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THE KING OF ENGLAND DEAD. Edward VII Siircuinbs to Pneumonia und Bronchitis. London. May 6.- King Edward died ut midnight. Tho bnd cunio peacefully. He was surrounded by the entire royal family, which bad been summoned In the early hours of the evening. Only a few reporters lind a few officials were at thc palace when Lc rd Knollys entered the office a few minutes after midnight and quietly announced that the King was ?lead. The Prince and Princess of Wales left the palace nt 12.17 a. m.. return ing to Marlborough House. Some of the King's nearest friends declare that his Illness was brought on hy worry and !os.s of sleep, result ing from tho political situation. The cause of death, it ls under stood, was pneumonia, following bronchitis. The Official Bulletin. The official bulletin announcing tin king's death read as follows: "May l>, ll.CO p. at.-lils majesty, the King, breathed his last at 11.46 lo*night in the presence of her maj esty, Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess of Wales, tin? Princess Royal, th" Duchess ol Pife, Princess Victoria ami Princess Louise, the Duchess of Argyl." Heart Affection Follows Choking Spell. About S o'clock the King experi enced choking spells, which affected his heart. About 7.KO o'clock all the members of tho royal family were j summoned to I he palace. The Duke of Connaught, brother of King Ed ward, and (he duchess arrived to-day at Suez upon their return from an African hunting tri]). This evening's bulletin, hearing the fateful word "critical" in describing the King's condition, was a stagger ing blow to the waiting multitude of all classes around the palace. They had been gradually growing more op. li mistic ns the day advanced. "All Over," Said the Dying King. "Well, lt is all over, hut I think 1 have done my duty." These words fell from the lips of King lid ward VU in a waking inter val late yesterday afternoon. Crisis Hangs Over (i'reat I fri ta i ll. From a political and other points of view, his death may mean disas ter. The greatest constitutional cri sis in generations hangs over Croat Britain. King Edward was familiar with all the features of the situation, which will be particularly trying to his successor, who, upon the thresh old of his reign, will he called upon to deal with the question of employ ing the authority of the crown to curb th?1 powers of the peers. Prom a social and husine. s view point tho monarch's demise is equal ly unfortunate. The social season, when families are Hocking from the country to London and the mer chants counting upon a big business. ls just beginning, and was expected this year to be the most brilliant of many seasons. The King's death throws the court and country Into mourning and end the social activi ties. Incidentally, Mr. Roosevelt's visit, which all England has antici pated as a unique event, will bo can celled, or at least made extremely (inlet. Love Causes Two Suicides. Ellerslie, Ca.. May C.-The funeral of George Batchelior, son of .1. s. UatChellor, who killed himself yes terday with a shotgun, was conduct ed to-day. The young man. who was well re spected by everybody, returned from the Held, where ho had been al work at noon yesterday, apparently in a cheerful mood, went to his room and In a few minutes a shot was heard. Hushing to his room his family found tlu' door locked, and breaking it open, found the young man lying dead on Hie door, lb- had placed (he gun (o his hoad and the entire charge had entered just behind his ear. It was stated hy friends of the young man that his tragic death I was the result of a love affair. This, following the death of young Abe Hush, who committed suicide at Cottonlon, on (he Chattahoochee river, on Friday last, and whose body was found with a bullet boh" in his head Wednesday, makes the second death from suicide over love affairs that lins occurred near here during the past week. Three Firemen Dead. Macon, Ca.. May (I. Chas. A. Mc Crary, Leo Perkins Roberts and J, Ed Bullington, three members of Ma con's Uro department, were dashed to death lu the twln'ch of an eye, I bree other firemen wer?, severely In jured and tho new $S,00u motor fire engine, recently purchased by the eily, was wrecked In an accident hore last night, when a swerve of six in ches throw the big machine on the castings of an intake basin and t li?' curb stone and (hence into three large telephone poles, SENATOR SMITH AND COTTON. Says thu III vest IffAtlon Into Salos HUN Cost About 940,000,000. "Tho Investigation Into the sales of cotton, which Attorney General Wickorsham is conducting, has cost the American people nearly $40, 000,000." So asserted Senator Smith, of South Carolina, in the United states Senate recently. He was making a speech lu the hope of persuading the Senate to adopt the resolution directing the Attorney General to ascertain the nttmes of the persons who sold the cotton to the New York pool. .Mr. Smith said that, whereas only j $40,000,000 worth of manufactured Hoods had been exported last year, $000,000,000 worth of .raw cotton had been sent abroad. Tills year the cotton exportation, he said, will be abeu? $800,000,000. "The Attorney General is investi gating the sales of spot cotton. I want him to Investigate the sellers to Hud out who were engaged in try ing to put down the price. I want him to Inquire as to the gentlemen who got together and sold the cotton without having lt to sell. His inves tigation, so far as it has none, has ile. pressed the price to the extent of a cent a pound, a total cost to the peo ple at largo of forty million dollars. Let him extend the Inquiry so as to show the real facts." Speaking sarcastically, Mr. Smith said: "If the Attorney General must conduct an Investigation, let him in vestigate the chief of tin? weather bu reau for bringing on the recent frost, and if tiiat ls not conclusive, let him yo nigher and Investigate Jehovah himself for running the cotton crop ol' the present season." He went on: "I believe, and the South believes, that this Interference at this time ls for the specific purpose ol' relieving certain bears on the cotton market." Ile declared machinations on the Stock Exchange were in th?' Interest of foreign buyers. HL> said on ac count of the scarcity of seed it would he Impossible to plant more than 6fi per cent of the average cotton crop for the present year. The resolution was adopted. lt directs the Attorney General to in quire as to the naines of the "party or parties, or corporations, that sold the cotton alleged to have been bought by a pool of purchasers, who are not under Investigation by the department of justice; also as to the prices, whether or not they owned the cotton at the time of th?' sale thereof, and the price of spot cotton in the South on the date of the con t racts." Senator Clay Introduced a bill on the same day prohibiting the trans mission hy mail, telephone oi tele graph, of all information concerning futur?' sales of cotton. Never can tell when you'll mash a linger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or scald. He prepared. Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil Instantly relieves the pain--quickly cures the wound. (?illespie-ltobertsoii. (Pickens Sentinel-Journal. May .">.) At mid-day Thursday. April 28th, Miss Ada Gillespie, of Pickens, and .lames A. Robertson, of Oconee, were married by Rev. L. I). Gillespie, a brother of the bride, with the im pressive ceremony of the Methodist ritual. The ceremony took pince at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Gillespie, a few miles from town. The bride was charming in her gown of net over ?oft white silk, carrying a beautiful bouquet of white roses. April's gilt to the bride was one of ber very finest days. The old booie had never looked prettier. The soil, dark green ol' the big old apple trees lent a touch and tone lo the light of this bright April day that, gave the old place a charin indescrib. able. Even nature seemed to have had her way, for the colors there in the parlor, dining room and hall were those of spring while and green, with a massing of pink roses. After a two-coins,, luncheon the happy couple drove away to catch an afternoon train. They will be at homo at Salem, s. G., after a few days. Only the intimate friends and nearest relatives were present. To Display State Kings. Arrangements are. being made io meet the requirements of the act of the last General Assembly, which re quires that State Hags be placed on all public buildings In the State, in cluding the State House, county court houses and t.ie colleges of the State. lt is required by the that tho Stale Hags be manu fact u red ?it Clem son College. .4 # fr* "Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years. No appetite, and what 1 did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Ritters cured me."--J, H. Wal ker, Sunbury, Ohio. HON. a. i). HA i.i-i:\<;i:u DEAD. Prominent Lawyer, Noted in Many Cases nf Interest. Columbia, May A.--Hon (?. Dun ran Bellinger, formerly Attorney Clouerai of the State, died at 9.30 o'clock to-night at his home in Shan don, a suburb of Columbia. (Jen. Bellinger had been sick for some time, hut following a trip to Florida it was thought thal his condition was much improved. However, last Sunday lie was taken suddenly ill and his recovery was llspaired of. Showing a Bligh* I m pi o vernen t to day, his condition became grave late this afternoon and to-night the end came. Chronic dysentery and liver trouble was the cause of h's death. Cen. Bellinger first came into prominence when as solicitor lie pros, ecuted the tannins B roxton Bridge cases in Colleton county. In the early days of the State dispensary he was a well known tlgure, and a Attorney Oeneral he was feared s a prosecuting officer of the State. He was prosecutor iii the Brown lynching case in dispensary times. Cen. Bellinger was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1895. Ile had resided In Columbia practically since that time. The law linn of Bellinger ii Townsend. Bel linger & Welch, and later a sepa rate law linn, were monuments of his legal talent after lils term as At torney (Ieneral was over. (Jen. Bel linger was a member of the distin guished family ol' Bellingers in lower South Carolina, having been born in Barnwell. Not only as a prosecuting officer was be renowned in South Carolina, but his defense in the big cases will ever be remembered by those whose pleasure it was to hear him. Notable among recent eases In which he appeared as defendants' at torney are the Seminole trials, the dispensary trials and other big eases. In the famous Southern merger suit, the preliminary of which was cried here In 11107 before Judge Kin gb and a postponement had, Cen. Bellinger was associated with Attorney C?ne la 1 Lyon for the State. Recently on account partly of the absence of Cen. Bellinger In Florida th,? alleged graft cases at Chester were postponed. In local cases Cen. Bellinger appeared frequently, a sen sational trial recalled being that of Samuel Owens, for whom Cen. Bel linger was counsel. Cen. Bellinger ls survived by his wife, who was Miss O'Bannan. of Barnwell, and the following children: C. Duncan Bellinger. Jr., Misses So libio, Anne, Norman and Harry Bel linger. The burial will take place at the old home In Barnwell. Justice of Ponce Not Peaceable. Woodbury. Ca., May ."?. -W. H. Brown, who lives near hore, was kill ed late last night by his 13-year-old son, Abner. Brown was drunk and witb a pistol in his hand hail his wife hy (he hair of thc head swearing he would kill her. His young son ran to the door ?nd shot his father dead. Brown was a State guano Inspector under Governor Terrell and was jus tice of the peace when killed. MADE WELLAND STPG By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Jefferson, Iowa.- "When my baby was j ust two months old I w ns co nv pletely run down and my internal or? f[ans were in terri ll.' shape. 1 began taking Lydia ?, Pinkham's vegeta ble Compound, ?md mother wrote and told you just how I ''^?^&r'f-???? was I began to gain ff I f f '?X at once ami now 1 _i ' ' In m real well." - Mrs. AV. IL BruoKH, 700 Cherry St., Jefferson, Iowa. 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It i,; free (inri always helpful* SIMMONS ATTACKS COTTON l?OOIi Says Investigation Hurt Cotton Grow ers and Henellted Spinners. Washington, .May 4.--In a speech j delivered in lite Senate to-day, Sena tor Simmons, ol' North Carolina, at tacked the methods ot' the Depart ment ot' Justice In the matter of Us prosecution of the cotton pool, ile did not complain because of the suits, but. because the cotton producers and spinners had been Involved in the matter. Complaining of partiality in the enforcement of the Sherman anti trust law, Mr. Simmons declared that in undertaking to prosecute the bulls and not the hears, the department had undertake) only a partial prose cution. Ile said that the proceeding amounted to a usurpation of author ity. Senator Simmons made bitter complaint against a course which, he said, bad had the effect of placing the real cotton men In the light of speculators, when the efforts had been in exactly the opposite direc tion. "If tin? colton spinners of the country will co-operate in the same line which the cotton spnners of th? South are pursuing, all the exchanges of the country will be on a spot basis instead of a paper basis," he said. He contended that contracts for future sales of cotton should be for a real, and not a sham, delivery. The Attorney t?eneral's attitude to ward the price of cotton was sharply criticised. He said that official had attacked prices not because of thc pool, but because he considered them a national evil. "He has the whole matter wrong; prices are not ab normally high," said Mr. Simmons; "they certainly are not above the level of prices fixed by the tariff and in the Interest of monopoly." Ile said that there had been no protest from the Attorney General when the bears had squeezed $15 out of the price of cotton. He contended that the high prices of the present day were due to short crops, and other natural causes. He said prices were not high enough, and he thought they would go higher. "And the Attorney General cannot prevent that, whatever proceedings he may Institute in the Interest of foreign buyers," be added. Mr. Simmons refused to concede to the government the right to In terfere with the purpose of affecting the price of the staple. "lt is as startling as it is unpatri otic, and it is as unpatriotic as it ls I untenable." he declared, sneaking of | the Attorney General's course. As our chief article of export, he declar- ' ed that the price of cotton should be , kept up. Ile said that, while the South always would be the first to receive the benefit of any Increase, the whole country would profit. Don't let the baby suffer from ec zema, sores or any itching of the skin. Doan's Ointment gives Instant ) relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe for children. All druggists sell it. | W. C. Rochester. W. G. Rochester died at his home j in Anderson on May 1st at 2 p. m., I and his remains were brought to Walhalla on the noon train on the 2d and carried to the home of his brother, J. F. Rochester. The fune ral was conducted on the .'ld at the home of J. F. Rochester, at ?L30 a. m., by Rev. L. M. Lyda, of the Sec ond Paptist church, after which the remains were taken to Westview cemetery. There Rev. Lyda read some verses from God's Word, alter which (he remains were lowered to their last resting place. Mr. Rochester was a son ol' Mr. and Mrs. Holland Rochester, of Ocala. N. C. Neil her father nor mother was present to lake a last view of theil- loved one. They were prevent-j ed by age and infirmities. Mr. Ro chester leaves a wife and seven chil dren to mourn their loss. He was a member ol' the Second Paptist church of Anderson, a tin?' Christian, a de voted father and husband. To know him was to love him. He lived In Walhalla for a good many years. Foley Kidney Pills contain In con centrated form ingredients of estab lished therapeutic value for the re lief and cure of all kidney and blad der ailments. J. \V. Pell. State Confed?rate Reunion. Sparianburg, May ."?'. At a joint meeting of committees from Camp Joe Walker, of the Confederate Vet erans, the city council and thc Chaih ber of Commerce, held this morning, I August 17 and IS were the dates set for the annual reunion of Confed? rale Veterans, to be held in tho city. These three bodies will co-operate in making all arrangements for the en tertainment of the old soldiers nnd arranging a program for the reunion. lt ls thought that the reunion this yoar will be the largest that the vet erans have ever held In this Stale, and the city of Spartanburg is making plans for giving them a royal wel come. ARE FIRE 'TMIKY will not burn. Will noi * Will not crack and roll off like like plain tin. 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Frank lin, a well known criminal lawyer. These attorneys by evidence in which no name was mentioned, set it up that a "mysterious man" was seen to leave the scene of the murder the night of the assassination. The counsel held thal this "mysterious" personage was the murderer. In this way sufficient doubt was raised to secure from the jury the recommen dation to mercy. The more you eat Quaker Oats the better your health will be. Practical experi ments with athletes show Qjuaker Oats to be thc greatest strength maker. Packed in regular ?Ixe packages, and In her metically aealed tina (or hot climates. 56 Must Kctake Census. Spartanburg, May 5.-Supervisor of Census Pritchard was In this city this morning investigating the re ports that have recently been made regarding the careless work ot' the enumerators here. Ile will require all the enumerators to go over their districts again and get the people who were passed the first time. 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