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THE HAMPTON MONUMENT Sculptor Ruchstuhl's Preliminary Model Approved By the Com mission-The Inscriptions. Columbia. S. C.. November 29. Mr. F. Wellington Ruchstuhl. the talented American sculptor who was selected to make the equestrian statue of Wade Hampton, met with the commission on Tuesday and it wa! agreed that the work should be push ed along the lines suggested by Mr Ruchstuhl in his preliminary model The entire commission was present Senator C. S. McCall ,of Marlboro chairman, Senator J. Q. Marshall ol Richland, Col. Altamont Moses o Sumter, Hon. B. A. Morgan ol Greenville and Hon. E. M. Seabrool of Charleston. The contract was made agreeabl< to all parties on the assurance of Mr Ruchstuhl that his model is intendec merely to give a general suggestior as to the features. The horse upor which Gen. Hampton's figure i. mounted in the model was admired very much by the members of the comission and Gen. Hampton's pos ture in the saddle was approved. Mr Rushstuhl assured the commissior that the features would be made sat isfactory or there will be no charg( for the entire mdnument. The site on the capitol ground. might cause the statue to be dwarfe in appearance, but at the intersectior of Main and Laurel streets it would present a most imposing appearance The only objection could come frorr the street railway company and thi, might be fixed by city ordinances sc that the cars could go ;tround the monument or might turn down Bland ing street instead of Laurel. Col. Moses said that if Columbiz should not care for the monumen1 Sumter would be glad to get it anc Mr. Seabrook said the same thing for Charleston. If it should prove tc be desirable to erect the statue away from the state capitol in order tha1 neither might detract from the genera: appearance of the other. it is thoughl that there will be no trouble to gel a Iesirable place in the city. Presuming that the monument will be built on the state house grounds the site will probably be near the Washington statue and facing Ger vais street. Such being the case, the inscription will be as follows: East Side-"Governor of South Carolina, 1876-1879. United States Senator, 1879-1895-" North Side-"Born March 18, 1818 Died April 11, 19o2." On the shield just below will be the last words uttered: "My people hite and black--God bless them all.' South Side-"Erected by Citizem f This State, 19o6." West Side-"Lieutenant Genera onfederate States Armv." On the eight shields on the westerr nd eastern sides wvill be placed the ight most prominent battles in which e was engaged. as follows: First Manassas. Brandy Station ettysburg, Trevilion. Sappony hurch, Burges Mill and Bentonville. A BIG SUIT. argest Ever Filed in Any Court ir Thie World, Involving Half Billion Dollars. Chicag''. Dcecmber i.--The larg st suit everT !ied in a.ny court in the -orld, inv olving over half a billior oliars, begins befo)re Judge Kolikat f the United S'.ate- co.urt. when th< -irs of Alison C. Stewa-zrt and Gen ilroad. The hirs wVill seek to re ver dam.xes~ frm thI 1:e rail road i e use of wevral miles of Stewar1 enue by the rai lro ad conmpanyv. anc this. is the~ principal ent.ranlce of th< ' road t ti cit! 41 . :he acti' n wil birterly- fi g t he propIerty~ in~ ispute came t th ginal ewner- a g:vernmt.nt :aa(1 ich they a :ttired whien Chicagt lhe Stewart hieirs gave thle land rc city with the restriction thai tld the land be used for any' bul riginal punrp 'e it should reveri 1e nle:rs. e. Penyas gt he right: oi andi the heir are now suinig. sidemt R * -eVeh and family are the cei*mants. In the Paddle Wheel. Mr. Stanhope Hall, author of "Twenty Years at Sea." was not much more than a boy when he had the following curious and terrifying adventure. the recollection of which haunted him all his life, says an ex change. The ship on which he was making his first voyage was loading cotton in Mobile bay and the captain had sent him in a small boat to get some newspapers from a big side wheel steamer which lay near by. In trying to bring the boat up to the steamer, he says, upset myself and went down. I could not swim and I struggled in hopeless terror. When I came to the surface I found myself in tile brackets of a great wheel; they were green with river moss and slippery as ice. but I re gained my breath. As I held on panting from my plunge a thrill of horror ran through me. The wheel had slowly began to revolve. In agony I shouted, but in that great wheel box my voice was nothing. Slowly the wheel turned, carrying me upward. When I reached the top I should be ground to pieces: or if by any chance I es caped that fate I should be drown ed when I was again drawn under the wheel into the fearful suction. Again and again I shouted. Finally as I was nearing the top, a little trap door opened and some one looked in to the box. I opened nyT mouth to call once more, but my throat was paralyzed: for a moment I cou'd not utter a note. The trap door was just closing. when with one mighty effort. my voice came back and I screamed. The man opened the trap again, saw me. siprang upon the wheel and snatched me into saftey. I was a heavy weight in his arms as he carried me to the deck, for I fainted dead away. A Cordial Invitation. Atlanta. Ga.. November 3o.-At a meeting of the Atlanta chamber of commerce last night a resolution ex tending President Roosevelt an invi tation to visit Atlanta wa- unani moisly adopted. The National As sociatiiin of Manufacturers meets in this city Mav 16. 17. 18, 1905. and the president is asked to visit the city during that time. The resolution assured the presi dent if the invitation shall be accept ed "a cordial and hearty reception." Its ini'roduction was the occasion ot several speeches, expressing the ear nest desire of the gathering that the president shall become a guest of At lanta and pledging him as warm a wvelcome as could be accorded hirn in any part of the land. Guessing Contests. WVashington. November 3.-An important meeting of the cabinet was held yesterday. Two questions of concern. particularly. were consid ered, the first being the appo intmen't by the president of an American naval officer in the North sea tribunal and the other being an opinion rendered Iby Attorney Genera] M\oody~ regard ing the legality. under the lottery laws. of "guessing contests."~ which he been conducted by many' news papers. and magazines. It was set tIed dletinitely that the app. inte'e to the tribunal would he a rear admniral of the n'avy. It is practic'ally certain that' the selecti n wv i l be madef Davi .,'had wick and .'' :2.1-..i ia A an tl et girlhe :i! It. er the who'Cl..e reofis ife. vighs. ookamounfu and1ell her~ .a pic GOUGH IN HIS PRIME. How the Famous Tem,rance Advo sate Confused His Opponents. John B. Gough, the famous advo cate of temperance. went to Great Britain in compliance with numer ous demands from press and public. When he appeared at Oxford the col lege students undertook to hiss him off the stage, so determined were they that temperance should not be preached there. Aftr enduring their hisses and cat-calls for about ten min utes, he startied them all by saying: "I can whip everyone of you, one at a time." This statement was cheered, and then the young men began calling one of their chums to go up on the stage. Soon Gough saw a young giant coming toward him. As soon as he was in the center of the stage Gough shouted: "This is to be an intellectual battle and not a physical one. Go on with your speech." This suited the college men, and they began calling on their big fel low for a speech. He responded by quoting the epistle of Timothy, in which Paul recommended "'a little wine for thy stomach's sake;"'and from this he deduced an argument in favor of the use of wine. When he had finished. Gough faced the au dience and said: "This is not an ar gument but a farce. Here is a yount English giant. weighing almost two hundred pounds, who has never been sick in his life ,who eats five pounds of meat every day, and who can knock down a bullock with a blow of his fist, standing here and talking about the need of wine for his stomach's sake. You'll halve to send me another man." The boys cheered Gough. and then velled for another man-this time a senior and their ablest debater. He went to the platform and called attention to the fact that Jesus turned water into wine and advocated the use of it. He delivered a speech which met with the approval of his fellow-collegians. and they cheered cheered him repeatedly. When he had innished. Gough said: "That is just the kind of argument that I came here to deliver, and was delivering when you interrupted me. Y0u may drink all the wine you cain hold. provided it is made out of wvater, as that wine was." Cheer after cheer greeted Gough, and he wvas permitted to go on with his lecture. He said afterward that they- gave him greater applause than he had ever received froni an audi ence of votung men. VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE. I have cut a part of my property, in the Town of Newberry, into suitable lots for building residences. I offer them at private sale to any one wishing to purchase. I have left l)lats of same in the Master's off6ce for inspection. The Master will gladly give any inforamtion desired for me. All lots not sold at private sale before, will be sold at public auction on the premises December 15, 1904. This property is very de sirable. It lies in front of my resi dence and consists of Twenty lots, all of which front streets 40 feet widle which have been made through saidl property. Terms of Sale: One-third cash. hal:me'e in one and two vcars from a of sale'. The credit parItionf to h int- sol:i. respctively. Inmerest at S per cent. payaNe annallyi~ u'n t ! pai in inil. Optional winh the pur chaser in var a!! or anilV n.rt of the credit portion in cash. T. Y. Culbreath. NOTICE OF ELECTION. N 'ce i, !wreby. gie :b'at an elec cin ii! he. ield 'n Tuesdlay. the r3th da ?Decembelr. 190.4. in Cun cil Ciane.in the Town: 'f Newherry'. 1 '.l~': r an mith.e ActingMar. T ). ZStewart. C. & T. T. C. N. teed to bake either in the ov stove. 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