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Ta* SUJETES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50? "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." the true southron, Established Jane, 1866 Coso??dated Aug. 2,1881.. SUMTER. S. C. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. New Series-Yol. XXII. No. S Pablisied Sssry TSTotassday, KT. C3-. ?>st?0033Lj SUMTER, S. C. tesxs : $1.50 per ano a co?in advance. a 37 2*3 TI SI?IRT! One Square srsf insertion....?.$1 00 '?very subsequent insertion;............. 50 Contracts for three inoathg^or.longer, wili be zc&de at reduced raies. ?ll communications which sa be?rve private interests vili be charged for ai adver tiement3. ObitGariea and tributes of respects will be efeargedfcr. SPEIKE HENDERSON IT SOOS WITH PARTY. He Declines the Nomination for Reelection?Differs With Party. on Trusts. Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 16.?Speaker Henderson, finding that his views in respect to the. treatment o? trusts by reducing the tariff in whole or in part, are. not in accord with the views of many of his party in Iowa, has this day declined to accept the nomination for congress and has withdrawn ?rom the race. In his statement, Speaker Hender son says: ' three years I have advocated giving pon tr?l of trusts to congress. In my judgment, proper Supervision can never be had until congress has power to treat them. I am, glad to see -from speeches made by our fearless and upright chief executive, that he is ! advocating federal control _over these corporations, and while in some quarr - ters they may sneer at 4t? I have not seen any proposition yet, except this, that seems at all likely to bring relief. No proposition has ever been made by the Democracy excepting to put every thing on the free list and to give the c?funtryfree tracce. In other words, they propose to kill the child dead in order to cure it. "In my opinion, if combinations could be regulated and controlled, we would have very little ground ffor charges before a change in the tariff laws. For my part, if anythiing great in this country attains prosperity through protective policies or any other legislation and is using its ad vantages, growth and prosperity to plunder the American people I, for 1 one, am ready to strike it by whatever legal means we may be able to adopt provided that in so doing, we do not hurt innocent- interests. I have been more amused than hurt at the suggestion fthat I have been against any changes in the tariff. "I have never been opposed to mak ing needed changes, and I am not now. I must say and emphatically, that I do not believe that a single schedule of the Dingiey tariff law can be so amend-" e?\ as to relieve the people from the oppression of trusts or combinations of capital, however named and that such action may involve the retarding of our expanding commerce and s get-. . ting and holding of foreign markets. ' . Indeed, I believe such plan to be fraught with grave dangers to the peo ple. I am a firm believer in reciproci ty. I worked with untiring zeal to secure reciprocal arrangements between Cuba and this country, and I was suc cessful in passing it through the house. The senate did not act on the, bill because consideration of it would have permitted the opening up of the whole question of tariff revision. "While I cannot speak for the pros pects of favorable action upon bills sent to the senate I still hope and believe that by a treaty the same result may be accomplished, and I have no doubt that President Roosevelt is now working on ' the question of a treaty with Cuba, to give that strug gling young republic needed help, a help, too, in which, while they will be gainers we will not be losers. And now, let me say, and let there be no misunderstanding as to my position : I believe in protection that will protect the hand of labori the wheels of industry, every farmer and miner, and I am against wicked cor porations that would trample on the rights of the people to fair play and to the fruits of honest efforts. I am against unnecessary legislation that would throw my country into panic and bring back the horrors bequeath ed to us by the last Democratic ad ministration. Washington, Sept. .?The an nouncement of Speaker Henderson's declination of the congressional nom ination caused a sensa tion in Washing ton. Very few public men are in Washington at this time, but all here expressed regret that the speaker had determined on the course announc ed in the Dubuque dispatch. The causes leading up to his decision were perhaps as much a matter of comment as the refusal to stand for reelection. Public men acknowledge there is a demand in sections of the west and northwest for a revision of the tariff along certain lines. Their opinion is that Gen. Henderson's decision will make this issue more acute. The speaker always has been a straightout Republican on traiff matters and at the last session of congress the general understanding was that he opposed the suggestions advanced for tariff revision along certain lines on articles controlled by the trusts. Not Doomed for Life. "I was treated for three years by good doctors," writes W. A. Greer, McConnell ville, O., "for Piles, and Fistula, but, when all iailed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me in two weeks." Cures Burns, Bruises, Outs, Corns, Sores. Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Piles or no pay. 25c at j. F. W. DeLorme's drag store. HO PUTERS TO BE GIVEN. Coa! Barons Will Not Heed the Ap peals for Arbitration. * _i_ New York, 'Sept. 16.? conference between leading anthracite coal inter ests was - held this afternoon at the Philadelphia and Reading company's offices. Those present included Presi dent Baer, Reading road ; President Truesdale of the Delaware, Lackawan na and Western ; President Underwood of the Erie ; President Fowler of the New York, Ontario and Western; President. Walters of the Lehigh Val ley ; President Olypbant of the Dela ware and Hudson ; Manager Besler of the Central Railroad of New. Jersey ; Irving Stearns of Coxe Bros. & Co., and John Markleof. G. B. Markle & Co. The two last named represented the independent operating interests in the hard coal industry. The precise -subjects of the confer ence could not be learned but it was stated in advance of the meeting that no concessions would be granted, and that recent events of, a semi-political character would not be considered. Following a meeting with J. P. Morgan, John Markle made this statement: "I do not think it neces sary to repeat that^all talk of conces sions on the part of the operators is ?x>lisht and.certainly without founda tion. Our position n?w is the same as when Mitchell made his original propositions, and no different than when the strike,began. "We said then that we would make no concessions and we repeat it now. "There is no reason why this should not be understood. The operators have shown that they mean it, and repeat it only by way of emphasis. "There is just one way to end the strike, by the men returning to work, and every day they remain away by giving willing ear to Mitchell's spe cious promises will only entail further loss and suffering to them. Conditions are improving daily, more men are re-v turning to work and more coal is being mined. "So far!as recent attempts at settlement are. concerned, it is only necessary to add that every effort from Senator Hanna's down has been fatile. We have denned our position and will maintain it." John Markle left the meeting and went to J, p. Morgan's office where: he met P. A. B. Widener. The meet ing in President Baer's office concluded at a few minutes before 3 o'clock. President ?nderwood, of-the Erie, as he was leaving said that the meeting had been merely one of the directors of the Temple Iron company and that only routine matters were considered.. The Temple Iron company is the sell ing company " for the coal carrying roads and the presidents of the lead ing waijcarrjing. roads are the direct ors of the Temple Iron company which has a capital of $2,500,000. Lowering Atlantic Time. New York, Sept. 16.?The North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm arrive in port today from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg, beating all previous westward records. The Kronprinz Wilhelm ? made the run of 3,047 miles from Cherbourg in five days 11 hours and 57 minutes at an average speed of 23.09 knots per hour. The time made is three hours ,and 48 minutes better than the best previous ly westward record of the Kronprinz Wilhelm, and is 26 minutes better than the time of the Deutschland. Chicago, ID., September 17.?Word was received in Chicago tonight from Henry E. Weaver, of the Weaver Coal Company, who is in Buffalo, that the anthracite coal strike will soon come to an end; that one of the largest mines in the heart of the district in Pennsylvania is about to give in to the strikers and that other mines will directly follow the example of the leader. Dillon, Sept. 16.?Last Saturday evening, Mr. A. W. Grantham, living just across Little Pee Dee in the Kentyre neighborhood, in returning to his home from Dillon, was fired upon by parties on the roadside. He was struck by several shot, some of them evidently penetrating the abdominal cavity. He lingered in great agony until today. Two parties suspected have been arrested, John Miller and Clarington Horn, and they have been carried to Marion jail. Roanpke, Va., Sept. 16.?Bat little has been heard today from the Algama mine at North Fork, W. Va., which was the scene yesterday of a gas arid powder explosion which caused the death of two white and 15 colored miners and several mine mules. The last of the victims was brought out of the mine last night at midnigth by rescuing parties that had worked all day and night, bratticing as they went, in an endeavor to rescue the entombed miners alive. New York, September 16.?In the Democratic primary election contests held here today the outlook at 11 o'clock tonight was that William S. Devery, former chief of police, had won out for the leadership of the 9th district. At that hour John C. Sbeehan, one of Devery's opponents concedeb Devery's election. In nine teen districts the former chief had 211 plurality, with six districts to be heard from including Devery's own district. St. Paul, Minn, September 16.? The new primary law had its first practical test in a general election to day, when the voters of the various political parties went to the polls to register their choice for nominees for Congressional, judicial, Legislative and county officers. The vote aver aged fairly heavy. Only two Con gressional districts presented unoppos ed Republicaon nominees, while but two districts had Democratic contests for the nomination. A big chunk of pumice stone was recently found afloat in Mobile bay. The impression is that it drifted over there after being shot out from Mont Pelee. F?CTS US TO THE PI?S GUI. President Diaz Tells of the Claim of the Catholic Church. _ ' Mexico City, September 17.?Presi dent Diaz in his message to Congress says in part of the Pins claim now being arbitrated at The Hague : ' ' The case in question grows ont of a claim presented by the Catholic Church of Upper California against the Mexican Republic, and upheld by the Government of the United States, looking to the payment of interest on a fund which was created in colonial epochs for the benefit of missions in that former portion of our territory. "Originally the fund in question was entrusted to the Jesuits for their Cali fornia missions, but as the* consequence of the royal order which expelled the Jesuits from Spanish territory in 1768 property constituting the fund passed tb the crown of Spain, which entrust ed its administration to a royal com mission, in whose hands it tfas at the time when our independence was con summated. "When in 1848 Upper California was segregated from the Mexican Federa tion the Mexican Government, taking its stami principally on Article 14 of the peace treaty with the United States concluded in that same year, which pronounced as ended and can celled all debts "and claims which citi zens of the Uni tad" States might allege against Mexico, considered itself releas ed from all the liabilities toward rep resentatives of the Church in Califor nia. "The Church in question went be fore the joint claims commission, which was held at Washington under convention of July 4, demanding the payment of interest up date of the claim. / *. ' The Mexican Government paid the interest assessed against it on the strength of that decision. The Cali fornia church has since claimed that the Republic ought to continue paying interest on the fund and its claims were presented through the diplomatic channel. "After an ^exchange of notes be tween the representative of the United States and the minister of foreign re lations it was decided, with that spirit of conciliatorinesS which befits friend ly nations, to submit the case to The Hague Court for adjudication."' RULINGS OF THE HIGH COURT. The Hague, September 17.?The In ternational Arbitration Co^rt today ruled with reference to points raised Monday, that Mexico's reply to the United States memorandum shall be included in the documents in the case and that the plaintiffs have the right to-introduce a written reply before September 25 : that after the Ameri can pleadings Mexico should be heard, and that each side is entitled to make a reply through a single counsel repre senting each side, Senator Stewart, of Nevada, then resumed his presentation of the case of the United States. He dealt lengthily with the Mexica^ conten tions and was followed Bgn Garrett McEneny, legal advisor of Archbishop Riordan. Bulk of Cotton Crop Gathered. Washington, Sept. 16.?The agricul tural department's weekly crop sum mary says : The week ending Septem ber 15 was unseasonably cool through out all districts east of the Rocky mountains, more particularly in the Lake region, central valleys of the Gulf States, with a general absence of rain or only slight precipitation, in the greater part of the area west of the Mississippi river, although hdavy rains occurred in portions of Arkansas and Louisiana. More or less^damaging frosts occurred on the 12th, 13th and 14th throughout the northwest, cen tral v?lleys and Lake region and as far south as Arkansas and the northern portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Late corn has been seriously damaged by heavy frosts over the northern por tions of the corn belt, more especially to the westward of the Mississippi river. Much corn has been cut over the southern portion of the corn belt where a fine crop is assured. The very cool weather has checked the? opening of cotton in the central and western portions of the cotton region. Picking has, however, advanc ed rapidly generally throughout the belt, and as a rule, under favorable conditone, although . pickers have been inadequate in some States. Over the southern portion of the cotton belt the bulk of the crop has been gather ed, and in some sections many fields are already abandoned. Rains have caused damage to open cotton in por tions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Geor gia, Florida and South Carolina. Tobacco has been injured to some ex tent by frosts in Kentucky and Ten nessee. About one-third of the crop remains in the fields in Kentucky but in other important tobacco States cut ting and housing have been largely finished. Denver, Col., September 16.?But little progress toward checking the forest fires in different sections of the State is being made. At the head of Chicago Creek the fire is again beyond control. A vast strip of territory has been burned over and it is feared that the towns along Clear Creek will ex perience a shortage of water due to the fact that the fire has destroyed the protection to the snowbed. Fortune Favors a Texan. "Having distressing pains in head, back and stomach, and being without appetite, I began to use Dr. King's New Life Pills," writes W. P. Whitehead, of Kennedale, Tex., '*and soon felt like a new man." In fallible in stomach and liver troubles. Only 25c at J. F. W. D?Lorme's drug store. Now is the paper hat season. Nice assortment material at H. G. Osteen & Co. S. G. COLLEGE WITHOUT PRESIDENT. Hon. C. A. Woods Has Declined the Position. Columbia, Sept. 17.?Eon. C. A. Woods, of Marion, has declined to ac cept the presidency of the South Caro lina College recently tendered him in so flattering manner. This announce ment will be received with regret by friends of the institution throughout South Carolina. The very ground that Mr. Woods takes for declining the offer shows that the State is a loser in failing to secure such a man as the head of one of her most famous insti tutions. On Tuesday the committee from the board of trustees consisting of Mr. McMahan and Mr. MacFarland went to Marion and waited upon Mr. Woods. Mr. McMahan returned to the city yes terday bringing with him Mr. Woods' declination, a copy of which was not available until afternoon. The com mittee talked over the matter fully with Mr. Woods and was earnest in its endeavor to persuade him, but he stood on high ground, and could not be moved. Here is the letter of declination : ; Marion, S. C, Sept. 16, 1902. Hon. Miles B. McSweeney, Governor, Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees of nie South Caro lina College : The great honor you have conferred in electing me to the presidency of the South Carolina College has touched me deeply, and it is quite impossible for me to express my profound appre ciation. It is a post of-duty that has been held by the most illustrious men, and around it cluster the noble tradi tions of the past and the bright hopes of the future.. Surely I never could have thought of myself in connection with the office, but your deliberate judgment, reinforced, as it has been, by generous expressions of approval from other citizens, whose opinions are entitled to great consideration, has given me much concern, lest I should fail to see my duty clearly. To the right man there is no station in th? State of greater opportunity for use fulness, and none where successful effort could bring more joy. I have tried to think you are right in regard ing me equal to this opportunity, but then after the most careful considera tion of the earnest and strong present ation of your views by your distin guished committee cannot bring my self to the conviction that I could reasonably expect to win success. I am untrained in educational matters, and without that insight and acquaint ance with the science of education re quisite for the position. ' The labor of my life has been in another field, and 3 am unable to resist the conclusion that to make this change now would be at too great peril to the college. The c?nfidence expressed by your board I earnestly trust will stimulate me to strive for greater usefulness as a citizen. Very sincerelv, C. A." Woods. It is not yet known what will now be done as "to the vacancy. The board will meet again next week to discuss the problem again. It is thought like ly that Prof. Sloan, who is now acting president, will be asked to continue in thac capacity through the collegiate year. In the meantime everything is being gotten in readiness for the opening of the institution.?The State. A Suit For Libel. Marion, Sept. 17.?The gentlemen who were accused in the Dillon Her ald some time ago of violating the obligations of good faith in procuring tax certificates to be used in the new county election have instituted a pros ecution for libel against the editor of that newspaper. Militia Inspection. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 16.?Assist ant Adjutant General Frost started out on an inspection tour of the miliia to day, beginning at Fort Motte. He expects to inspect every company within four weeks' time. London, September 16.?A firm of South Afican merchants in Liverpool is said to have receive a cable dispatch from Cape Town, dated September 13, as follows: "It is semi-officially stated that the transfer of Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa, to British control is imminent." Beaufort, Sept. 16.?It is sad and discouraging to see the abandonment of the once posperons and business dis pensing Coosaw Works now going to juin and decay. Its feusy hum is now stopped and its works dismantled. Three or four dredges and four or five wash boats are moored to its docks, and the once large volume of currency put into circulation though its em ployees is dried up. The site is one of the best for a factory of some kind. Vessels drawing 22 to 23 feet of water used to be loaded right alongside of its docks. A lone watchirkn now guards the once active scenes W thrift and labor. Caution ! This is not a gentle word?bat when you think how liable you are not to purchase for 75c the only remedy universally known and a remedy that has had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 1868 for the cure and treatment of Consumption and Throat and Lung troubles without lofcing its great popularity all these years, you will be thankful we called your atten tion to Boschee's German Syrup. There are so many ordinary cough remedies made by druggists and others that are cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for severe Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup?and especially for Consumption, where there is difficult expoctoratior and coughing during the nights and mornings, there is nothing like German Syrup. Sold by all druggists in th? civilized world. G. G. Gbmn, Woodbury, N. j. DEATH FOLLOWED A SPREE. Millionaire Fish Killed While Drunk in a Low Dive. New York, Sepi;. 16.?Nichols Fish, millionaire, diplomat and descendant of one of the best known of American families, died at i;he Roosevelt hospial at 3:25 o'clock this morning, the resnlt of an injury received in Ehrhardt's saloon, 205 West 34th street yesterday. There he was murdered or fell, the police have not yet determined. Conflicting stories are told?such as would naturally follow an event in which criminal responsibility must be placed?but there seems to be no doubt that Mr. Fish had a quarrel with a private detective named Thomas J. Sharkey, who joined the banker at a table where he had been for several hours drinking with Mrs. Liby J. Phillips and Mrs. Nellie Casey. 'mm ? ? ^ * Immigration of Americans to Canada. According to a Winnipeg, Man., special to the Evening Post, the extent of immigration into Manitoba and the Northwest Terxiories from the United States is little understood in the east. Sir Charles Dilkes's prophecy of twelve years ago that these fertile lands would become the wealth center of the Dominien is already being fulfilled. For the year ending June 30, 1902, 19,570 persons from the United States took up homesteads in Manitoba and the Northwest Teri tories, aganist 5,197 in the preceding year. Actual settlers number five times as many, as only heads of families can take up home steads. In 1900 land along the Cand?an Pacific was worth 83 an acre; now there are few obtainable lots close to the line, while the price of the nearest is 87 to $8 an acre. An examin ation of Winnipeg hotel registers show that 40 per cent of the vsitors are from the United States. It is said that the cheapness of land makes it possible to produce wheat and flour at less cost than in Minnesota or the Dakotas. Millers of Minneapolis and St. Paul are anxious to get Canadian wheat, and are advocating reciprocity with Canada with the idea of having the grain duty removed. This influx of Americans is proving of great benefit to Canadian development, especially in the line of capital, as the American settlers are bringing millions with them into the country. New York, Sept. 17.?The will of the late Bradford B. McGregor of the Standard Oil compny, who died at Mamaroneck, September 7, after an operation, and who married Miss Clara Schlemmer of New York, a few hours before he submitted to the sur geon's knife, was filed today. It was reported:at the,time of his death that he had left a large fortune in the Standard Oil shares to his wife, but she is not mentioned in the will. She will have a dower right in all the real estate left by him, which consists of large holdings in Florida, Ohio and New York. Mrs. T. B. McGregor, the testator's mother, is the heir to the bulk of the property. Richmond, frVa., Sept. 17.?Edward J. Carter, the 14-year-old son of Edward Carter, a well known contrac tor, was shot and mortally wounded by a playmate named Harold Weigh man late this afternoon. He ^ died in two hours after being shot. Accounts of the affair differ, but both of the families involved and young Weigh man himself are that the shooting was. accidental. Weighman was placed under arrest, but was later released on bail. The redistricting of Mississippi had a curious result. Three Democratic Congressmen?Patrick Henry, of Vicks burg; John Sharp Williams, of Yazoo, and Chas Edward Hooker, of Jackson?fourid themselves in the same district. All three wanted to go back to the House ; only one could. Wil liams has won out in the primary and remains in Congress. Williams's can vass is spoken of as one of the greatest ever seen in Mississippi. The last day of it found him in his shirt sleeves in a reputedly hostile ward of Jackson, speaking alternately in English, Ger man and French. An improved system of electric light ing for railway trains has just been adopted in Prussia. It was found that the dynamo driven by the axle borrow ed too much power from the locomo tive and that the storage battery sys tem was undesirable for various rea sons. The plan devised is to place on^ tie locomotive a steam-driven dynamo, which supplies a current to a small regulating battery in each car. Thus every car in the train has a separate lighting system, fed from its own ac cumulator, though the general supply comes from the dynamo on the loco motive. The ears are furnished with both ceiling and reading lamps. During the recent volcanic eruption at Martinique a strange phenomenon was noticed at certain mineral springs near Prague. The water first turned brown and then red, retaining this lat ter color for a full hour. Scientists are unable to account for this sudden change in the water, but those who reside near the springs are certain that it was caused by the volcano, and do not fail to point out that similar phe nomenon was observed in 1755 on the day when there was a terrible earth quake in Libson. . A Parson's Noble Act. "I want all the world to know," writes ? Rev. C. J. Budlong, of Ashaway, R. I., < ' what a thoroughly good and reliable ; medicine I found in Electric Bitters. They j cured me of jaundice and liver troubles j that had caused me great suffering for ] many years. For a genuine, all -round cure ? they excel anything I ever saw." Electric < Bitters are the surpriee of all for their ( wonderful work in Liver, Kidney, and Stomach troubl?e. Don't fail to try them. ( Only 50 cte. Satisfaction is guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLonne. s h DESPERATE BOBBER. An Alaska Bank Robber Blows Himself Up. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 17.? A special to The Times from Skagway, Alaska, says : About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an unknown young man walked into the Canadian Bank of Commerce, a revolver in one hand and a dynamite bomb in the other and demanded $20, 000, threatening to blow all into eter nity. Cashier Pooley and Teller Wallace were the only two. men in the bank. Wallace ducked t? g?t his gun and ran quickly to the back of the room, calling for Pooley to do the sarae. "No, you don't", yelled the man, dropping the bomb. The clerks had just gotten out of the window. The bank was wrecked. The robber's head was smashed and one arm was torn off. People living above the bank were blown intio the air, J. G. Price, formerly prosecuting attorney, who was entering the bank at the time, was hurt but not serious ly. The dynamiter died without re gaining consciousness. The bank lost about a thousand dollars, chiefly in gold dust, which was lying on the counter. SEEIOilS WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN. A Freight Train Derailed Near Ridgeville. Charleston, Sept. 17.?An incoming freight train on the Southern Railway was wrecked this morning about 8 o'clock at Ridegville, about 35 miles north of Charleston. ?he wreck oc curred in a swamp, making it all the more difficult tc effect transfers and clear the track and resulting in the suspension of all travel until the after noon hours, when" the trains again moved over the road. Fortunately no lives were lost. Sev eral of the cars toppled over the em bankment and were badly wrecked, the locomotive alone remaining on the rails. It is not known what caused the wreck, but it is thought that the spreading of the rails is responsible for it. The train, which consisted of 20 cars, was running on schedule at the time of the accident. The train which is due here from Columbia at 11.15 o'clock, 'did not reach Charleston until tonight. Washington, Sept. IT.? The comp troller of the currency has issued a call for the condition of the national banks 'at the close of business Mon day, Sept. 15. London, Sept. 17.?:A news agency says that the Norfolk and North Amer ican Steamship company, owning nine large steamers and trading between England and the United States in connection with the% Lehigh Valley and Reading railroads, has been taken over by the Morgan shipping combine. The agencys' announcement adds that this report has created a sensation in local shipping trades. Tarry town, N. Y;, Sept. 17.?The residence of John D. Rockefeller, at Pocantico Hills, Westchester county, was destroyed by fire tonight. The building was burned to the ground. The fire is supposed to have started from crossed electric wires. Washington, Sept. 17.?The official report of the trial of the battleship Maine has been received at the navy department. Her nncorrected speed was 17.96. Her tidal allowances brought the speed up to 17.98, but the board found other conditions which warranted it in fixing the speed at 18 knots, which is her contract speed. McClellanville, S. C, Sept. 16.? Mrs. John Bazin, who lives near Gum ville, in Berkeley' County, had an ex perience a few days ago that-not many of her sex could have undergone. She accompanied her husband on a propos ed visit to his son, who lives near this village, but alas, it turned out to be the last stage in his journey of life When about six miles from his son's home his horse became frightened at something and attempted to run, but the old gentleman sacceeded in quiet ing him down. Just afterward he fell a corpse by his wife's side ? With no one in hearing, she had to drive a dan gerous horse over a bad road with her dead husband. Just two years ago Gal veston was the victim of the most destructive storm both as to life and , property which ever afflicted a city on this continent. It seemed at one time as if its future was hopeless but in the brief interval it has regained its com mercial prosperity and is moving on. with the same rapid-strides so rudely checked by the disaster. Its shipments, of cotton for 1901-2 to the 1st of Sep tember were 2,177,893 bales, as against 2,090,719 for 1900-1, while the totai exports show a gain of $14,270,107. In imports the valuation over those of the previous year was $1,683,5SS. For its future protection against the? waters of the gulf the city will soon construct a sea wall seventeen feet above mean tide. Here is a specimen of Southern pluck worth noting. Some cities nearer Washington would have called for a Federal appropriation for this work.?Courier-Journal. A Boy's Wild Ride for Life. With family around expecting him to ?ie, and a son riding for life, 18 miles to ?et Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Cold's, W. H. Brown, of Leesville, Ind., endured death's igonies from asthma, but this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured iim. He writes: "I now sleep soundly ivery night." Like marvelous cures of Consumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its matchless nerit for all Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial jottles free at J. F.^W. DeLorme'e druc tore. ^