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INTERESTING LETTER FROM SENATOR LATIMEB On Board Steamer Canopic, In the Mediterranean Sea, May 29 Mr. Editor-On Friday, May 24 our party landed at the Azores spending about five hours at Ponti Del Gada, the capital of the island; and seat of ithe civil government. Ti', place hats a pollatioln of 10,000 aml after Lisbon and Oporto is the ios imliport.anlt city of, Portugal. Pont Del Gada is a remarkably clean city Its houses are well lighted, painte( and whitewashed. The streets, thougl presenting a good a1ppea ran lice, are no very wide, but are lighted witi ga. and electricity. Plenty of good wat. er is pipel thriiollugh the houses. Situated inl the middle of the At Jantic Ocean, the Azores offer a mosl agreeable andt(] convenient stoppi.ngi pace bet ween the old and new worlds. The Azores were discovered by Por tuguese navigators some 50 or 75 years before Colnimbs discovered America. The fact that large hawk like birds were seen to fly westward from tho coast (if Portugal and not return led to the (discovery of the is lans, nid the name, Azores, means Hawk, in tle Portuguese language. The islanis aire all voloanic, though it is said that Sl Ma1rie gives some evi.. dode of regular geological forma tion. The mineral spring on St. Micl ael is rega arded as possessing wonider fill mnedicinal lwoperlivs, and many11, interestin"g stirie,s aire related by toil-sts ol' t(e healitg PoWI'ers of the watmr. The 11iavelers visit to these islands, eliergin.g as ihey do al)utl)t ly f'rom Oh ocean, Withli their sharp volvanif. laks. lava eit valleys, lix urlianlt vegetaltion, rbariin0 hld seapes, a.nd deliglit ,'ul climate, is rendered Ioubly pleasant by the hos pitality and kindness of the inhabi tints. The elimate is tenperate and Illild, life to the high alt-itude and in fluene of the sea. The 'vigor and abundance and var iety% oI tie pirodinets, and lhe caret'l tillane of' tie land make tle fields look like gardens. L,avre taims are Iot seen, thl1 lhund is let in small lots :nid at short terms,. aitl each teInati is striving to make lthe lar-est yield plossible. Th'le princvipal HIecrops a IVCOrn, Wheat, rve, barley and po fiatoes. Oralmw, "orang ,11es an1d pineap ples have brouht lare r1"Veieues to tle islands, but of, reeilt years dis ease has attacked the orclurds and vinievards and has destroyed uIIch of tle protit f'r'oi this soulree. Pineap pIes are grew.n under cover. The Iiost ilportanit indlist rv at present is the mantu f' it re of alcolhor from potatoes. There are three fac tories, they ire hrge and well e<llip ped, ptrodulieilng aimally about t wo million -alloiis. There are thre to haco l'actories, tihle total outlpit (an1 mililly) beinl-I aboiut rif'ty-toive million pmit itds. The local mnuiactire of 'lot h is Ii mi ted to homespuns, wit Ii lie exception11 ot' I wo simalIl factories in i'omto De)l ( ada, where' towels, shtawls, etc., arie made. Th e conunierice of h'le ishlantds is ('ari ried on chiiefly withI Portutgal. Enig land, the U'nited States, Brazil, Gler many and l"ranice. Thie pr'incipal ex porlits :noi ualiol, pinteapples, or'ana tiables, hides, butteri, potatoes, fire expeidrimietts lave~ been mnade in gi'ow ing tenu and t her'e is ai goodh promise of suiccess. satt, loutlIher. gIlass, Ihutnbe r, etc. Our i v'iit to thle Azores was interesti.ng in mianyi~ ways and very en.joytable all the waty through. Ont Mon day~ the 27thI at noon1, we' swung inito the hay~ of (iiraltan.,-in of' thle world r'enownied fortress'5 of (GibriaIt ar. 'lThis formidable i'ock r'ises to a height of' 1,295 feet. aind thloughi we know it brist les withI t he most for miduable gunts yet so ('uminingly are the deflenses p)lanneid that only t wo gunis are visible, those oni the highest pointts oft the rock. A fussing lit tle tendet' took the first eiSS passetnger front the st eameri to w~hat is ktnowin as the Old IIole, built in thie 14th een tury, anid atfteri we had walked a few~ yard(s ini the hot Gibratltat' sun we de. eidled tha-t a carrtiage was a necessity and spenit the r'eminder of the after noon in thie comfortable little coachet with wvhichi the town swvarnms, ani which were hired at reasonable rates Gibraltar, though tinder the Britisi flag, is peopled by Spaniard, He brews, Moors and men of all nation alities. We drove curiously through the narrow streets past the shops, ti the guard of the garrison, where af (er satisfying the ofmicr on duty tha we had no cameras, we were taken b: a guard t,hrough what are know.n a: the north galleries, which are lon; tunnels cut in the solid rock behlin the north face. These galleries, cur lionsly enough, lare connected wit! American history, for at the time we y , were keeping England busy with our t! revolution, the French besieged Gib- o raltar for four years, and an Eng- it . lish sergeant devised this system of o rock galleries, which turned a useless| ti rock in to the most formidable forti I fication in the world. For possibly b i over a mile these galleries run back 8 ! and forth behind the face of the si I rock, loopholed at short intervals for C L great guns. Looking through one of tj these embrasures one sees before him a on tlie left the Bay of Gibraltar, on the ri-it the Mediterranean, and in- h frloit the nallrOw isthmus wihich a foris- tle oily commnicaie" tiol flromi d the roek to the mainland. It would be no more than child's play for 500 iien to keelp at hay an entire army. tj The only way Gibraltar could be tak en would be by starving out the de fenders and even this might fail for we were told that there is at all times kept on hand stores and provis- t1i ions to last the soldiers for fourteen fr years. Only British subjects are al lowed to visit the top of the rock, and m there are portions of the rock which not even they are allowed in. ci Leaving the garrison, we drove down the narrow stee) streets to the Alameda Gardens, where beautiful flowers grown in wild yet ordered proftusion and the gardeners offer you s your choice as to kind and amount for any sniall coin. From the gardens we th went to tle (1reat Dock Yards. whi.ch . Ohe goverinellt mainitains for its fleet, aid where ii1ldet tile grimin -11ns of tle fortress they can asseible, mininain and repair as miany of their siiips as they please. The dry dock in th this navy yard is said to be one of ha the lar1est in the world. f Coniln. fromi tile dry dock back to air ward tile town I was interested to ob serve in the little cemetery the name th Latimer on the headstone at t lie t Iave of an J.nglish lieutenant. We st drove back into what might be call d tie shopping district, for the pur pose of perilittilig the ladies of the pnrty to see what the stock and stores were like. hut tholuig we went into ni*my we boii.,ht little, as the prices weri not eul hetter than those inl he Vlit(. St ates to he especially Gibralltar isIa vat fort ress. and vach nation which has held it has h-ft iraces it its ovetipa:mey. The Moorish eastle still stands, thoug"h possibly a thousand years old, and lit old Mloorish wall divides the rock froi base to siummit ri-4h1t by the modern siglnal station of the British. The old Spanish wall still stands, and bv tie South Port, alongside tIe oldfE 1atewav, suriollted by the arms of Spain, stanis a new gateway with the arms of Great Britain. We eu ue on r trip throuigh tle town un dei the r-itish fla.g., but with the cit izens of all nationalities, and caime a way impressed, as all must be, with ai tihle stren.--th of this natural fortress over which ite litiiisli fla has waved St fo' niore t han two cnturies. Ihie -omm nercial imipo)rta nce of Gih) hut atI one time it was quliit e larige. In 182~2-24 the vale of the imports of t'4tton anid wool en good411s a lone b' a mun ted to $1,2.50,.N00, but from thaiti ine- to) th' extensioni ofi mert.-aita an . . 'i - :ierly in thIi .lay< . f sail ue:vi -sel ;hbraltari w is. a urenjt eni I e..h-dl tfor l~ d ii t not m Iy ab.n-. '*' i-b oi' cons . bl 5.h e niiotest corniers oI tlle Nlediterraneain mds Ilahuk Sonas. Now steam and ships of harnger tonniiage earry eargoes dhirect to: thle ports of destination withou int t rans-shiipimen t. G ihral Iari aia iotnce, has declined, but as a coaling stait ion and port foir thle pro'iltection1 and c'oinveniience of thle met'rca nt iie maiirinet of theit Medit erra ni,4 i Spainii. NI orocco, it is of g.reat We .t:ue duie at Nales at S (o'(clock omiorroiw iiorning. Thle trilp contiinues pleas.ant aind uneven t futl. All of the party ar"e well, hut rat.her tired1 of Iifec on shipboard. We shall he glad to put foot on lantd againi. SEILLING BIG GAMB. Transportation on Shipboard' lRsky Unless Captain Gets "4Graft." The animal trainer was speaking of the diffeulties encountered in trap Iping and shipping wild animals. "But to secure their passage is not merely a matter of visiting the ship.. ping agents' office at, say, Singapore, >and looking the space required on the next steamship. Youl may do this, but if the captain of the steamship does not want the bother of the ani mals--and they are not always an e agreeable (argo---he will soon dis I cover lhe is full up, and it is never - I wise to prove that'lie is not and inl our chance with the fnexk,oat, and 1e delay thus occasioned -eans not fly extra expense in ineding the Aimals, but also the prol'oged risk r their death ere they can he got to eir destination. "The obvious remedy aalist loss )th at port and at sea would be in irance, but it is a cargo th4t no in irance company will take risks on. oiisequently the best thing. to do is ) personally interview the captain, id give him an interest in the selling ilue of the cargo-say a third or a flf. That mnay seem a lot to givej vay, but it is wiser to pocket a Ie ced profit than sustain a total loss.! "It is because of such difficulties. id of the personal danger run by. e trapper, that the prices of big; ane for live delivery run high. Ti rs are worth anything from $250 $500, leopards from $500 to $1,000, bile a rhinoceros or a giraffe tops e list as profitable bags, selling at: om $4,000 to $5,000 each. i "Lions, however, are a drug on the arket, and worth comparatively thing, being such good breeders in ptivity; nor is there much iony y bears. Enakes are a good lie when t ey run to any size. The largest. I er had the good fortune to handle is a forty-two foot python, which s Id for $1,000. And there is this advantage about ese reptiles-they can be stuffed e th sufficient food to last for months, f d being- fed before shipimient will wvel in a state of coma, givi-z no Mble during the voyage. 'It is after a heavy meal that py mis art capltued; then they cal be ndled with safety, -being too over- 1 I to exert the terrible strength they a capable of displaying. I had only 41 e tussel with a python, and. ad- d agh nothing serious resulted, it s Meed to convince me that their ength had in no way been exag 'ated. 'Hunting big game to capture is, i niced hardly tell you a far maore o : i |HINA A Clearan< Anoth. r fall is fa,. tC w weeks I will leave N y fall stock cf China and id before buyintg I wisi ock. If you are a houc sted; but perhu's you -e missing, and the oni me and see. I arn off ' far the greatest value er ry. This is no catch, tie, where you can save t permit mre to give yo >U to come and look fo Moges' Be *FOR 100OCOU THE CIGARETT 2 Coupons 101 Coupons also Redeemabl< . Prmium .D AMERICAN T JERSEV CITY, N. J. ving .us bustiess tian hunting nerely to 4*1i) and, when on the'trai me cannot be too'cautious. But with I careful man, who never fails to take every precaution-, there is far *es liliolihood of accident and death 4uring' eight moq4hs in the junile han. in a week spent In city streets. 'I say this with'no desire of be ittling the d4ngers "urrofnding the ,rapper's life,' for during twelve .ears spent in the jungles of Malay- tU lia, I have met with not a few acci lents, and on more than.one occasion CI t has been touch and go with death "Elephant trapping pays well Oien the business is rightly managed, mt if the herd that Is being trapped of ,tampedes weeks of work jray, be hrown away, with the possible 'Jss >f two or three lives. Where it'can be irranged, the 'better plan is to work b' vith a tame elephant, which acts as decoy to induce the herd to enter he stockade.''--Philadclphia Led ,er. Charleston Evening Post: ''Why loesn't somebody try to establish a antimer county?'' Your business is to ry to establish non,,-Latimer counties. Harry Thaw does not appear to fill o imiuch of the jail as formeily. So far Col. Bryan's platforms have oitaiied nothing to wound anybody's eelinigs.P -. S Schmniz ik the brand that made s Frisco famous. F By the way. (ces the latter-day. refrience (f the swpet -i' gradu- W te for candy vvi flowerA show a eva,dence in lest.hevticismn or a super- re evelopment of the pragmatical in Ilnets? a They have voted it. out of Ker- .": iaw. althoul.gh the juleps of Lexing- of it. Ky., are not Superior to those r Camden. I MMUR e Sale! >wroachir-g, and in a ewberry to purchase Pictures, o1 ito dispose of all old If ekeep r you are inter- t ion't know what you ~way to find out is to aring a very large, and = s ever offered in New but a real cut jprice a money. Space will u prices, so I will ask r yourself. ok Store,.a CASH PONS FROM E OF QUALITY Each Package! for Valuable Presents epartment. DBACCO CO. Jd ST. LOUZS, MO. COpital$25,000. The 'B k Prospei This Bank was establisi ne. It will so care for yo ire, and you can have it wl in the financial family it w need. It insures you the b Make a deposit today. mnk account. 4 per cent on money in ti eo. Y. Hunter, 'President. J. F. Brow .IrO. "he People's Prosper aid Up Capital urplus and Individua tockholders' Liabilitii or protection of depc C. MOSELEY; President. W. WHEELER, Cashier. Better a conservative inter turn when wanted, than a hil out the principal. A National Bank is a safe Do akes It so. Likewise our Bo prudent conservative manag DIRE( G. W. Bowers. J. A. C. Kibler. R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. Hunter. J. P. (e allow 4 per cent. p4 epartment. interest. Iianos AND Organs At Factory Prices. 'rite us at o ice for our special plan payments on a Piano or Organ. you buy either instrument through ;, Yogt a standard make., one at Wil laf:St alife-time. Write Malone Music House COLUMBIA, S. C., For Catalogues, Term., Etc. HE EXCHI Main Street, 1! We submit the comparative d esteem on the part of a pa June 14, 1906. >ans $137,193.84 sFosits 52,566.79 A GAIN OF OVE! We, too, pay 4 per cent. I J. D. DAVENI E. R. HIPP, V M. L. SPEARI GEO. B. CR01 YOUR B THE NEWBERRY 'pitaI $50,000 - . No Matter How Small, The Newberry ill give it careful ati plies to the men and S. McINTOSH, President. Sirplus $14,00 if Prosperit. rity, S. C. ed to assist ycu in building a for ur money that it is absolutely se lenever you want it. And if you 'ill prove your good friend in time est service and convenience. Every forturne has grown from a ie Savings Department. J. S. Wheeler, V. Pres. ne, Cashier. National Bank ity, S. C. - $26,000 00 I Profits $5,000 00 Ds - $25,000 00 >sitors. M. A. CARLISLE, Vice-President GEO. JOHNSTONE, Attorney. est on your deposit with its safe gh rate and a feeling of doubt :posit. Government supervision )ard of Directors is a guarantee ement. 3TORS: W. P. Pugh. Jno. B. F ellers. W. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. C. Moseley. Bowers. mr annum i our Savings payable semi-annually. ALL KINDS Of Plumbing Done on ShortT Notice J. W. W HITE. INOEBAN1(I( lewberry, S. C. figures as evidence of confidence tronizing public. June 14, 1907. Loans $195,441.13 Deposits 105,268.18 R 100 PER CENT. n our Savings Department. r >0RT, Prest. . ice Prest. ViAN, Cashier. st.o ViE R, Atty, on a . - -gh, ANKING! eni lini SAVINGS DANK. ~ - Surplus $30,000 els a be No Matter How Large, 4 41 ih a Savings Bank ts. :ention. This message the women alke 41 J. E NOR WOOD, to al Cashier.