The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 04, 1910, Image 4
MAY GAIN THREE!
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Spallation as to What Increase o
Congressman There Will
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BE GIVEN THIS STATE
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By the New Census, Which Is Now
lieiag Figured Up.?The Increase
in Our Population May (Jive Us
as Many as Three New Members
of Congress.
One of the interesting and important
results of the census of 1910
will be the reapportionment of representation
in the national house
*r,mif will be one
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of the duties of the Sixty-second congress,
to be elected next November
to pass a law making a new basis
of representation in the lower house,
the figures of the census of 1910 being
used in the apportionment. Unless
the record of 100 years is broken,
the aumber of representatives in
congress will he increased. The
Washington correspondent of The
State says:
Cdf course the population of the
United States will be shown to have
increased by several millions in the
past tea years. Likewise the population
of practically every State will
show increases, although it is expected
that in some of the New England
States there will be only veiy
slight increases, if not actual decreases.
The present number of representatives
in congress is 39 1,
the basis of representation being, as
nearly as possible, one to every 190,000
inhabitants. The allotment of
representatives to each Stale is fixed
by federal law, and the States
themselves lay out their districts,
endeavoring to arrange the districts
so that each will include the required
number of inhabitants.
The congressional districts of this
state, under act of the legislature
approved February 20, 1902 (with
one or two amendments to take care
of new counties formed since that
date), are as follows:
First: Charleston, Clarendon, Col
Je^ou and Dorchester; population,
1900, 196,390.
Second: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell,
Beaufort, Edgefield, Hampton
and Saluda; population, 1900, 195,609.
Third: Abbeville, Anderson, Newberry,
Greenwood, Oconee and Pickens;
population 1900, 190,662.
Fourth. Greenville, Laureus, Union
aad Spartanburg: population,
1906, 161.933.
Fifth: Cherokee, Chester, Che**
terfieid, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster
and York; population, 1900,
190,462.
Sixth; Darlington, Florence, Horry,
Georgetown, Marlon, Marlboro
and Williamsburg; population, 1900,
201,677.
Seventh: Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg,
Richland and Sumter; population,
I960. 163,753.
Total popuation of South Carolina,
1,340,216.
It has been estimated In Washington
by a South Carolinian who pays
close attention to such thinga that
the population of the State will be
shown by the present census to be
botweea 1,600,000 and 1,900,000. At
the lower of these figures, if the
present basis of representation prevailied,
the State would be entitled '
to two additional representatives,
while if the population of the State
should be 1,900,000 or over, the
State would be entitled to three
additional members of congress.
An Idea has gained currency in
Washington that the basis of representation
to be. adopted In the apportionment
of members of congrei>6 (
for the next ten year is one to every
220,000. Of course, nobody knows
just what basis will be adopted, anil
will not know until the mutter is
decided by oougress itself. But if
this guosa proves to be correct, a
population of 1,700,000, or a gain
of 420,000 in the past te? years,
would entitle South Carolina to no
additiual representative in congress.
Oklahoma, the new state, whicii
was entitled to five members of eoncress
the rory clay she was admitted
to the Hi ion, is expectea to show
np io the census of 1910 with such
gains thai she will be entitled to five
more members. The growth of the
State has been marvelous. Most if
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menu iiiviii iiGi o w lii UV) UUUIUCI it l*j.
la New York, the population of
New York city has so increased that
It is probably that several new co.igressraea
will represent the city in
the Sixty-third house. As New Yora
city is nearly always Democratic,
the*^ new members from that town
will probably add to Uie number of
Democrats in the house in the next
congress but one, although the in[
crease ia the electoral college, whicii
will be commensurate with the increase
in representatives, will probably
be a gain for the Republicans,
as the entire electoral vote is cast in
accordance with the result in the
whole State, and New York is no.mally
Republican.
S On the 220,000 basis, the num[
ber of representatives in congress
I for the next ten years would be
| about 41#. There has been some
f talk ef n axing the basis so large that
TRIED TO SELL GIRL
RESULT, MAN IN JAIL ON * WHITE
SLAVE" CHAfUaK.
Atlantic City Police Relieve They
Have Agent of Gauk Which l)c4?l?
in Immigrant Girls.
After a chase lasting over two
weeks the police of Atlantic City, N.
J., believe they have captured a
"whito slave" operator for whose
arrest the Federal authorities have
been looking for some time, and also
gotten on the trail of traftlc in
immigrant girls whibh may cause
an even greater scandal than the
one which came before the Rockefeller
Grand jury in New York city
recently.
As the result of the work of Detective
Herbert, a man who gives his
name as Geo. E. Nelson, is locked
up in jail without bail, while a Slav
girl, unable co give her name, is being
held as a witness. The charge
made by the police is that Nelson
openly took the girl to a tenderloin
[ resort in Atlantic City with a price
for her possesson.
The charge is made that Nelson
went to Atlantic City several weeks
ago and offered to sell the girl,
whom he said had just arrived in
this country and would be "perfectly
tractable." A day or two afteiward
the girl escaped from her cap
tor and went to New oYrk city, Nelson
followed her and reappeared in
about a week with .his charge whicn
he attempted to sell again.
Nelson now in a cell, denies that
he ever attempted to sell girls, but
the police are working on the theory
that he is an agent for a "white
slave" gang dealing in iminigran'
girls, and whom the Federal author,
ties ha.e been attempting to catch
lor some time.
THK MOSQUITO WAli.
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Brings Health to a Large Scop? of
I^and in Italy.
As a result of a war on mosquitoes
in certain party of Italy, a
healthful, ?*>eerful looking race and
fat, rosy c? t'dren have succeeded a
population, which a few years ago
consisted of a few miserable peasants,
their skins yellow as saffron
and their bodies bitten and suffering.
This is the report made to the Department
of agriculture by Dr. L. R.
1T ~^ rtf hnrpati of f>n
nu wai u, vuiui v4 v**v MM. v.
tomology, who ha6 returned from a
recent visit to the Italian Campagna.
Most of the visitors recollected
this region as a vast tract of marshland,
where mosquitoes and malaria
would breed. The country having
been drained by the government, now
is being extensively farmed and is
beginning to support what eventually
will be a large population.
The Italian government has used
the German method of systematic
dosing with quinine. It is known as
official quinine and as the government
has a monopoly on the tobacco
trade, the cigarette boxes are
made to carry a printed quinine ad
vertisement. The drug is sold cheaply
and to the charitable institutions,
the soldiers and other individuals
too poor to pay for it, the medicine
is given free.
QUITE liOM ANTIC. 1
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Opened Wrong Ix*tter and Ten Weds
the Writer. 1
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When Sergeant Thomas F. McCartney,
stationed at Fort Barrancas, j
Fla., unintentialiy opened a letter .
addressed to another of the same j
name, he had no idea t-he mistake i
would bring him a wife. The incident
culminated in the marriage on
Wednesday of McCartney and MissFrances
Donnell, at Carbonville, Pa. ,
When McCartney learned of his mistake
about the letter he addressed
a note of apology to the writer. This
led to a correspondence, and this
to tho engagement. Last week McCartney,
whose home is at Gadsden,
A o n /I it' rin f
cu a 1 u i iuu^U ? uu n v
to the Pennsylvania town for his
bride.
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Head Struck Post.
Norman Crouse, a New York Central
engineer, was instantly killed
when his head struck a signal post
as he leaped out of his cab window
when a south bound freight train
his engine was hauling approached
Williams Bridge near New York.
Mail May Die.
At Chicago Carver Remington, son
of Samuel Remington, who >shot
himself after preparing for his burial
is hovering between life and
death. The motive for the shooting
was disappointment of several business
ventures.
Fewer Caine.
Official figures show that 289,7
84 fewer immigrants landed In the
last fiscal year than in the year previous.
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the number would be reduced to
350. But such an idea Is preposterous,
as It would be Impossible ,to
get a oongress to legislate 50 of its
members out of their Jobs, '
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READ THIS, BOYS
A LKAF FROM TliK LIVKS OF
TWO Git EAT CAROLINIANS.
How I>r. Jaraes II. Carlisle Disco verchI
in a Little Bo,v a Great Man
and Railroad Manager,
"From water-carrier at 50 cents a
week to general manager of a great
railway system, at a salary of many
thousands of dollars a year, is a career
one doesn't hear of every day,
hut that was the achievement of a
South Carolina boy, who grew up
in Columbia, and who became well
known all over the South. That
boy was William H. Green, who was
general manager of the lines now
controlled by the Southern Railway
system for a number of years.'
This statement was made to the
Washington correspondent of the
Spartanburg Herald recently by Mr.
S. H. Hardwick, who, as passenger
tratlc manager, is at the head of tne
entire passenger business of the
Southern. The story of Capt. Green s
remarkable success was mentioned
by Mr. Hard wick in an accidental
way. On the desk of the busy rail|
way man's office lies a stack of rather
heavy volumes, whose appearance
indicates that they are the
work of printers and binders of
many years ago. Closer examination
revealed the fact that the books
were bound volumes of a weekly i
magazine, printed in London, during
the years from 18-10 to 1 852. Across
the first page of each weekly issue
were th * words. "The Railway
Times," a " directly beneath this
captain was * ."rude picture of a
railway train of -hat date. Trailing
along behind a de.'cate looking little
locomotive a tra* 1 of cars was
repaeneed, the single passenger
coach being very much lixe the old*1
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Next to this in the train ww a car
loaded with cattle, while at the extreme
rear was a flat-car, loaded
with boxes of goods, trunks and other
kind of traffic.
"The issues appearing during the
period mentioned has been bound
into a dozen sturdy volumes, bearing
the mark of an enterprising
lx)okseller of Southhampton, England.
Mr. Hardwlck was asked
where he ran across these books,
which were apparantly of much
value and to reply he told the following
story:
"Why, about five or six years ago
?in 1905, I believe it was?I made
a talk down at Glenn Springs, S. C.,
on the subject which was all-absorbing
at that time, not only in South
PTa ml in n.. hnt all over the country?
the railroad-rate question. After my
address was finished, Dr. James H.
Carlisle, president emertius of Wofford
Allege, Spartanburg, who was
spending a while at Glenn's, and
who had heard the talk, came to me
and spoke most kindly of my feeble
effort. He declared that he had been
interested in what I said, and seemed
deeply impressed with the importance
of the problem of railroadrate
adjustment. As well as I can
recall his words?and they were impressive,
I can assure you?he said:
I feel that it is a great question, and
I regret that I have not given i:
more careful study.'
"Dr. Carlisle tb?n told me that he
had in his librar) <>n the Wofford
College campus sever-l bound \ oiumes
of an English railway magazine
appearing about the middle ol
the last centry, which might be o,
interest to me, as they had been t<
him so far as he, had had time tc
read them, and asked me if I would
accept them. Of course I told him 1
should he glad indeed to get them
and I arranged for .him to ser.fi
them to ine here. Those are ih<
volumes he gave me. Most peopl
would have destroyed them a.worthless
years ago, but I have no
doubt that Dr. Carlisle nas preserved
them all these years, waiting fo;
some such opportunity to give them
to someone to whom they would he
of interest and value. I have foun:
them of great interest, as contrasting
the railway business of sixtyyears
ago with that of today; and
now that Dr. Carlisle has passed
away, the value of those hooks to
me has passed out of the realm of
dollars and cents.'
Continuing Mr. Hardwick said:
"I 8upj)08 you knew of the close
friendship that existed for so man\
years between Dr. Carlisle and Capt.
Green, our late general manager?
Well, it is not so generally known,
but they were great friends until t.he
/I ?rt h /\P ^ o rvi C! r/\r\n ? ooenrnl t?i? o re
ui'tuu wi v^a^t. vii UUI1, nv ? VI ai c% ? n
ago. Dr. Carlisle began bis career
as a teacher, after graduation from
the University of South Carolina in
Columbia, and going to and from
his school each day, ho passed by a
litle fruit-stand, kept by an old lady
"from the sand-hills," Mrs. Green,
in the suburbs of Columbia. Occasionally,
wheD she was not at the
front of the little store, or when she
was otherwise engaged, her little
son, Willie, would wait on the young
teacher, selling him suc.h wares as
he wished to purchase. The teacher
soon discovered that the boy was
unusually alert and intelligent, and
became much interested in him.
Ho persuaded the boy to attend the
school he was teaching. The two
became great friends, and the boy
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confided to his teacher his desire to
get into a larger world. His mechanical
taste and tendency had been discovered
by the teacher, and a position
was secured for the boy in the j
shops of the railroad at Newberry. I
His wages were BO cents a week. Of
course that was not enough to pay
his expense, but both he and his
Ididhh? were looking into the future
and st'f&e.means were provided
by which he could remain in the
shops. His duties, at first, consisted
in carrying water for the men employed
in the shops. Continuing in
the shops, he became apprentice,
Mien fireman, then locomotive engineer,
then supervisor and division
superintendent, general superintend
ent, and finally general manager of
the great system he had served as a
boy carryig water in the shops. His
service covered a preiod of fortytwo
years. Every step of his upward
climb was marked by great dilligence
and efficiency. He was pointed to as
a strong man, a kindly man, and
indeed a great man. He was faithful
to his work, as well as to his
benefactor and always attributed his
success largely to Dr. Carlisle's interest
and assistance.
"We hear the boys these days
talking about the hcnor of 'discovering'
a great baseball player. Dr.
Carlisle 'discovered' a great man in
the little boy attending the fruitstand,
and was always proud of Capt.
Green's success. And Capt. Green,
w.henever he found it convenient,
would stop off in Spartanburg and
go over to the college campus to call
Ion his friend. After he had achieved
such a position in the railroad
I world that he. always traveled in his
I own private car, Capt. Green freouentlv
invited Dr. Carlisle to be bis >
guest on tliQ car, and to travel with |
him; but he was never successful.
He said the doctor seemed to think
that it was not exactly right for .him
to ride on a railroad free, while others
were required to pay their fares.
That is just the idea that has now
been enacted into law: but Dr. Carlisle
was several decades ahead of
his generation in holding those
views.
"Yes, those books are valuable,
and would probably sell for a good
sum; but you may be sure I am not
going to sellthem."
POLITENESS PAIS.
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While Traveling Assisted Stranger.
Now Gets Legacy.
An act of kindness which he rendered
an aged stranger six years ago
has brought a reward of $10,000 to
t v a linn n vounc man of Homer.
La. While traveling In Texas, Allen
met an elderly man. In looking out
for whose baggage the former proffered
his services. On parting company
with Allen, the old man took
his name and address, with the declaration:
"You may some day be rewarded
for your kindness to a
stranger.'' Allen was Thursday notified
by lawyers of his former traveling
companion's death and that the
latter had bequeathed him $10,000
as "the young man who assisted an
aged man while traveling several
years ago."
OFFENDED BY WOODEN HAMS.
Neighbors Complain of Offensive Odors
and Police Interfere.
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At East Orange, N. J.. Max Rose
had a butcher shop, Max went away,
eaving in the deserted shop a num_
/ ? cu'inprlnir ill
I)er OI Cclil Y Cir>?t?U 11 n /no on <un...n ... .
the window as an advertisement.
John Smith, a druggist, after a few
:lays, complained to tiie health board
hat tlie hams were emitting an odor
that wag not only offensive but dangerous.
A number of neighbors
joined in the complaint. The autorities
hurst in the door of the shop,
vn.l with clothespins on their noses,
seized the hams and ripped off the
canvass covering. The hams were
oasswood. ,
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POLICK KILL TWO.
iilot at Sugar Trust Plant Results
With Fatalities.
Two men were shot and hilled and
four were dangerously wounded, one
i policeman, in a riot C. striko sympathizers
Thursday at t.he plant of
the American Suear Refining company
in Williamsburg, N. Y. A
score of others were hurt. C-^wds
of sympathizers threw bricks at the
strike-breakers from house tops and
when the non-union men started on
with their trucks to deliver sugar
a rush was made for the wagons.
Thn nnlir-tt on the trucks returned
th~ iiro of the crowd and two of tho
rioters were shot.
Klevon Men Killed.
Kleven men were killed in La
Tueque, Canada, Tuesday. One of
the men was opening a can of powder
with an axe when an explosion
'occurred which set fire to a traiu of
powder leading to a tunnel in which
1 f> men were working. The accident
occurred on the new Traus-Continental
railway line,
j Had Oool Day.
With less humidity and more
breeze New York didn't suffer greatly
with the hoat Tuesday, although
the mercury reached a maximum of
I 36 at 2.30 o'clock that afternoon.
Seven deaths occurred during the
day.
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CAPITAL STOCK
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J. A. (McDerinott, John (
?B. G. Collins, II. L. I
M. Burroughs, C. P. Qui
Successor to the Bank el
jwk Horry County, and a pioneer
ly allied with the recent dev
A Republic. Backed by the <
ik United States Bonds, we are |
A ?m ? K1 a it / ?/ r% m i
lUlll^l tf till/ iCtinuuauiv avvvmi
A H. A. SPIV 10V,
? Cashier.
BANK OF
Conwa
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! Has largest capital and surplus of a
than the combined capital and surp
CAPITAL STOCK
SURPLUS
LIABILITIES OK STOCK
SECURITY OK DEPOSIT!
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Robert B. Scarborough,
H. L. Buck,
George J. Holiday,
We offer our customers every acc<
, will justify, and we ;
ROB Ell T B. SCARBOROUGH, D
i 'RESIDENT.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
H. H. WOODWARD
Attorney Mild Councilor At Law
CONWAY, 8. 0.
R. B. SCAJiD ROUGH
OONWAY, 8. C.
Attorney at Law.
M. ift. BL KKOOGHJ9
cm WAT, A. o.
K. WOFFOKD WAIT.
Attonwr ?t .
Ttaak of Horry Iluilding.
CONWAY, 8. O.
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WE WORLDS GREATEST SEWIN6 MACHINE
Ifyon want either a Vibrating Shuttle, Rotary
&hutile or a Hlnrle Thread (Chain 8litch\
Hewing Machine write to
TNI NEW NOME 8EWINI MACHINE COMPANY
Orange, Masa,
MaaT*ew!nc machines are made to sell regardless ft
quality, hut the N?W House is made to wca*.
Our ruaranty never runs out
old by aatbarlsed dealers Ml|W
roa SAUS IT
bukiiol'UNS & collins OO.#
Conway, ft. O.
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Every time a lavly goes into a store
and buys a pair of American made
hose she pays a tax of seven cents
to the hose trust. Why should the
hose trust -be given this right to
plunder the people- The same may
be asked in regard to the lumber
and other trusts.
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Tt is very convenient for the indicted
officials of sugar and other
trusts to lay all the blame of wrong
doing upon dead men, but it is anything
but honorable and deceives no
one. Still no one expects honor
afnong people who deliberately set
themselves to defraud the goyernmeut
and cheat the public.
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2,600.00 I? V
126,000.00 ^ 1
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3. Spivey, D. T. McNeill,
luck, W. R. Lewis, 1). mL
ittlebaum, L). A. Spivey. ^
f Conway, t.he oldest Bank In \_A
in Eastern Carolina. Close- " ,
elopment of the Independent d?
Government and secured by Mk
prepared to extend to our cub- jp
nodations. Kw%
II. (S. COLLINS, A
President. ^
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ny bank in Horry county. More
lus of all other banks in the county.
$50,000
12,no*
holders . . . . 50,00?
dks 1 1 2,500
;iors
I). V. Richardson,
w. a. joiitihon,
V. ill a. } rcpman
Dmmodaticn which their accounts
solicit your business.
. V. Richardson, will a. fkeemam
Vice Rr^iukwt. ( ahhike.
cent, cn yearly deposits.
Sonic More Graft.
Senator Dick is to be called upon
to make an explanation concerning
his collection with a corporation
owning a pneumatic device for the
transportation of mail and this wdl
further complicate the political situation
in Ohio. In view of the fa^t
that Mr. Dick is a member of the
senate committee on postofllces and
post-roads he is in a position to tigure
as something more than a "deadhead"
in the enterprise.
Unfortunately for him, howeve\
he has to stan l for re-election at
the hands of the legislature to be
chosen this year, hence he is likoly
to be asked some Questions abo it
his Interest in the United Pneumatic
Transmission Company. William it.
Dinspel, the inventor of the pueumatic
tujie for which the comj?cnx
owns the patent, hae attempted t ;
explain Mr. Dick's connection witn
the corporation.
"Senator Dick, ' nc says, "is a
hustler and a fine man. He has
about $200,000 worth of stock, which
{ n (? a 11 I n nr o t ? k ? ? O ? .% L.
to fjuiiiiifj txi. yo i uui in cumw; un
<;id not pay that for it. Ho paid
$10,000 for the first stock he rH.
Then I got him a lot more, and lie
is very enthusiastic about Lhe company's
prospects."
Evidently Mr. Dinspel appreciates
the advantages of having a "hustler"
on the senate committee on
postofilces and post roads who is interested
to the extent of $200,000 in
his device. Recommendations from
that committee for the adoption of
the device should have great weight
with the postoffice department.
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Don't Rob l/over.
The Aiken Journal and Review '
says: "In this Issue appears a letter
from Mr. J. O. Patterson In which
he claims to have secured a survey
of the Edisto River, with the view
of providing a direct route for t.he
transportation of freight. Some
four weeks ago the Columbia State
published an article crediting Congressman
Lever with HOrnrfmr Ml in
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survey, looing to the dredging of the
Edisto River, which article also appears
in this paper. Who secured it,
we do not now, but Mr. Lever beat. V
Mr. Patterson to it, and will receive
the credit for doing this work." ' i
We think the Journal and Review
has gotten a little mixed up on this
matter. There is no doubt but Congressman
Lever got the bill through
congress to survey the Edisto River
and the proposed canal from the
Edisto river to the Ashley river. Congressman
Patterson, no dougt, got
a bill through to have the South
Edisto river surveyed up to Aiken.
We do not wish to rob Congressman
Patterson of credit for anything ho - I
has done for his constituents, hut at.
the same time we think Congress
man liever snouni he Riven credit, lor
all he has done for his constitutents.
That he should he given credit for
the Edisto river survey and the canal
survey connecting the Edisto and
Ashley rivers there can be no doubt
on the part of those who are acquainted
with all t.he circumstauces
connected with these surveys.
Suppose a congressman gets appropriations
for his district aggregating
five hundred thousand dollars
and then helps the Republicans pat
a duty on some article that will
cause the people of his district to
pay double that sum in the way of
indirect taxes, would the people of
the district be benefitted or harmed?
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