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RESSWUi BEGEfVES
Old Soldier of Wisconsin Submits
et as Exhibit m Pension Pe
tition.
Washington, Dec. 23.?When Repr
esentative Brown, of Wisconsin, called
for bis mail at the House postofSce
his morning be was banded a small
ox which looked as if it might con
3,iit a Christmas present from an ad
miring constituent. Upen removing
the cover from the box be was horrified
to find a human hand packed in a roll
oi cotton. Mr. Brown dropped the
gruesome find and gave vent to an ex
pj'ession of surprise. The hand had
evidently been in some fluid for a long
time, and, having been taken out of
the preservative, decomposition had
set in, and the odor was anything but
pleasant.
A letter told the story. The hand had
belonged to an old soldier, Adam
Goshege, who sent it to be used as
evidence in his application for a
pension.
Goshege was shot while in the army,
and several years ago his hand was
amputated as a result of the injury.
He has since been preserving it in
alcohol, and believes if the surgeons
see the hand they will be able to deter
mine that the injury was the result of
the wound he received in the war
and that his pension will be granted.
Arizona and Mew Mexico.
Washington,' Dec 22.?-Delegate Ro
day, of New Mexico, today published
an appeal directed to the editors and
press of the country* asking for their
aid and for fair treatment of the Ter
ritories that, are fighting for admis
sion to tiM Union against the power
ful sec^icBaTancf'other interests that,
he says, are trying to keep them out.
He says that there prevails every
where a great lack of information.
fie contends that the census is in
correct as to the Territories of New
Mexico and Arizona; that Arizona
has not less than 175,000 people with
in its borders, and that they are as
intelligent as any people in the nation,
and there is not to exceed 5 or 6 per
cent, of illiteracy in the population of
the Territory; that it is the richest
mineral section of the United States,
and that it has absolute and prospec
tive irrigation projects and possibili
ties that would make it rank as one of
the most prosperous of the States.
He declares that the Mormon question
is of so little account there that it
could not figure in the. Territory's
affairs.
As to New Mexico, Mr. Roday con
tends that it has not less than 330,000
inhabitants, and that the remaining
two-fifths, Americans of Spanish
descent, are the best kind of citizens
to be found anywhere, and that more
than one-half of them speak English.
He asserts that there is not to exceed
15 per cent, of illiteracy in the whole
Territory, and that it has the finest
system of public schools and educa
tional institutions iE proportion to its
population of any jurisdiction in the
nation; that it is the greatest live stock
country under the flag and has more
coal and iron than any other State
or Territory, and that it is progres
sing today faster than any other part
of the nation. The irrigation possibili
ties, he says, are almost unlimited.
Mr. Roday criticised the Beveridge
Subcommittee report on New Mexico
and Arizona, and says that the find
ings in it are based notjnpon the aver
age, but upon the very exceptional
things. He asks the press of the coun
try to withhold its editorial judgment
on the question of the admission of
New Mexico and Arizona to the Unit
ed States until both sides of the ques
tion shall hnave been discussed on the
floor of the Senate after the 5th of
January next.
New Railway System.
The newspapers are printing as very
interesting the facts of a new railway
problem in England.
The London Times describes a
train, consisting of three "automobile
carriages," or self-propelling cars,
which will leave Paris for Dijon on
January 18. Each carriage will take
forty passengers, as well as luggage,
and will-have a lavatory and a bar.
Under the system employed a small
quantity of petroleum converts a small
quantity of water "into the greatest
possible steam power," which acts
directly on the wheels. Thus a loco
motive is dispensed with, and each
carriage is, or may be, operated in
dependently, which is the min feature
and prime object of the system. The j
cost of the new carriage for construe- j
tion is the same as that of one of the i
present cars, which, however, are not
convertible to the new system. A !
speed of sixty-two miles an hour, it'i
is stated, can be maintained by one of
the carriages or a train of them.
Calendars and booklets are going
rapidly. Call at once if "you want any.
H. G. Osteen & Co.
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April, I860.
"Be .Ju:
SUMTES
GOBiS'S PROGRESS.
Since Spanish War itj Has Been
Wonderful.
Washington, Dec. 23.?A striking
picture of the development of Cuba
since the Spanish War is presented in
a report to his home Government by
Lionel Garden, the British Minister
at Havana, a copy of which has jast
reached Washington. The Minister
I says:
It is highly satisfactory to note the
remarkable progress the island has
made in the past three years in spite
of the deplorable condition in which
it was left at the end of the war.
The production of sugar has risen
from 335,000 tons in 1899 to over 800,
000 tons in 1901, and will reach one 1
million tons in this year's crop. The
cultivation and manufacture of tobacco
as well as the minor industries, show
considerable improvement; the stock
of cattle on the island, thanks to large
importations, is now probably upward
of 7;5O,OO0, as compared with less than
200,000 at the beginning of 1899, and
finallv the value of the exports has in
crease from ?9,260,000 to ?12,650,000,
and would have reached a much high
er figure but for the fail in prces of
sugar.
Considering how little financial as
sistance the Cubans have received from
abroad it speaks very highly for their
energy and industry that they should
have achieved so much in so short a
time and with such limited resources
at their command, and affords strong
ground for believing that the work of
developing the island's industries
anew, commenced under such diffi
culties, will be persevered in.
All through the Minister's report,
treating of the details of each branch
of commerce, he points out to his
countrymen the ever-growing competi
tion of the United States. The report
is full of advice to English traders,
to the best means of meeting this
competition and of holding the ground
in Cuban trade which is being rapidly
taken from them by the United States.
The New County Craze.
Latta, Dec. 23.?Since the citizens
of Lee county won their cause in the
courts there have been schemes formu
lated either at Dillon or Mullins by
which Pea Dee county will receive her
sovereignty. One of the plans is
about as follows: Lately the people of
Marion have been advocating the
building of a new courthouse and jail
Knowing that Pee Dee county will
eventually gain her rights, it "seems
they wish to build these buildings be
fore she severs her connections. Now
some of the business men of Mullins
come forward and say that if Pee Dee
county will vote with her in removing
the county seat from Marion to their
town they will build a new courthouse
and jail gratis; after which Pee Dee
county can change her lines, cutting
off that section netx to Mullins which
foughtr Pee Dee county so bitterly in
the last election and annexing a part of
Kirby township, which would be glad
of such annexation. By this plan
they think Pee Dee county will have
but little trouble in gaining her sover
eignty. If this is done the opposition
at Latta will not be so strong as form
erly. Latta has always fought ths move
ment very biterly, but on account of
some political complications in the
last new county election and in the
last primary Pee county has] gained
many new adherents here.
The Pope's Christmas Greeting.
Rome, Dec. 23.?There was a pic
turesque scene in the Pope's private
library at noon today when all the car
dinals living in B?rne gathered there
to present the pontiff with their
Christmas greetings. All the visitors
wore their gorgeous red robes. A re
markable fact was that, with the excep
tion of Cardinal Santo Stelano and
Cardinal Parochi, all the asembled
prelates appeared exceptionally well,
animated and full of plans for the
future.
Caridnal Santon Stefano, as dean of
the sacred college, read the congratu
latory advices. The pope spoke at
some length in reply and expressed
keen sorrow at the fact that his jubilee
year was embittered by painful events,
referring evidently to the divorce bill.
The pontiff in this connection remark
ed: " What they want is the fall of
Christian order and the reconstitution
of the states on the basis of pagan na
turalism."
The pope pleaded for a spread of
Christian democracy "on the lines
preached by the church to oppose the
seditious, socialistic democracy which
acknowledges no God."
After receiving the apostolic bene
diction the cardinals withdrew.
London, Dec. 23.?The second edi
tion of the Times today prints the
text of a wireless Marconi message re
ceived from the Canadian governmlent.
The representatives of the Marconi
company say they have been receiving
trans-Atlantic messages for a week.
They add that the messages to King
Edward and others came throngh with
out a hitch and practically instan
taneously. It is calculated that the
company will be able to handle 1,000
words an hour. As soon as it is able
to get the postoffice authorities to con
nect Poldhu with the inland telegraph
companies it will commence regular
commercial business between Corn
wall and Nova Scotia.
Saved at Grave's Brink.
"I know I would long ago have been in
my grave," writes Mr.*. S. H. Newsom. of
Decatnr, Ala., "if it had not been for Elec
tric Bitters. For three years I suffered
untold agony from the worst forms of in
digestion, waterbrash, stomach and bowel
dyspepsia. But this excellent medicine
did me a world of good. Since using it I can
eat heartily and have gained 35 pounds."
For indigestion, loss of appetite, stomach,
liver and kidney troubles, Electric Bitters
are a positive, guaranted cure. Only 50c.
at J. F. W. DeLorme'8 drug store.
st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou
I. S. C WEDNESDA"
Smuggling in Porto Rico.
j San Juan, P. R, Dec. 24.?The ex
amination of witnesses before United
States Commissioner Anderson, in
the cases against Lient Commander
George W. Mentz, U. S. N., and
Jamss Brennan, an employee of the
Country Clnb, who, with others are
charged with smuggling wines and
liquors from St. Thomas, on the U. S.
S. Uncas, and the light house tender
Laurel, was conducted today.
A case of whiskey, addressed to
Capt. Andrew Dunlap, commandant of
the naval station here, which bore
marks showing that it had come from
St. Thomas, was introduced as evi
dence. Winesses testified to having
brought about twenty cases of liquor
from St. Thomas on board the Uncas,
Oct. 22, for Capt. Dunlap, Lieut.
Commandant Mentz, Civil Engineer
Charles W. Parks, Robert Giles, a
Government road contractor and man
ager of the Automobile Transportation
Company, and a Mr. Lowndes. There
are two Lowndeses here, Charles H.
T. Lowndes, a surgeon, attached to
the naval station, and Edward R.
Lowndes, captain, in the marine corps.
It was not made clear at the hearing
which Mr. Lowndes was meant. A
messenger testified to having taken out
a number of boxes from Lieut. Com
mander Mentz's store room and de
livering them to the driver of an army
wagon.
Certain officers testified that it was
customary to send orders for liqu?rs
to St. Thomas by messenger or by
mail to be delivered to Government
boats.
The Railroads Pay Taxes.
Columbia, Dec. 24.?Some time ago
Treasurer Jennings wrote to the rail
road officials asking them to pay their
taxes as soon possible. He has receiv
ed a reply from nearly all of them, in
which it is stated that they have
paid their taxes to the various county
treasurers. These reports come from
the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line
and vaious branch roads and the few
independent short lines in the State.
This money will go a long way towards
easing the financial situation of the
treasury, as the railroads are the
largest tapxayers in the State. The
same will not, of course, be sufficient
in itself to pay the interest on the
State debt, borrowed money and other
expenses to be met on Jan. 1, but with
what is expected to be paid by in
dividauls there will be enough, Trea
surer Jennings hopes. He will urge
all the county treasurers to make their
remittance at once. On the whole,
the immediate financial outlook is
much brighter than it has been during
the past month. Gov. McSweeney,
however, is still receiving numerous
requests for the extension of the time
of paying .taxes and. this may indicate
that many people still expect an ex
tension. The end is but a few days off
now and it is of importance perhaps
for those who have not paid to be
again reminded that the governor and
comptroller general will not extend
the time.
Couldn't Be President and Chris
tian.
Jackson was arrayed for bed. Prop
ped against a book was the large
miniature of Mrs. Jackson which he
through the day wore on a black
cord about his neck. He had been
pondering it, and the tears were still
wet upon his face. Open before him
was her prayer-book.
"I read it for her sake," he said,
indicating, the prayer-book. "She
tried to make me a Christian. I
promised her, so soon as I was done
with the Presidency and with politics,
I'd become a Christian. I can't be a
hypocrite, you know that: you know,
too, what a President must be, and
what a Christian should be. No man
can be both." Here the General
sighed. His gaze again soeght the
miniature while a wonderful love look
ed from his eyes until the tears came
to cloud ;them. "The day will come
when I shall keep my word with her.
I want heaven for her sake. And yet
I could have no heaven without her?
it would be no heaven unless I met
her there," and the sobs took strong
possession of his voice while his tears
fell. "I'd give every honor and triumph
I've ever had?or have?or shall have
?to hold her hand again and have her
by my side one moment."?A. H.
Lewis, in "Everybody's Magazine."
Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 25.?Chief
of Detectives John Donahue was shot
and killed on the streets this afternoon
by Fank Dougherty, a race traek fol
lower. Dougherty, it is claimed, had
struck a woman with an axe and, as
Donahue came up and attemped to
arrest him, Doughtery shot the de
tective over the eye, killing him in
stantly. He then started to run, but
only a short distance when a boy, 16
years old, who was in a buggy, got
out his shot gun and shot Dougherty
in the face and breast. Dougherty
then fired a shot into his own head.
The doctors say he cannot live. There
was much talk of lynching", but on
the assurance that Dougherty cannot
survive his wounds, the crowd dis
persed.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still has the largest
sale of any medicine iu the civilized world.
Your mothers' and grandmothers' never
\ thought of using anything else forindiges
j tion or biliousness. Doctors were scarce,
aud they seldom heard of appendicitis,
nervous prostration or heart failnre. etc.
They used August Flower to clean out the
pjstem and stop fermentation of undigest
ed food, regulate the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervous and organic action
of the sv stem, and that is all they took
[ when feeling dull and bad with headaches
j and other aches. You only need a few
doses of Green's August Flower, in liquid
form, to make you satisfied there is noth
ing serious the matter with you. You can
get this reliable remedy at China's drug
drug store. Price 2oc and 75c.
1
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's
Y. DECEMBER 31, 1
The Andijan Earthquake.
^ St. Petersburg, Dec. 24.?While full
details of the recent earthquake dis
aster at Andijan, Russian Central
Asia, are not obtainable, owing to
lack of communication, the brief dis
patches received here describe the
situation as horrible. The temperature
has fallen to the freezing point and
thousands of persons are homeless
One section of the city has been com
pletely destroyed; only one cotton gin
and one church are standing. The
first shock drove the inhabitants gen
erally indoors, otherwise the loss of
life would have been much greater.
Andijan is a cotton centre and ex
ports forty million pounds of cotton
annually. The population, numbering
56,000 souls, was g growing rapidly.
The people, who are mainly Sarts,
were engaged in cotton-raising and
ginning. Of twenty gins nineteen have
been destroyed. The Sarts are not
like Russians. They are private own
ers of land, but live in cities and
towns. The houses in Andijan are
principally one story high and are
built of unburned brick.
The war department here informs
the correspondent of the Associated
Press that everything possible is being
done to relieve the suffering. Bar
racks in which the population will
be honsed are being built.
Abuses of Life Insurance.
Recent happenings in this city have
brought to public attention the large
profits that must be made in the life
insurance business. When one com
pany reinsures its business and agrees
to liquidate with the result that there
are hints that as much as $500 may be
realized for each 8100 share, one must
conclude that there are extraordinary
rewards for the capital invested in
such an enterprise. Fully as striking
are the revelations that come out about
this time before New Year, when life
insurance policies are written practi
cally free for one year in order that
the agent may be remunerated with a
stiff bonus on the business he has
done. The practice is so common that
many large insurers depend upon the
closing days of the year for insurance
policies which are certainly cheap
enough to serve very well the purposes
of a lottery ticket or accident insur
| ance.
But who pays the money by which
companies are enabled to employ
agents that can afford to give away the
first year premiums? Whose money
. makes the stock of a liquidating com
I pany treble, quadruple and multiply
I even five-fold the original investment
[ in a few years? Who is it that has
S built up corporations each with hun
dreds of millions of assets, and with
the incomes greater than those of
small nations?
The policy-holders, of course, are
the ones who pay for everything:*
Life insuracne, like fire insurance, is
a good thing, and one which no pru
dent man can afford to ignore, but
these instances of extravagant com
missions are calculated to give anyone
pause. That it is done in the strife
to build up business is no excuse to
the conservative man, because the cost
of it must fall upon him as an old
policy-holder whose accumulated re
serves are drawn upon to pay for the
exploitation of the company's power.
If the profits are so large as to justify
this wastefulness, he must feel that
his insurance is costing him too much,
and that is not an agreeable reflection.
The genuine insurer who wants to
build up a fund for the protection of
his family has no mind for extrava
gance, however brilliant, which he
cannot put feel is conducted at his
expense.
Another thing which is worthy of
consideration is the amount of policies
the great companies are willing to
write upon lives. Such large sums
are thus placed upon a contingency that
there are temptations to crime that
prove well-nigh irresistible, either to
the insured or to those who are in a
position to profit by his death. In
numerable are the scandals brought
into eixstence by the practices of com
panies which underwrite children and
others whose lives have no insurable
value. There are cases where a man
may, with justice to himself and the
insurance companies, pay heavily for
a guarantee that will make up for the
loss of his life, but it is easy to judge
what these cases are. The inevitable
conclusion is that in many cases the
companies are unjust to their other
policy-holders when they take such
extravagant risks. It is a pity that
such abuses are permitted to creep in
what is in every sense the business of
a trustee.?Louisville Courier-Journal.
High Prices for Jessamines.
"Years ago?so many that the cut
flower trade was scarcely well begun?
the gardenia disputed supremacy with
the camellia, especially for button
holes, and for nestling bebind beauty's
ear crowning her tangle of curls. Cost
and scent were against its use in mass.
The odor is exquisitely deligthful in
the open, or anywhere when lightly
inhaled, but heavy and cloying, if too
strong, and especially so within a
confined space. The flower comes
originally from the Cape of Good
Hope, hence its common name, Cape
Jessamine. In a state of nature it
loves warm sands, with a tang of salt
moisture, and warm wTet winds blow
ing. In the southernmost of the Unit
ed States it not merely lives outdoors,
but breaks garden bounds and riots
over the wilds."
The gardenia is the fad of the fash
ionable world of flower lovers. In the
big cities these stately white flowers
that grow so profusely in our southern
gardens, are selling at twelve dollars a
dozen, and the supply cannot equal
the demand. The Cape Jessamine as
southern people call the flower, is rare
ly beautiful and of exquisite perfume.
It is well worth the attention it is re
ceiving from the world of fashion,
these days.
A handsome line of newest styles
in Stationery. H. G. Osteen & Co,
and Truth's."
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BUS'S TRADE REVIEW.
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Considerable Demand From China
for Cotton Goods.
New York, December 26.?K. G.
Dun & Co's Weekly Review of Trade
tomorrow will say: Trade and specula
tion experienced the customary holiday
quiet, except in Christmas goods,
which sold freely, many packing and
shipping departmens being still en
gaged on this class of work which
could not be completed at the specified
time. Industrial undertakings are in
terrupted in many cases by the taking
of inventories, while other plants are
closed because fuel cannot be obtained.
Orders still come forward freely, and
the New Year will open with more busi
ness on the books than ever before.
Prices of commodities are firmly held
by the steady domestic demand and
there is a good export movement of the
leading staples. In this, as in many
other instances, however, there is
still the drawback of inadequate trans
portation facilities which restrict ship
ments to the seaboard. Financial con
ditions are satisfactory. Railway earn
ings thus far reported for the month of
December surpass last years' by 5 per
cent and those of 1900 by 11.6 per
cent.
Quiet conditions in the iron and
steel industry, unaccompanied by any
sign of weakness, testified to the
healthy tone and suggest a bright out
j look for the coming year. Furnaces
I and mills will extend the season of idle
j ness beyond the usual time, not be
cause orders are lacking, but in order
j to accumulate a moderate supply of
coke. New contracts have come for
ward more slowly of late, mainly be
cause of the uncertainty as to date of
delivery, although there are prospec
tive purchasers who still anticipate
I better terms in 1903. Foreign pig iron
j is offered slightly below domestic quot
ations, but neither imported nor
home-made iron is available for im
j mediate use in large quantities. In
! dependent steel mills claimed that
they are unable to pay present prices
for billets, which cost $34 or more for
early shipment. Reports from the
South show a large increase in produc
tion as compared with any preceding
year. The strongest department of
I this industry appeard to be steel bars.
An unexpectedly favorable feature
J has appeared in the market for cotton
j goods. After a long season of stagna
J tion in the export division the demand
! for China suddenly became consider
able, notwitsthanding the depression
in silver and liberal stocks of cotton in
Shanghai. Inquiries on this account
are still numerous, although prices
became firmer with the stimulus of
more business. * Demestie trade is
limited to immediate requirements,
as is seasonable, yet there is sufficient
buying in most lines to prevent uq
[c"e~sirable accumulation of supplies.
Collections are satisfactory, both at
the mills and with jobbers. Failures
I for the week numbered 209, against
j 250 last year.
Foils a Deadly Attack*
"My wife whs so ill that good physicians
were unable to help her," writes M. M.
Austin, of Winchester, Ind., "but was com
pletely cured by Dr. King's New Life
Pills." They work wonders in stomach
and liver troubles. Cure constipation,
sick headache. 25c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's
drug store.
Brutal Murder in Georgia. ?
JJ Matthews, Ga., December 26.?At a
late hour Christmas Eve night an un
known man called at the home of Mr.
Ed Gay, six miles from here, and ask
ed him to change a bill. Mr. Gay,
n?t having the change, walked with
him to his store, not far distant,
where tbey entered, and it is supposed
the stranger then drew a revolver on
Mr. Gay and forced him to open his
safe, which contained $1,200. He
then probably murdered Mr. Gay and
set fire to the store to hide his crime.
The store was completely gutted and
yesterday the safe was found open and
the skull of Mr. Gay was found in the
rains. The whole community is in a
high pitch of excitement. So far
there is no clue to the perpetrator of
the crime. <
The Pride of Heroes.
Many soldiers in the last war wrote to
say that for scratches, bruises, cuts, wounds,
cores, sore feet and stiff joints. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve is the best in the world.
Same for burns, scalds, boils, ulcers, skin
eruptions and piles. It cures or no pay.
Only 25c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store.
Lynched the Wrong Man.
Pittsburg, Kansas, December 26.?
It is reported that Joe Godley, a
brother of Montgomery Godley, who
was lynched by a mob hero yesterday,
is wounded and in hiding at Weir
City, Kansas, and later investigation
of the trouble between Officer Hinkle
and the Godley brothers tends to show
that Joe, and not the man who was
lynched, fired the shot that killed the
policeman.
Two other brothers, Gus and Jess,
are in jail at Girard, charged with
being implicated in the murder, but
Joe escaped. The mother of the God
ley boys is said to have asked a phy
sician to treat Joe for a gunshot
wound in the neck. She would not
tell the whereabouts of her son and
the doctor refused to go with her.
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A Million Voices
Could hardly express the thanks of Ho
mer Hall, of West Point, la. Listen why:
A severe cold had settled on his lungs,
causing a most obstinate cough. Several
physicians said he had consumption, but
could not help him. When all thought he
was doomed he began to use Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, and
writes : "It completely cared me and saved
my life. I now weigh 227 pounds." It's
positively guaranteed for coughs, colds
and lung troubles. Price 50c. and $1.
Trial bottles free at j. F. W. DeLormefs.
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TRUE SOUTHEON. Established Jone, IS66
ieries?Yol. XXII. No, 22
BOV. HEYWARD WILL FARE
PROBLEM 1H CHARLESTON.
i
! He Has Promised to Enforce the
j Dispensary Law There.
Charleston, Dec. 25.?From what
can be learned here the county board
will have important recommendations
for Gov. Heyward, who will be inau
gurated in January. When he spoke
here during the campaign Mr. Hey
ward declared that, if elected, -he
would enforce the dispensary law in
Charleston to the best of his ability.
The law has been flagrantly^ violated
in Charleson. Men who are' opposed
to the State's control of the liquor
traffic say that the law is unpopular,
and that the best means of bringing
about its death is by rigid enforce
ment.
An illustration of the way the law
is regarded was given the other day'
when the proprietor of a music hall
admitted that he was running a tiger.
He did this under oath and for the
purpose of defending a young woman
charged with theft. The manager
said that a visitor who alleged that he
was robbed by an actress was not; rob
bed, but had squandered $.110 for
wine.
Acting, it is claimed, under in
structions from the State board of
liquor control, the county board has
revoked the beer privilege at the Isle
of Palms, which did not expire until
April h
It is charged that the privilege was
abused; that it was transferred to
other persons than those elected by
the board, and that a well regulated
saloon was operated under the guise
of State concessions. Members of the
board say that they were criticised for
allowing the conditions to continue
and on this account the license was
withdrawn after a consultation with
the higher board in Columbia.
CHAMBERLAIN IN NATAL
Says the Struggle for Supremacy
Was Inevitable,
Durban, Natal, Dec. 26.?Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs".
Chamberlain, who left Portsmouth,
England, November 25, on board the
armored cruiser Good Hope, landed
here at 10.30 this morning. They re
ceived a warm welcome from large
crowds of people.
"The long speeches made by Mr.
Chamberlain in the course of the re
ception function were notable for their
strong tone of conciliation and his ex
pression gof confidence in Lord Mil
ner, British high commissioner in
South Africa. Bearing in mind, seem
ingly, the rumors that his visit, would
lead to the displacement of Lord Mil
ner, Mr. Chamberlain declared his
belief that his visit would have the
effect of strengthening the. hand of
Lord Milner, who, he hoped, would
be as great in conciliation as he had
b,een in the maintenance of the rights
of the Empire.
Referring to the war the colonial
secretary said the Dutch and the
British had fought in courageous'
rivalry. Between the two races, not
kindred in origin or nature, such a
struggle for supremacy had been in
evitable. From that struggle two
proud and kindred races will grow in
mutual respect, appreciation and last
ing friendship.
"Victor and vanquished," said Mr.
Chamberlain, "bravely played .their
parts. We scorn to glory in onr
triumph; the enemy need fear no
humiliations in their defeat. Let us
see, as Britons worthy of the name,
that nothing be done to revive the ani
mosities of the past. We must give
our new fellow subjects equality of
position^with ourselves. We ask, how
ever, something in return; it is with
them that the issue lies. We hold out
our hand and ask them to take it
without thought of the past,_ hut
frankly, and in the spirit in which it
is offered."
Mr. Chamberlain elaborated his
theme with eloquence and was loudly
cheered. He announcede incidentally
the acceptance of the Boer offer to
fight in Somaliland.
What's in a Name.
Everything is in the name when it comes
to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. DeWitt & Co.
cf Chicago, discovered, some years ago,
hew to make a salve from Witch Eazei
that is a specific for piles. For blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding niles,
eczema, cats, burns, braises and r.L vin
diseases De Witts Salve has no equal, 'i ids
has given rise to numerous worthless
counterfeits; Ask for De Witt's?the gen
uine. J. S. Hughson & Cc.
Richmond, Va, Dec. 22.?The Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company has
concluded a deal for the absorption of
the independent company known ' as
the Richmond Telephone Companyr
conditioned cn the consent of a majori
ty of the subscribers to the home com
pany's stock and conditioned also on
the consent of the city council to the
consolidation.
There is no reason to doubt that the'
consolidation will be effected. The
Bell Company has 3,500 subscriber
here, and the Richmond Company has
1,400, eight hundred of whom are also
Bell subscribers.
A Cold Wave.
The forecast of sudden changes in the
weather serves notice that a hoarse voice
and a heavy cough may invade the sancti
ty of health in your own home. Cautions
people have a bottle of One Minute Cough
Care always at hand. E. H. Wise, Madi
son. Ga.. writes : "1 am indebted to One
Minute Cough Cure for my present good
health, and probably my life." It enres
coughs, colds, lagrippe, bronchitis, pneu
monia and all throat and lung troubles.
One Minute Cough Cure cut? the phelna,
draws out the imnammaiion, heals and
soothes the mucous membranes and
strengthens the lungs. J S Hughson & Co.