The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, June 26, 1901, Image 1
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
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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.
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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- ^