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_v 1 alted] JLB, ? IBLlSHlfl' ta? i ED IT. .vail ri / a ma * dean .J'y Pohl /IH Aro Ofllcrcd. j Also Introduces i e veut tho Illegal bf Railroads.-WU ill. [ted.States Senate on jutions were intro jlhuan asking the ' se commission to I corporation en commerce is the of any other cor Krting passenger and Rilling upon tho inter ne commission to define fy of the federal govern ed! tho States in respect to J of the liquor traille operation of the inter* itiiree law. These resol u jvoked considerable debate finally referred to senate ??hough one of them was >orson spol^Lon his |ng on the comfi?ittee investigate and reip? ' f^s of the present fiwan ingency and to recommlnd ' /res for tho prevention of Its (.ehco. The resolution was f (>f?} 1,1 to the committee on finance senate adjourned at 4 o'clotk Saturday, The house was not ?sion. , ) report that the Canadian Pa "vailrond has succeeded in acquir ajori ty pf the stock of some ?can railroads having come to ohtion of Senator Tillman, he introduced the following resolution: ' That the interstate commerce commission is directed to inform the senate whether any corporation en gaged in interstate commerce are the owners of any of the capitol stock of _ other corporations which are trans ido,; passengers and freights; and a." the committee is directed to , ' 0Vmit a statement showing the tint and details of sue i ownership ?far as the facts now appear in thc ^.*Ve of the commission and to state iii what cases the corporations, whose stock so owned, have been competi tors for traffic with the corporations owning their stock." Senator Aldrich objected to this r?solutif n on the ground that it call ed for a great, deal of information jtffOm tho interstate commerce com mission which would consume much time, and he thought it should first o to the committee on interstate ".iierce in order that th; t com .free might ascertain how much (work would be involved in it. Senator Tillman remarked that thc senator from Rhode Island seemed he suspicious. "I am always more or less suspic iov!? 01 ?l resolution coming from the senator from South Carolina," retor ted Mr. Aldrich. "BecflvVse he wants to get facts?" asked ^ "il Iman. ' "No, replied Mr. Aldrich, "be cause be may want to get facts fitt ing into a perconcoived idea of what should be done." iMr. Aldrich insisted upon his ob ?ctioti and consideration of the res lion was postponed, which action ? the effect of deferring it until ?er the holidays, lenator Tillman also introduced ? following resolution on the liqu trafhc: That the committee on interstate Amerce he instructed to consider , report by bill or Otherwise what illation is de i rabie or necessary tc ,>le the States, in the exercise of police pi Avers, to control thc luerce of liquors and all alcohol ; /orages within their borders, sc . aid tue cause of temperance "'".vent the encouragement onto Mtoi&tatesgovernment of tho Baptist c ,H. Bttnie." "Palmetto LeaWiose in the mat hand of church Vu. was to pro posed of mossoD- circumvention good cheer. interest ot prolub p , n -rf>eing generally en in town on PII1(1I,, ? : ,S ?VON. cipionta ot . in lvd{:i\u. the Wii tin s glad i cl ic people in the and ott'' ol tia .. State laws, but the have shaded and shaded ? n/>.ie protection until there is " ully nothing loft of it, ano 1 8,r tr.e committee to ascertain ither it is not practicable to give iof. Tiie decisions of the courts (iave been on the ground that the law interferers with interstate com merce und it. is on this account that 1 have asked to have the investiga tions made by the interstate com merce commission." iv!i\ 1 il I man holds the express com panies responsible for tho evasion of the State laws. Ho says they are uWiding the local option part of hlackciMoa and other local OP ti pp Stato. Two prominent young ir. had an altercation timi both bop: ? .- v H. v Conj eui tum uni States bas held that such traffic .?na bc nih ? JV: id with because ?s interstate character, when Mr. Tillman attempted to Reemo the adoption of tho resolution he aroused a long discussion, Mr. fVldrich suggested that the measure i liould go to the committee on judie'ary. Mr. Tillman consented to the chance, but insisted that any committee taking charge of itshoultl first bo instructed to take thc quos y i lon Up. .'Does the senator from S m th Car otina," asked Mr. Kean, "wa.it t. in* sti oe Si ales what laws they should IM ?teni themselves from the lit?nor i . n ( ?" Mr. 'J ?ii;.. 11 ^plained that hisres elution sirnj/ij nought to doline thc point at which the police power of the ?Hato begins. As governor of South Carolina he dealt with this question. Ile wanted some commit? toe to determine bow far congress can go in limiting, as a poliee power, the^Qfitre) over interstate traffic in * fVkicati hg beverages. (enator Clark of Wyoming, chair ]i of the committee on tho judici al, preferred having the resolution nt>ver until it COUld be worded in ' -y to allow the committee to re ? n it intelligently. neral discussion concerning Tlyors of States and the federal tl,,Hcnt was then precipitated. 0 (rich said the question had ore tho committee on judie iary in five or six congresses. 1 he supreme court of the United States, Mr. Aldrich said; held that tho liquor traffic waa a question cf commerce and not of police power. Senator Culbertson suggested that a report of a committee of congress cannot add to or take from the pow er of a State or of the federal gov ernment. The constitution, he said, provides that congress shall regulate interstate commerce and no act of a legislature of any State could add to or take from that power. If it bo interstate commerce tho State alone could regulate it. .The States", he said, "will de termine for themselves how far they may go and the federal congress win determine for itself how far the national government will go." While all would submit to the ac tion of tho supreme court of the United States, he declared that even such a decision would not add to or take awav from the powers delega ted by the constitution. Senator Bailey said the Wilson act was specifically and avowedly for tho purpose of permitting thc States to regulate this question of the liquor traffic, "This was," he said, one of those hasty pieces of legislation dashed oft in a delirium and such laws are gen eral ly found tobe wanting. He would have the sovereign po lice powers of the States restored in this matter so that there would be no question as to their control upon the arrival of a consignment. Tnut he considered thc essential necessity. Mr. Bailey said as the law had had been interpreted by the supreme court of the United States, the pack age did not enter a State until it? delivery to ta? consignee, where^ tajp??TMVr'TiHw that if I he should sent/ for a glass of water the water might be in the senate before itreacned him. Mr. Knox considered it unfortu nate that the decision of the su preme court of the United Stales had maintained that the "arrival'' of the goods should mean their de livery to the consignee. "I don't believe," he said, "that it is necessary to deal with this mut ter by a resolution. You are per fectly certain in a short time to have bills presented which will raise that exact question, when the whole subject will necessarily receiye at tention, Prohibition he added, "is increasing and will continue to in crease." After further discussion in which Senators Bacon, McCumber, Knox and Tillman participated, Mr. Knox suggested that the whole difficulty could be reached through a bill. j "Draw one"suggested Mr. Tillman whereupon Mr. Knox prepared an amendment to the Wilson bill pro viding that the control of the State should bcginl as soon as the package is "within the borders of a state and before or after delivery to the consignee"" Mr. Tillman then withdrew his resolution and offered the bill, which was referred to the committee on judiciary. The bill as presented reads; "Thatall fermented, distilled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any Stale or terri tory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage there in upon arrival within the borders of the State and before or after deliv ery to the consignee in such .Slate or territory by subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or territory enacted in the exercise of its police power's to th? same ex tout and in the same man ner as though such liquids or liquors bad been produced in such State or territory and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of be ins introduced therein in original packages or otherwise." Senator Gore of Oklahoma intro duced a bill providing for the elec tion of United States senators by popular vote. Parin Lahor Scarce. G. A. Melnory, of Wellsford, Kansas, expresses the opinion that farmers in his section would have to go out of business but for the mod ern farm machinery. "Why," he declares, "you can't hire a mart to work on a farm out in that part of the State short of %'? 50 to $3.00 a day." This condition forces far mers to uso every kind of machinery that is made for sowing an 1 reaping. They have steam plows ?ind lots of them. These machines do the work of many men and teams ami in thal way fanners are enabled to plow their wheat land and get it in shape for seeding. If they had to wail till they could hire mon to plow in the old Way they could not raise enough wheat for home consump tion, The interesting feature of this is its refutation of an old theory that tho corning of machinery w ould lower or throw out hand labor, lt seems, however, the more machin ery the higher priced becomes the individual laborer and the greater difficulty^ of securing his services. Farmern have been com plaining for \e&r*?}?H\,??& iv lfl.\1\u?t I ti t ho* get sufficient help. rfv wish every ono of our readers, delinquents and all those old stand bys who pay up regularly a merry Christmas. ton an ?T is pointed out thal Lb i present congress is more nearly whlskerless than any ol her in years. And yid. a number of the oid populistic ideas are Immensely popular with it just now. TOM Waticn, who lunched last week with the P.e;i\ ... says ho ' li. Lens vvell," that he "knows much but i.^ willing to leal n ni ire." Wat son is not a Ci.ndida'e for tin Ananias Club. ACOOlplNfl lo tlui NtsS York p i pers, another mi ? r h:u! died 'Mn squalor," leaving la-hind bim $1.547. The Spartanlnu g Journal says "dur ing times like these a man runs the risk of being classed as a miser if he hoards more than 80 cents." Found Dead, wm. Slacky, ?i woll known planter Itoar Wost Point, (hi., WttS lound dead wini his throat cul last wook. Ills body lay on a pile Of colton seed in a storehouse on the t?d Book or plantation, which Mr. Si ocky had recently leased. An Investigation is hoi nf conducted ic? discover whether Stin ky died us a result ol' murdOVOul! violence or suicido. ? WANT TO SELL BOOZE y. '? ? ? - - -_ n the Old Way instead of Through Dispensaries. I'otltion Cluing Up From Charleston to tim GencrAl Assembly to That Effect. The following petition to the Gen eral Assembly ls being circulated in Charleston for signatures. "To the Honorable, the Senatorsand Representatives, the General As sembly of the State of South Carolina in regular session for the year 1908. "The humble petition of the un signed respectfully shows: "That tho dispensary system for ; he sale of liquors in the county of Charleston in said Slate iii which your petitioners reside is not de ired oy a large majority of the voters and residents of said county as your pe titioners verily believe. "That the same is not suited to the needs, circumstances and conditions of the people mostly affected thereby: "That for these reasons the said system is not supported' by public sentiment, difficult to enforce and not Calculated to demand observance or respect. J"Tbat your petitioners humbly pray that such legislation may be enacted as shall restore thc licorne system to this community which wa* of force at Abo tuno,of the origiiiHj Tm??tment or*The Slate dispensary law in,the year eighteen hundred and ninety two, with the modifica tions required by the State constitu tion of 1895; and your petitioner (eel assured that thereby will be se.' C?i d, not only all the benefits thal o dd possibly be expected from thc dispensary system now of force bul the same would operate also for th< well being and upbuilding of oui people." At recent conferences in which t goodly number of our people partie ?pated, tho undersigned were ap pointed a committee to look aftei the matter of giving the people ai opportunity to sign the petition an( to present the same to the Genera Assembly through the proper chan nels. Firmly believing that a large ma jority of the people of Charleston wil be in sympathy with this movement we approach tho performance of ou duty with confidence. Our confidence is strong hecausx in principle our people are at hear opposed to the dispen sary liquor sys tem. In their opposition thereto the, .rave had ready and intelligent pub lie support from the Charleston newt papers for the past fifteen years. ft is further strengthened becaus we can refer to a law abiding UH law respecting condition which oh tained hero for many, many year before the first establishment of th State dispensary a condition to whic we verily believe the people of Chai leston long to be restored, ami whic can afford as much revenue as tba contemplated by the dispensary syf tem. This confidence is further strengt! ened by the favor according th "home rule" doctrine in the las State election. And finally our confidence in th people of the State is strong tba they will look into our true condi lion, see what is suited to our need and circumstances, and favor our a; peal, though our Senator and Re prc scntatives to the Senators and Ref resentatives of our sister counties f r relie** and for the enactment of l.iw that will give us peace, quiet good order sud happiness. All who di vire to sign the menu ?dal will lind a copy with anyone u the undersigned, John I) C ipplemann, 46 18 Broa street. 0. G. W. Marjenhoff, 153 Churc street. L. C. A. R?essler, 166-168 Meetini street. Ashley ('. Tobias, 171 )TA Rasl Say Georgi" Lim/., King and Grov streets. W. F. .ionian, 199 R isl Bay. Hi 0 Siroheeker, 287 King street A. W. VVietcrs, al Consumers' Ic Companv, Wolfe street.' If H. Shreder, 147 fihal Hay. Juliuf I). Koste)?, 161-165 Rast Pay Frank Burbidge, 24 Broad street. "ICinpty Blockings." Unless some steps are taken ti prevent it, there will be some emptj little stockings in this city on Christ mas morning. All the little one; should be made happy ont Mat. morn ing of all mornings. We have soon poor children in our city whose folk are not able to give them anything and unless stockings are filled bj those who are abb' to do so, they wil go lacking. If a proper effort is mad< we believe that our people will re spend, and all the lit fe needy ehil , ... , , o' progft . . dren will be mndoAco wv-y t*> a visit ixpm SantaJuU?ls. fM'e commend U all toe spirit of the following I i ttl < poem written by Ellen Manley am entitled the "Rmpty Stocking:" Oh! mothers in home? that are hap . ny. Where Christmas comes laden wil I cheer, Where the children are dreaming al ready Of the merriest day in the year. A you gather your children around you And tell them "the story of oid," Remember the homes that are dreary! Remember thc hearts that arc cold! And, thanking thc love thal has dow ered you With all that ia dearest and best, (?ive freely, that from our abundance Some bare little life may be blest! Oh! gi? wh ire thc stockings hang empty, Where Christmas is naught but a name, And give*?-for the love of the Christ child; "Twas to seek such as these that He camel Would W elcome Armada, At Tokio Thursday Viscount Hay? tshti in an Interview viii) th? As?o .Iated Press said: "Japan will hoartt y woloonio the American ilool ol ?a tt loch I ps to Hie Pacific and to tho iori:- of this country1! ll il 1)0 derided o OXtOlld I bo 11 i|> in I Ills dil - rion." nteivlewii with blhpr officials of the Japanese govornmoril wore in the lame tone. 1UUWH?1.UU1L.-Uli_LJ^ J_j,', i. nuiLT'. ?^OOIta WELL FOE BRY?JN j^lii in ?U'-rab?io.w? Party Will Help Elect Ulm. In au Interview Congi-?saniau 'hamp Clark anya: .It cortalnly looks aa though Mr. Brynn would got iho Democratic nomination and furthorinoro ho will ho oloctod lt tho llopuhllcan leaders do not slop qunrrollng muong them selves. Tho RopnhHonn party has not hoon BO opllt for many years. "Prosldont Itoosovolt's third torin decision cortalnly means that ho can never again ho a candidato for the prosidoncy if thero ls anything In tho laugungo, and with tho Republicans split Into factions, tho ono hoaded hy Taft and tho othor hendod hy 'Unelo Joo' Cannon, Forakor, Hughes Knox and others, thero seeme lo ho ovory chanco of vctory for tho Dem omits." Regarding tho movement of tho navy, Congressman Clark sahl: "Bonding tho Hoot to tho Pacific is all right, if I holievcd that no for eign nation objected to its going there. I would not favor tho risk and expense of a long trip, hut hecauso I.do holievo that certain nations do object, I am in favor of Bending lt to tho Pacific waters and keeping it thero as long OB WO seo fit." Cottdli Crop Beared. The government bureau of ?talis ticj bas been up to its old fricks again. According to itsrepor^ pub lished last week, the crop fdy this year is estimated at 11,678,000 viales, in consequence of which the ? rket toi>k a sensational drop of y early fiftypnints, yet only a few lours previoms^p th i < report of the brneau of statistic\which, it shoulu be remembered, is\only the guesswork of more or less\:pmpetoiiL-or in compent-experts, the census bu reau reported that the number of bales ginned up to December 1st had been only 8,338,854 bales. These were no guesswork figures, but actual facts. In commenting on this palpable effort of the gov ernment bureau to falsify the si'/.c of this year's cotton crop the Augus ta Herald says: "To the corresponding date for last year the gi tiners reports show ed a total of 10,027,808 l?ales girau d, when the total crop for the season was 13,656,841 bales; and for thc proceeding year the figures were 81080,003 and 10,123,686 respective ly. The coll?n season was luck ward last year, it will be remember ed, causing lighter ginning in thc early part of the season, and more late picking and ginning. Then, al so it must be remembered that ibis year we hod the earliest frosts! or record, which cut short the late l*oi and hurried the picking and gim lri|i of that which matured. Those on siderations ure convincing proof thal the guesswork figures of the buri ai of statistics over.-boot the nia'"l< and the census bureau's figures ol the actual number of bales gin1 indicate that the crop will be bc A the government's estimate "Even assuming that the gove, t ment estimate was correct, and % ie crop this year will be 11,000^ DC baies this would still bo a short crop in view of the market de mands. The crop last year wai about this size and it fol lo wee the great bumper crop of ovei 18.500.000 l?ales, which left a lar ger surplus to carry over thai usual. Yet. this 11,31)0,000 bale ero) oi last year proved so far short tba cotton climbed to unprecedented figures before the new crop came in, If Hie crop this your should prove as large as the bureau of statistics estimates, with the same demand, a ul other conditions being vin changed, there would bea dearth ->i cotton next summer which wouifj run the price u;> at least as high a. il was last summer. But the government estimate Ls too high, as will later appear. In addition lo that there is increased demand; for many new mills have been built din ing the year which a l consume cotton. The farmer so .-li mited as to be able to hold cotton, and who is holding it, has nothing to do but to sit steady in tho boil. He will be master of the situati in after a while." Buying on Margin. It seems to be the opinion of th se fully conversant with ^rho recent Wall street p?nio that la vs v/iil have to be enacted lo prohibit wljal ls known as buying- on margin. ?In many ways buying on margin ? he more dangerous part of the W u! street name, because it carres greater risks, ft h the risk incurred that forces interest rates up and makes money scarce, to the detri ment of legitimate business, the Mum who buys on margin simply bets on the market. If stocks ?o up he makes a profit, but if they Ko down he loses, and luis to make .-.nod his losses. In making good his losses be generally has to born w money and, while be may give sc curity for it, ho is only one >.f thou sands wdio may bc forced to ".'over" their losses, which, when consider able, result in financial stringency. The man who buys on margin i a .gambler pure and simple, and there seems to be no reason why gambling in stocks should nol be prohi ?ii ?. just as playing the races or any j game now under legal ban. While those Who advocate passing a law prohibiting buying on m m in realize that'sta te legi: aton would ?<.> only partially effective, they in not without bone that in tl io end Congress will give attention to tho matter just as ii has to lotteries and malters of that kind With heh state and national laws, buying on margin could be stamped out, and I if it could be. much would be don? to free tho country of such periods of apprehension ns were undera H a few weeks ago. MINE VICTIMS MANY. ! Terrible Facts Gathered By Gov ernment Investigator. Nearly Th reo Times As M.; ny Killed in United States Imst Year an in Most European Countries. The coal mines of the United States i are killing three times as many mon per 1,000 employed as those of moat European countries, in the last seventeen years 22,840 men have given up their lives in the mines of this country. As many violent deaths have occurred in the mines during the last six years as daring the preceding eleven years. The number of fatal accidents each year is "ow double that of thc year 1895 These terrible facts have been. gleuueU by Government experts act ing under orders from Secretary Garfield of the interior department. The conclusions of the experts are ' found in a bulletin issued to-day on j "Coal Minc Accidents; Their Causes and Preventions." The statement in the bulletin that an increase in the number and in the seriousness of mine ex plosions may be expected to con tinuo has already proven fate ful, for since the words were writ ten the country has been startled with the news of three mine explo sions costing nearly 500 lives. The lirst explosion occurred in Pennsly vania in the early part of December and cost 52 lives Then followed the Monongah mine disaster in West Virginia with a loss of nearly four hundred lives, and the explosion in Alabama the other day .with GI lives lost. Jos?pe H. Holmes, chief of the technologic branch, in summing up the situation, says: "The figures in this report indi cate that during the year 1900 near ly 7,000* men wore killed or injured in coal mines of this couniry, and that the number of these accidents caused directly or indirectly by mine explosions has been steadily increas ing. lt is also indicated that this ' increase in part is due to the lack of proper and enforcable mine regula tions; in part to the lack of reliable information concerning the explo sives used in mining and the condi tions under which they can be used safely in the presence of the gas and , dust encountered in the mines; and in part t?) tho fact that in the devel 1 opinent of coal mining not only the number of miners are increasing but many mines from which coal is being taken are either deeper or farther from the entrance where 1 good ventilation is more difficult and ! the dangerous accumulations of ex plosive gas more frequent. '"t he increase both in the number ( and seriousness of mine explosions during the past few years may be . expected to continue unless, through : investigations such as have proven . effective in (?thor coal producing countries, information can be ob tai ned and publish"..' concerning the explosives used, the conditions un . der which they may be used safely, i and the general conditions which I make for health and safety. Such r information may serve as an intelli gent basia both for executive enact ment and for agreements among ? persons associated with mining op > orations." j l*he bulletin shows that in all Pi uro pean coal producing countries " the output of coal has increased . greatly during the past ten years, ; but the number of deaths per L.OOU II miners, instead of increasing ns in this country, has undergone a mark ed decrease, This decrease bas ? been due the bulletin says, to the i oiled ot mining legislation on those , countries for the safeguarding and r ledi<>n of the lives of the work? men, and has been made possible by ' i Government action in establishing . si at ions for the study of problems . relative to safety in mining. ; A PECULIAR STORY Of an Accident Which li cf ell n Lat! in Ceorgla. > lue Savannah Morning News says one of the most remarkable and horrible accidents on or off record ' ha pened a day or two ago tit Tay 1 (or's creek to the 12-year-old son of Mr. Frank Sheppard, ? The boy was grinding cane and in some way was caught by tho lever I tack of bis head and his face was pressed against the frame of the mill. Roth eyeballs were completely taken out and lay on hi* checks and several teeth in the middle of both jaws were crushed the force from back and front of his head boin.? so great. A large mule was hitched to the mill and the resistance was such when the skull became wedged be tween the lever and frame that the mirna! was brought to a standstill. Some one jumped to back the mule in order to free the boy's head when the animal took fright and made a second lunge forward, gripping tho boy's bead. As soon as the lever was pushed i back the boy dropped to the ground as though dead. Ile was picked up abd placed on his back by his father I and mother who natl no idea but ; what he was dead. Some thought ful person began pouring water on : his face and he was soon seen to grasp for breath. The water wa kept up for a lew minutes and bis breathing gradually became normal and in an boor or two his face be ran swelling the flattened condition j of his head lo change and his eyes returned to their sockets. Dr. Layton made an cxaminati >n shortly after the injuries were done and found tba! the external cranial urface was per,', et y normal, six v ing that thc parts had adjust d (lu mselves in a very short while nf? Lei warda. Holli Mr, and Mrs. Shep pard ,-a> that the .-kuli waa ern. I al M ,i and was not half Its naiural H/.e at ibo time ho was hurt. rho me ital state seems norn al and the lad .ays be feels all right in . vet y Way OXCOpta littl? soreness in i ace and soon dors. AN exchange says one of the fairly safe things to do in this country ho\v> adays appears to be td killsomcb >oy. I hat may be t rue so far as our co p ts of so called justice ure concern* I, but how about the slings of can science and the next world. Wini,\<: leaning against a telegraph pole in Wiel.o a. Kans., a man was a* rested for impersonating a police man, rocontly, Appearances were ? t; much against him. TURNED TURTLE. Largest Schooner in the World Upsets Off Scilly Islands. J TERRIBLE ACCIDENT : ;_ i ! Fifteen Sailors Drowned in Capsize. 1 Captain, Engineer and Ono Other i Ouly Survivors of the Thomas W. Lawson,-Sank Whllo At Anchor In Broud Sound, Scilly Islands, Whcro Captain Hod Sought Snfcty. After successfully riding out of a succession of gules which she en countered all tho way across tho Atluntlc and In which she lost all her life boats the American sovon masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson, was capsized In Broad sound, Scilly Islands, whcro the Captain sought sholter from tho fierce storm raging along tho coast Saturday night. Of the crew of 18, Including Pilot Hicks, who hoarded tho vessel from a lifo savor's boat during tho night, only three wore rescued. They wore Capt. G. W. Dow of Melrose, Mass.; lid ward L. Rowe, the engineer, of Wlscnsset, Maine, and George Allen of Bradford, England. The schoon er left Philadelphia Nov. li) for Lon don with a cargo of oil. She lind a hard battle with tho seas all tho way across and whoo she en tered the Broad sound, her captain, knowing tho dangers of the coast, threw out hlo anchors. Later, in answer to his signals of distress, tho lifo savers put out two lifo boats and found tho Lawson anchored In a dan gerous position off Gunner's rock. Tho seas were running high and the gale was increasing and the life sav ers found that moir efforts woro use less. Ono of tho boats returned for a tug and tho other was compelled to put back to shoro because of thc exhaustion of their men. During their absence the Thomas W. Lawsor turned turtle. Allen, one of the rescued men, ls not expected to Uve, while Capt Dow ls suffering from a fractur?e arm. lils rescue was effected onlj (brough the most superhuman effort! Of tho life savers and the gallantry of Frederick Hooks, the son of PU ol Hooks, who accompanied them oi their second trip In the hope of find lng his father. Ltite In the afternoon after a lon? search Capt. Dow and Engineer Row* were seen alive on the Helwetho recks, to whclh they had clung io upwards of 16 hours, the tremen deus waves preventing their rankin! a landing, Young Hicks plunged In ' to the bolling seas and swam ashor? currying ti life Une by means o 1 which he and the cnptaln hallie? hack tn the boat tho engineer win was practically uninjured. After assisting Capt. Dow, Hick was able to reach the boat unaldoi hut tbe efforts exhausted hoe. am the doctors ordered him lo remuil quiet. Gnp!. P w to (. the lifo sav ors thai when he found his voss' was doomed he. the engineer an tho pilot lashed themselves to th mizzen rigging. When the mast foll tho captain and the Gitgihc? managed to get clear.. They jumpo . to the deck, but were washed ovei board, bein? carried by the crurent to the rocks where they were foui'v i Pilot Hicks, however, seemed to b entangled In the rigging. Some Christinas Thoughts. Christmas is again with us, an with it our thoughts naturally tur back to the Christmas of a year ag< Since then into many homes in ot county the death angel has crosse ? the threshold and taken away son loved one. It may have been the fat! er on whose strong arni all leane" or it mav have been the mot her, wi! I her patient self-sacrifice, loving mi istrations md many acts o? lovii kindness that only a mother thinl > of, or it may have been a son < ' daughter, who in the first flush < young womanhood or young mai hood, was looking forward to a loi life of happiness and pleasure as on 1 the young can, or it may have bec some sweet little boy or girl, wi , will no more join us on Christan morning as we gather in the accu terned place to see what Santa Clai has brought us, or it. may have bec some sweet little rose bud, who hi been transplanted in the bright wor above. How appropriate at this tin is that beautiful little poem of El gene Field as he viewed the toys < bis little boy who laid them by an c ossed with the boat man pale to t i other shore. Here is che poem: "The little toy dog is covered wit dust, But sturdy and staunch it stands; And the little toy soldier is red wit rust, Ami bis musket moulds in bis band Time was when the little toy dog wi new, And the poldior was passing fail And that was the time when our litt] Hoy Blue Kissed them and put them there." "Ay, faithful to Little Hoy Blue the stand, Each in the sam . old place; Awaiting the touch of a little bate! The smile of a litt le lace. And they wonder, as waiting the lon, years through. In the dust of that little chair, What has become of Little Bo Blue Since He kissed them and nut then there." Win *n wo think of the absent lo\ ed ones who are gone to that "my. t>rioua bourne from whose shore s n traveller returneth" our hearts ar all crushed, and we wonder in ou blindness and unbelief if wo fha ever see them again, Yes, we shal as the poet says "the stars go dow to i iso on SOlno fairer shore." And s with our beloved dead, They hay g ?no from our vie.v, but they are a happy in an unknown world, an sooner or later wc will join them i a fairer ?md brighter land. From Jhristniau C ; ." written b Father Ryan, we Mlake Hu ; ... ...a COM? 8AV?J? XI&K. Ian's Attempt to Kill His Wife itt Thwarted, The fact that she wore a hair om h heavily mounted with silver nobably ea' cd the lifo of Mrs. Jose* dilno Denny, of No. 319 Camden treet, Newark, rocontly. Her hus* ?and, Edward E. Denny, flrod ? ro olvor at her, hut tho bullet struck he comb, glanced off and buried it? leif lu tho wall. Dolloving that his dm had been trilo whoa ho'saw the vornan stnggod and hoard her icroam, Douay lied from tho houso md escaped. Tho police have boca mable to locate him. Home Afied Ilooze. Tho Augusta Herald says lt is re ported that at Stattenvllle, near Val ;losta, last week, some workmen, while making oxcnpntlons for tho j Carbutt lumber mill, unearthed Ave Jugs of whiskey which, it ls saul, wore burled there 37 years ago. Mr Garbutt, being an ardent prohibi tionist and church member, poured the aged and smelling fluid out upon tho ground . extract: You think of the dead on Christmas eve, Wherever thc dead are sleeping, And we from a land where we moy not grieve, Look tenderly down on your weep ing. You think us far, we are very near, From you and the earth though parted ; We sing tonight to con o'e and cher The hear I s of thc broken-hearted, The earth watches over the lifeless clay Of each of its countless sleepers, And the sleepless spirits that passed away Watch over all earth's weepers. We shall meet again in a brighter land, Where farewell is never spoken;. Wc shall clasp each other, hand in hand, And the clasp shall not he broken; We shall meet again in a bright calm clime, Where we'll never know a sadness, And our lives shall be filled like a I Christmas chime, With rapture and with gladness. The snow shall pass from our graves away, And you from the earth, remem ber; \nd the flowers from a bright, eter nal May Shall follow earth's December. W1 en you think of us think not of I the tomb Where you laid us down in sorrow; But 'ook aloft, ami beyond earth's! gloom, t> Amt wait for the great tomorrow. \ THE OX I In Columbia, South Carolina, mah thing In the Machinery Supply I Write us for prices before phi COLUMBIA SUPPLY On corner opposite Seaboard A LOOK FOR T** ? X It means Hint wc are manufuctui and sales agents for complete 1 Plants, In steam or gasoline, ? ftry and Portttblo Hollers, ledgers Planers, Shingle, and Corn Mills and an chinery. Our steel prices are right nu antccd. . Write OIItRRS MACHINERY COMPANY, ^ggj^^eg^ggsaaiijMiii! IIJI'I lim un II II I have had several y oil other kinds of-vcgel, planto, Colljrd plants, um 1 now have ready foi follows: Early Jersey \\ and Henderson $UCCC6|I( elles to nil experienced the open air near salt v Prices! $1.00 for 500 pl sand, 5.000 to 9.0C0 nt $ thousand. We have spec this point. All orders wi rn;'rtey with orders. I WI will Mive the charges for r< Other plants will bc prompt and personal attn o trial order; I ?fuarantoe B. J. DONALDSON, BE PLANTS FOI t C.f'. - ^itfir^ Wakefield ami SucCCMlOal AUUrl-OVUiTpr tuce, and largo type Caull'.O ///kURr'jr biv>l 8rower* ." world. W V.\I','HM;I MF Mock (or 20 yeats, and il '1 safe to FAMILY Jg Cainable. They have sticc.css.'Mlly st drouth and are relied on hy tho most pi South. We guarantee full count and $af< PRICES: Cabbage and Lettuce f. o, h. Ye per thousand; 5 to 9,000 at $l.?S per thou Cauliflower, $J.0O per thousand, quantities Write your name and express W. ll. HART, E Reference-: Enterprise Hank, Charle* CATALOG l^irpe Whlto Iron Hod '$8.00 Hoautfftn 16 lucho* h Ko: Un Hlankct, ncr pair .. ..$1.08 Floor Oil Cloth, pei LION FURr Cash or Ort^lU. t-airn?- Decorated r*rsr --?-?* linn lAnip $IOJJ OOLUluJS THE Augusta lierai tl has /omul io BOU?CV of our financial trouble. ,&ays "ali the summer our tourists ?ried our money over to Europe, nd now ii appears that all the win ji* retun ing immigrants will keep p this game. No wonder that we ave a money stringency and find ureelves reduced to the necea ty of ming clearing house certifi ?es." How to Curo Rheumatism. The canso of HhoumatiBin and kln rod divises ls an excess of urie old la flu? blood. To cure this terri lo dinoun the acid roust he expelled ad tho system so regulated that no lore acid will bo formed In exces ivo quiintltlOB. Rheumatism is an ute ma i disease and requires an in orual remedy. Rubbing with oils and lilimente will not cure, affords only emporo);. relief at hest( causes you o delay Hie propor treatment, and al own thc r.alady to got a firmer hold m you. l iuimont8 may oase the pain, ?ut they will no moro cure Rhouma IMU than paint will chango tho fibre if rotten wood. Seien?? has at last discovered a icrfoct ind complete euro, which is sailed JGieumaclde. Tested in hun lreds ol cases, it has offected the aost marvelous cures; wo believe lt .viii cure you. Rhoumaclde "gets nt ;be Joints from the inside," sweeps :lio poisons out of tho system, tones lip tho si omach, regulatos the liver and kldiu>v8 and makes you well all over. Rhenmacido "strikes tho root of tho d?neuse and removes lt? cause." Thia Splendid remedy in sold hy drug gists ami dealers gonerally at 50c. nnd $1 'i bottle. In tablet form at 2Gc. and r>0c. n package Got a bottle today; delays aro sonorous. adv OFFERED WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE. Ho matter how limited your moans or ?khi' Cllon, If yon deelr? a thorough business train* g and po?d position,wrlto for our ORK AT H ALP RATE OFFER. Buceen?, independence and probable FOR? Tt'NK KimrRnteod. Don't delay , write to-day. Ibo OA..-M.A. BUS. COl.l.EOn. Macon Q*> FRK< KliKS, As well 3 Sunburn, Tan, Moth, Pimples aud ChapB, ar? cured with Wilson's Freckle Cure. Hold and guaranteed by druggists. noe. Wilson's Fair Skin Soan 26 I cte. I. H. Wilson & Co., Mfgvs. and Props. Ci and 66 Alexander utreet, Charleston, S. C.When ordering di- . rect nu ution your druggist. PI NOS AND ORGANS POR TUB NEXT FEW WEEKS. WK ARE FACTORY AGENTS and roprescnt only tho best Pianos and Organs, that will last a lifo timo. Write at once for our liberal terms nnd Sp'-'-iai prices. MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Coliimhin, 8. C. ,Y HOI SE : IHR n specialty of handling eyery t ino. icing order elsewhere. CO.. Columbia, S. O. lr Lim I'aBseuger Station. ?I HE 1 TRADEMARK 'I'l'H Power Station Saw Mills, hath, Stave y (Iii io', in Mn i IN large, our d our goods guar for Five Catalog. mw* Rox "80, C?YumVtK; -S. cats experience In growing Cabbage plants ?nd ible plant >t tho tr.ide, vii: Beti plants, Onion J Tomato i tauts. : shipmen; Heel plants m\d Cabbage plants as pakelleld$, irbynon IJITRO Type Wakefields, ms. I hete being tho List known rciijM.; vari truik farmers. These plants arc crown oui in ..atc? and ? .il ?.la:..' severo cold without injury. JUU. In loll of 1.C?0 lo 5,000 of $1.50 per iliou I.J5 prr thousand, 10,000 and over III $1.01) per i.il low Kxpress rotc? II*, vi'gctsbie plant? from ll li? (hipped C. O. I), im!. \s you prefer ?ending ould advil" vending money with order.-.. Vou nianing Ike 0. O. O'?. ready in February. Your orden will have my ition. When In need of Vegetable plains (jive "ie <?'.<; . ti'?!. Address nil orders to .MKG?ETT. S. C. Wm RTHE SOUTH Cabbage, Iii? Heston Let ?.cr. Grown Iron? seeds of the e luv? worked diligently on oui say that io d.iv thc> ?ri' tin- best ob ond I ho mom Mvire leM* ol cold and ominen! growers ol every >. 'ellon ol thc arrival of .ill yooils shipped express, 'linc's Island. 500 for $1.00, l t.i S.OCO 11 $1.50 sand; lO.OOo md over al $1.00 per Itousand in proporlion. i oflice plainly and mail orders to NTERP1USK, S. C. itun.S. c:.; Postmaster, F.nterprise, S. C. r. J F.m t.V lilVST Riarjrj UE FREE! II I'alm. Alarm Clock, large urbt?/ i*;h .. 7:.c nickel .-.gao' Cocoa Door Mat, 14x24, speolal tl ??um . yard . . 40? Order by Mail, IMM** Oak Chair, IA, a a ^ "^T* **}