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A Fire in Florence. Florence, December 25.-The Flor? ence Cotton Oil Mill plant, owned by the Vi rgi ni a-Carolina Chemical Com? pany and operated by the Southern Cotton Oil Company, of Columbia, together with several hundred tons of cotton seed, cotton seed meal, halls, several hundred cords of wood and four freight cars, belonging to the Atlantic Coast Line Company, were destroyed by fire in this city at 10 o'clock tonight. The value of the mill plant, buildings and machinery amounts to $40,000. The value of stock on hand, including manufactured fertilizers, amounts to about $40,000. The insurance on mill buildings and machinery $16,000, on stock about $10, 000, carried in the Aetna of Hartford ; Home of New York and Hartford of Hartford represented here by W. R. Barringer and Sanborn Chase. The isolated location of the property was one of the causes of the complete destruction of the plant. The fire originated in the seed room adjoining the mill building and in a few seconds spread itself to the whole property. A stiff wind from the south drove the "flames over the entire interior within a few seconds. The fire is still burn? ing/at ll o'clock but the destrcution is complete. Since writing the above it is. thought that tramps must have started the flames. Charleston Exposition. Charleston, Dec. 24.-The exhibit of live scock at the exposition here will be the largest held in the south. It will open on Jan. 6 and will con? tinue until Jan. 20. Already 1,000 entries have been made and in the competition many of the most famous herds of the United will be represent? ed. The entries so far made come from 17 States. Money premiums amounting to $15,000, which is now on deposit at the Bank of Charleston, will be paid to the successful contest? ants. George F. "Weston of Vander? bilt's Biltmore stock farm, is in charge of the live stock department. Big Fire in Hallsville. Darlington, S. C., December 24.- .. A fire at Hartsville last night destroy? ed five buildings, viz: Hartsville Drug Company, Central Telephone office, > Xiawton's drug store, office of Dr. Eg- 1 gleston and the store formerly occu- i s pied by McKinnon & Co. No details can be obtained, owing to the destruc? tion of the telephone office. The passenger train from Florence to Hartsville ran off the track last ; night. One man was hurt and two coaches were badly damaged. The : wrecking train proceeded to work im- : mediately and early this morning the ! regular schedule was operated on time. The accident was caused by the rails spreading. Vatican is Hopeful. London, Dec. 23.-The Pall Mall Gazette publishes the following dis- i patch from Rome today today : i "The Vatican is becoming decidedly < more hopeful that the United States will yield to the Pope's great desire and appoint a diplomatic representa? tive to the Vatican. So anxious is the : Pope for the success of his project that he would be satisfied at present with a semi-official representative in the hope that he would be eventually turned into a Minister or Ambasasor. It seems that Washington is not un? willing to discuss the matter and the Vatican has intimated in return its desire to meet American wishes in Cuba and the Philippines and possibly create another Cardinal in the United States. "The Pope is somewhat opposed to the latter step while Carinal Gibbons lives, but he may compromise the matter by creating Archbishop Ireland or Archbishop Corrigan Cardinal of the Curia, entailing living in Rome." -II ? ? ?i Asks Them to Leave Her* Their Skulls. A startling request has been made of the members of the Men's Club of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Summit avenue, Jersey City, for they have been asked, in the interest of science, to leave their brains and skulls when they die to the Institute of Phrenology. The proposition was submitted to the members some days ago, but as far as can be learned ?o one of the number has yet altered his will so as to bequeath, his head to stu? dents of phrenology. 7 "The Men's Club has taken up the study of phrenology, and Thursday last it heard a lecture by Miss Jessie Fowler, daughter of Professor L. N. Fowler, a leading phrenologist. When Miss Fowler had finished her lecture she fel~ the bumps on the heads of the .club members, and also put the wives of several ( for the ladies had been in? vited to the lecture) to the test. Miss Fowler was so well pleased with them that she made the startling re? quest that their owners bequeath them to the institute. -N. Y. Journal. A check for $10, given by President Roosevelt in aid of the Washington Newsboy's home at a bazaar last week, was framed by the lady receiving it and sold at auction'for $50. Lord Stanmore^ who is now 72 years old, enjoys the distinction of being the last peer created by Mr. Gladstone. He is the son of the Earl of Aberdeen, who was prime minister in the 50's, and in whose Cabinet Mr. Gladstone held the chancellorship of the exche? quer. He was not only private secre? tary to his father, but he was attach? ed to Mr. Gladstone's special mission to the Ionian Islands. The latest appointment of a negro by President Roosevelt is most unfor? tunate. H. T. Cheatham, a North Carolina negro, who is said to be the ablest representative of his race in the State, and who was held in high esteem by the white people with whom he lived has been turned out of the office of recorder of deeds in Washing? ton, and John C. Dancy, the Wilming? ton negro, who did much to precipitate the race trouble there some time ago and who made himself so obnoxious to the law-abiding element of that sec? tion that his newspaper plant was demolished and he was given plainly to understand even after the excite? ment subsided that his presence in rthat community was not desired. A Fraud Exposed. In their efforts to put through the ship subsidy scheme its advocates have based * their argument mainly upon bold misrepresentations of the vital facts relating to the shipping in? terests of the United States. This contention, or, rather this as? sumption, was sufficiently exposed by Senator Clay in his admirable report on the part 'of the minority of the sen? ate committee that considered the sub? sidy bill at the last session of con? gress. Recently we have had the ben? efit of expert testimony on it from one who certainly had no object in mak? ing it appear that there is a hopeful field for ship building in this coun? try. Sir Christopher Furness is one of the most prominent shipbuilders in Great Britain. He has recently spent three months in the United States studying several of our great indus? tries^ especially that of shipbuilding. Sir Christopher is part owner of five great ship yards which last year turned out more ships than all the ship yards in the United States. Heis therefore an excellent witness on the subject, on which he testifies. He expresses confidence that our country is soon to re-establish its mer? chant marine. He does not believe that this will be accomplished by ship subsidies or that it can be best effect? ed by that means. He declares that we have it in our power to restore our merchant marine to as high a standard as it ever had and to make it more prosperous than it ever was by simply taking advan? tage of the opportunities we have in? dependent of the United States treas? ury or any bonus or favor of legisla? tion. The cheaper raw materials which Lie close at hand are an immense ad? vantage which our industry, ingen? uity and ambition will turn to good account. Sir Christopher Furness on visiting our ship yards was impressed by the fact that they were all busy, most of them so crowded with work that they were refusing orders. The ship building indutsry in the United States did not impress him as an interest that needed government aid. On the contrary he was impress? ed with its great opportunities and the immense advantages it ne joys. The argument that labor in ship construction is dearer here than in Great Britain and the other countries of Europe did not impress Sir Chris? topher forcibly because he undertsands its fallacy. He stated positively and based his reputation as a builder of ships and a man of veracity on the assertion that the labor employed on modern ship building is not paid one whit? more on the average in the United States than it receives in Great Brit? ain. He declared and gave figures to prove that he has scores o? men em? ployed in his ship yards in England that receive higher wages than, are paid to any workers in American ship yards. It will be interesting to see how the subsidy seekers in this coun? try will try to overcome the evidence of Sir Christopher Furness. They cannot deny the facts he states be? cause he is as good authority as can be summoned on the comparative con? ditions of ship building here and abroad. They cannot plead that the ship builders of this country are suffering and must have government aid or perish, because it is an admit? ted fact that they are all working up to their full limit and most of them refusing orders that would pay them handsomely if the demands upon them would permit their acceptance. The subsidy seekers are whipped already but the longer they pursue their raid upon the treasury the more arrogant and unjustifiable is their scheme made to appear.-Atlanta Journal. Cham's srlain's Stomach and Lirsr Tablets. Try them When you feel dull after eating. When you have no appetite. When you have a bad taste in the mouth. When your liver is torpid. When your bowels are constipated, When you have a headache. When you feel bilious. They will improve your appetite, cleanse and invigorate your stomach and regulate your liver and bowels. For sale by Dr A J China. Washington, Dec. 26.-The civil ser? vice commission today notified Edgar S. Maclay, the historian recently em? ployed in the Brooklyn navy yard, that his removal from his position at that point was not in violation of the civil service act. This notification is contained in a letter written to Mr. Maclay by President Proctor, of the commission, and in reply to an in? quiry from him. Senator McLaurin's cabinet opening seems to be long in coming. The Post master^Generalship and the Treasury portfolio have both passed him by. Maybe a mission to some South Amer? ican republic will, after all, be his reward. The popular idea in this country that there were no schools in the Philippines until a shipload of teach? ers was sent from the United States, is not well founded. The report of the United States bureau of education for 1901, now in press, contains the follow? ing information on the subject: "The Filipinos proper-that is to say, the settled, civilized people whose repre? sentative men are educated profession? al and buisness men, the best of whom are, as will appear, on a par with the corresponding classes elsewhere in the world-are descendants of those dwell? ers on the coasts of Luzon and the Visayas who were already advanced in civilization when discovered by the Spanish. . . . Probably a large majority of the Filipinos can read and write their own languages. . . . Filipinos have filled chairs of chemis? try, botany, medicine and pharmacy at the university.Primary education was conducted by teachers of both sexes from the normal school. . . . . The number of primary schools in the whole archipelago, ac- j cording to the statistics of 1S96, was I 2,1(57 for both sexes, there being two j schools for each sex in every town of ? five thousands inhabitants, three fori each sex in towns of ten thousand in- j habitants, and so on, the number of j schools increasing in the ratio of one | schoolmaster and one schoolmistress j for each five thousand inhabitants." ! And we had not yet bought the arch- j pelago in 1896.-News and Courier. Saved His Life. "I,wish to say that I feel I owe my life to Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure," writes H C Chrestenson, of Hayfield, Minn. "For three years ? was troubled with dyspepsia so that I could hold nothing on my stom? ach. Many times I would be unable to retain a morsel of food. Finally I was confined to my bed. Doctors said I could not live. I read one of your advertise? ments; on Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and thought it fit my case and commenced its use. I began to improve from the first bottle. Now I am cured and recommend it to all." Digests your food. Cures all stomach t rou oles.-J S Hughson <fc Co I Washington, Dec. 26.-The navy de? partment has taken the initial steps toward the adoption of wireless tele? graphy as a means of signaling be? tween warships at sea. To this end Admiral Bradford of the department of equipment has asked that the armored cruisers of the Pennsylvania class have their masts and rigging so arranged that the wireless system can be introduced. PITH AND POINT. All people in love are conceited. A forced laugh is a lie without speak? ing. The real old fashioned kind of a thrifty person never opens the shutters to her parlor. The trouble is your skeleton won't stay in a closet, but walks about the roads and streets and talks with people. If you have a sore tooth or an ache or a trouble, there is usually something to "do" for it. And the sooner you do it the better. Trouble would be a great deal easier to bear if those you dislike were not having the best time of their lives just when you are going through it-Atchi ?ou Globe. Shares and Colds. It is not generally known among men that close shaving is apt to bring on a cold. Barbers, however, are acquaint? ed with this fact and it is rather on account of it than through any desire to bring their patrons back soon again that they do not unless ordered to, ad? minister close shaves. The Successful Doctor. The king of purgatory sent his Iictors to .earth to bring back some skillful Chinese physician. "You must look for one," said the king, "at whose doo* there are no aggrieved spirits of disem? bodied patients." The lictor went off, but at the house of every doctor they visited there were crowds of wailing ghosts hanging about. At last they found a doctor at whose door there waa only a single shade and cried out "This man is evidently the skillful one we are In search of." On inquiry, how? ever, they discovered that he had only started practice the day before.-Giles' "History of Chinese Literature." Drops of lek. **A drop of ink may make a million think," quoted McSwilligen. "So I have beard," added Squildig. "It may provoke language tod. A few drops of ink that I inadvertently drop? ped on my wife's new carpet brought forth about a million words, and all energetic words too." Boiled Clotheslines. When I buy a new clothesline, I boil it for half an hour before putting it up. This toughens it makes it last much longer, and it does not snarl when put up.-Good Housekeeping. Many a man who glories In his birth? right and thanks God for his independ? ence is afraid to wear cheap clothes. Chicago Herald. Advantages of Port Cities. The revenue New York derives from the rental of piers to the Cunard, the White Star, the American, the Atlantic Transport, the French, the Leyland, the National and other lines is nearly $1,000.000 annually. The White Star line pays the largest rental. ?217,000; the Cunard line is next with $120,000 and the American line third with $88, 400-Ainslee's. A Professor on Rowlnj. A story is told about a well known Oxford don who knew more about the travels of Ulysses than about the boat he sailed in. He went down to the river one day to watch the eight prac? ticing. He gazed for awhile in silence. "Yes." he said at last, "they iook very nice-very nice macea, 1 may say-but how extremely awkward it must be for them to learn to row backward." Feeling* Br.ri Flpirer*. A boy was asked winch was the greater evil, hurting another's feelings or his finger. **Tiie reelings." he said. "Right, my d*>ar child." said the grat? ified questioner "But why is it worse to burt the feelings':" "Because you can't tie a rag round them." A Xlce Family Ml? lp. A widower with a number of small children married a widow who was similarly blessed. In due time the newly married couple added to the number, nearing a voice in the y a i'd one day. the father went out to see what was the matter. "Weih what was lt?" asked his wife as be returned out of breath. "Your children and my children were quarreling with our children," was the reply.-landon Answers. A Financial Dincctasion. Chronic Burrower-Can you lend me $20 for a few days? Weary Friend-Wby don't you pa wm your watch? "Because it is a keepsake from my dear mother, and I don't like to part with it." "My money is a keepsake from my dear father, and I don't like to part with it, either."-Exchange. The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which lias been in use for over 30 years, lias boree the Signatare of and lias been made under his per? sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. Wh Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing" Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething- Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENU1 A Sears the Signature of The Kind You Have Allays Bon In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 HURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY. orsesiEiMules. We took in a lot of Good : Young : ?toek : Which have since fattened up, and being acclimated are really more fit for present use than fresh ones. The time approaches when planters are pre? paring for the next year. Come and see them. They will be sold worth the money. HARBY & CO. Qeo 18 458. 458. NUMBER Won the Pearl and Diamond Crescent The drawing was held at 6 o'clock Christmas Eve in the presence of a large number of holders of coupons, Miss Aida Winn drawing the coupon from the box. Mrs. L P. Lide, of Beevesville, held the lucky coupon and has presented it and received the Pin. Thanking the public for the very lib? eral patronage throughout the year and particularly during the holiday season, I am, with best wishes for a Happy New Year, Very respectfully, EL A* Huffman, THE JEWELER Dec 26 MAIN STREET. ATLAMC COAST IM TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. Wilmington, N. C., Nov 24 h 1901 Fast Line B1?TWEEN Charleston ai? ColaiMa and AND NORTH CAROLINA, CONDENSED SCHEDULE Going West. No 52 lo Effect Nov 24ib. 1901. Geing Bast No 53 *p m 6 40 8 20 9 42 11 10 a m 12 29 12 42 1 25 1 47 3 25 3 30 Lv Lv LT Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar .p tn Charleston, S C Ar 9 20 Lanes, SC Ar 7 40 Sumter, SC Ar 613 Columbia, SC Lv 4 40 Prosperity, SC Lv 2 24 Newberry, SC Lv 2 10 Clinton, SC Lv 1 25 Laurees, SC Lv 72 55 Greenville, SC Lv ll 10 Sp3rtftobnre, S C Lv ll OO pm a ra 7 13 Ar Wigboro, S C Lv IO 18 %20 Ar Charlotte, N C Lv 8 10 Dm am 6 11 Ar Hendersoville, N C Lv S 02 7 15 Ar Asheville, N C Lv 8 ?0 ?Daily. Nos ?2 and 53 .'Olid trairs between CberteS ton and Greenville, S C. H U Emerson, Gen'l Passenger Agent JRKenly, T M A merion, Geo'I Man acer. Tronic Maaager ATLANTIC COAST LINE North-Eastern K. R. of & C CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH Dated ?o! ?o! ?o ?o" Jan 14, 1901 35? 23? 53? 61? a m p m am Le Florence 2 34 7 45 9 4C Le Kingstree 8 46 Ar Lanes 3 38 9 04 pm ll 20 Le Lanes . 3 38 9 30 6 45 11 20 Ar Charleston 5 04 10 55 8 30 1 00 TRAINS GOING NORTH No. No. No. Nc 78? 32? 52* 50? Le Charleston Ar Lanes Le Lanes Le Kingstree kr Florence am pm 6 33 4 49 8 16 6 15 8 16 6 15 8 32 9 25 7 25 am pm am pm 7 CO 4 00 8 32 5 3S 5 3fr 7 Oft am p st *Dail7. fDaily except Sunday. No. 52 nins through to Columbia via Oea rai R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run Tia Wilson and fayetteville-Short Line-and nake close connection for all points North. T'ains on C. * D. R. R. leave Florence iaiiv except Sunday 9 50 a o, arr ve Darling? ton "0 15 a tu. Hartsville 9 15 a m, Cheraw 1130 a m. Wadesboro 2 25 p m.. Leave Florence daily except Surday 7 55 p m, ar* .-ive Darlington 8 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 IV o m, Gibson 9 45 p m Leavs Florence Sunday cciy 9 30 am. arrive Darlington IC 05 a m Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 00 \ m, Bennettsville 7 CO a rn, arrive Darling? ton 8 CO a rn, Isavw Darlington 8 50 a m, ar rive Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wadesboro l3i!y except Sunday 3 00 pm, Cheraw 4 45 p m, Hartsville 7 CC a m. Darlington 6 29 ? rn, arri7e Florence 7 CO p m. 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