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HtSBEIT UFT? mifORH SYNOPSIS OF IHK IN.U'Gl UAL AD D RICKS. A Ptnin Statement of Ills Mowh oii (Jnrwtlona of National lui|m>rtaiice? On .ho Negro Imune He Trlee to Plena* Both the Southern Whites And to Retain the Political Friend ?hip of Ute Negro. The following etxracta from Presi? dent Tafts Inaugural address cover the moat Important features of his declarstfon of principles and define his attitude In respect to questions of national policy, domeetlc and foreign. My Ftllow Citizen. Any one who takes the oath 1 have Just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not. he has no eoneeptlon of the powers and duties of the office upon which he is about to enter, or he is lacking in a proper sense of the obligation which the oath f Impose!. The office of an Inaugural addrese Is to give a summary Outline of the main policies of the new admlnistra I'on. so far as they can be anticipat? ed. 1 have had the honor to be one Of the advisers of my distinguished predecessor, and as such, to hold up hie hands in the reforms he haa ini? tiated, l shV uld be untrue to myself. Is my premises area to the declara? tion of the party platform upon whi*-h X was elected to office, if I did not make the maintenance and enforco mint ?: f thoee reforms a most imp*, r f tant feature of my adminh trath n. Tney a er? directed to the suppression of the lawlessness and abuses of pow < r of the great combinations of capi? tal insisted In railroads and In indus? trial enterprises carrying on Inter State commerce. The steps which my wpredecessor took and the legislation ' laeeed on his recommendation have accomplished much, have caused a gtneral halt in the vicious policies which ereated popular alarm, and have brought about in the bualness effected, a much higher regard for fxleting law. To render the reforms lasting, how? ever, end to iccure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of those oursutng proper and progres? sive bualness methods, further legis? lative it ad executive action are need i eel Relief of the railroads from cer? tain reitrtctlons of the antl-trust law has b.?en urged by my predecessor spd will be urged by me. On the Other hsnd. the administration Is pledged to legislation looking to a proper federsl '.upervtslon and ro I strletloM to prevent excessive Issues of f bonds and stocks hy companies own SI and operating Interstate coin tree railroads. Then, too, a reorganisation of the department of Justice, of the bureau of corporations in the department of commerce and labor, and of the Inter sfstate commerce commission, looking to effective cooperation of tlwso agencies. Is needed to secure a more rapid and certain enforcement of the laws affecting interstate railroads and Industrial combinations. I hope to be able to submit, at the 'first regular session of the incoming congress. In I ?e* ember next definite snsjpssllons in respect to the needed amendments to the anti-trust and the Interstate commerce law. and the changes required In the executive de [Apartments concerned In their enforce r ment pshal * to I A matter of moel presalng Impo? tence is the revision of the tariff. In SSS er dance with the promises of the platform upon which I was elected. T It call congress Into extra session, to meet on the 15th day of March, In order that consideration may beat once given to a bill revising the Ding ley act. This should secure an ade? quate revenue and adjust the duties In such a manner aa to afford to la? bor and to all industries in this coun? try, whether of the farm, mine or fac? tory, protection by tariff equal to the difference between the cost of produc? tion abroad and tin cost of produc? tion here, and have a provlalon which shall put into force, upon executive determination of certain facts. ahl<h er of maslrnum tariff against those countries whose trade policy toward ue equitably requires such dlscrlrr In atlon It is thought that there haa been such a change in condltl ?n* since the enactment of the Dim ley act. drafted on a similarly protsstlvs principle that the measure of the tariff above stated will permit the re? duction of rates in certain schedules and a 111 require the advancement of few. if any. In :he making of a tariff bill, the prime motive la taxation, and the se Wji wring thereby of a revenue. Due largely to the business depression "^whlch followed the linanclal panic ?r 1107. KA?m revenue from customs and other sources has decreased to such an extent that the expenditure* for the current fiscal year will exceed the I receipts by $ 100,000.000. It is Imper? ative that such a denclt shall not con? tinue, snd the framers of the tariff bill must of course have In mind the total revenues likely to be produced by It, and so arrange the duties aa to secure sn adequate income. Should It i be impossible to do 10 by import duties, new kinds of taxation must be adopted, and among these I raoom mend a graduated inheritance tax, as correct in principle and as certain and easy of collection. in the department of agriculture, the use of scientific experiments on a large scale and the spread of inform? ation derived from them for the Im? provement of general agriculture, must go on. The Importance of supervising b?j Iness of great railways and Industrial combinations, and the necessary In? vestigation and prosecution of unlaw? ful business methods, are another nec? essary tax upon government which did not exist half a century ago. The putting into force of laws which ?hall secure the conservation of our resources, so far as they may be within the Jurisdiction of the federal government, Including the most Im? portant work of saving and restoring our forests, and the great Improve? ment of waterways, are all proper government functions which must In? volve large expenditure If properly performed. Then, too there are expenditures of our country Is to maintain Its proper government absolutely necesasry If place among the nations of the world, und Is to exercise Its proper influence In defense of its own trade interests. In the maintenance of traditional American policy against the coloni? zation of European monarchies in this hemisphere, and in the promo? tion of peace and international mor? ality. I refer to the cost of main? taining a proper army, a proper navy and suitable fortifications upon the mainland of the United States und in Its dependencies. We should have an army so organ? ized, and so officered, as to be cap? able in time of emergency. In cooper? ation with the national militia, and under the provisions of a proper na? tional volunteer law, rapidly to ex? pand Into a force sufficient to resist all probable Invasion from abroad and to furnish a respetcable expendl tlonary force, if necessary, in the maintenance of our traditional Amer? ican policy which bears the name of President Monroe. A modern navy can not be im? provised. It must be built and in ex? istence when the emergency arises which cats for Its use and operation/. Our international policy is always to promote peace. We shall enter Into any war with a full consciousness of the awful consequences that it al? ways entails, whether successful or not, we, of course,shall make every effort, consistent with national honor and the highest national Interest, to avoid a resort to arms. We favor ev? ery Instrumentality, like that of The Hague tribunal and arbitration trea? ties made with a view to its use in all International controversies, in or? der to maintain peace and to avoid war. But we should not be blind to existing conditions, and should not Allow ourselves to become foolish idealists, if we did not realize that with all the nations of the world arm? ed and prepared for war, we must be ourselves In a similar condition, in order to prevent other nations from taking advantage of us and of our Inability to defend our interests and assert our rights with a strong hand. The admission of Asiatic immi? grants who can not be amalgamated with our population has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes, or of strict administrative regulation securedby diplomatic negotiation. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without un? necessary friction and by mutual con? cessions between self-respecting gov? ernments. Meantime, we must take every precaution to prevent, or fall? ing that, to punish outbursts of race feeling among our people against for? eigners, of whatever nationality who have by our grant a treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be protected against lawless assault or Injury. This leads me to point out a seri? ous defect in the present federal Jur? isdiction which ought to be remedied at once. Having assured to other countries by treaty tho protection of our laws for such of their subjects or citizens as we permit to come with? in our Jurisdiction, we now leave to a State or a city, not under the con? trol of the federal government, the duty c* performing our international obligations in this respect. By prop? er legislation we may. and ought to, place In the hands of the federal exe? cutive the means of enforcing the treaty rights of such aliens in th> courts of the federal government, it puts our government In a pusillani? mous position to make definite en Kugemen s to protect aliens and then to excuse the failure to perform those engagements by an explanation that the duty to keep them Is In States or cities, not within our control. If we would promise, we must put ourselves in a position to perform our promise. We can not permit the possible fail? ure of Justice due to local prejudice j In any State or municipal government ! to expose us to the risk of a war which might be avoided if federal Jurisdiction was asserted by suitable I legislation by congress and carried i out by proper proceeding! instituted I by the executive in the courts of the national government]. One of the reforms to be Carried out during the incoming administra? tion is a change of our monetary and banking laws, so as to secure great, v el letlClty in tin- forma of currency available for trade, and to prevent the limitations of law from operating to in -rease tin- ? ml-airassments of a iii aneial panic. The Incoming congress should promptly fulfil] the promise of the Republican platform and pass a prop? er postal savings bank bill. It will net be unwiser or execessive paternal? ism. I sincerely hope that the incoming congress will be alive, as it should be to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in every way feasible. The possibility of increas? ing this trade in the Orient, in the Philippines and in South Amorica is known to every one who has given the matter attention. The direct ef? fect of free trade between this coun? try and the Philippines will be mark? ed upon our sale of cottons, agricul? tural machinery and other manufac? tures. The necessity of the establish? ment of direct lines of steamers be? tween North and South America has been brought to the attention of con? gress by my predecessor, and by Mr. Root before and arter his noteworthy visit to that continent, and I sincerely hope that congress may be induced to see the wisdom of a tentative effort to establish such lines by the use of trail subsidies. The Panama canal will have a most Important bearing upon the trade be? tween the Eastern and Far Western sections of our country, and will g-eatly Increase the facilities for tiansportation between the Eastern and Westrn seaboard, and may pos? sibly revolutionize the .transcontinen? tal rattl with respect to bulky mer? chandise. It will also have a most beneficial effect to increase the trade between the Eastern seaboard of the United States and the western coast of South America, and, indeed, with some of the important ports on the east coast of South America reached by rail from the west coast. The work on the canal Is making most satisfac? tory progress. Some type of canal must be con? structed. The lock type has been se? lected. We are all in favor of having it built as promptly as possible. We must not now, therefore, keep up a fire in the rear of the agpnss^whom we have authorized to do our work on the isthmus. We must hold up their hands, and speaking for the in? coming administration, I wish to say that I propose to devote all the ener? gy possible and under my control to the pushing of this work on the plans which have been adopted, and to stand behind the men who are doing faithful hard work to bring about the early completion of this, the greatest onstructive enterprise of modern times. I look forward with hope to in? creasing the already good feeling be tweeu the South and the other sec? tions of the country. My chief pur? pose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the Southern States. That is a secondary consideration. What I look forward to is an increase in the tolerance of political views of all kinds and their advocacy through? out the South, and the existence of a respectable political opposition In every State; even more than this, to an Increased feeling on the part of all the people in the South that this gov? ernment Is their government, and that its officers in their States are their officers. The consideration of this question can not, however, be completed and full without reference to the negro race, its progress and its present con? dition. The 13th amendment secured them freedom; the 14th amendment due process of law, protection of property and the pursuit of happi? ness and the 15th amendment at? tempted to secure tho negro against any deprivation of the privilege to vote, because he was a negro. The 13th and the 14th amendments have beer? generally enforced and have se ured the obje^ for which they were intended. While the 15th amendment has not been generally observed In the past, It ought to he observed, and the tendency of Southern legislation today is toward the enactment of elec? toral qualifications which shall square with that amendment. Of course, the mere adoption of a constitutional law Is only one step In the right direction. It must be fairly and justly enforced as well. In time both will come. Hence It is clear to all that the dom? ination of an ignorant, irresponsible element can be prevented by consti? tutional laws which shall exclude from voting both negroes and whites not having education or other quali? fications thought to be necessary for a proper electorate. The danger of the control of an Ignorant elcctroute has therefore passed. With this change, the interest which many of the Southern white citizens take in the welfare of the negroes has in ( creased. The colored men must base , their hope on tho results of their own industry, self-restraint, thrift and business success, aa well aa upon the aid and comfort and sympathy which they may receive from their white neighbors of the South. There was a time when Northerners who sympa? thized with the negro In his necesasry Struggle for better conditions sought to give to him the suffrage as a pro? tection, and to enforce its exercise against the prevailing sentiment of the South. The movement proved to be a failure. What remains Is the 15th amendment to the constitution and the right to have statutes of states specifying qualifications for electors subject to the test of com? pliance with that amendment. This is a great protection to the negro. It never will be repealed. If it had not been passed, it might he difficult now to adopt it; but with It in our funda? mental law, the policy of Southern legislation must and will tend to obey it and so long as the statutes of the States meet the test of this amend? ment and are not otherwise In con? flict with the constitution and laws of the United States, it is not the dispo? sition or within the province of the federal government to interfere with the regulation by Souhern States of their domestic affairs. There Is in j the South a stronger feeling than ever among the intelligent, well-to-do and influential element in favor of the industrial education of the negro and and the enouragement of the race to make themselves useful members of the community. The progress which the negro has made in the last 50 years from slavery, when its statistics are viewed, is marvelous, and it fur I nishrs every reason to hope that In the next 25 years a still greater im I provement In his condition as a pro? ductive member of society, on the farm, and in the shop and in other I occupations, may come. The negroes are now Americans. Their ancestors came here years ago against their will, and this is their only country and their only flag. They have shown themselves anxious to live for it and J to die for it. Encountering the race feeling against them, subjected at j times to cruel injustice growing out I of it, they may well have our pro? found sympathy and aid in the strug I gle they are making. We are charg I ed with the sacred duty of making J their path as smooth and easy as we I can. Any recognition of their dis? tinguished men, any appointment to office from among their number, is properly taken as an encouragement and an appreciation of their progress | and this just policy shall be pursued. But it may well admit of doubt whether, In the case of any race, an j appointment of one of their number J to a local office In a community In I which the race feeling IS so wide? spread and acute as to interfere with I the ease and facility with which the local government business can be J done by the appointee, is of sufficient I benefit by way of encouragement to the race to outweigh the recurrence and increase of race feeling which such an appointment is likely to en? gender. Therefore, tho executive, in recognizing the negro race by appoint? ments must exercise a careful discre? tion not thereby to do it more harm than good. On the other hand, we must be careful not to encourage the mere pretense of race feeling manu? factured In the Interest of individual political ambition. j Personally I have not the slightest race prejudice or feeling and recog? nition of its existence only awakens my heart a deeper sympathy for those who have to bear it or suffer from it, and I question the wisdom of a policy which Is likely to increase it. Mean? time, if nothing is done to prevent, a better feeing between the negroes and the whites in the South will con? tinue to grow, and more and more of the white people will come to realize that the future of the South is to be much benefited by the industrial and intellectual progress of the negro. The exercise of political franchises by those of his race who are intelligent and well-to-do will be acquiesced in, and the right to vote will be withheld only from the ignorant and irrespon? sible of both races. I Having thus reveiwed the questions likely to recur during my administra? tion, and having expressed in a sum? mary way the position which I expeol to take In recommendations to con? gress and In my conduct as an execu? tive, I Invoke the considerate sym? pathy and support of my fellow citi? zens, and the aid of Almighty God, In the discharge of my responsible duties. ?Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs quickly, strengthens the lungs and expels colds. Get the genuine in a yellow package. W. W. Sibert. Ten thousand acres of timber land In Charleston County were sold for $116,000. The Lurid Glow of Doom ?Was seen In the red face, hands and body of the little son of H. M. Adams, of Henrietta, Ha. His awful plight from eczema had for live years, defied all remedies and baffled the best doctors, who said the poison? ed blood had affected his lungs and nothing could save him. "Hut." writes his mother, "seven bottles of Electric Hitters completely cured him. 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The impelling force everywhere has been democracy, generally triumph? ant, advancing to rule apparently even in Russia, and in England com? pletely possessed of the legislative seat of real prwer, the house of com? mons, though a remnant of aristo? cratic control still retains a precari? ous existence n the house of lords. The United States now, instead of being the vanguard of democracy, might almost be said to he its rear guard, the power of the president and the senate making its constitution in some respects the most conservative of the set. Not less, but rather more, moment? ous than the political movement, and fraught with ultimate change, is the advance of science, which in two or three generations has been almost mi? raculous, and has carried mechanical invention with it. Mechanical inven? tion with steamship, rail and tele? graph, is bringing the nations into far closer communication and making of them in some respects p.lmost one do mmon wealth. In one way, unhappily, invention has been retrograde. It has always been increasing the construction of new instruments of war, the incen? tive to enmity between nations or the appeal to violence and destruction. The growth of physical science, or the increase of its influence over the mind, has had the most momejitous effects in another sphere. Those Christmas chimes, when the child first heard them, spoke to ah hearts alike, both of home and the church. To not a few they now speak of the home alone. This change has com?? rapidly and startingly over the intel? lectual world. The child when still a youth heard a great professor of physical science struggling to reconcile geology with Genesis. Now he reads the work of a religious writer, such as Gladstone, struggling to reconcile Genesis with geology. 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The County Treasurer's office la Court House building, will be open fo? the collection of taxes vithout penakV ty, from the 15th day cf October la the 31st day of December, 1908. Thn levy Is as follows: For State, & 1-2 mills. For County, ordinary. i 3-4 mills. For Sinking Fund loan of 1907, 1 mill. For Sinking Fund loan of 1908, l-o mill. For Constitutional School, 3 milk* Polls, $1.00. Capitation Dcg tan? 50 cents. Also Special School tax as followsr Bchool District, No. 1, 2 mills. School District, No. 2. 2 mills. School District, No. 3. 2 miUa, School District. No. 4. 2 mills. School District, No. 8, l mill. School District, No. 11. 2 mill?. SchOOd District, No. 12. 3 milla. School District, No. 13. 3 mills. School District. No. 14. 3 mill*. School District, No. 16, 2 mills. School District, No. 17, 3 mills. School District. No. IS. 2 mills. A penalty of 1 per cent, added fo? month ?>f January, 1909. AddlUcac*' penalty of 1 per cent, for month of February, 1909. Additional penalty of B por cent until 15th day of Mart** ItOt, wrhen the tax books will cl for the collection of taxes for year, 1908. T. W. LBB, Co. Treas. for Sumter Co., ? C 10-7-mehl6,O9