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C ?Satefeu m? Sou??jraii Ci ) WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER M, 1901. *_ ?___ Swater Watcnrh?n was rounde? in 5fl a?d the 2VM6 Southron in 1866 T ^/r^?nc7,7?. ane? Southron now ha tbf- ornb'o?? oirenlation and icfluence of noth of the old papers, and is m^ni f^s' vthe beat advertising medina Ssmter The Sumter Coffin and Casket Co., has, at the request of those in charge of the Sumter County exhibit, pre? pared a cotefplete exhibit of the pro? duct of their factory and it is now ready for i^'ipment. But at this late day objection bas been raised to hav? ing this ?ihr?it"included in the Sum? ter conn ty display.' We do not see that the objection Is well taken, for if this county is J to have a complete exhibit of the protiact of its factories, cof5ns and caskets must be included, "he manufacture bf coffins and caskets is a large and important industry-one of the mosir important of the coun ty. The Sumter Coffin and Casket Co* has expended considerable money and time on the preparation of their exhibit and it is but; natural that the members of the firm do;not want tc lose whatever benefit ?i8yj^night^derive from having it on exhibition in Charleston. If . they had not taken the trouble to pre? pare the exhibit no question would be raised, but having incurred the ex? pense of jiraparing it they object seri? ously to "being ruled out at the eleventh hour. Senator*Eodge, who is the recogniz? ed administration leader-in the Senate, has intro^ced a Philippine tariff bill that will ate?t'th? conditions brought about by>.the recent. decision of the Supreme^S-kfcrt rn the "fourteen dia? mond rings" case. This Republican measure treats the Philippines as for? eign territory for tariff taxation pur? poses, arti5leeiex-ported therefrom hav? ing to pay: itu import tax before enter? ing the Umteft' States and all articles imported fr^ the United States must pay an import before entering any Philippine port. Nevertheless the Philippines 'is claimed as American territory'oy treaty and purchase, and tfee inhabitants who are in arms against American fule are branded as traitors. 3*fee colonial policy - inau? gurated by vtbe ^Republicans is giving rise to newr^rdblems all the time and ' the deviotts-measures adopted to avert the logical consequences of the ac? quirement of "territory are flatly con? tradictory of precedents and what have been.- regarded as fundamental . principles that should be the basis of all Americian policies. The New-York Evening Post is air? ing a report from Gainesville, Fla., that Mrs. J. B. Johnson has been removed from her position as princi? pal of the Dade City High School be? cause she taught nergo teachers in the summer vacation by appointment . of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The story may be true, but we have doubts, because it is so directly at variance with the policy of Southern educators. In this State, as is well known, prominent white public school teachers and college professors have, for several years, taught in the State summer school for negro teachers and no prejudice was aroused and no one had ought but praise for ^the teachers who accepted this work at the request of the State Superintendent of Education. Mrs. Johnson -may have been dismissed from the Dade City High School, but it is quite possible that her removal was due to other causes than the fact vthat she taught in a summer school for negro teachers. Senators McLaurin and Tillman are working together in the interest of the Charleston Exposition, but they are not any more cordial toward each other than daring the off-year cam? paign meetings last summer.* The tariff is again the paramount issue in Congress and the Democrats have an opportunity to put the Repub? licans in a hole. A winning fight for the reduction of the tariff on necessi? ties will be a victory over the trusts that will benefit the masses and deal the monopolists a severe blow. Cotton Guesser Neill 'maintains that the horse is seventeen feet high. His last crop estimate is eleven anda quar? ter million bales, and this estimate ho puts out in opposition to and in contradiction of the government re? port issued on Tuesday. His estimates have been so wide of the mark for thc past few years that he has lost the almost implicit confidence the public once placed in his estimates. Some years ago he had the power to ad? vance or depress the price of cotton by simply issuing an estimate, but now what he says does not go without ques? tion in the cotton markets of the world. Farm stock is dirt cheap in Marl? boro this year. On salesday a mule sold in Bennettsville for thirty-five cents and an old knife while a horse was traded even for a rooster and an old brass watch, a total value not exceed? ing fifty cents. Attorney General Bellinger has his hands full now, the fight against the Virginia-Carolina fertilizer trust be being well under way. THE NEW SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. Senator Frye Introduces One Somewhat Different From Hanna Payne Measure. "Washington, Dec. 9.-Senator Frye today introduced the new ship subsidy bill. It differs in form from the sub? sidy bill of the past two sessions. It is divided into four titles and fifteen sections. The sections under the title "ocean mail steamships" are devoted to amendments to the ocean mail act of 1891. The postmaster general is required to consider the national de? fense and the maritime interests of the United States as well as postal inter? ests ia providing for the transportation of American ocean mails. The present limit of ocean mail contracts, 10 years, is increased to 15 years. ^ The Frye bill provides seven distinct classes with * rate of S6 to 20-knot steamers increasing from 8,000 to 10,000 tons the minimum size; S3 for 16-knot steamers provided the size is increased from 5,000 tons, the present minimum to 8,000 tons. The proposed maximum mail rates per gross ton per hundred nautical miles are : Over 10,000 tons-20 knots 2.7 cents; 19 knots 2.5 cents. Over 5,000 tons-18 knots 2.3 cents ; 17 knots 2.1 cents ; 16 knots 1.9 cents ; 15 knots 1.7 cents. Over 2,000 tons-14 knots 1.5 cents. Kates for mail steamers to the West Indies, Central America and Mexico cannot exceed 70 per cent, of the maximum rates. The second title "general subsidy" contains the general subsidy for all vessels, Eiteam or sail, which are not under mail contracts. This general subsidy is uniform, 1 cent per gross ton per 100 nautical miles for not ex? ceeding 16 entries in one year. To promote the building of new ocean vssels an additional allowance o? one-fourth of a cent per gross ton is made foi five years. ' Any vessel to receive the general subsidy must carry mails, if required and must train in seamanship or engi? neering one American youth for each 1,COO tons, the vessel to be at the ser? vice of the government, if required for defense. .Any vessel to receive subsidy must be class Al and at least one-fourth of the crew must be Americans. The bill provides an annual bounty of $2 a ton for deep sea fishing vessels, and of $1 a month for American citizens when engaged in deep sea fisheries; that a vessel shall receive only one form of subsidy and that a vessel which has received a subsidy shall not be sold . to a foreigner except by consent of the secretary of the treasury. The bill does nat provide American registry for foreign ships owned by Americans. The Confiscated Liquor. Columbia, Dec. 9.-The effect of the attorney generals' opinion in the mat? ter of the return of liquors seized by the constables has been to at once throw upon the chief executive the consideration and disposition of many applications that were pending befor? the State board. The governor tackled the job yester? day and disposed of a number of cases. One interest] ng case was from Abbe? ville county. Two negroes were car? ried before Magistrate Ashley and the wagon they were driving was con? fiscated. ? One negro was fined and the other was discharged. The magistrate asked what to do with the mule and wagon. It seems that the team be? longed tc a white man who had abso? lutely no knowledge of the liquor mat? ter. The governor ordered the team re? turned to its owner. Some men put a team belonging to Probate Judge Ira B. Jones of Lan? caster county to the same use in the same manner and the constable took the team. The governor promptly or dreed this team returned also. A unique case is up from Sumter county. A gentleman there ordered a case of whiskey for his personal use : it was seized by the constables and shipped to Columbia : the govern? or ordered it returned. When it was being boxed up to be shipped it was discovered that two of the dozen bot? tles that were there when it was seized had disappeared. The State board has been advised that the price of the two missing bottles must be paid to the owner. Several minor applications for the return cf liquors undoubtedly bought for personal use were granted, and some dozen or more for the return of liquors evidently bought for illicit pur? poses were refused.-The State. Mr. Carnegie and His Castle. The public will regret to learn that somebody is trying to make trouble for Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The great steel king and founder of libraries owns a castle-Skibo castle as every ene knows, or ought to know. Mr. Carnegie bought the place in 1S98 for $425.000, which wasn't much, but Mr. Carnegie is democratic and doesn't care a great deal for castles. He could have bought a higher priced article if he had wished to do so. But now comes Mr. Evan Charles Sutherland and sues in the Edinburgh court of sessions to have the sale to Mr. Car? negie set asido. Mr. Sutherland says he bought Skibo castle in 1872 and paid 86.~)0,000 for it, and that he con? veyed it as security to two concerns fn?m which he borrowed money. It is alleged that there were i regularities and the plaintiff wants the sale set aside. We know nothing of the merits of this suit, but eur sympathies are with Mr. Carnegie. We dislike to see his leg pulled, except in the regular way, the method which he has indicate:! as most agreeable to himself.--Allanta Constitution. He Zopt His Lsg. Twelve y fara ago J W Sullivan of Hartford. C nn, scratcned his leg wirh a rust; wire In? fi tnrna?on and blo<?>i poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intensely. Then the lea*, doctors urged amputation, 4 but." he writes, "[ used one bottle of Electric Hitters ?ind \\ boxes of Pucklen'H Arnica Salve ami my Ie* wis sound and well as ever." For eruptions, eczema, tetf.er, salt rheum, sores and ali blood disorders Electric Bitters bas no rival on earth ?ry them. J F W DeLorme will guarantee sat ?faction or iefand money. Only 50c. 4 Carnegie's Last and Greatest Gift. Ten Million Dollars For Univer? sity of Washington-Govern? ment Will Act as Trustee. Washington. Dec. 9.-The Washing ton Post tomorrow will say : * President Roosevelt has receivd a letter from Andrew Carnegie, in which the latter offers to make a donation of 610,000,000 to the United States. The letter will be referred to congress by the president in a special message. Mr. Carnegie's gift is for the pur? pose of establishing in Washington a university for higher education. As far as his idea has been developed, it proposes a gift after the manner of the bequest of James Smithson, the Englishman, who gave 81,000,000 for the establishment and maintenance of what is now known as the Smithson? ian institute. ' Smithson desired the institution founded by him to be a factor in "the diffusion of scientific knowledge." Mr. Carnegie proposes that the university which he is to en? dow shall be the greatest institution in the world for the development of higher education, fie has consulted President Gilman of Jones Hopkins university ; President Hadley of Yale : President Eliot of Harvard; Former President White of Cornell, and all the leading educators of the country. They heartily endorse his plans. The proposed university will not interfere in the least with the educational insti? tutions already established, but will supplement them, for, according to the present plan, its doors will be open only to those who desire to take up a post graduate course. Mr. Carnegie also wants the new university to take the lead in original research, so that the United States can eventually stand side by side with Germany, if not excel the nation, in scentific develop? ment. Mr. Carnegie's plan does not propose a national university in the sense that an appproriation will be asked or needed. The government is simpply to be the trustee or the magnificent endowment,.just as it administers the fund bequeathed by Smithson. It is probable that a board of regents will be appointed, as in the case of the Smithsonian institute, or it may be that the government will be represent? ed upon the board of directors, which, it is contemplated, shall consist of men of national reputation. Mr. Carnegie has kept the proposed endowment a secret until he could definitely arrange the plans and scope of the new university. Even yet all these details have not been arranged, so that little more than the outline of his gift can be published. It is known, however, that he does not propose to ask from congress a single foot of land upon which the university buildings* will be constructed. The entire ex? pense is to be borne out of his endow? ment. No site has yet been selected. It will, however, necessarily be very large, as it is proposed to erect a series of magnificent structures. The amount of money to be given by Mr. Carnegie equals the sum of the present endowment fund of Harvard, and is considerably more than the in? vested fund of Yale. With the Cath? olic university, the Methodist univer? sity and the proposed Carnegie uni? versity, Washington will be the educa? tional center of the country. New Oil Competition. Russia, which competes with the United States for the export petroleum trade of the world, produced in 1900 35 per cent, of all the petroleum offered for sale in the markets of the world namely, 365 million gallons, out of a total production of one billion gallons. But Russia in the same year produced three and a third billion gallons of naptha, while the production of the United States was only two and one tenth billion gallons. The weakness shown by Russia in supplying the world's petroleum mark? et was due to the fact that the Rus? sian freight rates to the seaboard were too high and the means of transporta? tion insufficient. The reason usually given in Russia in explanation of why producers give more attention to the manufacture of naptha products than to the refining of oil is correct only be? cause of the obstacles to transporta? tion just mentioned. At present the means for conveying the oil from the shores of the Caspian Sea, where it is produced, to the Black Sea, where it is opened to th? markets of the world, is by the Bakn Batum Railway. This line is 558 miles long and has a double track for only two short stretches. It is capa? ble of transporting with its present equipment only about 400,000,000 gal? lons per annum, but the amount is rarely over 300,000,000 gallons, owing to the frequency of railway accidents. The Russian Government is seeking to facilitate the transportation cf oil by the construction of a pipe line, which will parallel the railroad. There have been about 230 miles of this line constructed so far, and an imperia order has been issued for the construc? tion of the rest. This will give an an? nual output of 625,000,000 gallons per annum. The cost for transmission for each pood (five gallons) of petroleum through the pipe line will cost the State six-tenths of a cent, the net cost by rail being two cents. These statistics, which are taken from the advance sheets of the con? sular reports, make it clear that the Russian petroleum industry will soon be enabled to compete with the Ameri? can in the markets of the world, if other conditions remain favorable, for the Trans-Caucasian petroleum pipe line will force Russia into the world's markets as a seller. This will place, in Germany's hands a powerful weapon in the negotiating of new com mecial treaties with Russia. Courier Journal. Thousands Sen Into Szile. Eve y \a\r ;i larga number <>f poor sufFrrers who-e lunga arr gore and racked wi.h coti^l).? ?re urged to go to anorher uliacate. But this is costly and n >t always sure. Don't be an exile when Dr King'.* New Discovery for Consomp? tion will cure you. at home lt's the most in? fallible medicine for cough?, colds, and ?M throat avid lung diseases on earth. Th? first dose brings relief. Afetounding cures result from persistent uso. Trial bottles free at J F W DeLormeV. Price 50c and $1 Every bottle guaranteed. 4 Our Senators Nade a Spectacle of i Themselves Monday. Conduct Bordering on the Ridicu- j lous-Reminder of Gaffney. Washington, Dec. 9.-The spectators in the crowded galleries of the senate thought for a time this afternoon that they were to witness the spectacle of two Palmetto State senators resigning their seats. It was one of the most dramatic scenes witnessed in the his? toric chamber for many years, when Senator Tillman challenged Senator McLaurin to quit the senatein company with him and to go borne and wash their dirty linen. One of the amusing features of the entire affair was that after the two South Carolinians had pitched in and lugged at each other, the grave and sedate Senator Hoar, of I Massachusetts, got a chance to review the law and the precedent in such cases, from all of which he drew the conclusion that the seats were really vacant because the two senators after they had once resigned to the governrr could not recall their resignations. The fight started with Senator Mc? Laurin rising to a question of person? al privilege. Senator Tillman sat but a few feet away and scowled fiercely as his colleague proceeded. Mr. Mc? Laurin referred to the criticisms of himself in the public prints and to the newspaper statements that he had been denied admission to the Demo? cratic caucus. He insisted that he was still a Democrat and was urging the appointment of Democrats to office, but when he could not get Dem? ocrats appointed he wanted to see de? cent Kepublicans appointed for the ac? commodation of the people of his State and for the benefit of the public ser? vice. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, took a hand and said he had asked Mr. McLaurin last spring whether he wanted to be included in the Demo j eratic caucus and McLaurin had told him that he did not wish" to go into ; the Democratic caucus, as it might be j embarrassing to him, nevertheless he wished to attend. Senator Jones added that for two years Mr. McLaurin had been voting with the Kepublicans and he (Jones) had said on the Republican side of the j chamber that he did not think the Democrats would like to have charged to them any committee assignments that might be given to Mr. McLaurin. Senator Tillman finally got a word and while responding, as stated above, declared that a little later he would reply at greater length. He said he hoped the matter of resignations, dis? cussed by Senator Hoar, might be taken up by the committee on judici? ary.* While Senator Hoar was talking dur? ing the controversy Mr. McLaurin tried to break in but did not succeed. Senator Hoar declared that in 125 years there had been about 200 resig? nations of senators and Senator Mc'Lau rin's case was the only one where the resignation had been withdrawn. As the wrangling continued the senate went into executive session. - ^ ll I I 'O < M Winter Service From the Northwest to Florida, Season I90M902. The Southern Railway, with its Florida connections^-the Plant System and Florida East Coast Railway will, beginning January 6th, inaugurate its especially high class class service be? tween Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Detroit, Louisville and Cincinnati via Chattanooga, Atlanta, Macon and Jesup to Jacksonville and St. Augustine. The Cincinnati & Florida Limited will continue to mn as at present leaving Cincinnati 8.30 a. m., south? bound and leaving Jacksonville 7:45 p. m. northbound, this being a through train with Pullman sleepers, coaches and cafe cars, running daily between Jacksonville and Cincinnati. This train will be supplemented on January 6th by a through sleeping car between St. Augustine and Chicago via the Monch Route north of Cincinnati. The Chicago and Florida Special which was inaugurated January 15th last and which made for itself such an enviable record and was the means of inducing much travel from Chicago and the West'to Florida, will begin January 5th, 1901, this season and .run until the close of the Florida Tourist season. This train will have sleeping cars between Chicago and St. Augus? tine daily except Sunday via both he Big Four and Penna, Lines ; between Cleveland and St. Augustine via the Big Four ; between Pittsburg and St. Augustine via Penna, Lines; and be? tween Louisville and St. Augustine via Southern Railway. The cars from Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Pitts? burg uniting at Cincinnati, leave Cin? cinnati southbound at 9.30 p. m., tak? ing on the Observation Sleeping Car from Louisville, Ky., at Lexington, Ky., passing Atlanta next morning 10:35 a. m., arriving Jacksonville 8:30 p. m., St. Augustine 9:30 p. m. This train will have complete dining car service and will be established this year a week sooner than it was put on last season, and it is expected will even be more successful than last sea? son, which was the first year the train was operated. The enterprise of the officiais of the Southern Railway in establishing this expensive and luxur? ious service has a great influence in the directing of tourists from Chicago and the west and also from the Central States to Florida as against Califor fornia. California has in recent years made a very strong bid for this tourists business, but with the superb service, being double daily and mest, luxurious, from Central States to Florida and advantages of Florida as a tourists resort, it is ex pected that a larger number of visitors will go to Florida front the west and northwest this season titan ever before, arni the entire southwest will be benefit ted by the increased number of visitors, cte. The Southern Railway has also now in operation through sleeping cars between Kansas City and Jacksonville via Memphis, Birmingham and Atlan? ta in connection with the Frisco Sys? tem; and continue to operate the all year round through sleeper between Cincinnati and Jacksonville via Har riman Junction, Knoxville, Asheville Columbia and Savannah. Two desperate men made a preacher of Acton, 111., jump from the pul? pit at the point of a pistol last Sunday evening. GREAT REDUCTION SALE FROM HOW UNTIL ?, I802,^,1I1^1I...?"L!?,S Pictures, Easels, Jardinier Stands, Music Racks And many other useful articles suitable for Christmas presents, At Greatly Reduced Prices. We have the largest and best selected stock we have carried in y^ars, and o^n save You ?flEonoy On anything in our lines. Come and be convinced. Window and Picture Glass at the old low prices. Yours to please, .I. i ? raig Furniture Co. 7-21 Municipal Restaurants. The city of Nantes, in France, has been recently experimenting in feed? ing the poor and destitute by means of municipal soup kitchens. At first these charities were operated at a heavy cost to the city, which has now been reduced to about $1,500 a year. The kitchens are opened from the 15th of October to the 15th of April, and two meals are served each day the morning one from 10:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. and an evening meal from 5 to 7:30 p. m. Tickets entitling the holder to one dish on the bill of fare are deposited for sale in the various bakeries and tobacco shops of the city, where they are purchased for gratuit? ous distribution by the charitably dis? posed. The privilege of taking meals in these kitchens is not restricted to the destitute classes. Many laborers take their meals there on account of the moderate prices. For example, a meal costing five cents can be obtained, which will consist of a plate of meat, a bowl of soup and a small loaf of bread. ^ It is interesting to note in connec? tion with these kitchens that no wine is served in any of them.-Richmond Times. THETRUT SOLUTION. Representative Kitchen, of North Carolina, has introduced a joint reso? lution providing for the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitu? tion of the United States. Here is the simple solution of the negro problem in politics. We believe that the great majority of the white people of the United States are, at heart, in favor of Mr. Kitchen's resolution, and if they had the courage to vote as they think, a dark cloud which hangs over this country would be dissipated and the political atmosphere would be much clearer. We believe that the very best thing that could happen tc the black man would be the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment. An honest, straightforward suffrage law would then be enacted in each of the South? ern States and the black man would i be admitted to the suffrage as he ! showed himself to be qualified to vote I intelligibly. But the Northern people haven't the courage to right the wrong that they have done.-Richmond Times. Soft Harness You can mate your har? ness cs soft as a glove and as tocgh as wire by using EUREKA Har ness Oil. You can lengthen ils life-nuke it lost twice E3 long as it ordinarily would. EUREKA Harness Oil makes a poor looting har? ness like new. Made of pure, heavy bodied oil, es? pecially prepared to with? stand the weather. Sold everywhere in cans-all sizes. Made by STANDARD OIL CO. V! ?Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-j |ent business conducted for MODERATE PEES. ?OL'-? OrncE IS OPPOSITE. U.S. PATEN TOTFICEJ iona wecansecure paten: in less time thin ?hose; ^remote from Washington. Send modei, drawing or photo., with descrip-j >t?on. We advise, if patentable or not, frc? of! [charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. ? ? A PAMPHLET, M How to Obtain Patents," with? ?cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries^ {sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. i TON, D. C. OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHI Blaster's Sale. BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter county, in the State of South Carolina, in the case of Mark Reynolds against Mary Ann Brad? ley Brown. I will sell to the highest bid? der, at public auction at the Court House in the city of Sumter, in the county of Sumter, in said State, on saleday in Jan? uary. 1902, being the sixth day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described real estate, to wit : "Situate, lying and being in the city and county of Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, bounded north by lot No. 30, measuring thereon one hundred and two and one-half feet, east by Brand street of said city, measuring thereon fifty feet ; south by lot of J. D. Blandiug. measuring tiiereon one hundred and two and on^-half feet, being the lot purchased from J. D. Blandiug, deed recorded in Book N. N. N. 443. for which balance of purchase this mortgage is given." Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, Dec ll Master for Sumter County.