The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 21, 1905, Image 2
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?#?#?? NE of the most striking features of this period?so we are
J ? warned on all hands?is the inordinate pursuit and the un
scrupulous use of wealth, and the worship of success as such,
ill 2 Never has the use of wealth in the promotion of selfish?
and sometimes iniquitous?ends been more unprincipled,
?tttlH>l> crafty and daring.
And the power of wealth in subjugating to its schemes
tttlUllu corrupt means public authorities, political organizations
and citizens of influential position and pretentious respectability
has never been farther reaching. Indeed, the revelations caused by recent
scandals have not only disclosed startling instances of individual rascality,
but opened vistas of rapacity without bound and of so widespread a
aemoranzation and so utter an ansence 01 tne most eiemem<u$ scujv
and duty among some members of the highest class of business men claiming
* , public confidence that we fairly stare with amazement.
And beyond this, throughout the world, we observe a rushing tendency
toward ihe ruthless assertion and the rude enforcement of arbitrary power
of the strong over the weak, of might over right, and that tendency is upheld
and stimulated by the artful array of sarcastic sophistry which laughs mora!
principles to scorn and sets up success as such, to whatever end devoted and
by whatever means achieved, as the supreme goal to be striven tor and as the
idol to be adored. It is tbe work of the university to combat this tendency.
This republic should stand as the gentleman par excellence among nations?a
gentleman scorning the role of the swashbuckler whose hip pockets
bulge with loaded six-shooters and who flashes big diamonds on his fingers
and shirt front; a gentleman modest in the consciousness of strength and carrying
justice, forbearance and conciliation on his tongue and benevolence in
his hand rather than a chip on his shoulder, if this republic is to endure and
successful in its highest mission it must put its trust rather in schools thaM
in battleships. '
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J Avarice Destroying }
s Our Patriotism k
^ The Heart of the Worshipper of Mammon &
Loses All Love for God or Country. ... ?
HE besetting sin of Americans is avarice. Our mad rush for
wealth is not an honest effort to increase the products of
( nature or the avails of human effort, but a hideous vice of
1 J ever-increasing and insatiable greed. Year by year we see
a 1 it invading the government with ever-increasinfe audacity.
W V Men cry out against tainted money?that has its vile record
behind it What we have to fear is money which taints.
^which brazenly tempts men to sell their honor and then buys
it.
It may not be your fortune to enter public life. I am not advising you to
enter it. for it is not the Garden of the Cods. The prizes are few. the temptations
many, and it has been said that even republics are ungrateful. In our
country, too, public men must endure the bitterest detraction and the most
' scurrilous abuse, while public office affords no adeouate pecuniary conipensa- j
tion for the able and honest. I do not think that I exaggerate the case when J
I say that almost any other way is an easier road to the -tars.
otra Vice itc cviie Our nnrtirnlar evil, as I have told you. is avarice. |
Let us not shut our eyes. This evil menaces us. It is destroying our patriotIsm.
The heart of the worshipper of Mammon loses every sentiment of love
for God or country. With its harmful influence in private life. I am not now
concerned. I sneak of its baneful effects upon the institutions cf our country,
when it succeeds in debauching the representatives of the people's right for
the enrichment of the unlawfully privileged few.
Let us m>t delude ourselves with sophistry. The man nho betrays his
public trust %r money, by comparison, makes the crime of Benedict Arnold
Einlrinto insignificance and lends a respectable hue even to piracy.
Do not think me unduly pessimistic. Our evil has not spread so far that
our destruction Is at hand. But the danger is here, and good citizens must
ward It off.
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* By Dorothy Dix
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? * ?<">'<' Y DEAR girl, if you have the necessity of earning your 1 ivJ
* ing, go forth as bravely and earnestly as you may, and God
kj* help you; but if you have a good home, and a father willing
% * 2111(1 al)le t0 support you, for goodness' sake stay in it, and
behave yqurself. Every- woman who has a "career" pays for
* +** *+4* it with youth and health and strength and tears and loneliness>
aDd 11 lsn t worth the price. Don't worry about knowins
too much, or think that your fine education will be wasted.
You are liable to need all that you know, and a little
more, just in common every day life.
The country* is full of mothers who are slaving over cooking stoves and
toiling over sewing machines that Sallie may not only be educated in some
fine college, but that she may have the college colors and the college ring and
the class pin, and do as other girls do.
It is always the same story. Everything is to be all right when Sallie
comes home to diffuse light and knowledge and be a comfort and stay and
pleasure. But. alas! how often is Sallie a disappointment! Her poor, foolish
head has been turned. Nothing suits her. She corrects the family manners,
and revises the family pronunciation, and sets the house by the ears. She
doesn't consider it worth while to take any trouble to please her parents. Her
father may have spent thousands of dollars on her musical education, but she
won't even play him a ballad in the twilight. She may have had the best
masters in elocution, but she won't read him a column in the daily papers.
Many a man must have looked at his daughter as she came from school, and
thought he got precious little for his investment. My dear girl, just as a matter
of common honesty and gratitude, spend a little of your time and attention
and enthusiasm on your parents.?AJnslee's.
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T }few Dream for Cities 1
^ By Charles Mutford Robinson. _ c
P==ri HERE has appeared in the last three or four years a new
Tand exceedingly interesting municipal movement. Its results,
which seem very promising, will be watched with the
keenest regard. There never has been anything exactly like
it before, and its recent rapid spread suggests that its deHvelopment
is destined to go far.
Reference is made to the matter?one may almost say
? to the custom?of securing expert plans for the physical improvement
of cities. This Improvement is not designed to
be one merely of aspect, though that phase is receiving more and more consideration.
but it includes problems of circulation, adaptability, recreation,
and site, these involving the greater convenience of the city, the increased
effectiveness of its public buildings, a greater economy in the transaction of
its business, and enlarged facilities for the pleasure of its citizens.
The improvement has various development. Different places throw the
special emphasis on different phases. In New York today's demand is the
relief of congested street traffic; in Chicago it is the acquirement of an outer
park system; in Washington it is the increase of the urban stateliness and
beauty. In one place the making of the plans is entrusted to a committee of
?1? + infornoto of tlio mmmnnitv at hpnrf Rlspirhorp if is
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secured at the expense of the business men in the board of trade or tihc
chamber of commerce. Again, it is paid for by the municipality.
Realist and Romanticist. Forbidden Guest.
A rpreit interviewer of Dr Henrv The following verse from a recent poem
A receat interviewer or ur. nenrv on ..0ur Christmas Guests" discloses a
Van Dykmdiscovered among histreas- delicate little hint:
ures a photograph of Rudyard Kipling Comp from that darkonod corncr! Tou.r<)
upon which Kipling had written this the imp who in my ear
odd aphorism: "As a matter of cold For af8ea^hisperedfact,
the man who calls himself a real- That the thing to get was money, the
^ 1st is in the nature of things a libelous Don.tslthink arm ''longer''blinded by the
and unconvincing romanticist; where- glamor of your lies.
... v.? ?n _ For you're a mighty liar, and the thine
as ^he man who, admitting all men * -t0 keep ls heaith.
are liars, joyously sets out to write And it has a value greater than all your
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accordingly is the only real realist? And another one is honor, and some more
is so because human nature is con are truth and right:
. ? I can hardly bear your presence amongst
.tranous. I rav guests to-night.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.
The South Carolina section of the
climate and crop service of the Department
of Agriculture issues the
following ollicial bulletin of weather
and crop conditions for the past
week:
The week ending Monday. September
11th. was from two to three degrees
cooler than normal, with weekly
extremes of a maximum of degrees
at Hlackville on the 7th and a
minimum ol" f>4 degrees at Greenville
on tiie -"ith.
The weather was generally elear
and the air dry with somewhat more
than the usual amount of bright sunshine.
There were showers, some quite copious.
in the eastern and southern
counties, but over the greater portion
of the St ite there was no rain, or
inappreciable amounts.
The general absence of rain was
favorable for general farm work, but
was unfavorable on pro win*' erops
which ilcterioatcd slijrhtly over all
but the coast counties where there
was improvement. Late corn needs
more moisture in the central coun
ties.
There was no marked change in
the condition of cotton. In some localities
there was a slight improvetaent
and the plants continue to fruit,
:hile in others there was a steady
deterioration due to rust and the premature
opening of small bolls. The
fruiting season is now ovtw as what
fruitage is taken on after this time
is very unlikely to mature. On sandy
soils the plants are shedding
leaves and have stopped growing,
while on clay soils, and over the western
counties generally, the plants
continue green except where attacked
by rust. The mature bolls are opening
rapidly and in many places half
or more, of the crop has been picked
Sea Island cotton has improved and
as pickini; progresses the yields are
better than anticipated, while the
lint is excellent quality. Some open
cotton was injured by heavy rain in
a few central counties, but generally
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tne mil nas own savcu ju uuc
<1 it ion.
And Tint very late corn lias been
stripped of fodder. Haying1 made
good progress. Truck is coming up
well in the southern districts and
poorly in the northern ones. The
general condition of minor crops is
less promising though still fairly
good.?J. Y\". Bauer, Section Director.
Killed For Cause.
"The death of Mr. Joe Ben Coleman
was caused 011 account of the discovery
by me of intimate relations existing
between Mr. Coleman and Mrs.
Bleas".'? Swell is the statement of
State Senator K. S. Blease concerning
the deplorable matter that has shocked
Saluda County and the entire
State. The two men had married sisters.
the wife of Coleman having been
dead for about two years. Blease
and Coleman having been the closest
of friends until the report of the
criminal intimacy between Coleman
and Blease"s wife reached Blease's
ears. Then followed a few sharp
words at tiieir first rreeting with the
sequal that Coleman was shot to
death. The matter has caused general
regret.
Greenville Graft.
Greenville. Special.?Six former
members of the county board of control
who have overdrawn their salaries
in amounts varying from $30 to
$(>22, four having paid the money
back to the county treasurer and two
refusing to pay; one beer dispenser
due nearly $1.000 on August 1, which
he lias since paid; another beer dispenser
the grand jury thinks is due
about $">0 ?and the case is referred
tlm cnlifiimv former register of
mesne conveyance sln?rt about $470
which lie has since paid; one magistrate
due county $42, which he has
since paid; recommendation that special
committee investigate books of
former registers of mesne conveyance;
only two or three magistrates making
monthly reports and returns to auditor
and treasurer as required by law.
The above are some of the items that
go to make up one of the most'sensational
grand jury reports that has
been handed in for a long while.
In the Charter Mill.
Four commissions were issued by
the secretary of state Saturday as
follows:
Winyah Traction and Power company,
which promises to give a street
railway to Georgetown, six miles long.
The intitai capital is $50,000 and the
ultimate capital $100,000. The corporators
are: ,T. B. Steele, W. W. Taylor,
E. \V. Kaminski, W. H. Andrews,
L. Mouzon, n% of Georgetown.
Peoples' Bank of Chester, capitalized
at $35,000. Corporators: G. B.
White, D. J. Macau lev, John Fraser,
M. H. Wachtcl, W. A. Corhill, C. C.
Piln-firds
A charier was issued to the Farmers'
Union Warehouse company of
Hock Ilill, capitalized at .fj.OOO. The
officers are: It. S. iStnnris, F. II. Barber,
vice-president, and W. W. Miller,
treasurer. The other officers are:
J. B. Johnson, John Steele, W. B. Wilson.
N. B. Williams, John T. Roddey
and I). P. L. Leslie.
Daniels Island Mercantile company
of Daniels Island and Charleston,
capitalized at $1,000. Corporators:
T. M. Mordecai and William Austin.
The Thompson company of York
ville, capitalized at ^)U,UUU. C'orporators:
Jas. F. Thompson and John F.
Love of Cast- nia, II. P. Stowe of
Yorkville.
Senator Jillman Speake.
Senator Tiilman sjx>ke last week at
Tirzah, in York County, at Lancaster
and at Lexington on the dispensary
question. He advocates a continuance
of the system with such changes
in the law as will remove the temptation
to fraud and graft, and insure
an honest administration.
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Nearly Six Hundred Kill
In Deepe
THE ADMIRAL WAS NOT ON BOARD
In Lasebo Harbor Sunday Night, the
Japanese Navy Department, Announces,
the Battleship Mikasa Was
Destroyed by Fire Starting at the
Base of the Mainmast and Subsequent
Explosion of the Magazine.
Tokio, By Cable.?The Navy Depart-j
ment announces that the battleship
Mikasa has been destroyed by fire and
the explosion of her magazine, causing;
the loss of 590 lives, in.luding men of
other ships who went to the rescue.
The fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight Sunday night, September
10. Before the officers could be
rescued the firo reached the aft magazinc^vhich
exp oatd, blowing a hole in
the/port side c; the vessel below the
water line and causing the ship to
sink.
An investigation is now being held
to determine the cause of the fire.
TOGO NOT ON BOARD.
Admiral Togo was not on board the
Mikasa when the disaster to the battleship
occurred.
The disaster to the battleship has
cast a gloom everywhere. The Mikasa
was Togo's flagship and was endeared
to the hearts of the people.
The ship was at anehor in Sasebo
harbor when the fire started at the
base of the mainmast at midnight. It
spraed with great rapidity, exploding
the after magazine an hour after the
fire had been discovered. The Mikasa
sank in shallow water, and it is believed
that the ship can be repaired.
Rescuing parties were sent from the
various warships in the harbor and
there was heavy casualties among
them.
CAUSE OF FIRE NOT KNOWN, i
Various conjectures are current as
to the cause of the fire. Some attribute
it to an overcharge of electricity.
Great relief was felt throughout Ja- J
p|p when it was learned that Admiral
t?v ?.?o r>n hnarrt thft shiD at the '
IUqU ? no avt VU k/wv.. ? ? m _
time of the fire.
The Mikasa was a first-class battle
ship of 15,200 tons displacement. She
was built in England and was launched i
in 1902. The battleship was 400 feet !
long, had a speed of over 18 knots and
carried a crew of 935 officers and men.
She was heavily armored and carried i
four 12-inch guns, 14 six-inch guns,
twenty 12-pounders and a number of
small rapid-fire guns. She had four
submerged torpedo tubes.
In the battle of the Sea of Japan the j
Mikasa was the heaviest loser of all j
the Japanese ships, having 63 killed ;
and wounded. She approached nearer
to the the Russians than any other bat- 1
tleship.
The Mikasa was also the flagship of
Admiral Togo after the great naval \
battle fougnt oir i'ori Arcnur uu au- ,
gust 10, 1904, on which occasion the j
Japanese flagship also suffered the j
most, but continued in the fighting !
line. On that occasion the Mikasa had '
four officers and 29 men killed, six officers
and 29 men severely wounded !
and four officers and 29 men slightly !
wounded.
Appointed District Attorney.
Washington, Special.?L. L. Lewis,
United States district attorney for the
eastern district of Virginia, has tendered
his resignation to the Department
of Justice and it has been accepted.
Robert H. Talley, of Norfolk,
has been appointed to the vacancy.
Mr. Lewis is the present candidate on
the Republican ticket for Governor of
Virginia.
150 Union Printers Strike.
Indianapolis, Special. ? Committees
*:r union printers and for employers of I
Indiananolis having failed to agree on
an eight-hour day to commence on
January 1, the local typographical
union has ordered 150 members in Indianapolis
to strike at once. President
James M. Lynch, of the International
typographical Union, said: "I have instructed
unions in various cities to demand
contracts immediately for an
eight-hour day, to commence on January
1. Wherever the demand for the
eight-hour day is refused the union
printers have been instructed to strike
at once."
Witte ?.nd Rosen Sail.
7 York. Special.?The Russian 1
cc^ Jssioners who successfully con-1
ducted a treaty of peace with the en-;
voys of Japan at Portsmouth. N. H., 1
started on the return to St. Petersburg
Tuesday, sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm
II. Before leaving the city, Mr. Witte
and Baron Rosen made a farewell caH j
upon the Japanese diplomats. Baron
Komura was unable to see the Russians
because of his illness, but through
Minister Takahira he sent them a cordl?.1
message of farewell.
Catholic Church Not French.
Rome, By Cable. ? At the present i
time the Catholic Church in Japan is
suffering from the imputation that it I
is a French institution, and France,
being the ally of Russia, the Church
comes in for a share of popular disfavor.
To counteract this, it was suggested
that the Pope should come for-!
ward as a sovereign and appoint a
representative at Tokio, at the same '
time requesting the Japanese to ap- i
point a minister to the Vatican. The!
suggestion wao well received by Hie j
Holiness. J
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BEY AN NOT A CANDIDATE.
Says That He Is Not Now a Candidate
For Any Office.
Chicago, Special.?"I want to make
mv position perfectly clear; i want t?
say to you that not only am I not announcing
a candidacy, but I am not
permitting a candidacy."
In these words William Jennings
Bryan administered a check to the enthusiasm
which, at the Jefferson Club
banquet given in Mr. Brv an's honor,
greeted the speeches advocating his
nomination for the third limj for
President.
"I am not now," said Mr. Bryan, "a
candidate for any office. I have never
said that I would never again be a
eandiate for office, but I want to say
now that talk of candidacy for office
does not affect me as it once did. I
believe that my place in history will
be determined, not by what the people
are able to do for me, but by what I
am able to do for the people. (Applause
and cheers.) I think it is row
too soon to choose a eandiate for
President to make the race three
years from now; it is too early to
pledge ourselves to any one man. I
trust that before the time comes to
name a man for the next presidential
race light may be thrown upon our
party's pathway and that a man may
be chosen who will be able to do for
the party more than I have yet Leea
able to do."
Further Insurance Investigation
New York, Special.?Selling $SOO.OOO
in bonds one day and buying them
back the next but one, a holiday intervening,
in order to keep within statements
in the New York Life Insurance
Company's report to the Superintendent
of Insurance, was the sensational
disclosure made at the session of the
executive insurance nvestignting committee.
The fart was drawn from Edmund
IX Randolph, treasurer of the
New York life Insurance Company,
late in the day after Attorney Charles
E. Hughes, of counsel to the committee
had labored for over an hour to get a
direct answer from Mr. Randolph to a
direct question.
The inquiry had dragged through a
mass of figures almost the entire day,
but it was not until near the hour for
ending the session that the sensational
feature was brought out.
Earlier in the day Mr. Randolph had
handed Mr. Hughes a schedule of syndicate
underwritings and transactions
of the New York life for the last ten
years. This statement was to show,
and a footnote to the schedule so stated.
that the company had participated
in no syndicate transactions that had
been closed out at a loss. Among
these transoctions was the underwritings
of the navigation syndicate, *r International
Mercantile Marine.
30 Killed; 70 Wounded.
Tiflis, Caucasia, By Cable.?A hundred
social democrats were killed or
wounded in a conflict with Cossacks at
the town hall and many were trampled
to death in a subsequent panic. Two
thousand social democrats had forced
an entrance into the town hall, which
was closed owing to the celebration of
a religious holiday, the beheading of
John the Baptist. Revolutionary
speeches were made and the chief of
police ordered the meeting to disperse.
Part of those present obeyed, but the
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remaincer rem3tra uuu own.v.
were fired. A large force of Cossacks
drawn up outside ihe building then fired
a volley into the crowd time and
time again, killing 30 and wounding
upward of 70. In the ensuing panic
many persons fell and were trampled
to death by their comrades and the
pursuing Cossacks.
Two Good Swimmers Drown.
Tampa, Fla., Special.?A Tribune
speciaj from Fort Myers, Fla., says P.
J. McNally and M. Douglass, white residents
of Fort Denaud, were drowned
while crossing the Caloo6atchi river.
Their boat capfeized in midstream and
although both men were good swimmers
they could not reach the shore.
Their bodies have been recovered.
$2,500,000 Dividend Declared.New
York, Special.?The dirc-cUirs
of the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and iron
Company* declared a scrip dividend of
$2,500,000 common stock, payable to
the common stockholders of the company
October 2 next. The regular
quarterly cf 1% per cent, on its preferred
stock and the usual semi-annual
<4i<rMon,i nt 911. npr pent, on its com*
mon stock also were declared. J. N.
Wallace, president of the Central
Trust Company, was elected a member
of the executive committee, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of William E. Strong.
Don't Want Negro Redmen.
Nashvilie. Special.?At Tuesday's
session of Great Council of Improved
Order of Red Men of West Virginia, a
delegation offered a resolution protesting
against the organization of negro
tribes of Red Men and and requesting
that the ritual of the order be copyrighted.
The California delegation introduced
a resolution commending President
Roosevelt for the part he took in bringing
about peace between Japan and
Russia.
Mexican Cotton Crop Larger.
Mexico City, Special.?Last year's
cotton crop was 75,000 baies. me lowest
estimate for the present year is
90,000, and possibly 100,000 bales. The
cotton produced in the republic is
about one-third of the quantity required
for native mills. The annual increase
in acreage is smaller. Reports
of the experiments with the cotton treeare
not very satisfactory and it is not J
likely that cotton from this source will
for a long time be had in quantities to
affect the market
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B
TOE YELLOW FEVER STATUS T
A Good Many New Cases Developing
at Different Points.
New Orleans, Special.?Official report
to G p. m.:
New cases, 49; total to date, 3.4G2.
Deaths, 6; total to date, 329.
New foci. 15.
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Cases under treatment, .no. ms>I
charged, 1,817.
There was nothing new in the local
situation beyond the increase in number
of new cases and deaths. There
were really seven yellow fever deaths,
but one of them does not appeal- on the
record. It is the case of an Italian, who,
in the delirium of his fever, secured a
revolver and blew his brains out
In the country, the situation in Tallulah
is improving under the management
of Drs. Chassaignac and Von Ezdorf.
The people there have asked the
State board of health that Dr. Chassignac
be assigned to remain there and
conduct the campaign to the end. This
has been referred to Dr. Chassignac,
who will determine later what his
course will be. Among other country
reports were:
Patterson, 20 cases, 2 deaths; Kenner
8 cases, 2 deaths; Clarke Chenier, one
death; Bo wick, one death.
Four More Cases at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Special? Two
deaths and four new cases is the report
officially announced at the board
of health headquarters, all of the new
cases being in the infected area. The
first man to die was H. D. Brooks, a
draughtsman, ?vho came here several
weeks since to take a position in an
abstract office. He had been sick five
days, but during the first period of
sickness refused to take medicines
prescribed. On account of objections
made by Governor JelKS, of Alabama,
the Marine Hospital Service camp,
which was to have been established
near the Alabama line, has been abandoned.
It will be located at another
point.
Mississippi Fever Summary.
Jackson, Miss., Special.?The Mississippi
yellow fever summary for the
past 24 hours is as follows:
Soria City, a suburb of Gulfport, one
case discovered by Surgeon Waslin.
Mississippi City, one new case.
Vicksburg. two new cases.
No new cases developed at Gulf
Port, nor did Natchez, Pearlington nor
Hamburg report any new cases during
the day or any deaths at any time of
the infected pointi Surgeon Lavender
reports that the sickness at
Kemp's Landing, Va., is not yellow
fever.
No New Cases at Natches.
Natchez, Miss., Special.?Not even a
suspicious case of yellow fever was
reported. Six patients are under treatment.
Drs. Lavinder, Aikman and
Sessions, who went to Kemps, La., today
to diagnose five cases at that
place, reported that they are nat even
suspicious.
Vicksburg, Miss., Special.?Two new
cases of yellow fever in Vicksburg.
Total cases to date, 28; deaths 3.
Seven patients are under treatment
now.
Patert Medicine Decision.
Washington, Special.?The Commissioner
of Internal Revenue has rendered
a decision that will seriously affect a
number of patent medicines composed
largely of distilled liquors. He has reversed
a ruling of his Department made
many years ago and now decides that
the manufacturers of these medicines
must take out licenses as rectifiers and
liquor dealers and the druggists and
others handling them will have to pay
the usual retail liquor dealers' licenses.
The commissioner, in a letter of In
strurtion to collectors of Internal revenue,
says that there are a number of
compounds on the market going under
posed chiefly of distilled spirits, withthe
names of medicines that are comout
the addition of drugs or medicines
in sufficient quantities to change materially
the character of the whiskey.
Farmers in National Council.
Richmond, Va., Special.?The Farmers'
National Congress met in its 25th
annual session here with a large audience
in attendance, representing almost
every section of the United States.
The body was called to order by its
president, Harvie Jordan, of Monticello.
Ga., and was welcomed to Virginia
and Richmond by Governor Montague,
Mayor McCarthy and J. C. Freeman,
vice president of the Richmond Chamber
of Commerce. Responses to the
welcoming addresses wero made on behalf
of the congress by First Vice
President Bennehan Cameron, of
North Carolina* and Second Vice President
Joshua Strange, of Marion, Ind.
Chinese Bride in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Special.?H. J. Goon has
returned from New York bringing
a 17-year-old bride who had just arrived
from China Sunday. She is
the only Chinese woman here and
Goon, who is a laundryman in Cumberland
street, keeps her bidden, according
to the Chinese custom. She
is pretty and Goon is proud.
Report of Final Engagements.
St. Petersburg. By Cable?Telegraphing
to Emperor Nicholas under date of
September 5. General Linevitch reported
that the Japanese, September 4,
started to advance along the mandarin
road and commenced constructing entrenchments,
but retired after meeting
the Russian artillery fire. The general
oico rAnnrtPfi an offensive movement
by several battalions of Japanese accompanied
by cavalry and artillery In
north Korea September 3. but the result
was not announced in time to be
sent off in the dispatch to the Emperor.
Killed by LightningIndianola,
Iowa, Special.?Four men
[ were killed, six were seriously burned
I and a dozen more were stunned by
lightning which wrecked a crowded
poultry exhibition tent at the county
fair hera The lightning struck the
, tent pole, splitting it in two. and tearing
the sides of the tent into shreds.
Hundreds of the chickens on exhibition
j were killed.
MADHARGHiS|
The New York Life Insurance Cc WHS
pany's Political Contributions \
.
WAS AFRAID OF THE DEttOCRAJS
George W. Perkins, Insurance Com- >'
pany's First Vice-President and
Member of the Finn of J. P. Morgan
& Co., Divulges the Meaning of
a Check Made to Morgan & Co. Last
Year.
/
New York, Special.?George W P?kins,
member of the firm of J. P.
gan & Co., and first vice presideM of v"
the New York Life Insurance Company,
was the star witness at Friday's )
session of the special legislative com- . 1
mittee probing life insurance company
methods, and his testimony was rfrnloto
ruith novnJntinna in fiMncA As an.
plied by insurance companies. f
Mr. Perkins was ?rst called just previous
to the hour for luncheon. He
resumed immediately after the recess.
and was on the stand when adjournment
was taken for the day.
The climax of the day came when
Mr. Perkins was asked concerning an
entry of $48,702 in a ledger, marked
"Ordered paid by the President" Mr.
Randolph, the treasurer of the Neir '
York Life Company, who had been on
the stand earlier in the day. had been ~>
sharply questioned as to the purport
of this entry, but he was unable to j
explain it He thought no one but the ' ?
president could. Mr. Perkins had been
called to testify as to some other trans- -:Jj
actions and after a recess he was I
ed to produce the check. It was made
out payable to J. P. Morgan & Co., and -;?
Mr. Perkins frankly stated it was ft
contribution to the national Republl- . g|
can campaign committee and had been
paid to Cornelius N. Bliss. Mr. Perkins
said.
"This payment was made after very , "'fa
careful deliberation. It must not be '
considered an ordinary contribution |jfl
to the campaign fund. It was paid / *
because we felt that the assets of the
New York Life Insurance Company ?
would be jeopardized by a Democratic
success."
Mr. Perkins said contributions were
also made in 1900 and 1896. As an
illustration, witness said the first con- ^
tribution made was in 1896, by Presi- 'J.
dent McCall, who is a Democrat.
"He contributed money to the NMcKinley
campaign fund and voted tor Jag
McKinley because he felt it was iiT-*-^3
the best interests of the policy-holders
of his company." This bomb caused ^
a murmur of conversation about the
room, which had become packed with
spectators. Standing room was at a / .
premium, and everyone bent forward
to catch the testimony. This was U
hardly necessary, for Mr. Perkins jjs
spoke distinctly, in a voice audible
throughout the school room. He paced f;
the small platform upon which the
witness chair is placed, just before
the committee's rostrum, and accom- ^
pamea nis expiduauuua *? ,.
gestures, often times suggesting questions
to the counsel.
Pursuing the check inquiry further, 3
Mr. Hughes brought out that this expenditure
was never brought to the ^ 9
attention of the finance committee, the Z*
witness terming it a "purely executive .;J1
action." It was charged against cash
on the books of the Hanover aBnk of- H
flee or financial department. The
witness did not know on what account
the other contributions were-*
made, but he would furnish data.
Mr. Perkins here interposed: "I
would like to make one statement.
The fact that the check is drawn to
J. P. Morgan & Co. has no significance. . v J
I paid out the money and it was merely
because of a convenience of re-payr
ment that the check was made payable- ^
to J. P. Morgan & Co."
"What other contributions to politl- tfcgj
cal campaign funds have been made
by the New York Life?"
"Is there no self-restraint allowed
the officers in these campaign contri- ,'J8
buttons ?"
"None; to my knowledge."
Accident to North Carolina Party.
Wichendon, Mass., Special.?An automobile
containing members of the .^g
party accompanying Governor Glenn,
of North Carolina, plunged over a
bridge on the road to Royalton here .
and landed at the bottom of a ditch,
pinioning the occupants underneath.
The injured are:
J. C. McNeill, of The Charlotte Ob- *
server, badly cut about the head.
Guy Townsend, of Wichendon, seriously
hurt.
Selectman Henry N. Raymond, of
Wichendon, haed cut and bruised. s0
Owen Hoban, lawyer, of Wichendon, ^
knee injured and back sprained.
Purchasers Announced.
Norfolk, Va., Special.?An announcement
was made of the purchase of the
Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad,
running from Bayboro to Newbern, N.
C., by the interests in control pt the
Virginia & Carolina Railway, wnich is
to run a line from Norfolk to Beaufort, ' $
N. C., through the lumber section of ?
? .. ^ !!_? TV.lt, lino will he used
Norm uaraiua. xu.o ?
as a branch of the main line to Newbern
for additional terminals at that
The Potter Trial.
Sandersville, Ga., Special.?The State
closed its evidence in the trial of Mr.
S. Potter and the defense will put him
on the stand to testify. No other witnesses
will be called. The books of a
Savannah bank were used in evidence.
The charge against Potter is the embezzlement
of some $20,000 of the funds of |
the Davidson Bank, of which the young
man was cashier. ;?
w . m
Gov. Glenn Entertained. ^
Boston, Special.?Gov. R. B. Glenn,
of XJorth Carolina, was entertained at '
dinner at the Algoquin Club. The dinner
was given under the auspices of the
American Invalid Aid Society, S. S.
Pierce and General Charles H. Taylor.
Freight Depot Burns.
Bristol, Special.?The freight depot a
here, owned jointly by the Norfolk ft gjgk
Western and the Southern Railways,
was destroyed by fire. The loss will i
probably reach $50,000. J
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