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Ml INLAND jnTEIWITS. TIIK MOftT VALUABLE RESOURCE Of THE COUNTRY. Article t-rvparvsl for tu Und Water, waye txmgrcm by Mr. J. L. Ainutt? A Statistical Survey ot the Needs of Hie Country and Wtiat the taovcm aarat Han Dune. SumUr. S. C, Dec. I, 190H. It can be amfely sa 1 that the as? sembling: of representative citizens, coming from every patt of the United States, constituting the Rivers and Harbors Congress, is most Important to the country, and far reaching In patriotism, toward an end, that not only InterehU the whole country, hut every cltlsen from end to end of IIa vast domain, and by Its Import? ance and Influence, be the means of opening the eyes, and understanding of the National Congreis. to the fact, that neglecting the ojenlng of our rivers and harbors to meet the com? mercial demands for cheap transpor? tation. U a first cousin to a National crime. Thers are three great Inland water ways projects before the people of t.ho United SUtes: First?The Lakes to the Oulf. Second?Ths Atlantic Inland water? way. Third?The Oulf const InUnd wa? terway. When these three water ways are completed, and welded together, there will be a continuous Inland water wai through the Mississippi valley along the Oulf and Atlantlo seaboard. There are several associations and congresses m the Southern States that ate advocating and working fo ? In? tend water ways, and the Oulf Coast InUnd Water Way Association, also lrtsly held a very Important meeting at Columbus, Ga.. ars using their In finance and working for the comple? tion of the Oulf ooast and Florida Ship Canal, which will connect the mouths of the rivers emptying Into the Gulf of Mexico with each other, and (he A tlantic seaboard, opening to Inland navigation* 10,000 miles of In? Und water way. They found Im? mense encouragement from the state? ment by Mr. Hugh Garden of New York, that if the Gulf coast would get behind this project, the entire water way from Boston to Brownirvllle, Texas, would be conneoted and In op? eration In five years. These projects are a National blessing when com? pleted, and will be the means of a great saving in transportation charges to shippers, but while these dlffereui Lssoctations In ths different Statei are working on their Inland water ways, the National Rivers snd Ha? nois Conirress are assembled on a far more lm|>ortant work. A work, that O/Oold giva cheap transportation to the producers of our country. The opening up of our rivers to a state of navigation, would save million--, of dollars to the shippers. This most ?mportsnt subject has been brought Hg the notice of our National Congress time and again, by the highest au? thority In political economy and en? gineering, and It Is most unfortunate that nothing has been done toward a permanent adoption of some financial plan for opening our rivers and har to first class commercial useful It Is ths primary duty of a Government to foster the Interest of Its people, and as far as possible pro? tect them from monopolistic power. With ell the statistics'and other data that has been furnished to the Gov? ernment by men who are thoroughly versed In matters pertaining to the Improvement of harbors, and opening rivers to navigation, and the Import? ance of the work to ths masses of the country, no permanent action has been taken to start the work, and finish It to a perfect state, snd prac? tically give to the people what they are most sntltled to from their Gov? ernment Ths beet authority on this subject, and especially ths opsnlng of the rlv srs and harbors In the Southern States, la Mr. Plnchot. This gentle man has laid bars the facts, and ccst. of opening the rivers In the South to a stats of permanent navigation, which are not only conclusive, in a rtatletlcal wsy. but Is a thorough an? alysis of ths work, giving the avarage depth to be obtained to meet the de? mands of transportation by the water ways or rivers, that would save hun? dreds of thousands of dollars every year to shippers and producers. Does It not seem a National crime, that our Government has negleet? i thle work, which Is of such importance to the people? Hav* our Congressmen taken time from building fences to Insure their re-eleci Ion, sufficient to ,, ,,,, li[lt themselves with Its Importance to the people at largeT Have the National Congress, who have the exclusive power to appropri? ate or make a provision for mom v to do this work, seriously taken njnfgj advisement the necessity for consider? ing ways and means to accomplish thU work, and give the people cheap transportation, and thus render to ths peopi* *he greatest service In tnelr power? If w? Uke the countries of Europe for a criterion, wa would And that they keep open their rivers and other inland water ways to a navigable state, and their harbors in first class condition to receive the largest ves? sels. In Germany. Prance. England. Holland and Austria, and some of the Kastern countries, such as Japan and China, and man> of the old Latin countries of South America, the trav? eler in these countries is Impressed with the Governments' care and pro? tection of their water ways. One can? not find In the European countries a monopoly of tho freight or other transportation business, because their water ways are kept in a good navi? gable atate by their Governments, and the people get {he cheap water rates to offset the monopolistic high tariffs of the railroads when they have no competition by water. Our country la the greatest produc? ing land In the world, and in the past few years It haa opened its resources faster than any country on earth, and more of them. With all this phe? nomenal opening of natural resources has our Government endeavored to assist In the cheapness of transporta? tion, or protected its people against monopolistic transportation charges. Haa it made any tangible advance to? ward giving the people what they most need for the future? Can this I body of the representative citizens of the country, influence the National Congress to a sense of this National necessity? If they cannot, there mui?t be some other way adopted for this work. In connection with our im? pressions, on the Importance of this work, we are brought face to face with some facts In connection with the extravagant expenditures of the government, during the last fiscal year. A summary of these facta are as follows: The expenses of the government have Increased by about $300.000. 000.00 or eighty per cent since 1897, and we thought we had quite a gov? ernment in 1897. the following year we u hipped Spain, but spent less, not? withstanding that costly operation, than it spends now. The Increase In the wir and navy expenditures for the last fiscal year were $899,000,000 against 872,000,000 in 1897. The war and navy department cost last fiscal year almost as much as the total expenses of the government the year Cleveland was first elected. The general government spent last year /except postal revenue) $699, 000.000, and the appropriations by the lanst congress were very close to the 88.000.000,000 mark. The expenses of the government last fiscal year (except postal revenue) was ninety per cent of what 5.260,000 hands employed In the factories in the country earned In the year 1900. So the expenses of the Government last fiscal year was about one sixth of the Income of the population Ten per cent, of the Increase of the Government expenses for the Ar? my and Navy last fiscal year, would have given a sum of about $23,000, 000 to be employed in opening the rivers to a state of navigation in the southern states. If we could get ten per cent of the extravagant Increase In the expenditures for the Army and Navy every year, It would not be many years, before we would have every river In the south open to navigation and have a saving to the shippers millions of dollars. And what a God's blessing It would be to the people of the South, who have been grossly neg? lected In the National appropriations for Southern Rivers and Harbors. The appropriations for the next fis? cal year for rivers and harbors in the Southern States, are as follows: Arkansas and Louisiana 485,135 Alabama. . .. 1,796,000 Georgia. 418,000 Florida. 653.000 Kentucky. 6S0.000 Tennessee. 818,000 South Carolina: Charleston Harbor .250,000 Rivers and Strms. .151,000 401,000 6.250,135 From the above figures, we see that the State of South Carolina Is to re? ceive from the National Government the Insignificant sum of 8151,000 to apply to the opening of her rivers and navigable streams for the next fiscal year, and this sum Is divided as follows: Alligator Creek.8 66,000 Wlnyah Bay. 15.000 Great Pee Dee. 10,000 Santee. Wateree and Con garee rivers. 60,000 $151.000 This smalt sum for the rivers would hardly get the dredges and men at work. Why Is It this way? Are our 11 p . nentatlves In the National Con? gress taking the trouble to acquaint themselves with the statistical Infor? mation about the Stato's water ways MuhVlent to give facts to the Rivers and Harbors Committee, and Impress them with the necessity for a more liberal appropriation for work on our rivers? The appropriations for the work on the rivers and harbors for the above seven States In the South is $5,260, 188, or 8750,019 to each State on an average. Can any one who has any knowledge of Hydromechanics doubt the fact that so small an ap? propriation, when subdivided to work on the different streams in a State, is simply a waste of money? With this small amount of money when as It Is divided to be applied to the different streams, would not last more than half of the year, and before the next appropriation Is made and available, the work that has been done will have to be done over again. Would this not appeal to the National Government in a business way? And be an incentive for a permanent and sufficient appropriation to do the work successfully? And when the work is successfully done, the ex? pense of keeping the rivers and har? bors in first class condition would be reduced to a minimum, There Is no part of the country where the opening of the rivers to a navigable state, would do the people as much good, and give them a great? er aaving in transportation charges, than the Southern States, and be a greater credit to the Government. There is no coast In the world that possesses a finer list of harbors, or more of them, than the Atlantic and Gulf coast of the Southern States. The harbors of Galveston, New Or? leans, Mobile, Gulf Port, Pensacola, Brunswick, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington and Norfolk, are all on the Atlantic and Gulf coast, and all of them are in a fair condition at the present time, with a proper appro? priation to deepen the channels more, and the harbors, they would be a line of harbors that would have no superior in the world, and fully ca? pable of taking care of the immense tonnage that Is transported to the seaboard every year from the South? ern States. And to give an idea of the immense tonnage shipped out of the Southern States every year, it will only be necessary to mention a few o: the largest productions, as fol? lows: Tons. Lint cotton will average 12, 000,000 bales of 500 lbs. each year. 3,000,000 Cotton seed, about twice the weight of the lint cotton. 6,000,000 Phosphate.2,000,000 An average of about 2,000, 000,000 feet of lumber each year. 8,000,000 Fruits, vegetables, oranges, etc. 1,000,000 20,000,000 Seventy-five per cent of this ton? nage is dependent upon the railroads for transportation to the domestic markets and the seaboard, at an aver? age of about $1 per ton. If the rivers were opened to navigation, about 50 per cent, of this tonnage would be transported to the seaboard, at one half the cost by rail, and would give the shippers a saving of a large amount every year, which is shown as follows: Seventy-five per cent, of this ton? nage would be 15,000,000 tons at $1 per ton, $15,000,000. Cost by water transportation, fifty per cent, of the above 15,000,000, 7. 500,000 tons, at 60 cents per ton, would eb a saving to the shippers of $3,750,000. Is this showing not worthy of the patriotic and earnest consideration of our National Congress? The above figures do not represent the total tonnage handled by the rail? roads in the Southern States, neither does it Include the incoming freights. If the National Congress were to make provision for a sufficient and permanent appropriation for the open? ing of the rivers and harbors of the country, there Is yet a most Import? ant matter to have its consideration, and that is the preservation of the forests, especially the Appalachian Flange, and a few facts in this re? spect will probably be found interest? ing to many people who have not in? terested themselves in this Important matter. If we take the most reliable authority on the subject of the de? vastation of our forests, we find the following astounding truths: We are now cutting timber from the forests at the rate of 600 feet board measure a year for every man woman and child. In Europe they only use 60 feet. This statement Is made by Mr. Treadwell Cleveland, Jr. In speaking further of the consumption of timber In this country, Mr. Cleve? land says: At this rate, In less than 30 years, all our remaining virgin timber will be cut. This is not due to necessity, for the forests arc one of the renewa? ble resources. Rightly used, they go on producing crop after crop Indefi? nitely. Europe knows this, and Ja? pan knows It, and their forests are becoming In time, not less, but more, productive. If we are not blind or willfully wasteful, we may yet pre? serve our forest Independence, and with It, the fourth of our great In? dustries. The present waste In lum? ber Is enormous. Take the case of yellow pine, which now heads the list In volume of annual cut. In 1907 It Is estimated that one-half of the yellow pine cut during the season was used, and the other half, amounting to 8,000,000 cords, was wasted. The rest of the waste takee place at the mill. . . The preservation of the Appalachian forest Is absolutely a necessity for the protection of the rivers and streams when opened to navigation. This has been shown in so many able articles that it Is not necessary to enlarge on it In this communication. And when the National Congress pahses a law, and provides for the preservation of the Appalachian for? est, it will have done a service to the Southern country that will be in im? portance next to a permanent provis? ion for opening the rivers and streams to navigation, and the harbors in a condition to receive the largest ves? sels. Jno. L. Alnutt. THE LOST CITY OF REGGIO. Had History of 2,600 Years?Hand? some and Prosperous Place. Regglo, called Reggio dl Calabria, was the capital of the province of the same name. It was an archleplscopal see and had a population of 16,000 inhabitants. It was one of the oldest settlements in Italy, and In antiquity its rame was Rheglum. It was origi? nally a Euboean colony and was peo? pled In 723 B. C, by fugitive Messen lana. It rose to great prosperity in the old days, but suffered from war, and In 387 B. C. was captured by Di? onysius I, of Syracuse, and destroyed. It was again captured in 270 by the Romans and It underwent many vicis? situdes of conquest in the Middle Ages. Totlla, the Goth, captured It in 549 A. D., the Saracens did likewise in 918, the Plsans in 1005, Robert Guls card In 1060 and the Turks In 1552 and again in 1597. After the great earthquake of 1783 the town was almost entirely rebuilt, and It presened a more modern as? pect than some of the other towns and had wide streets which were studded with numerous handsome vil? las. It had a beautiful cathedral which dated from the seventeenth century, and It possessed numerous other handsome buildings, among them the Capella del Sacramento, highly decorated with colored marble; the Strada delle Caserme, and adjacent to It the Civic Museum, which contain? ed a fine collection of terra cottas, lamps, statuettes and vases, Including a few very ar.tlque specimens with curious ornamentation. Above the cathedral and back of I it stood the Castello. In the piazza adjoining the railway station there was a fine statue of Garibaldi. Another handsome square was the Piazza Vit torlo Emanuele, where the band often played and which was embellished with a statue of Italia. The Strada Regglo Campl, which ran along the heights behind the town, was considered a fine promenade, and it gave one of the finest views of the environs and of the Sicilian coast to be obtained anywhere. Regglo was distant from Messina about six and a quarter miles. Prob? ably Its most beautiful feature to the tourist lay back of the town, where the forest called Aspromonte rose in imposing fashion. It was there in the vicinity of Reggio that Garibaldi was wounded and taken prisoner by the Italian troops under Pallavlclni on August 29, 1862. The ascent of this forest slope took about nine hours and when the summit was gained, espe? cially In moonlight, a commanding view of the sea, the Islands and Sicily of unparalled beauty was obtained. A 'POSSUM IN A GRAVEYARD. Six Snakes Also Had Their Home In St. Philip's Bury ing Ground. Some time ago the congregation of St. Philip's Church determined to have the graveyard on the west side of Church street cleaned up, and as a result, one large 'possum and six. snakes were deprived of their happy home and suffered death. Wilson, a colored gardner, was assigned the task of exploring and cleaning up the graveyard, some parts of which had been overgrown for many years, and he was much surprised when he came upon Brer 'Possum. The 'possum was an old one, and Wilson thinks there are others in the vicinity. Asked whether he enjoyed 'possum and taters, Wilson replied, "No, Boss. I couldn't Jest steady my mind ter eat the dweller of the graveyard, but a frlen' of mine say he shore had a en? joyable feast."?News and Courier. LEVER'S SE.?T SAFE. Elections Committee of Hoik.* Turn Down Negro Contestants. Washington, Jan. 5.?Throe con pi Optional election contests from South Carolina were practically decided to? day .when election committee No. 1 reported to the house in favor of the Permanent seating of Representatives James O. Patterson, Democrat, of the Second district over Isaac Meyers Re? publican; Representative Asbury F. Lever, Democrat, of the Seventh dis? trict over Alexander Dantzler, Repub? lican, and Representative George S. Legare, Democrat, of the First dis? trict over A. P. Prloleau, Republican. All the defeated candidates are ne? groes. The victors are now sitting In the house. Jimmle Coate, aged 13 years, of Lancaster, accidentally shot himself while handling his gun. THE MESSAGE CABLED. HOUSE DECLARES PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE DISRESPECTFUL. Holds That Roosevelt's Reflections on Members are Such us to Warrant Them in Tills Action?Insinuations Resented. Washington, Jan. 8.?Having given consideration to the president's furth? er views regarding the secret service contained In his message to the house of representatives Monday, the special committee appointed to deal with the subject today brought in its final re? port. Accompanying it wa9 a resolution which declared it to te the sense of the house that it should decline to con? sider any communication from any source which is not respectful, recom? mending that the objectionable por? tion of the president's annual mes? sage be laid on the tabR and that sim? ilar action be taken with respect to the message of last 7<fonday because of its being "unresponsive to the in? quiry of the public," as to what the president meant when he said, refer? ring to the limitation placed upon the field of operation of the secret service, that the "chief argument in favor of the provision was that the congressmen did 'not themselves wish to be Investigated." The house tonight, by a vote of 212 to 35, rebuked the president by tabling so much of his message as reflected on members of congress in connection with his recommendations as to the secret service detectives. It was also declared to be the sense of the house that it decline to consider any com? munication from any source which is not, in Its judgment, respectful. Mr. Gardner (Mass.) tried vainly 10 secure, first, the adoption of a substi? tute for the resolution expressing con? fidence in the president, but he was overwhelmingly outvoted. WTHAT THE KIDNEYS DO. Their Unceasing Work Keeps Us Strong and Healthy. All the blood in the body passet through the kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys Alter the blood. They work night and day. When healthy they remove about 500 grains of impure matter daily, when un? healthy some part of this impure mat? ter is left in the blood. This brings on many diseases and symptoms? pain in the back, headache, nervous? ness, hot dry skin, rheumatism, gout, gravel, disorders of the eye-sight and hearing, dizziness, irregular heart, debility, drowsiness, dropsy, deposits in the urine etc. But If you keep the filters right you will have no trouble with your kidneys. Mrs. B. B. Seymour, living at 318 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, S. C, says: "Prior to using Doan's Kidney Pills 1 had a great deal of annoyance fromjthe kidney secretions, and had dull nag? ging backaches and distressing pains through mk/ loins. I used Doan's Kid? ney Pills, which I procured al: China's drug store and have not had any trouble with my back since. My son waa also afflicted with kidney trouble, being unable to control the secretions, especially at night Since he used Doan's Kidney Pills, he has Improved wonderfully. He Is much stronger and 13 able to control the secretions. 1 ?hal? always praise Doan's Kidney Pills for what they have done in my family." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buf'alo.New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. 61 The city council of Gaffney Is dis? cussing the question of installing o sewerage system. No luck at all is certainly hard luck. SON PHONOGRAPHS "T\ONT let the young folks get into the habit of seeking amusement outside of their own homes. It's so easy to give them the best sort of amusement - clean, hearty, wholesome fun-in their own homes by means of an Edison Phonograph. It sings the songs they like to hear, gives them the monologues of clever comedians, plays the music they are fond of and renders waltzes and two-steps that set their feet a-tripping. W. A. Thompson JEWKLER. Marries for the Sixth Tisse. Darlington, January 7.?Dr. John Lunney entered upon his sixth matri? monial venture when he married Miss Maggie Campion, at the residence oi" Mr. J. G. Hutchinson, last night, the Rev. M. L. Banks officiating. The prominence of the high-boned collar in all costumes and separate waists except those strictly for even? ing wear, together with the applica? tion of some form of high collar to street suits and outdoor wraps, is a new feature to this season's modes. Abram Jefford, sent up for life from Lexington county, has been pardoned by Gov. Ansel. S. C. Weekley has resigned as post? master at Salkehatchie after a service of 30 years. DR. JOHN H. MORSE, Grad. University of Penna, VETERINARIAN. Office: Smith's Stable. Office phone, 172. W. Liberty St. Residence phone, 12. ll-16-3m?l&w TOUTS HONEY*hdTAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, throat and Inns; troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic. Good for everybody. Sold everywhere* The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is la a Yellow package. Refuse subs t it utea. Prepared only by Poley 4% Company, Ohio MS* sieberts drug store. Group When a child wakes up in the middle of the night with a severe attack of croup as fre? quently happens, no time should be lost la experimenting with remedies of a doubtful value. Prompt action Is often necessary te kve life. Chamberlain's CougH Remedy has never been known to fall In any case and It has been in use for over one-third of a ceo-* tury. There Is none better. It can be de* pendedupon. Why experiment? It is pleasant to take and contains no harmful drug. Price. ?5 cents; large size, 50 cents. PATENT PROCURED AND DEFENDED^f+*| drawing or photo, for expert warcb and tree wport Free ndVioe, bow to obtain patent*, trade nuke, copyiltfht*. etc, ,N ALL COUNTRIES L Business direct with Washington savet time, | money and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusi sily. Write or come to BS at QU Xlnth Btreat. cpp. T/aite? Stet? raSsst Oace,] WASHINGTON, O. C. GASNOW 8c TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office In Court House building, will be open for the collection of taxes wdthout penal? ty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, 1908* Tha levy Is as follows: For State. 5 1-2 mills. For County, ordinary, 2 3-4 nllls. For Sinking Fund lean of 1907, 1 mill. For Sinking Fund loan of 1908, 1-4 mill. For Constitutional School, 3 mills. Polls, $1.00. Capitation Dog tax, 50 cents. Also Special School tax as follows* School District, No. 1, 2 mills. School District, No. 2, 2 mills. School District, No. 3, 2 mills. School District, No. 4, 2 mills. School District, No. 8, 1 mill. School District, No. 11. 2 mills. Schood District, No. 12, 3 millr. School District, No. 13, 3 mills. School District, No. 14, 3 mills. School District, No. 16, 2 mills. School District. No. 17, 3 mills. School District. No. 18, 2 mills. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month of January*. 1909. Addit'omd penalty of 1 per cent, for month of February, 1909. Additional penalty of 5 per cent, until 15th day of March, 1909, when the tax books will close for the collection of taxes for fiscal year, 1908. T. W. LEE. Co. Treas. for Sumtor Co.. S. C. 10-7-mchl5,09 KILL ths COUCH and CURE the LUNC8 with Dr. King's New Discovery PRica AND ALL THROAT AND LUNGTHOUBICS FOR C8lSs*8 ih&&>~ QUARANTINED SATISFACTORY OR MONIT REFUNDED.