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COST OF LIVING Will be Increased by the Payne Tarrlff Bill The DEMOCRATS CLAIM The Farmer Would (let No Relief Should the Rill Re Passed, It Is ' Alleged, While the Standard Oil | i Trust and Oilier Trust Interests Are Looked After. Washington, March 22.?That the Payne tariff bill would increase the cost of living; that it is crude, indefinite, sectional and prohibitive, and j that it is an open challenge to a | trade war with every other nation on earth, are some of the criticisms of that measure made by the Democratic members of the ways and means committee in the minority report submitted to the House by Minority Leader Champ Clark today. The report is a severe arraignment rxC ...LImK 4 1. - t :m *?i uir i -< I iniuii >>111111 I 111' 1 i I \ in; 111 I I I proposes. The countervailing duty provisions for coffee and petroleum, the maximum and minimum features, the Cuban reciprocity clause, the woolen, glass, agriculturel and sugar schedules are bitterly attacked. "There are many changes?for the most part minor changes," says the report, "of the Dingiey rates, some up and some down. Most of the changes in a downward direction are reductions more apparent than real, the Payne rates being as prohibitive in their results in many cases as the Dingiey rates." Declaring that a tariff is a tax paid by the consumer, and that the only function of a tariff law is to raise revenue to supply the needs of the Government, the minority members of the committee insist that instead of an increase of taxes or a new issue of bonds, the correct remedy for the growing deficiency in the revenue is the cutting down of the expenses of running tlie Government. "The bill is In many respects crude, indefinite, sectional and prohibitive. It seems to us from our examination, which was necessarily hasty, that on the whole it increases the cost of living. For example, it will Increase the price of hosiery about 3 0 per cent, and certainly nobody will claim that hosiery is a luxury in this day and generation. In numerous instances the protection exceeds the entire labor cost of production." The report maintains that the tar in arrangement with the Philippines should be considered in a separate measure and not in the general tariff bill. The claim that the bill is a sectional one, made by the Deinot cratlc members of the committee, is based largely on the cotton schedule. The report contends that the bill does not lift any burdens from the shoulders of the Southern farmer, although the manufacturer of cotton goods is protected by heavy tax, it claims. "The treatment of the farmer by this bill is along the same lines as j nave characterized Republican moth- , txls in the past," says the report. "He gets practically no relief, and the laborer and producer have great- 1 er burdens imposed upon them. * Every article of food the laborer 1 must have to live comfortably is ( hon vlltr tnvnd' qujui t Vv? " * ! ?V.? ? ?l J KIAVU, tlVII tilU OUlt Ull 111!) table Is not exempt. This schedule 1 (agricultural products) was evident- 1 ly prepared by the same mind which ' has dominated this bill?a mind cer- ' tainly not unfair to the great trusts. 1 "That the bill is a sectional one J is shown by the failure of the ma iority of the committee to lift any < burden whatever from the shoulders of the Southern farmer. The grower 1 of cotton must sell his product in the ojK'n markets of the world. In 1 order, however, to benefit the inanu- 1 facturer of cotton the Republican party makes him pay a heavy tax on every pound of it that is exported and comes back into the United States in the shape of manufactured goods. Thus he sells in free trade markets and buys in a protected market. Not only have these burdens not been lifted, but additional ones <Uar? been placed upon him. By an lately discovered process, a fabric known as 'mercerized fabrics" is now being made. This is a very much like silk, and is largely worn. In order to further enrich the manufacturer and to further tax the masses of the people a tax has been laid on these goods. "Cotton hose has fallen under their greedy gaze and the tax on it, already too high, has been greatly increased. Cotton goods are more generally used than any other class i of coods bv the masses of the Arnori- I can people, and every cent of duty laid on such fabrics is an additional tax on the people least able to pay It. "The Standard Oil Company Is as handsomely cared for In the Payne bill as In the Dlnglcy bill," the report continues, "and by reason of the provision In Paragraph 037, popular. ^ ly k nown as the 'joker,' continues THE LUCKY MEN FACTORY INSPECTORS ARE APPOINTED ?Y MR. W ATSON. ________ In Selecting Men lie Desired tc? lloc- j ognizc CIciiisoii'h Textile School as j Well as Organized Labor. Columbia, March 22.?Commissioner Watson today named tli? two factory inspectors provided for in the recent act of the legislature. There were over 300 applicants for*) the johs, telegrams and special dolivory letters coining in even as late as this morning. Mr. S. M. Sloan, one of the appointees, is a native of Anderson.) hut now living in (Irecnvllle. lie is1 a Clemson graduate of 1 !?<><? and 5s the son of Treasurer 1*. 11. 10. Sloan of that institution. He has had a variety of cotton mill experience, from the bottom rang up to superintendent. As he was employed by the cotton mill association to supervise employment of labor, he will naturally he regarded as the cotton mill owners' representative in the appointmt nts. Mr. Alex MeDougall, of Columbia, the other appointee, lias for ten years or more been a conservative representative of organized labor in this city, and is looked upon as a valuable and capable young man. "In the making of these appointments," said Commissioner Watson, "there has been but one thing for me to consider?the best interest of the State and of the work 1 have been directed by the General Aslo undertake." Doth appointees are now in the employ of the Southern Railway. SKCOXl) TltA(?Kl)Y AT GREFR. Holli Caused by Accident, 1' Is Claimed by Some. Spartanburg, March 22.?John Owinn shot and killed John Tinmmell at Grec late Sunday afrornoon at Sloan's store. Gwinn was arrested immediately after the homicide and brought to Spartanburg and lodged :n jail. He clivals that t ; shooting was unintentional. It seems that Gwinn and several of his companions were in Sloan's store late yesterday afternoon, with the door closed. . Trammell came to the door and gave several raps, and Gwinn, according to his statement, seized one of the pistols that were said to he on the counter and, aiming it at the door, pulled the trigger, thinking that the weapon was unloaded. The pistol was discharged and Trammell fell dead, with a bullet in his breast. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that tlie deceased came to his death from a pistol ball wound in the hands of John Gwinn. This is the second tragedy at Greer within tlie week. A few days ago Perry Leister was accidentally shot and killed by Sam James. SPARTANRCRG GROWING. Postofflce Will be Placed in the First Class. Spartanburg, March 2 2.?The Spartanburg postotlicc will be placed in the list of first-class ofliccs by the Postmaster General within the next few days the receipts of the oflice for the year having exceeded the $10,000 requirement. There aro now 3nly four first-class offices in the State, Spartanburg being one of them. The fact that this city is to ( be in the list of first-class offices will increase tho interest of the twenty >r more candidates who want to be postmaster to succeed Col. S. T. Pntninr to bo protected by a tariff duty of 99 per cent, which enables it to dominate and exploit the American market and to levy trouble upon the public, thereby piling up millions of dollars of ill-gotten gains." The report further contends that a similar "joker" in the paragraph providing for the free entry of coffee places a duty on coffee equal to the export duty imposed by the country from which it is imported, and that the consumer must pay both, the export duty of the other country and the import duty of the United States. The tax on tea is also attacked, the claim being made that the $7,000,000 which it is proposed to raise by imposing a duty on tea, represents living will be increased by this tax. the amount by which the cost of firiticism is made of the metal schedule, and It is contended that hides having been placed on the free list, the duty on leather, shoes, harness and other leather manufactures should also bo removed. Referring to the reduction of 5-100 of a cent in the duty on refined sugar provided by the Payne bill, the report declares: "Theoretically the trust receives a blow 'between the eyes.' Really this infinitesimal reduction of the Dingley rate will not reduce the price of refined sugar?a prime necessity of life?to the consumer in any degree I whatsoever. Certainly that reducI lion may ho properly denominated as a sham." HOW THEY GOT HEM TIIE LAD TELLS HOW HE WAS STOLEN Anil Curried OIT, and How the Kieluappoi'M Treated Him While They itud lilin. Cleveland, Ohio, March 22.?Fully 2,000 gathered iu the hallways and lobbies of the hotel when it became known that Willie Whitla had been surrendered to his father at the llollenden Hotel this evening as related in another column. Those , who were unable to got into the ) hotel stood on the sidewalk and , shouted for a glimpse of the hoy. ! Again and again they called him by J name and implored his father to j bring him out and let them look at him. Whitla acquiesced to the request of the crowd, and carrying the hoy on his shoulder, walked down i into tho lobby. Mounting a raised platform in tho centre of the lobby, Whit la gave every one a chance to see both father and son. Cries of "speech," caused Wliitla to say a few words as follows: "This is my son. lie was lost and is found again. If I live a thousand years, I never can do enough to repay the press, the police and the people who all have done noble work in helping to find my hoy and in extending their sympathy to nie and my family and relatives." The father then sought to induce the child to say a few words in response to the crowds demand, but frightened, Willie began to cry, so the assemblage cheered him again and desisted in its efforts to make him speak. Later the bov related bis stnrv to liis father ami the newspaper men, as follows: "A man, tall and with a black mustache, came to the school liou e. Thursday and told my school teach or, Mrs. Anna Lewis, that you wanted me at your otUce. I went out to a huggy with him. On the way down town, he asked me to address a letter to you. I did this, and then dropped it into a small box. He was awfully kind. "We went from Sharon to War- 1 ren. The man, who was the same one who brought me to the car line tonight, was nice to me. He tucked the robe about my legs. Gee, lie 1 was good. "When he got to a place the man 1 said was Warren, the man left the buggy in the road. Then we got on 1 what I think was an electric car. I was sleepy when we got on the car. 1 "When we got to a town that the ' man called New Castle they took me to a big building and turned me over to a woman. She was good to me. The hospital, or whatever the building was, was a clean place. There ? was a man there who I think was a doctor. He looked like a doctor, because ho had short, merry whiskers. "The people in the hospital told i me that I must do just what they ( told me to do. If I did not obey them t they said they would take me to a i place called the post house, where i folks that have smallpox have to go. ^ I walked the chalk just like a good i hoy, papa, like you've told me to 1 do. "On Saturday night I was taken away from tlio hospital, and I think wo wont to a town called Ashtabula. ?. We traveled in a buggy and on foot, i Rarly in the morning we wont hack | to the hospital. I hoard one of the ] men say: 'There will be nothing \ doing tonight, T guess.' ( "They told mo I was taking a ? 1 little vacation. T was not going to ! be hurt, they told mo, so T just acted nice and had a good time playing i IrA HATKI f * /^rAgSSf ' 1'i is I , FINE WHISKEYS I i k m M 10 i3 la. la la y The above is our shipping 1 ) best and quickest shipping facilities ; HATKE'O VIRGINIA MCUNT PRIVATE STOCK CO 3N-'Ti 1 HOLLAND GIN-Rest G!r? sole :'h A^PLfc. BRANDY?ThlA years jj PEACH 3HAUUr-Mdde e** (!| "AuJ < J Wc prepay oxpresB Charges ROO-SOO-RO-l-fiOO R. \ \ around tho hospital. I knew I would got hack home all right, and just supposed iMr. Jones' was one of my father's friends, who was treating 1110 nice because you wanted him to treat me that way, papa, dear." 1 This is just the lime of year when you are most likely to have kidney or bladder trouble, with rheumatism and rheumatic pains caused by weak kidneys. Delays are dangerous, (let DoWitt's; Kidney and Uladder Pills, and be sure you get what you ask for. They are th<? best pills made for back ache, weak back, urinary disorders, etc. They are antiseptic and act promptly. We sell and recommend them. For sale by all druggists. Killed by Fall. Winston-Salem, X. C., March 27.? At North Wilkesboro today Klder J. Frank Hutchinson ot' the Primitive Itaptist church, one of Wilke's ty's leading citizens, was killed by fulling 2n f et through the approach to a bridge across the Yadkin river. * Most cough cures are constipating because they contain opiates, and you should be careful to take something that does not tend to constipate. You should take Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It. not only allays inflammation and irritation of throat and lungs, but it drives out the cold from the system by a free yet gentle action of the bowels. Children like the pleasant taste that is so nearly like maple sugar. Sold by nil druggists. SEVERAL OOOI) POSITION'S ( V i In (lie Ilureau of Plant Industry Hard to Till. I Washington, March 14.?Several jobs paying from $1,500 to $2,250 , in the bureau of plant industry have J gone begging, and to supply the de- ^ mand for properly equipped men, the ^ government, through the civil service commission, has scattered broad- i cast an announcement of a forthcoming examination to 1111 the vacan- 1 cies. "Physiologist in poisonous plant investigations" is the position , for which the commission in various parts of the country will tost t applicants. Women are barred from j the examinations, which will be held i on April 28, 1909. i c: Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigos- ( tion is a combination of the natural I digestive juices with necessary acids, ^ and it actually digests the food you eat?no matter what kind of food it may be. It does the ordinary work of the stomach, so that by taking a . little Kodol every now and then you cannot possibly have indigestion or any form of stomach trouble. Sold by till druggists. ??????? h STA1I) CLOSE HOME. [ ? c \n Old Woman Dies Near Place of f Her ltirth. ? b Ponsncola, March 21.?Born with- t n ton miles of the place where she t lied, having left there only three ^ imcs during her career, and never r laving left the county of her birth h s the record of Mrs. Mary Fitts, t vho is dead at McKinville, twenty h niles from this city, at the ago of e 105 years, five months and five days, a t Blew Train From Track. h Chicago, March 2 1.?A hliz/.ard of 11 deet and snow has isolated Denver 'roin ontsido communication. Con- ^ Irmatlon has been received at Uock island, 111., of a terriftce windstorm n Kansas. At Edison, Kan., nine I mrs of a freight were blown from ? :he track. 1' Don't lose sight of simple patience is the greatest and sublimest power, y i&co-nr*"-""" 1EDJ867 1 ~~^rrrTATKk A~M iouso where we have been doing business \ i. All orders arc sent out same day recci A1T-! RYE?A whiskey we have been i in mild end mellow, try it once, th ) at this low prioe - - ' crop, but it is PURE BRANDY leciaily for us in Maryland. 'j CZN73 r;??A rrr ssillom ron nrjv i 21 Pints or 13 Halt-Pints of Any Abo\ at these pricos anil guarantee safe delivery Send Money Order or Iicgisl A. II AT It E & CAUY wi*, nox-? C lk?Rss? / I'lf VA jjfj +~7)b /"Saplfr nwstio ALL SCT UR RCAOV TO RUN. Please scud me Illustrated Catalog N< FAIRBANKS, MORSE BANK OF C O N W > 'i : i - H M 'I .... TOTAL ASSETS I?IKEC I). T. McNeill, J. A. Mel) It. (*. Collins, M. W. Collins, A "Savingc Dank has recently been stltution. Inquire for terms and rat We wish to thank the public for t and cordially solicit their future bus D. A. SPIVEY, V.l BANK Oh Conwa JATMTAL STOCK SURi'I US LiAiuiiiTV OF STOCK'iiOLDERS SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIREC Robert R. Scarborough, LI. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We (ontinue to j ay 5 per cent interc t youraccount IOBKRT B. BCARBOROrOP, H I'KKHIDENT. Indigestion or dyspepsia is inahiliv of the stomach?weak digestive] uices?to digest what you oat. Kolol is a combination of all the natlral digestive jtiices found in an orlinar.v healthful stomach, and it will ligest your food in a natural way. feasant to take. Sold by all druggists. KILLED SELF AM) CHILDREN. todies of Woman and Children Found in Kivcr. Simsburg, Conn., March 24.?The >odies of Mrs. Amos Miller and her wo children were found in the "armington river this morning. The hildre.n had been tied together boore drowning ensued, and through note left by Mrs. Miller the prolabilities are strong that she took heir lives and her own while menally depressed. Yesterday afternoon trs. Miller left home with the childen. Mr. Miller returned to the louse about 5 o'clock, and for a inio did not worry. About dusk ie began to look about for some xplanation of his wife's disappearnce and found a note in his desk to he effect that she intended to kill lerself. Soon after daylight this Horning the three bodies were found a the river, some distance from tlie liller home. If you need a pill take DeWitt'a .ittie Early itisers. Insist on them; jentle, easy, pleasant, little liver ills. Sold by all. druggists. Don't live for business alone if ou would make a business of life. "'LOCATED IN T RICHM imMm ?S_Qr=> ill Millfftl3 ?=^=s? tea ^ gjj nr^i ?f- c.o> " cZ^2r"ui <^i |^ CM? a 4l;lMyy|| JU pROMPT tor more than forty years. Being next to ved. Wo make losses and breakage goo< 1 Ge!. selling for forty years - $2 50 en always .... 2.CO 2.60 2.50 t*F THE ABOVE Kff/HVM f/V FULL QUA! ve Brands In Pialn Coses $7.50. Write for complete price liatt as the tercel Letter with order. COMPANY, n, Jack of AH Trau* | GASOLINE ENGINE | fffiSS*. ?'*EW HOLLAND FEED MILL g '4Hr^\ vw *hl? i* tlio only outilt that will flj ?>? ?? - Ji Wi grind Kar Corn satisfactorily pi 7 | n'l \Yi with small p"W->r. Thocnirinocan fil* ' ^ Vml alio be uscil fur I'Uiiii'lni', saw Hi Inr wand. shelling corn, cutting tfl fodder, runnlinrort'ninseparator, H churn <>r wishing machine. Sicca B > 1*^52 from <? II. P. up to iiH) II. P.. v?r- 9 Ileal. hunjoiitul or portable. * -W"?&. CO., ChicagorDirj CONWAY $ <10.000.00 . . . . <A $250,000.00. TORS cnimott, ?7110. O. Spivey, C. P. QuntHplmiim, m. apivey, organized In connection with our ines In this department, heir liberal patronage In the past, Iness. ? VJ P. & Cashier i1 HORRY, y. 8, C. $ 50 000 10 000 50 000 110 000 noRs IV. R. I.ewis, r ' M' * !_2 >? . .?unuBon, v, \Yill A f reeman. 011 yearly dc] cbub, m cvt ulic. L. TU'CK, WILL A. IBFElfAK Vice I'resuif.nt. Cif-Bim PROFESSIONAL CARDS. II. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At L**. CONWAY, 8. O. C. K. ST. AM AND, Attorney at Law ^ Conway, 8. C. J R. B. SCAUHROUGH CONWAY, 8. O. Attorney at Law. W. K. McCORD, SURGEON DENTIST. CONWAY, 8. O. Over Bank of Horry H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, S. O. 5T B. WOFFOBi) WAIT. Attorney at Law. COAVAY, S. O. SSSfifiSBi 11 rcitT HE.HEART OF*/ ONDi VA.| SHIPMENTSi I tno express office gives us the 9 a,|* 9 Hal* A!/ R.I. ? $4.60 $6.60 $9.00 H 4.60 6.60 9.00 Q 4-.60 6.50 9.00 15 4.60 6.60 9.00 Eg 4.60 6.60 9.00 1 ITS." ^ H iso arc only a few brands. Richmond, Va. 9 f