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THE NAVAL BATTLE. What an Expert Thinks Will be the Outcome. Captain A. T. Manan U. S. N., pre J?T diets the possible outcome of the great * sea battle between Togo and Rojest venskv by saying in Collier's for May 13. The two fleets press?t seven Rus? sian battleships against fonr Japanese -less than two tc one; two Russian armored cruisers. against eight and . seven Kassian torpedo boat destroyers against an indefinite number of the enemy. Here we will not exaggerate in attributing to the Japanese three or four to one. They have also a marked superiority in the lighter cruisers whose part is less in the day of battle than before it. The guns of tbs elates of vessel have been able in the open to control the movements of torpedo vessels. They supply also the recennoitrers and pickets of the fleet a doty in which some of their numerous transports may assist. I do not know whether these have guns and searchlights. If they have they may contribute effectively to the protection of the battleships from underwater attack. With a numerical superiority in tor? pedo vessels whjch approaches super? fluity the expectation is justified that Togo will use them with a vigor and resolution emulating that displayed in the first three months of the war in the attack of February 8. 1904 and in the subsequent repeated attempts to block the entrance to Port Arthur If Rojestvensky advances shortly con? ditions will be favorable for night attack; for th3 moon is waning and will have little power before May 10. Should such encounters folio T, the impartial military observer must hopes that the tactical precautions and steadiness of the defense may equal tho preparations and heroism to be expected in the offence : for so only can an instructive military lesson be afforded by an incident which otherwise will present only a miser? able stampede of confusion and disas? ter. While bi)en, I hope, to convic? tion, and despite the impressive potentialities of the torpedo vessel, I believe in its essential inferiority, if resolutly met Historically, the effects of its antecessor, the scarcely less terrible firesbip, were almost wrought through panic not by itself, but by the fear it inspired. I should certainly expect the Japa? nese admiral to withhold his armored vessels of every kind, till he has fully tested ?be possibilities of his torpe does. Should unsuccess there compel bim to brine the armored force into play against the undiminished Russian fleet, comparison becomes difficult, even if pursued with minute and tedi? ous detail, for, like mest fleets in an age of rapid progress, both opponents j are somewhat scratch lot. To say four against seveu is misleading, if mention is omitted that two of the four are superior to any two of the seven, and two of the seven inferior to the worst two of the four. In . armored cruisers also,the Russian two are by no means equal to the weakest ! two oL th * Japanese eight. To the !?\msn, unless specially interested, there is no occasion to pursue inquiry into dnails of comparisons in ern clusiens upon wbieb professional opin? ions will not agree, but a warning may be given against the misleading? rough estim?t0, based upon a count of all the suns of the same weight ou bo h side*, irrespe?tive pf the details 01 the ships carrying them. That is a not infrequent kind of computa* tion. in former days as now, and has s ometimes been used in a con? temptible manner and spirit; but it is radically inaccurate. Should Togo have to fight thus, two principal m er; boc s of action are opon to bim. He may try bv rapid movemnts to "outmaneuvre the Rus? sian," thereby either effecting a preli? minary reduction of force, or crating an "opportunity "to close" at advan? tage; or be may, under such disposi? tions as may seem to him most suit? able, close at once, throwing every? thing on the hazard of the die. The last is the easier course for the ad? mirait as it is the most imposing; bot for the same reason that it is easier it is not suited to the circumstances of Japan. It is easier because, the hat? ti* once joined, there is left to the admiral little further responsibility till the outcome is settled ; bat it aban? dons all to the chances of. a meele. If the Japanese fleet possesses adequate jnaaeuvrtn? power, itssperiority in numbers and the inferiority of most of its units to several of the single vessels of the enemy, appear to be to require that it exhaust all the poss i - j abilities extended to it by inferiority i of speed, and the facility for com? bination due to numbers, before ex? posing to fiual trial the cornerstone upon which rest the near future of the country. This means prolonged Conviction F "When burying loose coffee oi to have in his bin, h OW do getting ? Some queer stories could be told, ii the people w! speak ont. Could any amount of mere housekeepers to use lion < tte leaden ct all padca of ft century, if they had not form Parity? Strength, Fla ot uer* < ?at wi M. of owrtt OM verdict et 110X10? BO&SEXEEP1ZBS docs not cos you of thc merit* ot LEON CC lt costs yo? Mt a ffili? to 1 paefcafc. ? Ss thc csslest w coalface ytfursci?, MBM to yoE a PERMANENT PUR CEAS LION C0772Z iiiwldoahrfn 1 lb. ?caled p and retches yoe Ol pera ead ekari aa when it factory. lios-head oa ere?/ package. flare these Lion-head* forTataaMe postan SOLD BY GROCER EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toled? strain and anxiety: but from the devotion Japanese officeis have shown, we may be sure it will oe endured to the end, should Admiral TOJ?O think that the welfare ot the country so demands. POLICEMEN TO GET PAY. Just Like Any Other Witnesses Says Judge Prince. Policemen and officers of the law generally ara interested in a decision by Judge Prince rendered yesterday, placing them on the saline footing witb all othpr witnesses k> the matter of collecting pay for testifying at court Thrcush some misunderstana ing of the statutes, officers of the law have beea serving as witnesses as a pa?t of their regular business and have collected nothing by way of per diem and mileage. It seems, however, toas the statute, in question was intended to apply solely to the county of Charles? ton and not to Greenville and the other counties of the state, and Judge Prince so ruled in the hearing of a case argned by Attorney Burbage in the Circuit Court yesterday. There w?3 of.course but little mor? ey in the snit, but there are hundreds of policemen aud other peace officers, and in fact, all other officers receiving salaries from the state, , county or city who.will be glad to know that the law allows them something for the ordeal of a cross-examination as well as other witnesses. The misconstruction of the law seems to have been brought about by numerous amendments that bad been made from time to time, especially when the last Code was compiled. Greenville News. THE STATE SPONSOR. Gen. Carwile Appoints Miss Lumpkin. Miss Trantham as Maid of Honor. Greenville. May 15, 1905. General Order No. 14. It is With great pleasure that the commanding general announcer to the veterans ot South Carolina the fol owing appointments for the vear: State Sponsor, Mi??s Elizabeth Elliot Lumpkin, Columbia,. S. C. Maid of honor, Miss Ada Lse Tran? tham, Camden, S. G. By order of : Thomas W Carwire, Maj. Gen. S. C. Division U. C. V. Official : J. M. Jordan, Adjt. Gen. ?nd Chief of Staff How's This? We off?r One Hundred Dollars . Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. We, the undersigned, have known^F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made bychis firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly upon the bl?ol and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. April 18-lm Well Said. Tho Times bas been particularly gratified recently in the case of several advertise ven ts that have been pct in this paper which have brought an? swers from nearly every town a? far as Sumter on the one road. Mullins, Dillon, and ?St. Stepens on the other?. It would surprise you to know how far the Times does go tbes? days and how carefully it is read. If you will help u- in the ways we have suggested we will give you a better and a larger paper before many moons. If you help us you help yourself, if you fight us you axe fighting your neigh? bor?. The Times is not our paper it is yonr paper if you choose to use it fer the good of the community. We have no more right to usa it for our per? sonal benefit than we have to use it for yours.-Flo-ence Times. Practically all of the oil mills .throughout the state have closed and will remain closed until September. The season this years is quite an im? provement over last year, when seed was very scarce, and on the whole the year bas been a very su-cessful one. There is still a slump in the business, however, and has been since 1902. oDows Trial r anything your grocer happens you know what you are about coffee that is sold in bulk, bo handle it (grocers), cared to > talk have persuaded millions of Coffee, ge coffees for over a quarter dit superior to all other brands in vor and Uniformity? JOFFES SEABOARD ANO Fr ISGO. Two Great Railway System Work? ing Together. Connections to be Built That W?l Give 'Frisco and Seaboard Air Line a Through Line From St. Louis to Atlanta. The report that the Tennessee Cen? tral railway system had been absorbed by the 'Frisco and that the later road would build extensions to connect with the Seaboard Air Line, thus forming a new transcontinental railway system, bas been confirmed by a representative of the Tennessee Central railroad, who is among the visitors to the T. P. A. convention in Savannah. Like mest railroad officials he preferred that his name be not used in connection witb the statement, but was positive in his , story of the consolidation of the sys? tems. It is an accepted fact among the Tennessee Central meu that "it was the 'Frisco which was behiud the building of the Tennessee Central and on tbe Illinois Cental, as was at first supposed," said the official. "It was the 'Frisco that put up the money tor the new road and it had control of the Tennessee Central from the start. In fact, the securities ot the new road were in a safe depoist vault in St. Louis subject to demand of the 'Frisco at any time. Tbe plans of the 'Frisco system are to build from Joppa, 111., to the west? ern terminus of the Teuuessee Cen? tral at Hopkinsvill, ?Ky. jcrom the eastern terminus at harriman, Tenn, a connecting road will be bailt to Kcoxvile sud from there to Sevier viile and across the mountains to Asheville, N. C. This road will be still farther extended to Rutherford tob, N. C., a terminal point of the Seaboard Air Line, lt is a certainty that tbe Seaboard will become the eastern factor in the 'Frisco' trans? continental system, as it is well known that the 'Frisco owns a controlling in? terest the stock ot* the Seaboard, or at least the stock is controlled by the same interests. Local officials of the Seaboaad will not talk of. the proposed consolidation or connnection with the 'Friso, saj ing that it did not come under their departments aad they were ignorant of matters of this kind. It is the general belief amongxrailrcad men, however, that, the plans are as outlined above. The holding of the system as planu ed would mean an enormous increase in power for the two great systems. It would give an entirely new system across the eastern half of the continent joining t~_i_iities west of the Missis? sippi with those of the Atlantic coast The Tennessee Central which was built in the face of strenuous opposi? tion by other roads and which is in itself but of minor importance, bas become an important factor in the bat? tle between the powerful system, and the'Frisco, always recognized as one of the fighting roads of the West, will introduce a new complication iu the war of the railroads. It is no small undertaking which as planned by the 'Frisco and the Seaboard Tbe con? necting road from Joppa to 'lopkins vill* will be of comparatively sbort leneht, bat it must bridge the Cum? berland and Tennessee rivers and ^-ablish a ferry across the Ohio near Paducab It is the eastern connections which will be the greatest problem and expense. As the crow flies it is about 200 miles from Harriman to Rutberford ton, from the scale of the railway map?, but the road would necessarily j bave a much greater mileage than this. It would pass through the mountain? ous regions of East Tennessee .a?d cro-s the Great Smokies into North Carolina Ic would mean an enormous expenj-e and many engineering prolems would be encountered, hut with rail? ways today expet.se is the last thing to be considered when the desired end is to be aceomnl'sbed. It is b lie ved that the Seabord will take charge of a part of the extension from Rutherford ton toward the West, but the greater part of the new sys? tem will belong to the 'Frisco. The two systems would connect all the greater cities of the East and West. Strictly Genuine. Most of the patent medicine testimonial? ar- probably genuine. The following no? tice recently appeared in the Atchison (Kan.) G-obe: "Joe Tac!?, a well known en? gineer, ruuning on the Missouri Facific be ? tween Wichita and Kiowa,' lately appeared in a big one,wit h a piotnre,axid whe> he was ? m this office today, we asked him about it. ! He says he had terrific pains in his stomach, and thought he had cancer. His druggist j recommended Kodol and he says it cared." Kodol Dyspep?ia Cure digests what you eat HDd cures all stomach troables. Sold by all druggists. The editor of The Fillmore fMo.) Lever mourus: "Yesterday and to? day the editor bas been eating cold grub and cobwebs, poked through the kitchen window ona broom, the while sitting on an upturned- wash boiler, with our back leaning for support against a miscellaneous pile of furni? ture, chinaware and skillets, and our feet mixed DD with an assortment of Sunady schcol papers, table cutlery and stove blacking. The editor's domicile is undergoing the throes of the semi-aunnal. cleaning. Mrs. Gil? bert wears an old wrapper, a worn and tired look, a spot of soot on her nose aud a gleam of determination in her eye. Ob, ye mailed men, give us you sympathy!" It is proposed that the State of Florida shall engage in the bus?nes of life insurance. Policies are to be issued by the state, if the plan shall be carried through, "cond tioned in the same manner as the standard poli? cies prescribed by the laws of the State of New York," but shall not yield to the state more than 5 per Scent profit. A state insurance board is to be estab? lished for the conduct of the busi? ness, the governor to be chairman and the insuance commissioner to be secretay of the board. A bill provid? ing for the establishment of this .board 'and authorizing the State to engage in the life insngrance business has been introduced in the Florida seniate._ When a man refuses double the amount he paid 3 years ago for residence property in this city it speaks well for Sumter. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. I tenus ol Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed ior Quick Heading. The Clio Lumber Co., will soon es? tablish a large lumber and planing mill at Bingham. Chas. Sawyer was instautiy killed by lightning Monday afternoon at Bingham. Jobn Priester, the oldest man in Hampton county, died Tuesday, aged 103. Despite the fact that the law of this state toroids the commissioner of im? migration taking part in the bringing of Laban immigrants, those who have tried meru io the lower part of the state find them rbe best sort of work? ers. Mr. V. C.Badbam, who is a Co? lumbia?) and has extensive interests in laud and lumber below Columbia, has a large number of them employed and find them excellent workmen. William H. Zimmerman, bookkeeper and cashier of the Southern Bell Tel? ephone and Telegraph Company at Spartanbnrg, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by an inspector for tbe American Sarety Company of New Yorh. on the charge of embezzling ?125, which dmount, it is alleged, will be materially increased when ali the reports shall have been received irom connecting exchanges. There is in hiding near Lowndes ville a negro train hand who thinks that the officers are after bim for his share in the Ogden special wreck at Greenville. The negro, whcss name is flamp Little, says that Le was a member of tbe yard crew which was shifting cars near the fertilizer mills in Greenville wbeu tae Ogden train struck the work train. He says that he bad jost set oae car in on a siding aad flagged the engine out on the main line with a string of cars, wheB Me long train of Pullmans making up the Ogden special rounded the curve and crashed into it. When Li tie saw the havoc that had been wr*. 'sht and heard of Mr. Ogden's telegram to Governor fleyward, demanding the punishment if those responsible for the wreck, he took fright. A number of the wholesale and re? tail hooses, banks and other corpora? tions of Charleston have effected an organization for the purpose of ad? vertising that city. Mr. Fairbanks is determined to be remembered as Vice-President, if only because he nsed a $500 inkstand-New York World. Ob io Democrats are quarreling with as much intensity as if the 100,000 ma? jority was on their side.-St. Locis | Globe-Democrat. While a bilious attack is decidedly un pleasant it is quickly ever when Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are U?ed. For sale by all druggiats. - - i mm - Since the publication ' of the news that the Theological seminary will nave a president there has been con siderahle a'scussion in educational and religions circles as to the man %<ho will be selected. A number of names have already been suggested. Time Tried and Merit Proven. On? Minute Cotuh Care i* right on time when it corae* to curing Coughs, Croup, Whooping Cough, etc. lt .is perfectly harmless, pleasant, to take and is the chil bren's favorite Cough Syrup sold by all druggists. Mani'a, May 18.---News bas been received nere that Pala, the outlaw Moro Chief who has been pnrsned for the last two weeks on the island of Jolo by troop? under the command of General Wood has been killed. His few surviving followers are being trailed by the troops. Billions Bill was gecting bloated, And his tongue was muchly coated. Pateiit "tonics" wouldn't cure bim, Companies would : ot insure him. All his friends were badly frightened, But their spirits soon wera lightened, For Bill said-and they believed him, Early Riser pills relieved him. All druggist?. Senator Depew says the President .'ooesen't know what secrecy means." If the Senator refers i:o secrecy in rail? road management, be is due to discov? er that he bas another guess.-Phila? delphia North American. Hot Weather Piles. Persons afflicted wiib pile? should be carefhi at this season of the year. Hot weather and bad drib king water contribute to the condition^ which make piles more painful and dangerous. DeWnt's Witch Haz'e talve stops the pain, draw* out the so enees and cu^e*. Gei the genuine, bear? ing the name of E. C. De Witt ?Sb Co. ?ll druggists. - 1 m ^**mwmm The Hartford Courant accuses Sen? ator-elect Brandegee of Connecticut of being lazy, but forgets that laziness in private life becomes "deliberation" in the-senate.-Washington Post. Why Suffer Fronn Rheumatism? Wrhy stiffer from rheumatism when one application of Chamberiin's Pain Balm will relieve the pain? The quick relief which thif- liniment affords makes rest and ?le p possible, and that alone is worth many times its cost. Many who have used it hoping only for a short relief from suf? fering have been happily surprised to find that after awhile the relief became perma? nent. Mrs. V. H. Leggett of Yum Yum, Tennessee, U. S. A? writes. "1 am a great puffere* from rheumatism, all over from head to foot, and Cbambtrlam's Pam Balm is the only thing that will relive the pain." For sale by all druggists. That man never lived who can repeat the ten commandments while removing a porous plaster from his anatomy.- j Chicago News. Saved bj Dynamite. Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by ; dynamiting a space that the fire can't cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on eo long, you feel as if nothing but dynamite would oure it. Z. T. 3ray, of Calhoun, Ga., writes: "My wife hud a very aggravat? ed cough, which kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King's New Discovery for con? sumption, coughs and colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep, and finally cured her." Strictly scientifiic cure for bronchitis and lagrippe. At J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store, price 50c and $1.00; guaranteed. 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Manufacturers of wood-working machinery, repairs of ma^ cbinery of all kinds, and general machinery dealers. Fole agents for Frick Company^ Celebrated Eclipse Trac? tion Engines, Portable Engines, Stationary Engines. Threshing M chine?, Steam Boilers, Saw Mills, etc. Corliss Engines, Ice Making and Refrigerating machinery. Stationary Engines and Boilers in stock ready for immediate delivery. Our bhops a- d foundry will be thoroughly equipped with: first class new machinery. High grade workmen employed, All work guaranteed. Our Sales Department Now Ready for Business And we are prepared to give you close prices. Machine shops a^d foundry departme ?ts will be Hady for operation about June 15 May 24-1m -Special Rates Via ATLANTIC COAST LINE. CONFEDERATE VETERANS REUNION Louisville, Ky., June 14th to 16th, 1905. One cent per mile for distance traveled, plus 25 c^ nts. Rate from ?Sumter S. C., $14.05 via Richmond for the round, trip. Tickets on sale June 12th, 13?h, 14th and 15 h, with . final limit June l^th. Extension of final limit to July lOtb may be obtained by depositing tickets with Joint Agent? Louisville, Ky., and payment of fee of 50 cents <>n each ticket Stop-over will be allowed at Petersburg, Richmond, White Sulphur Springs and Covington, Va., (for Hot Springs). Special train service and through Puliunn cars will be operat? ed from convenient points. For other information soe ti?e Agent, or consult "The Purple Folder " WRIGHTSVILLE REACH, N. C. On account of bummer School. June 15th to 21st 1905.. [Tickets t? Wilmington, N. C , will be sold June 14th. 15th ancl 17th, with final limit June 24th, for one firsi class fare, plus 25 cents, for the round trip Hate from Sumter, S C , to Wil? mington, N C., and return, $4.70. For other information, write, H. M. EMERSON, T. Mgr. W. J. CRAIG, G. P. A. Wilmington, N. C. CONFEDERATE REUNION, Louisville, Ky., June 14-16,1905. The Southern Railway announces very low rates to Louis? ville and return account Confederate Veterans7 Reunion, fro ra blowing points : Charleston.$14 05 Ander on - - - .- - -10 90 Blacksburg.10 15 Spartanburg - - - - . - 9 55 Greenville.10 20 Greenwood - - - . - -10 90 Columbia - - - - - ll 45 Chester.10 75 Equally as low rates from other points. Tickets on sale June 10th ta 13th, inclusive ; final limit June 19th, 1905. An extension may be had to July 10th, 1905, by depositing ticket with Joint Ticket Agent, Louisville, and upon payment of fee of fifty (50) cents. For full information as to rates, time tables and Pullman reservation, consult Agents Southern Railway, or R. W. HUNT, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C