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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. 1 VOL 1. BATESBURG, S C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1901, NO. 24 8J HEVEN UK TAX. Changes That Will bt Made in the Present Law. OF INTERE8T TO EVERY ONE The Repeal Will Tako PlaCn on July I NtxL A List of the Articles Excepted By it Changes in tho internal revenue stamp tax law, by which the special tax will bo modified or removed, will go into cffoot July 1. While this change will save a large amount of money to businces . people and others tho financial gain will be small compared to the joy whioh will prevail at tho riding ot a r?gu'stion 1 which caused no end of worry. After July there will be no stamps on bank _1 l_ _ x. 1 * !lt fas- ? ? cuecKs, iciegrams. i>ius 01 name, occur, sight drsftp, express receipts, mort- 1 gages and scores of other dnouueonts. > There is also a list of "Moc ifi jd articles," where a reduction will bo allowed, ? and tho tax will remain on a any articles and for many dealers until further orders from the government. Practically every ptrson has been more or less affcoted by the speoial war < tax put on to defray (xpenrce of th* Spanish war. The amounts which the people had to pay were small in many instancos, but it all counted in the end. 1 If a person did not spend a dollar he would be caught by the tax in tho event of receiving a bcqueBt or the liko. Tho tax was meant for the public, and b>' : tho whip saw methods almost the entire population was reached Tho internal revenuo bureau in order ' to let tho public know precisely how far its interests are affected by tho new law has giveu out tho following statement, < which tho officials think covers tho cntiro ground: UEPEAIED. 1 Bank ohccks, 2 cents Uills of lading for expert, 10 ccntb. Bond of obligation by guarantee oompany, one-half of 1 cent on each dollar. Certificates of damage, 25 oents. Certificates of dopoBit, 2 oonts. Certificates not otherwise specified, 10 cents. Chartor party, $3 to $10. j Chewing gam, 4conts each $1. Commercial brokers, $20. Drafts, Bight, $20 ( Express receipts, 1 cent. Insurance?Lifo, 8 oonts on each j $100; marine, inland, fire one-half oeni , on each $1; oasualty,fidelity and guaran- { one-half cent on caoh $1. ^ ^0,25 conts to $1. i 1 Mannost kQQ custom tiousu ?utry $1 . to 15. Mortgage or conveyanoo in trust, 25 k oonts for$l,500. ( Order for payment of monoy on sight or on demand. Perfumery and oosmeties, one half oent for each 5 ocnts. ( Power of attorney to vote, lOcents. Power of attorney to sell, 25 oonts. Promissory notes, 2 cents for eaoh $103. Proprietary modicines, ono-oight of a cont for eaoh 5 oonts. Protest, 25 oonts. Telegraph messages, 1 oent. , Tolephono messages, loent. United States money orders, 2 cents for eaoh $100. Ware house receipts, 25 cents. MOD1FISD. , Beer, $2 per barrel and "4 per cent i disoount, changed to $1 60 per barm ; and 74 p^r oont di loount repealed. Bills of exchange, foreign, 4 otnts for each $100; charged to 2 cents for eaoh $100. ( Cigars, weighing moro than three pounds per 1,000, $3.60 per 1,000; ohaoged to $3 per l,0oo. Cigarette weighing not moro than tbrco pounds per 1,000, $1 50 perl, 1 000; changed to, valued at not moro than $2 per 1,000, 18 cants prr pound; valuod at moro than $2 per 1,000, 36 cents por pound. Cigars weighnine not more tl an three pounds per 1,000, $1 per 1,000; ohanged to 18 cents per pound. Conveyance, 50 cert* for each $500; now exempted b<.low $2 500; abjv< $2, 500, 25 ocnti for cacti $500. Legacies?Law modified so as to ex oludj Irein taxation legacies of charit able, religious, literary or educational character after March 1, 1901. Orders for payment of money by telegraph, oto , iseuci by express corn panics, etc., drawn in but payable out .r n_:4-j u. . ^ e ui uuueu oiaies, ^ cents lor each . $100. ! J'aaeage tiekots, $1 to $5; bow ox emptcd below $50 io va!u>\ for oaeli $50, 50 coDtfi; < xcccding $50, in addition thereto, 50 cents. Bales of products at exchanges: One j cent for each $100 retained, but sales , of morchauliso is ajtual course of (ran- t sportation exempted from tax. Tobacco and snuff, 12 cools per f pound; now diBoount of 20 per cent ?l , rowed. j RETAINED. , Bankers' casual auo surplus, $50 for f $25,000 ar.d $2 for each additional $1,- , 000. , Bonds, debentures, certificates of j indebtedness, etc., 5 oents for each , $100. Bond for indemnity of for duo ex- ( caution of porformauoo of duties of any , _ rt' _ _ pa cmoe or position, ou cents. , Broker, $50. ( Brckera' oontraot. 10 ooata. ] Certificates of profits, 2 cents for each , $100. Certificates of atrck, original issue, 5 cents for each $100 Certificates rf stock, transfers, 2 cents for each $100 (Amended to inoludo tales at buokct ' shops.) 1 Cigaretts weighing mere than thrco ] pounds per 1,000, $3.00 per 1,000. Custom houso brokers, $10. Dealers in leaf tobaooo, $0 to $24, ' aoeording to sales. Dealers iD tobacco, $12, when sales < exoccd 50,000 pounds. ' Drafts, time or bills of exchange, inland, 2 cents for each $100. Entry of goods a? custom houso for consumption, 25 cents to $1. < Entry for withdrawal ,50 conts. i Freight reooipts of demcstio bills ( of ladiDg, 1 ocnt. I Manufacturers of cigars, $15 to $24 Manufacturers of rnixod flour, $12 per ancum. Manufacturers of tobacco, $t> to $24. Mixed fl jur, 4 cntB per barrel. i Pawnbrokers, $20 PotTolouin and fuear roSaorics, 1 per oflcts gross rocoipts iu exooss of $250, 000. Proprie'or* of bowling alleys or billiard rooms, $5 each alky or table. Proprietors of oircu-ep, $100. Propriotors of other public cxhibi- ' tions, $10. Proprietors of theaters, museums and concert halls, $100. Sleeping and parlor far tickets, 1 cent. Sparkliog or other wines, 1 pint 1 cent, tuoro than 1 pint 2 cents. T< a, custom-) duty of 10 cents per pourd < MR. BRYAN AND MR^RISP. 1 ( The Washing'on Post Df flits Senafor 1 tficLuurin s Charge. ! "Scna'or B-yao has not deemed Sen < ator Mcliturin's oh>rgi that ho (Bry- f as) opposed the lato Cn%s. F. Crisp for < the ipeaktrship bcoauie .Judge Cri p 1 was an cx Confederate, as worthy of t nolioo, At all ev: nta ho has had noth- ? ing to hay about i:, notwithstanding < Sonator McLaurin's oliargo was ruadu something like two Wicks ago Mean- t whslo the south is foil of ex-Coufcd- i erase soldiers and ihoir sons who would t liko to hear from >1:. Brvan a denial i that ho permitted sectional prcj idioo ] to iiflutnoe lum against the great | Oeirgiau."?Savannah Morning News. ] It is pcihaps unfortunate that Mr. I Bryan has not taken notice of Mr- Mc- ] Liurin's "chargo," though the state- 1 rnent is not original with Mr. Mo- I Laurin But we need not wait for Mr. \ Bryan's doma' as thero is other evi- < denue ai hacu and from a source that . h more friendly to MrLturin than to 1 Bryan. The Washington Boat, an in- j dependent paper, is quilo sevore on f Bryan as a usual thing and loans to- ( wards Mc Laurin, yet Tho Post is just i enough to aay: f Senator McLrurin is most utjust t when 1:0 accuses Mr. Bryan of ret us t ing to vote for Mr. Crisp for speaker i of the house becauso the latter was a 1 southern man. In the Democratic oau i cus Mr. Bryan voted for Mr. Springer, < probably becauso he had studied law under the direction of tho Illinois i candidate and had been clnsolv nmn. t oiatcd with him in politics. After Mr. ) Urisp reoeived the Demioratic oauous i nomination Mr. Bryan voted for him ? in the house, the only serious protost s soming from the Hon. Georgo Fred. Williams of Massachusetts, who tear- c fully oonduotod a bolt, bceauso of his ' fear that Mr. Crisp was not sound on r .ho tarslf <iuestion and was too libor- 1 illy tinotuicd with tho theories of free t ulver. Mr. Crisp attested to his regard i 'or Mr. Bryan by assigning him to a f position ou tho ways and means oom- 1 inittco and giving him many opportuni- 1 Lies to come to tho iront during his c career in tho house, all of whioh tho 1 Nebraskan took advantage of. As Mr. e Bryan saw f? o engage in the South t Carolina poiitioal rumpus, lie is a legiti- 1 mate subject for discussion, but Mr. ? McLauiia was not at all happy iu his e hunt for the gcnilcmans's vuloorablo c point. t It is evident that Tho Post does not 1 speak unadvisedly but only after an 1 investigation into the subjoot and its y statement may be accepted as conolu i jive. While Bayan's at ituds towards i Mr. Crisp has nothing to do with Mo ? Liurin a desertion of the Djmocraov it t is well enough that The Post's defonse ? 2f Bryan should bo given publication in tne papor iu which MoLaurin's * Ualemcut tirst appeared.?Tae S.ato. * Murderous Mexicans. News by wire has just reached Lare3o, Tex., that Capt. Brooks' company if Sta>.e Bangers had a fight with tho ( Mexicans who are supposed to be guilty it the assasination of Sheriff M r.is of Karnes county, and Sheriff Glover and Jonr.ti.blo Soiinabel of Gotz ilea county. Lho commander of the company wis vircd that four horses were stolen Sunl?y night at Cfrapoellton in Atasco.iia j jounty and .hat tho ridrrs were 1 cad-d J 'or the Itio Grande. Brooks' company ^ vcre at ?.noj put on the 1 ok ut and the ^ uiuiuiBLiuu IS 19 tIl-3 Cheat that ^ .be detachment overtor k fou >1< x:cans , iaiDg ho:. Cb that suited tho dc criptiou >f loose stolen a* ' rin.;'btl;to?j frcuiihe Uordss ranoh which is about 80 uii on "roui L.rcdo. Arumitg fi ht emu d , n wAcb one Mexican was killed, one ^ japtiltcd and two escaped. Capt. Itogcrs at;d party arii in pur uit. Tho ^ ieud man was brought to Henavides t L'I'.o coumy olerk of K rues county has f, )ecn wired lo send in ;n to identify the # Mexican killed and the one captured. Made Tlieni Chew Soap. Charges of a cruel mode of punishment 1 n ono of tho jublio schools of Ohiea- v 50 have been placed before rfupt. Lane ^ >y Hugh Brauy. He s ?ys that children " n the summer school have been '' runished repeatedly for ohewiog gum ^ luring school hours by having soap 0 orooit into iheir mouths, being com a icllrd to let it remain until it dissolved r ind rau down their throats. Children vho sey tLat they wcro sulj ctcd to lie soap treatment returned to their ionics on Wednesday wi h burning fi .hroats aid raw m u'hs. L ater Brauy 0 sas one of the bnlf^rers, but tried to * sonccal the fact from his parents. Ho 1 *as unable to cat his supper, and after * uprated questionings tho Htory carno d >ut. Three other bofs. Harry Bakrr, n Harry Barker and Kdgar Windcrson, 1 ilso assert that they wcro c impelled to * lr.dergo tho sarno treatment u Porto Rico. 0? (ho population of Porto y, Itioo only 7f>,000 live in citici. On j, ho inland but 100 miles long and 36 j vide arc 4,000 district farms and ouo M ifth of the island is Ujdor cultivation. n rho average si/.; (fa firm in Por'o liico io forty live aoros, of which twelvo ire cultivated. Sovcnty ono par o(,nt >f these Porto llioo farms sro ownod |. iy whites. t t! An American Fool. About the limit of soobbory is reaoh g id by "An American gentleman," who t tdvrotisos in London an olforof u >00 to a lady of titlo as ohaporon for a lis daughter. a A SECRET ORDER *mong Negro** in Louisiana Causes a Lynching. TWO OF THE BAND HUNO. Tha Members CUlm 'to be Princes 8r.d Their Order Called Tha Church of the Livinz QndThe lynching of two negTos Thurslay night near Shrovcport ba., created i sensation, as with the excitement ijiog out. it was thought their lives would bo spared until tbo muidoior Edwards was captured. A special from Shrcveport, however, cays cvidctioo was lh covered to clearly eetv lishiDg tbo 5uiltof Smith and M. Lind as oneraics )f tbo white and dangorou* elements to so left at largo among tho negroes that :he rcoplo of Bossier regarded their ixccu.ion as essential to tho proscrva Lion of order in tho parish. 1 ho cvidcnco obtained by the police ihowed the following faots: Tho organization of which "Prophet Smith" van tho head had its origin in Houston, tnd was known as tho Church of tho hiving Qod. Throo members of the su premo council, as indicated by tho printed letter heads, woro: Smith and \1. Land, who woro lynched, and Prince Edwards, tho murderer of h'oster. Smith, whon ho camo to Lou siana, os lablished himsolt at Shrcvoport, but *as finally ordered away by tho chief ef poiieo as a dangerous character \ftor tho shooting an ctheisl Boarch of lis promises was instituted and tho \rk of tho Covenant, a rudoly oonitructod box with a "hoodoo" design )n and within it was found. When it vas iouohtd by tho searchers the notrocs woro greatly terrified and statod .hat but one had advaneed far enough o lay hands on tho sacred box. Tne nombors of tho church, who were mown as princes, held regular meet ngB, at whioh Smith presided with tho losignation of "King." Following ii au oxaot copy from the ninutcs of a meeting held on the Foscr plantation showing how business vas carried on and tho enmitv that ex witd between Smith and his followers ind the ohief of polioo of Shrevoport ind Foster, the murdered man: ' The ltjyal Archive of the Kingdom >f Q )d mot in supreme ojuuoil, sang 'Dark Was tho Night." Opened by oading 32 1 chapter of Isaiaa. After ?. K. Smith, tho king, was aunouncid 0 the meeting ho staled that ho was adrised pf fton t.r? <-<111 t'-/> (?!? ? ;cther in eouncil to deoide what Bhould >o done with the chief of police and lis force for interfering with the King >f tho Church of God in Shrevoport. Prince Webb being the first to arise aid ho was in favor of demanding six nonths atlliction upon tho ohief. Prinoe 1 cks said he was in favor of the same, duo Prinoo M. Land, also Princo J ohnon, also P inoo Kdwaidi. All oonturred in demanding six months alllic ion on the chief at tho Likoof Shrevatort. Tho next ease was that of tho .lookers of the Building. Tho case vas decided: All that are rcoe buildng must be punished with death withn four days. A complaint was taken igainst J. M. Foster that ho should bo omicntcd until ho give consent that ill the saints leave tho place " Beforo he was lynched Thursday light Smith conft ssed that ho had oaded tho gun With which Foster was :ilicd. Many letters of an incendiary char icter written by Smith and his gang tore found. Tho discovery of these vidonoes of oonspiraoy led to Thurslay night's lynching. Sheriff Thompson of Bossier made 10 attempt to interfere in view of the uperior numbers of tho mob. Emery Wheel Burst. Tho Atlanta Journal eavs: "W. T. lonen, a while imot.anio is dead at tho irady hospital. Ha was struck fcv the lying pieces of a brokoa emery whoil \?d sday af t rnoon w.iilo at work at he Winship Machine shops, on Maro. ta street. J'he il j 1 i_ & inflict d ?iro of ,n internal nature, a large s. ctioa of t1 e yl eel sinking h;ui in tho abdomen. li< as takon at onje to the hospital aud ai b.in practically in a ii>iag condition iujj last night. Tho physicians sp^ ?k if tho case as one of the nnit pathetic hat has ever conic under tteir notion. V'tsout th ocd on which the dying uian ay were gathered l.in wife, his brotavr d several of his children. He aid col com to suffer a great deal of physical >ain, but his oyes expressed tho keenst agony an they passed from Lis wife o his little children. Jones was alone rhen tho fatal acoidont befell hiaa. Vithout warning, tho wheel suddenly lew apart, and ho was rendered breathohs acd insenribi-i by tho blow, wl ich oiled him to tho llo^r. A largo soot ion f tho {.tone struck him in the abdomen nd a smaller picoo nearly carried tfl his ight hand." Served llim Right. Tom Watson, who, with his wifo, wore mai tno nogro, Will Bussey, had ominittod ad assault on Mrs. Watson, ras taken out by a committee of oitiinsof Carndon, Ark., Wednesday night td givon five hundred lashes. The afti avii of Watson and his wife was the neans of Bussoy having boon sentenced o bo haDged, but about throe weeks go Mrs Watson made a written statcoont, confessing that she had sworn alsely against Bassey. Oa learning his (iovcrnor Davis suspended the sen onco imposed on llussoy- Watson's rif ? sworo that tho was coin polled by tor husband to testify against Bussoy. It tho conclusion of tho lashing Watson /as placed on a train and givon instruoot to stop in Arkansas Runs a Groat Risk. Su Shih Sin, a (Jhinoso reformer, who as been in tho United States for somo iruo, will roturo to his country though hero is a standing reward of 151),0.1(1 or his hoad. Tho Galveston Now9sugcsts that Su Shih perhaps thinks that he powor havo lifted about all tho lonoy tho (Jhinoso government has, nd that he in in no danger of being kou for a reward. CHARLESTON BLIND TIGERS- ^ Judge Bsnet Hi'.a Them Some Very Heavy Blows. Wh la tho oourt of goneral sessions at Charleston last week Judgo W. C. Benct made a special charge to the grand jury, when tho dispensary caeos ^ wero taken up. He called attention tQ.thc open and flagrant manner in whioh tho disponsary law wac. being violated in Charleston. which he said was not tho caso in other cities in the slate. During th j oourso of his remarks, ho sain: "I his town of Charleston is today as bitterly oppes jd to tho enforoe- ^ moot of tho dispensary law as when ? j it wa first passod, and judging from ^ ? tho newspapers and current records there is no mere desire to enforce tho J1"' law cow than when it was first placed 1 0 .1 , * seoi cn tbobtaiu.es. , Ih.1 law is openly and unhesitatingly lw vinlnlori anil ilufi. il TKn ?r, - "Vi TTUUtU tjol k: os i i;; acivhborijg stat.s know that j ( tho law is fitvranUy vij!at;il every day. O? near'- "ory street oorner, ^ao, and between every street ooraer, aro ' piacos where liquor is sold, day and ^ Dight and on Sunday. Strangers en- *' ^ teriug tho city fiud it entiiely con- pQ ven'ent to get drinks, but thoy ex ^ p-rss their cisapproval of tho way in which the law 19 ho openly delnd. 'j j ' It is high time for this good o!d ? town to make an Ironist 1 Sort to on ^ , force tho law. Thcrj novcr has boon 'g au attempt in this direction, and un- jt| til an honest effort is mado it cannot b0f, ba said that the dispensary law in Charleston is a failure. "flits town cf Charleston is a portion of the state of South Carolina; it j has not yet been out off; it is no inde- (j.j pendent, petty principality. It is a part j,JC of the state, governod by the samo a,tc laws that govern tho wholo state, and q tho grand jury of Charleston is cxpoot lpfc cd to treat tho dispensary eases tho 0.,j, hauio hero as they are treat 3d by tho m4J grand jury in other counties in tho tj0fi state." jj Daring his remarks Judge Bonot BjV( stated that it was a remarkable fact njaj that the grard jury of Charleston had tbic failed to find truo bills in the largo paS! number of dispensary indictments that Bay were h&cdod to thorn at every term of q oourt. lie also gavo tho polioo depart- -l9 g( meat a rap for not being vigilant in t^ri trying to enforce tho law. jUg Following Judgo Bcnot's remarks C)U] the dispensary indiotmenlB, out of a pjfit batoh of fifty uido oases, were given to luS) the grand i iry, and "no bill" was ro qqic turned in every oaso. by 1 Gen. Chaffee's Report. The report oi' Maj Gon. Chatl-je on wu] tho oampaign in China is being prepar- by 1 ed for publicaion at tho war depart- 8a;D ment. Somo of Gon. Chaffee's cim- 9am incuts aro interesting. At one jpoint he ' I''. r ftKnil t tVirnA iDnato * 3... P _ w. ?U4VV n uvnu lUUV n iU^ ViiU qJ J arrival of the relief column at I'ekin ex., the aondition in and about tho city was bad. Looting of tho city, foraging in the surrounding country and seizure ' by soldiers ot everything a Chicamau a9 ' might have, as vegetables, chickens, war Bhcep, cattle, etc., whether being 6t-" brought to the city or found on tho l^rc farm; indiscriminate and gonerally Mr. unpiovoked shooting of Chinese, in 1X1 I1 oity, couuiry and along tho lino of cxo< march and the river?all this did not r?Pr tond, as was natural, to gain for tho Mai troops the confidence of the masses whi' whom it is certain we have no equal, but wero in need of their labor. It is com si.fo to say that where one real boxer Pow Lai benn killed sinco tho capturo of exP' l'lkin, many harmless Coolies or labor- 081 1 eis on farms including a few women tfiei ar.d children have boon slain. No wou Jvubt the boxer clement is largely mix- ariu ed with the ma^s of population, and by slaying ono hundred, ono or more box ers might bo taken in." batt Gen. Chailnee speaks of tho restraint l^01 he pl&cod upon American troops. The 100,3 Japanese oommandtr also made it mUh known that general war on all classes 8VV,f w.-.s not intended. at,d G. n. Chaffee said ho opposed en.er no ing the Forbidden city unloss looting was prohibited. Tins was agreed to ^r,D and he thinks but liitlo looting has '>r0: occn done there thougii articles havo been offered lor sale, said to havo beon taken t'rjm '.ho Foroiceud oity. A r Wei rornatloo's (^uoer Franks. VVc< Tran-in a wl'O were iu Saturday's c Ul tcr tdc at Dorclu Bier, N b., last wtek sl^c roj or: freaks of ihe wind. Tho storm U1,'< pick <1 out cars hero a. d there in t: o v*'' i'a-1 uioViac train and tnmhl?il ?Um tree over ai d imr. Fast tho ouc next to ^ w tho engine, then tho fourth and fifth, ^ur and lost tho four next to tho way car lU* won-, over. Tho first oar lelt its foro \'r3 irueks on the track and 'hny followed l^rH the engine into tho nation. Tho roar dill irueks remained with tho oar, and, l^? afitr it had turned ovor four or w^e five times, lay on its back with tho oaP( wheeb in the air. Tho rjof of ono oar 13 wxs blown ItlU ted, carry ir? telegraph ^ur' w.res with it. The rear brakeman says 'Dt? the stroni catuo almost without warn chil ing, and ho eaved himself only by winding his logs around tho brakerod, ^orl pull Good Advice. dot Tho following gom from an unknown r.COf author shou'd bo pasted in every man's hat ae a reminder of his duty whon ho V,I' desires to sptak ill of any woman. 0 ' Remember this: "Bewaro how you c,*rr apeak of a woman's character. Think ?' ' how many years she has been building ?jN it, of tho wounds rcooived, of tho toils f ? AT-.) ..rlo-Ti^ ? --.1 -) J -? -- ll*3 ?? |innvivun UUUUIUU, AUU IUV LIU auspioton follow hor autions. The purity of womiD is Lho salvation of tho raoo, and hope of futuro greatness and F tho redouiptioD of man. Wipo out her tho purity and man sinks beneath tho 500 wave cf despair with not a star toguido ohis his life into a channel of safety. Tnir.k, that then, boforo you speak, and remember ho that any hog can root up tho fairest Gee flower that ever grow so tho vilest can son! ruin tho purost character." Hob talii The Texas Way. grat The board of health of tho oity of . ) Galveston is arranging for a largo sup- ?,VI ply of oil from tho Hcamont wolls to bo :cro used in fighting mosquitoos. Tho oil !n a will ho distributed in all tho stagnant pools in the oity, springklod on tho .? } sutfaoo of water in tho guttors and Lee !l 1 to ownors of opon cisterns for uso in ?r' destroying mosquitoes and tho fovor D,CH breeding goruii which oolleot in the \ ponds. k]Wi ' (' NEW EXPLOSIVE ilch Means Revolution in Naval Warfare ND STYLE OF WAR 0HIP8. a N'W Engine of Destruction has been Adopted by the United Stales Qovernment. Iaximito, tho now expesivo invontjy Hudson Mtxim, his been adoptjy this country after a scries of u^ssful tests which wcro completed at ?^wv? P1WIU55IVUUUO. I UU ot of tbo explosive hat btca sold to govornmont 0/ tho inventor, and the losive itself is expootcd to rcvoluliza warfare. It is tnore deadly in character than liddite, yet so sal'ely it bo handled that tho dagger atling to its u-e is less than that inted in transporting ordinary black 'dcr. 'he tests made 0 us far havo been atisfaclory that naval officers bo0 tho day of the big battleship is siDg, because tho explosive will co a 12 inoh Harveyiz3d nicklo steel or plate and, having passed through will explode on tho otber sido with ioicnt power to destroy ovcrything h whioh it comes in contact. Ncwr )rc has a plato of this strength and ikness been pioroed. WHAT TKST3 SllOWKI) 'ho tests havo been made by the naoco Hoard and have been oonted with the usual seoreoy which nds governincnt tests of thiskind. be result far surpist anything hero ire attained in any country, and tho aicn is cxi rested by experts that it t rovolutioniz) tho building of bathips and fortifications. 'rejaotiles charged with this explo> were fired through ilarvcyiz:d tlo steel aruior plate twelvo inohes in ikntss, tho Bhcll exploding after liDg through the plato?that is to on tho inside of tho ship or fort, ho insensitiveness of this explosive 0 great tha;a red hot iron may bo 1st into a mass of it without otusan explosion. Tho explosion of tho ipound aftor passing through tho ,e is accomplished by moans of a 9, the invention of an army offiocr. 1 explosion is controlled absolutely moans of this futo, so that it takes 30 tha. instant tho shell passes >ugh tho armor plato Shells filled ti lyddite, tho high explosive adopted tho lfritish government, filled in tho 0 way as was miximito, into tho 0 shells, and firod at a plats an inch ? l-a'.f i:. iliickacac, ail exploded no act, and in every bCBt foil far short I Lho results obtained with tko new losivc. AT AMERICA'S MERCY, heso tests of maximito are regarded taring demonstrated that there is no ship of any navy capable of withiding its destruotivo effects when iwn frrtm modern high power guns. Maxim conducts theseexperiments lerson, there being no one present ?pt the ordnanoe officers and experts cscnting the government. Mr. tim feels elated over the tests, oh ho says: Should the United States now beo involved in war with any otner er, wo will bo able to throw high lohivo projectiles through the thick?:mor of enemies to explode inside r warships, wbilo they in turn Id be ablo only to pouetrato our or with solid shot, or at least carryno bursting charge whatevor. The tntsge on our side will turn any naval le our way in short order." lit ight the morai of these new devclopts is that the ponderous battleship t go, and be replaced by the small, t torpedo boat or torpedo guuboat cruiser, and practically unarmored, protection whatever can avail nHt missiles such as we have been i g at Sandy Hook "?New Vork J8. Remarkable Avalanche, n avatancho, unparalleled in the 't Virginia mountains occurred Incsday night at lloptvillo, Grant jty. Gicat sections of he mountain along tho Potouiao liver for two ;s ru iiod down into the beautiful cy. Thousands of tens of ft rest s, imtnente r?ck At d earth catr.c c, and tho homo of Mrs Andrew h, a widow, was complete'}' wrcckTho twenty }car oid daugh or of Oars was inbt&ntly ktltod and . Oars is in a dying condition A 0 grand child who was spending night with Mrd. Oars wat grabbed tho first warring came, but cs) was impossible gnd when found morning tho grandmother was iod to her waist in the uctris, holdtho ohild in her arms above tho ly inud and stono in which she was ened mo tightly that after many efs neighbors found it nooocssary to 1 tho bruised body out leaving her hes buried, Tho ohilo only will ?ver. Miss Ours' body was found ing tho day. All day hundreds of tors have gone to tho scene and }rs from far and near are going by iago aud horseback, there being toarcr railroad point than Koyter lsit tho scene of the most remark i mountain ocjurreoco tho State over known. Calls the Thieves, ollowing his offer of latt week to Mayor of Philadelphia to pay 12, ,0(10 for tho street railway fran109 granted to uunaiu capitalists in . oity by tho city oounoil, to whioh received no reply, ex Postmaster oral .John Wanamikcr Friday night : a ooiiimunioation to Congressman ioit II. Foerderor, ono of tho capias to whom tho franohisos were itcd, offering him a half million rrsfortho franchises in addition to ng to tho oity tho sum already ofd. A fow daps ago Mr. Foordoror, nowspapor interview, is alleged to o stated that Mr. YVanamakcr's offer ho mayor wan not sinooro, and that ad a "string to it." Mr. Wanamain his letter to Mr. Foerderor, dotho imputation. . man who forfoits his solf-iospool ?ys has to pay his forfeit. / _ McLAURIN TO BE RULED OUT. The Pledge for Candidates May Be Amended Next Year. Tbo Columbia correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution says that Senator tloLaurin will bo barred from the Democratic primary next summer. Senator Tillman tiaid, boforo tho recent resignations, that he would oppose such action, but now says that whilo he does not think it wise it is a matter with which ho has nothing to do and it has boon already determined upon. Tho State chairman of tho party, Colonel JoneB, was called on and asked whether his oommittee contemplated excommunicating the junior Senator. "1 cannot speak lor tho eommitteo as a whole," ho said, "and 1 havo not scon all tho members reoontly, but so far as I can ascertain of the forty mem hers only Slate Senator Appelt is a MoLauriu man. And it ii questionable whether the committee will moot this year. If McLaurin gets to 'out ting up' in tho State and action is deemed necessary, any iivo members of tbo oemmittco can furoo mo to call a meeting." Colonel Jones will bo a candidate next year himself Ho thinks Senator MoLaunn is a full fledged Republican. Tho aciion of ruling him out of tho party is mora likelv to hn *V>n dow committee or the Stato convention This committee will bo obo-en next April and tho convention will moot about May 1st. "There is whoro tho first fight will be," said Chairman Jonos. "MeLaurin will no donbt attempt to got oontrol of tho onunty convention in whioh delegates will bo selected and committeemen cbosoD." Tho ohairman felt certain that action would bo taken ia one way or anoth.-r that would prevent McLiurin going into tho Domocratio primary. If tho convention docs not forestall tho now committee next May and declare MeLaurin a Republican it can add two or three lines to tho oath the party constitution requiros to bo taken by all candidates that would bar him oat. Tho addition of "and that 1 stand squarely upon the Kansas City platform and will abide by Dcmooralic caucuses," will have the effeotof eliminating tho junior Ssoator. These oaths must La signed and put into tho hands of tho State ohairman before tho first meeting of tho oampaign. Those who do not to subseribo oannot speak from tho stand during tho hours fixed for tho mooting, oannot have tiokots with thoir names upon them displayed i at tho polling placas and cannot have any ballots counted, It is pointed out that MoLaurin would not take such an oath, but if he did, after declaring for indopcndcnco of action, it would bo disastrous to his influence. This plan about tho oath has been devised by those high in authority in tho psriv a??jL> is moat likely ui Leoarried through. It will attain the samj end as reading MeLaurin out of the party without gaining him so much sympathy. It is feared that to put him off from addressing tho people by a positive action, when he is willing to take tho regulation oath that "I am a Democrat and will abide by tho result of this primary and will not bo a candidate at tho general election of any other party or faction," will give tho appearanoe of persecution. Senator MeLaurin says he dares them to read him out of the party, declaring tbat if fioe speech is cutoff and tho people arc not permitted to hoar him ho will split the party wids open. Rut just what ho will do in the matter of tho oath has not been con sidered. In fact, tho iuoior Sint'or in yet in ignorance of this latest Boheme. Governor McS foonoy, who w.ll be among the candidates for Senator next year, and who was vioo State chairman for ono term, was asked for his views about the proposed barring out of Senator MoLaurin. The Governor was disposed to be non-committal. Ho was not now a mombor of the committee, he said, and oould not properly indorse or condemn any propsod action. However, it was cvidont the Governor approved of a plan to keep MoLaurin out of the primary. He oould not understand, he said, bow M Laurie could tako the oath as now provided. Ho was not in tho party, tl.s greatest blunder was in refusing to stay in and abido by tho Democratic caucus. When he did not abido by the decisions of that body he disregarded the ruling of the inner cirote of the party and put himself on uio out-ide. Ho could not properly olaim to bo a Democrat. Wanted Him to Leave. At the last oh c 1 n in Cumberland County, Maine, the liquor men nominated a preacher for sheriff, more as a joko than anything else. Ho accepted, made tho raoo and was clcc.od. Since that time the liquor men navo seen no pcaoo. Tho proaohor-sheriff has boon enforcing tho law. Ho said a day or two ago ihat ho had indirectly received au offer of $10,000 if ho would resign, or tako a vacation to Kjropo for tho remainder of h's term. It is a wise joker who knows that his fimny busi noss will not provo a bcouaorang. Killed EachOthor. A special I'.otu Waynosfcoror, .Miss., says: A. M. Leiry and J L. Davis engagod in a dual Friday in whioh both were iDatantly killed. Tho troublo aroao an tho result of a family foud. Davis who owned a big licensed dis tiler/ opened fi e on Lcary with a pistol lie firtd three tines. After Leary was down ho fired a shot with a pistol, killing Davis. Death Dealing Tornado. Ono of tho most dostruotivo tornadoes to hnman life lh*t ever occurred is Nebraska, orossod tho Koya 1'aha river at (5 o'olook Thursday evening. Oao family of sevon are killed or fa tally injured and out of another family of six, two aro killed and tho rest, exoopt the father, aro soriously or fatally injured. Several othor persons woro injured. A Short Cut. It would be more oandid and hones'l if tho government and Coogross should now toll the Cubans bluntly: "hook hero, wo want you in our business, and wo must have yon. Tho flag will stay put." In so doing tboy would merely bo antioipating, by tho shortest out between two points, what is really oon templatod by tho spiritual route to tho same end.?Springfield Republican. AW UGLY RECORD Moat of the States Charging Uncle Sam Too Much- I The auditor of the war dopartmont has submittod a report showing the amount claimed and the amount paid by oaoh state and territory for fitting ' out volunteors for the war with Spain. The etateinont is as follows: q Amount Amount filed, paid. Alabama $ 22,717 $22,592 Arkansas 10,157 _9 819 '. aniorriia lUl,OYt> S3.311 Colorado 49,144 22,774 Connecticut 175.648 22,445 Delaware 28 227 24^001 Florida 10 408 8,373 4 O.-orgia 30 118 28,914 Idaho 20,183 18 632 Illinois 530.745 431,948 Indiana 274.639 151,618 |o*? 147 044 91,588 Kansas 37,787 36 681 K mtuoky 1 645 ... Louisiana 20 015 16,U0 J|aino 87,444 25,051 Maryland 143 881 114 195 Massachusetts 448 219 37,975 Michigan 474 335 351,482 Minnesota 189 399 41 191 Mississippi 63,384 51,918 Missouri 25 84 4 21 133 Montana 2 742 2>23 Nebraska 35 836 .13 007 Sev?d? 6,212 5 449 New Hampshire 58.780 52,152 New Jersoy 346,155 145 217 Now York 938,852 353M82 North Carolina 29,817 20,610 North Dakota 12 041 11*248 Ohio 503 505 411,992 Oregon 40,258 32 881 Pennsylvania 412,754 305,285 Uhodo Island 206 526 63,768 South Carolina 35,152 18,537 South Dakota 14 576 14 111 Tennessee 37,278 33,' 230 ftex*i 35,681 35 681 Utah 1 000 912 Vermont 34,793 14 152 Virginia 1,101 Washington 45,850 1,495 West \ lrginia 31,549 27,414 Wisconsin 127,040 115 528 Wyoming 9,045 8 869 r Anzona 2,623 2 570 1 Now Mexico 5,884 5 520 1 Oklahoma 1,886 1,886 1 This, on the whole, is a vary disoredi ] tajle showing. In many of the states 1 it seems that the states oharged the c u si government immensely more t than they paid out for tho equipment of t their troops. Alabama came nearer than ^ any other state to charging the exa.t \ amount of her expenses and a very small e amount of Georgia's aooount was dual- t lowed. The southern states generally show comparatively small disorepanoies between what they ask and what is allowed. Some statOB seem to.hav; iw.de enormous drags a: the treasury. 3?ow 1 ork put in a bill for $938,852 and got $353, 082, a difference of nearly $600,000. Massachusetts was the worst grabbur in the lot, however. She paid out, J according to the auditor's roport, only . $37,975 but asked for $148,219 to reim- ( burse her. Rhode Island wr j'sd $206,526 for $63,768. Connecticut $175,- , 618 for $22 445 and Indiana, $274,639 1 for $151,618; other states presented bills # which have been deolared to be greatly ' in excess of the amounts thoy expended. i Alabama asked for only $22,717 and ^ $22,582 was allowed her. Georgia's bill . was only 30,118 and $28,194 of it was allowed. It appears that the attempted . raid of some of the states on the federal ^ treasury must be classed a ong the & many scandals of the Spanish-American war. CHAFFEE 8 LITTLE JOKE * l: What the New Aiken Once Thought c ti of Republicans. 0 "The Greenwood Index, of whioh ^ Capt. W. G. Chaffee used to be editor, j, *3ior?.s Ui->i he is a 'Bryan democrat.' H( If that bo so the joke is on Mr. Mc- 1( lvinley and no one cm enjoy a joko better than tho same Chaffeo."?Columbia State. Yes, tho joko is on MoKinley as t< well as on The State and other papers ft ar.d peojlo who persistently claim Y that whocvor accjpts appointmonts (J ...? ?.?! luuuau auujinuirauon is ai a K.'j u tiioaa. We happon to know M that Bill Chaffee, tho great and only M Cuatfeo, tho brilliant author of the J prepuce/ of Z rrachoboam, is no H m^ro of a Republican than a sheep is \ a go at. Why this same Chjffeo lion- 9 izod Bryan when that distinguished 3 man visited Greenwood somo yeare 2 ago. Ho went to Augusta and brought 2 him hero. He got out an extra edition C of The Index?by no means an insigni- A fioent loat?in honor of the Democratic L leader, double loaded a brilliant edi- d torial about his greatness, aooompaniod him to Duo West and soraped tho 1 ground in general in proscnce of tho 1 Nobraskan. Why, notioo the following ii from tho virile pen of Chaffoo: "Though dofeatcd ho oonquors. All ryeB today turo to Win. J. Bryan, tho foremost American, who in 1900 will ,, tackle tho Augean politioal stables in Whashington and will givo them such a cleaning as they have not had in a quarter of a century. Ho is tho champion of tbo people, who will arise ? in their might to rulo a oountry pur- J] chased with tho blood of their fathers and consign to tho dovil, if neoessary, j' Mark ilanna and his gang of unolean ^ political vampires, who aro intent on sucking tho lifo-blood of this groat ^ nation." g Note Agaia: "The olootion had been oarriod by ^ bribery and corruption of Amerioan g votes by Hanna and his scurvy orow of political bummors and official mis fits, who would hava turned Ananias green with envy or driven Judas to distraction and untimely death." Again in tho Bryan Extra this sen- 0 tonoo appears: 9 "In the whole scurvy lot there is ?' not a drop of patriotio blood, and " while prating of honost money and 1 national honor they would soaro a jj hyena from tho grave of a dead Sen- ? cgambian for the purpoio of stealing s the ooppers frpm his oyos." Of oourso Chaffee is no Ropublioan. 11 Tho wholo affairs is intensely amusing * and wo produce those oxtraots merely * that our readers may help us enjoy one 1 of tho host jokes of the oentury.?Green- I * wood Index. I( A I.UCKY FARMER. M Dug Up Thirty Thousand Del- . ti lars on His Farm. I iURIFD DURING THE WAR- J rwo Childrsn Told H'm of ths 1 Hidden Treasure and He Dug Until He 3| Found It. |9 There is no need to go to California x o hunt for gold. T.t has been unearth- Bfl d right over in Bullooh oounty, Qa. H )no man, W. W. Brannen, is no less HH han $30,000 better off now than he was, B >nti ho found it right in the soil of Buiooh oounty. Mr. Brannen is a pros )eroun iarmer 01 mo naston district. le has had repeated premonition that SH >e would one day bo a rich man. He ihanced to drop into a fortune teller's dace of business while in Savannah, md this sage of the oooult told him VQ hat on his plaoo in Bullooh county, at he end of a oertain old mildam, was mricd a large amount of money. Branlen quietly went to digging around this ?ld mill site, searching for the hidden ^ rcasure. In the meantime a young married roman living near him found that she I wssesaod the power of mesmorism. She "H lappencd one day to get one of Bran- j ion's little girls under her inflaenoe. J While in that state of mind the little ;irl said that there was on her father's ilaoe, at a certain spot, a largo pot of jold buried. Brannen renewed his eforts. Ho was laughed at by his neigh)ors, but, to make matters doubly sure, his woman of moBmerio powers got anither little girl from another community, who had not heard of the gold story '.tall, and whilo under the spell, she, .00, told tho story of the fabulous sum ^ if money buried at the same place. A hird girl repeated the same prophecy .hat gold would bo found at that par.ioular place* Brannen continued his digging, and , Thursday stunk a pot of ante-bellum nold which contained $30,000 in gold soin. When or by whom this treasure vas laid away nobody knows, nor does drannea care, now that he has the augh on his frionds and neighbors. The \ tommunity is wild over the find, and now .hat the prospects for oropB are so poor, he people will spend the rainy days, vhon they can't plow, in digging for J raluables, hidden probably in the early J lizties to keep the Yankees from got- fl ing them. N M Destruction by Lightning. ^ Three persons were killed and several L - xJured by ina Thursday in U Marion, tho First Presbytena^^^^?|M|^l^^ ihuro a was stiuok by lightning and bad- - 1 y damaged; Rowan's saloon was struck I ind partially destroyed. Five men, who . rere in the saloon, were knooked sense- m ess. m At Greentown trees were uprooted V nd fruit and growing orops badly lamaged by hail. Throe hundred winlows were broken. Several barns were inrnod. The loss in and around Greenown probably will roaoh 140,000. At ltoachdale, the building oooupied y the Koaohdale News was entirely estroyed. The machinery and fixtures re badly damaged. At Montioello the barn of Bert Hathway was struck by lightning and lathaway, who had taken refuge from he storm in the building, was instant7 killed. The barn and oontents, inluding seven valuable horses, wore onircly oonsumed, causing a loss of $5,00. Hartford City was visited by a terric wind and hail storm Thursday night. 'ifty oil derricks were blown down and jveral buildings damaged, causing a >sb of $25,000. Our Great Volunteer Army. The following is a summary ofvolunsers furnished by each state to the >deral army during the civil war, New ork, 445,959; Pennsylvania, 338,115; >hio, 310.651; Illinois, 258,162; Indicia, 194 362; Massachusetts, 146,467; Ussouri, 108.162 Wisoonsin. 91,021; hohigan, 88,111; Iowa, 75,793; New ersey. 75.315: KfttitimWv 7.\ 97F? laine, 69,738; Connecticut, 55,755; laryland, 46,053; New Hampshire, 33,13; Vermont, 33,272; West Virginia, 2,U03; Tennessee, 31,092; Minnesota, 4,002; ilhode Island, 23,243; Kansas, 0,095. District of Columbia, 18,524; laiifornia, 15,725; Dela-?*ro, 12,265; Lrkansas, 8,239; New Mexioo, 6,561; louisiana, 5,224; Colorado, 4,903; lnian Territory, 3,530; Nebraska, 3,157; lorth Carolina, 3,150; Alabama, 2,576; 'oxas, 1,965; Orogon, 1,810; Nevada, ,080; Washington torritory, 964; Missisippi, 515. Dakota territory, 200. Would Shoot Too Far. The sixteen-icoh gun built at the Vatervlietgun arsenal, which has an stimatcd rango of oighteen miles, is not uite finished, and probably never will e. A dispatoh from Washington rearts: "Tncre is a settled eonviotion a the military sorvioo that the sixtoonaoh rifle will novor leave the govcrnlont ordnanae foundry at Watervliet. ts design has already beon aupplanted y weapons of superior pattorn, and tho riginal intontion of building oightoon ike it has long boon abandoned." The rat appropriation for it was made five eara ago, and it has oost, aofar, $500,00. One objootioQ to it ia that it wonld hoot about iwioe as far as it oould be imed. The South is Solid. Bishop Candler, of Georgia, in a reont lotter, sums up the oaae very tronglywhen ho aaya the "south is olid for fixed prinoiples. The south ithohome cf conservatism. Up to his timo every effort to draw away these eoplo from prinoiples through the inuonoc of power has failed. It was enator Hoar who deolarcd that southrn mon, without yielding to tho blandihmonts of wealth or patron*ge, have lways shown the ability to adhere, rithout getting diverted or without geting tired, to peat truths and ideas year / fter year and generation after genera- ^