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WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Wain Features of the War Rev
enue Tax Reduction. Mr. Clay
Speaks Against the Ship SufcsUy
Dill. Mr. Hanna for it. The Hay
?aunccfote Treaty.
Washington. I. C., Dec. 17th.
In the House the past week the
only feature of interest has been
t!:" dix usMon of the bill to re
il:;ce the war revenue taxes. This
:u.-auiv as report eel from the
i sinmittee on Ways and Means
:;ial;es a total reduction in the
i.-v.-iiueof -f-V-iViV?1-, Thi:
iuii pioi""-':". ,,1U " I 1
V. 1 ! I
t . amounting to 4 .000,000.
repealed: as is also the tax on
u inmeicial anil customs-house
brokers, and theatres, circuses
Ml'
air.
1 other places of amusement,
ouiitinir to $300,000; also the
lamp tax on bank checks, certifi--ate
of deposit, drafts, bills of
t kange. pestal orders, promis-
.i v notes, leases, mortgage's, con-
vrvumvs. power of attorney, pro-
tet. bonds ot indemnity, bro-
1 1 a" 1 1.
kti' contracts, and telegraph
and telephone message's a total
of s:ii(MK,000. !
The eonunittev bill also pro-
iiled for the i-epeal of the tax on
extuvss reveipts, but the House I
uruereu tins u'muiw tmn iiuutu
a provision compelling: the ex
press companies to pay the same.
In the tax on legacies an excep
tion was made to those leg:acies
et a religious, literary, education
al or charitable nature a reeluc-
turn of 5sUO.U0O. The tax on
tk hill. That such a provision
ran Pe iraine-ei wnien win sansiy
the decision of the Supreme Court
nn the subjevt none el the consti
tutional lawyers deny. But such
a tax would fall especially heavy
enthe best contributors to the
Ui'puhlicau campaign fund, and
accordingly their party leaders
look with stern disapproval upon
ue-h a nteasure as being very bael
politics.
cijrars is lveluceel H,1, percent., or ; eel exactly with Mr Clyde s. I o ! ation iroved successful. and Mrs. J
UMMMMH, and that on beer 120 '; this Hanna testily replied, "I Booker is improving: everyday, I
percent., or 10,000,000. The; don't want his figures, I have not sufficient, however, for her to!
representatives ot tlieurewery in- tig;ui-eel tins out mvselt. eeine home as vet. She is at St.
,n - lr " iv,.v. ii i V" ;il"V,1 lut ;'-"Kes iiospuai, oer wnicn wrs. -Pri,ni or written exnres i once, so that we may place their
tUrht lor a stilly Mr. Hanna McGuire and Hodges I'siele, i Q N our book of remem
inthetaxonbevr.butsotartheir.manifesteHlin the farmers of the and receives every possible at- 'IS1; n; no tt h e n Vtur brance, along; with many others
ettort lmve been unavaibmr. : country was touching:, but I have j tention. The Doctors think she) GJm to refuse to believe nt it whose name have already been
lie Democrats urge a more! been unable to find any provision will be able to come home just n"w tLwedoth-t lced tluw: This book we in
radical reeluction all along: the m the measiire2org:rantmg:subsi- j before Christmas. Let us all hope i J 1 "e t " "Jatt Inmience It nd to pVeserve, so that we may
hue te the turther amount eu die's en tarin products tr even on ! slie vill eoine lining t'nllv retnvil i i . . 't iuuuciu.tr. n V,....,,4-:,i,,i-
. ........... ....i-.,. living rei.. :.,i . .,...!... i i ..- i ' i t !
.vv,, i, .... . - lsithf- iimiltist l lit'Krinsi v that 111 ihc luiuicpuiuriuiirniuuiv uci
s, 0.000,000, and that an income; the manuiacture ot tanning: nn- to health. Dr. Booker is veryj ,: ..J"1 niisTinas tnat.ts mmin.irize our
tax provision be incoporated in plements. But this isevidently an favorably impivssed with Dr.! 4 i selves with the nrmies of those
The Senate has divided the I Spanish war has been shaken by
wevk between discussions of the the American pro-Boer symrca-Hay-Paunevfote
treaty and the thies, and is now swamped by
Ship Subsidv bill. rlhis latter 1 self ixtekest."
measure is
search-light
criticism as
not standing the
of inspection and
well as its frienels
hoped; and predictions are being I the British press is greatly sur
treely made that it will never priseel to learn that the Amer
pass. ! ican Senate is net also its slavish
When Mr. Hanna was told that jlacky, but that it actually pre
Senator Clay, of Georgia, had ; sumes to legislate for American
prepared a lengthy speech! interests even when such interests
against his bill, he smilingly re-! run counter to these of Great
marked that no one would listen j Britain.
to him. But Mr. Hanna was Is it nossible that to the mnoh
mistaken. Senator Clav's speech j abused Senate must fall the hon- -Miss Jwa noiaer. ine piay is
of over two hours' length was ' or of re-asserting our declaration ' divided into four acts; several tab
received with marked attention, f of independence from Great Brit-!Ieau scenes and promises to be
and nearly every Senator, incluel-lain, and this too in defiance of j tlie most pleasant hour and a
mg lianna himself, was in his
seat during its delivery. He
showed that unjust as is the
measure as a whole its iniquity
extends to even its details.
It is clainieel that the bill will
render indirect aid to the farmers
and other proelucers by granting
subsidies to American-owned ves
'ls carrying such produce. But
in fact the bill grossly discrimi
nates against those vessels ex
clusively freight carriers in tavor
of the large ocean liners which
carry but a limited amount of
freight. A 10-knot freighter
would ivceive only lc per gross !
ion, whereas a l!l-knot passen- j
ger vessel woulel receive a. be. per
gross ton. This last in the case
f the St. Louis would amount
to 304,290 per annum. A
freighter such as the Georgia of
the White Star line, while carry
ing twenty times as much freight
the way of farm produce, xc,
as the St. Louis would receive
only $00,000 in subsidy.
Even from the single stand
point of building up our 6hip in-
elustry, the bill would work an
actual injury after the first five
years. The bill provides for a
ten years subsidv to vessels
already built, ami a twenty jit, which it is fervently hoped
years' subsidy to those subs-i they will do. In this event the
quently built, but limits this last United States will be absolutely
to only those vessels built within ! five to construct and operate an
the next five years: so that were ; America n Isthmian Canal in the
any vessels built after the expira- way it deems best for its own in
tion of this five years (which is tcrests. without consulting any
hardly likely), they would have European power, the onl con
to compete with the heavily sub-; sistently American course. .
sidized vessels previously built . F. M. C, Jr.
a practical impossibility.
On Thursday Mr. Hanna spoke
for nearly three hours in reply to !
Senator Clay. To those of hisj
audi nee who weiv seeking in-;
formation as to the actual ob- ;
ai,d l),;,l,al)U' Vets of :
iiuswinuis a uisappomi-
ment.
The only attacks on the meas
ure which he attempted to an
swer were those whieh questioned :
his own motives in his advocacy
of the bill. And in this he did!
too much protesting:, it forming
the burden of both his opening'
and closing: remarks. At one;
point of his speech he took issue!
with Mr. Clav's figures as to the:
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amount of subsidy the American
Line steamers would receive. Mr.
Hanna said the sum would be
less than 2!0,000, whereas Mr.
Clay's figures were s-01,2.M),
which tigrures he informed Mr.
Hanna were those of Mr. Clyde.
Pivsielent of the American Line.
Hanna replied, I am not hear
ing: Mr. Clyde's figrures, I'm hear
ing my own." Thereupon Sena
tor Vest called his attention to
the fact that by an odd coinci
dence the fierures of the Co in mis-
sioner of Navigation correspond-
oversight em Mr
Hanna s part.
The real centre ei interest in
the Senate the past week has
been the Hav-Pauncefe)te tivatv.
On Thursday the Senate adopteel
the Davis amendment.
The London Chronicle in com
menting on this action by the
Senate says: "The jingoe's and
anti-English Senators have tri
umphed!. The better feeling whie-h !
became manifest during the
In view of the policy of this ad
ministration towards Great
Britain we elo not wonder that
an ali-powertul administration
by recently handsomely "vindi
cated at the polls?" It seems
that this "Millionaires' Club" is
of some use after all.
The morning following the
adoption of the Davis amend
inendment, Senator Lodge, after
a lengthy conference with Presi
elent McKinley and Secretary
Hay, called the Foreign Relation
Committee together to consider
the various other amendments
which have been offered
After !
some discussion, in which it was
shown that the treaty could not
possibly
pass the Senate m its
shape, the committee
present
adopted two amendments offered
by Senator Foraker. One of
these formally declares the Clay-ton-Bulwer
treaty to be super
seded. The otherone strikes out
that article which invites the
other powers to participate in the
treaty and agree thereto. Both
of these amendments will un
doubtedly be adopted by the Sen
ate before the treaty is ratified,
and m this shape it will be ore-
sen ted to Great Britain for her
approval.
1 he British press say that their
government will promptly reject
POLENTA NEWS.
Mr. Jos. Parrish and family
will move to Benson to live in
the early nart of the year.
Miss Nellie Johnson will enter
T ... ilwtirt, tlw-SWino-
j term for the purpose of complet
. ing her education.
Rev. Mr. McLeod jeached a
mot interesting: sermon last
second Sunday at Shiloh to a
lage e'emgivgation.
Mr. Del. Smith and Miss
Johnson were married at
Iola !
the
home of the bride's i a rents in this
township
on the iiiirlit of the
.
.tin msr.
Mr. V. H. Coats am' Miss Hat
tie Jones, we're united in mar
riage at the residence of the
brides parents, Wednesday,
nig:ht, December 12th. Elder J.
A. T. Jemes officiating:. Only a
few were invited.
Dr. E. X. Booker, returned
home from Richmond, Va., last
week, whither he went, accom
panied by his wife, to have an
operation performed on her for
cancer of the mouth. The o
Typo.
Cnnstmas items hrora Benson.
As Christmas approaches ev
erything seems to put on a more
lively appearance. The work on
the bank is progressing finely.
Several new dwellings are going
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People from all directions
come to town and JSanta-Claus7 j
tevs and other Christmas nece s-!
sities are being rapidly sold.
Th program in literary and j
social eniovments for Benson are
about as follows: Confection
eries at Baptist church, Metho
dist chnrch and Sunelav schools
on Christmas night. On AYeel
nesday following the township
Sunday school convention will
take place at the Methodist
church in the day. and at night
that most charming and enter
taining play 'Cindereila in Flower-Land,
,? will be rendered at the
Academy by the music class of
half of Christinas.
After the entertainment an
oyster supper will be served by
the ladies for the benefit of the
Methodist church.
Max.
Union Meeting: Here.
A union meeting will be held at
Smithfield Baptist church next
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Services will be held morning, af-
ternoon and night. Among those
who are expected to be present
are Kev. John Lewis, of Clayton,
Prof. Kestler, of the Baptist Fe
male University and others.
The public is" cordially invited
to attend these services.
If vou would have an appe
tite like a bear and a relish for
your meals take Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They correct disorders ol the
stomach and regulate the liver
and bowels. Price 25 cents.
Samples free, at Hood Bros.'
drug store
Mcduire s trt-atnie-nt. ! i
REAL SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
GIVING.
We are Too Prone to Measure Our j
Chnsmas Gifts by the Yard- j
stick of Intrinsic Value. !
"Our hearts are usually very
much larger at Christmas than j
our purses," writes Edward Bok j
of The Christina, that Remains :
in the December Ladies' Home!
Journal. The desire is to re
member everybody that c ,
know. But our means do not ,
generally allow us to do it. So j
we offen pass entirely by at 1
Christmas people to whom a :
simple 'Merry Christmas,' and j
nothing more, would mean a j
world of cheer and lioht - hearted -
ness. Because we cannot rive wnom those statements were
what we would like to we think j sellt have responded in a very
that we should not give at all. i Phasing: way. But not all. Oc
The truth is, whether we choose casionally we received a postal
to acknowledge it
in so man
words or not, that
not, that we have
jrrown so
cominerciallv and so
artificially mined in this country
that thmisMiids of us niv imiu
! 4lllft! Vliwi.;:,i .f
i v mn in Liir voiii.-i ii i ui nil i iiiit,
value, or by what
will think of them
the recipients
We seem to
have entirely lost sight of the
fact that we can always g;ivc
something:. And if we gave that
something: we w'ould really come
closer to the real spirit of Christ
mas giving:. A few cheerful
words filleel with that expression
of strong: good will, that is like
sweet perfume'', have a meaning
that only a few realize. There
is nothing so pleasant in this
world as the feeling that one is
remembered, and this a few writ
ten words will often convey more
strongly than a gift. Yet we in
vaiiably put the gift first. Our
remembrance must take some
ierm. we tnink, otner tlian a
BENSON BUDGET.
J. I). Parrish left Tuesday for
St. Louis.
J. E. Johnson has bought out
1. B. Johnson's stock of g( neral
merchandise.
Several business changes are
eMeu 10 rawe piace unii me
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There is not a vacant dwelling
in town, and the eight new ones
now in process of erection are
engaged.
The quantity of meat being
killed in this section indicates
that our smoke houses won't be
in the West next year.
An itinerant preacher claiming
to hail from Pennsylvania, enter
taineel for awhile those citizens
whose time hung heavily on their
hands Tuesday.
The stockholders and those
desiring to take stock in the
Bank of Benson are requested to
meet here at 1 o'clock p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 27.
How Many Biscuits Will it Make.
A citizen of Smithfield, who has
been traveling in different parts
of the country, savs that much
nice pork is being killed these
days. He sas he visited the
home of one oLt he county's most
progressive farmers a few days
ago and found 100 gallons of
the nicest lard he ever saw. He
thinks that family can feast on
crackling bread for several days
to come. He would like to know
hev lA.i :iy biuits can be made
from that 100 gallons of lard.
Who will tell him?
When the stomach is tired out
it must have a rest, but wre can't
live without food, Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure "digests what you eat"
so that you can eat all the good
food you want while it is restor
ing tlie digestive organs to health.
It is the only preparation that
digests all kinds of food. Hare&
Son, Hood Bros., Benson Drug
Co., J. 11. Lcdbettcr.
Somebody.
Somebody did a golden deed;
Somebody proved a friend in need;
Somebody sang a beautiful song;
Somebooy smiled the whole day long;
Sombody thought. Tis sweet to live;"
Somebody said. "I'm glad to give."
Somebody fought a valliant tight;
Somebody lived to shield the right.
Was that sombodj' you?
Selected.
"Refused.'
The word refused is an unsa
vory one is liked but little. It
has grated on the feelings of The
Hkkald several times in the last
few weeks.
A few weeks ago we began to
send out statements to our de-
! linquent subscribers. Many to
i c;,ra lmm postmasters, reading:
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1 1 . 011 1 ursuauT, to m-
j strucTions irom tne 1'ostmaster
General, l Peg: leave to mtorm
i you that your paper addressed
to , is not taken out, but re
maims dead in this office. You
' w-"" please discontinue t
i Reason: Refused."
he same.
.now wiry is it tnat they muse
to take out the paper? We know.
They have been readingthe Hkk
ald, some one ear, some two
years, and some even three years,
at our expense. And when we
send them a statement of what
they are justly due us, they tell
their postmaster that they don't
want the paper any longer, and
refuse to take it out of the post
office. It is the duty of the
postmaster then to notify us of
this fact.
Now, if there, fire any subscrib
ers to this paper who don't in
tend to pay for it we would be
glad if thev would notify us at
who were willing to read their
! county paper one, two and even
! 1 , . 1 4-X ...I .,11. ..1
iiu ee eui , iiuu iiieu ueii emieu
on for pay, refuse te take the
paper from the postoffice. We
alreaely have enough e)f them to
fill a dime museum.
To Cure a cold in ne Bay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. E.
W. Grove's signature on each
box. 2iV.
Strike ai The Stemmery.
Tuesday afternoon a strike
took place at the Riverside Stem
mery, which is operated by
Messrs. W. A. Willingham & Co.
Mr. J.T. Hart, M'g'r discharged,
one of the colored employees for
impudence. This caused the entire
force, about sixty in number, to
Suit work and walk out with
ock-like precision.
Wednesday morning only two
laborers returned to resume
work. Yesterday a small force
was at work, most of whom were
new hands.
From everything we can learn
the strike was entirely uncalled
for. The manager had a right
and was justified in discharging
an impudent negro.
The strike has inconvenienced
Messrs. Willingham & Co., as
thev had quite a large quantity
of tobacco on hand that needed
stemming and packing.
A Woman's Awiul Peril.
"There is only one chance to;
save your life and that is through
an operation" were the startling
words heard by Mrs. I. B. Hunt
of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her
doctor after he had vainly tried
to cure her of a frightful case of
stomach trouble and yellow jauu
dice. Gall stones had formed
and she constantly grew worse.
Then she began the use of Elec
tric Bitters which wholly cured
her. It's a wonderful Stomach,
Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures
DysDepsia, Loss of Appetite.
Try it. Only 50c. Guaranteed.
For sale by Hood Bros.
Down Into the Water.
A portion of Hannahs Creek
county bridge on the Newton
Grove road, near Mr Thomas
Snead's, fell through with Louis
Raynor and his wagon and two
mules one day last week. The
bridge gave away about the cen
ter. Louis Raynor is a colored
man living in Bentonville town
ship. He and his mules were
badly hurt. They hung between
the timbers and could not get
out until help came. As soon as
the mules were cut loose thev
swain ashore.
It seems that the bridge com
missioners ought to examine the
i i
uriuges
more closely and see
that
they were repaired before
thev get in a
condi
tion.
Buie's Creek Academy Burned.
News has reached here that
Buie's Creek Academy was burned
Wednesday night of this week.
It seems to have been the work
ot some enemy of the school.
Professor Ogburn's dwelling was
burned about eleven o'clock and
about two o'clock the academy
two or three hundred yards away
was burned. The loss must be
five or six thousand dedlars with
onlv one thousand and five hun
died dollars insurance. Many
will regret to he'ar this as it was
one of the best schools in the
State.
SELMA NEWS.
Mr. R. A. Ashworth is at home
this week.
Mr. M. C. Winston went to
Clayton Wednesday.
Miss Eva Hood has been visit
ing Miss Mabel Horner.
Capt. D. II. Graves is expected
here to spend Christinas.
Miss Rosa B. Richarelson came
home from Louisburg to spend
the holidays.
Miss Julia P. Winston, of Ox
ford, is spending Christinas with
Miss Annie Noble.
Robert and Albert Noble came
home Thursday from the Cniver
sity to spend Christmas.
Mr. Pettigrew Temple is here
this week loe)king after the con
struction of his new houses.
Mr. M. T. Nordan has moved
here from I 'ine Level; he occupies
one of Mr. Winston's cottages.
Mr. B. A. Creech has bought a
farm of Mr. N. E. Edgerton about
one mile from here and will move
to it sfion.
Dr. Salmon, an agent of the
Banker's Life Insurance Co., ef
New York, was here Wednesday
looking after the interests c f his
eompany.
Mr. R. B. Whitley was here
Tuesday to see how the work
men were getting on with his
house. We hope it will soon be
finished so that he can move
into it.
Terrible Massacre.
Vienna, Dec. 20. Further de
taifs of the massacre of Chris
tians in Macedonia by the Mussel
mans are received from Salonica,
Horrible outrages have been
committed in the village of Bituch
in northern Albania by a horde
of Mohammedans, who crucified
every Christian male in the place,
fixing them to tres with stakes
driven through the hands and
feet. Many of the women were
outraged anil all carried off to
Mohammedan harems. The
children were chopped up before
their parents' eyes.
The Servian consul at Mitro
vitza estimates the number of
Christians killed at 470 men, 110
women and 430 children. He
places the number of Christian
woman outraged at 380. The
Turkish authorities are indiffer
ent to the outrages, though they
were committed in the Sultan's
domain.
Pretoria, Dec. 14. Clements
brought in his force to Comman
do Neck. The casualties were, I
regret to say, heavy killed, five
officers and nine of other ranks:
missing, 18 officers and 555 of
other ranke.
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