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?iet)ttt?it o uti) CO l f *B SUMTER WATCH MAI?, JR?t?b!i?hed April, I860. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's thy God's and Truth's.' Oosolidated Aug. 2,1881, SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1904. THE TE?E 80DTHSON, BstablMbed June, li-6 New Series-Vol. XXIII. No. 28 Bf. CS-, Osteen 8?MTSR, S. TRESS' : fl 50 per aa naas-ia advaofle. i?TiBTiiiiiir: vtee. Square first iusertteo..*?. $1 CO Svery au aseqneni insertion....~ 50 Contracts for three months, or longer viii oe ontde at reduced rates. Ul comtaamcarions wfalcb ?a bserve private interests will be charged for aa ad versements. Obi maries and tributes of respects will be aharged for. TIE SENEBtt. ASSEMBLY. Insurance Commissioner Bill Pass? ed- Also the Bili Permitting the Sotttheastern Tariff Associa? tion to Work tn This State Aid Winthrop College Bill, Providing for ?24 Scholarships Each of $1 CO. Columbia, Feb. 3.-The House de? voted a considerable portion of its session today to the memorial exercises ' in honor of the late John McMaster, who was an efficient member from Richland county. Quite a number of handsome tributes were paid to the memory of Mr? McMaster. A great deal "Of argument was devot? ed to a bill which undertakes/ to dis? courage tile use of bicycles arid auto? mobiles on public highways. There was considerable feeling shown in the discussion, and the bill/ as.it passed provides that any, person riding a bicycle or automobile upon a public highway beyond corporate limite, and meeting any person riding on horse? back or in a vehicle drawn by a horse or horses, shall stop and dismount from the bicycle or automobile within sot less than twenty-fire yards and re-; main so dismounted until the horse' or horse-drawn vehicle has passed. The. //bili was. intended to affect what is said to be the pernicious and reckless riding of bicycle? Ly negroes upon the public highways, but as it has passed the House it* embraces auto? mobiles. Mr. Ki bier's bill, which sought to fix a direct, annual appro priation-for- all of the State colleges except Clemson, was defeated. The concurrent resolution which ?j? was intended to go with the biennial seession resolution, and which pro? vides for four-year terms for members of the General Assembly, was taken up, but lacked five votes of receiving the constitutional two-thirds ballot ;(>necessary for it to be ordered to a_ third reading. This does not defeat its but it remains a pending question for consideration tomorrow. Mem? bers insist that the biennial session programme eau be carried out whether the four- year term plan is adopted or not, and that probably it is just as well to have frequent elections, even of the members here to serve but one term before going before the people again. The House is looking ahead to the finish of its work by the adoption of a resolution that after next Saturday no more bills can be introduced. The Senate met at ll o'clock today and nearly* an hour was spent in transact? ing routine business, hearing reports of committees, etc. Before 12 o'clock Senator Mayfield suggested that, as the Senate was to attend in the House of Representatives, to be present at the memorial exercises in respect to the late Representative McMaster, of Rich? land, only uncontested bills be taken up, and that there should be a night session. This being agreed to the Calendar was taken up and "third reading" bills were passed. The Senate met tonight, but there was a very brief session. The report on Ahe bill against the Southern Rail? road owning or controlling the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad was re? ceived. The report was favorable. . The bill tb cede to the United States exclusive rights over certain lands in South Carolina was returned by the House with an amendment substitut? ing the word "concurrent'* for "ex? clusive." Senator Sheppard moved to concur ia the amendment, and this produced a debate. Senators Brice, Von Kolnitz and Walker supported the bill in its origi? nal form, saying that the District Courts are now practically ruled over by South Carolinians, and the per? sons committing misdemeanors on ; United States lands would receive the -same treatment in these Courts as in ?-??-the South Carolina Courts. -: To. -this .Senator Sheppard agreed -, but said the Courts may. not always .remain as - they are now. If Judge Simon ton. or Judge 3 rawley should die, no one knows who would take their places. He hoped that there would be no vacancies on this Benech during the present Administration, and .spoke of this in no uncertain terms. ... The vote was taken on the motion to concur, resulting io a tie, which was broken by the Chair voting "yea", and the motion was carried. J It was said during the arguments that the United States would make no more appropriations for buildings on lands over which it did not have exclusive control and that the Son th Carolina Representatives in Congress wanted the change made in the State laws. Charleston, Florence, Spartan burg and Georgetown are interested in this bill. One of the most interesting features of the brief session of the Senate to? night was the presence of Chief Har? ris, of the Catawba Indian nation, in Rock Hill. While he was not officially present, he was in the Senate to plead the cause of his people, who want not only more money, bat a more equit able division of it. He was quite a novel visitor to the Senate and his presence was an interesting event. Columbia, Feb. 4.-In the House today considerable effective work was done. The bill creating an insurance de? partment, with a commissioner, at a salary of $1,800, was passed. The salary is to be paid by a special levy upon the insurance companies, which seemed to be entirely agreeable to them. Second. The bill which permits the return of the Southeastern Tariff Association into this State was passed to its third reading with a provision that it can return here to do business under certain restrictions, and that the proposed insurance commissioner shall have control over the rates to a certain degree. , Third. The policy of the General Assembly seems to be to create scholar? ships and to provide ample means with which the scholarships shall be made self-supporting. In line with the recent action of the House, pro? viding for 124 scholarships for Clem? son, today the same policy was adopt? ed with reference to Winthrop College, and an equal number of scholarships were provided with the same induce? ment of $100. Last year, the bill was killed by provision being made that .?.his additional scholarship fund should, come out of the current appropriation for Winthrop, but this year it was decided to take the money from the general treasury of the State. Fourth. The bill looking to the regulation of bicycles and automobiles on the public highways was given its second reading in the House today. The flood of new bills continues and today quite a number of important measures were proposed. I Mr. DesChamps' bill which is of considerable importance, and which provides for an experimental station in each county, if desired, was passed* without any opposition. The franchise tax bill proposed by the tax commission passed the House tonight, 89 to 18. It imposes three mills on gross earnings of public utilities and one half mill on capital stock of all corporations doing business i in South Carolina, At the night session a number of the House committee reports were re? ceived, among them a favorable re? port on Mr. Seabrook's bill, as to boundaries on tide water. * The armory bill was reported favor ably, with au amendment proposing that the armory might be built on State property, if deemed advisable. The bill would be better if it did not propose to use any of the State's lands. Tlie House has agreed to the Senate amendments to Mr. DeBruhPs- baby carriage bill. " Mr. jBoinar moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill :] Mr. Pollock wanted the bill read. Mr. Moses, as a member of the tax -commission, took up the license or franchise tax. The commission found that the system of license tax was working well. The commission did not think that the proposed tax was burdensome. The members must prepare to pass such a bill or be pre? pared to raise the levy one-half mill. The railroads! will have to pay tbe bulk of this tax, and they are willing. The banks and cotton mills are the other largest interests and they are to be taxed one-half mill, and it is as broad as it is long, if they pay by direct levy or by this franchise tax. He said the full financial condition of the State has already been * fully shown and the whole status is that something has to be done to get the State on a cash basis. There has to be one or another method adopted, direct or indirect taxation. The pre? sent State levy is now one of the larg? est in the. country. Mr. Ki bier asked how much this bill will raise. ' Mr. Moses said a request was made for a statement of all the charters in the State. No such request is avail? able. The best advice was that this bill, if passed, will raise $80,000, and it will raise $39,000 on the railroads alone, and they are not opposing this bill. There is no deficit, but the State is a year behind and the State is appropriating $30,000 to $50,000 more than its present income. The rail? roads object to the manner of assess? ment, but not to ti: e amount of the tax. Mr. H. L. Bomar, of Spartan burg, spoke against the bill. Mr. W. J. Johnson, said this bill would bring on the tax books property that was not paying taxes, and second, the State needs and must have the money. The principle of franchise taxation is nothing new. New York has it, and New York BS the father of all corporation law. Roosevelt, when Governor, found that the workingman was overburdened. The Legislature was called and the evil was remedied. The matter. was fought through the Courts, but the law was finally upheld by. the Supreme Court of the United States. - ' Uliio, the home of Mark 'Hanna, the arch-enemy of the people, .has the ? same. law. The corporations of New Jersey are contributing $300, 000 annually for the support of the Government. In South Carolina we raise practically all OW tax by direct taxation. We are borrowing today $375,000, with interest, annually. The people are paying more than their share, and it is time for the corpora? tions to pay their part. Take the street railway of Columbia, which is a monopoly. It has a franchise keep? ing others out. Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr., as a member of the tax commission, went into an exhaustive explanation of the bill and exactly what it meant. The first question is: Is it necessary? That is so plain that there is no need for discussion and then comes the mat? ter of justness and right. Although the bill is against corporations, it is based upon assumed and logical rea? soning. Corporations enjoy advantages that others do not, and the State, by this tax, is getting back in part what concessions it has granted. He urged that the bill was constitutional. He urged that this was a license upon a business. If the State bas a right to make a distinction of different businesses, it has a right of dif? fering between doing bnsiness un? der different methods. The General Assembly can divide property doing buisness nuder charters and those do? ing business without charters. Mr. Tatum moved the previous question, and on the motion to strike out the enacting words, a yea and nay vote was demanded, which result? ed, yeas (to kill the bill, ) 18; nays, (for the bill, ) 89. In the Senate today the bill of Rep? resentative Toole, to provide for a special township road tax, brought forth much discussion. All Senators who spoke oe the bill favored good roads and generally permitting the people of counties to vote taxes for the purpose of building good roads, but several objections were made to particular provisions of the bill, and with some amendments the bill pass? ed a third reading and was sent to the House. Senator Manning offered a number of amendments to the bill presented by Senator Harden in reference to fer? tilizers. Mr. Hardin's bill included "cotton seed meal" in the general fer? tilizer inspection law. Mr. Manning explained several scientific facts about cotton seed meal and made remarks in favor of his amendment It all looked like smooth sailing until he offered one, which struck out Section 10, which reads as follows : f Section 10. That Section 1,542 of the Co:Ie of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, be amended by striking out all of the said section and inserting the following in lieu thereof, to wit : Section 1,542. All sales, or contracts for sale of fertilizers, fertilizing ma? terial and cotton seed meal, in viola? tion of this article shall be void: no Jtitle shall pass by such sale and no person buying such fertilizers, fertil? izing material or cotton seed meal shall be bound in any manner to pay the price or cost thereof. This brought up a general discus? sion of the fertilizer conditions and prices and there was much debate on one side of the question or the other. Finally, on motion of Senator Rags dale, ot,Fairfield, all proposed amend? ments to the bill were ordered printed in the Journal and further debate on j the bill was adjourned. The House fixed tomorrow at noon for the election of the trustees of Clemson and Winthrop. The election is to fill.the vacancies occasioned by the resignations of Dr. T. A. Craw* ford, of the Winthrop board, and Capt Ivy M. Mau)din, of the Clemson board. The Senate has not yet agreed to this time for the election. At the night session of the Senate the special order, Mr. Mayfield's bill authorizing the Attorney General to institute proceedings to test the valid? ity of the lease by the" Southern Rail? way of the^Carolina division created much debate. Mr. Mayfield explained that the idea of the bill was to settle once for all the question of the con? stitutionality of such railroad leases. Under the present law any citizen may bring a suit to test the constitu? tional question, and there is a penalty attached in case the law is determined unconstitutional, the one bringing the suit to receive a portion of the amount recovered in Court. After long discussion a vote was taken, and the motion to indefinitely postpone the bill was lost, the vote being 3* to 1. The only vote in favor of the motion was by Senator J.. W. Ragsdale. Senator J. W. Ragsdale an? nounced that he would have voted in favor of the motion to indefinitely postpone, but that he was paired with the senator from Charleston. The Senate then proceeded to dis? cuss bills about which there was| no contest The bill relative to an appro? priation for the Charleston Confeder? ate Home College scholarships was passed. An amendment offered that the t appropriation should come ont of the pension fund was agreed to. Columbia, Feb. 5.-The House to? day passed the compromise bill ex? empting from examination in junior studies the graduates of the Charleston Medical College. They are to be ex? amined in the senior branches how? ever- , . The Morgan bill, repealing the fire insurance anti-compact law was sent to the Senate. There was a long fight on Mr. DesCliamps' bill to provide for an agricultural station in every county. It was recommitted. The fight was based on the ground that these sta? tions would not do much good, and would injure Clemson College by tak? ing away $12,000 a year from its in? come. At a joint session J. ?. Tindal, of Clarendon, was elected a trustee of Clemson College, and 5. R. Tillman a trustee of Winthrop to succeed them? selves. .. . ^ There was much debate in the Senate today on Senator Manning's bill to appropriate $2,000 for the Confederate Home College of Charleston. Sena? tors Manning, Marshall, Von Kolnitz, Penrjfoy and Harding spoke for the bill and Senators Sharpe, G. W. Rags? dale and Gaines against it the latter making the motion to strike out the en? acting words. This was rejected by a vote of 20 to 14 and the bill went to the House with the amendment taking the appropriation from the pension fund stricken out It is proposed by the friends of the bill to ask the ap? propriation direct Discussion was renewed on the bill to test the Southern's lease of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad. The bill was passed at the night ses? sion. The bill to grant electric light and power companies the same right of condemnation as telephone and tele? graph companies enjoy provokt-d dis? cussion. Instead of the anu?::ment making the companies place the. r roles fifty feet from the public highways, Senator Hydrick submitted an amend ineent to require the use of lightning arresters, automatic cut-offs, etc. This was adopted. Among the new bills wore: Senator Marshall, to prevent fraud in horse racing; Senator Walker, to prevent stealing electric current. MULATTO REPUBLIC HUNTING TROUBLE. A Week-Old Piece of Important News From San Domingo American Launch Fired Upon. San Domingo, Monday, Feb. .1-The insurgents this morning deliberately fired on the launch of the auxiliary cruiser Yankee, killing J. C. Johnston, the engineer. The bullet entered his head above the eye. United States Minister Powell has directed the captain of the Yankee to take drastic measures to avenge John I ston's death and this insult to the American flag. ". Johnson will be buried on shore this afternoon. NO REPARATION DEMANDED. San Domingo, Wednesday, Feb. 3. The funeral of J. C. Johnston, the engineer of the Yankee launch, who was deliberately killed by the insur? gents last Monday, took place this morning instead of Monday afternoon, as had been arranged. The body was escorted to the grave in the Santa .Barabara cemetery by detachments of marines, blue jackets and officers from the Yankee, headed by the ship's band. There were in all 100 men from the cruiser in the cortege. . United States Minister Powell, the American consul, and vice consul and nearly all the diplomatic and consular represen .tatives here went to the funeral. The provisional government sent a detach? ment of troops to act as an escort. . Great surprise is expressed by all foreigners here that the commander of the Yankee ha's not demanded im? mediate satisfaction for this inexcus? able act and for the firing upon the American flag by the insurgents. There was heavy firing all day today around the city. HESTER'S WEEKLY STATEMENT. The Official Statement as to the Movement and Present Where? abouts of the Cotton Crop. New Orleans, Feb. 5.-Secretary Hesters weekly cotton statement issued today shows for the five days of February a decrease under last year of 6,C00, and an increase over the same period year before last of 71,000. For the 158 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate i is m behind the same days of last year 4.000,. and ahead of the same days year before last 26, -' ooo. The amount brought into sight dur? ing the past week has been 206,948 bales against 263,171 for the same seven days last year, and 189,699 year before last. The movement since Sept. 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 6,121,695 against 5,999,463 last year. Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 612,844 against 763,394 last year ; interior stocks in excess ol those held at the close of the com? mercial year 359,100 against 349,962 last year, and southern mills taking 1,056, against 1,040,927 last year. Total movement for the 158 days since Sept. 1, 8,149,639 against 8,153,746 last year and &\123,318 year before last Foreign exports for the week have been 175,930 against 208,559 last year, making the total thus far for the season 4,679,290 against 4,520,695 last year. 2 The total takings of American mills; north, south and Canada, thus far for the season have been 2,547,442 against 2,477,731 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centres have decreased during the week 7,833 bales, against a decrease during the corres? ponding period last season of 65,316 and are now 279,688 less than at this date in 1903. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 8,317,438 against 8,368,820 for the same period last year. I What Are They ? Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab? le!?. A new remedy for e tomach troubles, .bilion?ness and constipation, and a good one. Price '25c. For sale by China's Drug 8tore. Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 5. -The collapse in cotton in the United States, coupled with the far Eastern news, has caused a heavy fall in contracts and many speculators have sustained serious losses. Mysterious Circumstance. One was pale and sallow and the other fresh and rosy. Whence the difference ? She who is blushing with health uses Dr. King's New Life Fills to maintain it. By gently arousing the lazy organs they com? pel good digestion and head off^sonstipa? tton- Try them. Only 25o. at J. F. W. DeLerme's. Amsterdam, Feb. 5.-Advices re? ceived here say that an entire town on the Island of Java, Dutch East In? dies, has been swallowed up by a vol? canic eruption and hundreds killed. Lost His Grip. When a man has lost his grip, on- the; affairs of life, feels incapable of perform? ing the ordinary duties that business re? quires-body languid, brain dull-his liver is out of order. Rydale's Liver Tablets are what he needs One dose usually will, two always will restore normal condition of body and mind, and fit a man for the du? ties and pleasures of life again. Rydale's Liver Tablets are easy to take, pleasant in effect, satisfactory in results, economical. "?() ohocolate coated tablets in a convenient box, 2r> cts. AU dealers. SMALL SPECULATORS CAUGHT. Big Bulls Withdraw Support From Cotton Market and Prices Tumble. New York, Feb. 3.-Brokers went home last night expecting exciting times in today's cotton market, but they were met with developments even more nerve-racking than they had ex? pected. They met it at the start The market was deluged with selling orders received over night and prices were forced down partly on talk that at last the bnll campaign had come to an end. It seemed apparent that there was no organized support to prices and the ring was surrounded by a pushing throng of wildly excited brokers sell? ing until March had broken from 16.25 at the opening to 15.88, May from 16.55 to 16 cents. Then came a partial rally of 20 to 25 points, but there was no aggressive demand and soon prices were again working downward in an irregular jerking fashion. The de? cline was faciliated by heavy estimates for tomorrow's receipts and the belief that popular confidence in higher prices for cotton has been materially shaken by the developments of yester? day. It had been thought that the decline of over a cent a pound yester? day had shaken out the outside long interest, but the recent advance of about 3}o cents per pound in a little over two weeks had enabled many out? side to accumulate profits sufficient to protect their accounts. Today, how? ever, these holders seemed anxious to close out and save, what they had left of their former winnings. Toward midday supporting orders from New Orleans came in rallying the market about 20 points from the lowest. Trading at this level was less active and sentiment was evidently very feverish and unsettled. There was more or less baying on the reac? tion theory and buying orders were received from New Orleans. There was scattered selling for long accounts and it appeared that the bears were feeling more confident as a result of rumors that a leak in the forthcoming census bureau's report had caused the sadden withdrawal of local bnll sup* port The market in the late trading showed a somewhat firmer tone on covering and bull support and rallied until at !the close it was steady at a net decline of 5 to 32 points. Sales estimated at 700,000 bales. New Orleans, Feb. 4.-About the worst break in the history of cotton future trade in New Orleans occurred today when vague war rumors prices were sent dom until they were from 166 to 180 points lower than the close of yesterday and May was $9 a bale cheaper. Notwithstanding this break there was a little excitement about the cotton exchange at the close and no fear was expressed that any of the local firms would fail. At the opening prices broke sharply, March going off 106 pointe from yesterday's close to 15.50. Prominent bulls supported the market and prices recovered. Toward noon the market became quiet and un? interesting and the general opinion was that the trend of prices would con? tinue upward. Soon after the noon hour and whil? many brokers were at lunch a telegram was received from Chicago by a wire house saying that cables had been received telling of the declaration of war between Japan and Russia. Value commenced to slide swiftly downward and in five min?tes time the ring was in a panic The general desire was to sell, not matter what pr?ce the colton offered for sale brought The combination pit and ring at the cotton exchange was an emphitheatre of struggling, yelling humanity wild with anxiety and their fears appeared to be ?ll the greater because they were not exactly aware of what they were afraid of. Hundreds of thousands of bales of cotton were thrown into the ring and the sellers exceeded the buy? ers 10 to one. This mad scene lasted until weil on toward the close of the market when the ring finally had a sold-ont appearance. At this stage the bull leaders again took a hand in the operations and by buying every? thing offered and by strenous bidding quickly sent prices up 50 points. Thc market, however, had a weak under? tone and prices again sagged toward the close. At the closing prices were from 147 to 168 points lower than the close of yesterday. On the curb the weakness continued and at the close of the curb trading prices were again at about the lowest level of the day. At ?the lowest levels March was 166 points lower than the close of yesterday at 14.90; May was 168 points lower at 15.45 and July was 180 points lower at 15.70. IN NEW YORK. New York, Feb. 4.-The utmost con? fusion and excitement attended the opening of the cotton market again to? day. The bullish utterances from New Orleans yesterday and the report that New Orleans bulls had placed unlimit ed.buying orders in the local pit just before the clone of business last night had led many to believe that today would witness a resumption of the re? cent upward trend of the values. It seemed, however, that it was New Or? leans against the world, for this morn? ing Liverpool instead of advancing as expected, reported a decline of 20 to 26 points under Egyptian *nd conti? nental selling. This led to a weak opening LJiere with first prices at a decline of 47*to*59 points on the old and of 15 to 20 points on the new crop positions. After noon the market was mucii less active after it had rallied a little more than half a cent on the active months. The New Orleans crowd seemed ready to support prices on any signs of returning weakness but did not appear to be operating aggressive? ly for a further advance. Shortly be? fore the close there was another vio? lent break in prices, the May option selling down to a price 116 points or more than a cent a pound below last night's close. The late selling was precipitated by rumors that war had actually been declared between Russia and Japan. This rumor caused the utmost confusion, and its effect show? ed the extremely sensitive state of the cotton market at this time. New Orleans, Feb. 5.-Today saw the wildest scenes of this week in the cotton market At the lowest levels of the day prices were from 152 to *80 points lower than the highest levels and about three cents lower than what cotton was sell? ing for at the first of the wet&. The market was thrown into a panic soon after the opening by the immense amount of cotton that was offered for sile. Where the offerings came from was a mystery, bot thousands of bales were thrown upon the market, forcing prices down 10 to 10 points . at a time. Such wild scenes were never before witnessed at the cotton exchange. Crowds of people lined Gravier street, watching the brokers in their eager? ness to get nearer the centre. of the ring and offer their cotton. There ap? peared to be ten sellers to one buyer. At the height of the turmoil, the bull leader, W. P. Brown, pleaded with the brokers to stop offering their cot? ton 15 and 20 points under the market. "You will break the market and yourselves if you continue, he said. "Take the cotton yourselves and carry it and you will make a profit on it. Brown's stand against selling immedi? ately had its effect as it was. clearly evident to every one that the rules of the exchange were being broken by the way many brokers were offering cotton. The bull leader followed his speech by heavy bidding and buying, and in a few minutes other longs fol? lowed his lead and in a short time in place of the panic comparative quiet reigned, and prices showed a material recovery, although the market, had a weak tone up to the close. At ?he lowest levels of the day March had lost 152 points at 13.88; May had lost 175 points at 14.15 ; and July had lost 180 points at 14.50. The close was from ?5 to 70 points higher than the lowest levels of the day. COMPLETE DEMORALIZATION. New York, Feb. 5.-The drop in cotton prices was continued today soon after the market opened. The May option sold at 14, a decline of ISO points, or a cent and one-fifth per pound since yesterday. The selling was so heavy that the market seemed to be completely demoralized. During the decline rumore of all kinds were circulated. Commission houses holding large lines cf cotton which were either not sold on the ad? vance or were bought en- the break yesterday on the theory of reaction threw thousands of balee on the mar? ket for whatever price they would bring. - - At the opening many thousand bales of both May and July cotton were bought by the bull pool and this suc? ceeded for a time in stemming the \ decline. By taking large quantities of cotton the pool brokers succeeded in holding the market and with other brokers covering short cotton priced advanced about y? cent in 15 minutes. Then another wave of liquidation swept over the pit and it soon became evident that the power of one indivi? dual or a set of individuals was not great enough to prevent a crash. The Buying was no more ' than a drop ia the bucket and prices crumbled away again about as rapidly aa was the case yesterday. At the low point prices were 450' points (4^2 cents per pound) below the? il ig h figures of Monday. After the rush to sett? bad abated there was a rally and just before the close the bull pool bought, bidding July up to 14.9? The ci?se was fair? ly steady with July quoted at 14.84. The net decline was 35 to 52 on the old crop, while the new crop months were five points higher to ten points lower. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. im II n II ???-** Nearly Forfeits His Life. A runaway almost ending fatally, start? ed a horrible ulcer on the *eg of J. B. OT ner, Franklin Grove, UL For four j ears it defied all doctor* and all remedies. But Bucklen's ?rnica Salve had no trouble to cure him. Equally good for borna, bruises, skin eruptions and piles. 25c at De? lora, e's Drug Store. ACHES ALL OVER Sumter People Have Feit That Way But There's $0 Need For lt. 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