Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ANTI-JAI? Ill I.I, KILLER. Oregon Senate Vote* Down lllll for r.vlu?lon of \ ?da tic Immigrant*. amissa. Ore.. Feh S.?Senator Bailey's antt-Jupanese resolition wax defeated la the senate today ?hin the majority report of the resolution com mlttee was accepted. This was not accomplished, however. until after SehHtor Ballev had ar?ued (Of the re enactment of the Chinese exclusion ?et. and for Ita broadening to Include Japanese. Malaya, Hindus and all other Aelastlc? Mr. Bailey stated that for the Unl tod States not to take a Arm stand at this time would lead the Jap. nese to Imagine that America la afraid of that nation. Bailey preaented argu? menta oa aeveral phasee of the situ? ation and assarted that he repreeents the sentiments of nine-tenths of the people of the Pacific coast. INCOME TAX URGED. Democrats On Tariff Committee Wl" s?? Itecommciid. Washington. Feb. 9.?Democratic members of the houae committee on ways and means who are engaged In framing a eubatitute tariff bill to offer to congress in place of the Republi? can meaaure now being framed by \he Republican members of the tamo committee have about concluded to offer a meaaure with substantially re? duced dntie* on all highly taxed Im? ports asd to auggeet thut the reve? nues bt holatered up to required needs b ? the addition of an Inheri? tance aid Income tax. The Democrats feel confident that the Sufreme CSurt, which knocked out the Income tax provision of the Wftenn Mil by a vote of five to four. Will no* uphold that sort of taxation, provided certain changes are made In the method of levying such taxes aa waa pointed out by that covrt in Its original decision. Furthermore, they count tn the changed personnel of the high court to be In favor of auch legislation, recalling that President Roosevtlt until recently favered both kinds of taxea. The Rooosevelt ap? point eeo In the Supreme Court are Jeat/cee Day. Holmea and Moody. AVTI-JAP BILL KILLED. Ttie Ca lifo? ula Segregation Meaaure De*?d for the Present. Sacramento. Feb. 10.?Yielding to the pressure brought to bear by Pres? ident P.ooasvelt and Oov. J. M. Olllett. the California assembly toduy revers? ed Its previous position by reconald erlng me former vote on segregation of Japanern* In the public achoola and finally rejecting the meaaure by a vote of 41 to 37. An effort by the support era of the bill further to consider were lost by a vote of is to 18, and the assembly la now clear of any Jap aneae measure objected to by the na? tional government. Th? flgh'. for the suppression of the bill was won only after many hours of hnated debate on the floor. The struggle started at 10:10 o'clock In the morning on the presentation of a res? olution by Aaserrblymaik J. H. Tranau of Loa Angelea. affirming the right of the State to govern Ita achoola, but withdrawing the Japanese segregation measure, because of the president's objection to It. and lasted until 4 o'clock In ths afternoon, when Crova I* Johnaon'e motion further to recon? sider his defeated school segregation hill was defeated. The school bill Is still to be consid? ered In the aenate. having been pre? sents^ there by Senator A. C. Cam* nette, but there Is little chance that the measure will be approved when brought up. GIVING OUT. Struggle Discourages Many a Oll? sen of Sumtes*. Around all day with an achlmf lack: Can't reat at night; Knough to make any one "give out Do an'? Kidney Pllla will give re? newed "dfe. They will cure th? backache; Cure every kidney 111. Hers la Sumter proof that thia Is MJ Wm. Burdell. living at 211 Church Stimtsr, 8. C. says: "I can ily recommend Doan'a Kidney pllla for backache and kidney trou? ble 1 suffered from backache and rp shooting pains through my |atm "il 1 not reef well at night and In th* morning would be very lame ho l ??'IrT I waa a ao caused much annoyance during the night on ac? count ??f tbo t"" fr ?pient n< tlon of the kidneys, the secretions being earj ti < i nd a sediment waa noticeable at times. I>onn's Kidney Pills were recommended to me, I procured them at China's drug store, and can truth? fully stats that they gave me great re lief. For aome time I have been fre.? ft -m backache*, the m-eretlon* are clear and I do not hove to arise at night. I feel so much stronger and better that I can highly rOOOSB* mend Doan's Kidney Pills to any person ?Unering from kidney com? plaint " For aals by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foater-Mllburn Ca,, Buffalo. New Vork. sole agents for tho United ?la tea. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. ?? PROTECTION OF FISH. HEXATOll Ol BISTEN SEN ADVO? CATED Al DI'HOX SOCIETY HILLS. Object of Hill of Senator Hums In to Pro\Wle Against D>namiting anil Seining Certain Game Fish. Columbia. Feb. 11.?Senator Nlela Christensen of Heaufort made a strong plea In the senate yesterday for protection of the tlsh and birds of this State. The discussion was upon Sen? ator Bass' bill for the protection of garre fish In the State of South Caro? lina and for the repeal of certain laws relating thereto. "The lien law or any of the other measures which the farmers believe are of great interest to them," said Mr. ChrlsteraScn. "mean less to them than this protection of the birds." There ar*? seven or eight of.the Au dubon society meusures before the general assembly this year. All of these bills are directed towards pro? tecting the birds and fish of the State. Of so much Importance were these bills considered that there have been efforts to have them made special or? ders on the calendar, hut this failed when all special orders were discharg? ed upon motion. However, this bill of Senator Bass' as to protection of game fish came up regularly for third reading yesterday and was discussed during the morning session. 11 The bill provides In the first section th it for the purpose of classification the following fhih shall be known as game fish: Jack fish or pickerel, pike, black base or trout, striped bass or reek fish, warrrouth, red-belly, robin, bream, copper-faced or ball-faced bream; branded bream, yellow-belly perch, sun perch, red-fin trout, or yel? low perch, rainbow trout, speckled trout, flyer, crappie, rock bass, gog? gle eye and white perch. The measure is directed against the use of any appliances except hook and line, spoon, artificial fly or by phan? tom minnow for the catching of these fish. The following provisions also are contained In the bill: Provision against poisoning the streams. Provision against allowing sewage or sawdust In the streams. Unlawful to fish In any streams without the owner's consent. No navigable stream shall be ob? structed by dam or otherwise unless there be provided a fish way In same. Unlawful to draw off water from dams to catch Ash. Migratory fish may be caught under present provisions of the law. Senator Oraydon spoke against the measure. He stated that the Audubon society has become "to be as much a fad In thi ? State as prohibition." He thought the provisions of the bill were drastic and it tended to put the so? ciety ahead of the convenience of the people. He objected also on the grounds that factories would be in? jured by the provisions of this bill. He moved to strike out the enact? ing words thereof. Senator Lide spoke about those good old fish down In the Edlsto which Is famed for the "mess of fish" It can produce. He thought there should be some provisions for the pro? tection of the fish, but was of the opinion that the bill under discussion should be amended somewhat. The proper safe-guards should be thrown around the measures; as it now stood It would make many persons violate the law. Senator Black objected to the bill, aa It would allow no game fish to be sold during the season from March to November. Senator Christensen, who is well up on matters pertaining to fishing stated that the work of the Audubon society should be more generally appreciated. This society has done good work. In spite of the many obstacles It has en? countered. The society is composed of experts on the subject of fish and birds and they have studied out this problem i In South Carolina and other States and they thus know what Is best. Senator Christensen compared North Carolina with this State in the matter of fish. He stated that of white perch alone there had been sold In North Carolina last year $900.000 worth. These same white perch were once plentiful in South Carolina. "But you have dynamited th? in. y??u have ravaged the streams of the State and now you can hardly oatoll any of Ihtg ,klnd in South Carolina. r,\\, the fish a ( nance to live and In? crease Is all the bill tends to do." Senator CtirtStenSOfl has received | petition signed by many men actually engaged In Ashing every day of then lives, asking that some protection be given the fish ties there will be none to catch. The Idea is to protect the fish for a few yean and then throw the proper safeguards around the p. i feetlng of the system whereby they will have a fighting chance against the men engage,! In fishing. Mr. Christensen stated that the United States government Is slow to stock this State's streams with fish be? cause there are no laws to protect the fish. NO HOPE OF TARIFF REVISION. Ncbraskaii Says Republicans, by Re? ceiving Campaign Contributions, Have Sold Themselves. Peiiaaoola, Fia., Feb. 10.-*-William Jennings Hryan In a speech here last night said: "The country need not hope for a revision of the tariff at the hands of the present congress. The Republicans can not afford to lower the tariff; every man who has a schedule has contributed to their campaign fund and must be protected. It Is true that the contributions to the national fund were published, but moneys re? ceived by the congressional fund were so tainted that the Republicans dared not publish them even after the elec? tion." TO FIX HOUSE IN OLD WAY. Commission Will Urge Spending $500,000 To Benefit It. Washington, Feb. 9.?After 50 years in the present house of repre? sentative the commission authorized by congress at the last session to de? vise ways and means for a complete reconstruction of the present house with a view to better light, air and acoustic properties, reported today in favor of a return to the old seating arrangements which formerly ob? tained when that body was located in 'what is now statuary hall. After an exhaustive inevstlgation by the com? mission, of which Superintendent El? liott Woods, of the Capitol, was the head, this plan has been adjudged the best of all suggested. The cost of the change will be $500,000. In all prob? ability the question will be debated by Congress before adpournment. Thrc^e plans for rearrangement are suggested by the commission, all of Which decrease the size of the body of the House and increase the size of the galleries, the cloakrooms and the lobbies. All are designed to bring the floor of the House to an outer wall of the Capitol In order that nat? ure' light and air may be admit u 1 direct to the House. Desks are done away with in order that the seats of the members may be brought closer together, thereby increasing the abil? ity of the memb^r.i to hear what is going on. All tho plans provide an inreased seating capacity in the House. The first plan contemplates a re? turn to the semicircular arrangement of seating the members which was used half a century ago. Two suggestions for a rectangular hall are made by the commission, one at an estimated cost of $375,000, and the other of $350,000. Regardless of the cost. $500,000, the samlclrcular rearrangement Is recommended as the most feasible and satisfactory. CHARLESTON PRISONERS ES CAPE ' Three White Men Saw Their Way From Calaboose. Charleston, Feb. 10.?Benjamin S. Schwabb, Joe Porter and Clarence Davis, three whlto prisoners at the county Jail, escaped from the same cage which Samuel K. Williams, the yeggman, occupied and sawed his way out of, got into the yard of the jail, scaled the wall and this afternoon are enjoying liberty, with Sheriff Martin bending all all his energies to effect their capture. E. B. Roberts, the young man who walked off with C. C. Plenge's cash register, was in the cage with the others, but did not escape. Favored by wind and rain, the three prisoners effected their escape in a clever manner, the evidence of their method being very clear this morning when Capt. Oradick Investigated. Not a lock was touched, but the three prisoners had broken off two short bars, each an Inch square, at the base of the cage door, across the opening through which plates or pans of food are shoved for the occupants of the cage and had left the cage in this manner. They then went to the window which opens upon the Jail yard, and with the aid of an acid and Improvised steel saws, weakened two bars over a square at the bottom of the window iron work and prized them off, leaving an opening 12 by 10 Inches. Fashioning a rope of two long cell blankets that reached to the ground from the third story, they forced their bodies through the open? ing and lowered themselves to the ground, By the aid of two buckets and a box they got a stand from Which they scaled the 17-foot jail yard wall and were then in Franklin street and free. Roberta, who was In the cave with the others and who was not admitted to their plot, says he knew nothing of the escape. heard some noise. he said, but paid no attention to it. ?There Is not any better Salve than DeWitts Carbollsed Witch Hasel Balve, We hereby warn the public that WS are not responsible for any Injurious effects caused from worth? less or poisonous imitations of our DsWItt'i Carbollsed witch Hasel Salve, the original. It Is good for anything when a salve is needed, but It is especially good for plies. Be sure you get DeWltt's. Sold by All Drug? gists. HOT DEBATE IN SENATE. Lodge and Sinilli Lock Horns am! Tfflnuui Raten to His Fight with sfcLanrln, Washington, Feb. 9.?The Cana? dian boundary waterways treaty had anything but smooth sailing when it was taken up in executive session of the senate today. Senator William Aldcn Smith, of Michigan, locked horns with Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, who had in? timated that the Michigan senator did not understand the provisions of the treaty. Soon after the doors were closed, and It became so apparent that the nomination of W. D. Crum, colored, to be collector of customs at Charles? ton, S. C, could not be confirmed that Senator Frye withdrew it, the Cana? dian treaty was taken up. Senator Smith asserted that the treaty had not been prepared by former Secretary. Root, but that it was the work of Chanler Anderson, a New York lawyer, who had been en? gaged by the state department on va? rious occasions in connection with the treaties affecting the relations of this country and Canada. Mr. Smith inti? mated that Mr. Anderson was too close to the interests which control power rights at Niagara Falls, and declared that the whole treaty was prepared for the purpose of quieting the titles of New York corporations to those rights. The references by Mr. Smith to Mr. Anderson and former Secretary Root displeased Mr. Lodge, and he de? manded of Mr. Smith to know where he had obtained the information con? cerning the authorship of the treaty. Mr. Smith said that he had been told by Anderson himself that he had drafted the convention. Mr. Lodge took Mr. Smith to task for quoting a private conversation with a gentle? man in his absence. "Very well," responded Mr. Smith, "then I will attribute the statement to the senator from Massachusetts, who told me the same thing." Mr. Lodge asserted that Mr. Smith had misunderstood utterly what he had said to him, and when Mr. Smith insisted that he had not, the two sen? ators exchanged some sharp com? ments upon each other's understand? ing of a recent conversation. Mr. Smith declared that he would not "bandy epithets" with the senator from Massachusetts, but that as long as he lived he would consider that Mr. Lodge had acted unfairly in the matter. Turning directly to Mr. Lodge and declaring in a way that amused his colleagues. Mr. Smith told the Massachusetts senator that he did not like his looks, his scowl, nor his irritating manner. Other members present enjoyed the debate hugely. Senator Tillman Interrupted to re? mark that he hoped Massachusetts and Michigan would clinch, but that he supposed there were "too many centuries of culture in the Massachu? setts member to permit of anything so commonplace." "If they would only get together," said Mr. Tillman, referring to his en? counter in the senate a few years ago with his then colleague, Mr. McLaur ln, "It would detract from one chap? ter of my history, which I should like to put behind me." After a long debate members of the foreign relations committee suggested that they be permitted to again take up the consideration of the treaty and to hear such persons, including Sen? ator Smith, as desired to make state? ments in regard to the objection-; raised against it. The treaty was not recommitted, but consideration was postponed until next Monday, and in the meantime a hearing will probably be granted by the committee. - 8. A. L. AND C C. & O. JOINED. Bristol, Tenn., Feb. 10.?The last rail on the Carolina. Clinehfleld & Ohio railroad between Dante, Va., and Bostic, N. C, a distance of 189 miles, was laid today. The rail was one connecting this road with the Sea? board Air Line at Bostic. Shipment of coal from the Virginia field to the Carolinas will begin at once and on Mondy of next week pas? senger service will be inaugurated. The Blue Ridge division of the Car? olina, Clinchlleld & Ohio rises to a height of 3,000 feet above the sea level with a maximum grade of one half of 1 per cent. The Clinehfleld corporation, a sub? sidiary of the Carter-Ryan syndicate, which is building the road, owns :*oo. ooii acres of coal lands in Dlckenson county, Va.. mar Dante. It is esti? mated that the Output of these fields will reach 1,000 cars a day or mot than the road for some time will be aide to transport. Work on the Spartanburg end of the Carolina, Clinehfleld A Ohio is progressing rapidly. Washington Once (inve Un. ?To three doctors; was kept in bed for five weeks. Blood poison from a spider's bite caused large, deep sores to cover his leg. The doctors failed, then "Bucklen's Arnica Salve com? pletely cured me." writes John Wash? ington, of Bosqueville, Tex. For ecze? ma, bolls, burns and piles it's su? preme. 25c at Sibert'8 Drug Store BLEACHED FLOUR PROHIBITED. White Broad Abolished in Undo Bwn'i Domain. Minneapolis, Feb. b.?By a ruling Of Secretary James Wilson, of the de? partment of agriculture, white bread is abolished I > the United States of Arne; lea. The golden bread?the kind our mothers used to make?will be the result of thlfl ruling?in place of the wheat bread our wives and sisters make. Beginning Monday the millers all over the country must stop bleaching flour. But the bleached flour still in stock may lawfully be disposed of un? til June 9. There will be as much difference between bread made from unbleached flour and the present bleached flour bread as there is between angel cake and sponge cake. The flour will be of creamy color instead of clear white, and the bread will be light golden in color. But there will be no difference in flavor. Millers think they have the laugh on Chemist Wiley, of the agricultural department, who is responsible for the ruling against bleaching mate? rials. They have figured it out that sodium nitrate, the chemical most commonly used, is so little harmful and is used in such small quantities, that the consumption of 10,000 loaves of bread baked from the ^ached flour would not kill a man?that Is, the sodium nitrate wouldn't. Figuring further, they say that if one began to eat bread on the day he was born, at the rate of half a loaf a day, and if he could ret&in in his system all the sodium nitrate, he would be 55 years of age by the time he had consumed his harmful share of nitrate. But Chemist Wiley gets back the laugh with the admission that the bleaching materials are not in them? selves very harmfu,, but that the ob? ject of the ruling Is to make the flour look natural. Evidence taken at the bleaching hearings brought out the fact that the wheat grown In the northwest makes a flour almost as white as the bleached product. The first run of the mill, likewise, is whiter than the later run. On the other hand, the wheat grow In the latitude of St. Louis and in the more southern Stales makes a yellow flour. Likewise it was brought out that the flour made from the durum, or so called macaroni wheat, requires bleaching before it is mixed with the ordinary variety. As the durum wheat Is about 20 cents cheaper a bushel, it is clear why the millers like to bleach and mix this product. The millers will continue bleaching flour intended for the export trade. Foreigners are accustomed to the nice white appearance of the bleached flour and will demand it. There has been protest in England against American flour, the complaint being that inferior grades of wheat and even whole wheat were being worked into flour that, by the bleaching pro? cess, was made to appear as of high? est grade. It has been calculated that wheat flour bread and crackers, pastry and similar products constitute 19 per cent, of the total food of the average American family. Digestion experiments with healthy men have shown that the fine flour bread Is more digestible than the breads made from the whole grain. BATTLE SHIP IN COLLISION? Accident to Battle Sh?n Fleet Report? ed at Glbraltr. London, Feb. 9.?According to dis? patches received here by a news agency from Gibraltar reports are current there that a colllson had oc? curred between the Georgia and an? other battleship of the United States Atlantic fleet, which sailed from that port on Saturday morning on its homeward voyage. Nothing is known officially at that place of such an oc? currence and little credence Is given to the report. *Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air passages, stops the irritation in the throat, soothes the inflamed mem? branes, and the most obstinate cough disappears. Sore and Inflamed lungs are healed and Strengthened, and the cold is expelled from the system. Re? fuse any but the genuine in the yellow pa ikage. w. w. Btbert, Bkeletom in S Closet are always I menace. The Mains at the bottom of Havana harbor Will always he re? garded as one. - New York World* Fortunatelya however, by the time Washington gets that wireless tower with its g,000-mlls ranger, the navy will have ? tit w eommander-ln-chtef. ? Indianapolis News. ?C. R. KlVger, the Jeweler. 10G? Virginia Ave.. Indianapolis, Ind.. writes: "i wsi to weak from kidney trouble that could hardly walk ? hundred feet. Four bottles of Poley'a Kidney Remedy cleared my complex? ion, cured my backache and the ir? regularities disappeared, and i can now attend to business every day, and recommend F.dey's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers, as It cured me after the doctors and other remedies had failed." W. W. Slbert. Revolt* at Coli Steel. ?"Your only hont,' said three doc? tors to Mrs. M. B, Fisher, lStroit? Mich.. suffering irom severs rectal trouble, lies In an operato-i . * "thee* I used Df. King's New Lift i ilif/'sue> writes, "till wholly cured." ' hey pre? vent Appendicitis, CUTS Coo t patiora. Headache, 25c. At Blbeti ? i>rugt Store. The Appendixless Chili seems |Q bo larger than the Ananias Club and a trot deal happier.?Philadt 1 phia In? quirer. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Baugfct Bears the Signature DR. JOnX H. MORSE. Grad. University of Penna. VETERINARIAN. Office: Smith's Stahle. Offlce phone, 172. W. Liberty St* Residence phone, 12. ll-16-3m?i&w FOLEY'S HONEY ?4AR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, throat and lunr troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic Good for everybody. Sold every wbera. The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is its a Yellow package. Refuse substitute*. Prepared only by Foley 4% Company, Chicago* SIEBERTS DRUG STORE._ Croup . When a child wakes up in tbe miiitllcof the night with a severe attack of croup as Ire^ quently happens, no time should be hist \n experimenting with remedies of a doubtfel value. 1'rou.pt action is often Doces>ary im save life. Chamberlain's CougH Remedy has never been known to fail in any case awl it has been in use for over ono-third of a cue* tory. There is none better It can be dt? Beadedapoo. Why experiment? It'sptoapfeat to take and contains no harmful drug, tlies* 25 ceuu; large size. 50 cents. PATENTS PROCURED AND DEFENDED. drawn* or photo, for expert uearon and fret report I Fn* aTvjce, how to obtain patents, trade niaxfcj,] copyrights, etc, \n ^LL COUNTRIES. Business direct ?? ith Washington saies tim* money and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Praclice Exclusively. Write or come > us at 013 Kirth Street, opp. United 8 t?te? Patent 0?ra.!| WAt \ INQTON, D. C. GASNOW! TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office In Court House building, will be open lot the collection of 'taxes without penal? ty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, 1908. The levy is as follows: For State. 5 1-2 mills. For County, ordinary, 2 3-4 mills. For Sinking Fund loan of 1907, \ mill. For Sinking Fund loan of lftfff, 1-* mill. For Constitutional School, 3 mills. Polls, $1.00. Capitation Dog tax. 50 cents. Also Special School tax as followsr School District, No. 1, 2 mills. School District, No. 2, 2 mills. School District, No. 3. 2 salts*. School District. No. 4, 2 mills. School District, No. 8. 1 mill. School District. No. 11, 2 milt* Schood District, No. 12. 3 mills. 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 B?lte? A penally of 1 per cent, added fo9 mouth of January, 1909. Additional penalty of 1 per cent, for month of February, 1909. Additional penalty of I per cent, until 15th day of M:..rchv 1909. wlv n tbe tax books Sfll] eft** for the collection of taxes for ilseal year, 190S. T. \V. UHfc Co. Treas. for Sumter Co.. S. C I*?T-mchlS,0t KILL,the COUGH and CURE the LUNGS w? Dr. King's New Discovery FOR CStos1 ? and all throat an0 LUNG TROUBLES. GUARANTEED S ATISFACXOKY OB MONEY REFUNDED.