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SENATOR LATIMER S TRIP. He Writes of His Visit to thc Azores and to Gibraltar. 'On Eoard Steamer Canopic, In the Mediterranean Sea, May 29. Mr. Editor: On Friday, May 24, our party ianded at the Azores, spending about ?ve hours at Ponta Del Gada, the capita! of the islands and seat of j the civil government. The place has j a population of 18,000, and after Lis- j bon and Oporto, is thc most import? ant city of Portugal. Ponta Del Gada is a remarkably clean city. Its houses are well lighted, painted and white- j washed. The streets, though present ing a good appearance, are not very wide, but are lighted with gas and : electricity. Plenty of good water is piped through the houses. Situated in the middle of the Atlan? tic ocean, the Azores ofter a most agreeable and convenient stopping place between the old and new worlds, j "The Azores were discovered by Por- j tugese navigators some 50 or 75 years J before Columbus discovered America. The fact that large, hawk like birds J were seen co fly westward from the j coast of Portugal and not return led to the discovery of the islands, and the name, Azores, means hawk in the Portugese language. The islands are all volcanic, though it is said that St. Marie give.' some evidence of regular geological formation. The mineral spring on St. Michael is regarded as possessing wonderful properties, and many inte: est.ng stories are related by tourists cf the healing power of the water. The travelers' visit to these islands, emerging as i.hey do abrupt? ly from the coe an, with their sharp volcanic peales. lava cut valleys, lux? uriant vegetation, charming land? scapes and delightful climate, is ren? dered doubly pleasant by the hospital? ity and kirdness of the inhabitants. The climate is temperate and mild, due to the high altitude and influence of the sea. The vigor, abundance and variety ot the products, and the careful till? age of the land, make the fields look like garden. Large farms are not seen; the land is let in small lots and at short terms, and each tenant is striving to make the largest yield pos? sible. The principal field crops are corn, wheat, rye barley and potatoes. Grapes, oranges and pineapples have brought large revenues to the islands, but of recent years disease has at? tacked the orchards and vineyards and has destroyed much of the profit from this source. Pineapples are grown under cover. The most important local indus? try" at present is the manufacture of alcohol from potatoes. There are three factories: they are large and well equipped, producing annually about two million gallons. There are three tobacco factories, the total an? nual product being about fifty-five million pounds. The local manufac? ture of clothes is limited to home? spuns, with the exception of two small factorises in Ponta Del Gada where towels, shawls, etc., are made. The commerce of the islands is carried on chiefly with Portugal, Eng? land, the United States, Brazil, Ger? many and France. The principal ex? ports are alcohol, pineapples, oranges, tobacco, beans, whale oil, vegetables, hides, butter, potatoes, fire clay, etc. Within the past few years experi? ments have been made in growing tea. and there is a good promise of suc? cess. The chief imports besides the gen? eral manufactured goods are sugar, coffee, rice, tea petroleum, tobacco, salts leather, glass, lumber, etc. Our visit to the Azores was interest? ing ?n many ways, and very enjoyable all the way through On Monday, the 27th. at noon, vre swung into the bay of Gibraltar, un? der the gun-pierced, frowning front of the world renowned fortress of Gi? braltar. This formidable rock rises tb a height of 1295 feet, and though we know it bristles with the most for? midable guns, yet so cunningly zxe the defenses planted that only two guns are visible, those on the highest points of the rock. A fussing little tender took the first class passengers from the steamer to what is known as the Old Mole, built in the fourteenth century, and after we had walked a few yards in the hot Gibraltar sun we decided that a carriage was a neces? sity, and spent the remainder of the afternoon in :he comfortable little coaches with which the town swarms, and which are hired at reasonable rates. Gibraltar, though under the British flag, ls peopled by Spaniards, Hebrews. Moors and men of all na? tionalities. We drove curiously through the narrow streets past the shops, to the guard of the garrison, where, after satisfying the officer of the day that we had no cameras., we were taken by a guard through what are known as the north galleries, which are long tunnels cut. in the sol? id rock behind the north face. These galleries, curiously enough, are con- ; nected with American history, for at the time we were keeping England busy with the Revolution, the French beseiged Gibraltar for four years, and an English sergeant devised this sys- ? tem of rock galleries, which burned a j useless rock into the most formidable ? fortification in the world. For possi- ? bly o-er a mile these galleries run back and forth behind the face of the ? rock, loop-holed at short intervals for great guns. Looking through one of these embrasures one sees before him on the left the Bay of Gibraltar, on the right the Mediterranean and in front the narrow isthmus which forms the only communication from the rock tc the mainland. It would be no more than child's play for 500 men to keep at bay an entire army. The only way Gibraltar could be taken would be by starving out the defenders, and even this might fail for we were told that there is at all times kept on hand stores and provisions to last the sol? diers for fourteen years. Only Brit? ish subjects are allowed to visit the top of the rock, and there are por? tions of the rock which not even they are allowed in. Leaving the garrison, we drove down the narrow steep streets to th? Alameda Gardens, where beautiful flowers grow in wild yet ordered pro? fusion, and the gardeners offer you your choice as to kimi and amount for any small coin. From the gardens w<- went to th- great dock yards, which the government maintains for the fleet, and where under the grim guns of the fortr -ss the can assem? ble, maintain and repair ns many of their ships as they please. The dry dock in this navy yard is said to be one of the largest in the world. Corning from the dry dock back to? ward the town ? was interested to ob? serve in the little cemetery the name of Latimer on the headstone at the grave of the child of an English lieu? tenant. We drove back into what might be called the shopping district, for the purpose or permitting the la? dies of the party to see what the ?tocks and stores were like, but though we went into many we bought little, as the prices were not enough better than those in the United States to be especially tempting. Gibraltar is a great fortress, and each nation which has held it has left traces of its occupancy. The Moorish : castle still stands, though possibly a j thousand years old. and the old Moor- j ish wall divides the rock from base to summit right by the modern signal ' station of the British. The old Spanish wall still stands, and by the south port, alongside the old gateway surmount? ed by the arms of Spain stands a new gateway with the arms of Great Brit? ain. We enjoyed our trip :hrough the town under the Friti h -lag. but with citizens of all nationalities, and came away impressed, as all must be. with the strength of this natural fortress over which the British flag has waved now for more than two centuries. The commercial importance of Gi? braltar is comparatively small now. but at one time it was quite large. In 1S22-24 the value of the imports of cotton and woolen goods alone amounted to $1.250,000. but from that year the trade declined. The amount of shipping has increased, but this is due to the extension of mercantile transactions through the Mediterranean. Fortunately in the days of sailing vessels Gibraltar was a great entrv port for goods which were intended for distribu? on not only along the neighboring coast, but to the remotest corners of the Mediter? ranean and Black seas. Now steam and ships of larger tonnage carry cargoes direct, to the ports of destina? tion without trans-shipment. Gibral? tar, therefore, as a station of commer? cial importance has declined, but as a coaling station and a port for the protection and convenience of the mercantile marine of the Mediterra? nean, Spain; Morocco, it is of great importance. i We are due at Naples at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. The trip contin? ues pleasant and uneventful. All of i the party are well, but rather tired i of life on board ship. We shall be glad to put foot on land again. Re ! spectfully, A. C. Latimer. j ?W. R. Ward, of Dyersburg, Tenn., j writes: "Tb is is to certify that I have I used Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup for chronic c nstipation. and it has proren, wi nout a doubt, to be a thorough, practical remedy for this trouble, and it is with pleasure I of? fer my conscientious reference." Si bert's Drug Store. At the annual meeting of the Mol ohon Cotton Mills of Newberry a semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent, was declared. ?Piles get quick and certain relief from Dr. Shoop*s Magic Ointment Please note it is made alone for piles, and its action is positive and certain. Itching, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. Large nickel-capped glass jars 50c. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. It is stated that an operation was performed on ex-President Grover Cleveland and that he is now out of danger, but no definite information is ! given out by the physicians or the j family. ?There is no case of indigestion, no matter how irritable or how obstinate that will not be speedily relieved by the use of Kodol. The main factor In curing the stomach of any disorder is rest, and the only way 1o get rest is to actually digest the food for the stomach itself. Kodol will do it. It is a scientific preparation of vegeta? ble acids, containing the very same juices found in a healthy stomach. It conforms to the pure food and drugs law. Sold by all druggists. . Victor Harvey, the young son of E. C. Harvey, of Holly Hill, while play? ing with . an air gun shot his little sister in the eye. She may lose her sight. ?Get a free sample of Dr. Shoop*s "Health Coffee" at our store. If real coffee disturbs your stomach, your heart or kidneys, then try this clever coffee imitation. Dr. Shoop has close? ly matched Old Java and Mocha cof? fee in flavor and taste, yet it has not a single grain of real coffee in it. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee imitation is made from pure toasted grains or cereals, with malt, nuts, etc. Made in a minute. No tedious wait. Tou will surely like it. Sold by Levy & Moses. Mrs. T. W. Clark, who for a number of yea^ has managed the hotel at Union, has sold her lease to Mrs. Jamison of Newberry. Cured Hemorrhages of tho Lungs. ?"Several years since my lungs were so badly affected that I had many hemorrhages," writes A. M. Ake, of Wood, Ind. "I took treat? ment with several physicians without any benefit. I then started to take Foley's Honey and Tar. and my lungs are now as sound as a bullet. I re? commend it in advanced stages of lung trouble." Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs, and prevents serious results from a cold. Refuse substitutes. Si bert' Drug Store. A meeting of the traveling men will be held in Charleston with the view of reorganizing the Travelers' Protective Association. Remarkable Rescue. *Thut truth i> stranger than fiction, has once more been demonstrated in the little town of Fedora. Tenn., the residence of C. V. P.-pp-r. He writes: "1 was in bed. entirely disabled with hemorrhages of the lungs and throat. Doctors failed to help me. and all bop" had fled when I b< gan taking Dr. Kind's New Discovery. Then in? stant relief come. The coughing soon ceased: the bleeding diminished rap? idly, and in three weeks 1 was abb- to efl. to work." Guaranteed for cough and colds. 50c. and $1 at Sibert's Drug Store. Tetter Cured. j *A laiy customer of ours had suf- ! fer ed with tetter for two or three ' years. It got so bad on her hands j that she could not .attend to her i household duties. One box of Cham- j berlain's salve cured her. Chamber- ? Iain's medicines give splendid satis-1 faction in this community.-M. H. Rodney & Co., Almond. Ala. Cham? berlain's medicines are for sale by D- Lorme s Pharmacy. Marion is enjoying the best tobacco j business in the history of that coun- j Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis., says: ! "I have only taken four doses of your Kidney and Bladder Pills and they have done for me more than any other medicine has ever done. I am still taking the pills as I want a per? fect cure." Mr. Barber refers to De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, which are unequalled for backache, weak kidneys, inflammation of the j bladder and all urinary troubles. A I week's treatment for 25c. Sold by all j druggists. j A. M. Manigault and other citizens of Georgetown are making plans to erect a large fertilizer plant. Every Man His Own Doctor. *The average man cannot afford to employ a physician for ever> slight ailment or injury that may occur in his family, nor can he afford to ne? glect them, as so slight an injury as the scratch of a pin has been known to cause the loss of a limb. Hence every man must from necessity be his own doctor for this class of ailments. Succ-ss often depends upon prompt treatment, which can only be had when suitable medicines are kept at hand. Chamberlain's Remedies have been in the market for many years and enjoy a good reputation. Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel com? plaints. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Chamberlain's Pain Balm (an an? tiseptic liniment) for cuts, bruises, burnis. sprains, swellings, lame back and rheumatic pain?. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for constipation, biliousness and stomach troubles. Chamberlain's Salve'for diseases of the skin. One bottle of each of t these five preparations cost but $1.25. For sale by DeLorme's Pharmacy. Sam C. Wilson, a colored switch? man, was horribly mangled by an At? lantic Coast Line train at Florence. *I will mail you free, to prove mer? it, samples of my Dr. Shoop's Restor? ative, and my book on-either dyspep? sia, the heart or the kidneys. Trou? bles of the stomach, heart or kidneys, are merely .symptoms of a deeper ail? ment. Don't make the common er? ror of treating symptoms only. Symp? tom treatment is treating the result of your ailment, and not the cause. Weak stomach nerves-the inside nerves-mean stomach weakness, al? ways. And the heart and kidneys as well, have their controlling or inside nerve. Weaken these nerves, and you inevitably have weak vital organs. Here Is where Dr. Shoop's Restora? tive has made its fame. Xo other remedy even claims to treat the "in? side nerves." Also for bloating, bil? iousness, bad breath or complexion. ! usc" Dr Shoop's Restorative. Write ! me today for sample and free book, j Dr. Shoep. Racine, Wis. The restora? tive is sold by Sibert's Drug Store. GAME WARDEX APPOIXTED. Mr. W. A. Sparks Sa s He Will En? force the Law. Mr. W. A. Sparks, of this city, has received his commission as game war? den for Sumter County. He says he intends to enforce the law rigidly, and all hunters and like sportsmen are advised to make themselves ac? quainted with the laws before start? ing on hunts of any kind. The law will be published within a few days. *I'll stop your pain free. To show you first-before you spend a penny what my Pink Pain Tablets can do, I will mail you free, a trial package of them-Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets. Neuralgia, headache, toothache, pe? riod pains, etc.. are due a.lone to blood congestion. Dr. Shoop's Head? ache Tablets simply kill the pain by coaxing away the unnatural blood pressure. That is all. Address Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Sold by Si? bert's Drug Store. WINE GROWERS* TROUBLES. Report Says That Revolting Peasants Master the Situation-The Exodus of Families. Bezirs, France, June 24.-Francis Warrington Dawson, the staff cor? respondent of the Publishers' Press, wires a report that he was the first correspondent to make a canvass of the entire disturbed district where the wine growers' troubles have boen on. He says the revolting peasants master the situation. The wholesale exodus of the wives and families of the aggressive rioters is on from here today. paystW**?? destins I A? GtCfMt CO*?*? THE LOVING CASE BEGUN. Ex-Jndge Placed on Trial for His Life -Jury is Chosen. Houston, Va.. June 24.-The pre lin inaries in the trial of former Judge William C. Loving, the Xelson county overseer of the Virginia estate of Thomas F. Ryan, fdr the murder of Theodore Estes, a young merchant of Lovingston, Va., on April 22. began in the cheat court today. Judge Wm. . Barnsdale is presiding. ? Loving shot and killed Estes as a : sequel to a buggy ride with Miss Elizabeth Loving on the afternoon of j the killing. The defense will be prac- : . ic,div the unwritten law. The following men were selected on ! the jury: W. H. Royster, S. A. Moore- j field. W. 3. Powell. W. T. Arndell, G. j C Jackson, C. D. S. Farmer, W. G. ? Puckett, R. L. B. Eassar, J. L. Har- j dy. Most of them are farmers about I middle age. Judge L:?ving and family with a corps of attorneys are present. Eliza? beth Loving, on whose story hangs the life of her father, sat next to Loving. Loving appeared haggard. Xo women were present on the pros? ecution's side. Besides the attorneys, Lee Barksdale and Moore Strode, were George Fortune, uncle of Thom? as F. Ryan. Miss Erying, the defend? ant. Miss Loving, and J. M. Loving, a brother of the defendant. The ques? tioning of the veniremen was by Wood. Baldwin and Halifax for the prosecution, and John L. Lee, of Lynchburg, for the defense. Do Xot Neglect the Children. ?At this season of the year the first unnatural looseness of a child's bow? els should have immediate attention. The best thing that can be given is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy followed by castor oil as directed with each bottle of the remedy. For Sale by DeLorme's Pharmacy. A lethia Crawford, a colored nurse, gave an .'?verd?se of laudanum to the six-months' old infant of J. A. Webb at Chester. By heroic efforts on the part of physicians the life of the child was saved. The nurse made her es? cape. The Magic Xo. 3. *Xumber 3 is a wonderful mascot for Geo. H. Parris, of Cedar Grove, Me., according to a letter which reads: "After suffering much with liver and kidney trouble, and becom? ing greatly discouraged by the failure to find relief, I tried Eelectric Bitters, and as a result I am a well man to? day. The first bottle relieved and three bottles completed the cure." Guaranteed best remedy for stom? ach, liver and. kidney troubles, by Si? bert's Drug Store. 50c. Robert Ruff, Jr., formerly teller or the Bank of Ridgeway, charged with breach of trust, has been grant? ed bail in the sum of $3,000 by Mag? istrate Cathcart of Winnsboro. Colic and Diarrhoea. ?Pains in the stomach, colic and diarrhoea are quickly relieved by the use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by DeLorme's Pharmacy. A Wisconsin school teacher had among her pupils a little boy named Jackey, who was always late in the morning. But one day he managed to get to the schcol house before the bell rang, whereupon he said to the teach? er- "Veli, today I am pefiore at last. I always was pehind pefore." WQBSE EVERY YEAiT. Plen'y of Sumter Readers Have tho Same Exper?2nc3. Don't neglect an ?-ching back. It .will get worse every year. Backache U n ally kidney ache. Tu cure the back you mnst cure the kid nays. If jon dorj't, othrr kidney ?llb follow Urinary troubles', diab?te?, Bright's dis? ease. A Sumter eit'zan tells jon how-the our1 is easy. George TV. Hancock, jailer, 27 Canal street, says: "Doans Kidney Fills will always have my endorsement. 1 have used them for my kidneys and back. 1 have been down in bed OJ account of my back several times and suf? fered the most intense pain right across the loins, I cou.d not turn over without using my hands, and then it seemed as if my back v/onld break. My urine was very dark, full of sediment and caused me to rise st ver al times durba;: thc night. I used everything I could get ho!d of, but nothing seemed to do me any good, and I have been confined to my bed weeks at a time and just hobbled around the rest. 1 heard of Doan's Kidney Pilis and got a box at Dr. A. J. China's drug store. I have , used three boxes of them, and the pain in my back bas left, my urine has no sediment, and I can go around without a cane and feel like a new man. Doan's Kidney Pills are the best kidney remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mill urn Co.. Buffalo. N.Y., sole agents for the Uni-icU States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other. 38 A few do?es of this remedy will in? variably carean ordinary attack o? diarrhoea. lt can always be depend- <1 np<>n, ev<-n in the L.;>re -..vere attacks of cramp e die and cholera morbus. It U equ illy successful for summer dianhcea and oh lera infantum iti childn .:. and is the mea::? cf saving the liv- - of many children each year. When redne< d wi* h wafer and j sweetened it is :sant to take. j Ev-ry ?I an oi n family should keep j this remedy in his home Rn y itu ow. j I PRICE, 2?C. LARGE SIZE, ? ?:. j Vegetable Prcparationfor As? similating the food andReguIa ting the Stomachs andBowels of Irc^otesl)?cstion,CheeTfiJl ness 2nd Eest.Contains neither Opium^MGrphme* iiorMn?faL JNOT NAHCOTIC. Pump/an $a?~ JbcSenna* RotktUeSJtt ArJsc Seed ? ftpperrnmt - ?ft. Carbonate Soda,* V?n? Seed i Sager . Aperfect Remedy for Constipa? tion, Sour StoiMch.DiarThoea. Worms ,Convuls?onsJeverish oess and Loss OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature of NEW YORK. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Afb months old 35 D OSES-33 CE NT S BE EXACT COPVOF WEAPPEB. In lise For Over Thirty Years JUST RECEIVED Another Car Load of HORSE AND LES. Stock JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Rates from Sumter as follows Season Ticket $16.75. Sold daily, April 19tlr to November 30th. Sixty Day Ticket $14.00. Sold daily, April 19th. to November 30th. Fifteen Day Tickets $12.55. Sold daily, April 19th, to November 30th. Coach Excursions $7.05. Sold each Tuesday Limit 7 days. Endorsed "Not Good in parlor or sleeping cars." Through Pullman sleeping cars from Port Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla., Atlanta and Augusta, Ga., Wilmington, N. C., via ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. R. CO. Write for a beautiful illustrated folder containing maps, descriptive matter, list of Hotels, tte. For reservations or any information, address Paint Your House Now We have just received a solid car load of Hammar Paint. which we are offering as long as it lasts at the old price. Ow ing to the increased cost of raw material all pure paint Manu? facturers have been compelled to advance ther prices, and in order to sell this celebrated brand of paint at the old price purchased a car of it, so that now is the time to save your mon* ey and secure a lasting paint. V\ ealso have always on hand a good stock of Devoe and New Era Paint, ALL FULLY^GUARANTEED. Lime, Cement Hair. Hardware i