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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-16
NEW LEGISLATION.
To Increase Membership of
Dawes Commission.


An amendment 70 the In
dian appropriation bill will be of
fered in the senate, increasing the
membership of the Dawes COM
mission by two, 50 as to facilitate
the work of allotment. This
amendment being new legislation,
will be subject to a point of order.
If the point of order is made
against it separate bill providing
for the two new commissioners
will be introduced
The Indian appropriation bill as
reported to the senate today, was
gone over by Cong essman Sher-
man, Of the House committee ON
Indian affairs, and Congressman
Cannon, Of the House committee
on appropriations. There is no
doubt that the increase Of the ap-
preparation for the Dawes commits
sion TO s64OO00, so as to enable
the work Of allotment to be pushed
through in year and half, or
two years at the most, will be APP
proved by the House. In addition
to the amendments to the House
bill heretofore reported in these
dispatches, the senate bill contains
the following new provisions;
For two additional clerks at
Union agency, $1,000. To pay all
expenses incident to the laying
out OF townsites in the Indian Ter.
ritory the sum Of s67, 900 was ap-
propriated In connection with
this appropriation it is provided
that hereafter there shall be not
more than one commission for
each OF the Creek and Cherokee
nations, and each of the commIs. /
sions for said nations shall consist
OF one m 9m ber, to be appointed by |
the legislature OF the tribe for
which said commission is to act,
who shall not be interested in
town property other than his
home, and one to be appointed by
the secretary Of the interior, and
II the executive OF the tribe fails
TO appoint the member as afore-
said, they may be selected and ap-
pointed by the secretary Of the in
terror. In case the two members
OF said commission fail to agree as
to the market value Of any lot or
the limit or extent Of any town,
the secretary of the interior shall
apPolnt a third member, who is
not interested in town lots, and
who shall act with them to deter
mine the matter in dispute. The
agreement Of any two of said men,
Ders as to the matter in dispute
shall constitute a determination
thereof, subject to the approval of
secretary Of the interior, and if no
'wo Of said members are able to
'gree the matter shall then be de-
ermined by such secretary"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-16

Impure blood is responsible directly
and indirectly for many other deseaes.
Purify the blood at once with DR.. Sim
mons Sarsaparllla. soc and so doses.
A. W. Foreman.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-03-16
Excursion to Galveston.

For the naval demonstration
March 2O-25, the NJ, X. s. r. viii sell
tickets at rate Of $500 for the round
trip Tickets on sale for All trains
March 18th Final return limit for
leaving Galveston, March 25th r. r
Clapper Agent.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31
Registration Notice

The ottirc ofthe Supervisor or l'cg-
istration will bc opened on the first
Monday in every month for the p'l"-
pose of the clustering of any person
who is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident 0t
the State for TWO years, Of the county
one year and of the polling precinct
in which the elector offers to vote four
months before the day of election, ana
shall have paid, six months before any
poll tax then due AID payable, anu
who can both read and write any SEE
ton Of the Consultation of 1893 submit
ted to him by the supervisors OF regis
tratiar, or Wln show that he owns. ana
has paid al! taxes collcctable during
the present year on property IN TINS
State assessed al three hundred dol
lars ar more J. ]. EADDI,
Clerk Of Board.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31
Notice..

thereby give notice to the co!ored
,earhcrs Of Williamsburg county that
state Superintendent of EduHation,
Hon. JohI.I. McMalan, has chosen
Georgetown. S. G., the place for hold,
ing the Summer School for coloEed
teachers. 80,
The school will open June nth and
close july 7th. The instructors ap-
nointed are Prnts. J. f. Wallace. j. Il.
Beck and l.. B. Fordham. The sub
i,rts taught for one section of teachers
will be history. algebra and English
and for the other section arithmetic,
geography and English. -,
Let every teacher who can poSSiDiyI
attend be on hand at the. Openlng ana
stay to the close. y. ID. LESESNE'
inT Co. Supt., OF Education.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31
Sherif's Sale.

Bv virtue of sundry tax executions to
me directed, have levied upon and
will sell the following described lands
before the Court house door in Kings
tree on the first Moudav in June. FOR
cash. during the legal hours of sale:
1l6 acres of land in Sumter town
ship belonging to J. ID. Cook, and
bounded a. follows: n"rth by Kelley,
east by NJ. n. J. Cook, Souu. by II,
Grey, west by l.. \. Moore.
Also. 2222 acres of land in sumter
township belonging to NJ. y: j. Cook.
and bounded "a follows: north by kel'
ley. east by y. f. Camey, south by
public road from Moore's Cross Roads
to Lake City, west by j. ID. Cook.
J. y. DANIEL,
S. W. G.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31

Chief Clerk jessie Z. CAN'T, of
the Secretary of States office, has
found another batch Of documents
connected with the Revolutionary
records of the State. They con-
tam the original awards and re-
ceipts of Revolutionary soldiers.
Mr.. CAN'T thinks that hn can
make up practically a complete
roster of the troops from this State
from the records of the office.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31
winthrop College Scholarship QId
EptrODG2 Examination,

The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
lere anlfor the admission OF new stu
dents will be held at the County C0uEt
House On Friday, July Goth. at > a. M.
Applicants must not be less than 70
years Of age.
When scholarships are vacated after
July 10th they will be awarded to those
making the highest average at TINS
examination. ;.
The cost Of attendance. including
board. furnished room. heat, light and
washing is only $3.50 per month.
For further information and cata-
loguc address - .
ID. b. JOHNSON. President.
Rock Hll, :. {.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31
Notice to Teachers.

Ry order of the State Board OF Edu-
cation the next examination Tor teacn-
ers' certificates for Williamsburg Coun-
~ will he held at kingstrce. ). e.. II.
day. June 18th, between the hours ol
$50 o'clock Il. m. and ) p. III
The County 8oardS will not be al
lowed to renew certificates this year
except to teachers who attend the sum-
mcr school to je held in July.
y. ID. LESESNE,
Jn7 Co. Supt. Of Education.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1900.
Soutr Carolina Inter, state aa6 West
lrdian Expositlo1.

When the project was first ag::a-
ted in January very few people
thought it would ever materiaize;
that all exposition on a large scale
was too big a job for the staid: old
CITY of Charleston to undertake, and
It will be remembered that when the
project received the endorsement of
the Governor and Legislature and
was then presented to the people
through the medium of the press,
the universal opinion was that 1t
would be II good thing fcE the State
and i0 Charleston, if the money
could be raised. but that the people
Of Charleston would not 60 down In
their pockets and put up the neces.
sary amount.
Those who held that view, have
Beer mistaken. Charleston aas shown
its hand, and the subscription now
exceeds $4,000, and is daily being
added. to.
The exposition is projected for tha
benefit of the people of the entire
State, and the projectors have de-
cided that wherever the people wish
to join. with them and subscribe to
the capital stock they should have
the opportunity to do So, 70 this
end the executive committee have
appointed citizens of each county
on the committee and have, sent
them books of> subscription to-, be
opened at convenient places within
the county. where those desiring to
subscribe for one or more shares of
the stock can DO so.
Subscription books have been sent
W. II, Kennedy, Of Kingstgee; Geo.
s. Barr K;ngstree; ard Dr.. A IL.
Williams, Lake City, S. G., and the
Mallard Lumber Co., at Greeleyville.
Members of the executive commit
Tee fos this county will take pleas
ute in RECEIVING subscriptions and
giving all desired information.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31
GERMS.

SBSCRIPTlo.1 RATES:
One dopy. one year. si'uo'
One CRY, s;~ months, - .no'
One coDy,. three months, - 20.
Subscriptions payable in advance.
sDvERTISLcSG. RATES:
One inch, first insertion, sl.0o: each
subseournt insertion, so cents. cblie,
aries and Tributes Of Respect. over w
words charged fer as regular advertise
Ments. Liberal reduction on adIeftiS-
lag made for three, six and tHoiNc
mouths contracts.
Con.ne2 irqtionS ,:YSt be accompanied
bv the real name and address OF the
writer in order to receive attention. No
conmrs sication of 4 personal nature
will be publishsd except as an adrer-
tiSement.
Address all letters and make all drafts
payable to
&. ". WOLFE,
Kingstree, sc.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31

The ceasus enumerators beg
Hle farmers to be posted so as
they can answer the following
questions as fast as they. are put
them: Name Of township you
live, total number of acres in farm,
anmber of acres of uaimp:oyed
hand, number of acres of improved
land, number OF acres rented, or
leased, value Of entire farm, value
Of all buildings on farm, value Of
all implements and machinery be.
longing to, the farm, estimated
salue o! all farm products, amount
expended for fertilizers, amount
expended for farm labor, number
OF bales and value of cotton pro-
duced and the weight OF The bales,
aalue, quantity and acreage in
fruit trees, grape vines, etc. About
100 questions will be put 10 each
farmer. TheY will also be ques-
.ioRsd as 10 the quantity and
value OF the chickens, eggs and
antter produced.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-31

Ten for FIVE cents a. Druggists, Grocers Restaurants
Saloons. NewsStands. General Stores and BARRIERS
Shops They Danish pain induce sleep and proiong te
One gives relief No what's the matter. will
do you good. Ten samples and thousand ses,i.
noaals sent By rail- any addtess receipt Of prize.
by the Rig Chemical Co.. IoSptuce Si New York City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-30

paid out of the treasury OF this state
or any other funds under its manage
ment except in pursuance of an appro-
priation by law"
The state treasurer, as commanded
by the constitution, simply declined to
cash these pay accounts" although
he says in his letter that every mem
Der of the legislature and employee
thereof knew that there was plenty
of money in the treasury with which
to pay all demands against the state,
and hat warrants to cover the
amounts due them would be issued as
soon Ias the appropriations were
made" The state treasurer simply
obeyed the law. When members of
the legislature desire their pay the
law provides the methods by which &c
can be easily secured State Treasur-
CT Pitts in this case pursued the
course which should invite commenda-
tion rather than carping criticism.
1t may not be the occasion for sur
prise that some republican candidates
for office should seem to desire To
break down the safeguards of h
treasury fixed by the constitution.
but | am sure hat the taxpayers OF
all parties will applaud the courage Of
Treasurer Pitts in executing the law
without fear or favor.
| COST OF THE STATE PENITEN-
TIAKY.
I now invite the attention of the
taxpayers to the cost of the
state penitentiary under repu5-
lican and democratic manage
ment. In 1869 and 1870, under Gov.
McClurg's administration, the peniten-
tiary cost the taxpayers 277,9o4.44
over and above its earnings. In De-
cember, 1870, there were 797 prison
ers, the average cost of each prisoner
being $4,000. During 1899, and up to
i July % last, only S3,476.18 was drawn
from the state treasury for the ex-
penses of electric light plants, fire.
proof vaults and the library at the
p~enitentiary. On the 23d of July last
there were zoos prisoners in the peni-
Tertiary, and at the same time a bal
ance of $~52,205.71 in the state treasury
to the credit of the account for "earn-
ings.
This very favorable treasury situa,
ton in its relation to the p~enitentiary
can perhaps be more clearly under
stood by the statement that the earn
ings" of the penitentiary in 1899 and
up to the 23d of July last were s4s,-
1888 in excess of all the expenses of
the institution for food, clothing, sal
aries of officers and guards, new build
ings, repairs and incidental expenses
of all kinds.
This handsome surplus a be used
by the general assembly for the sup
port of our state government, and to
this extent relieve the taxpayers.
FEES OF COUNT RODMAN.
But, my fellow citizens. | have not
yet submitted the complete fiscal rec
ord of the democratic party. The re-
publican party while In power author
lied and permitted the secretary of
state, state auditor and other officials
: to retain. in addition to their salaries
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-30

diem, and mileage of members, ana
the expenses of the clerical force
were $2.62S.70, instead of $4,000 as
stated. Deducting the cost OF print
ing and ex~penses,other than members
and clerks, the average cost per day
wal S2,43f.64. There were 1913 c1erksand
employees in the senate and the house
-21s in the senate and PAS in the
house. The honorable gentleman
states the number at 5S1, or lis in ex-
cess of the real number.
Mr.. Chairman and fellow-citizens, I
challenge special attention to the as
sertlon hat a number of the war
rants of the members of the general
assembly went to protest" This state
ment is absolutely untrue. / am in re-
ceipt of a letter from Hon. f. L. Pitts,
state treasurer, under date of the
26th of July last, in which he says,
among other things: Responding to
your favor of the 25th inst. I beg to
inform you hat the assertion made
by Hon. Joseph Flory. candidate for
governor, in a speech at Monett, Mo-,
to the effect that warrants of the
members of the last general assembly
went to protest, is false. Every war
rant drawn by the state auditor was
paid on presentation at his office. 1t
could not be otherwise; for no war
rant can be drawn except upon an APP
preparation of the legislature; and no
appropriation in excess of the re-
ceipts into the state treasury can be
made" The state treasurer then
Il niroc tho fao{e- a-,sJso- ~ ,o- E 4La
taxpayers. 1t is the custom of the
committees on account of the general
assembly to issue scrip or ''pay &C
counts" certifying hat the party
whose name appears therein is on the
pay roll and served a certain number
of days, and is entitled to a warrant
for a certain amount. This scrip is
not a demand for money, but simply
an evidence of indebtedness and of no
value until the appropriations are
made. 1t may have been the custom
of the state ~treasurers, upon the re-
quest of both houses of the general
assembly, and for the accommodation
of members and clerks, to cash ''pay
accounts" before an appropriation by
the legislature; but the custom is
wholly voluntary in contemplation OF
law.
Section Is, of article 10, of consti-
tuition of this state provides for the
disbursement of public money, and to
quote it's language: Upon warrants
drawn, by the state auditor and not
otherwise"
Section 10 of the same article also
declares that mo money shall W be
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-30

o~cratic control was only $100,553.68.
The total cost of the last Legislature
amounted to $365,3S9.49, which is $12,-
616.7 II less than the avcragecost of the
four republican legislatures which as
sembled prior to 1878.
STATEMENTSOF THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
In this connection l may say that
the republican candidate for COVER
nor. according to a dispatch to the st.
| Louis Globe-Democrat of the goth of
July last, from Monett, stated at
jenkins, Barry county, that h last
! legislature cost the taxpayers nearly
$500, 900, and in n speechatD elmar Gar
den, st. Louis, on the evening of July
| %. he also declared that the last legls-
lature cost the taxpayers S3,3Oo dally'
In discussing state affairs at Monett
on the night of July IA, he further as
serted that n number of h war
rants of the members of the general
assembly went to protest" and there
were 5S1 persons on the pay rolls or
the state doing clerical work in both
houses. Tt may be true that the cler-
ical force of the last general assembly
was in excess of the number really
required for the economical transac-
ton of business. The honorable gen.
tleman, however, in the assertions to
which l have referred, has exhibited
an ~inaccuracy wholly unwarranted by
the facts.
The total cost of the recent legis-
lature has just been given, n as
heretofore stated, is less thar the av
eraee cost of the republican legisla-
lures prior to democratic rule. How
ever the fact of republican extraVa-
gance both in state n national adj
ministrations should not be accepted
as a precedent by democrats. 1t is
true that the republican party wasted
the substance of the people when they
controlled this state, and it is also
rue that its record in national af-
fairs. as I shall presently show, is a
record of reckless prodigahty, but IN
submitting the exhibit L shall not
wander from the record as d1d the
gentleman named for the great Of
fee of governor by the opposing par
ty. I am at a loss to understand why
he should have been SO mistak-
en- as to the facts. II can
not be charged to a lack of orpor-
tunity to acquaint himself with the
affairs of the great state whose imam
cial record he has maligned, land OF the
party he has ~assailed with all the
venom of needless p~artisanship, with
out justification in fact. During the
last six years he has been an office
holder at jefferson City, where the
records are easy of access, and the
gentleman should have put himself in
possession of the facts before at
tempting 70 recite them or else main.
tanned discreet silence.
] COST OF THE LEGISLATURE AMI
ALLEGED PROTEST" OF
WARRANTS.
But what are the facts2 The iegis
Iature was in session 139 days at q
total cost of 1865, 5s9.49. The average
daily expenses. including printing, PEI
~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-30

to educate the white and colored chill
dren has increased from 1000 in 1871
TO 1879 in 1899; the amount of
wages from $SS7,019 to $4,743,359.61;
the average length of term of public
schools from Is days to 141 days; the
average attendance for each pupil A
DAYS to 90 days; the ntimber of public
schoolhouses from 6,3S7 to 12,9O1; the
number of white children in school,
from 325,712 to 654,410 (estimated); the
number of colored school children
from 1853 to 30,114 (estimated); the
number of colored schools from lit to
615; the average salary of teachers
from $4,000 to $500 per month; the
population from f,721,295 in 1871 TO an
estimated population of 3,5OO,00O IN
1900: the railroad mileage from 2,oo1
miles to 6,D35 miles, and the assessed
valuation of all property from $5I2,-
293,377 in 1872 to 81, 900, 403, 500 at TINS
time. l will continue the comparative
exhibit, emitting some of its volumln-
Gus details 10 avoid ~trespassing un-
duly upon your patience. 1 may say,
however, that every fiscal exhibit L
have made or shall make is official ano
accurate.
COMPARATIVE EXHIBIT OF RE-
PUBLICAN AND DEMO
CRATIC RULE.
Eight years of republican rule prior
to democratic ascendency in 1873 cost
the taxpayers $164.4O more for print
ing the laws and journals than the
n@rf far lilo nIIrnOEP under Is
years of democratic rule.
During 1867 and 1868, the last years
of Gov. Fletcher's administration, the
republican party expended $76,669-99
more for printing, copying and
distributing the laws and journals
than was expended during the last
two years of Gov. Stephens admins
tration for the same objects. That is
to say, the republicans expended
more than eight times as much money
for this purpose in 1867 and 1868 than
the democrats did in 1899 and 1900. A
like favorable exhibit is disclosed by
the official records in favor of demo-
cratic management in the expenses of
the general assembly. During the
eight a of republican and liberal
republican rule prior to the admins
tration of Gov. Woodson, the pay and
contingent expenses of the Legislature
amounted to $1,514,024.84, while the
expenditures for the same purposes
under % years of democratic control
were 1925, 5O3.13. That is to say, the
average annual expenditures of re-
publican administrations during eight
years of control was $189,253.1O.
The average annual cost under DEM
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-18

Gov which the convention has named
once ~ snand the remainder OF my DAYS
me- ,ivafe fife, It shall be my constahe an u,
~ ~ ~ and nv controlling purpose 70 atu ~
rpaaIizing the high Ideals OF de mvSt
,yisdom and courage ana shcriiceS DAo"sA'
MS republic into existence: aast,,v sur.
tnls ~ Conceive of @ national oestiny SUI
tsstny The glores of the present anu tlio
ppass+a destiny which meets tne resPo ~ =
biiities of to-day and mems Taeai Rehold a repub-
posslpl.ihro Securely upon the foundation
nc, aes1 Married by revolutionary Patrlots
STONES ha mountain of eternal IruthIa re-
rninhiic applying in practice anu prn1nsi-
Ing to the world the sen areated ea,iaI: that
ton: Una. anndowed with inalienable rights.
they a aiioyernments are instituted among
lia r 70 secure these r1ghtSi tnat BY os az
ments derive their 1ust P o%neiLdS a repubiic
consent o. civil t and religious liberty stimu-
IN VIII iii to earnest endeavor ana IN WIN
i Iha 1aw restraints every hand upniteo tOL
,n,naiobhor's injury-a repupllS ~ ,wvhich
nedS citizen is sovereign, put IN wiics =
every ci oaras TO wear a crown. Behold
no one Standing erect while empires az
repuD Dd are bowed beneath the Weight Oh
their own armaments[a repuoi.o ra nnIv
Dag is loved while otner hasS reasjn@ IN
feared. Behold Waltz tSpi in strength and in
~ o4Puence solving the problems OF clvh,1 "i
ION and Fastening the coming VI a,h hh
versaI brotherhood-a repupiiG. M ntas
shakes thrones and als $50 Ewes light and
py i.s t si1 10 those who sit in darkness.
lp1abbnld a republic gradually put surely
any,irg the supreme moral FACTOR IN the
Gorlds progress and the accepLea aIpieea
1ist tnr like the path of the just, lis as
he Shining light that shineth more ana
more into the perfect day"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-18

The republican platform assumes that
the Philippine islands will be retained un-
der American sovereignty, and we have
a right to demand of the republican lead
ers q discussion Of the future status Of
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-18
The Extract OF
Benne Plant
Is Natures Own r.

First used by the Misslsslp " ! (.
boat men in the "early foru y. ..ul|
their "Benne Tedd" from VI tn N
colored "aunties." They s'esg slse
in hot water. and the vei WA .
steamboat men was that Y
ness" ..ses I
In 1s4i, James and consls .,,lc'
secured some of these miI assso,l
and, upon Investigation ~. W.
they are Identical with TX .sa -
CBenne-Leaves), and, ~ .ssihinI
Gates, native Of India, co s,,I1T Al
laginous substance Of soosnsl
properties. Nature here coIIt
edy for diseases such " NV Al
Morbus, DIarrhoea, Dysen. .,,n.1l||
ailments. After expsaSifiH
Messrs. Mcguire succeee ~ ~
combining the use OF ,n n,sn,.I
with other vegetable se9a ~ M
furnished a remedy tnaa
sands Of lives.
Prepared by THE J. s,,s Is