The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 03, 1909, Image 2
an 60IICIL MEETING.
ifmON ADOPTED AUTHOR
UUNO ERECTION OF ADMIN?
ISTRATION RHILHINO.
lTaponlUoa 10 Build Fire Department
Headqnarim. City OfhVe* ami City
Prison oat Baai Liberty Htreet Won
Oat by Narrow Margin?OHy Hall
To be Discarded as Municipal Head
i
the Dally Item. Jan. 17.
City council held a lengthy and lm
? M?nt session last night?Important
la that a resolution was adopted com?
mitting the city to the plan to erect
a new tkree story building on East
Liberty avreet In which quarters will
he provided for the fire depatment.
offices of city official*, council cham?
ber a ad oity prison. The discussion
ef the plan was quite lengthly and
exhaustive, all phases of the matter
being reviewed In detail. A hard
fight against the combination build
tag was mads by thoee who oppose
the plan, but when the issue came to
a teet they lost out by one vote. As
will be asea la the detailed report of
the proceedings, the architects esti?
mate that the cost of the proposed
building win not exceed 113.0004 but
ns this estimate takes no account of
the furn'ture. fixtures eta. it hi ap?
parent at a glance that the final cost
of the proposed municipal building
must of necessity Involve an outlay
conai dar ably In excess of the estimate,
assuming that a contract can be made
far th?i construction of the billdlng
as % price within the architects esti?
mate. It la an ambitious undet taking
te which the otty la committed, and
while the Judgment of a majority of
council in worthy of great consider -
atlor aad deference, there Is still many
and strong argumenta to be urged
agalast the plan, not. ths least of
which as the financial condition of the
et y at present as a result of the oust
ef the sewerage system aad the pos
pentire condition in consequence of
the abolition of ths dispensary. An?
other objection hi the emphatic oppo
etttoa ef the members of the volun
fire department, who decidedly
outspokenly object to being quar
la a combination .building con
telnlag the city prison. This objec?
tion on the part of the Bremen Is so
?eetded that there Is stroag talk of
the dlsenadment of the volunteer de?
partment If council persists in the
Plea.
Council met at I o'clock with all
members present aad waa la session
aaatll after midnight
Mr. Barnett fo rthe Financo Com?
mittee reported approval of all clalraa
refer red te them except the claim of
the first National Baak of 1101.10 for
fdambtag work In their offloas, on
which the advice of council vas de
aired. The report wits confirmed and
the beak claim was referred to the
IOpera Hoees Committee. t
Maare. T. H. glddal and E P. Rut
ledge appeared oa tppeal from sen?
tence of the Recorder's Court for un
neceesnry blowing of steam * hist lea.
They maintained that whistle blowing
Is necessary to notify their hi.nds to
Zs te work In starting and slopping
kj and In shifting hands, and that
managers of mills should be allowed
te have whistles blown as they think
aeoeasary. although the ordinance for
bide blowing to call hands. Alderman
Btubbs and Wright were In favor of
removing restrictions to the blowing
of whistles Alermen Llgon, R. F.
Haynaworth and Finn thought It
ahould be restricted to actual neces?
sity. After full discussion the fines
imposed by the Recorder were remit?
ted and the matter was referred to the
Police Committee for regulation.
Mr. Finn for the Committee of Pub?
lic Works 'submitted report of the
suptgrintendent of streets, showing
work accomplished In past two weeks
end cost of same, which was 1337.16.
Number of laborers. II, number of
carts I. Four of the mules were
drawing the road machine one day.
Mr. Ligon for committee aubmltted
reports of lights not burning In De?
cember and reports of police work for
December, showing 99 arreets. $304.
7fit fines and 390 days on the chain
gang
Mr Kwltman for the Opera House
Committee reported lights Installed on
fire sscaps and boiler room at a coat
of It which was approved. Mr. Finn
was authorised to ?ubrtltuts cartridge
fus?*s for Mnk fuses in awltch board
for cpera house.
Mt. rttubba for the Railroad <'om
mittoe. reported that the railroad
company would provide the necessary
earth und cinders to grade the cross?
ings on East Liberty and South HaTj
gffi streets. The city to do the haul
gag
Mr. Llgon reminded council that the
contract for lighting *tr*>et>< will ex?
pire next I ?et ober and moved that an
advertise no-nt he Inserted In the Man?
ufacturers Ret Offd for bids on a BOW/
contract And It waa so ordered.
on motion of Mr. Llgon a resolu?
tion was adopted re?|uestknK the legls
lstlve representatives from gfjgalet
<'i)U|lt) to meet a lavs. win?:??! > pro;,
erty owners may be required to beef
half the coat of side walk and street
paving,
On Mr. Ligon's motion, It was or
dered that the garbage carts be pro?
vided with larger bodies or racks.
On motion of Mr. Stubbs, the chief
of police was directed to require pub?
lic vehicles to be provided with lights
I on which their numbers shall be
! printed.
Mr. Finn for the Police and Fire
Department Committees recommend-1
ed that sketches of both the fire and
consolidated house be obtained and
also estimates for building same. And
that council Immediately enter into
negotiations for the purchase of a
steam fire engine and hook and lad?
der truck.' Mr. Finn also submitted
plans for a two atory Are station at a
coat estimated from $7,936 to $9,000.
And for a combination Are station,
police atatlon, and city offices, three
stories, to cost about $12,963. Mr. H.
C. Haynaworth moved that the matter
bo referred back to the committee,
with Instructions that a fire station
only be designed. Mr. Wright moved
as A aubatitute, that the matter be re?
ferred back for the committee to de
I clde what ia wanted and report to
( council. Mr. Wrlght'a motion prevail?
ed. Messrs. Wm. Dunne, Johnson and
Bason, architects, were present and
, explained the several plans prepared
, by them. Mr. Llgon suggested that
council should decide \upon the kind
of building to be erected and moved
that the combination building be
1 adopted and his motion was carried.
| Messrs. P. P. Finn, R. F. Haynsworth,
IJ. R. Llgon, R. L. Wright snd the
mayor voting for the motion. Messrs.
R. D. Barnott, Wm. Bultman, H. C.
Haynsworth and W. O. Stubbs, vot?
ing agalnat II.
Mr. H. C. Haynsworth then moved
that council select an architect. This
motion was adopted. Messrs. Dunne,
Bason and Johnson were nominated.
The vote resulted in favor. of Mr.
Johnson. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth
moved that a building committee be
appointed, consisting of the mayor
and three aldermen. This motion was
adopted. The mayor asked for time
In which to appoint the committee,
which request was granted.
On Mr. Llgon's motion, the Fire
Department Committee was requested
to secure offers for sale of the vacant
lot on which Monaghan Hose Co.,
building recently stood.
GROWTH OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Nearly 11,000,000 Children Are Now
Studying the Bible.
Whether in city or country, houred
in-its own magnificent building or pin?
ing In a dilapidated mountain ahaok,
with thousands of children or with
barely a baker's dosen, the Sunday
school la today considered the strat?
egic centre of the great church mili?
tant. The Sunday schools of the Uni?
ted States alone are attended by about
11.600,000 pupils and 1,600.000 teach?
ers. Given a voice in affairs of church
or state, this would represent no
mean Influence. The latest statistics
of the Sunday schools of the world
show f2.739,3:1* little Christians
working their way through the grades
of Bible study, learning the needs of
ths mission field and being graduated
Into church membership.
BACON 8ECHETARY OF STATE.
Successor to Root Confirmed by Sen?
ate and Sworn in aa a Cabinet Of?
ficer.
Washington. Jan. 17.?The senate
today confirmed the nominations of
Robert Bacon to be secretary of state
and John Callen O'Laughlin to be as?
sistant secretary of state. The nomi?
nations were acted upon by the com?
mittee on foreign relations today and
were unanimously reported.
Mr. Bacon took the oath of office
late today.
Mr. O'Laughlin will take the oath
of office tmcrrow morning. .
COTTON EXPERTS TO MEET.
Secretary Wilson Announces Person?
nel of CUkSHlfleatlon Committee.
Washington, Jan. 28.?The person?
nel of the committee of expert cotton
classifiers which will meet here on
February 1 to establish an official
standard for the various grades of
cotton, In conformity with an Act of
congress, was annuonced today by
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson as
fofcS>\vs:
James A. Aulrey. New Orleans, La.;
J. S. Akers, Atlanta, On.; Clinton B.
BallSf, Lowell. Mass.; F. M. Crump,
Memphis, Tenn.; John Martin. Paris.
Texas; George W. Neville, New York
City; Lewis W. Parker. Greeuvllle. S.
<".; Nathlom I Thayer. gOStOa, Muss.,
and C'has. A. Vedder. OalveaUMIi Tex?
as.
The committee will be assisted In
th? actual preparation of the official
Krude by Jules Ma/.erat, of New Or
leans; F. ?'. M Ulett. of New York, and
Jaaass k ftsylor, Dallas Tega*
"The commltte, composed of lead
im,' memberu of cotton firms In vurl
ous parts of the country,'' says the
Si??m tary. "la serving without compen?
sation. gene"ousl> giving Its services
foi the benefit of the entire cotton
Industry."
Every time a woman changes her
mind ahe alio airs her views.
PANAMA FRAUD EXPOSED.
SENSATION Ali CHARGES AGAINST
CKOMWEUl AND ROOSEVELT
ADMINISTRATION.
Congressman Ralnoy Declares That
Present Administration and Next
President Have Aided in Railroad
Fraud In Central America.
Washington, Jan. 26.?Charging that
William Nelson Cromwell, Roger L.
Farnham, Charles P. Taft and others
are parties to the "most infamous
railroad proposition ever submitted to
any government," and that they "are,
being permitted not only to rob the
republic of Panama but indirectly the
treasury of the United States," Repre?
sentative Rainey of Illinois today di?
rected the searchlight of publicity
upon affairs in the canal zone In a
startling speech in support of his res?
olution providing for an Investigation
by congress of the Panama canal pur?
chase. "In their efforts In this direc?
tion," he continued, "they have had
so far the complete cooperation and
active assistance of the present ad?
ministration and of the next president
of the United States."
Mr. Rainey traced the history of
the proposed canal 400 years back
and warned that we have already
started in the direction of the rocks
upon which the French companies
were wrecked.
Referring to the government's libel
suit against the New York World
and the grand jury Investigations now
in progress In this city and in New
York, Mr. Rainey said:
"If we are to carry this project
through to a successful conclusion,
we must avoid graft. It is not the
part of wise statesmanship to dispose
of resolutions asking for an Investiga?
tion of any phase of the canal ques?
tion with the sweeping and absolutely
unsupported official declaration that
there la nothing to investigate. It is
not the part of sound statesmanship
and true patriotism to attempt to re?
vive the obsolete common law rem?
edies of 200 years ago and to employ
all the tremendous agencies of the
government in attempting to crush
newspapera which have had the cour?
age to call attention to a questionable
transaction in connection with the ca?
nal."
He aubmitted for record various
papers and documents in support of
many allegations contained in the
apeech.
Mr. Ralney was particularly bitter
in his denunciation of Mr. Crornwell.
general counsel for the New French
Panama Canal Company and counsel
and a director of the Panama rail?
road, which is owned by the United
States government. He charged that
"through the manipulations of Mr.
Cromwell the French csnal company
was permitted to steal from the Uni?
ted States government $3,000,000 or
$4,000,000" and that after he "had be?
come an officer in fact of the United
States, he became a party to an at?
tempt to collect from the United
Statea a fraudulent claim on the part
of the canal company of $2,200,000."
He also was unsparing in his attack
upon Don Jose Domingo De Obaldia.
president of Panama, who, he said,
represented "as no other .Spanish
American statesman in his genera?
tion all that is corrupt etil Spanish
American politics."
"Without Obaldia," he stated,
"Cromwell's career would have been
Impossible. Without Cromwell, Obal?
dia would have been Impossible."
Against President-elect Taft, now
en route to the canal zone, Mr. Raln?
ey directed the accusation that on the
occaalon of his last trip to Panama
in May "he did nothing On the lath
mus except to openly push the candi?
dacy of Obaldia for the presidency."
He asserted that a very thinly veiled
threat to seize the republic if Obaldia
was not elected was contained in a
letter written by Mr. Taft to the then
President Amador and that to prevent
this, Arias, Obaldia's opponent, with
drew.
Reference to President Roosevelt'
recent attack on Senator Tlllman was
made by Mr. Ralney In asserting that
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts was
responsible for the expenditure on
January 1, last, or over $1,000,000 for
the purchase of the steamships Shaw
mut and Tremont for the Panama
Railroad company, which the canal
commission did not want and did not
need) but which vrerc bought because
"the constituents of the senior senator
from Massachusetts wanted to sell
them." He said: 'For some weeks the
secret agencies of the government had
been at work investigating the senior
senator from south Carolina. Thev
have discovered that he used his
frank inadvertently In private con es -
pondenee. and so deprived the gov?
ernment of revenue to the amount of
2 cents, and the matter was consider?
ed Important enough to be smbodlstS
In a special message from the presi?
dent to congress. The senior senator
from Massachusetts, 1. believe, is still
Invited1 to the White House dinners.
Is the president s friend and adviser
and the cabinet maker for the Incom
, ing president. 1 have not heard of
any secret service agents disturbing
the senior senator from Massachusetts
and yet he is directly, individually and
solely responsible that there was taken
out of the treasury of the United
States over $1,000,000."
"A year or two after the independ?
ence of Panama," continued Mr.
Rainey, "the officials of the little re
I public commenced to absorb ideas of
patriotism peculiarly distasteful to
Mr. Cromwell. Mr. Cromwell deter?
mined to displace Dr. Amador and the
other leaders of the Constitutional
party of Panama and put in as presi?
dent some more pliant personage, les?
devoted to high ideas and, of course,
in such an emergency as that his at
tentlon was directed to his old friend |
and ally, Obaldia. He was a man af -
ter Cromwell's own heart. So it was
determined that Obaldia was to be?
come president of Panama. Crom?
well and his friends had developed
certain methods for despoiling and
robbing the little country, and they
did not propose to be interrupted in
any way by the awaked public pa?
triotism and honesty of Dr. Amador
and his friends.
"Suosequently," he said, "Obaldia's
I opponent withdrew on account of the
I interference of Secretary Taft In the
elections and Obaldia was elected. In
I President Amador's farewell message
I to the general assembly," said Mr.
Rainey, "he directly charged Mr. Taft
I with forcing the election of Obaldia.
"The plan of Mr. Cromwell and his
I associates," he declared, was to * ab
I solutely appropriate to their own use
I the revenues of the republic and U>
I steal the forests and the public lands.
I The necessity for Mr. Taft's interfer
I ence and for the election of Obaldia
I becomes now as plain as day."
I Mr. Rainey referred to the fact that
I there was pending and about to bo
I adopted in the general asssembly of
I Panama, "the most infamous railroad
I proposition ever submitted to any
I government," by which Randolph Q.
Ward of New York was to be largely
I the beneficiary. He called attention
I to what he said was the failure of
Arnold Shanklin, the American consul
I general at Panama, to make a report
! requested by the bureau of forestry
I last year because "he evidently feels
I he owes his position there to William
I Nelson Cromwell," and charged that
I certain Interested parties were seek -
I ing to levy tribute upon the people
I of Panama and indirectly the people
I of the United States In connection
I with these timber land deals.
I "It will be interesting to know who
I the gentlemen are whq are attempt
I ing this in a way to impoverish the
tcpublic of Panama," he said, and he
I mentioned William Nelson Cromwell,
Roger T. Farnham, W. S. Harvey and
Charles P. Taft
"Since the election of last Novem?
ber," he continued, 'under the shadow
of the dome of the capltol a bread
I line appears dally, constantly increas?
ing in length. If we permit the scheme
of William Nelson Cromwell, Roger
T. Farnham, Charles P. Taft and
others to go through on the isthmus
of Panama, this government will have
there a bread line containing 100,000
people." If we "permit these men
who are attempting to steal and to
appropriate to their own use the reve
rues of this republic," we place upon
the United States the burden of air?
ing for those people, he said.
*J do not charge that the gentleman
who will be inaugurated president of
the United States on March 4 is a
part}' to this infamous scheme for
robbing this little country. His friend?
ship for Cromwell, Farnham and E.
A. Drake, as members of the board
of directors of the Panama railroad,
his continued Indorsements of both
Cromwell and Farnham, his interfer?
ence on the isthmus of Panama, which
compelled the elecetion of a corrupt
s'.atesman, absolutely under the con?
trol of Cromwell, as president of that
republic, all these things and other
things for which the present admin?
istration is responsible made possible
the signing of a contract by Obaldia
which may bring to the gentlemen in?
terested therein riches beyonds the
dreams of avarice. It will not be iong
if this scheme goes through, before
the campaign contributions made by
some of the gentlemen interested in
this enterprise will be returned a hun?
dred fold."
Mr. Rainey charged that Mr. Crom?
well and Mr. Farnham have been ac?
tively engaged here for two or three
weeks prompting treaties affecting Co?
lombia and Panama, pending before
the senate. He said that If the plans
Of Mr. Cromwell and his associates
go through, and if theses treaties are
confirmed, there will be no revenues
In Panama out of which to pay the
$1,000.000, or more, |i demnity to Co?
lombia, payment of Which is guaran?
teed by this country.
"The United States government Will
be called upon to pay it all,'' he pre?
dicted, "and If these plans for the
spoliation of Panama proceed to a
successful eonclUSlon( it will not be
long until Immense burdens of a dif?
ferent character connected with Pan?
ama win be Imposed upon our threaa
ury.
"These patriotic gentlemen," said
Mr. itainey, in conclusion, "therefore
are being permitted not only to rob
the republic of Panama, but indirectly
to rob the treasury of the United
fitstes and In their efforts in this di
Protection For Public Ground**.
Editor Item: *
At a recent meeting of the County
Board, the preceeding of which ap?
peared in your columns, it was resolv?
ed to beautify the grounds, and in ac
ordance with this resolution the
County Supervisor and Clerk of the
Court were instructed to have the
work done. The offer of the writer
supervise the work was also accept?
ed. The work of arranging the
grounds will begin this week and be
pressed forward as rapidly as is pos?
sible with works of this kind.
It is concerning this work that the
writer wishes to make a few sugges?
tions in regard to the duty of the peo?
ple in reference to it. which sugges?
tions, he trusts will meet the approval
of all who take any pride in the city
and who would like to see its public
places made as beautiful as possible.
The county authorities propose to
beautify the grounds surrounding the
Court House, without asking any fin?
ancial assistance from the city or
from any private citizen, but in doing
this they have a right to expect that
the police and citizens generally will
give all possible assistance in the way
of protecting the plants and flow?
ers, that will be planted. For un
ess this be done it is well nigh useless
to attempt the work of improving
the grounds. Ever since the grounds
have been turnfed over to the County
t has been the custom for everyone,
who feel like it, to gather as many
flowers as they wanted, and this in?
excusable custom has resulted In very
serious damage to some of the plants.
There are two large Japonlca shrubs
in the grounds and these have been
badly mutilated by children breaking
off the branches. These plants grow
very slowly and when the blooms are
removed they should have very little
stem taken off, or otherwise, they are
badly injured. On Sunday afternoon
the writer saw two little boys with a
quantity of blooms, to which weer at?
tached from 12 to 18 inches of the
-ranch. *
It is perfectly obvious that If we
are to look for any beauty on the
Court House grounds that this prac?
tice must stop, and it is clearly the
duty of parenta to prohibit their
children from taking flowers from
any public place. To do thia la really
more reprehensible than to take
them from prlcate gardens, for the
reason that the owners can take bet?
ter care of them than it is possible
to do with public grounds. To this
rule, that the flowers in public places
are not to be gathered, there should
be no exception, for the reason that
if the privilege is accorded to one
person it must be given to all. In
18D3 while the writer was at the Ex?
position in Chicago he spent a part of
on* day in one of the beautiful parka
that make thia great city so attrac?
tive. There were great beds of teau
tiful and truly gorgeous flowers, and
while children were playing on the
grass, and all clasaea of people ftrol
ing about the flowers were untounch
ed, every one, even the children,
seeming to understand that they must
not be disturbed. It is a very com?
mon practice in some places to even
take flowers from the cemeteries, but
the writer has never heard of any?
thing of this kind in Sumter.
While writing on this subject the
writer begs to direct attention to an?
other inexcusable annoyance to
which those who cultivate flowers are
exposed, and that is the practice, on
the part of a great many people of al?
lowing their chickens to run at large
Nothing is more exasperating than to
have a fine seed or flower bed ruined
by chickens, and yet it is a very com?
mon occurrence; so common as to de?
ter a great many people from plant?
ing either vegetables or flowers
Horses, cattle and hogs are not al?
lowed to run at large and the same
rule ought to apply to chickens. The
person who knowingly allows his
chickens to invade the garden of his
neighbor deserves just as much cen?
sure as if he were to pull the flowers
himself; In fact It would not be quite
so bad for him to make the raid as
he would leave something, whereas
the chickens make a clean sweep of
everything. If the city council would
puss an ordinance requiring people
to keep their chickens confined to
their own premises, it uld enable
a great many, who now ? it impos?
sible to cultivate flowers, ..nd in ad?
dition to this make it possible to re?
move a great many unsightly fences.
One of the writer's lady friends told
him, just a day or two ago, that she
had a high wire fence to keep her
chickens confined, yet despite this her
flowers were often ruined by the
chickens of her neighbors.
W. D. WOODS.
The uncommon opportunities for
heroism are often in the common du?
des of life.
reetion they have had BO far the com?
plete cooperation and the active as?
sistance of the present administration
and of the next president of the Uni?
ted States.."
From the very outset of his re
n arks Mr. Uainey claimed the alvso
li te attention of the house and he
was frequently applauded .
FARM LOANED THE STATE.
DEMONSTRATION WORK OX EX?
TENSIVE SCALE PilOJ.VXTED.
Mr. Tlionias Hitchcock, Jr., Puls
5,000-Acre Plantation in Aiken at
Disposal or Agricultural Conunis
sroiier Wataoa aud tl e Federal Au?
thorities for Demonstration Pur?
poses.
Columbia. Jan. 26.?Last night
Commissioner Watson and Prof. Ira
Williams, in charge of the United
States farm demonstration work in
South Carolina, returned to the city,
after having appeared before Mr.
Taft in Charleston, and having spent
Monday with Mr. Thomas Hitchcock,
Jr., at Aiken. A short time ago Mr.
Hitchcock wrote Mr. Watson saying
thai he owned an extensive estate la
Aiken county; that he waa anxious to
multe it of some value to South Caro?
lina farmers; that he wanted to In?
voke the aid of the Federal and Sra e
Governments in the matter of the di?
rection of operations upon this ex?
tensive property, and thai he v.us
v ii'rng to meet all the expenses n*e
essary to make this a farm that would
be an educational agency in that part
of the State.
Mr. Watson immediately accepted
Mr. Hitchcock's invitation, realizing
that such a farm conducted upon such
a scale meant much to the people of
this State. Mr. Watson Immediately
realized that this was a proposition
well worth his closest attention, and*
Mr. Williams was likewise interested.
Just as soon as these officials were
through with Mr. Taft In Charleston,
they went to Aiken and had a full
conference with Mr. Hitchcock, go?
ing over the 6,0000-acre plantation
that Mr. Hitchcock has bought there.;
The result of the conference will be
that the United States Government
will immediately undertake tc put in?
to operation on Mr. Hitchcock's place
a series of practical demonstrations
intended to be of value to the farm?
ers of the surrounding country, that,
have not been excelled in any given
locality in this country. The visitors
found Mr. Hitchcock t.iroughly
aroused on the subject and returned
to Columbia feeling that they bac* dis?
covered a situation that meant more
to the future of the sand hill country^
In this State than anything that had
developed in the last decade.
The gentlemen representing the
State and the Federal Government,
whow ent to Aiken, were much im?
pressed by Mr. Hitchcock's sincerity
in this matter, and express their be-^
lief that they will be able through
Mr. Hitchcock's offer to Inaugurate
maintain a work" of far more value to
the agricultural interest of the State
than any other line of work now be?
ing prosecuted.
The offer of Mr. Hitchock unn
doubtedly marks an advanc* in the
cause of Intelligent agriculture, and
if what is proposed does not obtain
results that both Messrs. Williams
and Williams and Watson expect it
will not be their fault. They will
leave no stone unturned to make th(
experiment a conspicuous cne froi
the standpoint of results. Mr Wat?
son said today that he regarded this
whole matter as something of more
real import to the cause of agricul?
ture than almost anything that had
come his way since he had been inj
otllce.
HOUSE FAVORS SILVER SERVICE.
Columbia. Jan. 27.?In the house
yesterday a favorable report was mads
on the resolution introduced by Mr*
Bryan of Charleston, providing f*>r the
purchase of a suitable silver service
for the battleship South Carolina, The
resolution appropriates $6,600 for this
service and it is not thought that there
will be any opposition from either
house. %
The house and senate met in Joint
session at noon for about two minutes
to announce the result of the separate
ballot the day previous for the elec?
tion of E. D. Smith as United States
senator. This formality being com?
plied with, Mr. Smith is now the junioej
senator from South Carolins and wil?
assume office la March.
Senator Tlllinan's Had Rreak.
"When Mr. Tillman talks abefct be?
ing prepared for 'even the knife of
the assassin,' he decends to tommy-1
rot. Character assassins do not use.
knives. The pen is their favorite
weapon," says the Philadelphia Rec?
ord. No one believes that Senator
Tillman Indended to convey the idea
that President Roosevelt would at?
tempt to use the knife upon him^
the senator, no doubt, merely meang
that he was ready for those who
might deoend to such depths.?Co?
lumbus Inquirer -Baa.
llexaniethylonctctramine.
?The above is the name of a Oer
man chemical, which is one of th
many valuable Ingredients Of Foley's
Kidney Remedy. Hexamethylenete
tramlne is recognised by medical text
books and authorities as a uric acid
solvent and antiseptic for the urine.
Take Foley's Kidaei Remedy as soon
as you notice any irregularities, and
avoid a serious malady. W. W\ Sl
bert. 4