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m lilted JBLiSMN' m> i ED !T. goa tl Stn' P.Jjh^i?. Dlscuss ,IH Aro Ofllcred. Also Inf voilures iv v ent tho Illegal bf Itailroaas.-Till? 111. (ted ; States Senate on Entions were intro jllnian asking the ?o commission to corporation en commerce is the of any other cor Ki ting passenger and Killing upon the inter ne commission to define *y of the fedor ?1 govern f?f tho States in respect to of the liquor traille 5J operation of the inter act ce law. Those resolu ivokcd considerable debate goally referred to senate though ore of them waa bcrson spoRMLon his ng on the comv?ittee investigate i Ds of the present fil agency and to recomm? res for the prevention of 'Tehee. The resolution was ' 'I to the committee on finance senate adjourned at 4 o'< , Saturday. The house was not teion. ja report that the Canadian Pa , trail road bas succeeded in acquir / a majority of the stock of some i; ?Jean railroads having come to vr.Jmsvntion of Senator Tillman, he introduced the following resolution: 1 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 qtb)er corporations which are trans tlie.; passengers and freights; and a,Y the committee is directed to ' Q&mit a statement showing the iifnt and details of such ownership I' far as the facts now appear in the t/K\f.e of the commission and to state ' ni what cases the corporations, whose stoek so owned, have been competi tors for traffic with the corporations owning their stock." Senator Aldrich objected to this resolutb n on the ground that it call ed for a great deal of information }from the interstate commerce com mission which would consume much time, and he thought it should first f) to the committee on interstate fuerce in order that th; t com .rice might ascertain how much work would be involved in it. Senator Tillman remarked that the senator from Rhode Island seemed be suspicious. "1 am always more or less suspic io??? ?t a resolution coming from the sen?toA from South Carolina," retor ted Mw Aldrich. MBeei?"*e be wants to gel facts?" asked ^ "il I man. "No, replied Mr. Aldrich, "be cause he may want to get facts fitt ing into a perconceived idea of what i should be done." /Mr. Aldrich insisted upon his obj ection and consideration of the res jshtion was postponed, which action SM-J the effect of deferring it until Hfrer the holidays. Senator Tillman also introduced i1 > following resolution on the liqu '0' trudie: ' ':: ' That tho committee on interstate ?imerce be instructed to consider ?' ( report by bill or otherwise what Oblation isdj n able or necessary to }*)le the Stuf.es, in the exercise of '<:' i)olice [lowers, to control tho an i e of liquors and all alcohol M/erages within their borders, so . aid the cause of temperance' .^"" yent the encouragement cn to thy States government of tho Baptist c.h... same." "Palmetto Le?Vvipse In the mat band of church v.? was to pre poscd of mossen' circumvention ,i ^\.^"" mterest ot promo good cheer. ^ J en. in town on ?lllt".(, RtaleSi ..(Vm. cipionts ot (] ?,j hactinjj the Wil thia glad . Ci ie i opie in the and cte th .. State laws, but the 6*** bave shaded and shaded ' wie protection until there is tlfl0ully nothing loft of it, ana 1 S1> tue committee to ascertain ii her i) is not practicable to give lief. Toe decisions of the courts .ave been on the ground that the law interf?rera with interstate com merce and it, is on this account thal 1 have asked Lo have thc investiga tions made by the interstate com merce commission." ty c. I il I mail holds the express com panies responsible for the evasion of the Slate laws. Ile says they ave Obvvdjng the local option part of blacketRoa and other local option ?Sta"" ft Cat eu With whiskey which I in from other States "C. O. , i he supreme court of thrt Uni Statos ha ; held that such traffic not be interfered with because .vs interstate character. VVh?h Mr. Tillman at tempte d to secuto the adoption of tho resolution he aroused a long discussion. Mr. Aldrich suggested that the measure i hould go to the committee on judie ary. Mr. Tillman consented to thc chance, but insisted that tiny committee taking charge of it should first h.' in: Lruclud to take thc quos ii ?n up. "Hoes the senator from S m th Car olina," asked Mr. Kean, "wa..i. t hi? sti u< States what laws they should p?s? i ?loot themselves from the liquor 11 ti i !" Mr.Tihni i xplained that his res olution .' in.,-!., nought to doline the point, at which the police power of the State begins. As governor of South Carolina he dealt with this question, lie wanted some commit tee to determine how far congress can gp in limiting, as a police power, a control over interstate traffic in \\?eating beverages, [emiter Clark of Wyoming, chair? ji of the committee on tho judiei * preferred having the resolution .iver until it could be worded in y to allow the committee to re n it intelligently, mpral discussion concerning T|>-ei s of States and the federal it||ttent war. then precipitated, i- (rich t?aid the question had ore tho committee on judie? nc issi aw.,,.1,!1 i. ,",u ^UJU.411!,1 1 ii J ? J wiriiag? iary in ?ve or six congresses. Tho supreme court of the United States; Mr. Aldrich said; held that the liquor traille was a question of conferee and not of police power. Senator Culberaon suggested that a report of a committee of congress cannot add to or take from the pow er of a State or of th? 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 be interstate commerce the State alone could regulate it. 'Tho States", he said, "will de termine for themselves how far they may go and the federal congress wi il determino for itself how far the national government will go." While all would submit to the ac tion of tho supreme court of thc United States, he declared that ever such a decision would not add to 01 take awav from the powers delega ted by the constitution. Senator Bailey ?aid the Wilsor act was specifically and avowedly for the purpose of permitting tht States to regulate this question o. the liquor trafile, "This was," he said, one of tho? I hasty pieces of legislation dashed of in a delirium and such laws are gen erally found to be wanting." He would have the sovereign pc lice powers of the States restored i this matter so that there would b no question as to their control upo the arrivul of a consignment. Thu he considered the essential necessitj Mr. Bailey Baid aa the law ha had been interpreted by the puprem court of tho United States, the pacl age did not enter a State until ii delivery lo tip consignee, when -?p?n MrT^?miB?l 'c??cianja that ~ ne should sene/ for a glass of watt the water might be in the sena! before itreached him. Mr. Knox considered it unfort nate that the decision of the s promo court of the United Stati had maintained that the "arriva of the goods should mean their d livery to the consignee. "I don't believe," he said, "th it is necessary to deal with this mt ter by a resolution. You are pc fectly certain in a short time have bills presented which will rai that exact question, when the wlu subject will necessarily receiye i tentlon. Prohibition he added, ' increasing and will continue to crease." After further discussion in win Senators Bacon, McCurnber, Kn and Tillman participated, Mr. Kn suggested that the whole dilTieu could be reached through a bill. "Draw one" suggested Mr. Tilhr whereupon Mr. Knox prepared amendment to the Wilson bill p viding that the control of the Sti should beginl as soon as i package is "within the borders a state and before or after deliv? to the consignee'" Mr. Tillman then withdrew resolution and offered the hill, wh was referred to the committee judiciary. The hill as presented reads; "That all fermented, distilled other intoxicating liquors or htpj transported into any .Stale or te tory or remaining therein for v consumption? sa'o or storage thc in upon arrival within the border! the State, and before or after dc erv to the consignee in such Statt territory by subject to the opera! and effect of the laws of such Si or territory enacted in the oxer of Its police powers to the si exteut aud in the same rr ncr as though such liquids liquors had been produced in s State or territory and shall not exempt therefrom by reason of ing introduced therein in orig packages or otherwise." Senator Gore of Oklahoma in dUccd a bill providing for the i tion Of United States senators popular vote. Farm Labor Scarce G. A. Mclnory, of Wellsf Kansas, expresses the opinion i farmers in his section would hav< go out of business but for the n ern farm machinery. "Why," declares, "you can't hire a mai work on a farm out in that pan the State short of $2 50 to $3.0 day." This condition forces mers to uso every kind of mach ii that is made for sowing an I reap They have steam plows and loti them. These machines do cte v of many nu n and teams and in way fanners are enabled to i their wheat land and get it in si for seeding. If they had to till they could hire men to plow the old way they could not t enough wheat for home const] lion. The interesting feature of is its refutation of an old tin that the coming of machinery w lower or throw out hand labor seems, however, the more mat cry the higher priced beer the individual laborer and greater difficulty of securing services. Farmerh have been < plaining for yearaArim ri . titi impossible to get au lucio nt help. We wish every one of our rea? delinquents and all those old st bys vs ho pay up regularly a m Christmas. IT is pointed out that th: prc congress is more nearly whisko than any other in years. And y number of the old populistic i are immensely popular with it now. TOM Wat vn, who lunched week with the PVoii lent, say.' ' li;lens well," that ho "knows ii but is willing to loai n m >re." ' r<>\\ i j not a candida'e for t|u Am Club. Ac-o HUNG to ti it New Yolk pois, another mi ? r hit! died squalor," leaving behind him $1 The Spartanbui'g Journal says " ing times like these a man runt risk of being classed as a miser i hoards more than HO cents." Found Dead. Win. Stucky, a well known ph near West Point, Cia. was f doad with his throat C . last v His body lay on a pile ol ott?n in n storehouse on tho Fd n< plantation, which Mr. Stucky recently leased. AH Investlgatli hoing conducted to discover wh Stucky died ss a result ot murd? vloleuco or ?suicide. WANT TO SELL BOOZE In the Old Way instead of Through Dispensaries. Petition Going Vp From Charleston to tho General Assembly to That Effect. / Tho following petition to tho Gen eral Assembly is being circulated in Charleston for signatures. "To the Honorablo, 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 rhesaleof liquors in the county of Charleston in said State in which your petitioners reside is not de ired | ny a large majority of the voters and residents of said county as your pe itioners verily believe. "That thc same is not suited to the needs, circumstances and conditions of the people mostly affected thereby: "That for these reasons the said lysteut is not supported by public sentiment, difficult to enforce and riot calculated to demand observance >r respect. ^j'That your petitioners humbly pray that such legislation may be enacted as shall restore the licen.-e system to this community which was ; ??.?o^^aL^tuiiejoJLthe.origin!^ enactment or the State dispensary law in,thc year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, with the modifica tions required by the State constitu tion of 1895; and your petitioners feel assured ihat thereby will be se em* d, not only all the benefits that 0 dd possibly be expected from tho dispensary system now of force but the same would operate also for the - well being and upbuilding of our people." At recent conferences in which a > goodly number of our people partie j i pated, the undersigned were ap i pointed a committee to look after the matter of giving the people an ! opportunity to sign the petition and to present the same to the General Assembly through the proper ehan ? nels. : Firmly believing that a large ma i jority of the people of Charleston will ' be in sympathy with this movement, we approach tho performance of om 1 duty with confidence. 1 Our confidence is strong bec.msc in principle our people are at hean ? opposed to the dispensary liquor sys ? tem. In their opposition thereto they i have had ready and intelligent pub f lie support from the Charleston nows papers for the past li flev n years. 3 It is further strengthened because 1 we can refer to a law abiding and 5 law respecting condition which ob tained here for many, many years before the first establishment of the State dispensary a condition to which 3 we verily believe the people of Char " lest on long to bo restored, and whicVi . can afford as much revenue as that " contemplated by the dispensary sys L tem. This confidence is further st rength ;" ened by the favor according thc 1 "home rule" doctrine in the last 1 State election. 3 And finally our confidence in UK - people of thc State is strong that ' they will look into our true condi l' tion, see what is suited to our need? 1 and circumstances, and favor our ap 3 peal, though our Senator and Ie. pre * sentatives to the Senators and Rep 1 rosentativoa of our sister counties f r relief and for the enactment of ii law that will give us peace, quiet, ' good order sud happiness. ' All who do.-)rc to sign the memo ?al will lind ti copy with anyone ol the undersigned. John I) C ipplcmann, 'Kl '18 Broad ? street. t O. G. W. MarjenhotV, 153 Church ) street. L, C. A. Roessler, 166-168 Meeting street. ; Ashley C. Tobias. 171 17:} Rast Bay. ) George Lunz, King and (?revi I streets. I W. P. .ionian, 199 hhs! Bay. H. 0 Slroheekor, 287 King street. A. W. Wieters, al Consumers' Ice ' Companv, Wolfe street. ll B. Shroder, 117 Baal Bay. ' Julius I). K?ster, 161-165 Wast Bay. Frank Burbidge, "1 Broad street. "ICmpty Blockings." Unless some steps art; taken to ' prevent it, there will he some empty little stockings in this city on Christ mas morning. All the little ones ' should be made happy on that morn ing of all mornings. We have some i poor children in our city wh ?se folks are not able to K'vo them anything, and unless stockings are filled bj ? those who are able to do so, they will go lacking. If a proper effort is made 1 we believe that our people will re spond, and all the little needy chil dren will be madtfc* v'r>0.vr*y a visit ..from Santa.C.h'Os. f VV-> commend to ?ai! the spirit of the following iiitle .poem written by El len Manley and entitled the "Empty Stocking:" Oh! mothers in homes that are hap py. Where Christmas, comes laden with cheer, Where the children are dreaming al ready Of the merriest, day in the your. A you gather your children around you And tell them "tho story of old," Remember the homes that are dreary! Remember the hearts that are cold! And, thanking the love that has dow ered you With all that ii; dearest and best, Give freely, that from our abundance Some bare little life may be blest! Oh! go wh ?re the stockings hang empty. Where Christmas is naught but a name, And give-for the love of tho Christ child; "Twas to seek such as these that Ile caine! Would Welcome Armada. AI Tokio Thursday Viscount May? I sahl, in ?rn Interview with i he Asso ciated Press said: "Japan will hoarli |y welcome the American Meet of battleships lo tho Pacifie rind to tho pori s of tills country, if lt bo docidod to o\ioml Hi o li lp in thin dlfoeton." Interviews with olhor officials of tho J a panoso tjovornn?oni wisc tu the s ;nin> tone, wmmm**"**m**m**'*.???<?? UW^HL LOOKS WELL FOB BR VAN Spilt in Republican Party Will Help jfilcct Him. In nu . Interview Congressman Chomp Clark aaya: "It cortalnly looks aa though Mr. Brynn would got tho Doieoernlle nomination and furthermore ho will ho oloctod if the Republican leaders J do not stop quarreling among '?em solvos. Tho Republican party has not been ao upi it for ninny you ra. "President Roosevelt's third torin doclslon cortalnly moana that ho can novor again bo a candidato for the prosldoncy if thoro is anything In tho language, and with tho Republicans spilt into factions, tho ono headed by Taft and tho othor headod by 'Unelo Joo' Cannon, Forakor, ll uglies Knox and others, there seems to bo ovory chanco of vctory for the Dom orrats." Rogarding tho movement of tho navy, Congressman Clark said: "Sending the fleet to the Pacific ls all right. If I believed that no for eign nation objected to Its going there, I would not favor tho risk and expense of a long trip, but because I,do believe that, certain nations do object, I am in favor of sow';lng lt to tho Pacific waters and keeping lt there ns long nB wo seo flt." Cotton Crop Scarce. The government bureau of statis tic.! has been up to its old itricks again. According to its report pub lished last week, the crop fCy this year is estimated at ll,G78,000 v)nles, in cons?quence of which the i "rket tdbk a sensational drop of 1 early fiftypmnts, yet only a few 'lours previouV^o th i i report of the bureau of statistic^ which, it sho\il\J be remembered, idkonly the guesswork of more or lessXjpinpetoul-or in compent-experts, thc census bu reau reported that thc number of bales ginned up to December 1st had been only 8,33.8,854 bales. These were no guesswork figures, but' actual facts. In commenting on this palpable effort of the gov ernment bureau to falsify the size of this year's cotton crop the Angus ta Herald says: "To the corresponding date foi last year the ginners reports show ed a total of 10,027,86$ hales ginned when the total crop for the scasoi was 13,656,841 hales; and for tin preceeding year the figures wen 81689,663 and 10,123,686 respective ly. The cotton season was Lack ward last year, it will he remember ed, causing lighter ginning in th early part of the season, and mor? 1 late picking and ginning. Then, al 1 so it must be remembered that ihi year we had the earlies' frosts! o ] record, which cut short the late l*o i and hurried the picking and gini lr?; . ofthat which matured. These iior 1 siderations are convincing proof I lia the guesswork figures of the burea of statittics over:hool il.o niu'4 - and the census bureau's ligures c ! the actual number of bales gin' ^ ' indicate that the crop will be be , the government's estimate "Even assuming that the gOyti ment estimate was correct, and * jS * crop this year will 'tx' ll,GOO,it baies this would stili be a shui . crop in view of the market th . mauds. The crop last year wt L about this size and it folios.*: ' the great bumper crop of ovi . 13.500,000 bales, which left a Jai ger surplus io carry over iu" usual. Yoi this 11,3U?,00? bede ct\J oi last year proved so far short tin , cotton climbed to un precedent! figures before Hu? new crop came ?i ; If tho crop this year should prov as large as the bureau of statistic: , estimates, with the same demam aid other conditions being ai changed, there would be a dearth . cotton next summer which wou run the price up at least as high ; it was last slimmer. But tho government estimate too high, as will later appear. 1 addition lo that there is increase demand; for many new mills ha\ been built during the year which 8 consume cotton. The farmer so si uatcd as to be able to hold cotti i and who is holding- it, has nothin to do but to sit steady in the bot He will be master of the situuti after a while/' Buying cu .Margin. It seems to lie the opinion of th ;? fully conversant wilh tho reet?i Wall street panic that la vs vyi luive t" oe enacted lo prohibit w i< is known as buying on margin. ) I many ways buying on margin h 1 more dangerous part of the Wa Street game, because it carr c greater risks. It ia thc risk Incurro that forces interest rates up an makes money scarce, to the detr mont of legitimate business, J he man who buys on margi simply bets on the market. If stool go Up he makes i profit, but if the go down he loses, and har to mak good his losses, in making good h losses ho generally has to borre' motley and, while ho may give fc'< curity for it, h<> is only one ?.f thoi sands who may be forced to "cover their losses, which, when considci able, result in financial stringency Tlie man who buys on margin i gambler pure and simple, and thor .seems to be no reason w hy ga nb!in in stocks should nol be prohibit? just as playing thc races or an game now under legal ban. While those who adv?calo passit'; ti htvv prohibiting buying on n u realize that stale legi aton would b only partially effective, they var not without hope thal, in the cn Congress will give attention to tli matter jus! as ii has to lotteries an matters of that kind With bot] state and n d ional laws, hui in . oi margin could be stamped put, nn if " could bo. much would bo don to freo thc country of such period of Apprehension aa wen: undera m a few weeks ago. .'1 " n ii ! JJ J t._i JULI>* BL i-*MUi_J J_ ii ij.. j. ijiia.iii.mil,* ii MINE VICTIMS MANY. | terrible Facts Gathered By Gov- | ernment Investigator. dearly Threo Tintes As Many Killed in United States Last Year as in Must iOuropcuii Countries. The coal mines of tho United States I we killing- three times as many men per 1,000 employed as those of most European countries. In the last seventeen years 22,840 men have S?iyen up their lives in the mines of this country. As many violent deaths have occurred in the mines rluring 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, gleaned by Government experts act ing under orders from Secretary Garfield of the interior department. The conclusions of thc experts are found in a bulletin issued to-day on "Coal Mine Accidents; Their Causes and Preventions." The statement in thc bulletin that an increase in the number and in the seriousness of mine ex plosions may be expected to con tinue has already proven fate ful, for since the words were writ ten the country bas been startled with the news of three mine explo sions costing nearly 500 lives. The (irst explosion occurred in I'ennsly vania in the early part of December and cost 52 lives Then followed the Monongah minc disaster in West Virginia with a loss of nearly four hundred lives, and the explosion in Alabama the other day with GI lives lost. Josepe H. Holmes, chief of thc technologic branch, in summing up thc situation, says: "The figures in this report indi cate that during the year 190(5 near ly 7,00I? men vyere killed or injured in coal nones of this couniry, and that the number of these accidents caused directly or indirectly by mine explosions bas been steadily increas ing. It is also indicated that this increase in part is due to the lack ut* proper and enforceable 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 thc1 presence of the gas and dust encountered in the mines; and in part to the fact that in the devel opment of coal mming 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 good ventilation is more difficult and the dangerous accumulations of ex plosive gas more frequent. "The 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 other coal producing countries, information can be ob fained and published concerning the explosives used, the conditions un der winch they may be used safely, and the general conditions which make for health and safety. Such information may serve as an intelli gent basis both for executive enact ment and for agreements among persons associated with mining op orations." The bulletin shows that in all European coal producing countries tho output of coal has increased greatly during the past ten ye ti s, but the number of deaths per 1,000 miners, instead of increasing as in thiscountry, has undergone a mark ed decrease, This decrease bas been due the bulletin says, to the ell'eci of mining legislation on those countries for the safeguarding and ? r lection of the lives of the work men, and has been made possible? by Government action in establishing stations for the study of problems relative to safety in mining. A riser LIA it sTon\ Of an Accident Which Befell a Lad in (?eorgla. The Savannah Morning News says <<ne of the most remarkable and horrible accidents on or off record ha pened a day or two ago at Tay lor's creek to thc 12-year-old son of Mr. Prank Sheppard, The boy was grinding cane and in some way was caught by the lever back of his bead and his face was pressed against the frame of the ?mil. Holli eyeballs were completely taken out and lay on his' cheeks and several teeth in the middle of both jaws were crushed the force from back and front of his head being so great. A large mule was hitched to the mill and the resistance was such when thc skull became wedged be tween the lever and frame that the inimal 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 head. As soon as the lever was pushed back tho boy dropped to the ground as though dead, tie was picked up alu! placed on his back by his father and mother who had 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 was kent up for a few minutes and his breathing gradually became normal and in an hour or two his face be gan swelling the Hat toned condit >n of his head to chango and his eyes returned to their sockets. Dr. Layton made an examination shortly after the injuries were done and found thal the external cranial surface was pore cly normal, she v ing that thc parts had adjust d lin mselves in a very short while af Lei wards. Both Mr, and Mrs. Shep pard a> that the :skull waa crushed M a and waa not half its natural M/.O at the lime he was hurt. l'Ile me ital state seems norn al ind the lad .ays be feels all right in veiy way excepta little soreness in lace and shoo dors. AN exchange says une of the fairly *afe things io do in this country new da vs app fara to be to kill someb >? i y I hat may bo n ue so Par as our co v, ts 'f so called justice aro concerne I, nit how about ibo stings of e m sch nco and the next world. WHILK leaning against a telegraph IOIO bl Wichita? Kans., a mau w as n rested for impersonating a p?lice* nan, reeontly, Appearances were ; ? nu.en against Illili, TURNED TURTLE Largest Schooner In the World Upsets Off Scilly Islands. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT fifteen Sailor? Drowned in Capsize Captain, Engineer mid Ono Other Only Survivors of tho Thomas W. Lawson.- Sank While At Anchor hi Broad Sound, Scilly Islands, Where Captain Had Sought Safety. After successfully riding out of a succession of gales which she en countered all tho way across the Atlantic and in which she lost all her life boats the American soveu masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson, was capsized in Broad sound, Scilly Islands, whero tho Captain sought shelter from tho floreo stor.n raging along tho coast Saturday night. Of the crow of 18, including Pi?ut Hicks, who boarded tho VOSBOI frJin a life savor's boat during tho l ight, only three wore rescued. They wore Capt. G. W. Dow of Melrose, Mass.; Edward L. Howe, the onglneor, of Wiscasset, Maine, and Ceorgo Allon of Bradford, longland. The schoon er left Philadelphia Nov. 19 for Lon don with a cargo of oil. She had a hard battle with tho seus all tho way across and whoa she en tered the Broad sound, her captain, knowing the dangers of the const, threw out his auchors. Later, in answer to his signals of distress, tho Ufo savors put out. two lifo bonts and found Hie Lawson anchored in a dan gerous position off Gunner's rock. Tho seas were running high and tho gale was increasing and the lifo sav ers found that tholr efforts were use less. Ono of tho boatH returned for a tug and tho other was compelled to put back to shore because of the exhaustion of their men. During their absence tho Thomas W. Lawson turned turtle. Allen, one of the rescued mon, lt not expected to Uvc, while Capt. Dow is suffering from a fractured arm. His rescue was effected on h through the most superhuman efforts of tho life savers and the gallautr> of Frederick Hooks, tho son of Pil ot Hooks, who accompanied them ot their second trip in tho hope of find ing his father. Late In thc afternoon after a lonj; search Capt. Dow and Engineer Rowe were seen alive on the Holwothoi tocks, to whclh they had clung foi upwards of 15 hours, tho tremen dons waves preventing their makins a holding. Young Hicks plunged In to the boiling seas and swam ashore currying ti life line by means ol which he and (he captain hauled baok to tho boat the engineer whe was practically uninjured. After apsis!lng Capt. Dow, Dickt was able to reach the boat unaided but the efforts exhausted hon and tho doctors ordered him io remalli quiet. Cat>t. P w lo <. the life sav ers thal when he found his VOSFO was doomed he, the onglneor and tho pilot lashed themselves to Hu mizzen rigging. When the mast; foll tho captain and the engineei managed to get clear. They jumpo? to tho dock, lott were washed over board, being carried hy tho crurent! to the rocks whore they wore found Pilot Hicks, however, seemed to bi entangled In the rigging. Home Christinas Thoughts. Christmas is again with us, ant with it our thoughts naturally tun back to the Christmas of a year ago Since then into many homes in oui county the death angel has crosscc the threshold and taken away somi loved one. lt may have been the fat h er on whose strong arm all leaned or it mav have been the mother, wit) her pali"ut self-sacrifice, loving min istrations md many acts of lovinj kindness that only a mother think of, or it may have been a son o d nighter, who in the first flush o young womanhood or young man hood, was looking forward to a lom life of happiness and pleasure as ord: the young can, or it may have bee: some sweet little boy or girl, win will no more join us on Christmai morning as we gather in the accus tomed place to see what. Santa Clan: has brought us, or it may have beet some sweet little rose bud, who hh; been transplanted in the bright work above*. How appropriate at this tim< is that beautiful little poem of Eu gene Field as he viewed the toys oj his little boy who laid them by and crossed with the boatman pale to thc other shore. Here is the poem: "The little toy dog is covered witli dust, But sturdy and staunch it stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair, And that was the time when our little Boy Bitte Kissed them and put them there." "Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place; Awaiting thc touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face, And they wonder, as waiting the long years through. In the dust of that little chair, What has become of Little Boy Blue Since he kissed them and put them there." When we think of the absent lov ed ones who are gone to that "mys? t rious boiirne from whose sheri s no traveller returneth" our hearts are all crushed, and we wonder in our blindness and Unbelief if WO shall ever see them again. Yes, we shall, as the poet says "the stars go down to i iso on some fairer shore." And so w th our beloved dead. They have g ?no from our vie.v, but they are all happy in an unknown world, and sooner or later WO will join them in a fairer ; nd brighter land. From a "v.bristn..u> C it," written b? halber Ryan, wc incite Ut> . .....> .\ lng COMB ?AVK? HEB. Mau'? Attempt to Kilt Ht? Wife in Thwarted, The fact that ?ho wore a hair comb heavily mountod with silvor probably saved the life of Mrs. Jos? phine Donny, of No. 310 Camden1 street, Newark, recontly. Her hus band, Edward 10. Donny, fired a ro volvor at her, hut tho bullet struck the comb, glancod off and buried it self in tho wall. Believing that his aim had bcon trite whon ho'saw tho woman stagged and hoard bor scream, Donny lied from tho houso and escaped. Tho police have boca unable to locate him. Homo Aged ?ooze. Tho Augusta Herald says lt is re ported that at Stattcnvillo, near Val dosta, last weok, some work mon, wliilo making oxcapations ;for tho Garbutt lumber mill, unearthed fl Ve Jugs of whiskey which, lt ls Haid, were burled there 37 years ago. Mr. Garbutt, hoing an ardent prohibi tionist and church mombor, poured tho agod and smelling fluid out upon thc ground . extract: You think of the dead on Christmas eve, Wherever thc dead are sleeping, And we from a land where we mcy 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 eing tonight to con o'c and cher i The hearts of the broken-hearted, The earth watches over the lifeless clay Of each of its countless sleepers, And the sleepless spirits that passet away Watch over all earth's weepers. We shall meet again in a brightc: land, Where farewell is never spoken;. We shall clasp each other, hand ii hand, And the clasp shall not lie broken We shall meet again in a bright cain clime, Where we'll never know a sadness And our lives shall be tilled like Christmas chime. With rapture and with gladness. The snow shall pass from our grave away, And you from the earth, remem ber; \nd the Howers from a bright, eter nal May Shall follow earth's December. WI en you think of us think not o i he tomb Where you laid us down in sorrow Bul 'o<>k aloft, and beyond earth' gloom, ?, Ano wait for the great tomorrow Til E Ol> in Columbia, South Carolina, mi thing In the Machinery Supply Write us for prices beforo r COLUMBIA St IM?I/ On cornor opposite Seaboard LOOK FOR T: : It means that we are inanufaet aial salt's agents for compl?te riants, in steam or gasoline, ?wy and Portable ?oilers lodgers Planers, Shlngl and Corn Mills and J chinery. Our std prices are right a ant ced. . Write GIBBES MACIIIXKIt\ COMPAN 1 have h?'l several oil other kinds of-veg plante. Collard pl J nts, i I now have read. I follows; Early Jersey und lk'iulcrcon Succ?s etlcs to all cxpeticncri the open ali near salt Prices: $1.00 loi 509 sand, 5,000 to 9,000 nt thousand. We have ap this point. All orders money wltii order*. I will save the chargea foi Other plants will ti prompt and personal al n trial order; I guarani B. J. DONALDSON B PLANTS Fi Wakefield and Succcssi l-AUl.lrUWtttl^ tuce, and Urge type Cauli' /y/^" / k"" crow*r* 111 ,,u' wofUi. <'MI?M;I & stock for JO years, ?ind it s safe 1-VMllXjy tainahle. f hey have success.'-illy drouth and Hie i el ?ed on hy the most South. We guarantee full count .ind s MUCHS; Cabbage and Lettuce f. o, h. ' per thousand; 5 to 9,000 tl $I.JS per th Cauliflower, $.1.00 per thousand, quentitli Write jour name and expo W. K HART, Pvefcrenrcs; Enterprise Hank, Char! CATALOG l>!ir/Ti> Whito iron Ued $8.90 Beau iff tu lt lachen Roslin Hlanket, por pair .. ..$1.08 Lftrge 1 'oeoratrd 1 llnll l*i"p $4.?? I Floor Od Cloth, p LION FUR Cash or Credit. COLTJMJ THU Augusta-Herald ha? found the source of our financial trouble. It says "all the summer our tourists carried var money over to Euro, and now it appears that all the w ter retun ing immigrants will keep up this game. No wonder that we have a n.oney stringency arid find ourselves reduced to the neces sity of uving clearing house certifi cates." How to Curo Rheumatism. The canso of Rheumatism and kin drod dh-eases ia an excess of urie acid lu flu? blood. To euro this terri ble disease tho acid must bo ox poll od aud tho system so regulated that no moro acid will bo formed lu exces sive quantities. Rheumatism is aa internal disease and requires au in ternal remedy. Rubbing with oils and liniment . will not cure, affords only temporal.v relief at bost( causes you to delay i We proper treatment, and al lows the n.ulady to got a firmer hold on you. 1 inimonts may ease tho pain, but they will no moro euro Rhouma tiam than paint will chango the fibre of rotten wood. Selene" han at last discovered a perfect and completo euro, which ls e?.Ued Rheurnacido. Tested in hun dreds Oi caaos, lt has offected the most marvelous cures; wo believe lt will cure you. Rheumaclde "gets nt tho Joints from tho inside," sweeps the poisons out of tho system, tonoB up tho stomach, regulates the liver and kidneys and makes you well all over. Rheumacido "strlkoB tho root of the disease and removes Us cause." This splendid remedy ls sold by drug gists and dealers gonerally at 50o. and $1 n bottle. In tablet form at .2Gc. and .">0c. a package. Got a bottle today; delays are generous. adv OFFERED WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE. Bo matter how limited your mount or ed* ellon. If you dcelre a thorough, business trail* g and po.ul position, wiito tor our GRJB AT H ALP RATE OFFBR.^ Buocei rt Tho access. Independence end probable POR? NF. tni?n>nte<d. Don't delay, write to-day o QA.-AUA. BUS. COl.l.COU. Macon OM FIUX KI.FH, As well j Sunburn, Tau, Moth, Pimples and Chaps, ar? cured with Wilson's Freckle Caro, Sold and guaranteed by druggists. ?()c. Wilson's Fair Skin Soap 26 cts. T. H. Wilson & Co., Mfgrs. and Props. Co and 66 Alexander street, Charleston, S. C.When ordorlug di rect un allon your druggist. PI NOS AND ORGANS FOR 'I1 fifi NEXT FEW WEEKS. WE AHB FACTORY AGENTS and represent only tho best Pianos and Organs, that will last a lifo timo. Write at once for our liberal terms and Spooial prices. MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, S. O. ?L Y HOI SK liking a specialty of handling every I iillO. da clog order elsewhere, r" CO.. Columbia, 8. C. Air Linc Passenger Station. E. TRADEMARK urers i Power , Station , Saw M lils, c, Lat li, Stave inythlng ?II Ma ck is large, our md our goods guar for Fie?1 Catalog Cm-ii'ioVr... Gr, years experience In growing C.-bbage plants und cubic plant, T thc ludo, viz: Ut ci plants, Onion md Tomato planta, for shipmen! Hetti plants aqd Cabbage pistas as Wakefields, arhyston Large Typo Wakefields, ?lon?. These being thc best known relia:>lo vari J truck fanners, These plants ?rc ftrown >>nt in watci and > ul st*?..' ?.overo cold without i.-ijury. plant?. In lol* of 1,0*0 to 5,000 nt $1.50 per thou $1.25 per tb oust nd, lO.^Cfl ?nd over nt $1.00 per iccial low IC*;-rcs3 rulCH on vegetable plants from Will tic Shipped C. O. l>. Utib vs you prefer fending would advi . .endino money with order?. You r reaming the ('. O. D's. o ready in February. Your orders will have my trntiou. When in need of Vciicnblc plants tivr me lee Mtisfaction. Address ^ill orders to .MLG?ETT. S. C. asm EST OR THE SOUTH o.l Cabbage, Big Uoston Let- ^jjSpzzf^tksiY .ower. Grown from seeds of the ^^WAKEHKLP We have worked diligently on our BfeST to say that to day they are thc best i.b. ^V&AMV stood thc must severe lets of cold and >*YAtml?( proinineill groweisoi every section ol the .fe arrival of .ill Roods shipped by express l'oUnff'S Islam!. 500 for $1.00; I to S.OOOat $1.50 otisand; 10.000 and over st $1.00 per thousand, es in proportion. SSS office plainly and mail order? to ?NTERPRISK, S. C. leston. S. C.! Postmaster. Enterprise. 5k C. UE FREE! . eh Palm. Alarm Clock, large ataa/ hhs h .. ?:>C nickel .?.004' Cocoa Door Mat, lixli, special ?*W ci squat , yard . . 40? Order by Mail, i^nre Oak Chair* BIA, a OL ^ *f* MJ