Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, June 24, 1899, Image 4
Making two ends meet. <
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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.
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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 ^
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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