons-all of which may be treated as luxuries and proper subjects of a revenue tariff 3 there have been very few increases H in rates. '"There have been a great number of real decreases in rates and they, constitute a sufficient amount to jus- ? tify the statement that his bill is a substantial downward revision, and a j" .reduction of excessive rates. "This is not a free-trade bill. It was not intended to be. The Repub lican party did not promise to make a free-trade bill. "Ii promised to make the rates protective, but to reduce them when ttey exceed the difference between the cost of production abroad and here, making allowance for the ehest er normal profit on active invest ments here. I believe that while this excess has not been reduced in a number of cases, in a great majority, the rates are such as are necessary to protect American industries, but arc MANN WINS NOMINATION FC Richmond, Ya., Special.-With re turns from the Democratic primary still incomplete, indications Friday were that Judge William Hodges Mann, of Nottoway, has been nomi nated for. Governor over Harry St. George Tucker, of Rockbridge, by a majority of from. 3,000 to 5,000. J. Taylor Ellysin, the present Lieu tenant Governor, has been renomi nated without doubt and Samuel Wil liams is the party's choice for Attor ney . General. Indications Friday night pointed strongly to the defeat of G. W. Koiner, the incumbent, for the nomination for Commissioner of Ag riculture, by J. T. Brown. The early returns were favorable to Kaiser. There is no significance in the nomi nations +':>r- the House of Deelgates ( on the liquor/ question as this issue did not' enter into the contests in the var SOUTHERN SOFT YARN SPIN ,. Asheville, Special.-The Southern Soft Yarn Spinners' Association, with representatives from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama and Tennessee, met in special session Friday afternoon at the Battery Park Hotel here for the consideration of the conditions in the soft yarn business. The members were in executive session for about four hours. J. P. McRae, of Laurin burg, president, presided, and Robert Chapman, acted as secretary. At the end of the executive session the members would not give out to the press what was done in the meet $1,000,000 ESSON GRANITE Salisbury, Special.-The Esson Granite Company, the million dollar concern recently organised with large quarries at Granite Quary this coun ty, and headquarters in this city, is in the hands of Mr. George R. Collins, an experienced granite man of this city, as receiver, he being named at Asheville Thursday and he gave bond in the sum of $25,000 with Charles J. COTTON MILLS TAKE UP FI4 Columbia, S. C., Special.-Presi dent Thomas F. Parker, of the Mona ghan Mills, Greenville, is prosecut ing an investigation in to the hook worm disease among his serveral hun dred employes through a bright and capable young physician, the results of which will doubtless be of great in terest to mill managers and othe^ employers of labor that comes largely i from the small farms in this and .? er Southern States, i While in Greenville a few daysi ago the writer had a talk with the I DRASTIC PROHIBITION LAW Montgomery, Ala., Special.-The Carmichael prohibition bill, far more drastic than the present statutory State-wide prohibition law, which passed the Senate Friday afternoon by a vote of 28 to 2, and which now awaits only the signature of Ala bama's prohibition executive before becoming the law, has already scored a far-reaching effect so far as the operation of locker clubs and near beer saloons are concerned. From all MAYOR OF BURKEVILLE, V Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-"This is a declaration of war. My life is openly staked on the result, for I am prepared to meet you any time and place you may name. The weapons I shall use are dynamite and other high ?xplosives." Thus wrote Agram E. Eby, mayor and referee in -bankruptcy in Burt ville, Va., to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, "op July 23/' naming $45,000 as the ?re Effort On Thc Part Of For A Downward Re< i Tax Just ftlsasurs. low enough in case of abnormal in crease of demand, and raising of prices, to permit the possibility of the importation of the foreign article and thus to prevent excessive prices. "The power granted to the Execu tive under the maximum and mini mum clause may be exercised to se cure the removal of obstacles which have been interposed by foreign gov ernments in the way of undue and unfair discrimination against Ameri can merchandise and products. "The Philippine tariff section I Lave struggled to secure for ten years last past, and it gratifies me exceed ingly by my signature to give it the effect of law. I am sure it will great ly increase the trade between the two countries, and it will do much to build up the Philippines in a health ful prosperity. "The administrative clauses o*! the bill and the customs court are admir ably adapted to secure a more uni form and a more speedy final con struction. "The authority to the President to use agents to assist him in the ap plication of the maximum and min imum section of the statute, and" to enable officials to administer the law, gives "a wide latitude for the acqui sition, under circumstances favorable tc its truth, of information in respect tc the price and cost of production of goods at home and abroad, which will throw much light on the operation oi the present tariff anl be of pri mary importance as officially collect ?e data upon which future executive action and executive recommendation miy be based. "The incorporation tax is a just ar d equitable excise measure, which, it is hoped, will produce a sufficient amount to prevent a deficit and which inridentally will secure valuable sta tistics and information concerting the many corporations of the cour.try and will constitute an important irtep toward that degree of publicity and regulation, which the tendency in cor porate enterprises in the last twenty years has shown to be necessary.*' ?R GOVERNOR CF V??tGIN?A ions districts, lt is predicted by Democratic leaders that if, a State wide prohibition measure is offered in either branch of the Assembly it will be defeated although not a dc zen of the Democratic nominees are pledged either way. Judge Mann had the support of the anti-saloon league during his cam paign although both he and his op ponent went before the voters as fa voring local option. Judge Mann in dicated, however, that he would sign a State-wide prohibition bill if pass ed by the Legislature, Tucker on the other hf thit he would veto sud M\ Tucker made a str reason of a larger persoi having scarcely any wi ile Judge Mann's fore or??an iz'ed, _ ?ER.S MEET IN AS ing, other than to say tuc memi-cia feel sure that in a reasonabley sb ort time the chaotic conditions which have prevailed in the soft yarn busi ness for the last year and a "half mil soon be a thing of the past. "With thu tariff question now out of the wt.y, they look for an increasing de mi nd for yarn and that soon the price of yarn will be in accord with the price of cotton, instead of on the low parity at which it has been sell ing for some time past. Some of the members advised a dosing of mills for a while or curtail ment for the present COMPANY TO REORGANIZE Harris, late Republican candidate :or Governor, as surety. The receivership resulted owing to the death of Mr. Herbert C. Hammond, of Canada, who was largely interested and whose estate is said to be worth $5,000,000. That this step will not hinder the op erations at the works is good news hers. It is expected that the receiv ership will be of shqrt duration. . 3H? ON THE HOOK WORM young physician, who modestly in sisted that his name be not used as he had not had enough of expreier.ee to warrant his being set up as an ex pert, and was shown a number of pa tients being treated for the disease. The most striking an interesting as well as encouraging feature of the work going on at Greenville, as it oc curred to the interviewer, was the rapid response of the patients to treatment anl the assurances from the medical men that the worst cai.es could be entirely freed from the dis ease within a few weeks. T?^T?TiTOF~?i5MM? parts of the State come reports that with the news of the passage of the Carmichael bili near-beer saloons, a^id clubs wherein liquors have been dis pensed to members under the locker system, were dismantled and the State is almost as dry as it will ever be. In Montgomery even social clubs of the highest class have been closed and early in the afternoon the njar-bcer men began the removal of alf drink ables from their places. IRGINIA, WROTE THREATS ransom for the safety of the railroad, its steamships and the traveling pub lic and otherwise thereatening the Pernsylvania Railroad. Following a carefully laid plot of the Federal po..al detectives, Eby was arrested in this city last week while in company of Oswalk J. Derousse, chief clerk to Mr. McRae, who acted for the lattar, inveigling Mayor Eby to this city. He waa given a hearing by U. S. Commissioner Craig and held in $10, 000 bail for September term of court. Trusted Oficial of Anderson Textile Concern Charged With Breach of Trust and Misappropriation of $50, 000 of the Milt's Money-Books Found in a Chaotic Condition. Anderson, S. C., Special.-Secre tary and Assitant Cashier Calhoun Harris., of the Orr Cotton Miiis. was arrested Tuesday morning on a war rant secured by President J. D. Ham mett charging breach of trust, it be ing alleged that he misappropriated $50,000, or more of the eompany funds. Tuesday night he was quartede un der guard in a room at Chiquola Hotel and refused to give out any'statement otherwise than that he has not mis appropriated one dollar of the com pany's and that everything will be found all right when the expert ac countants get through with auditing the books. He admits that his books are tangled up and that they have been so for some time. He also ad mits that he has made false entries to force balances at different times. The first intimation of a shortage came on Tuesday of last week. About two weeks ago two accountants of the American Audit Company came to Anderson to audit the books of the mills as is customary about once a year. After working for a few days the experts found one or two items which did not appear correct. Ou further examination it appeared that Mr. Harris was short in his accounts $50,000. When his attention was call ed to it he said the showing was cor rect but claimed that it was due to clerical errors. He also said hat the errors had existed for several years; that he had made repeated efforts to find the mistakes but jad been un able to do so. President Hammett, and the directors questioned Mr. Har ris closely and were disposed to be lieve him when he insisted that the shortage was due to clerical errors. As the investigation proceeded, how ever, .many false entries were found and many things appeared which did not tend to help Mr. Harris from sus picion. Kimball Admits Crime. Southern Pines, N. C., Special. George A. Kimball, cashier of the Cit izens' Bank, arrived Monday night from Maine. He collapsed almost im mediately upon reaching the house. Tuesday he was able to get up and tvas taken to the bank, where he simply threw up his hands and said: "I did it and that is all there is to .i." He also said that in addition t? the $15,000, another $1,100 had been iaken, making the total shortage $16, 100. His arrest followed. G. S. Burleigh, A. S. Newcomb, and " Mrs. Tarbell furnished $3,000 bond for his appearance at court on the 16th instant. He has turned overdo the bank of ici?is his property valued at some ?5,000; his wife has given up all her private property, valued at about $1, 500, and this, with the $3,000 bond from -1 nain m ? e? juco river caused a sad accident Tuesday afternoon at An drew's ferry, northeast of Wades boro. Three men lost their lives and several others had narrow escapes. H. A. Little, of Rockingham, for merly Representative from Richmond county, and his uncle, S. P. Myers, of Memphis, Tenn., were en route home from Norwood and attempted to cross the river at the ferry. The boat was in charge of Jule Snuggs, ferry man, and Oscar Coalson. While ia mid-stream one of the chains attach ed to the cable slipped and the boat was capsized and immediately sank. Little and Myers were in a buggy drawn by two horses. SSnuggs, the ferryman, was drowned, and Coalson caught a snag, keeping his head above the water. Harley Tomlinson and Frank Foust were on the river hank and immediately went to the rescue of Coalson in a row boat. This boat was also cpasized and Oscar Coalson and Harley Towlinson were drowned. Mr. Little was swept down the river for almost a mile and finally swam to the shore. No Ciao to Kidnapers. St. Louis, Special-After more than 24 hours of unremitting search, the St. Louis police Tuesday had gamed no tangible clue to the where abouts of the kidnapers of Grace and Alfonso Viviano, who were lured from their home Monday. The dis tracted relatives of the missing child ren are now reported to be willing to pay the ransom of $25,000 demanded by the abductors. The police have arrested Joseph Pa?rano, his wife and his mother-in-law. Rosa Dragota. The women were released later, brt Pag ano is still in custody. Pronounce Thaw Insane. "White Plains, N. J., Special-Three of those medical men known as alien ists, who have become such a familiar part of modern criminal court pro cedure, united in the Supreme Court Tuesday to make it unpleasant for Harry'K. Thaw. All three testified that he was insane. Dr. Baker said that in his opinion Thaw was not only insane now, but a dangerous person to be at large. All Danger of Race Riot Passed. FariJ1. - , Special.-All danger of a race rkrt here appeared to have passed. Several automobile parties from Rome, Ga., arrived to investi gate and to offer their services in case trouble should , develop. The Perkins brothers, who led the negroes in the attack on Harper Wright, have not been captured. Charles Minson, a member of the negro mob that as saulted young Wright, was tried Tuesday morning and heavily fined. Senate Amendments Practi cally Stand. THE ROUSE ADOPTS REPORT Bates Compared With. Paine Bill and Also With Dingley Bill-Sates Raised Where Protection Was In sufficient and Lowered Where Pro hibitive. Washington, Special-Practically all the administrative features of the tariff bill which were jjdopted in the Senate were accepted by the con ferees. They, include a new maxi mum and minimum feature, a corpor ation tax law, instead of the inheri tance tax adopted by the House, au thorization for a hoed issue to rais? money to build the Panama Canal, and numerous other matters. Maximum and Minimum. The maximum and minimum pro vision prescribes duties in accordance with the rates named in the dutiable list until March 31, 1910, when 25 per cent, ad valorem is. to be added automatically, as the maximum duty. The President is authorized to apply the minimum rates, however, to im ports from a country which gives its best rates to the products of the United States, and is made the judge as to whether ? foreign country ac cords to the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent. When he finds'that this condition exists he is to issue ? proclamation putting in effect the minimum rates, and until the time of th proclamation the maximum rates will apply. Abrogation of Treaties. The President is empowered to ab rogate those reciprocity treaties which can be terminated by diplo matic action. It is made his duty to give ten days' notice after the bill becomes a law of his intention to bring those treaties'1o an end. Trade With Philippines. The Philippine free trade provis ion, which was considerably elabo rated by the Senate, provides for the free importation of all articles "the growth or product of' or manufac tured in the Philippine Islands from material the growth or product of the Philippine Islands or the United States, or both, or which do not con tain foreign materials to the value of more than 20 per cent, of their total value." Rice is the only excep tion to the free provisions, but re strictions are placed upon sugar and tobacco. The free importation of sugar is limited to 300,000 tons a year. On wrapper and filler tobacco when mixed, the annual limitation is 300.000 pounds; on filler tobacco, 1,000,000 pounds, anil on cigars, 150, OOOiOOO. Tax on Tobacco. The intern a 1 m von?? _E_~ FIJ. anting iarmers tue free sale of leaf tobacco places a re striction on the retail dealer which requires him to record every sale amounting to two pounds or more to one person in one day. A number of other ironclad requirements included in the redraft of this section, as adopted by the conference committee, are intended to prevent any frauds upon the internal revenues and at the same time give as much of a local market as possible to the tobacco grower. Corporation Tax. Every corporation, joint stock com pany, or association organized for profit, and every insurance company is required to pay annually an ex cise tax of 1 per cent, upon its net income over and above $5,000. This feature was put into the bill to raise additional revenues to apply on the Treasury deficit. It is estimated that $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 a year will be collected under this new form of Federal tax ation. The Metal Schedule. Probably thc most marked reduc tions throughout any schedule in the bill as a result of the action of the two houses and of thc conference committtec, are found in the metal schedule. Beginning with a decrease in the rate of iron ore of 40 to 15 cents per ton, there is a general re duction throughout that portion of the bill, pig iron going down from $4 to $2.50 per ton. and scrap iron from $4 to $1. The reduction on roany of the items in this schedule amounts to about 50 per cent... and 'his reduction induces steel rails There is an increase on structural steel ready for use, and also a alight increase on razors, nippers a-ad pliers, and on such new metals as tungsten. Lumber and Cotton. Rough lumber goes down from $2 to $1.25 per 1,C00 feet, with a corre sponding reduction in the differential on dressed lumber. The entire cotton schedule was re censtructcd, and the phraseology changed in the hope of preventing reductions through decisions by t he courts, such as j have characterized the administration of the Dingley law during lafteV days. In many instances the rates En tended to be imposed by the Dingley law were cut by these decisions, the reductions in some instances being from 60 per cent, to 8 per cent., ad valorem. It is] estimated that the rates fixed by .the bill are about 3 per cent, higher upon an average than those collected on cottons last year. The rates on cotton hosiery are generally increased. In the much-contested watter of the rate -on gloves, thc high protec tionists fail; to score. Winns and Liquors. Sugar and tobacco duties remais ?ubstantially as they are under the Dingley law. There is a uniform increase on spirits, wines and liquors of 15 per. cent. There is an increase in lemons, figs, almonds and pineapples Common ' window glass bf the lower sizes, in which the imports are heavy, is given a reduction, and where changes were made in the chemical schedule there was a gen eral decrease except upon such ar ticles as fancj' soaps and perfumes, which were increased. Wood Pulp and Print Paper. The publishers win their fight for lower wood pulp and print paper, the rate' on the ordinary new print paper being fixed at $3.75 per ton instead of $6, as under the Dingley law, and on the higher grades of print paper at $3.75 instead of $8. Mechanically ground wood pulp is to come in free of duty instead of paying 1-12 of a cent a pound as under the Dingley law, but provision is made for a coun tervailing duty in case it becomes necessary to protect this country against Canada's inhibitations upon the exportations ,of woods to the United States. Hides and Leather Goods. Hides of cattle come in free, and there is a corresponding reduction on leather and leather goods. The House rates are practically retained on sole leather, leather for uppers, boots and shoes and harness, but the free hide provision is based on the condition that on and after October 1, 1909, sole leather from the hides that are to be admitted free will pay a duty of 5 per cent.; grain, buff and split leather, 71-2 per cent.; boots and shoes, the upper leather of which is made from ?UPU hides, 10 per cent., and harness a?d saddlery, 20 per cent. This schedule of rates will result in a reduction of 15 per cent, on boots and shoes, 20 per cent, on har ness and saddlery, 15 per cent, on sole leather and 121-2 per cent, on leather for uppers, ii made of th? hides that are put on the free list by the provision. Bituminous coal is reduced from 67 cents to 45 cents a ton. Daniel Wins Fight. Binding twine is retained on the free list. Cotton ties are made duti able at three-tenths of a cent per pound and cotton bagging at six tenths of-a cent per square yard. On quebracho, the tanning extract for a stiff dut yon which Senator Daniel made such a strenuous fight, the House rates of one-half and three quarters of a cent per pound are re tained, which is almost all that the Virginia Senator asked. Payne's Analysis. Mr. Payne's statement in the House included an analysis of the bill, showing both the increase and the decreases, but this detailed pre sentation was preceded by a general summary, in which he- undertook to show th*? -?" upon which duties have been raised, and also the articles upon which duties have been lowered by the bill as finally reported from the confer ence committee* This had been done because comparisons have been made based upon the amount of importa tions, he said. "Duties," he continued, "hace been lowered where they were too high under the present law, some times prohibitive in character, and for that reason the importations were comparatively small. On the other hand, they have been raised in some instances where the tariff was insuf ficient for protection and the impor tations were verv great." Relating to Chemicals. Taking up the schedules in their order, he gave, first, the increases and then the decreases. The figures, in all cases, were comparisons with the Dingley law. In Schedule A, re lating to chemicals, he gave the in crease as follows: Liquid anhydrous ammonia from 25 per cent, ad valorem to 5 cents per pound. Manufactures of collodion ineres ed 5 per cent. Coca leaves increased 5 cents per pound. Fancy soaps increased from 15 cents pound to 50 per cent, ad va lorem. The Kst of decreases in this sched ule was much longer, the principal items being as follows: Boracic acid from 5 to 2 cents per pound. Chromic acid and lactic acid from 3 to 2 cents per pound. Salicylic acid from 10 to 5 cents per pound. Tannie acid or tannin from 50 to 35 cents per pound. Sulphate of ammonia from 3-10 cent per pound to the free list. Borax from 5 to 2 cents per pouud. Borate of lime and other borate material from 4 to 2 cents per pou^l. Chloroform from 20 to 10 cc* per pound. Copperas from 1-4 cent to 15-100 of 1 cent per pound. Ioiloform from $1 to 75 cents per pound. Licorice from 41-2 to 21-2 cents 1 per pound. Cottonseed oil and colton oil from the dutiable to the free list. Flaxseed, linseed and poppyseed oil from 20 to 15 cents per gallon. Peppermint oil from 50 to25 cents p?r gallon. Ocher and ochcry earths, sienna and sienna earthc, and limber and r.mbcr earths, if ground in oil, or water, from 1 1-2 to 1 cent per, pound. Varnishes from 35 per cent, to 25 per cent, ad valorem. Methylated and spirit varnishes from $1.32 per gallon and 35 per cent, ad valorem to 35 cents per gal lon and 35 per cent, ad valorem. .PRINCESS HAS -SMALL "WATCH.. Princess Cantacuzene of St. Peters burg, who was Miss Julia Dent Grant of this city, has come into posses sion of the smallest watch in the world. It was made for 'the last Em press of Brazil on her direct order to W. Gogelln, one of the most fam ous of all Geneva watchmakers. Goge lin spent three years at the tas?, and permanently weakene*.! his eyes strain ing to flt the watch together. He re ceived $25,000, which he held to be a small price. The watch is exactly one-filfth of an inch in diameter and is set In a circle of small diamonds in a gold ring. It is wound with an old-fashioned key and keeps excellent time. The Princess is said to have bought the watch for less than its original value, although several Eu ropean museoiims were in the market for it.-New York Press. K">-I"I"I"I"l"i-T-M-l-i'I"I'M'M 1 THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, AUGUSTA. GA. L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, President. Cashier CAPITAL $250,000.03. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The business of ocr out-of-town friends receives the same cans?o! attention aa that of our local depositors. The accounts ot careful consewative people solicited. 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