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?td)mon ?id rm SUMTE? WATCH S? AK. Established April. IS 50? Cosolidated Aug. S.188L "Be -Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's andiTruth's." THIS THUS 80UTHB0N, Established Jone 156? SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 12. 1908. New Series-Vol. XXI. So. 32 Puolislisd Srary Wednesday, 3>3\ C3r. Osteen^ SUMTER, S. C. TEEMS I $1.50 per annam-in advance. ADVI2TISI?1KT: Ono Square first insertion?.$1 00 Svery subsequent insertion_.50 Contracts for ibree months, or longer will be mad? at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests w?Xbe charged forjas advertiements. j * Obituaries and tributes of respects will be ehargedfor. \ ? ---?-.---r-r Meresting Comments on That One Act Tragedy. The Hon. James H. Tillman, ; nephew of an equally urbane uncle, ^an? Eexrienant-goy?rnor of South Caro ' Jina, liasbeenpretty thoroughly nick ed and phti^v??y v?u^or Micah. Jen? kins's sword. ; Tho sight of Benjamin ravining as a wolf inspired James to littleton ^iis own hook. The i spoil fias not r^n. satisfactory. South k Carolina is not eager to "become n?tor ' ons for bad manners. \ The mess i nto ^ himself %?s ? good deal worse than Benjamin's. ?iThe; hearty cuffing^and kicking which; |ij^>eis%"and; men of all parties are r5^??mg bini must surprise Min. Evi J^^t?y he^taougKt ne was doing a fine j thing when he insulted the president. He is alone; in that opinion. The gov? ernor of South Carolina, the Common ^?bnncil of Charleston, the Exposition people condemn and ; regret his. act. Major Jenkins refuses to take the . sword unless Mr. Roosevelt "presents it. The Chicago Tribune has : collect? ed from various Palmetto editors their opinion of nephew James's little: incarsion into the savage regions of TilTma?ia. These opinions will hard? ly be pasted in a scrap book and bequeathed by the ebullient' lieutenant . governor as a rich legacy, unto his . issue, but they make "mighty inter estin' reading'." -'..is*Made an. ass of himself. "^rCo ; lumbla. Record. "Oheap play of a cheap politician for cheap notoriety.''--Goluinbia State. t "Poursout another'hodful of humil-J iatioa on .poor South Carolina by his -idiotic . telegram. '^-Yorkville ' En ojrireri .. "' ' "His action;was foolish and child? ish-"-Florence Times, v " Idiotic - behavior-L?ck of good breeding runs in the family."-Green i ville Newjsj|? "Chea^jpfolitical swashbuckler who wanted ;toPfet some political notori? ety."-Anderson Mail. Thusr has CoL Jim Tillman won golden .opinions from all sorts of peo-, pie. The only charitable explanation of his lapsus comes, in somewhat .severe form, from the Sumter Item : -"Lieutenant-governor Tillman, as is well known in South Carolina, tries to ape his uncle Ben,'but having rieither"the native ability nor the ab? stemious habits of the senator, suc? ceedsfrequently in playing the role of the ass in the lion's skim." Let us try and be kind enough to hope that the telegram was insipred not by malice but by moonshine.-New York Sun. Charles B. Roues' Will. New York, March 4.-The will of Charles Broadway Rouse was filed for probate in the surrogate's office today. The will was executed on Mardi 17, 1898. It made no charitable bequest. The will left to .Mrs. Charles Broad? way Rouse,'now dead, the house ' on -5th avenue and $5,000 yearly. The building in. which his business was conducted was left to his two chil? dren, Mrs. Virginia Lee and Peter "Winchester Rouss. ; It was stipulated that Mrs. Lee was to get the 5th ave? nue house if her mother died. She also gets Mr. Rouss' farm in Jefferson county, Yirignia. Mr. Rouss request? ed that his son, Peter Winchester Rouss, continue the business on Broad Way under the old name. William L. Rous*, a brother of the dead million? aire, is made an executor, and .he and another brother receive $100,000 each. The residue of the estate .is willed to Peter Winchester Rouss. An Admiral's Reception to a King. The fondness of navy officers for tell? ing jokes at each other's expense is well known, and their yarns, like the traditions of the Indians, are hand ed'down from one generation to the next. Years ago there was a brusque old Admiral upon whom many stories were told-in most cases true ones. At one time, when the warship of which the Admiral was in command was off, the coast of Portugal, the Bing of that country expresed a desire to visit an American man-of-war. The Admiral received the party with great cordiality, but instead of address? ing the royal visitor as "your majesty," he invariably called him "King," It was "Step this way, King," "Look out for your head, King," when showing him about the vessel, and before his majesty departed the Admiral convulsed all within hear? ing by saying, hospitably, "King, come down in the cabin and have a drink,"-Lippincott's Magaizne. Tramps who stop at a certain ? Pennsylvania town are fumigated, j irrigated, vaccinated and set at work : upon the streets. As a consequence tramps have about stopped stopping there. FIRE RENO IN AIKEN. A Whole Block Burned in That Town Wednesday. Aiken, S. C., March 5.-A terrific fire is now raging in Aiken, lt is the greatest conflagration ever seen here. Starting at .about IO o'clock in the evening it had gained such headway in an hour that, five buildings were completely destroyed. The fire began in some negro shanties on Main Street and leaped from there to the big barn? like building known as Lyceum Hall. Sunnyside cottage was the next to go. This is a f?vorite resort for .invalids suffering with lung trouble and many northern visitors are spending the winter there.' From here the fire turned back to some stables and by. a "change in the wind was carried north? west to the street leading to the sani? tarium. A dinner and dance was in progress at Major Mallory's, which nada narrow escape. Had it burned it would have cast a shadow on sporting . events for the rest of the season, as there was a big hunt planned ta start from his residence this- morning. Fortunately for them, however, the fire started on the opposite side of the street, travelling up Main street as far as Dr. Hall's house, and then turning back westward towards the home for consumptive patients. The offices of the Aiken Recorder, next to the Lyceum Halt were, destroyed. Added to the noise and fury of. the fire was the repeated explosion of powder and ?' cartridges in the Lyceum Hall, which was used as an armory by the, Aiken ?Rifles^- ->:v The wind is blowing at a high rate of speed and will carry the fire as far * .as there is anything to feed on. The nine buildings and many stables are burned. Buildings destroyed up to 2 o'clock: Three negro shanties, Aiken J&ecorder, Lyceum , Hall, Sunnyside cottage, Mrs. Quash, the Misses Ford, 'Loomis' bouse and stables. It is im? possible to estimate loss and insur? ance- \ . Insurrection In Alabama. Marion,'Ala, March 5.-As the re? sult of a report that a mob of negroes is marching toward this town with the intention of attacking the county jail and releasing two negro murderers, one of whom, Luke Sanders, is to be .hanged tomorrow, citizen soldiery is being- organized tonight, and at 9 o'clock this evening fifty men were under arms prepared to meet the negroes. Pickets have been thrown out , on every road leading into the town and if the mob appears a serious cohiflct'is feared. Early in the night leaidng citizens held a conference and it was. decided hot to ask the Governor for aid, as they believed it?the duty of the people to protect law and order. When the reports were first received little credence was placed in- them. Several hours later couriers reported that real danger existed and the citi? zens' posse was immediately organ ized. - Luke Sanders and John Sanders, the prisoners,Nare. charged with the mur? der of Road Overseer Mullen, commit? ted several months ago. \ Luke Sanders was sentenced to be, hanged and the Supreme Court refused a new hearing,. but recommended commutation of, sentence by the Govenror. The mat? ter-was referred to the State peniten? tiary board and on their recommenda? tion-he refused to interfere with the lower Court's sentence. When news of this action reached Marion the negroes of Perry County were incensed and ' decided to organize and release both men. : Perry County is one of the "Black Belt" counties and a large majority of the population consists of negroes. BUBAL CARRIERS GET $601 HHttflHflHHBEflMBHBl ; ! AR Increase of $100 Over Their Former Salaries. Washington, Marcho.-"The post? master general bas this day ordered that on and after March 1, 1902, the letter carriers of the rural free deliv? ery service heretofore appointed and whose names appear on the roll of the department at the close of business February 28, ?902, receiving salary at the rate of $500 per annum, and those who may be appointed after that date shall be paid at the rate of $600 per annum until otherwise ordered; and that the salaries of carriers now receiv- , ing less than $.900 per annum shall be . increased twenty per cent." The Hon. T. M. Raysor will not be in the race for Congress from this dis? trict this year. He will serve out his term in the State Senate, to which position he was unanimously elected last fall. This statement is authorita? tive, and can be relied on. Mr. Raysor has been urged to make the race for Congress this year, but he has never had any idea of doing so.-Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The Greenville Mountaineer wants 1 to know if it has ever occurred to the friends of McLaurin that the Republi- ' cans are very remiss in not turning ? over their patronage in other states > than South Carolina to the Democratic J Senior? Messrs. Morgan of Alabama, : Clay of Georgia, Martin of Virginia, Carmack of Tennessee, Simmons of 1 North Carolina and others might dis? pose of the offices in their respective states to good advantage, but we can- ; not recall the fact that either of them : has been to the White House on this ? business for several years. Newport News, Va., March 3.-It .< is reported that the Army Reconstruc- 1 tion Board will recommend that the < government purchase the Hygeia < Hotel, Old Point, the plan being to < tear the hotel down and establish a ] fort. < CHEAP TICKETS FOB STATE DAY. Railroads Will Put on Exceedingly Low Rate to the Exposition. Charleston, March 4.- The officials of The Exposition are enthusiastic over the prospects for ? large attend? ance on South Carolina Day. Encour? aging reports are being received daily from all sections of the State saying that hundreds of people are coming to see The Exposition on March 20th. The railroads will begin to advertise the rate to Charleston for South Caro? lina. Day tomorrow. The rate will be one.eent per mile, which is exceeding? ly low. Tickets will be placed on sale March 19 and will be good to return until March 22. The rate is the low? est ever given to. an exposition and ought to bring at least forty thousand people to The Exposition on South Carolina Day. The Atlantic Coast Triassic Coal Fields. The Southern Triassic or Newark coal areas of the United States-the northern area being not worthy of dis? cussion-lie in the Piedmont district midway between the Blue Eidge Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, and'they are discussed by Mr. Jay Backs Woodworth, in Part III, of the Twenty-second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey now passing through the press under the editorship of Dr. C. W.; Hayes, Geologist The productive areas occur in two well-marked belts in Virginia and North Carolina, which extend for about 250 miles southwesterly and are about 100 miles wide. The eastern belt includes the Taylorville and Richmond areas in Virginia, and the Deep River area in North Carolina. The western belt includes the Dan River area. 'Between them lies the Farmville area in Virginia. The Richmond area is the most im? portant of the Triassic coal fields. It lies in Gooehland, Henrico, Powhatan, and. Chesterfield counties, beginning about 9 miles, north of the James River, and extending some 31 miles beyond the Appomatox on the south. The area is in the form of a broad basin ?of about 150 square miles in ex? tent. On both the eastern and the western margins of this basin there are usually three workable beete, vary? ing from 1 to 50 feet in thickness. The coal is nomialiy bituminous,- and in some of the beds it has been con? verted into natural coke or carbonite. This occurrence -of coal -knowB4 as early as 1700. The coal was used as early as.1775 ; shipments were made to northern cities in 1789 \ and a bed 24 feet thick was mentioned by Volney in 1803. During the thirties and forties the mining operations here were the most extensive in the United States. The gaseous nature of the coal has led to a few serious explojions, fires, and much loss of life. The esti? mated production . of the Richmond basin was, in 1822, 48,214: in 1832, 117,857 tons: in 1842, 65,750 tons. The production has never since equalled these figures, and now there are but two companies operating in the field. The Farmville area, about 60 square miles, is pr?fctically undeveloped and unknown. The Dan River region in North Carolina is regarded as of little promise. - The eastern or Deep River area, of" bet wen 250 and 300 square miles, extends from near the Virginia line into South Carolina; but the productive beds are "in Chatham and Moore counties. The coal makes good coke and illuminating gas and has proved successful as a locomotive and blacksmith coal. Coal was discovered in this area in the latter part of the eighteenth century: but systematic mining may be said to have begun only with the reopening of the old Egypt shaft at Cummock in 1889. The Cummock Company owns 4300 acres, carrying it is ^estimated, 11,000 tons to the acre. The total production ; in 1899 was nearly 27,000 tons, valued at $34,965. A boring through the coastal plain near Florence, S. C., penetrated Triassic coal, .and makes it probable that other Triassic areas lie east of the Richmond and Deep River areas. In response to a blank form -sent out by a commercial agency, a negro mer? chant in a North Carolina town wrote a letter as follows: "Sir-In Teply to your request just received. ?We are sorry whereas but to say if truth must be impressed, that we did not insist upon your taking our order. For our business goes on here all the tixne. Therefore if you do not feel our trust? worthy of your confidence for the criticised sum of Eight Dois. You can use your own pleasure concerning ?tbe matter."-Raleigh News and Observ? er. Washington, March 5.-Senator Lodge today introduced in the senate an amendment to the Philippines bill which is now pending before the com? mittee on the Philippines. It provides that whenever it is certified to the president that the existing insurrec? tion in the Philippines shall have ceased and peace established, a gene? ral election shall be called for the choice of delegates to a popular as? sembly to be known as the Philippine assembly. The legislative power con? ferred in the Philippine commission in all that part of the archipelago not inhabited by the Moros or other Chris? tian tribes shall then cease and be rested in a legislature consisting of two houses-the Philippine commission and the Philippine assembly. Three resident commissioners to the United States are to be elected. Springfield, 111., March 5.-Another scene in the drama of the closing of the State bank of Elkhart, was enact 3d this afternoon when Frank W. Cotle, cashier, whose alleged shortage >f $32,000 caused the closing of the bank, blew out his brains at his resi lence.J ANOTHER GREAT SNOW STORM. Tremendous Snow Fal! From North Carolina io New York Three Feet in Some Sections. New York, March 5.-Another snow storm which -threatened to do much damage started this morning. The snow was wet and heavy and caused, much inconvenience and considerable delay to traffic on elevated and surface lines. On the river, the weather was so thick that ferryboats were unable to nm at more than half speed. The snow was accompanied by a moderate wind. The snow stopped shortly before noon and was followed by sleet A total depth of six inches of snow had fallen. Telegraphic service - was further demoralized by the storm. ' The. West? ern Union company lost 20 out of 30 wires between New York and Philadel? phia and 10 wires south of Philadel? phia. The company reported that it was losing wires in all directions on account of the heavy snow which in some localities was followed by sleet Between Easton " and Williamsport, Pa., 20 miles of Western Union poles are down. i The train service on the New York Central which was disorganized by the floods were further impeded by the snow. Local trains which up to to? day were operated " on . time, were | delayed by the snow. Philadelphia, Pa., March 5.-With the exception of the extreme south? eastern section of the State the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania is to? night in the grasp of the heaviest snow storm of the winter. Railroad travel is practically tied up in many places, and the indications for tomorrow are not encouraging. ' Eastern Haselton, - Wilkesbare and other points north of Philadelphia report that the snow fell all day^and still continues tonight. There are 20 to 23 inches of snow on the ground. At those points heavy drifts/have closed up mountain pass? es, blocked railroads and closed down coal mines. y _ Roanoke, Va., March 5.-A heavy snowiell throughout southwest Vir? ginia this morning. Eeports received here show the fall to be from 3 to 16 inches deep, the greatest fall being in tl|e Shenandoah valley. Railroad traffic is being delayed. . Knoxville, Tenn., March 5.-Snow fell heresall day. If is expected this snow, together wifh a hard rain last night, will cause another rise in the river. Asheville, N. C., March 5.-Snow 'has fallen steadily here since last night. The Boer Delegates. Washington, March 5.-Messrs. Wolmarans and Wessels, the Boer representatives, who came to *tbe United ' States from Europe for the purpose of conferring with the Secre? tary of State, have accomplished their purpose. They were reecived by Mr. Hay at ll o'clock this morning. It was distinctly understood that the Boers were to be received as private citizens and not in an official capacity. Secretary Hay talked to them freely with this understanding. * The principal object of the delegates was to induce the United States Gov? ernment to do something to terminate the present bloody struggle in South Africa. The Secretary- of State heard them attentively and promised to co?r sider their representations, and to do whatever he [could to ameliorate the conditions in South Africa. But he pointed out that the-President was the prime authority in such' matters, and he recommended tbat the Boers see Mr. Roosevelt and?ascertain his views. A matter of complaint by the . dele? gates was the shipment of horses, mules and provisions from the United States to the British forces in South Africa. Secretary Hay went over the subject very carefully with them, citing authorities and precedents, which, he pointed out, conclusively established the lack of authority on the part of the General Government to stop the American farmer from ship? ping his provisions and the stock raiser from selling his product any? where in the world where they could get-the best price. He also pointed out that the Government's attitude in this, as in other matters connected with the Sonth African war, has been strictly neutral, and that the Govern? ment has done nothing to prevent ship? ment of commodities to the Boer forces. Later in the day Messrs Wolmarans and Wessels, accompanied by Dr. Frederick Mueller, of the Orange Free State, called at the White House. They were received by President Roosevelt in the library, and remained with him about fifteen minutes. They called as private citizens and not in their official capacity as Boer repre? sentatives. Mr. Roosevelt listened at? tentively to what they had to say, and then informed them that this Govern? ment cannot and will not interfere in the struggle. Herbert Spencer is fond of a game of billiards. At the^Reform Club in London he recently met an acquain? tance whom he invited to play with him. The young member accepted, and Mr. Spencer said joyfully as he chalked his cue: "Young man, good billiard playing is the proof of a well balanced mind." "I believe it is," replied the young man. They played and the ereat writer was beaten fear? fully. He had only scored 38 when his yonng antagonist finished his 100. Herbert Spencer put the cue away in ?isgust. "Young man," he said, ' such fine billiard playing as yours is khe.'proof of an ill-spent youth. " STRIKE IN NORFOLK SPREADING, Labor Unions Join Street Car Men: More Troops Take the Field. Norfolk, Va., March 5.-Street cars guarded by troops, were run at long intervals today bat no passengers were carried. All was quiet this morning and Mayor Beamon stated that there is no necessity yet for declaring martial law. Four additional companies of the Seventy-first have been ordered out and this- will place the entire com? mand in the field, two battalions be? ing already in service. The strikers were busy last night barricading the tracks but this morning the obstruc? tions were removed by the troops. At midnight the soldiers were called upon ?to disperse a mob at Church and Charlotte streets. - Bayonets were used But it is not known that there were any casualties. W. B. Rudolph, Tom ^Murray and Samuel Ayres' white, and Tom Jenkins, colored were arrested before daylight this 'morning by a de? tachment of the Huntington rifles of Newport News for tearing up street car tracks at the corner of Church, and Holts streets. An officer of the company stated that an attempt at dynamiting the tracks had been made but the police denied this. \The Suffolk military company arrived this forenoon and on the same train were 15 strike breakers from Knoxville. The men were taken tb the. barn by the troops. The arrival of the imported men intensifies the feeling and the situation grows graver The electrical workers have gone out on a sympathetic; strike. All other employes of the Norfolk Railway and Light companies, gas, electric lights and other plants have been ordered out by th? Central Labor union. New. York Southerners. At the recent banquets of the South? ern society and the Georgia society Un New York much was said about the great number of southerners in the metropolis. Judge Augustus ) Van Wyck, of the Southern society, in his address before that organization on the evening of Washington's birth? day, said that according to his best information, there were fully Stitt, OOO men, women and children in Greater New York who were either born in the south or are children of southern parents who had settled there. At the Georgia society banquet the num? ber was put at less, but was still very large. The New York Commercial, in an interesting article on-,/,*New ; York's Southern Colony, t* says that there are undoubtedly no w in that city more than 60,000 native born southerners; that if the children of "these * southern resi? dents are counted the number is fully 100,000: The states have contributed the 60,000 as follows : Maryland, 9,000; Virginia, 22,700; North Carolina, 6,500 ; South Carolina,. 4,400 : Georgia, 4,000; Florida, 1,400; ? Alabama, 1,150; Kentucky, 3,100; Louisiana, 2,400; Texas, 1,300: Tennessee, 1,600; Mississippi, 800; West Virginia, 800; Arkansas, 300, and Missouri, 3,400. "We have no doubt that The Com? mercial's figur?s are much too low. Judge Van Wyck was probably much nearer the truth. The number of southern men who won their way to, leadership in New York is remarkable. The Savannah Morning News is well within the facts when it says on this subject : *' It is probable that the??number of southerners who have acHi?yed success in New York, in proportroiet? the whole number there, is as great' as that of men from any. other section of the country, if not greater. Southerners are prominent in business and the pro? fessions. It is no unusual thing to find that a man who has come into prominence suddenly, either in finance, law or literature, is from the south. "The south, of course,- suffers to some extent from thisx loss of bright young men, but the loss of young men does not bear so hard upon her as the loss of so much of her cash in New York's great exchanges-the cotton and stock exchanges. The hundreds of millions of dollars which these ex? changes have taken from the south since the war of secession would be sufficient to build factories enough to spin her entire cotton crop and make a second Pittsburg out of Bir? mingham. "New York draws from the whole country, but it is a question ^whether she does not draw more heavily from the south than any other section." The south is proud of her "children who have so greatly distinguished themselves in New York, but, after all, the best chances that a young south? erner of character, brains and determination can find anywhere are awaiting him in his own native sec? tion.-Atlanta Journal. What's Your Face Worth. Sometimes a fortune, but never, if you have a sallow complexion, a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin,-all signs of Liver Trouble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills give Clear Skin, Rosy Cheeks, Rich Complexion. Only 25 cents at J F W DeLorme's Drug Store. S The gold mining plant of Williamson & Wakeling, eight* miles from Abbe? ville, was burned about midnight Mon? day night. Loss about 85,000; insur? ance SI, 700. The plant will be rebuilt at once and new machinery ordered. White Man Turned Yellow. Great consternation was felt by the friends of M. A. Hogarty, of Lexington. Ky., when they saw he was turning yellow. His skin slowly changed color, also his eyes, and he suffered terribly. His malady was Yellow Jaundice. He was treated by the best doctors, but without benefit. Then he was advised to try Electric Bit? ters, the wonderful Stomach and Liver remedy, and he writes : "After taking two bottles I was wholly cured." A trial proves its matchless merit for all Stomach. Liver and Kidney troubles. Only ZOc, Sold by J. P. W. DeLorm9,*Drnggist. 6 CUBAN RECIPROCITY. Chairman Payne cf Ways andf||| MeanSjM?kes an Authorized ~% Statement. 5 Washington, March 6.-Chairman'S^M Payne of the ways and means commit^' tee today gave ont the following au- 1^ thorized statement in connection with ; the discussion over Cuban reciprocit^y rt^P "I think the large majority ofKtn???^ Republicans have made up their mindsr>^ that we must do something for Cuba.' ^sg There are three propositions presented which have this professed end in view^^^^ The proposition of Mr. Morse of Min^ nesota provided for an increase on the/ tariff on sugar to the outside worldx>fJ|? and a rebate on sugar imported ?xaat?^m Cuba.. It does not seem io me: '5h\i0gM many RepublicansaSe, .willing %to i?-i^g crease the duly on sugar. Then ther?f^p is the proposition of. Mr. Tawney :.w?o%^l? vote betweed $7,000, OOO and^0OO;<)0O^^ V directly into the Cuban treasuy and :t??i?2 ask the Cuban government to-'.&t?i^M bute about $1,000,000 according to his ^l figures to native Cuban planters. This^i^ first payment is to be paid withont?^g any compensation from Cuba in any ^3 way or manner-a pure gift toi$^?0? Cuban government It hardly neec??fe;^ the opinion of a lawyer to say5?tm*^^g such a procedure would be uncohstE^^s tutional^HBH . J^?? "Of course nb bounty of this kindiip .could be distributed without a scandal^^ ?and a fraud. In the next place, sevens eights of the Cuban laborers ^ttld^^ still remain without work. It , would|^^ be just as easy for the sugar trust to)|^8 obtain a concession on the sugar ?y/J>||| bought on account of the bounty:?t8||S3 obtain a concession where the planter||p| knew he was to have a 20 }per centSf^ concession in duty. So fhat Mr:;!CM?i||^g ney's proposition has no advantag??^^^ over that for a 20 per cent.^reducti?n^^2! and it has the disadvantages iiamed0*?| ".The third proposition is th?t-for???;^^ JO per cent reduction of duties. [.Tif?^g?s would injure no home indus^ryv^^p Coupled with the provision to extenoft^B our exclusion laws td Cuba no; one ?j^^^? loaring before the committee on - w?yj$|?l and means contended that it woulcl^^g inqure home industries. All agreed^^^ that the prices of sugar to the Am?r?||^^ c?n consumer would remain* in themis same. Nor would it inure to ? tfaa3||?| benefit of th? sugar trust. THei^^ witnesses before the <x>mmitte? unitedf^^ in testifyinigi and the statistics proyJe^|^^ that the trust has received no ben?fit^^ in buying sugar either in Hawaii or^|^ Puerto Eico, since the duty-'vMsS reduced pr removed. - &W*0?. *4 The ' entire benefits ; have beet^^? reaped by the planters in these isi^^J ands. We have every reason'.to ht?e?&?sj?? the same would prove trde.as 'tof?i?i&p^M Many misleading statements as to tfio^^ attitude of the president, the cabinet^^g and the House Republicans ; ar? ? ap?f^g pearing in the newspap?rs* I cannot^ ^ speak of conference with the president "But I have every assurance rtha^jj| the cabinet' is hot divided on this?^^ question, nor have a majority of thTe^^^ house Republicans committed tn e^^^S selves either to the Morris, the Taw^f^g ney1 or the do-nothing policy. Tho|;^P proposition of a 20 per cent. reduction?^ as adopted will put off, in my iadg-|||l ment, the annexation of Cuba y?orj?^ many years. She will not come- int ;>|? until her population is Americanize^^^ from the States. To refuse to do any thing would put the house in a posi- ^ tion hostile to the president? would^^ cause uncertainty and a feeling of a]p^;. prehension to producers of sugar the States and would be utterly demor- ^ ;^ alizing." Job Couldn't Have Stood It If he'd had Itching Piles. They're ter? ribly annoying; but Backlen's .Arnic?r.;".^? Salve will cure the worst case of piles on - earth. It has cared thousands. For In-V^ innes, Pains or Bodily Eruptions it's tfceV; . --S best salve in the world. Price 25c a box.' . ; Cure guaranteed. 4 Sold by J. F./W. INK ?^?1 Lonne. ..6 Y^?-^: Prize Fight in Charlestort. ^ Savannah, Ga., March &-A1?^?S^ McMurry, matchmaker for the South- >^ ern Athletic club of Charleston, an- -1 nounced tonight that the club would " make a bid for the Jeffries-Fitzsim- - ; mons fight to be pulled off at Charies- -c ton. McMurray and a Savannah capi- 5 talist who is backing the Southern | Athletic club will go to Charleston to? morrow at the invitation of one of the : leading officials of the expedition to ,fM discuss the arrangements for bringing^ ^ off the fight The exposition official referred to is quoted as saving that there will be no legal objection inter? posed to the big mill being, held in - Charleston. Saves Two From Death. uOur little daughter had an almost fa? tal attack of whooping cough and bron? chitis," writes Mrs. W. R. Haviland, -of Armonk, N. Y-, "bat, when all other remedies failed, we saved her life with Dr. King's New Discovery. Oar niece, who had Consumption in an advanced stage, also nsed this wonderful medicine - and to-day she is perfectly well." Des? perate throat and lang diseases yield to Dr. King's New Discovery as to no other medicine on earth. Infallible for Coughs and Colds. 50c and $1 bottles guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme. Trial bottles free._ 6 Norfolk, Va., March 6.-The strike situation is unchanged. The strikers declared themselves as opposed to vio? lence and today the city was much calmer than heretofore. Militiamen guarded the front and rear platforms of the cars. Obstructions are continu? ally being placed on the tracks and all along the line refuse and missiles are thrown at non-union men. For the first time since the strike began the company operated its entire system with the exception of one branch, bu1r the cars carried few passengers. mm i t i mm* Crime must be on the rampage in Mississippi. There will be fifteen hang? ings in that State witbin. the' next 3ixty days. . ''^?'?'???i,'::.. -^ ??.