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VOLl'MK A I. rA.MDKN, S. C'., FRIDAY. N<)\''KM lilCJr '2',\ HM>0. NO..46. J2 THE WAR TAXES. ? - ? Plan lor Their Reduction Being Considered. DISClSSIl) HV li,i COMMITii:i: As Many Stamp lax-s as Possible Will he Removed Hie President's View Asked I* or. Washington, i). ('.. Special.- The T?r imbiican members or th?i ways ana means committee nun Tuesday to con sider a measure . ~r the reduction of ?the war revenue tax. The most Import ant a< tion taken was a decision not *<> ronvovo tho tax of lo <xnts a pound oa tea. 'I'll" committM* will not .ake tip iw disturb the tariff on imports, as tho inom.iM;i;s t wui.'i it v>_v %?i'? whole subject of tariff revision. The committee will not grant any hearings while framing; the hill. nfull ]t|/hearings were fifveir during the hist p .session of Congrfcra and sime then bi^f* and i-tr lament fi of various inter ests wl.v', been received rartics who are interfiled, however. can file briefs or stat<vne.nt.-. with the committee. Secretary Cage and Commissioner Wiioon, of tin International Revenue Bureau, wore bel'ore. tin* committee for some time during the afternoon, the Secretary told the com uii tt.ee that in hla opinion there jnighi be a reduction in revenues of $:i<Mn>o.uoo. The war revenue act now raisers about flU'J.'jOO, 800. Commissioner Wilson weut over the schedules with the members of the oonvmlttoo and both he and Secretary Gage were questioned its to where the reductions could bo nic.dc to the best advantage, from the Treasury view ?point. A ooDc-idorable part of the discussion was ooufined to Schedule B, which taxes medicinal and proprietory arti cles am] -preparations, perfumery, cos metics. chewing gum, wines, etc. There was al-o discussion of stamp taxes. Tho discussion indicated that the <wiu mlttee favored (jnite a change in this feature of the law and reductions wherever pos.-ible. The committee also dusirt'3 to elimimue the ta\?Mj on con veyances. <?f which there lias been a great deal of complaint. It can be elated that in a general way it will be the aim of the committee to abolish tho most burdensome taxes and t?> grant relief from stamp tax* as far as possible. The committee late in th'j day called on the I're-ident to obtain his view on the proposed reduction. The committee will meet nj^nin tomor row. After there had been a general inter change of opinion on the proposed re duction. it is quite likely that a sub committee will be appointed to draft a measure. It is not, believed the bill can bo prepared and ready for the full conMiHtteo uulij the so-sion begins. Tho measure nfUr it is agreed upon by tho Republicans will bo submitted to tho full committee. Almost Lynched In Chicago. Chica.s<>. Special.?A mob composed of m??n and women fought twenty po licemen Tuesday night in an attempt to lynch Harry tfvans, colored, arrest ed on a charge of assaulting seventy year-old Freda Cuendal. Hundreds of -persons who had gathered aro.tnd the home of the little girl, whose dentil was feared, were greatly excited when livans. who had lrf-en eepltorttd an hour boifore, was brought before his victim for identification. The two officers who had charge of the negro, after a free uso of their dubs 011 the maddened crowd, finally managed to above Evans in/jo (he house where the little gii identified him as her assailant. When the inert) outside learned that lOvaiis had been identified by bis victim they became frenzied and tuade another rufth for him. In the me'vtlino a wagon load of blue coats appeared 011 the scone jus-t in time to prevent the crowd from overpowering the officers and securing the negro. After^ a fierce struggle In whij?^a sf,ore qf people wore moro or Ics-yinjurod the police succeeded in dispersing the mob and landed Evans safely in jail. j Cuban Civilization. T Santiago de Cuba, l>v Cable.?Secre tary Root. responding t.o a toast to his ? health at a banquet here, s:s.id in part-. "I am visiting Cuba as the representa tive of Prciidcnt McKlnlcy for the punpose of making a personal investi gation of the condition of its inhabi UvntST.'yparticilarly w'.lh reference to tho'.r Ability ^-0 g:o\orn then,solve>. ^ Prom newspaper rcpo: t- I had cor.ie to imagine thai the Cubans were only partially civilized,, and I am agreeably surprised-to find an enlightened peo ple. 1 desire to renew a.--, mi ranees of tho good fai'th of tfio Cnltcd St'iie* government, which will fulfill ita promises and I e.vp^t . oon to s<?e a free, self-governJng republc In Cuba." Killed in Tormdo. La Grange. Tenn., flpecial.-r-A torna do struck this town Tnosday, causing cpuch damaga and killing three per sons outright! The dead are: W. C. Moody and t*> negro won.cn; injur od, 'Edward >$iUh, Southern Hallway ymgeot, ao^onsly. The storm made Its ?Appearance shoHl asrier umtiSfi> i?u &WH* everything 1n its path. Eight res end three churched were de Jhe dsimage to cotton !b the To Tu American Flour. Wash., Special.?The Rua Ltmnm?t fill on January (-put-. ~9t M csata a barrel 00 flow* objeo. to to vondpo rwfiOf ?rowtng ?tUm tor tin k feilteA. It will be a hard Mat mlltor*. wbo ijHtK ilwk ~ CI(jAK1:I (i: ; IxISIUN. Supreme Court of United States Sua* , tnins Tennessee l aw. Washington. I >. Special. The ( nited States supreme court lias ren dered .iu opinion in the .use of Win. II. | A tstou vs. the Si.it.' of Tennessee, in-J vohing^the question us lu the re ojiui- j ti;>n io <othich cigarettes art* entitled j under the law. The ea-e originated in ! '.lie State of Tonne.- see. a nil it callul into quo.-tion the validity of li t* St it law regulating 'he >ale of this artic'.e | of commerce, on the ground that it was j an infringe.ti< at of the right <.f Com- i gre. k :o r'gyj.ite inter-nte niiiinioiw. ; Thi* Ti iiup ,si'1 supremo court upht hi j the law and the division sustained ) that verdict, though not without di-up j prava 1 of so Ml" of the positions taken, ! and thou upon a very narrow margin, j four out of nine mongers joining in a disputing opinion and anothe- mombei of the court (Justice White) placing I w-uujiil^ different from | tho.-o announce 1 by Justice llrown, I who handed down the opini m. The i case fiivw out of the importation of cigarettes into Tenno.-soo from North Carolina. They were taken in;o the Stale in ordinary ,sizt*i cigarette pack ages, about two by four inchcS, and these package--: were loosely thrown lnt.o b^?ket..s which were uncovered. The cjaim was made, that tho.-e cigar ette packages wore what is known to the Jaw as original packages, but with <>Ui clearly dt lining an original p:u k a#Tc. the court hold that it was clear that such packages could not he Bv> re garded. Justice Hrcnvn, in pa-sing up- | on the e'fie, said that the paekagisj wore obviously made up with a view of evading the law. and as he spoke he held one of the little cigan tie ?ases up to the view of his auditory. On this point the deelt-lon of the State court, to the effect that the packages were not. original, was fully confirmed. On another phase of the ease, the State court, was not so fully endorsed. The Tennessee court h d held that ci garettes are not an article of commerce With this view Justice llrown look is ,s;ie, and lie delivered quite a disverta t.'on upon the suhje: t. Whatever i-; an object of barter an / *ibb\i.<, lie siid, an article of commerce, and must, bo so r< cognized. Tobac o had been such an article for 100 years. It ban been tho snbjc-t of taxation and indeed had be come more widely .'"filtered than any oilier vegetable, l'robablv, he ad led, no other vegetable has contributed so much to the comfort and solace to tho human race. This b< ing the ca e it was ertirelv beyond bounds to say that to bacco was not an article \ corynorr \ j He tha n took notice of the claim that cigarettes are an o-prvially harmful j form of tobac'O. and while he conceded that this might be the case, he remark <"* that this claim -was of comparatively recent origin. Still he h< hi thtt cigar ettes are a?s much a subject of State regulation as is liquor, and he futther b"bi that while no State law could pro hibit importation in original packages it was entirely competent for a lc.gisia ture to regulate the sal", because of the original belief in llu*'deleterious effect of the article. Tnere was a dissenting opinion of Justice Shirks, in which the Chief Justice and Justices Brewer a-irt I'eckham joined. Thev based their dis sent upon the theory that Congress has exclusive control of interstate com merse. A Big Steal. Cincinnati, Sprcial.??Unite*! Slate* Hank Examiner Tinker recently took possession of the German National Dank, at Newport, Krfgfeind posted ':i notice that the bank'w^ould remain closed pending an examination. Exam iner Tucker al.-o announced, unoflicial ly. that Frank M. Brown, the individu al bookkeeper and assistant cashier, wiy nii.ssing, and that a partial inves tigation showed that Brown was shoit nbout $192,000. Drown had been with the bank eighteen years, was one of the mo2t trusted me;.- ever connected with ihl-s old lvink, and it id stated by the experts that his operations extended back as far hk ten years. The capital stock of the bank is only $100,00'.!. Hrown's shortage is double that am ount and more than the leservo and all the assets including their real ms Ute\ Heavy Defalcation. Cincinnati, Spt.v'aT.?The experts who b<|vc been working with Receiv er Tucker on the hooks of tlio German National Bank, at Newport, Ky., place t..e shortage of Frank M. Brdwu, Lite in.<; assistant cashier and individ ual Look-keeper a: $191,500. According to roports from those who were with Urown when he led la-?t Tuejday nigh, he had lo-a than $."00 with hits. Browr-'a salary wr.s only $1,500 pci year. Cases are now cited were he jpant more than that amount in out. day. His bond was for $10,000, and it is ?<>od us far as it goes. May be Condemned to Death, l^onucn, By Cable.?A new* agency dispatch from Shanghai says Prince , Tuan I3 tender arrest at Nigh Sal,J province of Shan Si. that Governor Vu Hslen has been arrested at Plnan, hear Sian Fu, and that Sheng, the ai^ecidi^C teieflvpui *?ud railroads, has mexxXCTKIized the throne, denounc- ( Inp Yu Helen. The dispatch adds that aa edict Is expected condemning Yu Three American Officers Killed. - Manila, By Cable.?Two hundred noiumeaVkh-gfty rlflej, attacked Buason, Maad of Psnay, on October ?. The Aa?rlc?i? ioet three ?m killed?1 lent?el R. M. KOeata, Ser ?eaat Kitch a|l Oovporal Bern*, all * OoapMyX Fmij-ftmiih latta* - SPAKlAMJIWS MILLS. Good Showing .Made by Them Durhijf tlie N ear. I Spartanburg, Special. The annual meetings of the stockholders of tho | Hpartnn Mills and the Whitney Mill j^vere hold .Monday. A s?voi-annual dh i blond or f> p r c?nt. for the Spart in Mill vvCs declared. and a semi annual dividend of 3 per cent fur the Whitney Mill. At this averting were n numb* r of Northern capita lists largely interest - ?d in Southern cotton mills, among lie. in bei ng Mr Sit h M. M ill ikon of Now York. Mr. Stephen (Ireeno of llos ton, Mass., and Mr. Samps n of lios ton. The affairs of tin- above-men tioned milks were found to he in excel lent : oitdli!on,ae<x>rdit;g to th.> reports Tho aumia! meeting of tne ixvokhart Mill was held at l?o< khart Tuesday. T'it ro is to l>c a $J(iu,uOO iol:,iiii mill built at lnman. The progressive peu pl? of this town, which is wituated i>n the Charleston and Western Carolina i cm i , iin !:.v j jOwy-,, 1 i v ). i tho enterj>ris \ and it is no longer \ project or imitation, but an iifcsure i fuel. Mr. J:ls. A, Chapni in, a well known member of the Spartanburg bar, will be prcsideut and treasurer of tho factory. A meeting of the. stockhold ers will be held on Wednesday, at which meeting the* board of directors and officers will bo eho-en. This now factory l? only following in the line of Spartanburg county as the leading mill county in the South. Mr. Chapman, who is at the head of the enterprise, is a gentleman well lilted for the position, being a thorough busi ne. u man. He practiced law very suc ces. fully in MiddleslKiro, Ky.. for a few years in the pist, but. two years ago r< turned to this city, his former home. No doubt under his. supervision tho new plant will flourish and prosper. The Wheat Growers. Laurens, Special.? At a called moot ing Saturday of the. Wheat (Iroweri* Association, which was organized Nov. f?, it was decided to mako the organiza tion permanent, and the annual meet ings are to occur the tirst Monday in September. In the absence of the pres ident. Dr. A. ('. Fuller, ('apt. J. Ik Hunter, vice president, presided. The attendance was very good, and many in w names were enrolled. The main object, of the meeting was to consider the advisability of offering some prizes whit h litis in some sections given a great impetus to whe.it. growing, nota bly in (ii'oenviHe, from whose associa tion a report w; s road in reference to the prize feature, givirg methods, con ditions and re-ults. After consider.ibb discus-ion it was decided that owi; g So the lateness of tho season subscriji tions and < ontrihutions of money for a prize fund will not b*"1 asked but. ea<h member of the association agree# to give two bushels of wheat to a common (nib "tion. which will he awaidcd by special committee, as follows: 1. H 'sl r>-a;:re yield ?'teltxj cost. One-a/v. yield, faiia conditions. Instructive talks were npndo by a number -of tins present, altofc*'ther making the meet ing very profit ible to all -*vho are rn much Interested in the revival of this important industry. Wheat growing is lit w in full blast, and with favorable weather an increased acreage will be i-own, the lands better prepared and improved varieties of seed have -du't i; secured for this crop. Negro Murderer Pardoned. Major Anderson, colored, who was conyicted In Charle-tor. at the summer term of court and sentenced to life im prisonment. has been pardoned by tV.e governor. The t ease presents sorno pathetic circumstances, although An de^^n was a fonl murderer. When lie wi).si)rouglit, to trial he, was nearly dead with consumption and he had to be lifted to the prisoner's dock by the court officials. It was ?o evident that the negro was in the last sagrs of oensumption that Soli, i11jr Jervey ex l>ressr.d a willingness to continue the t'a.se. The defense, however, insMod on a trial and the negro was found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. County Physician B. M. Ixjbby rays Anderson l&ln the ln>-.t. stapes of tuber culosis and that he can not livo many days. Sheriff Martin endorse* the re commendation of the county physician. The jurors who tiled the ca-:e, Solici tor Jervey, : ml Judge Buchanan unite) In asking that a pardon bo granted. (iood News Prom China Mr. Bryan K. Miot has received n letter from Dr. Reynolds, of Greenville, which conveys the gi^itlfylng informa tion that .Mis. Gilbert S. Held and 'child a.o^jfo at Shanghai. Mr. ant# Mrs. Reid were In PcHin during t!u? terrible >elgc the foreigners had to un dergo and for a long ti ne nothing dt fi nite was heard from them. Mrs. Reid is well known in Columbia, where sh" has many friends who will be delighted to know that she pa-:-.ed through :he terrible ordeal uninjured. Mr. Reid wis wounded iu thv leg, but is getting a'nng very well and h-a returned to Pelt In, where It Is expect'd that Mr.<. Iteid will join him as noon as affair* of the Chinese empire are definitely ?-cttlcd. A Large Sugar Plantation. E. F. Akins of Boston Is the owner of ft sugar plantation In Cuba, 'near the town of Kergus, which Is 1.1.C00 acres In Extent. It^josploys ? 1.&00 persons and on ii there are two forte, thirty miles of railroad belonging to the plaee. three steam railroad locomotives, many home3 for the white people and the natives-, a bis s?L?*a*. f?<4ory; and a liver which floats lighters loaded with lugar from the plantation docks to the rhips on the coast. *I,a?t year it raised 50,000,000 pounds, of sugar and Its own* rrexpeet* bailor thl? yey, - The State Pension Board to Hold ? Meeting ?? Columbia. The State pension Ixwrd WTTTIioM u la * taw days. Amount other oBf ft new application bleak will be provided tor. Under tie aew law ell ? will have to fie spyltca ? to iMrtte pecaioss dv iiw ""'ita ? ?y WORLD'S SHIPPING. ? --- ? ? ? Trcmeiido'tf*? Volume of lnteniatluiial Commerce. - - ? run PAST VIAK A I'K0$PI:?01S OM l or the first l lruc Since the Civil War tlie United States lias a Document ed Tonnage of 5,000,000drossTon* Wash In Rt on. Special. Tho report ??( Coinminhioir;r of Na\ Igution Ohainbcr lain, mado public recently, ; a y s tl <> piV.t fiscal year has be<n*the m**?t pros perous period known t *? Auioriun shipping for soniu years. Returns for the current hrou! yt*ar promise uu \wn moro satisfactory rrcoid. For tl-u lirst time sincu the civil war, the doc.i inentnl tonna^o t>f tJio I'liite I St.:?t? ??* r.t. IJ" >u>k.j 1 oi\a. On J uiu Jo, l'.ioO. American documental toniuiK ? Comprised " 3!$;? vessels of f?. 11>4,SSi* gross tons, Hk. increase of 300,000 ton* over the previous fiscal year. Our m.;x lmum tonnage was f?,W!i>,Sl3 ton* I 1 1861. Our chipping, the report odoia in 1361 whs I trger tha.11 Great llrltain'/? and nearly equaled U10 British Em pire. ltritish shipping now amounts t'i 14,2iil,UC0 gross tons. American vc_ #ol? are almost wholly routined U> tlic coaslihg trade, which employed lait year 4,338,145 tons, or more t!nui tho \otal tonnage of llcrinany and Franco. Our tonnage in the foreign trade wa?; only 810,793 tons and carried laat year only 9 per cent, of our exports and im ports. A century ago American ship ping registered for foreign trade was ('.09,921 tons, while this tonnage now in the 13 original States amounts to 1X2. 907 tons. Tlie report 8:?ys that for s?rl ous competition with ioreign nations in the ocean carrying trade, we are prac tically rcstric cd to 97 r gist red Menni ships over 1 ,ou0 tons, agg'egitlng 325 ions. Single foreign ateamshii corporations own greater tonnage, lie. pities those {.tea 111 ships, we havo 125 registered square rigged sail vessel ? over 1,000 tons o::ch for the deep sc.v "trade. More than half of these are over L'Q years old and whan such vessels disappear their places urn not supplied by new construction. The change in the world's shipping has been in the. size of steamships. In 1S90 there were 21S ocean steamship* of 4,000 tons or ever, while now 290 snc.li steamships. av< ragii g a.UdO.OoO tons, constitute one fourth of the world's steam tonnage. The hulls of 00 per cent. of the world's shipping are now made of Hteel.Tom parrd with only 20 per cent. 1" 1W. The CO principal steamship companies of the world own l.fiOO sleamshlpss of 5.016.000 gross tons (including some vessels how building), or one quarter in tonnage and more than one-puarter in carrying power of the world's oceui steamships. Of tho-e only nin?* ot' Sl. 000 tons, owned by the Internationa" Navigation Company, are American. On the basis of the gross earnings re ported by principal foreign ttojm?hips companies, it is estimated ihat during 1 }<yi> the gross earning* of sl?-am and ? sail vessels J11 tho foreign carrying trade of all notions amounted to $70n, 000.000/ The ?*^j>ort trade of tho United Statrs requires about 20 per cent, of the world's seagoing tonnage in foreign trr.de, including the largest, fastest an J most expensive setoamships. Tragedy in Savannah. Savannah, Ga., Special.? City P/fXec tW? Jerry Shea was shot, and iiisfan. ly ldlled by John J. Hart. in front of Carson's livery stable, of which Hurt ia manager. Tlie tragedy resulted from the infatuatlou of both men with a variety actress named Lizzie John ton, at tho Alliambra Miuic Hall. Thero had hern several passages be tween them 011 account of the woman 'pfrttviously. 81u*a approached Hart at his place of business and tho quarrel was renewed. Shea was an athlete and Hart a smaller man. Hart called in Policeman Sheehan to arrest Shea Shedian resisted. A? Khea. advanced towards Hart, the latter drew a pistol and flred. After tho hu licit had goru_> through his breast Sh?u dixsw anq tiro J ono shot, and fell dead. Bank .Statement. Now York, Special.?Th weekly statement of averages of tlir ? wociated bank.s shows: Loans, $7JS7.S4i,lOO, in er<xu>ed $2,183jS00;' deposits, $$3'*,67G, ,100; incroa*? $8,578,300; rjrcnlatlon, $30,G77,500. decrease $28,200; legal ten der, }r>S,734,800. increase $2,012,500; ?ptK:ic, $! 58,852,500, increased $2,596, 600; total reserve, $217,^87,300, in croased $5,208,300; reserve reqtilr?d, $209,917,525, increased $2,144,575; sur yK<,* reserve, $7,Uti9,775, increase, $3,. 063.725. ? Not Allowed to Parade. Santiago, de Cuba, Ry Cablo.?May or C.rinon has ro'used an application from {he leaders of the toiored party for a permit to demonstrate against* tho Castillo party, which 1? now in cont.VL It is expected that an at tomptlbll ho made to have the pa rade without permission of t^io mun icipal government. > ? . . . v Teegraphlc Briefs. Nine bodies have been stolen from gruvca in the Sprlngbrook c-tjfnetcry in Newago county, Michigan, r*-?ntiy. Tka discovery was made by the sexton When be -went to dig a grave. -ef-ife* Capo Times that 1,250. a BriUnh raniaeo of 250 reguUfo at Scbweiterreock?, la Western Ttmm tmI ?nd that Lord Methuen and Lord Mth era twH?*?4 ?nia*_to; the carrlson's relief. Tba wvaI '* M _ plaa <* k?? iBfOTr I.AXdi k 1.1 AS LXPLCII D. \ South Carolina's ()ilk)<:l uYoto t?y Counties. ' Tliflj Slate hoard of einva>v>o: h is li> mid 111 Colombia TJoirs ;av Co ihvlnro tho result of tie ^ in r.il ?hvtion .11 this Stat!' on N'<.\ -Jul???!" Olh. Tin t \ ;irmt ron.'t ts of ?!??? ivta..y of ? c < # St:v.o troas n\ r, at ornpy p.er.er. I. udj 1 (mit Koiieral. eompt rolh r r.<mi.il .in I tho ehaiiman of tin- eo:n!U!tto.? 01 privileges an.I ehetiuns in tin- ; J ftiwl in lIn1 house. tlx Senator 1. .\ Kahili, formerly 1 li'i li io 1 ho !;>?: iri.ny of State, has Mulshed tho work of tal; ulAtiut; I lie IlKUits as loitirmd by tin1 ;-i s vi a 1 4*1x1 lit ii-s. l ioin thi>. 1' M.'/iifs it appear; that j tin sinalin t vote wis ta.it in 145.?! 11:11.>I | eouiitv am! the lar?;>v*l in Oram; "burtf. In Hampton e.iiiiuy there w j hut o::o vote ;t? iliirfl t ho 1). nioorr.t it1 olcetoi.*. TJ10 tot.,1 \otc for tho liomoeratio t h r tors was 17,233, anil lor tho Repitbll oaii* 3,579. This mako.s the tol.il . 0W1 ".".si 1. whoa two yiars aj;o it w..s hut Z&.ZtoS. I Tho iv?n.-:ltutlonnl atnen?' 111??: 11h worn earned. That rehr.li g to the pub!.-.*, indebtedness of Columbia an.I otln r ('itioM t'tveited 22,530 toN.lOS ill opposi tion. That volatile; 11?, drair.HKn win c-an ii il by a voir of 21 (339 to it.iHT. Tl.u only counties which voted nr.iin-t ilo* lir?.t were ilu.ru well, K?rshaw. and 1.1 Oronoo thorn were just. |l wo votiv? dif iiicc. llainwell, FairtMd, Oo/>nvo anil Union opposed the (liyiuiiK*' i?i\u>nd in on t. No voto on oitKor amoiivi tnont is 1 e orihvd from \\*i11 ia.i 1 ixLiit? Tho \ote for I'roshloii!till olin trvi* hy count hv> i- as follows: County. Doin. Rep. Tot.<il. Abbeville -4. 1,11(50 K I,3i I Aiucn ? 1.470 r.a 1 .nr. Anderson 1 ,X5K OS 1,5tJi> liamhoi'K 710. -'>7 1.41'.' itiinweil 1.350 r.7 i.irj H.Mufoi t 37* :iKr> 7'>:t Her ko ley 4712 112 51% i Charleston 1,729 1271' 'J uOt Cherokee .. .. . . .. . 1.031 5:i I IK! t-lusti-r K30 2i s'.ii t'hosl. rn. hi 1.314 5t> 1.3.1) Clan ml'iii l.U'O SI! 1 .'.'I : Colleton SMI 1121 1.0 U? DiilltiKCon 1 .lino s.t 1.313 I vnvhoi-Tor 77a 13 si:{ K lpa ti.'l.l !'I!? 17 930 Fa i rlii-hl .. . . '>7" 17 <J>*7 ! loreneo 1,2W> 7 ! 1 ,30-1 (If ()?i">;t't o\v 11 44'? l."?l M!)7 t>r< 1 in iHe 1,777 17 1.S2I (ill I II WO (I I . I ^ 1 1 1 . ISG I lam p on !''hi 1 1*'47 Horry 1 70 1.10!) Kot.lniw !'l" 4:1 S?r.3 I,111) on* ?. l."?40 !!0 1 I. xiimton l.IV'l! llo 1.3.t2 l.iiii' s or 1 .itoii 70 1 X70 Ma;if>a 1,121)0 ll*' 1.41 > Marllairo 711 i I'? N< wh<*rry 1,X?;k *1U 1,4 is ti? iiiM- .' S7It ?;i) 1)12! Or>Uj;ohii"p. 12,!.ri7 1'17 12.'i 12 4 i?i Uciim for. Kichlanil M.r> CJ r.t?7 Sal iii!a 1.12B!) 7 1 270 SjirtaiihuiK 2.407 I'M 2..V.K Sunitor .r .. 1.1!)!' l.r.'i l.Hl'J I'll ion 1.1X2 !H 1.27:% Williami.burK 1.2.S0 1.57!? York 1.1HS 217 1.285", The voto thv ro. pLClivo olo:'or.s is follows:**^ R. I> I/?(' <7.233; Moss 17,1 DO; M. W. K1n*.*non? 17.191*; NV. W. Wil !iariiH 47.1!'!); Colo 1<. IllftifP 4<,233; W. Moll. Sloj'.n 47.231; \V. I'. J'ollo.k 17. 1!<!); M. S. Cantoy 17.1 !?!*; I). H. lJohre 4 7.232. \V. j). Crap 3,'525; 1^. W. C. IJlalook 3.573; (!o(W^fo llolmos 3.579; T. A. Odoin 3,579; .la?. \V. 'l^lhort 3,579; H. .1. Folton 3.579; U. 1'. Rohorts 3.52S; M. K. Hollowly 3.529; CJ. W. Murray 3,521. STATIC OFFICERS. Tho voto fur State ofTlcor.s foil hoiiind tkat .for Vrr sldontial hIocUjis. In Alkon cf>uoty tluro wore IX vct*3 ro oonjud ftRaiiiKt C.ovornor McSwh-ikiv nnd 23 against .1. H. Tillman, lieuten ant jjovornor tloit. In Nowhorry there was one vote against Mr. Tillman. Otherwise the vol>! stood; Mo?2woeni;y 40,457 Tillman 4(5.302 Co,->per 40,500 llelllnBer 40,444 .I'tinlnys 40.424 Dorham 40,4 20 Me.Muh a 40 340 Floyd 40.332 40.357 Washington's Centennial. Washington, I). Special.?'Tues day w?u?' the 100th anniversary of tho uioerJng' of Uho flr;* Conxrn^ that a? mmblo<l in Washington after the capi tal of the republic was transferred to thin city from Philadelphia 1 ho cen tennial anniversary of Um leiyioval <*f the mwt </f governra<MU to thljrcity i? to lx> elaborately c.u|j.t>ratr*l J9to Decem ber 12. kjk ? Exorei?o3 vrlll be held at the capitol and at tho White Hou?e of an .appro priate character. The occasion In n.any ro*pe^s u? to life com inemorailvo of the gTowth of the republic during the contury. .?\* One Veteran Kills Another. Newport Nws, Y'a., Special.?Uni ted Statins Coniml?i.iloi*r Tucker hag lejwrr.c.l that Henry Mueller, a veteran tho National Soldiers' Ilone, at Hampton, Va., had been killed by John? McMullen, another veteran In barraek* last Friday. Mueller diodof Injuries reoolvcd in a fight in which he was knocked OV<?r ttU iiyt* fcsd 6-tead. McMullen waa arretted and lodged in the Newport, News Jail." Mft-J. J*Yed magistrate** Union. MHl> jnil|ii>tlnn to 1114-iDuiief,' Ifc dj momm (M Ik law wl^hteymir tmm GOYIRNOR'S QL'tSTKWS About I ntdrci'iiii'iit ui thi* llispeosary Law. C'olulabia, .Kpfs ial. i!*>\ McSweeitey la again endeavoring to i>?w4 tho pul~a* of tho people of ihe St alt* in rt'gai >1 It* 1,111* tlispeu.-?ary law. lit* i:; tl??in>5 this by writing to mayors of cities ami in ti-iiilnnta * * f towns, asking if they urn enforcing ll?t> law. etc. Theflo ortichtU. wall ono exceptn n s<> far. declare that thc.v art' taking I?? carry tail tin* law an tliey an* sworn 1 <? tlt>. ^utto u number of mayor.-* havo been heard fi (>:u, tin* ino.-t unique reply l'?>i ng^^.it of the chief t'Mriiiivt' of Vorkttrir^ Tlif mayoi of Columbia has yot ro l-lf.l. / The governor's firs ular tfyti.o mu nicipal e\o. ut iws reads asifollow.;: i'olumbia, N.yt 1, iDOd. Pear Sir Seon after / cumo into office l addicted a coinfluunleatlon to tht* mayors and iryt^ndanls of tho \ mrioas cltit^s and town* in this Stun*, ?>g.i.iuir..their co-operation in tho en forcement of tli^ dispensary taw. r?w responses which 1 received were very encouraging and I am miru that this request. for the cooperation of th?? municipal authorities resulted in gotfl? and a hotter enforcement of th? la>?. My purpo?o now is not only to renew my request f??r tho hearty co-opera tion of the municipal Muithoritie? in Iht* enforcement of this Jaw but also to receive any suggestions It) at any tif these officers may feel Inclined to make, inasmuch us tup people of tho Siato havu shown in He \ era I eli*ctlona by a very divided majority that they art* in favor of the dispensary system it stems to me that tho bo.*t thing for all fcood cjti!?t*i?H to <h> l.s to go oorn estly to work to amend and Improve tho law and as far :u. possible perfect the system. This should he tht* tluty not only (vf those who aro in favor of tho sytsttvm, but also of those who have oppoued it I have endeavored to enforce tho law without, friction ami without liloodshed and I feel gratified at tho result. I feH satisfied that, t-ho only way to .secure a atrict enforcement of the Jaw is to Ivavo a healthy public sentiment in favor of Its enforcement. This can he accomplished much bet ter when all tho law officers in tho Stat!*, including tho municipal au thorities, co-opera tt* with tho special constnhhff In it-s enforcement. I desll'O to certain information In regard to I In* enforcement of the law in your J town and In order to get it I will ap preciate it if you would answer the questions which I enclose herewith, i am fully convinced that, much of the prejudice which has heretofore oxTsled against. <ho dispensary law dv>ea not n:iw exist and a great many of thoso who at one time bitterly opposed it have como to realli? +hat It is tho best solution of the liquor question that has yet ben tleviscd. The prin cipal thing now is to have it properly enforced and with a healthy public sentiment in its favor and a realiza tion on the part of the municipal au thorities thut it is part of their tluty to hkmIhi and co-operate in It.s en forcement violations of tho law will grow has and less. It is my desire t see that Illicit n ties of whiskey are put down and also that those In charge of ilu* dispensary do not, violate tho law either. If special constables are not needed in your town to assist the police 1 will* withdraw them and on the contrary if they are nerd I will be glad to have you indicate it and I will set* that they aro sent. I believe as a rule you can enforce the law better with your own police than it can be done by a special constable. i I would like to have an early re sponse from .you to the questions which 1 have asked nnd al*o any sug g est ions which you may think ad visable for the improvement ami en forcement of the law and 1 will bo >.lad to have you give your views fully. Yours truly, M. It. McS w 10BNi3Y, Governor. The questions submitted to ine mu-( niclpal executives were as follows: 1. Is the dispensary law strictly en forced la your town? 2. Have you given instructions ta your police to enforce the law? 3. I>o you need a special Stato con stable to assist, the municipal authori ties In its enforcement? 4. Is tho sentiment of your town In favor of tho dispensary law and Its strict enforcement? 5. Are you a.nd your city council in favor of the strict enforcement of tho law ? C. Is the law being violated in your town at present and to what extent.' 7. Have you any suggestions to make as to n better enforcement of It or any change in the law itself? Report of * cizurcs. .? The reports* of fcizures made by the Ktato constabulary for tho week end ing November 10 show that in that timo 187 7-8 gallons of booze, 40 kegs n nd 32 1-6 dozen bottles of beer wore s'ized. Two convictions wore secured. The salary of these 44 constables for fh.-v week is about $600, whilo at ,an average of $2.50 a gallon for the liqu&r, n dollar a. dozen and $2.50 .a keg for the beer the revenue from the seizures would be in the neighborhood of that amount. So far this week at least the constabulary was s?lf sustaining, although one or two squads did all the werk; jtuul all the luck, or whatever it might bo which brings rcsulli. , Aqaual'liupectton. - Adjutant -Geaesal?Boyd i* ragklly awjajngrttg ft* all ffwt A Inspections not yet mad*. As all the dates art ?ottltnfr w w4tr will;. thtfn aafi^flMi A Hi# Combination That Will Control I lie Market. ' ' * FOURTEEN COMPANIES ABSORBED.-! - ?#1?? ????? 1 he Value of PLhit.'i Hrotight Into tl 1 >o? 1 is it-Urtiatcd at $JJ|,000,000?^ rclnumfltaml.s the ScImiiio. ^ rmmrnrnm Hals I more, Special.?A mnnimotal"""! dvMiuoiitlntion of lumber oom panic# ? will probably bo announced wlr.hja a week or ten days. Fourteen com panion, at tho least, are to bo includtxl In the combination, if the plana defr not miscarry, and several others, m lug, perhaiit, a total of 20, ar>5 expect*| r<l to be a--ded. A list of the corpora??-i$| lions now interacted in tho negotia tions and including tho largest ?c tj: A*innMi>_ Conatl-3 Lumber Company, of Georgetown, O.; liranning Lumber Compauy, of lOdenton, N. O.; Camp Lumber Com-*' paiiy, of FrankUu, Va.; Capo Foaf Lumber Company, of Wilmington, Nt Gay Manufacturing Company, oC V:. Suffolk, Va.; Greenlonf-.lohnnon Conf ,i pany, of Norfolk, Va.; K. E. Jackson, ami Co., of Washington, I). C.; ltoarv oke. Itailroad and Lumber Company, of Norfolk; lloper laimbcr Company, iif Norfolk; Suffolk &aw Mill Com pany, of Haltlmoro; Tunis Lumbe^ Company, of Haltlmoro; W. W. Tunis Druthers Lumber Co., of Norfolk; Vl?*.: ~~ Klnlu Saw Mill (.'ompnny, of Norfollj*-^ It Is uaid tho deill is tho result of meeting held 'in this city prior tx> th* \ election. Among those who pa ted in thin conference were^ Heliuont, of tli'1 New Y?trk by ^ firm, and rep{ aLiveg of i}oaji^__U; tln? companies named abovo. After ti?<* >.-??? conference the party proccedod to NQS^ folk, and iuspeeted the plants of of fho lumber compnn.es. Conference* ^."'jj have since bcon held In New York an<i ' the negotiations, it is said, have prac* ,.J tieally reached a practical termina tion. It i? understood thit aU Vllhp capital lo secure the consolidation WtlV be forthcoming and that tho Belmottt#.."-ta ?will finance the deal, the total value v', of the various plants being 'about $25," 000,000. * Mr. Aucrbach la to attend to thtf , J legal b1<1 ??* of the proposition. Tharf^ coinhLfiatlon is to control tho market!?<Nf for Carolina pine, which Is said. til ...\b have been much demoralized by ?out*, : ^ petition between tno numeroug c?tt- .1*; corns In tho trade,- This clasa lumbor figures extensively as building material, being used in every. ..wajr^L^ that lumber is necessary in tho erec^.ytf tion of all classes of structures'. Afo/7 cording to a prominct.t lumber ihan* it Is not proposed to advance prtvea?j^ but to mako money by cconomlsln^-la^ tlu? operating expenses, and also no#--..:; to increase the export of Gossip about the deal was frequetft ^ trade circles to-day. (Bx-BenatolF Tunis Ldinber Company, which haa its mills at Norfolk, returned frooa New York, but declined to dlscusa tails of the combine. Ho admitted*, however, that negotiations are in pr<^j gross. t.overnor Smith of this State*, Is heavily interested in the Surryi; Lumber Company, lie is also IntW-feT^ csted in the Surry, Sussex and 8outh?*f ampton Hailroad; wlil^. penetratf#-*^ the timber land* of the f?>rme>r com- . pany. It 1s 4H Saarrow gauge lin?, 281 miles in length, aiul would doubUtea. ___ bo included in the deal. ; ~~ . 3 Engineer Kilted. Franklin, Pa., 3peci<k.l.?Tho Laker Shore passonger train, which left thUl' -v city for tho West at 7 o'clock Pridtf f^ evening collided with a Pennsylvania froight on tho Lake Shore. hetWCMT?~ Polk and Raymilton, 12 miles west o?~:^ J^ranklln. The engineer of the freight ^Kajt killed; tho engineer and flremaa and Frank -Padon* of the passengen - traJn, were badly Injured. IlnjrgmcB master Tonij Sutton, of Oil City, |tn4 threo paa?engors are mlsAln#. ^ , y Assigned to Stations. ~ " Washington, D. C., SpeciaI.-?-Th? ; troops which will return from PorUi^ Illco as a result of tho abandonment ; : of tho bland as a military department havo been assigned to the stations this country as follows: Two coaHf-&. panies of tho Eleventh Infantry ?wl^^ go to th? Washington barracks, the other two companion of the. v* regiment will bo sent to FortMcPh bou, Ga. Two troops ?f the Fifth In-*., fantry will be assigned to J offer eon barracks, Mo., and two ott^r troODS - of tho same reafammt -will JTqrtt, .... Kthn Allen, Vermont. Makes a Demand. /-H PeWn, liveable.?The comm%nde*4>^ in-chef of the international forC?V H Count Van Waldersee, receive* Chins; and L?i Hung Chan sr. neaepeace commissioners penSw palace. Von W ?aanded .that, the Chinese withdrawn f roty the territory occupl * ""'?g If patch of military _ allies would be discOnOtfCM *?? - IT 'At. ???34,