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FOBEtBH C8HPUG?TI8HS FEARED,
President and Secretary Hay
Holding Important Conference.
Oyster Bay, July 7.-Secretary of
State John Hay is a gues^ of President
Roosevelt tonight at Sagamore Hi IL
Matters of grave importance to this
country, in its international relation,
were under consideration during the
afternoon and evening.
The conclusions reached at the con?
ference are not disclosed, both the
president and Secretary Hay regarding
it as inexpedient at this time to dis?
cuss for publication the details of
their work. To two subjects of serious
concern most -of their attention was
turned. They considered in all its
phases the Russian situation, particu?
larly with respect to the B'Nai B'Rith
petition, which it had been determin?
ed will be forwarded to the Russian
fovernment, and the Alaskan boun
ary question, which next month is
to be taken up for what is hoped may
be final adjustment by the American
and British commission in london.
Among the president's other visitors
were Senators Hanna, Fairbanks and
Kearns.
Senator Hanna assured the news?
paper men that his-visit to the presi?
dent has no political significance.
When one of his interviewers asked
if ho thought he would be. able to
mass?e the next Republican national
campaign, he replied, laughingly:
"Now you are getting inquisitive.
Really, thal; is a matter which has
not bean -determined, so far as I know.
That the question of the national
chairmanshi p can be determined only
by future events."
When the other visitors had gone]
the president and Secretary Hay con?
tinued their conference until far into
the night. It is regarded as likely
that some developments in the Russian
situation may be expected in a few
days.
King Edgard's proficiency as a lin?
guist wa? strikingly illustrated during
his recent vis?t to Paris. At a private
?inner given by M. Loubet, the
French President read a very formal
speech. The King of England got up
immediately after and delivered with?
out a note an admirable speech in
French. Everybody was surprised when
the native ruler spoke in his own
tongue with elaborate preparation and
the English sovereign spoke in the
tongue of the Frenchman impromptu.
Spartan burg, July 7.-Mr. John B.
Cleveland has received from Mr. An?
drew Carnegie, the multi-millionaire,
a letter, in response to a correspon?
dence which has recently been in
progress between these two gentlemen.
This letter stipulates that if the city
of Spartan burg, by resolutions of its
council, will maintain a free public
library at a cost of not less than $15,
000 a year, and also provide a suitable
site for the building. Mr. Carnegie
will furnish $15,000 to erect a free
public library for Spartanburg. This
letter is from Skibo Castle, Scotland,
and bears date of June 23. It is prob?
able that the matter will come up for
consideration at a council meeting in
the future.
Night Was Her Terror.
UI would cough nearly all night long,"
writes Mrs.. Chas. Applegate, of Alexand?
ria, IncL, "and could hardly get any sleep.
I had consumption so bad that if I walked
a block I would cough frightfully and
spit blood, but, when all other medicines
failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King's
New Discovery wholly cured me and I
gained 58 jxrands." It's absolutely guar?
anteed to cure Coughs. Colds, La Grippe,
Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Trou?
bles. Trial bottles free at J. F. W, Pe
Iiorma'a drug store.. mi
ILLEGAL INSURANCE,
Comptroller General Jones After
Wild Cat Companies.
Colombia, July 7.-Reports have
been received at the Comptroller Gen?
eral's office to the effect that certain
so-called insurance companies are at?
tempting to do business in this State
without a license. They are of the
class generally known as " wild cat, "
and in reply to a request made to what
should be done where agents of such
concerns attempt tb do business he
wrote the following letter today :
Dear Sir : Answering your request
as to the-Company, I beg to say
that they are not authorized and have
no license to do business in this State.
If anyone is soliciting business for
them you can swear out a warrant
against him before a magistrate of
this State, charging him with acting
as agent for a foriegn insurance com?
pany without license, under Section
607, of the Criminal Code, which
reads as follows :
Section 6?7. Any person who shall
transact any business of insurance in
this State for any company of the
United States or foreign State not in?
corporated by the laws of this State,
without having first obtained license
by law required, br, after his license
has been withdrawn, or shall in any
way violate the foregoing provisions
in relation to licenser of insurance
companies or agents thereof, shall,
upon conviction in any Court of com?
petent jurisdiction, be fined for every
such offence, not more than one hun?
dred dollars; provided, that nothing
contained in this section shal?release
such company or companies upon any
policy issued or delivered by it or
them.
Upon your making the affidavit be?
fore the magistrate it is his duty to
issue his warrant for the arrresfe of
the party and -bring him to trial be?
fore him. Each time the person so?
licits insurance and issues a policy
constitutes a separate violation of this
law, and they can be prosecuted for
each separate violation.
This is the oaly law for the punish-.
ment of the individual soliciting in?
surance.
In addition ito this proceeding in
the criminal Courts the company it?
self may be fined a sum not exeeding
one thousand dollars, nor less than
five hundred dollars, to be recovered
in a civil action by any party suing
therefor in the Court of Common
Pleas. This saut is to be brought
against the company issuing the policy
of insurance, and the amount recover?
ed is to be retained by the party suing
for same. The iState gets no part of
this penalty.
Section 1,798 of the civil Code, Vol
I, Code of Laws, reads as followws:
Section 1,798L Should any insur?
ance company or association violate
the provisions of this chapter such
company shall be fined in a sum not
to exceed one thousand dollars and
not less than five hundred dollars, to
be recovered in any Court of compe?
tent .jurisdiction in this State, to be
recovered by any citizen of this State
having a policy of insurance in said
company; provided, that nothing in
this chapter shall release any such
company, companies or association
violating the provisions thereof upon
any policy issued by it or them.
A. W. Jones,
Comptroller General.
A city hall to be forty-five stories
high and to cost $50,000,000 is planned
for New York city. The building is
to contain the terminals for street rail?
ways and the bridges, as well as offices
for city officials and the courts. The
height of the building from the side?
walk is to be 650 feet, making it the
tallest building in the world. The
project is one of the most ambitious
of its kind ever undertaken. Several
years w*ild be required to complete
the building, if it should be authoriz?
ed.
While arguing a csse in the United
States court in Wheeling, W. Va., on
Monday, ex-Judge Blizzard was sud?
denly stricken dumb. He was in the
midst of a heated address when he be?
gan to stammer in his speech. A bhy
sician ordered complete rest, but it is
feared Mr. Blizzard's vocal organs
have sustained permanent injury. He
had been prominently mentioned as
Republican candidate for Governor
next year.
The hammocks being sold by H. G.
Osteen & Co., haven a superior in
Sumter, at the price. 1
A IODO ROADS BINI
Commissioner Ceiey Tells of the
Evils of Road Ditches Acting
As Drains.
County Commissioner B. P. Celey,
along with the other members of the
board, is taking a great deal of in;
terest in the discussion now going on
throughout the county on the subject
of good roads. He agrees with every
body else that a change is needed in
the present system of road working,
but he has not yet made up his mind
as to what that change should be.
Some means will have to be devised,
he says, for procuring the money
before any extensive road building
can be undertaken.
In talking about good roads yester?
day Mr. Celey said one of the great?
est obstacles the commissioners have
to contend with is the road ditches
which act as drains ior the adjacent
fields. The road ditches have to carry
off not only the rain water which
falls in 1;he road bed, but that which
falls in the fields. The water which
comes from the fields and plowed lands
brings sand and dirt, and the ditches
are soon filled and the road bed over?
flowed and washed away.
Mr. Celey says it will be impossible
to maintain good roads, and especial?
ly good earth roads, until some system
is adopted which will keep the road
ditches from- acting as drains for the
surrounding country. He thinks there
should be a law to compel every man
who owns the land adjacent to a public
road to keep a separate drain ditch
from the roud.-Anderson Mail.
THE POTTOM "HARKET.
The Future Market Was Stroug
er Yesterday.
Kew York, July 8.-Our market!
opened with sales of August at
lL?6all.44 and after selling at 11.46a?
11.20., ruled at IL 34 at 1 p. m.
Although the market has been j
?quieter the ^actuations today have
been most violent, causing rapid ad- j
ranees and d?cimes, without apparent ;
cause. More inquires have come from j
the mills for cotton on about the)
present basis et values than for many j
weeks, but it ?is difficult to find or :
buy the stock. At times the market ?
was sharply attacked, especially on;
September, which bas fluctuated more
rapidly than the other months. Ap-?
patently these orders emanate from:
the same Wall street sellers, who have
been aggressive on the short side dur- j
i?g the past week under the influence
of reports of increasing damage from
the Mexican weevil. The close was
firrji- The spot interest has largely
increased today in September and
October. The spot market was quiet
and tmehangeS.
Hubbard Bros. & Ca
Ifs Never Given Away.
"Pa," said Johnny, who is a persis?
tent 'knowledge seeker, "what is a
law-giver?"
"There isn't acy such thing, John?
ny," replied the good old gentleman,
who had been involved in consider?
able litigation in his time.
"But this book ?ays that somebody
was a great law-giver," persisted the
youngster.
Then ifs a mistake," rejoined the
father. "Law is never given; it's re?
tailed in very small quantities at very
high figures. "
Charlotte, N. C., July 8.-A special
to The Observer from Newbern, N. C.,
says fire which broke out at 10.30 to?
night destroyed Mitchell's livery
stables, Scott's livery stables, the
Planters tobacco warehouse and prize
house and eight tenement houses. The
whole business section of the city was
threatened with destruction for a
time. The fire was under control
shortly after midnight. Los? $50,000 ;
insurance unknown.
Catarrh of the Stomach.
When the stomach is overloaded ; when
food is taken into it that fails to digest, it
decays and inflames the mucoas mem?
brane, exposing the nerves, and causing
the glands to secrete mncin, instead of the
natural juices of digestion. Thi9 is called
Catarrh of the Stomach. For years I suf?
fered with Catarrh of the Stomach, caused
by indigestion. Doctors and medicines
failed to benefit me until 1 used Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure.-J. R. Rhea, Coppei, T9x.
Sold by J. S. Hughson ? Co.
WHAT THE RASCALS ARE DOING
Political News and Gossip From
Our Washinton Correspondent
Washington, July 8.-Strained rela?
tions with Kassia now threaten as a
result of President Roosevelt's desire
to cultivate favor with the Jewish
voters. As has already been told in
these letters, the President yielded to
the importunities of the executive
committee of the B'nai B'rith and
agreed to forward to Russia a petition
for consideration of the Jews in Bes?
sarabia. As soon as the President's
intention became known in Saint
Petersburg, an intimation was impart?
ed to the Associated Press to the effect
that under no circumstances could
Russia consent to receive any repres?
entation or petition regarding its
internal affairs. But the President
was not daunted by this intimation.
He has declared that the United
Staes will accept no semi-official in?
timation and that the petition will be
forwarded to the Czar as soon as it
is received in Washington. Russia's
next move in the situation is awaited
with keenest interest.
Republicans in Washington claim to
be jubilant over the result of the Iowa
convention. Under the shrewd guid?
ance of Senator Allison, the obnoxi?
ous assertion that the tariff "sheltered
monopolies," which has been eliminat?
ed or rather replaced with a non-de
script plank which is one of Mr. Alli?
son's masterpieces in the "good Lord,
good Devil" line. To the "stand-pat?
ters" there may be some satisfaction
in his elimination but the greatest
satisfaction falls to the democrats who
can now point to the fact that even
Iowa has been swung into line, afraid
to stand by its convictions, that the
tariff is the "mother of trusts," and
that every republican who favors a re?
vision of the existing tariff rates must
vote the democratic ticket or stultify
himself. After the adoption of the
platform Governor Cummins made a
speech in which he reasserted his old
time position but in as much as he
had yielded his position and waived
his conviction that prompt lowering
of the ?daties on trust made goods was ;
imperative, his subsequent statements
will be received for what they are
worth.
Preex?ant Roosevelt and Postmaster
General Payne have between them
managed to close most of the avenues
by which news has previously been
obtained regarding the Postoffice in?
vestigation and comparatively little
sews of importance is now getting into
print. The most important subjects
under investigation at present are the
purchase of sheet iron mail boxes, the
painting of the same with a certain
patent paint, and the General Mani?
folding Company which sells to the
government $400,000 worth of mani?
folding paper a year, one half of which
is bought by the postoffice.. Almost no
iiriformatiaiL can be obtained regarding
the first investigations aside from the
fact that they are presenting some in?
teresting and probably important
developments. With regard to the
latter it has been found that the clerk
who buys the manifolding paper has
a son who is receiving $2,000 a year
from the General Manifolding Com?
pany, that Representative Joseph
Sibley is largely interested in the con?
cern and it is suspected that Speaker
to-be Cannon ts also, although that
has not been verified as the inspectors
have nos yet gained access to the stock
books.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen?
eral Bristow has announced a policy
which is likely to make for improve?
ment of the postal service if he is sus?
tained in it by the Postmaster General,
unfortunately a very doubtful condi?
tion. Mr. Bristow declares that the
rural free delivery service has been
seriously hampered by the establish?
ment of routes as favors to Congress?
man, regardless of whether the condi?
tion attending such routes warrants
their establishment. Hereafter he is
determined that members of Congress
shall have no voice in this matter,
apart from the presentation of the
positions of their constituents. He
says the inspectors will be used to as?
certain if the circumstances surround?
ing a proposed route are such as to give
some ground for believing that it will
eventually bring an adequate return to
the government and that unless such
is found to be the case the route will j
be denied. j
The most serious commentary yet
found on the administrtion of Post?
master General Payne is contained in i
the statement for the fiscal year just J
ended by which is shown a deficit for ;
the year of $4,617,203, nearly double ' ;
that of the previous year. It is an?
nounced that a large portion of this
deficit is due to the extension of the
free delivery service in the rural dis?
tricts but it is not denied that had
such extension been made on business
lines, instead of for political purposes
and to save the districts of weak con?
gressmen, the deficiency would have;
be materially lessened. It is also true,
of course, that the "graft" practiced
by the Machen, Beavers crowd, the
relics of the Hanna, Heath administra?
tion, also added its share to the de?
ficiency. In view of the fact that the
courts have sustained the Department
in its elimination from the econd class
privilege of "fake" newspapers the
receipts of the postoffice department
should more closely approximate the
expenses than ever before.
Governor Francis and other members
of the Saint Louis Exposition Company
have been in Washington to get the
$5,000,000 appropriated for the Exposi?
tion by Congress, but payable only
when the Exposition should itself have
expended $10,000,000. The gentlemen
who represented the Exposition Com?
pany had much trouble convincing
Secretary Shaw that they had per?
formed their part of the contract.
The Secretary of the Treasury was in
d tonecli object to such payments as
$40,000 paid for the floating of a loan,
$30,000 gate receipts much of which
was taken in on Sundays, although
Congress, at the behest of the Sab?
batarians, has expressly stipulated
that the Exposition must be closed on
Snndays, etc. The Company finally
convinced the Secretary however, and
will go its way rejoicing, with $5,000,
000 in United States legal tenders in
its inside pocket, so to speak.
WORKING FOR EXHIBIT.
Gov. Heyward Takes Lead in Ef?
fort to Insure
A Worthy Exhibit From This State at
the World's Fair in St. Louis.
Columbia, July 8.-A conference
was held in the Governor's office today
relative to an exhibit from this State
at the St Louis Exposittion. A good
deal of quiet but effective work has
been done in various counties, and
the outlook is reported to be very en?
couraging. Those who were present
at the conference were : Governor Hey?
ward, J. H. Averill, R. G. Rhett,
Robert Aldrich, A. W. Love, Alta?
mont Moses, Louis Appelt, August
John and W. E. Gonzales. It was
decided to appoint a commission, to
consist of two men from each Con?
gressional district, who are to meet
here next Thursday night at 8 o'clock
for the purpose of taking further and
definite steps towards getting up a
creditable show for the Stated
The following are the commission?
ers: First district, R. G. Rhett,
Charleston ; Louis Appelt, Clarendon.
Second district, M. B. McSweeney,
Hampton; Robert Aldrich, Barnwell.
Third district, R. T. Jaynes, Oconee;
J. M. Sullivan, Anderson. Fourth
district, T. C. Duncan, Union : T. J.
Moore, Spartanburg. Fifth district,
Leroy Springs, Lancaster; R. A.
Love, Chester. Sixth district, Thomas
Wilson, Williamsburg: R. P. Horn?
er, Jr, Marion. Seventh district,
Altamont Moses, Sumter: E. B. ,
Clark, Richland.
Gen. Longstreet HI.
Macon, Ga, July 8.-A Gainesville
dispatch to the Telegraph says that
Gen. James Longstreet is dangerous?
ly ill and that physicians will perform
an operation tomorrow for the removal
of his left eye, destroyed by a cancer.
On account of his age, 81 years, he
may not be able to withstand the
shock, though he has assented to the
operation.
A Surgical Operation
is always dangerous-do not submit to the
surgeon's knife until you have tried De
Witt's Witch Hazel salve. It will cure
when everything else fails-it has done
this in thousands of cases. Here is one of J
them : I suffered from bleeding and pro- 1
trading piles for twenty years. Was treat l
ed by different specialists and used many i
remedies, but obtained no relief until I J
used Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Two 1
boxes of this salve cured me eighteen l
months ago and I have not had a touch of (
the piles since.-H. A. Tisdale, Summer- i
ton, S. C. For Blind, Bleeding, Itching ?
PREPARING FOR WAR IN EAST.
Significant Russian Conference
At Port Arthur.
Kin Chan, July 8.-All the prom?
inent Russian officials in China, Man?
churia and Korea are attending the
conference at Port Arthur. Among
them are Minister of War Kuropat
kin, Admiral Alexieff, the Russian
ministers at Pekin and Seol, the
political agents in China nd Korea,
including M. Pokotiloff, recently
Russian financial representative at
Pekin, Gen. Dessino, the military
agent in China, the civil and military
officers at Mukden, Harbin and Kirin
and the administrator of New Chwang.
The proceedings at the conference are
enveloped in profound secrecy. It is
popularly supposed that the Russian
officials are considering the war ques?
tion. The foreign commerical of?oials
at New Chwang and Port Arthur be
lieve that the possibility of war is in?
creasing steadily. The Russian policy
is believed to be to hold the present
positions in Manchuria, including
New Chwang, and to take no steps to
avert hostility with Japan if it is as?
sured that Japan will fight unaided.
The war feeling among the Japanese
in North China is intensifying.
The Russian civil administrator,
with the governor general of New
Chwang, ha? commenced the erection
of Government buildings designed to
hold all Russian officers, including
the telegraph and telephone depart?
ments, in the centre of the foreign
settlement, partly on land ceded by
the Chinese, according to the Russian
explanation, and partly on the public
squar^, about which the foreign con?
sulships are congregated. The resi?
dents of other nationalities are pre?
paring to protest against this encroach?
ment on the public square.
Russian company has completed the
purchase of the river steam tug busi?
ness heretofore controlled by a British
company. This is regarded as an im?
portant step towards Russian control
of the harbor.
Lexington, Ky., July 8. -Gen. Cas?
sius M. Clay was today pronounced by
a jury at Richmond to be of unsound
mind. He will be sent to an asylum,
this action being taken to protect his
property. The aged gentleman was
not in court. Physicians testified as
to his mental condition.
No Pity Shown.
"For years fate was after me contin?
uously" writes F. A. Gulledge, Verbena,
Ala. "I had a terrible case of Piles caus?
ing 24 tumors. "When all failed Buck?
lers Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good
for burns and all aches and pains. Only
25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store.
Coatless witnesses are not allowed
to testify in the Marlboro county
court. There was a case in which
there were many witnesses from the
cotton mills. They came in their shirt
sleeves. Judge Gage told them that
would not do. Their coats were a
mile and a half away at their homes'.
But somehow the crowd furnished one
coat and it was change around so that
the whole crowd used it-.
-'- mm IT msmm -?-*?
Working Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest little thin^
that ever was made is Dr King's New Life
Pills. These pills change weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy, brain?
fag into mental power. They're wonder?
ful in building up the health. Only 25c
per box. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme.
Memphis, Tenn., July 8.-Two
deaths occurred in the city today as a
direct result of the severe heat, a
maximum temperature of 94 degrees
being reached. The victims were : Ed?
ward Pryor, plasterer, aged 30 years.
Mary Sausance, aged one year.
Brutally Tortured.
A case came to light that for persistent *
and unmerciful torture has perhaps never
been equalled. Joe Golobick of Colusa,
Calif., writes "For fifteen years I endured
insufferable pain from Kheum&tism and
aothing relieved me though I tried every
:hing known. I came across Electric Bit?
ers and it's the greatest medicine on
;arth for that trouble. A few bottles of
t completely relieved and cured me."
rust as good for Liver and Kidney trou
?les and general debility. Only 50c. Sat