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/ Reliability < tiser Who Uses the Col- umns of This Paper. JAPS ARE AM WITH UNCLE SAM j Concerning Publication of a Consular Report. WAS NO REASON FOR IT Jtipanese Construe It us Luck'ux In Tan?, hr Not Directly Unfriendly t on I’art of United Mutes Government, at Critical Juncture. Yokohama, May 14, via San Euan* cisco, Juue 6.—There ia much feeliug iu pol’ticai circles caused by the pub lishing of Consul General Below’a letter to the American government concerning the state of Japan’s finances. However true, the facts therein stated, the cou- 1 elusions sure to be drawn from them by foreign governments and the commer cial world are wholly unfounded, as the liuaucesof this government nro iu the soundest condition. It is felt that at this juncture, where bo much depends upon keeping Russia iu check, it becomes an action cu the part of ihfc American government whol ly lacking m tact, if not directly un friendly, tip make public sued a commu nication, fbr which there was no neces sity and practically no reason. It is qui e evident, at all events, that ■Western pqnple can have no couceptiorf of the tension of the nerves here in the oast or the| immediate danger of a sud den break, which will involve the whole •world iu a gigantic war. The batieship Oregon, after a stay of Brittle ov;r a week, weighed anchor for borne on i ay J6. She w T as a most wel come gueic during her visit here, at tracting tne greatest admiration as an ideal war. dp, nothing approaching her Laving be u seen in these waters. WHILE SITTING IN CHAIR. United : tales Army Surgeon Dies Suddenly. OLEVElkxn, June 6—Major George Arthur, assistant paymaster of the United Slates army, died this morning, while sitting in a chair at the Weddell House, iajor Arthur was the son of P. M. Ariiiur of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive H ugineers. The pii siciaus believe that death re sulted frdu hemorrhage of the stomach or of the lungs. An autopsy will be held. Major Arthur was about 43 years of age aud pumarried. Last fall, while in pursnit cf his duties as paymaster of troops attached to a remote post in the Phihppiijus, Major Arthur was attacked by a nuniber of drunken soldiers, who attempted to get possession of his cash box. Infthe fight which followed Major Arthur Uas badly beaten. He was iu the bosdtal at Manila on his return, aud whjn able to leave the hospial re turned jiomc ' i n a furlough. He had practicaly recovered' from Jiis wounds and had been in good health reoClHljV * I>iath of Railroad Official. . St. Ipuis, June 8.—A private tele gram itam Danville, Ills., announces the de^th at that place last night of Georgejl. Warfel, assistant general pas- seugerfcgont of the Baltimore aud Ohio SonthTestern railway, stationed at St. Xenial Mr. Warfel had been ill almost ji yearbefore his death. Efjfl ibo- TERRIFIC RAIN AND WIND. Numl ' Jtouth lUox Const ru 1 ttis of Persons Supposed to Have Heen Drowned. RipUY, O., Juue ft.—A terrific rain- atorm, jaccoinpauied by heavy winds, Tisitad.tbis section last night, doing great d(mago to property and probably causingtho loss of a number of lives. The wtfo and daughter of John Hiett of near Hiett’s Postofflce, left here just before tl a storm broke and are both supposed o have been lost. Eagle (reek suffered severely and a number c people are reported missing and probi bly drowned. _ Three ridges were swept away and aeveral uildiugs moved down the stream. overed Large Area. Oikcin ati, June 6.—Advices from other par|* of Brown county and adja cent cona'ies show that the wind and raiostorii covered a considerable area. At ElLrrry, in Brown county, many Louses A-erc Hooded and their occnpauts trere di^vou to higher ground, while their bouses and contents were destroyed. Fiftv (jutie were drowned near Ells- fcerry. At -.itunfiTille, Ky., the heaviest rain fall iu jitrars occurred and several houses wore* mtved from their foundations. At IVitsmoutb, O., the rainfall was nearly i inches. ■rn Railway improvements. ii.lk, Juno 6.—Engineer of itiou W. H. Wells of the South ern rail-ufTy aunonuced here today that the contract had been lot to W. J. Oli ver & 0'>. for |;i50 f 000 to make new grades and other improvements on the Asheville division. He also said the Southern had decided to spend (300,000 na similar improvements on the Air line between Louisville and St. Louis. Continues to Improve. • Washington, June Drs. Rlxey, Stertfb rg snd Johnston were iu consul tation at the White House about half an hour this morning. After their depart ure 8e< netaxy Gortelyon gave out the folkmintf statement: "Mrs. McKiu- 'ey’* piiyuoians report that she passed a fortniie night and continues to slight improvement" Newsy Items from Other Counties Urouped Together. Thirty-four young Indies gradu ated from Winthrop College this year. The commencement exercises '■ were held June 2-5. Hon. W. F. Stevenson, speaker of the house of representatives, delivered the ad dress. Charles E. Cobb, of Anderson, has entered suit against the Southern Railway for $15,000 damages on ac count of the loss of his leg as the re sult of an accident at Belton by which his foot was badly damaged last December, John Washington, an eleven year old negro boy, was drowned in Ch.ar- | leston harbor Monday morning. He was watching the unloading of a cargo of bananas and in attempting to seize one which had fallen into the water, lost his balance and fell from the wharf. Beauregard Fernandez killed Rich ard Macomson at Duncans last Mon day night. Fernandez walked over to the house where Macomson was and fired on him suddenly. Two of the balls took effect killing him instantly. Coroner Foster held an inquest. Fernandez left suddenly and has not been arrested. J. B. Nutall, a private of the Lee Light Infantry of Chester, was re turning from Chicamanga last week At Campobello # there was a short stop and he ft as charged with throwing a stone through the window of the waiting room and insulting some ladies. Magistrate Poole ordered his a'rrest on his arrival in Spartanburg. Chief Dean attended to the case and Nutall was held for an order from Poole. A young lady of Greenwood while visiting in a neighboring town of the county, noticed what she thought was a fine field of cotton, and proceeded to uproot several stalks to take to Greenwood and show her friends how far the cotton in that section was ahead of this section. Imagine her chagrin when she was informed that, instead of cotton, she had pulled up several of Captain Kirk’s Lainbardy poplars, worth fifty cents apiece, which are planted and growing by the thousand in his nursery. Down in Edgefield one Sunday an old lady was standing by the water while the preacher was baptizing her daughter, a young lady about grown. When her daughter was lifted up f.-om the water she screamed, aud her mother exclaimed in disgust: "Yes, I knew Sadie would have to do some thing extra; she must always do something nobody else has ever done.”' Thus it is iu this State among men as well as women. A contemporary outside of the State observes that the unaccountable is always looming up in South Carolina pofifittr * — Uncle William Rose, the colored veteran of three wars, who died in Co lumbia a few days ago and was tens derly laid to rest by white pall bears from Camp Hampton. He was born a slave and has been through three wars with his white friends, and would have gone through the fourth had his age permitted. His name was carried on the roll of the Rich land volunteers for three quarters of a century. He was an honorary member of Camp Hampton. Uncle William has been a familiar figure at the door of the governor’s office in the State house, having been mes senger (or each Chief executive from Hampton down to McSweeney. Chief of Police Dean, of Spartan burg, went to Charlotte, N. C., Tues day to bring back to Spartanburg Jim McBtth, a young bootblack who frequents the sidewalk in front of the Spartan Inn. Jim was in the lock-up at Charlotte, the authorities there having been requested to look for him 1 He carried away with him $25 be longing to Mr. G. W. Addis, a travel ing salesman, who was stopping at the Inn. During his stay there he had employed the bootblack to wait on him, and Jim was frequently in the drummer’s room. It was at one of these Intervals that the negro ef fects the steal. When arrested in Charlotte, N. C., the $25 was found in his pocke*. Chief Dean re turned with McBeth Wednesday. Walter W. Burgess, the twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W Bur- grss, died at his father’s home in Greer’s on Saturday afternoon, after au illness of eight days. Walter was an unusually bright and cheerful boy, tbe idol of his parents and loved by tbe entire community In which he lived. His prospects for a useful and successful life were promising, being endowed with a bright intel lect, lint, ain able and ^eaeroua disposition, and his premature death is a great sorrow to his friends. His funeral services were held at the Greer’s Baptist church on Sunday afternoon at which a large crowd at tended, and were conducted by Rev. T. C. Potter, assisted by Rev. T. P. Phillips, after which the body was interred In the Greer’s cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have the sym pathy of a large circle of friends in their sad bereavement. frsnrli Wheat Crop. Paw?, Jap' 6.—The official crop re port showi that the winter wheat is very good m 3 departments, good in 43, fair in ;C |ud passable in 5. The spring wheat is very good iu 1 department, good iu Hi tair in M and passable iu 8, } There is spring wheat io tbs other ^apartments. A man is seldom in undue haste to take up an overdue note. My little eon had au attack of whooping cough and was threatened with pheumonia; but for Chamber lain's Cough Remedy we nould have had a terious time of it. It also saved him from several severe at tacks of croup— H J. Ktmk kkadkn, editor World-Herald, Fair Heaven, Wash. For sale by Cherokee Drug Go. REUNION NOTES ANDCOMMENTS. Two Thousand Delegates From Different States. GENERAL JONES, PRAYER Meeting Called to Order hy Gen. G. W, Gordon With a Gavel Made Iron* Idmh or a Tree that Grew In President Jeff OavU Yard. (•jaapa-i eqi, jo eDuapuodsajJoo) Etta Jane, June 4.—To give our readers a full account of tbe Mem phis reunion of Confederate veterans will take more ..pace than we could expect this paper to devote to such matter. We will, however, devote our space to what we think the most important items which our readers at home and abroad will the more ap predate. When the convention was called to order in Confederate hall on the morning of the 28th ult., there were present on the floor 2,805 delegates from the different States. The hall was an immense building in size, ca pable of seating 15,000 people at one time, and there is no doubt iu our minds that fully two-thirds of that number were present all the time in the building while the convention was going on. The hall was an im mense amphi-theatre with rows of seats on all sides extending from the floor to the roof of the building. The speaker’s stand, a long platform capable of seating two hundred peo ple, was rather at an end, just where the tiers of seats began to ascend to tbe top and rear of the building. To the left of the speaker’s stand, about midway of the building, was a plat form for the bands. The building and stands were- beautifully and tastefully decorated, both outside and inside. From the canopy hung the flags of the different States and here and there, at the most conspic uous places, were to be seen the pic tures of the most important generals of the Confederate army. Throughout the hall on the main floor was to be seen placards telling where tbe different State delegations were to meet. Everything was well arranged when the veterans and sons and daugh ters took their seats iu the galleries and around on the outside of the railing to witness the opening of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the U. C. Veterans. General George W. Gordon, of Memphis, with a gavel made from a limb of a tree that grew in President Bet called the meeting to order and an nounced that the proceedings would be opened with prayer by Chaplain General J. William Jones, of Rich mond, Va. The venerable divine then stepped forward and by raising hjs hands gave tbe signal for the con gregation to stand. He said: * 0 God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come—God of Israel, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob— God of the centuries—God of our fathers—t^od of Jefferson Davis, Al bert Sidney Johnson, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson—Lord of host and the God of battle—God of our common country—God of our South land—our God to Thee we bring our praises and adoration with grateful hearts as wo gather iu our reunion today. "Wo thank Thee, oh God, that Thou hast preserved our lives amidst the leaden and iron hail of battle, io the loathsome hospital and in the prison, whilst so many of our comrades fell in the darK days or have stepped out of the ranks in the years since, we have been spared and are hero today to greet each other once more iu the flesh before we, too, shall cross over the river. ‘ Od G id, we beseech Thee that Toy richest blessings may come down upon and abide with this meeting. Bless our beloved commander and all our officers and all these delegates and every household here represented today. Graciously preside over this vast assembly and let nothing be said or done that Thou wilt not approve. We beseech Thee, our Heavenly Father, to bless our Confederate vet erans, their children and children’s children wherever they are today. Make the veterans in the future, as they have been in the past, true to the duties of the hour and good citi zens of a common country. Oh, God, forbid, we pray Thee, that they should evor forget the hallowed mem ories of the past or fail to teach their children tbe great principles of con stitutional freedom which our fathers established and for which we fought in the days of 1861 to 1865. May our living, Heavenly Father, gra ciously provide for our needy com rades, their widows and orphans and so smile upon and prosper our South land that we may have tbe sweet privilege of caring for them iu a proper way. And now, Ob Lord, we beseech Thee to bless Thy servant, the President of the United States and all in authority under him, th; t we may have wise laws and good gov ernment. Wo thank Thee, our Heavenly Father, that Thou hast raised up from her bed of sickness the wife of our president and we pray Thee that the Great Physician may restore her to even more than her ac customed health and strength. W« pray Thy blessing upon every section of our common country, that disease and danger and death may be , warded off from tbe people, that tjiere may be fruitful seasons, plenteous harvests and business prosperity. But above all, that our’s may be in reality, and not merely in name, a Christian land whose God is the Loid and that the great problems now be fore us or that may arise during the twentieth century upon which we have entered, may be properly solved by the solvent of the ages—the gos pel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hear, Oh God, we beseech- Thee, this our opening prayer, and grant these our humble petitions. Pardon, we pray Thee, for Jesus sake, our many sins, make us all true soldiers of the cross, sanctify and save us since we ask it all in the name and for the sake of Christ, our dear Redeemer— the captain of our salvation—Amen.” Governor Burton McMillan was then introduced and he made a strong speech welcoming the veterans to the State of Tennessee. He began thus: "Mr. Chairman, Soldiers of the United Confederate Veteran’s Asso ciation, Ladies and Fellow Citizens: On behalf of more than two millions of people of the ‘volunteer State’ I am happy to meet you and to wel come you within our borders. AH Tennesseeans rejoiced at the prospect of your coming and are glad to wel come you here. You won a right to this welcome in the nineteenth cen tury and are entitled to enjoy it to the fullest extent in tbe twentieth century. Thirty-six years have been added to the vanishing century since the last tattoo of your great army was sounded. Empires have fallen and new governments risen withlu that time, but we are glad to see the old Confederate soldier is still here and extend to him the most cordial and heartfelt greeting the State cfin give.” Further on he continued: "What words can fittingly express the adoration and affection with which we should remember the women of the south who, unpro tected and defenseless through these long dreary years, were left to battle against poverty aud misfortune. Through sorrowful days and sleepless nights, with unfaltering heart she kept up the trying vigil. She was as brave as Leondas at Thermopylas, or Ney at Beresyne. You come today to recount your battle scenes, weary marches, fierce carnage and long seiges which go to make that the greatest struggle of history. You come to rekindle your camp-fires and renew to each other vows of brotherly affection in memory of four years of superhuman courage and devotion, unsurpassed glories and grand tri umphs. Tennessee bids you wel come within her borders and begs you to feel that here, by the great est of voices, here in this splendid city, you are welcome to our hearts and homes and that in our hearts you have forever an abiding place.” J. L. s. YELLOWBACK NOVELS UNSETTLED HIS MIND Horrible Deed of a IG-Ycar- Old Boy In Ohio. STABBED ELDER SiSTER SUmiisUM ill* U-Year-Old Drotber, S>et Kire Io Darn, Ran Into the lluru- ln£ Building and Shut Himself In the Temple. Toledo, June 6.—Leroy Grove, the 10-year-old son of a prosperous farmer living near Napoloeu, stabbed his sister, aged 24, to tho heart, killing her in stantly. He then strangled ins 13-year- old brother to death, and firing the barn, ran iu aud shot himself through the temple. Tho tragedy occurred just after mid day. His charred body was recovered. It is thought he was insane by read ing dime novels. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.Z Curen Eczema mart UrhliiKHumorgThrough the Itloud -CobU Nothin*; to try It. B. B., (Botanic Blood Balm) is _ nre now recognized as a c cure for Eczema, Itching Skin, Hu mors, Scabs, Scales, Watery Blisters, Pimples, Aching Bones or Joints, Boils, Carbuncles, 1’riokling Pain in the Skin, Old Eating Sores, Ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Balm taken internally, cures the worst and most deep-seated cases by enriching, purifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood sup ply to the skin. Botanic Blood Balm is the only cure, to stay cured, for these awful, annoying skin troubles. Other remedies may relieve, but B. B. B. actually cures, heals every sore, and gives the rich glow of health to the skin. B. B. B. builds up the broken-down body and makes the blood red and nourishing. Over 8000 voluntary testimonials of cures by Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Druggist, $1. Trial treatment free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble, and free medical advice will be given until cured. A Boston man is so mean that he wants his landlady to reduce the ptice of his board because he has lost two of his teeth. TRAGEDIES ABOUT WOMEN. One In North Carolimi; Another lu l*ulmetto Mate. Asheville, N. O., Juno ft.—Lato yes- ternoou Amnn Throssell emptied his re volver at J. E Joyner, lodging five or six bu.lets in Joyner’s body. Joyner is still living, but bis recovery is doubtful. Throssell surrendered and is iu jail. Throssell hud instituted a civil action about a month ago against Joyner for $40,000 for alienating his wife’s affec tions. Tho cause was returnable before the court which was to bo held by Judge Jones, and declared by the supreme court illegal Failing afterwards to get tbe case before the grand jury in a criminal action and to got revenge by law, it is believed ho brooded over it until he was wrought up to this despera tion. Gamer Shot by IHiickwell. Columbia, S. 0., Juue 6.—Last mght Noah Garner, while walking on the street with Mrs. Janie Blackwell, was confronted by tbe husband of tho wo man and shot through the body, prob ably fatally. Blackwell has disappear ed. Mrs. Blackwell came hero as a widow, aud was often in tho company of Garner, who represented himself as a single man. Blackwell, it seems, has been following them, and appeared very unexpectedly on the scene last night. Garner is said to have a wife and chil dren iu Greenville, where tbe Black wells have also lived. Garner was em ployed bore iu the Columbia cotton duck mills. THE ALABAMA CONVENTION. Head it In Ul« Newnpuper. George Schaub, a well known Ger man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, is a constant reader of the Dayton Volktzeitung. He knows that this paper aims to advertise only the best in its columns, and when he saw Chamberlain’s Pain Balm advertised therein for lame back, he did not hesitate in buying a bottle of it for his wife, who for eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible pains in her back and could get no relief. He says: "After using tbe Pain Balm for a few days my wife sa^ to me. T feel as though born anew,’ and before using the entire contents of the bottle the unbearable pains bad entirely vanished and she could ’.gain take up her household duties.” He is very thankful and hopes that ail suffering likewise will hear of her wonderful recovery. This valuable liniment is for sale by Cherokee Drug Flood of Ordinances Has Very Nearly Mibidcd. Moxtoomeky. Ala., June ft.—In the couKtitutioual conventional only three ordinances have yet got out of tbe com mittee, hut ihe^^ore exyoted to come along regularly hereafter. While a >--good many new ones were introduced yesterday the flood has about subsided. Tho first big fight is expected to arise over tho proposition to elect railroad commissioners by tho people. The roads are opposed to it and have u strong pull in the convention, but the sentiment for it is being industriously worked up and the issue may bo sprung at any mo ment. 1 tie feature of today’s session of the constitutional convention was an ordi nance introduced by Mr. Sanford of Montgomery to strike out that part of the preamble which declares that no state has the right to ccsode. He says it is unnecessary. Another ordinance which created much laughter was that of Pierce of Marion, that no man who is learned in law shall hereafter hold any office ex cept those of a judicial nature. Sanford of Pike offered an ordinance providing that there shall bo no impris- oumeut for debt except where a person agrees to do some special act or service for his employer aud thereby obtains money or goods to perforin service. Another important ordinance today was that of Foster of Tuscaloosa, that no new ordinances shall bo introduced after June 10; that tho convention take a recc's of ouo week on that date, the committees to sit in tho meantimo aud get reports ready, thus indicating that tho committees will accomplish their work behind closed doors and not open convention. Every woman is born with a mas ter mind—and she Isn’t satisfied un til she finds some man to master it. How to Avoid Trouble. Now is the time to provide your self and family with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed before tho sum mer is over, and procured now may save you a trip to town In the U-e night or in your busiest season. It is everywhere admitted to be tho most successful medicine in use for bowel complaints, both for children and adults. No family cao afford to be without It. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Hid* Aiki-d For. Biuminoham, Ala., Juue ft.—The Bir mingham Ralway, Light aud Power company have asked for bids for tho ex tension of their lines from Ensley to Wylnm, a distance of several m.ieg. Wylam is a thriving mining town near Pratt City ami bus long been anxious for direct street car connections to Bir mingham. The extension will be built just as soon as possible. (Establishing Provincial Government. Manila. June 0. — Commissioners Tuft, Me and Wright are at Cavite to day, establishing a provincial govern- eminent. They were formally wel comed by Colonel Goodrell and th« local dignitaries in tbe town ball. Judge Taft spoke, outlining the commission’i provincial plans. < oldest .Juno In Many Years. BakeuCity, Or., June 0 —The cold est Jane weather for a period of 20 years has been recorded here. The mercury fell ft degree* below the fro-z- iiig point All fruit and vegetables have been destroyed. So far as is known, growing gram was not seriously in' jured. li eked by a Rule. R lAXoifl , Ala . June ft — B. O. .Toner a weal hy u.« f. bant of this town, wo. i.ic'.o d iu rlj" r.ct| hr a dray mule He li.'S at hi. Iinthu In a stcimr. Tnephy-i. c ans <h:nk that ho mu\ iicuv. r, lair it is thought t at t io i-'glu of u tuurely uoHioycd. Happenings atul the Doing* of Our Nelgt.. hors Across the Lino. A widower bought a tombstone for his first wife’s grave in Gastonia or e day last week and put it up. He drove forty miles the next day to get married again. He got his wedding shave at one of the barber shops in Gastonia when he went after the tomb stone. Officer Pitts, of Charlotte, on Tues day found Edward O’Neal, colored, offering to sell a gold ring of enor mous size—14 carats—for $1. lit took possession of the ring, and in it was the initials "J. H.” Garibaldi & Bruns said the ring belonged in Char lotte. It is worth about $8. A Hebrew citizen of Reidsville claims to have broken all records in failing for a large sum on a small capital. Recently hestarted'ln busi ness with a capital of $800 and within ten days failed for $87,000. He sold short of Northern Pacific just prior to the recent Htmllish movement ol tho stock. Dr. T. T. Sandifer, of Paw Creek, died Thursday night. Dr. Sandifer, was born in York county in 1818, and located in Gaston county, in 1889, and moved to Paw Creek in 1812. He was u leading citizen and served Mecklenburg in the Legislature and in other public capacities. A singular accident happened to Miss Rosa Dell, the stenographer of Capt. J. H. Sloan in his Charlotte office. As she was leaving her office, she was adjusting her garments with a shake, when a pearl button flew off and struck one crystal of her eye glasses and broke it, driving a piece into her eye. The removal of the piece was exceedingly painful. A meeting was held Tuesday af ternoon in the office of Abbott & Stephens of Charlotte in the interest of the Southern States Trust Com pany. Reference was made in tbe columns of the Charlotte News sev eral weeks ago regarding the charac ter and purpose of this company It is understood that the parties most largely interested are from Winston and Charlotte. Mr. William Pamplin, a freight en gineer on a division of the N. & W. road, had his right leg crushed by bis owo engine Saturday night. He was standing on the side track, at Starkey, near Roanoke, waiting for the local train to pass. Mr. Pamp- lin’s fireman, backed the train to the main line, striking the engineer knocking him down and inflicting tbe injury noted above. Mr. Pamplin was sent to the hospital at Roanoke, where his leg was amputated just above the knee. Governor Aycock. in a speech be fore the New England Society, at New York, the other day made i great sensation. A prominent North ^correspondent says that since Grady astonished and de HenT^^^nembers of the New Eng lighted tb^fey^tokiidALion of tbe land Societyb^T higher gifts of oratory no addTe been delivered in New York to com pare with it, both in manner and in matter, until the two bri^f speeches of Governor Aycock. of North Caro lina, on the occasion mentioned. The monazite industry is flourising In the Shelby section. L. A. Gettys, manager and buyer for the Caro lina Monazite company, pays out monthly from $5,000 to $(>,000 for the sand, and it all goes North. The monazite is gotten out of branches In Cleveland and Rutherford counties, mostly from the South Mountain branches. Mr. Gettys has his ma chinery for cleaning the sand near the Belmont cotton mills, and the foreign substance is taken from the monazite by electricity. Governor Aycock, has pardoned Superintendent W. B. Stancill of tbe Mecklenberg county convict camp for tbe shooting and killing of an escaped convict whom he had sought to arrest without a warrant. His case was moved to Gaston county, and he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail of Gaston four months or to work on the county roads for that period. Judge Shaw and Solicitor Webb, endorsed the petition for pardon on the ground that Stancill believed that he had a right to do what he did do. The Supreme Court had confirmed the decision of the Superior Court. John I. Mozingo, of Goldsboro, went our strolling tbe other day on the banks of Little river, or as near as the swollen waters would permit, and when on the Crowford place kicked up what he thought was a silver fifty-cent piece, but It turned out to be a souvenir of Washington’s inauguration as the first President of the United States. On the face are engraved the words "memorial April thirtieth—March the Fourth. 1789,” in the centre of ti e circle with spread wings is a representation of an eagle. It will be remembered that Washing ton was sworn in at New York on April 80tb, 1789, and tbe Inaugura tion ceremonies took place at Wash ington on March tbe 4th, 1789. You may as well expect to run a steam engine without water as to find »n active, energetic man with a tor pid liver and you may know that b s liver is torpid when he does not rel ish bis food or feels dull and languid after eating, often has headache and sometimes dizziness. A few doses of I Chamberlain’s Stomach and Livur I iablets will restore his liver to its normal functions, renew his vitality, | improve his digestion and make him j feel like a new man. Price 25 cents. SftKplia fits si Chtrokec Drug Co i drag stars. WURLU-WIDE WORK OF THE Y. M. C. A. Great Good Accomplished by the Organization. INTERESTING STATEMENT Excellent Results of Work Among Our Soldiers In Foreign Lands, Railroad Workers and Other Classes—Increase In Number of Donors. Boston, June 6.—The committee on arrangements for the jabilee Young Men’s Christian association convention, June 11 to 10, made public today the bi ennial report of the national committee, of which R. C. Morse of New York is the secretary. Iu substance it was as follows: The work in the Philippines has pro duced excellent results, winning the confidence aud esteem of civil officers as well as those of the army and navy. In co operation with tl > provincial committee of Ontario aud Quebec, three representatives were sent with the de tachments of Canadian troops serving in South Africa. At Cavite, P. L, the authorities have granted the use of a building, and this has been fitted up by the committee and a vory hopeful work is being prose cuted. Among the Railroad Men. Iu the last two years the number of railroad associations has increased from 137 to 101. There are (148 students as sociations. The work of tho business department committee has greatly enlarged and the number of donors has increased from 2,000 to 6,000. Organizations now extend from the northern border of Mexico to Skagway aud Cape Nome, above the Arctic circle. The negro men’s department enters upon its work in the new century with 81 associations, 62 of which are among students aud 21 among citiea The statement of tho treasurer shows that the receipts during the last fiscal year were f 13,839 for home work; publi cation accounts were (31 ,937; foreign works $23,000. UNDER AN OLD GRANT. Indians Claim Land Along Lake Front of Chicago. Chicago, June 6.—Three representa tives of the Pottawottamie tribe of In dians, Joseph H. Cushway, Frank Wil liams aud Andrew Rapp, arrived here today from Benton Harbor, Mich., to confer with attorneys as to the alleged rights of the tribe to take possession of the "filled-m’’ land along the lakejfront of Chicago. The Pottawottamies claim the land under au old government grant, aud in present case their claims, in a measure, overlap those of Captain Streeton, who has taken so-called possession through right of discovery. NOT ENDORSED BY NEGROES Leading Men of the Race Condemn Mobile Paper’s Position. Marion, Ala., Jane 0.—S. B. Price, a tromineut and leading negro of Perry tandard office to- county, cftllea^flBH|^MiliiL ar d sa 7 day and asked that The' 3T to tho white people of the state that negroes as a whole do not indorse the position taken by the editor of a negro paper published in Mobile. "The negroes as a whole should not be censured for such folly,’’ said Price. "We have the utmost confidence that the constitutional convention will do what is right and fair, and we condemn the publication as uuwise, unjust aud indiscreet. ’ Tariff Scheme Abandoned. Berlin, Jnne 6.—As one of the re sults of yesterday’s tariff convocation, the correspondent of tho Associated Press learns reliably that Prussia and a number of the larger German states have abaudouod the idea of the so- called doubled tariff—that is to say, maximal and minimal—which commer cial circles considered the main obstacle concluding new and mutually satisfac tory commercial treaties. American Journalism In Germany. New York, June 6.—Among the pas sengers who sailed today on the Fuerst Bismarck was Mr. Joseph Brocket of the Ohicago "Illinois Staatz Zeitung," who goes to Berlin to establish there a weekly trade journal which will be de voted exclusively to the promotion of American-German commercial rela tions. * Porte Makes Reparation. Constantinople, June 6.—The Tnrko- Italian friction over the Prevasa affair caused by the ill treatment of Italian subjects by tbe Torkiih authorities has been settled, the porta promising to in demnify the victims, apologize to the Italian consnl aud punish the command ant of the Turkish troops there. Wrecked Near Cape Klee. St. Johns, N. F., June 6 —The Ley- land steamer Ashyran, from Antwerp for Montreal, with 2,000 tons of cargo, went ashore off Cape Race at midnight. She has 31 feet of water in her forehold and Is likely to prove a total wreck. Her crew had great difficulty in escap ing and reaching shore. Eaten by Cannibals. Berlin, June ft.—Tho Tageblatt printi special corrospoudence from Guinea, containing a fall account of the massa cre of the members of the German South Sea expedition on tho cannibal Islands of St. Matthias. They wore all killed and eaten save Dr. Heinroth. To Teach In China. Columbia, S. O., Juue 6.—Mr. 8. Gist Gee, professor of uatnral science in the Colombia Female college for the post two years, has resigned his position aud will soon sail for Soo Chow, China, where be will be engaged la teaching in the Soo Cfcow uaivumj.