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THOUSANDS 80 OP IN SMOKE. Sumter Dry Bonds Store Burned Out Sunday Morning. Alford Bros. Lose Heavily and Solomons Building is Seriously Damaged. Total Loss Exceeds Thirty-Five Thou? sand Dollars-Insurance S24.GOO. The most serious fire that has oc? curred in this city since the great Epperson fire last spring, and one of the most destructive of the past seven or eight years, broke out at 2 o'clock Sunday morning on the second floor of the Solomon's building, cn the cor? ner of Main and Liberty , Streets. Ttfis building is occupied by the Sumter Dry Goods Co. and Dre. W. S. and E. "P. Alford. The Sumter Dry Goods Co. occupied the entire first floor and the rear half of the sec? ond floor, while the Messrs. Alford had their dental offices in the front rooms up-stairs. The fire started in a small room cut off from the rear end of the hallway upstairs, which room was used for storage purposes by the Misses Solo? mons, the owners of the building. In it was stored a miscellaneous col? lection of old articles, the greater part of which is said to have consisted of old furniture and fixtures once used in the store when it was occpied by the late A. A. Solomons. It is said that this room has not been opened for months and there is no plausible the? ory that accounts satisfactorily for the origin of the fire, unless it be put down to the account of rats and matches or spontaneoous combustion. The fire had been burning for some? time before it was discovered, and even after the policemen on duty detected the odor of burning wood and paint that convinced them that a building in the immediate vicinity was on fire, it was was some time before it could be located. The fire spread from this little shnt-in room, near the center of the building and adjoining the wall of the store occupied by the New Bon Marche, to the ceiling, and burning through it, got a foothold between the ceiling and the roof. "When the fire was finally located the flames were be? ginning to show through the ventilat? ors in the Main Street end of the building above the front windows of Drs. ? Alford's office. The space be? tween the ceiling and roof was at the time a smouldering mass of flames. The walls separating the several rooms on the second floor were thin partitions of pine boards. The fire had burned through the upper part of these and extended to the dressmaking department of the Sumter Dry Goods Co. and rooms adjacent, in which the reserve stock of dry goods was stored. The floor was burned through in one place only-in the small room before mentioned-and this only a hole 1^ by 3 feet in dimensions. Through this coals of fire had dropped down on the stairway leading from the Dry Goods Store to the dressmaking de? partment, but at this point the fire had gained little or no foothold, as there was no inflammable material within reach. Just as soon as the fire was located the fire department was on hand and the fight to save the buliding and pre? vent the destruction of the entire block of stores fronting on Main and Liberty Srteets was begun with the greatest vigor and determination. The fight was made from the front, from the Liberty Street side, from the roofs of the adjoining stores and from with? in, one line of hose being carried up the stairway from the front and into the upper hallway. The gutters were plugged with blankets and other goods taken from the store and the roof kept flooded with water, while holes were cut in the tin roof, through which the water poured in torrents. The fight against the flames was kept up with? out cessation from shortly after 2 o'clock until about 5.30, and" when the fire was gotten under control. It was a great fight and weil made, and the firemen deserve not only the thanks of the property owners in that block, ont of every citizen as well, for had they done less, had they not worked so faithfully and intelligently, making the most of every opportunity and means within their reach, the fire would have swept the block clear of buildings and the loss would have been many times greater than it was. The roof of the building is a total wreck, all the rafters and joists being burned and only the melted and twist? ed tin left hanging between the brick walis. The second floor is gutted, nearly everything in it being a total loss, except a few bales of domestics and other heavy goods in the extreme rear of the second floor, and one dental chair and cabinet in the front room of Dr. Alford's office. These are badly ?corched and soaked with water. The goods of the Sumter Dry Goods Co, although removed as rapidly as possible, were water-soaked and so badly damaged by smoke that it is difficult to estimate the percentage of damage they sustained. In addition to the regular stock there were about thirty handsome dresses unfinished in the dress making department and all of them were burned, together with the sewing machines and all other furniture in this department. The New Bon Maiche also suffered considerable loss. A flood of water, finding an entrance through the wall or roof from the Dry Goods Store, and the goods on one side were water soaked and damaged. The loss is estimated as follows : Misses Solomon's, building, loss $3,000 to SI,OOO; insurance ST,500, in the following companies: Aetna, $2,000: Home of N. V., $1,000: North British and Mercantile, $2,500: Phoenix of Brooklyn, $1,000. Sumter Dry Gods Co., stock, $28, 000: insurance $10,000, as follows: Westchester of N. ??, $2,000; Ameri? can of Philadelphia, $500: North British and Mercantile, $1,000: Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia, $1,000, Phoenix of Brooklyn. $1,000: Liver? pool and London and Globe, $2,000: Hamburg-Bremen, $1,000: Helvetia, $1,000: Sun of New Orleans, $1,000: N. Y. Underwriters, $1,000 Green? wich, $1,000: Phoenix of Hartford $1,000 Baloise, $1,000: Royal Ex? change, 81,000: Connecticut, $500. Drs. Alford, furniture, instruments and fixtures $2,000, insurance $800. New Bon Marche, stock damaged by water, estimated at $1,000 to $2,000, insurance, $1,000. The Sumter Dry Goods Co., bas opened an office for the present in the back room of the Sumter Savings Bank for the transaction of business requiring immediate attention. The Messrs. Alford have made no arrange? ments for a new office as yet, but will reopen at the earliest possible date. The Sumter Dry Goods Co., through its president, Mr. G. A. Lemmon, this morning presented each of the reel squads with a check for $50, as a small testimonial of the company's apprecia? tion of the work done by the firemen. B?G FIRE B?SHCPVILLE. Largs Brick Block Bumed Sunday Morn? ing-Loss Nearly $20,000. Sunday morning, while the big fire was in progress in this city, the people i of our sister town, Bishopville, were i contending with a conflagration in ! the centre, of the town that was almost j as great and destructive as that in the Solomon's building. The fire was discovered in the dis? pensary at 2 o'clock and it soon spread to the adjoining stores occupied by J. B. Kelley and G. O. Rodgers who each carry on quite an extensive business in general merchandise. The origin of the fire had not been determined at last reports but the supposition is that it was accidental. The building in which the dispen? sary and the store of G. O. Rodgers were located was the property of Mr. Thos. S. Joye of this city and was a large brick structure erected less than five years ago. It was valued at $5,000 and was insured for only $1,800. The dispensary loss is estimated at $2,000, insurance $1,500. G. O. Rogers' loss on stock is estimated at $3,000; insuracne $2,100. J. B. Kelley owned the building he occupied, and his loss on building and stock is placed at $6,500 to $8,000; insurance, $5,400. Fire at Pisgah. The store of Mr. L. Spann Vinson at Pisgah was burned on Thursday : night last. It is supposed that the building was first robbed and fired to cover the crime. All of his stoc1-: of j merchandise and a large quantify of [ cotton seed were burned. There was j no insurance. The house of Mr. T. S. Dunlap near by was saved with difficulty and Pisgah Church was also in danger for a time. Mayesville News Notes. Mayesville, Dec. 31.-The holiday trade is over and business has settled down to the usual quiet state at the beginning of the year. Most of the merchants are taking stock this week. The college students and teachers who have been home for Christmas will leave today and tomorrow for their work. The holidays have been pleas? antly spent and the young people will return to their studies refreshed with their rest. The repairs on the depot, made nec? essary by the recent fire, are complet? ed and everything is in working order again. There has been no clue to the post office robbery on Friday night and all investigations have proved futile. There was a delightful social at Mr. J. E. Mayes, last night, and although the weather was threatening, a large crowd was present and enjoyed the evening very much. Mr. J. E. Barnett, who has been quite sick, is out again. Miss Anna Spann and Mr. Harry Spann, of Yorkville, who have been visiting at Mr. R. A. Chandler's, returned to Sumter today. Miss Zeigler, of Sumter, is visiting Miss Carrie Anderson. Miss Carrie Gregg, of Florence, left for Manning on Saturday. G. BURGLARY"VT MAY?VSLLE. Postoffice Broken Into and Cash Drawer Rifled. The postoffice at Mayesville was entered Friday night by burglars who rifled the cash drawer of its contents and stole <">ne registered package. The entrance was made by removing a glass in the front window through which a small boy must have entered. The glass in the stamp window was broken out which gave admission to the office proper. The back door was unlocked for the admission of the man who did the work. The cash drawer contained only three or four dollars and the value of the registered package is un? known. The robber evidently over? looked the stamp drawer, as it was not disturbed. When the robber left the office he locked the back door on the outside and left the key in the lock. There is no clue to the robbers yet. ??IB IXM,mi - FRIENDLESS TRAMP DIES. John Ryan, a White Tramp, Found Dead Monday. John Ryan, a white man who has been in this city for several months, off and on, was found dead in his room at Sarah Durant's house, near the A. C. L. depot, yesterday. Coro? ner Flowers, who was notified, made an investigation and decided that it was uneccessary to hold an inquest. Ryan was an Irishman about 55 or 60 years old and nothing is known of his antecedents. It is said that he was a confirmed tramp. When he first came to this city several months ago he obtained work at St. Joseph's Academy, but was soon discharged on account of habitual drunkenness. He subsequently went to Charleston re? turning a week or two ago. He rent? ed a room from Sarah Durant, and liad lived there continuously up to the time of his death. In his pocket was found a freight bill for a few articles of household furniture shipped fr:>m Charleston and these articles were found in his room. When Sarah Durant found that be was dead he was lying on the floor, his head under the stove and Iiis feel in a tub and he had evidently been dead for several hours. There were no marks of violence oh the body, and Dr. Hugbson. who made the post mortem examination at the request of the Coroner, slated that death was due to natural causes, probably apo? plexy. Only a few cents were found in his pockets and the body was buried at public expense. THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN. Installation of Officers of Claremont Ledge No. 64, A. F. M., and the An? nual Banquet. The officers who will serve Clare? mont Lodge, No. 61, A. F. M. for the ensuing Masonic year were installed Friday night, the Festival of St. John, with full Masonic ceremony. Past Master Altamont Moses acted as Mar? shal and presented the officers elect for installation. After the elective officers had been installed, the names of the brethren selected to nil the ap? pointive officers were announced, and they were then duly installed. The j officers are as follows : W. M.-Bartow Walsh. S. W.-I. A Ryttenberg. J. W.-G. E. Beaumont. Secretary-W. F. Rhame. Treasurer-Abe Rvttenberg. S. D.-G. L. Picker. J. D.-G. W. Dick. Stewards-J. G. DeLorme and H. j J. Grover, Jr.* Tiler-John T. Green. The Junior Deacon, George W. Dick, was prevented by illness from being present and he will be installed at the next regular communi? cation. After the conclusion of the installa? tion ceremonies and just before the Lodge was closed, the retiring Wor? shipful Master, B. J. Rhame, was pre? sented with a Past Master's Jewell by Hon. R. L Manning in behalf of the Lodge as a token of esteem and a mark of the appreciation that every member of the order has of the service he has rendered the lodge during the three years he occupied the office of Wor? shipful Master. Past Master Rhame in accepting the jewel made a brief speech in which he expressed bis ap? preciation of thc honor conferred upon him and the satisfaction he felt that' the lodge had deemed his efforts worthy such a testimonial. The lodge was closed in due form and the members of the craft repaired to the Nixon House to partake of the refreshments prepared by the commit? tee of arrangements. A bountiful, tempting and most ex? cellently prepared supper was thor? oughly enjoyed by all. The occasion was brought to a close with the follow? ing toasts and responses. Past Master Altamont Moses acting as toast Mas? ter. Claremont Lodge: Its future: With those at the helm its past will be equalled, it cannot be excelled.-W. M., Bartow Walsh. Our Honored Dead-P. M., S. C. Baker. The Cardinal Principle Upon Which Masonry is Founded, Faith, Hope, and Charity, but the greatest of these is Charity-P. M., Marion Moise. The Press: From an Editor's stand? point-Bro. H. G. Osteen. Our Sister Societies : Some of the children bid fair to outgrow the mother-Bro. J. M. Knight. Woman : Loved and revered at home, is held in the highest esteem by the craft-Rev. H. H. Covington. Bro. G. W. Dick who had accepted the invitation to respond to the last toast-The Goat-Try Him-was to the regret of all, unable to be present. P. M. Altamont Moses was called up and made a brief talk dealing with the history of Masonry in Sumter and of Claremont Lodge in particular. Kass Meeting of Confederate Veterans. The Confederate Veterans of Sumter County are requested to assemble in mass meeting in the Court House on Monday, January 6tb, at 12 o'clock m., for the purpose of considering the question as to the establishment of an Old Soldiers Home, and to con? sult with our Senator and Representa? tives in reference to the action to be taken when the matter comes up in the General Assembly. _ H. C. Moses. A Profitable Investment. 4T was troubled for about seven years with my stomach and in bed half my time," says E Demick, Somerville, Ind. "I spent about $1,000 and never could get anything to help me until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken a few bot? tles and am entirely -well." Yon don't live by what you eat, but by what yon digest and assimilate. If yonr stomach doesn't digest yonr food yon are really starving. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stomachV work by digesting the food. You don't have to diet. Eat all you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach trou? bles. J S Hugh^on ?? Co. Incendiaries at Swift Creek. Pisgah, Dec. 27.-The gin and ware? house of Mr. B. H. Boykin was burned at Swift Creek Sunday night last. The fire was incendiary no doubt, as there had been no ginning for some time. The probability is that it was robbed, then fired, but of this there is nothing conclusive. The warehouse was a large building erected some years ago for a rice house. It was used to store buggies, machinery, hardware and grain. All his cotton seed were burnt and several bales of seed cotton. The loss is in the thou? sands with no insurance. Mr. Boykin's numerous friends deeply regret this destruction of his propertv. J. E. D. Gin House and Store Burned. The gin house and store of Mr. Thos. J. DuBose, near Bossards, were burned on Christmas morning. There was a lot of cotton seed in the store building all of which were destroyed. It is hought that the fire was of incen? diary origin. Accidental Shooting at Tindals. On Friday. the20th, two negro boys, Hammond Ford and Willie Jones, aged about 14 and 15 years respective? ly, were pranking with a gun when it went off in the hands ol' Willi*' Jones, and the load struck Ford. He lingered until Tuesday night and died. No in? quest was-held as the Coroner could no! be gotten there on Christmas day, and the interment took place Wednes? day, li was entirely accidental, how? ever, and is much regretted by al! parties. DOIT'T LIYsVoCrSTHEP*. Constipation and health never go to? gether. Dewitt's Little Karly Risers pro ? mote easy action of the bowels without distress. "I have been troubled with cost? iveness niue years," says J () Greene. De pauw, Ind. "I have tried many remedies, but Little Early Risers give best results." J S Hughson ? Co. Dr. May io Lecture in the First Baptist Church Thursday Night. Dr. May, thoroughly educated, after a successful career as a teacher of elocution and a pulpit orator, entered the great, wide lecture field in which he has won eminent distinction. As a traveler, few have excelled him in breadth of survey and wonderful pow? er of description. With knapsack he has climbed to notable prominence as* a conqueror of mountains, mastered the Matterhorn and the most difficult peaks of the Old and New World. On foot or on bicycle, no nook or corner of America's wonderlands has remained unexplored by him. No lecturer on travel has ever been more popular. Ho has been recalled the second and third time in many instances to repeat tho same lecture. Chautauqua Assemblies have heard h nu one hundred times in two seasons. He is a tried lecturer, having appeared in every State of the Union, with the exceptions of two or three of the Southern States. Dr. May will lecture in the First Baptist Church next Thursday even? ing. Admission 35c. A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY. A Negro Shoots Another at Smithville. A large number of negroes gathered at Gist Murray's place, near Smith? ville, Wednesday to take part in a shooting match. Turkeys, chickens etc. being the prizes offered. Dur? ing the morning a dispute arose be? tween Gist Murray and Miller Sessions and a fight followed. The row was brought to a sudden termination by Murray, who seized a gun and shot Ses? sions. He fired twice, one load taking effect in the right arm and the other in Sessions' face. Later-A . telephone message next morning^ giving particulars, states that Sessions was shot but once-just above the left eye. The wound is quite serious, and, while there is a chance of recovery, he will loose the left eye. The right eye was also in? jured slightly but unless serious in? flammation sets in the sight will not be destroyed. The shooting was done with a double-barrel shot gun loaded with number seven shot. SUMTER'S COLLEGES. The Military Academy and Seminary Now Represented at the Exposition. The Sumter County exhibit in the State building has just had a very interesting and attractive addition made to it in the shape of the exhibit of the Sumter Military Academy and Female Seminary, a description of which insitution was published in the Exposition number of The New's and Courier: The exhibit is framed in handsome gold molding and is covered with glass, the frame having been made by the J. D. Craig Furniture Company, of Sumter. The most striking feature of the exhibit is a photograph by Winburn of President Clarence J. Owens, president of the College, and a member of Governor McSweeney's staff. Next appears a large, handsome group picture of the faculty, below which are the names of the faculty with the colleges and universities they represent. This, with the curriculum nal departments in detail, and the student organizations, is pen work, executed by Capt. Clarence E. Chase, principal of the commercial depart? ment of the College, gj Beautiful photographs of the Semi? nary and barracks, and of young ladies and cadets, as well as a number of large ones of college organizations, are included, among them the commission? ed officers, the editorial staff of the Sumtonian, the College journal, the hospital corps, the foot ball team and others. Forr the past week Prof Chase, the professional penman, has had charge of the exhibit, and he has disrtibuted thousands of cards, showing samples of his work. The exhibit is a very attractive one and reflects credit upon the authori? ties of the two institutions.-News and Courier. While the chain gang is in winter quarters in the city the opportunity should be seized to clean up and beautify the Court Hourse square. With a few days work and at compara? tively little expense the square could be made into an attractive little park and an ornament to the city. Super? visor Seale is not only willing but anx? ious to co-operate with the City Council and the people of the city in this work and it is to be hoped that he will be met at least half way. CHILD "5T0P.-TS MILLIONS. "My child is worth millions to me," says Mrs Mary Bird of Harrisburg, Pa. "yet I would have lost her by croup had I not purchased a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure." One Minute Cough Cure is sure cure for coughs, croup and throat and lung troubles. An absolutely safe cough cure which acts immediately. The youngest child can take it with entire safety. The little ones like the taste and remember how often it helped them. Ev? ery family should have a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure handy. At this sea? son especially it may be needed suddenly. J S Hughson & Co. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 30.-Four men today killed J. M. Rhea, a rail? road engineer of Vicksburg, who^ was a passenger on the northbound Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train just out of Leland, Miss. They then took pos? session of the train, compelled the engineer to uncouple the engine and to carry them on up the road where -they tried to escape. They were all cap? tured. Their names are Ashely Cocke, A. M. Phipps, Tom Lauderdale and a man named Blackman. Cocke is a wealthy planter and merchant of Cleveland, Miss. : Phipps is postmas? ter at Shelby, Miss. : Lauderdale is a relative of Phipps. Cocke had a re? volver. Blackman and Lauderdale each carried Winchester rifles. Phipps was un:irmed. Indignation is intense and it is feared there may be an at? tempt at lynching. Wf or king 2? Honrs a Day. There's no rest for those tire-le?* little work er*-Pr Kin?;\> Now Life ?'?IN Millions are always bu^y, curing torpid liver y.mn iee, bil iousnes?. fi ver ??id sjrue Th?>y b ni.-h sick headache rive out mulari.*. Never gripe or weak'n. otoall t?ste nice, wotk wonders. Try item. 2 cat J F W DeLorme's. 2 "THE ALUMNI IN FOREIGN WARS." i Coi. J. D. Blanding Speaks Eloquently ( His Ole Comrades at the Centennial of the South Carolina College. Last week, at the Centennial Cele bration of the South Carolina Colles in Charleston, Col. James D. Blanc ins, of this city, responded to th toast, ' ' The Alumni in Fore:.gn "Wars,: his speech being frequently interrupte with great applause by his auditors The following is the full text of Co! : Blanding's remarks: Mr. President and Brother Alumni The short notice given me to respon to the toast, "The Alumni of th South Carolina College in Foreig Wars," has not enabled me to inquir as to alumni in the Spanish war, bu personal recollections cf the Mexica \ war-"qua minima pars fui. et magn i pars vide,''-enable me to fill up you ' time of five minutes with allusions t ? these to whom your toast refers j Allow me to premise that, while it i I pleasant to speak of my old colleg j comrades in that war, still it is als ? most sad, for all have answered to th last roll call and gone where ther are no more wars or rumors of wars and 1 alone am left to continue th battle of life. From the College cata logue memory gleans the foliowin? students of the College who served i: the Mexican war, and I dare affin (present company excepted) that n more gallant soldiers ever trod a bat tlefield, even the glorious fields o 1861-65, than those herein named; i] fact, almost everyone then living prov ed that gallantry on many of thos battlefields of the war between th States, to whom I may ask later to refer. I make two groups of them. First those in the United States army (regulars:) second, those in the Pal metto regiment (volunteer.) Having no rolls of the companies memor; recalls but few of the alumni in rani and file ; REGULARS. L D. Camden DeLeon, M. D., as sistant surgeon, United States armv class 1832;. 2. Milledge L. Bonham, lieutenan colonel, 12th infantry, United State army, class 1834. 3. Maxey Gregg, major, class 1835 4. James M. Perrin, captain sur geon. United States army, class 1843. Palmetto Regiment-Stall of Col. P M. Butler. James Cantey, first lieutenant, Com pany C, adiutant, class 1838. James Davis, captain and surgeon class 1841. Samuel McGowan, private Com pany E, captain, A. Q. M., class 1841 J. D. Blanding, lieutenant, Company A., captain, A. C. S., class 1841. COMPANIES. A. jp. Spain, lieutenant. Company A, Sumter District, class 1841. J. D. Blanding, lieutenant, Com pany A, Sumter District, class 1841. M. Murphy, sergeant, Companv A, Sumter district, class 1841. John S. Dyson, corporal, Company A., Sumter district, class ?843. R. G. M. Dunovant, captain, Com pany B, Chester district, class, 1842. B. W. D. Culp, lieutenant, Com pany B, Chester district, class 1843. -O'Bannon, lieutenant, Com pany B, Chester district, calss 1846. James Cantey, lieutenant, Compare C, Kershaw district, class 1843. Preston S. Brooks, captain, Com pany D, Edgefield district, class 1339. J. M. Perrin, sergeant, Company D. Edgefield district, class 1S43. -Adams, sergeant, Company D. Edgefield district, class 1843. Whitfield B. Brooks, corporal, Com : pany D, Edgefield district, class 1S44. J. Foster Marshall, captain, Com? pany E, Edgefield district, class 1837. William C. Noraigne, lieutenant. Companv E. Abbeville district, dasi 1837. Samuel McGowan, private, Company E. Abbeville district, class 1S41. William Blanding, captain, Com? pany F, Charleston district, class 1835. -Kennedy, captain. Company G, Fairfield district, class 1839. Nathan D. Davis, lieutenant, Com? pany G, Fairfield district, class 183S. Alex D. Sparks, lieutenant, Com? pany G, Fairfield district, class 1S45. W .D. DeSaussure, captain, Com , pany H, Richland district, class 1S45. -Williams, captain. Company L, Newberry district, class 1837. . It will appear that our old alma mater furnished for that war to the regular army one lieutenant colonel, one major, one staff captain and one line captain, and to the only regiment of volunteers called for by the general government from this State the whole staff of the regiment,to wit: Three captains and one lieutenant, seven of the eleven captains of companies, eight of the thirty-three line lieuten? ants: that is to say, twenty of the forty-nine officers of the regiment and twenty-three out of a total of fifty : three "officers in the Mexican Avar from South Carolina. Now I make bold to state that no college in the United States, either literary or military, West Point ex cepted, can show such a war record of her studnts in either cf the foreign wars in which our country has been engaged, and I doubt if any in Europe can show as good in any foreign war. Let me go a little beyond the limits of your toast and state that, of the above four regular officers, * (alumni ) three to wit. Bonham, Gregg and Perrin, became distinguished briagdier generals of the Confederacy : DeLeon had then crossed the river, I believe. Of the above ten alumni captains of the Palmetto regiment three, and possibly four, had crossed the river before ?S61 : of the remaining six or seven McGowan became a brigadier general, Dunovant, Marshall, DeSaus ure and J. D. Blanding became Con? federate colonels: of the lieutenants, Adjt. James Cantey became a Confed? erate brigadier and Culp a colonel. So that the experience gained in the fields of Mexico by alumni officers who were living in isr.l supplied the Con? federacy with five brigadier generals and five colonels. There were other Confederate field officers whom 1 do not now recall to mind. One step further. If you will add to the above alumni officers Kershaw, Gladden, Manigault. John Dunovant, Elbert Bland. S. M. Boykin, Joseph Abney, -J. L. Cantwell anet Ormsby Blanding. i who were not alumni) South Carolina gave of her Mexican war sons to the Confederate army two major generals, seven briagdier gen? erals, nine colonels and one major that is nineteen field officers of a pos? sible total of thirty South Carolina Mexican war officers then living. Re? member, also, that they were volun? teers as they \vere in 1846, and ' also had to overcome that feeling which every brave man feels of unwilling? ness to fight against the flag under which he has fought and aided to gain glorious victories for his country. Two of these who did net go into Confederate service tcld me that they could not overcome this feeling". Others of us, however, concurred with that grandest of God's noblemen, R. E. Lee, that our first allegiance was clue to our State. To us the Palmetto flag, her emblem, was above the stars and stripes. If you will excuse the egotism I will add that despite the result of the civil war and all the amendments of the constitution since made, that belief abides in me and in so far I am still an unreconstructed rebel and expect so to die. This is neither the time nor place nor am I the proper person to narrate the deeds done by thc South Carolina College boys-in carrying that Pal? metto flag from Vera Cruz, where the first blood that was shed was South Carolina blood, to plant it, the sec? ond flag of the United States army, in the Castle of Chapultepec, and" the first flag on the walls of the City of Mexico. History records these deeds and to it I must refer you. But I fear not contradiction in asserting that no regiment of volunteers in the Mexican war from any State, North or South, can make such a showing as the above in the war between the States. In memory of my old comrades who served in both wars, only two of whom survive, I dare affirm that South Caro? lina is as proud of their records in the Confederate as in the Mexican war, and imprints thereon her imprimatur of "well done." ADMIRAL SCHLEY: HONORED. Presented a Magnificent Medal Studded With Diamonds. Washington, Dec. 30.-The Mary? land councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics tonight presented to Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley a magnificent medal studded with diamonds as an evidence of their personal esteem and admiration of his services to the country. The presenta? tion took place in Admiral Schley's apartments in this city and was made by a committee from the councils which came over from Baltimore on an afternoon train. Rev. C. F. Wyatt, acting as spokesman of the committee, refered to A-dmiral Schley's participation in the battle cf Santi? ago and his conduct following it and added that his unselfishness had en? deared him to the hearts of the Amer? ican people. Referring to the court of inquiry, Dr. Wyatt said the people had sympathized with the admiral in the ordeal through which he had passed and had substituted the minority report fer that of the majority, because they weighed opinions rather than counted them. "Time," he added, "will but increase the appreciation of your ser? vices and the brilliancy of your fame." Admiral Schley sincerely thanked the committee and added : "The services which this beautiful emblem is intended to commemorate were those which every loyal lover of home and country will gladly perform for his people and for their prestige. It was my good fortune to have partic? ipated on that eventful third day of July in an engagement which read? justed the geographical lines on this continent, and this testimonial from such an organization is only another recognition of my fellow countrymen that these services have met their ap? proval. I thank you again for this kind tribute." 27ight Was Ser Terror. "I weuld cough nearly a'l night !<>r.v, ' writes Mrs Chas Applejato of Alex?roria, Ind, "and could hardly >r(i any sl?-cp. I had consumption so bad toat if I wr.?lied -A block I wou'd cough frightfully ard ?pit blood, bat, when all ether medicine? failed, three ?1 bot ties of Dr King's New Discovery wb?Uy cured tee and I gained 5S pounds " lt's absolutely guaranteed to cure cough?, cold?, a grippe, bronchitis and all threat nr.d lung irounbles. Price 50e and $!. Trial bottles iree af J F W LeLorme's druv s'ors 2 Frank Stockton's Latest. Frank Stockton tells a delightful fish story, says the Chicago Record Herald. 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At these prices there was considerable profit? ing by tlio bear contingent, carrying the prices to 5 points above yester? day's dosing. During the last half hour, a wave of selling orders took prices off again. Wc cnn see nothing at present in favor of higher cotton as receipts still continue enormous. Market closed quiet at '2 to 3 points above last night's closing. Tomorrow being a national holiday New York will bo closed, Liverpool elopes both the 1st and '2nd. January. 7.95 S. 01-03 February. 7.9S S.06-0S March, 8.07 8.11-12 April, S.09 8.15-17 May, 8.12 8.18-19 June, 8.14-10 8.20-21 New York spots 8.7-16 Receipts today 6S,192. Last year, 15,750.