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mm mtd IH? 8?7IKTKS WATCHMAN? Katablieaeti April, 1850? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.* THE TR?B SOUTH BON? Established Joae?]S& Cosolidated lng. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5, 1905. New Series-Yoi. XXIV. No. %? Published Bray Wednesday, OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 8UMTEB, S. C. TSRMS : $1 50 per annum-in advance. ADTlBTISBKlSt: O ie Square first insertion imMmraHHii$l CO ETery subsequent insertion.50 Con tracts for three months, or longer will h i made at reduced rates. All cocomanicat?ons which subserve, private Interests will be charged for as advertiemeo ts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be for. G0??0S EBOWERS'MEET1ES. j JOHN Ii. McLATJRXN AND F. H. WESTON SPEAK. A Large and Enthusiastic Assembly of Representative Farmers'Who Are Committed to Reduction of Acreage. The large assemblage of farmers 'that was called to order in the Court House at 11.40 o'clock Monday by Mr. A. B. Stuckey, President of the Sumter county Cotton Growers Association, was an inspiring and con? vincing evidence of the earestess, zeal and determination with which the cotton growers of Sumter county lave entered upon the struggle to ?mancipate the greatest indastry- of the South from the harmful and grinding domination of those who have grown rich by oppressing the growers of cotton for years and years. The Court Hohse was filled to over ||>flowing} seats and aisles being crowd g? ed with the representative farmers of the county, both white and black. President Stuckey in his introduc? tory remarks expressed his gratifica? tion ac the large and representative gathering and said he regarded it as an evidence of the interest the people are taking in this the most important movement the people of the South have ever participated in. Mr. Weston Speaks. He first introduced Hon. F. H. Weston, of Columbia, Secretary of the State Cotton Growers' Associa? tion. Mr.. Weston said that it gave him pleasure to meet and speak to the fanners of Sumter county, who are bound by such close and intimate te those of his own county o? Richland. He voicsd the regret that all felt at the absence of Mr. E. D. .Smith, President of the State Associa ton, and stated that only the call of duty induced Mr. Smith to forego the pleasure it would have afforded him to address his friends in bis own old mother county on the subject that lies next his heart. Mr. Smith he said, had been called to Bennetts viiie to address a meeting of Marlboro farmers, and feeling that =he was more needed in Marbloro todP.y and could do more good there than he could in Sumter, he obeyed the call cf duty. Mr. Weston discussed tbejsituation that gave birth to the Cotton Growers Association in a clear, forcible and enlightening manner. He stressed""^ importance of the work that the as* sociationbas accomplshed,and impress? ed upon his hearers the vital re?cIts that depend upon the determination and constancy of the farmers of the South. He urged the farmers of Sumter county to stand as steadfast and true ic this crises in the indus? trial history of the South as there forefathers stood in 1861-65. and in every other crises, through which their county had passed. He told of the work that is being done by the association in this and other States and bade his hearers be of good heart and courage, assuring them, that the vast majority of the 'farmers-are heart and soul in the struggle i*/ wrest their independence from the cotton speculators and fore iga cotton manufacturers who have so long held them in grievous bond? age. ^ He said that he was elected Secre? tary of the Sate Association without solicitation, and that a salary, bad been. voted to him, net a dollar of .which he expected to touch : tbat he was working for the good of the State South, and tbat it was a patriotic >rk, a work of love and devotion which each man who ioved the state should do his part to the best of lis ability and as his opportunty per? mitted, without money and without price. By the time Mr. Weston had con deluded his speech the Court House . was so crowded that almost half of those present were unable to obtain seats. Mr. Stuckey then announced that? the meeting would be adjourned j ;to tbs Opera House where all could ! find seats and be comfortable. Repairing to the Opera Honse, ;Hon. John L. McLaurin, of Marlboro, was introduced He was received ;with cheers and handclapping when he advanced to the front of the stage, -and throughout his address of more than an hour's duration he received liberal and at times enthusiastic ap? plause. As Mr. McLaurin stated in the rse of his remarks, he came here ith a written address, but he could not stick to it closely, for as he ^warmed up to his theme he elaborat? ed and iUutsrated his argument with facts, statistics and anecdotes that j ie to him on the spur of the mo? lt. The following extracts from the written speech give an idea of the md of -Mr. McLaurin's argument, ll^fi fail entirely to-do the speech ^justice, for it is a fact that must be stated that the better and more strik? ing part of the speech was that which was not reduced to writing Ju ad? vance. $&r. Chairamn and Fellow Citizens :gf I thank you for this invitation to address the people of Sumter conn on the issues of the day. it was here thai; the memoral campaign of ?S97 opened, and soi of you remember when the town b< j pealed oat the hour, how John Irl j dramatically turned and pointing t I finger atme, said, " Yonder bell h just tolled the death knell of Jo] lu McLaurin," and none present w: ever forget the scene that follow? when I replied, "Hark from ti tomb a doleful sound." Well, I didn't die jnst then, bi the old bell bas since rung out a dir? i for myself and many others. It i pretty hard on the corpse, but I a bound to admit that as a general pr i position funerals are a good thinj especially ^politcaL funerals. Ye can't have too many of them in Soul Carolina. ?"Oh death where is th sting, oh grave where is thy victory, was not written for any politick that I ever Knew, nor is there ar hope held ont to him of resurrectic and life everlasting beyond the gravi Fortunate is the mau who can loc back to the past without bitterne: and va^.n regrets, and feel that i spite of self, he has struck sou blow for truth,' done something fe country, and planted some seed tin must bear good fruit. He can consol himself with the thought that ui sound seed do not live long anywa and that he is always sure to harve: that crop. Popular applause is chea] it is the property of any demagogy big or little, who can successful] pander to the passing whim or ca] rice, but to the man who bas n higher aim it brings its own punish ment, for it is as uncertain as the soi south wind sighing in the pine tope changed in a moment into a burri cane's blast. LOOK THE TRUTH IN THE FAC? It is a pleasure to me to aadress strictly non political body of my fe] low citizens. It is a good thing for a man or pee pie to look the truth squarely in th face, see things as they are, not a pictured by vanity, ambition or disordered imagination. x We live in a day of combination an organization. Every business in tb United States is organized, excep the cotton planter, and now in sel defense, we are being forced -to act ii concert. Here Mr. McLaurin went over th ground covered in his speech in Nev Orleans, and drew an analogy betweej wheat and cotton. "STAND PAT." I do not believe there is any over production, if there were prope methods of distribution. The balan c .of the world is a consumer of our rav cotton and is therefore combined ti get our product as cheap as possible You can only meet organization witl organization. All other industrie through combination fix the price o their products. When -I bring my protract cottoi into town to sell, I do not tell tin buyer what I will take as all thes< other industries do me. I humbly asl "what will you give me for my cot ton?" The : buyer says " wait until Liver pool comes in," then he says I wi 1 give you six cents or whatever som> man in Liverpool says is the price. Gentlemen, do what all the other do; put your cotton in a warehouse i don't ask anybody what they wil j give, but tell the world what you wil j take. It is in your own hands. Al you have to do is to "stand pat.' Fellow citizens, let us "stand pat' with thc? action of, the New Orleans Convention. "Stand pat." ''Let it be understood that fron now henceforth and forever we, th? producers of the material that clothes I the world, intend to have a voice ii fixing the price of the products of on] labor. FOREIGN TRADE. I have said before and say agair that the only permanent solution ol the cotton problem lies in the extern ? sion of present and the creation ci t new markets for cottton cloth. There I is room in this world for a largei j crop than has yet been produced. We are exporting too much raw aud toe little manufactured-cotton. We control the raw cotton, mv friends but we do not control the world's trade in cotton goods. The United States must control the cotton trade of the world ; nothing short of that will give you a fair price for the products of your labor. The export trade in cotton goods is showing a steady increase ; because ol the great demand from China, it has been the greatest in its history foi the past seven months, but it is not j because of any special effort on our I part. The truth is that we were on the very edge of a cotton famine, and the demand for goods is so great that Europe is unable to supply its custom? ers, and the overflow has come to the United States. For seven months, ending in Jan? uary, 1905, our exports were about 25 million dollars against 12^? million for the same period in 1904** This is good, but it didn't come from the right cans?. It only came because it could not go anywhere else. The j right policy is to put the whole cotton trade on a stable basis. We do not want prices too high. You can't have raw cotton one year 17 cents a pound and the next six cents, without demoralizing the whole industry. Raw cotton is a staple product. American producers and manufactur? ers mnst unite to give it a stable, standard value, and work together to control the cotton trade of the world in all of its branches. The general public has an idea that the United States is doing a wonderful work in cotton manufac? turing. Outside of the development of the home market, our record is one to be ashamed of. In spite of the fact that we produce 75 per cent, of the cotton, we are the smallest exporters among the leading \ nations of the manufactured article. We do not compare with Germany in ! exportng cotton goods: even the little country of Switzerland is ahead of this country so far as tho value of cotton ? exports is concerned. GentlemeD, just listen at th< figures, recently given ont by t department of Commerce, and reprii ed in the Cotton Manufacturer Charlotte, N. C. : The total exports of cotton goc for the whole world last year was ( million dollars; of this the Unit States only sent abroad 822,500,000. In other words, last year we ma 75 per cent, of the raw cotton, b only sold the world 4 per cent, of t goods it consumed. But my friends, that is not all ; 1 actually imported about $50,000,0 worth of cotton goods last year, near twice what we exported Just thinjk of it-we exported la year 400 million dollara worth cotton. England took ber share ai after clothing her own people se abroad for sale about 66 million dc lars; Germany 80 million; Franc Switzerland and other countries near 200 million more. These peop bought their cotton here, freighted ac "oss the ocean and then sent $5C 001 000 of it back here and* sold whare the cotton was grown, at profit, after paying freight and tari charges. The ability of these foreig nations to control the cotton trade the world is due largely to the uncea ing efforts of their respective gover] men ts in developing an export tirade. TRANSPORTATION MONOPOLY These countries control the ocea transportation of the world, and thei is no factor in commerce so potent i the control of transportation. Ye can let the railroads discriminate ev< so little in favor of Florence or C< lumbia and they can dry your tow up. Your magnificent stores won] close and grass grow in your beaut ful streets. j? Last year only three per cent. < or r products went abroad in America ships. We paid a tribute to thes foreign steamship lines of 300 millie dollars^ Every dollar of this was ca: ried abroad and distributed then and no industry coontributed as muc as the producers of raw cotton. Yo paid more of that tribute than aD other class in the United States. About one-half of all the agricultt rai exports went from the South an this was chiefly cotton. Sixty pe cent of the vessels as shown by tb reports of the Treasury Departmer that came into South Atlantic an Gulf ports entered in ballast, whil only six per cent that entered th North Atlantic ports came in ballast That simply means that the vessel coming into Southern ports mus charge enough one way to pay the es penses of the voyage. That additions freight came out of the man who prc duced that cotton. If you want t know what a monopoly of transporta tipn_?an do to hold markets "either fo or against a country, look at th South American trade, a countr right at our very doors. That trade i controlled by England and Germany The American merchant flag by th foreign system of subsidies or subven tions has been driven from the big] seas. A ship loads in South Araeric with goods for Mobile or Charleston She comes there and unloads. On of our mills consigns goods to we wil say to Rio de Janeiro. The ship in stead of going there sails direct fo Europe and then back to Kio, crossinj the ocean twice, completing the cir cuit of a triangle, and thus holding a a disadvantage the American exporter I can find numerous instances in ou consular reports where the Americai goods were taken off and Enropeai goods substituted so as to keep th< South American trade under the im pression that the only place to bu} cotton goods is in Europe. The construction of the Istbmiai canal is going to remedy this to som< extent. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL. When God fashioned this conn try, he run its great rivers and moun? tain ranges north and south anc placed its natural gateways on thc South Atlantic and Gulf coast. Whee .man took a hand in the development of the continent, he attempted tc change this and the greatest monopoly on earth is our trans-continental rail? road system. It has for years been forcing freight east and west. The products from our mills going to Chi? na, instead of going the nearest route to deep water, travel up tho continent nearly a thousand miles to one of these trans-continental lines asd then across the continent 3000 more before they reach a ship. You may be sure that the man who grew that cotton pays his share of the added freight. This powerful monopoly has always defeated every project looking to the building up of a merchant marine that would develop South Atlantic and Gnlf ports, jest as it postponed for a third of a century the construc? tion of an Isthmian canal. I do not believe that Congress has ever passed any measure of as great ^industrial importance to the south as the canal bill and I do not believe that could have been passed had it not been for the Spanish war. *v~? When that great war ship,' the Oregon, went ploughing down the coast on her ten thousand mile voyage around the cape, it demontsrated to the whole country the absolute neces? sity of the canal as a war measure, and this will be worth to the south 20 times the cost of the war. With the canal imports and exports will move north and south, not east and west, and Charleston, Mobile, Galveston and New Orleans will be the greatest distributing points for the food and clothing supply of the wrold. CHINA TRADE. What we need in our section before that ti.ne comes is to manufacture more of our cotton at home and send the finished article abroad. So far our best markets have been in China, and it is there we must look just now, for a market for the surplus, but the whole world is our field, we should be satisfied with nothing less. Considering that there are four hun? dred million people in China who would undertake to put a limit to the amount of cotton goods which China alone can consume. Sines I was in New Orlaens I have been reeiving letters from various parts of the world telling of the gre ? opportunities th at are open to tl American manafctnrer. I was pa ticularly struck with a communie tion from a firm doing business in tl Persian G alf region telling me of tl great demand that exitsed in that r gion for cotton cloth and saying th his firm was absolutely unable to g the goods. That it was not so muc a question of price, as to know ho and where to oiotain the class ar style of goods deraanded by the peop of tbat reigon. How can there be ov< production when there are millioi clamoring for cotton goods, ready 1 pay for them and yet unable to ofttai them. I say that we are confronted wit under distribution not over-produi tion. * Our government bas never helpe us in in the Orient, but now the Ne Orleans convention has requested Coi gress to create a commission for tht purpose. The President has given m his personal assurance tbat he wi! recommend such action to the nes congress, and assist the cotton ii 'teresta of the soutlii in every way tbs he can. THE PROMISED LAND. There is no decadence in my for( cast of the future of the south. Go placed his time lock on these short; of ours, bat it is opened now an our development, great as it is, ha scarcely begun. Ours is th "promised land," the country favore by God and nature, with a monopol of the only great agrcultural produc which is used by civilized man everj where. It is inevitable, as inexorabl as the laws of life and death, the mil] must come to the cotton. There ar those in the sonr.d of my voice, wb< will live to see th9 time when th south will enjoy as complete munopc ly in the manufacture as she now doe in the production of raw colton. When instead of ten cents, we wi] draw from the balance of the worl 20, 30 and 40 cen?s per pound fer th finished article, making the sont rich beyond our wildest dreams. When life's fierce battle is done and I find the rest that the grav finally gives to us all. I ask no proud er epitaph at the hands of my fellow man than. "He s&w the light and di all he could to speed its coming." THE SOUTH TO SAVE THE NA TION. I As a nation, fellow citizens, w have developed a continent, created vast national wealth and tod?v th i United States stands as the mos I potent factor of the world's, j The great issues; of this country d j not lie between the platforms of th i two great political parties, the rea j divisions are th 3 relations cf labo and capital, the monopoly of publi franchise for private gain, the trans portation and kindred problems On one extreme stand the trusts huge, grim and unrelenting in thei -greed : on the other stands organize< labor, fierce, determined and social istic. On one side a plutocracy, 01 the other a socialism. If this country is to be saved it must be by the farm er vote, and the well to do, middh classes holding the balance of powe: and sticking to the principles upoi which the government is founded. There must be some power mid wa] between these extremes, strong enougi to hold the old sihip to its constitu tional moorings, or she will break ii pieces upon the rocks on one side 01 founder in the quicksands on th( other. I have little faith in any pol?tica party; my faith lies in the manhood, the exceptional manhood, of this re? public, which has always risen tc every emergency. In the great industrial war divid? ing each year more sharply the mas? ses and the classes in the North anc West, the South alone remains intact, serene and confident. I have some times thonght that in the wisdom oi God, like Israel of old, the South has been held in poli teal and industrial bondage, to educate and prepare hei for the great woik, of saving tbe republic of Washington and of Jeffer? son. The solid South with one-third ol ?the electoral vote is without influence and power in projecting national poli? cies, but I think I can see the time c:ming when she will hold the balance of power, and becoms the rallying point for the conservative j and preservative forces in this nation. The first tariff bill for protection to home industries was introduced I by Lowndes, cf South Carolina, in 1S16, and advocated by Calhoun, j Cheves and Clay, Daniel Webster and other New England Senators op? posing it. Expansion, potection and the early policies ^of this govenment were the products of Southern genius and statesmanship. God speed the day wheu a non-sectionsl patriotism, will give our country a bread non-partisan statesmanship, which will again make tiie Suuth the potent factor in guiding and shaping thc destinies of this republic. A SOUTHERN MAN FOR PRESI? DENT. It is time for the people to make a platform; the politicians have writ? ten them long enough. Make one in accord with the commercial spirit of the age, thai will appeal to every patriotic American citizen, North, South, East and West, who doesn't want a plntocracy on one side or a socialism on the other, put a southern man on it, not because he is a South? ern man, but because he is a big broad American, call it democracy or what you please, and I tell you that you can elect him, where you will fail with a Western socialist or an Eastern monopolist, 011 a platform tinkered and doctored up, with a view solely to catching votes. A representative is not responsible now to the people who elect him, he is responsible to a party. He can vote for the most iniquitous measure on the calendar and say. "Oh, it I was a party measure." and that is! sufficient. Lat him advocate any ; measure or discuss any doctrine auc; . the only arugmcnt needed to forever1 damn both man and measure i:. , "Husb, or you'll spilt the party, j Trusts and socialism are both the j outgrowth of a too partisan spirit in ! this country, for both parties want ! success before all else, and each one j flirts with socialism for its votes, and j caters at the same time to the trusts ? for their campaign contributions. The only remeay is agitation and dis? cussion, freedom of thought and in? dependence of action on the part of the individual voter. More than 200 years ago, the hum? ble men of Europe sought this con? tinent dumbly feeling that God had set it apart as a refuge for-the-down trodden and oppressed. The common men of the people your ancestors and mine, how bravely they fought and how proudly they died at Cowpens and King's Mountain, at Bunker's Hill and Yorktown, that the young repblic might Jive, a nation consecrateed to liberty and man's inailenabie owner? ship of himself. Fellow ciitzen we are in this coun? try free today from every species of j tyranny, save the fetters forged by our own perverted wills. NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL Experts Give Advice to Carolina 1 Rice Planters. County Officers' Salaries-Deaths in The State-Franchise Tax Injunction Is? sued. By W. H. McCaw. Columbia, April L- At a meeting of government agricultural experts with rice planters in Charleston the experts after spending several days in a personal inspection of the rice fields advised the planters not to entirely abandon the planting of rice as with improvement in the market and" bet? ter methods of cultivation it might yet be made a paying crop, though diversification was strongly urged as one "crop farming is always a failure at times. Tile drainage was advocated, which the ???experts declared would make these rich rice lands the finest truck in the world and free them from fever and allow residence on them. Johnson, Pars and Bermuda grasses were advocatedd with cowpens as first crops and celery and onions were suggested as money-makers. Cabbages7 potatoes, cauliflower, rush hyacinth, wiiiov?, cranberry and hump could also tte grown with marked success. The farmers were entreated to stop polishing their rice for the market as this method robs the cereal of most of its nurtritive qualities and practically ali of its de? lightful flavor, as all those who have eaten rice on the plantations where this process is not used can eloquently testify. Belle Session, the woman who was shot by her lover, at Conway on Thursday, who immediately after? wards committed suicide, is dead of her wounds, and there now being no one to hold respoonsible in the courts for the tragedy it is a closed incident and will soon be forgotten. Mose Branson, the negro picked up in Kershaw county a few days ago as a suspect in the Stephen Howell mur? der case, has been released. Witness? es who had had good looks at the criminal said Brunson was not the man. Among the deaths in the State yesterday were those of Mrs. S. S. Rozier, daughter of D. P. McLaurin, at Clio, Mrs. Sophonia Willis Adam, wife of R. isa. Adam, and a native of Augusta, at Spartanburg, and Miss Ida Massey, the 20 year-old and hand? some young daughter of Dr. J. E. Massey, at Rock Hill. There is to be a snpeintendents day at the meeting of the Conference for Education in the South here this month. Secretary Joyner, who is State Superintendent for North Caro? lina and Secretary of the association of superintendents of Dubhe iutsruc tion for the Socthern States, has issued notices of the association here on the 2?tb. Superintendents day wili be di the 27tb,when each State super? intendent will deliver a lecture on some live subject. The attorney general has rendered an opinion to the comptroller general thattbe county officers salaries act of 1905 began to apply only after its ap? proval on the 22d of February, before which time salaries remain at the former figures. In the same opinion he declares that the treasurer's fee of SI for each tax execution is applicable tc executions issued for the fiscal year 1904. This fee is chargeable only against the delinquent tax payer. "In my opinion," said Comptroller General Jenes today, "this exception with regard to Chesterfield is special legislation and the act is unconstitu? tional. It will hardly stand more than another year if it is not tested in the meantime for tho reason that it is radically wrong. To put all of the counties in this same boat with Ches? terfield would swamp the State finan? cially. For instance there are four to five thousand poll tax c. ?tions alone. ' ' The Comptroler General is still hav? ing a strenuous time with the new franchise tax act affecting corpora? tions, which have paid $40,000 into the State treasury under its terms so far. The British and American Mort? gage company, which in hard times used to do a land office business with tho farmers in this State to the great sorrow of the aforesaid farmers, has brought au injunction against the comptroller general to restrain him from collecting a fee of ?5 from the company on the ground that its hold? ing mortgages against property and loaning money in this State is not doing business in the State. Thc hearing which was set for today has been postponed to a date which will be definitely arranged later. The re? turn of the Highland Park Manufac turing Company, a North Carolina concern which has a plant at Rock trliil in this State, has been raised A MATTER ?FHEMTW POWDER Absolutely Para ms m SUBSTITUTE from $100,0C0 to $187,500, to wbiefe figure it'was carried for regular assess? ment last jear. The return of tbB Greenville Bleaching and Finishing: concern was raised i rom $109,000 tc* $180,000. The V-C company has been raised more than double to $1,395,150 and the Southern Cotton Oil company from 8825,441 to $900,000. The Comptroller General's special deputy, Mr. Henry Holloway, return? ed from Marion yesterday where he reports he has placed under arrest Mr. H. Hayes, a merchant of that place on a warrant charging bim with arson. The arrest is the result of work the comptroller general has been carrying: on under a special act authorizing him to investigate incendiary fires. Will of Mrs. Stanford. San Jose, Cal., March 31.-The will and codicil of M rs. Jane L. Stanford were proved and admitted to probate today. Two million dollars is left hs trust toAbiel Lathrop and descendent? of D. S. Lathrop her brother; fl,000 000 in trust to her neices, Jennie I*. Lawton and Amy. L. Hanson, and the children of Christine L.'Gunning; $1T 000,000 to Chas. G. Lathrop; $125,000 to various charitable institutions of San Jose, and the remainder of hex estate to the trustees of Leif nd Staf? ford, Jr. university. Letter to Dr. 6eo. W. Dick. Sumter, S. C. \ Dear Sir There is endless discussion? about barytes in paint. Perhaps this settles* the question. ***g^ Two houses exactly alike at Delhi, N Y; the owner cf both is Mr K Avery. One was recently pain teer Devoe; the ether with a barytes painty same painter did both jobs; his name is GeDrge Gilbert. One sccst ?27 ; the other $54. Tho first tock 6 gallons ; the other 12. Six: gallons Devoe, as to covering, equals twelve of the other. Yours truly 93 F W Devoe & Co. P S-Durant Hardware Co. sells cuy paint. Keep your bowels regular by the use o? Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets There is nothing better. For sale by aH druggists. Charleston, April 2.-Passenger traira No. 15 of the Southern railway collid? ed with an incoming extra freight afc 4.40 o,clock this morning between St^ George and Badham, causing the death of four of the crew and the. probable death of a fifth man. Frightful Suffering Relieved* Suffering frightfully from the virulent poisons of undigested food. C. G. Gray sos? of Lula, Mirs, tcok Dr. King's Mew Life Pills, '-with the result," he writes, "taat E wa? cured." Ali stomach and bowel disor? ders give way to their tonic, laxativo properties. 25c at J. F. W. DeLc-rme^, drug store, guaranteed. Minorca Island, April 3.-The steamer Hamburg, with Kaiser Wil? liam aboard, has been sighted. A large crowd is awaiting his arrival to greet him. Minorca is the largest cf the group of Ealeric Islands in thc Med? iterranean. They are a possession oic Spain. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the Best and Most Popular. "Mother:* buy it for croupy children, rail? road men buy it for severe coughs ancK. elderly people bay it for la grippe, "say Moore Bros., Eldee, Iowa. '"We sell more* of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy iban any other kind. It seem? to have taken the ?esc?. over several other good brands.'' There? is> no question but this medicine is the best that can be produced for coughs an?2 colds, whether it be a child or an adult that is pfilicted. It always cares andi cures quickly. Sold by ali druggists. London, March 29.-The entire is? sue of fifteen million pounds of the Japanese loan was over subscribed ba? noon today. Great anxiety was mani? fested to secure a part of the loan by investors. - TP- -- About Eheumatism. There are few diseases that inflict more torture than rheumatism and there is pro? bably no disease for which such a varied and useless lot of remedies have been sug? gested. To say that it can be cured is*, therefore, a bold statement to make, br-i: Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which enjoys? an extensive sale, has met with success in the tre?tment of this disease. One ap? plication of Pair, Bairn will relieve the pain, and hundreds of sufferers have testi? fied to permanent cure by its nse. Wig suffer when Pam Balm affords such ar'?k: relief and costs but a trifle', xor sale bj: all druggists.