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$tove? and R Well, hasn't tha fcins, "The Stove M Food cooked in Ranges are the righ Tobacco Barn I Very little water i Lift Pumps put down 01 ^Phone Ni N. B.~Tinning doi 1 %\t Wak\MM ai? jlaHfjjnm. Published S-srary Wednesday5 -Bf JM. C3k Osteeiij SUMTER, 8. C. tbkjcs : $1 50 per annum?in advance. iDTISIISKK&Et: One Square first "insertion.......$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will & oe made at reduced razes. All communications which subserve private \ interests will be charged for as advertiemeats. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. Ii. S. SETTLEMENT WITH VENEZUELA Protocol Signed For The Arbi tration of Claims of Former Against Latter. Washington, February 17.?Secre tary Hay, for the United States, and Mr. Bowen, for Venezuela, coday signed a protocol providing for the adjustment of United States claims against Venezuela by a commission to meet at Caracas. This commission will consist of / two members, a Venezuelan and an American, to be appointed respective ly by President Castro and President Roosevelt, and in the event of dis agreement an umpire to be appointed by the Queen of the Netherlands. It is expected that the minister for foreign affairs will be appointed as Venezuela's representative and that either Mr. Bowen or Mr. Russell, the United States charge, will be named to represent the United States. Baron Gevers, the minister of the Netherlands called at the State de partment today to give notice of the acceptance by Queeen Wilhelmina of the task imposed upoon her, her con sent having been previously sought by the parties to the arbitration. The protocol signed today is ex pected to serve as a model for similar instruments to be arranged with the other claimant Powers. It provides for the reservation of 30 per cent of the customs receipts of La Guayra and Puerto Cabello for the purpose of meeting the claims, and that in case of failure to carry out this agreement Belgian officials shall be placed in charge of the customs of the two ports until the Venezuelan liabilities shall have been discharged. THE VENEZUELAN ARBITRATION. Making Up the Protocol Which is to Set in Motion the Machinery of the Hague Tribunal. Washington, February 18.?Mr. Bowen this afternoon called upon the representatives of the peace Powers here, the Mexican and French ambas sadors, the ministers from Sweden and Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, to inform them formally of the signing of the Ameri can Veneuzelan protocol. With each envoy a copy of the American protocol was left. Mr. Bowen stating that Venezuela desired that the remaining protocols should in all essential details conform to it. In diplomatic circles and among State department officials considerable attention is being paid to the pro visions of The Hague protocol, which will have to do with the setting in motion of the tribunal's cumbersome machinery. It is expected that the rough draft of The Hague protocol will be decided upon at a joint con ference between Mr. Bowen and the representatives here of the Powers. Secretary Hay will represent the United States at this conference, and it is the wish of the other representa tives that he shall preside. Mysterious Circumstance. One was pale and sallow and the other fresh and rosy. Wnence the difference ? She who is blushing with health uses Dr. King's New Life Pills to maintain it. By gently arousing the lazy organs they com pel good digestion and head off constipa tiorj. Try theffl. Only 25c, at J F W DeLonne, Druggist. Apia, 18S0. "Be Jus SUMTES langes T ENKI 1 old stove taken all an " his stoves never give t kind?on easy payn 'lues are one of my s s enough for some peopl l short notice. ?. 2TO. te by competent workmc JUSTICE SHIBAS HAS RESIGNED. His Place on the Supreme Bench Day Will Take. Washington, Feb. 18.^?Justice Shi ras of the United States supreme court today presented to the president his resignation as a member of that tri bunal to take effect Feb. 24. Former Sceretary of State Wm. R. Day of Ohio has been selected as the succes sor of Mr. Shiras NAVAL STATIONS IN CUBA. "While the permanent treaty with Cuba has been meeting the> fate of the reciprocity treaty, steps have been taken informally to reach a basis of agreement with- refereoce to it, particularly as to, gaval stations on the island, for tfbrch the-Piatt amendment makes profusion. y A Havana paper-sjates :that since last October the Government of \the United States, tbgyhkh ^taster Squiers, has been diseasing tl^-^lat; ter with the Cuban ^a^S^^i^Jj^ it was at first intiniate<9(|fo/^^| that this country would be ^MamST with the ports of Nipe and i^^s?Honda on the north and Cienfeugo?g?? Guat anma on the south coast of^^a^ island. There was a desire in this ?M?try for a coaling station near H?j?oa, but the repugnance of the CufcJUis to a foreign flag near their capital induced | the abandonment of this proposal. Later intelligence is to the effect j that this demand for naval stations is J cut in half, and that we are to get j Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. The I latter is forty-five miles west of! Havana and commands the Yucatan | channel. A / part of the agreement j is that Cuba shall keep the Isle of Pines. The reduction of the number of coal ing stations to two is, of course, a compromise, but authorities at Wash ington say they will suffice. They are substantially at opposite ends of the island and give control of the neigh boring straits. BIG AWARD TO AMERICANS. Caracas, February 18.?The Su preme Court today rendered its de cision in the suit brought by the heirs of Henry Rudloff, an American citizen, against the Venezuelan Gov ernment for damages for the annul ment of a concession given in 1892 to build a market in Caracas. Judgment was given in favor of Rudloff's heirs. Their claim for the large amount of 8700,000 to be paid by the Venezuelan Government was admitted. The United States legation watched the case very closely. Secretary Russell and Naval Attache Johnston attended the ses sions of the Court and followed the arguments. Today's decision is inter esting, inasmuch as the German and British legations have maintained that justice for foreigners does not exist in Venezulea. DECIDES AGAINST BEEF TRUST, Chicago, Feb. 18.?The so-called "beef trust" case was disposed of today by Judge Grosscup, in the United States circuit court, the de murrer of the pankers being overruled and a temporary injunction granted. The attorneys for the packers made no announcement of their intentions. They have until March 4 to discuss the matter with their principal If tbey deny the facts upon which Judge Grosscup based his decision, the mat ter will go before a master in chan cery, who will hear the evidence, and the case will again be argued before Judge Grosscup. An appeal may be taken, in order to hasten the final ad judication of this case. It is not be lieved likely that the packers will let the matter go by default. 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S. L. Johnson. After the lecture, a collec tion will be taken for the benefit of the Gonzales monument fund now be ing collected in Columbia. A very in teresting story is connected with this lecture, showing why this collection is to be made. It seems'that the last year of Mr. Gonzales' school life was spent in Fairfax county, Va., and his teacher was this same Prof. John son. Young Gonzales was ambtious to prepare himself for newspaper work, and the teacher did not classify him, so that he might have an opportunity to make all the progress possible. From that time until his unfortunate death he did not forget his 'Mr. Davy' as he affectionately called his old teacher. On last Christmas Mr. Gon zales wrote him as folllows: "My dear Mr. Davy: Please let me share with you, this Christmas, my divi dend from The State.' Accompanying this letter was a very liberal check. His old teacher has met with reverses, but wishes to do what he can to pay a tribute to his old pupil, the lament ed Gonzales." IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION. Atlanta, Ga., February 17.?For the. purpose of formulating plans that will result in an influx of desir able settlers from the North, a number of land and industrial agents of the Southwest railroads met here today and formed an association. The fol lowing officers were ? elected : Presi dent, M. V. Richards, of Washing ton, land and industrial agent of the Southern Railway: first vice presi dent G. A. Park, of Louisville, agent ot the Louisville and Nashville: second vice president, J. E. Ingra ham, of St. Augustine, Fla., vice president of the Florida East Coast Railroad: secretary, W. L. Glessner, of Macon, Ga., commissioner of im migration of the Georgia, Southern and Florida Railway. Two meetings of the association will be held each year. The next confer ence will be held at Miami, Fla, March 6. _ Bible Nearly" 1,200 Years Old. The extraordinary biblical relic dis covered here a few days ago proves to be a manuscript of the five books of Moses written on parchment. It con tains 255 folios, all in an excellent state of perservation, except the first page. ri The folios are thirty-eight centi meters long, and contain twenty-four lines to the page. The page containing the date, 11G Moslem Era, which is equivalent to 735 A. D., is well pre served. This manuscript is the oldest of any Hebrew manuscript Bible, yet dis covered. The Chicago Museum is already negotiating for it. Immediately after the Ten Commandments there is a passage of fifteen or twenty lines not found in the current version.?Cairo, Telegram to the Philadelphia Record. Spread of The Plague. Mazatlan, Mexico, February 17.? There were three deaths from the plagtie yesterday. Two hundred and two patients with the plague have been admitted to the lazaretto since it was established and one hundred and twenty-one have died. These figures do not include the deaths in the city. The family attacked with the plague at the town of Oso have now all died. Other cases are now reported from that town, where the inhabitants have been defying the sanitary regu lations. A detachment of cavalry has been sent there to compel strict ob servance of the rules. The Kasy Pill. DeWitt's Little Early Risers do not gripe nor weaken the system. They cure bilious ness, jaundice, constipation and inactive livers, by arousing the secretions, moving the bowels gently, yet effectually, and giv ing such tone and strength to the glands of the stomach, liver and bowels that the cause of t.;e trouble is removed entirely. These famous little pills exert a decided tonic effect upon the organs involved, and if their use is continued for a few days there will be no return of the trouble. J S Hughson & Co. Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's Y. FEBRUARY, 25 1! ?] r had I Gladden the tlways well baked. Domestip water works He CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR. Panama, Colombia, February 18.? A cablegram received here last night from San Salvador announced that the relations between Salvador^ and Guatemala, which nearly ended in war, have now completely changed?Presi dents Regalado and Cabrera having peacefully arranged their differences. President Zelaya, of Nicarauga, is again reported to be sending assistance to President Sierra, of Honduras, and President Regalado is said to have agreed to help^ President-elect Bonilla, of Honduras. The Congress of Honduras, on February 16, appointed Juan Angel Arias to be President and Maximo Rosales to be Vice President, on the departure of Gen. Sierra from the capital. Tegucigalpa, in command of the army which is to attack the re volutionists. Effect of Cold Wave on Fruit. Atlanta, February IS.?Reports 're ceived here from the fruit belts of Georgia and Florida state that the crop for this season has escaped injury from the effect of the recent cold wave. Information from the peachcentres of South Georgia is to the effect that all danger to peaches in that section has passed. The freeze has badly damaged the peach prospects throughout the section of Tennessee near Chattnooga, indica tions seeming that the fruit on the ridges and the bottom lands has been almost competely destroyed. Higher temperatures were generally reported athroughout the South today, the indications prophesying warmer weather tonight. Venezuela's Hicher Tariff. Washington, Februry 18.?The fol lowing cablegram was received at the State department today irom Mr. Russell, who is in charge of the Uni ted States legation at Caracas during the absence of Minister Bowen : "The minister of foriegh affairs of Venezuela has decreed 30 per cent in crease duties on all imports as a war measure." Just why this decree was issued by the minister of foreign affairs, instead of President Castro in the ordinary course, puzzles the officials here. The action recorded in the cablegram, however, is regarded as a keen stroke of political finesse, for practically it amounts to placing the indemnity which Venezuela is to pay the Powers wholly upon the shoulders of the for eign merchants, who conduct all of Venezuela's import trade. The in crease mentioned, 30 per cent, is the same figure as the percentage of cus tom duties at La Guaya and Puerto Cabello to be assigned to the claim ant nations. KILLING A GUIDE. Manila, February 18.?Gen. Davis has approved the finding of the Court martial in the case of Major Edwin F. Glenn, of the T)th infantry, who was acquitted January 29 of the charge of unlawfully killing prisoners of war, with the qualification that he disap proves of the orders issued by Major Glenn. The General says he recognizes the principle that guides may be impressed and that treacherous guides may be executed, but he adds that Major Glenn's orders show a reckless dis regard for human life, which the Gen eral condemns and reprobates. Now that a spider has been discov ered in Mexico which is the deadly enemy of the cotton boll weevil, the farmers of Texas and of the South generally may take heart for the future of their favorite crop. Whether the spider prove a friend or an enemy of them, however, is a matter of some doubt. - -News andkCourier. Escaped an Awful Fate. Mr. H. Haggins, of Melbourne. Fla., writes : "My doctor tcld me I had con sumption and nothing could be done for me. I was given up to die. The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery for consumption, induced me to try it. Results were startling. I am now on the road to recovery and owe all to Dr. King's New Discovery. It surely saved my life." This great cure is guaranteed for all throat and iung diseases by J F W DeLorme, Druggist. Price 50c and $1. Trial bottles free. and Truth's." THE TR?B SOUTHRON, Established June. IS 66 903. New Series-V?l. XXII. No. 30 tamps nil Water : Supplies ["HE PLUMBER AND STOVE MAN. trash pile with it and see E. A. Jen The Buck and Floyd Weils Stoves and installed by me at reasonable cost. Force and xt door to Express Office. SUMTE3R. S. O. Fill out this blank, mail or deliver it in person to. T. B.. Jenkins, Jr., Sumter, S. C, and your name will be. entered as a competitor in our Big Word Contest, which will close on the First day of May, 1903, the contest to be decided by the fol lowing rules : Anybody will be allowed to compete.1 No re strictions as to age or sex. The competitor who .shall make the largest number of words from the single word' '?; saw m m ww ww wtmw wwwww m wtm& I GREYHOUNDS j shall receive as his or her prize our handsomest Drop Cabinet, Automatic Lift, Bali Bearing, NEW HOME SewiDg Ma chine, which retails at In case that two or more persons have the same number of words, the one sending in his or hers first shall. receive the prize. No proper names shall be counted, and anyone using^ a letter not in the word, shall have their entry forfeited. You will be allowed to use the plural of a word already used ; for instance, making the word ground, and making again, grounds. No letter can be used twice in one word. The name of the winner will be published in all three of the weekly papers published in Sumter, with all the words given in full, and the date of delivery. Competitors are advised to keep a copy of their lists, and remember that the NEW HOME Sewing Machine is without a rival for beauty, ease of running, and durability, and is sold in Sumter only by T. B. JENKINS, JR. Any other information furnished cheerfully on application. CUT THIS OFF AT BLACK LINE. ~ T. B. JENKINS. Jb., Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir : I wish to have my name filed as a competitor in your word contest for the handsome, Drop Head NEW HOME Machine, and agree to abide by all rules governing the contest. Xame . Address . Age. Name of Machine used in Family ., Eow long in use. Yours respectfully, CANAL OFFER ACCEPTED. Wsahington, Feb. 17.?The govern ment has formally accepted the offer of the Panama Canal company to sell to the United States the canal pro perty and ail of the company's rights therein for-$40,000,000 subject only to the ratification of the pending treaty with the republic of Colombia. The etfect of this acceptance will be to ex tend the life of the option held by the government beyond March 4 next and until the treaty before the senate has been ratfied by both countires in in terest. ASIA'S COTTON CROP IS SHORT. ? Branchville, Feb. 18.?Mr. Luther Thompson, a farmer living near here, was shot and painfully wounded Mon day morning by Angus Barrs. It ap pears that Thompson and the Barrs were fishing together and it seems that Washington, Feb. 17.?Reporting to the State department from St. Peters burg on the cotton yield in central Asia during 1902 Consul General Kollo way says that the figures just publish ed by the Russian statistical bureau for 1902 show a decrease of 15 per cent; from the year previous, especially in cotton from American seed. A decrease of 32 per cent in the cultivated dis trict also is reported. According to the report it is expected that the total' yield of cotton in central Asia will ag gregate about 176,948,800 pounds; that grown from American seed is estimated at 97,502,400 pounds, against 140. S36, 800 pounds in 1901. Washington, Feb. 18.?Ex-Seeretarv of State John W. Foster has been selected to take charge of the case of , the United States in the presentation a dispute arose as to whom the fishing r of the Alaskan boundary question to tackle belonged, and as a result Mr. j the special commission to be appoint Thompson is shot. It is said he is ; ed in conformity with the terms of the not seriouslv wounded. : recently confirmed ! treaty. Alaskan boundarv ve. De Witt's Witch Hazel Sal The only positive cure for blind, bleed ing, itching and protruding piles, cuts, burns, bruises, eczema and all abrasions j ed a horrible ulcer on the leg of J B Omer, of the skin. De Witt's.is the only Witch j Franklin Grove. III. For four years it de fied all doctors and all remedies. 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