The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 18, 1903, Image 6

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v&drotafy' G??tt; ??bniittf R?poifc to, . tho legislativo Committee. FAVORS RADICAL C3AKGE9. 'Ho Discusses Intelligently Topics \ Which Aro ol' Interest. In- " V- ckvaso ?in Levy or rte- ^ duce Expenses. ?^KPsp'onse to the request of the '?? .. bammissiou to suggest to the legisla ture remedies for thc weakness,.lu thc ' tax system, Mr. Jesse T. Gan', t, secretary or state, has made some In vestigations which bave convinced . himself of thc necesity for a change in the laws. His very full report will bo sent to the commissioners before their meeting In Columbia next ; .Thursday. After reviewing the situa tion In this State, he quotes copiously from thc' messages of Gov. Kash of Ohio, Gov. Ode!' of New York, Gov. k: Van Sant of Minnesota, Ex-Go v. \V. Tyler of Virginia, Gov. Beckham of Kentucky, Ex-Gov. Vborhecs of New Jersey and Gov. Murphy of New Jer sey, all of whom approve a franchise tax. In his letter to the commissioners, Senators Mower and Manning and Representatives Moses, Thomas and Tatum, Mr. Gantt says in part: "The first inquiry which must ad dress itself to you is that of-the liban cial condition of the State, comparer! witli its condition in former years." He then, submits a table compiled from the ollicial reports for thc past six years, showing tho gross amount realized from tile State levy, the casli on hand available and to thc cr?dit of the general fund ab thc close pf each of said years, and thc outstanding obligations ot' thc governor and treas urer borrowed to meet current indebt edness. This table shows that no fis cal year was ended with an outstand ing indebtedness until 1901, when thc State was in arrears *l15,000, ari amount which was increased t'? S20<>, 852 by thc beginning of thc current year. Mr. Gantt continues: "It wili thus be seen that until two years ago t'nc State, while not on a cash basis, generally recei ved the new year's taxes in time to "meet all re quired payments when due, although on some occasions the treasurer was compelled to resort to the expedient of overdrawing his account with the oinks. It shows that on the 1st of January last, although more taxes levied for the new year had been col lected than ever before, thc treasurer had outstanding notes for money bor rowed to meet current expenditures aggregating $290,852.70. lt can be said, however, in partial explanation of this condition, that for 1808, $92, 000, and in 1809, SlOO.OOO, was re ceived by the treasurer from the dis pensary, and that the present condi tion of thc treasury is not entirely due to an increase in the appropriations. "For the present iiscal year, not withstanding the ..fact .that 888,000 was received from thc United States government and used in payment of the appropriation for pensions, $275, 000 has already been borrowed by the treasurer, which will doubtless be in creased to $375,000, the full amount permitted by law to be borrowed, be fore the close of the fiscal year. RECEIPTS AND EXl'KNDITURES. "Thc appropriations which it is usual to make exceed $1,123,000 each year; the receipts of tl ie State barely exceed 81,000,000. "It will thus be seen that not only is the State's iiuances in comparably worse conditions than six years ago, that each year adds to our difficulties a tloating indebtedness exceeding $100,000. In Iiis message to the gen eral assembly in 1808, Gov. Ellcrbc, who had been comptroller general, and consequently was qualified to speak with authority as tu the condi tion of thc State, asserted that "The finances ol' the States are in a very unsatisfactory condition. * * * By refusing to borrow $100,000, as is often done, though I lia ve not .saved thc State any great amount in the way of "interest charges, I have re fused to sanction what appears to me to bc a bad precedent." In his mes sage to the general assembly bf 1809, he said:. "The finances of thc State are still in a very unsatisfactory con dition. * * * Thc appropriations must be cut down or the tax levy raised." Gov. Eilerbe referred to the necessity of the State treasurer to overdraw his accounts with the bunks during the summer months until thc collection of the new year's taxes in the fall could reimburse them, or to borrow money sometimes for that pur pose. "When lie refused to borrow money, it was with no iJca that the note would bc outsanding at the close of thc year, but would bc settled from taxes soon to be collected. The State he deemed to have a deticll of $10 }, 000, because it would have required practically that amount at that time to meet the current year's appropria tion's from the taxes assessed for thc expenses of thc current year. ( >n this basis the deficit was, in round num bers, $440,000 on Jan. I last, and it will reach approximately ??(?00,000 by the next meeting of the general as sembly. "The Iiuances of thc State are un questionably in a deplorable condition, and that some remedy must be lound, and that at once, is unquestionable. "Four alternate remedies suggest, themselves: ' "First, Reduction in appropria tions. "Second. An increase in thc levy. "'Third. A n increase in assessments. '.Fourth. Kew sources of revenue. UKDUCE AriMl?I'JtlATKINS. "Is it possible to reduce appropria tions to a sutllcient amount lo COOK; witnjn thc present available income bf the state? "Tlie amount annually expended in the government of the city ot New "?ork would run tho government ol' South Carolina about 40 years. "Of our present tax levy of live mills, one and one-half mills required .to pay thc interest on the public debt, three-fourths of .a mill to support, thc asylum and institute for the blind one mill for the pensions and a little less than th rec-fou rtlis of a nilli for all col leges and institutions for higher edu cation of tlie State. There, is thus . left but little more than one mill to . . Hupperts.thc entire machinery of thc !p> : ; . ?Stittc government, including the pay ment of the salaries ol' all ofilccrs of tho State, including thc legislature and thc judiciary, the expenses of the . ,^-^enforcement of thc laws and the col . /lection of tile taxes and for all special ;. 'emergencies which arise. Can it be was olusedr would the State's -ti nances bo ihUdh improved? ?sti we default on tho IhterOst on o?f hoods,'stop pen sioning tho'veterans, or .turn .tho in mates out abd elose the asylum doors? Clearly there is no remedy here,?and any appropriations'that'oan bo or will bo cut will not al?e?t the" result, and will leave the necessity now upon us as apparent as before. S INCUBASE TH 13 LEVY. "bau the levy be Increased? While it is within the authority of the- ge li erai.assembly to increase the levy to any amount necessary to meet the needs of thc State, and clearly it must be increased if other remedies are re jected, this step would entail added hardship upon those citizens who own real property, and who .aro already bearing more than their share of tho burden of government. If the next general assembly attempts to tliusj raise suMielen b-money to pay the ruin standing notes of thc treasurer, .and to raise a sutllclenb amountvto meet necessary appropriations, a levy of seven and one-half or eight mills must be made; If the outstanding notes are eairied as Moating Indebtedness) still the levy must be increased at least one-half mill:' "This levy of seven and one-half or eight mills would be nearly three times the average direct levy in the other States of the union. We can only ap preciate our condition by comparing it with theirs. Would not an increase in the levy but add to thc dihiculties under which we are laboring,' by giv ing an added inducement to the own ers of real and personal property to evade\an excessive demand by the Stale government. "Is not the present ridiculously low returns for assessment in many quar ters due to a feeling with many people that becausu their property ls tangible they are called upon to bear a burden whidh should be in part on the shoul ders of other men? * In a bulletin issued by the State of New York, showing the ?"mancos of the various States for the vear 1895, the accuracy of which cannot be question ed, it is shown that 45 States of the union received that year from all sources 8121,925,920 of which only 449.000,-108 caine from general proper ty taxes. South Carolina received that year from all sources (including phos phate royalty, which, like the State's dispensary income, has vanished) $l,-j 150,090, of which $8-15,708" came from the general property tax. Thus the States collectively raised only bwu llfths of the money required for their purpuses by direct taxes upon proper ty; South Carolina thus raises practi cally all of hers. "Assessments clearly -should be raised, if for no other reason than that the relative importance and resources of the State should not be misrepre sented to the world at large. How ever, I doubt if any better method of raising them will be found than to tirst reduce tile present- excessive tax levy and show to the man who owns real estate that he is asked to con tribute only his fair share to the sup port of government. "For the foregoing reasons, I would suggest ns the most practical means of rectifying the present tinancial condition ol the State the adoption of some of thc measures by which the other Statrs of thc union have been enabled to raise three-fifths of the various suras required for their sup port, and I could not better express the measures which I would recom mend than did Gov. Nash to the gen eral assembly of Ohio, at the session of 1902, and which were substantially adopted by that body and enacted into law." After ?ploting Gov. .Nash's recom mendation as to tile franchise tax, Mr. Gantt continues: "Of course 1 do nut intend in every instance to endorse or recommend the schedule tixed In this bill, as your committee and the mem bers of the general assembly are well qualified to determine what would be fair and equitable, and what excep tions, if any, should bc made therein. I would call your attention to the fact that New York exempts manufactur ing corporations from the payment of this annual franchise tax. 1 intend merely to suggest the source; nor can it be expected that anything like the sums suggested by Gov. Nash can be realized in South Carolina. "Tlic revenue derived from the or ganization of corporations cannot be materially increased. Although the present schedule was adopted largely at my suggestion, its practical opera tion lias convinced me that some modi fications and amendments should be made lg it, and to the general law for thc formation of corporations, which I will suggest in detail in my regular report to thc-general assembly. "Among other sources of revenue to the State are inheritance taxes, and certain forms of business licenses. A majority of the Sbates of the union tax inheritance in some form; the At lantic coast States' generally receive large sums from tish and oyster privi leges and taxes, while slot machines, etc., are generally taxed elsewhere. These measures, In some instances, are more equitable and less burden some than some of thc corporation taxes referred to. "The general assembly should adopt rib measure which will place an undue burden upon any industry; the pros perity of thc State no longer depends" solely upon agriculture, hut is inti mately and inseparably connected witli tho wcll-bejng and provableness of tirade and manufactures. The corpor ations llave done, and are doing, much for South Carolina and the State should adopt the most liberal laws and measures in dealing with them con sistent with tlie good of thc common wealth. Hut tills liberality should not extend to an exemption from any portion of their share of the burden of government. "While I realize tshat some of the measures I have proposed will be deemed revolutionary, and possibly un fair by some of those who are familiar only with the laws and practices in .South Carolina, they are in fact not so. They are now in force in many of the most progressive States, and have not been found unduly burdensome; tiley have been frequently determined by the courts to be just and constitu tional." Wanted Him Out. lt is said Limb a promient South Carolina lawyer received thc following significant letter from a former Geor gian -who now lives in Texas: "Dear Kernel: 1-have beam that, my son -John has been sent to the l?gislature' an' .ri te'to ask that you use all possible means to "get him out. The old lady un' nio allers taught him to be a good boy and never had no idea that he would bring disgrace upon our honorable name. Ef you can't get him out enny other way please try to get Gov. Tearre! to par don him ari' 1 will settle the bill an' oblige, your old friend." C'?HdUCtdf WoUld NotStop td Pibtf . tipa |Iaii >Vht>.l fi'i. ? A special dispatch to'the" Augusta Chronicle says Mr. Frank Booth,.thc prominent'Oconee county .planter who foll from the Seaboard Air ?Line train near' Tucker, Ga,, Tuesday night about 9 o'clock, regained consciousness Wednsday morning'about li o'clock to find two dogs biting hlra^ and to find himself badly torrup by'fulling from a train running at about Md miles an hour. .... Mr. Booth had been VpvAtlanta and!-; was returning bomb On the S?saboard? train; which leaves Atlanta at 8:10 mi * After tba train left'" Tucker Mr. Booth ?tried - to pass from' bnri1 earHo another, and Sn doing so, uuobher passenger brushed against him and he fell from the train. Before the train had run a half mlle, according tb many witnesses who were on board, thc bell cord was pulled and conductor Lane was notified that Mr. Booth had fallen oil. Mayor J. P. Rhodes, Mr. Chas. N. ITodgson and other prominent men on the train went to Lane and asked him to back thc train and pick Mr. Booth up. Lane was sitting io the ne gro coach and did not get up; he was writing and did not move his pencil from the paper on which he was writ ing, but replied, in an unconcerned manner, that when the train reached Lawrenceville, a distance of some fifteen miles, he would wire to Atlanta and have the next freight brain look out for Mr. Booth. Lane's refusal to back tiie train such a short distance, in a caso like this, completely", dura founded -those" who appealed to him td do so, as it disgusted tho other pas Singers on thc tram and many threats were made against the man. Several parties decided to board the engine at the next stop, and while others took charge of Lane, hold a* pistol to' Ids head and cuni pel him to return, for the .unfortunate man who was left to his fate on the right of way. It was decided, however, that* this was not the right thing* to do, and a petition was circulated by a committee of passengers expressing thc indignation of those aboard thc train, and asking that Laue be dis charged. Thc petition, signed by a number of prominent men lt'i this sec tion of tiie state, who witnessed Lane's conduct, is as follows: "Supt. E. Berkley, Seaboard Air Line, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir: We, the undersigned passengers on your train leaving Atlanta Monday night at 8:10 o'clock, very respectfully sub mit that Conductor Lane, of said train, should he summarily discharg ed from the service of your company, on the following statement of facts: "Near Tucker, Ga., on your road, Mr. Prank Booth, a leading planter of Uconee county, fell from the train; two reputable witnesses saw him tall; the hell cord was pulled before the train could have possibly run a half mile and Conductor Laue was imme diately notified of what had occurred and appealed to by a score ol' people to carry the train back and - recover said Booth. (Signed) C. N. Hodgson, B. F. Hol der, Jr., I; B. Smith, A. M. Burch, Barrett Phinzy, J. G. Hill, P. M. Smith, C. O. Niblock, 1). A. Watson, S. B. Wingfield Jr., J. F. Rhodes, J. G. Carthiers, C. D. Epps, II. P. Hin ton, Paul E. Jackson F. A. Connell, E. D. Sledge, J. A. Wilson, Louis M. Johnson, J. W. Tuck', W. C. Wing field, .1. N. Williamson, W. A. Har ris, E.. G. Turner, L. P. J)urham, R. J. Turner, W. G. Harris." MODERN ENOCH ARDEN. A Mun Supposed tobo i)en<t Suddenly Turns Up. A special dispatch from Grltlln, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal says: "That truth is stranger than fiction has been most forcibly demonstrated by a strange incident that has created great excitement in this city, .lack Reid, belonging to one of the best families in Georgia and before the war one of the most wealthy, turned up in Griffin Wednesday night, after having supposedly been'dead twenty yiars. Ills case outrivals Rip Van Winkle in human interest and pathos. When a young man Reid was married to one of the fairest daughters of the state, but they separated and- Reid went west over thirty years ago. "About twenty years since a dis patch came to Iiis relatives here that he had been killed in a light in Texas and his supposed remains were brought to Griffin and interred in the family burial ground. It is said that the casket was opened and the body identified as that of Jack Reid. His relatives mourned his demise and . a second wire came an:l wept over., his bier. Wednesday night .the .'police found a strange man on the streets, evidently trying to locate scenes of long years ago. When asked his , name he replied that he was .lack Reid. When thc story was circulated over the city Thursday it created a sensation the like of which G ri flin has never known and many refused to believe the man's statements. u Friends of his boyhood hunted him up and used every cunning question to entrap the man and prove him to bc a fake, but their efforts were futile', and all are forced to admit the truth fulness of his assertion that he l's the Jack Reid and the body resting in the city cemetery is that of an unknown man. Jlsicl claims to have been liv ing in Central and South America for many years past and accumulated and lost a large fortune. Ho left Llenia, Peru, nine weeks ago and reached his old home Wednesday night. He has a sister living in Griffin. Mrs.'Charles G. Mills, hut she is away for the sum mer and Reid says he will not be here but a few days and dims not kjiow whether he will get'to sec her or not. When asked about tiie fraud perpe trated upon his relatives In 'sending thc remains of another, pretending they were lils, he replied that he knew of the circumstances, hut would not give his reason for allowing the de ception." ' Used Her Teeth. A dispatch from Columbia, Ga., says when BaililTs Jack Harris and C. A. Smith attempted to arrest Emma Ferrell, colored, Wednesday after noon, \shc drew a hammer on the offi cers, but was prevented froth using it. She bit Bailiff- Harris, sinking her teeth In his arm before he could pre vent it. In the struggle the woman was struck In thc face with handcuffs and was finally ai rested. ?. - Pl?llei' ftt?kuin^ Oy Harry Dean nt Sparta?burg. . . Miller M^cUvlnbey, a; member of tho Qrro or Sloane &'Melvinney,-merchants at Tucaupa miHa.'ivas ; shot and killed Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'clock by. IlarryiDean, son of Magistrate J. M. Dean of Duncan's. ; The tragedy; ls -a most deplorable ouo, and the prominence of thc families of both de ceased and his ..Blay er makes.; lt the more regrettable. . . From what can .?bo ' learned of the happening, it appears' that a debt of 82>?p ??e McKinney by '/Dean, caused thekllllbg. Th'eVtworhjen entertain ed hard,"feelingsi. ifor,. q?ch.. other . for someftime, mid1?j?'; tragic,''peqUcl of this af C?r'b?bb wasche /res?ltl' There b?cuis'to have been no eyewitnesses to the afialri. Tho bod}* of McKinney was discovered on tho road side imme diately after the' m?etlng bf tile men. Yesterday afternOon- Miller. McKin ney was riding in his buggy from Tucap?ii to Duncan's. About a quar ter of a mlle, ..from /Pucapau he sind Harry Dean bad' their .'meeting. Dean was .on foot. The (j'isc bf thc pistol shots was-- lieard ai" '^shortly after wards the lifeless body of Miller Mc Kinney was discovered. Harry Dean secured a horse and rode to this city where he surrendered to the county sheriff and was imme diately placed in jail. -He was seen there this afternoon late. He is 18 years cf age, and a youth bf medium, slight build. Ile "wore .'.the ordinary working clothes bf' a.iarmcr and ap peared calm and collected in conversa tion. Ho was asked-a s to the rumor thab he shob .McKinney jj* Trom ambush. This he denied emphatically aud his versi?n or bbc tragedy, ls bhab he had started up the road from his Held, to sec a-neighbor and met Miller McKin ney driving along in a buggy. * ' McKinney accosbed him about'tho $2.50 acribun^ and Dean acknowledg ed'bhab ho owed him ?something, but .pot bhab much. * This' caused an in terchange of some hob words: and bhen, according, to Dean's statement, McKinney with an oath, said: "I will just give you a whipping." lo return Dean warned him to stay, in thc bug gy, but McKinney was in -the acb of getting out and, Dean says McKinney produced a pistol at'this juncture, bc (Dean) drew a 38-callbre pistol a?d shot. Dc stated bhab he did nob know how many times- he fired. His aim was effective and fatal and Mc Kinney was a dead man in a few min utes. Harry Dean's plea will bc self-de fense. Thc deceased was about 25 years of age, unmarried, and a son of Mr. Wm. McKinney, who lives near Clifton.- His family is a prominent one in Spartanburg county. Harry Dean is a 'grandson of Col. A. II. Dean of Duncan's ?nd a nephew of State Senator Dean of Greehville coun ty and Cnief of police Dean of this city. His father, Mr. J. M. Dean of Duncan's, is one of,.the -county's sub stantial citizens.' Coroner Fosbe? lett this afternoon to conduct the in quest* -, * , ' '.THE NEGRO IN CHICAGO. i 7? Ho"'Barely-.*: '-^r*, m?;...IIB fc??? '? ? / i" Pron, a Ijj nc." >w;r Mt'O. ? " ' -> ' .>"*'<?...': .y .' Undera fire.of bricks and stones policemen Wednesday hight "at Chica go, 111-, rescued a -negro murderer from a mob of wouldjbe lynchers. Ten minutes before, John Uri ilkley, a col ored watchman, -had shot and killed Charles McCarthy, a plasterer, almost in the presence of the laster's wife, who stbod in the doorway holding her. baby.' Then the negro, backing inTo tile doorway of his own quarters, held a crowd of 200 men and boys at bay until policeman Roberb Mooney walk ed up to bim ubarmecT -and took his weapon. Mooney took his prisoner into the office of the tile factory, In which Brinkley *.yas employed, to await thc patrol wagon. But as -he did so the crowd surge? forward once more with cries of "Lynell him," 'Lynch him; get a rope." Brinkley turned and lied from the office hy thc rear dour. The mob'saw the escapo? and, head ed by Mooney, streamed down an alley in pursuit.'.'The negro ran soveral blocks before he was linallyovcrtakeii. Tile policeman having been, brushed aside Brinkley was now at thc mercy of the crowd. A teamster jumped down from his wagon and began lash ing the negro across thc faeewith lils whip, thc victim being held tiie while by a dozen men and boys. A patrol wagon arrived.with three policemen, who, together with Mooney, seized the negro and succeeded In dragging him to thc patrol wagon. The h?rses were whipped up and the rescued pris oner whirled to the police station. None of thc rioters was arrested. Tiie killing grew out of a quarrel in which McCarthy had accused.Hrinklcy of stealing cjiickens from hjs premises. THOSE 'FREE PASSES. Senator Tillman Speaks of'tlie Hiilla haloi) al Home. A special tfi the State from Nor folk says: * ?"' In a letter ta vt .* H. King,' a Turk ish bath manager in this city who comes from South Carolina abd who wrote Senator Tillman that fie would not believe thc latter accepted, free passes and franks unless he had veri iication -over the senator's signature. Mr. Tillman averfr thc matter was a Republican'move to direct attention away from the manner.he was push ing Senator Uurtbjn inj^'e. race ques tion debate. ' . ^ , Senator Tillman writes under date of September f, from'Trehtr'rn S. Ci "All . tiie 'hullabaloo'"'which has been kicked np recently lutd for a foundation thc fact that I lost a card case containing passes over the Chicago, Burlington and /.Quincy sys tem which 1 had never used 1 noli lied the railroad so they' could protect themselves from any impostors. My record in Washington will show whether or not thc use pf such cour tesies bas inllucnced my actions or utterances.. A mat) Who can 'be bought with a pass can bc bought with'money. My opinion is that thc great notoriety and publicity given to thc slmplb Irfddont grew out of thc fact.! wa? pusjiing Jturton very bard on tiie race question and thc Republi can papers seized on tills optortunlty to create a diversion and it ls notori ous that my enemies never let slip an .opportunity to abuseand misrepresent me." The golton noll WecyM In wany c?u?eli?s throughout Texas . recqntly prjiyoro were offered m relief ? from the Mexican boll? ?weeyJl peat. Cotton plantera, alarmed at tho reap pearance of the insect? asked tue ni lu-, fst?rs for their aid and tbc pastora.re- ? stfonded, " hob only X" tho country towns and villages, but in the largest churches, in the principal cities in thc Stato. The Mox lean ^bollw "'I, tho most destfiiotive enemy Of t ?otton j crop that bas over ' appeare?, bossed the Rio Grandq, a-few years ago, and bas now.- .spread over the eastern quarter of /Texas, reaching from the coast dino almost tQ,, the Arkansas border. .lu 1902, the damage inflicted by, this insect' on the cotton; crop was esti mated at $10,000,000, and, in. the natural order of events, tbe;damatee this year should be greater, the territory involved having1 greatly increased. What the extent of dam age will be,- however, can not be es timated until the third annual genera tion of the insect appears in tho next two or three weeks. The weevil mul tiplies about 1,000,000 times or more each generation, and Texas planters are now anxiously awaiting thc coming third crop. The territory in Texas already cover ed is large, Involving as great an area as is embraced in the bound ries on one of the larger Slate of the Union. At last, the weevil has crossed the Texas boundary, and appeared in western Louisiana and in South Oklahoma, but the damage; tills year, will not bc I gtcat outside of Texas. The only case in which the weevils has made a long| jump has been to New Orleans it hav-j ingappeared, in large numbers, at the State experimental station in Audubon park, in the upper limit of New Orleans,- a few weeks ago. It 15 esti mated that the third crop will spread until tbe entire cotton belt of Texas is enveloped, and Texas produced about one-tiftb of the cotton crop of _the| country. . .. Cheap Iluten un Southern. Thc Southern Railway " will sell tickets*Jor delegates and members of the following name meetings at rate of one and one-thud fare on the Cer t'itlcatc Plant ">? tbe Round''trip, ' Atlanta^ Ga. National' Corrvention of Congregational Workers, Sept. 19 23, tickets on sale Sept. 10-21, tinal limit Sept. 20th, 1903. . .-. ...... Charleston, S. C. United Daughters of the Confederacy, Nov. 11-14, tickets on sale Nov. 7-13, final limit Nov. 18. Chattanooga, Tenn,, Woman|s Home Missionary Society 'ot 'the *"M. E. Church, Oct. 28 Nov. G, tickets on sale Oct. 24-30 filial limit Nov. 9. .Washington,. P.O. National. Associa tion of 'Retail Druggists, Oct, 5-8, tickets on sale Oct. 1-7, li nal Ihn il Oct, 12. Washington,-!). C. National Spirit ualist's Association, Oct, 20-23, tickets on sale Oct. 10-22, tinal limit Oct. 27. Tue Southern Railway will also sell Open Round Trip Excursion tickets to points numed below: Baltimore, Md. Sovereign Grand Lodge, 1. O. O. h\ Sept. 21-20, tickets I on sale Sept. 18-20, tinal limit Sept. 28. 1903. One fare for round trip, plus $2. Greensboro, N.C. Reunion Non-Rcs ident North Carolinians, Oct. 12-13. One first-class fare, plus $1.00, for round trip from points beyond a. rad i us of 300 miles of Greensboro. One first class fare, plus 25 bcrits, for round trip from points within radius of Greens boro; tickets on sa-cGot. 9-10, within iina-1 limit Iii clays from date, of sale. Trains scheduled to arrive in Greens boro before noon of Oct. 12th, with final limit 7 days from date of sale. New Orleans, La. American Economic Association and <Yinerican Historical Association, Deo. 28, '03 Jan. li '04, 'tickets on salo Dec. 20-27,1 final limit Jan..;), 1904. One first-class.) fare plus 25 cents. ^-?2?r full- information apply to any | agent, or to'1 " ' '? Wi H. TAYWIU, R. W. HUNT, Ass. Gen. Pass. Agt., Div Pass Agt" I Atlanta-. Charleston. Dauber in Snil.i linn ICH. ' . Do yob know that the siphon bottle ordlnaily used for vichy, soda water and other dior vosee nt drinks is usually chargea1 with a- pressure ol' from 12o lo I Hit) pounds to tue square inch? Thc] danger likely to result from an explo sion of one of these little household articles is by no means inconsiderable, and yet the average person handles a siphon tus though it were the most harmful thing in thc world. There are two or three things to, remember in handling sipbpnes. Never keep your siplioncs near tile range, for the unusual heat is more likely than anything else to cause an explosion. Don't subject the bottles to any sudden change of. temp?rature whatever. For instance, if you keep your siphons in the ice box-and that is tue best and safest plac? for hem-dottj't .-.grasp thc .glass part of the bottle with ' your warm hands, for the sudden change of tem perture is apt to cause an explosion. The best way to carry a siphon at all times is by the metal top at the head of the bot tie. It i-s needless to say the greatest care should be taken not to drop a siphon, for an explosion is the inevitable result. When cniftty the siphon is, of course, quite harmless. That those bottles are considered a great source of danger is evidenced by the facts that the Courts invariably hold the bottlers strictly liable for all damages resulting from the explosion of one of them ir even the slightest defect in the, manufacture of the bot tle can be shown. " * Too Many Knzors. A special to the Chronicle from Harmony Grove, Ga., says while the big excursion that went to Atlanta Wednesday .was on its return trip, lighting began ?ind near White Sul phur Springs Henry" Deadwyler, of that place, got into a' row and to escape razors that wero drawn on him jumped from tile train. His dead body was found Thursday morning by his brother, who went in search ol' him. Ono ?libre Victim. One.of the negroes injured in the Fishing Creek wreck,Peter Miller died at Kock Hill Wednesday afternoon. The direct cause of death was a frac ture bf the base of the'skull, llisl right leg was broken in two places, his left arm broken and his face and forehead lacerated besides the fractur ed skull. He has received every attcn- j Mon possible. Mus. Valentine Tllt?h and Miss Eveline Perrin of New Hain pion Iowa, are probably flu*, oldest twins in the coiintry. They recently passed their 92nd birthday and are still in good health, mental and physical. They were boin in Vernon,'Conn. .Tnuni; generations of one family are compositors in the ollice of The Tren ton, Mo., Republican-Tribune. There arc '.'Grandpa*' Allen aged 05, his son, C. A. Allen, who is foreman, and lat ter's son and daughter, Thomas and Mabel, aged l l and 10 respectively. Tn H experiment of serving honey at a Sunday school picnic was tried re cently in Kansas. The bees in the neighborhood learned of Vhe affair and the picnic disbanded a bit sudden ly. lt is strange that thc Kansas pa pers have refrained from speaking of tlie picnic as a swell affair. ' AN exchange says that Chicago man who gave Iiis relatives $51,000,000 to see what they would do with lt pro bably had another motive-to see that the relatives, instead of the lawyers, got lt. lt baa long .tem Unov& that di* tao?d?, especially t?a . cin?^Jinbwi? ' aa vYo?o di?m?nUrJ," atcilkeiy to expledV ff BUbjected only to wbat'wo?ld B?din a very ordinary degree Of htmt.slich na strong'rays 'from - tho: sub, etd..; :It la "now believed that-the explosiona aro tho result of tho rapid, expansion , di certain volatile liquids Inclosed lu cavi ties near the center of these precious stones. A great hiuuy diamonds, even though cut, mounted and worn as gems of perfection, uro still 1 in unfinished condition-that 1B, the Ht* Jd drop froui which the Btone is boin:/ formed has notiflB yet deposited all of lts"4,pure crystals. of carbon.*' Thoso movable drops may occasionally bo seen- with 'the utfked eyej ?Wheirthl.T lB'the case, a strong ml? croscope will give tho drop the appear ance of a bubble lu the fluid of n car penter's level. It 1B also highly prob able that besides tho liquid mentioned these cavities; may contain gases under great, tension. Tbls being the case, one may readily comprehend how a very small amount of beat would' cause the liquid and gas to expand to such a degree that the diamond woiild give way with all the characteristics of a miniature explosion. Something- II o Had Forgotten. "So you enjoyed your continental trip, did you?" inquired tho simple old gcntlemun. "I haven't been over In fifty years, but my recollections are Btlll vivid. I remember once standing on Mont Blanc, watching thc sun Bink behind the blue waters of tho Meditor Yaneau, while to my right tbe noblo Rhine rushed onward to the Black sea, ond the Pyrenees, still holding the snows of winter, were on the left. I remember while standing there"' "Bnt, Mr. Grey,", feebly Interrupted bia listener, "I was on Mont Blanc myself, and really-you'lfexcusc' me but you really, must be mistaken in your geography." "Mistaken?" returned the old man lightly, "Not a blt of lt. ' But.I for got; lt's different now. You know, my dear boy, that shice hiy'dny the entire map of Europe- has been-, changed by those awful wars, and so of course yon can't appreciate what lt was fifty year? ?co." Home? In Italy.' Speaking of homes and ways of HT* lng. Mr. Luigi Vlllarl In "Italian Llf? In Town and Country" reveals a curi ous state of affairs. In Italian cities there are no slum districts. The poor est, of the poor may bu lodged in the Bnuie palace with people whose Income runs over $25.000 annually. The poor are packed away In the garrets or In thc cellars, to be sure, and their mis ery must bc rendered all thc mora acute by the sight and scent of such lavish living. High class Italians have . no objections whatever to dwelling over A Bhop or place of business. Forgot Himself. Mrs. Henpeck-We hev bin married twenty years today. Hiram. Hiram (with a sigh)-Yes, fer twentJ years we've fought Mrs. Henpeck (scowling) - What? Voa old wretch! . Hiram (quickly)-Life's battles to- . getlier, MJrandy.-Judge. Too Vnlnnblc to Lose. Mi. Gronau-Sure, Molke, an' what did yez do wit' y ure dorg? Mike-^Oh. he wu/, wort' $ip an' Ol kep' t-h'ikfitf If some wan sh'd stala um Oi euuld 111 afford th* loss, so Ol ga\?? um away, b'gorra! -Chicago News. . Avrfnlly Rcnlglitud. Dasher!}1-ls he so very Ignorant? Plaslierly--lgiiorniit? Why. actually, be doesn't even" know n cure for colds! -Kansas City Independent; A Family Feud, A special from Selma Ala., says George W. Coleman waylaid and shot to death David A. Calvin. Thc kill ing occurred behind Calvin's house. After tiring two shots and as Calvin lay dying, Coleman, it is said, reload ed his gun and tired a third charge in to the prostrate man. Coleman sur rendered but refused to talk. The tragedy is said to be the outgrowth of an old family feud. Calvin was a cousin of Mrs. Coleman. Some time ago she left her husband and made her home with Calviu's family. Re cently her husband wanted her to sign a mortgage and give up the custody of their children: This she refused and Coleman, it'is said, charged her re fusal to the inlluence of Calvin. Thrent Disregarded. Chief Quartermaster William II. Helme, of the construction and repair .lepartment of tho-Brooklyn uavy yard, was Wednesday handed his discharge from the service, signed hy Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling. The case of Quartermaster Helme has at tracted widespread attention because it involved the Grand Army bi the Republic, of which he is a member, the secretary of the local organization having written a letter to the Secre tary of the navy in which he threaten ed that ir Helme was discharged the veterans would be heard from this fall. Tilia Presbyterian Standard says: "The drink bill in South Carolina is a little over two dollars per capita, lu the United States it is ten dollars per capita. One fact.like that speaks louder for the dispensary system, in spile of its abuses, than a thousand al legations ol' saloon newspapers. . Teething Children During Hot Weather. Should take Dr. Biggera Huckleberry Cordial, lt cures all Stomach and Bowels Disease, Diarrhoea, etc. At Druggist s 2?C and 50c F Li'TY-i-'oun years spent almost continuously in touring this country throughout its onormns length and breadth has been thc life experience ot Thomas 0. Maddock, a traveling jew elry salesman for a New York jewelry house. Mr. Maddock has visited every portion of the country, and sold nearly $0,000,0(10 worth ol' goods ? Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water tish and oysters. If you are dealing in Fresh FJgh or intend to deal in them write lor prices and send your ord rs to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. or COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO Columbia S. C. Wo ship only fresh caught fish and our prices are as low as they can he sold at. Write us. Try us, and bc convinced CHARLES C. LESLIE, -Wholesale Dealers in X^isli sxiicl Oysters. 8 & 20 Market St., Charleston, S. C. Consignments of Country .Produce are Respectfully Solicited, Poultry, Eggs, &c. Fish packed in barrels and-boxes for country trade a specialty. Successorto 0; : ? ?303 klK? STJRBETj : - THE ANSWER TO THE (jUBSTli GOOPS FROM THE. NORTH YES, THIS BEING SO, Wltf OA RATES. V OLAS&H-ICA Prom NEW'Toni:,- N. Y? VKH 100 io 12 3 4 . CHARLESTON, SC 50 40 34 28 Why Does Charleston Make the Vi home for College wiHthcy riot need som quire each pupil to bring herowiV Tvritl lu Storhng Silver at from $4.50 to $8.00 o cles In good sliver plate are good en?utrh $1.25 to $3.50! Doyly. Rings loSterling plate for 50 cents each. Sets of 3 shirt -; silver, 75 cents to $1.35. Iii solid gold $2 drinking cups $5.50, $0.00, $7.00 and Up $1.50, $2.00 to $3.50. Write to.us fur nny P. H. LACHICOTT? 1124 Aluin St ISLHTLDNSTR FANC LARGE STOCK. P ~~ - GEORGIA-CAROL - Howard H. Stall WRITE FOR PRICES. We E9o Not Deceive If you are sick arid v but be sure that your ; We do not believe in a FKEK MEDICI** B scher under o?r treatment lar Need-be paid Until tists-whb have est?bil: and collecting the fee fjYl?igj^g^EVc^ ir you want, HONEST form of Chronic Diseases, write us TOD. has never been excelled. ;-.!"'Vr.v?r? DR. REYNOLD! BOX Z, Ar Founded in 1850. MEDICAL S Write for Free C MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UN Curriculum included twenty-three thorough review quiz; seven laboratory work daily. New building elaborately 1 appliances. Tuition $05.00. Address, : 041 THE GUIGINTALID COLUJMBU Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Spc ra'Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to lil j? res by Fe ri rm College BOA HI"), Rf O M . K tiJS T, and 1 for S10U.U?. Next Session For catalogue or informa imuiauwwwii'i.in 1 COLUMBIA LUM SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, li? USG AND LUMBER, ANY Q? Gol um bi YOUNG MEN,"YOUNG Prepare yourselves to meet the demi and bookkeepers. Write foricatal _ . MACFEAT'S BUSINESS CC W. H. Macfeat, official Court Stcn0% Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarett Habit, I " Habit | Habit Cured by Keeley 1 1320 Lady St. (bi P. O. Box 75)*Colu euee solicited.' ' TiiE coroner's jury which inquired into thc recent railroad disaster at Fi?hing Creek, in York county, has found that the victims "came to their death in a train wreck on thc South ern railroad, at the aforesaid trestle, . which trestle was in dangerous and unsafe condition, the dangerous condi tion being due lo gross carelessness on the part of the olhcers of the rail-, road/' I whtnire in heed ot the bost medical treat ment .should not fail to consult Dr. Hatha way at once, as ho ls rccogn 1'zo'd as' tho leading and most suc cessful specialise. You are s a io in glacing your case in ls hands, as he is the lon KO st established and has the liest rep utation. He ou rea where others fail; there is no patchwork Jor experimenting in bis treatment. Per ,_sonal attention by Dr. * Hathaway, also epe DR. HATHAWAY. cial counsel from his associate physicians when necessary, which no other office has; If vou cnn not oall, write for freo booklets and ;iup?tl(in blank?. Mention your trouble. Kv? erything- strictly confidential. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D. 88 Inman Building 221 S. Broad St Atlanta, Ga 1854. , ,l?Q2-'03. GREENVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. Greenvale, S. C. College of highest grade. Degree courses and specials. Faculty, of 18. Greatly improved equipment. Pure ' mountain water. Climate rarely equalled. For catalogue and terms write E. C. JAMES, LITT. D., Pres. | G A Guinard, . O. Atkinson, Pres. Sec. and Treas. Columbia Supply Cb, COLUMBIA, S. C, soi WKST GISH VAIS G I IIIIES BUILDING! Now is the time you are looking around your Gins ann other machinery to sec what supplies you need. We I carry three grades of Rubber Belt, 3 grades of Leather and Gandy Belt. Largest stock of Wood Pulleys In the State. Carry Pipe, Fillings, Valves, Shaft ing, Hangers, Booting and every thing else in the supply lin?. We want your orders, this applies to any one using or handling machinery. You can save money by writing us. Wofford OOllej^o. Henry N. Snyder Litt, D., M. A., President. Nine professors. Four courses leading to thc A. B. Degree. Gymnasium under director. Athletics Grounds. Course of lectures hy tho ablest men on the platform. Next Session begins Sept. 23,1003. J. A. GAMEWELL, SEC'Y, Spartanburg, S. C. P.- Poppent?e?o?? ' - - ? . CILUlI/?STv)^/S-C AS OHEAP VAS OTHER: O?TfrB; LL YOUR ATTENTION; Ta^ER TtOKS :'. , .- . IVli U?I?LOA;.). . 5. o 2;i 17 , ]2c per lO??bs;-?; 'ater Itatc^er MQtfbv etliing In bur. -line?"Some schools re-. 'CV. For lc ?tW'?spb?ri. -we* H?V?'th'?S?'sotsI r.inore. Sbino thinK that these attl-i forschool usc,' if s?^'welh?ve tUemifr?rr] J rom 75 cents : upward .'Uri>tirib 'sJlyei vals? pins Indino rolled gold plate-, ot .2Grt??5:00 per set or'3.".Stef Ung silver ward.}: . Sliver .-'hl??A. oup?i8L0C,~ SUS5? tb?t>3> you; Svar?t tb buy. in our line. ' & CO., Jewelers, COLUMBIA; S O YSH?PES. T ROMPT SHIPMENTS - "?'.' .-',' INA BRICK CO.r ord,-President. ;. AUGUSTA j .GA! ?.ant to get well,*.. do': not.f experiment, ar piaolnguyotir case? ibu expert hamish ?i? form" Of deception We nave no nc'to .deceive sick, but every case ;put. r ls positively guaranteed by?j?t av Dol-v, :' Gu red, and we are 'tho only; Specie ?lied a reputation for curing tho alllct afterwards. .. ' * p and also BKHX-KUI/ treatmerit^fbr any. AY,' for method ot Horne -.Treatment . ; Gi aduates"4.453 TTJDENTS. atalogue of tlie . . -" IVERS?TY OF NASiiyiLLE. % lecture courses, each followed' by ia courses, and three."ho?rs of elinlcal ^ cqipped with .modern, apparatus and J. I) ii. i. A KU J Aeons, M. D., Seor,' South Market St., Nashville, Tcra^^ IA, s. a, '.' '. ": . tel al 'shapes to ord er. Fire Proof Te f 1 orders for thousands or ifpr, million z of South. GcxroSiaa, - >isr, @. o. :. * I UI Vi ON for Collegiate, Year begins Sept. 23rd, 190.3. . ; tiou address ''^^^3^ A. K. SPENGEK. &nu & iMre. GO. ; ?TERIOR FINISH, MOIULD ANTITY: ;\: a,?. Cr. f WOMEN, WAKE UP ind for Stenographers, typewriters" OgUe Of ; . v ; _ ?:: . ALLEGE, Columbia, S.'?/-: ? .. V rraphiuvlV.'ir.ciont.^-?'; "All Drugand Tobacco . . :. Habite.. . :nst.it:iitrev of ?. C mbia, ,S. C. Con(Identia! correspond 9 OOTT/VIMIC i BLOOD 12 ALRfi Thc Great Tested Remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Scrofula,- Rheuma tism, Catarrh, Ulcers, Eczema; Sores,'Erup tions, Weakness, Neryousness,'arni.all B100D AND SKIN DISEASES. - lt is by far the best building up Tonic and Illood Purifier ever offered-to the world.1 It makes new, rich blood, imparUirenewed -vi tality, and possesses ' almost miraculous healing properties. Write tor Book ot Won derful Cures, sent (ree on application. ,If not kept by your local dr?ggisr, send 51 .oo for a Large bottle,- o> ?5.00 fbr suriotllcs, I and medicine will be.sent, freight paid, by BLOOD BALBI CO., Atlanta, Ga. Caesars' Head Hotel CAESAR'S HEAD', S.C. '' 4,000 feet above the sea. Views into several-States. Temperature from 50 fco-75 degrees. Dry air, breezy nights. . Crystal spring water. Popular resort . Home life for guests. Telephone and V daily mails. Resident physician. Fur man University Hotel. Hack linc from Brcvard, N. C., or Greenville, S. C. Reasonable rates. Open from June 1st. to Oct. 1st. For other informa-' tion write to J. E. G WI NN, Mgr,. Caesar's Read, S..O.___v^. a ve lYIon , ave T"irne,/ 'ave Both'?r, .,. , . "Buy your Paints, Oils, "Var nishes, and Brushes, Sash,. ' Doois, and Blinds -from SHARD BUILDERS SUPPLY. CO,, 015 Plain St Columbia, S C "Wilson's Freckle Caro. Guaranteed to rem ove Free kies,, Sun .Ruins, Tans", Moth and Pimples al so as a toilet cream Money r c turtied if lt fails. Price 50c. Trial size 2.3c. I 5u postage. . If not sold hy your druggist, write I. R. WILSON &V*C??"? . . ?lrhrlo?roii,8?C>. r High Grade : Pianos, Best Organs. Thc Quality, Terri's niki Prices willi please. :v - Call or write Malone's Mnsic . House, Established lAS^..' Opposite Y M C A,. COLUMBIA, Si;rpi Twenty-two bed rooms, dining hall',, class rooms and study hall all under ono roof. Steam heat and .electrics lights. "." A M. DUPRE, HEAD MASTER,, \ SpU?tanburg, S. 0;