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THE LIE PASSED By J* M. Walker and \V: W. Smoak o? Wa! 1erboro. IN INVESTIGATION. Major Black Exonerated of the Alleged Attempt to Ingratiate Himself Into the Pavor of Representative Walker Along whh Chair man ii, H. Evana, At the meetiug of the dispensary Investigating commit,toe tn Columbia Wednesday Mr. Lyon put up witness es in the matter of the charge that Maj. John B'.rckand Mr. H. H. Evans had tried to Ingratiate thervs'dvos Into the ftvor of the house of representa tives from Oolleton county. Mr. Walkor made ap'a'emcnt de claring llrmly that Maj Bi&ok ha?9 had nothing to do with the ti.uisao tlon. Ile said that so much or it as related to Mr. Evans and himself wat purely of a personal nature, lie denied that ho had beeu warned or advised not to make draft cn Mr. Evans for .875 to pav for a gun. He declared in effeob that it wouid have been unnat ural for him to have voted against Maj. Hlack. Mr. W. W. Smoak, oashler of the bank at whioh the draft was present ed for payment, swore as positively that Mr. Walker had connected foo names of Me J mack and Mr. Evans in telling him fur what? purpose thc money was to be used. Mr. Smoak de olared further that he had pointed out to Mr. Walker that he was mak ing a Btep which he might regret and that, when the draft came back with out payment because of Mr. Evan'* absence from Newberry at Che time, Mr. Walker stated to him that ho was glad that it had turned out that way for the sake tf appearances. Before tho session for the afternoon was over, quito a lot of feeling arose between Mr. Smoak and Mr. W.lker, and tho lie was passed. Tue marshal of the committee, Mr. F. S. Strick land, grabbed Mr. Walker, and otheis held Mr. Smoak until the two wit nesses quietud down. Q ?itc a lot o? commotion was made, and Chairman Hay announced that a continuance ol the disturbance weu.d result lu some body being jailed. The dispute arose out of a matter of whioh Mr. Lyon himself knew no particulars until Mr. Smoak told lt. Mr Lyon knew In a vaguo way that Mr. Smoak knew something else, and hy Mr. Lyon's handling the situation somewhabadro itedly Mr. Smoik was pit val led upon to testify that Mr. Waiker had told him that Maj. B ack had given Mr Walker a ?40 suit of clothes. This li the statemeut that Mr. Waiker denied with BO muon feeling. MU. WAI.K1SK 8 bTAlKMKNT. The first wi mess put on the stand yesterday afternoon was Mr. J. M. Walker of Cjlleton, who has ropre -sooted that county In the house ol repr?sentatives for four years. He was abked by Mr. Lyon what he knew ol a certain matter, and In a frank man uer he told vii that he kuew. He put the whole business on the ground of personal frieudbhip, said that bli, con solence had been clear in the matter and that ho had regarded Mr H. H Evans, the other party of the tran ?action, as an honorable gentleman He deolared that Maj Black had noth lug whatever to do with :.io transac tlon. lt all started last year, during fair week, he said. Ile was lu his room at tho Columbia hotel with several gentlemen, among them Mr. H. H. Evans, Mr. Richard Black, a brother of Maj. Blaok, Hon. 10. T. L P.tte of Bamberg aud Hon. J. E. Haney of Barnwell. It was discussed there that Mr. Evans would be a candidate fo reeleo lon and that Maj Black might offer as a candidate for A pl?.co on di board. The talk drift eil to the suhjoot of all going on a Inuit and ho Invited them all to como clown to Colinton to go on a hunt with him-). Mr. Evans asked Mr. Walker if he had a good gun. Witncts replied that ho had nothing bub a single barreled gun. Mr. Kvans then said that he bad a good gun which he wculd like bo give Mr, Walker If the latter wen d accept lt. Mr. Walker stated thal lie would be glad to have a good gun, Ou his return to his home, he received a lettor from Mr. li vans lu which ii was stated that he didn't know how to buy a gun and for Mr. Walker to draw on'hi m for jt7f> for the purpose of buying a gun. Mr. Lyon asktd Mr. Walkor if Mr. Smosk had not cautioned him when he went to the bank to make the draft. This Mr. Waiker denied. Mr Smoak had not said that it was high ly Improper and would appear that ho had sold hl:i vote. Hu said boab hu had not heard that ho had boin criti oised by the people of Walterboro. As soon as he had heard of it he had stat ed that he would Uko to come before the committee. Mr, Lyon, he said, liad told him then that be did not think that he would ru h tho li quiry into thia mat ter. Mr. Lyon asked If ho had not qualllied that expression of opinion, and Mr. Waiker said that bc could not recolleot lb. Mr. Walker staten that during the session of the leghda ture he had seen Mayor l'curlfoy and some other witness who had been sum moned here from Walterboro and they told him that they did not know for what they had boen sommoncd, but thought it was in connection with thc uso of request. b0< ks, and lt wa;; not until aftt r the legislature had ai j ?urn ed and hu had gone home did ho hear why the committee had summoned these people here from Walterboro, WU Y IT WOULD lllfiLr HIM. Mr. Wa.ker then tock up the mat ter of the telephone conversation In whioh he communicated to a member of bl? family the. result of the election of members of the board of dispensary dlreotors. He said that the titan who intercepted that message lu a skulk iner cur. Ile ff und that thc legisla turo would not ar j ?urn sine die until lake In tho day Saturc'ay, throwing him until Monday getting home, so ho used tho long distance 'phono to notify his family In that conversa ?on ho had spoken with pleasure of the clrotion of Maj. Black and stated that lt had meant a good deal to him. In explaining this conversation, wit ness said that thc reason why Maj. Black's eleobion would help him is be cause that gentleman has so many re latives in Cjlleton and Beaufort conn ties, and as he bad worked hard for Maj. Black's tico Hon he could cxpeot them to help him In his campaign for j Hoho!i or. That wa? all there was lu lt and he regrets that Maj. Blaok's name has been brought luto the tran H c.lion in fehl* way. bl J. B aok bad I been one of tbe most p >pular men lu ('olleton county add had been mayor aid sheriff and ho baa a great many friends, and it was natural for him to support Maj. Black. Mr. Walker said in roply to Mr. Lyon that bo does not know why M.. j. Black Bovored bis connection with the dispensary as shipping olork and does not know, except by information that Maj Black was conneoted with Ui man & Oo. lie had gone to M J Biaok while the legislature was In session and had ask-, d Maj Blaok did ho at that time represent them in any waj and M J Blaok bad replied that lu did not. Mr. Walker said bo hai don? this because some people woro making campaign ta!k to that uv, e. and ht wanted to be ab's to reassure Mr Blaok's friends. Mr Lyon wanted to know how lom before this had Maj. B.ack erased t< represent Ulman & Oo. ui,A('K s mu VATIC APPA 1 US. Mr. Walker said he was unable t say, as he was not going arouud pry mg Into Msj, Black's private affaire ile Btated lu reply to Mr. Lyon tba ;o knowa lt to bo unlawful for th dlfipensary to buy whlskoy from ? bouse represented in this State b drummers, but ho deuiod with som feeling that M.?j. Black was a "'drum mer." Mr. Lyon tried to lind out i whatoapaoity Maj. Black represente the house, but Mr. Walker waB unabl to say. Ho admitted that ho had felt gla that the draft on Mr. lCvaus had bee returned unpaid, aB Mr. Evans ws away from Newberry at the time-.'< he had coulided afterward to his wi! that although he had made the drai a? between friends, still under tl circumstances somebody might try I make capital out of lt. He dooli making such an admission to any ol else. Mr. Waiker stated pobkeve that Maj. Black had nothing to ( with tlie gun transaction and tin after the return ot the draft ho hi never mentioned the mactcr to M Evans in any way. Foll .wing the testimony of M Walker was that of Mr. Reid, man ger of the Bell telephone ellice ? Walterboro. He ls the son-in-law i the dispenser at that place, he sal and sometimes works In tho dispi i nary, Ho admitted that lt was throuj bim tnat the conversation betwoi Mr. Walker and a member of his (ai Hy was made public. Ou the day the dispensary elections there b been a number of inquiries at MB i lice t.o tho result, as many peon were interested In M.. j. lbaok'scau dacy. There had been no nows un Mr. Walker called up and he told al eral who were in tho txohai gs at t dime making inqullres wnat Iv' Walker was saying as to the result the election. Mr. Hied bala tnat tuc moment he bad nottoought any slgniticar.ee in Mr. Waiker's si lng that tue eleJtlon of Maj B. meant a good deal to himself, Walk He had not commented on lt at I time. Upon being questioned by ! Waiker, Mr. ttald Bald tliat M Blaok is one of the most popular n of Colleton county and that when was a oandidate a number of Colic county people cam? up here to wi for him-among tbem the mayor Walterboro and other responsible ts y. ojB. MU SMO.VKS STATEMENT Mr. Lyon then p.'t up Mr. W. S moak, cashier of the Farmers' i Mercian J'S bank of Walterboro. 1 Smoak said thai toe transaction i occurred on the 17..1 of Novembei last year. When Mr. Walker preso ed the draft for coiled o i he said tl Mr. Kvans and Mr. Mack had pron ed him thc gun. Mr. Smoak aw positively that he had advised ] Walker that as he ls just a young ii starting out in life it might not wise for him to make this dr; Whether or not Intended that way might have the appearance ol sell his vote. To this Mr. Wa'ker m some kind of reply and walked a> as a customer came In the bank ? the draft was forwarded for coiled and the $7f> ws.i placed to the di ^? Mr. Waiker. Later, on the 2 of Isovembrr, the draft was ret ur unpaid, as Mr. Kvans was not In N berry and Mr. Walker, so Mr. Sim ital; d tn hts testimony, told 1 Sim ak that he was very glad of "or he had boen thinking of wnat Smoak had said and had c;?me to nnolu. 1 >n that Mr. Smoak was ri ibout it, and tho matter might h, appeared wrong. Mr. Lyon then recalled that li :onvcrsatlon with Mr. Smoak BC rime ago the latter had let fall St tatemeut to the ei?ect that Mr. V :cr, in guileless manner, had told 1 if something else, but Mr. Smoak :om pel led to observe that In cc lenee. Mr. Sm.iak admitted that ?ad said something of the kind dr. Lyon. The latter then pu* it o Mr. Smoak as a matter of dut] ell what he knew. Mr. Smoak nested that he bo not forced to rh nd stated that he would nut toll ass he were so forced, \V ANTHSI) IT A l.t. TOI,I). Mr. Hay, aB chairman of the c tilt tee, asked several questions to ertain whether or not this ovid? muid os relevant. Mr, Lyon admii hat he did nut know what Mr. Sm new. Mr. Smoak stated, In repl uestlons, that lt wan a matter ween Mr. Walkerand an ellida he dispensary. Mr. Hay was al o rule the matter relevant when ei Kitte, legal representative for i. Fl, Kvans, interposed au objoc iiat the transaction inferred to n ave been between Mr. Walker ime dispensary cilbial on official ?ess, and not hilliness of a pera ature with a man who baopener ?5 a dispensary Olli dal. Mr. Snmak then said: Mr. Cl ian, before I answer that questh r. Lyon, let me <vk wu tuls, If insider tho question of Messrs, B id Kvans ell"iring Mr. Walkor i m or the 175 to buy that gun as g a rolevant question." Mr. Hay Would that be a rebv lestlon. Under the, ci: enmata lated by ,\ir. Walker and hy ds afternoon, lt ls relevant, lt direct dealing between him and iicor of tho dispensary. Tho at this man then an olllor of ?pensary and up for reelection wi uko lt revolant. Mr. Smoak - 'I foar that this ls ant then, Mr. Chairman." Mr. walker "I would like tos I?, Mr. Chairman, If he knows ? lng In connection with me, I wi 6 for him to tell lt." Mr. Smoak "You absolve me f ?t pledgo of scorrcy, thct ?" Mr. Walkcr--"If you know ti mg, toll lt." TI i io i.i K IB I'ABSKD. Mr. Smoak then oontinued: "Well tho matter. I i i ?ive lefe?euoe to, geu t.lomon of the committee, ls this. Mr. Walker oame luto my bank about two ! months ago and asked me about SOMO clothes. He had on a suit that was not made by the tailors that I had ?epro souted for these young mon. I will state that that dub ls uot lu force now, and I am taklug the measures just so. Mr. Walker said 'the suit that I havo on cost 940. ' Now ho says Mohu Black gavo me this suit of Mothes, and I saw him pay some tail or In Columbia $4o for it. Now you better not tell mab In tho light of that gun episode.' And that ls all. Mr. Walker-"I want to say this, in roply to whit Mr. Smoak said about, tho suit of clothes. A part of what he said ls true and a part of what he said ls absolutely false, not a tinge of truthfulness about it. It had beeu my custom of buyiug suits fiona him and he had given me a commission oil from time to time of 10 por cent., and while 1 was up nero or at tue time I came hack up here about which I spoke some minutes ago, 1 saw sum) clothes around hero that 1 liked In a store and mentioned it to a gentleman here and he said that 1 CG.?ld be saved 25 per cent, elf on the suit by buying them. I bought the suit of clothes there at a rate less 25 per oent and paid the monoy.for lt. I told Mr. .Smoak that this suit of olothes was a $40 suit. That miicJi ho told the truth about. About thc balance he dlda't tell the truth about. That ls what 1 wanted to say. Mr. Smoak--"Mr. Walker, did you mean bo say thab you didn't bell me that John B lao ic gave you $40 bo buy a sulb of clothes?" Answer-"No, Idldu'band you lied when you said lt." Mr. Smoak-"You lie, slr." Ab bids bhere was q ute a dist ur* bauce. Tho marshal, Mr B\ S. Strick land, grabbed Mr. Walker and others grabbed Mr. Smoak. Tney were very much excited. Senator Hay caution ed thom that if bhoy did not behave .hoy wouia be pub In Jill. The com uultU'O tuen went Into execu.Ive ces sion on other matters. DKNATUR Z .D ALCOHOL. ?OIlRrvBS H 18 I'AHriOil ft HUI T.,ki II i. Off tho TAX. The house ha adopted the senate amendments as to deuabur.x. id alco hol and the Dill will become law. B., some inexplicable woy weatllrst un deratood mat this bill had reference oe taking efl the tariif. SJUIO othci a i^.tb ?t??l into tlio bame nusbake. roc om takes oil the rcve-uue- tax anu not the bantf tax. But) ab tnao a is a guoa measure ano lt ls hoped that bhiough this alcohol tho Sta..darn Ol. cjmtauy may be bUUO? a serious oluw. lo is ouia to bo buponor to oti ?i an illuminant to be useu in thc or .ilnai y lamp. A gahou o? lt OOa U icsd and burns owico a? long. Fut motor en? ines lb may taue tue place of gasoline, l? uuiy oe unauui&ObUieo oueaply, IL IS said, anti may he inuuo from grain, fruit potatoes and pro oaoiy Irom other farm products. Per haps a new aud pi uti tame mdubtrj will be opened up for larimcrs. Fi rab, enough, peop.o will have to get ac customed to itt) use. Wuiie all who whi ba thus benetited are doubtless indignant at trust exactions lo wm ..e H und hard to.gob a geuoral change from oh to alcohol. But if lb is so IM superior, safe and lasting and less costly a Rood market oughb bo bo opened for lb In bime. Wo a^rfe with the Conimbla Record bhao it would ba the greatest pity if people with this chance to a ?au tue octopus should neglect it, ospocialiy wneu ?ney can honour bimmsuivis ? uanoi all y and otherwise. We hope overybod) ?vin encourage t'ne denabuiizjd alcohol industry. Proulbibionists may bala at the narre, but they can emoark in one busluess wi thou o deserting a principle. Such aloud ls not drink able. Lot's nave a deuatun/.eu alco hol campaign. Muht i'.y Hliinale. Tile following postal order, resent ly Issued to postmasters' by Fourth Assistant Pcs'master-General P. V. D. Graw, ls of lubcresb bo all people who receive mall on rural routes: 1. On and after July 1, l??<>, pa irons of ohe rural d livery servie? will >e required to display signal) on their 10X08 when they leave mall in them or carriers to collect, as, after that late, carri rs, when sciv.ug their rou ,es, will nob be required to opeu and x imine any mail boxes except thos io which they have mall to deliver ind those on whloh signals are dis )layo:i to indicate there is mail for .arrlers to colleob. 2, Those patrons whose boxes are tot provided with signals must, attach om? dcv:co which, when displayed, viii plainly show passing curlers hcie ls mall to bo collect! d. lb ls not trcessary bhat such dcvlco shall be Ither oom pl loa bed or conti) ; a very Imple arrangement will answer the itirpuso. .'{. Carriers must lower thc Slguals n Boxes after making collections, rovldlng no mall ls loft therein; and mist display thc signals when they epest mall for patrons, unless the atreus have made request to the on rary. 4. Tiie carriers must bo Instructed rj promptly Inform patrons of their tites with regard to this Order, and on should, without expense ';0 bite epartment, use such other necessary leans for Informing bhem ns will so ure a complete urdorsbandlng and ill compliance by all patrons on bhe ate mentioned. 6. Two copies of this letter aro erewlth inclosed, one to he Immedla* )ly posted hy you In a prominent lace In the public part of the post I11C3, and biio other to ho placed on io. How .\iut>n in Mho World? If a man has the misfortune to lose ls wife, at tl there is no mcmhar of ie family to take her place, ho be ns to real 1/0 that a housokeopor ls a istly luxury. Besides, the ti rab ox mst; of her wo' kly earning.-), bhere ill bc a vast dllT irenoa lu the cost of oihin the h use, for without a p r nal Interest, many of tho little m n les of housekeeping will not bc no tis td. A word to the wise ls stif le n*. Mow much ls your wife worth you, leaving sentiment entirely out the question? ls sho worth a wash s' machine, a bread mixer, a clothes ln^er, a nico carriage and a safe rsc, or a few kind loving words ?ry nay?_ murdered Ul Mongolia. Itouhen Montey of Saginaw, Mich., a murdered on tho bord ir of Mon lla, 100 miles north of Poking, on ^tomber 2, by a French adventurer ling himself as Vloomto Livorgor, ,h whom ho was traveling. Between the Investigation Com mittee and a Witness. WOULD NOT REHEAT _ \ Rumors BccauBe HR Thought People's Character Too Sacred to be tturt in ) Th it Way, and He Waa Ruled for Contempt of the Committee. The inveBt'gatlng oommlttee has another row on its hands. The State says as a result ot having become ox oited and u?3d profano language in the presence of the dispensary Investi gating committee, Mr. W. G. Childs, president of the lUnk cf Columbia and also of tho Columbia, Ne? h rry and Laurens railroad, baa b ?cn oited to appear before tho committee on the o rargo of'contempt. It was apparent at tho timo that I Mr. Childs did not mean to show contempt for the committee, but he meant to express vory forolb y his position In regard tc testifying against cortalu dispensary people through the medium of repeating anything which he had heard In a joking manner and might he takan to retleot upon the Integrity of honorable mon. Mr. Lyon was trying to get the in formation so that tho committee could pass upon Its relevancy. He had submitted the matter tor the om- . mlttee as a whole to pass upon when Mr Childs very f x dtedly exclaimed: "Well, bv God, I would go to J di bc fore 1 would tell these Jokes, aud Mr. Lynn hada right to confer with me before If he wvoted to " Mr. L.on stated that bo would leave the matter to the oommlttee. Mr. Hay, the ohalrman, stated that Mr. Childs could he excused from the , witness stand. The latter went cut , of tho sonata c'ia mer vowing tba4; he , would not tell anything to reflect up:n anjb dy else If he had heard ii la a j jklng way. Mr. Lyon, thinking that Mr. Childe ! hadexjcodcd the proprieties of the , occasion in defying the c immitteo bc- . 'ore thc testimony had been Insisted upon by the committee, made the re quest that Mr. Calida bo made to re , peat the jokes he had heard so as the committe c mid j idge If they wi re , relevant to the investigation. Chairman IUy replied: "Well, Mr. Lyon, 1 do not know 'jhat we should discuss this matter any further right now. We oin take , lt up in the committee and dlsouns lt { among ourselves--the beading of lt." , Later on tho committeo issued an order for Mr Childs to appi .r bsf^re the oommlttee on Tuesday aid show ci use w by he should not ba attached for outempt of the oommlttee in be lng guilty of disorderly conduct and oontompt In tho presenco of the com mlttee cn Friday, tho Iso day of Juno, A. D., 1900 Heroin i. uob. Tho position taken by V )biidb , tn refusing to repeat these ?um?rs ls , not a surprise to those v?ho know him. He ls just such a man as would do a thing ot the kind, and iost s'uota amanas will go to jul if heoontlnues of the opinion thai? he ouglib not to repeat these rumors. WHAT CAUSED TUM KOW. The following is tho testimony of Mr. Childs which lead up to the trouh e, Mr Lyon was examining Mr. Child: t? Have you ever heard any bcd y eonfsss or acknowledge In any way that they received aey prout* or div idends arising from either the lt oh lai d Distillery C impany or the Co lumbia Cass Works? A- No, slr. Q Now, Mr. Childs, you aro In ac tive business around the city of Co lumbia here, I presume, ftc q;iuutl> ? A 1 very seldom evor leave my of lice excopt to go to dinner or on bus iness. g Your bank does some collecting for creditors of the dispensar) ? A. I think sn. (?. Don'6 the l'o/ior drummers go JO your bank there or you havo a jood deal of correspondence or things )f that sort with them? A. Yrs, slr; liquor drummer-? come u t und when they want Ohcoks casb Jd <.,) Have any of them ever stated -bat they piid any graft to any of diese dlspmsary tindals? A. 1 have no recollection of any ihlng of that kind. (? Lot's nee If you can't remember V A. LG would not be fair for mo In a jklng conversation to make a rc La'k that would n Hoot upon any ndy, and 1 never beard anybody say n seriousness that they paid rebates. Q Tell us the j kes. A. 1 cannot remember the Jokes, t. lu's boen four or live years ago. CJ Waat was the nature of those .lk:hV A. I would not be ablo to testify s to jokes In remarks made. 1 have ever Hoard any remarks reflecting curiously upon the members of the oard of Control, (t> We want to know tho nature of bte j k''.s. A. i do not remember distinctly Dough tc ?pic fy. (,? You know distinctly enough to ate whether they were ci.mpllmon uy or whether thoy wero notoompli lentary. A N >, sh ; I do not. Q You do not? A N J, slr. c.) And vet von recollect that there ero loke. ? A Yes, slr;-there always was and lore is now. c,l And lt impressed you sn Hi dent to rt member that there was all nels of Jokes going on, but you can it remember tho naturo of those ko v A. Ni?, slr; 1 cann .t rem mher he ,use it might rellect upon som body id lt won d be unjust; to rtfldot upon lem. Q Could you icmombor who the li'u v/ero who were doing this Joking V A. NJ, slr; lt was Just so ra o of ose traveling men and not men who Mild bi taken on tlie tnsld3. (j. How can you reaoh the cone bi ni that these parties would bc ken on the inside of tho gra ting tttor If anything wai going on? A. llfloaiiso If anything was going tho heads of tho concerns would ho lng lt, not tho subordinates. :? That ls the opinion that you iw from the 1 quor drummers V ^. Yos, slr; I say If thero was any ng of that kind going on the heads would not entrust lt to any of their olerks or subord?nate drummers. X know If there WAS anything KO'rg on <n anything that I waa the hoad ot I would ho tho only one that knew lt. Q. You oannot remember any of tiloso lok?-? ?. No, slr. Q. Now, Mr. (J i lids, thin la a very muortant matter that I au. q test.un ng you about. A. Yes, I think lt Is. If I knew mvthlng that would assist you lu tho natter 1 would be glad to give it to /ou. Q. Especially this matter of thc Carolina Glass company. I wish to understand Ibo matter fully and free ly, and if I understand you, you know notbintr about any stook hoing hold in trust for anybody oise? A. No. Q. That you have nover been puby to any such? A. No, sir. (?. That you have not transferred any stork for any one? A. Yes. Q, Ytu dony that without any meutal reservation? A. Yea. Q. That you have stated everything fully and freoly without any rosorva Mon? A. Yes. (? Now, did Mr. La?aban ever dis cuss with you tho matter of graf ?and rebates and so on? A. No, sir. Q. He never mado any statement to you iu reference to malters of that kind? A. N i, slr. (?. Mr. Childs, how many miles aro you president of in South Carolina? A. Seventy-five. Q, Seventy tlv.? A. Yes, slr. (? Llow many miles of railroad has the Southern lu the state of South Car Una? A. Oh, 1 havo no Idea. (?. We i, slr, you have a rough idea? A. 1 think live or six or seven hun dred. I havo never llgured it out. Of oours^ 1 o:uld d ) lt. Q How many has tho Atlantic Coast Lin, ?. A. Oh, 1 should think three or four hundred. May be more. (? Well, slr; what about tho Sea board ? A. Well, tho S.ab >ard has about three hundred or four huodrcd; about three hundred and fifty miles 1 would jay. Q N )w, Mr. Childs, you keep up, I presume, with the freights tbat pass >ver these lines, you have a geueral knowledge on that subject of the freights that come Into tho state of South Oaroliui? A. 1 have a general knowledge of what comes In on my road. 1 do not Know ab Ut anybody else. t? What percentage of the dlspen ?a?, y bud ness do you handle? A. 1 haven't the slightest id ja. Q. Have you any id >a about what /our .oad handles at al ? A. No, that would ba a matter for ibo auditing department. II s o uld itfiire it up for you without any trou jin Q. lt is not a matter of belief that j- ur road bandies the larger part of )\ o f toliilit that comes into tho dis J nsar>? A I think we ought to. t? You think you ought to? A. Yes. Q Wbj? A Hsoause we are the only Till nanlte rovd n th) t w i, a id it ts a Pillmanito Institution, and when the llspensary was started every road ooyo ittcd it. When thc Darlington dot came the other roids out it. I ?ont right up to Governor Tillman ind stood ritfht by the administration ind the C. N. and L. stood ri^ht up ,o it and Senator Tillman and myself ire personal friends, and we have boen jetting a big part and ought to have i big part. () Arc you sure you are arc irate in ihose statements you bave made? A. Yes. (,) Are you postlve of il? A. I am. You niv.r heard of any ?ar being shipped ten or twelve miles jut of town on the C , N. and L and )lind tigers unloading the wlskoy rom lt, (,) R<plain the situation. A. If you roo the papers you would lavo eeen where a man got killed ending his wife up on that road 13td you see thai ? A. I read it in the papers. So that ls hear<ay? A. Yt'S; but you are making mo give 'ou hoariay. (J Wont yon give us hearsay on hose j ikes? A. No; that ls too sorlous; I would ot tell a joke tbat would tl?-iob the haraotor of somebody else. Q Don't you regard that as serious -tuts man getting killel? A. That ls his own fault. l? Well, be g?)*> shot d )wn? A. He wasn't shot down; the train in over l im and klllod him. 1 sup oso tho courts will will adjudicate oat. (? Don't you know that tho Ssa Dard raid paid those taxes along t. tho i.ame time that you paid 01U.S? A Yes and did lt a'* my.suggestion .cause 1 was very close along with lem. (,? 1 supposed you said that you paid iura llrstv A Tney didn't do lt until 1 got icm to do lt. 1 wanted them bo bring >at Western whiskey in hero. (J I thought you said they protest A. The seaboard did protest?t llrst id afterwards reconsidered lt. lt> Who nero thoso alleged j kes iat you A. () i, 1 am not going to tell you lythlng ab nit these jokes. I do not no ober 1. cblinltaly en m.,'!i to ike-r Q Mr. Chairman, ..i coUrse ltlslm .Shiblo to bring Information to know belber lt ie recelant or Irrelevant. I d not exp. ".i thal Mr Cb lids wouiii ve mc a coi fe re nee lofoio ho was it on the st?ud, confit q lently 1 did it rn to bim. 1 did nob know what i knows about that at all but evi ntaly ho hes heard something and seems to mo that he ought to be re dred to do lt. A. Well, by God, 1 would go to J .11 fore I would tell the Jokes, and Mr, mn had a right to confer with me fore if he wanted to. Tho Chalrman(Senator Ha?): You ve not boen rrqulrod to answor ycb, r, Coilds. Witness: Well I will say right no v at I ain't going to answer and, if aessary, 1 think 1 should bs allow to be represented by o< unsol. Mr. ?.yor.: I d? not oare to examine ) witness any further, Mr. Chair n lie ls with the committee. ?Vltness: (As he was bavlny) you JW where to lind mo If you want . I am at my ondee, but 1 am nob ng to do Injustice bo anybody. t is castor to koop a friond than to mr him when lost. TRY AN AO IMS OP THE CHUCA. T ll '? Y ?iAil?lt AIJ Some Reasons Why Our Farmers Should Try to Baise This Wonderful Plant. Without apology I again oall tho attention of the readers of The Pro gressive Farmer to alfalfa, or lucera?, aa a forage orop and improvor of tho sol); also as a money orop says T. B. Parker, In laat week's IBSUO of Farm and Kanoli the statement ls made that the ll rat orop of alfalfa hay io DOV being rapidly sold lu Texas at from il2 to 814 por ton. When we consider that they often got from live to nevon outtlngs annually in that State, making from three to live tons of bay per acre, lt ls easy to under stand why interest in tho "crop ls growing there. Alfalfa, being a legume, especially recommends Itself to Southern agri culture, as all legumes do, because of Its power of gathering nitrogen from the air through the aginoy of tho bacteria Infesting the nodules on its roots, thus through these agencies largely reducing the cost of the ferti lizers necessary to supply plant root In our Boils. Legumes open a wido Hold for experiment to our farmers < and oller to them great possibilities i in orop rotation and soil improve ment. Interest in tho orop In North Caro llua ls increasing. Ten years ago the ' plant waa probably not known in more 1 than a drz m counties in the State, ? and by but a few persons in those . counties, while at this time it ls bo- i lug tried In an experimental way in probably half or more of tho couutte1) in thc State. Tho same thlug can be j said of all the territory In whloh The Progressive Farmer circulates. In a ; few years I am ooufld?nt thc acreage in those States will be very materially 1 Increased. Many failures will be re- < corded in tho se tir?t experiments and ( quite a number may quit the crop tn disgust, bfit enough will hold on and prove that lt can be profitably grown to insure an Increased acreage in the near future. The changes that are bound to come in our methods of farming will make it necessary to put In crops which will not require the ponstant cultivation that many S lUthern crops now require. To illustrate what can be accom plished by perseverance, I will state that quite a number of acres were put lu alfalfa near Goldsboro, N. C., last spring, a few farmers putting in l?verai acres each. They had rain In ibundauce and the grass aud weeds loon over powered the alfalfa. Most Df tho experimenters there have given Ltio orop up as unsuited to their lauds, thoreforo unprofitable. Among thc ?xporimonters, however, was Mr lohn S. Davis, who put In about one lore, prepared the land ace irdlng to ?Ireotions by deep plowlt g. liberal manuring and heavy liming. The lame fate that overtook the alfalfa of )thers overtook his also. The orop. io far as alfalfa was concerned, was a comparative failure, but he was not iiscouraged to the point of quitting [u August be re plo wed tho land, or jut lt with a cutaway harrow, and resowed in alfalfa the first week In September. The land was in fine ?on litton, and wlthiu a vory few days ie bad a perfeot stauet. The alfalfa iontlnucd to grow, and Mr. Dt..\U jegau to reap his reward the first of his mouth ina magnificent orop of inc a faifa hay. lie Bald it averaged ?wo feet high, and from the aore he teoured three two-horse loads of the ?ery Unest hay. To be sure, ' one iwallow does not mike a spring," nor Iocs one experiment establish a thing, 'et it makes one feel mighty good to lave things go bis way, especially ifter an apparont failure such as Mr Davis had last year with his alfalfa. [ simply mention this to show bo v mo may succeed with perseverance, vhero with less persistence failure vould be charged up against him. Some time since In talking with an dfalfa grower of several years'expert ince, he said that spring is thc time iO begin the preparation of land In ended to be put lu alfalfa the coning al! Ile gave it as his experience hat all lands intended for alfalfa hould be prepared several months in .dvanoo of tho sowing so as to pormlt ho manure to thoroughly permeate he soil and go through the o langes bat seem to be necessary to secure a )0d crop In view of this, lt wlil be fell for those contemplating putting i alfalfa this fall to prepare tiie land ow by plowing well, manuring borally and lin lr g heavily, a ton to tie acre, and sow in p^as. Ju August ut the pe is olf and make hay of icm; disc the land well or plow shal ?w and sow Inoculated seed, With Lils management the chances will be ood to j;et a orop of alfalfa next iring, and otb? n t i follow. There ls now b'fore me an exton ve report on ri fal fa growing In New ork in wi ti-Mi ev ry experiment lows tho value i f limo. Without a ugle exception, tue crop was heavier here lime was med than where no mo was used. D'me Heems to in .ease the chancas for successful ln ?ulatlon and tho development of the jcessary bacteria. Unless la.id ls very fertile or already in tains bacteria peculiar io thc al (al , plant a person need not > x.nc& to row alfalfa without Inoculation, iiat has been tin roughly deann rated. Notwithstanding tl o mauy Hu rca that have bern reporiod from ie "culturel." sent out from Wash gton, a d from those b tight from anufaoturers, l have great faith hi icm. In passing, 1 will say tin .so ?ulturis" are not now sent out from ie government on dry col tin 88 rmerly, hut In a liquid form, there ? insuring greater wuccass in their e. 1 have faith in the "cultures" cause I have succeeded with them, th at Hillsboro and Ooldsboro. Thc ro In alfalfa grown hy Mr. Davis, id J ist referred to above, was from Bated seed and the inocul ition is as ie as 1 have ever seen. In January of. II. II. Durne, S'.ate Flirt oui rlst, and 1 visited the farm and ox lined the alfalfa for evidences of cterla. We found lt In abundance of. Hume took a few plants to ntograpb. As with all othel crops alfalfa will iceod In some soils better than in lois. Weil-drained alluvial Bulli, )h as some of our crock bottoms ?it, am not, Subject to OVMflOW ft^d > web above water, wlilo i will por t tho long roots of alfalfa to go wu Into lt and got nourishment below the reach of tho roots or lluary crops, are Idfa sells f;>r al fa, which soils with "I ard pan" 1 not usually grow lt 8uco6sfully. ese alluvial soils must be clovnted, il drained, and freo from acidity. ocurso a great deal of alfalfa ls grown on soils that rio not bsloug to tue aiiuvlal class. Eioh grower oan experiment and And out for himself the adaptability of Ldi own soil to the orop. Bernembar these thin* v. Alfalfa oan be grown eithor lu spring or in the fall. I consider fail sowing pre ferable In the Cotton Belt proper, and spring sowing best In the more elev atod and oooler sooUons. For fal) sowing tho seed should be in by the 15th of S.'ptort ber and in many In stances earlier seeding would ho b?t ter. For sprli g sowlrg the land would bo better If prepared In the fall or early winter and the seed put in tho first of April. The land irust be prepared thoroughly by o?:ep plowing, libera' manuring aud lin lng. Of course the land must be well drained, for alfalft cannot stand a wot soil. lb ls a waste of time and money to sow a'faifa lt poor land, or on land not well prepar ed. If one succeeds tho orop will well repay for all the time and money spent In preparlrg the land. For experimental purposes an aore Is enough for any one to begin with. If one o*n g'ow an acre suocessfullj he can then enlargo as ol rou rn a tancer perm'-ts. If a 1 orson does not wlsb to risk an nore, a half aero of B quart er ot au aore will st til JO. I pre'er heavy seeding, not les? bhau 30 pounds per acre, thougi, many suco^sful growers contend Uuv twenty pounds of seed are still dent The seed should not be covered tor deep From a half it oh to au inoh h plently deep to cover. The On.'hiiou of Taxation. Tlie true reason for the prominence 3f thc tariff question and allier tax lucstions lies in the fact that taxation ls always witli us, go where wc will lt is like a shadow that clings to us until we reach the grave. President Madison, writing to John Adams, In 1818, about thc discussions oi the tax ing power In thc convention which framed the Federal Constitution, said 'The a', tempts to distinguish between legislation on the subject of taxes and )'her subjects terminated in tho dts .losure that no such distinction exist <d." Taxation, therefore, enters as an ele ncnt info all legislation, and is the lasisof all. if it hears equally upon persons in proportion to their ah!.ity o pay, it is just. If lt discriminates in favor of any person, corporation, or .lass, against any other person, cor por it ion, or class, it. is unjust. A proteo dve tarlli necessarily and avowedly oakes such discriminations, and is Lhereforo unjust. It can only bc sus tained upon the ground that injustice s right, because lt results in prosper! ,y to certain individuals and corpora dons. Piracy, high-way robbery, and larceny could he sustained by the same irgument. If a few men were privileged by law o loot every ship and every, city they .ould lind, and rob every person they het, the privileged class would soon lecome as prosperous as the trusts and nonopolies which have grown up nude die Dingley Tari if, and for the very lame reason-they would get some og for nothing under the operation of aw. The law in the one case would lie he shelter of rugged and bloody men .nd the law In thc other case would be nd is, a shelter for soulless corpora ions and trust n agnates; with tue ame general results - the accumula ion of all wealth hi a few hands iw licensing highwaymen, pirates and li ie vos to take all of every man's prop rty above a certain amount in tile lame of taxation, would be more di ec' and more honest than the tariff iw which the stand-patters arc so tronuously defending. The 1 resident is, therefore, mol diest than the majority of his party r'hen he bole ly advocates confiscation s a refuge from the effects of th Hngley tar ri IT, which the stand-pat ors seek to perpetuate. And theabusi f power in the name of taxation rh ich lie proposes, violates tire const! ution no moro flagrantly than the rotective tariff docs. But between lie two evils, the honest man will hoose neither. Both schemes prove y t heir glaring Iniqutios, that a grad ates income tax, which would take nly from those wdio are able to spare )methlng from their surplus revenu i,and only in proportion to such abil y, is, after all, the only just solution f the Federal tax question,and, there ?rc, of all other questions of legisla on; lhere being at the bottom no dis tict ion between legislation on the ibject of Laxes and on other subjects. NoftrinK the IO mt. Terrible predictions oonceinln/ hat will happen to this poor old i ,rth during tho nexo twenty-five!* ara were made at a prophetic and ' | ?oond Advent conference last week n Linden and while they differed mewhat in details, they all agreed iat the end of the world ls at ind, they were not quite sure dether tho final catastrophe will me on May 2. or April 1), 1031, but ey are quito sure that ono of tbeso tes will provo to he the t ght one. ?ere can bo no doubt that tho world is nearly outlived Its usefulness, the ophets declared. Tho wars and rthq takes which havo atll.oted lt eentiy are p oof positivo and all at ls required to fulfill tbe prophe >s ls tho coming of anti*Christ, who somewhat unkindly Identified with ipoleou. Tea was oultlvatod in China 2 700 ar.i tnrore tho Chrlst'ai sra. Insurance At Al T. S. Scaso, President. PALMETTO MUTUAL FIRE I f partanburf \ homo Aro;Insurance company (hat I tnagemont Capablo and Conservativo. Write for particulars. We Have lo io 25 horao power Ta) bott, socond 1mm hoon overhauled. This Engine io it rreat bargain f< : anyone who in in tlu Wo aro homlqu ' tora for anything in t nnpt attention \v.*l ho given to all inq o. Writo UH when you aro in tho mt got our prices boforo placing your or Columbia Sunnlv^?o., - ??.?.?.?????????????.?.cei THE GUINARD ? COIyUMBI Manufaoturors Brick. Flro Proof T< Flue linings anti Drain Tile. Props or millions. ?.?.a ??.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.? 4M -s Are You Sick? If You Have a Disease For whtoh You Aro Unable tr. Find a Cure Writ? 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Two Car Loads short lengths of Ash, Walnut, Persimmon and Drgwood. One hundred feet of Shafting. One lot Shafting Hangers. One lot Pulleys' 12f) Doz. Hase Ball Bats. The above Is situated In a two-story factory building, dimensions 60x100ft., with eil attached 30x50ft, two stories. Lot measuring 200 feet frontage and 524 feet in depth. Rail Road into the yard. In a desirable part of tho city jf Orangeburg, S. C. This proporty will he sold in part or in whole, lt can be utilized for most any kind of enter prise- For full partioulars.apply to JAS. L. SIMS, Orangeburg, S. C. A Pianor or An Organ Por You. To tho hoad of every f undy who is ambl ions for tho futuro and ?ducation of hiB ch 11 Iron, wo havo a Spocinl Proposition to make. No artiolo in tho homo shows the evidence if culturo that does a Piano or Organ. No ao iompliuhmont gives os muoh ploasuro or ls of s groat value in after life as tho knowledge if muslo and tho ability to play well. Our Small I'aymont Plat s makes owner hip of a high grado Piano or Organ easy. .heit a fow dollars down and a small payment nob month or uuartorly or nomi -annually and ho instrument. IH yours, Wrlto us today for Catalogues and our Speo d Proposition of Nosy Pnymonts. Addre?? Malone s Music Go., Columbia. S. O. AIM? TEED BY A fc er AAA BANK DEPOSIT ?3?*VVFIJ R.R.FaroPald.NotetWtef ^ * '_ SOO l'Hi-HCOURSF.9 ?HHHOM Board at Cost. Wrlto Qutoa iF.ORQIA-ALABAVA BUSIN ESS COLLEGS. U*oo* fl* Many Drownori, The British ship Captain Cowell, rom M;lb:mrnc, April 21, for Coro irll, has been wrecked at Santa Ma la. Twenty-two of the orew were rowned, ircludlng all thc c ni sers ex ept the llrst mate, who with three members tho crw landed at Ilioo. il .?.Html aiihku. In Australia several kinds of snakes re eaten roasted. They aro said to . > <i i;U In deilcioy and il ivor to tba lest stowed eds. Aa English trav ler declares the steam from the lasting reptiles ls hy no means un ivory. _ K >ro? ls taxing mor* to bier drink >g thin ol ? hor Japm or China. .-J_ solute Cost. ,T. M. Atkinson. Soo'y & Treas, INSURANCE ?0V1PANV, r, S. C. s SAFIO, SOUND, jnJCC?SSFUt$ Agents Wanted. r Sale il nugi no in stock which has rocont l first-class condition and will be ) market for stich a si/.o online, ho way of machinery supplies, and inirioa ftlld ordors ontrusted to our trkot for anything, and ho eure dors olHOwhoro. i'n'mi,non. S. C. - i IMMMHIIM $RICK WORKS, A, f?m O. ?ra Ca ita ? ill it i?] ti nr. ired to fill orders for thou ?>?.??? Mit ?5|