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tumorous ?rpartracnt. The Timely Microbe.?"I have just joined the anti-kissing club," said the beautiful girl. "Why, do you believe kissing is dangerous?" asked the man. "It depends on what you mean by dangerous. If you mean to ask me whether I am afraid of microbes I can say that I am not. I believe a great deal of this microbe and germ talk is absolutely ridiculous. As far as catching microbes is concerned. I shouldn't hesitate for a moment to? to" "To permit that sweet mouth of yours to be kissed by the right man," he suggested. "Well, if you want to put it that way you may," she returned. "But I wouldn't put it that way. May I show you how I would put It?" "I am waiting for you to do so." He gently placed one hand against the back of her poised head, placed the Angers of his other hand very tenderly under her pretty chin, then with a deft movement, which as far as she was concerned was absolutely painless, tilted her face upward and bending forward completed the process with an ease and naturalness that left her with absolutely no cause for criticism. After it was all over ne asKea: "Won't you tell me why you joined the anti-klssing club?" "Because?because," she sighed, "there Is such a thrill, you know, about anything that would get you Into trouble if It were found out? and then it gave me a chance to introduce the subject too."?Chicago Record Herald. Not So Poor As He Seesied.?The traveler through a part of New Hampshire where the stones seemed to be especially thick stopped to comment to her driver on a man who was at work in a field the surface of which was a little more tha>n a mass of stones of all sizes and shapes. "Yes, Jake's having a hard time of it," said the driver, who apparently knew every one in that region. "He's been at that field now for two years, nfr ' >' nn The wall all came out of the ground as you might say. and you can see there's still consid'able material to work on." "I should think he'd be perfectly discouraged to own such a piece of property," said the traveler. "Oh, he doesn't own it, ma'am, Jake doesn't," said the driver hastily. "Jake isn't so poor as all that. It belongs to Squire Farnum, and he'i hired Jake to clear It, that's all."? Youth's Companion. A Habit With Him.?There was a business man In a little western town who never had a good word for anybody. Every one held him In more or less fear and many disliked him strongly. He made no effort to cultivate friendships and at one time or another , almost every inhabitant of the village had had a quarrel with him. One day the old Hon tried to board a train wmcn aia noi ?iup. nc iui??.. ? great distance and fell in a heap on the track in the rear of the departing train. The group of villagers on the depot platform thought that their hereditary enemy had been killed before their eyes and were ready to drop all their bitter prejudices at the grave. One ran up to where the fallen monarch lay, and, seeing signs of returning life, anxiously asked: "Are you badly hurt, captain?" With the first short breath the fallen man was able to draw he gasped: "No, you d? old fool! That's the way I always get off a train."?Kansas City Times. Jkpfbrson's Idea.?Joseph Jeffer son was a swung ucuc?ci -j marriages, and he never missed an opportunity to impress his convictions upon young men. In an address at Yale once he said: "I abominate bachelors. The older they grow the more conceited they become. I was talking to one and I asked him why he did not marry. He parried the question by telling me about different young women he had known, finding some fault with each one. But it appeared that all of them had married. " 'You are in danger of getting left,' I said to him. 'You had better hurry up before it is too late.' " 'Oh,' said the bachelor, 'there are Just as good fish in the sea.' " 'I know that,' I said, 'but the bait?isn't here danger of the bait becoming stale?"'?Everybody's Magazine. Everybody Was Qitibt.?Back in the seventies of the last century a report reached army headquarters that the Indians had swarmed down on a little village in Idaho and murdered every inhabitant. A second lieutenant, who had just received his commission, was dispatched to the scene to ascertain the authenticity of the rumor. A few hours after his arrival in the village he sent this dispatch to the commanding officer: "Everybody is quiet here." Whereupon the commanding officer replied: "Your report is unintelligible. We have It from responsible source that Indians have massacred every inhabitant." The lieutenant answered: "Report Is correct. Everybody has been massacred. Everybody is quiet." Not Such an Easy Matter.?"These shoes will be all right." said the salesman, "after you get them broken in." The young man, who had beenj hesitating between that pair and one a size larger, took the salesman's word for It and purchased the shoes. I A week later he came back to the) store with a perceptible limp. "i wish vnu'd stretch these shoes." I he said. "They hurt my feet terribly." "Haven't you got them broken in yet?" asked the salesman. "Oh. yes," said the young man. "The trouble Is that I can't get my feet broken In." Unexpected.?The street car conductor nerved himself for the approaching battle. "Madam," he said, stepping alongside the elderly passenger with the) aggressive nose, thin lips and sharp chin, "you'll have to pay fare for that boy." "Certainly!" she answered, opening her purse and taking out a coin. "I expected to pay for him, sir. Do I look like a person that would try to beat the company out of three cents?" "Madam," he gasped, "you do! That's what fooled me!"?Chicago Tribune, iUisccllancous grading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. CHESTER. Lantern, May 25: Mrs. Jemima Nichols. with her little granddaughter. Grace Nichols of White Oak, came up yesterday afternoon to be with her son, Mr. J. C. Nichols, who underwent a successful operation for apnendicitis several days ago and is getting along well. Mrs. Nichols and baby, who have been with him since the operation, went home Wednesday Edwin Roscoe, the little son of Capt. E. R. Cox of Darlington, and grandson of Capt. and Mrs. J. S. Withers, died about twelve o'clock Wednesday at the home of Its grand- ' parents, in this city. The little boy was born the twenty-eighth of October last and was nearly seven months old. When he was about a month old his mother, who was Miss Mabel Withers, died, and he has all his life been in the care of his grandmother and aunts, and their love for him was unbounded Mrs. John Miller of Lancaster was in the city a short while this morning on her way to Yorkvllle to visit her sister, Miss Susie May Cloyd Mrs. Geo. T. Schorb of Yorkvllle, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. B. Kell at Fort Lawn, went home yesterday Dr. E. W. Pressly of Clover and Rev. P. T. Pressly of Lan * V> trH WoHnpqHflV easier, paoocu nu vuD>i ?. ? morning on their way to Due West . to be with their father, Dr. W. L. Pressly, who Is very ill Miss Mamie Tlmmle of Delphos, who has been visiting relatives here, went home yesterday morning. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Rena Tlmmle of Columbia, who had been a guest at the home of her uncle, Mr. W. P. Tlmmle, since Tuesday afternoon. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, May 25: The three months old child of Mr. and Mrs. , Robert Howe died Wednesday afternoon at their home near Olney and j was buried In the Olney churchyard ( yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. ( Rev. G. H. Sparrow conducted the ( funeral services At Newton yesterday a young white man was 1 killed by the excursion train. The train was loaded down and the man { attempted to get on while the train was in motion, and being hurled against the crossties he died almost instantly Mr. John W. Haas, a young business man of Charlotte and i Miss Maud Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Smith of West j Gastonia. were married Wednesday night at eight o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents. The marriage was solemnized in the presence of friends and neighbors. Rev. J. C. Galloway officiating. The happy couple left for Charlotte, their future home, the same night on No. 40. The marriage was the culmination of a happy romance, which had its beginning in the Presbyterian hospital, i Charlotte, several months ago. Miss Smith was a nurse in the hospital i and Mr. Haas was taken there to undergo an operation for appendicitis Mr. F. B. Gwln is nearer home now. He has resigned his position as baggage clerk in Statesville and is now cashier in the Southern's * ' rni k..ll/11MCT i uastonia agency xuc uunume season is now on. In addition to the new buildings going up in the neighborhood of the Clara cotton mills i there are two residences being built i in Gaston Terrace. Mr. W. T. Rankin 1 is building a neat little dwelling for ' Mrs. Cooke on her lot between Rankin's store and Mrs. N. E. Jenkins' residence. Mr. Perry Dover is building a handsome residence on East Franklin avenue on the place recently purchased from Mr. Anderson j Davis. The Loray mill has Just completed a number of cottages Just west of the mill. The new two-room brick ( store building of Mr. McKee Bradley, , at the Loray, is being completed. nricofo rociHpnPOQ arp hpinC built near the Loray and In other parts of the city Persons who have stowed In their book cases or libraries, books, magazines or any other literature relating to journeys over rugged territory, such as Policeman Louis Kerr went over Saturday night, will confer a great favor by loaning them to Mr. Kerr. It happened that during the round up on Tanyard row Saturday night, among other things captured was a quart cup brimming full of Ohio peach brandy; and as this part of. the booty was captured by Mr. Kerr, he was entrusted with the responsibility of carrying it to headquarters. Those acquainted with the territory in the rear of Tanyard row, know that Mr. Kerr had a rough road to travel. Mr. Kerr made the trip all right without a light or guide, but lo, and benoia, when he arrived at the city hall instead of a cup brimming full and overflowing, the cup was about half empty. And then it was up to Mr. Kerr to explain. LIONS RAID A TOWN. Strange Story of an Evening Attack In Central Africa. A herd of hungry lions attacked the town of Chorumo, British Central Africa, at the end of March, and not only killed eleven natives but put the rest of the population to flight and demolished many of their huts. Between fifteen and twenty lions made the raid at dusk. They first attacked two natives on the outskirts of the town. One of the natives escaped. and while the body of his companion was being torn to pieces he ran to the government building. The watchman on duty refused to believe his story, and while the frightened native was protesting the lions suddenly dashed into the main street. Three watchmen were struck down before they could reach their rifles. 1 and the native who had previously t escapeu was uitewise iviiieu. si fourth watchman, who fled to an inner room, was pursued by two of ' the brutes and torn to pieces. I A child was seized in front of one ] of the huts and when the frantic mother attempted to rescue it she ' was likewise attacked and devoured. Three other natives were killed and ' eaten. The lions killed a large num- | her of goats and other live stock, and afterward roamed through the town prowling around some of the huts in : which the inmates had barricaded 1 themselves. A large number of natives who managed to escape from the town 1 got into their canoes and paddled to ; the middle of the river Shire, where , they spent the night. They could distinctly hear the shouts of the be- 1 sieged. Chorumo is situated near the I Elephant Marsh game reserve, where ] fifty elephants lived last year.?Blati- | tyre correspondence of London Rxpress. SOUTH CftROLHI T How the Spirit of Libert, Unconquerfl By HEV. ROBEB From the Yorkville Enquirer of 1876. INSTALLMENT I. Causes of the Revolution. Whatever honor may be attached to those infant colonies which deliberately threw off the British yoke and declared themselves free and independent, no small share of that honor is due to South Carolina. In the preliminary events which culminated in an open rupture with the mother country, she le*l the way. It was, as we will see In the sequel, the misfortune of her leading men often to be far ahead of the age in which they lived. Really the government of South Carolina was never anything but a republic. The Fundamental Constitutions drawn up by the philospher, Locke, and adopted by the original proprietors, never were put In force over the people for whom they were designed as a power of government. The proprietors were forced to change and remodel those constitutions, as much from the character of the people, as from the nature of the country. South Carolina was in 1670, an unKrniren fr>r?st: and those who came from Europe to make their home In that unbroken forest, longed for freedom, and freedom they would have. From the very first they quarreled with the proprietors, and In a short time the proprietors cast them off with the angry declaration that they did not Intend to feed the colonists when there was no longer any reasonable expectation of being compensated. Thus they were turned out Into the wilds of the New World to work for themselves or starve. With an energy which put failure out of the question they went to work. They depended upon themselves. Necessity forced them to think and plan for the4r physical existence and for their social and political equality with the nations of the earth. Thus, whilst the early settlers of South Carolina cut down the forest and drained the swamps and planted and cultivated Indian corn, they sowed broadcast the seeds of genuine republicanism. In 1729. by a bold effort they freed themselves from the yoke of the original proprietors and placed themselves under the protection and government of England, but with greater privileges and more liberty than British subjects In England. From the first day that the colonists set their feet on the banks of the Kiawah, they were jealous of their rights, and every event In their history had a direct tendency to make them watch their chartered rights with sleepless vigilance. In 1762. Governor Thomas Boone sent a message to the general assembly in which he stated certain objections to the election law of 1721, and recommended that the enactment of "a new law was absolutely necessary." Boone acknowledged that z?al to promote the "prerogatives of the crown" had induced him to make this recommendation. When the message of the governor was received It was lmmediatey placed in the hands of a committee. One the 23rd of March, Just four days after the date of the message, the committee made its report, and on the next day the report was considered and the following reply sent to Governor Boone: May it please your Excellency, this House having fully considered the election act now in force, and not knowing or having heard of any bad consequences from the method thereby directed, for issuing, and executing writs of election, are of opinion that It is not necessary, at this time, to alter that law in any respect. In September of the same year Christopher Gadsden was duly elected a member of the assembly from St. Paul's Parish. Governor Boon?\ not only refused to administer the oath of office In the case of Gadsden, but also dissolved the assembly. He was deter- | mined to force the representatives of the people Into measures; but he had men to deal with who could neither be I wheedled nor bullied into measures. Governor Boone's avowed reason for not admitting Gadsden as a member of the assembly, was because the church wardens, who under the law, were the managers of the election, had not been sworn. It was proved that this was not the case, and the assembly determined to admit Gadsden to his seat in spite of Governor Boone's objection. This gave Boone a pretext for dissolving the assembly, Shortly afterward another assembly was chosen ind Christopher Gadsden was again sleeted. This greatly irritated Boone, ind the new assembly was not slow in manifesting its disapprobation of the governor's course with regard to the previous assembly. A series of resolutions were passed, the purport of which seas that the assembly itself and not the governor, Is the judge of the legally of the election of its own members; that the course of the governor respecting Christopher Gadsden was a violation of the privileges of the assembly of the province; that the previous conduct of Governor Boone was jnconstitutional, and had a direct tenlency to subvert and destroy the most issential and invaluable rights of the people of the province and reduce the iower and authority of the assembly to in abject dependency on the whims if the governor. It was also resolved ay this assembly that since the governor had refused to apologize for his ecent conduct, that the assembly tvould have nothing more to do with lim. This surely was a bold step and ivas indicative of what followed. The quarrel between Governor Boone ind the assembly of South Carolina continued up to the time of the passige of the notorious Stamp act by the English parliament. The leading men ivere thoroughly aroused to oppose inything that had the semblance of un enactment upon their liberties. The eaders In the movement in opposition to Governor Boone were Charles Pinekney, Henry Laurens, Peter Manignult, Isaac Mazyck, John ltutledge. James DJUUIU M-, I III l.^lU|iuri wuwou^u, Thomas Lynch, William Roper, Wllllam Scott, R. Simmons K. Lowndes, James Parsons, David Oliphant, Thomis Bee, Benjamin Smith and Thomas Wright. The controversy between the Assembly and Governor Boone was thoroughly discussed, both in public. And private, by these men, and the result was a hatred for oppression, and An Intense love of liberty was disseminated throughout the whole of the lower section of the province. When In 1074 tlie British parliament passed the stamp act. to take effect after the I# Hi HE REmilfHHi y Was Kept Alive By an tble People. X LATHAN, 13. 13. (1st of November, 1765, the people were go a whnlo nrennrerl to resist It. When the stamps arrived in Charleston, ,no one could be found who was willing to incur the odiuin and risk the danger of accepting the office of receiver. Hence the stamps were conveyed to Fort Johnson. The people were divided in their opinion as to the proper course to be pursued. Henry Laurens was opposed to violent measures; but public sentiment was against him. A party of one hundred and fifty men were armed and sent out to surprise the fort in which was stored away the stamps. It so happened that although Fort Johnson was a strong fortification, the garrison was weak. The party found but little difficulty in surprising the fort and getting possession of the stamps. The heavy guns of the fort were loaded, a flag raised and every preparation made for a conflict with the vessel which had brought over the stamps. It was however, agreed that the stamps would not be destroyed provided the captain of the vessel would convey them away and not land them elsewhere in AmeT lea. Tills was agreed to. ine captain took the stamps and the men returned to the city. Again the people were triumphant. They had driven Boone from South Carolina and now they had sent the stamps from America. Nothing was talked of in the province but liberty. Christopher Gadsden was accustomed to meet the multitude under a large live oak near the residence and discuss the great political questions of the day. Gadsden saw, a grand republic?far grander than that of Greece or Rome?springing into existence In South Carolina. Under this live oak Christopher Gadsden long before any of his compatriots In any quarter of North America, spoke of American Independence. American liberty was conceived In the brain of Christopher Gadsden. In 1769 the people of Charleston entered Into what was called a "nonImportation" agreement. In this It was determined not to Import any goods from England, and thus get rid of the tax which was Imposed upon certain arucietj. In 1774, the Continental Congress adopted what was called the American Association. This was complied with by the people of South Carolina generally. The tea brought into the colony was stored away in warehouses and there it rotted; not a single pound of it was ever sold. On the 11th of January, 1775 a Provincial Congress chosen by the people met at Charleston. J Charles Cotesworth Plnckney was chosen president. Things now began to assume a warlike appearance. Volunteer companies were formed and drilled and every thing indicated war. On the 19th of April, 1775?the very day the battle of Lexington, was fought? the Swallow, a packet ship, arrived in Charleston. She had dispatches for the governors of the southern colonies. Henry Middleton, John Rutledge, Christopher Gadsden, Thos. Lynch and Edward Rutledge by order of the council of safety, seized the mail. The pri. vate letters were returned to the postofflce, but the dispatches to the governors were opened. From these dis- j patcnes it was learnea inai .cwigianu had determined to force her colonies into subjection. These dispatches were sent to the Continental Congress and from them that body first learned the real Intentions of Great Britain. So soon as the people of South Carolina heard of the battle of Lexington, they regarded every tie which bound them to England as severed and began to make preparation for both defensive and offensive war. All the arms and ammunition within their reach were seized and a vessel was sent out to capture the Brig Betsy, which was known from the Intercepted dispatches to be on her way with a large quantity of powder for John Stuart, the Indian agent. The brig was found at anchor off the bar of St. Augustine, and completely surprised. Ninety-one barrels of powder, amounting to about ten thousand pounds yere obtained and an#A)tr A I t A thfl noiinnll ftf Q Q fp _ ty. Part of this powder was used at the battle of Bunker Hill. We have thus hastily run over the events leading to the Revolution of South Carolina. Briefly as they have been treated, they still show that South Carolina was one of the principal actors in the beginning of that wonderful undertaking, the American Revolution. In future we will confine ourselves to the particular battles fought during that eventful period in South Carolina. North Carolina and Georgia, together with a brief sketch of the principal heroes in the various conflicts. to be continued. Enforcing Law in Lancaster.? Commenting on the protest of the "Anti-Liquor League of Lancaster," against the pardon of a man convicted of violating the prohibition law, the T.nnpfictpr W\v? SflVS! "The Anti-Liquor League of Lancaster, has filed with the governor a protest against the granting of the petition for the pardon of Mr. J. D. Walker, now serving sentence for selling liquor in Lancaster. There is scarcely a man here who does not feel sorry for Mr. Walker, but we do not believe that the sentiment of the community favors the extension of executive clemency to him?at least not for the present?for he has as yet served but a small part of ills sentence. "Mr. Walker, as is well known, is a white man of intelligence and education, and if one of that class is not to be punished for the commission of so heinous an offence as illicit liquor selling, wherein is the justice of punishing obscure and ignorant violators of ? I l.^.r 1?. nil* IUW, u liriiir? Miv J V. W. black? Tin* law Is no respecter of persons, or, at least, it should not be, but if there is any discrimination at all it should be against the educated white man. And it may be that some Idea of that kind was in the mind of the judge when he imposed sentence on Mr. Walker." ivtty larceny is grand larceny when applied to a stolen kiss. so A woman will have her way even if it is a roundabout way. No man can accomplish anything great who doesn't begin on a small scale. THE NAVY'S LOST SHIPS. Cause of Naval Accidentn and the Punishments Inflicted. In 1865 the U. S. S. San Jacinto ran aground on the Bahama Banks. She was not seriously injured, but her commanding officer was courtmartlalled and sentenced to three years suspension; he appealed from this decision and the president ordered a new trial by a different court, which resulted In the same sentence being Imposed as in the first instance. January 4, 1866, the U. S. tug Narcissus foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. A volunteer ensign was in command unu lie IIUU u. icpuiauuu as a competent officer. A violent hurricane passed over the gulf at the time, and as all hands were lost 1 It Is presumed that the accident was unavoidable. In June, 1867, the U. S. S. Sacra- 1 mento was lost on an unknown reef In 1 the Bay of Bengal. Her captain and navigator were tried by court-martial, were both found guilty and sentenced to three years suspension and 1 to be publicly reprimanded. In both cases the sentence was reduced to two years by the secretary of the 1 navy. In 1867 the U. S. S. Monongahela. while anchored In the harbor of Fredlckstadt, island of St. Croix, was picked up by a tidal wave and landed on a wharf. The next wave In receding carried the ship to the entrance of the harbor and deposited her on a coral reef, from which she was later removed but little damaged 1 lit. 11 1 S 11#^ ana wun smtu i iusa ui mc. In the same storm the U. S. S. De Soto, anchored In a St. Thomas harbor. was treated In a similar way and, as In the case of the Monongahela. she was later floated with but little damage and small loss of life. No court martial was ordered In either of these cases. August 13, 1868, the U. S. S. Fredonla and the U. S. S. Wateree were anchored In the harbor of Arlca, Peru, where they were overwhelmed by a tidal wave, resulting from an earthquake, which carried the Wateree half a mile Inland, from which position the ship was never moved; the Fredonla was sunk In the same harbor by the same wave and most of her officers and crew were lost. In neither case was a court-martial ordered: In 1868 the U. S. S. Suwanee was lost In Shad well Passage, Alaska. There are irregular and unusually strong currents In this locality, and while the ship had been furnished with the only available charts, they were imperfect and incomplete. Her captain was court-martialled and exonerated. January 24. 1870, the U. S. S. Oneida while putting to sea in Yokohama Bay was In the night run into by the English steamer Bombay and sank fifteen minutes after the collision, carrying down nearly all her jtfleers and crew. A court of Inquiry showed conclusively that the Oneida had the right of way and no court-martial was ordered. In 18 70 the U. S. S. Saginaw was carried by unknown and uncharted currents onto a reef in the Pacific ocean and was lost. Her commander, Lieutenant-Commander Montgomery Slcard, one of the most distinguished officers in the navy, was court-martialled and exonerated. In 1874 the U. S. S. Brooklyn ran aground near Key West, Fla. She was floated and no damage was done. Her captain was court-martialled and acquitted. In 1875 the U. S. S. Saranac, while cruising in uncharted waters in Seymour Narrows off the Alaskan coast, was thrown by a whirlpool on a sunken rock and lost. No courtmartial was ordered. In 1877 the U. S. S. Huron was lost during a severe storm on Cape Hatteras. As her captain, navigator and deck ofllcers, who were on duty at the time, as well as nearly all the other officers and men. went down with the ship, there was no courtmartial ordered. In 1881 the U. S. S. Rogers, a whaler purchased to take part in the Greely relief expedition, while frozen in the Ice in the Arctic ocean, caught Are and, being saturated with oil, was quickly destroyed. No courtmartial was considered necessary. In 1883 the U. S. S. Ashuelot was run on a rock off the coast of China and lost. Her captain was courtmartialled and dismissed from the service. It is worth noting that this I nffloor liAii nrpvlnnslv hp?n rlismlnspd for drunkenness and restored by an act of congress. In 1888 the U. S. S. Enterprise ran onto a submerged barrier in Christiana Bay, which was new and did not show on the charts furnished the ship. The ship was not damaged and no court-martial was ordered. In 1889 the U. S. S. Trenton, Vandalia and Nipsic were lying at anchor in the harbor of Apia, Samoan Islands, in company with a German squadron of three ships and H. M. S. Calliope, when such a terrific hurricane arose that the American and German ships, being unable to steam against it, were wrecked; the Englishman, being a new ship, with, for that day, powerful engines, was able ; to get to sea. The Trenton and Vandalia were a total loss; the Nlpsic, however, was later pulled off the reef and repaired. Several officers and many men were lost. No courtmartial was ever ordered. In 1889 the U. S. S. Constellation was run aground in Lynnhaven Bay, but received no injury. Her captain was court-martialled and sentenced to two years suspension. This sentence was reduced to one year by the secretary of the navy. In 1891 the LJ. S. S. Dispatch was run aground and lost 011 the New Jersey coast, and although a court of inquiry found the captain and the officers of the deck negligent the secretary of the navy decided that a court-martial was not necessary. In 1891 the U. S. S. Galena, while being towed by the tug Nina, was run aground on Gay Head, off the Massachusetts coast, the course of the tug being directed from the Galena. The Galena had 110 deviation table and the captain had failed to compare his compass with the tug's. The ships were In a dense fog at the time of the accident. The captain of the Galena was suspended for one year. The same year at the same time the tug Louisiana, while proceeding in the fog to the relief of the Galena, ran on a rock. Her commanding officer was court-martlalled and acquitted. In 1892 the U. S. S. Alliance was run against the breakwater In Yokohama harbor, with slight damage. The t captain was court-martialled and j suspended for one year. | In 1892 the U. S. S. Tallapoosa was run down and sunk by a coal laden schooner. A court of Inquiry showed that the Tallapoosa had the right of way and no court-martial was ordered. In 1893 the U. S. S. Mohican was run on a rock off the badly charted Alaskan coast. The captain was court-martlalled and dismissed. In 1894 the U. S. S. Kearsarge was run onto Roncador Reef in the Caribbean sea, and iost. Her captain and navigator were each sentenced to two years suspension and In both cases was reduced to one year by the secretary of the navy. In August, 1894, the U. S. S. Adams, was run aground on St. Paul Island, Bering sea. The accident was due to unknown or irregular currents. Her acting captain and navigator were sentenced to one year's suspension, which was reduced to six months by the secretary of the navy. In 1898 the U. S. S. Maine was blown up In Havana harbor. No court-martial was ordered. In 1899 the U. S. S. Charleston was, while using old Spanish charts on the Philippine coast, run onto an uncharted rock and lost. Her officers were held blameless. In 1901 the U. S. S. Yosemlte was by tidal wave driven ashore on the island of Guam and then carried to sea, where she foundered. In this case me uiucers were titquuieu. In 1903 the U. S. S. Frolic, while entering the harbor of Cebu at night, was run on a reef, from which she was later removed, little damage having been done. Her commanding officer was sentenced to receive a public reprimand. February 26, 1903, the tug Leyden was, during a violent storm, run onto rocks off Block Island. Her commanding officer was court-martlalled and acquitted of negligence. In 1903 the U. S. torpedo boat Wlnslow collided with a ferryboat in New York harbor. Her commanding officer was sentenced to lose three numbers and receive a public reprimand. In 1904 the U. S. Culgoa collided with and sank a schooner. The court-martial developed the fact that the Culgoa had the right of way. and her captain was acquitted. In 1905 the U. S. S. Eagle was run on a rock and slightly damaged. Her commanding officer was sentenced to lose (our numbers. May 17. 1905, the U. S. S. Detroit, while leaving the harbor of Puerto Plata. Dominican Republic, was twice run aground. Her captain was court-martlalled and dismissed from the service. 1 nese iniriy-seven acuiueuu m elude twenty-two ships lost for the] following reasons: By hurricanes or tidal Waves, which human power could not have foreseen or controlled, six; uncharted currents or on uncharted rocks, six; by collision In cases In which the man of war had the right of way and therefore her officers wet*e not at fault, two; the U. S. S. Maine blown up In Havana harbor, one; the U. S. S. Rogers burned, one; the U. S. tug Leyden, a small vessel, lost In a violent storm and her commanding officer found without fault, one; and there were five ship lost when the accident presumably should have been avoided. In one of these cases the captain was dismissed, in one the responsible officers were lost and In the other three the sentence of the court was reduced by the secretary of the navy or no court was ordered by him.? Mr. Weeks of Massachusetts, In the House of Representatives. DISEASE AND BULLETS IN WAR. Proportion of Death* From The*e Causes In Recent Campaigns. "It is a commonplace or history, corroborated and confirmed by the experience of almost every campaign, alike in civilized and in uncivilized countries, no less in modern than in ancient times, that disease is a more potent element of warfare than the weapons of the enemy." So writes Dr. Thomas P. Dewar in an admirable essay. It is a surprising circumstance that, in spite of the general recognition accorded by history to the influence of epidemic disease in swaying the fortunes of a campaign, In. spite of the immense power for the mitigation of such diseases which the advance of bacteriology and epldemology has put within our reach, so little serious effort has been expended against the pestilences (particularly typhoid fever and dysentery) which have always stalked in the wake of armies In the field. How different has been our success in preventing in practice diseases which are preeminently preventable in ^theory, Is shown by the recent record of the South African war. This campaign ovtonrioH nvop a nerlnrl r?f thlrfv three months. Precise figures are not yet available, but Dr. Dewar considers that it may be said with a close approximation to accuracy that the death rate from disease was sixty-nine per 1,000 of the total number of troops engaged, while the death rate from wounds was twelve per 1.000. Excluding cases of immediately fatal wounds it appears that the cases admitted to hospital for sickness outnumbered those admitted for wounds by no less a margin than twenty to one. ! SOUTH I i KAJLKi | ? THROUGH t EVERY DAY Al H $) Drawing Room Sle< 5 ani ? SOUTHERN RY J FINEST CARS 1 9 5 Convenient Schedule 2 'a j For Full Informat 5 SOUTHERN RAIL1 5 R. W. I 2 Division Passe ? Charlesto * BROOKS Y w B ^ Asst. (iiMieral Pa & Atlanta 5 tKA*A?AI?AIUItA*AltAaUllA?AKA*?i If our own experience is not convincing enough, there is no lack of corroboration. Among the French troops engaged In the Crimea 75,000 died of disease and but 20,000 of wounds; In the French expedition to Madagascar in 1895 only seven men were killed by the enemy, but out of a total of 23,000 engaged there fell to maladies contracted In service no fewer than 7,500, or almost thirtythree per cent. Upon two occasions only does history tell of a campaign In which the disease death rate was lower than the wound death rate. Of these occasions the first was the Franco Prussian war or isyu-vi, auring which the deaths from disease amounted to 18.6 per 1,000, while the death from wounds reached 33.7 per 1,000. This, however, Is explained by the author of the essay under notice on the score of the brevity of the campaign, the constant favorable character of the season of the year. None of these benign characteristics marked the second and great exception to the rule, the present army of Japan. Throughout a long and arduous campaign, conducted under climatic conditions of quite exceptional rigor) the Japanese are reckoned to have lost by sickness 15,300 men ( as against 57,150 killed in battle or subsequently died of injury. Much remains to be done before we can hope to vie with the excellence of the military hygiene of the Japanese, and all students of the question may be commended to Dr. Dewar's essay, which embodies a wide personal experience of military service with a practical moderation too rarely seen In specialists.?London Hospital. NEW GOODSI am continually receiving new goods of various kinds, and among my latest arrivals is a large shipment of BROOMS?various weights and qualities and a variety of prices. All of them are full value for the price. I have a large supply of Cane Seed, approved varieties, and also have full stock of MILLET and MELON SEEDS. In edibles I have the celebrated Klngan Hams, Caraja Coffee in tins. Barrel Coffee, and Arbuckles?all of it roasted. I also have Canned Corn and Sweet Peas. They are about as good as the fresh article. Try them. That Suit of Spring Clothing? If you haven't bought yet come and let me show you the Made-to-Measure line of LAMM & CO.?The Best' on Earth Tailors. Their clothing Is made of best materials by best workmen and In the best of style at the lowest of prices. See my samples. W. M. KENNEDY. Agent. COTTON INSURANCE. JAM prepared to write Insurance on Cotton stored either in open yard or In outbuildings on farms. Farmers can arrange to borrow money on my insurance policies on cotton held on their farms the same as if the cotton were stored in a warehouse In town. Rate 3& per cent. Write or call at my office for rates of Insurance and other Information. J. R. LINDSAY. Oct 3. t.f. tf. ALL THROUGH THE YEAR Best Recipes of Local Housekeepers. COLLATED IN HANDSOME BOOK. THE "ALL THROUGH THE YEAR" Cook Book consists of 136 pages of recipes, grouped In convenient and comprehensive form and makes up a work that will be of service in every household. Bound in strong paper covers. The price of the book is 60 Cents. When ordered by mail, 8 Cents extra. It may be had from the following places in Yorkvllle: Strauss-Smith Co. See Miss Glenn or Miss Wallace. i or k vine mtniuuK ? mciuwuic company. See Miss Cody. York Drag Store. I. W. Johnson. Loan and Savings Bank. Orders also filled by Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, or Mrs. S. M. McNeel. Yorkvllle, S. C. AN ORDINANCE. Fixing the Tax Levies of the Town of Yorkvllle, S. C., for the Current Year, 1906, for Ordinary Municipal Purposes and to Pay the Interest on Sundry Town Bonds, and the Time for the Payment of the Same and the Penalty for the Non-Payment There of. BE It ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Yorkville, S. C., in council assembled, and by authority of the same: Section 1. That & levy of TEN MILLS on each and every dollar of real and personal property, not exempt from taxation by law, held, or owned, within the corporate limits of the said town on the first day of January, 1906, be, and the same is hereby made: and from the funds arising from such tax levy a sufficient amount shall be used to pay the interest on said sundry town bonds, and the remainder thereof shall be applied to ordinary municipal purposes and expenses. Sec. 2. Said tax shall be due and papable on the 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1906, at the office of the town treasurer, and the books of the said treasurer shall be open for the collection of taxes on said date. Taxes may be paid without penalty up to and including the 15TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1906, after which last date a penalty of twenty per centum shall attach. Up to, and including the first day of December, 1906, taxes due and unpaid on the 15th day of November, 1906, will be received with the twenty per centum penalty. Sec. 3. After the first day of December, 1906, execution will be issued against all delinquents for the full amount of taxes due, together with twenty per cent penalty and all costs of collection, including one dollar cost for every execution issued by the town treasurer. Done and ratified in council, this 4th day of May, 1906. [3eajl] W. E. FERGUSON, Mayor Pro Tempore. /vilest. P. W. Love, Clerk. May 8 t 4t ERN | I )AI) | I SERVICE < jL the way. I igh Back Coaches ^ $ >Dors. 4 ? I r. DINING CARS. * 1 WSTEST TRAINS ^ * ?s on Local Trains ? 2 ion, Consult Any 1VAY AGENT, or J IUNT, | nger Agent, ? n, S. C. ? (ORGAN, | ssenger Agent, i, (2a. % k*A?A*A*A?U?UXA*A*AIU*AaU* {professional Cards. DR. M. W. WHITE, DENTIST Opposite Postoffice, - Yorkvilla, 8. C. JOHN R. HART. ATTORNEY AT LAW , No. 3 Law Ranee Yorkville, 8. C. W. W. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in the State and United States courts, and gives prompt attention to all business. Lends money on approved security. Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, 8. C. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, 8. C. /flBjjfifc OFFICE HOURS: g em. to i pm.;i p m. to5pm. Office In upstairs rooms of Cartwright building next to the Parish hotel burnt lot. J.S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. GEO. W. S HAliT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. YDRKVILLE, 8. C. I LAW RANGE 'Phono Offlce No. 0 D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Offico in Wilton Building, oppoaita Court House. Telepione No. 126. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. Schedule Effective April 19, 1906. WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 135, Daily?Rook Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?First Class. ? Lv. Rock Hill <.00 a.m. Lv. Tlrzah 0.19 a.m. Lv. Yorkvtlle 6.30 Sbm. Lv. Sharon 6.45 a.m. Lv. Hickory Qrove 1.00 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 7.16 a.m. Ar. Blackaburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Blackaburg 8.65 a.m. Ar. Marlon ..11.46 a.m. No. 113, Daily?Kingvillo to Blaokftburg?First Class: Lv. Kingvllle 11.00 a.m. Lv. Camden 12.36 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m. Lv. Catawba 2.37 p.m. Lv. Rock Hill 3.00 p.m. Lv. Tlrxah 3.17 p.m. T ar VAclrvlltA 9 9Q r\ m Uf AUIATI1IC fftMM Lv. Sharon 3.45 pjn. Lv. Hickory Grove S.67 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 4.10 pjn. Ar. Blackiburg 4.36 p.m. Ar. Marlon 8.10 p.m. EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 114, Daily?Blaoksburg to Kingville?First Class: Lv. Marlon 4.30 a.m. tv. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. v. Smyrna 8.03 a.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 8.14 a.m. Lv. Sharon ....' 8.26 a.m. Lv. Torkville 8.41 a.m. Lv. Tirzah 8.63 a.m. Lv. Rock Hill 9.80 a.m. Lv. Catawba 9.60 a.m. Lv. Lancaster 10.26 a.rn. Ar. Camden 12.00 n'n Lv. Camden 2.00 p.m. Ar. Kingville 8.30 p.m. No. 136, Daily?Marion, N. C* to Rook Hill. 8. C.?First Classi Lv. Marlon 6.26 p.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.46 p.m. .LiV. omyma v.iu p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 9.23 p.m. Lv. Sharon 9.38 p.m. Lv. Yorkville 9.54 pjn. Lv. Tirxah 10.10 p.m. Ar. Rock Hill 10.36 p.m. For further information address: BROOKS MORGAN, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent. Atlanta. Ga., or R. W. HUNT, Div. Passenger Agent, Charleston. S. C. C. & N-W. RY. TIME CARD. Effective May 13, 1906. Southbound Stations 7 Pass. 9 Pass. II Mix AM P M P M Chester 9.60 7.40 6.10 Lowrys 9.32 7.21 4.12 McConnells 9.22 7.10 3.64 Guthrles 9.17 7.06 3.46 Yorkville 9.01 6.60 3.06 Filbert 8.62 6.40 2.60 Clover 8.41 6.29 2.16 Bowlln 8.33 6.21 2.00 Gastonia 8.15 6.00 1.30 Northbound Stations 8 Pass. 10 Pass. 60 Mix P.M. A.M. A.M. Chester 4.20 8.60 4.30 Lowrys 4.36 9.08 4.67 McConnells 4.46 ?.Z4 o.i< Guthrlea 4.51 9.29 6.27 Yorkville 5.04 9.44 6.67 Filbert 5.17 9.66 6.86 Clover 5.27 10.07 6.60 Gastonia 5.60 10.34 7.50 Noa. 7 and 8, run Dally. MONET TO LEND. ON improved farms in York county. Interest: Loans not under $1,000, 7 per cent; under $1,000, 8 per cent. No broker's commissions. Repayments easy. Apply to C. W. F. SPENCER, Rock Hill, or undersigned. C. E. SPENCER, Atty. \t Law. Dec. 1. Aug. 1. f.t Ihr \|otkiiUf (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce as Second Class Mail Matter. 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