The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-11-02

chief of the South Atlantic station
shortly after the Columbus naval re-
view of last spring.
Naval officers who know Commodore
Stanton are utterly at loss to under
stand how he came to make so serious
mistake. If such 1t can be called.
Wtn Escape theTax.
WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-The House
Committee on Banking and Currency
today heard Representative Brawley OF
South Carolina, in support OF his bill to
suspend the operation of laws 1mpos.
ing tax of ten per cent. upon notes
issued by banks during the late period
of strlngency-August to October.
a number Of South Carolina banks had
issued clearing house certificates
which had circulated throughout the
State and done much good. The Col
lector of Internal Revenue had been
making inquiries as to the amount OF
| such notes issued with view, it was
understood, Of collecting the tax of ten
per cent, levied on State bank Issues
The government did not provide a cur
rency Of sufficient elasticity to meet
the stringency. The banks were forced
| to do something. The action of the
Collector of Internal Revenue had
| hurt the circulation of certificates.
Johnson (Rep) Of Indiana asked if
Brawley or any member of the com
mittee had consulted the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue in regard to the
issues and ascertained whether or not
he had decided to try to collect tax
on them.
No one had. Mr. Brawley thought
that the action Of the collector showed
that the Treasury Department would
endeavor to tax those notes.
Warner Dem) of New York said
that he was in favor of reporting the
bill and removing the doubt. He did
not think the government should take
advantage of any technicality in the
law and tax these lots which had been
issued in case OF necessity.
The New York backs, he said, had
issued $4O,CJO,O0O worth of notes dur
ing the period of stringen y. He did
not know whether or not they were of
the character of those issued in South
Carolina. The New York bankers and
| the people he represented did not think
the New York notes taxable and he
| had not been asked to raise the Ques
ton On them. lie would vote to re
| lieve the South Carolina bankers.
After the hearing the committee con
| sidered the bill and referred it to a sub
committee to report on Friday, ant
then adjourned to that day.
I<e ping n Wife Young.
n certain amount of social life il
absolutely essential to ali Of us-t
the old 10 welt "a to the T1u,. write,
Eu,. I'D w. Box in a pertinent artlcl,
Oh mans lnanility to see things a.
Otners See them, in the Nav La lie.
Home journal. A woman never grow.
So Cid that she ceases to eujDy the com
pany of otAers, and generally the olde
she grows the more she enjoys IT, |
Is always pity TO see man fall int,
d state which he explains by saying
Goa, we are getting old, and don't car,
for so much variety In our lives" II
1.-THE pure unSeliiShneSS of his soul he al
ways speaks of Gus" and "we", as if II
| naturally folio that because he is
getting anticipated hts wife must keep
pace with hum in his decline. Men all
too often make their wives too old
1t is a greater credit TO a husband to
keep his wife young than to make her
grow old. HIS actions and his habits
necessarily influence those of his wife
Let him keep in touch with the world
and both he and his wife will be the
better and the younger for it. like
to see a man proud of his wife because
Slo Keeps young. Olu age Is DGautlf I'll
and has its advantages; but man
makes a great mistake when he rush
es woman unnecessarily toward It,
And he does it mos t perfectly when he
depriyes her of those enjoyments which
every man should give his wife. No
economy is so false, so hollow and so
misguided as that which seeks to with
hold one pleasure from the life of a
good woman, a true wife or a loving
mother. The best home man can
give woman becomes "poky" aB one
lady know expresses it, If she is ask
ed to live in it three hundred and sixty
five days out of every year. The good
Lord knows that woman's life in this
world is hard enough. She travels a
path of endurance and suffering, &c
which man, be he ever 80 heavily af
i!icted, is an entire stranger. 1t Was
given to man to make that path as
pleasant, as easy and as bright as pos
sible. Every dollar which the mar
spends for the happiness of a woman
of his home will come back to him in
double, yea. in four-fold measure
| lected.