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? SENSATION IN THE SENATE.
Depetrs Speech on Election of
Senators by the People.
Washington, April IO.-An effort
was made today in the Senate to ob?
tain an agreement upon a time for a
vote on the Chinese exclusion bill,
but it was unsuccessful. The indica?
tions now are that the vote will be
taken next Tuesday. The measure
was under discussion during the entire
session today, except for about an
hour, in which time the postoffice ap?
propriation bill was considered and
passed. Three speeches were made
1 against the Chinese bill in its present
form, Senator Dillinhgam, of Ver?
mont, concluding his remarks, and
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, and Sen?
ator Hoar, of Massachusetts, stating
' their objections to the bill. Senator
Stewart said he would vote for the
measure if it was the best that could
be obtained, as he favored the
exclusion of Chinese laborers, but he
was opposed to many of the provis?
ions of the measure. Senator Hoar,
with considerable feeling, announced
his vigorous opposition to the bill,
declaring that he never would vote
for it
% Early in the session Senator De
pew, of New York, spoke briefly
against the adoption of the resolution'
providing for the election of senators
by popular vote. In fact, he served
notice upon those States which had
limited their suffrage that if the reso?
lution was enacted a demand would be
made upon them to accord all their
citizens the right to vote or suffer a
-.oss of representatives in coongress.
NEWS' ITEMS.
There has'been filed in the office of
Register of Mesne Conveyance of
Oconee county for record, a deed by
CoL R. E. "Bowen of Pickens, S.
C., tc. Benedict Love Company, of
Nashville, Tenn., conveying 20,086
acres, in consideration of $35,150.50.
Of this purchase 16,830 acres belong?
ed to-the estate of the late William J.
Duffie, deceased. The land lies main?
ly on Keowee and Whitewater rivers
in Oconee county, and Laurel Fork
Creek and Toxaway river in Pickens
county. The purchasers are large
manufacturers of lumber and have
*bought these lands principally for
their timber.
The State against the Virginia
Carolina Chemicial Company to test
the anti-trust law will be heard by
Judge Buchanan in Richland court
this month.
A contract has been awarded by E.
W. Robertson to a Louisville firm for
erecting a 12-story building in Colum?
bia where the Kendall building now
"""stands. !
*The "John Wesley tree" at Thun?
derbolt, Savannah, was cut down
recently by a steel railway company.
-The tradition for a hundred years
has been that Wesley frequently
preached under the tree.
The name of Lieutenant Charles
irroll Wood, a nephew of Jefferson
)avis, appears as the first on the roll
"of honored dead on Canada's memo?
rial statue in Halifax to her soldiers
who have fallen in the Boer war.
Fire Losses in Three Months.
, The New York Journal of Commerce
: and Commercial Bulletin says :
"The fire loss of the United Stares
and Canada for the month of March,
as compared from our dailv record,
shows a total loss of $12,056,600.
The following table will give compari
'sons by months :.
1900. 1901. 1002.
January. $11.755.390 $16.574.950 $15.032.800
Febraarv. 15.427.000 13.992.000 21.010.500
March. " 13.349.200 15.036.250 12.056.600
Total. $40.531.500 $45.603.200 $4<.099.900
"The year so far shows an increase
?a fire losses of about $2,500,000, as
against the first quarter of 1901, and of
over $7,000,000 as against the same
I period of 1900. Altogether, it is very
\ apparent that some steps should be
taken to reduce this great annual
waste of the nation's wealth. Proba?
bly the rigid enforcement of thorough
^regulations to control electricity
I would cut off mililons of dollars each
year, and proper prosecution of inendi
aries would make a still further
reduction." ???????J
No Discharge Gf Debts for a Gam?
bier and Speculator.
A decision by the New York Circuit
Court of Appeals, just rendered, is of
much interest to bankruptcy lawyers.
The petitioner, a former silk mer?
chant, schedules liabilities of $973,
000, assets of $196,000. His creditors
vigorously opposed a discharge of the
f Aebts. In its decision the Court of
Appeals says:
"From September 19, 1S98, to April
12, 1900, the petitioner was hopelessly
?Dsolvent, yet in that period he* lost in
gambling houses, at roulette and fare
and other games of chance more than
8160,000, and paid that sum out of
money drawn from his busines, as wei
as about $75,000, which he lost in
stock speculations.
"Knowing he could not meet his ob?
ligations, he turned to gambling and
stock speculation in hope of retriev?
ing his losses, but went from bad to
, worse, and rapidly used up his assets
I and the money of his creditors."
f- On this account the referee's recom
? mendation denying a discharge of the
debts was upheld.
further Extension of the Penn?
sylvania.
The Chicaigo Record-Herald says:
Upon the authority of a large stock?
holder in the Plant System it is stated
that the Pennsylvania interests will
soon acquire possession of the allied
?ant and Atlantic Coast Line
systems.
In this fact, it is alleged, is to be
found the reason for the purchase by
the Atlantic Coast Line of the Plant
Syssem, which has surprised the rail
?-road ivorld. Should the Pennsylvania
secure the two systems they will add a
total of 3,970 miles of line, bringing
%he total to 20,000 miles under one
| control.
A TOAST
Ah, drink if ye will to a sweetheart
urne
And a wife of faith undaunted :
And drink in the praise of their fetch?
ing ways,
To charms that have long been vaunt?
ed:
And drink to the eyes and drink to
the lips,
Aye, drink, since drink we must,
But when ye've done, drink every
one
To the girl the women trust.
Ah, drink if ye will to one whose faith
Can last through years untroubled :
And drink to the trust that is never
marred
Thougn a man's deceit be doubled :
And drink to the songs and drink to
the sighs
Of earth and of'heaven above;
But the proudest boast is to drink a
toast
To the girl the women love.
Aye, drink to the lass who can praise
the charms
That would steal her love, could they
seize him ;
And drink* to the lass who will snub
a man
When she has no right to please him ;
And drink to her great, warm, honest
soul.
Aye, drink to her kiss and curl,
For her heart's as true as the sky is
blue
Who is true to another girl.
-Nora Elizabeth Barnoart, in Smart
Set.
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM SUMTER.
The following is the scheduled leav?
ing time of all trains carrying passen?
gers from this city, including local
freights; :
A. C. L.
No. 52-Charleston to Columbia,
9.40 a. m.
No. 53-Columbia to [Charleston,
6.20 p. m. r=^
No. o-l-Columbia to Wilmington,
8.20 a. m. Has connection at Flor?
ence for all Northern points.
No. 55-Wilmington to Columbia,
9.15 p. m. Has connection at Flor?
ence with train from North.
No. 59-Sumter to Charleston,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
9.25 a. m.
No. 53-Charleston to Sumter, Tues?
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 9 p. m.
Nc. 152-Augusta to Florence via
Denmark and Orangebtirg, 6 ;19 p. m.
Has connection at Creston with train
from Eatawville and El loree, also has
sleeper for Northern points.
No. 35-Florence to Augusta via
Denmark and Orangeburg,
Has connection at Creston for Elloree
and all stations on the Pregnal branch.
Has connection at Florence with train
from North.
No. 56-Darlington, Bennettsvilie,
Gibson and Bishopville, 6.50 p. m.
No. 57-Gibson to Sumter via Dar?
lington, and Bennettsville. 9:30 a. m.
Has connection at Elliotts from
Bishopville.
No. :24-Sumter to Hartsville via
Darlington, 10 a. m., Has connection
at Elliotts for Bishopville.
No. 25-Hartsville to Sumter via
Darlington, 7:40 p. m. Has connec?
tion at Elliotts from Bishopville.
No. ll-Florence to Robbins, 1:00
p. m.
No. 12-Bobbins to Florence, 2:10
p. m.
No. 17-Lanes to Sumter, I ;30 p. m.
Noj, lc--Sumter to Lanes, 12:05 p. m.
Six Princeton, N. J., students had
a jolly time celebrating Washington's
birthday. One of the features of the
celebration was painting the Trenton
Battle Monument and several private
residences. But they did not enjoy it
so much nor did their parents, when
the parents had to ante up $7,800 to
pay fines and costs and damages to
property.
GAMBLING BYCOIMGRESSMEN
Very Little Xovr Compared With
Olden Times.
As a matter of fact, there is little
or no gambling now in the capitol com?
pared with the conditions of years ago.
There used io be a time when certain
committee rooms were the rendezvous
for pcker players, and the games were
generally without limit.
Many senators and representatives
do not object to a little game now. but
they play in the evening and not at the
capitol. There were poker stories ga?
lore around the capitol in the olden
days. One incident became a classic.
There was a party ia the room ol' a
southenv congressman, and the ga me?
ran high. A western member opened
a jack pot. and the southerner, who
was upon his left, came in. together
with two other congressmen. The west?
erner stood pat. whereupon the south?
erner discarded two cards. Thc bet?
ting began and soon became so swift
that only the southerner and the west?
erner remained. Finally the latter
called his colleague, and the hands
were shown.
The westerner had opened the pot or.
four kings. As soon as he stood pat
the southerner broke a pair of sixes
and hel 1 the four, live and six of
spades in his hand, hoping against hope
to make a spade flush. Ile was dealt
the seven and eight of spades, making
a straight flush.
The western member didn't say a
word when he learned what had hap?
pened, but it was noticeable that he
didn't touch a card again during that
session.-Washington Tost.
Lottery .Methods.
An English writer declares that finan?
cial "morality, imperfect as it is in our
day, is superior to that of the epoch
that came to an end in 1S2G with the
abolition of lotteries. Take a single
instance. Lord North in 1771). while
the American war of independence
was in progress, issued 00,000 lottery
tickets. 20.000 of which were given as
bribes to members of parliament."
Will Get Bin Deserts.
Naggus (literary editor, inspecting j
manuscript) - Your story is gocd !
enough so far as I have got. Rorus. ex j
copi that tile hero is rallier line ?':awn. I
He's entirely foo good f r ibis world.
Bores (struggling anthon I know I
it. Xaggus. I kill him off in ?l:e la'St j
eliafrter. Chu a^o Tribune. J
BOATS BEFORE THE ARK.
Paintings In Egrypt Show That Noah
Did Xot Invent Ships.
It is popularly supposed that Noah's
ark is the first ship of which we have
: any record, but Egypt, that land of
mysteries ana surprises, shows paint?
ings of boats that were built and navi?
gated at a far earlier period than 2S40
B. C., which is the date usually as?
signed to the flood. It may have boen
one of her boats thus pictured that pro?
vided Noah and his. three sons with a
proper model for the ark. though the
proportions must have been different or
fewer animals must have existed.
J. de Morgan, the French Egyptolo?
gist, several years ago discovered in
brick vaults near Cairo a number of
boats that are certainly as old as the
date at which the ark was built and
perhaps a bit older. They are, it is
true, but small craft, measuring 33 feet
long, 7 or S wide and 30 to 3G inches
deep. They resemble in general form
the pictures painted by early Egyp?
tian artists, which show what boats
were used seventy and even eighty cen?
turies ago. And today when the fellah
steps aboard his small oar propelled
skiff he uses a vessel the shape of
which has been little impoved during
the ages that have passed since the
shepherd kings ruled the valley of the
Nile.-Philadelphia North American.
Shoddy Boots.
Boots and shoes in England have
been subject to a very considerable fall
in prices of late years. Partly this is
owing to the use of machinery, partly
to the employment of lads where men
used to do the work, partly to the use
of what was formerly waste material
and partly to sheer dodgery and trick?
ery. Men's lace boots are now to be
bought for 2s. lld. They are made of
leather, too, and to look at them you
might think it genuine enough.
The truth is, however, the uppers are
made of what are known as "center
splits," and the soles are an artificial
compound of leather waste. The "cen?
ter splits" are very ingenious forms of
shoddy. Good, honest skins are cun?
ningly split into three thicknesses. The
center sheet is soft and spongy and
has no natural grain upon it But this
defect in its appearance is supplied by
a process of printing which produces
a surface "grain" and makes it, to the
inexperienced eye, just like ordinary
leather. It is then made up into boots
that give every promise of good service,
a promise to the eye. to parody Mac?
beth-pretty certainly destined to be
broken to the hope.-Chambers' Jour?
nal. )
Thunderstorms at Sea.
An electric storm at sea is one of the
alarming experiences to which a mari?
ner is exposed, but as a matter of rec?
ord it is one that is least fruitful in dis?
astrous results. As a rule few precau?
tions are taken to guard against a
stroke of lightning, especially in thc
merchant service. Ships of war art
usually fitted with lightning conduct?
ors, a precaution made necessary by
the explosives stored away in their
magazines. But these safeguards are
seldom seen on a merchant vessel, and,
judging by the extreme rarity of thc
cases where they have been struck
Jack's claim that he is safer on the
ocean than on shore during an electric?
al disturbance must be admitted.
It is a well established theory that
one caught in a thunderstorm should
not take shelter under a tall tree, espe?
cially if it stands in a clearing. Why
lightning should strike an isolated
piece of timber on shore and spare ii
after it has been converted into a ves?
sel's mast is yet to be satisfactorily ex?
plained.
Manhattan Fall of Holes.
Manhattan Island is like an enor?
mous coal mine, with intricate galler?
ies and apartments underground. A
large i group of curious subterranean
rooms and passages is to be found at
the foot of Broadway, extending out
laterally to the east and west. An al?
most continuous line of them follows
Broadway. Several of the banks and
trust companies have offices fitted up'
below the crowded sidewalks, where
rows of clerks work silently, unmind?
ful of the rush and turmoil above their
heads. In the safe deposit vaults built
below the pavements of Broadway,
Wall. Nassau and Broad streets are
stored millions of dollars' worth of se?
curities, over which the crowds hurry
all day heedlessly.
A Strange Flower.
A strange Mower has been borne by
a Malmaison rosebush growing in a
garden at Violet Hill. Stowmarket,
England. The bush was close to an ap?
ple tree, and on one of the largest buds
bursting into bloom five perfect applo
blossoms, each on separate stalks, were
seen growing in the center. As the
petals of the rose developed the apple
blossoms opened, the two forming a cu?
rious contrast
The Lacebark Tree.
The lacebark tree grows in the West
Indies. It is a lofty tree, with ovate,
entire, smooth leaves and white Cow?
ers. It is remarkable for the tenacity
of its inner bark and the readiness
with which the inner bark may be sep
! arated-after maceration in water-in?
to layers resembling lace. A governor
i of Jamaica is said to have presented
to Charles II. a cravat, frill and ruf
les made of it
An Art Swindle.
Customer-When I bought this pic?
ture you had a placard on it, "Original
by Rubens." and now I find it is only a
copy.
Dealer- But. my dear sir. tho original
is by Rubens, nevertheless, isn't it?
New York Times.
"When ;i man says he has his opin?
ion of another man." says the Maria
yunk |)hilt sopher. "you can put it
dow- asa Ii y p ".<>;. opinion."-Phil
License to Wear Ribbons.
There still exists in London a bylaw
which forbids a cask of beer to be un?
loaded between certain hours, but no
mention is made of casks containing
any other liquor.
Lucerne has on its statute books a
law which is not enforced. It prohib?
its hats of more than eighteen inches
in diameter, forbids the use of artificial
flowers and imported feathers and or?
ders that a license of 75 cents a year
shall be paid for the right to wear rib?
bons or silk or gauze.
Vienna has the severest cycling code
of any city in Europe. No one may
ride a bicycle in the streets without a
certificate of proficiency. Ladies must
be able to mount and dismount from
both sides of their wheels, show that
they can turn corners and ride in and
out between a number of dummies.
All cyclists are photographed by the
police, and this photograph is fitted
into a little book containing the rules
for cycling in the city. For this book
the cyclists must then pay S1.20. Be?
sides this a huge brass number has to
be worn conspicuously placed on the
handle bar of the machine.-Stray Sto?
ries.
Teaching Business.
The merchant of fifty years ago be?
lieved that business could not be learn?
ed by educational processes, says a
writer in Success. The school which
proposed to teach business was looked
upon with suspicion. It advertised to
do the impossible. The tricks of the
trade had to be taught in the counting
room under a system of apprenticeship.
The merchant received the boy into his
family and made him the trusted com?
panion of his life and labors. It was
the same in that day in all trades, but
conditions are changed. The volume
of business now transacted and the
methods in vogue in offices, stores and
factories make it impossible for the
business man of today to afford time
for the general training of his clerks
and assistants. The shop is the place
where training must be used rather
than sought Thus in many occupa?
tions it has become necessary to sub?
stitute practical training in the schools
for the teaching formerly given
through experience.-Detroit News
Tribune.
A Very Old English Cloth.
Fustian is a species of cotton cloth
much used by the Normans, particular
ly by the clergy, and appropriated to
some orders for their cashubles. The
Cistercians were forbidden to wear
them made of any material but linen or
fustian. A stronger description was
first manufactured in England at Nor?
wich, temp. Edward VI.
It was much used for doublets and
jackets in the fifteenth century, at
which time it appears to have been im?
ported from Italy. "Fustians of Na?
ples" are named in a petition to parlia?
ment from the manufacturers of Nor?
wich in 1554. The name was corrupted
in England into "futianapes" and "fus?
tian and apes"-i. e.. "fustian a Na?
ples."--Notes and Queries,
DEMOCRATIC REORG&NIZ&TEON.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
recent action of * the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
the Presidents of the. various
Demoratic Clubs of Sumter county are
hereby ordered to call together the
respective Clubs on Saturday, April
26th, for the purpose of reorganizing
the clubs for the ensuing election,
after which they shall proceed : To
elect one member of the county execu?
tive committee : to elect delegates to
the county convention this day called
to meet in the Court House in Sumter,
S. C., ?on Monday, May 5th, said
representation to be one delegate for
each 25 members or majority fraction
thereof: the representation to be on
the basis of the club roll of the first
last preceding primary election held
in the county. Provided, however,
that the Clubs within the city of Sum?
ter shall meet on Friday, April 25, for
the above named purpose.
A County Convention is hereby call?
ed to meet in the Court House in
Sumter, S. C., on Monday, May 5th,
1902, at ll o'colck, a. m., for the pur?
pose of electing delegates to the .State
Democratic Convention to be held in
Columbia at 12 o'clock M., Wednes?
day, May 21st, 1902, for the purpose
of electing a County Chairman, a
member of the State Democratic Exec?
utive Committee, and for such other
business as may properly come before
said Convention.
JOHN M. KNIGHT,
Co. Chairman.
H. L. B. WELLS, Secretarv.
Sumter, S. G April ll, 1902.
SOUTHERN RY. SCHEDULE.
Trains leave ?Sam! er, S C. for Ring?
ville, etc. daily except Sunday, No 80, G 40
am ; No 82, IO 20 ara : No 81. 3 30 pm.
Trains arrive Sumter from langville,
etc, daily except Sunday, No 81, 9 10 am ;
No 83, ll 45 ara ; No 85, 5 00 pm.
Close connection at Ringville for Co
lumbia and Charleston and intermediate
points, trains carrying through sleepers
Ringville to New York, via Columbia,
Charlotte, etc, Ringville to St Louis, via
Asheville, Rnoxville and Louisville.
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We took in a lot of
Young :
Stock
Whick have since fattened up, and being
acclimated are really more fit for present use
than fresh ones,
The time approaches when planters are pre?
paring for the next year. Come and see them.
They will be sold worth the money.
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