Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mktn |(rraB Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proprietor. AIKEN. S. a. THU USD AY FORMING. DECEMBER 14. 1905. EstaUiM 1881. Price $U a Tear, ie ARarce. PROBE OFTILLMAN Run Into Insurance Scandals. Wields Pitchfork. ASKS POINTED QUESTIONS Calls on Secretary Shaw to Know if National Banks contributed to Campaign Funds. The subject of campaign centrlbu tions by insurance eempaiiles occu pied the major portion of the time of the senate Thursday. It came up in connection with Mr. Tillman’s res olution calling for an Investigation of national bank aid in politics, and was exploited by the South Carolina sen ator in a speech of some length. It was couehed in characteristic lan guage and attracted considerable at tention. The resolution, directing the secretary of the treasury to re port whether the reports of the na tional bank examiners show that the banks have made campaign contribu tions in recent years, was adopted at the close of Mr. Tillman’s remarks. Outlining his reasons for the in quiry, Mr. Tillman called attention to the recommendation made by the president in his annual messages of 1904 and 1905 for the enactment of a law for protection against bribery and corruption in connection with elec tions. lie Quoted with especial em phasis the president’s remarks con cerning campaign contributions by cor- porations. “Our chief executive has taken a very progressive stand to se cure purity in elections,” he said, and added: “Every good American will say ‘weH done,’ and look for progress along that line.” He concluded that the secretary might not have the facts wanted, but ho thought he ought to have. Inci dentally, Mr. Tillman said that he had been informed that the comptroller of the currency has been investigat ing the subject of bank contributions with the view of instituting legal pro ceedings. ’TiiilllUlllir. Mr' TiUnjmn said that the comptroller has means of getting information which others have not, and aded that if he would “push in his probe he can make discoveries that would be worth while.” He ad ded that his reasons for requesting the information are founded in the Ttortnaxtvruo vxnitwnimg luo insurance companies. “It has been shown by the testimony, or confession of a member -of this body,” he said, “that for ten years the insurance corporations have been mak ing annual donations to the republi can party, with the understanding that they should be protected from adverse legislation at Albany.” He went on to say that such revelations were not agreeable. “I am the holder of a small policy in one of the mutuals,” he said, “and I don't like to have my dividends cut down in order to give Mr. McCurdy $150,090 and his sisters, his cousins and his aunts $75,000 each. Mr. Bailey asked whether the in surance company contributions to the national republican campaigns had been returned to the donor. “I understand,” said Mr. Tillman, “that the president was going to have Mir. Coitelyou return them. But I do not know whether he has done so. l do know that I haven't got my share.” Mr, Bailey said he had not supposed that the president would make a sec ond recommendation on the subject of punishing campaign contributors until the money had been returned. “Ah, Mr. President,” responded Mr. Tillman, “all the Turveydrops and Pecksniffs are not dead yet, although I would not for a moment be under stood as comparing our strenuous oc eupant of the white house with those characters. What we want is results, and these we do not seem to have procured so far.” JOKER 6HAUNCEY GOES OUT. Senator Depew Resigns as a Director in the Equitable. The resignation of United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew as a director of the Equitable Life Assur ance Society was one of the most in teresting developments Wednesday in the life insurance investigation at New York. The senator's resignation was ten dered to President Paul Morton, of the Equitable Society, in a brief note, in which no reason for it was stated. SARAH BERNHARDT “EGGED.’ Enraged Canadians Throw Stale Hen Fruit at Aged Actress. Rotten eggs were thrown at Mad ame Sarah Bernhardt after the per formance at the auditorium in Que bec Tuesday night, because she dis pleased a number of people of the city on account of an interview she gave to a number of newspaper men. This interview was uncomplimentary to Ca nadians. RAISES FIRST INSTALLMENT. Jamestown Exposition Company Starts on Its Million. The Jamestown Exposition company at Norfolk has raised the first $250,- 000 of the $1,000,000 it was required to raise before it secures the appro priation of $200,000 made by the state of Virginia, and the state will, be called upon at once the pay the first $50,000 installment on the full appro priation. ‘ SOUTH CAROLINA 2 | STATE NEWS ITEMS, j Testing Validity of Law. The validity of the Brice law, un der which the dispensary has been voted out in over a dozen counties in South Carolina, which was to have been argued in the state supreme court at Columbia last Monday, was postponed for final hearing until Jan uary 8. The future of the dispensary, as a state institution, will depend largely on the decision of the supreme court Charged With Robbing Store. Paul Brawley and Gail Coin, young men about 18 years old, were arrested in Union a few days ago, charged with being the persons who broke into and robbed Lockhart Mills’ store on No vember 19. On their persons were found rings, purses, shoe strings and ether articles that. It Is said, had been carried in stock at the store. The arrests were made as a result of a long distance ’phone message from Lockhart. Other arresta may fol low. Charleston’s Poultry Exhibition. The second annual exhibition of the Charleston Poultry Association just closed, has proven one of the most successful ever held in the south, in the opinion of the judges, taking po sition with the fine display of the Cotton States exposition held in At lanta. Visitors from other cities have declared the exhibit, which contained more than 2,000 birds, to be as fine as those of many crack northern shows. State Asks Big Damages. The state house suit, which is an action by the state of South Carolina to recover damages in the sum of $200,000 against Mcllvain, Ijnkefer fc Co., a contracting firm of Pittsburg, Pa., aud Frank P. MTlburn, architect, of Columbia, for alleged fraud In the construction of the work in complet ing the state capitol building, was concluded at Columbia last Monday. The case has attracted considera tie attention and some of the best civil lawyers in the state have been engaged in the suit, which has been in progress more than a week. Duncan Bankruptcy Case. The answer of ex-President Dun can of. the Union, and 1 Buffalo Mills, Union, in the bankruptcy proceedfog instituted against him, recently, in which he is charged with deeding property to his wife and others filed in the United States district court at Charleston, denies many of the alle gations, which are made, and finally asserts that he is solvent, praying a hearing of the court. He admits that he is indebted to the mills on open account, but alleges that they also are Indebted to him. He admits the deeding of lands in Union and Spar tanburg counties, as charged, but dis puted the time stated, and also ad mits that from time to time he has paid certain creditors money, and transferred to them property, denying all other allegations of insolvency. Squadron at Charleston. Admiral Dickins’ coast defense squadron has begun its especially planned maneuvers and explorations along the South Atlantic coast. The monitors Florida, Nevada and Arkan sas, will make the visits to the neigh boring ports, leaving the flagship Texas in Charleston port or off the harbors of the ports which may be visited by the monitors, as the draft of the flagship does not allow her to enter any other port but Charleston along this coast. Charleston will remain the base of operations for the fleet during the winter and spring. The fleet will make excursions to other ports and for deep sea practice, these trips out of Charleston lasting a week at a time, when the vessels will return for supplies and overhauling of their machinery. Dispensary Tax Upheld. The supreme court of the United States has decided that the national government may properly tax the li quor dispensaries of this state. Tho opinion das delivered by Justice Brew er in the case of the State of South Carolina vs. the United States. This action was instituted by the state to recover $20,000 paid to the revenue officers of the national government on account of the sale of liquors by state and county dispensers under the dis pensary law. The state took the position that th* dispenser* sold liquor without profit and they should not be taxed by the governmeot, but the tax has been col lected since 1893. This is said to have been the first case in which a state unites fn om undertaking the exercise of its police power together with the prosecution of commercial business. The court of claims dismiss ed the petition on the ground that the exercise of the police court was but thinly disguised, holding that the real purpose was money-making, and this decision is upheld. The contention on behalf of the state was that the United States in beyond the reach of state taxation, so is the state equally beyond the reach of United States taxation; that neither the property nor the agencies and instrumentalities used by the state for the transaction of its busi ness can be subjected to any burden of taxation by the United States. The opinion dwells at length upon tho possible consequences of conced Ing the position of South Carolina in the controversy, and, In part, is as follows: “Tlie right of South Carolina to There is Money in Growing Ginseng. Prof. Howard of the Missouri Stite Agricultural College says: “I ad vise Arnerlcr.n farmers to cultivate Ginseng. Big profits are realized. It is a hardy plant and is easily grown.” A bulletin issued by the Pennsylvania State College in part says: “The supply of nativeT jTnseng root is rapidly diminishing, and the price per pound is correspondingly increasing, while the constant demand for the drug in China stan^d as g guarantee of a steady market for Ginseng in the future.” Consul Gen eral Rublee of Hong Kong says in the Uni’ed States Consular reports: ^he sale of Ginseng root grown in America is very iarge here, and the demand Is eo great that much more could be disposed of advantage ously. The root Is as indispensable to the four hundred million Chinese as is their rice.” Ginseng is a staple cn the market the same as corn, wheat and cot ton. The present market price varies from $6.00 to $8.50 per pound, %hile the cost of producing is less than $1.50. It is easy to grow and re quires very little ground. An acre of matured Ginseng Is worth $40,- 000. There is room in one's garden to grow several hundred dollars’ w^irth each year. The plant thrives throughout the United States and Canada in any roil or climate that will grow garden vegetables. We •ell roots and seeds for planting purposes and can show you how to make money growing Ginseng. There are two planting seasons, spring and fall. With each order we give full instructions how to plant and care for the garden. You can get a good start In this business for a small out lay and soon have a nice income. Send two cent stamp today for liter- •ture telling all about this wonderful industry. Bucking'ham’s Ginseng Garden, Growers and Exporters EANESVILLE, OHIO control the sale of liquor by the dis pensary system has been sustained. The profits from the business in the year 1901 were over half a million dollars. Mingling the thought of prof it with the necessity of regulation may induce the state to take posses sion in like manner of tobacco, oleo margarine and all other objects of internal revenue tax. If one state finds this profitable, other states may follow, and the whole body of inter nal revenue tax be thus stricken down. “More than this, there is a large and growing movement in the country in favor of the acquisition and man agement by the public of what are termed public utilities, including not 1 merely therein the supply of gas and water, but also the entire railroad system. Wtould the state by taking possession of these public utilities lose its republican form of govern ment? “Obviously, if the power of the state is carried to the extent suggest ed and at the same from all federal taxatio government would be lal In its revenues.” Justices White, Peckha 1 ' KenhA*^N%s«Sted. J.W. Agent. Fire, Lile, Cyclone, Accident Insurance, -AND- 1ESTATE* AIKEN, S. C. ., DON’T CONTROL THE CENTRAL. President Spencer Makes Answer on Part of Southern Road. In testifying before the Georgia rail road commission at Atlanta Friday, President Spencer asserted positively and emphatically that the Southern railway does not own the stock of the Central of Georgia or any part of it, and that the Southern exercises no control whatever over the Central, sither directly or indirectly, by con tract, lease or in any other manner. He did state that the Southern has a contingent beneficial interest in the capital stock of the Central, which is a cash or monetary Interest. If the stock of the Central were sold by the reorganization committee, which still holds it, he said, he as president of the Southern would demand the proceeds of such sale, for while the laws of Georgia may forbid the Southern’s holding and controlling that stock, they do not forbid its hold ing cash. But the Southern in no wise controls the voting power oi that stock, he said, nor has it ever done so. THREATS OF EXPOSURE Caused Insurance Company to Pay Out Large Sums of Money. Instances in which the Mutual Re serve Life Insurance company paid an aggregate of about $20,000 in what Vice President George D. Dldredge of that company called “hold ups,” were related to the life insurance investi gating commission at New York Tues day by Mr. Sfitiredge. SHRINER’S INDIAN VERMIFUGE. The most efficient agent for eradl eating Worms from' human beings / [others should send for pamphls. lomething About Worm?” free on ap-^ ilication. This remedy is guarantaeA to give satisfaction if used according] to the directions, o* money refunded rrlc*7 2 per TXSttlC, Or S'TTOtttes to $1.00. Ask your dealer for It; but it not supplied send to David E. Foutf, 8ck Propr., Baltimore, Md. HAIR CUTTING anil SHAVING 1 FOR Ostting. Shaving and Shsmr-'-^ *Mt goto QEO. W. WALTON. Basement Dyer Building, Augusta, Ga. FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER DAVID E.F0UTZ 3ALT/MORE MD. A medicine which makes sick animals well, the diseased whole, the weak strong and the thin fat. It will restore lost Appetite, expel Worms and cure Chronic Cough, Heaves, Influenza. Distemper, Hide bound, Indigestion, Constipation, Flat- ^ulency ard all Stomach and Bowel trouble. The finest of all animal vitaiizers and tonics and the only one which increases the coeffi cient of digestibil ity of protein. Oct the Genuine or •end to ui Pjm;hlct j No. Frcs. \SoU N Art Dultr, For sale by W. J. Platt & Co. CABBAGE PLANTS, CELERY PLANTS AND ALL KINDS OF GARDEN PLANTS. We are now prepared to furnish cabbage plants, grown from the best seed purchased from the most reliable seedsmen in the business.We have the following varieties: Extra early Wakefield, Charleston or large type Wakefield, Henderson's succession Flat Dutch. These plants are grown in the open air and will stand great cold. We use the same plants in our thousand acre truck farm. We have a careful man in charge of our plant department, who will give you full cornt and carefully pack them. Gur celery plants will be ready from De cember 15th, also lettuce, beets and other garden plants. The express company has promised us a reduc tion of 30 per cent off from last sea son. Prices in small lots $1.50 per thousand: in large lots $1.00 to $1.25 per thousand f. o. b. Meggett, S. C. N. H. BLITCH COMPANY, Meggett, S. C. Godin Spsctacle Co EYE-SIGHT SPECIALISTS, And Manufacturers of Spectacles and Eyeglasses For all defects of the human eye sight. Eyes scientifically examined free by graduate doctors. Office and Works, 928 Broad street, opposite Planter’s Hotel, Augusta, Ga. A GREAT : ) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. When you come to Augusta, stop and see their stock of furniture, mattings, rugs, bed spreads, stoves, and in fact everything needed to furnish a house. You will get a hearty Georgia welcome and right treatment. large We Want to Give You an opportunity to use PURE WHISKEY and will therefore make you this tapecial offfif: We will send you 4 full quart bottles of our “OLD YADKIN’S BEST” Whiskey for $3.50, or 3 gallons of “YELLOW ROSE” in Jug for $&50, delivered at your expres office all charges prepaid by US. These prices apply only to territory east of the Mississippi River. Parties living west of the Mississippi will please write for full price list. ' ' '• Owing to tho great demand for good, pure and unadulterated Whis key, Wo are selling our entire Output of North Carolina Corn Whiskey direqt to the consumer. It is a well known fact that after^ whiskey passes through the hands of the wholesaler. Jobber and retailer it often so badly adulterated that it is unfit for use. OUR WHISKEY GOES direct from distiller to Consumer in order that the purchaser may get absolutely pure whiskey at first hands. Every gallon is a pure, hand made whiskey, distilled by the old process, doubled in a copper doub ler, made from the best selected grains and under the personal super vision of an old North Carolina distiller, whose family connections have made whiskey for the past seventy odd years, and the same old fash ion method is still used which gives our whiskey that delicious flavor, mellowness and smoothness which has made it so famous. Try a package of our whiskey and compare it with the whiskey for which you have been paying from $4.0i0 to $6.00 per gallon and you will find it to be BETTER IN QUALITY, CHEAPER IN PRICE AND MORE VALUABLE AS A MEDICINE. We will buy the goods back if they fail to please you; No charge today. Icount for immediate shipments for rrginia. iE COL, Shore, I&r C for vessels. J. Willie Levy HiGH=ART CLOTHING. LAGREST STOVE HOUSE IN AUGUSTA SS«^Sg.-g=SSg55=S5S&55gSBgg When you buy a Stove, buy the best, The Great oelsior. Parts always kept in stock. Write for catalogue. We have a few very pretty calendars left. Write for one. The largest and lowest price Stove and Bicycle house in Augusta. We invite you to make our place your headquarters while in our city. spesuuxx janos.. Successors to C. B. Allen’s Stove House, 840 Broad Sireet, Augusta. Ga. VY i. RUTHERFORD ft CO. ■ DBALER8 UT- BRICK. LIME, PORTIA SB AND B0S1NDALE CEMENT* PLA8TEB HAIM AMD LATHI PXRMT ROOFING ETC. Corner of rift* KSN71T ■. DIBBLE, JAMBS POWELL, W. W. MOCXfclTPLWL TlM PraslftMt. CMftteF. PreslienL The Bank of Aiken, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE GREATEST LINE OF MEN’S, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S Clothing, Furnishing Goods and Hats In Augusta. Fit any Size flan. A VERY FINE LINE OF LADIES’ SUITS, CRAVANETTE COATS, ODD SKIRTS, NECK WEAR AND BEL TS. GIVE US A CALL WHEN YOU COME TO AUGUSTA. i. WILLIE LEVY, 866 BROAD STREET. «3i*Tr QET OUR PRICES ON JOB PRINTING ' While our prices are low, our work is \f/ Strictly l ! p=to=Data,. and we guarantee satisfaction with every job of printing. JAMES B. WALKER. WARREN WALKER. Walker & Walker COTTON FACTORS. 839 TO 849 REYNOLDS STREET, AUGUSTA, CA. t High Grade Fertilizers, Bagging and Ties always on hand Lib eral rdvances, courteous treatment. Careful personal attention to all branches of the business. ^AAAAAAAAAAAAAftftftftAAAAAAAAl, &ZU$AAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ESTABLISHED A. D. 1849. LoitarJ In forks •foiliisoil’s Baker^W^ 311(1 illiPPlf (i0-> aiS? 5^* 1 V fi MwW.*, Augusta, Ga. FOUNDED 1835. Southern Cliurcliman! Richmond, Va., John *R. Schneider, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER 1 N Liquors, Fine Wines, Havana Cigars, Mineral Waters, Etc. -O- AGENT FOR VEU VE-CLICQUOT PONSARDIN, URBANA WINE COM* PANY, ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS’N. 601 AND 6C3 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, QA. f Cleanliness and Parity of Material! Are characteristics of all the Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Pies, Etef made at JOHNSON'S BAKERY, Park Avenue. The Cholceat Confectlonerlei and Can* dies always an hand. HERMIT BANKER CREMATED. Eccentric Millionaire Dies in Flames of Burning Home. James (Hottget, the hermit banker of Hermitage, Wj-oming county, N. Y., was burned to death Thursday in his house, which burned to the ground. He was estimated to be worth a mil lion dollars. He was a graduate of Yale in the class of 1S90. Carnegie Would Give Premium. At the meeting of the Civic Fed eration in New York, Andrew Carne gie said that if he owned America, he would give a premium to immi grants coming to this country. Consul General Parsons Killed.] American Consul General Pars(f was killed by an electric car in .ico City Tuesday night. Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machine Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and Hoisting Engines, Injectors. Capacity for three hundred hands. Estimates furnished for power plants and steel bridges, store fronts. DON’T FAIL TO WRITE US BEFORE BUYING. .. THE OLDEST PROTESTANT EPIS COPAL CHURCH paper in the Uni ted State?. All important diocesan and foreign news. Religious miscel lany and interesting and instructive family and children’s departments. $2 a year; $1 for 6 months; 50 cents for 3 months. Trial subscriptions 25 cents for 3 months. To clergy men $1-00 a year. Fruit and Ornamental T rees. EVERGREENS, SHRUBS, . FLOWERING, CAMELIAS, STONE! STONE!! Eatlmates given and order* prompt ly filled for etreet curbing*, and orota- ing*, flower bed bordere, sidewalk* is blocks, hitching posta, door and ter race steps, door and window silla, cemetery lot coping*, rough and dressed ashler* for fronts of build ing*, hearth stones, etc. Lakeview stone a specialty. Stone !rom other quarries if preferred. H. K. CHATFIELD, Aiken, 9- & SHADE TREES, ROSES, PALMS, —IN GREAT VARIETY- SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Half a Century in the Business is a Guarantee of the High Quality of Our Products. SHIPMENTS SAFELY MADE TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Catalog Free. Established 1856. . 460 Acres in Nurseries. P. J. BERCKMANS CO., (Inc.) FRUITLAND NURSERIES, AUGUSTA, GA. When yon want JOB PRINTINIi Can on as.