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TI LIMA X - SM ITH SPLIT. Illustrate* fonfudon Antons; Demo? crat* Gear rail)?No Sign of Person ?1 I lost gl t v?Hot Difference Be? tween fnrollna Senat ?rs on Tariff la Fundamental. Washington. June 17.?While the question or special taxation Is troubl dividing, and delaying; Republican action en the tariff bill, the dilem as 04 free raw materials or raw materi tla taxed Is playing; similar havoc w th Democratic unity. A* I have Indicat? ed ha these dispatches there were Democratic differences In the hou<e. hat ever In subjects for d ssonslot. tie aanators take a wider outlook than do the representatives. I Where In the houae Democrat* parted company over a duty on lum? ber, oa Iron ore. on oil, on anything focal to one stets and not common t? all, la the senate the nplit follows the Has of odvocacy of. or hostility to. free raw au.teriale. Vhat has been the recurring sub Jtjsk In too many personal clashes on the aoor between Democratic sen? ators. When Democratic voices are ratasd and the name <>f Bryan Is not hoard in praise or la denunciation, one knows, without leaving the leung tag room for the opes press gslle *v. that raw material ts before the sen If Senator Aidrloh smiles and It ts terrain that Mr. LaFoliette has not oaJTod him a blackguard, one can know without listening that his Artend* across the agjlo are continu? ing their refutation for disunion over matter of raw material* division In the party cornea even < o South Carolina's sena delegation of two. There Is no ttgn ot hostility between the two men atjt whore Mr. TlUmui voted for a ssaaJl duty on Iron ore. Mr. 8m Ith toted against it Where Mr. Smith SWtsd for free lumber Mr. TlUman voted against It (on the MoCum amendment), though, as has been before, his explanation of vote has nothing tt Jo with raw so such or with lumber as Bat What explanations have shade oa Iron ore show the sleav pvor the apph) of discord. TlUman recent ij ia a letter ffhr. Smith of WUUoton ttald that In ths dwty on Iron ore ho ? id Jt at the stool trust no Increased on tnUMd products, but which too trust to pay more for ttttllti raw material. Senator t) petition. Which he will set th detail In a speech shortly, which lo hsa already Indicated In at fort, Is that a tax on raw serials, ?specially the raw ma te .'tals of a monopoly controlling the ?emotry's eiport as well as domestic 'lands, does Increase the price to the American ccnaumer to the full extent of too tax, while the burden to the trust W not greater than one per cent of the tax presumably levied against jt I This difference In position goes to r.ho root of Democratic disunion, if for a tnosatnt one disregard those dif? ferences wh'ch are purely Individual In their character, a riling chiefly from local Interest of s selfish sort. The existing law and ths pending bill In an effort to encourage the American saport trade provides that 99 per cent i Of the tax levied on unmanufactured goods shall lo refunded by the treas? ury when those products are exported la manufactured form. At a monopo UrtJo corporation would certainly reg? ulato Its exports so as to get draw sacks oa sll Its important dutiable raw material !. It Is app/i.ent that the remaining one per cent Is the trust s only burden from the tax. None the lean, as Senator Smith suggested, the knowledge of the theoretical ti might justify In the public m nd slight increase* in the dornest ic price of fin. I*h?fd products all along the line. (THE YOTR KIDNEY >. Not F.iMtanger life When a Hum-| tor Cltftsen SImiw* You the Cure. Why will people cmulnue to tuffer lo agonise of kidney complaint, thacht. urinary dlsirder*. Inme jOSh, headaches, languor, why allow [hfmselve* to become chronic In ralld?. whefl a certain cure ia offered thorn? 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For sals by s ll dsalers. Pries 10 cents. Foster-alllburn Co.. ttuffalo. New York, sole agents for the I'nlted Stats*. Ruwtembsr ths name?-Doan's?and take ao other. No. 1. bssssssssBm CAMPAIGN FOK EDUCATION. Meeting? In Various Counties Held In August. Columbia, June 27.?Plans for t ie educational campaign to be held dur? ing the month of August are meetit g with a cordial reception throughout the State. One meeting will be held in each county, the schedule having alreucy been announcec. The county super? intendents are to preside over the meetings and I re to make all ai rangements for he places of meetings and secure the speakers. At these meetings three ocal speakers will ba heard and two from the campaign committee. The month will be glveji up to a gre^t educational rally and it 1' the hop* of the committee to arouse great interest in education throughou South Carolina. These meetings wll In all likelihood be largely attended. One of the most important featurei In connection with the educational campaign will be the work for an "educatic nal' commission," which would go over tl e school laws of the 81 ste. This commission should It be appointed would take up the matter of revision and codification of the school laws of South Carolina. The p.op-siticn w?s before the general as? sembly last year, being introduced by Representative Ayer, but it was de? feated. One point the advocates point out an illustrative of the need of an edu i catlonal commission was the recent opinion of the attorney general as to the date of appointment of school trustees. There an; about 6,000 school trustees in South Carolina, and the law in reference to the appointment of them has been amended three times In t ie last a even years. At the lust session of the legislature Superintendent of Education Swearln gen naked for the appointment of sev? en men to go over the school laws and suggest anr amendments. One of the interested men In the work of the educational campaign is Mr. W. Parker of Greenville. He has written Mr. Swearlngen that he will give one week of his time to the meetings which will be held In'tit counties of the Piedmont aectlon of the State. Dr. S. C. Mitchell, presi? dent of the Unlvemlty of South Caro? lina; Dr. S>nder, pi es I dent of Wofford College, and Dr. Jo inson, president of Winthrop, have wr tten Mr. Swearln gtn that they will bo able to attend four or five meeting* and will mal:e addresses. Prof. Band, Superintend? ent Hughes, of th? Greenville city schools, and Go v. Ansel will represent thi jommif.ee In leveral sections of the State and will deliver addresses. Mr. Sweat Ingen has announced that the county superintendents who had not sent In their suggestions to the secretary of the committee would probably do so in a few days. The comrilttee Is preparing to Is? sue a brief discussion of some Impor? tant school needs and this will bo placed In the hands of the speakers and the courty sperlntendenta before the opening of the campaign. The follow ing are some of the sub? jects that will be discussed at the meetings to be held In the different counties: Better school houses and better equipment. Consolidation of small schools. Better tea hern and better salaries. Fewer cha ige? 'n teachers. Better attendance, more pupils and more regular compulsory attendance. Longer school terms?nine months. United community school support of school and teachers. More teachers and more courses in the high sch< ol. More funcb and l?> *al taxation. Need of ar educational commission -the certification of teachers. Business m?n on the farm. The school as a so?ial centre. Stute scholarship* and college standards. WILL HACK IN BENNETTS VI LLE. Fine S|M?rt In Planned for July Ilu*ehall. H 'tim tts\ ill". Juno 26.?Bennctts \ Me Is aipaotttlg main visitors on M unlay. July f>. All business will be gunponded ii.i the n itionai holiday < I -erved In n munner mOTi tlttlnu than has been customary in this sec? tion during many roam, A number of different amusements irlll ???? offered Tin- two featuie-; which are attracting n fcr?-nt deal of attention are baseball and racing. The P.en net tsv I He team !..'?? been playing goo| hall with 111? ? surrounding towns reo utly and a lire' I.: bit 1? ?n ?>f baseball will be had. The Bennettivllle Driving AsnocUv tooi will hold Its first circuit n < ? ami no doubt t ie greatest racing .\. , aondnatad ka Ihlt Motion win had, There \% ill t ?? f "Ii rar. - ?<f fi\ -? In al ? '1 h, the winner being :eiilied t?> tak? three. A rather <>b* ure case of bomloldi .rrtd BOOf < ?rangeburg a few da\s ago TWO \<?ung negroes, Whltm ?re j ml ?Mover had n pers ? nil altercation using deadly weapon*, and GlOVef killed Whltmore. Glover says It was In self-defense. Neither of the ne? groes are well known. WILL AID YOUNG MEN. A Unique Organization, Rut One That Might Accomplish Much Good. Columbia, June 26.?A unique movement in philanthropy has had its beginning in Greenville among a few business men. It is about to crystallz? in the formation of what ia to be known as the Educational Investment Company, of South Carolina, with a capital of $100,000, the purpose of which is to loan money to poor boys of good moral character for use In ob? taining a college education. Mr. Mar? shall Moore, who has been selected as field secretary, has started on a trip throughout the State to raise the stock. It is probable that the head? quarters of the company when organ? ized will be in Columbia. In speaking of the company today Mr. Moore said: "The Educational Investment Com? pany of South Carolina is something new in the field of business activity. Colleges have had their loan funds for several decades, but nowhere yet has th'*re been an effort to place this phi? lanthropic work on the business basis ol a banking house. The plan is some? thing unique and it will soon be the part of South Carolina to prove to the country that investment In character will return a money dividend. "I have talked with many of the ludest men In South Carolina, the biggest men in purse and heart and only one lone man of near five hun? dred seen or written to has refused to endorse the work. This I am sorry to say is Senator Tlllman, who wrote that he1 never lent his name to pri? vate enterprises, or some such stuff. In striking ^contrast to this are the strong letters from members of Con? gress, and especially the one from Mr. Lever, with a voluntary offer to sub? scribe to ten sharea of the capital stock. Mr. Moore has several hun? dred endorsements from prominent Carolinians." WHISKEY SANDWICH. A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., lays the sale and distribution of the whiskey sandwich is the latest meth? od of evading the liquor laws in the State of Alabama: Loaves of bread, cut and arranged to represent oys? ter sandwiches, are sold over the counters In unchrooms, presumably operated for that purpose, a bottle of whiskey being arranged between the lawyers of the bread. It is said that questionable lunch-rooms have sprung up all over the State, In which these contraband goods constitute practically the total blM of fare. The discovery of the whlakey sand? wich was made by the warden at the Birmingham Jail, who took it into his head to examine an apparently innocent sandwich which was brought to the Jail for one of the prisoners by a relative. The prison? er, Charles Smith, a negro, had only recently attempted to make his es? cape. ? The warden was auspicious that something might have been hidden la the unusually large sandwich. Upon opening the loaf a large bottle of whiskey was discovered. A rigid investigation was then put on foot, which resulted in the discovery that the whiskey sandwich is already an important article of commerce in Alabama. Thrown Together. "Are young people thrown togeth? er much out here?" asked the ma? tt on with a marriageable daughter. "You bet," replied the proprietor of the summer hotel- "We're extra well provided with hammocks."? Kansas City Times. The navy department at Washing? ton has granted Representative Alkali the figurehead of the battleship South Carolina to be placed In the State House or some suitable place. The dispensary commission holds n special meeting tomorrow to consider the disposition of the money turned over to Chairman Murray by the bunks of Columbia. There is a consid * I arable amount ot money Involved and th? statement as to where it ?will b. dopOSlted Will be awaited with In? terest. The Alumni Association of tin Greenville Female College, has en? dorsed the notion of the two literary ? ties of thai institution in peti? tioning the trustees of the college changa tin- nams of the Institution from Greenville Female College to Mary Judaon College In honoi ol Miss Mary <*. ludson, who has been Identified with the college for - ? n.ioy years. The < on ths i lally Bee scor< i point when it taya of Senatoi Tin mans cry of htfmbug, becauae tha newspapers have asked for tree paper that he is only humbugging hims< If ?nd bolsters up Its assertion admir? ably. Unfortunately for tha senator. the Impression has mown steadily In n cost years that he does not moan many ol the things which he says with such a show of vohemonoe? News and Courier. TAFTS TWO PER CENT TAX. An Estimate of What Some of the Big Trusts Will Have to Pay Tinier President Tuffs Corporation Tax Amendment?The Heathen Chinese Sets an Example to Civilized Na? tions. Washington, D. C, June 26.?The tariff debate drags slowly on and the flow of oratory, like Tennyson's brook, seems destined to go on forover. On Friday Senator Aldrich, for the Com? mittee on Finance introduced the cor? poration tax amendment. Despite lurid predictions of failure to reach an agreement, extravagant and exag. gerated reports of "insurmountable obstacles," and emphatic declarations that the entire subject of special tax? ation will be postponed until next winter, the Taft amendment has pur? sued a perfectly normal course, with? out hitch and without obstacle, and is now before the senate as a substitute for the Bailey-Cummins income tax amendment. The original draft was prepared by the attorney general and Senator Root under the supervision of I the president himself. It was then I submitted to a conference at the White House which was attended by I the lawyers of the cabinet and the j Republican members of the Finance I Committee. Certain changes having been suggested, Messrs. Wickersham I and Root prepared a second draft em? bodying them and this was submitted to a second White House conference at which Speaker Cannon and Repre? sentatives Payne and Dwight were present in addition to those who had I attended the first conference. (The I amendment met with the unanimous j approval of all present, and the lead I ers of the house as well as those of I the senate predicted Its speedy enact I ment. Briefly stated, the amendment pro I vides for a tax of two per cent, on j the net profits of all corporations and insurance companies, except that mu I tual savings banks are not taxed. Cor I porations having a bonded indebted I ness are permitted to deduct from the I profits on which they will be taxed a I sufficient sum to pay the Interest on I their bonds not in excess of their cap. I ital stock. In a word, It provides for I an income tax for corporations but I does not extend it to the Incomes of I individuals as would the Balley-Cum I mins amendment. The Metropolitan press Is filled with I denunciation of the Taft tax which, it I insists, will prove unjust and Inex I presslbly unpopular. When it is re? called that most of the great news I papers of the country are owned by j corporations and will, therefore, be I subject to the tax, their opposition is I not perhaps surprising. A glance I ahead at the results of the Taft fax I oIbo reveals something of the reason I back of the frantic'efforts of the big I corporations to misrepresent and ren ?1 der unpopular the President's propos I ition. For instance, It is estimated that the Standard OH Company will I under this amendment be compelled to contribute between $800,000 and $900,000 annually to the support of J the government. The steel trust will J have to pay a tax between these flg I uies. The American Telegraph and J Telephone Company will probably I have to pay about $700.000 and the I tax of the Tobacco Trust will exceed $500,000. The General Electric Com I pany will pay between $230,000 and I $300,000; and the Copper Trust, in I eluding the Amalgamated Copper j Company, will contribute over $500, 000. Even the Sugar Trust will have I the pleasure of paying about $165,000 j toward Uncle Sam's expenses, and a J like sum will be contributed, no doubt with little cheerfulness, by the Inter I national Harvester Co. Most of the bis railroads of the country will pay over $500,000 a piece into the federal treas? ury. In the light of these figures and in view of the fact that the great trusts and corporations are being held up by the throat, metaphorically speaking, by the creature of their own generos? ity, the Republican parry, it is hard? ly surprising that their cries and la? mentations should rend the stillness ot" the midnight hour ami almost cause the solid eaplto] to tremble <>n its foundations. Jeremiah's lamenta? tions ovei Jerusalem were as hut whispers compared with the weeplnH and wailing and gnashing of teeth of the trust magnates over the treachery of that partywhlch has been to them their father and their mother and ill their relations." Bvery now ami again the benight 1 Oriental sets an example which the civilised nations of the world w*ould do woll to emulate. An instance of this has just occurred in connection with atrocious murder of a N. w Y?nk girl by the Chinaman known as Wil? liam Leon. Advices have been re? ceived in Washington to the effect tb.it the Imperial government at Pelt? ing purposes Itself to offer a large monetary reward for the apprehen? sion and conviction of Leon, and the Chinese Charge d' Affairs in Washing? ton, Mr. Ou, has been instructed to ?end to ail Chinese consuls, prominent merchants ami leaders of the tongs of Chinese secret socltles, a letter urging them to call together their fellow countrymen In their neighborhoods and, addressing them in the name of the Imperial government, to say to them that China is shamed and dis? graced by this brutal murder and that every Chinaman who has the good name of his country at heart will do all in his power to bring the fugitive to justice. TROLLY STRIKE CALLED. 3,500 Men on Pittsburg Traction Lines to Quit Work. Pittsburg, Pa., June 26.?After a conference lasting until nearly mbt night tonight with officials of the Pittsburg Railways Company the executive committee of the local union of the Amalgamated Associa? tion of Street and Electric Railway Employees called a strike, which will tie up the entire traction lines of Pittsburg and vicinity. Thirty-five hundred men will be affected. The grievance of the men include the charge of discrimination against union men; a demand for proper hearings for discharged men; longer lunch hours and the installation of bulletin boards In the car barns an? nouncing lay-offs. The strike will likely extend to the electrical help? ers, machinists, trackmen and even rail laying crews of the entire Pitts burg lines. The present strike, it is predicted, will more than likely be a long drawn out affair, as the union men expressed themselves in bitter terms against the railway company. It was reported at 12:30 tonight that Strike Breaker Farley, of New York, had been communicated with by railway officials, and it is expect? ed that by Monday at least 500 Im? ported strike breakers will be housed in the barns of the railway company. At 2 a. m. the union conductors began leaving their cars. Several cars were left in the down town streets, deserted by the crews. Pickets have already been sent out from union headquarters to the five down-town car barns. Commissioner Watson has written letters to the governors of Georgia, Florida and North Carolina, calling at? tention to the National Irrigation Con? ference, to be held at Shokane, Wash., beginning August 9. Mr. Watson wants the South Atlantic States to scnd their delegates in a body. He has planned an Interesting trip and win probably arrange for the running of a special car straight through. Cheap rates will be given, and there will most likely be given a chance for the party to visit Yellowstone Park, the Alsaka-Youkon-Paclflc Exposiion, and also most of the large cities on the Pacific coast. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Ths Kind You Haie Always Bought Bears the Signature USPOBT Or TBS CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER, At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business. June 23rd. 1909. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $413,904 16 Overdrafts, secured and unse? cured, 10,429 93 U. 8. Bonds to secure circula? tion, 25,000 00 Premium* on U. 8. Bonds, 50J 00 Bonds, securities, etc., 18,000 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3,000 00 Other Real Estate Owned 503 22 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents), 1 997 ? 0 Due from State and Priv te Banks and Baukers, T OSt Companies, and Savings Banks, 3 580 03 Due from approved reserve agents, 11,823 88 Checks and other cash items, 1,114 82 Notes of other National Banks, 3,195 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 2.375 03 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie, 13,365 20 Legal-tender notes, 35 00 13,400 20 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (8 per ct. of cir? culation,) 1 .-'50 00 Total, $510,1;'.:) 27 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, 1100,000 00 Surplus fund, tOfiOO (.<> Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid. 61,607 16 NatK l- d B nk notes outstaud ing. 2;*. 000 0 Due to other National Banks Lies BJ Dae ?o Statf and PrWole Banks an I Hanker* 2,70;> 68 Individual depo Ito subject to oheck, 221,*?',t Natt s and Bills rodlaoonntad 16,600 oo Bills p*) able, including ostti Aoatea of Dspoail for money borrowed 50,000 00 Total |51 ,133 27 State of South Carolina. ) ag County of Sumter. S k 1, J. L MiCALUTM, Cashier of the SOOTS named bank, do solemnly swear thft*t the above stat* meat is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. L. McC ALLEM, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2i?th day of June 1800, GE<>. L. BICKER. Notary Public. Correct?Attest: JOHN RE1D, ) GEO. D. SHORE. V Directors. h. D. BARNETT, ) And the secret of the failure t? prosecute the Sugar Trust is burled in the African jungle.?Washington Post. Do You Know What 5 Constitutes a Fine Piano ? 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