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SOUTH CAROL I ? News of Interest Gleaned Fn Arranged Foi Will Suceed Crum. Washington, Special.?The President Tliesdnv KPiit tn Spnntu tVio nnm. iiation of Edward W. Durnnt, Jr.. at collector of customs for the districl of Charleston, S. C. The appointor Mr. Durant ends the contest whicl A was. waged for so long over the selec tiou of Dr. Wm. D. Cram. As th? only objection to Dr. Crum was basec / upon the fact that he is a negro, il J is presumed that Mr. Durant's nomi* nation will be confirmed in due courst of time, although his nomination wat allowed to lie over when the Senate met in executive session Tuesday while other nominations, which wen sent in were promptly acted upon Dr. Crum's nomination had been before the Senate at each session since January, 11)03. While he has beer in office all this time, he was nevei but once confirmed by the Senate The one confirmation took place ir the Fifty-eighth Congress. The re mnin^or nf 1,.. ?I?-? -? *? v* mi; uiuc mu cuvemi u\ recoss appointments. The selectior of Mr. Durant is generally accepted as the introduction of Presidenl Taft's announced policy of appointing white men to Federal positions ol responsibility in the South. Notable Case at Edgefield. Edgefield, Special.?The Court ol Common Pleas has been in session al this place since last Monday, the 8tli inst. The first two days were consumed in the trial of the cases ol Carley against the Southern Railway and Mack Davis against thi Western Union Telegraph Company. In the former the jury failed to agree, a mistrial being entered. A non-suit was granted in the latter, the plaintiff failing to show that he suffered any damage as a result of defendant 's negligence. On Wednesdav the ease of J. T. Patterson against the Farmers' Dank of Edgefield was commenced. Although the Court has since been continuously engaged in its hearing, the end is not even in sight, the possibility being that it will consume not only this week, but will run into next week. No case ever tried here has attracted more i interest, the Court House being packed to its utmost capacity, eminent counsel being engaged on both sides, Col. L). S. Henderson, of Aiken, appears as leading attorney for the plaintiff; while the Hon. George Johnstone. of Newberry, occupies a like position for the defense. Fire at the Fair Grounds. Columbia, Special.?Fire of unknown origin elestroyod two section? of the racing stables at the State fair grounds at an early hour Tuesday morning. Eighty stalls were burned on the south side of the j-L,. - 1 J L..i ^ giisuiiuB, una urn ior tne prompt ant efficient work of the bucket brigade operated by the workmen of a carnival company show, which are quartered at the Fair grounds, the flames would doubtless have destroyed tin entire stables in that section of th< racing quarters. The property loss amounted to $1,000, but about hall of the loss is covered by insurance Secretary Love of the Fair Associa tion, said Tuesday that ihe worl pf rebuilding the burned section ol the stables would begin at once, as a series of races has been arranget for the spring, and it would In necessary to have the entire stablei ready for use, as the horses expectet to participate in the races will neet the full accomodation of the stables I Columbia Clubs Raided. Columbia, Special.?Chief Con stable Dickson and Constable Ogj and McSwain Thursday raided fou social clubs and placed the manager under arrest. Thursday night Hun Brothers' restaurant, on Dates stree was also rnid?>d- on,l ? ? , M..u M VICI l\ uaiiiui Kaminer was arrested. The case were worked up by a detective namei \Vilson, from Atlanta, Memorial Window Commission. Columbia, Special.?Gov. Aanse lias named the commission to taki charge of the appropriation made b; the general assembly for a memoria window at Bland ford church, nea Petersburg, Va. The commission con , ~i> a i--. coin ui ociiMioiH wesion of Kichlaml Johnstone of Newberry and Repre sentative Rucker of Anderson. Ai appropriation of $360 was given b; the State for the memorial window ii honor of the South Carolina Confed orate soldiers who fell nenr Peters burp during the conflict on the battle fields of Virginia. U. D. C. Take up the Matter. Columbia, Special.?The legislature has appropriated $12,000 for the Con federate Home. The managemen asked for $16,000. In order to equi] the home, it will be necessary to raisi aonoe money. The Daughters of th< Confederacy have taken the mattei in hand and propose to raise th< money. Mrs. Robert D. Wright, o] Newberry, president of the Soutl Carolina Division makes a pathetic appeal to the various chapters. A NANEWS ITEMS mti All Sections of the State and r Busy Readers [State Education Board. Columbia, Special.?The State board of education met Thursday in } the office of the State superintendent I of education. All the members were - present except the rcpresenative of , the Sixth district, who has not been appointed, the place being vacant on account of the election of W. J. ! Montgomery as State senator. The 1 report of the high school inspector t was heard, and the board scaled several schools that had not complied with the regulations of the high j 5 school act. The report was exhaus? tive, and Prof. W. H. Hand, the in- | ? spector, was commended for the thorough presentation of facts and conditions. Four counties had already received more than the amount which can now be paid out under the law, and of course all high schools ) in these counties will not receive as i large an appointment as was made r last fall. i Will Reforest His Land. Aiken, Special.?A great deal of r interest has hoen manifested here in 1 the avowed intention of Mr. T. I. 1 Hickman, president of the Granite' ville Manufacturing Company, to re forest about 2,000 acres of de-timbert ed land around Graniteville. These lands were many years ago cleared of all timber, and it is the intention of Mr. Hickman to retimber it, thus con, verting1 what is now barren land into , valuable forests.* Mr. Hickman is negotiating with the department of 1 forestry of the Government with a j view of getting national aid in the " matter. Mr. Hickman states that it ~ is probable that he will have the work done in the near future. It is prob' able that the lands will be sown with ' seed of timber, instead of transplanting, as it is said that pines do not ' readily take root when set out. Municipal Utilities Urged. Lexington, Special.?Electric lights , and waterworks for I^exington are . being agitated by the citizens now, ; and there will be a public meeting in the near future to discuss the advisability of the town voting on the issue of bonds to secure an electric , light plant and a complete system of , waterworks. This subject has been discussed before, but it has never taken on serious nronoritions until recently. The property owners realize it is said, that insurance would be t very much cheaper with a good water system and the amount saved in in-" 1 surance alone aside from the many other advantages to be derived would soon pay for the cost of putting in the system. But few towns in the State, as well located as Lexington, ' are without electric lights, and the > peoplo here realize that they can ill > ftfeord to be behind other towns along V-ie line of progress. Cotton Warehouse Burns. J Ciester, Special.?The cotton warehouse of Joseph Wylie & Co., with ? its contents, consisting of somewhere between 350 and 500 bales of cotton was destroyed by fire early Thursday ? night. The tire spread rapidly, and S. ; M. Jones & Co.' stables, the city's - stables, and several negro tenant * houses belonging to E. C. Stann, were f damaged or destroyed. Wylie & Co. also lost a considerable supply of - naictl hay, a number of new wagons, c and other valuable property, includf ing their stables and sheds. Pors tunatcly all live stock were saved. 1 The fire department did splendid and s effective work, and at 8:30 o'clock s although the tire at one time threat1 ened to sweep a large part of the bus1 iness district, the flames are prac. tically subdued. Bullet Brings Down Thief. Chester, Special.?Ike Feaster, col? ored, was shot and perhaps fntally r wounded at 2 o'clock Thursday morns' ing by Officer J. (J. Howsee, of the t city police force. Feaster had brokt en into the store of T. H. Ward, coli ored, and was coming out of the rear s with bis plunder, when Officer How1 see, who had been attracted by the noise, endeavored to halt him. . .. Train Kills Centenarian. 1 Newberry, Special.?Ned Kinard, e an old colored man, said to be 110 f years old, was knocked down and Killed by a freight train at the Southr ern de|>ot, Wednesday about 1 o'clock. The old man was leaning . against a box ear when a shifting 1 engine backed up and shoved against f the one on which he was leaning, 1 knocking him down and then run ning over and killing him. He was - a slave of \len. H. H. Kinard in - slavery days and was a pretty old negro when set free. Technical Training in Public Schools. e Charleston. Special.?I)r. Charles * W. Elliot, the former president of j Harvard university, delivered an ade dress here Wednesday night before 9 a large audience, in which ho der plored the fact that the public school 9 systems do not sufficiently consider ^ the necessary structure of democratic 1 society and of those industries which 8 constitute the vital interest of the community. ) INSURANCEJEPOSITS An Important Ruling on Insurance Bonds. In regard to the recent enactments of the legislature requiring all companies to deposit with the commis| sioner a bond or securities in the discretion of the commissioner, Commissioner McMaster has made the following rulings: Either the principal or the surety must have on deposit | securities to the amount of the bond or must have in South Carolhia property liable to attachment to the amount of the bond. This amount is $20,000 for life insurance companies and $10,000 for all other companies. A surety company must have on deposit securities to an amount equal to the amount of the largest single w. ] :l _.:n t...i _t > > uuuu wiiit'U It Will JJlVf, UUl SI1UU1U it have one deposit, it will be received on the bond of other companies to ten times the amount of the deposit it makes. That is to say that to give a bond for a life insurance company a surety company must have on deposit $20,000, and in this case would be received on a gross aggregate of bonds to the amount of $200,000. The commissioner, for the preseut, will receive any good securities but he will expect the companies making the deposits within a reasonable time to secure domestic investments, such as State bonds, county or municipal bonds, or real estate mortgages in South Carolina, or some such domestic securities. Suing Railroad For Damages. Greenville, Special.?Several suits against the Southern Railway which will he heard in Magistrate Stardley's Court this week, are further reminders of the great freshet last August. On the Columbia and Greenville Railroad several miles below the city, a culvert gave way before the rush of the waters during the Hood, and as a result several acres of land were flooded, it is claimed, and the crops 011 this land ruined. The plaintiffs alleged that the company was careless in not having a culvert that would stand the pressure of high water; that such a culvert could have been provided for by the railroad. Tile railroad will claim that this culvert had carried the water since 1S72; that the flood was unusual, an act of God, and that tho company should not be held liable for damages because of the extraordinary high water. One case has already been tried, and in this the jury found for the plaintiffs in the sum of $7o. the value of the corn destroyed. Three cases will be tried this week, and it is said that several others are pend tng. Gen. Butler Holding His Own. Columbia, Special.?The friends of Gen. M. C. Butler will be rejoiced to know that uc is doing very well, and that the reports are that he is "holding his own." Gen. Butler is, however a sick man and suffering as he is a chronic trouble, his family and physicians are particularly careful. Gen. Butler has been here at the Inlirnarv since the first of February, and before that he was confined to his home, and being a man of unusual nativity this confinement is not to his liking. Gen. Butler reads the newspapers regularly and he is keeping in close touch with everything, but he would like to be up and about. Gen. Butler's son, Capt. Butler, is here from Kansas City, and his sister, 1 Mrs. Carson, is here with him in addition to the other members of his family who have been here for some * * f 13.-41 - ? ' 1 ..uiv. i?n?. nuuer is consranuy at the side of her distinguished husband. One Fatal Case of Smallpox. Yorkville, Special.?Kirby Pugh, an operative at. the York Cotton Mill, died on tlie mill premises just outsido the town limits of Yorkville Sunday night, of smallpox. There have been no other cases nor is there any others now. The mill management and the local physicians have taken every possible precaution to prevent the spread of the disease. Charged With Soliciting Hands. Lexington, Special.?Will Lorick, a negro, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Miller on Friday nigbt upon a warrant sworn out by Mr. W. VV. Harre, a lumber manufacturer of this town, charging Ixirick with violating the law troverninfr flin cnl I- n *MW UW??V?M?I^ V,A hands from cnc State to another. It is said that I.orick had secured the promise of several negroes and was arranging to secure transj>ortation for them to go to Florida to work on a turpentine farm. So far no effort has been made to secure his release. Entombed by Well Cave-in. Laurens, Special.?Kntombed in a caved-in well for five hours and a half, John Fields, a negro well digger, was finally rescued without further hurt than a few bruises on the face. This accident occurred late Saturday afternoon when Fields was descending the walls of the well in the backyard at Mrs. Eloise Shell'a residence on Main street; a rock was dislodged by the man's foot, precipitating a general cave-in. .. .. <V ? THE ARMY OF THE l??? If III ' * - " ?Cartoon by C. R. ^ NEW YORK CITY'S IDLE ARMY 1NC1 Startling Figures Furnished by Org , Not Due to Strikes?Vast : , - ?Due to Depression i 11U.VUU UUUI111)1U^U men (1UU ni York City. 27 00 men have been discharged fi j house before expiration of their sente: 1 sent In. 900 willing heads of families, una supported by the Association for the I 1907 the number was 19. 850 able men, unable to get worV in the last three months by City Mag 40,000 union men In New York ? their organizations for lack of funds $34,542,000 were withdrawn fron York State last year. i A man willing to work and F unable to find work is, perhaps, thoi the saddest siclit that fortune's jori inequality exhibits under the sun.?Thomas Carlyle. New York City.?Suppose a parade thei of the unemployed in Greater New mei York should start from the Battery trat to-day. How far up-town do you sup- ' pose its van would extend before the moi last man wheeled into line? The an- n0v swer vouched for by the noted charity twe labor workers of New York gives chh Central Park at least unanimously, cen or a distance of about six miles. the: Herman Robinson, general organ- teri Izer of the American Federation of Labor, states that at least forty per cent, of the members of the labor , unions In New York City are unem- vv ? ployed. The latest report of the State Department of Labor gives the mem- wor bership of labor unions in this city ?ve as 2 90,000. The present member- ,n?' ship should be well above 310,000, an" but inability to pay dues has caused more than 40,000 union men to lose ut? their membership cards. cast 120,000 Idle Union Men. In s According to Mr. Robinson there woi would then be at leaet 120,000 union sho men out of work in New York City, one Of homeless men and vagrants the In t number is. under ordinary conditions, Thi about 30,000. From such meagre mei facts ns may be collected the total mal number of New York's unemployed is Bica more than 200,000. Imagine such a mos host?enough to populate a city al- F most as large as Rochester. for That the cause of the astonishing ere? number out of work at the end of the 1908 was not due to strikes or sick- ploj ness. but rather to the depression of gesl business. It is represented by the eral following table: tior Idle on account of? 1008. 1907. 1000. Lack of work 195,000 20,716 5,799 as I Sickness, accident, old wai ago 19,000 1,053 841 pre; Other reasons 2,000 260 614 BO]l A Stupendous Army. 200 Never in the history of any great Net municipality has such a stupendous army of unemployed been collected ? at one time, according to the eco- . nomic statlsclans who have compiled the above figures, and others, ? for the information of the legislators at Albany. wh The number of families applying . for assistance to the Association for . Improving the Condition of the Poor .. * for the last six months is fifty per cent, more than for the corresponding 0_. months of a year ago. In three . months, November, December and . January, 900 able-bodied men, willlng and anxious for work, came to . .. this society for aid. The year pro- F vious only nineteen such requests .. . were received. f Savings banks In the poorer section of the city report extraordinary . drafts in recent months. The actu- . ary of one of the largest insurance ., companies says: jjni Itniso Cash on Policies. t,ej, As compared witn tne season or cna 1907-190S, the loans for the season troi of 1908-1909 havf? increased thus far mig over seventy per cent., while the num- the her of lapsed policies Increased to I more than fifty per cent. The above em] figures speak for themselves, and gro prove conclusively that the holders has of smaller policies are terribly af- plo; fected by the present hard times." spo This condition is general among in- and surance companies. er, Ktirht Months' Coal Supply? JL'ut One Company Ha* 2,500,000 Tons. Reading, Pa. ? Figures computed T hero show that there is sufficient an- refi thracite coal on the surface to supply a m the trade for the next eight months of j at least. to It is said that the Reading Com- law pany has at least 2,500,000 tons of wb coal at its storage yards at Abraras, ans Landlngville and Mahanoy City, and J that nearly a million more tons will gra be added by the end of March, If a Un strike doe* not Interfere with the the plans. tha a -a. .'L. - . w'.l I UNEMPLOYED." lacaulcy, in the New York World. AIDES 120,000 UNION MEN anizer Herman RobinsonPercentage of Cases Ln Business. ? i I > amen cannot secure work in om Blackwell's Island Worknces to make way lor others i ble to secure work, are being , mprovement of the Poor. In c, were sent to the Workhouse istrates on their own requests, j 5tate have been forced from I to nav dues. ^ i 13S savings banks in Now 'ormer Warden John M. Fox Is aurity for the statement that a ma ty of the men imprisoned in tht rkhonsc ? probably seventy-fiv< cent.?would never have beer re could they have found employ it. In this connection one magis ;e said: 'My experience is that there h e distress among the worthy pooi ?r than at any time in the las lve years. I have committed >fly at their own request, more de t men this winter than I have sen re before in any five years of mj n as magistrate." Distress Among Women, lary E. Dreier, president of th< men's Trade Union League, said: This year the distress amon? ijen workers has been greater thar r before. It is pitiful. The sav a of years have been exhausted to this misfortune is added i nan's constant dread of sickness ers constantly fear helng throwr of work, and this 1b too often th< ?. Manufacturers do not now laj i large stock which will keep thest nen busy. They fill orders or rt notice. They want fifty girls at e. The girls complete the ordei wo days, and are then dismissed s is true in all branches of garit trnrlna Thla liicrl-t tftnclnn 4? tins the women of New York phyil and nervous wrecks. It Is a st deplorable condition of affairs." 'rank Julian Warne, whose efforts a bill now pending in Albany, iting a i 'mmission to'inquire into causes and effects of the unemred in New York State, and to sugt remedies, are meeting with genI approbation from all organizais, said: Not wishing to be sensational, bul truthful as possible in our limited r of getting accurate figures or sent industrial conditions, it Is al>itely fair to say that more thar ,000 men are looking for work ir v York C-fty alone. Crowded to the Roofs. Look at any city Institution to-daj ?re the indigent get aid. They art wded to the roofs?the city can't e for more. The hospitals art >d and so are the Insane asylums ere will New York place her un lunates in another year if the pros ratio of unemployed keeps up' s a terrible question to face. When a city's wardens turn oui 0 prisoners before their term: e expired to make room for incom crowds, you may imagine wlia lands are made on the city's instl ons," 'rofessor John Bates, of Columbit versity, in suggesting a remedj the economic ill, says: Loss of employment by large bod of men personally fit is due tc [-adjustment, tince there is nevei [me when there is not within the its of society to which these mer mg a need of their labor and a nee to dispose of its produce. The able would now bo relieved by a ;ration from populous centres tc country." 'ercy Alden, M. P., In "The Ungloved." says: "There is a rapidly wing feeling that the community a responsibility for the unemyed and must discharge that rensibility, not by indicting pains penalties unon the genuine workbut by enablinghlmto find work.' a Union Above the Law and U. S. Judge Refuses Citizenship. )anville. 111.?U. S. Judge Wright ised naturalization to W. Strong, lemberof the United Mine Workers \merica. When asked "If it cams the point that the union and the -a of the United States differed leb should you follow?" Strong iwered: "The union, of course." Fudge Wright says: "I can nevei ,nt the right of citlienship in th? lted States to any man who followi i dictates of his trade union rathe: in the laws of our ".and." V : LHE NEW TARIEf BILL Will Bring Annual Revenue of $300,000,000. A FEW IMPORTANT CHANGES The Payne Bill Expected to Wipo Out the Deficiency?Coffee Still on Free List, Sugar Little Reduced, Wool I About the Same. Paper Cut in Half, Graduated Inheritance Tax. Washington, Special.?Congress received the new tariff bill Wednesday from Chairmun Payne, of the vrayu and means committee, whose name the bill bears. Tbe bill is the product of five months work of the committee and contains 100,000 words. The estimated revenue under the tariff duties prescribed will amount to $500,000,000, an increase of $10,000,000 over the Pinglcv act. A striking feature of the bill is the inherit mice tax. A direct inheritance of $10,000 to $1,000,000 is to be taxed one per cent; $100,000 to $">00,000 two per cent; over $500,(100 three per cent. Collateral beneficiaries are to pay live |>er cent on all amounts over $500. The bill authorizes the issue of Treasury certificates to the amount of $250,000,000 to run one year. Coffee stays on the free list. There is no increase in the beer tax. There is an eight cent a pound tax an tea from the country where it is produced, and nine cents from other :ou?tries. The lumbei duty is reduced 50 per sen'.; also steel rails and steal produets; coal is to be 011 a reciprocal oasis with countries admitting United States coal free. "Wool, tirst and second class, is un .'hanged. \ There is a reduction of five cents a 1 hundred pounds on retincd sugar. Iron ore and hides are on the free list. Shoes are reduced 4(1 per cent. 3 Window glass is unchanged. [ Chairman Payne in a statement , saiil that with the return to anything ^ like normal conditions, the nation's f lelicit will be entirely wijied out; if not the hill provides for the issue of Panama Canal bonds for $40,000,000 s lo make tip any probable deficiency. The hill provides for reciprocal ? trade with the Philippines, limiting 1 imports of sugar, tobacco at>d ci" ?ars. The Cuban reciprocity provisions are preserved. [ A tax is put on the transfer of 5 property. r The dutie' - cigarettes, perfum5 cries, fancy soap. to;.ie? articles, cocoa . spices, feathers and fur are increased. 1 The hill adds a new paragraph to . the customs act fixing the bnsis of appraisement at not less than the I . ...L.I 1 - '* 1 wiiviesiiie price 01 me article wnen offered on tlie market. This basis is expected to result in an enormous increase in revenue. Printing paper is reduced 50 to 60 per cent, and wood pulp will be admitted free from all countries where no export duty is levied. A section is added applying to patents obtained by aliens in the T'nited States. It will compel foreigners obtaining patents to build factories here and manufacture here for our trade. Provision is made to terminate various commercial agreements with foreign countries by notice. It is provided that the hill go into j effect the day after it is passed. I The following are among the iui creases: Coal, tar, dyes and cement, 30 to " 35 per cent. > Asphaltum and bitumen. 15 to 100 p^r cent per pound, t Cast polished glass, 2 to 10 per 3 cent, on smaller sizes. Watch movements, more than seven t jewels, cents each; 11 to 15 jewels, $1.25 each; over 17 jewels, unehangt ed; watch cases unchanged. ' Zinc in ore, 20 per cent. Building stone is reduced 6 cents; ~ pig iron is reduced from $4 to 50 . cents per ton; scrap iron from $4 to j 50 cnts per ton; bnr from 1-16 of i i cent to 4-10 cent per pound, beam3, i joints, nngles, etc.. from 5-10 cent ! per pound to 3-10 cent per pound; JI hoop iron and steel bands reduced from 30 to 50 per cent; steel rails . and railway bars from $7- to $3.50. ' Fire brick is reduced fr/m 45 to ' 35 per cent. Marble, sawed or dressed, is reduced from $1.10 .o $1 per eubie foot. Steel ingots are reduced from 3-10 cents per pound to 7-40 cent. Awaitinp the Verdict. ^ Nashville, Tenn., Special.? . no indications thai the 12 men ?r? mm. 1 where near an agreement, the op?*? ! begins to prevail that a mistrial"? j he the termination of the { eaae against Col. Duncan B. Ct and Robin J. Cooper and John 1 r Sharp for the slaying of former Uni * cd States Senator Edward W. Cb ? mack. Judge Hart at 4 p. m. Wsdn? day adjourned court and started I hi* country horns.