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ANOTHEMR BE2 STBAMWE OOMINI Transatlantic Liner, . Nearly Twic The Size of the Wittekind, with Capacity for 500 Passengers, will Sail for Charleston -May be Perman ent Line. News and Courier. Columbia, June 17.-Commission er of Iminigration Watson has return ed from New York with the an nouncenient that he has secured an other ship for Charleston, which wil be prepared to bring 500 immigrantE the ship itself being nearly twice th size of the Wittekind. Mr. Watsoi hhs for some time been working quiet ly to this end-and has been saying t, his friends that he would in a shor -while announce the result of hii la bors. The whole story is best toli in his own words. When today a his office, wlhere as usual he was ul to his neck in work, Mr. Watson gav the followiig statement: "I have just returned from a has ty trip to New York, where I spen several hours Saturday. While I ar not at liberty to give exact details a this stlage, I may say that we are go ing to make another effort at put ting a permanent trans-atlantic pas senger and freight carryi:ng line int, Charleston. The many obstacle that have been encountered since th first attempt in this direction hav been most discouraging at times, bu these very things have made me wor] all the more energetically to accom lish the desired results. This tim( f the conditions that have bee1 iiptilated can be met-and they ar hing named in the light of a fl nowledge of the results of the ini al efforts-we will place a steame Charleston harbor of nearly twiei e size of the Wittekind, taking he f her run to New York for this pui ose. Since Easter no stone has bee: 6ft unturned to bring about the rc umption of the service upon a strict y business basis. Only an Experiment. "This department cannot by itsel make a line permanent or get thos whose capital is invested in steam ships to do so without a substantia asis. We can place the ship ther ith the assurance of the owners tha the business is satisfactory and thi eight is supplied by the railroad d the business people of the port ey will seriously consider making i a permanent undertaking. I do no ake it that it is the province of thi partment to work up the necessari eight business, but that it is it: siness to interest steamship lines i: aking the necessary experiment an( provide, if it can be done, the nec sary business. %"The liner that I have referred t< 'ill be sent during the first half oJ ptember from one of the leadinj ntinental ports for a carect. sailin . the railroads and those intereste< ~n provide 'a reasonably good re urn freightt; if not, she will sai rom her continental port and afte: alling at Charleston proceed to Nev orleans or Galveston for return car * o, upon the condition in either cast that the dlepartment can have 504 passengers ready for her at the por of departure or guarantee the equival ent of that number. There is n<' Vguarantee as to cargo required Whether further saifings and the an *Knouncement of a re,gular service b' this steamusip company wvould fol .'low wvill depend entirely upon the ex 2 periment. This is the w'hole story The departmen has endeavored t< do ts artinsecuring this shii hiech is the third to be obtained ii ,his cause by the department. Ever: >ossible effort will be made to havy he required number of passengers foi he first sailing and this wvill be nd Sasy task. The railroad lines and oth rs interested will have to look aftei 4he cargo feature for the manage ent is anxious to send the ship bael om Charleston direct rather that nd her on to New Orleans. Companies Want Direct Line. ''I might say that I have done m: st to have a permanent line an. unced on the basis of making.Char. ton only a port of call at first ngup to a direct permanen1 siness, but I find that every steam. ip company wvants and insists up y the direct line' business. Howvever e will be seen from what I have said r. have been successful in so arrang. that if a reasonably good returr rgo cannot be offered the ship al arleston she can go on to Newv Or. ns and get it without prejudice t< e ultimate success of the undertak. .Charleston's lack of export and 9 port business during the past few rs, which has been so ably explain. at time and again by Mayor Rhett rates in all steamship circles uinst her, the steamship managere e king simply at comparative figures bout searching for causes. Itmight be added that the chan are' good at this time for Char lestq 'to be indea permanent port of call for freight and passengers by e another line whose' operation would not interefere in. any way with the larger undertaking that has reached the stage indicated. I hope to be in a ,position in a few weeks to an nounce whether or not this can be ac complished. "The inaking of this attempt at - this time will mean hard and earnest . work abroad, for this ship will have - to sail after the new United States - laws become effective, and it will be impossible to make use of prepaid passages. If failure should follow a this third attempt to get the port of a Charleston open it will not be because of lack of energetic effort.'' t SARGENT STARTS SOUTH. Government Men to aelect Sites for t Immigrant Stations. Wsh1ington, Jine 17.-With the departure form Washington today of Commissioner Sargent, of the bureau of immigration, Alfred B. Fry, chief I engineer of Government buildings, t New York city, and W. P. Windham, of the supervising architect's office, for Galveston, New Orleans and Charleston, to select sites for immi grant stations, a long step is taken in forwarding the cause of immigra tion in the south. e .'hirough the work of representa t tives from South Carolina, Texas and Louisiana theke was appropriated at the last session of Congress $70,000 each for Galveston, Charleston and Ne%y Orleans with which to procure e sites and erect buildings suitable for I the inspection and examination o% - future immigrants. Bills appropriat r ing this money were passed only af ter the hardest kind of fight, the r main opposition to wiei came from Speaker Cannon, and Representatives from New England. The Southerners, however, won out, and Commissioner Sargent, with Fry and Windham, will now select in the places they will visit suitable sites in order that when the appropriation becomes available no time will be lost in acquiring proper titles to them and awarding the con tracts for the buildings. Wien Commissioner Sargent was t seen before his departure from Wash.i ington lie said: ''The tiip we are to take now is- to carry out the law as passed at the last sesi6n of Con gress in reference to erecting immi t graiti stations at Charlestonfi Galves ton and New Orleans. There was ap propriated $70.000 witv which to se cure a site and put up a building in each of those pla.es, and that is the work %ve now have in hand. 'In Galveston alread;V many sites lrve been offered, some of which I hi:k r,e very rnn.ible, and the same t'inji : true of the situa'ion in Ne% rleans, I do not thini we will have aly trouble in .etting what we want i- itlir of them. -'I are been carr. ing 'mm some cor. 1 respan:den1ce with i.fayor' Ph ett, ..f e Charleston, concering a sitioni in , thati city, and I s ippose whlen I get . ther lie will ma~a o nainteI who the way the Jr.mmd 'ies.'' When Mr. Sarg'mt was asked whether it was true that efforts had - h-cn wrade to get him to ho.d zoff > fren; choosing sites in the placeQs nam .edl be'&use it did not- appear that - t hi.re would be anv~ ena rush oIf imt r .ittien nts throng.i those places soon, - he 10i lied that he a a eerse to <e - iog (< vernment mon'Iiy sjr,t 'ni:les. . ' a to some adr'ahtage, but that >i 'nur the Act little i n a'iy diaeretion v-as h.'t him in theo matter--that t he Act t,ni mandator--.-tha' jit~ --.d ls ti:.e;dy that the stattons should be It has been learned since the bilis w r-e passed autbht:ii' the s!alionih to be bjuilt that at strong l:orice has bem, at work on the immigrationi bnt iemn putting a black eye to the: plam, in hand. Assoon as Mr Sargent secures wvhat he thinks are good locations for the. stations the supervising architeet's for'ce iil be put to work making the necessary plans and specifications. After they have been' completed ac tive work will then be commenced to erect the structures. -' ithi first-class stations complete - in every respect, in Charleston, Gal vestion and New Orleans, there ap pears to he no reason wyhatever why all the neiaghporing States-Virginia, A labama, North Carolina and others will not be in 'a position to receive practically as much benefit as those states wherein the stations are lo c ated. I It will be practically an easy mat ter, with only a few hours' ride from any of .the new~'station, to reach any part of the South, and it is believed I that when the stations are finished and put into operation the great bene fits of immigration wvill then only be ein to be felt. Regular trips will then, i.n all probaility, be mode by the big steamship companies abroad, who have already signified their entire willingness to cooperate in the imqji gration movement under ordinarily fair conditions. P. H. MeG. U"kanQE ED You will save money and get a better roof by using PAROID. Slate colored-contains no tar e a sily laid-a roofing kit free. Spark, water, gas, heat and cold proof. Lasts long and looks well. Don't take an imitation. Send for a free sample and book of build ing Plans for a 2 cantstamp. Investigate. ISAMIPt JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Hh:s I,fil m e mIv S. C.. as rol lows. Svasolf' Th-riet $10.55. Sold daily A, 19th to Noveibe 30th. (i0 h*% tic*ket 416.30. Sol daily April Mth :to No.v,%jeber 30:i. 15 day . 1.f.ket A4..30. 841l daily Ap;il .19th to Nt)vembcr 30th. Cole'il Ex(*.'Ol $8.55. Sold each Tiiesdav; limit 10 day.-. Endorsed. ..od .iot r or sleeping cars.'' IThrow-li Pull.ma. -leeping ears, via A llatic Cost Iit. Uka.lroad company. Wriite for a beautiu illuLstrIated folder eontaiiu i timaps, le-icriptive mater, list of llotel, etc. For reetamis or al. informa tion. Address, T. C. White, Genieral P"asseng.,er A-t. W. J. Crai-, Passenger Trillic Managcr. vilmliniton, N. C. WANTED OLD PIANOS AND ORGANS for whieh we will allow the hi.-Lges! prices towards now Instrumen s. No Club rates to offer, but we Pledge better Instrunents for 'he sa.it or less mn..n ihm lce :t elan) rm ttl'ers. W rit,, ! s Auie lo w . 1liu bia. ". U.. 1 ; ,"wel.' prics .1a.1 termin.. BARBECUE. The undersigned will furnish a first class barbecue at Forks school !iouse on the 6th of July, and will he pleased to have the public take notice a.nd govern themselves accord ingly. In addition to a first class 50c IN FOR 100 COI .THE CIGARET' 2 Coupons in Coupons also RedIeemat Premium AMERICAN 'l JERSEY CITY, N. J. We Want to'comne and se'e the hand, In looking ovel good many things that a sacrifice. Everyone Come and judg dinier, further entertainiment and amnsemuent will be provided for, those, who desire something besides a good dinnor. H. F. Counts, Caldwell Ruff. E. SHEEHAN Augusta, Ga. Bottler of Imperial Ginger I Ale, Root Beer, Cham- r pagne Cider, Wiseola and Domestic Lager Beer in pints, 10 dozen to the cask, $7.50 per cask. Write for complete price list. Wholesale and retail dealer in Wines and Li- r quors. NOTICE. Before letting the contract for your new build ing see W. T. Liv ingston. B e s t Work. Lowest prices. Lock Box No. 59., Newberry, S. C HaveYouSeen Our new and up-to-date Soda Fountain? No! Well, call and e a beauty. We are ready to serve you the purest Ice-cold Drinks to be found. Cur Ice Crerris well known and it shall be our aim to serve It in approved style. Call early and often and be refreshed. Jones' Restaurant, CASH JPONS FROM4 I'E OF QUAL,ITYa Each Package! >le for Valuable Presents Department ['OBACCO CO. ST. LOUIS, MO. Everyone Bargain we have on' r our stoc k we find a~ we are going to sell at~ of them good va!ues. e for yourself. I. Colmes8. Frot Rank. d Summer goods, Spring Cloth Hats. Elegant line Laces and in Summer Dress Goods, Black itions in millinery will easily sur .een shown at this store,4d this have no superior 4td but few iplete and full of new fresh goods our prices just right. Just think Aachine $25.00, New Defiance rs guarantee, $17.93.. 't sell the goods at the price and :e does it make to you what peo goods. y Bros., 3ITY S. C. LON ~& Ruff THE & NEWS 'OR ncils, d Ink, ie Extracts, &c., &c. A need along that line. 1so ) TOBACCO. 1I on them. its for Laurens Steam exception the purest grade.* 'URIT'Y. RITY when preparing medi punts for much, in medicines. U UG STORE.* W RATES ND RETURN ~r-Centennial Exposition ~IA ... 4 RAILWAY *fteen Day Tickets on sale 19th, to and including No Smade for MILITARY and m attending the Exposition. owed on Season, Sixty Day same as on Summer Tour nformation call on Ticket or write i, W. HuntI DivisionPass. Agent. Charleston, S. C Right in Thi With a great line of Spring ai ng. Slipp-rs, Shoes, Straw .mbroidery, the new things xoods a specialty. The cre, >ass anything that has ever I neans that our 1907 Hatc quals. Our other lines cor Lnd as usual you will find 4ew Drop Head Domestic I Aachirne, Drop Head, 20 yeC People say Moseleys can nake pi ofit. What differen< 4e say as long as you get the Mosele PROSPEI CAL Brooddw HERALE Box Paper, Tablets, PE Pens an Soap Fit In fact anyth ing yox CIGARS AN] Don't forget to ca 'They are also ager Laundry. Srescriptia Which we use are without We believe in PURITY We constantly preach F We always practice PU cI:ies. PURITY counts, and cc SAsk your doctor. MAYES' DF VERY LO 4ORFOLK ) Aucount Jamestown Ti SOUTHERP Season, Sixty Day and F: daily, commencing April vember 30th, 1907. Very low rates will also b BRASS BANDS in unifoi STOP OVERS will be all and Fifteen Day Tickets, 1st Tickets. For full and complete Agents Southern Railway