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Blue Ridge Scrip Its Validity in a Fair Way to be Tested: at Last? The present status of the Agrioultu - tal ball ease and tbe d?cision just reo? rdered by the United States supreme eouri virtually ?moante to nothing , when one considers tbe ultim?te vali? dity of the Blue Ridge scrip. That is the issue which the United Sutes su? preme court will pass upon, &nd Mr. Wesley bas practically no apprehension as to the result. Yesterday Mr. W.H. Lyles, who ?9 making the fight for Mr Wesley, re turned io the city. He was in. quite a happy frame of mind. He frankly sato* the securing of the possession of . the property was merely an incident in the development of the case. ' He said he had yesterday called to Bee the attorney generalato have a con? ference with bim about the rent and damages and future occupancy of the building, bet found him ont of the city. He 8?y6 they have no objection what , ever to the dispensary continuing in tbe building. They , do not wish to ?barge mr?re than a reasonable rent abd : desire to adjust the matter on purely business principles So far as the back rent and damages to the property are concerned be wishes to agree upon the figure ; if, however, he finds that an : agreement can't be . reached amicably. Mr. Wesley holds good and sufficient ids to protect him and the amount be fixed by a reference before the jr or a judgment of the count. Giving his attention to the develop-) ment of the case Mr Lyles said that ' the tender of the Blue Ridge scrip bas u made He will wait a reasonable ko for the State to foreclosure its ?age for the balance of the pur mosey and then, if the State iws an inclination to give up the building rather than foreclose, he will tax* the proper steps to carry the ease oa. Be has forestalled any such con? igency as that indicated and is in a tioo to force the case to an issue Mr. Lyles said that they bought the property for the purpose of bringing about a test of the validity of the scrip; - that was no secret. It was back io the '70s that the ^State was about to Jose $4,000,000 of Bice Ridge boa os which bad been de* . posited io New York. Money bad been borrowed on them and they were about to be sold ; they would have gone info ?hs bands cf bona fide purchasers. The authorities of the State made ap? plication to Mr. Wesley to hoy them up This ne did at 10 cents on the . dcUar. Mr. Wesley bought a chisel and with his own bands cancelled the bonds? ?ending them here to the State authorities and they are now in the vaults of the State treasury io that mu tilated condition. The bonds, the rem? nant of which tbese are a part, have been held to be valid by the State su? preme court aod the State has nettled for them by giving new consols a: 50 ??nts on the dollar. Mr. Wesley was given by the State, as collateral for hts outlay io purchas? ing the booda $1.005,000 in scrip. Of this $996,840 is at present in the vaults of the Carolina bank here. He k simply trying to get back his moaey advanced to tbe State. There are two decisions of the United States supreme court on cases involving the validity of this Blue Ridge scrip. Neither was properly brought and tbe decisions went off on side issues, tbe main issne having never been passed upon -Tbe State A3??NDRILLED CREW Probably Responsible for Fa? talities m the Leona Fire. New York, May lo -The ior-al board of United States steamboat inspectors examined to day into the fatal fire on the Mallory Line steam? ship Leona last Sunday and developed the fact that the crew was a new one, almost to a mao ; that they had not all been given their stations io case of fire and bad not been drilled for fire duty. This was shown oo the evidence of Captain James Wilder, of the Leona, who also Mid that the fire, a few min ore-* after i's discovery, emitted such a blindiez -moke that it was impossible to get near the steerage, where 13 people were suffocated and bumed to death. He believed that igniting of matches w?s the cause of tbe fire First Officer Wallace testified that be did not give the ?l?rm nf fire at the j time of the di?cov<?ry of the 6re, but rac on the deck to notify thc captain ; that he then returned to the steerage and endeavored ?O arouse tbe passen? gers, but it was impossible to save tbe mmigrantui who were hemmed in by fire, the matches having been stored on the deck aloogside of tbe steerage. All the Leona's passengers bad been sent on to Galveston Tuesday and the investigation was confined to tbe exami? nation of officers and members of tbe crew of the steamer. Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from S \to 10 days to cure fever, johnson's Chill and Fever "onie cures in ONE DAY. imocka all sizes and prices -?H. G & Co. The Question of Text Books. lt seems that tba Grand Army of the Republic queutions the thorough patriotism expressed io the histories of the United States compiled for schools The writers of these histories have not been quite willing enough to slap the people of the Southern States-lately included io the Confederacy, but now absolutely patriotic Americans-io the face. That patriotism to-day means determination to refuse to the people of the Sooth absolutioo or forgiveness for their effort to break away from the Uoioo thirty-five years ago the G. A. K cannot apprehend, aod that the writer of history for schools should for a moment fail to denounce in text books desigoei for ose io Southern schools the fathers of Southern children the G. A. H. regards as treasoo Twice io the present week the G. A. R has beeo made ridiculous on this issue. Professor J. B McMaster, one of America's foremost historiaos, being hired by the association of weil mean? ing bot ill advised veterans to write a history of the United States, dis? credited his work at thc very outset by j announcing that it would be partisan, aod by reproaching Robert ? Lse for having entered Wee: Poiot only to be? come Genera! of the Con f?d?rateur m y That Lee,' when io the Military Acad my, had no idea of the crisis |wbicb would await his country we believe io controvertible. That he was ooe of the noblest types of r.he American citi? zen-misled in a moment of bitter strife-is. we believe, not to be gain? said. The history which describes Lee only as a "traitor," which has no better phrase for "Stooewall" Jackson than '*^ebe?,,, and which, as the G. A. R. would have it, strives to brand the fathers of the present generation in tbe Sooth as criminals io the eyes of the nation, is ao unpatriotic history-a j book which will ioterfere with national solidarity rather than advance ir. This oew theory, suggested by the ultra patriotic orders, that text books of history mast be writteo to advance po? litical ideas, is capable of great and ourious development. Bere, for exam? ple, comes Mr. Frederick Upbam Adams, of Chicago, with a story of bis own. He feels that if the G. A. R. should have a history writteo to order such eminent patriots as J. Pierpont Morgan, John D Rockefeller, Aodrew Carnegie and George M. Pullman should have one. too. io a' spirit of the broadest patriotism he promises that there shall not be a line ic his book "calculated to engender the spirit of revolt ur discontent io the mind of' the most refractory child 11 We expect mach of Mr. Adamo's book. For school purposes it ought tb be better tbao that of the G. A R., for real? ly secession is not an issue and descrip? tion of Robert E Lee as a s nea ki o s traitor will not affect the loyalty of the Southern people, though it may awaken some question of the intelli? gence of the writer who thus de? scribed one of the noblest meo aod ablest soldiers foe United States ever produced. The real line of attack is that wisely laid out by Mr. Adams. It is time to stop exalting mere generals and statesman io our histories' Liooolo was all right, of course, but why ont have something about the gentlemen io Wall Street who were saving the national honor all through the war? The GAR. rep- ' resents men who fought, but let UH not forget the men who stayed at home, gambled in gold, contracted for shoes and for corned beef, and now sneer at persons who want pen? sions and i OM-t ?hat the war could have beeo fought more cheaply-in money, not blood -if conducted on a gold basis Lst os bark back to captain* of indus try and make thc history of the United States a history cf their achievements. To W?D a battle is great, but think of Mr Carnegie winning the Homestead strike. To open with ships and guns ? at public oost the Mississippi t ? trafh ; j from Minneapolis to New Orleans was ! a i o able achievement, bot think of the superior skill in closing the Erir Canal by the use of the deadly rebate, the elevator concession and Depewizing??he Legislature The blockade of Southern ports was a won? derful achievement ot naval skill, but > Dingley will blockade all our ports more effectively. Sherman destr'oved short railroads in Georgia, but C. P. Huntington without an anny makes con? tinental lines useless. In the fiercest moments of the civil war Sherman and Sheridan "lived ,on the country/* bot now io time of peaee J Pierpoot Morgan levies tribute on all the nation, and is esteemed a patriot, not a conqueror. As the purpose of the schools is to j reach the highest order of patriotism, j and as the highest order of patriotism finds its exponents in the men who saved the national honor last Autumo and are now engaged io turning to their personal profit the powr and :^ j fluence they thereby gained, a history j of the United States approved by them \ would, of course, be the best that ooul i possibly be offered our children.-N. i Y Journal. -mmn mm Imported Stock. B. G Osteen & Co. received this week a j full assortment of the latest and prettiest de? signs in Dennio^n's Imported Crepe and Tis Soe Paper for rrakir:^ lamp shades, flowers j and al! sorts ot fancy work. This ie guaran- j teed to be the genuine imported paper and j far euperior to any and all imitations. We j sell at New York prices, as we buy direcs from the importers. The stationery stock it oorapiete aod up tu date. Base ball goodsat the Book Store.- H. G Osteeo & Co. TOLD YOU SO." We are not disposed to revive old issues nor renew old factional ran? cor ; so we shall not say all we might say about the outcome of the Agri? cultural Hall litigation Yet justice to the past record of this paper and of those who years ago fought with it against one-man power in South Carolina requires that it shall remind the public of the' fact that from the day' Governor Tillman made his mock Jacksonian coup in seizing Agricultural Hall and holding it with arms against the man the State, on his initiative, had sold it to, the ' Conservatives" declared that there could be only one resn't-the money loss and humiliation of the State We did our share of this predict? ing. Governor Sheppard, in the campaign of 1892, undertaking to present for the consideration of the people many manifestations of Till? man's bad judgment, cited the case in point and repeatedly declared that the State would not be able to main tain the position its governor had taken, which must ultimately cause the people to pay forjhis folly Many others were as positive ; but because they belonged to the "outs" and Tillman was the idol of the "ins/' they were not regarded , It was passion, not judgment ; the unbridled vanity of autocracy, not a jsfu regard for law, that caused Til man to plunge the State in the em barrassment from which it so sorrily emerges. The seizure of the prop erty was not necessary and it was not proper. It was purely despotic. The legacy of litigation left by it has been onerous to socceeding adminis? trations which have felt constrained to fight desperately for a bad cause. The direct money penalty has been and will be considerable, and the expense contingent upon the turning out of doors and the re-establishment of the State dispensary in new quar ter8 must be large For all of f.his Tillman is responsible He will not foot the bilis, of course-tfia taxpay ers will do that-but still they will have to be charged up against his pretensions to superior knowledge, judgment and legal acumen -The State Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. "Th9 Pbosphate.Indusfry." Following the action of the governor in voting against Mr. Taylor's propopi tion, the result of which it is claimed has driven the Coo?aw company tn cease operations in the phosphate terri carney telegram vesrerOay from Pho pbate Inspector Jones announcing that the Beaufort Mining company had just purchased a large new dredge with which to increase ifs mining capacity and had sold 30,000 tons > f rock. Tins is due to the precious action of the board io reducing the royalty on rock 50 per cent and placing the Caro? lina companies in a rosinon to compete with the Florida and Tennessee com panie*. Governor Ellerbe considers the information tbe most cheering that bas come from tbe territory in som? years.-The State Lamp fhnries when ^rustically made cf crepe tissue are tnioirs of beauty. If you wurt to m?!<e sh?d?s io beautify your homee H G. Osteen & Co. cm capplj the materials. I A hr?e ?tock of crepe tissue io ten foot rolls ! just rccniv-d Cinco Cipars are made by a ?rm with 47 j years'* experience and a reputntion for first j das.? crooda only. Sold in Sumter exclusive j ly *y ll G Usieen & Co Those un- g S *SR Humors tions, painful boils, annoying pim? ples and other affections, which ap? pear so generally at this season, make thi? use of that grand Spring Medi? cine, Hood's Sarsaparilla, a necessity. rho accumulated impurities in the blood cause very different symptoms with some people. The kidneys, liver and bowels are overmatched in their efforts to relieve the clogged ! system. Dizzy- headaches, bilious | attacks, fat lure of appetite, coated j tongue, lame back, indigestion and j that tired feeling arc some results. From thc >ame cause may also come j scrofula, neuralgia, sciatica or rheu? matism. All these troubles and more may prop? erly be called ..Spring Humors/* and just as there is one cause, a cure is found in just one remedy, and that is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the impure j blood, enriches blood which is weak j anti thin, vitalizes blood which hicks vitality. Thus ii reaches every purl j of the human system. For your Spring Medicine -1"> prc- ' vent or --ure Spring Humors, take I Sarsaparilla One True Mood Purifier. Get only Hood's. -, r%'tt are the only pills to take riOOCl S FlllS with Hood s Sarsaparilla. WILSON VS. DINGLEY. FORMER TARIFF MAKER EXPOSES AB? SURDITIES OF THE DINGLEY BILL. Says It Is ?the Mest Ultra Protective Tariff Ever Proposed"-Will Encourage Trusts and Discourage American Labor-blakes Some Serions Reflections Upon the Mc? Kinley Bill as a Itevenae Producer. Ex-Postmaster General William L. Wilson is credited with the authorship of the tariff bill nov? in force. His hands were tied so that ho could not make the bill nearly as ?ccd as he de? sired to make it, and the bill as finally passed was not nearly as geed as when it first passed the house. It was, how? ever, a great improvement upon the Mc? Kinley bill and is a model as compared with the Dingley monstrosity. We quote the following from Mr. Wilson's criticism cf the McKinley and Dingley bills in a recent number cf the .New York Herald: p These bills are so nearly identical in general structure and particular items, excepting as to the sugar schedule, that it may be well to consider the effect of the first bill on the revenue of the coun? try. Both bills are vast and voluminous schemes of class taxation, the production of public revenue being an incident and entirely subordinate to the purpose of taxing all the American people for the benefit of a small part cf the people. The protectionist has but one remedy, which he applies whether the revenue be redundant or deficient. If times are ! prosperous and mere money than is needed pours into the treasury, he in? creases taxes hy a scheme that turns the larger part of their avails into pri? vate pockets, and this reduces public revenue. If times are depressed and less money than is needed pours into the treasury, he seizes the pretext of in? creasing public revenues. by adding enormously to the amount of private ex? action. The act cf 1800, whatever its other effects, did reduce revenue. From a large surplus it swept ns headlong to a deficiency, although it weighted the ? people with heavier taxes and although another law, passed in July, 1890, turned into the treasury as a part of the general assets to be vised for paying ex? pend? tures a trust fund of more than $54,000,000 which belonged to the na? tional banks and had always been held for the redemption of their notes. Even before the Harrison administra? tion ended we should have been con? fronted with a large deficiency but for the use of this trust fund and the fur? ther fact that Secretary Fester, by a change of bookkeeping, added to the treasnry balance ?20,000,000 of token and subsidiary coin not before treated as a treasnry asset. With these extraor? dinary additions, even, we wound np the fiscal year June 30, 1893, with a sur? plus of only ?2,341,674 as against a surplus fer the fiscal year June 30, 189.0, of ever ?85,000,000 before tho above trust fund and subsidiary coin were touched. And during thc fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, through all of which the McKinley bill was in force, expenditures exceeded the revenues to the amount of ?09,803,260, notwith? standing the fact that the expenditures of the government were ?15,952,674 less than ir the, precediug year. This statement shows how absurd and groundless is the claim constantly made by the protectionists that recent deficits in revenue are dne to the substitution of the existing tariff for the McKinley bilL Nothing is more certain than that if the bill had been in force during the last three years the annual deficit would have been immensely swollen, while the people in a season of depression and hard times would have staggered under much heavier burdens of taxation. Even in this disastrous period, customs duties under the existing law have increased from less than ?132,000,000 in 1894, the last year of the McKinley bill, to even ?152,000,000 in 1895 and to over ?160,000,000 in 1S96. In the sugar schedule alone the bal- . ance in favor of the. existing law is about ?55,000,000. The customs reve? nue reached nearly ?40,000,000, scarce? ly any cf which would have been re- j ceivable under the McKinley bill. That the Dingley bill, present condi? tions considered, is the most ultra pro? tective tariff ever proposed to be enact? ed in this country plainly appears from j Chairman Dingley's statement that if levied on the importations of the last fiscal year it would have increased tho revenue ?112,000,000-that is to say, it would have gathered from an importa? tion of ?775, 724,2G4 of imported mer? chandise the enormous sum of ?272, 000,000, which is nearly ?50,000,000 more than any customs revenue ever collected in enc year in this country in the past. And to say that its rates will probably check dutiable imports to the extent of reducing the estimate to ?70, 000,000 is only another way of saying that to that extent such rates are pro? hibitory. American consumers are shut in the home market to be preyed upon by com? binations and trusts without possibili? ty of relief from outside competition. ISuch combinations, by joining to keep up prices and to curtail production, wage moro merciless war against the employment, the opportunities and the compensation of American labor than any possible competition from abroad could do. Thc falling off cf importations under the present law dispels the illusion that tho American laborer is anywhere deprived of employment hy the impor? tation of loreign products. The gratify? ing increase in our exports of manufac? tures is equally strong proof that those laws are helping us to enter and com? mand ne w markets, which means not only larger employment for our arti- i sans, but more Lome consumers fer our j farmers. "The Diagley bill has done more ir. three days to reconstruct and strengthen the Democratic party than all the har? monizers and conciliators and manager:; could have done in a year," the Balti? more News (Dem.) says. A Great Democratic Harmonizer. I A Wonderful JPill. Uncle Sam-Why, doctor, that looks j like the pill McKinley save me to re I doce my revenue. Dr. Dingley-Yes, its ingredients are ! practically 4ie same, though perhaps I they are somewhat stionger. ! U. S.-But yon say this is tc increase I my revenue. How can it work both I ways? i Dr. D.-It's a protection and prosper ? itv pill and will produce any effect de ! sired. It's au infallible enre for any I and all fiscal and industrial ills. If tak? en in sufficiently large quantities, it will keep all foreign genus out of your system and leave vou happy, prosperous and U. S.-Held on there, doctor! You've said enough to convince rae that, like all advertised panaceas, it's a quack I remedy. Besides, I've tried it and found ! it about the nastiest dose I ever took. I It's effects were also bad-very bad. It deranged my whole system arad filled it I so full of trust germs that I've been laid ; up ever since. I don't want any more I of your "protection" pills and don'* se,e why they called a protection doctor I again. It must have been by mistake. - Women's Dress Goods Will Come High. The extremely high duties which I Dingley proposes to collect from wom? en's dress goods should be more gener? ally understood by the women of this country. It is they who must suffei most because cf these duties. Here are a few samples of the increased duties taken from a list prepared by Mr. P. B. Worrall cf the dress geeds importing firm of Fred Butterfield & Co. of New York: "A wool and cotton cloth costing in England ls. per yard, equal to 24 cents in our money, weighing 1G ounces to the running yard, costs under the pres? ent tariff 33.6 cents per yard, while un? der the proposed tariff it would cost 67 8-16 cents per yard. x "A wool and cotton cloth costing in England 2s. 4d. per yard, equal to 56 cents in our money, weighing 28 ounces to the running yard, and costing und A the present tariff 78.4 cents per yard, would under the proposed tariff cost ?1.4858 per yard. "An all worsted cloth. costing in England 2s. ld. per yard, equal to 50 cents in our money, weighing 16 ounces to the running yard, and costing under the present tariff 70 cents per yard, would cost under the proposed tariff $1.298 per yard. "A 32 inch black serge (cotton warp), costing in England 7 5-8d. per yard, equal in our money to 15.25 cents, weighing less than 4 ounces to the square yard, costs under the present jtar iff 22.87 cents per yard. Under the pro? posed tariff it will cost 30.07 cents per yard. . > "A 27 inch Black sicilienne (cotton warp), costing in England 7 7-8d. per yard, equal to 15.75 cents .in our mon? ey, weighing 3.7 ounces to the running yard,, costs under the present tariff 23.62 cents per yard. Under the pro? posed tariff it will cost 33.92 cents per yard. Iniquitous Lumber Tariff. "The proposed tariff cn lumber," the Boston Transcript (Sep.) says, "is sim? ply a measuie to pick the pockets and crush the industry of a large, useful and influential class of American citizens. It is uneconomic, unscientific, suicidal. The statements upon which this schedule was made up are shown to have been insidious and misleading. The result will be to strip the country not cf an annually recurring income, but of its white pine principal, which at present rates is within ten years of exhaustion, and also to ruin a large class of business men in this country vrbo deserve better things. It docs not sei :n possible that men claiming to represent tuc people will permit such a measure to have the force cf lau-. If they ?:O. it will cease to bc felly and become iniquity." Fooling the Fanner. Sample taxes from the Dingley bill, with comparisons showing thc over? whelming foreign compel i tien to which the farmer is subjected and what pro? tection the ways and means committee regards as indispensable: Imports to Exports.from Duty, United States. United States. Dingley bill. 1896. 1886. Barley, 30c. per bu. S37,3S4 bu 7,630,331 bu Corn, 13c. per bu.. 4,833 bu 99,992,335 bu Oats, 15c. per bu.. 47,506bu 13,012,590bu Rye, 10c. per bu... 154 bu 9S3,466 bu Wheat, 25c. per bu.2,110,030 bu 60,650,080 bu Flour, 25c. ad val.. 1,394 bbls 14,020,864 bbl? Butter, Gc. per lb.. 52,007 lbs 19,373.913 lbs Potatoes,25c p. bu.. 175,240 bu 630,049 bu Total value of these exports during the fiscal year 1896.?139,91o,632 Total value imports. 1.861,553 Admits Prices Will lie Higher. With regard to Chairman Dingley's admission that the duty on wool will increase the price of wool, thc Kansas City Times says: "The consumer and not the foreigner, therefore, pays the tariff tax. It concedes also rhat the home producer puts up ins prices arbi? trarily. Mr. Dingley's own words are a confession that the Dingley bill is a fraud and a robbery of the people for j the benefit of the few individuals and j corporations. " I The most retroactive feature of the j Dingley bill is the provision for paying : back to the big manufacturers their cam? paign contributions. In the ncv> tariff hill spunk is on the j free list We have our opinion of a man j who is compelled to use imported j "spunk. ''-Philadelphia Call. \ OTTO GARHARDT, FLORIST AND GARDENER. INF(?RMS BI3 CUSTOMERS and the public that be is prepared to famisb'une articlts in Fruit, Trees. Roses and all kinds of Flower P1KO?9. Also Cabbage Plants and Other Va? rieties of Vegetable Plants. KO Cabbage Plants, S .25 1.000 " 2.00 1(0 Pansy Plants, 1.?G Herfivrs his services to lay out eardens and put them in shape. Reasonable terms. M ch I. BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown . in our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight : they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made ea;,ny irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, SIGN OF TEJE BIG WATCH, Oct. 16. NATURE'S REMEDY. THE BEST BLOOD PURIFIER ON EARTH. Manufactured by the American Drug Co., I Washington, D. C. "Nature's Remedy" is notan old medicine, but the product ot' this intellicent ace it is nrepared from a formula, made bj a corps of the roost emineM ptneiciacs io the United States, coa posed of Roots, Herbs and Bark, in such happy proportions as to poeitively cure all diseases arising from impurities of the blood. We Guarantee it to Cure Rheumatism, Kidney Disorders, Liver Com? plait-1, Coostipation, Sick and Nervous Head? ache, Neuralgia, Dysrepsia, Fever ?nd Ague, Scrofula, Female Core plaint?, Bn.sipHas, Nervous Affections, Catarrh and ail Sj philitic Diseases or we will refund the money. For sale by T. J. McLendon, Ag t., Cypress, S. C. In Sumter County by R. C. McManus, Sum? ter ; Edward Durant, Bisbopville ; J. W. McCoy, St. Charles. May 13-3r. SUMTER RESTAURANT. ? _ Reduced Prices Regular Meals 25cts. Private Dining Room for Ladies. Dec. 30. D. M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention to all business entrustpc to him. Office on Court House Square, <r< BUoding office DRUGS AND Soda Water? Toilet Articles, Drugs and Patent Medicines, PERFUMERY, EXTRACTS, TOOTH BRUSHES HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET SOAPS TN GREAT VARIETY. Prescriptions Careful? ly filled day and night -AT J. S. HUGHSON & GO., DRUGGISTS, MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C.