Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?ER FBEIGNT RftlES. VANCK8 MAI>K IN ALL PAKTS OT TIIK COUNTRY. tun c Commission Admit* That fiftypp*V* Pay More on All Lending Conuuoditle*? Followed New lUte Washington. Feb. 6.?Chairman PS** t%( the Interstate Commerce Ion* ??> .?>' responded to the rrsoliition of January 15 aak for informal ion as to advancea In it rates since the passage of the Hepburn, or Railroad Rate, law of Jnatc II. 190?. The response shows tail aaany advi.ncea in freight rates ssani been made alnce the Hepburn eavsr was passed. ~'W? have not been able to keep % sweerd ef the t Ivancea." saya Chalr samn Knapp, who then notes a num? ber of the more Important advances SSi a general war. Between July 1. 190C. and January II, 1HI. saya Judge Knapp, nearly SMS.Ota schedules of rates and classi? fications and supplements, varying in sates f>oaa I to 700 pagea. were filed vkOi (Sie commission. He estimates that there are ISO.000,000 Itetna In the tariff Aled. and it la Impossible to eaatupare ail these with a like number ssf fastis filed previous to July 1. MM Then, giving some of the more lm fjaartAjDt advances In ratea alnce the Hepburn law wma adopted, Chairman Knapp showa that coal rates have tmen advanced 6 canta a ton from the Pennsylvania. Maryland and West Virginia Heids to Central Freight Aa aaarlatlea territory and from the Ken tsjeky, Tennessee and Alabama fielda to polnta in Southeastern Freight As? sociation territory. AJrjua and grain-product rates have tjeen advanced i cents per 100 pounda from Ohio and Mlaalastppi crossings to Southeastern Freight Association territory Ratea from Northum* and Wassern producing points ara based sjpon the Ohls and Mississippi river eng rates, and therefore thla ad toe resulted in an advance from that territory. Ratea were ad vsuered 2 cents per 100 pounda from Cfcsrago to New York in May, 1907. Tbe proportional rate applicable from Chicago on shipments from points of the Mississippi river was re td 1 1-1 ceits per 100 pounds on *a>:.?.Ht and corn, and half a cent per ISO oh rye. oat* and barley In May. Atta? Hates ea packlng-houaa products *laari- advanced .1 cents per 100 pounds Ohle and Mississippi river cross to Southeastern Freight Associa? tion territory. Ratea from Northern Waatarn producing points are 'J on the Ohio and Mississippi ratan. and therefore correspond? ent jtfvancea result In ratea from the producing polnta. Ratea on sugar have been advanced % cents per 100 pounds from New York and New Orleans and from poinia in trunk-line territory, rates from which are made with relation Ss> the New York ratea. to polnta In Central Freight Association territory mum %? <^hlcago and to St. Paul and to points In the Northwest, the ratea to whkh are made with relation to the O?rago or St. Faul rates. P**-tron rule* have beet advam d 3S cents a ton from furnace points In fVfulbeaalern Freight Association ter? ra... ! , points in Central Freight Association an I trunk-line territories. Carat >trtSJ pips ratea have been ad? vanced lb OpatS a ton from foundry p?>. n Southeastern Freight Asso Cta'ion territory to polnta In Central Weight Association and trunk line tcrrltorlaa. Ratea on iron and ateel articles, subject to official classification, have Lorn generally advanced by the with <9rev>al of commodity ratea and the application in lieu thereof of higher cu??* rates. These advancea are not ? lilform to ?II points affected. ober rules from Chicago and points basing thereon to trunk line ?ry have been generilW advnno liy withdrawal of commodity rates in application of higher class Thla advance waa not unlfot m from p - '.it lng points In the ihr Northwest to all destinations j advanced No.ember 1. 1907. I After hearing a ? omplalnt the com- | avJenftoa condemned the advance made from th? producing points to points seen! of a linn drawn front I'emblna. ' J5L IX. through omaha and Kansas City to Port Arthur. Texas An in of i conti: per 100 pounds was 'mlttad to all points east of that Trana-eontlnental rates have btOI Irasn id bn'h eaatbound and west assent between points In the Atlantic MsUwtart territory and the States of the MtasiHslppi river on one hand, and trrmuui point* on the Pacific Coast mn<\ intermediate points, the rates to -which are made with relation thereto, on the other hand, In aums ranging ?from 3 per cent on one article, to ?JS par rent, on another article. The Waviest advance was In eastbound sates To Teaaa pointa ratea have been advanced from Kanaaa City and St. &4>ula and points baaing thereon. which embraces the entire territory east of the Mississippi river and a large number of points west, in sums ranging from 4 cents to 10 cents per 100 pounds. Many advances in rates have been effected by changes in classification ratings and without changes in the specific scale of rates. Many changes in required carload minimum weights have been made. These do not neces? sarily Increase the rates upon the commodities to which they apply, un? less the minimum weight has been fixed so high as to make Is impossi? ble to load It Into the car. Congress is informed by Chairman Knapp that "the tariffs of today con? tain many listed charges for services which would not be found In the tariffs in effect immediately prior to the Hepburn amendment," but that "they, however, cannot be said to he additional or Increased charges, be? cause now the tariffs contain lawful authority and provision for many services and charges which formerly were rendered without specific tariff authority therefor." The tariffs now contain many provisions for assess? ment and absorption of switching charges, which simply continues for? mer practices, for which provision was not made in the tariffs. Express companies were first brought under the act to regulate commerce by the Hepburn amend? ment, and this necessitated an en? tire reconstruction of their rate .schedules. None were on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission prior to that time. Chairman Knapp says no general advances in the charges of express companies have been noted except between various points In New England territory, where advances have been made ranging from 10 cents to 25 cents per 100 pounds. Aa to passenger rates Chairman Knapp says: There have been no general increase in passenger fares. The tendency has been in the oppo? site direction. Reductions in State fares have resulted in a general low? ering of Interstate passenger fares. The general increase in rates to Southeastern Freight Association ter? ritory and the increase in the rates to southwestern territory have been mad" the subject of complaint to the commission and these complaints are in course of Investigation, several hearings on them having been had." FOREST RESERVE BILL. The Majority Report of House Com? mittee Favors the Rill. Washington. Feb. 7.?The wide dif? ference of opinion among the mem? bers of the house committee on ag? riculture on the bill which seeks to provide for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams is evinced In the report which accom? panies the bill. The opinions of the majority, as expressed by Representatives Weeks (Mass.) and Lever (S. C), are practi? cally those of the administration. The general scope of the bill permits the acquirement of lands In any part of the Unite! States when considered advisable by the national forest reservation commission, which the bill creates. It provides that the geological survey must first de t 'i tnine that the land to be acquired ?/111 promote or protect the navigabil? ity of streams. The majority report declares that the flood damage in the United States has Increased from $4 5.000,000 In IMI to $118,000,000 in 1907. and that the greatest Increases are on stream* on whose watersheds the forests have bawl heavily cut. ? The minority report, which Is sign ed by Chairman Chas. F. Scott and four other members, contends that there is no vital connection between the forests and the maintenance o navigability in navigable streams TheMo members argue In favor of In structlng the farmers in proper till age of the soil ard In protecting th forests from fire as more deslrabl than the purchase of lands whic would be made unproductive und would bt taken from the local ta rolls. LEVER'S HILL APPROVED, Provides for Additional OenOM K< |H>rt.H on Cotton. Washington, Feb. 9.?Addition; cotton reports by the census officers an- provided for In the Lever bill which was approved today by the committee on census. The bill dl I set I report* to he made on stocks of I Bled cotton In the United States to be summarized as of November 1. December 1. and March 1. The Secret of Ijong Life. ?A French scientist has discovered one secret of long life. III? method deals with the blood. Hut long ago millions of Americans had proved Kleotrle Hitters prolongs life and makes It worth living. It purifies, en? riches and vitalizes the blood, rebuilds wasted nerve cells, imparts life ind tone to the entire system. It's a god? send to weak, sick and debilitated people. "Kidney trouble had blight? ed my life for months." writes W. M. Sherman, of Cushtng, Me., "but Elec? tric Bitters cured me entirely." Only 50c at Sibert's Drug Store. TINO CALIFORNIA TROUBLE. Roosevelt Says Japanese Legislation Breaks the Obligations of the Treaty. Washington, Feb. 8.?"The policy of the administration is to combine the maximum of efficiency In achiev? ing the real object which the people of the Pacific slope have at heart, with the minimum of friction and trouble, while the misguided men who advocate such action as this against which I protest are following a policy which combines the very minimum of elflclency *wlth the max- i Imum of insult, and which, while to? tally failing to accomplish any real result for good, yet might accomplish an infinity of harm." In this language President Roose? velt today in a long telegram to Speaker P. A. Stanton of the Califor? nia assembly set forth the govern? ment's view of the anti-Japanese school legislation now before that body. The president stated that the bill gives just and grave cause for irrita? tion and the government would be obliged Immediately to take action in the federal courts to test such legisla? tion, because it Is held to be clearly a violation of the treaty obligations of the United States. The telegram to Speaker Stanton was sent only after a conference with Senator Flint and Representative Kohn of California and F. K. Lane of the interstate com? merce commission. To Speaker Stanton the president sent the following: "I trust there will be no misunder? standing of the federal government's attitude. We are jealously endeavor? ing to guard the Interest of California and of the entire West In accordance with the desires of our Western peo? ple. By friendly agreement with Ja? pan we are now carrying out a pol? icy which, while meeting the Interests and desires of the Pacfic slope, is yet compatible not merely with mutual self-respect but with mutual esteem and admiration between the Ameri? cans and Japanese. "The Japanese government is loyal? ly and in good faith doing its part to carry out this policy, precisely as the American government is doing. This policy alms at mutuality of obliga? tion and behavior. In accordance with it the purpose is that the Japanese shall come here exactly as Americans go to Japan, which is In effect that travelers, students, persons engaged In International business, men who so? journ for pleasure or study and the like, shanl have the freest access from one country to the other, and shall be sure of the best treatment, but that there shall be no settlement in mass by the people of either country in the other. "During the last six months under this policy more Japanese have left the country than have come In It, and the total number In the United States has diminished by over 2,000. These figures are absolutely accurate and cannot be impeached. In other words, if the present policy is consistently followed and works as well In the fu? ture as it Is now working, all difficul? ty and causes of friction will disap? pear, while at the same time each na? tion will retain Its self-respect and the good will of the other. But such a bill as this school bill accomplishes literally nothing whatever in the line of the object aimed at and gives Just and grave cause for irritation; while In addition the United States government would be obliged imme? diately to take action in the federal court to test such legislation, as we hold It to be clearly a violation of the treaty. "On this point I refer you to the numerous decisions of the United States supreme court in regard to State laws which violate treaty obli? gations of the United States. The leg? islation would accomplish nothing beneficial and would certainly cans* some mischief and might cause very grave mischief. "If in a year or two the federal government fails to accomplish what It is now achieving, then through the further action of the president and congress it can be made entirely efficient. I am sure that the sound Judgment of the people of Califor? nia will support you. Mr. Speaker, in your effort. "Let me repeat that at present we are actually doing the very tiling which the people of California wish to be done and to ups<>t the arrange? ment under which this is being done cannot do any good and may do great harm. If In the next year or two the figures of Immigration prove that the arrangement which has worked so successfully during the last six months Is no longer working successfully, then there would be ground for grievance, and for the reversal by the national government of Its present policy. But at present the policy is working well and until It works badly It would be a grave misfortune to change It, and when changed It can only be changed effectively by the national government. (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." Everyone knows best where his own shoo pinches.?German. city council mm. MAYOR APPOINTS THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. Mr. .Jenkins Requests Council to Fill Open Drain That Crosses His Land But Council Replies That financial Condition of City Precludes Such Expenditure ut Present. City Council held a regular meeting at 8 o'clock p. m. Tuesday. Present?W. B. Boyle, mayor; Al? dermen H. D. Barnett, Wm. Bultman, P. P. Finn, R. F. Haynsworth, H. C. Haynsworth, J. R. Ligon, W. G. Stubbs and R. L. Wright. Minutes of Jan. 26th were read and confirmed. Mr. W. D. Woods stated that the County Commissioners propose to im? prove and beautify the Court House square and requested the adoption of two ordinances?one to prevent chick? ens and other fowls from going upon public squares and one to prevent persons from plucking flowers and shrubbery from such places. On motion of Mr. H. C. Haynsworth the Clerk was directed to prepare the re? quired ordinances. Mr. Barnett for the Finance Com? mittee, reported that the Clerk and Treasurer's report for January had been checked up and found correct, that claims referred to them had been approved, and that eighteen thousand dollars of the City debt had been paid, including six thousand dollars to H. Stevens' Son's. Co., on sewer pipe contract. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth for the Com? mittee of Public Work reported work done for two weeks ending 6th Inst.. and cost of same as follows: Garbage hauled. 351 loads_ $60.00 Repairs, Sumter Street. 1.30 Repairs, Caldwell Street. 1.00 Repairs, West Liberty Street. . 1.50 Repairs, Broad Street. 2.50 Grading and Clay, W. Hamp? ton Avenue. 10.00 Grading and Clay, S. Wash j ington Street. 96.50 Clay, W. Calhoun Street. 10.00 Grading and Clay, Purdy Street, completed. 94.10 Filling Sewer Trenches. 2.80 Street Sweeping. 10.80 Splinkllng... 3.60 Moving Furnace and cleaning Opera House alley. 2.00 Unchoklng drains. 1.00 Farm work. 17.40 Total expense for two weeks. . $314.50 Mr. Haynsworth also presented a letter from City Engineer W. L. Lee reporting progress of work orderd by council on Washington and other streets and advising that a larger number of carts be provided in order that full benefit may be derived from the joint labors of the county chain gang and city hands. The employ? ment of additional carts was author? ized. Mr. Ligon for the Police Commit? tee submitted report for January as follows: No. of arrests, 90; fines paid, $353; time served, 234 days. Mr. Bultman for the ?)pera Hous* Committee, reported that the carpen? ter work had been completed. The mayor announced that he had appointed Aldermen R. F. Haj r.s worth, Wright and Finn on the building committee as ordered by council on Jan. 26th. Mr. Ligon called attention to sew? er excavations left open in the Streets for several days at a time, and sug? gested that the plumbers or other persons doing such work on public highways, .should be required to com? plete it and refill trench within 24 hours, and on his motion the city engineer was requested to see that this rule is observed. Mr. Lee ex? plained that one trench had been left open to drain offensive matter from under a store. And on Mr. H. C. Haynsworths motion the health of? ficer was requested to Investigate and have the matter remedied. Mr. Ligon suggested that the ordi? nance which forbids unhaltered horses mules and cattle being driven through Main and Liberty streets, in the day time should be amended so as to include all streets. Mr. Wright and the mayor expressed the opinion that such an ordinance would be a great hardship on live stock dealers and would deprive them of a privilege al? lowed In much larger cities than Sumter. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth's mo? tion that the ordinance be amended as Mr. Ligon had suggested, was de? feated by yea and nay vote as fol? lows : Yeas?Pult man, Finn, Ligon, H. C. Haynsworth. Nays?Barnett? R. F. Haynsworth. Stubbs, Wright and Boyle. The mayor declared that proper regulations should be made for pub? lic safety, and suggested that every drove of horses, mules or cattle driv? en through the streets should be pre? ceded by two men. at a sutllclent dis? tances ahead of the drove, to warn people. Mr. IL C. Haynsworth moved that the mayor's suggestion be adopt? ed and that the clerk be directed to prepare an ordinance accordingly. The motion was adopted. A letter was read from Mr. D. D. Moise, attornery for Mr. T. B. Jen- I kins, requesting council to take some ftOtlon in reference to an open public drain across Mr. Jenkins' land, by either piping and filling the drain or diverting the water in some other di? rection and allowing Mr. Jenkins to fill the drain and utilize his property. Mr. Moise reminded the council that this question has been before them since April, 1905, and probably had been overlooked. After due discussion a motion by Mr. Ligor. was adopted: "That it is the sense of council that this work should be done and will be done as soon as practicable, out cannot be done at the present time because the financial condition of the city will not permit. Reports of sewerage expenses for January and receipts and disburse? ments of the water department were read and received as Information. A letter was received from Mrs. Andrena Moses asking that she be al? lowed to write part of the insurance on the new fire station, in companies represented by her. The following claims were referred to the Finance Committee: China's Drug Store, $1.10; Von Ohsen and Shirer, $25.90, and $1.15; Durant Hardware Co., $4.72; Ralph Hill, $16.65; Craig Furniture Co., $5: Burns Hardware Co., T2.40, and $5. 95; Geo. D. Shore & Bro., $44; H. L. Tisdale, $2.40; Carolina Hardware Co., $5.60. The council then adjourned. DIVISION OF MOROCCO. France and Germany Lay Ghost of Difficulty by Signing a Far-Reach ing Agreement. Paris, Feb. 9.?France and Ger? many today signed a far-reaching agreement concerning Morocco, thus banishing' a spectre which for years has loomed up intermittently as the cause ol strained relations between the two countries. Of more impor? tance still, perhaps, than the actual settlement of pending difficulties and the harmonizing of views concerning Morocco, is the moral effect of estab? lishing a broad basis of friendly re? lations 1 etweeen the two nations which have been separated, so to speak, since the war of 1S70. The agreement signed today guar? antees tie integrity of Morocco and insures perfect allegiance to the terms ol the Algeciras act. France recognizes Germany's economic in? terests in Morocco, while Germany recognizes the particular political rights of France there. RAILROADS' RULE SUSTAINED. Unfavorable Report on Bill to Force Acceptance of Mileage on Trains In North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 9.?The Bar ringer bill, providing that buyers of mileage books on railroads shall not be compelled to exchange mileage for tlck< tS at stations, now a regulation Of t'.e railroads, was today reported unfavorably by the senate committee on :a;lrods by a vote of 7 to 3. The minority announced it would fight for the bill on the floor of the senate. In a hearing before the committee, representatives of the Southern, the Seaboard and the Atlantic Coast Line railroads argued that as mileage books were not required by the State law anil were .solely a concession by the railroads, the roads should be al? lowed to regulate the use of books which are sold at a lower rae of fare. The bill was designed to free passen? gers from the inconveniences caused by waiting in crowds to have mileage books exchanged for tickets. GOATS TO THE RESCUE. Plan Announced to Save Uncle Sam's Forests From Fire. Washington, Feb. 5.?"Wanted?By the United States Government 3,000 Angora Goats, able to eat anything, from a red shirt or a circus poster to the busy chaparral of the national forests; back alley goats of Jersey City, Hoboken and Harlem especially desired." This is the advertisement which may be looked for in the next few days, when the Government has com? pleted a scheme formed of herding out 3,000 Angora goats on the brush covered foothills of California to eat away the bushy growth and thereby protect the forests. The K<>ats will be spread out over an area and then properly guided so as to eat lanes in the foreest. These lanes, it is calculated, will be 300 yards wide and will serve to divide the forest into patches, so to speak, so that if one patch gets on fire the dames will not spread in the adjoining patches. The idea was made public yest*-r day by the Bureau of Forestry in a report showing the advantages of the plan. ?Foley's Orino Laxative cures con? stipation and liver trouble and makes the bowels healthy and regular. Ori? no Is superior to pills and tablets as it does not gripe or nauseate. Why take anything else? W. W. Sibert. A CURIOUS SIJ?ATION. A CHURCH IX or. WCERVRG COL' XT Y BUILT WITH 1>1> PEXSAKY PROFITS. Congregation Advted After ii:e Building Wae completed That it Could Not be r>ed for Services and Now the Ttrwo of I>;\ingston Has A White Elephant on Its Hands. Since the publication In The Herald of the story of the building of the new church in the town of Livingston in Orangeburg county, South Caro? lina, the full lime light of publicity has been turned on it, and all the facts in connection with it have been made public. The story as published in The Herald is fully substantiated, but has led to a peculiar situation. The church (building) is now rejected by the church (organization) and the lit? tle town finds itself with a white ele? phant on its hands in the shape of a handsome and well appointed church building. A dispensary is being operated in the town, and the profits arising from it were so great that after paying for all the municipal Improvements a considerable sum remained. What to do with this money was a question that worried the town authorities not a little, until finally some one pro? posed that it be applied to building a church. A proposition was made to the members of a country church near the town, to build a church and give it to them, which was accepted, after the pastor had consulted with his presiding elder and obtained that official's sanction to the plan. The members of the church agreed to aid in the building, but as the work progressed so well and they were not pushed to put their hands down into their jeans, they gave no further aid than that which accrued from pat? ronizing the dispensary, and the church was paid for wholly with dis? pensary money. It is completed now, the handsome pews having been put in during the past week, and it is ready to be opened for divine ser? vices. But now it appears that there will be trouble in getting these services started. The Southern Christian Advocate questioned the truth of the story as published in The Herald, and called upon the Methodist preachers to ex? plain. This has been done in a letter from Rev. C. B. Smith, the presiding elder of that district, who states that "The reports as sent forth In the newspapers are largely true." He in? timates that building a church with dispensary money Is no worse than building a school house with such funds, but he adds that "No Meth? odist preacher shall ever preach in it while I am on the district," unless the higer authorities will now give their consent. This they may not do. Th^r. 'no Methodist pastor will be allowed to preach in it, and of course the other denominations cannot afford to take a less exalted position. And so this handsome, commodious and comfort? able church must remain closed, and the people be compelled to attend some less attractive or convenient church, or perhaps unable to attend any church at all. Now isn't this a curious complica? tion? Here is a nice church, which the church authorities will not ac? cept because they claim that figura? tively the devil built it. Eut what shall be done with it? Having been built it should and will be put to some 4 use. It might be converted into a school house, but shall the children be taught in a house which the grown-ups fear to use because it was built out of dispensary profits? So eventually, because of this would be logical, it may be converted into a dispensary. One of the finest and most attractive buildings in the town being a dispensary, while congrega? tions worshipped in much inferior buildings, would again be a perplex? ing condition So would it r.~>t be best for this house, now that it is built, to be accepted and used by the church, lest it be used for a le? worthy purpose? Is not Sam Jones's illustration ap? plicable in this case that, if you find the devil going your way, don't hesi? tate to ride him, if that will be a help to you in serving a good cause??Au? gusta Herald. ?Pnuemonia often follows la grippe but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and T ir, for la grippe coughs and deep seated colds. Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow pack? age. W. W. Slbert. 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