Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POINTS TO A VERY PREGNANT PASSAGE. Joseph Chamberlain's Utter? ances as to Par East. London, Bec. 8.-Hight Hon. Jo seph Chamberlain, decretory of state, for the colonies, speaking to a Con? servative gathering in Wakefield, Yorkshire, this evening, folly dis? cussed home and foreign affairs and the government's policy in Egypt, which, he# said, depended entirely opon the possibility of reaching an understanding with France, "a thing which ia impossible so long as the French parece a policy of exaspera? tion." With regard to the relations be? tween Great Britain and Kassia in connection with the far east, be said; that while hitherto the endeavors to reach an agreement had failed, he believed an agreement with Kassia was necessary, unless very serions complications were to be encounter . ecH. **I am more sanguine of arriving at a settlement," said Mr. Chamber? lain, "because it is not for oar inter? est alone. The objects we have io view are shared also by the United States, Germany and Japan, all of which have identical interests. I dare say you have observed the very pregnant passage in. the recent mes? sage of President McKinley to the United States congress, the passage referring to the very important inter eats of America in the east io which he declares that these interests shall not be prejudiced by exclusive treat men?. That is a very noteworthy passage and without being a prophet, I think I shall not be too sanguine if I say that in the future we shall not stand alone as guardians of the 'open I p door/ " Mr Chamberlain then referred to the charge of inconsistency brought Bpgainsfc him in boasting of Great ?^Britain's "splendid isolation'' and . then touting for alliances. He said "When I referred to isolation, I Bmeant the isolation of the British Kempire, comprising the United King Bdom Sind our children over seas who are well able to defend their own possessions and their own exclusive ^interests against all attack, but j surely, it is not unreasonable to seek an alliance, and -to expect co-opera? tion wb^retheTnterestB involved are those of others as well as ourselves "In the case of Germany we have ascertained by a friendly and frank - interchange of opinion that there are many interests regarding which we can assist one another. "But, if I congratulate you on the ; development of good feeling between us and a great continental state, still more do I rejoice at the growth of friendly relations between ourselves and our colonies, between ourselves and the United States. Already the nited States, if regarded from the dpoint of potential resources, is L? greatest of civilized states-with its immense population of intelligent itizens, chiefly Anglo-Saxons, and if e are assured of the Anglo Saxon ice,, whether it abides under the rs and Stripes or the Union Jack, there is no other combatant that can ake us afraid " Who Pays? The army of toe Uoited States CD a pease foo ti og consisted of 27,000 mes, a!) told, and cot ?49.000,000 a year. As we figure, teat made each man io tbs army, rank and file, horse, foot, dragoons aod artilery, from general to private, coat the government a little over $1.800' a year. N >w we are to have a standing army of 100,000 men. That seems to involve a cost of ?180, 000,000 a year to oegin with Who is going to pay these bills ? On the scale we &?em co be going we will presently have an annual budget of .wc billioce of dollar? and we are already speodiog $112.000,000 a year more chao ve ar? receiving and have jual increased car debt $200,000,000 The people ought to study these /figures and the question ?rho is going to pay the bills T Will toe Pailidptnes. the Carolines, Porto Rico and Hawnii do it ? Uoless we grind and equeez? and neglect them worse than the Spaoiards did they will coat os more than we will get from them for year* to come. Theo, who will pay ? The answer is easy We will pay. We will pay io tazes on ai? we eat, drink, wear and use. The dollars will go oat of oar pockets, sod what will we get? Can anybody answer ? Will it be glory ? Oar soldiers and ?ailoirs won glory for the American oame, bat oar statesmen and citizens have smirched it sadly. Oar glory is no longer that of generos? ity aod philanthropy, hat only the glory of the land grabber. Will we win territory ? Yes ; bat if territory was what we wanted we could have seised millioos of acres of it op around the North Pole where we would never have had any troubles to meet, any rebellions to pat down, any armies to maintain. We will gain some trade perhaps. Bot will it pay ? Will it pay the masses of the people? Who can figure to show that it will or can by any possibility be made to pay the eost io money, to say nothing of the cost in life and suffering ?-Greenville News. If you are after comfort in sewing yot wil get it, if you bay ?be "White/1 GOOD FOR NORTON. He Finds an Old Claim of the State Against Uncle Sam. Tbe South Carolina members of congress are bard at work trying to find a way to reimburse Gov. Ellerbe for his expenditures ia equipping the State volunteers. It will be recollected that the gov? ernor's understanding was that the war department woold repay the money. Instead, oo presentation of tbe claim, the authorities at Washing? ton found a claim against the State of considerable amount, and they are interposing this as a counter claim or set of against the demand of Gov Eilerbe. Now Mr. Norton finds another large claim of the State against the government which we eai neatly hope the State will be able to maintain. Mr. Norton's diligence/is to be commended and if the claim is valid, it wi!I prove a great stroke of good fortune for the State and Mr. Norton. We clip from the News and Cou? rier : Representative Norton, who is also interested in this matter, calls-atten? tion to tbe fact that the records of the State treasury wiil show an old Revolutionary claim,, amounting to something like $500,000, which the State of South Carolina holds against the federal government. He says his attention was drawn to this ancient claim when he was state j comptroller Two or three commis? sions have been created for the pur? pose of adjusting that claim, but to the best of his recollection it still remains uosettled. He suggests that said claim might be used as an off? set to tbe claim which the govern? ment now holds against South Caro? lina. The amount of Gov. Ellerbeks claim is so small that it seems it ought to be adjusted without special legislation. However, as a last re? sort, congress may be called upon to adjust it. mam t t t mmm Congressional Investigation. Washington, Dec. 8.-Senator Vest to-day Introduced in the senate a resolution providing for the appoint? ment of a joint commission to invest? igate the charges of corruption io the conduct of the war with Spain. The preamble to the resolution recites that "chargea have been made in the public press over the signa? tures of responsible parties that improper and corrupt means have been* used to secure contracts from the government for the purchase of vessels for the navy and for the furnishing of clothing and other necessary articles for the army of the United States doringa the war with Spain at excessive and exhorbi tant ratea.'5 The resolution calls for the appoint? ment of three senators and five mem? bers of the house and imposes upon them the duty of "inquiring as to the truth of all such charges and make report by bill or otherwise " The senators are to be appointed by the president of the .natese and tbe members of the house by the speaker of the house RESULT OF IGNORANCE. Huntingdon, Pa., Dec 8 -Among Bedford's population of 2,800 there are about 200 cases of what is said to be genuine smallpox. This alarm ing condition of affairs was discover? ed yesterday and op to that time there continued an uninterrupted comming? ling of the citizens of the town irre? spective of their physical condition Dr. W. B Atkinson, of Philadelphia, inspector of the State board of health, passed through here to day on his return home from Bedford where he spent yesterday in diagnosing the dis? ease that prevails from one end of the town to the other Men, women aud children, he de? clared, with smallpox crusts ou their bodies and faces, have been traveling the streets day and night and visiting from bouse to house unconscious of the true nature of their affliction The rapid spread of the disease was due to inability of the local phy? sicians to diagnose it, not one of the practicing physicians of the town ever before having treated a smallpox case. Drastic measure were taken to day to preveot the contagion from spreading further The whole town is closely quarantined, policed and guarded and heroic mesures will be prosecuted to cneck the plague. An Enterprising Druggist. There are lew men more wid? awake and ea terprising than J. F. W. DeLorme, who spare no pains to secure the best of everything in their line for their many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. King's New Discovery for Conrumption, Coughs and Colds. This is the wonderful remedy that is producing saco a furor all over thc country by its many startling cures. It absolutely cures Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all affections cf the Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call at above drag store and get a trial bottle free or a regular size for 50 cents and $1. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. 5 _ mi . ? * . ?tmnm If you want a new organ for your old one see Randie. T?ae Colored Collage. ? meeting of a sab-committee of the board of trustees of tbe colored college was held io Columbia oo the 9tb. The Evening Record nays : President Miller is io the city aud be bas his ajaooal report to sabe: ic aod it makes a first-class showing. The State has liberally supported tbe institution aud doubtless Lt will cootioue to do so io the future. Ia the presi? dent's report be shows that there are 511 students io attendance, both boys and giris. He divides them up as to religious persuasion, which &bow3 that the Baptists eome first with over 200 ; theo follows the Methodists aod Pres* byterioos aod other denominations, bat Done have such represen ta ti on as the Methodists aod Baptists. There is ooe Catholic aod two Episcopalians. By States there is a student 'Vom New York aod three or four from North Carolina aod Georgia. Mr. Miller goes ioto details as to what bas been accomplished io improv? ing the buildings. He suggests ao appropriatioo to beat the buildings by steam, instead of stoves, which are a constant source of danger. One steam heater of ordinary capa? city oao heat all the building, aod its establishment will materially decrease the ioenranoe rates. He estimates that the college will need $26,000 to properly roo it the next year aod asks for ao appropriation to that amount. This amount will include what comes from the Hatch aud Scrip food, which goes to the college aod the appropria? tioo from the state treasury will oot necessarily be larger than that hereto? fore made. The report shows that splendid work bas been done io the vari?os industria:, departments, and the president says that the students oot oo ly take a great ioterest ut this part of the work, bat are anzioos aod willing to leara. The students are prepared to be able io life to have some useful occupation by which they cao make aci hooorable liviog, aod that the legislators will liberally support the institution is unquestioned. Oar Hebrew Brethren. The Uoioo of Americao Hebrew Congregations io convention at Rich mood passed the following resolution : "While we are aware of and deplore the abjeot co?dition to which many of oar brethreo are subjected to io foreign lands, aod what have naturally bot unfortunately, aroused io some of them a yearning for a re-establishment in Zioo, yet we delegates of toe Uoioo of Americao Hebrew Congregations, io convention assembled, io view of the active propaganda being made at preseot for the so-called Ziooistie movement, deem it proper and oeoessary to pat itself oo record as follows : "We are unalterably opposed to! political Zionism. The Jews are oot a nation, Dat a religions community. ? Zioo was a precious possession of the past-the early home of oar faith where oar prophets ottered their world sabdaiog thoughts aod oar psalmists sang their world eoehaotiog hymns. "As soeb. it is a holy memory, bot it is oot ooe hope of the future. ''Amerita is oar Ztoo. "Here io the home of religions liberty, we have aided io founding this oew Zioo. the froitioo of abe begiootog laid io the old. Tbe mission of Jodiaism ia spiritual, not political. Its aim is not to establish a State, bot to spread the troths of religion aod bamaoity throughout the world " A Meritorious! Bill. The bill iotroduoed toto the last legislature by Representative Hydriok of this cc un ty to pat all oooviots sentenced to less than five years, oo tbe county obaingaog, io be employed io road-building, was noe of the best measures introduced io the legislature It was a step io the solution of a vexed question sod it ts not surprising that is shooid have passod both the Senate j aod the House by good majorities, it i is surprising, however, that Governor Eilerbe should have vetoed it, at the instance of his guardian angel, Col. Bill Neal. Col. Neal cares nothing for what is best for the state. He is oot interested io good roads or any other public meas? ure that ?oes oot have a direct bearing on bis owo fortunes. He indaoes the state to embark io gigaotic farming schemes and he koew that io order to justify the enterprise be most have all the convicts available. His administra tion bas sacrificed everything to tbe one idea of making a cajh balance to the oredit of the penitentiary. We trust that this bill to put more convicts oo the oounty road1? will be carried early in the coming session aod if the governor dares again to veto it, tbe legislature will no doubt pass it by a two thirds vote over the veto. The state should give up the idea of getting rich producing 4-ceots cotton io competition with tbe farmers. If there is not enough money in the whis? key monopoly there is little hope from cotton, aod it woold be better to depend upon old-fashioned taxation -Spartan burg Herald ANY PERSON Wishing to know the truth in regard to their health should not fail to send for a valuable and new 64-page Booklet which will be sent FREE for a short time to those who mention this paper. This book ia published by the celebrated physi? cians and sp?cialiste-Dr. Hathaway and Co. of 22%. S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga., whom you should address. Write to-day. I gThe happiest ladies ara those using tba j WhittsewiDg BfWBBff^* Hood9? 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City and County Depository Transacts a general Banking business, aiso bas A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days.ot January, April, July and October. W. F. B HAYNSWORTH, W. F. RHAMS, Cashier. President. Jan 13. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. NOTICE IS HKREBT ?IYBN that I will be io my office io the County Court Houtie at Sumter from the 15th of October to the ?llfit of December, 1898s inclusive, for the collection of taxes fur the fiscal year, 1898. The levy is as follows : For State purposes. 5 mille. For county purposes, 3? mill?. For schoo 1 purposes, 3 mills. Total levy, Iii mills. Also the following special school taxes : School District No. 1-2 mills. School District No. 16-2: mills. School District No. 18-2: mills. School District No. 20-3 mills. Mt. Clio, 2 mills. Commutation road tas for 1593 is payable at the same time-tbs amour, t of same haring been raisri by the last General Assembly frene $1 to $1.50. H. L. SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter County. Oct 5 850 in Gold I WUi be Paid to any Man or Worn a; j ttremains for tho celebrated finn of physich md specialists. Dr. Hathaway & Co., (Retv. Graduates Registered), ta place a genuine ow less proposition beforo t?ts public, which hi. lover been made before. We agree tc treat any person afflicted with ar ironic disease and curs them, furnishing me<^ "mea and everything nee^srary for tneir cast\ ? ?or?eit ?50.00 in goi?, providing the pationt fest.1 rolly follows treatment and directions, and tl :aso is a curable ono. 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I am prepared to offer liberal terms to tb ose who are in need of a good safe. For prices and terms address J. A. RENNO, M?h 24. Sumter, S. C Rice! Rice! Rice! Consignments of Rough Rice solicited. Prompt milling and return of proceeds or account sales. Highest market price paid for good Rice. "Carolina Rice Meal" or "Floor," the cheapest and best stock food on tbe market, or sale at low figures. WEST POINT MILL CO., Charleston, S. C. Oct. 19--2m DRIMMIE DENTIST. office OVIR ?TORE OF SCMTKR DRT GOODS COMh?J?Y Kn ti auce on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Sea OFFICE HOURS: 9 tc 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 29.