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TROUBLE AHEAD FOR RYAN. Seaboard Stockholders Demand, to Know the Purpose of Mr. Ryan. New York, June 27.-With the an- ! non nc ornent by the Ryan-Blair syndi-! cate that 83 per cent, of the stock of j tte Set.board Air Line railway bas ' been deposited for exchange into certifi? cates o? the Seaboard Air Line com pany a peculiar situation has arisen. Ten millions of stock refused to come [ in, and stand np demanding to know j what Mr. Ryan purposes d?.ing. The road is not bankrupt nor in a re- j ceivers' bands, therefore it cannot be j reorganized in , the usual way. j If attempt is made to tern the entire propetry over to the j new holding company the outstanding stockholders will go into court to claim their vested rights. It was said today that the interests in the company - stands as follows : Baltimore stockholders pool 820,000, - OOO. Shepard & Ladenburg, Tnaltran & Co., interests$12,000.000; Ryan-Blair syndicate $18.000.000, outstanding in? terests $I0" 000,000. KAPPA ALPHA FRATERNITY. Ashville, N. C. June 27.- Delagates from almost every chapter of the Kap? pa Alpha fraternity met here today for the 23rd biennial convention of che so? ciety. The visitors were welcomed by ex-Mayor W. C. Cocke, whose address was responded to by R. H. Holland, / of New York. At the morning session reports on the condtion of the chapters were re? ceived. The delagates attended a smoker at the Albemarle club this evening, as the guests of the local alumni. If one half that is claimed for the new German paint is true, the white? lead base of paint so universally used is doomed The new pigment is ob taind from a burnt limestone which contains a considerable proportion, 20 per cent or more, of magnesia, the best combinatoD being that found naturally in dolomitic limestone. This is mixed with a hydrocarbon and fifed until all the carbon is consumed Among the desirable features claimed for the new paint are fineness and smoothness of surface, covering power, permanence and cheapness quick dry? ing qualities without addition of driers freedom from yellowing with age, un? affected by ammonia, sulphureted hydrogen or sulphurous acid, and a natural hardening or enameling after a few months. Greatest of all. it may be washed without destroying its orig? inal smoothness. Coloring pigments may be used in conjunction with it, as in the csse of white lead.-Phila? delphia Record. There is more Catarrh in this sec? tion of the country than all other dis? eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incur? able. For a great many years doc? tors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and herefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the rtnly con? stitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sv ?faces of the system. They offer one Hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY ? CO. Toled? Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills "OT con? stipation. ?18-1 m County Commissioner H. L. Price found a worm in his cotton field Sun? day that was playing the very mis- i chief. He does not claim to know what it is, bot says that if it comes in j sufficient numbers it is good bye to the cotton field that it strikes, j The. worm is small and about an inch | long. Mr. Price discovered it by the I merest accident while walking through ? the field. He picked a bud to see if a j bloom was about to form ?nd found a bole th ron g h the square. On pulling it, fco pieces the worm dropped out. Furtner investigation showed that every bud on the stalk had been sim? ilarly pierced and they dropped off on bei ns touched^ Diligent search show? ed only two or three other stalks that had been similarly treated, but no other specimen of the worm was found. -Monroe Journal. NEW CONSUMPTION CUKE. Successful Experiments With Spe? cially Prepared Iodine. United States Consul Brosh at Mi? lan, Italy, bas forward furrher in? formation regarding the reported dis covrry by Prof. Joseph Levi, of Milan, j of a cure of tuberculosis by the us3 of | a specially prepared iodin. Prof. Levi, j who for many years has been connect- : ed with the Veterinary School of Mi? lan, bas practiced the use of iodine OD horses for the last twenty years, aod ii ow announces that by his new method consumption can not only be arrested, but be completely cured. He says : "It is a well known fact that iodin ? can immediately convert itself into vaccine and becomes a virus of tbe mest active and deadly ki?d. It fol? lows from this that a person affected with tuberculosis becomes capable of making by himself and in himself bis own curative serum, ready for healing purposes ween this iodine can c.rculate integrally in the blood. And it is precisely this which I have obtained by my new method." Pref, d'A uria of Naples made many encouaging experiments witn iodine in cases of tuberculosis, as also Durant before him, but from what is alleged Prof. Levi bas now brought, former tb oe ri es and experiments to a definite solution. Automobiling at Ten Cents Per Mile. Io the Country Calendar for Julv, Herbert L. Towle, the motor expert, writes: "The standard price of a two-pas=en eer runabout is $650. If of present day construction, its life might be estimated at 24,000 miks. The de? preciation of a well-kept runahout in its first year will be about $200 to $250. At tbe end of the second yeaT it would probably sell for $300, with sundry lamps, spar tubes, etc., thrown in. Its mileage has been, perhaps, 8,000 miles in two years, and the repair bill may bave been two per cent, of its purchase price per thousand miles.- including tbe repair man's time ou all jobs which the own- j er or his handy man have not personal? ly attended to. Thus, if, as is bkelr, the car chonges bands at the end of its second year, we have for the first two years an annual depreciation of nearly cr quite $200, and an estimated an? nual repair bill of $52. The latter would include painting and a thorough over-hauling before disposing of the car. "Otber items would, run about as follows: Tires, at two cents per mile, $80 gasolene, at one cent Der mile, $40: oil. batteries and smell supplies. $15: stable on^ prcmis?s. $20: insur? ance (fire), $20: total, $427 for 4,000 miles, or 10.7 cents per mile." Brick are being hauled for the erec? tion of another large addition to the Sumter'Telphone Mfg. Co's factory. It now begins to look like Rock Hill's long deferred hope of a railroad to connect with the Seaboard Air Line is to be realized. It developed JD a meet? ing rf citizens held there Monday that the Catawba P. wer Company is behind the present scbem?, and that means business. Mr. W. S. Lee. rep? resenting that company, explaioadd that work would begin at once upon the development cf the Great Falls, on the Catawba river, and that in order to get frieght hauled to the works a rail? road would be built from the Falls to the Seaboard, taking in the line own? ed by Mr. Heath and extending from Eds* moor to Lando. Mr. Lee said that j he koew the people of Rock Hill had long wanted a connection with the Seaboard, and he thought this was their chance to get it. His people would have enough freight to guarantee business on their end of the line for five years, and he thought enough conld be guaranteed from this end. Captain W. L. Roddey, who was chairman of the meeting, will appoint a committee to get in concert with the Catawba Power Company people. lt looks like Hock Hill is reasonably certain to have a new railroad in the course of a few months.-Charlotte Chronicle. The Woman's Foreigu Missionary Society will meet next year in Marion Two stamps were once put into an offertory box by a lady in Georgetown, says the Pbildalpbia Ledger. They were two-cent stamps, issued in Brit? ish Guiana in 1850. The lady had come across an envelope among her papers bearing two of these stamps. The incumbent, Canon Josa, sold the envelope with the two stamps on it by auciou, and it realized $1,000. Tbe fdlowingyear the same two stamps changed bands at $3,250. The new purchaser sold them for $3,900 to a German dealer, who sold them to a Russian nobleman for $5,000. f Let Common Sense Decide j ? Do you honestly believe, that coffee sold loose (in bulk), exposed H Wik to dust, germs and insects, passing ?j Ifcm through many hands (some of fl iftTOJ them not over-clean), '-blended/' gj IR y ^*??!7?V^^^^^^ 70u ^on* ^mow ?ow or Dv whom, I ffi^^ / OOM COFFEE ^Stf/iw\vM?^^^^^ i is aRO?llcr story. The green |f INInfiri? ?M^S^^^^lk S herries, selected by keen |j /ll I fudges at tte plantation, are f| ? Skillfully roasted at our iac- ll g ^sr??jv^*^* ??/F? tories, w?n:re precautions you g ? / would not dream o! are taken g ^^^^^^^IpS?fcs??? rn lo secure perfect cleanliness? fl Tp^^?^^^^ * S flavor, strength and unitormi?y. j | M^jfaj^y jprom uie iime the coffee leaves ft W ^jp^Br the factory no hand touches it till m j it is opened in your kitchen. ra i This ha? mafic LION COFFEE the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. | i Millions of American Homes welcome LION COFFEE daily, fl I There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and increas- J - m jng r^piilarity. '''Quality survives all opposition." g % (Sold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-head <$n every package.) ly ?? (Save your Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) |j i SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE ^^^^^^^^^^^^ WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio.^ GLORIOUS FOURTH. Some of the Gay Celebrations When the Nation Was Young. Noise and fireworks parades and display and even liquor set their mark upon the anniversary of the nation's birth while tbe nation was still very young and the Tory was yet a?road in tne land. A picturesque description of the first annual celebration of the nation's birthday, 1777, when the united States was a year old, that by John Adams in a letter to his daughter, written from Philadelp'ua. " Yesterday being the anniversary of American independence," he SHVS, " we celebrated here with a festivity and ceremony befitting the ocoasion. I went on board the Delaware with the President and several of the ma? rine committee, soon after which we were saluted with 13 enos which was followed by 13 others from each of the armed vessels on the river. Tbe wharves and snores were all lin 3d with a vast concourse of people, all shouting and huzzaing. " After the Presidential party had come ashore there followed, according to Mr. Adams' letter a "good dinner and good cheer." And there was "fine music from the band of Hessian s taken at Trenton and continual volleys be? tween every toast from a company of soldiers drawn up in Second street. Then came a parade of the companies and regimeuts. Of the evening cele? bration he writes: "I was out walking about the streets for a little fresh air and exercise and was surprised to find that the whole city bad lighted up their candies at the windows. I think it was the most splendid illumination I ever saw'.' And again: "I bad for? got the ringing of the bells all day and evening and the bonfires in the streets and the fireworks let off." However, the national independence was first celebrated July 8, 1776, four days after the signing of the declara? tion.according to Marshall,"on a warm sunshine morning," in the vard of the Statehouse (at Philadelphia), where, in the pesince of a ?reat concouse of people,the declaration of independence was read by John Nixou. The CCTJ pauy declared their approbation by cneir repeated huzzas. The "King's arms were takeu down in the court? room, after which we went to the com? mons, where the same was proclaimed at each of the five battalions. Fine starlight, pleasant evening. There were bondnres, ringiug bells and other demonstrations of joy." One aay, later, July 9, the declara? tion was celebrated at New York in a manner directed by Washington. After this each . recurring July 4, was observed by the army. In 1777 ic was celebrated by a "fen de joie" ( volle y) and every soldier was giveu an extra gili of rum. In 1779 the day brought joy to wrongdoers in the army. All prison? ers under sentence of death were granted pardons by Washington and released from confinement.-Chicago News. Brain Leaks. From th? Commoner. Friendship may turn aside at the first lane, but love goes to the end of the journey. Too many men expect to "brother in-law" into heaven on their wife's religion. More men are won to the right by picturing its joys than are won from evil by picturing its sorrows. The luckiest men we know are tho men who had sense enough to work hard, live frugally and keep s weet. It is better to have children smile at your coming than to have men tremble at the mntion of your name. A country bred woman who moves to the city can never understand why her near neighbors do not spend more time talking over the back yard fence. Men who are puzzled about the prob? lem of the hereafter might find the so lutiou in attending well to the here. Becoming terrified at the sight of an automobile in the streets of Spar tanburg a lew days ago, a horse fell to the pavement in a dead faint and had to be revived by throwing water on his head. Commenting on the occur? rence the News and Courier says: Spartanburg is one of the greatest counties in the United States, but we do not believe that a Sumter county horse would have fainted under similar provocation." When Sir Wilfrid Laurier first form? ed his Government in Canada be made the Hon. Mr. Tarte minister of public works, " says the Pall-Mall Gazette. Differences of political opinion subse? quently arose and Mr. Tarte retired. He now devotes himself exclusively to his profession as a journalist, aud sits in the reporters' gallery of the Cuadian House of Commons. He re? cently remarked : I am happy and pros? pering in my own legitimate newspaper line. I am free to do and write what my brain and conscience dictate. The salary of the Governor General would not tempt me to shoulder again the burden of a ministerial port? folio." Mr. Tarte was at one time the chief organizer of the Canadian Con? servative party, but he transferred his sprvices to the Liberals,- with whom he is now out of touch. The most striking passage in such of the many baccalaureate addresses of Sunday ss we have examined seems to be this from the sermon of President Faunce, cf Brown University, says the Hartford Times. "Among the cer? tain temptations to which our eager occidental life is peculiarly liable is tb? roi.staut tendency of the work to mssrer the workmen. The real failures in our industrial life are the men whose revenues are advancing while their souls are shriveling. The most efficient workers of the modern world are those who will not be hurried." The steamship Alameda carried to Honolulu a box of snakes, some of them rattlesnakes, on her last trip for exhibition in a zoo there. Efforts were at once made to prevent thun br-ing landed, as there are no snakes in the islands, and it has been a policy of long standing to keep them out. Escapes from the zoo were feared. The reptiles were ali killed before they got through the custom house by Col? lector Stackable. The American Surety Co,, will pay $2,400 on the bond of Dispenser Buz? zards, who was found short at Fort Motte. Mr. Bonaparte Should Look. One of the eve ol' his departure from \ the President'? omnal leasehold, the i Se retary of the Navy Mr. Pani Mor- ! ton, bas relieved L eut. J W. G. Walker, a sou of Admiral Walker, j from duty at Charleston, S. C., where ! he was supervising the construction of I the great new dry dock at that port. The only cause for this removal, so far as the public can discover, is that Lieut. Walker was lynx-eyed in his vigiliance. Whenever be saw any work which he believed to be br!ow con? tract requirements, he made the con? tractors do it over and, they oecame bitterly hostile to bim, complaining to tbe Navv Department that they could mak? no progress with such a captious officer in charge.. The com? plaints won the sympathy of the Sec? retary nf the Navy, and another offi? cer will be sent to Charleston. ' The Philadelphia Public; Led2er of Satur? day printed this dispatch from its Washinteon correspondent: "Rear Ad? miral Endicott said today that Walker who is au expert m'vil engineer hold? ing a commission in the navy, with rank as lieutenant, had done his work consoientiously and well, and be had always sustained him in bis demand that the specifiatocs should be carried out. Secretary Mo:t>n, however, lis? tened to the argument of the contrac? tors that they conld not go forward with their work under Walker's sup? ervision." That is to say. Secretary Morton went over the bead of Rear Admiral Endicott in order to satisfv the contractor.*, who are New YoTk firms. In view cf what has banpened in other cases, notably thal of Greene ?nd Gaynor who contracted for govern? ment work at Savannah, it seems to us that it is bad policy for the Navv De? partment to discourage such vigilance as Lient. Walker displayed and Admi? ral Endicott approved. The incoming Secretary cf the Navy. Mr. Charles J. Bonapane, might find it well to take a look at the Charleston situation. We had far better have cur supervisors of contract work too exacting than too lax.-Norfolk Laudmark. THE GEORGIA BUTCHERY. Details of the Horrible Slaughter of Prisoners at Watkinsville. Ga. Watkinsvili0, Ga.. June 29.-A mob entered the jail at Watkinsville at 2 o'clock this morning and tock there? from nine prisonexs, eight of whom were shot to death and the ninth es? caped only by being thought dead by the mob. The prisoners taken out and lynched were cn J. Avecck, white, charged with rhe murder of F. M. Holbrook and wife, of Ocon^e Coun? ty, and seven negroes, Rich Robinson, Lewis Robinson, Claud Elder, charg? ed with the murder of the Holbrook couple: Sandy Price, a young nergo, charged with attempted rape upon the per3ou of Mrs. W-jHoa Dooley; Rich Allen, a nergo convicted and under sentence cf death for the murder of Will Robertson, another negro, Gene Yerbe, nother nego, charged with the burglary cf a rifle from Mr. Marsh all, and Bob Harris, negro, charged with shooting another negro. The mob came quietly into Watkins? ville. a little before 2 a. m. There were about fifry to seventy-five men in the crowd. All were heavly masked and no one knows whence they came or to what point thev returned. Tbev went at once to tbe bouse cf Town Marshal L H. Aiken and quietly call ed him to the door. As be put his head out of the door be was seized and told that he must deliver the jail key. He refused, and the men put pistols in his face and overpowered bim, be being a rather small mau. Aiken re? fused to dress, but some of the party dressed him and carried him along. The mob next seized Ccurteney Eider, a blacksmith, and made him bring his tools along with bim. On their way to the jail they were met by A. W. Ashford, a proimnent cit;zen of Wat kinsville, who had heard the noise at the marshal's bouse and came down-town as soon as he could dress. Mr. Ashford begged the men to de? sist and let the law take its course, especially pleading for Aycock, on the ground that the evidence had not been secnred to warrant bis conviction. He also begged them not to lynch those not charged with capital crimes They told bim that they were cool, sober and determined, and that he might as well go back home and go to bed. The jail was then opened by the town marshal under the cover of several pistols, and inside tbe jail the mob held up Jailer Crow and demanded the keys to the cells. He refused at first, but surrendered them after being menaced with guns. Jailer Crow beg? ged hard fo r Aycock on the same ground that Mr. Ashford did, and also for the two negroes who were not charged with capital crimes. Members of the at? tacking party toid him to shut bis mouth. They knew what to do they said, and they were goiug to clear nut the whole jail. The mob got every prisoner in the jail except Ed Thrachers a negro charg? ed with gambling) who was on the misdemeanor side of ^ the prison and was not -loticed. Th? prisoners were carried to a point seme one hundred yards from the jail and tied to three fence posts by their necks. Aycock protested his innocence to the last. He said they were killing an innocent man. While the general belief in Oconee County is that Aycock was not guilty, still tl ere were many who did not believe so. Rich Robinson said it was all right, ;-o f^r as he was concerned, but thar thr^e more negroes wen; in the. Holbrook murder, fie named Sidney Norris, Jim Taylor and Wiley Durham.as tho three impli? cated. These negroes had been in jail before on this charge and h;id been released after foll investigation hy the committee. The other prisoners did not open their mouths during their inarch to their 'ioom. After the prisoners had bf en tied to the fence posts the mob lined op and fired five vol lc vs into their bodies. All died without a struggle except Joe Patterson, a negro who was charg? ed with pointing agon at Albert Ward. Patterson was shot several times in the body but was alive after the mob left and will recover. Aycock's body was fairly riddled with shot, a great hole was torn through his heart and another through his right breast. The body of a negro who had evi? dently been dead for several months Wiis found in a swam;? about two miles from Branchville yesterday morning. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which bas been in use for over 30 years, lias borne the s!$rnatnre of* and has been made under his per-* ???flit~~rfl~, sonai supervision since its infancy?. rt .4J?ow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and ** Jnst-as-good*' are but? Experiments that trifle with and entianger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment* What is CASTOR Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?* gor ic, Drops aud Soothing Syrups, It i.s Pleasant? lt. contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other ISnrcctia substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys. "Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind^ Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation, and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature cf The KM You Ha?e In Use For Over 30 Years THE CENTAUR COMPtNr, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. Sumter Machinery Company (INCORPORATED) SUMTER, 5. C. W. B. Burns. Prest.; C. G. Rowland, Y.-P.j Geo. D. Shore, Sec.; T. H. Piddall, Treas, and Gen. Manager. -o Machine Shop and Foundry Corner Mary and Pierson Streets, on W. C. & Eailroad, East of Passenger depot, and one block south of E. Liberty St. Manufacturers of wood-working machinery, repairs of machinery of all kinds, and general macinery dealers. Pole agents for Frick Company's Celebrated Eclipse Trac? tion Erii-ine^ Portable Engines, Stationary Engines, Threshing M.:chine?, i^aw Mills, etc. Stationary Engines and Boilers in stock ready for immediate delivery. Our bhops and foundry will be thoroughly equipped witt first class new machinery. High grade workmen employed, All work guaranteed. Our Sales Department Now B,3ady for Business And we are prepared to give you close prices. Machine shops and foundry departments will be ready for operation about June 15 May 24-lm Cherbourg, France, June 30.-The fleet of Admiral Sigsbee, -which will convey the remains of John Paul Jones to America, arrived this morn? ing. NATURE TELLS YOU. As Many a Sumter Reader Knows Too Well. When the kidneys are sick. Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature's calendar. Infrequent or too frequent action; Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney ills. .T. L. Hollis, residing at Cheeves street. Florence. S. C.. says: "Doan's Kidney Pills which I used for kidney and bladder troubles have greatly bene fitted me. ? was very bad? ly hurt on the railroad a number of years ago. had my back injured and 1 think my kidneys were badly hurt at the same time. My-back got well enough for me to get around, but being paralyzed from my hips down I am unable to walk. I have suffered greatly with backache during the past eight or ten years. The secretions from the kid? neys were in a had condition, very dark col? ored, full of sediment and accompanied with burning pain. 1 used numberless remedies, but none of them did me any good until I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and sent to a drugstore for them. They cave me relief. The kidney secretions cleared up. the burn? ing sensation left and I do not suffer from the terrible backaches. I attribute these satis? factory results entirely to the use of Doan's Kidney Pills. Voa are welcome t<> use my name as an endorser of the claims matte for them." Plenty more proof like this from Sumter people. "'all at Dr. A. J. china's drug store and ask what hiscusttmers report. Forsalc by all dealers: price ?>0 cents. Fos? ter-Mil burn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.. sole agents fe-r the United States. Remember the name. -Doan's-and take no athei Let Off Without Trial. Wshingtou, Jone 28 -Upon motion I of District Attorney Beach the cases [ against James TL Metcalf, Harry C, ' Hallenbeck and Norman R. Metcalf, indicted for conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the contract for money order blanks, were nolle prosed in the Criminal Court today. Mr. Beach announced that after a careful investigation of the evidence he bad decided to take no further steps looking to the trial o$ these persons, an?: asked that the in? I dictrnents bt dismissed. A paper pulp factory has been es?. ; rablished at Bucksport capitalized a? $100.000. THE Fill O?LL?R S?VEQ IS HE BEST. The Sumter Banking and Mercan? tile Company, of Sumter. S. C., wilj open a saving depart mem and receive deposits of one dollar and over on which 3 per cent, per annum will be allowed, payable quarterly. The way to have a bank account is to start, and you will lind it easy enough to keep it growing. Save your pennies and Hickies and you will soon have dollars. Call and get particulars as to in? crest, d'eposits, etc. Do]>osits, subject to cheek solicited. SUMTER RANKING AND MERCAN? TILE COMPANY. Sumter, S. C. Mar 21-tf