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Making two ends meet. < P A PROBLEM. THE TREASURY * CANNOT SOLVE THIS YEAR, a o Already the Expenditures are on V the Ragged Edge of Six Hun- F dred Million Dollars, While the t Receipts area Little Less Than ' $500,000,000, c Washington, June 21.?It is re- 8 garded as a consevativ* estimate v that the treasury deficit lor the * fiscal year 1S99, which closes ten f days hence, will be less than I $100,000,000. Already the receipts 1 of the year aggregate over $498,- f 800,000, with the expenditures ? barely $100,000,000 more, with ( ten day. judging from past years, ' of abnorma'ly heavy receipts yet ' to be accounted for. During the 1 year there have been two heavy calls upon the treasury and one large payment, which could not 1 have been foreseen one year ago. In March the Government re- ! ceived $11,798,314 on account of ' the settlement of its claims ( against the Central Pacific Kailroad Company. During the same 1 month $3,000,000 was drawn out to pay off the Cuban insurgent 1 army, and in April $20,000,000 was paid to Spain in settlement of treaty obligations. Leaving these three items out of the ac < count, the deficit this year would 1 not have exceeded $89,000,000. Up to this date the customs receipts amount to over $200,400,000; from internal revenue $265. 550,000 was realized, and from miscellaneous sources there was received $35,000,000. During the whole of the fiscal year 1898 the ' receipts from customs barely ex- i ceeded $149,500,000, and from internal revenue less than $171,000,- , 000. The total receipts from all sources amounted to $405,321,335, while the expenditures aggregat- ] ed $443,308,582, leaving a deficit ] of $38,037,247. This >ear the ex- ( penditures will exceed those of | last year by about $105,000,000, , while the deficit will be about i $62,000,000 greater than last year, i From the closest calculation that can now be made the War Revenue Act, which, with the exception of a few items, went into effect January 1,1898, will real- | ize for the year a little less than $100,000,000. The receipts from tobacco alone will probably show an increase for the year of over ( $15,000,000; spirits an increase j of $0,500,000 ; beer aud other fer- ? niented liquors an increase of ? over $28,000,000; oleomargarine j ( and an increase of about $585,000 t and the receipts from special!] taxes, documentary and proprie- j j tary stamps for the year will like- ( ly bring the increased receipts on j v account of the War Revenue Act e up to nearly $100,000,000. p The two items in that Act ] which have produced more than ' ten times as much revenue -is anv i ( two ottiers are those relating t to documentary and proprietary | r stamps. On April .10 last these ] items had produced over $.16,500, | r 000, and it is not improbable that I j by'July 1 that amount will be in I f creased to over $44,000,000. The J tax on legacies will produce not r much in excess of $2,000,000, t while the special tax oolle.-ied ?. from bankers will exceed $3,500,- !, 000. The receipts from oust >m< | f show a gratifying increase. Forj the month of November last yearif the customs yielded $15 335.000, j c and for the following live monthsI ( there was a gradual increase until1 , March which produced nearly r $21,000,000. Of late there has ( been a slight falling oil". \ The expenditures up to this \ time aggregate about $6^0,000,000. t 4 * o )f this amount $228,000,000 wan iaid out ou requisitions from the rar department; $64,000,000 on ccouqt of the navy ; $139,000,000 n account of pensions, and near* y $40,000,000 of interest on the >ublic debt; $12,675,000 was paid o the Indians and $117,290,000 ras disbursed on civil and roisellaneous account. At this time it is impossible to fate with any degree of certainty vhat the war with Spain and the roubles in the Philippines have iost during this year, hut an apiroximation has beon in&deof the ictual cash payments on these iccounts, which places the imount at $230,000,000. This in ludes the payment of $20,000,000 o Spain ; the $3,000,000 now being disbursed to the Cuban hoops, and the interest charge on the loan made necessary for the war. A calculation has been made at the treasury, s. hich shows that, leaving out of the account the $230,000,000 expended this year r>n account of the war, the $100,100,000 produced by the War Revenue Act, and the $11,708,314 received from thp Central Pacific Railroad, the figures would show a surplus for the year approximating $20,000,000. l)r. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine creates a good Appetite, Tones and Strengthens the Stomach, and builds up the Health. Kudo a Mile in G5 Seconds. New York, June 21.?Charles Murphy, paced by a locomotive, rode a mile on a bicycle in one minute and five seconds near Maywood, L ?ng Island, to-day. To-day's ride was a practice sprint. On June30 he will endeavor to cover the mile in one minute. Between the rails of the Long Island Railroad company for two miles has been laid a smooth pine flooring. Half a mile is allowed for getting up speed, and half a mile for slowing dowu. The pacing locomotive is one of the biggest owned by the Long Island railroad. AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTH. Further Evidence Before the Industrial Commission. Washington, June 20.?The inlustrial commission to day con;inued its investigation of the igricuitural conditions of the louth, Mr. J. Polk Brown, presi lent ot the Agricultural Society if Georgia, was the first, witness. He agreed with Mr. Barrett, who entitled yesterday, that the conlition of agriculture in the south vas more depresssed than it had >ver been. More people were >loughing hare footed and hare lacked than ever before. He igreed with the late Henry Graly, that the fault wo* not with , ie soil or the climate, nor, as nany had claimed, was it entire y with the tariff. < )ne of the most irolific. causes of the trouble was n the fact that cotton was pracicallv the only crop. . Education, he considered, was lot .sufficiently practical. It should iaach people to do manual labor, v) far as the colored rac$was con jerned there was no opening for Item in trade or the professions. Mr. Brown dwelt on the presnice of the negro as the special :ause of the want of development >f tlie south. Ho regarde 1 him as 'etarding the industrious, moral, eligious, social and agricultural levelopment of the section, and IA felt, that if thou moro ol.uant o >etter class of labor would take heir place- The more the negro was paid the less deficient he was as a laborer. Mr. Brown wanted < the race separated from the whites ( I and colonized, either in this coun- ] try or elsewhere, in the interest i of the southern states. i The great obstacle in the way ( of the development is the want I of money. < Mr. Brown advocated diversi- i tied crops, recommending that j each community should raise suf- I ficient of everything to meet its i own demands. i At the afternoon session the j commission listened to a state- i ment by Mr. P. II. Lovejoy. a I merchant and planter of Hawkinsville, Ua. lie spoke especially i of the relations of the local merchants and the farmers. The merchants themselves had not been prosperous for several years. They were compelled to make the majority of their sales on credit, and had to take mortgages upon the land of the farmers, if they had any, or on their crops, if they had no land. Many of them were not able to give collateral of any value, and to such men sales were made on large margins of profit. ''We Rize the man up," he said. "If ho is good we sell to him on a small margin. If he in a hard case) we take what he has and quit." lie said that freight rates from Georgia to New York were about twice what they are. from New York to Georgia. The large cities were evidently being built up at the expense of the country. Even the watermelon crop was unfavorable. "We have found that in shipping melons we pay the freight,'' he said. "The railroads cut us out of profits in that business." To permanently cure Melancholy Difficulty of Ureat lung ami Swimming of Head, use Simmons Squaw Vine ' Vine or Tablets. Cubans Astonished. Habana, June 20.?The Administration Economics, which is charged with the disbursement of the finances of the provisional a wt _ % government 01 naoana ana tne province, published a statement showing that from January to May, inclusive, the receipts were $763,174 and the expenses $178,228, {the balance being cash on hand. This causes general astonishment among the Cubans and is unprecedented in the history of Ilabana. Never before have the figures been published openly. The officials formerly merely made semi-official state-1 ments which were not itemized. No two years of the Spanish rejgime have yielded as much as the I past five months. I >r M. A. Simmons f.iyer Medicine has a national reputation, extendifigj | over ahont sixty years, as a most sue- j j cessful. Liver .Regulator. Spanked by his Wile. i Port Chester, N. Y., June 20.? Police Justice Wakefield this ! morning decided the celebrated case of Ausky vs. Ausky in favor of the wife. Ausky had had Mrs. i Ausky arrested for spanking | him. Hie wife pleaded justifica^ i tion. After decision Auskv got] in a wagon and shouted, "Tell I .her I'll never cotno hack." Then I , I I lie disappeared. I he judge told Mrs. Auskv to go hotne in peace j and if her husband was naughty I ? x .. i. i.; ~ ? ' ti> n^aun in hi uoiili) lliuro. /YUHKy I j was spanked because he refused to bring up coal. Correct Insufficient, Painful, profuss and too Frequent Menstruations with .Simmons .Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. South Carolina & Georgia RR Co. TIMK TADLB NO. 15. In Effcet 12.01, a. m., Sunday, Oct 2nd, 1898. West-First Clans Dully. East-First Clans Daiy L.ve. a.m.. 7.10 Charleston, 8.00 arrives p. m a.m., 0.20 Augusta, 10.48 11 'a.m., 0.20 Columbia, 5.20 " " a. m., IOi 10 Klngsville, 4.28 ** West. | North Carolina Division. | East. "7R I 77 78 74 | 83 STATIONS 1 2CjlstC IstC 2d C|2d C 1 Til A M Kv. Ar P M P M'F M 8 20 11 40 CAMDEN 3 00 4 30! 8 50112 00 DeKulb 2 40 4 00] ,0 05112 12 Westvllle. 2 28 3 40i 10 10 12 40 Kershaw 2 !.? 3 151 110 30 12 55 Heath Springs I 45 2 10 10 40 I00| Pleasant 11111 1 40 2 oOj UN) I 2<) I.uncustur I 2o 1 2<> 12 15 I 351 Riverside 1 05 12 15 1 50 1 50 Cat nvba Junv'n. 12 50 II 20, 3 10 2 15) Kuck lllll 1225 9 50< 3 5o 2 35 Tlrzah uoft 8 15, 4 40 2 48 Yorkvllle 1152 7 6i)i 5 10" 303 Sharon III 37 7 151 i 5 30 3 IS, liii'kory Grove II 22 0 80 5 151 3 301 Smyrna II 10 0 30 7 40 , 6 20 3 55) IlliukAburg 10 45 6 On 7 25 soo 1 4 10 Earls 10 30 ; 7 00 8 101 I 4 15 Patterson Sp'gs |0 25 6 45 9 00, 4 25 Shelby 10 15 6 30 9 35 , 4 45 l.attimore 9 55 5 10 ts I 1 52] Moorsboru 4S 4 52 0 10l 15 02) Henrietta 9 38 4 25 spring chickens, 10 to If Hens, fat 2C Peas, per bushel, 8f Corn, perhushel, 6( lianisdionie raised),per pound,.9 to 11 Shoulders (home raised), per lb., (>}? to7 The above prices are paid by merchants for any of the above named products, and i9 published for the benefit of those who have them for sale. Sudden Death ot Mr. Youngblood. Special to The State. Rock Hill, .June 20.?A most unexpected and sudden death came to this community las night at midnight. Mr. Henry Yonng blood, one the city's most respect ed ydung men, died of heart failure at his home on Caldwell street. There was no warning and he did not speak. His wife was awakened in some way in time to see him put out both hands and fall hack dead. Mr. Youngblood was a native of this county and lias been in business here for years. Lately he has been in the firm of Milling tfc Youngblood. He leaves a wife and two children. He was a member of "Walnut Camp" Woodmen of the World. Thomas Tlmrmaii, deputy slieritr ol Troy. Mo., says if everyone in the United States should discover the virtue of DeWitt's Wit h Hazel Salvt for piles, rectal troubles and skin diseases, the demand could not be supplied. Crawford Bros. Chas. D. Jones, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1 LANCASTER. 8. . Office in the Courthouse. Will practice In all the Courts. Prompl attention will he given all buslnes* entrusted. Collections a specialty ly. THE BEST MEAT THE MARKET AFFORDS Is the kind we keep for our customers ( all, or send, for a nice It OAST OH STEAK Of either Beef or I'urk. None but stall-fed cattle used. We also bandit country produce. Meals served anj hour in the day at our restaurant. S. TllOS. BLACK HON. 'l'hone No. 6JL 035 , 6 lit Forest City. 0 21 100 10i.| | 5 34 Itutherfordton V 00 ! S 30 1114.5 5 50 Thermal City M 41 2 50 112101 I rt III (Kenwood 8 24 2 25 I1235| 10 301 Morion 8 10 | 2 00 I'M | P >1 | I'M I | AM | AM I I'M West I Onftney Branch I Kant. 86 I 83 t 84 j 86 Mixed J Mixed ' Mixed Mixed 1* M | A M Lv. * Ar A M j P M 4 io I 5 30 Binckshnrg 7 30 ( 6 30 4 3.5 1 5 50 Che'kee R 705 | l> u5 5 00 | ?4 20 (iiiff ney 0 40 | 5 40 Train No. 77, going west makes da.vlignt eoni nectloo.it Lancaster with the I..AC. It R. at ttock Hill w ith the Sonthern K It .. going north, at Blackshurg with the Southern Train, No 78. going Fust makes connection at Marlon. . N. ('. with the Southern It. 11 at Bhtckshurg with Southern and at Lancaster with the L. A. C It. It. Train No. 81. going East makes con- " aectlon at Shelby, N. C., with the S. A L., K. K It., Koine east. All local freight trains w ill curry passengers i( provided w ith tickets s. It. LUMPKIN. Division Passenger Agent. L. A. KMEHSON. Traffic Manager. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. N 'L Central Time Between Columbia and Jacksonville. Kiutrrn Time Between CoInmbla and Other Points. * L if, i Kffeetlve June 11th, 18S>9. 7 77. I No. 34 No. 3d Northbound. i)?|iy. ?a?y. ' Lv. J'ville, F.U.&P.Ky 8 20nl 7 45p i " Hnvutinnh . 12 35p 11 5Wp I Ar. t'oluiiibm 4 38p 4 3)1 a ' Lv. (Charleston, So. lty.. .* 7 00 n 5 30p 1 Bummerville 7 41a OOOp I Hrnnelivllle 8 .V> a 7 50p Orangeburg It 23 a 8 24 p Kingvtlle 1 10 15 a, II 2Up Ar. (Columbia . ,.j 11 on a 10 lOp i. Lv. Augusta, So. By. .. '- 4.>j- u ;*tp i " (trniiiteviUe 3 t)!it> 10 15 p " Aiken 2 50 p | " Trenton. 3Mij>| II OOp " Johnstons. ... !l 4il|>: 11 20p ! Ar. ColuttibinlTn. dep't. 5 20p' 2U)n Lv Col'hla Bland'g st j 5 4.'tp 6 50s " \v iiinst M.TI i ' t; :MH am 14 Cheater "At pj 7 3.' a . " Rook Hill . 7 .'8|>l 8 11a Ar. Charlotte J??.>j). it 15 a " L>au villa. ........ | 12 65 a. 1 Zip Ar. Richmond 0 (Wa fl 2Rp Ar. Washington I 7 55a! 0 OOp I " Baltimore l*a. R. R.. i 9 12 a' 11 25p " Philadelphia | 11 85 hi 2 66a t " Mew York | '2u3p 8 21 a Soot 1.hound. i*l)a,ly! ^Uy. ? - ? La. New York,P?. R.R :i (JOp 1216ul " Philadelphia 5 :i4p 8 50 o " Pull imoro. . 7 .Up 8 22? L.V. Wiish'tou, So. Ry ... it 2uy 11 16a La. Richmond 11 uOp 12 01m 1 Lv. Danville j 4 15 a fl 03p I " Chnrlotf* H 15 a 10 ?p " Rock Hill W 02 a 11 lOp 1 " tinnier ? 0 86a 11 48p " WiiioslM.ro. Id 21 a It Hit Ar <'ol'l.in I'.lnnd'K "t 11 26a 107a l.? Coliunl.iaCn.dup't 11 45a 4 80a " lolinstona v.... 1 28 p 0 82 a " Trenton 1 ahp 6 48a Ar. Aiken 2 lbp " Uruniteville 2 07p 7 18a " Augusta. 2 45p 8 00a ' l.v. Columbia, Ho. it> 8 66pi 6 45a KingvIRo 4 8Hp 7 30a ui niiK<*>iuri(... r> 1!V p S 22l i Hranckville a 02 p 8 62 a Buminervillo 7 82 p 10 18a Ar. Charleston H 17 p 11 00 a ^' Lv. Cnl'hiit, K.O.AP.Ky 10 H5 a 12 47 o " Siivanunh 8 07 p 6 08 a Ar. Jacksonville. 7 40p 0 00a HI.KKPINO rA It 8KHVICK. r Kyeellrnt dally passenger servioo between Florida anil Nt-w York. N'ih. 88 and 84?New York nnd Florida R.v press. Drawing-Itisnn Sleeping Cars between , Augusta and New York. Pullman drawing room sleepingoarslietweeti Tamna, Jaeksonville, buvanuali, Washington and New York. Pullman Sleeping Para between Charlott4 anil Uielimond. . Num. 85 and 1*1?IT. H. Fast Mail. Through Pullman drawing room huffot Bleeping cars lietween ,laeks<>nvilla and NfW York and Pullman sleeping ears lietwoon Augusta and Charlotte. Dining e-ars servo all iifeals en route. ' Pullman sleening cars l>rtw?m -Ineksonvilla and Columbia, enrouto daily between Jink sonville Slid Cincinnati, via Asheville. FltANK S.OANNON, .1 M (T1TLP. Tlurd V P. Den. Mgr. T. W.. Washington. \ I W.A.TCUK. 8 H HARDWIOK, ' U. P. A . Washington A U. 1* A., Atlanta. ; MADE ME A MAFJ /f-V A.I/ v TATll.r.TS POM m I l.Y CFJIK , A/ "1 A I /. ,\i ri iiui />!?? lui ling 61amml ? A 7.8la?|.l Ma .si ' V "IT | by A i or o-.l??r l.tisaaea ami Imiia! n Au rrMlons. 5Af|/ '/ukWu rtml mm(|/ i -y resiorw Lost Vitality In old or young, and ft n man foratady, bu.lncaor msrrings, yV-- -JR. i'jer?nt Insanity and Conhamption if tak?n in (linn. '1 linir u*a ?how? tin mod Into improve, mnnl nnd rttsota a I'lJilE shnra all other fall Inflat apOfl.liAVinir the Mnniim Alnw toKU?? TV.? i naracurt*! thousand*and wtllcareyou. Wo ?i a lh*? : ~tsr?'.r^;*KK60{T$.S ?ekf? or !? pk?M ,fall IrUtm.nt. for ^ "^Ax'Riais?S8.o.'?s^ M ]r # % ' %?4r The New Orleans Timeo-Demosrafc quotes Prof. Wiley, chief shemist of the agricultural department at Washington, as sayng, among other thiDgs : u Wines ire frequently sold under false jolors. Many of the wines substituted for high grade goods are Joctored in a great degree by sal: 1 :j ti 11 x icy no aciu. i lie su-caneu grape juice, commonly used in church for communion purposes, is nothing more than a solution of saliclyo acid, with a flavoring of grape juice. This acid is colorless and is tasteless, which renders it a first class material to use as an adulterant. It is a frequent trick of produce dealers to color voge tables with salts of copper and ssinc. to give them a fresh appearance. Glucose has taken the place of syrup, and most of the grocery store jelly is made by boiling down shanks and tendons and addiug a coloring matter. Seventyfive or eighty per cent of the con diments bought are made up of ground peanut shells and other adulterants." As wo have remarked before, there ought to be a large and profitable business for some enterprising men in the south in the manufacture of honest syrup, jellies, preserves, pick les,condiments, etc., for home con sumption. Lancaster'* Market. On Friday, .June 23, cotton and produce Isrought the following prices : COTTON. Good middling, I Strict middling .... 5^ Middling, f PROIMJCK. Hotter (good), per pound,... 10to 12^ Kggs, per dozen, 8 to i