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charged far
M BETTER THAH BAR KEEPER.
Dispensaries Must Pay Special
Kevenue Taxes.
Washington, Feb 29.-In the Unit?
ed States court of claims today the
chief justice announced, in the case of
the State of South Carolina against
the United States to recover various
sums paid by the State of South Caro?
lina as speceial taxes for the sale of
liquors in the State at the various
dispensaries, by the officials in charge
of these dispensaries, that the petition
of the State of South Carolina was
dismissed and that the opinion would
be handed down tomorrow.
This-isoneof the most important
cases that has come before Commis?
sioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes for
decision since he bas been in officee.
The State of South Carolina made
claim before him for the refund of
these taxes upon tbe ground that the
State dispensary law was constitu?
tional, as decided by the supreme court
of the United States, and that the ;
collection of thess taxes was in reality
a tax levied upon State officials, and '.
therefore upon the exercise of a gov- :
emmental function and power. The
commissioner rejected the claim and
suit was then brought in the court of
claims and by its . decision Mr. Yerkes j
is sustained.
Tbe Franchise Tax Act.
Columbia, March 1.--There seems to J
have been a bad slip up in tbe Fran? ]
chise Tax Act It may be that things j
can be straightened out and some way.
. can be found to get tbe franchise tax
income ^his year, but the outlook is
rather b$ne. The following letter from
ComptrorterGeneral Jones to Attorney
General Ganter explains the matter-;:
"I find that the "Act to reqbire tbe^
payment of annual license fees by cor-;
porations doing business in this State,
and reports to the Comptroller Gener?
al,' was approved by :the Governor on
the 29th of February^ 1904. The Act:
provides in Section 1 for certain re- ;
ports to be made by corporations doing :
business in this State to the Comptrol?
ler General, upon the filing of which
reports the corporation is required to
pay by the first day of April or the
first day of. May in each year certain
license fees, based upon the amount:
of capital stock or property of such
corporation. The time limited in the:
Act for the filing of these annual re?
ports has expired for tb? year 1904.
and I desire to be advised whether I;
can now require such returns to be;
filed for the year 1904, or whether I
shall have to wait until February, !
1905, before requiring any reports un-.
der this Act. There is no provision :
in the Ant stating when it shall go
into effect, and as it was uot approved !
until February 29 it will not go into
effect until March 2L"
Mr. Jones has simply asked for ad?
vice and Attorney General Gunter bas;
not yet had tbe time to study tbe
nratter out and see how things can be
arranged, if possible to do so.
The return's of certain coi porations
are required to be made to the Comp?
troller General in February. The
Act was only approved in the last
days of the session. It is provided
that the Act goes into effect twenty
fdays after approval, and the thing to
do now is to figure how the returns
can be made in February when Act
.under its own provisions goes into
effect in March, under its own terms.
The point now is whether the re?
turns are essential and whether the
. -tax can be collected from certain cor?
porations without the previous mak
ine of the returns. ,
The expectation was that the Act
would go into effect this year and tbe
?franchise tax be a source of income
for the present year. The General
Assembly expected to have this in?
come in the making of its annual ap?
propriations, which were 3114,000
more than they were ?ast year, and if
this additional revenue is not to be
raised it will make just that much
more of ? deficiency.
Indigestion Causes
Catarrh of the
Stomach.
For many years it has been supposed that
Catarrh of the Stomach caused indi gestion
and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the
opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re?
peated attacks of indigestion inflames the
mucous membranes lining the stomach and
exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus?
ing the glands io secrete mucin instead of
the juices of natural digestion. . This is
called Catarrh of the Stomach.
Mei Dyspepsia Cure i
relieves all inflammation of the mucous j
membranes lining the stomach, protects the
nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, a
sense of fullness after eating, indigestion,
dyspeosia and all stomach troubles.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
Blake thc Stomach Sweet.
Bettles cn!y. Regular size. S1.00. holding 2' ? times
the trial size, which relis for 50 centj.
Prepared by B. Q. D.eWITT A CO., Chicago, Sit
F jr sale by Olin B. DH vi?, j
! The Governor Suspends him from
* Ofnce-Comptroller General
Says Ke ss Short to the
Amount of $11,475.43.
Columbia. Feb.2 8.-The reports in?
dicate that County Treasurer E. D.
Free, of Barnwell, is very much be?
hind in his accounts. The following
formal notice from Governor Heyward
gives the facts in the case :
February 29, 1904.
E. D. Free, Esq., County Treasurer,
Barnwell County, Barnwell, S. C.
Dear Sir: It having been officially
reported to me by the Hon. A. W.
Jones, Comptroller General, under
date of February 29, 1904: "I have
had thorough examination made of
the books and accounts of E. D. Free,
treasurer of Barnwell County. The
investigation reveals a shortage of
$11,475.42. This investigation covers
the period of Mr: E. D. Free's in?
cumbency as county treasurer, from
3898 to 1903, and down to February^,
1904. I herewith enclose, for your in?
formation, the report of Mr. E. B.
Wilson, ehief clerk of this office, all
of which is respectfully submitted for
such action as your Excellency may
deem proper."
The ?hove evidence being satis?
factory to me, I, D. C. H ey ward,
Governor cf the State of South Caro?
lina, by virtue of the authority invest?
ed in me by Sections -398 and 340, of
Vol. I, Civil Code of taws, 1902, do
hereby suspend yon as county treasurer
of Barnwell county, South Carolina,
such suspension to be effective and of
force from the date hereof, as provided
in tbe-aforesaid sections of the Civil
Code.
Given under my hand and seal this
29th day of February, 3B0L
D. C. Heyward, Governor.
NEGH? POSTMASTERS MUST GO.
Pestoffice at Humphreys, Arkan?
sas, in Blown Up.
?Washington, March 1.-Th? ppst
office department has been officially
notified that the pestwffice at Hum?
phrey, Ark, has been blown un, snd
the "St. Louis division postoffice in?
spector has been notified to make an
investigation immediately. The ad?
vices to the department give no de?
tails of the affair, which press reports
attribute to dissatisfaction with the
negro postmaster and his predecessor,
also a negro.
WHAT IS SAID IN LITTLE ROCK.
"/ Little Rock, Ark., March l.~Con
?irrcting reports reach here concerning
the dynamiting of the postoffice at
Humphrey, Ark. One report says the
-act ?was committed with robbery as
the motive, and another is that it
was prompted by prejudice against; J.
B. Greer, the postmaster. At Hum?
phrey it is said that Greer is in Little
Rock, but inquiry fails to locate him.
It is also reported from Humphrey
that'Greer has expressed a desire to
resign. The postoffice there was situ?
ated in a storo and recently has been
in charge of a negro girl and man, as
deputies of Greer.
The report that tb? postoffice was
destroyed by persons opposed to Greer,
because be is a negro, has aroused
.some indignation at Humphrey, and
all of the better class of citizens are
incensed at the imputation. They ex?
press the determination to discover if
such a motive has prompted the deed,
and, in such event, to make every
effort to capture and punish the guilty
pensons.
Working Overtime.
Eight hour laws ar9 ignored by those
tireless little workers-Dr. King's New
liife Pill*.. Millions are always at work,
night and day. curing indigestion, bilious?
ness, constipation, sick headache and all
stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy,
pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c. at J. F. W.
De Lorine's drug store.
Cotton Manufacturing.
A writer ia Gc-oion's Magazine points
ont that in 1805 there were in this
country only 4,500 spindles, and in
1810 there were $7,000. The growth
of the business was very rapid after
that year, and in 1815 there were 130,
000 spindles, while in 1820 there were
220,000. In 1860, 'just prior to the
war, the number of spindles bad in?
creased to ?,23?,727, the capital to
?98,585,269, and the value of the pro?
duct to $115,081,774. in 1870 the spin?
dles had increased to 7.132,415, the
capital invested to $141,OOO,OOO. and
the value of product to $177,000,000.
By 1890 the capital invested had more
than doubled, and amomsced to $354, -
000.000, the value of product to $268.- i
000,000, and the number of spindles I
was 14,400,000. In 1900, the last year!
for which definite figures are obtaina
ble, tbe number-of spindles ?was 20,-j
000,000, the capital invested i
was $400,842.772. and the value;
of product was ?332,806,156. It
is estimated that there are now, !
at the beginning of 1904, at least '
23,000,000 spindles, and the capital in- i
vested is $500,000.(00. The valu<- ol'j
the product would probably be socne- I
thing near 8350,000,000.
More Riots.
Disturbances of strikers ;tre not nearly j
as jrave ss an individual disorder of the j
system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous i
tension wiH be followed by utter collapse, .
unless a reliable remedy is immediately ;
employed. There's nothing PO eflicient to j
cure disorders of the liver or kidne*. s as;
Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful tonic, j
and effective nervine ard the greatest :
around medicine for run down systems, lt
di'pels nervousness, rheumatism and rea- '
ralgia and expels melar?a germs. Onlv 50c !
sud fatisfaction guaranteed by J. F. IV. j
DeLoriae, druggist. 1
Core?is Minister Reealled From St j
Petersburg-Japs Closing in on j
Russian firmy From Four Sides. ?
Japanese Issue Another Statement
of the Position, Justifying Their
Action in Breaking off Nego?
tiations With Russia and
Beginning the War.
Russia Receives an Explanation From
Secretary Hay.
Washington, March 1.-The Japa?
nese minister today gave ont an auth?
orized statement from his Government
relative to Russian allegation that
Japan was guilty of a breach of inter?
national law in not declaring war and
of treachery in attacking Russia, who
was bent on peace. The statement
says that Russia, while delaying nego?
tiations, extended her naval and mili?
tary preparations, increasing her far
Eastern fleet by nineteen vessels and
augmenting her forces by 40,000 men,
besides fortifying strategic points.
The statement says :
"From these military and naval pre?
parations of every description, made
during the progress of the negotia?
tions, it is quite evident that Russia
was not inclined to a friendly settle?
ment of the questions then under dis?
cussion between Japan and herself,
but sought solely by military pre?
ponderance to force Japan into sub?
mission. During the latter part of
January, and np to the beginning of
February, Russian military activity
was still further intensified.
"Seeing that the situation had be?
come ao critical that it admitted of no
further delay, the Japanese Govern?
ment was compelled to break off nego?
tiations that had proved abortive and
to take the necessary steps for self-pro?
tection.
"It is the almost unanimous opinion
of international jurists that a declara?
tion of war is not an indispensible
prerequisite to the opening of hostili?
ties. Indeed, it has been the common
practice in recent wars to declare war
after hostilities have been begun.
Japan's action, therefore, is not open
to the least criticism in this regard.
From the standpoint of international
law it must be acknowledged that the
charge made against her does not
come with good grace from Russia,
inasmuch as there are many historical
instances of Russia herself resorting to
hostilities without declaring war."
JAPS HEAD THE RUSSIANS.
Liao-Yang, Manchuria, March I.
The Japanese have occupied Ichio
Yang, Corea, and are now fortifying,
the walls of the town. This was the
objective point of Gen. Mishtchenka
,who, with a detachment of mounted
Cossacks as announced yesterday, had
reached Kasan ja, Corea, and was ex?
pected to arrive at Iehio Yang yester?
day. A detachment of Russian troops
is in the neighborhood of Ichio Yang. .
Tiie Coreans are averse to giving tho
Russians information regarding the
movements of the Japanese.
The Chinese troops around Lian
Che are being reinforced. Yuan-Shi
Kai, the Chinese cornrnander-in-chie?,
bas ten thousand men near Junipin
Fu, while 5,000 men are with Geu_
Ma. Fresh trroops are arriving in the
province of Chi Li.
RUSSIA BULLIES UNCLE SAM.
Washington, Marrch ?.-Au im?
portant conference, lasting moro than
an hour, occurred today between Secre?
tary Hay and Count Cassini, the Rus?
sian ambassador. The growing ill
feeling in Russia against Americans,
and the continued attacks of eertain
Darts of the Amerieau press against
Russia was the main subject discussed.
Count Cassini also 'informally in?
quired about the report that the Com?
mercial Cable Company had applied
for landing privileges at Guam for a
cable from that island to Japan. He
was assured by Mr. Hay. that this
Government at present was consider?
ing no such application.
To a correspondent of the Associated
Press Count Cassini said that it had
been a bitter disappointment to the
Russian people to find American news?
papers attacking the Russian Govern?
ment, the Russian people and Russian
policies. Ho said the first feeling of
Iiis people had been one of painful
surprise, but that this is now chrys
taliizing into a deplorable feeling of
unfriendliness.
"The tone of Russian newspapers,'' j
said the ambassador, "a consequence
of the tone' of many American news- j
papers, is beginning to take a very j
painful direction in their references to j
the Uniivd Stiates, and in my opin- j
ion it is in the interests of both conn- :
tries that <?ome measures shall be taken
to check this before it is too late."'
"What is the cause of the present
nnfriendlv poilcy of the Russian press
towards tins country?" the ambassador
was asked.
The ambassador responded: "It is.
the constant unfriendly feeling ex- ?
pressed in many American newspapers i
against Russia. I am sure that when ;
these attacks, which so far as Russia ;
can see are without cause, ends, the
relations of Kusisa and the Unit? d
States will no longer be clouded.''
Paris, Mracb 2. - Information rf ach- ?
ing here from official sources shows ?
thc Japanese concentration of trooj s is
going tm extensively in the neighbor- .
hood of Ping Yanc, Corea. Large ,
forces arc disembarking from trans- }
pots a nearby ports, from which it is 1
assumed that an extensive land engage?
ment is imminent in northern Corea. ,
MOVEMENT DELAYED. i
Washington, March 2.-The landing ]
in force of the Japanese on Liao Tung
peninsula and the land investment; of
Pert Arthur will not begin for a fort?
night, according to advices received
here fro1.)! what are believed to be re?
liable, souces. It was expected that the
attack upon the fortress would take
place yesterday or today, bot these ?
later advices, without explaining the j
reason for the delay, show* that there j
has been a change in the original plans, j
Army officers here think that the-;
Japanese have decided that, with the j
raiiroad ecnuecting Port Arthur with
the outside world cut, thus prevent- !
ing suppiles from reaching the place ?
two weeks' privation will render the I
final assault, easier. Moreover as Port
Arthur can be safely left as it is for ?
the time being, the Japanese troops I
may be employed instead in northern
Corea and near the Yalu river, where
they are now most needed.
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS
ALLOWED.
London March 3.-Hardly a word of
news from the seat of war, with the
exception of the Russian official dis
patcLes, is published here this morn?
ing, and it now seems clear that the
story in The Morning Telegraph, two
days ago of a bombardment of Port
Arthur hy the Japanese on Feb. 29,
is nothing more than a re-echo of pre?
vious attacks.
From Yin Kow comes an uncon?
firmed report that 500 bandits, armed
with modern ri?es, have attacked a
Russian post to the west of Haicheng
(Haicheng is 32 miles east by north of
New Chwang. ) There was severe
fighting, and both sidps lost heavily.
This report is discredited at Tin Kow,
but if it is true it indicates that a ser?
ious danger is confronting Russia in
these well armed brigand bands.
According to The Daily Mail's ac?
count of this affair, six Japanese found
among the bandits were killed. This
would tend to show that the Japanese
are organizing the bands. The reports
received here from Tokio declare that
Japan has granted permission for 53
foreign newspaper correspondents to
accompany the Japnaese forces. Seven?
teen of these correspondents are Ameri?
cans. The date of their departure has
not been fixed.
A mile and a quarter of the Siberian
railroad, according to the Tokio re?
ports, has been destroyed in the
Ninguta district, between Vladivostok
and Harbin.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of The
Standard cables that the Russians are
fortifying strongly points south of
Mukden. Thousands of coolies who
are working day and night on the
ramparts and entrenchments of Hai?
cheng are compelled to labor without
pay.
Heartrending stories are appearing
in the English newspapers of the
sufferings of'refugees from Port Arthur
on the train journey to European
lands.
It is bitterly cold and there is scar?
city of food and water. Several chil?
dren have been suffocated under the
rugs and shawls with which they were
covered in attempts to keep them
warm. Owing to exposure and ex?
haustion, ari epidemic of influenza has
broken out among the refugees.
Maj. Gen, Pflug, Viceroy AlexieS's
chief-of-staff, sends in the following
telegram dated Ivlarch 2.:
"'"According to additional informa?
tion which has reached me, our
patrols, having passed the night versts
(eight miles) from Ping T'ang, ap?
proached that town on the morning of
February 29. They were closely
pressing a Japansee patrol of seven
officers. Leiut Louie Hakeff attacked
this patrol with three Cossacks, fo'reing
it to retreat at a gallop towards the
gates of the town.
"*The presence of our patrols near
Ping Yang caused great alarm, and
soon the enemy's sharpshooters man?
ned the wall and towers and opened
fire, expecting an attack. According
to the report, our patrols approached
within 700,paces of the town which
they found to be surrounded by old
and new ramparts. These, however
were not yet occupied by the enemy,
and it is supposed that the Japanese
have not more than 1,000 men in Ping
Yang. ? '
St. Petersburg, March 2 -In a dis?
patch to the Czar Viceroy Alexief?
asys :
'.Admiral Stark, telegraphing from
Port Arthur today, March 2, says the
enemy did not appear off Port Arthur
orb either February 28, February 29,
or March 1. Recormoiseances made by
cruisers and torpedo boats over a
radius of sixty miles from Port Arthur
also failed to discover the enemy's
vessels. ' '
Seoul, Mardi 4.-The Corean Gov?
ernment announced this morning that
the Corean minister to St. Peters?
burg had been recalled. This is taken
as an announcement that Corea has
decided to make common cause with
Japan against Russia.
CLOSING IN ON RUSSIANS.
Chefoo, March 4.-A number of Ja?
panese transports, escorted by six
cruisers passed oil this port today on
the way to Liatung Gulf where a
landing will be made. The Japanese
are now closing in on the Russians
from four sides and a renewal of ac- !
tive hostilities is expected in the near i
future.
POLISH SUSPECTS ARRESTED. ]
Vienna, March 4.-It is reported;
that the Russian authorities have j
arrested three hundred political sus- ;
j ec ts in Poland, and have given them
the choice between life imprisonment
and serving as volunteers in the army
in Manchuria.
Yin Kow, March 3.-The Russo-Chi
nese bank is closing, preparatory to
removing to Mukden. Women and
children are preparing to leave Yin
Kow in anticipation of the arrival of !
\ Japanese fleet, which is expected
ivhen tho river opens, probably a fort- J
night hence. On account of the im- .
possibility of defending the coast at '
Vin Kow until such time as a thaw <
lermits the construction of entrench
nents and forts, the Russians have .
prepared to retire ap thc main rail
mad line. ?hr.re are practically no
defenses here, and although the shift?
ing and resbifting cf troops and artil?
lery to the small forts at the mouth of
the Liao river has the appearance of
an intention to defend Yin Kow, the
military authorities depend upon an
inland engagment to put a stop to the
Japaneso advance.
As far as is yet known the plans de?
cided upon are, first, that Gen. Ku
ropatkin's headquarters are to be at
Mukden : Viceroy AlexietF proposes to
remain at Mukden indefinitely, as that
city is the centre of the Chinese ad?
ministration and has a viceroyal bu?
reau ; second, that the plain west of
Tashihchiao which is almost impossi?
ble of defense, will be held if possible
on account of the railroad connecting
with Port Arthur; third, Ilai-Ching
and Liao Yang are the extreme limits
to which troops will be withdrawn, on
account of the exposure of the railroad
at these points.
That the Japanese will arrive before
a thaw permits the construction of de?
fences is thought here to be practically
certain. ^It would appear also that
the authorities expect Port Arthur to
be besieged.
FORTIFYING ANTUNG HEAVILY.
'. Seoul, March 3.-The Russian forces
at Anju are compelling the Coreans
to supply them with rice, fodder and
fuel. The Russians are fortifying
Antung heavily with the apparent in?
tention of preventing the Japanese
from crossing the Yalu.
i OELIBE?EIMATIOI?."
What Cleveland Says af tbs Story
of Bis Dining a Negro.
Representative Scott, of Kansas,
Who Told the Story, is Exposed
in Congress.
Washington, March 3.-In the House
today a letter from Grover Cleveland
to Representative Webb, of North
Carolina, was read, denying that C.
H. J. Taylor, a negro, had dined with
him at the White House while he was
President, as charged by Representa?
tive Scott, of Kansas, a few days ago.
Mr. Webb said he had written the
former President, sending him an ex?
tract from the Record, and . asking if
the statements made by Mr. .Scott were
true.
"This morning," he said, "I receiv?
ed the following reply, " which he read
amid applause on the Democratic side:
"Princeton, N. J* .Match 2, 1904.
j E. Y. Webb, House of Representatives
-Dear Sir: lt is a matter of small
concern to me that a Mr. Scott has
seen fit to use my name in a display
of his evil propensities on the floor of
the House of Representatives.
"In answer to your inquiry, ?cwev
er, I have to say of his statement that
the colored man, C. H. J. Taylor, took
lunch with me at the White House,
that it is a deliberate fabrication out
of the whole cloth.
"As far as Mr, Taylor is concerned,
I understand that prior to his appoint?
ment as register of deeds at Washing?
ton he had served as an assistant in
the office of the city attorney at Kan?
sas City. His nomination as register
was confirmed by the Senate and he
served *a that place with intelligence
and efficiency. He has since died.
Some people restrain themselves from
abusing thc dead.
"My inquiries concerning Mr. Tay?
lor before his appointment, my obser?
vation of him during his incumbency,
and the little I have known cf him
since, satisfy me that his character is
very unjustly attacked in the diatribe
of Mr. Scott.
""One charge is made against Mr.
Taylor by Mr. Scott, which he doubly
clinches with truth when he declares:
'He was a black negro.' I am led,
however, to doubt his familiarity with
his subject when he adds: 'As black
as you ever saw. ' Yours very truly,
Grover Cleveland."
Mr.'Webb said he wanted this d?niai
to travel, that the statement of Mr.
Scott might b9 overtaken.
?"Mr. Cleveland was a friend of the
negro, but not a fool friend," said Mr.
Webb. He never by word or act en?
couraged the dream of social equality
in the breast of the black man." This
wa? greeted with applause by the j
Democrats. *. Again," he continued,
"he was the friend of the colored man,
but be also was the friend of the j
Southern white man. and sympathised |
with us in our race problems and race !
burdens, and that, sir. is more than I
Mr. Roosevelt seemed ever to have ?
done."
Mr. Scott said he accepted the state
ment of Mr. Cleveland as true and
offered his apology to the former Presi
dent. In justice to himself, said Mr. ?
Scott, he desired to say that he never j
befoie heard the report denied.
Mr. ?Swanson, of Virginia, asked Mr. I
Scott when fae had heard the report. |
to which Mr. S"ott replied that he j
had seen the statement in newspapers. ?
Mr. Swanson asked further for a j
copy of a newspaper containing the ?
statement.
Mr. Scott explained thar these state?
ments were made several years ago and
the papers might not be easily procur?
ed. He said that ho had made full
apology to Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Scott
added that ho had brought to Mr.
Cleveland for the first time in four '
years applause from the Democratic j
side. This was loudly applauded upon j
the majority >id<' of the chamber.
ROQSEVELT AND THE NEGRO. ;
Mr. Williams, the minority loader, j
charged that Mr. Roosevelt had dined
Booker Washington to carry thc light
of example to the South, which does ;
not believe in social equality. When a i (
juestion is raised, he said, against i
rhe appointment of a negro to post-'t
tions in the South the statement is '
made r^at there can be no discrimina?
tion on account of color, bur, contin?
ued Mr. Williams, the Administra- J.
;icn would not appoint a Chinaman as
\ postmaster on the Pacific coast if tho ?
possessed the ability of Li Hi
Chang.
Mr. Williams >a?d the whole ii
dent was a telling bio*
stract theory of general equality, and
that it "is a discovery cf' the underly?
ing hypocrisy of the contention .that
all men aro socially equal, regardless
of color, race, traits and tendencies."
Mr. Scott desired to know who had
been asserting social equality.
"I have understood," replied Mr.
Williams, "that the political theory
of your household of political faith
for the last twenty years has been that
men, regardless of color, race, traits,
tendencies, characteristics, capabili?
ties or what-not, ought to be strictly
equal politically," and, he said,
social equality must follow: "but
that is not all : the head cf your party
set the example cf social equality in
the only manner in which it can be
set, by inviting a black man to a ta?
ble."
Mr. Williams said that if what the
President had done was not to carry
the light of example, it was done for
no purpose at all.
"It was an unconscious exhibition,"
continued the minority leader, "of
the arrogance that teaches men now
and then to shed the light of example
upon the benighted white population
of the South."
Mr. Williams went on: "Nor am I
quarrelling with Mr. Rooseevlt, nor
have I quarrelled with him at all. He
has a perfect right to invite a colored
man if he chooses, but as far as I
know, he waited until he was Presi?
dent of the United States so it could
bear an official stamp, before he ever
did it."
Mr. Scott said he bad made no im
putation of fault against Mr. Cleve?
land. He had simply pointed to the
allegation he made because the Demo?
cratic party had gone into hysterics
because one man had invited a colored
man to his table.
"All right," said Mr. Williams, "I
am glad to hear that, because I
thought the gentleman had a sharp
stick and was after my dear and'much
adored old friend, Grover Cleveland."
(Laughter. )
Further discussion was cut short by
a point of order.
.The House passed the District of
Columbia appropriation bill and took
up the Indian appropriation bill before
adjournment.
Danger io Cold Weather.
There is danger in cold weathsr because
it produces conditions favorable to the de?
velopment of those germ diseases known
as la grippe, pneamonia, bronchitis, con?
sumption, etc. These diseases are con?
tracted while the mucous membrane of the
throat and lungs is weakened by inflam?
mation resulting from e. cold. It is dan?
gerous to neglect even & slight cold. Help
nature to ward off disease by using Ry
dale's Elixir. This modern scientific rem?
edy can always bo reli?e! on ir, all diseased
conditions of the throat and lungs. Ail
dealers.
Mew Brunswick, N. J., March L-?
Noah Raby died today in the Piscata
way poor house, cf which he had been
an inmate for the last thirty years.
If he had lived until April 1 next
according to his own statement, Paby"
would have been 132 years old. He
retained his memory, and would re?
call man\- incidents oi: his long career
until very recently. Raby is said to
have been born in EatontowD, Gates
county, N. C., on April 1, 1772. Ho
enlisted in the navy in 1805 and serged
on the ' ship Constitution and the
frigate Brandywine, on the latter of
which Farragut was a lieutenant.
Proper Trea'm ?nt of Pneumo^
nia
Pr?nmonia is too da'Jgeoss a disease
for an>one to attempt to destor himself,
although he may have th3 proper reme?
dies at hand. A physician ahctld always
be called, lt should be borne in mind,
however, that pneumonia always results
from a cold or from an attack of the grip,
and that by giving Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy tbs threatened attack of pneumo?
nia may be warded off. This remedy i?
also used by physicians in tua treatment
cf pneumonia with?the be<r results. Dr.
W. J. S^iith, cf Sanders, A'a., who is also
a drr.zgiit, says of it : kvI have been sell?
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
preseribh!? i*, in my practice for the past
six years. I use it in cases of p^eu^onia
ar.d have always ?rotten thc beet results."
Sold by China's Drug Store.
REMINI8CENS?S
Jailer George W. Hancock had
Something by Which to Re?
member the Earl}* :60's.
Her?' in Sumter there arc few people more
generally known titan George VT. Hancock
keeper of the jail. Mr. Hancock isa:), inter?
est's;; talker and tells a story weil, of war
stories 'if has an ample store. Seen oin* day
at his castle ot: fana! street herold the fol?
lowing :
"I have U ?-:t down in bod on account of ruy
back several times and suffered the most in?
tenso pain right across the small of my hack
which felt just as if a log of wood was lay ins
on it and crushing the life ont of me and I
was unable to get from tinder i!.. could not
turn ?ivor without taking both bands to pull
myself. Tho kidney secretions were very
Sark, full of sedimeu* and called me out of
t?ed every iirt?e ivhile I think I contracted
the disease during Iho ivar, away back in
ISf?and IS33 laying out in all kinds of-weath?
er, exposed to heat and cold. Since then dur
ng later years I have suffered everything a
nan could suffer and Itv?*. 1 nscd everything
? could get hold of but nothing seemed to
oucli it. I finally saw Dean's Kidney Pills
idvertised and went io Dr. A. J. China"*
haig store an?1 procured a box. They acted
ike a charm. 1 have used three 1>ONOS and all
he pain In my bark h:is left, the kidney sc
:retions1tave become natnral and I feel A
>o. t. Donn's Kidney Pills are thc best back
Lche remedy on earth.**
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or t he I'ni ted States.
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