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OHN H. REAGAN DEAD. ge Reagan Was the Sole Sur viving Member of the Cabinet of President Davis. Judge John H. Reagan., sole surviv ing member .f the Confederate cab inet, died on Ma'ndav at Palestine, Texas, of pneumonia. Judge Rea gan, who was 86 years old. had been in failing healhh for a year or more. Judge Reagan was in Houston Thursday tran-acting business. Wv'hen he returned home the family physi cian was called. Judge Reagan coi plaining of pain in the lungs. On Sunday pneum nia set in and Judge Reagan grew rapidly worse. Gath ered in the dei-h chanib. were his wife and daughars and V. Green wood his son-in-.aw. Hiundreds of telegran of condo jence are beilng received from all parts of the Unlited States. The funeral t,,k pace at Palestine 1\ ciesdav afternoon. Judge Reagan wa- postmaster gen cral in the Confederate cabin t. Be ;ore the War Between the Sec:ions 1e was elected district judge in Tex a1. He went to the United States senate in 1887. After retiring from the senate Judge Reagan was ap poin:ed chairman of the state rail road commission. but from this he resigned a few years ago. At the time of his death he was engaged in writing his autobiography. He was a native of Tennessee, -hav ing been born in Sevier county in isis, 87 years ago. He earned the money to educate himself, workin at all sorts of man ual labor and running boat on the Tennessee river. In 1839 he went to Texas and early took part in the fights to drive the Cherokees out of that country. Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson made him a scout and he cculd have had a commission as lieutenant but declined, preferring to take up his work as surveyor. His work kept him in constant danger from the Indians. who were given to massacring surveying parties. He studied law and was admitted to practice in 1848. He had already been elected a colonel of militia and was made probate judge of Hender son county in 1846. The next year he was sent to the legislature, and became chairman of the committee on public lands. In 1849 he was de feated for t'he state senate but later was elected district judge. It was in this office that he made the record that brought him prominence and es tablished his reputation for the fear less discharge of official duty. At that time the country over which his jurisdiction extended was full of gamblers and desperadoes, men of reckless spirits and daring characters. He enforced the law with a heavy hand and his life was constantly in danger, but the moral and physical courage of John H. -Reagan were not for a moment to be doubted and his court became respected and feared. In 1836 Judge Reagan-he has ever since been called "'judge"s in Texas--was elected to congress as a democrat and he was a member of that body until 1861, when he wvent home to take a seat in the conven tion called for the purpose of consid -rinlg secession. ,He voted for the secession of Texas. He was then elected to the provisional Confeder ate congress. and was soon thereafter made postmaster general, an oflce he held throughout the war, serv ng for a while towards the close as sec retary of the treasury. JudIge Reagan was the only one of the Confederate cabinet who was with President D)avis in his flight from Richmond. andi when Mr. lDavis was captured the judge also became a p)risoner. He was sent to Fort WVar r en, where lie remained in p)rison for many months. Returning to Texas-. Judge Reagan wrote an open letter to the p)eople of his state urging them to pass laws giving the negroes p)ro:ection in the form of civil rights and limited poli tical rights with an educational quali fication. This action brought him in to considerable unpopularity wvith t-he Texans. who had not recovered from the passions of the wartime, but it is significant that nearly all the Con federate states now have constiaitions similar in effect to the regulations which Judge Reagan theni recom mended. it was for nine years that Judge Reagan was laid on the politi caiel on account of this an3.nosity. but in 1874 he was again elected to the United States congress by a ma Jirity of 4.000. and two years later this majori:y was increased to 8,.ooo while :n 1878 his reelection was prac tically without opposition. For near lv ten years ie was chairman of the committee on commerce. and gave the question of railroad regulation much study. He was one of the authors of what is known as the Cul lon-Reagan law, enacted in 1887, one of the earliest attempts to prevent the abuses which are now attracting so much strenuous atten:ion. In 1887 he was elected to the United States senate. serving one term. THE CHADWICK TRIAL. Nervous Collapse by Mrs. Chadwick Brought First Day of Trial in Cleveland to Abrupt Close. A conlplete nervius collapse by Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick brought the first day of her trial in Cleveland. Ohio. to an abrupt cb,se on Monday afternoon. The trial made ral)id progres on Manday. The jury was accepted within t\wo hours. and in the after noo'n the opposing counsel outlined their cases. and the taking of testi nony was commenced. Shorn of its legal phraseology, t-he charge on which Mrs. Chadwick is arraigned is conspiracy against the laws of the United States-the con spiracy as defined by the government, resting on the agreement between her and t-he officials of the Citizens' National bank of Obelin, Ohio, to is sue and negotiate certified checks when she had no money in the bank. "The evidence to be submitted in the case," said Attorney Sullivan in his _pening statement. "will show that Mrs. Chadwick was associated with Spear and Beckwith, the officials of the Citizens' National bank of Oberlin, Ohio. in business. They had many transactions together, in the course of which eight different checks amounting in all to $67,000, were certified by Spear and Beckwith. The evidence will show that when these checks were certified no money was in the bank in the name of Mrs. Chadwick and no entries to her credit were on the books of the bank." Mr. Dawley for Mrs. Chadwick said: "We expect thlat the evidence wvill fail to show that there was any con spiracy between Spear. Beckwith and the defendant. What Beckwith did, le did as the president of the bank, and without fradulent connivance withl Mrs. Chadwick. What Spear did was under the direction of Beckwith. and was done by him in good faith. He believed that Mrs. Chadwick was wealthy, was worthy of credit to the anount of certified checks, and be lieving this, and acting in good faith as he did, he could not have been guilty of conspiracy, which by its very nature implies criminal intent. Beckwith and Spear did not conspire because they acted in good faith and as they did not conspire, it was not possible for Mrs. Chadwick to con spire with them." Tuesday's Proceedings. Nine witnesses were examined in the Chadwick trial on Tuesday and the defense established the fact that the claim of the government that Mrs. Chadwick had no money in the Oerlin bank at the time of draw ing chlecks wvhich were certified by Spear and Beckwvith, was inlc )rrect in two instances at least. It was shown by the general jour nal ni tihe hank that on Nov. 3. 1903. when Mrs. Chadwick received a cer tiiedl check for S1o.ooo, an entry crediting 1her with that amount was madec on the journal of the bank and a deposit slip for $10.ooo was madec out in her name. The entry and the slip) were in the handwriting of Cash ir Spear. Another entry of sinmilar nature amnountinlg to $3,0oo was also f ound. Mrs. Chadwick came into court ap parently none the worse for hecr ill ness, which caused the adjournment Monday. It is doubtful if Andre.v Carnlegie ~il1 take the stand. District Attorney Sulivan said: "It is not my present intention to put Mr. Carnegie on the stand and I do not think he will he~ called upon to testify unless his evi dence should be needed in rebuttal < something introduced by the de Wednesday's Session. The case of the governmentc against Mrs. Chadwick was complet (IIn \Wedlnesday afternoon. One wit neSs for the defense, an expert ac- i coultant. was sworn, but an adjourn ment was taken until Thursday be fore lie had given any testimony. r The entire afternoon session of the court was taken tip by the introduc tion, as evidence, of checks, deposit slips, books of the bank and two let- r ters written by Mrs. Chadwick to i lPeckwith and Spear. t The m%.st important point made by f the state i its entire case was gain ed when District Attorney Sullivan. I after a hard figh: with the attorneys V f-r the defense, secured the admis- d Sion ot evidence of two drafts aggre- I atng 8o.000. issued by the Oberlin 1)ank in favor of Mrs. Chadwick. Aug. r 24, 190.3. On this same date Mrs. t Chadwick obtained from the bank a t certified check fir $2,500. an Re- I ceiver Lyon testified that there was r ns:hig on the hooks of the bank to show that at the time of receiving the drafts aid check Mrs. Chadwick had a cent of noney in the bank or was in any way entitled to credit. The i drafts were entered on the books of ( the bank one month and five days af- b ter being issued. During this time i the books of the Oberlin bank show- t ed that the money was held to its c credit at the Importers and Traders' National bank in New York, while it S was., in re.lity, in the posession of a Mrs. Chadwick. April Designer. 1 The cover of The Designer in April a shows a pretty girl holding converse a with a pert Easter rabbit. Three handsome full pages in color are u given, and the fashions and millinery e are in perfect accord with the spring season. A special article is on sea shore costumes for ladies and young folks. "The Millinery Lesson" tells how to make the new and pictures que "Envelope Hat." In the literary line there is an appropriate article on "The Flowers of Trees." by Craig S. Thoms. 'The Largest Musical Club of American Vomen." by Lida Rose McCabe. 'The Art of Pyro-Sculp ture." by Jessie Garwood Fitts, "Con cerning Cats and Erasmus," by Ag nes C. Ruggeri, and "The Blue ' Pigeon." a short story by Winwood Waitt. Mrs. Garbrielle Jackson con tributes an Easter tale, "Our Hearts Be Pure from Evil." Bertha Has brok, in "Tile Interest of B eauty," describes a gymlnasium whichl may be bought for a dollar. A picture story "1) bDrothy: and tile Easter Chick ens" will please t-he tots, and the fancy-worker will find lace work. embroidery. ribbon -work and crochet to test her skill. There is no use being so good that nobody will believe it. Bad Stomachs Torpid_Livers REPONSIBLE FOR NINETY-FIVE PER GENT. OF ALL DISEASE8 "Seven Barks' Cures or No Pay The cause of nearly every disease can be directly traced to clogged and inac tire stomachs, livers or intestines. Bil iousness, Indigestion, Gout, Rheuma tism, Headaches, Insomnia, Kidney and Bladder troubles, and all Liver Comn plaints, emanate from one of the diges tive or drainage organs. These organsI must be kept constantly in action to in sure uninterrup)ted good health, and there is no remedy or corrective, so harmless and so certain as "Seven Barks." There is no ailment originating from any of the organs of the digestive and drainage system, but what will readily succumb to the use of "Seven Barks" a purely vegetale preparation, put up on a noted German physician's original formula. It is not a patent medicine. If any one with stomach, liver or kid ney troubles will call at our store and get a bottle of "Seven Barks," take as directed-and if all the benefit one should expect is not derived, no charge will be made. We are not taking chaces in making this offer, for we know the character of the remedy and we are satisfied it will do all that is clanimed for It No Dessert More Attractive Why use gelatine and spend hours soaking, E UO. sweetening, Ravor;ng and coloring when produces better results in two minutes? Everything in the package. Simply add hot water and set to cool. it's perfection. A sur prise to the housewife. No trouble, less ex-. pense. Try it ts-day. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Strawberry, Raspberry, Choeolatr and Cherry. At grocers. 10k. Dr. R. M. Kennedy, DENTIST. Newberry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL BANK. Aharlestoi ad W;trn Caro* 1 y (Schedule in Effect January 2-, 1905.) 'No. 52. Lv. Newberry ..........12.36 p. in. Ar. Laurens 1.42 p. M. No. 2. No. 16. Daily. Ex. Sun. Lv. Laurens.............50 p. m. p. ix Ar. Greenwood ..........2.46 p. in. 35 p. in. Ar. Augusta .... 5.20 p. M. Ar. Anderson . .......... p. M. No. 1o. NO. 4. Daily. Daiy. Lv. Augusta............. ..10.30 p. M 2 V. i.. Ar. Allendale..........1.. 2.27 p. M. (30 P. M. Ar. Fairfax ..... ......... 12.39 P. M. 441 P. AL Ar. Charleston ............... Ar. Beaufort..................... ..30 P. Ar. Port Royal............... 6.40 P. in Ar. Sava.2.50oa N. 6.. Ar. Waycross....... .605 a. .' o.o p. m.. Ar. Jacksonville.......8.40 a.23 .............. 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Gyer-Therc is one thing I admirc bom the hero in a woman's novel. .Mver-What is that? Gyer-His ability to get up next iorning without a neadache. Cabbage Plants. From the best tested seeds., Now eady for shipment, large, strong, ealthy, these plants are grown in he open air and will stand severe reeze without injury. Early Jersey Vakefield, Large Type or Charlestoi Vakefield, which are the best known arieties of early cabbages, also Hen erson's Succession, the best large, ite and sure header, Augusta Early rucker, aiso a fine type of late va iety. Neatly packed in light askets. $i.5o per i,ooo; for five hiousand or over $1.25 per 1,ooo F. 0. . express office. Special prices lade on large lots. Chas. M. Gibson, Young's Island, S. C. Early Gardens. an be had by purchasing your Cab age plants from us. They are grown a the open air and not in a hot house; hey can, therefore, stand extremely old weather without injury. Our seed was selected from the best eed houses in the business, and we re prepared to furnish the best lauts to be had. Prices $1.50 per thousand in )ots ess than 5,ooo; $1.25 in lots over 5,oac nd less than io,ooo, and special prices n larger orders. Plants shipped by e.xpress C. 0. D., nless cash accompanies order. Or ers promptly filled. SANDERS & LEMACKS, RITTER, S. C. SOUTHERN THE SOUTH'S GREATEST E UNEXCELLED DINING CAl3 THROUGHIPULLMAN SLEE RAINS. CONVENIENT SCHEDULES WINTER TOURISTS' RATES oints. For full information as to rates, ~aiway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUN SEAF AIR - LINE NORTH - SOUTI Two Daily Pullman V Between SOUTH FIRST-CLASS DIN The Best Rates and li Via Richmond and Norfolk and stea Nashville, Memp Louis, Chicago, N Points South and Soul and Jacksonville ar and Cuba. PoSSITIVELy THE Si NORTH A] g*For detailed informati< man reservations, etc., ap board Air Line Railway, or Passenger Agent, Columb C. F. STEWART,. SAVAN15 W. L BUIIRR0EGS.Tra