Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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nee miff tun. DEMOCRATIC SENATORS EXCIA DK1> PROM CX>MM1TTKE MEimNt.S ON TARIFF. I Hin Irl, Bailey ami Kay nor Attack Majority s Method* of Framing BUI ?n?h?Ui Not fur Protection. Washington, April 1?After decid? ing today practically to confine the tuslnesa of the extraordinary session Is tlis tariff, tho senate entered upon Ike consideration of Senator Bacon's > resolution declaring that the Demo? cratic side of th?' chamber should be represented in the hearings called by the committee on finance. Senator Kid rich, chairman of the committee. Immediately took the floor to explain the *eason? why the Republican mcm khers of the committee were proceed lagv vlth the consideration of the bill vlthmt Inviting the Democrats to be present. Ht contended that as the Republican party would be held re? sponsible for tariff legislation It was the province of the Republican mem tare of tho committee to shape the t ill for the senste. Mi. Aldrlch declared that the pol t*y lursned by the commutes was the ?am4< practice as had been adopted la Ute consideration of other tariff Mils practically Including the Wilson < lor man bill. Republicans and Dem erat? alike for (0 years. Mr. Aldrlch saht, had pursued the policy of hav? ing i he senators of the majority party frame the tariff bill before It was pieced before the full committee. Senator Aldrlch said the house had leid hearings and had published nine f glumes of the views of experts on the term*, and he doubted whether Democratic senator had read any t of them, "tou will have to make an excep In my caea." said Mr. Bailey. In pting. "although I have not read all of them and do not Intend to." Mr. Aldrlch agreed to except the Texas senator as he did also Senator lallferro. ( Is reply to a question Mr. Aldrlch Mild the eiperts ars not subpoenaed or paid an>- witness fees, and he de oiarel that their statements were not public hesrkngs at all. Senator Daniel Insisted on hnowlng what objection could be urged by the senator from Rhode Inland against th# Democratic members of the com? mittee hearing the statements. "Is It" asked Mr. Daniel, "a private snap for the purpose of framing a tariff htll without giving a right to rspre seetaUvee of the people to hear the tsetUnony?" Mr Aldrlch said It wai not the pur peee of the committee, so far as he knew, hi hold public hearings. An impassioned address by Sena? tor Itay ier was directed against the snethkl >f tbe majority In tbs fram? ing of a tariff hill. ?This Is the worst practica.** he aald. "ttat has ever arlaea before a legislative body. "Wheii y< u ere dividing this plun? der et hast be fair to each other. On behalf of the senator from West Vir gtnta. 1 at least beg ef you to give htm haeh his raw materials. Hs ha* stood with you on the field of battle and when the hour of submission or men the senator from West Virginia wdl I? 'tere and his protesting voice will not Ks heard In this hall against e single article on the schedule." He referred to the coal mines of the senator from West Virginia (Mr. TaTtklmO and his Indignation over the proposition to plscs ths products of his 8tst? upon the free list. w- in this side," he said, "are In the camp of the vanquished, and so far a* 1 am concerned I would rath? er be In the camp of the vanquished than In the camp of the victors In the possession of the spoils." Mr. Aldrlch charged that If the sen? ator from Maryland should frame a tariff bill according to his policy he wosld 0 >t get ten Democratic votes for It. 11s said a dlst.ngulshed sena? tor from Maryland (ths late Mr. jTJor main hid recast ths Wilson bill on lines that did not agree wl'l the Ideas pat forth by ths present senator frf>m that Its ? and he did not believe he represented the views of all the peo? ple of Maryland or even the Demo? crats of that State. Tennessee, Geor? gia. North Carolina. Louisiana and other States of the South, he Raid, are no longer In sympathy with free principles. "You mlfcht ss well be frank." said Mr. Aldrlch addressing the Demo? cratic senators, "and admit that I do not Intend to let such a speech an we havs IIHened to from the SSIlglOf ft ass MurylsBd deter us from being t?. ?\ery Southern State. "This tariff policy Hill be Just to every section und to ? wry Interest of this count'>. I am quite certain that the Shint o- lr?m Marytand will have no followers upon his side of the chamber " % rnstor H.tlley Indignantly denied le right of the sen? ?? from Rhode land to ?p*uk for the Democratic party en the subject of the taruf, and added that when the time came to vote that patty would be found sus dalng the principles of taxation that so long bsen maintained by It. i He said the Democratic party wanted to have the principles or protection, If applied at all, applied to all sections, but this statement, he added, did not mean that that party would, of its own accord, apply such principles at all. He contended for the right of Democratic members of the commit? tee to be present at hearings, hut ad? mitted that If the Democrats v/ere framing a tariff bill they would got permit the Republicans to partici? pate "You might look at It but you shouldn't touch It," ho said. Speaking of the Inheritance tax pr>posed In the house bill, he said he would rather tax the living rich by means of an Income tax than to tax the dead, "who are only moderately well to do," aa proposed In the in? heritance tax. Mr. Aldrich suggested that the mi.tter contemplated In the Bacon resolution would be taken care of by the committee on finance and It was by a viva voce vote referred to that committee. CRAZY SNAKE NOT CAUGHT. Creek Indian Leader is Still Hiding In the Woods. Pierce. Okla., March 31.? (By courier to Checotah.)?Reports that Chlttl Harjo (Crasy Snake,) Is hiding In some secluded gulch In the Tiger Mountains, about six miles from Pierce, were confirmed today. His surrender. It was said, might be ex? pected at any tlms. It was learned today that Crazy Sn ike's Inquiry ss to protection In case of surrender was not official, but was communicated In a round-about way. Monday night an Indian boy went to the home of Dr. M. K. Mclnhenny. at Bursh Hill, six miles from Pierce. The boy said the old chief had suffered a slight gun? shot wound In the calf of his left leg last Sunday, but was able to move. The lad declared that the fugatlve wished to surrender if Dr. Mclnhenny would guarantee free treatment. Then the messenger disappeared, leaving the physician, an old resident and frlsnd of the Creek leader, to wonder how to reach the latter with an answer. The Inability of Col. Hoffman to find where to deliver his assurance of safety has prevented the surrender of Crasy Snake. Even Crasy Snake's sister could not. or would not, indicate his whereabouts. Today was raw and wet, and the se? verities of the weather are expected to hasten the further scattering or the surrender of the Creeks. They sre not well clad, and have no pro? vision store. Col. Hoffman today authorised a respected Creek of Ohtootah. John Thompson, a hardware dealer, to promise hie friend, Chlttl Harjo, safe? ty and a fair trial if he would sur? render. Detachments of troops and squads of deputies today scoured the coun? try In every direction for Crasy Snake, despite rain and abort rations. The Alaska-Yukon Purine Exposition Seattle. Wash.. April t.?Twenty one hundred men ars hard at work putting the finishing touches on the buildings and grounds of the Alaska Yukon-Paolic Exposition. Of this number 410 are engaged In the group of buildings under construction by the Hatted States Government and the remainder upon such of the state buildings which are now finished and upon the elaborate scheme of land? scape gardening which Is now down to Its last details. Another regiment of workers Is busy inside the exposition structures Installing exhibits from every coun? try under the sun. The Alaska exhi? bit will have been fully placed by April 16. The Alaska and Philippines buildings were the first completed by the government and an excellent Idea of the marvelous exhibit of the Northland Is already to be had. The Phllllpplne exhibit Is not yet In the city, but Is close to the port on two governments transports. The Hawsl'.an building Is complete, lavo some of Its ornamentations of plaster staff and May 1st will see the exhibit In place with the exception of the pineapple fields which will not be planted until the eleventh hour. The government acquarlum Is anoth? er on the completed list. Its Interior H rapidly being made ready for Its ex? hibit, of live food fishes. Nearly all the staff work remains to be done on the central government building, but as all of the heavy con? struction Js donr and the statt goe?< on quickly under skilled hands, ev? erything will h ve been finished by the middle of April, the exhibits will l. i ? id> lor installation at that time as they are now enroute from the n.itI*>nal capitol. , The se\ en md one half miles of asphalt paving has been completed for it fortnight and the eleetrlc.it in *t ill was finished With the er? ection of UM thousands of ornamental Vinund lights. Tie Director of Worki announces that, i-t the present rate of progress the "Xpo*dti'o\ will be a comported prodin t by May 1st with the possible exception of u few touches on the "Bay Streak' which will not carry beyoid May 15th at the latest. HAMPTON'S PRAISES SUNG. South Carolinians Do Honor to states? man and Warrior?Senator Smith Pay* Tribute. New York, March 29.?Praises of Wade Hampton, one of tho Palmet? to States' most honored and Illus? trious sons, were sung at the Wal? dorf-Astoria tonight. The occasion, which was a notable one, was the annual celebration by the South Carolina Society of New York of the birthday of Hampton The principal speaker was United States Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, and his subject was "South Carolina, South Carolinians and Hampton, the Type." Senator Smith bestowed the high? est praise upon the part which Hampton had played In the history of South Carolina, in peace and war. Speaking of him as a warrior, he de? clared that In the immortal cavalry charges that characterized the arm of the Southern service, the flag of the Hampton , Legion floated where death and glory held their highest ftarnlval. I ' "His life and fortune." said Sen? ator Smith, "were freeb/ offered and on a thousand battlefields he attested unflinchingly a patriot's conception of a patriot's duly." The speaker declared that the same high vision which had charac? terized Hampton on the field o/ bat? tle charaterized him also when the tattered remnants of the Confederate army came home," and all through the dark days of reconstruction." "It was after this period that a grateful people." declared Senator Smith, "recognizing the fact that h? who could risk his life for their sake, maintain himself and his high ideals on the field of battle, held his own passions In check in the face of in? expressible provocation during the days of reconstruction; who could counsel moderation when ignorance and knavery were dally Insulting ev? ery decent sensibility?the man who could and did carry them safely through this crisis in the history of the State should be placed as Jovernor of .the State he had so royally redeemed.. "Thus in 1876, an epoch in the his? tory of South Carolina as moment? ous to her people as that other '76 was to the new born republic of America, Hampton was proclaimed Governor. And as Washington became the ex? pression of the forces that led to the liberation of the American people, so Wade Hampton became the reincar? nation of that spirit that led to the triumph of right and decency in Car? olina." The speaker declared that in the United States Senate, to which Hampton was elected later, he serv? ed with the same simple and straightforward manliness and up? rightness that had characterized him In the most trying crisis of hla life." Senator Smith asserted that the "political frenzy" which defeated him for re-election brought forth no bit? ter expression from him, and that he took up "the burden of private life and bore It manfully to the end," dying with the expression on his Hps, "All my people, black and white, God bleas them all." The Senator from South Carolina declared that the statesmen whom the Palmetto State has given to the nation "have been conspicuous in their powerful Interpretation of the righteous adjustment of law, that her poets have sung with a note pure and clear; that her soldiers have drawn their swords only in defense of the right and sheathed them without dis? honor only when the cause for which they fought was achieved or lost through overwhelming numbers, and that no age or time has produced a more courageous womanhood." BIG FERTILIZER COMBINE. Great Corporation of Southern Inde? pendent Companies About Ready. New York, April 1.?It was an? nounced today that efforts which hare been under way for several months to consolidate about 75 Independent fer? tilizer companies In the South Into a $50,000,000 corporation have been virtually completed and It is expected that articles of Incorporation will be Bled at Albany shortly, it is under? stood that J. P. Morgun & Co., will act as fiscal agents of the company. Which will not be ? holding court ;i. but will exchange Its itook for ths plants which are taken In, thus be< Coming purely an operating company. Lots of people would rather say nothing than gpeak a kind word. PATENTS Kr> ?> m.Ivicc, Imw (<> otttuln |>fitfiitA, trade iiuuktt, cupjrrlKhU. vU\. im ALL countries. JraaSMM mwtei ivith Washington saxes time, money and often the fatrnt. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or SIMM t?? us M SM Mint* BtrMt. epp. UnlUd IUtM rattnt Offlct. _ WASHINGTON, D. C. GASNOW IF W FARM! IF YOU PLANT A CROP! NO MATTER WHAT SEED YOU SOW WE HAVE A MONEY MMIN8 FRGPOSISITION FOB YOU. HERE IT IS. IffibolarcTs Cultivator farrow. Labor Saver== Expense Cutter Look at It. Better Come Around and See It. Try One With no Expense to You. Don't Pass This By. Now is the Time to Act. Used When the Plant is Young. Makes Work a Pleasure. Never Pushed for Time When You Start Yor Crop off With a i I Woolaird Cultivator Harrow Used as a Harrow or a Cultivator, or Both and all at the Same Time. A. A. STRAUSS & CO. Opposite Old Court House. 26 North Main St. HIS ORGANS MIXED UP. Heart on Right Side and Stomach On the Left. New York, March 30.?Puzzled over the case of Michael Rlsciclo. who died while being operated on at the German Hospital in Brooklyn to? day for a supposed minor malady. Dr. Charles Wyerat performed an au? topsy In the presence of the entire staff of the institution. The surgeons were amazed to find that the man's heart was on the right side of his body, and that his stom? ach and digestive organs were on the left side in place of the heart. A!) of the organs of the body seemed to be in normal condition and it was evident that the man was born that way. Rlsclelo was a tailor living in Brooklyn, and had a wife and four children. According to his wife, he had never complained of any trouble with his heart and had evidently not suffered any inconvenience from its unusual position. While the heart was in a perfectly healthy condition there was some Irritation of the di? gestive organs. If it wasn't for their famous wives many men would never be heard of. NEW DESIGNS. LATEST STYLES. POPULAR PRICES. There can be no doubt?the place to buy diamonds, watches, jewelry, cut glass, silverware, wedding presents, gift goods is at Thompson's, the Jeweler. I have a Graduate Optici,in in charge of my optical department. Having bought out Dr. Z. F Highsmith we do the best work at reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. W. A. Thompson, Phone 333. 6 S. Main St. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights die. Anyono sending a nXetoh nn.l description nu-.v Oulclcly ascertain our opinion freo ?in'tlirr un invention in i>mhni>iy pnieutsble. Communles* lionsstrictly confidential. HANDBOOK op Patent? ? Ullt fir... OM( .1 :.:?.'!.. \ f i f ? HI M,.: vtlMltH. i'atMtiti taken thmueh Mnnn a <"o. recutY? ?;><i i n notice, v ? 11 .?t churno, la the Scientific American. a hsndiomHy lllnntrntpct wooklf. T.?reo*t Sir mutton ?>f itny ?otsnltUc journal. Terms,$3 a v.'ir: four ni.Mii Its, $1. bold by all nowsdsaJers. M?NN&Co.36""?^ New Kork Urniich Ohes? 025 F HU WaahlUKton, I). C. Lot Special! I am offering at a special price for a quick sale, a nice lot on Liberty Street within four blocks of Main Street. Lots all built up with nice houses. Buy now and build while building is comparatively cheap. Spring is the best time to build. This is only one of a number of desirable lots I am offering. See me. City Property, |J 1> OlTlCiri} *trt|age, UaaV Farms. IV. D. DE>JUi3IIrjY9 Money Invested. Real Estate Attorney. 26 1-2 N, MAIN ST. :: :: SUMTER, S. C. ?** FARMERS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY J^XTENDS it's patrons every accomodation consistent with good banking. Its ability to accommodate consists of?Capital Stock $[20,000, Surplus $35,000, Deposits, well, less than $500, 000. "Accommodation when needed is double accommo? dation." C. G. Rowland, President. 1 R. L. Edmunds, Cashier. Guy Warren, Teller. A. Gr. Merriman. Bookkeeper. Harold McCoy, Assistant Bookkeeper. IMIIMIIHHKHIIVIIIIHIVHMIHV ? ^r ? Next S Monday a Morning 5 at 9:00 X O'clock * ===== ? RING in your spare change and open a bank account, and every Monday thereafter do likewise and you will be agree? ably surprised at the end of the year to find how much you have accumulated. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, SUMTER. S. C. n m m m m m u m m m HhllKIBHiariiaBHlBIIIIlllllRI The Bank of Sumter Offers to its farmer customers of Sumter and adjoining counties the following cash prizes for corn yield on DOC acre : g $50, in gold, to the farmer showing highest yield. $25, in gold, for the second highest yield. W> restrictions as to cultivation or fertilization. Contest ants are expected to enter the State Contest, as the Agri? cultural Department will dotltC measuring. You are invited to enter the contest. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS. ]