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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
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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
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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.
Trial bottle free. i
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SUMTER MACHINERY COM PAN Yy
(INCORPORATED)
SUMTER, - S. C.
W. B. Bums, Prest; C. G. Rowland, V.-P.; Geo. D. Shore, Sec.;
T. H. Siddall, Treas, and Gen. Manager.
-o
Machine Shop and Foundry,
Corner Mary and Pierson Streets, on W. C. & A. Railroad,
east of Passenger depot, and one block south of E. Liberty St?
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