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The more you eat Quaker Oats the better your health will be. '! Practical experi ments with athletes show Quaker Oats iffco be the greatest strength maker. Packed in regular sire pneknccs. and in her metically scaled tins lor hot climates. 56 KING OF ENGLAND DIED FRIDAY NIGHT Dead Monarch Succeeded bj His Son,' Hu? Prince of Wales? III .At ncss was Hriof. 0r London. May 7.?King Kdward VII. ?who returned to England from a vaca tion 10 days ago in the liest of health, died at 1 1 : l.~> o'clock lust night in the presence of his family after an illness of less than a week, which was se rious hardly more than three days. The Prince of Wales succeeded to the crown immediately, according to the laws of the kingdom, without official ceremony. His lirst ofllcial act was to I dispatch to the lord mayor the an nouncement of his father's death, in pursuance of custom. His telegram r? ad: f'l am deeply grlevod to inform you that my beloved father, the king, pass ed away peacefully at 11:45 tonight. (Signed i "George." The physicians soon afterwards is sued their odlcinl bulletin, which was as follows: ".May (5, 11:1.". p. ill.?His majesty, tilt king, breathed his last at 11:15 tonight in the presence of her majesty, Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess ol Wales. Princess Royal, the Duchess of of Fife, Princess Victoria and Princess Louise, the Duchess of Argyll. I Signed) "Laklng, Reid, Powell, Dawson." Caused by Pneumonia. Pneumonia, following bronchitis is believed to have been the cause of death, but the doctors thus far havi refused to make a statement. Some ot the king's friends are convinced that worry over the critical political situa tion which confronted him, with sleep less nights, aggravated If it did not cause the fatal illness. I Besides the nearest relatives in Bug land the Duke of Fife and the Arch bishop of Canterbury were in the death chamber. The king's brother, the Duke of Connaught, with his family, is at Sm /. hastening home from Africa. The king's daughter, Queen Maud of Nor way, will sttirt for England tomorrow. The intelligence that the end of Kiltfe Edward's reign had come was not a surprise at the last. The people had been expecting to hear it at any mo ment since the evening bu'ietln was posted at Buckingham palace and Hashed throughout the kingdom. The capital received it without oxcltment, hut sadly, for the king with his own people was unquestionably one of the most popular rulers in the world. They regarded him as one of the strongest forces making for the stabil ity of the peace of the empire. Crondn "?;;r News. The fashionable restaurants were just emptying and a few groups ol late t heart re-goers were making their way homeward through the rain, while a small crowd still hung about the palace, when the streets were filled suddenly with newsboys shrilly crying: "Death of the king!" The papers were quickly received and the people discussed the momentous even! quiet ly and soon dispersed. The streets were deserted by I o'clock. Within a few moments after the death of the king the homo office tele graphed the intelligence to the heads of other governments anil the diplo mats and colonial oflioos throughout the world. Almost to the cm:, the king refused to take to his bed and was sitting up yesterday in a large chair, so the palace stories go. corroborating the description of him as an ur uly pa tient, which Dr. Ott gave t<- a Vienna I interviewer last evening. One of the last utterances attributed to King Edward was: "Well, it is all over: but 1 think I have done my duty." 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He Appears to be Verj Pee hie lint is Looking Well. The Augusta Chronicle of Wednes day bad the following: United States Senator Pen jam In U. Tillman, of South Carolina, was in and whih' hero was the guest of Mr. the < iiy for a few hours yesterday, and Mrs. II. C. Morrison Senator Tillman was accompanied b> lilts wife. The object of bis visit was of a personal nature, to look after the im. provement of certain property of his in this city. Senator Tillman was seen by a rep resentative of the Chronicle just be fore boarding the train yesterday af ternoon, for home. The Senator, though somewhal feeble and lacking the accustomed heartiness and hand shake, was very cordial in his an swer to questions regarding his helath Ilavingfound that bis visit was purely of a personal nature, the reporter ask ed Senatoi Tillman it' he bad kept up with the happenings of Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. The senator's look and silence spoke more than any sarcasm or ridicule could have done. Alter a few minutes silence he mildly replied that he no longer tried to keep up with Roosevelt, that in his family the newspapers were read to him. but all references to Roosevelt were skip ped. "He is the grandest fakir in the world," said the senator, "and he has the best staff of piess agents that there is in the world." The splendid work of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily coining to light. No sin h grand reme dy for liver and bowel troubles was ever known before. Thousands bless them lor curing constipation. sick headache, biliousness, jaundice and in digestion. Sold by I.:,mens Drug Co. UNIVERSITY OF SOIT1I CAROLINA. Scholarship (Examination. The Unlvi rslty of South Carolina offers scholarships in the Department of Education to one young man from each county. Each scholarship is worth $100 in money and $18 term fee with free tuition. Examination will be held at county seat July 1st. Examination of stu dents generally for admission to the university will be held at the same time. Write for Information to S. ('. MITCHELL. President. Columbia, S. C. WINTHROP COLLEGE. Scholarship ami Entrance Examina? Hon. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop col logo and for the admission of new students will 1" held at the county court home tin Friday, July I, at 0 it. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen yejirs of ago. When sched- j nrships arc vacant after July I they will lie awarded to those making the I highest average at this examination, provided they meet the tend lion I governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should wrlt< to Proidd nl .!,.! heforo tin* examination for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 521. I!*f0. For further Information and catalogue, address P:< s. i). n. Jol nson, Rock Kill, S. C. I0-?I t'nrhiliiicil Letters-. Madison Armistend, P. 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