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ll ail TSB luKTKB WATCHMAN, Established April. 1850. osolidated Aag. 2,1881. Be Just and Fear not-Let all tue Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country s thy God s and Truth' SUMTER. S. C. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 29, 1904 TEE TKUB SOCTHEO?. ISjtaMbhed Jan?. IS il Sew Series-Vol. XXIII. So.. 48 fie H?i?H a?Sffltftnm Pailisisi ZT?TY "E'ednssday, IST. O*. Osfeen, S?iMTBR, 8. 0. / per ananco-io advance. IpTISTISXU.St?: t>ari Square first insertion..............$1 CO ?~eT7 subsequent ioser?ioo.. 50 Contracta for three^uipntiis, or longer*wil> . be m-'Se at reduced rate*. ? AU eoTSEaaB?catiens wMeh subserve onvate interests will be.?barged for as advertiemeats. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be ^barged for. ' ~ IM OF ? KEW FORDE Bill. The Suffrage Plank in the Re? publican. Platform, ii is lire Work ot Crumpacker. Lodge and Giber South-Haters, Backed Up by Roosevelt * ? Washington, June"1& ~*?he Southern suffrage plank in the Republican plat? form is generally regarded here by - leading men of both parties as the most important- utterance of the Con? vention. It means the greatest strug? gle in American politics since the war against the-South. The declaration ?means that the Republicans are pledg? ed to take up the "question of the re? presentation in Congress and in the Electoral College of the Southern States that. restricts the suffrage of the negro voters. * . It? is the result of persistent efforts cf- Representative Crumpacker, bf Indiana, in Congress and at previous national conventions 4? commit the Republican party to reduce the repre? sentation of those States where the negro vote is restricted. He has been seconded by Senator Lodge,- the spon? sor of the Lodge force bill. Presidents Harrison and McKinley were urged to support the Crumpacker proposition, but they refused to Tevive sectionalism cn that issue. President Roosevelt, however, readily gave his sanction to the Crumpacker plank,* in view of his experience in connection ' with the Booker Washington incident, the Crem case and the Indianoia, Ala? bama, .postoffice contest. Representative Cowherd, chairman of the Democratic Congressional com? mittee, vigorously* denounces the Re? publican platform generally and de? clares it vulnerable to Democratic at tack because of its evasive character. straddles on tariff revision," said j Mr. Cowherct, "and repudiates Secre-1 tary Taft's proposed Philippine policy. The leading issue made by the repub? licans comes to be on the subject of Southern suffrage. Crumpacker has been working for years to get his party to adept bis suggestion and, having failed to impiess Congress with the wisdom of his contention, he has finally succeeded in securing recog? nition at a National Conventjon. It meansa renewal of the force bili fight H" and it is intended to have its effect upon the negro voters in the doubtful States. The Republicans have made it the leading issue of the campaign and we ar? prepared to meet them on it g? j The New York Herald of today says: "f?t is freely admitted that this new stand of the Republican party on the Southern |uestion may cut an im? portant figure at the St Louis Con? vention. The raising of the issue with a candidate who does new and daring things, and undoubtdly will be expect? ed to make a stern effort to carry out the policy, will make the Democrats of tho South inclined to lay aside per? sonal preferences ftnd look for the man who can win." "They have been for Judge Parker, but Tammany says Parker cannot win. They will now want the very strongest candidate they can get, and will spend their efforts and their money to elect such a one. **If they have any doubt about the running abilities, of Judge Parker they are likely to turn, in the great emer? gency that confronts them, to a strong er candidate, if he can be round. "This candidate may be Mr. Cleve? land, if there is any means of getting , him to consent to serve. He is the man who is regarded as the strongest to run against Roosevelt. The South has not felt warmly towards Mr. Cleveland, but under these conditions the South would swallow all its preju? dices, and vote for any man who has gone on record in favor of the conten? tion of the South on the race question. This Mr. Clerveland has done. The negro suffrage plank also brings Sena? tor German prominently in the public eye ES a candidate, always assuming that the nomination cf Judge Parker is already doubtful. Senator Gorman is the foremost advocate of the rights of the Southern ! States to reun?ate their own political j affairs. He was the leader of thc I Senate when the Democrats defeated the Lodge Force bill in 1890, and un? der his leadership the State o" Mary-' land has become Democratic again, through the operation of an election law of bte own devising which ex? cludes many negroes from voting." R. M. L. in the News and Courier. Worst of All Experiences Can anything be worse than to fell that j every minute will be your last ? Such was j the experience of Mrs. S. ll. New>ca, j Decatur, Ala., 'For three year-*'" she j write*, **i endured insufferable pain from ! ( indigestion, stomach and bowel fcrcnble. j Death seemed inevitable when doctors and j , ail remedies failed. At length J was in-1 ' duoed to try Electric Bitters and the re- ? suit was miraculous. I improved at once {j sud now I'm completely recovered." For j { liver, kidney, stomach and bowel troubles |^^^^^"^^j^^^^^^^^^my^m^ ici ne. pom lenee UNDER FIRE FROM LAND ?ND SEH. Big Battle Hear Haicheng-Russians Defeated With Great Less. Japanese Strengthening Their Po? sitions at Every Point in the Liao Tung Peninsula. 'S " Cbefoo, June 23, 1 p. m.-Messages received here report that the Japanese have made a simultaneous attack on Port Arthur from land and sea, but it is impossible to obtain details of the forces engaged or the result at this time. New York, June 23, 1 p. m.-The World correspondent has just sent in a bulletin reporting a big battle near Haicheng in which the Japanese have defeated the Russians with great loss. TWELVE HUNDRED LOST BY THE * - RUSSIAN FORCE. London, June 22.-A dispatch to The Daily Mail under date of June. 21 from New Ch wang says : While a Russian force pf 8,000 under Gen. Kondratsvitch was traversing Wafungko ravine, nine mils southeast of Kan Chou, June 19, it was sur? prised by concealed Japanese artillery. The Russians lost heavily, their cas? ualties being 1,200 in number. Gen. Kondratsvitch extricated his men and led them in good order to another en? trenched position. . \ KUROPATKIN TO TROOPS. Kai Chou, Liao Tung Peninsula, June 22.-Japanese scouts have appear? ed two miles from Sen Chen (Siung Yi Shan?). The main columns cf the enemy are" three miles in the*rear.. Gen. Sarnonoff, with the Hus?ian rear guard, is falling back as the Jap? anese advance. ; ' A number cf men missing after the battle of Vafangow have rejoined their regiments. - The Russian losses are expectecfto total 3,500. The troops are in excellent condition in spite of the fearful weather. Th'e roads are ankle deep in mire but the rains are npw ceasing. Gen. Kuropatkin arrived here Mon? day, inspected Gen. Stake!berg's corps and addressed the troops, saying: "I shall see you soon again. We must settle with the Japanese prompt? ly. Till then we are not going home." The men replied heartily. The general also addressed the regi? ments which specially distinguished themselves in the recent fighting, and presented the St. George's cross to 255' officers and men who were drawn upon the platform ?of the railroad station and gave the commander in chief a hearty send off.\ ? Kuropatkin stood on the ste]? of his train . as it moved out ard waved a farewell to the troops. Siung Yi Shan is 25 miles southeast of Kai Chou. LOST A MILLION IN GOLD. Vladivostok, June 21.-Delayed in transmission. )-The report that for? cing attaches were on board the Japa? nese transports which were supk by tbe Vladivostok squadron in the straits of Corea is untrue. Three English? men,. L. Anderson, J. D. Ring and W. Kerr of the transport Sadd were brought here. They say that other Japanese transports are in many cases officered by Englishmen. The Sodo lost $1,000,000 in English gold. HEARING BIG GUNS. Cbefoo, June 22.-A steamer which passed within three miles of Liao Tie Shan promontory reports that tbe big guns on Golden Hill were fired from 5 to 6 o'clock on Tuesday\inorning and later the firing; of machine guns back of Port Arthur was beard for many hours. EXPEpTING A FIGHT. St. Petersburg, June 22, 6.20 p. m. -It is not betraying Vice Admiral Skrydloff's plans to say tbat import? ant naval developments are imminent in the far east. The admiralty has no news of the reported loss of two Rus? sian torpedo boat destroyers off Port Arthur. I The latest dispatch from Rear Admiral Witboft, in command of the naval forces at Port Arthur, dated June IT, reports ail well there. t WITHOUT OPPOSITION. Tokio, June 22, 7 p. m.-A divis? ion cf the army under Gen. Oku occu? pied Hasbi Ungg Yao yesterday with? out opposition. BATTLE IS IMMINENT. St. Petersons, June 22.- The im? minence of a battle in the northern i part of the Liao Tuns peninsula is ad nutted by the war office and is indi- 1 cated succinctly in today's dispatches j 1 from tne Associated Press correspond- j ? ents at Liao Van, Kaiping and other;! points on the railroad. j i It is believed here that Gen. Knro- j < patkin's object is to prevent a june- J ture of tbe Japanese armies. On tho j ether hand the aim of the Japanese ap patently is to drive the Russians out I of the Liao Tung peninsula prepara- J j tory to a march on Liao Yaner. The approach of the rainy season will 1 more than likely precipitate matters. ! Nothings known of only renorted [ occupation of Haiung Yai Cheng j ( Hsi Ung Yao Cbonse cr Si Yung i? Cheng?) by the Japanese. If this !c should be correct it azrees substanti- j 1 ally with tbe Japanese plan of advance : ' as it is understood here, but it indi- j j rates that the Japanese outposts are * further forward than Russian indi- " sate. j * - . * MENTIONS NO FIGHTING. ^St, Petersburg, June^^ 5.45 p. m. ' -The general staff has received a dispatch from Liao Yang dated today. It does not mentioned any serious Sighting. The Russian rear guard is row at Zeu Chen.1 Gen. Kuroki'sad vance along the roads from Sin Yem, fading respectively to Hai Chen, Ta Che Chou and Kal Chou is being warmly contested by Gen. Kuropat kin's outposfs. The column heading for Kai Chou is the furtherest ad? vanced but is still 30 miles distant. A SBrious collision is regarded at the war office as unlikely for some days. Gen. Kuroki's movements betrays a tsndency to go south and join Gen. Oku. Gen. Kuroki's outposts are f ortifying the pass between Saimtaza and Kwan Dian Sian. MADE SMALL CAPTURE. St. Petersburg, June 22.-The em? peror bas received the following dis? patch vf rom Vice Admiral Syrydloff dated June 21 : teA division pf torpedo boats under the command of Capt. Venogradsky, aide de camp of the grand admiral, vrhich was sent out June 15 on an ex? pedition along the coast of Japan, re tamed to Vladivostok today. The tor? pedo boats approached Port Tsashi, near Hakodate but a fog prevented their entrance. Several training and transport schooners were captured. Cue schooner was brought to Vladi? vostok. The majority of the schoon? ers were conveying ?sh and rice to Sasebo and Shimonoseki." St. Petersburg, June 23, 1.10 p, m. --The expectation of a great battle las been intensified by Gen. Kuropat kin's speech to Gen. Stakelberg's corps, on Monday at Kai-Chon, wh9n ?he commander in-chief said he would s Be the troops again soon, that they must settle the Japanese promptly and that they were not going home until this had been done. The General is rjaderstood to have meant that hex would return from Liao Yang with a large force and give battle. It is pointed out that he can afford to leave a. compart?vely small garrison at Liao Yang in view of the absence of any clirect advance from Feng-Wang-Cheng ?.nd the concentration of the Japanese iorces south. In the opinion of many cc. ^rvative -military, men'Kuropat kir. , massing of troops at Kai Chou du J not necessarily indicate his in? tention to give battle, but merely to ('heck the Japanese advance and defei i he occupation of New Cliwang; the possession of which would be of great advantage to the Japanese during the ::ainy season, affording the enemy housing accommodation and enabling 1;hem to land supplies and harass the Russians. , The occupation of Siung-Yo-Shan by a Japanese detachment indicates *;bat the connection between the ene? my's armies is practically arsured, as Siung-Yo-Shan is half way between Gen. Oku's and Gen. Kuroki's posi? tions, at Senuchen and Sin-Yen, re? spectively. In the opinion of the gen? eral staff the Sinng-Yo-Shan detach? ment is an outpost of the Siu-Y'een iirmy or of another force, recently banded at Ching-Tai-Tsze. The roads from Sin-Yen and Ching Tai-Tsze pass Siung-Yo-Sha.n, whence "hey proceed respectively to Senuchen ;md Kai-Shou. The information of she war office accounts for the posi? tion of twelve Japanese divisions. The whereabouts of two others is unknown. These are the 6th and the 7sb, which probably were the last to arrive, as they come from Hakodate. Due or both may have just landed, furnishing a link between the armies of Kuroki and Oku. According to the latest reports Gen. Oku's main army is still several' miles south of Senuchen. Liao Y'ang, June 24.-It is reported that Gens. Oku and Kuroki have joined forces and are attacking from the direction of Vafangow. There is talk of a serious engagement shortly. It is also rumored that the Japanese forces which were recently advancing in this direction have fallen *back on Feng Wang Cheng. KUROPATKIN IS CAUTIOUS. St. Petersburg. June 24.-News from the theatre of war indicates that Gen. Kuropatkin will not give battle to the combined armies of Gens Oku and Kuroki near Ka Chou. Doubt is now cast upon the impression prevail? ing for several days that the bulk of the Liao Yang army had been advanc? ing southward, .though it may be that Gen. Kuropatkin is concentrating his forces in the neighborhood cf Hai Cheng. The only thing that can be stated with certainty is that the in? formation received by the wir cffice shows that Gen. Kuropatkcin has no intention of seriouslv contesting the Japanese advance on Kai Chou, which" would seem to carry with it the de? cision to practically abandon the entire peninsula to the enemy and as a neces ?ary consequnece the withdrawal of the Russian troops from New Cb wang. Military critics approve of Gen. Kuro patkin's decision not to fight at Ka Chou, which they point ont is a par- I kicularly unfavorable position exposed I :o a flank attack from Kuroki cn one -ide and to a possible landing at New Jhwang on the other. The Japanese ? .orces engaged in this movement are estimated at I?0,000 men and an enor nous number of guns. HEAVY FIRING HEARD. Chefoo, June 24,2 p. m. -Heavy ' iring was heard in the direction of ! Port Artbur.during several hours last ' light and this morning. ! ' A RUSSIAN REPULSE. Tokio. June 24, 2 p. m.-Four thou? sand Russians including infantry, :avalry and artillery, attacked at ' Uyang Pien Men, about 50 miles < jortheast of Feng Wang Client last < ["uesday. The Russians were repulsed ? ind retreated toward Shinkailine. ' rhe Russians lost five killed and 20 ? vounded. The Japanese loss is not ? :iven. 1 RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP SUNK. j Tokio, June 25.-Admiral Togo re- i ports an engagement at Port Arthur last Thursday in which a battleship of th? Persevite type was sunk and a battleship of tbe Sevastopol type and first-clss cruiser of the Diana type were damaged. The Japanese fleet was practically undamaged. Tokio, June 25, 10. 15 a. m.-It is reported that the Port Arthur fleet came out of the harbor Thursday and engaged the Japanese'fleet. . St. Petersburg, June 25.-Over two hundred persons were drowned today by the sinking of a ferry boat on the .river. GEORGE GOULD'S VICTORY. He Forces an Entrance for the Wabash System Into Pittsburg. - i Pittsburg, Pa., June 25.-After four ye?rs of unremitting effort .and an expenditure of $20,000,000, the new line of the Wabash Railroad into Pittsburg is about to become an ac complish'ed fact. The first train will be run from this city to St. Louis to? morrow and will carry a distinguished party as guests of George Gould. .Tbe event marks a victory without a parallel in the history of American railroads. When the Gould interests decided to carry one end of their 15, C00 mile railroad system into Pittsburg they faced stupendous obstacles which could be overcome only by illimitable resources. In the first place they had to m^t the opposition of the Pennsylvania Ralroad, which institut? ed drastic reprisals and even went to the length of destroying millions of dollars worth of Western Union prop? erty along its lines. Almost as formidable as the opposi? tion cf the Pennsylvania were the en? gineering difficulties to be overcome in the. construction of the new line. From Pittsburg to Jowett, throughout its entire length of sixty miles, the line is a continuous series of deep cuts and high embankments, great bridges andr viaducts, tunnels and culverts. So rough is the country which is tap? ped by the new line that scarcely a mile in its whole length carries the surface level of the ground. Exclusive of two great cantilever bridges, there are nine important viaducts on the line, aggregating 4,964 feet in length. The Monongahela bridge at Pittbsnrg is the largest cantilever bridge in America, and, excepting the Firth of Forth bridge, the largest of ita kind in the world. It has a middle span of 812 feet and two end spans of 347 each, making a total length of 1,506 feet. The mean pool level of the river is cleared by seventy feat. Second only to this bridge is that over the Ohio river at Mingo. This, with a central span of 700 feet and two end spans, each of 298 feet, has a total length of 1296 feet, and is 90 feet above the water. These bridges cost nearly $1,000,000 each. There are nineteen tunnels on the line, .aggregating 20,459 feet, or nearly four miles in length. To reduce the number of bridges the course of Cross creek in Pennsylvania and West Vir? ginia bas been cbr.nged at several places, new channels as much as fifty feet deep having been blasted through solid rock. The entire line is laid with ninety-pound steel rails. Out of Pittsburg a one per cent, grade carries four miles to the sum? mit at the west portal of the Green? tree tunnel. Here will be the new terminal freight yard, where trains will be made up to full weight for the run to Jewett Except for this short switching haul out of Pittsburg, the maximum grade, either west or east, is 37 feet to the mile. Notwithstanding the great cost of the line the Gould interests figure that it will bring in ample returns. The road was built with a certain know? ledge that vast traffic, running into the millions of tons, was to be had at the outset. Along the line local busi? ness-coal, agricultural products and passenger travel-is counted upon to develop gradually. Already through Washington county, in anticipation of the new outlet, coal pits have been dug and collieries built in what were but yesterday grain fields and pas? tures. Oil wells have also been sunk. From Pittsburg the Wabash will be the short line to Toledo, while to Chicago it will be only five miles, and to St. Louis forty miles, longer than the Pennsplvania routes. Thrown From a Wagon. Mr. George K. Babcock was thrown from j his wagon and e?verely bruised. He ap- . plied Chamberlain'* Fain Balm freely and says it is the best liniment he ever used. Mr. Babcock is a well known citizen of North Plain, Conn. There is nothing ] eqnal to Pain Balsi for sprains and bruises. It will effect a cure in one-third the time required by any other treatment. For sale by China's Drug Store. i Adrian, Ga., June 24.-At a picnic ? here today Ed Spivey, of this place, l and Charles 'Hilton, of Vidalia, be- ? came involved in a fracas in which 1 Spivey shot and instantly killed Hil- i ton. Spivey claims he shot in self de s tense. His clothes were cut and a s knife was found in the dead man's t hands. The trouble was bought about ' by Hilton occupying a seat which c Spivey had vacated for a short time to get some water. Both young men b )re good reputations. j Sued by His Doctor. * "A doctor here has sued me for $12.50 which I claimed was excessive for a case of cholera morbus," says R. White, of Coa ?hel!a, Cal. "At the trial he praised his nedical skill and medicine. I asked him f it was not Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera md Diarrhoea Remedy he used as I had 1 jood reason to believe it was, and he ?rould not say under oath that it Wis not." S'o doctor could use a better remedy than his in a cas*? of cholera morbus, lt never ; ail?. Sold by China's Drug Store. IGH PEBBiC?B?S ?S FREE. Biographical Sketch of the Fam? ous Captive. Has Relatives, in This State-His Grand fateer, Enoch Hanford, Was First Professor of Languages in South Carolina College. Tangier, June 25, 12.55.-Ion Perdi caris and Cromwell Varley, who were captured by the bandit Raisuli, have just arrived here. Perdicaris is very much fatigued after his long ride, but says he is glad to get back. He is greatly pleased with the reception accorded him by the townsmen who met him in great numbers.; Perdicaris suffered many hardships while in the hands of Raisuli although^ he says he does not tfrink these were the fault of the bandit chief and that he had every comfort possible under the circumstances. Varley appeals to be as cheerful and bright as if he had just returned from a picnic. Both Perdicaris and Varley are much thinner, especially the former, who has aged considerably. Perdicaris was received at his town house by the authorities, the admirals of the neets and numerous personal friends. His Moorish servants made a great demonstration of joy., kissing their master's hands and clothes. Much credit is due to the she reefs of Wazan, Mulai Ali and Mulai Hamet, who have devoted much time in their efforts to secure the success ol* the ne? gotiations. Mulai Ali remained at Raisuli's camp continuously, thus en? suring the safety of the lives of the captives while Mulai Hamet traveled back and forth between Tangier and Benairos. Mulai Haraet says he arriv? ed at the camp of Zelal, Governor of the Beni M'Sara tribe at 3 o'clock on June 23, but that the captives did not arrive until the morning of June 24. Nothing unusual occurred during the exchange of the prisoners, who started immediately for their respective homes. The delay in turning over the pris? oners was apparently merely a mistake as to the date set for their release. John Hanford Perdicaris is a-son of Gregory Perdicaris and Margaret Han? ford Perdicaris and was born in Ath? ens while his father was United States consul there. His mother was a daughter of Encch Hanford, the first professor of languages at the South Carolina college, and Mary Dewitt Hanford, a daughter of Col. William Dewitt of Society Hill, S. C. His mother was a sister of the late Chief Justice Molver's mother of South Carolina, tbus making tlie now fa? mous Perdicaris a first cousin of the late chief justice. Gregory Perdicaris, the fathoer f John Hanford Perdicaris, was a polit? ical exile from Greece, where he had taken part against their existing gov ernmpp. and became a citizen of the United States, residing in New Jersey where he amassed a considerable for? tune. He was sent as a consul to Greece by this government. John Hanford Perdicaris is a scholar of considerable note and besides is an artist of decided talent and reputa? tion, having studied art in the best colleges of Europe. He married a Mrs. Varley, an Eng? lish woman, whose son by a former marriage was captured with him. The name "Ion", corresponds to "John." Free Cattle Ranches. Omaha, Neb., June 25.-Any citizen of the United States who is the head of a family and does not own more than 100 acres of land now has a chance to acquire a cattle ranch in Nebraska for nothing. Under the Kinkaid bill, which passed the last [ Congress and becomes operativ? tomor? row, 8,844.757 acres, most of which comprise as fine grazing land as there is in the world, will be open to the public as homesteads. The lands affected by the Kinkaid bill have been open for homesteading in lots of 120 acres each, for many years, but, not being suitable for ag? ricultural purposes, and 120 acres not being large enough on which to raise cattle, the lands have never been taken up by homesteaders. However, a square mile of this land will famish pasturage and feed for 100 head of cat? tle throughout the entire year. Great tracts of this land have been fenced by tbe cattle barons of Ne? braska, one concern having fenced in no less than 2.000,000 acres cf< it. These large cattle ranches row Have to give up the government land tbey ire using. ?jThis is gthe last large distribution cf land that the govern? ment will ever make. For a Hundred Years. For a hundred years or mora Witch 3azel has been recognized a* a superior .emedy, but it remained for E. C. DeWitt St Co. of Chicago, to discover how to coru >ine the virtues of Witch Hazel with other intisepfics, in the form of a salve. De Mitt's Witch Hazel Salve i^ the best salve n the world f >r sores, cuts, burns, bruises md pilos. Tao high standing cf this ?alvo has given ri-*e io counterfeit?, and he public is advised to look for the name .DeWitt" on the package, and accej t no >ther. Sold by O. B. Davis. Automobile service bas been estab ished between Greenville and Chick Springs. Schedule time is 45 min ites; one fare 75 cents; round trip 81. ?svo trips daily. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Hie Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the rf, Sj?tf^Z~ Signature of L&af7Z7&&&M ROOSEVELT fiHD F?IBBMS. Cut and Dried Program cf Re? publican Convention Carried Out to a Nicety. Chicago, June 23, 2 p. m.-The nomination of Roosevelt as the stand? ard bearer of the republican- party was made by Black in a speech which, was greeted with wild enthusiasm, the delegates leaving their seats and marching around the hall. The nomi? nation was seconded by Senator Bev? eridge. The notification committee was appointed and July 27th fixed as the date to officially notify President Roosevelt of his selection as the can? didate of the party. Fairbanks has been chosen as the candidate fnr vice president, and the date of his notifi? cation fixed for one week later. General Strike Called. New York, June 22.-The general strike in all branches of the readymade clothing trade in this city called by the Garment borkers' Trade council went into effect today. The men claimed that, more than 30,000 will have quit work before night while members of the New York Clothing Manufacturers' association against whom the strike is directed declared that most of their shops were running with both non-union and union men who had either refused to go out OF had not been affected by the strike or? der. The trade council agrees with the employers that the only point of dif? ference is the "open shop" declara? tion promulgated by the labor bureau of * the National Association of Clothiers after its convention in Phil? adelphia. The strike has been order? ed only in association factories where the work is done directly by the man? ufacturers. Are Your Lungs Weak. Doe3 the cough, left by the grippe-or the cold, contracted during the winter, still hang on ? Rydale's Elixir will cnre your cough and heal your weak lungs. 3ft kills the germs that cause cnronic throat; and lung disease and helps nature restera the weakened organs to health. Trail size 25c. Family snse 50c. All dealers. North Carolina negroes held a lynch? ing of their own and in the same week took charge of a Republican district convention and elected all negro dele? gates to' the Roosevelt convention. Yet there are some who question the progress of the colored race. (V?T Davis asks the readers of this paper to test the value cf Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Those persons who have used it and who have been cured by it, do not hesitate to re? commend it to their friends. Kodol digests what you eat, cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. In? creases strength by erabling the stomach and digestive organs to contribute to 'the. blood all of the nutriment contained in the food. Ko3ol Dy?p?p?ia Cure js pleas? ant and palatable. A polished gentleman does not al ways shine when you rub him the wrong way. Nain re Td i s Yon As Many a Sumter Exacter Knows Too Well When the kidneys are sick Nature tells you all about ir. 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