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(SB ?NGTHES SOY PRE?GHE8. Bemarkab?e Instance of Precocity in HeSsgion and Oratory. Special to The State. McCormick, Aug. 16.?In. the series of meetings at the Baptist Church at this place, the pastor, the Rev. Mr. 5?ays, is being assisted by the li ttle 10-year-old preacher, the Rev. Metz Joyner. Your correspondent heard this little boy preacher deliver an ex cellent sermorr last night, and to say - he was surprised is putting it mildly. There is something remarkable about him. The writer has iust had an interview with the boy preacher and elici te the following: Metz Joyner was born at Flovilla, Bstts County, Georgia; at the age of one year his mother moved to Durant, Indian Territory ; at the age of he began going to Sunday School, and at 7 was converts in this way: In the month of April of his 7th year he was on a stand erected for the purpose of ] holding an outdoor meeting, when sud denly everything became dark around him. and he fell in a swoon. Hje was carried to his-home in an apparently lifeless condition. The doc tors after carefully examining him pro nounced him past aU medical aid. He says he was conscious of all that was going on. around him?which pioves that it was. a cataleptic trance. He states that while in .this condition he iw iwhst at first was. a tiny spark which g*ew gradaxxlly into a very bright and powerful light covering in his vision an area of about 20 acres. Within this light was a smaller ring of iight and in this ring was Christ -Hirroimded by angels. Christ held in his hand a sceptre and whenever he pointed this s<?ptre a ray of li&ht, mS&sing from she other light by being softer and m?re ?leasing to the eye, would radiate. He pointed the sceptre at th? bby} and he immediately re -gained consciousness and found that the people surrounding his bed had given him up for dead. Young Jcyner was Hcensed to preach the following June, three months from ie time o:f hie trance in his 7th year, The little preacher takes his text and sticks closely to it?using perfect Ismgnage. His delivery is good, and he is never at a loss for words to ex press himself. His theology is ?Iso sound. He is like any other 10-year-old boy?modest, retiring and altogether a lovable t?ttle fellow, playful and full of animal spirit . I'-mmy. mmm Ten-Year-Ofci Boy Uses Pistol we?i. 'Wilmington, . <C., August 16.?G. Sunday, a midd'e-aged man, while unmercifully beating Mrs. E. A. Spires, his boarding-house keeper,; ;? this city early this morning, was shot iry he? ten-year-old son, Tom. The WODS4 is not serions, the bail having struck his head and passed around the skull, instead of fracturing it. Banday was drinking and assaulted the woman with a hatchet, badly -wounding her about the head, <f ace and shoulder. It was while he had her on the floor beating her that the lad ran in the room and shot him. Bunday w?s sent to jail and afterwards bound over to the Superior Court., Mrs. Spires was sent to the hospi tal. Her injuries are very serious. The brave boy, who saved his moth ers' life by firing; the pistol when he did, was commended for his gallantry fey the court and discharged. An Odd Contest in Minnesota. The trend of political sentiment in the Northwest is illustrated by the campaign in the First district of Min nesota for the Republican nomination for Congress. The district is repre sented by James A. Tawny, who made himself so prominent as a faithful ser vant of the beet sugar interest He is opposed for the nomination by a Norwegian banker named Knatrold, who is running on a tariff reform plat form. He favors a reduction of the present tariff ?nd putting lumber on 'the free list, and opposes trusts and railroad combinations. He also favors reciprocity with Cuba. What Mr. Knatrold's chances for the nomina tion may be does not interest us so much as the way in which this attack is met by Mr. Tawny. The latter is endeavoring to show that he is a bet ter tariff reformer than his opponent As proof of this he cities his vote in favor of the Babcock Bill and in favor of removing the differential on sugar which operates in favor of the Sugar Trust He promises that if elected he will work for a reduction of tariff duties, including a reduction on lum ber. He goes further and promises that if the Republicans control ?the Fifty-eighth Congress there will be such a revision of the tariff. Benerous to Bennettsville. The town of Bennettsville, S. C, experienced on Thursday last one of the proudest days in its history, and all 2rough the generosity of a woman. The day was noted by the laying of the coroner stone of the $40,000 graded school building, the money to build which was given by Mrs. Harrison Marchi son Beck with. Mrs. Beck wit h was once a poor "schocImarm" in Bennettsville, and when she married a man of means ime did not forget the community jwhere she had made so many friends. She is a northern woman who came to teach in Bennettsville in 1882. She married CoL John D. Murchison, of Bennettsville, in 1892, and Mrs. Murchison married Geo. H. Beckwith, a prominent lawyer of Plattsburg, . Y., in December, 1896t and since that time has lived in Baltimore and Den- ? ver, CoL , and she has large mining in terests near the latter place. Mrs. Beckwith has ever since her residence in Bennettsville entertained the warm est feelings towards the people of that town. She is reported to now be worth more than a million dollars, and on account of her kindly feelings for those people she determined to erect a suitable school building for the town. The people of Bennettsville highly appreciate this valuable gift and turn ed out en masse to witness the inter esting ceremony, every business house in the town being closed at that hour. Generals Corbin, Young and Wood have been invited to Germany to wit ness the war manoeuvres of that coun try. They will be the kaiser's guests. THE THREE BOER GENERALS. They Visit the King and Inspect the Fleet. I '--:-. London, August 17.?The Boer gen erals, Botha, De Wet and Delarey, who reached here yesterday from South Africa, left-London, at 9.30 o'clock tjrrs morning for Cowes, Isle of Wight, to see King Edward on hoard the roy al yacht Victoria and Albert The hour of the generals' departure from London was kept secret, conse quently the streets were deserted when the three generals, accompanied by their secretaries, but by none of the ladies of their party, started for Cowes. They were stylishly attired in frock coats and silk hats. Upon arriving at Southampton the Boer generals were welcomed on board the commander-in-chief's yacht Wild fire by Earl Roberts and Gen. Lord Kitchener. They immediately visited King Edward on board the Victoria and Albert, and were then taken for a trip around the fleet in the" Wildfire. They returned to London this evening accompanied by Gen. Lord Kitchener and Earl Roberts, who took leave of the Boer generals at Waterloo station. In an interview with a representa tive of the Asosciated- Press, Gen. Botha's secretary described the isit to his Majesty. He said that when the Boer jgenerals boarded the royal yacht King Edward came forward and after they had been introduced shook hands with eac!- ?f them. The Boers were highly pleased with their recep tion. After a brief and informal talk of a non-political character with King Edward ?hey were introduced to Queen : Alexandra and Pri cess Vieto ria. The reception by his Majesty lasted a quarter of an hour. The King spoke "the gallant and brave manner" in which the generals had fought through the long and arduouso'ampaign, and of * * the consideration and kindness' ' with which the generals had treated British wounded. Eis Ma jesty expressed his warm wishes for their future. It was at the King's suggestion that the Boers took the trip around the fleet on board the Wildfire. ? Storm in South Georgia. - Savannah* Ga.1 Aug. 17.?A severe electrical storm, with high wind, pass ed over the southern section of Georgia' last night. At StiUmore the round house of the Air Line railroad was blown down and wrecked. At Waynes boro a dwelling was blown down and one man killed. At Bartow the Baptist Church and the Academy bn?ing were struck by lightning and narrowly . escaped destruction. At Swainsboro a building was struck by lightning and burned. In all the section the opening cotton was whipped from the bolls and ruin ed. The loss from this source was considerable. Nickels and Pennies. The United States Treasury during the year ended June 30 turned out 79, 611,143 cents and 26,480,213 nickels. Massachusetts took 5,000,000 cents, Pennsylvania 4,000,000, Illinois 7,000, 000 and New York State nearly 10,000, 000,. These are the great 3 cent-using states and stand in the same order as to consumption of nickels. Ten years ago pennies were little used in Cali fornia aud the south, and were un known thines m Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona. Up to date Uncle Sam has turned out 1.100 000,000 cents, 340, 000,000 nickels, 100,000,000 dimes, 200,000,000 quarters and 150,000,000 half dollars. Years ago the govern ment issued 4,500,000 bronze two-cent pieces, and of those over 3,000,000 are outstanding. The same is true of the nickie three-cent pieces, of which near ly 2,000,000 "are unaccounted for. Slot machine, penny newspapers and the odd prices in dry-goods shops have increased the demand for coppers. Cents and nickels wear out pretty rap^ idly because they are constantly pass ing from hand to hand, and the im mense numbers of them that pour into the Treasury at Washington are care fully assorted for the purpose of pick ing out those which are too much dam aged to be fit for further use. The life of a cent is only - four or five years. Cents'are subject to more accidents than any other coins, and the Treasury has to go on turning out new ones at the rate of 60,000,000 to 90,000,000 a year. The cent is a barometer of busi ness conditions. ,A heavy storm or a sudden coming- of cold weather?any thing ia short, that keeps th? penny spending part of the population at home ?is reflected in the falling off of the cents coming to the Subtreasnries for exchange. Daring periods of dullness cents accumulate at Subtreasnries, but when trade revives they begin to cir culate rapily again.?Bradstreets. The Florence Times remarks : ' * There is still time for that ill sister story to be explained by St. Jim the martyr before the 26th, so it does not come under the category of stories told on the eve of the election which cannot be denied. If St. Jim did not like the atmosphere of Horry he might have gotten up a better story than that. St. Jim is taking a great refuge in the petticoats this campaign. He is playing the calico for all that it is worth. His sobs and tears just go right to the hearts of the women." We hope we shall not be accused of in vading the privacy of "an humble but happy home'* if we suggest that the Sick Sister really exists in the charac ter of the county of Spartan burg, a community that has latterly shown marked symptoms of nausea when con sidering 4 ' Truthful James. '' Apropos of this illness the Spartan burg Herald observes: "The general impression hereabouts is that Jim Tiilman has a very poor chance of missing the tail of the ticket. He spent some good money having circulars printed here, but they will not profit him."?The^State. Pekin, Aug. 17.?The viceroy of Sze Chnan reports that imperial troops attacked the rebel possessors at Inchawan August 1?. One thosuand rebels were killed and their leader Tong Yur Hung was capured and exe cuted. Notwithstanding the state executive ] committee has already sent out 300,000 election tickets, a number of county chairmen have called for more. Can didates are also sending thousands to the various counties. A TARIFF TREATY WITH CHINA. The Result of a Year's Negotia tions. Washington, August 17.?The State department has received a dispatch from T. S. Sharretts, the treasury expert, who was commissioned by the State department to negotiate a tariff treaty between the United,States and China, stating that the treatj was signed on the 15th inst, and that he would sail for the United States on the first steamer. The announcement contained in Mr. Sharretts's brief dispatch to the State department brings to a success ful conclusion negotiations which have been in progress for many months for a tariff treaty between China and this country. It was stipulated as one of the features of the peace agreement between China and the foreign Pow ers, at the close of the Boxer outbreak, that an entirely new fabric of trade treaties should be made. This carried out the purpose. Secretary Hay had maintained throughout the preceding negotiations for an " open door,1" the desire being to open up foreign com munications With the interior of China and thus gain access to the rast mar kets of the Empire. Mr. Sharretts's dispatch is dated at Shanhgai, and does not go into details regarding the treaty he has signed. Washington Letter. Washington, Aug. 18.?The report that the President expects to call a special session of the Senate early in November for the purpose of securing the ratification of a treaty which he has negotiated with Cuba is regarded, by leading Democrats as another evi dence of the autocratic attitude of the President. Mr. Roosevelt,' ever since his accession to the presidency has shown a disposition to regard his office of an importance not warranted by the Constitution and to eilimnate Congress in every instance possible. Now he proposes to eliminate the House of Representatives from participation in legislation which is dearly its preroga tive. The Constitution expressly states that in all revenue producing measures the House must take the initiative and a reciprocity treaty is only a revenue measure in a different form However, the House refused to yield to the wish es of the Executive during the last session, and now that the President believes he can control sufficient votes in the Senate to carry out his purpose, he proposes to ignore the House entire ly. "His belief is likely to receive a severe shock, however, say certain prominent Democrats. It will be nec essary for him to secure the support cf several Democratic senators to effect the ratification of the Cuban treaty and it is not likely that Democrats, regardless of their views in regard to the merits of the treaty itself can be persuaded to vote for its ratification when by so doing they would be stul tifying the express provisions of the Constitution. In the words of a ^prom inent Democrat, who is in Washing ton, "The President, has calculated without his host '?? ? Representative Livingston, who stop ped off in Washington on his way to Maine, Where he will take the stump for the Democratic party, predicts that there will be a deficit Jn the coun try's finances for the fiscal year of $46, 000,000. He places the expenditures au thorized y Cobngress at $1,049,000,000 and the same 'Congress repealed the war revenue tax biiL Therefore, he says, the expenditures will exceed the receipts by $46,000,000. This he be lieves will be hailed with joy by the bankers for it will mean a bond issue which will enable them to predicate an increased circulation, without paying the high premiums which United States bonds are ; now commanding. He says that the Administration will issue bonds and attempt to make the people believe that they are issued in order to meet a demand \ for Govern ment securities which arise as a resait of the extreme prosperity of the coun try. It is not considered likely, how ever, that the Government will find it necessary to issue bonds for the espe cial purpose of meeting a deficit. An issue of bonds is provided for by the Spooner resolution authorizing the construction of the Panama Canal, and already the officials are counting on that issue to help out the Secretary in his efforts to meet the deficit There is little doubt but that Senator Spoon er had been requested by the Adminis tration to provide for that bond issue of $130,000,000 for that very purpose. There is reason to believe that the long anticipated "shake-up" in the Treasury Department is about to take place. It is claimed, by those in a position to know, that Assistant Secretary Spaulding will go out very soon and that his successor has been decided upon. Assistant Secretary Ailes is also talked of as likely to be asked for his* resignation. General Spaulding, it is said, will be " taken care of" ia some other and less impor tant position within the Department. A new appraiser is to be appointed for the port of New York, and rumor has it that the appointment will go to William D. Bynum of Indiana. The minor clerks of the Treasury Depart ment have'received a severe "shaking up" of late by the inauguration of new methods by the Secretary and they are bewailing the fact that this is a "strenuous administration." Under the new rnlings, the work of the De partment must be kept up to date, letters mast be answered the same day that they are received, and work must be done in a businesslike manner and not on the old gossipy, get-it done when-it's-convenient manner which has characterized the Department in the past. The change is appalling to many of the ancient empolyees of the Department who foresee doom for they have too long followed the old way to be capable of adapting themselves to the new, and. their chiefs will be obliged to recommend them for dis missal because they cannot keep up with the pace set by the man from Iowa. Senator Wellington of Maryland, who was in Washington recently, stated that he strongly advocated a constitutional amendment which would extend the presidential term to six years and make it impossible for any man to serve a second term. He said that the President had more power than the Czar of Russia, by virtue of the patronage which is at his disposal, and that no man could bo elected president and resist the temp tation to use that power to further his ambitions and secure his reelection. He stated that he regarded the whole trend of the Republican party as to wards imperialism and as a menace to the future of the republic. He be lieved there was a constant tendency on the part of the Executive to en croach on the legislative branch of the Government - and that some remedy which would effectually check such encroachment should be adopted. Summing up his remarks, the senator said: "The American people have put aside all the higher ideals of past gen erations and have settled down to gross materialism. " COL, WM. ?. HEMPHILL BEAD. He was the Founder and for Many Years Principal Owner of the Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Ga, August 17.? Col. Wm. Arnold Hemphill founder, and for many years business manager, of the Atlanta Constitution, died tonight at his residence on Peachtree street. CoL Hemphill had been in somewhat feeble health for a number of months, but his condition was not regarded as serious, and his death was a great shock to the entire city. Col. Hemphill was 60 eyars of age, having been born in Athens, Ga., May 15, 1842. He was graduated from the State University of Georgia in 1861, and in the same year enlisted in the Confederate army, fighting with conspicuous gallantry to the end of the war, and being severely wounded in the battle of Gettysburg. He remov ed to Atlanta in 1867, and soon aft6r founded the Constitution, of which he was one of the principal owners until January, 1902, when he disposed of h isinterest in the paper. The cause of death was apoplexy. He was down-town on Saturday after noon attending to some matters of bus iness, and even drove to church this morning, but, becoming suddenly ill, decided to return home without enter ing. Resigns Million Dollar Job. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 18.?A Loretta, Pa.,, special to the Pittsburg. Dispatch says: President Charles M. Schwab, of the United States Steel corporation, has accepted the advice of physicians and decided to retire indefinitely from an active business life. He will leave America to seek some quiet nook in a foreign clime, where not an echo ?f the strenuous life he has led can reach him. This information is authentic. Dr. Golden never leaves the Schwab home and the exact nature of his pa tient's illness cannot be learned through him. Mr. Schwab is not confined to his bed, but spends much of his time on the wide veranda which affords fresh air and a sweeping view of the moun tain slope. He is always with his wife or his parents. The strange part of Mr. Schwab's illness is that he is always within view of those who call at his house, yet he will not allow any person to approach him. Heretofore the visitor to the Schwab home was greeted with a hearty welcome and a vigorous hand shake Now the visitor is met at the, entrance and told that Mr Schwab cannot be seen. Intimates of the | family receive the same message and I none has been able to converse with i President Schwab since he came back j to his home.. Elgin Creamery Fails. j Chicago, Aug, 16.?The Elgin ; Creamery Company, which operated creameries throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, failed today. The creditors are estimated to number nearly 10,000. more than 8.000' being farmers. The American Trust and Savings Bank was appointed receiver and its bond fixed at $500,000. The assets of the comoany are claim ed to be $800,000 while "the liabilities are estimated at $350,000. Inability to realize on outstanding accounts was given as the cause of the failure. The Elgin Creamery Company is the largest concern of its kind in the Uni ted States and was. organized by the consolidation of scores of independent plants throughout the country. Its j authorized stock is $400,000. A Railroad Station Burned. Passengers on the Southern train from Charleston Saturday morning re port that the railroad station at St. Matthew's was struck by lightning Friday night, and that the building was destroyed with some cotton. From the mercantile reports it looks as if this is going to be a year of jubilee with the farmers. Reports from near-by home are to the same effect, and this is of more importance to us. There is every indication of plenty to eat for man and beast, and that is the best news in the world. We might have fields yellow with tobacco and white with cotton, but if we had to buy provisions and provender we would be poor. When the country is rich the town flourishes. There has been paid out for tobacco in this town along since the season opened over $50,000, and this is only one of seven teen tobacco markets in this section of the state, all of which have been doing: well. This will go far towards paying on last year's debts and mak ing the country rich for another year if it is husbanded. Providence has smiled on these people this year ; we ought to be mighty good, though we doubt if we will be much better than we were last year.?Florence Times. During the excitement of the cam paign it is a good time to state that Sliles B. McSweeney has made a good governor. He has been attentive to the duties of the office, fair in his administration and careful in all tilings. He has not attempted to play the boss, nor has he acknowledged any boss. He has administered the affairs of the State well.?Carolina Spartan. ? mm? Manila, Aug. 17.?Cholera reports show few cases of the disease here, but a large number in some provinces. The total number of cases reported to date is 23,636, with 17,596 deaths. Esttimating the cases which have not been reported to the authorities, the total number is believed to bave reach ed 30,000. THE "PEE DEE" COUNTY SOANDAL - County Treasurer Blue Gives a Plain Statement of What He Said at the Recent Campaign Meeting at Dillon. Marion, August 18.?The following signed statement, in reference to al leged utterances of his at the county campaign meeting at Dillon last Fri day, was given out here today by County Treasurer W. E. Blue : . To the Editor of The News and Cou rier : To say that I was shocked at the report of your Dillon correspondent of my utterances at the Dillon campaign meeting in reference to the new coun ty issue is putting it mildly, indeed, and I ask space in your columns that will enable me, in justice to myself as well as to the four aggrieved gentle men and personal friends mine, to place myself right on ;the record. Whether intentionally or not the re marks imputed to me on that occasion have, in that report, been distorted out of all semblance or resemblance to what I did in fact say, or the idea in-' tended to be conveyed. I simply said that those gentlemen visited my office with alphabetical lists of the register ed voters in the proposed new county, checked over my books in order to as certain who had and who had-not paid their taxes, and then had certificates prepared for those who, as shown by the books, had paid their taxes, which certificates were then signed by my clerk and myself. I also stated that these were honorable gentlemen in whom I had implicit confidence, and that if there was any error or mistake in the matter I was not responsible for it. s This is the sum and .substance of all I said on the occasion, and which I now reiterate. Your correspondent, however, has placed me in the attitude of shielding myself behind these gen tlemen and in charging them with fraud and a breach of good faith. This I indignantly deny, as I am satis fied that any error, if any was commit ted by them, was entirely unintention al. At the time that this matter came up I was on the rostrum and being sub jected to quite a cross- examination as to local politics generally, consequent ly it is possible that your reporter might have misapprehended some of my replies. Be this as it may, what I really did say and meant is precisely as 1 here write, and I trust you will give this article equal prominence in your valuable newspaper as was accorded the communication it is intended to correct. Very respecrtfullv, W. *E. Blue. THE MARION TAX RECEIPTS. An Explicit Denial of the Charges Recently Published. To the Editor of The Slate. In today's issue of your paper we notice an article from your Dillen cor respondent headed "Marion Campaign Gets Sensational, " in which Mr. W. E. Blue, candidate for reelection as treasurer of Marion county, is report ed to have said in his speech at Dillon yesterday that the undersigned had is sued fraudulent tax receipts in the last new county election and had acted in ; bad faith toward him and violated the i confidence placed in us. None of us I heard this speech, and knowing Mr. Blue as we do we canno!; believe that he made such an assertion. Whether made by him or fabricated by others for sinister purpose, we denounce it as an absolute falsehood. We did not is sue any receipts at all and do not know of any which were fraudulently issued. So far as we know, not an improper, illegal or fraudulent act was commit ted in that election on the part of the old county advocates, and we chal lenge proof that we or anyone of us did more than was proper and right. We assume responsibility for all that we did in that election, but if Mr. Blue made the statement that we pro cured false receipts to be issued, or committed an improper act or were guilty of bad faith toward him, he told what he knew to be absolutely untrue. ' Please give this reply . the same prominence you did the [original arti cle. B. R Mullins, W. F. Stackhouse, F. F. Ccvington, P. B. Hiimer. Marion, Aug. 16, 1902. FROM THE DILLON SIDE. The Newspaper Correspondent Has a Say. To the Editor of The Staie : Unless Mr. W. E. Bice will deny making the speech at Dillon in which he reflected upon Messrs. B. R. Mul lins, W. P. Stackhouse, F. F. Covir. ton and P. B. Hamer I hardly think i? necessary to defend myself against the insinuation of having "fabricated for sinister purposes." The language imputed to Mr. Blue, and reported by me, was the sum of his answers given to several categori cal questions plied in rapid succession, and was but the reiteration of similar statements made at Latta and Berry's Cross Roads the two days preceding. And while the impression made was profound, it occasioned no surprise, inasmuch as it was arranged before hand that these questions would be put to Mr. Blue and from his previous statements it was known what would probably be his reply. Any number of Dillonites knew all this, and having heard the charges made by Mr. Blue, are prepared to say whetber he was correctly reported or not. .M. Badger. Dillon, S. C, Aug. 18. Queen Wilhelmina has rewarded a laborer who sent her a nine-leaf clover with a gift of $10.36. She might one would think?have left off the 36 cents, or else have added 64 cents more to it. THE STATE'S FLOATING BEBT. Piling Up Indebtedness That Will Have to be Paid by Increased Taxes. Statement Showing That State is Living Beyond Income. Colombia, Aug 18.?From time to time atteniton has been directed in this correspondence to the financial condition of the State treasury and the necessity for sensible action along these lines and the necessity for con sidering this condition. The follow ing note from Mr. Jesse T. Gantt is opportune : I am requested by various parties to give my authority for assertions which have made as t the financial condi tion of the State. As the time allow ed a candidate for Secretary of State, five minutes, deos not permit a refer ence to authorities, I am forced to adopt this method in complying with these requests. . The following letter from State Treasurer Jennings is responsible for the assertion which I have made, that a deficit of $300,000 has been created within three years : "Mr. J T. Gantt?Dear Sir: I take for granted there was no money bor rowed by the State Treasurer for 1898, 1899 and 1900, as Dr..Timmerman said at Gaff ney that he had not had to bor row any. For 1901 we borrowed $175, - 000. Up to this time we have borrow ed for 1902 $220,000, and the present indications are that we will have to borrow enough more to make the en tire $300,000 authorized by the Legis lature. Very respectfully. "Augnst 11, 1902. R. H. Jennings." As to the assertion that the rate of taxation for State purposes in South Carolina is already nearly twice the average rate in the other States of the Union, I give below the rate J:or the fiscal year 1898 in 29 States of the Union, in mills upon each dollar of assessed valuation : New Jersey 0, Indiana 9-10 of a mill, Maine 1 3-4, Maryland 13-4, Minne sota 1 8-10, Michigan 1 9-10, Texas 2, North Carolina 2 1-10, New York 2 1-5, Arkansas 2 1-2, Missouri 2 1-2, Mon tana 2 1-2, West Virginia 2 1-2, Wis consin 2 1-2, Ohio 2 4-5, Washington 2 9-10, Georgia 3, Kentucky 3, Okla homa 3, South Dakota 3, Virginia 3, Florida 3 1-2, Oregon 3 1-2, Colorado less than 4, North Dakota 4 1-10, Illinois 4 1-5, Tennessee 41-2, Utah 4 12, Kansas 4 1-2, South Craolina 5. The taxpayers.of the State are en titled to an explanation of the reason why, with a tax rate nearly twice the average in other States, a deficit of three hundred thousand dollars has been accumulated within three years. Six thousand dollars will be paid this year as interest upon money borrowed j by the State Treasurer until next year-is ! taxes can be collected and applied to this year's expenses. Unless some means can be found to supply the treasury of the State with resources from other quarters tbe peo ple are today face to face with either a heavy increase in the levy to meet this deficit or a large reduction in the ap propriations, and consequently an in adequate support of the present State institutions. We cannot reasonably hope to meet this condition by an in crease in property values, for this de ficit has been cretaed in spite of an in crease of forty million dollars (or 20 per cent. j in six years, which has not been sufficient to reduce the rate. I have brought out these facts in an endeavor to show the necessity upon us of encouraging the provision of indirect sources of revenue to aid in supporting the Statev T?j? Secretary of State's office in mosfTof th? States has been made a revenue bearing office, and it should be made so in South Carolina. Respectfully, J. T. Gantt. RENEWED WAR IN PHILIPPINES. Vigorous Movement Against the Moros Considered Necessary. Washington, Aug. 18. ?A cable dis I patch has been received from Gen. Chaffee stating in his judgment an ac tive campaign against the Moros in Mindaiao was necessary to curb the opposition that has been growing against United States authority. The dispatch was considered of sufficient importance to be repeated to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Gen. Chaffee has been directed to ' use his own discretion in the matter and will no doubt engage in an ag gressive movement against the insur gent Moros. Some time before Secre tary Root left Washington the Moro situation was under consideration and from a dispatch then at band the sec retary was of the opinion that the Moros must be dealt with severely be fore they would respect the authority of the United States. Gen. Chaffee is now in Mindanao, having left Manila some days ago. If the campaign should continue for some time, he no doubt will remain in the Philippines instead of leaving on^Sep tember 30th as he had planned. It is understood at ?he war department that Gen. Chaffee has sufficient troops to make an active campaign. MOROS ATTACKING OUTPOSTS. Manila, Aug. IS.?The Moros in Mindanao are renewing their attacks upon the outposts and pack trains of the American column at Lake Lanao, which is under the command of Capt. J. J. Pershing of the Fifteenth cavalry. The Americans have success fully repulsed the Moro attacks and have suffered no loss. The comman ders of the American forces in Min danao report aggressive action against the Moros to be necessary, and ask permission to move against Bacolod, and other strongholds of the hostile Mohammeds. There is also about 2,000 soldiers in Mindanao available for desired American aggressive move ment. It is believed this number is sufficient to defeat the Moros, although it would possibly be necessary to . strengthen their base before undertak ing the movement. GLENN SPRINGS WATER For the liver. For saie by A. J. CHINA. J. F. W. DeLORME.