davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
EVERY MEMBER WANTS FAvoRs
FOR HIS own
SECTION.
WILL Be SHARP WORK
NEW BILL IF PASSED MAY NOT
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT
REVENUE.

NdSHlnSlou.- nat party lines VIII
be eliminated during the considera-
tion in the House of the Payne tariff
bill was indicated by the action of
Representative Broussard of Louisi-
ana. in Withdrawing from the meeting
of the minority members of the COM
mittee because he differed from their
views on the tariff.
With few exceptions each member
will fight for the interests OF his home
district.
The ways and means committee es-
Inmates that the entire revenues to
the government for the fiscal year
1910. provided the Payne bill is in
operation, will be $s62.O65.ss5 AS the
amount for which revenue will be re-
quired for 1910, is estimated at SS12.-
221 ,70l. IL is claimed the deficit for
1910 will be about Slo.000.0g0.
There Is little prospect Of any
lengthy general debate and the CON
sideration of the measure under the
fiye-minute rule for amendment Will
be proceeded with as soon as possible,
probably by the end of the present
week.
Unless gag" rule for the preven-
tion of unlimited amendment under
the fiye-minutes rule is brought In. the
minority members of the ways and
means committee will not report
separate bill. Their report Will be
drafted by Minority Leader Clark. and
will severely cIiticise the bills wool
4, to .apfnn1.1 hN the Dem
ocrats that II has not been cut sufii-
ciently to place 1t on revenue basis.
There probably will be numerous
amendments offered and heated dis
cussions are anticipated.
The Inheritance tax. Philippine free
trade. Internal revenue aud maximum
and minimum features of the bill are
indorsed by the minority leaders. and
there has been much favorable com
ment upon the measure by Democratic
congressmen. Champ Clark today de
clared that he had not had sufficient
time to look into the provisions 10 en-
able him to comment upon them.
II Is understood that the minority
leaders favor the removal OF the re-
strictiohs on the quantity OF sugar
and tobacco that can be admitted,
from the Philippine islands free OF
duty. On the other hand. severai
southern Democrats are endeavorins
to have the free trade provision
amended so as to exclude rice. their
contention being that rice could be
sent from the Philippine islands to the
United States markets and sold for 2
cents a pound II admitted free from
the islands. This. they say. would ruin
the rice industry in this country.
A number of Democrats VIII join
with some Republicans In an EFFORT to
keep duty assested by the Dingley
bill upon lumber. The fight for free
lumber will be headed by Champ
Clark. II is understood. He has IRE
auently expressed himself In bitter
terms regarding the free lumber situ'
alton in this country. During the tar
in hearings he arraigned the lumber
magnates and delved deep into the in
tricacies OF stumpage and railroad land
grants.
1t is thought there will be no seri-
ous opposition to the tariff on tea.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Seeking Captain kidd's Gold.

New York.-H. l.. Bowdoin signed
contracts Wednesday to dig to the
bottom of hole in Nova Scotia and
determine for all time If $1O,OOO.OOO
in pirate gold lies buried there. Bow
doin is a bond broker. There is a
hole in Oak Island. Nova Scotia, at
least 100 feet deep and thirteen feet
in diameter. Tradition says that Cap
tain Kidd had his headquarters there.
Several expeditions have tried to find
the "Oak Island Treasure" and have
failed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Civil Service Commission.

The new State Civil Service Com
mission appointed by Governor Shat
roth held Its first meeting on the 18th
inst. There were present Henry Van
Kleeck. Charles r. Brock and Mrs.
Sarah Platt-Decker. They were ap-
pointed by the governor on February
9Th. confirmed by the Senate on Feb
ruary Goth and qualified on March
18th by filing their official oaths with
the secretary OF state. The commits
sion organized itself by re-electing
Henry Van Kleeck as president and
Herbert w. Cornell as secretary and
chief examiner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

action irregular. and my back SO weak
and painful could hardly stand It.
There was also an irregularity Of the
kidney secretions and a cold always
made the whole trouble worse. could
tell many other symptoms. too. but
shall only add that Doan's Kidney
Pills made me free of all Of them"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
LARGE Greeley Shipments.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch Tues
day says: The second largest sheep
shipment this season. sixty-eight car
loads. left today for Chicago. The
sheep were from Eaton. Timnath, Lu-
cerne and Greeley and numbered H.
900 head. Today Frank Darling shipped
carload of prime cattle. averaging
over 1000 pounds each. Potatoes are
moving freely again at $1.10 to $1.15
per cwt There are but 200 carloads
in the district.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Bills to Be Reported.

The Senate judiciary committee on
the 18th inst. decided to report out the
Senate bill regulating employment
agencies and one of the humane soci
ETY. bills providing for the support OF
children by their parents. It makes
the present law more strict But an
other humane society bill, providing
for the criminal prosecution of parents
who allowed their children to become
will not be reported out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Blind Workshop Bill Postponed.

The House on the 18th inst. failed
to pass over the governors veto the
Burger bill to appropriate $4,000 to
build workshop for the blind The
vote stood "a for to 20 against. As
II required a two-thirds vote, or forty.
four votes. to carry the bill over the
veto 1t was declared lost. A reconsid-
GRAFTON was then voted and action
postponed for three days.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Prof. ]. r. Morgan has been elected

Prof. ]. r. Morgan has been elected
superintendent Of the public schools OF
Trinidad. He takes the position made
vacant by the resignation of J. II.
Treat, who becomes president of the
Colorado Baptist college for women at
Montclair. Professor Morgan has been
teaching for thirteen years. He is
graduate of the University of Colorado
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Grant County Defeated.

In the House Wednesday II. B. All.
creating Grant county out Of that por-
ton of Otero county north of the Ar
kansas river, awakened old-time men,
ories of the Teller fight. Hicks of Gil
pin led the fight for the division. while
McCaskill of Otero and Speaker Lu-
bers led the opposition. The nays had
1t after three hours of discussion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Appropriation Bill.

The joint finance committees have
agreed on the appropriations for the
various state institutions for the next
two years and within few days the
appropriation bill will be presented in
the House. $l.G04.531.03 is the total
distributed among the institutions As
compared with s1.420.67l.96 two years
ago. The distribution as compared
with two years ago is as follows:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
Pneumonia Kills Lion Tanner.

Colorado Springs.-Amos Mccoy,
aged thirty-five. well known to circus
men throughout the country as an
acrobat and lion tanner. died in this
city Sunday night OF pneumonia. Nc
Coy was employed at the 700 as care
taker. he having come West some time
ago broken in health.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

A scientist claims that 10000 mi
crobes can roost comfortably on the
point OF 4 pin. That's more than one
man can do.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

ney trouble was he
reditary, and my
parents spent hun
dreds of dollars try
ing to cure me. I
was nervous, my
eyesight had failed
noticeably. my cir.
culation was bad,
sleep htful, heart
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

Browns Bronchial Troches" relieve
Bronchitis, Asthma. Catarrh and Throat
Diseases. 25 cents n box. Samples sent free
by John I. Brown 4 Son. Boston. Mass
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
The RiuhtfuI User.

Knicker-Why did you discharge
your chauffeur
Bocker-He persisted In taking his
friends out when tho cook wanted the
auto.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
INHERITED KIDNEY TROUBLE
Could Feel Il Constantly Gaining
Ground a. Time Passed.

Ars Frank Roseboom, 512 w. Wash.
lngton St., Moscow. Idaho. says: kid
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

Tho dentist is invited to attend
many . swell gathering.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

PILES CURED IN 9 TO IL DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT % gun ranteed to cure any caSs
of Itching. Blind. Bleeding PrptrudinS Piles is
10 IL days OF money rcfunded. 10.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
A po-e,,se Ey, ne->,

A Domestic Eye ReaeAy
Compounded by Experienced Physiciana-
Conforms to Pure Food and DruKA Laws.
Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug
rins in Your Eyes. You VIII Like Murine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

II love wasn't blind Cupid would
have . lot more work to do.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
(:rn In.

Grain.
Wheat. choice milling. 100 lbs. $40.
Rye. Colorado. bulk. per 100 lbs. 81 30.
same. in sacks. s2.oo: Nebraska oats.
sacks. sl.36: corn chop. sacked. t135.
Bran. Colorado. per 100 lbs, 81 40
Rolled oats. cwt. $1.1S. Flaked barley.
Upland. per ton. sii.50615.5o: second
bottom S105 a 11.50: timothy. $4,000
15. 90; alfalfa, $3.50 q 1850: straw. S6.0e
$50; South Park wire grass 10000
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25

HOWARD {. BURTON, ASsAYER / CHEMIST
s}Yser. !scp p gold, sce. .ine Or copper. 81, s %s
s. .nld. ~. test. Mailing Ne snyslop.S and M ,a,,
umpire work ~oiictted. J4eSAvifIs. Colorado.
Nsferpnce: Carbonate Natioaal Bank.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-03-25
House Proceeding. March 18th.

Totals ...........'i.42o.s7i si'so''S'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18

smallpox has become epidemic at
Fort Lawn, Chester County.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
MASONIC ELECTION.
CharlestOnian Elected Grand Master
or South Carolina.

Charleston, Dec. 16.-With yester-
days session, the one hundred and
thirty-third annual Communication
Of the Grand Lodge of South Caro-
lima came to a close, after a very
harmonious meeting, many matters Of
Importance being discussed, but no
radical changes being made in the
rules Of the Order. The election Of
officers resulted in the elevation of
Mr.. James r. Johnson to the Grand
Mastership. The other officers were
either advanced or reelected and
the vacancy in the Office of Junior
Grand Warden was filled by the cleo
ton OF Mr.. r. A. Cooper. of Laurens.
Mr.. Cooper was District Deputy
Grand Master for the 9Th district.
The question of physical qualifica-
ton was left undisturbed, the COM
mittee HAVING reported that it had no
recommendation to make. However
1t will be brought up again at the
next Communication, Past Master W.
M. Whitehead, having given notice
of an amendment to the rules in this
particular, which will be considered
next year.
The trustees of the Masonic Or
phanage fund reported that $4,000
had been added to the fund since the
last Communication and the fund
now amounts to $4,000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
GOLD MEDAL GIVEN PEARY.
National Geographic Society Ac-
claims Him Pole Discoverer.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The Ma
tional Geographic Society tonight
publicly acclaimed Commander Robt.
E. Peary, the dscoverer Of the North
Pole. and in recognition thereof pre-
sented to him gold medal In pre-
senting the trophy to Commander
Peary, Prof. Willis o. Moore, presi-
dent Of the Society, who acted as
toast master, phrased his sentences
to refer to Commander Peary as
the man who had won the prize. 4"
Prof. Moore in pesenting the medal
said the public never for a minute
had questioned the veracity of Com
mander Peary's statement and also
that the data of Peary's expedition
had required no editing before it was
presented to the National Geographi-
cal Society. This was the only ref
erence to the polar controversy.
Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, the mas
ter of the Roosevelt, who took the
stout ship into the ice farther than
any other craft ever went, also re-
ceived medal. This was presented
by Ambassador James wee, Of
Great Britain.
Andrew Carnegie, Ambassador JUS
serand. of France; Baron Des Plan-
ches. the italian ambassador; Gen.
Thomas Hubbard, president of the
Feary Arctic Club, and Speaker Can
non sat at the speakers table.
kilograms of congratulation from
Col. Roosevelt, the Royal Geographic
cal Society Of England and the Berlil
Geographical Society were read The
Duke of Abruzzi, also sent a cable
congratulating Commander Peary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18

Max. Dec. 16.-Mrs B. b. Thorn
son and family left Wednesday for
their new home near Workman.
Mr.. II. r. Tomlinson has returned
from Atlanta. Ca. where ne had
been on business.
MT. J. c. Truluck went to Lake
City Tuesday.
Mr.. A. J. Goodman went to Sum-
ter Tuesday.
Mr.. w. q. Moore has gone to a
hospiral In Atlanta. Ca, for treat
ment.
Mrs. II. p. Thomson spent several
days with her sister. Mrs. Bass. OF
Hartsville. recently.
Mr.. John Lennon and family
went to Timmonsville Tuesday. When
I'm few miles OF his home. his horse
became frightened and broke the bug
~. throwing his wife and children out
and got away. Fortunately his wife
and children were not seriously hurt
Mr.. Sauls. the miller. has moved
90 parts unknown. (to this writer.)
Mr.. Sauls had peculiarities. The
men and boys whom he kissed and
bit to enjoy their surprise will be
kissed no more. The foot paths to
his fish traps and the walks abou,
the mill that knew him so we'll will
know him no more. Peace to his
ashes when he dies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
Gin As Currency.

Gin is apparently an important
factor in the economic life of South
ern Nigeria, for, according to the re-
port Of the committee Of inquiry in
to the liquor trade Of the district. it
is even used as currency. "In the
more backward parts Of the coun-
try" says the report, British coin is
regarded with suspicion. The people
are still in the barter stage, and for
various reasons gin furnishes the
most convenient standard of value.
In five native courts in the brass dis
trlct, where pecuniary fines had been
imposed, payment was made in gin.
contrary to the instructions Of the
government. A church missionary
witness named Onyeabo informed us
that fines were taken in gin at Omit
sha by the government and that a
native crier summoned the watersjde
people in the name Of the district
government to elect chief, pro-
claiming at the same time that every
person who did not attend would be
fined IL bottles of gin. In one school
Bishop Johnson found that 60 of the
3 children between the ages Of 8 and
l6 years were regular gin drinkers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
ASK NEWSPAPERS TO HAVE
CRIMINAL PAGE.
Former President Of WOmcn's Clubs
Would COnfine Crime to One De-
partment.

Melville Stone, President of the
Associated Press, writes Sarah s.
Plat Decker. former president of
the General Federation Of women's
Clubs. in The Delineator for Janu-
ary. at the Press Session of the
Biennial Convention of women's
Clubs In st. Louis. in 1904, made the
following statement:
do you know that not one line
of scandal would appear in an Amer
lean newspaper If not read and de-
manded by women? Let me tell you
that the scandal papers of the coun-
try are supported by women"
We. honestly. thoughtful. serious
minded mothers, wives and sisters
come to make this plea to Melville
Stone and the newspapers of the
country. We fear that they will not,
because of commercial reasons. re-
frain from publishing scandal, hor-
rors and indecent happenings. but
we make this heartfelt entreaty. If
these things must be published, will
they not seggregate them-can they
not be quarantined, so to say, to the
end that the germs may not lodge in
the minds and souls of our sons and
daughters?
Every important daily has now q
separate page for It's business read
ers. Stocks, bonds, business quota
tions. etc. are never found among To-
cal happenings. educational news or
foreign dispatches. These divisions
of the daily paper are familiar and
satisfactory. Is 1t too much to ask
that the great journals help us, who
are otherwise helpless, by also estab-
lishing> what may be called the
Crime Department" or Criminal
Happenings?
We implore that all unpleasant re-
cords be gathered upon a detached
sheet SO that every mother may be
able to see to 1t that the latest murder
trial reports and like filth shall be
merrily burning in the crate before
the children come to breakfast. We
can not do this unaided.
Former President Roosevelt could
| not suppress the publication Of the
demoralizing and perverting matter
We pray you to help us persuade
them to grant us protection for our
| own. and we openly confess that our
| ultimate confidence Is that after
demonstration of the value Of this
plan, the compelling force OF the law
may be invoked for It's universal en-.
forcement.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
NEW TRIAL REFUSED.
Cranky Mill Company Dissatisfied
With Recent Verdict Against It.

Columbia, Dec. 15.-Argument for
a new trial in the case Of o. M.
Rhodes against the CRANKY Cotton
Mills, and a motion that the verdict
be set aside on the ground that it is
excessive, was made before Judge
Memminger yesterday morning. The
case when tried Friday, Dec. 8, re-
suited in a verdict for the plaintiff
in the sum of $4,000.
Judge Memminger very positively
refused the motion for a new trial,
for the exercised great care in the
other trial, and the question of
whether or not the vrdict was ex-
cessive was brought up. After argu-
ment on this point the Judge re-
duced the amount of punitive dam
ages from $4,000 to $1,000.
The sum of actual damages re-
turned by the jury was fixed at ST.
600, the verdict now standing at ST.
600 instead of $4,000.
JuuSe MeHifllHger In ruling said
that the jury could possibly have act
ed in two ways, either giving a large
verdict with view of stamping out
further cause for action, or giving a
smaller verdict on the ground that
this case was in the nature of a first
offence.
The case when tried created much
interest on account of some of the
unusual features presented in it. 1t
was the first case Of it's kind to be
tried in a Richland court The plain
tiff alleged that he had been prevent
ed from securing employment on ac-
count of having been "blacklisted,
by the defendant company. The
amount asked was $4,000, and the
jury after celebrating about two
hours returned verdict for $40. 00o.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
FUTURES NOT CONDEMNED.
EXpianation or Portion of Report of
Commissioner OF Corporations
Made.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 14.-In
view of many criticisms and misun-
derstandings of the published sum-
maries Of the report upon the oper-
alton of cotton exchanges, issued by
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
of coporations in the department of
commerce and labor, the Associated
Press to-day requested a clarifying
statement.
Commissioner Smith is absent in
the West, but the following was OBJ
tanned from the officials in charge of
his bureau:
The report of the commissioner
or corporations on cotton exchanges
does not, as incorrectly stated in
some press reviews of the report,
condemn the future system as such,
instead, it recognizes the great value
of the future system to the cotton
trade, provided that system is con-
Quoted on equitable and commercial
lines.
Instead of branding future
trading as pure gambling the re-
port sharply discriminates between
legitimate speculation and gambling
''The report does condemn GER
tain abuses Of the future system,
adopted by the New York cotton ex-
change of arbitrarily fixing the price
differences between middling cotton
and the various other grades, de-
liverable on future contracts on that
Exchange.
'The report shows that this fixed
difference system results in an alb
normal depression of the future price
as compared with spot price of mid
ding cotton, and that these abnor-
mai depressions of the future price
disorganiZe the future market and
seriously impair its value for bid
ding purposes, one Of the principal
functions of a Cotton EXCHANGE.
The report also shows that this un-
natural depression of the future
price Of cotton paid by merchants to
farmers are largely established by
applying buying limits to the
future prices quoted on cotton ex-
changes
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
Disorder i'm Nfanagua.

Corlnto, Nicaragua, Dec. 15.-
Ihere were scenes Of wild disorder
IN Managua, the capital, again last
night.
During a meeting of the aldermen
one or them made a speech denounc-
ing Madriz and favoring the revolu-
tion. The speech was greeted with
cheers and hooting and a free fight
among the government and anti-gov-
ernmtn elements followed. Two pis-
tol shots were fired. The row ex-
tended to the streets. Twenty arrests
were made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
Large Brains And Great Minds.

(F'rom the oLndon EveningStandard)
How far are the physical charac-
ters of the brain indicative of men
tai power? The question is still un-
solved. Two Investigators, Prof. w.
Won Bechterew and Prof. r.. Vein
berg. have examined minutely the
brain of the late Prof ID. j. Men
delejeff. one of the greatest chemists,
OF the last century. They report that
the size was above the average, but
not remarkably so, the weight being
1,511 grams (55 ounces). Several
eminent men have had heavy brains.
Cuvier's weighed Ga 1-2 ounces, DR..
Abercrombies SO, Prof. Goodsir's
81 1-2, Sir j. It. Simpsons, "a, and
DR.. Chalmers 81; but no one now
thinks that large brain means q
great mind.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.
sems Of Interest From all Parts Of
sumter and Adjoining Counties.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT
Nall your letters 80 that they will
each this ONCE not later than Mon
tay when intended for Wednesdays
Sapsr and not later than Thursday
FOR Saturdays issue. This. Of course.
sppliss only to regular correspond
sacs. In case Of items Of unusual
sswS value. send in Immediately by
aafl. telephone or telegraph. Such
ssws stories are acceptable up to the
hour Of going to press. Wednesdays
eapsr II printed Tuesday afternoon
snd Saturdays paper Friday after
soea.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18

AS the result Of the efforts Of Rev.
Crawford Jackson, general secretary
of the Juvenile Protective Associa
ton, Mayor j. b. Lee, of Spartan
burg, has established Juvenile
court in connection with the police
court Of the city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18

The chef engineer of the War De-
partment is opposed to the expendi-
ture Of any more money on the i'm
provement OF Black River between
Georgetown and Kingstree.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18

Another large cotton mill is to be
erected In Gaffney.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18

X. L. Salomaski, a liquor drummer
was arrested at Greenwood on the
charge of violating the Carey-Coth-
ran law,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-18

Ex-Treasurer Detyens. Of George
town. is to be prosecuted because OF
an alleged shortage Of $9,647.23.