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JUiFF HAIES REDUCED. JHJfGLKY RATES ON llos RKKTOIIKD IN RES ATI Bill an Iteportcd by the Com? bi ee on I'titance Contain** Many lags* from the Rates Propowetf the Innrer Brunch?Number of Ine t Ca*?* About One-TlilrU tlie Number of Bed neu Ion. Washington, April 12.?The senate committee on finance, with all mem? bers present, met at 10 o'clock today and Chairman Aldrlch presented the bill ?t ?mended by the majority of the oiuilttee. Many of the revenue prodv < ing features will be reported subset i?ntly as they are intertwined with udmlnlstratlve featuree of the measure, which will be adopted later. Senator Aldrlch, when requested to make II brief summary of the general charac.er of the changes proposed by the senate finance committee to the houee tariff bill, furnished a state? ment In part as follows: In the main, the rates In the tariff hill as reported from the senate tin nnre 0 ?mmlttee sre lower than those In the Mil as It passed the house. h< actual number of reductions he Sf about three times the number oV in crease*. Such Increases as have been made t ave been largely rendered nec eaaary to preserve the symmetry of the schedu oa. A considerable number of article* In common use have been taken rorn the dutiable Hat of the house bill and restored to the free ttai Tt e great mass of the rates ro ported are bvlow those of existing law The ?enate commltttee restored lion .are to the dutiable list at 21 cents net ton?a reduction of IS cents a ton from the Dlngley rate. < The lenate committee has retained the house rate on lead ore of 1 J-2 cents p ?r pound, but has been obliged to faint- the ratee on lead products througl out the bll) to correspond with thin duty on lead ore. Schedule D (wood and manufi c turea of wood). The senate has taken Hat house rate of $1 a thousand on rough lumber, a reduction of a dollar from tie Dlngley law, and hau retain ed the house rates on manufactures of wools, nearly all showing reduc tlon? fr ?m the Dlngley rates. The only Importsnt change In the schedule made b the senate commute was the Teetorat on of Imported hardwoods to the free list. The tenate left the sugar jchedule as It come from the houee, but re duced 4?e house rate on sugared bis cutt.? atd wafers from fifty to twenty per e-i ' The tobtieco schedule remains un change* ? * The agricultural schedule, tnclud Ina meet products, remains practical ly u hanud from the existing law hut wh- re reductions were made by hoste the senate committee has b?n?l the Dlngley rates, In response to the i " :isnds of farmers through i country and of the represen? ts the great agricultural Inter out tattv eats Fi hou rgnalns as It cr.me from the The a rmte has returned cocoa lo the free l?*t. Icllevlng that an article of such goneral consumption. both as n hsrrer?,':e nn i in ?in farms ol ch >c late. ?! ? u'i n,> more be made dutiable than t < r < ?nVe. The romn.ltt*e ash that If It was necessary to It - grease revenue It could lie done bet? ter on luxuri?s than on th?- every-.! i\ aec*s<d|l<?? of life, und have pursued this polky in the Construction of th's bin ', The senate committee has applied the ee\a>> principle to spices and has Saat OS ed them to the free list, where they t\? ve always been. Again, ors| th* ?im? principle, the senate com? mittee hsa Incr rates on ?pit ills and wines 16 per cent through shl h. It Is estimated, will gUM additional revenue of $5.ft00.0n<?, at of srhlch will ( onie ffOtU the in? creased duty on champsgne. In \r* cotton schedule there has been an extension of the specific ratal to cover a chum of fancy gods and noveltVi vh.h are covered In the existing law l y ud valorem rate?. Th raeulting ad \ rates have not been In. . .1 The avernae rate In the cotton echedub- ??th> r than the rates on fancies i.nd novelties, remain the same. There Is on. ? \. ,>t n \.. tii statement, and that is the reduction from th*. bonne bill on fa?hlonab!< ho*dery. whe e the coinrnltte? con? template* a still further substitution of specific f >r ad valorem rates In other parsgisphs of the I III. Raw II h.n ? een restor* .1 by the senate committee to the dutiable II t, . otherwise the schedule remains eub Stsntlally as It came from the house. The senate committee has restored the rates In the wool schedule to the rat* s of he present law. The senate committee ha* not yet decided ?bat rates it will recommend In regard t*? aood pulp and flrlei d? p- n< eot upon It. Th?*re Is one chare ?? In the fr- II-'. There Is one ehanxe Hi th- fr ? let Which Is of great general Interest, and that I? th. provision in regard to fr? ? art. The house very wisely madt paintings and sculptures more than twenty years old free, and the senate committee has added to these woiks of art generally, Including artistic an? tiquities more than a hundred years old. The senate committee has taken no action as yet upon the maximum and minimum provisions or the admi nl> native sections of the bill. The Dlngley rates on women's mi l children's gloves, which were mater? ially Increased by the house, have been restored. The provlslo of the Payne bill per? mitting the free entry of agricultural Implements under certain conditions has been stricken out, but various In? creases have been made in the duties coming under the agricultural sched? ule. The rates on corn, oats and wheat have been Increased five cents p*i. bushel, and the duty on rye has been made twenty cents instead of ten cents per bushel. An increase of fiive per cent advalorem has been made in the rate on live animals not specially provided for. ' In the articles listed under farm produots. sugar beets are given a re? duction of 51 per cent advalorem in the duty. An additional cent is ad? ded to the two-cent duty on cabbages. The Dlngley rates are restored on pineapples, and and an Increase ot one-fourth of a cent per pound is ac? corded to lemons. One of the most significant changes made by the senate commlttles Is that which restores the rates of the Dlng? ley law or. women's stockings. The house ways and means committee had provided in the Payne bill material Increases in the dultles on fashionable hosiery. This schedule probable aroused more popular Interest than any other In the Payne bill, thou? sands of club women, principally in the -West, taking a stand against the duty and women employed In the ho? siery factories in the East, declaring in fivor of the increased rates. The Increase provided in the Payne bill ?ffe? ted the cheaper grades of ho? siery, and did not disturb the duty on the highest grades. Other changes in the cotton sched? ule Include a provision that no cotton thread or carded yarn shall pay ah: rate of duty than 20 per centum ad valorem, and that threads and yarns when mercerized shall pay asi addi? tional duty of one-twentieth of one cents per 'hundred pounds. Cotton and cotton waste and flax manufactured or advanced in Value, are tuken from the free list and pro? vided with a duty of 2<) percentum ad Valorem, although that unmaufaetur ed S lafl ..n the free list. A minimum rat?yof 2."> percSlitum ad valorem 1? provided for sp< ols. thread "f cotton, upon which a spaotfic doty WOUld equal a lower ad valorem late. The paiayrsph c??\?*rin? cotton cloth, 'not bleached vr dyed, is extended to ex? clude additional value. The , rlgin.J pro\ ;>'oi! of the Payne bill providing for the method by which th" i "Ui.t of th.e.'.d?, it: eott.-ti loth ih bid be determined and which \\H" a'bged to 1 o a "Joker," which, would increase the duty on cotton ?loth twr> or th ee hun.livd per pent, lots 1 ecu pt '.ctlcal'y restored. The only exception mads In the provision, *<? far i.? >ilt. eoual el threads is eoi> earned, Is the requirement that each ply of two-or-ih ?re-ply thread shall be ? ounb d us a thrc-a 1. The ways and means committee, claiming that this provision has been i i in the Payne t ill without the Intention of Increas? ing duttei procured lbs. adoption of it imendrnentby the house, which re? stored the Dinghy provision for counting the threads in the cloth, Otherwise the cotton schedule is prac? tically unchanged. Flax and tlax straw are taken from the free lbt and provided with duties of one cent per pound and $5 per ton. The provision placing an increased duty on tiller tobacco imported from countries which prohibits the impor? tation of American tobacco has \>< Stricken from the bill, Tins provision was aimed at Turkey, which export* the greater put of the filler tobacco, which (.ones to this country, and which prohibits tbe importation Of tobacco raised In America. OKLAHOMA HAaWKLL* GOES FREE pi'oMvution of Ootarnot Abandoned on Order?? l'rom \\ a*.hhm?on. - MusW.ee., Okla., April 12.?The r it :n? fit \ i- .: \ en from the i n - Ited States district attorney's oflkM hero today that Special Attorney Byl VSatat Itush and District Attorney <;r!i;i*s at Tubs and decided to aha i d.?n any lurther prOSSOUtlOlt Of fiOV, Charles X. Haskell and the xix other prominent Oklahomnns recently In rolvad in the Mii.-k. -ee town lot oaasa Tibs ton ras < it was itatad, has hi e , dii t?te i fron Washington, The strongest evidence of lovt ll - o i iri< ? French, aV If love 1? the kind that tsl lom dies. The t 'ha i laaton Terminal Company will build a new ootnprssa, It will have ? capacity of l |QQ balSi h da.v. SATCHEL CON TAIN Kl) NO MONEY. Bag Snatched From Kdgctield Man at Denmark Was Full of Tapers. Most? ly Copies. Alken, April 12.?It is learned here that the satchel stolen from Mr N. G. Evans, of Edgefiehl. while en route to this city, at Denmark, did not con? tain any cash, as has been reported, but a quantity of papers, most of which were copies or duplicates. Mr. Evans has been In the city and says that among the papers were a num? ber belonging to several Alken citi? zens. Among the papers were sev ral belonging to Capt. W. W, Wil? liams and a title heimging to an Alken lady. Capt. Williams' papers, he state3. are only copies and practically worth? less. So far as has been learned here no arrests have yet been made in this matter A UTS AND CUA1TS EXHIBIT. An Interesting Exhibit of Fine Paint? ings und Other Objects of Art. special to The Daily Item. Columbia, April ln\?During the week of the Columbia Music Festival, \ pi il 2(? to 23. the second annua) \rts and Crafts exhibit will be held in the studio of the College for Wo? men. This announcement will inter? est not only art students, but all who take pride In the work that Is being done in Southern Colleges. LMt year's exhibit established a precedent of excellence that will be more than maintained in this year's exhibit. There will be over 100 can asses on exhibition. Frederick Waugh will send one of his paintings valued at $1,500: Edward Redfleld a $1,000 painting and so on down the long list. Mr. Hugh R. Preckenridge, head of the Academy of Fine Arts, Philadel? phia, who will send some of his work s much interested in the Columbia xhlblt. He has assisted Miss Me 'lintock. president of the college, In securing a number of the best pic '??i?s sh wn rooopfiy at the exhibit in In? r< insylvanli Academy of Fine rt*. A hum! tr >f the artists who will send work to Columbia had al? ready been requested to send their paintings to the exhibit to be held soon in Cnrnevde hall. Pittsburg, but they have gladly consented to divido et ween the two exhibits, sending lOms of their paintings to Pittsburg Wd some to Columbia. This fact will prove that the exhibit it tin* College for Women ranks equal to the exhibits now being held In the largest cities, centres of prt In the Hflltad StaUs, and only the best work of lea lint' artists will he shown. Among the forms of .craft work ex? hibited v 111 be hammered brats, bam tiered cooper, wood carving, illumi? nating, plasters in casts and placque?. 1 roaatS hand tfip It lewelry leather work, weaving, bead work, emroroldery stenciling, marine moelai i (ndlan potts y from New Mexico Spd /'!;:?.r.a. .V uum* er <,r South Carolinian*: have oriented to contribute to the cr: ftf vb?b?t. and Miss McCllritock will b? tied if others will send specimen;] of Hi i - t/Ork :'.s she v ishes the Stite to l p leprtaentad and Is anxious *??> C>>OTnge Southern artists. Thll art exhibit will be ? ne of th* i ti ' lats eating1 events of ftht Colum * la festival week which will n'traot many rleltore. Fy means of the rnu? sic ftStlTa] and art exhibit the sls fr art:- tir.ite and v. HI co-operate hi their tfforta fbr mutual advancement Bpeclal railroad ratet will be given from all parts of the State and Co? lumbians are preparing to welcome hosts of friends. Festival week calendar: Arts and (hafts exhibit, 20-23; Au? tomobile races, 21: Tarantella german, 21; Students' art exhibit, Columbia Colltgt, 22-23; Three festival con . rta, 22-23; Opening ball, Columbia Fe tlval Hall Club; 22; Baseball, 22 23-2 1. MUS. CASTRO ALSO DEBARRED. wife of Ex-Preatdent of Venezuela Not Permitted to Fand. Washington, Ap?ll 12.?Mrs. Castro. wife of the former President of Vene 1 iel 1. also is being kept out of that country. The leason for this is not explained in the dlapatohes which have corns to Washington from the American repreaentatlve in Veneauels which announced that Mrs. Castro nit 1 her party on the steamship Gua? deloupe, from which th?- former presi? dent debarked at Port ds franco, had 1 i ,\ td at La < luai ia on Saturday. They were not permitted to land or t,. communicate with shore, The only time a girl can t pretend is when she is SSUSlCk, i.nts of grown folks are as hard t< amuae a - a bans. If a man knows what a millionaire looks like from m < in^ his picture In the ntwspapsrs, hs will try to give the Impression tloy are on intimate terms. IF YOU FARM! IF YOU PLANT A CROP! no matter what seed you sow we have a money ? mm proposition for you. here it is. ^A/oolard's (Cultivator JJarrow. 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 Wool air d C ulti v attor Harrow Used as a Harrow or a Cultivator, or Both and all at the Same Time. A. A. STRAUSS & CO. Opposite Old Court House. 25 North Main St. HOUSE MKT MONDAY. Payne Bill Recalled in Older to Make A Correction. Washington, April 12.?A food, workable membership was present s hi n the house of representatives met today for the Arst of its semi-weekly sessions. The galleries were filled with Batter visitors. Mr. Payne, of New York, offered a ? 1'lotion, providing tor *ne return -f tin- tariff bill to the house in order hut it might he amended so as to tm ke it p ain that crude petroleum wd its pi ducts should appear on the free list. Alter the bill passed last Friday an Inspection of it disclosed he lact H?tt products of petroleum x.ero omitted from the free H*t, al? though such was not the IntentlAn w?eri the x< ? is amendment wa? stricken out and petroh am made fre . In adopting the resolution, the v auth ri/.cd [t- < .?roiling clerk to make the correction! it is under* stood there arlll Ix no objection on the part of the senat 1 1 the return >?' the measure to the house of rep :?< ?? ntatlves and the change can be !? ; de within a few minutes after the e. eipt of the bin ty the clerk. Opposition developed to a resofti* tlon providing for the appointment of j.V.ilos. it wa> laid on ;h< table. On another resolution making approprta tlom for the expanses ?l the house in? cident to the extra session, Mr. Ma em. of Arkansas' forced a roll call <n a point Of no quorum. One hun? dred and twenty-six members re? spond to t; i*:r names, which was con? siderably more than a quorum, and the resolution was adopted. The census bill was sent to confe" ence. The house, at 2:15 p. m., adjourn? ed until Thursday. The average] husband is a silent partner In the domestic Arm. PATENTS PROCURED AND DEFENDEO. *,"J 111 ?*di drnwiiiLC orphoto.fort'xiK'rt kmitIi aitd frw n |?->rt. Frve iulvic?', how to ubiain patent;?, tnulc ui.wka,! copyright*, etc.. , N ALL COUNTRIES. DmHmftt direct v ith Washington saves ikm9%\ tn -n.-y and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write <>r OOttM to ub nt 023 Ninth Btraot. opp. Ui.ltcd Etat?! Pfctont Office,| WASHINGTON. D. C. GA'SNOW 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. Anvnnp tsndlng a BkStCU ?nd description tniiT quickly Mce-rinin our opinion fras whether so liiToiition |i prohshly nntentnblo. C< nimitiilcn. tIonsRtrtollvronUdoiUInt. l'nND??OK < n l*ntcnta ?out free. (Mdetl speiicy tor securing oatonts. Pststtta ukon through Muiin 4(&recslte tffdal sottet, without ebarsSi latuS Scientific American. a handsomely lllsstrstsd wpokiy. Lsrsssl etr? dilution of ?n> anlootlUo lournul. Termi, t:i n reari four months, $L Soidbfsltnswsdeniero, MUNN & Po.3e,0'"d""'- New Ycrlc Brauch Office, es V Ft., Wsshtsgton, d. l\ Lot Special! I am offering at a special price for a quick sale, a nice lot on Liberty Street within (our 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 tOfbuild. This is only one of a number of desirable lots I am offering. See me. X. H.?Several funds of S 1,000 to loan on income-pro tducing real estate. City Property, Farms. Mortgage. Loans R. B. BELSER, Money Invested. Real Estate Attorney. ? 26 1-2 N. MAIN ST. :: [:: SUMTER, S. C. fj& FARMERS BANK AND TRUST riPAHY Invites Both Active and Savings Accounts. Only $2 per week deposited in our Savings Department at 4 percent compounded quarterly, will give you a capital at the end of twenty years <jf over $2,500.00. It's not what we make but what we save that makes us rich." A Game of Checkers? Your Move and be sure to move in the right direction?toward the king-row of finance ?a bank, The First National Bank of sumter, and place your earnings therein, that you may be secure against adversi.y. a a a a a a The Bank qf Sumter Offers to its fanner customers of Sumter and adjoining counties the following cash prizes for corn \ ield on one acre : $50. in gold, to the farmer showing highest yield. $25, in gold, for the second highest yield. No restrictions as to cultivation or fertilisation. Contest? ants are expected to enter the State Contest, as the Agri? cultural Department will do the measuring. You are invited to enter the contest. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING OLVMNS OP THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS.