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PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL
Designated as a Temporary Meas
ure Endorsing Action of Philip?
pine Commission.
"Washington, Dec. IO.-The Repub?
lican members of the ways and means
committee today agreed upon a Phil?
ippine tariff bill. It is designated as a
temporary measure and provides that
the tariff laws of the Philippine com?
mission shall have mil force and effect.
After enacting the Philippine tariff
the bill goes on to provide :
"Section 2. That on and after the
passage of this act there shall be
levied, collected and paid upon all
articles imported into . the United
States from the Philippine archipel?
ago, the rates of duty which are re?
quired to be levied, collected and paid
upon like articles imported from for?
eign countries.
"Section 3. That on and after the
passage of this act the same tonnage
taxes shall be levied, collected and
paid upon all vessels coming into the
Umted States from the Philippine
archipelago which are required by law
to be levied, collected and paid upon
vessels coming into the United States
from foreign countries until the first
day of January, 1905. Provided, how?
ever, that the provisions of law
restricting to vessels of the United
States the transcription of passengers
and merchandise directly or indirectly
from one port of the United States to
another port of the United States shall
not be applicable to foreign vessels en?
gaging in trade between the Philippine
archipelago and the United States.
"Section 4. That the duties and
taxes collected in the Philippine archi?
pelago in pursuance of this act, less the
cost of collecting the. same and the
gross amount of all collections of \
duties'and taxes in the United States
upon articles imported from the Phil?
ippine archipelago and upon vessels
coming therefrom shall not be covered
into the general fund of the treasury
of the United States, but shall beheld
as a separate fund and paid into the j
treasury of the Philippines to be used ?
and expended for the government and
benefit of said islands.
"Section 5. That when duties pre- ?
scribed by this act are based upon the
weight of merchandise deposited in
any public or private bonded ware?
house, said duties shall be levied and
collected upon the weight of such
merchandise at the time of its entry.
"Section 6. That all articles manu?
factured in bonded manufacturing
warehouses in whole or in part of im?
ported materials, or of materials
subject to internal revenue tax and
intended for exportation from the Uni?
ted States to the Philipine islands
shall, when so exported, under such
regulations as the secretary of the
treasury may prescribe, be exempt
from internal revenue tax, and shall
not be charged with duty except the
duty levied under this act upon im?
ports into the Philippine islands."
"CHERRY TBEE"SCHEMFEXPOSED.
Indicted for Fraudulent Use of
the Mails.
The "Amos Owen Cherry Tree Com?
pany" has been indicted at Charlotte,
N. C., for fraudulent use of the mails.
This concern has been carrying on one
of the great "get rich quick" schemes,
it seems, and most persons have heard
of its workings. A feeling of indigna?
tion arose against the business in
North Carolina and warrants have been
issued for the arrest of the manipula?
tors of the scheme. The following
history of the concern comes from the
Charlotte "Observer:"
Dr. Frank Bright [formerly of Hen?
rietta, now moved to Florida), start?
ed the affair, and feeling soon became
strong against him Henrietta, and
about October 1, 1901, he disposed of
the matter leaving it to his father,
Rev. T. Bright, who had the company
incorporated during October, and sold
it to C. D. Wilkie, o? Rutherfordton,
about November L Mr. Wilkie was
the author of an article published at
about this time, stating that the com?
pany was on a firm basis and doing a
legitimate business (cr to that effect).
He sold to Chas! Watkins of Henriet?
ta and Geo. W. Rollins, of Forest
Citv, about November 20, and they
sold to M. C: (or C. M. ) Paget, of
Henrietta (?) or Forest City (?) about
Norvember 25th.
Killed by Desperado.
Houston, Tex., Dec. ll.-Today
when officers J. C. James and Herman
Youngst attempted to arrest an alleged
bunco steerer. Sid Preacher, the latter
opened fire with a shotgun. At the
first fire he mortally wounded James,
who fell. He then "fired at Youngst,
knocking bim down and was on top
of him beating the officer when James
raised himself from the gutter and
fired throe times, killing Preacher.
James and Youngst died within the
same moment.
Preacher was well known to the po?
lice and has been arrested frequently.
The police have been watching him
closely during carnival week. With a
shotgun on his shoulder he went to
the police today and complained that
they* were interfering in his business
The poiice attempted to arrest him
when he opened fire on them. Several
hundred people saw the duel. To?
night a warrant was sworn out by the
deputy chief of police for J. B. Brock?
man, * Preacher's attorney, charging
him with murder and he has been
jailed. It is charged by the police
the attorney advised Preatcher to use
a shotgun in case any attempt was
made to arrest him. Late in the af?
ternoon a bov with two shotguns and
a iarge number of buckshot cartridges
which ho said he was carrying to
Brockman's office was arrested and the
arms confiscated.
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?MRS. A. G. DENNIS ALMOST KILLED
Washington Tragedy That Rivals
Bonine Case ; Beaten With a
Piano Stool.
Washington, Dec. IO.-Mrs. Ada
Gilbert Dennis, a fashionable dress?
maker, was found in an almost dying
condition in her room at 5 o'clock this
morning under circumstances that
promise to rival the Bonine murder
case. Her skull was fractured, jaw?
bone broken and left ear almost sever?
ed from the head. Her left arm bore
bruise's indicative of a struggle and her
clothing'and bedding were saturated
with blood. She was removed to the
Garfield hospital and a large force
of detectives put on the case. The
name of her assailant is unknown.
The general belief is that Mrs. Den?
nis was attacked while asleep in her
back room on the first floor, and that
the first blow, in all probability ad?
ministered with a piano stool, which
was smeared with blood, rendered her
unconscious. The preliminary inves?
tigations by the police fail to indicate
that "here was any stinggle. Mrs.
Dennis, in a conscious moment while
being carried to the hospital said that
some one had "hurt" her, but when
pressed for details merely responded,
"never mind." Robbery apparently
was not the motive for the crime, as
on the table at the foot of the bed, in
plain view, was a small box contain?
ing a pocketbook well filled with
greenbacks and other money. There
was a bloody imprint of a hand on the
piano lid in the parlor and a window
in thai room was open. It is supposed
the assailant escaped through this win?
dow. When Mrs. Dennis was found
she was clad in her night garments
and was in bed under the cover.
She was partly conscious, although
she has been unconscious most of the
time since. The detectives are satis?
fied that several blows of the piano
stool must have been wielded with con
sdierabie force and that there was no
outcry at least after the first blow.
Her groans, however, were heard by
a woman on the third floor, and in an
adjoining house. About the same
time Policeman Livingston and a
watchman who were two blocks away,
heard what they believed to be a
woman's scream.
Mrs. Dennis is about 47 years old,
and is one of the best known women
in business here. She is the widow
of Walter Dennis, an actor.
An Evangelist's Story.
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or lung trouble and tried various remedies
but did not obtain permanent relief until
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APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.
Speaker Henderson Announces
Them ; House Adjourns Until
Friday.
Washington, Dec. 10.-Speaker Hen?
derson at the session of the house to?
day announced the appointment of the
committees. Usually the committes
are not appointed until after the holi?
day recess, but Speaker Henderson had
the situation well in hand when con?
gress met, and having completed the
lists, he announced them. The early
appointment of the committeees should
facilitate legislation considerably, as
the committees can now organize and
get their work under way before the
holiday adjournment. A resolution for
the distribution of the president's mes?
sage was made the occasion of a gene?
ral speech on the Philippines by the
venerable Ex-Speaker Galusha A.
Grow of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Burke of South Dakota formal?
ly announced the death of Senator
Kyle, and as a mark of respect the
house immediately adjourned. The
adjournment was until Friday.
The recess for the holidays will be
from Dec. 19 to Jan. 6.
A Sensible Suggestion.
If the time for paying taxes is to be
extended as usual the Governor and
Comptroller should at once take the
matter ir. hand and issue a notice to
that effect to the county treasurers.
There is no sense in compelling treas?
urers to enter penalties on their books
only to be taken off when the Legis?
lature meets and extends the time.
If there is ever any excuse for extend?
ing the time this year certainly fur?
nishes one.-Darlington News.
GROAN'S NICARAGUA BILL.
Washington, Dec. 10.-Senator Mor?
gan today introduced a bill providing
for the construction of the Nicaragua
cana!. The bill provides an aggregate
of 8180,000,000 of which 35,000,000 is
made immediately available and which
aggregate sum such amounts as are
necessary are to be appropriated by
congress from time to time. The con?
trol of the canal and of the canal
belt is vested in a board of
eight citizens of the United States
in addition to the secretary of war,
who is to be president. The members
of the board are to be paid a salary
of 88,000 a year each, and they are to
be chosen regardless of poiltical affilia?
tion. There is a provision authoriz?
ing the establishment of a regiment
from the regular army on the canal
belt to properly guard it,and courts also
are authorized conformable to the
powers granted by th? governments of
Xirarauga and Costa Rica. There also
is a proviison making three divisions
of the canal during the construction
and there is to be a chief engineer and
two assistants on each division, the
chief to receive a salary of 80,000
and the assistant 83,000.
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been troubled with a disordered stomach
say?, "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
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FATHER HALPIN LEAVES JESUITS.
Withdrawal From the Jesuit Order
Very Unusual.
Savannah, Ga., Dee. H.-Rev.
Father P. A. Halpin, formerly of St.
Francis Xavier's, New York, but now
of the household of Bishop B. J.
Kelley in this city, has withdrawn
from the Society of Jesus, with which
for the greater part of his life he has
been connected, and is now a member
of the secular priesthood.
Father Halpin's withdrawal, sanc?
tioned by the pope, took place last
April, but was not made known gen?
erally. Now that the fact has beocme
public it has excited much interest.
Withdrawal from the Jesuit order
has been said to be extremely rare,
and effected only with the sanction of
the pope himself. Father Halpin had
been a Jesuit priest for more than for?
ty years when he asked to be released
from the vows of poverty and obedi?
ence which he had given as a young
man. The announcement of his with?
drawal has caused much regret and
curiosity as to the cause for an action
so nearly unprecedented.
Father Halpin is a distinguished
scholar and preacher. His opinion
was sought and respected. He enter?
ed Fordham, college as a scholastic and
eventually became vice-president of the
college. He served as vice-president
of the College of St. Francis Xavier.
Many men now conspicuous in public
life in this city studied under his
direction.
While no detailed statement is given
at the college of the reasons which led
Father Halpin to separate himself
voluntarily from his associations of a
lifetime, it is understood among the
alumni of St. Francis Xavier in New
York that the condition of his health
had made the routine of monastic life
impossible for him. Several months
ago he was prostrated by the heat, and
he suffered much from the after
effects.
Father Halpin, in accordance with
the regulations of the church, laid his
application for release, with his rea?
sons, before the provincial of the order,
who transmitted them with his ap?
proval, to the general in Rome. After
having been approved by the general
the petition was referred to the pope,
who gave Father Halpin the permis?
sion he sought.
Father Halpin said yesterday that it is
no unusual thing to secure a with?
drawal from the Society of Jesus. His
own he secured because of the ill state
of his health. He came to Savannah in
September and expects to remain
here, so long as the climate agrees with
him as well as it has done since his
arrival.-Savannah News.
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A Lesson in Corporation Laws.
Some years ago, says the Insurance
Herald, the insurance commissioner
of Ohio in his annual report laid par?
ticular stress on the bad effect of the
valued policy laws and other laws
inimical to the business of fire insur?
ance. In that report he stated that
in France the average rate of insur?
ance is only eight cents on each $100
insured, while in the United States
the average rate exceeds a hundred
cents on each $100 of the amount in?
sured. Our insurance contemporary
says that this is due to "valued pol?
icy laws" in the different States tend?
ing to encourage rather than pre
vent arson, and thinks that it is a
great pity that these comparisons have
not been brought to the attention of
legislators in the several States, so
that they might address themselves
to the task of securing the repeal of
all laws adverse to insurance interests
and to the enactment of stringent pro?
tective laws somewhat on the order
of those in France. But the Herald
goes on to say that the Legislatures
of many States do not know, or if
they know, do not heed the prevailing
effect of most of these regulative
statutes which do more harm than
good. This example is given :
Some years ago the State of Virginia
enacted what is popularly know as the
Wharton law, under which the South?
eastern Tariff Association was driven
from that State. At that time, or
rather for each of the two years be?
fore, the average rate for fire insur?
ance in Georgia and Virignia was the
same. It was contended that the effect
of that law would be to reduce rates,
but thefact is that although, as above
stated, the average rate in Virginia
and Geeorgia for each of the two
years preceding the enactment of the
iaw was precisely the same, the aver?
age rate in Virginia has increased to
$1.40, while the Southeastern Tariff
Association is allowed to operate, it
has decreased to 81.24, a difference of
21 cents, which is nearly three times
the total average rate in France,
where good laws prevent fire. While,
we are informed, it was stated a few
weeks a??o in the Virginia Constitu?
tional Convention that the Wharton
law had saved to the people of that
State $150,000, the fact is that it has
not saved them one dollar, but has
increased their premiums. It; had cost
the city of Norfolk not less than $30,
000, and probably nearer $40,000 up to
that lime. We might go more into
detail as to the effect of tile Virginia
law referred to in different cities in
that State, but the central fact above
stated of the increased average rate in
Virginia and the decrease in Georgia
teils the story sufficiently for this
time.
We do not vouch for these state?
ments, for we have not liad the oppor?
tunity to examine the records, but a
well known insurance agent of Rich?
mond says that he has made an inves?
tigation and has verified the compara?
tive figures given by tile Insurance
Herald. At any rate the statement is
worthy of attention and investigation
by the membership of the Constitu?
tional Convention and General Assem
bly. As a general proposition ,we be?
lieve that nine-tenths of the so-called
anti-trust laws do more harm than
! good.-Richmond Times.
BEN GATES KILLED
BY THE REGULATORS.
Special to The State.
Lexington, Dec. IL-This morning
about 2 o'clock the house of Ben
Gates, a negro tenant on the Halti
wanger place, near Counts' fei-y, was
broken open and those entering fired
on Gates as he arose from his bed.
The negro was shot down and died
about an hour afterwards.
Coroner Wilson was at once notified
and thus the above information reach?
ed here. It is not known whether the'
act was committed by whites or blacks,
but it appears that the intention was
to "white cap" or "regulate" him,
which was cut short as Gates was able
to reach his gun as he alighted from
his bed, and was shot down to keep
him from the gun.
Attacking the South's Represen?
tation.
The effort in congress to reduce
the south's representations on account
of the educational qualification of
voters adopted in several states in re?
cent years got an early start this ses?
sion, when Representative Moody, of
Massachusetts, introdued a resolution
Monday. He proposes to make a test
case in the matter of the Louisiana
delegation, which is elected under the
new provisions of the enfrnchisement
law adopted by several southern
states.
It is said he is backed by several
northern republicans. Representative
Crumpacker, of Indiana, has a meas?
ure along the same line that he will
introduce this week.
Georgia has nothing to lose by any
such scheme. This state has refused
to adopt the educational qualifiation
and the negro stands just where the
white man stands-he can vote if he
pays his taxes, and doesn't get into the
penitentiary.
In many states of the . north educa?
tion is compulsory, and everywhere
ignorance is regarded as a menac to
good government. One of the greatest
efforts of this strenuous age is in the
direction of enlightenment, and the
general dissemination of knowledge.
The south has done nobly by the black
man. She has taxed herself heavily
and divided her money generously for
the education of negro children. She
will continue to do so. One effect of
the educational qualification may be
to stimulate the negro to increased
effort in obtaining an education. If
this should happen the black man
will be benefited, and in the end he
will not be disfranchised.
So far as the threat to reduce the
south's representation is concerned,
it will have no effect and cause no
alarm. This section has never traded
in politics, lt has never bartered
its convictions for any advantages
that could come thereby. It has stood
I for an honest tariff and an honest gov?
ernment for all the people and all
the sections. There have been those
who criticised the south for this, say?
ing that a policy of trading would have
brought to this section material bene?
fits that have gone to others, but it
was never done. The critics of those
southern states that have adopted the
educational qualificiation may be sure
of one thing: that those states will
not be driven from their convictions
of what is best by any threatened or
actual reduction of representation in j
congress. No matter what the south's
representation is, it will stand for the
integrity and intelligence of the sec?
tion. One such man is more to be
desired than any number 'chosen for
the mere purpose of salary grabbing
and political stock jobbing.
The deplorable part of this business
is the mean and vindictive spirit at
the bottom of the resolution.-Atlanta
Journal.
FREE CANADA.
The Dominion of Canada is not only
one of the freest and best governed
countries, but it does not hestitate to
assert its independence of Great
Britain in many matters of policy.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, the great man
who is at the head of the Canadian
government, expressed the ruling senti?
ment of his people when he declared
in a pablic adress at the queen's last
jubilee: "We are loyal pecause we
are free."
And Canada is loyal to Great
Britain to a degree that has often
been illustrated very strikingly.
No part of the British empire con?
tributed a finer body of troops for
service in the South African war
and none did harder fighting.
The press of Canada is notably able
and in its comments upon British
policy is severely critical on many
occasions. While Canada is very pros?
perous and all classes of its people are
doing well, the census taken a few
months ago showed such a small in?
crease of population as to cause much
disappoin tment and to provoke inquiries
as to the reasons for this slow
growth. The Toronto Globe, the
mest influential paper in the domin?
ion, lays the responsibility upon the
British administration. It is rasping
the Salisbury cabinet because instead
of encouraging immigration to Canada
it actually hampers it. The Globe
believes there are millions of people in
England and Ireland who could im?
prove their condition greatly by re?
moving to Canada and that it would
be good policy for Great Britain to
give them inducements to do so.
This is a matter, says The Globe, of
far more importance to England than
to Canada, and declares that if there
were more statesmanship in the direc?
tion of British policies the Dominion
ot Canada would enjoy a large and
steady influx of population of the
most desirable character.
Canada now habitually adopts a tone
toward the home government that
would not. have been tolerated even
thirty years ago, but it is now not
only accepted in Englanud in good
humor, but a great, proportion of the
English people openly express their
admiration of it. Atlanta Journal.
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THE BANK OF SUMTER;
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depositary
Capval stock paid in, . . $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00
Individual liability of stockholders
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