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Wm ' an con _ WATOHKAN, Established April. 1850? 4'Be Justand Fear not?Letali the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' TEE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane 1366 Ans. 2,1881. STJMTER. S. C WEDNESDAY. JULY 2, 1902. New Series?Tol. XXI. So. 48 \}t W??i\w& m?t Smfytm. Published Swpy Tffedaesday, 1ST. Car. Osteon5 SUMTER, s;c, $1.50 per ano am?la advance. A2V?KTISE, bist: One Square first insertion....*........$2 00 Svery subsequent insertion... 50 Contracts for three montas, or longer vil! be acade ai red need ratea. AH connaunications which subserve private interests will be charged fcrasadvertiements. Obi toarles and tributes cf respects will be sharped for. ?IlEI?Mie FBER TlilEtIL ?sr ?t a Rre m? M. en Thursday Estimated to Ha?e hm??? Ogh? Thoosand. Streets Thronged With Interested and Excited Multitude?Every body. Had a Qoo Time?No Disturbance to Mar the Pleasure of Occasion. Delgar Hose Wagon Broke World's Re cord?Konaghan Won One Secosd and One Third Prize. The Game Coek|Tcnrnament was in full blast from the opening oh Wednes day morning ; the city was crowded with visitors?so crowded that the only epmparison that can be made to give a correct conception of the size of the crowd is to say that the streets where the parade passed had the appearance of cirens day. It was not needful to . wait until the tournament was over to say that it was a success ; anyone could see with half an eye that it was a pro nounced success, a big time. -The firemen who were in the city were enthusiastic and on their mettle to make new records in all the events. The firemen who did not come missed the greatest occasion in the history of firemen's gatherings in South Carolina. v; THE NEWBERRY FIREMEN. The New berry firemen arrived Tues day afternoon over the Southern Railway. They were the first of the visiting firemen to arrive, and in ad dition to the racing team there were about 25 other firemen in the party. The running ? team was made up as follows: Captain, T. O. Stewart, Jr. ; pipeman, Philip Flynn; wrenchman, J. G. Daniels; coupleman, Geo. M, Kinard; buttman, T. O. Stewart, Jr. ; slackmau* B. A. Kempson ; tongue men, T. H. Pope, Charles Speck; ropemen. Spearman Chalmers, Reuben Boozer, Pope Minor, Harvey Caban iss. FLORENCE FIREMEN. The Florence hand reel team and a crowd of friends arrived at 9.15 p. m., Tuesday, bringing with them the handsomest reel that has ever been seen in Sumter. Ii was built in Florence and is as perfect a piece of mechanism as anyone would want to see. The Florence racing team was as follows : A. McCown, E. Douglas, J. Hollis, J. Lee, R. Hatehell, C. Morgan, R. Thieme, F. M. Morgan, captain, W. Beali, J. H. McCali THE COLUMBIA BOYS. The Columbia firemen's special train came in Wednesday morning at 9.15, bringing with them the three Colum bia hose wagons, horses and racing teams. In the party were fully 175 firemen and others interested ' in their success. The personnel of the teams from each of the companies was as follows : Independent, No. 1?Hand Reel: Wm. Gaston, Reed Smith, J. W. Gaston, Bahlmann Schroeder, Sam Sweeney, leaders; Perry, breaker: George Radeliffe, pull slack, with Ed Alworden, assistant; Marion Cramer, hydrant; John Sloan, wrenchman; Dave Clayton, nozzleman. Hose wagon : Cramer, Radeliffe, Clatyon, John Sloane, Wm. Gaston. Ed Allworden and William Gaston, quick hitch contest. Palmetto, No. 2?Hand reel: Bev erly Herbert, manager : Clarence Dan iels, Pat Zoble, James Haris, Amos Haiti wanger, Thomas Zoble, Ernest Summers, James Flowers, Alex. Mc Dougal, Henry Cathcart, Talley Tarrer. Hose wagon: AlexanderMcDougal, plugman: Will Fry, brakeman; Bev erly Herbert, Pat Zoble, Henry Cath cart, pipeman; Amos Haltiwanger, Cli?gman Pope, R. C. Keenan, man ager. 51 Columbia, No. 3?Hose wagon : W. Lyles, captain and plugman; Hatch ail, plugm?n : Jake Ehrhart, pipeman ; Milliken, wrenchman ; George Geiger, John Pennington, Thomas, slackmen. Hand Beel: J. W. Dunning, cap tain; Geiger, plugman ; Lyles, brake man; Ehrhart, pipeman; Milliken, wrenchman ; Riley and Thomas, drags ; Gunter and King, tongueman; Pen nington and Hatchelll, pipemen ; Chas. Narey, manager. ? Quick Hitch-up Contest : Dunning and Geiger. THE CAMDEN TEAM. The Camden firemen- came in on the Northwestern train at 9.15 and with them came the largest crowd that accompanied any of the visit ing teams. The racing teams that they entered were as follows : Hose/Wagon? . W. Rhame, fore man; G. A. Rhame, R. G. McRight, T. . Wilson, W. M. Young, J. F. JenkinSj F. R. Alexander : Charlie Champion, driver. Quick Hifc:h-up Contest?B. W. Rhame, T. B. Wilson; Charlie Cham pion, driver. CHARLESTON BOYS. The Charleston Firemen's Associa tion sent a picked team to enter the hand reel race. This'team and a num ber of other Charlestoni ans arrived on the 9.45 train. The members of the team were: Hose Reel Team, No L?F. P. Duffy, Jr., W. Collins, P. Ber toreUi, J. Keegan, J. Morris, H. "Staub?s, J. Fitzgerald, L. Jervey, W. Brandes, J. Brandt; I. R. Dairy, cap tala. SUMTER LADDIES. The Sumter firemen were represent ed by the following teams : Monaghan, No. 2?Hose Wagon: H. W. Hood, D. J. Auld, James Mil ler, C. M. Gregg, E. Wilder, E. StansilL W. J. McKagen: Anderson Franklin, driver. Quick Hitch-up Contest: Anderson Franklin, driver; James Miller, Wes Blanding. Hand Reel: C. Gentry, W. Beer, M. R. Cannon, . W. J. McKagen, Tom Bradley, L. Cummings, L. Tis dale, H. Richardson, E. Richardson, H. Weeks, R. E. Wilder, E. StansilL , H. W. Hood, D. J. ?Auld. Delgar, No. 3?Hose Wagon Race: W. S. Graham, foreman; T. B. Jen Mans, Jr., George Warren, E. A. Bultman, E. S. Carson, SoL J. Ryt tenberg, Charl?is Ryttenberg; Isaac Rivers, driver. Quick Hifch-up Contest-W. S. Graham, foreman ; E. A. Bultman ; Isaac Rivers, driver. Hand Reel Race?W. S. Graham, foreman ; E. A. Bultman, Harry Reid, Joe Warren, George Warren, Charles Ryttenberyg, W. Moise, Jr., W. H. Cuttino, J. C. ParnelL J. C. Durant, Jr., A. B. Brown, Robert Graham. THE PARADE. The parade Wednesday morning was witnessed by an immense crowd, Main street being lined with spectators from the grand stand to Repbulican street and the windows of all the stores and public buildings were crowded. The formation of the parade was as follows : Mounted marshals and police. Chief of the Fire Department R. S. Hood, with Mr. M. G. Ryttenberg in a buggy. Carriages containing the Mayor nad and members of City Council, tourna ment committee and visiting chiefs of fire departments. Second Regiment Band. Independent of Columbia, hose wagon and hand reel. Newberry, hand reel. Palmetto of Columbia, hose wagon and hand reel. Monaghan, No, 2, hose wagon and hand reel. Camden, hose wagon. Florence, hand reeL Columbia, No. 3, hose wagon and hand reel. Charleston, No.. 1, hand reel. ( Delgar, No. 3, hose wagon and hand reeL MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY. The parade was a magnificent dis play of fire apparatus, gallant fire fighters and fine horses. It is seldom that a finer lot of horses is seen than 'were in the parade and judging from their appearance it would be difficult to name the fastest team of the six. Monaghan and Delgar teams had their hose wagons and horses elabo rately decorated with the colors of the respective teams, and while both pre sented a very striking appearance, it was the universal opinion that Mona ghan carried off the palm. It was un doubtedly the most handsomely and artistically decorated hose wagon that has ever taken part in a firemen's parade in South Carolina, and every resident of Sumter who witness ed the parade was proud of the appear ance of Monaghan and glad to be able to point it out to visitors.as a Sumter team. When the parade reached the City Hall a halt was made and Mayor A. B. Stuckey from the Court House portico delivered an address of welcome to the firemen. He spoke for twenty seven minutas, and besides extending a hearty and cordial welcome to the visitors* in behelf of the people of Sumter he gave them good advice and told several anecdotes to illustrate his remarks. JUDGES SELECTED. After the parade the captai es of the hose wagon teams met at the Sumter Club and elected the judges for she quick-hitch contest as follows : Starter, Jeff May, chief of the Co lumbia fire department. Timers?J. W. Erhardt, of Newber ry, E. S. Miller, of Sumter, and As sistant Chief of the Charleston Fire Department Behrens. Judge at house, A. Thiem, of Flor ence. The enthusiasm over the tournament was put to the severest possible test Wednesday afternoon, and it stood the trial better than the greatest enthus iast imagined it would under the cir cumstances. The quick-hitch contest was adver tised to begin at 3.30 o'clock, sharp, and even before the hour had arrived the crowd had.assembled on the grand stand and the ropes on either side of the course were lined with an impa tient throng. But the contest did not begin at 3.30, and at 4.30 the crowd, largely augmented in numbers, was still waiting,. It was after 5.30 be fore the, track was cleared and the an nouncement made that the races would begin. The delay was- due to no fault of the committee of arrangement and could not have been provided against When the captains pf the contesting teams met . at 12.30 o'clock to select the judges objection was entered against the construction and arrange ment of the quick-hitch house that had been erected in tha middle of Main street for the contest, and it was decided to have the house altered to meet the wishes of the visiting fire men who jnade the objection. This ne cessitated the undoing of a great deal of work that had been done and do ing a great deal of additici ai work. This took time, and after the carpen ter work was completed the ropes, pulleys and other fixtures for suspend ing the harness, etc, had to be rear ranged. MONAGHAN, NO. 2, was the first team to run. When the pistol was fired as the signal for the. start, the horses left their stalls, ran to positions under the suspended har ness, and the two men sprang . to ad just the harness as it fell on the horses. There was a few seconds de lay in making the harness secure, but nevertheless it was quickly done ; the driver on the seat, with reins in hand, pulled the cord that dropped the rope across the door, and the men sprang on the side steps of the wagon as the horses dashed out of the house at a full run. The hundred yards to the judges' stand were run at breakneck speed, while the judges' watches ticked off the seconds. Time, 25 2-5 seconds. CAMDEN came next. They, too, lost ; time on the hitch-up, but made a fine run, the horses showing excellent speed and mettle, Time, 28 seconds. COLUMBIA, NO. 3, was the third entry. Again the hitch up was the stumbling block, for even a second lost in snapping the collars together and hooking the reins into the bits counts. The run was finely done, and until the time was an nounced by the judges many thought they had made the quickest run. Time, 27 2-5. Then came the INDEPENDENTS OF COLUMBIA. The horses showed perfect training and almost human intelligence, jump ing from stalls to positions under the harness at the signal and standing perfectly still while the two men snap ped the catches with speedy deftness. The rope dropped, the men sprang to their places on the wagon as lit dash ed out of the house, and the team was off. The horses ran without a break or falter, and the Independents began to cheer before time was announced. Time, 24 seconds. THE PALMETTO, OF COLUMBIA, had the next trial. The horses are ex ceptionally handsome, and much was expected of them, but the hitch-up was badly bungled, and the race was lost before they left the house. The driver evidently realized that his team had no chance, and he did not let the horses go at full speed until they were some distance from the house. Then they made a pretty and speedy run. Time, 50 seconds. The last team to make the race was DELGAR, NO. & With this team, as it has so often happened to many people at critical times, it was the unexpected that oc curred. The thoroughly trained horse, insteadjof leaping under the harness at the signal, turned around in his stall and could not be gotten out and in place at once. The other horse, the one that had hot been counted on with much confidence to do the right thing, caused no delay. Several seconds were lost by this, but when the har ness was on and the word to go given the horses made a gallant run: but the lost time could not be regained and they lost. Time, 29 seconds. The Independent, of Columbia, hav ing made the best time by 1 2-5 sec onds, received first money, $100, and Monaghan, No. 2, beating their closest competitor for second place by 2 seconds, received second money, $50. ' . SPECIAL EVENT. After the quick-hitch contest, a spe cial event not on the programme was pulled off. This was a 50-yard run with a ladder, raising it against a wall, a man ascending to the top, de scending and lowering the ladder to the ground. The following are the teams entering the contest and the time made by eaci^: Monaghan, 21 2-5: Palmetto, 19: Delgar, ruled out ; Newberry, 22 : In dependent, 19 1-5: Columbia, No. 3, 20. The Palmettoes won the prize, a fine ladder donated by the Seagrave Manufacturing Company. THE MORNING'S EVENTS. The hand reel and grab reel races Thursday morning attracted even a larger crowd than did the quick-hitch contest Wednesday afternoon. The grand stands were crowded until no more could be accommodated and the sidewalks and streets on both sides of the running course were packed and jammed with an intensely interested multitude. A conservative esti imate places the crowd at not less thvvn 8,000 or 10,000. Tb9 crowd of spectators was made up largely of Sumter people, but there were hundreds from the country, other hundreds from Camden and Co lumbia, and the towns in adjoining counties were represented by many visitors. The whole State seemed to be interested in the Game Cock Tourna ment, and the great crowd that has gathered to witness the firemen in contests of skill and strength demon strated the success of the occasion. HAND REEL RACES. The hand reel races were" scheduled to begin at 9.30, but the first race was not pulled off until 10.30. The Palmettoes, of Columbia, ran first. Time, 21 4-5. Independents, of Columbia. Time, 24 3-5. Columbia, No. 3. Time, 25 4-5. Newberry. Time, 24. Florence made a pretty run with their handsome reeL Time, 24 1-5. Charleston had a team of sprinters and the work at hydrant and nozzle was well done. Time, 22. Monaghan, No. 2, by the courtesy of the Florence firemen, used the reel of that team. They made a fine inn. Time, 231-5. When Delgar's time came to run, a vigorous kick was made against per mitting them to use their four-wheel rubber-tired racing reel. The judges were appealed to, and a long time was spent in wrangling over it. The judges finally decided that as the reel as entered for the race, weighed the required amount the team could not be ruled out. The Delgars went in to make or break, and while they made a quick run to the hydrant they failed to make the connection, and when the water was turned on the butt blew off at the hydrant. No time. The judges were: Starter, M. J. Grace, of Charleston; judge at hydrant, Jeff. May, of Columbia; timers: Earhardt, " of Newberry, Behrens, of Charleston, Miller, of Sum ter, M. L. Smtb, of Camden, and C. J. Beck, of Columbia. The winning teams were: First prize, $200, Palmetto, of Columbia; second prize, 850, Charleston, No. V; third prize, $25, Monaghan, No. 2. THE GRAB RACE. The grab races followed immediate ly after the hand reel races. The re sult follows: Palmetto, of Columbia, 22 1-5. Independent, of Columbia, 19. Columbia, No. 3, 22. Newberry blew off at hydrant. Charleston, 20. Delgar, 19 1-5.. Florence and Monaghan did not en ter. NOSE WAGON BREAKS THE WORLD'S RECORD Delgar, No. 3, of Slimier, Makes It in 33 Seconds, Flat. CHAMPIONS OF THE UNIVERSE. The following is the report of the last day's races, as published in the Daily Item of Friday : The Game Cock Firemen's Tourna ment, the greatest, most successful and pleasantest gathering of firemen ever held in South Carolina, has come to an end, after two days of intense excitement, immense crowds and keen rivalry between the compet ing firemen. The event of the tournament, the contest in which all interest was cen tered, and the event which aroused the greatest rivalry among the fire men, was the last on the programme. This was the great hose wagon race, for which six companies were entered ?two from Sumter, three from Co lumbia and one from Camden. THE GREAT CROWD. The greatest crowd of the tourna ment filled the grand stand, packed the sidewalks on both sides of Main street for more than three blocks, overflowed into the street and crowded every piazza and window along the course. It is, of course, a difficult, almost impossible, matter to correctly esti mate the number of such a throng, but the general opinion was that there were from 8,000 to 11,000 pres ent to see Delgar, No. 3, of this city, win a first prize in the fastest hose wagon race ever run in North or South Carolina and lower the best record previously made by two full seconds. The races were to have started promptly at 4 o'clock, but there was the usual delay, and the first did not get started until about an hour late. MONAGHAN FIRST TO RUN. In the drawing for position, Mona ghan, No. 2, got first place. When the handsome bays came to the mark they never looked better or more fit for a race. At the crack of the pistol they were off like a flash, and down the course to the hydrant they came as straight and true as the flight of an arrow, the two perfectly matched horses running as one. The jump at hydrant and break and connections were made without a fum ble, and before the judges announced the time the crowd knew that the run had been a very fast one. When 36 3-5 seconds was chalked up on the black board the ciieering was uproarious. INDEPENDENTS NOT IN IT. The Independents of Columbia ran next, with a handsome and speedy looking pair of greys. This team has the reputation of being very fast, and they were watched with feelings of anxiety by members of the other teams. They run was a pretty one, but the time was slow, and when the judges announced it to be 40 1-5. the crowd knew that the Independents were out of the race. THE GALLANT DELGARS. Delgar, No. 3, made the third run. Much was expected of this team, and all hopes of friends and all fears o? opponents,were fully and complete ly realized. The horses were eager for the race and at the signal to go they made an instantaneous start and were racing at full speed quicker than thought. No one present ever saw a better run race nor a gamer effort made by game horses to do what was expected of them. From start to finish they racea like thoroughbreds, gaining speed at each stride as i;he team gath- j ered momentum. They were perfectly driven and the run was made so true and straight that not a foot of dis tance was lost in the whole run. Tom Jenkins, who made the jump at the hydrant, landed on his feet like a cat and snapped the butt into place without; the loss of a fraction of a second's time. The water was turned into the hose as quickly as the wrench could open the valve, the hose breaker and nozzlemen at the other end being depended upon to take care of the water when it reached the break. As the team swept past the hydrant and on to the judges' stand, a tre mendous cheer burst from the crowd. George Warren made the jump better than he had ever done in practice runs, made the break-in an instant, and Will Graham had the nozzle on and screwed down, with time to spare, before the water came. It was a record-breaking run, as any one could see; but when the judges called out 33 seconds flat the crowd went wild, for that meant two seconds below the best previous rec ord. The people on the grand stand stood on the benches, yelling and cheering and waving the blue and white, colors of the Delgars; the crowds on the sidewalks surged into the streets, yelling like mad, and the return of the team through the street to take up the hose was made a tre mendous ovation that is seldom equalled in enthusiasm. The PALMETTOS, OF COLUMBIA, were the next to run. Unfortunately for them, they got off to a false start* the pistol failing to explode when the flag fell; and they ran through the fuU course, but no connections were attempted. The team was sent back to the starting point, and, of course, made the second run under a disad vantage, the horses being winded by the run. The second run was not as fast as the first, but the connections were made in good time and water showed at the nozzle. After the judges had caught the time the nozzle came loose from the hose, unscrewed. The Palmetto nozzleman said he unscrewed tht; nozzle when he saw that the judges had the time, but others say that it blew off when the full pressure of the water struck the nozzle, the connection not having been properly made. The judges re served their decision, and after dis cussing the matter fully decided that under the rules it was a blow-off, and no time could be given, and the team ruled out. Unofficial time-keepers say that the Palmettos would not have received even third prize, and their being ruled out had no effect on the result. COLUMBIA, NO. 3, ran next. Their greys made a speedy and beautiful run, the men at hydrant and break did their parts well?so well that the time made equalled the best previous record, and until 35 flat was announced from the judges' stand many thought they were pushing Delgar f?r the first place. CAMDEN CLOSES. Camden ran last and brought the contest to a close. The company has a pair of horses, a black and sorrel, that are well matched and show speed and breeding in every line of their handsome bodies. The run they made was something wonderful, from the start to the hydrant. They beat the time of all other teams, but from hydrant to the judges' stand they did not maintain the same fast gait, and while the connections were well and quickly made their time was slower than that of both Delgar and Colum bia, No. 3, and not so good as their own record by 2-5 of a second. Time, 35 2-5. This team had one disadvantage to contend against, but as they alone were to blame no kick should come from them. When the hose was measured, just before the race, it was found to be 5 feet too short, and they had to put on another and longer sec tion of hose for one of the short ones, making their hose about 18 feet longer than the rules required. This extra length of hose certainly made the time slower by one-fifth of a sec ond more than it would otherwise have been. JUDGES AND CONDITIONS. The time judges: M. L. Smith, Cam den: J. W. Earhardt, Newberry: E. S. Miller, Sumter; C. J. Beck, Co lumbia; Louis Behrens, assistant chief of Charleston fire department. Starting judge: M. J. Grace, Charleston. Hydrant judge, Jeff May, chief Columbia fire department. The condition under which the racess were run were as follows : Companies allowed the use of any four-wheeled hose carriage or wagon, either one or two-horse, to carry not less than 350 feet standard two and one-half inch hose: carriage, or wagon to be weighed, weight for one horse not less than 1,200 pounds, ex clusive of driver and men; for two horses, not less than 2,600 pounds, ex clusive of driver and men : the driver, buttman and coupling breaker shall ride on carriage or wagon, horse or horses to be standing hitched to hose carriage or wagon, and run 200 j'ards to hydrant, unreel not less than 288 feet of hose, break coupling and attach pipe and show water: water must show within 288-foot line: hose to be reeled on carriage or placed in wagon, connected with three full threads. The plug must be closed at the time of the company starting, and cannot be opened until hose is first started' to be unreeled. Companies allowed five men in addition to those who ride, and can be placed in such posi tion as desired. Time taken from first signal until water shows. If butt or pipe blows off,- company shall be ruled out." The water pressure during the races was 53 pounds. SUMMARY. The prize winners in the several events of the tournament were as fol lows : Quick-hitch?Hitch up. and run 10O yards: First prize, $100, won by In dependents, of Columbia, time, ; 24 seconds; second prize, $50, won by Monaghan, of Sumter, time, 25 2-5. Hand reel race?Sixteen men and foreman allowed, run 100 yards, 9S feet of hose to be unreeled, attach to plug, which must be closed at start, ' break hose, attach nozzle and show water: First prize, $200, won by Palmetto, of Columbia ; second prize, $50, by Charleston ; third prize, $?5, Monaghan. Grab race?To run 50 yards, grab reel and run 50 yards, unreel 48 feet of hose, attach to plug, which must be closed at start, attach nozzle an throw water. Prize, $50, won by In dependents, of Columbia, time, 19 seconds, which breaks the record. Hose wagon race?First prize, $200, won by Delgars of Sumter, time, 33 seconds, which breaks the world's record ; second prize, $50, Columbia, No. 3, time, 35 seconds ; third prize, $25, Camden, time, 35 2-5. EXCELLENT JUDGES. The judges discharged their difficult and exacting duties in a manner that gave entire, satisfaction. They were fair, impartial and were animated by but a single motive?to do exact jus tice to ail. That they were fair and just to all in every event all are agreed, and nothing proved that the firemen had full confidence in the impartiality of their decisions more conclusively than the absence of "kicking." A GRAND SUCCESS. The tournament was a success from every point of view, and Sumter has added another to her list of tri umphs. ft The greatest firemen's tournament ever held in the State has been pulled off without a single event to mar it, and every visiting firemen goes home with feelings of good will to Sumter, her firemen and her people, and with the prizes they won in their pockets. COTTON FISE IN COLUMBIA. Narrow Escape of Four Firemen. Loss About $35.000. Columbia, June 28.?The old Cc garee cotton'mill building, near the former union railroad station, now used as a cotton warehouse by the Co lumbia duck mill, was fired by light ning early yesterday morning. About 700 bales were burned, involving a loss cf $32,000. The building was damaged to the extent of about $2,500. The loss was covered by insurance. The firemen ( had just returned from Sumter, and were naturally tired out,, but they did heroic work. Four firemen nearly lost their lives. Will Gaston, John Carr, Bahlman Schroeder and Ed A11 worden were standing on the second floor of the warehouse from which the smoking bales were being removed. The floor gave way under.them and a cross wall fell with a thundering crash. Carr was imprisoned from his waist down in the debris. The others had gone down almost strangled by the stream from the nozzle which was pointing directly at them. Fortunately none of these three were even dazed, and they immediately extricated Carr, who had been wedged in so tightly that he was literally pulled out of his boots. Mother Always Keeps it Handy. "My mother suffered a long time from distressing pains and general ill health due primarily to indigestion," says L. W. Spalding, Verona, Mo. 4tTwo years ago I got her to try Kodol. She grew better at once and now, at the age of seventy-six, eats anything she wants, remarking that she fears no bad effects as she has her bottle of Xodcl handy." Don't waste time doctoring symptoms. Go after the cause. If your stomach is sound your health will be good. Kodol rests the stomach and strengthens the body by digesting your food. It is nature's own tonic. J. S. Eugh son & Co. Charleston Given Assistance. The general deficiency appropriation bill, the last of the big supply meas ures, has been passed by the house of re presentai ves. A slight protest was made against the appropriation of $500,000 for the Buffalo exposition and $160,000 for the Charleston exposition, but finally they were included in the bill. The measure also carries $45,000 for the payment of the expenses of the. last illness and death of President. McKinley, that amount including the pay of the physicians. Gov. Beckham has been advised that Kentucky's claim for interest on money furnished the Government for equipping soldiers during the civil war has been audited by the war department and will be paid at an early date. The claim amounts to $1,300,000. . Summer complaint is unusually preval ent among children this season. A well de veloped case in the writer's family was cured last week by the timely use of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy?one of the best patent medicines manufactured and which is always kept on hand at the home of ye scribe. This is not intended as a free puff for the company who do not advertise with us, but to benefit little sufferers who may not be within easy access of a physician. No family should be without a bottle of this medicine in the house, especially in summer-time.?Lansing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by Dr. A. J. China.