The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 28, 1901, Image 1

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Democrat 'Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence." vi' T,.vi'.T.r. VOL. XXVI BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 28, 1901, NO 26 REVENUE TAX. Changos That Will be Made In the Pro?* nt Law. OF INTEREST TO EVERY ONE The Repeal Will Take Plac* on July I Next. A List of the Articles Excepted By it Ohangos in tho iatcrnal roven m stamp tax law, hy whioh tho H pe omi tax will bo modified or roniovod, will go into of foot July 1. Whilo this ohango will savo a largo amount of money to businoss pooploaud othors tho finaooialgain will bo small ooraparod to thc joy whioh will prevail at tho ondiog of a ngulation whioh oauscd no end of worry. After July thero will bo no stamps on bank ohooks, telegrams, hills of lading, bonds, flight drtfts, express recoipts, mort gages and seores of other dooutnonts. There is also a list of ' Modified arti olos,"whoro a roduotion will bo allowed, and tho tax will romain on u any nrti olos and for many dealers until furtht r Orders from tho government, Praotioally overy piraon has been moro or loss affcotcd hy tho spcoial war tax put on to defray cxponsos of tho Spanish war. Tho amounts whioh tho iiiinnln bsd to nsy wore sm*!! in msny instanoos, but it all oountod in tho und. If a portion did not spond a dollar ho would bo oaught by tho tax in tho ovont of rcooiying a bequest cr tho Uko. Tho tax was meant for tho public, and by tho whip saw methods almost the entiro population was re sobed Tho internal rovenuo bureau in order to lot tho public know prooisoly how far its intcrosts aro affcotod by tho now law has givon out tho following statement, whioh tho offioials think oovors tho en tire ground: lt El? KA LED. Bank ohooks, 2 oonts Bills of lading for export, 10 oontb. Bond of obligation by guarantoo oompany, ono-half of 1 oont on eaoh dolUr. Cortifioatos of damage, 25 oonts. Cortifioatos of doposit, 2 oonts. Cortifioatos not othorwiso spooificd, 10 oonts. Charter party, $3 to $10. Chowing gum, 4 oonts e?oh $1, Comrnoroial brokors, $20. Drafts, sight, $20 Express recoipts, 1 oont. Insuranoc-Lifo, 8 oonts on eaoh $100; marino, inland, firo ono-half oont on eaoh $1; oasuaUy,fidolity and guaran ty, ono-half oont on eaoh $1. LQ&pe,2f> oonts to $1. Manifest and custom houso - entry $1 to $5. Mortgage or eonvcyanoo in trust, 25 oonts for$1,500. Order for payment of monoy on sight or on demand. Porfumory and oosmotios, ono half oont for eaoh 5 oonts. Power of attorney to vote, lOconts. Power of attorney to soil, 25 oonts. Promissory notos, 2 ocnt3 for eaoh $100. Proprietary medidnos, ono-oight of a cont for eaoh 5 cents. Protest, 25 ocnts, Telegraph mebsagcB, 1 oont. Tolophono messages, 1 oont. United States monoy ordois, 2 oonts for oaoh $100. Waro houso rcooipts, 25 contB. MODIFI8D. Boor, $2 por barrel und 7 i per oor t discount, changed to $1 60 per barrel apd7? por cont d'uoount ropealed. Bills of exohango, foreign, d onits for eaoh $100; ohaDged to 2 ocnts for eaoh $100. Cigars, woighing moro than thr^o pounds per 1,000, $3.00 por 1,000; ohangod to $3 per 1,000. Cigarotts woighing not moro than threo pounds per 1,000, $1 50 pori, 000; ohangod to, valuod at not moro than $2 por 1,000, 18 oonts per pound; valuod at moro than $2 per 1,000, 36 I oonts por pound. Cigars woighning not moro than throe pounds per 1,000, $1 por 1,000; ohangod to 18 ocnts per pound. Oonvoyanoo, 50 oonts for eaoh $500; now oxomptod below $2 500; abovo $2, 500, 25 oonts for oaoh $500. Lcg&oies-Law modified BO aB to ox oludo from taxation logaoios of oharit ablo, rel i ??ions, literary or oduoational oharaotor af tor Maroh 1, 1001. Ordors for paymont of monoy by tolograph, oto , issuod hy oxpross oom pames, oto., drawn in but pay ablo out of Unitod Hinton, 2 cents for oaoh $100. Passage tiokots, $1 to $5; now ox omptod bolow $50 in value, for oaoh $50, 50 oonts; excooding $50, in addi tion thoroto, 50 oonts. BaloB of produots at oxohangOB: Ono oont for oaoh $100 rotaincd, but salo? of morohatidiso is aotual oourse of tran sportation exempted from tax. Tobaooo and snui?, 12 oonls por pound; nov/ discount of 20 por oont al lowed. RETAINED. Bankers' capital and surplus, $50 for $25,000 and $2 for oaoh additional $1, 000. Bunds, dobonluren, certificates of indobtoduoas, oto., 5 cents for oaoh $100. Bond for indomnity of for duo ex ooution of portormanoo of dutios of any ofiiao or position, 50 couts. Brokor, $50. Brokers' eontraot, 10 oonts. Oortifioatofl of profits, 2 cents for oaoh $100. Cortifioatos of ste ok, original isauo, 5 oonts for eaoh $100. Corti&oatos et etook, transfers, 2 cents for eaoh $100. (Auoendod to inoludo Bales at buokot shop?.) Cigarotts weighing moro than throo pounds per 1,000. $3.60 por 1,000. ?Custom houso brokors, $10. Doalors in leaf tobaooo, $6 to $24, aopording to Halos. Doalors in tobaooo, $12, whon sales oxoood 50,000 pounds. Drafts, timo or bills of oxobango, in land, 2 oonts for oaoh $100. Entry of good* at oustom houso for consumption, 25 oonts to $1. Entry for withdrawal ,50 oonts. Freight . rocoipt i of demeslio bills of lading, 1 ocnt. Manufacturera of oigars, $? to $21 Manufacturers of uiixod flour, $12 por annum. Manufacturers of tobaooo, $6 to $21. Mixed Hour, 1 conte por barrol. Pawnbrokers, $20. Potroloum and sugar rorinorioa. \ per oonts gross rocoipta in OXOOBS of $250, 000. Proprio'ors of bowling alloyo or bil liard rooms, $5 oaoh alloy or tablo. Proprietors of circuses, $100. Proprietors of othor publio exhibi tions, $10. Proprietors of thoators, musouniB and concert halls, $100. Blooping and parlor car tiokots, 1 oont. Sparkling or othor winos, I pint 1 cont, moro than I pint 2 oonts. Toa, oustoms duty of 10 oonts por pound. ME. BRYAN AND MK* CRI8P, Tho Washington Post Denies Senator MoLaurin's Charge. "Senator Bryan has notdoomod Son ator MoL turin's oh?rgo that ho (Bry an) opposed tho lalo Oh?s. F, Crhp for tho fpoakcrahip beoauso Judgo Crisp was an ex Coafodorato, a\ worthy of notioo, At all ovents ho has had noth ing to say about it, notwithstanding Souator MoLauriu's ohargo was mado something liko two w<oks ago. Mean while tho south is full of ox-Oonfod orato soldiors and < hoir sons who would liko to hoar irom Mr. Bryan a donial that ho pormitiod sootional prcjudioo to influence h isa against tho great God'gian."-Savannah Morning Nows. lt is poihnps unfortunate that Mr. Bryan t as not takon notioo of Mr. Mo Laurin's "ohargo," though tho ftato mont is not original with Mr. Mc laurin But wo nocd not wnit for Mr. Bryat.'s donia! aa thoro is othor ovi di IIOO at hand and fro sri a sourco that in moro friondly to Mclaurin than to Bryan, Tho Washington Post, an in do pondent papor, is quito scvoro on Bryan as a usual thing and loans to wards MoLiurin, yot Tiio Post is just onough to aay: Senator MoLrurin is most urju9t whon bo R0OU808 Mr. Bryan of refus ing to voto for Mr. Crisp for spoakor of tho houso booauso tho lattor was a southern man. In tho Demooratio oau cus Mr. Bryan votod for Mr. Springer, probably beoauso ho had studied law undor tho dirootion of tho Illinois oandidato and had boon closely asso oiated with him in politics. Aftor Mr. Crisp roocivod tho Douiooratio oauous nomination Mr. Bryan voted for him in tho houso, tho only serious protost coming from tho Hon. G/eorgo Frod. Williams of Massachusetts, who tear fully oonduoted a bolt, beoauso of his foar that Mr. UriBp was not sound on tho tarill quoatiou and was too liber ally ti not m od with tho theorios of froo silver. Mr. Oriap attested tu his regard for Mr. Bryan by assigning him lo a position on tho ways and means com mittee- avid giving him many opportuni ties to como to tho Iront during his oj-, wi or in tho housu, all of whioh tho Nebraskan took advantago of. As Mr. Bryan saw fit to ong&go in tho South Carolina polilioal rumpus, ho is a l?giti mai o eubjoot for discussion, but Mr. MuLauiiu was not at all happy in his hunt for tho gonllomans's vulnorablo point. It is ovidont that Tho Post dooa not spoak unadvisedly but only i-.ftor an invoatigation into tho subjoot and its statcmont may bo acooptod as oonolu sivo. Whilo Bayan's at itudo towards Mr. Crisp has nothing to do with Mo Liurin's dosortion of tho Djmooraoy it is well enough that Tho Post's dofonso ol' Bryan should bo givon publication in tho papor in whioh MoLmirin's statement lirat appeared.-Tuc Seato. : Murderous Mexicans. Nows by wiro has just roaohed Ii ?re do, Tex., that Capt. Brooks' company of Stato Ktngcra had alight with tho Moxioans who aro supposed tobo guilty of tho assasination of Sheriff Mords of Karnos county, and Sheriff G lover and Conatablo Sohnabol of Gonzales county. Tho oommandor of tho oompany was wirod that four horsos woro stolon Sun day night at Campbollton ia Atasoosia oounty and that tho riders woro hoadod for tho Kio Grando. Brooks' oompany wore at onoe put on tho lookout and tho information is to tho olfoot that tho dotaohmont overtook foui Mexioans riding horses that suited tho dosoription of thoso stolon at Campbollton from tho Bordas ranoh whioh is about 80 milos from Larodo. A running fight onsutd iu whioh ono Moxioan was lulled, ono oapturod and two osoapod. Capt. ltogors and party aro in pursuit. Tho doad man was broucht to Bonavidos Tho county clerk of Kirnos oounty haB boon wired to send mon to idontify tho Moxioan killod and tho ono oapturod. Made Thom Chew Soap. Ohargos of a oruol modo of punishment in ono of tho publio sohools of Chioa go havo boon plaood boforo Supt. Lano by Hugh Brady, He tuya that ohildron in tho summer sohool havo boon punished repeatedly for ohowing gum during sohool hours by having soap forood into thoir mouths, being oom polled to let it romain until it dissolvod and ran down thoir throats. Children who say that thoy woro subjjotod to tho soap troatmont returned to their homos on Wodnosday wi h burning throats and raw mouths. Lest or Brady was ono of tho sufforors, but triod to ooncoal tho faot from his paronts. Ho waa unablo to oat his suppor, and aftor ropeatod questionings tho story oarao out. Taroo other boys, Harry Baker, Harry Parker and Edgar Windorson, also assort that thoy woro o )mpollod to undergo tho samo trcntmont. Porto Rico. Of tho 95!$.21 population of Porto ltioo only 75,000 live in oilioa. On tho ibland but 100 miloB long and 36 wido aro 1,000 di?triot farms and ono fifth of tho island is nedor cultivation. Tho avorago biz j of a farm in Porto ltioo ia forty livo aoros, of whioh twolvo aro oultivatod. Sovonty ono por oont of thoso Porto ltioo farms aro ownod by whites. An American Fool. About tho limit of soobbory io roaoh ed by "An Amorioan gontloman," who advrolisoB in London an olForof $25, 000 to a lady of titlo ao ohaporon for hin daughter. A SECRET ORDER Among Negrees In Louisiana Causes a Lynching. TWO OF THE BAND HUNG. The Membsrs Claim [to bo Prin cos. end Their Order Called Thrt Church of tho Living Ood. Tho lynching of two negroos Thurs day night noar Shrovoport La., oroatod a sonsation, as with tho oxoitoniont dying out it waa thought thoir livoa would bo sparod until tho murdoror Edwards waa oapturod. Aepooial from Shreveport, howovor, says ovidonoo waa dieoovored BO olcarly establishing tho guilt of Smith and M. Lind aa onomioa of tho white and dangerous olomonts to be loft at largo among tho negroos that tho people of Bossior rogarded their exe cu lion as ossontial to tho prosorva tion of order in the pariah. I ho ovidonoo obtained by tho polioo showed tho following facts: Tho or ganization of whioh "Prophet Smith" was tho head had its origin in Houston, and waa known as tho Church of tho Living G od. Throo mombera of tho BU nn/imn mn ?~ A .-l-J I... il... ?/ivuiv uuuuv.i, nu lUUIUdbbU M jr IUU printod lotter hoads, woro: Smith and M. Land, who wore lynohod, andPrinoj Edwards, tho murdoror of Foster. Smith, whon ho oamo to Louisiana, os tablishod himsolt at Shrovoport, but waa finally ordorod away by tho chief of polioo na a dangorous oWaotor After tho shooting an official soaroh of his promisos waa instituted and tho Ark of tho Covenant, a rudoly con st ruo tod box with a "hoodoo" doBign on and within it waa found. Whon it was touched by the soarohors tho no groes woro greatly terrified and stated that but one had advanood far onough to lay hands on tho sacred box. Tho mombors of tho oburoh, who wcro known as princes, hold rogular meet ings, at whioh Smith prosided with tho designation of "King." Following i i an oxaot oopy from tho minutes of a mooting held on tho Fos ter plantation showing how business was carried on and tho onmity that ox istcd between Smith aud his followora and tho chief of polioo of Shrovoport aud Foster, tho murdoiod man: "Tho Royal Arohivoof tho Kingdom of G jd mot in iuprcmo oounoil, ?eng "Dark Was tho Night." Oponed by reading 321 chapter of Isaiah. After F, K. Smith, tho king, waa announoid to tho mooting ho Btatod that ho r-?as ad vised of Ged to call tho prinuos to gether in council to dooido what should bo dono -with tho ohiof of polioo and his forco for interfering wi'.h tho Kiug of tho Oburoh of God in Shrovopoiv Prinoo Webb boing tho first to arico said ho w*s in favor of domanding six months affliction upon tho ohiof. Prinoo ll .eke saie ho waa in favor of tho namo, also Prinoo M. Lind, also Prinoo Johu bon, also P iuoo Edwardi. All con curred in demanding six months ufflic tion or. tho oaiof at tho L*kool' Shreve port. Tho next oasc was that of thc Hookers of tho Building. Tho caso .was deoided: All that aro rook build ing must bo punished with death with in four days. A complaint waa taken against J. M. Fostor that ho should be tormented until ho give consent that all tho saints lenvo tho plaoo " Boforo ho was lynohed Thursday night Smith confessed that ho had loitdod tho gun with which Footer was killod. Many lotters of an incendiary ohar aotor writton by Smith and his gang woro fouud. Tho disoovory of thoso ovidohoen of oonaptraoy lcd to Thurs day night's lynohing. Shoriff Thompson of BosBior mado no attompt to intorforo in viow of tho suporior numbors of tho mob. Emory Wheol Burst. Tho Atlanta Journal savs: "W. T. Jones, a whito mc o Lanie is doad at tho Grady hospital. Ho was struck by tho flying piooofl of a broken omory whoel Wednesday afternoon whilo at work at tho Winship Maohino shops, on Ma? .et ta stroot. Tho injuries infliotod woro of an intornal nature, a Urgo seotion of tho wheol striking him in tho abdomen. Ho was takon at onoo to tho hospital and had boon pvaotioally in a dying condition sinon laat night. Tho physicians spoak of tho caso as ono of tho most pathotic that has ovor oomo under thoir notioo. About tho bed on whi?h tho dying man lay woro gathorod his wifo, his brothor and sovoral of his ohildron. Ho did not soom to sull'or a groat deal of physical pain, but his oyos oxproaaod tho koon oat agony as they passed from his wifo to his little ohildron. Jonos was alono whon tho fatal aooidont bofoll him. Without warning, tho whool suddonly flow apart, and ho was rendered breath less and insensible by tho blow, which foiled bim to tho floor. A largo seotion of tho stone struck him in tho abdomen and a smallorpiooo nearly carried off his right hand." Sor ved Him Hight. Tom Watson, who, with his wifo, swore that tho nogro, Will Bussoy, had oommitted an assault on Mrs. Watson, was takon out by a oommittoo of oiti ?3D8 of Camdon, Ark., Wodnosday night nr.d givon fivo hundred lashes. Tho afB davit of Watson and his wife was tho moans of Hus sey having boen sentenced to bo hanged, but about thron wool's ago Mts. Watson mado A writton state ment, confessing that sho had sworn falsely against Bussoy. On learning this Govornor Davis suspended tho son tonoo imposed on Bussoy- Watson's wifo swore that nho was oompollod by her husband to tostify against Bussoy. At tho conclusion of tho lashing Watson was placed on A train and givon instruo not te stop in Arkansas. Runs a Groat Risk. Su Shih Sin, A Chinoso roforinor, who has boon in tho Unitod Hiatos for somo timo, will roturn to his country though thore is A fltanding reward of $50,000 for his hoad. Tho GalvoBton Nows sug gOBts that Su Shih perhaps thinks that tho power IIAVO lifted about all tho money tho Chinoso government has, And that ho is in ho danger of boing akon for A row.u'd. ? CHARLESTON BLIND TIGERS. JUURO Benet Hits Them Some Very Heavy Blows. IQ tho court of gonornl SOBB?OUS at Charleston lout week Judge W. 0, Bonot mado a spcoial ohargo to the graud j uri', whon tho disponsary oases woro takou up. Ho oallod atlontion to tho opon and flagrant manaor in whioh tho dispen sary law was being violatod in Char leston, whioh ho said was not tho oaso in othor oitios in tho stato. During tho oourso of his remarks, ho said: .?Thia town of Charleston is to day as bitterly opposad to tho onforoe mont of tho disponsary law as when it was lust pasaod, and judging from tho nowspapers and ourront rcoords thoro is no moro donne to onforoo tho law now than whon it was first plaood on tho statutos. 'J ho law is oponly and unhesitatingly, violatod, and dofled. Tho wholo stato knows it; neighboring states know that tho law is flagrantly violatod ovory day. Oo noarly ovory stroot oornor, and botwoon ovory stroot ooraor, aro | plaoos w h oro liquor is sold, day and night and on Sunday. Strangors en tering tho oity flad it ontiroly oon veniont to got drinks, but thoy ox press thoir disapproval of tho way in whioh tho law is so oponly deli od, ''lt is high timo for this good old town lo m&ko aa honoBt ollort to on foroo tho law. Thero novor has boon an attompt ia this dicootioa, aud un til an honest effort is mado it cannot Ou nmn MILL u:u ut i o ju: uti ni y lltW 1U Charleston is a failuro. "This town of Charlo3ton is a por tion of tho state of South Carolina; it has not jot boon out oil; it is no indo pondont, potty principality. It is a part of tho stato, governed by tho same laws that govern tho wholo stato, and tho grand jury of Ch arion ton is expect ed to treat tho disponsary oasos tho samo boro as thoy aro troatod by tho grand jury in other counties in tho Btato." During his romarks Judge. Bdnot statod that it was a remarkable faot that tho grand j ivy of Charleston had failed to find true billi? in tho largo nambi r of disponsary indictments that woro handod to thom at ovory term of court. Ho also gavo tho poli00 depart ment a rap for not being vigilant in trying to onforoo tho law. Following Judge Bonot's romarks tho disponsary indictments, out of a batch of fifty - nino cases, woro given to tho grand j iry, and "no bill" was ro fumed in ovory oaso. Gen. Chalice's Report. Tho roport of Maj Gon. Ohai?oo on tho oampaign ia China is being prepar ed for publics .ion at tho war depart ment. Sorno of Gon. Ohaffeo's 00m monts aro intorosting. Atono point ho say?: 'For about throo woekfl following tho arrival cf tho reliof oolumu at Pekin thc condition in and about tho oity waB bad. Lootirg of tho city, foraging in tho surro 11 tiding oountry and soizuro by soldiers ol' everything a Chinaman might havo, as vogotables. ohiokons, olioop. outlo, oto , whothor hoing brought to tho oity or found on tho farm; indiscriminate and generally unprovoked shooting of Chiuoso, in oity, oouutry and alon*; tho lino of march and tho river-all this did not tond, as ivas natural, to gain for tho troops tho ooniidonoo of tho masses whom it is certain wo havo no equal, but woro in noed of thoir labor, lt is sato to say that whoro ono roal boxor has benn killed siuoo tho capture of Pekin, many harmless Coolies or labor ers on farms including a fow womon and ohildron havo boou slai.i. N? doubt tho boxer olemont is largely mix ed with tho mai s of population, and by slaying ono huudrod, ono or moro box ors might bo taken in." Gon. Chaff nco speaks of tho rostrainb ho plaood upon Amorioan troops. Tho Japanoso oommandor also mado it known that gonoral war on all olassos was not intended. Gon. Chaff00 said ho opposed over ing tho Forbiddon city unloss looting was prohibitod. Thia was agrood to and ho thinks but liltlo looting has boon done thoro though artiolos have boon oiforod for salo, said to havo boon taken from tho Forbidend oity. To rn atloe's Queer Pranks. Trait mon who woro in Saturday's tornado at Dorohestor, Nob., last wcok roport freaks of tho wind. Tho storm pioked out oars boro and thoro in tho fast moving train and tumblod thom ovor and ovor. Kirnt tho ono noxt to tho ongino, thon tho fourth and fifth, and last tho four noxt to tho way oar wont ovor. Tho first oar loft its foro truoks on tho traok and thoy followod tho ongino into tho station. Tho roar truoks vomaiuod with tho oar, and, after it had turnod ovor. four or tivo timos, lay on its baok with tho whools ia tho air. This roof of ono oar was blown 100 foet, carrying tolograph wiros with it. The roar brakoman says tho strom oamo almost without warn ing, and ho saved himself only by wind ing his logs around tho hrakorod, Good Aclvico. Tho following gora from an unknown author should bo pastod in ovory man's lut as a reminder of his duty whon ho desire ?i to speak ill of any woman. Uomorobor this: "Bowaro how you speak of a woman's oharaotor. Think how many yoars oho has hoon building it, of tho wounds reooivod, of tho toils and privations ondurod; and lot no suspioion follow hor notions. Tho purity of woman is tho salvation of tho raoo, and hopo of futuro greatness and tho redemption of man. Wipe out her purity and man ?inks bonoath tho wavo of dospair with not a star to guido his lifo into a ohannol of safety. Think, thon, before you spoak, und rcmombor that any hog can root up tho fairest flowor that ever grow, so tho vilest oan ruin tho purost oharaotor." The Toxas Way. Tho board of hoalth of tho oity of Galveston is arranging for a largo sup ply of oi| from tho Boaroontwolls tobo usod in fighting ruosquitooa. Tho oil will bo distributed in all tho stagnant pools in tho city, sprir-jjklod on tho ourfaoo of water in tho guttora And fr?o to ow nert) of opon eis toms for uso in destroying moBquttoos and tho fovor breeding gorms whioh oollCot in tho ponds. Ar??W. EXPLOSIVE Which Moans Revolution in Naval Warfare* AND STYLE OF WAR SHIPS. The N?w Engine of Destruction has been Adopted by tho United States Qovomment. Maximito, tho now oxposivo invent ed by Hudson Maxim, has boon adopt ed by this oouutry aftor a sorioB of successful to its whioh woro oomplotod at tho Sandy Hook proving grounds. Tho soerot of tho oxplosivo bas boon sold to tho govern mont by tho inventor, and tho explosivo itBolf is oxpootod to revolu tion'/. 3 warfaro. It is moro doadly in its oharaotor than liddito, yot so safoly oan it bo handlod that tho danger at taohing to its uro ?B 1O6S than that in ourrod in transporting ordinary blaok powdor. 'Tho tent H toado thus far bavo boon so satisfactory that naval offiooro bo liovo tho day of tho big battloBhip is passing, booauso tho explosivo will pioroo a 12 inoh Elarvoyizod nioklo stool armor plato and, having passod through it, will oxplodo on tho other sido with sufBoiont power to dostroy ovorything with whioh it oomoo in oontaot. Nov? r boforo has a plato of thin strone th And thioknosa boon pierced. WHAT TKSTS SHOWED. Tho tosts havo boon mado by tho Ofdnanoo Board and havo boen con ducted with tho usual sooreoy whioh attends go von-, mont tosts of this kind. Tho reuult far surpasj auything hero toforo attained in any country, and tho opinion is expressed by exports that it may rovol?tioui/.o tho building of bat* tloships and fortifications. Projootiloo charged with this explo sivo ? re firod through Harvoyized nioklo stool armor plato twolvo inohoB in thiokness, tho sholl oxploding aftor passing through tho plato-that is to Bay. on tho insido of tho ship or fort. Tho insensitiveness of this oxplosivo is so groat that a rod hot iron may bo thrust into a mass of it without oaus ing nn explosion. Tho explosion of tho compound aftor passing through tho plate is accomplished by moans of a fuso, tho invontion of an army offioor. Tho explosion is oontrollod absolutely by moans of this fuso, so that it takos placo tho instant tho sholl passes through tho armor plato. Sholls lilied with lyddito, tho hi jh explosivo adoptod by tho British government, filled in tho sanio way as was maximito, into tho saivo sholls, and firod at a plato qn inoh apdi.a. half, in thiokn?ss, all ?xplodod on impaot, and in ovory test foll far short of tho results obtained with tho now oxplosivo. AT AMERICA'S MERCY, Those tests of maximito aro regarded as having demonstrated that there is no war ship of any navy oapablo of with standing its destructivo otfoots when thrown from modern high power guns. Mr. Maxim oonduols these expori arunta in person, there being no one prosont oxcopt tho ordnaneo officers and exports reprosonting tho government. Mr. Maxim fools olatod over tho tests, whioh ho says: "Should tho Uuitod States now bo como involved in war with any otnor powor, wo will bo ablo to throw high oxplosivo projcotilcs through tho thick est armor of onemios to oxplodo insido their warships, while they in turn would bo ablo only to penolrato our armor with solid shot, or at least carry ing no bursting obargo whatovor. Tho advantago on our sido will turn any naval battlo our way in short ordor." Ht thought tho moral of thoso new develop ments is that tho pondorous battleship must go, and bo replaced by tho miall, swift torpedo boat or torpodo gunboat and oruisor, and praotioally vnarmorod, "no protootiou whatovor can avail against missiles such as wo havo boon firing at Sandy Hook."-Naw York Proas, llomarkablo Avalanche. An avalanoho, unparalleled in tho Wost Virginia mountains occurred Wodoosday night at Hopovillo, Grant oou?.'y. Groat sootions of tho mountain sidu along tho Poto mao rivor for two mileii rushed down into the beautiful valley. Thousands of tons of love st treos, iramonso rook and earth carno down, and tho homo of Mrs. Androw Ours, a widow, wan oomplotoly wrook od. Tho twohty yoar old daughtor of Mrs. Ours was instantly killod and Mrs. Ours is in a dying oondition. A littlo grand ohild who was ?ponding tho night with Mrs. Ours was grabbod whoa tho first warning carno, but os capo was impossiblo and whon found this morning tho grandmothor was buriod to hor waist in tho dobris, hold ing tho ohild in hor arms abovo tho dully mud and stono in whioh sho was fastonod HO tightly that aftor many of for ts.neighbors found it noooossary to pull tho bruised body out loaving hor olothos buried, Tho ohild only will rooovor. Miss Ours' body was found during tho day. All day hundreds of visitors havo gono to tho soono and othorr from far and noar aro going by ouniago and horsobaok, thoro being no no aver railroad point than Koytor to visit tho soono of tho most romark ablo mountain ooaurronoo tho Stato has ovor known. Calls tho Thiovos. Following his offor of tatt weok to tho Mayor of Philadelphia to pay $2, 500,000 for tho stroot railway fran chises granted to oortain capitalists in that oity by tho oity oounoil, to whioh ho reooivod no roply, ox Postmaster Gonoral John Wansnukor Friday night flOUt a communication to Congressman Koboit II, Foordoror, ono of tho capi talists to whom tho franohisos wore Srantod. offering him a half million olino tor tho franchises in addition to ?tying to tho oity tho sum already of ered. A few days ago Mr. Fo ordor or, in a nowspapor intorviow, is alleged to have ?tated that Mr. Wanamaker's offor to tho mayer was not sinooro. and that it had a "string to it." Mr. Wanama ker, hi his lotter to Mr. Ifoorderor, do nios tho imputation._ A man who forfolts his solf-iespoot always has to pay his forfoit McLfi,URIN TO BE RULED OUT, | Tho Vied KO for Candidates May Be Amended Next Year. Tho Columbia oorrospondont of tho Atlanta Constitution says that Senator MoLaurin will bo barred from tho Doinooratio primary noxt summor. Senator Tillman said, boforo tho rooont resignations, that ho would opposo suoh aotion, hut now says that whilo ho doos not think it wisc it is a matter with which ho has nothing to do and it has boon already determined upon. Tho Stato ohairman of tho party, Col onol Jonos, was oalled on and asked whothor his oommittoo oontomplated excommunicating tho junior Sonator. "I oannot spoak fur tho oommittoo as a wholo," ho said, "and I have not soon all tho mombcrs rooontly, but so far as I oan asoortain of tho forty mom bors only Stato Sonator Appolt is a MoLaurin mun. And it is quostion ablo whothor tho oommittoo will moot this yoar. If MoLaurin gots to 'out ting up' in tho Stato and aotion is doomed ncoossary, any fivo mombors of tho oommittco oan foroo mo to oall a mooting." Colonol Jonos will ho a oandidato noxt yoar himBolf. He thinks Sonator MoLaurin is a full flodgod Ropublioan. Tho aotion of ruling him out of tho party is more likoly to bo takon by tho now oommittoo or tho Stato conven tion. This oommittoo will bo oho? en noxt April and tho oonvontion will moot about May 1st. .Thoro i? whoro tho first fight will be," said Chairman Jonos. "Mo Laurin will no doubt attompt to got control of tho onuaty oonvontion in whioh dologatos will bo solootod and oommitteomon ohoson." Tho ohairman felt certain that ao tion would bo takon ia ono way or another that would provont MoLutrin goiag into tho Domooratio primary. If tho oonvontion dooB not forestall tho now oommittoo noxt May and de claro MoLaurin a Ropublioan it oan add two or three linos to tho oath tho party constitution requiros to ho takon by all oandidatos that would bar him out. Tho addition of "and that^ I stand squaroly upon tho Kansas City platform and will abido by Domooratio oauouBOS," will havo tho effeot'of elimi nating tho junior Senator. Thoso oaths must bo signed and put into tho hands of tho Stato ohairman boforo tho first mooting of the campaign. Thoso who do not to subsoribo oannot spoak from tho stand during tho hours fisod for tho mooting, oannot have tiokots with thoir namos upon thom displayed . at tho polling plaoos and oannot havo any ballots oounted, lt is pointed out that MoLaurin would not take suoh an oath, but if ho did, aftor doolaring for indopondonoo of aotion, it would ho disastrous to his infiuonoo. This plan about tho oath has boon dovisod by thoso high in authority in tho party and it is most likoly to bo oarriod through. . It will attain the samo ond as reading MoLaurin out of tho party without gaining him so much sympathy. It is feared that to put him "ff from addressing tho pooplo by a po. .vo aotion, whon ho is willing to tako ian regulation oath that "I am a Domoorat and will abido by tho roBult of this primary and will not bo a oan didato nt tho general okotion of any othor party or faction," will give tho appoaranco of persooution. Sonator MoLutrin says ho dares thom to read him out of tho party, do olaring that if hoe speech is out eil and tho pcoplo aro not permittod to hoar him ho will split tho party wido opon. Rut just what ho will do in tho matter of tho oath has not boon con sidered. In foot, tho junior Smator is yot in ignoranoo of this latest sohomo. Governor MoSboonoy, who will bo among tho oandidatos for Sonator noxt year, and who was vioo Stato ohair man for ono term, was asked for his viows about tho proposed barring out of Sonator MoLaurin. Tho Governor was disposod to bo non-committal. Ho was not now a mombor of tho oom mittoo, ho said, and could not proporly indorso or oondomn any propsod ao tion. Howovor, it was ovidont tho Govornor approved of a plan to koop MoLutrin out of tho primary. Ho eould not undorstand, ho said, how MoLaurin could tako tho oath as now providod. Ho was not in tho party. His groatost blunder was in refusing to stay in and abido by tho Domooratio oauous. Whon ho did not abido by tho dooiiiona of that bedv ho disrogardod tho ruling of tho inner oirole of tho I party and put himself on tho outsido. Ho oould not proporly olaim to bo a Democrat_ Wanted Him to Leave. At tho last oleo;i n in Cumberland County, Maino, tho liquor mon nomi nated a preaohorfor shoriff, moro as a joko than anything ohio, l?o aooopted, mado tho raoo and was olootod. Sinoo that timo tho liquor mon havo soon no poaoo. Tho proaohor-shorifT has hoon on forcing tho law. Ho said a day or two ago that ho had indirootly roooivod an oiler of $10,000 if ho would roBign, or tako a vacation to Europe for tho romaindor of his torin. It is a wiso jokor who knows that his funny busi noss will not provo a boomorang. Killed Each Othor. A spooial Lom Waynosboror, Miss., says: A. M. Loary and J L. Davis ongagod in a dual Friday in whioh both woro instantly killod. Tho troublo aroso as tho ros ult of a family feud. Davis who ow nod a big lioonsod dis tilor/ oponod tho on Loary with n pifdol Ho fired throo limo J. Aftor Loary was down ho fired a shot with a pistol, killing Davis. Doath Doaling Tornado. Ono of tho most destruetivo torna does to human lifo that over ouourrod in Nebraska, orossod tho Koya Paha rivor at 6 o dook Thursday ovening. Ono family of sovon aro killed or fa tally injured and out of another family of six. two aro killed and tho rest, ox oept thc father, aro soriously or fatally injured, ftovoral othor persons woro injurod._ A Short Cut. It would bo moro candid and honosi if tho government and Congress should now toll tho Cubans bluntly: "Look hero, wo want you in our business, and vre must havo you. Tho flag will stay put." In ao doing thoy would nioroly ho anticipating, by tho shortest out bo* tween two points, what is really oon tomplatod by tho ti pi ri tu M von to to tho samo oD.d.-Springfield Ropublioan, AN UGLY RECORD Moat of the States Charging Unele Sain Too Much Tho auditor of .tho war dopartmo?t has submitted a ropDrt showing tho amount olaimod and tho amount paid by oaoh stato and torritory for fitting out voluntoors for tho war with Spain. Tho statomont is aa follows: Amount Amount filod. paid. Alabama.$ 22,717 %22,582 Ai kan sas. 10,157 9,849 California. 101,576 83.311 Colorado. 49,144 22,774 Connootiout. 175,648 22,446 Dolawaro. 28,227 24,001 Florida . 10,408 8,373 Uoorgia. 30,118 28,914 Idaho. 20,183 18,632 Illinois.. 530,745 431,948 Indiana. 274,630 151,618 Iowa. 147,044 91,588 Kansas. 37,787 36,681 Kontuoky. 1,615 . Louisiana. 20,015 16,840 Maino. 87,444 25,051 Maryland. 143 881 114,195 Massachusetts. 448 219 37,975 Michigan. 474?335 351,482 MinnoBota. 189.399 41,191 Mississippi. 63,384 51,918 Missouri:. 25,844 21,133 Montana. 2.742 2,623 Nobraska. 35 836 33,007 Novada. 6,212 5,449 Now Hampshiro.... 58,780 52,152 Now Jorsoy. 346,155 145,217 Now York. 938??52 353,082 Carolin*. 29,817 20,610 North Dakota. 12,041 11,248 Ohio. 503 505 411,992 Orogon .40?253 32.881 Pennsylvania. 412,754 305,285 1 Rhode Island. 206 526 63,768 South Carolina .... 35,152 18,537 South Dakota. 14.576 14,111 Tonncssoo. 37,278 33,2^0 Texas. 35,681 35,6dt Utah... 1.000 912 Vermont. 34,793 14,152 Virginia. 1,161 . Washington. 45,850 1,495 Wost Virginia. 31,549 27,414 Wisoonsin. 127,040 115,528 Wyoming. 9,045 8,869 Arizona. 2,623 2 570 Now Moxioo. . 5,884 5 520 Oklahoma. 1,886 1,886 This, on tho wholo, is a vorydisorodi table showing. In many of tho states it scorns that tho statos oharged tho federal govornmont immonsoly moro than thoy paid out for tho ocpiipmout of thoir troops. Alabama o arno nearer than any othor stato to charging tho cxa .t amount of hor exponaos and a vory small amount of Georgia's account was disal lowed. Tho southorn states generally show comparatively small disoropanoios botwoon what they ask and what is al lowed, Samo statos acorn to havd made enormous drags at tho treasury. Now 1 ork put in a bill for $938,852 and got. $353, 082, a difforonco of noarly $600, U00. Massaohusotts was thu worst grab bor in tho lot, howevor. She paid out, aooording to tho auditor's report, only $37,975 but aoked for $448,219 to reim? burao hor. Rhode Island waatod $206, 526 for $63,768. Connootiout $176, 648 for $22 415 and Indiana, $274,639 for $151,618; othor states presented bills which havo boon doolarod to bo groatly in exooss of tho amounts thoy expended, Alabama askod for only $22,717 and $22,582 waa allowed hor. Georgia's bill was only 30,118 and $28,194 of it was allowed. It appears that tho attompted raid of somo of tho states on the federal troasury munt be olassod a t ong tho many noandals of tho Spanish-Amorioan war. CHAFFEE8 LITTLE JOKE What the New Aiken Onoe Thought of Republicano. "Tho Groouwood Index, of which Capt. W. G. Chaffcc used to ho oditor, \ assorts that ho is a 'Bryan democrat.' If that ho so tho joke is on Mr. Mc Kinley and no ono oin enjoy a joko botter than tho samo Chaffoo.''-Co lumbia Stato. YOB, tho joko is on McKinley as well as on The Stato and othor papers and pooplo who persistently claim that whoever aooapts appointments from tho Ropublioan administration is a Ropubliban. Wo happon to know I that Bill Chafioo, tho great and only Chaffoo, tho brilliant author of tho propheoy of Zjrraohoboam, is no more of a Ropublioan than a shoop is go at. Why this samo Chaffoo lion* i/.od Bryan whon that distinguished man visited Groonwood somo yoara ago. He wont to Augusta and brought him horo. Ho got out an extra edition of Tho Index-by no moana an inaigni* fioont feat-in honor of tho Domooratio loader, double loaded a brilliant edi torial about his greatnoBS, aooompaniod him to Duo Wost and sorapod tho ground in general in prosonoo of tho Nobraskan. Why, notioo tho following from tho virilo pen of Chaffoo: 'Though dofeatod ho oonquors. All ey os today turn to Wm. J. Bryan, tho foromoot Amorioan, who in 1900 will taoklo tho Augoan political stables in Whashington and will givo thom ouch a oloaning as thoy have not had in a quartor of a oontury. Ho is tho ohnmpion of tho pooplo, who will arise in thoir might to rulo a country pur ohasod with tho blood of their f?thora and oonsign to tho devil, if nooosaary, Mark Hanna and his gang of unoloan political vampiros, who aro in tout on suoking tho life-blood of this groat nation." Note again: "Tho olootion had boon oarriod by bribory and corruption of American votos by Hanna and his sourvy orow of political bummors and oifioial mis? fits, who would have turned Ananias groon with onvy or drivon Judas to distraotion and untimely death." Again in tho Bryan Extra this son tenoo appears: "In tho wholo sourvy lot there is not a drop of patriotic blood, and whilo prating of honost money and national honor thoy would no aro a hyona from tho gravo of a dead Hon egambiao for tho purpose of stooling tho coppera from his oyo?." Of oourso Chaffoo is no Ropublioan. Tho wholo affairs is intonnoly amusing and wo produoo .those extraots morely that our readers may holp us on joy ono of tho boat Jokos of tho? oontury,-Qroon* wood indox, A LUCKY FARMER. HA Dug Up Thirty Thousand Pol?; lara on His Farm. BURIED DURINQ THE WAR? Two Ohlidren Told H!m of tba Hidden Treasure and Ho Dug Until He Found lt Thoro is no nood to go to California to hunt for gold. It has boon unearth ed right ovor in Bullooh county, Ga. Ono man, W. W. Brannon, is no loss than 130,000 bettor off now than ho was, and ho found it right in tho soil of Bul looh oounty. Mr. Brannon is A pros* porous farmor of tho Laston distriot. Ho has had ropoatod premonition that ho would ono day bo a rioh man. Ho ohanood to drop into a fortuno tcllor'u plaoo of business whilo in Savannah, and this sago of tho oooult told him that on his plaoo in Bullooh oounty, ac. tho ond of a oortain old mildara, was. buried a large amount of monoy. Bran non quiotly wont'to digging around this old mill sito, soarohing tor tho hidden tro asuro. In tho moantimo a young married woman living noar him found that sho I poasessod tho poworof niosmovism. Sho happouod ono day to got ono of Bran I non 5 little "iris usdor her ?D?I?O?OO; I While in that state of mind tho Httlo girl said that there was oe her fathor's plaoo, at a oortain spot, a largo pot of gold buriod. Brannon ronowed his ef forts. Ho was laughod at by his neigh bors, but, to mako matters doubly sure, this woman of mosmerio powovi got an other littlo girl from anothor communi ty, who had not hoard of tho gold story at all, and whilo undor tho spoil, she, too, told tho story of tho fabulous sum of monoy buried at tho samo plaoo. A third girl ropoatod tho samo prophooy that gold would bo found at that par ticular plaoo? Brannon oontinuod his digging, and Thursday struok a pot of anto-bollum mold whioh eontainod 130,000 in gold ooin. Whon or by whom this troasuro was laid away nobody knows, nor does Brannon oaro, now that he has the laugh on his friends and neighbors. Tho community is wild ovor tho find, and now that tho prospecta for crops are so poor, tho people will spend tho rainy clays, when they can't plow, in digging for valuables, hidden probably in tho early sixties to koop tho Yankoos from get ting thom. Destruction by Lightning. ." Throo poraons wore klllod and sovoral injured by.lightning during tho sovoro elootrioal storm whioh passod over Indi ana Thursday night. Tho storm did oonsidorablo damago in sovoral plaoos. At Marion, tho First Presbyterian ohuroa was struok by lightning and bad ly damagod; Rowan's saloon was struok and partially destroyed. Five mon, who wero in tho saloon, woro knooked sonso loss. At Groontown troos woro uprooted and fruit and growing orops badly damaged by hail. Throo huadrod win dows wore brdkon. Sovoral barns wore burned. Tho loss in and around Greon town probably will reaoh $40,000. At Roaohdalo, tho building occupied by tho Roaohdalo Nows was on ti roly dostroyod. The machinery and fixtures aro badly damagod. At Monticello the barn of Bort Hath away was struok by lightning and Hathaway, who had taken rofugo from tho storm in tho building, was instant ly killod. Tho barn and oontonts, in cluding sovon valuablo horno?, woro on tiroly oonoumod, causing a loss of $5, 000. Hartford City was visited by a torrl iio wind and hail storm Thursday night. Fifty oil dorrioks woro blown down sud sovoral buildings damagod, oausing a loss of $25,000. Our Groat Volunteer Army. Tho following is a summary of volun teers furnished by oaoh state to tho f?deral army during tho civil war; New York, 445,959; Pennsylvania, 338,115; Ohio, 310,654; Illinois, 268,162: Indi ana, 194,362; Massaohusotts, 146,467; Missouri, 108.162 Wisoonain, 91,021; Miohigan, 88.111; Iowa, 75,793; Now Jorsoy, 75,315; Kontuoky, 76,276; Maino, 69,738; Connecticut, 55,755; Maryland, 46,053; New Hampshire, 33, 913; Vormont, 33,272; Wost Virginia, 32,003; Tonnossoo, 31,092; Minnesota, 24,002; Rhodo Island, 23,248; Kansas, 20,095; DJ a trio t of Columbia, 16,524; California, 15,725; Delaware, 12,265; Arkansas, 8,289; Now Moxioo, 6,561; Louisiana, 6,224; Colorado, 4,903; In dian Torn tory, 3,530: Nebraska, 3,157; North Carolina, 3,150; Alabama, 2,676; Texas, 1,965; Orogon, 1,810; Novada, 1,080; Washington territory, 964; Miss issippi, 545. Dakota territory, 200. Would Shoot Too Far. Tho slxtoon-inoh gun built at tho Watorvliot gun arsonal, whioh has an ostiniatod rango of oightoon miles, is not quito finished, and probably nover will bo. A dinpatch from Washington ro ports: "Thoro is a sottlod oonviotion in tho military sorvioo that tho sixteen inoh rifle will nover loavo tho govern ment ordnance foundry at Watorvliot. Its design has already boon aupplantod by weapons of suporior pattorn, and tho, original intention of building oightoon Uko it has long hoon abandoned," Tho first appropriation for it was mad o fivo yoars ago, and it has coat, so far. $500, 000. One objootion to it is that it would shoot about twioo as far as it oould bo aimed. The?outhis Solid. Bishop Candlor, of Goorgia, in a re oont lettor, sums up tho case vor y strongly whon ho says tho "south is sol id for fixed pr?noiplos. Tho south is the homo of connor vat-ism. Up to this time ovory effort to draw away thoso pnoplo from principles through tho la fluonoo of powor has failed. It was Senator Hoar who doolarod that sou th orn mon, without yielding to tho bland ishments of woalth or patronvge, h two always shown tho ability to adhoro, rdthout Rotting ?ivortod or without get ting tlroo, to great truths and idoas year af tor yoar and generation after gonora Hon."