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BY CLINE8CALES & LANGTON. IM > o ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUAEY 9, 1901. VOLUME XXXVT-NO. m kT ..$5.00, 7.50, 10.00, 12.50, 15.00. You can get the mme prices at Credit Stores. They caa copy our prices but not our Goods. We price you au Overcoat at $10.00, and it's worth every cent. Elsewhere you may find an Overcoat priced at $10.00, and possibly it's not worth a cent. ' There's lots of diff?rence in Overcoats, and we believe that you'll find the difference in our favor. Don't take our word for it. Look at $10.00 Overcoats elsewhere-then look at ours. WE COURT COMPARISON THE SPOT GASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. IT! When you are buying a Vehicle that life depends on at times, buy a good one. Jf you don't know what maker to choose from, buy from a reliable dealer whose word is his reputation. I have a splendid assortment of light-speeding WAGONS, FAMILY CARRIAGES, FANCY TRAPS, And are made by tba best manufacturers, at prices that will surprise you. Come to see me. JOS. J. FBETWELL. DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE HOLIDAY Now being shown by the Evans' Pharmacy. All kinds, all prices. Hurler's Candies-Fresh. Oet the first look and you will find what you want. EVANS9 PHARMACY. *. O. EVANS, J?. ' G. W." EVANS. E. Ch EVANS, Jr., & CO., dealers in Drugs and Medicines, Pendleton, 8. C. TB P. PSSSCHTT'TiOxs UK PARTAIENT Bl . ,,I,K* ?? U?C?CSV importance to evorw Dru? Store. I; should bo presided over by On u =~s"*^ ??ropeient man, end only tba beat and freshest gooda dispensed ?ufcilty and ability In tbe Prescription Department are of the greatest Importance. , *oev lnat*ll aonfldenco In the patient and excite the admiration of your Physicians. ,. .Da. E. B. DAY Innot only ??n experienced Prescription noan, but aUo an np ? d*t? Phval. lan, and ls'doubly" safe lu cane of an error. He bas rall obarge of oar 'Ctcrlpiion Department. Bend your Prescriptions to as. E. G. EVANS, JR. & CO., Masonic Building, Pendleton, 8. O. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Oom Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7,1900. "Politics*1, came to the surface times daring the three days that Con gress waa in seaaion thia week and held sway in Doth Senate and House. This waa the mora striking because the pre holidey ss??i?Da were marked by the entire absence of anything of the kind. The game waa inaugurated in the House promptly on re-assembling by a resolution for an investigation by the Census Committee, as to whether the franchise waa restricted in tbe South in such a way aa to call for a reduction of representation under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The resolution stirred the Southern mem bers, who have been aroused before by the steps taken by Representative Crumpacker, of Indiana, in tho same direc'ion. It directs the Census Com mute J to ascertain where the vote has been restricted and to make full and complete reporta to the House. This involved to a certain extent the con sideration of the apportionment bill. The whole subject waa gone over thor oughly by Mr. Gar Held in the ninth census. The committee could, of conreo, bring the information down to date, and perhaps it would be a good thing to have that done, lt would satisfy the public and show something of what the situation really is. The language of the fourteensh Amend ment applies to all male inhabitants. It would Affect Illinois, fer that State has a law requiring residence for a coi . tain period before one can vote. Prob ably there are 90,000 males over twen ty-one years of age in Chicago who are unable to vote because of this State law. Massachusetts has an educational qualification, and Rhode Island has a poll tax. Other States of the North also have suffrage qualifications which would bring them within the scope of the constitutional amondment. Even 'the inmates of the insane asylums and similar institutions would have to be counted in reckoning the restriction of suffrage. So there is likely to be strong opposition to anything definite being accomplished under Mr. Olm sted's resolution, which was finally re ferred to the Committee on Census. In the Senate, politice waa played by no lesa a personage than the President himself, who sent to that body a re fusal by the Secretary of War to trans mit the report by A. L. Lawshe, who in vestigated, the Cuban postoffice frauds, demanded from the Secretary of War by resolution of the Senate. The President declared curtly that he did not deem it compatible with the pnblio interest to make pnblio the re port. The truth of the matter seems to be that the report shows gross neg ligence and possibly corruption on the part of high officera cf the government, whom the President and Secretary of War hope to be able to shield. The re fusal is a direct defiance of the Senate's right to inquire into government mat ters. To say that an executive officer can refuse to furnish information tc the legislative branch when that infor tion concerns the challenged co' duct of an administration, is a monstrosity. In this case, especially, it is believed a festering mass of corruption exists Sn Cuba, and if the administration de liberately withholds official reportait is a matter for the whole country to know. The determination of the Pres ident to cut off all information is shown by the fact that Mr. Lawshe, whose re port the Secretary declines to make public, haa been suddenly hurried to the Philippines to fill a $0,000 position aa auditor. If he had remained in Washington, he could have been sum moned before the Congressional Com mutes to describe the situation he discovered in Cuba and which makes the publication of his report incompati ble with tho publie interests or with the well-being of the Republican party. The army reorganization bill, which waa taken up in the Senate on Thurs day, displacing the subsidy bill from its favored position, also gave rise to a semi-political debate, the Democrats expressing their willingness to give the President a special army for use in the Philippines, but objecting strongly to the pending bill which endows him with almost absolute power over tho size of the army used in the United States. The sensational part of the debate was when Senator Sewall, of New Jersey, speaking for the Presi dent, declared that there was more fighting in the Philippines to-day than there had been since the beginning of the war. During the course of his re marks he made this statement, which is significant: "If you will look at the reports of the general commanding you will find that every two weeks or every four weeks there were so many men killed, so many wounded, and so many ! died of disease in hospital. That ia ' the situation. I have said, and I think it is the view of the Secretary of War, that it will take 60,000 men In the Phil ippines for some time to como." Yet it waa Secretary Root ?rho prophesied before the election that the followers of Affuisalds Trsre only clinging to the desperate hope that Bryan might be elected. The refunding operations under Ute gold bill ceased on the last day of the century, about one-half of the out standin. high-interest bonds expiring in 1004,1007 and 1008, having been con verted into two per cents which will ron for thirty years. The Treasury Department declares that these trans actions show a great saving for the government, estimated to amount to some $10,000,000, this being the amount saved hy the reduction of interest to the date of maturity of the old bonds. No account is taken of the fant that the now bonds have to run some twenty- j two years longer than tho old ones. Two per cent interest on say $450,000, 000 of converted bonds is $9,000,000 per annum, or $198,000,000 for twenty-two years, all of which will be a dead loss if the government should be able to pay oft' these bonds at or before their maturity. The loss will he in propor tion to the amount that might bo paid oft'at cr near maturity. However, the Treasury Department treats tho Amer ican people as infants by assuring them that they have made a great saving when they have actually made a loss. One of tho means used by the Repub licans to carry the State of South Da kota hos been made publio property by the arrival in this c.'ty of John East man, a full blooded Indian, who acted as Mr. Hanna's agent in inducing the Dakota Indians to become American citizens and vote solidly for McKinley. The consideration was* promise of the renewal of the annual* subsidies, sus pended in 1803, to/?fee tribes and the approval by Congress of certain claims held by them. Eastman, having ful filled his part of the contract, is now here insisting that Mr. Hanna deliver his goods. The Indians' claims are now befo:**- the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. They amount to the sum of $1,900,000, and despite the efforts of Mr. Hanna to force the com mittee to make a favorable report, a majority refase to be bullied and are against the scheme. Mr. Pettigrew, as a member of thu committee, has ex posed the true inwardness of the scheme, and has mustered eight votes against the bill to six favoring it. Comer Creek Happenings. We will endeavor this morning-the beginning of the twentieth century-to give yon all a few notes from our pen, as to how oar people spent the merry Christmas holiday?. It would be useless for us to say that we all enjoyed our selves hugely attending parties, turkey dinners, etc. And now as we start In the new century, we earnestly trust that everybody bas started right with new resolutions to do better and live better than they have In the nineteenth century that has Just passed out, and ls only to be remembered as the things ot the past. It ik? pleasant to reflect back for a fev? years and think of the many jolly holi days of the old century that we have had the pleasure of enjoying. One of the most orjoyablo occasions of the holidays Just past, wasa jpound sup per given at tho hospitable home of Mr. Q'.d Mrs. A. B. Shirley on the night of Dec. 29tb. Early after the JUD had passed behind the western horizon, the young people from far and near began to arrive, and by 8 o'clock a large and merry crowd were present to participate In the many amusements of the evening. All plays of every description that would amuse the young folks were plnyei until about 10 o'clock, when lo and behold the dining room door was swung wide open and each boy with a fair girl-twenty-eight In number-entered the room to find the table groaning with so many good and delicious fruits, candles, meats, salads and many ether good things too numer ?os to mention. After enioying our selves to the fullest extent, we again on te red the parlor, where a couple of hours more were pleasantly spent, and junt be foro the hour of departure all gathered | around the organ, v>iib dayton Bags dale at the key hoard, to! give ue some sweet music, and tha others Joined in the aJnginj: for a few moments, which was indeed nico, and then?&re all, after"bld ding each other ad iou/departed for our respective homes to dream of the happy moments so pleasantly spentln that home. Many thanka are doo, and are hereby tendered to Misa Lois Kay and Clayton Ragsdale for pettlpg it up and malting the crowd enjoy themselves so much, tor every one certainly had a delightful time. Mr. Fofl Newell, of Hopewell, snd Miss Mary Lo wis?, one of Belton's pretti est girls, were the guests of Mles Jsnie Digby during the letter part of the holi days here with friends and relatives. Miss Lucia Carwile and brother, Jim, of Level Land, visited re'stlvos lu onr midst last week. Rev. E. C. Shirley and wife, of Antro ville, visited in these parts during tho merry Christina?. Mr.*. D. F. Gassawjy, accompanied by her daughter, Olivia, and soo, Charlie, visited relatives at Storovillo ?lid Antre viile last week. Miss Louie Dunlap spent a few days above Andersen last week with relatives. The MoAdama school reopened Monday with a good attendance. A delightful soolsble was given at the home of Mr. B. F. Gaesaway last Ssturdsy night. A Jolly party of young folks were present and all bad a nice time. We regret very muoh to give cn Mr. and Mis. M. M. Shirley from oar midst, aa th?y nava been good neighbors and friends to our people, and our joe* ls Bar ker's Creek's gain. Wheat ?nd oats hsrc bad fl?? weather so far, and lt Ss hoped that m large yield wi? be msds this year, ?or a very large acreage has been sowed. Happy and prosp?rons new year to all of the readera of the dear.wld IKTKIXI OKNOBR, ita readers and printers. O. E. GAESAWAY. [Tho above communication was intend ed for publication la*t week but reaohed us ?co lave.-Editor.) DIVIDING THE RUM MONEY. Every Comfy, City and Town in the State Gets Its Share. News and Courier, COLUMBIA, January 2.--Tho report of the State dispensary for the year end i UK November 80, shows that on gnus sales of $2,421,?40.22 the dispen sary made, through all of its branches, $208,160.28, which was divided between the cities and counties, This is inde pendent of the profit made by the State and represents the money inado and divided between tho counties aud cities. It is noteworthy that from tho ten dispensaries in Charleston tho net profit divided between tho city and county of Cnarlcaton was only $12, 305.20. Tho four dispensaries in Co lumbia netted nnd paid into tho city and county treasuries, according to tho same report, $22,738.70. The city of Greenville, with two dispensaries, net ted to the city and county $10,180.42, and the city of Spartanburg netted to the city and county $11,882. George town, as will be noted, went ovor the $10,000 mark in net profits. Tho state ment that has just been printed shows the location of the various dispensa ries, tho gross and net profits and the net profits which have been divided, according to tho report, between the city and county governments. Gross sales and net profits of county dispensaries for the fiscal year ending November 80, 1000 : Gross Despensaries. sales. Abbeville.$ 84,140 01 4 Adams Run.. 8,005 06 Aiken. 85,310 Cl Allendale. 17,002 17 Anderson. 00,001 89 Bamberg._ 10,844 76 Barnwell. 27,000 05 Beaufort. 20,407 10 Bishopville... 28,477 15 Blacksbnrg... . 8,402 84 Blackville.... 10,084 83 Branchville... 0,720 73 Branson. 5,532 00 Camden. 43,880 40 Chopin. 8,020 42 Cheraw. 24,004 05 Chester. 40,022 07 Charleston : Von Santen. 20,400 40 Carpenter .. 16,804 25 Stothart.. .. 17,140 15 Meyer. 10,021 80 Mahlstedt.. 18,042 45 Merritt. 15,081 55 Honour. 20,878 80 Stoppelbein. 27,508 80 Roche. 10,044 10 Percival.... 20,187 70 Columbia : Bultman.... 41,803 24 Cooper. 37,433 55 Lynch. 44,507 00 Price. 40,000 05 Danville. 008 45 Darlington.... 40,104 50 Denmark. 8,874 70 Dillon. 81,023 70 Edgefield. 23,844 80 Ehrhardt. 0,008 55 Elloree. 10,814 10 Eutaw ville.... 14,848 15 Fairfax....... 8,135 35 Florence...... 48,035 25 Fort Motte.... 7,787 41 Gaffney....... 25,571 85 Georgetown .. 58,782 00 Greeley ville.. 7,108 00 Greenville : Hill. 40,800 00 Scruggs..... 22.104 15 Hampton. 7,170 87 J ackson boro.. 11,522 40 Kershaw. 20,778 05 Kingstree. 18,058 02 Lancaster_ 24,182 05 Laurens. 40,505 80 Lexington_ 9,151 45 Livingston.... 7,275 19 Lodge. 2,957 20 Luray. 4,230 00 Manning. 80,005 60 Marion. 81,056 40 Moyesville.... 11,186 89 Monck'sCor.. 8,66170 Moultrieville.. 3,470 74 Mt. Pleasant:. 10,645 10 Newberry. ?8,005 35 Nichols. 1,497 20 Olar. 5,255 00 Orangeburg... 40,835 22 Pendleton.. .. 8,755 40 Pickens.... 0,210 82 Port Royal.... 0,742 65 Rantowles_ 15,553 38 Ridgeway. 7,216 80 Ridgeland.... 0,023 07 Saluda. 11,024 13 Sally. 5,709 ll Seneca. 12,484 Ol Scotin. 3,012 01 Spartanburg : Weston. 43,009 30 Brown. 40,635 45 Springfield.... 6,751 68 St. George.... 8,745 63 St. Matthew's. 15,002 47 St. Stephen's.. 8,783 22 Summerville.. 10,714 20 Sumter. 57,801 51 Timmonsville 20,070 50 Todd ville. 0,800 40 Union. 87,480 25 Varaville. 4,871 28 Wagoner. 0,780 55 Walhalla.. 8,841 15 Walterboro... 17,440 08 Williston. 7,978 00 Winnnboro. .. 21,298 85 $2,421,840 23 $S7O,i60 60 Net profits from towns and coun ties from beer dispensers for fiscal year end ing November 80, 1900.$ 27,402 81 Payments of old accounts due t ow nu and coun ties. 530 87 Total.$2,431,810 23 $208,100 28 STATE NEW?. - Tho aggregate loases by fire in tho j city of Columbia for tho post year were $133,870. .*- Tho Cresent cotton mill, Rock Hill, has been sold to the Charleston Sav ings bank for $33,500. - Prof. John L. Pressley has been lately elected to till tho chair of Greek and German at Erskiue College. - Tne Charter mill of the Stnto starts out tho now year grinding well. A dozen charters were granted on Now Year's Day. - Rock ii ill hu? an anti-spitting or dinance and tho first oflenders to bo caught WC?O Aldermen Kerr and Hall and Mayor Walters. - A negro woman in Cheraw was os snssinntcd in her home, a bullet through tho window entering her side and caus ing dangerous wounds. - Governor Mcsweeney has refused to grant a pardon in the enso of Emma Odom, thc white woman of Marlboro, convicted of violating tho dispensary law and sentenced to $200 fine. - From tho time tho privilege tax on fertilizers was provided for this tax has yielded the State $700,090.18. Tho largest amount received was dnring tho pnst yenr, it being $73, 51)9.34. - Tho Governor will appoint a suc cessor to tho deceased sheriff of Abbo villo county ns soon ns tho legislative delegation from tho county names tho man. It is understood that the dele gation will leave it to a primary. - Tho News and Courier has pub lished the death list of tho whites in Charleston for tho year 1900. There were 840 white persons abovo the ago of 21 who have died there tho past y orv, most of them at an advanced age. - A well which will probably bo 700 feet deep is being suuk at Clover, York county, by tho cotton mill company. There is so much granite in that sec tion thnt shallow wells do not af ford a genuine or satisfactory supply of water. - Dr. H. Baer died at his homo io Charleston on tho 3rd inst., aged 01 years. Dr. Baer was ono of tho lend ing men in the Methodist Church in this State, and a trustee of Woflbrd Collego. He was a Hebrew by birth and a highly educated, well read man. - It is understood that tho inaugu ration uf Gov. Mcsweeney is%> bo fixed for January 18. Tho inauguration will he merely n matter of form, of course, It will take place in tho hnll of thc House of Representatives at noon OD the day named. Tho Governor will deliver a brief inaugural address. - Chairman C. S. McColl, of thc county commisioners of the Charleston exposition, has issued a call to thc commissioners of all tho counties tc meet and organize nt once and notify the secretory, and to got down to work for the exposition so as to mako it of the greatest possible good to tho State and to each county. - Camden has hud a special shoot ing scrape between Mr. W. D. Good ale and Mr. Allen Deans, in a store. The trouble grew out of a previous difficulty. Both men fired and Deane received a wound in his mouth. Good ale was not hit. Thore are conflicting reports aa to who fired the firs: shot. Both aro gentlemen of high standing in the community. - The venerable age of Columbia'a honored and oldest white citizen, Mr. Hugh McElrone, presents an unique feature, in that tho good old man passed into his third century on Jan uary 1,1901. Starting lifo in 1798, he witnessed the closing of the eighteenth, lived usefully through the nineteenth, and now, a beloved patriarch, he hails the twentieth century. - Jan. ? Sheriff P. D. Gilreath re tired from tho office of shcritt'of Green ville county after serving twenty-four years consecutively. At ll o'clock the Bar Association of Greenville county met and after a short speech by Capt. J. A. Mooney presented Sheriff Gil reath with a solid silver loving cup, also unanimously electing him nn hon orary member. J. D. Gilreath, son of tho old officer, is now sheriff. - Tho Rev. A. Teamer Porter, D. D., the founder and until now tho princi pal of tho celebrated military academy in Charleston which bears his name, has retired from tho management and control of that institution. Dr. Por ter, in addition to beiug old and in bad health, is losing his eyesight, and these aro tho reasons for his action. Tho academy passes into tho hands r tho Episcopal church of South Caro' i. - There is an old Indian mound in the sand hill section of Crooked creek, fifteen miles north of Bennottsville, wero skeletons and Iudian relics were unearthed a few days ago. The mound Was near tho old wolf pit, where scores of wolves were baited and captured by the hunters before tho beasts wero driven out of the forests, and the coun try round about is barren and little frequented. A party of men under command of Captain Samuel Kirk patrick decided to investigate the mound in the. search of hidala treas ure. The first day's work failed tu hrisg* results, but tho digging was re sumed the second day. Skeletons, bones, arrows and pottery wero un earthed, and deop down under tho other discoveries was tho skeleton cf a human being which measured nino feet in length. This is tho report from Bennettsvillo although it is believed that tho human skeleton was badly measured. UENEUAL NfcWS ITEMS. - Negroes lynched one of their color in Georgia for assaulting a negro girl. - Tho American Sugar Relining Co. has reduced tho price of all sugara ten points. - Colorado ami Missouri and other western States J??VO been visited by j blizzards. i - Tho banks in the Indian Territory have to keep a cashier who can speak tho Indian language. - An odd elopement occurred in Cleveland, O., recently when a young woman of that city rau away with a man who had no legs. - Exports of Southern pig iron for tho year just past will brer.k tho re cord by upwards of 15,000 tons, and will bo (15,000 tons greater than Inst year. - Mrs. Mary Folsom of Fort Hamil ton, N. V., ImB tiled a petitiou praying tho court to enjoin her son from court ing a certain young woman who lives in a nearby town. - Tho Cubans in Convention are pushing their constitution ard may have it completed by tho 15th of Jan uary. It must como to Washington aud have tho approval of Unelo Sam uel. - How Mr. McKinley's advice to economize is being tuleen by Congress is shown b" the River and Harbor bill, which carries "only" $00,000,000, being tho largest amount over carried by a similar bill, with one exception. - A cork leg was the unusual Christ mas gift that a young lady of Fishkill, N. Y., received. She bad tho misfor tune to lose a leg from some accident? Tho cork leg was a surprise, but the public is assured that it fits beauti fully. - The compilation of tho popular vote for President has been complot'- a. According to the figures, McKinley re ceived 7,203,200 voteB, and Bryan 0,415, . 087. McKinley's plurality in 1800 was - 001,854 and this year it was 847,025, an increase of 240,025. i - Tho Minneapolis board ol educa r tion is agitating tho matter ot intro . ducing tho study of agriculture into i tho public schools. The ide?is to pur 1 sue a somewhat practical study of the i subject under skilled teachers during tho summer months. - Very perccptable earthquake [ shocks were felt at Mound City, Kas,; [ Rich Hill, Mo., and Pleasanton Kas., , last Thursday night. At the latter > place one or two people were thrown , out of bed, while hundreds ran into the 1 streets in terror. Buildings suffered minor damage. > -Tho shadow of a hand, with the i forefinger rnised in warning, is said i to bo visible on one of tho big pillars > of the White House portico, whenever . the sun shines on it. Perhaps it is in : tended to warn Mr. McKinley of an I adverBe decision of the Supreme Court \ on the constitutionality of his colonial policy. - School children who have been . afflicted with questions concerning the , prevalence of capitals in the diminu i tivo State of Rhode Island, will rejoice ! that there is only ono of them now. A . three million dollar State House has ? been built at Providence, of white Georgia marble, and is a ".veritable : palace. The Newport capital has gone out of business, i - England claims the honor of mak ing the largest plum pudding ever con? i strncted. Its weight was about a ton . and a half. The principal ingrediente were 573 pounds of flour, 101 of bread, i 882 of raisins, 101 of currants, 882 of s uet, 05 of sugar, besides 144 nutmegs, 144 lemons, 880 quarto of milk and quantities of eggs. It was*.cooked in sections and fitted together. - There will be three eclipses dar ing the year 1001, two of the sun and one of the moon. Tho first eclipse of tho suu will bo total and will occur on the 18th of May, visible in Australia and South Africa. The other eclipse of the sun will be an annular one on the ll th of November., but not visible in this country. Tho eclipse of the moon will bo partial. It will bo visi ble in Alaska, tho Philippine islands, Asia and Eastern Europe. - Tho richest man in tho United States at tho latter end of tho eigh teenth century was Georgo Washing ton, who was worth pretty nearly a million dollars. Probably tho richest man to-day ia John D. Rockefeller, whose wealth is reckoned at $300,000 000. Mr. Carnogio is supposed to bo worth $200,000,000, while W. K. Vander bilt and William Waldorf Aetor prob ably como next, with over $PX),000,000 apiece. These great millionaires can not estimate their own riches within a margin of millions. - Hereafter, when **io treasury de partment estimates the average wealth of tho people of the United States, the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands aro io be taken into account. This will probably slightly lower the aver age. The s?cr?tai y of the treasury bas issued an order that in making up the per capita calculations for 1900, tho figures shall include also the popula tion of Alaska and the Indian Terri tory. The calculation made a month ago showed that every man, woman and child in tho United States has an average of $27.02 in cash, no account being taken of real estate or personal property. Tho statistics of the treasury I show that tho peoplo of tho United States aro growing richer every year in average individual holdings of cash. i